6'Tfr 1IIS5wSKf wrWTV" EVENING LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAEOH 29, 1910. O , -MwyVliWflWfHl(s,J -lIW.T,5ir',rfpRjff$" Vpff'w&Bjy "wr ALLIES TO STRIKE FOE UNITED BLOW IS COUNCIL PLAN jParis Conference Decides on Unity of Military and Commercial Action FORESEE FINAL VICTORY Trade Agreements Made Brit ish to Regulate Freight Rateg and Supplies LONDON. March 21 Before (he end of June the Allied nrmlo will strlhe idimiltnnroiii blow on nil fronts, designed to hrhiR tho Krtler to his knees nnd end the war before Christmas. This combined offensive, It na bold In London, today. Is the certain reiult of Hip war council of tho Allle. which closed at Paris last night The allied fnrcei tntiv begin to move before tho Crown Prlnco ceases tho offensive movement at Verdun The nllled drives may bo preceded bv other German ntetnpti to break tho west ern front. It Is believed here No further statement of the results of tho war council sessions at 1'arls will bo riven out. It was stated authoritatively today. It Is probable, however, that tho commercial conference shortly to no nciii In tho French capital will make public Its plans for nn economic drive In Hetin.inj The Allies believe the effect nf such a pro nouncement on German financiers and business men will bo most Important Tho Paris conference promised to re move one factor that moused some III feeling on tho part of French and Italian business Interests Illff shipper- of Frame and Italy had complained that Unglnnd, by boosting; shipping rates, was to some extent bleeding her own Allies. It was promised that a satlsfactoiy adjustment of maritime rates will be made as carlv as possible. Newspapers In arls express the opin ion that victory for the Untento Powers la absolutely nssurcd by the new agreenunt entered Into by the eight allied nations to secure unity of military action, unity nf economic action, nnd unity of illploin.itii action. "In tho future there will be no succes sion of unrelated actions on the part of tho various nations." says the Matin "A single wish, n single net. will meet every need. Stabilization of freight rates and equal distribution of oversea trans portation constitutes one of tho most Im portant steps townrd mutual victory ct achieved. England has an overwhelming advantage In m.trltime tonnage, fiom which sho could h.ive been benefited lin mensely, but with ndmlrable holf-abne-gatlon sho readily consented to this ar rangement. The momentous decisions reached yesterday mean thju henceforth war against the commoncnemy will not constitute several small. Isolated wars, but an Immense united offensive of the Allies." Stephen Plnchou, cx-Forelgn Minister of France, writing In the Petit Journal, nays that If tho resolutions are now trans lated Into action a tremendous step will have been taken toward a quick nnd de cisive victory PASTORATES CHANGED IN M. E." CONFERENCE Ministers Transferred From Effective to Retired and Su pernumerary Grade WILMINGTON. Del. March -J'J. It was announced at this mornlng'H nebslon of tho Wilmington Methodist Conference that the Itevs W G. Koons William Jag s?ard, T n Martlndale and " W Pretty man had changed from effective to retired pastorate grade, and that tho Itev It. A. G. Westfleld had changed from effective to supernumerary It was further announced that J W Sutton had changed from supernumerary to effective rank Tomorrow General Conference memo rials will be Introduced, and it was learned today that these will include three pro posed by tho Jtev. George A. Cook They provide for tho restoration of time limit for pastors, a protest against the election of bUhops this ear and a provision for more adequate) enforcement of church re strictions on amusements The Rev Vaughn S Collins will al"-o propose a memorial Hiiggcstlng a unnn of the Methodist Kplscopal Church and tho Methodist Episcopal Church South Bishop Berry arrived here shortly after the celebration of the Lord's Supper and formally opened the business session of the conference A resolution was adopted protesting against the passage of an act In the Mary land Legislature repealing the Sunday jaw in Talbot Count) In regard to the transfer of tho I lev. J. T. Hereon from the Philadelphia Con ference to the Wilmington Conference. Bishop Berry bald It was merely consid ered because of the congested situation In the Philadelphia Conference, but that he had no definite plans as jet in the matter. The Rev. W A Wise was re-elected conference secretary and appointed as his assistants the Revs W It Mowbray. W. E. Ppole and D W Jacobs The Rev. W K Gunby was elected statistical secretary, succeeding the