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EVENING LEDaERr-IHILADELPHIA; MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917
PEUTONS REPULSE
Attacks on pdtna
Berlin Report Shows Ger-
M mans Homing uwh un
Rumanian jjronts
SLIGHT ACTIONJN WEST
BfUlACS
Moment
-
ttfnr.TV. .Inn. 22.
? . ... ...- n.itnna nncl KmnnnlftnA
f AS"l lh" AwTro-aerman position,
in tlS infl'a Illver. west nf Panel... tre
-",!,! tho Wnr Olllce nnnouncerf toduy
Wu,'l'L 1. J H...nnnlan operations.
fJL, his licclr heavy cnnnoi.adliiB on
IS B. lei of t he Olto. Valley. In Moldavia.
Sfn fKlern. farpathlans the connnun..
fe .eveml poliiH. nil being rn.ccesst.il for
HM Teutons.
-n,ilan raldhiK detachments wrro notUo
fert SSTt l f tfrWWmdt and the
K"1 a!!' M,e attacUM wero repuHed. the
Office, stated In Its report on eastern-
Kfroiit light .iB .
a S demehment,-. ld the Oer
letween . announcement
fan (lKhthift m Macedonia.
fcni!r. . i. normal, trocps of Nnncstl
I.ro a Pl"ar from the wall . of tho Busman
fnse." the military cruio ui u.u .......
K Ptw uu"n" ' -:' .V . ,; . uma an cam-
the recent iuv. -
ip&lgn. i-,.iMI Hntnln the
K "The Jiumanuwi mu u :--
E.dvances of Archdtiho Josephs army In the
lirder to avert danger to that posltlton and
Boutflanklni; on tho I'.itna and Sereth. the
I.Utement said "During tho last ew davii
.!eclnlly. Molent nttnclcs Imvo l.ecu . 1
Irected ngn.nst our position situated on he
fccarpatn.au sioput. im ... --- --------
Bv.ii.v Tlieso brought mi success, but In
stead heaiy losses In dead and prisoners.
rPIOTKOaiUD, .Ian. 22.
.....i r nimv attempts to advance by
BMfclaa fire in tho Oltus Valley was re
SrNl in todays olllclnl statement. On
the 'rest of the ltumanlan front thero was
mutual exchango of lire.
rATUS. Jan-
Two German attacks on tranches tmrth ot
Courleres Wood yesterday evening vvero
topped by artillery and Infantry lire, to
day's olllclal statement stated A number
!i..i,i r.nmiinis in Alsace were also ru-
ported. '
A The repulse of a minor British attack
Fnear Lens was reported uy ' no v. ,ir vi.to
ftoday Near Uczonvaux and l'ont-a-Mous-
iion German ra.uing ueiuK-nii"" .""..
French positions, and captured some pris
oners and one machine- gun.
i
German Raider
Reported Sunk
Continued fnim I'nco Ons
lmt fhn raider liad nrmed and cnulppcd nt
lyleast ono of her captures, presumably tho
K British merchantman St. Theodore.
W The South Atlantic today was literally
Immering with searchers ror tno snip or
Bhips responslbla for tho blow at Allied
commerce Brazil added to her fleet of war
vessels watching to prevent violations ot
neutrality by detaching a number of vessels
from her fleet. They will patrol Brazilian
territorial vvateis. Neutral merchantmen
arriving at various South American ports
reported Allied war vessels nlmost con
Itantly In sight Klve steamships variously
reported as merchantmen and cruisers vvero
said to bo lurking between Trovo Acao and
Yncare.
Lack of anv recent Information locating
4(;, the Hermans In adjacent South American
I i"V mlaru lino ... I ... t.t-A..tia.l r-t.111 ii.ltli tl.n lie.
