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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,
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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
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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.
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