P .If ' EVENING LEDGEB-PniLABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 191G Even a pie-for-breakfast hotel failed to destroy Julian Street's enthusiasm, for the charming life and manners of the first families of Vir ginia whom he met and observed during his American Ad venture into the Old Dominion. It is published in this week's Colli ier$ TJIBtlATIOHAL WISELY GERMANY ADOPTS ENFORCED LABOR Youths Between 16 and 17 and Men Between 65 and 60 Affected WOMEN WILL BE SPARED By ERNEST KAIIN Special Cable to the Evening Ledger BERLIN, Nov. 21. The principal recent vent In Germany Is tho announcement of lyl dlenstpfllcht, meaning compulsion for any mala person between sixteen and sev enteen, or between fifty-five and elxty years of ago to work for the military mipply. The, bill hns yet to pass tho Reichstag. That body will doubtloss accept It without mtich difficulty or debate an the Socialism espe cially favor tho Idea. Tho Government hopes that tho mere en actment of tho law will bring forward with out direct compulsion all the men now un employed and those working In unnecessary trades. No pressure upon wages Is Intend ed, The decision to adopt this plan was strongly Influenced by the English law of July, 1915, relating to munitions workers. Tho law will bo administered very syste matically. Tho competency1 of tho War Oirico Is, In deed, remarkable Its work now Includes jurisdiction over all war orders, the super vision of all war Industry, control of labor questions, authority to glvo and rocelvo technical Ideas and responsibility for feed ing: tho army nnd tho munitions workers. Chief of the War Office (Krlegsnmt) Is Gen ,eral Crooner, late chief of the military rail road system. Ha Is a young man and ex ceedingly popular. His technical experience was gained as ono of tho Krupp managers. No extension of chit compulsion to wo men In immediately contemplated. Moral pressure will bo exercised, howeer, to bring them Into tho servlco of tho country. The press publishes a letter written two months ago by General Hlndenburg to tho Chancellor, which meets with ery general approval General Hlndenburg finds tho farmers withhold their produce, and this diminishes the power of the munitions work er. He proposes that moro p(ower nnd fn dependenco shall be conferred upon tho lower dfllclals of tho Government. Mine Kramers Intend to raise coal prices two Or three marks. Gciman output of coal in 191(5 has been only one-iuartcr to one half normal, AUSTRIANS HERE MOURN DUAL MONARCH'S DEATH Photographs of Francis Joseph Displayed in Windows of Homes and Shops Closed News of tho death of Emperor Francis Joseph, has caused general mourning among tho subjects of tho Dual Monarchy residing In this city. Especially Is this true In tho Austrian, Hungarian and Lithuanian colonies, where ft majority of tho 40,000 subjects nnd former subjects make their homes These are In tho neighborhoods bounded by Front, Fifth, South and Pine streets, and In tho section north of Market street bounded by Front, Sixth, Poplar and Vine streets. It Is In theao sections that genuine slgni of mourning are being displayed. The dead Emperor's photograph, draped with black crepe, has been placed In front windows of hops and homes. Groups of Austro-irtingarlans gathered In stores and on street corners this morn ing when the news was first heralded about the olty, Many of tho women who were la menting their Emperor's loss gave way to their Borrow and cried, Many of tho storekeepers have closed their places of business out of respect to tho dead, monarch's memory, while others ttlll refuse to believe the report of his death until official word comes from the local consul. r However, tho greater majority have ac cepted tho news as true because It la re ported as coming directly from Vienna. Ono aged Austrian declared that the peo ple of Ausfrla.IIungnry had come to love Francis joiepn as no other Emperor has been loved before This, he said, was due to the treatment always accorded his sub jects by tho deceased ruler He always had tha welfare of his subjects uppermost In his mind, according to this former subject, and tqr this reason his loss will be keenly felt, he said While no official word oC Emperor Fran cis Joseph's death has been received by Hermann Hann von Hannenhelm, the local Consul, whose office Is at S07 Spruce street, the report of his death Is given credence there. Official confirmation is expected any time from Baron Erich Zwledlnelc, the unarms a Anuirea, in wasmngton. 