Y ..h.v.o nun on iiiit cavil lltlll . ...i i? . -
lltf that tho raider has changed her field
of operations, and that this Held may be
I the 'southern Pacific, that the Chilian navy
'- has been called on for vigorous patrol duty
Dispatches from Itlo do Jonelro today
. carried vigorous denial by tho Brazilian au
thorities of reports that Uerman vessels
' Interned there including a German gun
boat had been permitted to outfit and take
on Bupplles. Tho rumors had developed
GERMANY REVIVES
ARMED SHIP ISSUE
Berlin Will Contend' Vessels
With Guns Are Really
Warships
U. S. FACES CONTROVERSY
Washington Awaits Memoran
dum From Gerard on
Teuton Stand
SCHOOL HEADS OPPOSE
POPULAR ELECTION IDEA
Wouldn't Servo if Ho Had to
Run and Play Politics,
Says Edmunds
UNAMERICAN, SAYS LANE
Tendency to Concentrate Authority in
Few Men Called Undemocratic
by Political Leader
IlKnMN. .Inn. 22.
A summary nf the Gorman Admiralty's
olllclal statement on the detention ni pris
oners of war of neutral sailors aboard
nrmed merchantmen captured by the Ger
man navnl forces has been cnblcd to the
State Department at Washington by Am
bassador Gerard This Is tho only Informa
tion :iet unliable regarding this develop,
inont In naval procedure.
German olllclal circles profess to regard
tho rase as affording nil opportunity for
tiegotlntloni looking to the settlement be
tween America and Germany of the slatni
of armed merchantmen. Slnco the men In
question are afo ntid tho rase Is not com
plicated by the lo"s of human life, as might
havo been Involved bad it arisen from the
destruction of nrmed merchantmen by sub
marines, optimism over an amicable adjust
ment Is expressed here.
Slpce th9 Issuing or the German memoran
dum nn nrmed merchantmen earlier In the
war German authorities have held that a
ship which mounts guns, whether they be
Intended for defense or offense, loses it-
status as n privato commercial craft and
becomes n wa.slup Sailors taking service
on such a ship, German authorities contend,
loso their neutral status. Just as If they
had enlisted in the naval forces of a bel
ligerent Therefore. thco sailors arc liable
to treatment as prisoner otivar It Is held
These grounds arc set forth In tho second
nnnex to tho German pr:zo code, which
states explicitly that trie crews ot armed
merchantmen which offer resistance to l.er
man naval forces shall bo treated as war
prisoners. Though the memorandum and
tho prlzo court lake this stand, the prob
lem bus been held in abeyance.
Of late, however, the nrmed merchant
man Issue has again become pressing, and
the belief Is growing that tho Government
will tnko ndvnntngo of the situation created
by tho bringing Into a German port of tho
prize ship Yarrow dale, with tho crew held
as prisoners of war. to bring tho question
to a head.
According to the British Consulnte In
New York, three Americans nro among the
members of the crew of tho British steam
ship Yarrowdalo captured by tho German
raider In tho South Atlantic. Tho Ynr
rovvdale, with a prlzo crewln chnrgo and
tho former crew as prisoners, was sailed
Into a German port, believed to bo Swinn-muendc.
The proposition to reorganize the gov
ernment of the public school system by hav
ing tho Board of Education elected by the
people rather than appointed by the Board
of Judges found llltlo favor lodny ntnone
tho members of tho school board. The
proposition had been advanced by Franklin
N Bt'cvver, ns president of tho Public Indu
ration and Child Labor Association. In
n letter tn .Fohn ( Winston, chairman of
tho Charter llcvlslon Committee. Mr Brew
er advocated a complete, change from the
present system of choosing members of tho
Board of Kducntlon.
He suggested that the board consist of
Rlx members rather than fifteen, ns at
present, and that If theso members n.o
chosen by popular elections womtn bo per
mitted to vote.
"If Ihli change Is effected." said llenry
rt Kdmund. picsldent of the Board of
Kducntlon "I shall no longSr wnnt to be
a member I will not be n candidate and
make slump speeches to obtain member
ship In a board for which there l no com
penallon and which under the proposed
icliemc would become nn entirely political
body. I vvai oiu'e offered a Judgeship of
the fnlted Slate District Court bv Presi
dent llarrl'on. t resigned olllce of assist
ant City Solicitor nft.'r holding it for one
year. I Would surely tint bo willing to glvo
all my time to school matte. s In a liouid
f sK members, especially vvliero political
pressure worn! be gienl."
