tf"TI ";--; f "V ''V v:-i 'r, , JK ; EVENING LEDGEK-l'HILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, EEBlttJARY 21, 1917 t rt, -x ' ' '' ', V k h m !, "w'.'.V ." !fr' rp H-aZ- i xyn i.i. . VERDUN'S YEAH OF SIEGE FINDS FRANCE VICTOR .Anniversary of Crown $' Prince's 'Attack Shows His Dream Smashed K NIVELLE'S GENIUS WON Greatest Slaughter . and Most Rf Sublime Sacrifice Elements of Conflict By HENRY WOOD WITH THK FltKNCH AllMIKH AT WAX- DUN, Feb. 21. One year ago today started tho German assault on Verdun Txxolxe months of tlie most gigantic siege operations In tho his tory of mankind have passed, and today tho French occupy almost prcclrely the time pos'.tlons they did at 7 IB a. in Feb ruary 21, 1916, when the (Jrrnian guns be gan their roar of artillery propai.itloti Within one year, Verdun Ii.im bounded the death knell of Oermnn.x's hopes of cap ture. Seven hundred thousand of her choicest soldiers have guno to death In vain efforts to realize the Uermaii Crown Prince's fondest hopes Tho quantttx of war material utilized and destroyed In this titanic twelve montlm has been greater than that ever so utilized in any preceding battle. "For the first time In history, nho, tho defenders of a besieged fortress hae wlth tood the maximum effort of their assail ants, and then, taking tho offensle thom ehes, hac completel) liberated their citadel. Th!s page In French history has not been written, howeer. without tracing on Mother Larth marks that may take as many years to efface as will be required to wipe out from the minds, of son owing thousand the memory of loved onci who went down In the glorious' defense The battlefield of Verdun breathes from very square Inch of its nurfjeo the In effaceable marks of the titanic struggle that Is still convuls ng the cnttro soil Some marks may bo obliterated In time Hut others. Including complete sterility of soil, may last forever 2600 HUNS IN ATTACK The loar of derman artillery began early In the morning on February 21. 1016. and before long resulted In a massing of pieces of alt calibers that flnnllx reached 2C0O In number, the greatest artillery concentration In the world's hlstors Verdun then was pastoral Although ranking as one of the world s greatest fort resses, the whole nbpect of the iountr was peaceful. Its fortifications wcro hidden be neath rolling green hills nut now a terrible mark stretches netoss what were once fair land" It extends on both sides of the Meuse. marking on the north line where the Germans began iholr assault and on tho south the line nraiest Verdun they attained It Is a deep, black, blood-soaked gash It begins on the west bank of the .Meuse at about Avocourt and crossing the liver tuns to near Abaucourt It Is between twelve and f.ftecn miles In length. In width It varies from a few hundred jards at those points whore tho Germans made least head way to a maximum depth of three miles, where. In their six months of struggling on tho defensive, the Germans made their neatest approach Within tho limits of this narrow crooked strip of land are found Mort Homme, Hill 301, Crows' Wood, t'u mleres, Douaumont. Thlaumont. Vaux, Kleury, Chenolse and a score of other woods, Frol de Tcrre, Pepper Hill and a dozen other stops fought oer for dajs and weeks and months. WIIKHK ROVAI. HOPi:S PIED This Is the graeard of the frown Prince's hopes, too There Is nothing In this strip to meet the eye but sholl-churned mud and mud of such Impalpable fragments of earth, tone, timber and human bodies that a chemical analysis would be necessary to de termine what the tragments are The trip Is one vast pockmarked area. It Is Impregnated with the decaying flesli of Its dead and with slimy, putild water In the pockmarks Those who died on this strip and the number mounts to more than a million had little If any chance of eer finding an other