1 There Is every probability that special Mrvlces will be held In the two churches tfnf whtfth Ihii ltutal Klltifof-tft nf h Hiial P ,. ........ .-.- ... . -...-,. ,r H .f.v ....... rooturohy are communicants. Qne Is the oaUiedral of former Bishop Ortlnsky. at Siffth. and Oreen streets, while the other !a St. tier's Church. Fifth street and Omird aenue TWO RUMANIAN ARMY CORPS ARE TRAPPED BY FALKENHAYN Cenifnned frem Fate One Is Just south of the city of Slatlna. and about ninety-five miles from Bucharest Ahother column Is striking toward, the Danube from Cralota Heavy flthtlng Is again In progress along the Trnnsylvanlan front, where the ltuilans and Rumanians nro Attacking In a vain ef fort to lighten the pressure of von Falken Itnyn's men In the western sector The official silence on Dobrudja Is taken hero to Indicate that Importaht movements aro under way there by von Mackenscn's army It Is believed here that von Macken sen is on Ihe point of striking another pow erful blow In co-operation with the Austro Uerman drive from tho north OBTICIAL STATEMENT Tho official War Odtco statement Issued today follows: Transylvania front Near Kron stadt (Brnsjo) there has been no Im portant fighting. North of Campolung the Rumanians repeated their attacks against the Germans and Austro Hungarian lines, but without success On the Rothenthurm Tans road nnd on both sides of the Alt Valley wo have gained ground In fighting Quickly breaking the resistance of tho enemy with a bayonet attack, our troops thrust forward In tho sector of Craiova, JJeforo noon (Tuesday) West 1'rusalan nrtd East Prusslnn Infantry entered Craiova from the north and squadrons of her Majesty's regiment entered from the went, Theso were the flrst troops to enter tho captured city. Dobrudja front Near tho coast nnd In front of our positions thero Inve been engagements. On the Danube there has been local artillery firing, Macedonian'' front Between Ochrlila, Lake Presba nnd the Monastlr plain vanguards of tho Entente troops camo In contact with German nnd Bulgarian positions. East of Paralove our rlflts of tho Guard recaptured a mountain height and held It against strong at tacku. Eastern front Southwest of lllga advanced detachments of Gorman ter ritorials raided a Russian position, capturing thirty-three prisoners and three machine guns without sustaining any losses. Otherwise from tho Biltla to tho bend of tho Carpathlnn moun tains thero Is nothing to report. NEW PHASR OF CAMPAIGN Tho Austro-Germnn offensive against Rumania has entered n brand new plinse, says tho military critic of tho OvcrMcna News Agency In nn until) t leal nrtlcto to day. The cutting of the Bucharost-Cralovn-Orsova Railroad by tho Teuton Invaders In Rumania Is called a moro Important achievement than von Mackensen's drive through Dobrudja. "After the Rumanians wero defeated In linttle at TarguJIul, Oerman and Austro Hungnrlan troops on November 18 broke through and reached tho Orsovn-Craltiva Railway," the statement says, "With theso dovclopments the fighting In Rumania en tered a new phase This advance, which was executed with quickness nnd energy, was even moro Important than the breaking nf tho Rumanian Unco In Dobrudja Tho ad vance to the railroad flung open the door to tho Wallachlan plain. "During October thero was a vlolont struggle In northern Rumania for positions In tho Trnnsylvnnlnn Alps After the moun tain pussos were forced the preusuro of tho Central Powers, corresponding to tholr gnlns nf ground, Increased from day to day. In tho sama proportion tho Austro-Germnn pressuro near Prcdcnl and north of Cain- polung Increased correspondingly "in tho sector of .Predenl Posh a battle for possession of heights west of Iiuatodl raged for hIx days hoforo they wore finally carried by Btorm by Austro-Gorman hoI dlont." Tho writer then describes tho fighting north of Campolung, describing tho nd vnnco step by step Extraordinary cf forta woro mado by tho Rumanians to check this ndvnnce, but nil failed Powerful counter-attacks were delivered against tho AUHtro-Gormnns around Predoal Pass north of Campolung, south of Rothenthurm Pass and In tho Jlul Valley The victory of the Austro-Gcrmnns nt TarguJIul la called ono of tho turning points of tho war In Bumnnla, During the fighting between November 1 and November 18, tho Austro-Germann captured 189 officers, .19, 388 men, 20 cannons and 72 machine guns Rumanian losses have been enormous. At some points tho civilian population Joined the soldiers High trlbuto Is paid to tho good comradeship of tho Austro Hungarlani and Germans and