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Imnortant Persian City
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PETItOaitAD, Feb. 26.
The most Important Persian city of
Ktrmanshnli has been captured by the
jUitslans after a thrco days' battle. ac
cording to dispatches received hero today.
The Husslans are expected to march to
ward Mesopotamia, forming a junction
th the British bclcngurcd at Kut-ol-,Xmara,
150 miles away,
' News of tho city's capture camo as a
peat surprise. Tho latest dispatches re
ported tho Itussluns pursuing n mixed
force of Turks and Persian Irregulars,
officered by Germans, townrd Kcrman
hh. but declared tho city's natural do.
fenses so Btrong Hint a long strugglo
probably would precedo tho city's capture.
The capturo of Kcrmanshah, from tho
ItuMlan standpoint, Is only surpassed by
the victory at Krzerum.
Advices received hero today said tho
Turks In Armenia, after a battlo of sev
eral days, liavo been driven back to a
point nine miles from Dltlls.
jno HUB3IUH outxgaa in mo region of
Ktrmansliah Is a sequel to a series of
rtratoglc Russian operations In Persia
with tho purposo of putting an end to tho
activities of hostllo mountain forces and
organized bands of Kurds. Ilusslan prog
ress In Persia, however, Is regarded hero
as of moro than local significance, as It
ensures tho possibility of a Junction of
tho Ilusslana with tho British expedition
ary forces In .Mesopotamia. On that ac
count tho fortunes of tho British forces
are watched hero with great Intorest.
TURKS RUSH TROOPS
TO REGAIN EIIZEROM
j! Withdraw Men From Kut Region for
Drive on Lost Fortress
LONDON. Feb. 2B. Turkey Is maklne
treat efforts to dispatch troops to tho
Russian front In an endeavor to re
capture Erzerum beforo tho Russians
succeed in strengthening tliclr posi
tions, sayB tho Bucharest correspondent
of, the Times. All ordinary tra-c on
tho railway from tho Bosporus to An
pjra has been stopped, according to the"
correspondent, and trains conveying
troops and supplies nro running Inccs.
santly, but as tho dlstanco from Angora
to Erzerum will consumo at least n
month's march there Is llttlo likelihood
v of the success of this movement.
To tako part In this movement even
tho Turkish troops surrounding tho
British at Kut-cI-Amara aro being with
frafn late reports from tho Mesopo
tamian headquarters Indicate. Tho Turks
are said long ago to liavo ceased their
attacks on tho besieged position.
Renewed attacks by British forces
coming to tho relief of the garrison at
Kut-el-Amara and tho Russians pressing
forward In Persia aro reported today from
Constantinople and Petrograd.
A dispatch from tho official press
representative with the army attempt
ing to relievo Kut, dated at Tasra,
Aslatio Turkey, last Monday, says that
during' tho last month there has been
a certain amount of patrol work, snip
ing at night and artillery fire, by day.
Tho British forces have thrown forward
trenches to within 60 yards of tho Turk.
Ish positions.
Dramatic Recital at Bryn Mawr
A dramatic recital of tho "HIppolytus"
of Euripides will bo given tonight by Mrs.
Penelope Wheeler, of England, In tho
Assembly Room, Taylor Hall, Bryn Mawr
College.
Police Court Chronicles
."Wide awako!" yelled Harry Irving, as
bVpoked his head In the doorway of the
tnglne house of Company 41.
This Is the signal for quick action In all
.Ore Houses, Firemen Jumped out of bed.
horses ran to their posts nt the engine,
and in a few mnmfmtji nil wnn rendv for n.
& dash to tho blaze.
fortunately one of tho hosemen looked
g' at. the door nnd saw a wild-looking; man
f yelling in tho street "Firo! Murder!
olce that sounded tho warning In the en
r no. house. "Windows went up aad heads
went out
The firemen realized that they had been
hoodwinked and started In pursuit of tho
human false-alarm. In passing a grocery
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Irving espied a little dog hitched to a
wagon such as boya use for hauling gro
ceries to customers. Tho man Jumped
In the express wagon and told the dog to
"rlt up," but tho load was too heavy and
tho animal couldn't mqve.
Just then Policeman Farron and two of
the firemen arrived. As they caught Irving
by the neck ho again blurted out: "Fire I"
Police, murder!" He kept up tho shouting
until he was landed before Magistrate
Stevenson, at the 39th street and Lancas
ter avenue station.