grave. Anx effort to carry off the dead meant merely an additional sacrifice of life. Before any human being could ar rive to carry off a dead soldier It was far more probablo that the body would be struck by a shell and driven deep Into tho muddy, blood-stained earth A llttlo later another shell, closo by, might bring it again to the surface. Others might SLatter the human fragments eerywhere The ele ments of human flesh now Impregnate every cubic Inch of this soil Authorities doubt whether tho strip will oxer again regain Its fertility They think for years to come it will show the horrors of tho days that are past by Its monstrous, glar ing lack of verdure; by its black, shriveled oil and Its hldeousness across the face ot fields that will later bloom and blossom. All the horror of Verdun Is centered there But If this tragedy and ghastllness Is written broad on the strip thero are other portions of the field In general where ono might even bo proud of what human genius and human will can accomplish If It were possible to forget the hldeousness of the black gash. GIGANTIC SHLrrAnT DEPOT For miles back of the battlo front the hills and valleys of the Meuse and of Verdun have been transformed Into one gigantic military depot. To appreciate what now exists back of Verdun it must be remembered that this great establishment did not exist at 7:15 a. m. one year ago. Instead of tho scores of railway lines that now cross-check the whole contributory territory for twenty miles back there was only one winding railway that led Into Verdun. It must be remembered that In place, of the many bridges now spannihg the Meuse and scores of them crossing the entire Meuse valley, there existed only the half dozen structures necessary to supply tho needs of a peaceful rural population. It must be remembered that in placo of the half dozen great railway military de pots,' many with scores of tracks, there formerly existed none. Nor were there fi V hospitals, aviation camps, artillery parks, C A iirmeerlnr d coots, staff headauarters. 'T ' 'tnn harraeks. eavalrv sheds, munitions ' 'troop barracks, cavalry sheds, munitions denote, garages and all the multitudinous ';'. i wrvlce8 that make up the great army '"' .organizations of today. 'f-.lMt. but not least, the battlefield of r-i .Verdun, at It stands today, and, above all. ft?' tboM unending milts ot perfected organ isation, bring sharply to mind the man who 6 wetted It all, the one man who built up mM HU&uiiiiivry IU BM.VO VCIUUIl, J9 n JUBl . nMniDBnu ha now heads the Frenrh jinnies. He is building up the entire French .pent for a final victory as he built up fun. , VMtinan la General NIvelle. Eerlgwatioit Rates Refused TOW, Feb. 21. Proposed In- $!.$ to IIT.BO per car In ') KM vege- ANTI-RUM TIDAL WAVE SWEEPING COUNTRY Advent of Nation-Wide Prohibi tion Merely Waits State Elec tions, Advocate Says 90 PER CENT OF U. S. "DRY" "Uoozelcss" Trips From Atlantic to Pacific mid Gulf to Arctic Now Possible CHICAGO, Teh. 21 -i-Tho ndvent nf un-llon-vilde prohibition Is merely u question of waiting now until the time of elections In various States, In the opinion of 12. .1. I)als, superintendent nf the Antl-Snlonn League of Chicago. Tho real work of eliminating "bonze' from the nation ban already been accom plished and national prohibition, Davis said, Is certain to come, through tho Stnte-by-State process, or through an amendment to the Federal constitution. The dry propaganda has met with sweep ing success during tho last fall and winter. Summarizing tho results he explained how It Is now possible to trnrl frnm the At lantic const to tb Pacific coast by scxeiAl different route "limit onco ent-'tlng "wet" territory. It Is also possible, he said, to travel from tho Mexican bolder to tlio Aittle rlrrln through absolute) dr territory "The State ale all falling