also tho high standard of strategy executed by the lead-era. SERBS ADVANCE ON PIULE1; HULGAItS OFFER STUBBORN RESISTANCE, PARIS SAYS PAniS, Nov. 22. Hot pursuit of tho retreating Rulgurlin German nrmy forced out of Monastlr Is still being made by the Allied forces. The Serbians In particular, heartened by occupation of their ancient city of Mon antlr, are pressing on irresistibly to the north, forcing bnck the Teutonic lino toward Prllep An enormous store of sup plies and military Impediments, abandoned by the Teutons In their flight, has been cap tured. No estimate of Its value Is yet ob tainable, but fragmentary advices say In cluded Is a big store of food, railway roll ing stock and engineering materials All will be of Inestimable valuo to General Sar- rnua rorces. The French War Office statement today said the German-Bulgarian nrmy was re sisting energetically on a line from Hne govo, about three miles north of Monastlr, to Hill 1050, southwest of Makavo. The allied forces took 500 more prisoners, Dispatches today Indicated great activity by the Italian forces engaged along the Macedonian front. Occupying the front to the west of Monastlr, they are pushing on In the Muzn region. LOSS OF CRAIOVA GRAVE BLOW TO ENTIRE DEFENSE SYSTEM OF RUMANIA, LONDON'S VIEW LONDON. Nov. London made no attempt today to dis guise Its feeling of the gravity of the Gor man whirlwind advance Into western Ru mania, Indicated In the fall of Craiova. Military experts and economists were greatly concerned to know whether the Ru- TPDAY'S MARIUAG& LICENSES tod Qtitrede I-oul D. 4U, 3027 N 10th t. S, Carr. SOI Larcfewood av. PMrtu UKtlonr M8I HltUr it . sa4 Ms , JttSa, J BrdouCn, Miff B. 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Z.J.Pequignot Jewels i c 1331 wainui oiveet manlans had sufficient advance Information of the speed of the German envoloplng movement, engineered by General on Falk enhayn, to remove from rrrtlova. the vast stores of grain known to be there Germany desperately needs such wheat, and hope Is expressed here that fragmen tary Advices Indicating that the Crnlava granaries had been emptied long before the German occupation will be confirmed As et no vord hns been received direct from Bucharest Admitting capture of tha city by the Teutons or explaining what ef fect this capture will have on the Rumanian campaign In Wttllachla. The London press mado no disguise to day of the menace seen In tho nmnalngly RWltt progress by which General von Talk enhnyn's nrmy swept Into Rumania and took tho Wallachlan city. Temporary and local collapse of the entire Rumanian de fensive Is feared. What London Is mot anxious now to ascertain Is whether the Rumanian army, which Von Kalkenhayn'a bold move sought to envelop, can escape the Jaws of the German vise and successfully evado the pressuro from tho north and south. With Craiova In German hands the Rumanian railway communications to the Orzova eer-tor are cut olf. Tho Rumanian nrmy In the Orsova section H In nn exceeds Ingly precarious position TOMMY ATKINS' CHEERFULNESS EXPRESSED IN MERRY DITTIES a Even in Perilous or Offensive Situations the Latest Popu lar Song Is Hummed or Whistled A German Trooper's Diary BRITISH BEATEN BACK NEAR' SERRE; GERMANS RAID LINE OF TRENCHES AT LA BASSEE BERLIN, Nov 32 I'oggy weather Is Interfering with fighting on the western front, tho War OfftYo an nounced today There uns Increased nrtll lory activity In the Bommo sector last night Tho British attacked near Serre, hut wcru repulnod Houth of tho La lltsseo Cannl tho Germans carried out a successful trench raid, capturing twenty prisoners Tho toxt of the War Office report fol lows 1 Foggy weather Is hindering fighting nrtlvity. Houth of tho La Ilassen Ca nal patrols of Anhnlt Infantry Regiment No 9.1 nnd Magdoburg Pioneer Bat talion No 4 entered British trenches nnd, nftcr destroying defensive works, returned with moro than twenty prison ers and one machine gun. Tu tho Hommo Rector artillery flro was limited during the day, but In creased during tho evening on both banks of tho Ancra nnd at St. Plerro Vnast Wood English nttacks, north west of Kerrc, hrolio down under our Arc. PENNSY ENGINE .TUMPS TRACK Trnfllc Delayed Fifteen to Thirty Min utes When Locomotivo Straddles Six Tracks Nearly all trains, both Incoming nnd out going, were delayed from fifteen to thirty minutes at Broad Street Station early to day ns tho result of it heavy track rnglno Jumping tho track near tho Interlocking sn Itches at Seventeenth street Tho accident, which occurred at 5 10 a