MfJMIUJttS WOllK ItAtm
"The public docs not appreciate, I think,
Just how much work a member of the
Board of Kducntlon Is called upon to per
form. If the board Is reduced In number
the labor will be doubly great and If thi
public expects six men to administer the
school sjsteni II should ntso expect th.-u
those s'x men should be paid. Ah to tho
proposal to have women vote for member'?
of the Bonrd of Kducntlon, 1 mil not op
posed to letting them vote If they want to."
David It. I.nnc, member of tho Board of
r-Murntlot. nnd Republican lender of the
Twentieth Wnrd for many years, referred
tn the proposed rhnngo ns undemocratic.
Ho snld that constant trend of legislation
vvns to rcduco the number of persons exer
cising authority nits, lie thought, vvai nn
unwholesome condltlton. A board of educa
tion with only six members, he said woul.1
be "un-American.
Dlmner Beeber, president of the Common
wealth Trust company, chairman of the
committee on Boys' High Schools of the
Board of IMuentlou nnd n former Judge of
the Superior Court, was emphatically In
favor of enfranchising women If the Bonn:
of Education should become elective.
WOULD MKAN HAttD WOltK
"t havo not read the plans In detail." he
said, "anil I an. not sure whether or no n
Board of IMuenllon nf six members would
bn satisfactory If there were to h only
six member, however, they s'ould bo men
of means will, no other occupation, vho
could devote nil their tlmo to educa'.i mi
matter'. Six men could p. i.irm all llv
work, but they ivould have to devote far
more lime to It than the lioiiid of flf'crn
tiieinli" now does.
"If .. salary .vers attached to the oflhc.
It should be n Inrpu one. say nt least f'.'M
n month But 'hen nicmbcrMitp In thu
Bonrd of Education would bo Inr too vnln
ble a prlzo for the politicians to nes'et. I
should ce Mainly tot wish in nr,y caso to
seo the public cchtula steeped Hi politic"."
JiOGUS U1V0UCE DECREES
Police Say Stenographer Defrauded
Negroes, With Preacher's Aid
LtTTT.tJ BOCK. Ark Jan 22 omrers
who arrested W H White, n negro stenog
rapher here, say he has Issued 1000 coun
terfeit divorce decrees to Arkansas negroes
within lhe last year. They say that While,
defrauded negroes of the State, out of sev
eral thousand dollars.
Tho Ber. William If. Alford, a negro
preacher, was nrrested as an accomplice.
The officers say he solicited business tot
White.
n muinjiinarrx
The Proverb That Declares
"You Can't Have Your Cake and Eafc
It" was accepted before Endowment
Insurance had been heard of. . .
THE
Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia
FOURTH AND CHESTNUT STS.
FOUNDED 1865.
Provident
f li i .in mi i HiiiHiwnr
1
j ' widespread reports he.o that such ves-
; .'seis were preparing to make u. dash for tho
a, open sea to join tho raider. The steam-
lL Khln Tint,.'., .... I . .A n t.
I !N subsequent mectinir with n German vessel
Bgfc'tatsca wero revived ns evidencing extensive
uerman preparations for tho raid.
Estate department
GETS OFFICIAL NEWS
, WASHIXOTO.V. Jan. 22. The State De
, Partments Hr&t olllclal word on the German
1 TAider'S r.ltltllr-A (lit- nrlBun... In l.n C...I.
Atlantic including 103 neutrals, came from
- "rar vieraru loti.ty in a messago
kunuriiunB press statements, that 46a men
ntis tuivtril
The message referred tn prisoners on the
Tarrowdale, which, tho papers said, had
arrived In a German port.
: Theje was no mention of Americans in
the number, It w-an said by officials.
"MACDUC" SAYS ALLIES
PLOT U. S.-TEUTON WAR
, , NEW YOBK, Jan 22
Printed elrenlnra wamlnt. that tim ah.h
Imay try to force war between Germany
"u America uy Having a submarine Hying
Efjerman colors and manned by sailors In
kGemian Unifnrma slnlr nn Ama.tnnn ..
ere said to have been received by several
"vMtciio iriiiua louay.
t They were signed "Macduo" and detailed
inow England would shortly-- be rendered
ftdesnpmtn h a ..a... ,--. .