Itev. II, A- G. Westerfleld, who is 111. nnd the ttev. J. W. Colons was re-elected confer ence treasurer. One hundred and five membera ponded tg the roll call re- OPERATORS OFFER RENEWAL Propose Bituminous Miners of Cen tral District Accept Scale Under Protest An offer to renew the present working agreement or contract which expires on April 1 was made to the bituminous coal miners of (he central district today by the coal, operators In conference at the bellevue-Htratford. The offer is made as a basis of settle ment fpr the J8 demands of the miners, which were recently refuaed by the oper atora. The miners declare that the offer is made In face of the fact that advances have been granted, to miners in all sec tions bordering on the central district The miners say that there is little likeli hood of the offer being accepted, as it would mean that the miners for the next three years would be obliged to work un. ' der conditions which are now under pro- I test by them Both miners and operators appointed sub-scale committees today They fol lows- Miners James rurceji. cnaries O NU, F K. Waite. E. K Carrins, George Barrett, John Brophy WillUm Diamond, operators E. M Clark John Cameron, yr R. AlUburn I A Boucher. C. B Max well . Employe and Cash "ResiKii" Together Tic resignation of Viiureht e Antonelil, uf.Atca H J from the Lewis II Parke Vcft Company 3d uwi Market trt M telloviwl b the (Uso? Uwf S33 kg t u Hop l""1 k"' "wiwi ' VnMMNM WSW lMUkU nix ui tne vic- ty rVKU34 c "'ij w vmm ct' u a-. rr&L suu "- '"" .uuuiiav tisim, 5W3r -T - -, --n. jef (! imeoks ateaa an nejtj .. TUtam- ' asMsMfleKV ' bbbbbbbbbbbIbbbbBPI I v I &&ettv?tj!- MwmmmL ifeW f PKINCIPALS IN WAITE CASH Above is Mrs. Margaret Horton, tho "studio" companion of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, shown be low. Doctor Waite, according to the police, has confessed to poi soning Mr. and Mrs. James E. Peek, his wife's patents. POLICE SEEK MAN WHO REVEALED WAITE PLOT (nntliiiuil from Piitcc One the admlnlstr.ttlon of violet lavs and In stalled It In hi home fur treatment The action of tlpls powerful electric agency, be ing poorlv and iiiwileiitlllciill) ndiuinls tered. had hcrlous effect upon the brain tis sues Friends of the attuned man said that Waitc had decided upon ioll't ray treat ment to ovciiome obesity and to build up his nervous system. Walto's plot to seturo tljo PccU fortune, his filends say. was tlrst conceived when his mind became unbalanced through the live of tho lolet ra.vs The htrango mental conceptions of Wnlte set foith in his latest confession will prolinblv fuinlsh the groundwork for the defense when the trial opens Wnito told of having two souls, ono good and one bad The bad soul, ho said, was Inspired to black deeds by "tho man from Kgvpt ' "Tho man from L'gpf' was n sinister spirit that had como down out of tho mjstery of tho land of tho Pjramlds nnd, strivo as ho would, ho could not overcome his domination. Although the story wus fantustlc Waito told It In n straight-forward manner ns though ho believed every word was tho truth. District Attoiiu-v Svrttun has already begun to take steps to combat an Insanity plea b.v Walte Man friends of tho ue ctiic'd muii Ikivo been summoned to tho District Attormv s iitfice to tell of Waite's general attitude and irtlons dining tho time he wus administering poison to his futlior-in-law and mother-in-law and ulso earlier CAMDEN INVESTORS GOT-DEBT AS "GIFT" Shares Accepted as Bonus Prove $38,000 Liability for 1047 Poor Persons . "When ou come to New Jersey nnd somebody sells jou ono share of stock nnd offers ou another sharo as a gift, don't take It, for it might turn out to bo a liability" This is tho critical advlco of a Camden attorney In discussing today the plight of the 1047 poor persons of South Jersey who were caught in u swindle for which Llnwood Haines, of Camden, was con victed at rrechnld, N' J, two weeks ago. Sentence has not been pronounced What Haines did. according to the evi dence brought out at the trial, was to sell his preferred stock and give away the common stock as a bonus If his com pany had made out all right tho t'ock holders would have drawn Interest on the stock which was given to them Because the contrary was true, however, tho stock holders have to pay up the value of the stock they accepted to meet real debts the corporation piled up Haines wus con viLted of having caused the company to become insolvent The compact) was known as the Lln wood Haines Limited of America and was organized to do a general mail order busi ness. Referee S Conrad Ott arranged today for the preliminaries tu make the 1017 who accepted the gift liorsvs pay up the value of their stock to the amount of. about 3S,. 