Into line I venture the prediction thnt b the end of next year there will only Im two States south of the Macon and Dlion lino and east of the Mississippi where a drink may be legally puUh.icd In Kenttickx and l.ouislnnn. "Tho Legislatures of Iowa, South Da kota Winning. Nciuda. Minnesota and New Mexico have passed sill mission bills during their prevent sessions, Indiana and t tab haxo enacted slatiltnrx prohibition measures, tho Federal Government, after submitting tho question to tho people "f Alaska, has added that territory to the long iliy list, after ilia people declared In fnxor of It l n big majorltj ' MNUTY phi: cunt of t s imv Ai cording to rguies of tho llllnolH Ant I Saloon I.caguu ninety per cent of tho aioa of tho I'nlted States Is di 00,000,000 peo plo live 111 dr.v territory. sixty-file per rent of tho total population of the inuntrx can not buy u drink and twintx-llxo States nie alieady fully dry. A surev of prohibition activities rovoals a slow but t-oitittn encroachment upon the territory in "black" on the nntls' map Nebraska Imm voted dry, effective Ma 1 The prohibition bill, with stringent regula tions. Is now i'p In the House Arkansas has substituted a bone dry measure for ono which permitted shipments. Kansas, dry. Is considering a bill which makes It an offense even to have "boo7c" In one's possession Iowa Is dr bv leglslatixe enactment and tlio Legislature xvlll submit to voters the question of making u constitutional provi sion. Oklahoma, alread.x dr.x, probably will xoto on a bill nlreadx passed bv both branches of the Legislature, prohibiting shipment. Minnesota has ndopteil a submission bill, which If i nn led at tho 1 01 S election, xvlll will make tho State dr.x .lul.v 1. I'tIO NATION COMING AROUND Vorlh Dakota, although dry since admis sion, has adopted further shipment legula tlon Michigan has voted diy. effeetlxn May 1, 1018, and Is now enacting iueesary legis lation The South Dakota Legislature hasndopted a leforenrluni measure to bo xoteil on In mis Wisconsin Is considering n drv referen dum bill during the present legislative f.es slon It xvlll come up I'ebiuniy 28 Tomis Prohibitionists, lacking onl one xoto In tlio Senate to pass a prohibition amendment, are strong In tho House and threaten to blotk all other legislation by hooping the amendment constant! before the lower branili unless it Is passed California saloons are being more htrln gently regulated and drs are lining up Mr n smashing drlxe on booze txxn xears hence Oregon Is bono drx lloth houses of the Washington LogNIa turo liaxe adopted a bone dr measure which now awaits tho Governor's signature Tho Illinois Senate has passed a State xxlde prohibition referendum bill The xote In the Houso xx 111 be close The Indiana Legislature has enacted leg islation to clo"o the Stnlc's saloons April 1, 1018. AMENDMENTS TO BILL ON SHIPPING AGREED ON Piovibions Made by House Committee Over Transfer of Vessels Durinr? National Emergency WASHINGTON Feb. :i A bill Imoi poratlug nmendments to the shipping bill designed for use in time of national emer gency xxas agreed on today by tlio House Metchant Marine Committee nnd xvlll be reported to the House tomorrow The bill provides principally that No American shall purchase a xc&rcl ris ing tho flag ot a country at war unless w Ith the consent of the President During national emergency vessels under construction for foreign citizens shall bo tendered to tho shipping board or the space and facilities necessary for such construc tion shall be offered the board No vessel during an emergency shall bo sold, leased or chartered to any person without the board's consent. If a contract for a vessel for a foiclgncr Is carried out the vessel shall not be navi gated without tlio board's consent. No vessel enrolled under tho United States lavxs shall have, as an