m, blocked traffic on six tracks; pas sengers on sevaral trains walked nlong tho tracks to, tho station shortly after tho tlo up occurred Tho later trnlnu wcro flagged nt the West Philadelphia Station and many hundreds piled out to take trolley cars or NUbwny trains No ono was Injutcd as tho englno was derailed, hut tho wholo schedule of both Incoming and outgoing trains wna upset; ond many persons were Into for work. Thu milk and mall trains wcro not affected, It wns said Unicrgency crewH sot thn rnglno aright shortly after 8 o'clock I 9 a m nearly all trains were reported on tlmo Dy ELLEN ADAIR LONDON, Nov. J, Written Specialty or livening Ledger THi:itn Is a gny Insouciance In the atti tude of tho British Tommy He goes Into battle singing his absurdly cheerful songs, ho falls on tho field to the tuno of tnoso songs, nnd several nrmy doc tors havo as sured me that while tho stretcher bearers are carrying the wounded hack to the lines, those wounded nnd dying men If they havo strength left will cheer fully whistle tho newest ditty that has reached them "from home." A few months ago 1 saw a Red Cross train tSt VVV a ?Al. t I.. I.., .. V.V ' " 1 Paris station . 1M ntlcd with mmJmmKXWMSmi British Tom UMjCN ADAIll mes They were all moro or less badly Injured but thoy wcro singing something In ragtime, something cheerful and rousing and the French officials wcro watching them open mouthed In nmaxement at "those mnd Kng lecshl" A letter which proves tMs indomltnble cheerfulness renrhes mo today from "Some where on tho Homme." It also gives ono a sharp Idea of tho nwesome conditions of modern wnrfare The Junior subaltern a boy still In his teens who penned It has been wounded badly several times. Now, "Somewhere on tho Sommo," he writes "Alwajs merry and bright, though noaked and sodden to tho skin! My men nnd I nro swimming cheerily In seas of mud The cold Is Intense, nnd tho rain pelts down all day long on our Innocent heads The wily Hun keeps up n perpetual bombnrdment. nnd earth, trees and stones fly through tho nlr. 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READINO JS North Stli St nuitKiyiunp through pools of mud waist deep, while tho Germans turned the fury of their big guns on us. 'Turning sharply to tho left we came to a deep hollow, which afforded shelter.' The moon was obscured for the moment find the wide-spreading trees of the hollow seemed a haven of refuge "We rushed headlong toward this Garden of ICden, The moon suddenly shone out with startling clearness, nnd, horror of horrors! It revealed ho L'den, but n charnel house of long-dead corpses! Arms stuck up out of the ground with every flngei pointing nt somebody, or beckoning to some, one, Human skulls strewed tho place. Heads, In various stages of decomposition, grinned unpleasantly In tho moonlight. "I cannot describe the eerlness of the scene. Oerman nnd British Tommies were lied together in knots. Wo fell across dead bodies Impaled on each other, nnd locked In ft last fierce death struggle Mangled por tions of humanity wero twisted up with tree-roots, or floated on tho rain filled shell holes, "Wo had to wait for three hours tn this horrible spot The odor was so over powering that three of my men ttAnM riot not it grumble' They were nil out wardly botH calm nnd cheerful. "The Oermahs -oon got the range right, and peppered Us with fire. I was chat- Tlng with captain X ,dUrMJnnnd hide, when ft piece of hell mn'"nfth literally tore the top portion of his head off He died within fifteen minutes, poor C "At daybreak we renehed n village whlrh had to bo held against the ndvnnclng foe Our men sang nt their work nerwij In good spirits. Hilt when night came, and there was no respite, they were dropping with fatigue. n-ARHD NOT SLEBP "Dut we daro not Bleep. Forlwo das and nights wo defended the plAce, under terrlflo tire I lost twenty-five of my men But wo won through. Reinforcements came Up, and Jesterday wo hod a long, long " LPf'o In Ihe Ocrmnn front line Is no dream of bliss, as tho captured diary of a Oerman soldier shows. I have Just had n chanro to read thla Interesting docu ment, with tho aid of a. Oerman dictionary. "We spend our days lying out In dreary shell holes," writes "Karl" lugubriously, "uh le British nlrnien perform strnngo feats over our heads Often thoy descend to n height of 200 feel and flro on our gar rison with mnchlno guns nnd signal with horns Tho dend lie very thick. No one can possibly lovo rcRtlng In ft shell hole. I do not." 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