000 The hearing will be in the County Court at Camden, May 20 What probably will take place will be a general suit against them all. and then the lenjing of an assessment Practically all are poor mill workers or laborers of low-earning capacity. As the attorney, who was commenting, put it "These folk were presented with a lUblllt) " THE CHRISTIAN' A GENTLEMAN Dr. Phillips Preaches the Gospel of Service "No one ran be palled a Christian who is not u. gentleman." said the Itev Dr. 7. It T Phillips today at the noonday Lenten services in the Garrick Theatre ' 'Enter thou Into the Joy of the Lord' means the Jo of life the Joy of service. of beat lug the burden, ' he said "We should put the Jeiiu of Joy Uto every thi.ig we do. aflrfl should extend kindness to eitryoue Thus who rscogoize re ligion a a great big Joyous thing should try and help others, through kindness as prawned by Christ" Tcib it-- IT Phillips commended the wo: t. Ue ty che luasiuuh Mission, and ui4 that PbUact?lptJl:i should he proud it Sit Xx an iASMmtwo, CZAR'S RENEWED OFFENSIVE COSTS 80,000 SOLDIERS Berlin and Vienna Add That Foe Has Made No Gain in New Assaults SLAVS BUSY ON STRIPA t.OVDOX. March 29 Holh Merlin nnd Vienna assert that tho nevr Uusilan offensive tins netted the nt- tnckeri no gain nnd lin cost them onormotii looser Violent fighting appears to bo still In progress, however. In the region of t'oitavv between Dvlnk nnd Vtlnn, where the Hinslnni nre tr.vlng to pierce l'leld .Marshal von Hlndenbtirg's lino nnd force n genet. 'il withdraw al of the entire northern line to the south and wcit llii"lnn loiees are ptlmnted nt SO 000 men To the Htandeuhiirg llaimveiian nnd Unite corps, tho Herman War Olllce glvei the credit of having beaten back tho furious citmlauglits miidn tlmo nnd ngnln during the Inst few dnjs on tho Hanks nf the c'erninn front In the Tostavv re gion This (Liitre li held bv the Snar briieck Corps which stood the brunt of tho HiiHslan attacks There was some speculation here to night as tu the refeience to tho limn denburg Corps It was this corps, one nf tho ICnlser's "llnct," which made tho llrst succe"ful dash against Kort Doiinu niniit nt Verdun It Is believed here. imnnipr lh.it Mm tlrnmlpnliurirpr in tho eiit are n different corps Tho Austrian War office Is confident with irgnrd to the situation on tho south western front, where Czernovvltr, Ihn liukowtnn. capital, has for months been the objective of the Itil'"'lnnR, while fight lug has also been lively on the (lallclnn front During the last week Vienna an nounces there have boi-n no Itusslnn nt tncks In the southwest against tho main army of Genernl I'flnnzcr Vti:N"NA. March 2! The Itusslnim tiro attacking Austrian positions north nf Ho.van and along the btrlpa with grent violence, and nro shell ing Austrinti positions nonr the Hessnra btan frontier, tho War Oillco announced to dav North of Hoynn " said the olllcial state ment "tho Russian, by use of mines, tried rpppatedlv to enter Austrian position1", be ing rcpuKed with heavv Iomsps Along tin Strljia, n Hiisslnn night attack broke down through the explosion of Austrian ground mines " SLAVS CAPTURE TOWN OXJUiACK SEA COAST Also Take Villngc on the Road to Mesopotamia PirniOOltAD Jlnrch 29 The War Office last night Issued tho following bul letin: lu the lllnck Pea our torpedohoats have destrojed on the Anatolian coast in sailing ships, demolished two bridges and j.et fire to n munitions depot Caucasus fiont On tho coastal fi out our tioops overcoming the des perate leslstniicc of tho ciKins after urtlllory preparations by warships dislodged tho Turks from their posi tions In tho region of the Hlver Hal-tatchl-Darassl (about 30 miles past of Trcbi7ond). and, after an t ngage ment. occupied the town on the Black Sea const At dusk the same day the Turks opened counter-attacks on tho whoto of this spctor, which were nil successfully icpulsed Southeast of Hitlls (Lnke Van re gion) I'rlday night, after a fight, wo captured tho village of Illran The Turks defending tho II1.iko fled southward 30 DEAD, 40 HURT IN WRECK IN OHIO Contlniii-d frnm Pubp One turned over Tho boiler of the Imnmotivo on section 2. of No. S(i. exploded Tho water quenrhed n flro that started in tho tolescoped day coach of tho first section of No MI All coaches of tho three trains were of steel Two conches weio crum pled into junk Only threo of tho eight cars of the Twentieth Ceutur Limited remained on tho track Both sections nf No Ml wero bound from Chicago to Pitts burgh The locomotive of tho i-ccniid i-ertlon of No SG plowed through