"I don't know a thing," he said when
asked to PYnlnfn 'T nnlv Itnnw T had a
t'few and I mixed 'em, I'va been goln'
r two days."
"i suppose you would Ilka an oppor
tunity to recuperate In some ojulef place
away from the noise?"
, "You Just bet I would," exclaimed Irv
lag. "The city will be your host for the next
fortnight at the Hotel Moyamenslng,"
ald the Judge,
, "Why, then, I must bo pinched," said
Irving,
"There Isn't the slightest doubt about
It. concluded the Judge.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Taleun Duklewlcz. 4M7 t. Thompson t
iV? Pauline Uavan. 1438 Huntln Parlf av.
Mrll Ilurkl. 45)3 Jlilnor t,, and Mary A,
Kamlnilta. 535 llllnor at. , ,
Ura E. Jones, Hit N. 26th at., and Clara
, ilrt, UK N. 26th at.
iojlah Colt. vt Cheater. Pa., ana Edna
Khlow. Weat Cheater. Pa. ,
nuiiam Wine. 285S Klchmond at., and Fanny
jj?k;.r- s" S- 4th at. , .
JOM Caahlev, tSS! N. tilth at., and Marie
vMlla;h, 3447 nide ave. . ,
"IHUm White. JJ S. ISth at., and WHie
,J"h- 11 8. Cleveland ae. I
aif'i'SS Houahton. 1108 H. Slat at.
red n, rumbo. 2634 N. Jsth at., and Beaale
O.X. S"k Wllllamaport; Pa. ,. , . ,
vtto Qelaaelinan. G.rinan Itoapltal. and Wll.
'Jjrt Rauchelaeo. Ztt E. Clearfield at., and
Emma Kubler. ttl) B. Clearfield at.
Jeaei,ti Wleeand. 11U Lelthsow at., and Catb-
Barioj rormann. ITOJ Hancock at.
"t i,yle. 1024 Waverly at, and
,-Uertha Carter. 1014 Waverly at.
wry M WUeele" 100 t)den at., and
h Urown, U14 Uarraer at. ...
"ft V Hleraeaell. JSU N. tDttx at., and Lula
,. Knowiea. lilt Mt. Vernon at.
vlareac p Keririuoa. 3tai Cambridge at..
na4Ann n Freed. 1418 N. Mth at.
"fsa A Flnley. 3 E. lielsrada at., and
UaryK. Wooda. Ka N Howard at
Afetaiiiler ltobcrtioo, llrldzepart. Pa., and
oaa lowinn SJJ N Wlliey at.
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KERMANSHAH TAKEN
The Persian city tnken by the
Russians is nbout 150 miles from
Kut-cl-Amnrn, whore the British
are held up by the Turks.
NEW P. R. R. EMBARGO
EFFECTIVE TOMORROW
PICKED COP FOR HIS VICTIM
"Gimme n Dime or to tho Lock-up,"
Ho Said Ho Went
rollcomnn Mlddleton, of tho Gist nnd
Thompson utrccts police stntlon, nnd Mrs.
Allddleton were going homo from a movie
last night, when William Duffy. 37, of
D223 Filbert street, accosted Mlddleton,
and asked him to step aside for n mo
ment. Tho request was compiled with.
"CSImmo u dime," commanded Duffy,
"or I'll lock you up," and ho (lashed a
badge.
Mlddleton took chnrge of him nnd sont
him to tho station house.
At tho hearing todny nfter Magistrate
Stevenson ordered him sent to Moyamen
slng for 30 days, Duffy announced plaint
ively: "There's 100,000,000 persons In thlB
country, and I had to go and pick out a
cop."
More Than 12,000 Freight Cars
Now on Tracks Leading to
This City
A now embargo on freight shipped to
this city will be placed In effect tomorrow
by tho I'cnnsylvnnla Italtroad. Moro than
12,000 freight cars nro now on tho tracks
leading to Philadelphia nnd the difficul
ties In handling this unusually largo num
ber liavo been Increased by the fnlluro of
firms to claim their goods after they havo
been shipped hero.