officer a citizen of a country with xvhlch tlio fnltcd States Is at xvar or of nny ally of such country. Tho provision In tho existing law that the board shall not purchase any vessel less than 76 per cent perfect is reduced to no per cent. HAP WRONG NAME IN HER WILL Suit Brought Against Executor to Test Claim to Bequest Proper Interpretation ot the will of the late Mrs. Harriett Nlcholls, of Salem. N. J., was sought today by Walter It. Cook, who brought suit In tho Chancery Court against J. Warren Davis, executor of tho estate, to test his claim as beneficiary. Mrs, Nlcholls, who died in April, 1013, left an estate valued at $180,000. Sho made bequests of $5000 each to Frank II. Cook and Harry N, Cook and 'other mem bers of tho Cook family, of Salem As there xx-as no Frank H. Cook In existence, the Court decided that Mrs. Nlcholls had Wnlter It. Cook In mind nt the time of making her will. Butcher Fined for Short Weight Short weight to customers today cost Benjamin naranofskl. n butcher at 1732 Droadnay, Camden, $10 and costs Imposed by Recorder Stackhouse. Tho evldenco against him was furnisher by Mrs. George Kruck, wife of Camden's sealer of weights and measures. Shf. testified that she bought goods at his store yesterday to the amount of $1,74 and men took It to another store where It was weighed and sha learned the cost should have been $1.63. Recorder Stackhouse. said similar offenders herenfter would be still more, severely dealt with. Fined for Violating Traffic Law Arthur. 4Hanr, a Mt, Ephralm. N, J., tarar. ,waa oea ii ior yioiaung HI ,LBOl. fin ob- E. E. L00MIS HEADS LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. Succeeds E. B. Thomas as Active Head of Corporation Change Not Unexpected COMES FROM D L. AND W. Has Had Wido Experience in Railroatl anil Mining -Mr. Thomas Becomes Chairman of Board tMwnid I!. I.oomls today was olntril president of tho Lehigh Vnlloy llallroad Mr. Loomls Is vice president of the Dela ware. Lackawanna mid Western Hallrond Up suceicds J 11 Thomas, who has re signed, and has been elected Uialrman of tho board of dlreetois anil xvlll also ,u t as ihalrmnn of the finance and exorutixo com mittees. Mr ThnmiiH was also eleited n (director of tho oompaiiy. Inking Hie place of Hdwnrd S M-ore, leslgned From time to tlmo during the hut jcar reports had been current In inllni-id and financial circles that there would be u change In tho presidency of tho roinpanx Confirmation of thpso icports could not he had from offh lals of the company. Theio fore, when the announcement of tho i lo tion of Mr Loomls was made following a meeting of the board of directors this morn ing It did not eaiiKO any surprise. Mr. Loomls will now take up the reins of nitlxe management of the iiillioid so snciv-sfullv handled h Mr Thomas f iiianv 5 cars Tlio i Id Hon nf Mi Lonnils was mi doubt the ietult of ran-riil n mil among tho xoungor nillroad officials throughout Mm (ouritrx xvho liaxe hem successful Ml. Thomas came to th" Lihlgh Vallex- from tin- I.ile. Vr Loomls, vhi Is not .xet liriv xears old. comes In tin Lehigh Valley with a lot of xaluablo experience behind lilin. as his i ango In tnllnmtl work has been ex ceptlomillv wide Mi Loomls started vvnilt In tho law department of the Denver and Illo Gi.iiiiIh litillioail Soon theio.iiter ho went Into tho office of thu goieral supir Intenilont of the llilo Itiillioad In 1MI ho xv us mnde superintendent or the Tioga Division of tlio Ilile It was not long aftei ho had been iilxniueil to this post thai time xv as added In Ills duties tlio entire niiiuagonient of tin- Illooiifliuig I'onl Company, with Its largo bituminous mining and luniboi Interests He was appointed general superintend ent of tho Veil- York, Susuui lintin.i and Western llallroad and tho Wllkes-llarro and Kastorn Kallioail In 1S9S Whtn I'resi dent W. 11 Tritesdnle. of