a buffet car, day coach nnd part of n sleeper on the end or the first section IUX'ALLS ASHTABULA WKi:CK. The wreck today recalled tho famous Ashtabula disaster on December 23, 187G, which cost nn even 100 lives. Tho Pacific Express, westbound from Now- York, nt that tlmo probably the fastest train In the world, was catapulted Into a creek and tho passengers were drowned or burned to death in tho lire that followed A small bridge over the creek hud given way during a tnovvstorm and the entire train went Into the shallow waters I B Bliss, singing partner of Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, was u -victim of this wreck "ALL I HEARD WAS A CRASH; I FOUND MYSELF SOMEWHERE" "I Heard Four Blasts, Then It Hap. pened," Says Survivor CLUVeLAND O. March 29 Bruised, battered, bedraggled and bloody, A. C. Geraghty. of Cleveland, emerged from the wieck how he doesn't know "All I remember about getting out was that I found myself in a ditch," bald Geraghty. "I was the only one out of 60 people In that coach who was able to navi gate I was told there were 40 people killed The rest were taften to hospitals In Elyria They wanted to take me. But an hour later I came to Cleveland on the same train " "PINNKD DOWN SOMEWIiene " Geraghty's head was cut, his clothes torn and his body scratched from head to foot He wound handkerchiefs about his head and then put on his cap It stuck so tightly through the blood-dampened bandages that a ph8lclan had to cut the cap away. Ills coat and trousers were not only cut In shreds, but besmirched with ditch water "I was sitting in the last coach of the llrst section or the train," related Geraghty, "We left Toledo about I 35 central time My seat was about fifth from the front l was reading a maga zine We stopped suddenly at Amherst Why. I don't know. But the brakeman told me afterward that the engineer said hut block signal wasn't clear l heard four snarp masts oi tne engine whistle. Then a minute later It happened AH I heard was a crash. Then I found myself in darknesa pinned down somewhere I don't know whether I was under a seat or on the ground, or what "See my shoe?" ho said, pointing to a dent In the toe. "Well, there waa some thing bearing down on that. I don't know how long I wan pinioned probably only a few moments. TOSSED INTO DITCH Then there was another crash. It waa the Twentieth Century sideewiptng us. it teemed to me that our coact ppened. Ilk aa iMuhrella I don't know which way r went whether It wan through tha reef cr window 9t wsat, A1J I know to that t found myself rolling Into tho ditch. It was pitch dark. "I staggered to my feet nnd ran up ahead I told tho Pullman porter about It. By that time tho train orew knew about It nnd came running back "1'nrmers with lanterns catno running from nil directions. They did most of tho work of rescuing the living and taking the dead out They were unable to get under tho wrerknge Tho people taken out were plthcr on top or npnr the top nf tho piled up car 1 Raw if! dead taken out." wiimijn iu:srn:ij Fireman (1 II illllette. of the Am herst Department, told his story of thp w reck "A great mass of wtedcage mpt our eves on thnt stretch of track. Ulg comb es wero overturned llko children's toy trains I helped tho rest of our boj's pull 20 women nnd men from car win dows The day coach on the first sec tion of No 8fi was burning Wo put out tho flames in a Jiffy 'This speedy work by firemen saved many passengers from cremation " saw uoiLinift i:xilodi:. Mrs Adnins Vllker nnd her daughter Miiilil leaped from their beds, startled when the crash came, In their home less than GO feet from the railroad tracks "I tushid to the windows," Mrs Vllkor snld ".lust ns I looked out 1 saw tho boilers of two engines explode The noise was terrific When tho sudden light thnt came with tho explosion hid vanished 1 could not see tho wiecked train, so dense was the Tog "I heard groans and shrieks nnd saw pTsengers running Ilk" mad persons up and down the tracks when t w-ent outside mv house " "I was asleep when It linpppmd I was hurled parti Ihiough the car window He foil) I could renll70 whnt had happened tho second oiasli came when tho Twen tieth Century, running n fow feet from us hit oui wreckage ".Men nnd women in night clothes wero scrambling nbout, dnrod I henrd ctles. groans nnd screams Ono man prayed aloud 1 jelled wlldlv fw ever.vbodv to 'get up' lint they weio illicitly up they had been toi-sed up bodll " Doctoi llandv, Plttsbuigh, snld I was nwal.e Just before the wreck oi cut red our hccllon had been going very slowly I think It stopped complete ly before the second section rlpptd Into us There could havo been no tlmo to warn tho Twentieth Century Limited, for sho came tearing Into tho wreckago less than two minutes later' W. II, I2IST0N. OF THIS C1TV, NOT OIIHMYHKCK VICTIM Believes Dead Man Was Customer to Whom He Gave Card Dispatches from Cleveland naming "Walloi It Hnston. of 1209 Aiidou stleet Philadelphia." us among the dead lu tho wreck nt Amherst, O, caused nnxlctv among his filends today until Sir Hasten was found at Waunmaker's. where he Is assistant manager of the book department 'It will bo Inteicsting to toad of my dentil," .