Ecampalgn. Germany, tle circular said,
Erould be "particular not to dangerously
,iuu0 Amencap antagonism." Continuing
Km letter fancifully details "whispers" from
lhe "ghost of Machlavelli" that "to the de
fpwate all things aro Justifiable" and aug-
siis now easy it would be to essay the
IJUPmarlno Plan specified. It suggests hav-
wa I ...-.- ie,,44iu (nviiu Americans
ownlng from the liner and being certain
I'th "man3r Americans lose their lives
r i"r mo uumntr me greater the
lmpetus to Immediate hostilities."
a "The German Government will make
Sweeping denials." thn rlrrnlni. i.Antln,.Aa
quotlng the ghost of Machlavelli. "They
i- nnuso )uu ui perpetrating the
In i kS star'e,,' tno American press will-
WILL DEMAND RELEASE
OF U. S. RAIDER VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, .inn. 22
Tho State Department expected today
to receive a report on Germany's capture
of neutrals In her recent South Atlantic
raids.
Inasmuch as this will probably" show
Americans in the crows were made prison
ers, the Government then will havo a new
International complication on lt3 hands.
Its course will probably be:
To demand release of tho prisoners, and.
It Is Indicated, Germany would not balk
at such a r,ea.ucst.
Second, to engage In n. new diplomatic
exchange looking to bettlement of armed
ship question.
The second course seemed logical to
authorities, though tho department had
made no official pronouncement of its views
on that point up to early today.
Germany wants that vexatious problem
cleared ; tho department, too, would like
to havo it satisfactorily disposed of.
To 'date, thero has been a gulf between
the two nations In their Interpretations.
Germany vsays armament makes a ship a
war vessel! without the usual Immunities
of a peaceful merchantman. Capture of
prisoners on such a ship, Germany holds.
Is Justlllablc.
On the other hand, tho United States bays
"defensive" armament Is proper, nnd clears
vessels thus armed. But thero have been
slight indications In the past two or threo
months that the United States might alter
some of its Ideas though perhaps not
enough to como tn the German viewpoint.
Hence, tho possibility of troublo is greater
today than In recent months, especially ns
this Issue Is linked with the probability
of a broader German submarlno campnlgn.
LOCAL OPTION STAMPS OUT
Blue-and-White Stickera Demand Im
mcediate Legislative Action
The local option forces hae inaugurated
a "stamp" campaign to di"ct Interest of
tho voters of tho State In the county local
option bill which
u .tl como up for
passage during tho
sessions ot the Leg
islature. b amps a trifle
la.ger than the or
dinary portage
srmp have been
sent to a!1 parts of
the State from the
Philadelphia offices
of the local option
committee of I'cnn
sj Ivanla They aie
being pasted every
where, nnd aro being used by the local op
tlomsts on their letters In the same manner
as the annual Bed Cross Christmas stamps
are used
The local option stamps carry this direct
appeal to the voters and, itgislators: "Give
Pennsylvania local option .low '" They are
printed In blue and white, tre State colors.
More Paralysis Cases in West Virginia
FAIRMONT. W. Va . Jan. 22. Three
additional cases of Infantile paralysis were
discovered In this vicinity according to ni
announcement by local health officials. Two
were found in Fairmont, while the third
was In Bnrackvllle, near here.
Fined $10 for Smoking His Pipe.
ORANGB. N". J-. Jan. 22. Because he
smoked his pipe near a tank of gasoline,
Victor Jablonskl has lost his Job and paid
a fine of $10 in the Irvlngton police court.
The complaint was made by Carl Berger, an
olllclal of the Irvlngton Varnish and In.
sulato Company, who asserted that, in spite
ot warnings, Jablonskl persisted In smoking
In the plant. The prisoner's only excuse
was that he did not know that he was
endangering the lives of the other employes.
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