Sdch an embargo Is necessnry. tho rail
road says In Its statement, "to protect
shippers against an absolute blockade of
the terminal facilities of tho road." Tho
exceptions to tho embargo nro foodstuffs,
pcrlshablo freight, live stock nnd freight
for United Stntrs Clovernmenl olllcers.
Further than theso specific exceptions no
freight of any kind will be ncceptcd either
for export or domestic shipments.
Of tho total o more than 12.000 cars
ticketed for this city, GDS2 already nro
stored on sidings nnd yards within tho
city limits, while 0026 nro being held at
various places outside Philadelphia. Any
additional accumulation, rnllrond officials
predict, will so block tho tracks as to
mnko It obsolutcly Impossible to movo
freight from one part of tho city to tho
other. Proper co-opcratlon by commcr
leal Interests Is expected to bring tho tlmo
closer for tho removal of restrictions.
At tho ofllces of the Philadelphia nnd
Heading Itnllway It wns said that no
changes wcro In prospect for tho Imme
diate future, other than tho embargoes
which havo been In foroo for somo weeks
past. Theso embargoes apply to bitu
minous conl nt Port Heading and at Port
lllchmond, whlto nt tho later point an em
bargo on grnln Btlll exists.
With tho levying of nn embargo In this
city went one of similar proportions at
Now York, although It dooa not entirely
closo that city to shipments of general
freight. In specific instnnces tho follow
ing stations closed down on tho ncccpt
nnco of anything but foodaturTs, perish
able freight and United Slates Government
supplies: Tho North 'Itlvcr piers 4, 5. 27.
2S, 2D, tho 37th and 125th streets In Now
York nnd two stations In IJj-ooUlyn, tho
Wallabout and North 4th street.
LITTLE GIRL CALLS
Father, Who Has Failed to Find
Mrs, Franklin Appeals
for Child
CRIES FOR LOST MOTHER
Above is Mrs. Lena Franklin
who has disappeared from her
home, and below her dnughtor
Elizabeth, 3 years old, who cries
for her mother to return.
Baldwins Purchase Dwellings.
J. Harvey Patterson hna taken title to
tho dwellings 1822, 1812 nnd 1840 Hamil
ton street, each IB feet by 57 feet, re
spectively, from Thomas 15. Molloy, Kd
ward ,T. N'nhlll nnd Daniel O. Dougherty;
also to tho dwellings 430 North 19th
street, lot 15 feet by 58 feet, from John
I. Condon, nnd 1825 Noblo Btrcct, lot 14
feet by 48 feet, from Peter II. Carey. Tho
five aro Included In tho block between 18th
and 19th, Iiuttonwood nnd Hamilton
streets, which has been purchased by the
IJnldwin I-ocomotlvo Works as a slto for a
machine shop.
Kllznbeth Frnnklln, 3 years old, appeals
through her father, Ilruno, for tho return
of her mother, n young nnd pretty woman
who left her home nbout a month ago. She
does not know of the various wnys of
spreading the news of such nn appeal or
of tho many persons who she thinks will
help her or of the difficulties In the way.
All this she classifies under the broad
term "they."
'They" are In some way or other to
send her mother back to her. She does
not understand that It may be her mother
Is not particularly willing to come.
Tho Franklins live at 112 North Adams
street. Wilmington. Del. Ilruno Frank
lin came to Philadelphia last month to
notify tho police that his wlfo had left
him nnd was probably In this city. The
police failed to find her. Ho returned to
Wilmington to wait patiently for her re
turn. But tho llttlo girl would not bo pa
tient. He said today thnt he would coinc home
In tho evenings and start to talk to tho
child ns sho was being put to bed ; tho
child would presently begin to cry, trying
to hide the fact at first. Ho would havo
to ask her what was tho matter.
"Why, 1 miss mother," Elizabeth would
come out with the truth, and In tho night,
after ho hnd gono to bed, thinking tho
llttlo girl was off to tho Land of Nod, ho
would wake and hear her sobbing to her
self. "Strangers do not take proper care of
a child," said Franklin, "however good
their Intentions may be. Elizabeth gets
tho idea the strangers who tako caro of
her nro getting tired of her. Perhaps
when my wlfo reads about how things aro
she will como back to us."