--aid Ml. I'aMon. who lives nt 1209 Alrdrie street "I suppose the man con fused with me Is a cuMonici to whom I gave ni card " There Is no Airdon street in this citv, and It Is presumed thnt In the luihte and confusion of tiansmlttlng dispatches about the wreck tho name of tho strtet was misspelt ENGINEER PASSED SIGNALS. NEW YORK CENTRAL MEN SAY Second Section Driver Blamed by Of ficials of Road N1JW YOP.K, March 29 An engineei's disregard for a caution signal today cost from 23 to 30 lives This was the opin ion expiessed by N'ew Yolk Central otll oluls at noon todav. In an olllcial state ment on tho triple-headed yireck of three flleis at Amherst. C) , this morning. "The icports Indicate," said tho state ment, 'tint tho engineer of the second section of- train 8G disregarded signals The engine of tho fiist section lecelved caution signals, and proceeded under caution to the homo signal and slopped his train A flagman started back Im mediately, but befoio ho reached tho proper distance, the second section came ulong with tliu engineer vvoiklng steam." COMMERCE COMMISSION TO PRORE AMHERST WRECK Chief of Safety Division Starts for Scene of Disaster WASHINGTON. March 29 The Inter state Commerce Commission will mako a thorough Investigation of tho f.ttnl Now York Central wreck at Amherst, Ohio, early toda. II W Belknap, chief of tho commis sion's division of safety, will leavo for tho sceno this afternoon Ho will havo charge of tho Investigation George i; Kills, safety agent at Chicago, and II. A. Me Adam. Pittsburgh agent, nlicady havo left for Amherst ACHINC T00TI!SAVES LIVES Molar Kept Cook Wakeful Enough to Hear Flames Crackle in Kitchen An aching tooth was largely lesponsi bio for the rescue of a family of five per sons and the saving of a house from pos sible destruction in an exciting lire In South Philadelphia early today The tooth belongs to Miss Anna Seld inan, cook for Leon Brown, at 1933 South 7th street, where ho conducts a restaur ant on the first floor of his house About I o'clock this morning. Miss Sold man was awakened by theynolar, which had started to ache following a visit to tho dentist She could not stop the aching or go to sleep again An hour had passed when she heard u crackling noise, followed by an explosion, lu the kitchen The cook rushed downstairs to find the back part of the restaurant lu (lames. She hurriedly awakened Brown, his wife, and their son and daughter, Harry and Bella. All live rushed to the street In their night clothes The names, which did damage amounting to $500, are thought to have started from defective wiring SUES FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH "Woodbury Widow Asks $21,000 for Crash at Camden Crossing One more suit was brought today in the Camden Court against the West Jer sey Railroad because of a death caused by an alleged unguarded crossing Mrs. Mary Alice Hatler, widow of William K. Ilatler, of Woodbury, N. J , who was killed a month ago while motoring, ts suing the railroad for J21.000, of which 20,000 is for the death of her husband. and the other J 1000 for his automobile which waa wrecked in the accident In her aindavlt, the widow says that the Morris street crossing, where her hus band was killed, la unguarded, and that trains are hidden by houses which ob struct the view. She? Vald no bell or whistle was sounded and that there was no warning of any kind. Other suits have been brought against the railroad recently for similar reasons to -that of Mrs. Hatler. Writing Paper Prices Advance BOSTON, March 29. The American Writing Paper Company has decided on a substantial Increase on all grades of writing paper The advanced prices are an Increase of 60 per cent, in all grades of writings, with a base price of US cento or more, and 40 per cent on all grades! of writing with a. bae price of les than 15 cents, A 20 and SO per cent Incrwiss wji mada bv the company about tjnai weeks lino. 4 LINER TORPEDOED IN ESCAPING FOE, AFFIDAVITS SHOW A m e r i c a n Survivors of Sunken Ship State It Was First Shelled ENTIRE U-BOAT ISSUE UP WASHINGTON, Mnrch 2" The liner