the L.u kavvanna. started his reorganisation polkv In I "ton, ho (.elected Ml Loomls as active manager of Mm coal Interests In 190.' ho was elected senior xlce president of the rond Ml Loomls has plaxed a ver.x Important p.iit In the reconstiucllon nnd leoiganlzi tloii of the Latkawanua. Ills work has not been lonflned to rail road and mining business. Me Is a trus tee of the Auieilcan Suiet.x I'oinpanx. di rector In eaih of tho three xvell-known New York banks the Llbcrtv National Hank, the Chatham and l'henlv ltank and the Coal nnd Iron National Hank As e oeiitor of tho late Samuel L Clemens ho is president and director of tho Mink Twain Company Ho Is nlo dliector of the T mple Iron Company and of Prlzuia. Im oiporalid. He Is treasure! and director of the Slosoi Taylor Hospital nnd director of the IM'iv ground and Itecie.itlon Assm latlon of America He Is also president and rilieitor of the Harlem Tinnsfer Conip.in). xlce president and dlirctnr of the Morris and IN sex ttiillinid x l e piesldont and dlirctnr of tho Hobokon l'err.v I'onip.uij nnd dim tor in various siibsldlnrx nnd allied inn paules whlih ii i o p.iit of in losely imi nected with the L.nkaw.mna llallroad. twenty-three In number Mr Ijoomls is a member of tlio Ainerit an Institute of Mining Knglneers the Chamber of Commerce of the State nf New Yolk, and the following New York clubs The Melio pollt.iu Club. Tho Iteiess, The lt.illio.id Club of New Yoik. also Tho Westmoreland Club of Wllkos-llnrro The Scranton Club, the Country Club of Scranton and of the ll.iltusiol Golf Club SHORE H0TELMEN SEEK TO HALT BIG-GUN TESTS Bills in Legislature Would Curb Bethlehem Stel Proving Grounds ATLANTIC CITY. Feb 21 Two hills Introiluied at 'lieiiton bv Senator Utile nrds. of Atlantic Clt.x, one fniblddlug the filing of shot mid shell exi ceding six Inches In dlametei within twenty miles n any cllv of a population nf iiioh than '.'O.nOn and the other piov tiling n ponnlly nf $100 foi e.u h shot 111 oil in violation of the Hist iucihiiio, icpiiM'iit tin litest moxe In the fight of shoie hotel men to prevent the Iiithleheni Stool Coiimi it ion tr.xlng out foiirteon-liu h guns on Its new pi ovlug ground near Maxs Lauding The large area ptiichahcil and cleared by tho steel eoinpanx at a cost exi ceding half a million dollars along the gie.at Kgg 1I.lt bor lllver Is approximately within icven tccn miles of Atlantic City, nnd the asiei tlon has been mado by representatives of hotct syndicates xvlth more than $10,000,000 at stake that the firing of great guns xvould have a tendency to drlxo nervoui persons and Invalids generally fiom the coast resorts nil along the south shoie Interests filendly to tho Bethlehem Sieel Company today said the Lcglslutuie might ns xv ell forbid tho use of tho Majs Landing range nltogethei .ih to fix a limit for Fix Inch guns, ,slnce tho company lias ni.ido every nrrangement to try out the largest guns built over the ten-mile lunge, extend ing from Majs Landing toward tho lo.ii-t. A writ of certiorari to levlow In the Supreme Court the closing of twenty odd roads on the new i.inge was gianted hotel men ycsteiday HUNDREDS AT FUNERAL OF SLAIN ARSENAL MAN Police Wntch Services for Samuel Jenkins, Hopinp; to Find Clue to Murderers The funeral of Samuel Jenkins, an elec trician of the Trankford Arsenal, who was killed Saturday night, was held this nfter noon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah nutterficld. SI22 Howell street, Wissi nomlng Hundreds of persons viewed tho body and crowded the sidewalk us the funeral cortege was being formed. City Hall detectives kept watch for persons that might act In a suspicious manner. The casket was surrounded by many floral tributes. Including ji large design s,ent by the employes of tho Arsenal. The services wero conducted by the Itev, Charles I-'aunce, of