STRIKE THREAT MADE
BY PRUSSIAN DEPUTY
Excessive Food Prices Attacked
Diet May Lead
to Revolt
in
McAdoo a Grandfather Again
N'HW YOItlv. Feb. 26. A baby boy has
arrived at the home of Francis Hugcr
McAdoo, 399 Park avenue. Whlto this is
tho first visit the stork litis paid them, it
mnkes tho Secretnry of the Treasury,
William C. McAdoo, a grandfather' for tho
second tlmo.
LONDON. Feb. 26.
Open threats of a labor strike unless
tho food situation Improves, wero mado
by ii Socialist deputy In tho Prussian
Diet, nccordlng to reports received here.
When thnt body began discussion of the
food question tho Minister of Agriculture,
Hcrr von Schorlemen, opened by praising
tho ngrarlan policy, Which had enabled
Germany to hold out so long nnd which
would secure the nation's food for somo
years to come If tho war wcro to last so
long. Hut, he ndded, Germany was not by
any means too well off, and In any case
she must economlzo If sho was going to
hold out to the end.
Deputy Hofcr, a Socialist, then replied
to the Minister's statement, making sov
cral criticisms which almost assumed
a threatening tone. Among other things
ho said: "If England has declared war
upon us openly nnd properly, and Is em
ploying nil possible means to hlmJet- our
food supplies, agrarians who aro hldlhar
their stores In order to provoko a rlsli
prices nnd starve our population, are Eng
land's best allies and Oprmany'a worst
enemies."
Several members voiced protest against
these statements and after the speaker?
hnd been called to order he said the rlao
In agricultural produco was absolutely
unjustifiable, because wages had hot
been raised, and those Russian prisoner
who nro made to work only get a fevr
pence. Prices of barley and oats had
risen 130 per cent, and the Increase in
the price of sugnr meant n preserit of
57,000,000 marks ($14,250,000) to big
growers and refiners. Where, he asked,
was the great spirit of German organized
tlon If 9,000,000 tons of potatoes have hot
been obtained from 54,000,000 tons of har
vest."
Dr. George Byron Gordon lit
Dr. Georgo Ilyron Gordon, director ot
tho University Museum, is III at his horn
with laryngitis. Substituting for his
scheduled lecture nt tho museum this aft
ernoon, l'Mgar Thomson Shields will give
a frco Illustrated talk at 3:30 o'clock
on "Unknown China," tho district whera
tho rebels aro operating. The museum's
expedition Is now in tho heart of tho rebel
territory.
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After March 1, $1450, Detroit
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type of motor.
But the brute force that wins on the speedway is
undesirable in road cars. No such headlong, senseless
might is put into the Six-40 Chalmers. But the same
principle of developing energy is employed.
Its valve-in-head motor with overhead camshaft
means direct action.
It is much more effective than other .types in the same
way that a squarely planted blow is much more effective
than a glancing blow.
It concentrates the gas directly over the piston heads
so that the full force of the explosion strikes the piston
head directly instead pf being partially wasted on the
cylinder walls.
This means a highly energized engine.
It means great performance power and great fuel
economy;
It does not mean might that hurls a car through space
at the rate of two miles a minute. But it means that
exactly the type of engine which is capable of crumpling
speed records has been toned down and domesticated so
that a woman or boy dare drive.
This is the car of spunk, response and lively action
that answers every requirement, whether in the gnarl of
city crowds or in the unobstructed open.
It has speed but much more than mere speed. It
has that wealth of pick-up and acceleration that never
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less flight per gallon of gas, or twice the mileage of the
car of might alone.
This is the car whose price will have to be raised $100,
to $1450, effective March 1.
The sharp rise in the price of aluminum, copper,
high-speed steel, vanadium steel and leather left but two
alternatives to raise the price or lower the quality. The
latter course would have meant a "one-year" car, the
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Walden's Garage, Atlantic City, N. J.
Riley Brother, Oridgeton, N. J.
Thomat Hughes, Cbeiter, Penna.
p. L. Hardetty, Dover, Del.
EatonAutomobile Co., Eaiton, Penna.
ThomaHugliet, Lantdowne, Penna.
Serfa Motor Car Company, Lehtgnton,
"Penna.
Daniel Sutter, Jr., r!t. Holly, N. J.
B. Paul Sheeder, Pottttown, Penna.'
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Chunk, Penna
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delphia, Reading Branch, Reading,
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