lhiglMimnu. which was sunk n lew days ngo, was shelled nnd torpedoed after nltPiitplltig to escape, according to affidavits of American sutvlvors cabled thp Malp IippnitniPtil frnm Llvnpool According to the uflldavlt of tho captain of the englishman the vessel attempted ' to escape whrn tippronthed bv the sub Innilne After being shelled, she hove to ' and then was torpedoed Tho affidavits stnted thnt the tlngllsli ninn ui vhpiird ),y a submarine before it was sunk Officials nld lipro thnt this was nlmot evidence that the Englishman tried to s ' cape It wns stated oti,nuthorltv that If It Is shown conclusively tho englishman wns i Irving to escape, there Is untiling Hint this Ooveriiniput enn do The xiibmnrlno wns within Its rights In sinking tho vessel In such nn event, officials declared Later Secretary Lansing stated thnt tho Infoi million regarding the englishman In dicated that at the actual tlmo that tho torpedo was discharged from tho Oer- lunn submarine Hie englishman had stopped Ho refused to comment on this, however, saying that "further Informa tion wns being sought ' Oltlclnls declaro that If this Is true the englishman rne will parallel that of tho Italian liner Anconn, which Ic sultcd lu a sharp note being sent to the Austrian Government The- United Stntes will make nn issue of the attacks upon the steamships eng lishman, Sussex and Manchester engineer whether Germany denies responsibility or not So fnr as tho sinking of thp english man wan concerned, ofllclnls declared this afternoon that It "seems without excuse" In the enso of the Snssev. there Is little doubt In tho minds of the President and his advisers that the Channel "ferry" was torpedoed without warning. Tho Man chester engineer status still Is to bo cleared up, but the Information m fnr apparent, indicates mat its cac was parallel with that of tho englishman Two Americans weio on board and they de pose tho ship was attacked without warn ing Tho Administration Is prepared to go to the length of breaking off relations, It has been known for nomo d.is. Such a step would not bp taken out of anger, however, but through a definite purpose to obtnln leal assurance regarding future submarine warfare, ofllclnls havo made clear.' If Germany dors not admit guilt and tho same Is truo of her Allies nnd the proof ngnlnst her Is Inconclusive, the case may slide Into the ''undetermined cite-, gory" with the Persia, Proof that a mlno and not a torpedo wan rpsponslhlo, of course, would end tho matter, so far as tho Individual vessel was concerned Tho general submarlno Isstio with Ger many would still remain to bo settled IieitLIN, March 29. Chancellor von Bethmann-IIollweg to du gavo to a coinmlttco of tho Itelchstag a confidential report on tho policy now being puisued by tho Government In sub marine warfare and told exactly wli.it has been dono In tho negotiations with tho United States. All 28 membeiH of tho coinmlttco at tended tho session, which wns of tho ut most Importance The Chancellor readily answered nil questions. Tho private dis cussion of submarlno Issues wns arranged by tho Government when party leaders In tho llelchstng agreed that open debate should be suppressed. Foreign Secretary von Jngow, Secretary of tho Interior Delbrueck, Secretary of the Treasury Helfferlch, Seirctaiy for the Colonies Solf and Admiral von Kapello. who succeeded von Tirpltz, attended tho sessions The newspapers announce that an official statement regnrdlng tho pro ceedings will bo made public later YOUTH AXD MATURITY ALIKE SEEK HYMEN'S ALTAR License for Couple Whose Combined Ago Is 34 Years Another Ag gregates 109 Of tho marriage licenses granted today nnd yesterday, one wns for n couplo ex ceptionally oung to bo wedded, nnd tho other for n couple past tho usual ago of thoso entering upon matrimony. The fiancee of Joseph M Nehllg Is 1G years old and ho Is 19 Ho Is a printer, living at 101!9 East Oxford street, and sho Is Miss Gertrude Glass, of 105 East Van Horn street. Lamartlno Miller, CI years old, retired, of 621 South 46th street, obtained a llcenso to marry Mrs. Agnes E. Cassell, 48 years old, an nrtlst, of 4012 Cedar avenue. Both havo been married. Mr. Cassell having died in England They will be married by Magistrate Harris. Other licenses granted today are: John It Hmlil, S107 Prankford uvc , and Zll- luh I Wlduer, Krankford Walter It June. Alluntlc City, N J . and .furlhn Hutchlns. Atlantic City. N J. Martha I, I.lpachutz l-'-'4 ftnyder uve , and Cecil Helsmun. 1)31 8 LMd at. Simon Iluben Sli S. Cth at , and lleglna Dlihon, Jtl" H Oth ft Pavlil Karpo! 474 N 4th at , and Minnie Buss man. 474 N 4th at Carl Hohb 8th at Hnil Tabor road, and Katla Haan. 4500 N Wlnxohocklnu at. Samuel Ke.lner DO I Franklin at., and Sailta Levlne. 001 Franklin at John T 1'nrawell J531 E Dauphin at . and Hedwls T Knacla. 1D20 N Sd at. Carlo .Santore. JMhlehem I'a., and Jennls Caatellucrl, Ilethluhrm. Pa William O'ponnell L'G.'J Jasper at., and Annie aiuscneK. uj jasper ai. Charted back, 804 H 4th at., and Fannie Uncovrski. U04 b 4th at. TOO LATE tOIt CLASSIFICATION DEATHS AKUOVD. On March 27. 11)10. WILLIAM A sun of the late William A. and Maria alas uey Akrotd, a Keel .; jears Uelatlvea and friends aro invited to attend the funeral Bervlccs. on Thursday, at a p m.. at thu apartments of Kirk tc Mice, 11301 Qerman town ave . Oermantown Interment privat HELP WANTED FEMALE HOSIERY Uxperlenced menders and exam iners learners taken Wallaca-Wilson Hos, lery Co . 4355 Orchard at Frank ford. LAUNDUESS. first class, wanted; arood refer ences, must be arood on shirts and collars: best wagee paid Phone Chestnut Hill BJ$ YOUNU WOMEN with blEh school education, or Us equivalent, for training- la hospital for mental and nervous diseases. Apply &upt. of Nurses. 4401 Market at. HELP WANTED MALE DllUO CLEIIK A young man having a good education and deslrlus to learn the buslneaa thoroughly. Address George it. Berlager. 601 federal at.. Camden. N. J. PAPER UOXES boy. experienced on Brown Carver machines and corner cutter. Apply Schoettle'a. 311) Plorlst at. PUNCH I'itBSa and shear men for blacksmith shop. Apply, at once. America Enslneerlmc Co . Aramlngo ave. and Cumberland at. General POSITIONS open for bUh-grade men. UCSINS9 HKKVICB COMPANY 1301 LAND TITLE BUILtUNO (SITUATION wanted male WINDOW TRIMMER AND DECORATOR want work, day or week. Apply Bchor. 739 Arch at Phone Walnut 1139 ' BOOMS VOR BENT ROOMS tu. apartment nt kitchen, dlouur-room, and bathroom oiuy 130, ;ch at. nantrf bedfOOUl JUcVett 133 b 12th at. fiayXta IfAiUXY tETer attrattliely lar nlnhod room, ksutbarn cjcpoavua, vlftstty IJtb aod walnut at fffl, UUar Oinoa ' H OcUr .l4.IfiJ Aitt l'3K. 11, 1 and" 13 suicide puts blame F0RACTONPARTNERSJ Philip Sternberg Takes Life When fortune d Business Reputation Are Stolen PHILIP STERNBERG I'lvo bosom" friends were named as the cause of his suicide In n letttr found clutched In the hand of Philip Sternberg Ho was found carlv toda In the bath room of his home, 309 Pine stnet, with the gas turned on and nil the cracks of tho room stuffed up "I was an easy mark." tho letter said. "Tho men I thought were mv friends robbed me till I was nparlv Insane I have not -Iept for nenrly three mouths " Steinberg, who was 18 tnrs old was taken to tho Pcnnsvlvnnln Hospital, where efforts were made to restore life He had a wife and six chlldien Ills fninilv i-ald thnt Sternlieig had Item "plucked" by his "friends' of sums ailng from $30,000 nil the vu down to $ri00, which a lawer had charged him as a feo drawing up n pnper of transfer Stcrnbetg was nt ono tltun the owner of li large hosiery concern at 2 1 -'.( South fid sticet He sold his hosiery Intel ests, nt the solicitation of a friend and went Into p,u tnershlp lu a stoic at nth and South streets In till". It was t-nid today by his wife, SUrnbctg Invested $30,000. The funds were so manipulated by the partners, said Mrs Sternlieig. that her husband was "done out" of all his hold ings lie then was persuaded to buy two moving plctuio thenties. ono nt COth sticet nnd Lausdow nu uvenuo. and the other nt 6th nnd South streets Mrs Sternberg said her husband lost overv cult he put Into them though his partners lloui islied She said that olio of them had been a "lifelong friend" of her hus band mid had been the worst of his "friends ' In the "bleeding" process Sternberg's daughter Pearl saw her fathor writing tho letter yesterday after noon. Ho covered It up when sho came In the room nnd gazed nt her so queerly that sho was frightened, sho snld "What are you writing, father?" she asked. "Nothing," he icplled When sho was awakened early this morning by her brother Abo, who smelted gas. Pearl said she suspected the worst at once The two rushed upstairs and had to bicak In tho door to reach their father, who was apparently nlrendy dead MOTHER AFRAID OF HER SON Tells Magistrate 30-Day Sentence Should Have Been Three Years After Magistrate Carson today com- mitted 21-year-old Walter White, of 2210 North Marshall street, to 30 days In the county prison, tho mother of the young man nddressed tho Couit with the com ment that tho sentenco was "ridiculous, It should havo been at least threo years" Tho sentenco was passed after testi mony that White, whllo drunk, tried to kill his mother nnd sister, nil of the North Marshall street address. Today tho son pleaded for another chance, but Mrs. Whlto was obdurate Sho told Mag istrate Carson her son was not worth an other chanco, aira was afraid that at tho expiration of tho mouth's sentenco ho would como homo and harm her Policeman Nichols, of tho Park and I.ehlgh avenues station, made the arrest yesterday. Ho wns called to the Whlto homo by telephone, and found the sou ling on a couch, clasping a knife, with a hatchot nearby, and the mother and sis ter locked in an upstairs room. French General Killed at Verdun PAUIS,, March 29 Brigadier General Largeau, ono of tho youngest ofllccrs of high rank In tho French Army, has been Idled at Verdun, It was announced toda Goneral Largeau was decorated for brav ery In tho Africa campaigns Young "try-on" of will profit M4WMMW vM, am i w u m m ra hum v v w ill H illliSi 'i 111 ss smIiI will' -r I of jthe smart new Spring. some and Oyercoats for At moderate cost these garments offer all that may he desired in individual style attraction, in quality, in tailoring and unequalled excellence of fit and finish. 1 Ready for Service Suits and Overcoats Fifteen Dollars and Upwards Jacob Reed's Sons 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET tu ITALIANS DEFEAT F0ES ,N 40.H0UR FIGHT ON IS0NZ0 Recapture G r a f e n berg Trenches by Desperate Counter-Attacks SHOOT DOWN 4 PLANES HOME. March 20 A violent 40-hour battle, fought west of OorMn. ha, JU9t ended successfully for thp Itnllans. It vra, officially announced today In the sector of tJinfenberg trenches which had been lost to the Austrlans ..-. I recaptured along with .102 men and 11 officers Four Austrian aeroplanes havo been shot down near Vlttorlo Following Is tho text of the official report In the upper Hue weak artillery 'flf was directed against the position, 11 had teenpturod Effective fire wan a, rected by tis nnd It sloppd nn enm. column that was climbing pn pi through Valentin Valley Along tho ui! per Isonzo lain and fog Interfered with the nrtlllory. but wo managed to demolish hiding plnces of the enemv on Monte Nero and silence a bomb-throwing gun In the Kcgora sector our bomb throwers attacked a trench, putting the defenders to A bitter 40-hour fight, west of Gorilla ended this morning with us tho victors On the night of March 24. after an In. teiiho and concentrated bombardment of our Urnfcnbeig t tenches, which had ni. ready hen damaged by bad weather the enemy launched violent attacks our stubborn resistance checked tho ndvance on the wings, but hand-to-hand flghlln compelled our centre to fall back 40n yards We lost .10 men In prisoners Heavy nrlng by artillery on both sides contln tied around tho disputed positions nil day estcrday M nightfall our troops be gau making countcr-nttacks. After re peated bloody efforts, admirably support ed by artillery fire, wo carried the lost' entrenchments and captured 302 men and II olllcers Two machine guns, rifles nnd a large quantity of ammunition and other wnr materials were taken Pour enemy aeroplanes wore shot down near Vlttorlo, the nylators being captured. VIENNA, March 29 Austrian airmen havo ucaln raided Venice, it wan announced today at the war oillco. It wns stated that bombs were dropped upon a few buildings nnd upon tho railways On tho Car n Plateau tho corpses of BOO Italian soldiers wo-i counted before tho Austrian trenches Following is the text of tho olllcial re port: Italian attacks on tho northern slope of Monto San Michelc. at San Martlno, and Ploeckcn all failed. Klvo hundred dead wero counted In front of ono of our battalions of field chasseurs on Carso Plateau Our aviators bombarded a few buildings and the iiillunys at Venice." Held for Tapping Gas Main Two men nro charged with tapping a city gas main In Camden nnd to have laid nn ordinary rubber garden hoso from It to a house In which they lived nt 230 Lino street. They nre under $500 ball for court, accused of having obtained free gas for two years for eight gas jots and a gas stovo In fctho house. Tho men gave tholr names as Orestl Angucssanto and Francisco Del Palazzo. They were ar rested on the chnrgcB of Charles A Pow oll, an Inspector of gas mains. Both men admitted, the pollco say, their guilt. Tin IK t " bR irl i"ft ff i SUNDAY OUTINGS is Fhom Mour Smirr W" t ?1 (in Atlanta Cltj, Wlldwsed, Holly W ' I I.UU BM,h.AnUiM.WIIiICrMt.F Ij Sundays j AtlntloCttr7JO:WlldiroodBr.7M , 9 nn !' i QC.UU The Moouausxtal Clr I sTanka Nanaa, QtsrrT Crmnsi 7.54i C9 till Wiihlnln "'" The Nation a Capital ) Sundays, April 11, May 14, June It Ppnncvlvnnia R. 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