Philadelphia, who xvas recently ordained. Mr. Knunce xvns a friend of Jenkins, having been previously employed In the Arsenal. The pall bearers xvcro Sam uel Stradllng. IMchard Stradllng, Curtis Henry and Stanley Trestln. four nephews. Jenkins was shot at Torresdale avenue near Bridge street, presumably by foot pads. An hour before ho was shot and killed. Valentine Kuhm. a drier, of 4646 Illchmond street, and his helper, Conrad Heck, ot 613? TorresdaU) avenue, were held up by two men near the same spot- Only Patrols Active, Petrograd Reports PKTROanAD, Feb.' Only reconnol- tertne .activities and Infantry firing have talM mm ln,tn J.uenur-wr HOWARD K. LOOMIS Mr. Loomls was today electoil president of tho Lchich Valley Railroad. Ho is vice pt csiilciit of the Lackawanna Railroad. Ho suc ceeds K. 15. Thomus, rcslKned. Mr. Tliomus becomes chairman of tlio hoard of directors and will also net as ih.tiimnn of the executive and finance committees. THREE SHIPS, DEFYING U-BOATS, REACH U. S. Two American Ships Leave New York for War Zone Tanker to Follow NIJW YOltK, Teh 21 .Seven t.ilpn, thiee nf which nine fiom Illo "barred nine." arrived hem todax The trio that hiaved the t-bnat peril were the Itawsoii. from Cardiff. WhIch. tho LiilIIIiic. ft inn Ilaxie. and the Miildan. which mine from nn tiimamid IhigllKh pmt Tlio Ilitxvsnii, whli h lies llm American flag put In at A7ores on hci wilv mioss The llr--t Aineitcan Lino steamship l leave till" poit slnre tho German siib inrlnn winning was bsued tho Mongolia- tod iv Is past Sanity Hook and on hot w.iv to lluiope. She was followed clo'-rlx bv Hie fViuerlian fielghler Al gnmiulii Until uio hound foi London and an- tlio tlrst American xes-.els tn sail fiom hue fon it Ilrltlsh lion sliuo Gcriiianv's warning Oflli-I.ils of the American Lino were lot Icent oxer tlio sailing of the Mongolia, refusing, exen after she had been seen to pass out of the harbor, to iidinll her i-alllng She Is a xcssd of 1.1.I1.10 tons, and Is an oiit-and-oiil American xessel having been built In this countiy. and nexer having How n nnv Hag e.scept the Amcrlran Nn attempt was made In dis guise her she is painted in regular colors, with her name and legltry painted on her sides In huge letters The i.ipt.iln "f the Mongolia Is lMwaid Itlco, an American All sailings nf passenger xcsols haxo been i.inielnl bv the Ameili-.ui Line Milppeis haxo bleu lintlllrd In lake flolgllt mil of tlio bold or tlio SI Louis, xviuie II has boon Ixlng slluo 1'eluii.iiv '' when In I hailing was postponed Tlio Philadel phia Is expeitoil tn lake hoi place along side thn M Louis, Now nil, ami St J'aul when Kin- nrilxes heir; tniiioiiinv fiom Liveipool Spri'iibitlnn todav ns In tlio probable i. ipso of the i-.iiiiellalliiii of Xnifiiian Lino sailings was along two illlforcnl linos Ono was that It might mr.iii the Dual ile clslnn of Hie GijVi mini nl not to aid III arming t-blps fixing tho Xniriicaii flag 'I ho nlbci xvas that the picsont Inlcinu tion.il t'llsis bail lausoit tho tlnvci ninoiit to notlfv tlio chip's ovviiits that tbev might bo needed for ativill.iiy naval wink The I'lillailcliihl i and Hie New Ym I., under the names Harvaid nnd Yale were ro U'-rd In the SpanWh-Amoili an W.u Aimod with a rapid flic gun and tanking a largo of lono hoiM's, tin Hull in htcnni slilp Na poll Milled foi Itnlv today Tho Poises ate for llo bv the Italian iiiinv. Among tho new nie ii'iitimloi of e sea men fiom the Hull. in uavv Tho Napnll at i led no pasengeis I'uiianl Line olllclals said tliey planned to -ond two tnoie ships from New Yoik todav 'I he nro tin c.up.ithin ami An sonln both lioiiud for Livecpnol P,is"cu gets liad been booked for both xeystli 'I lie dl'patchlng of tvvn ships at nine Is in lino iith the iciciitlv adopted plan of tho llm to scud out ships in palm for mutual protection The SI. (in!. ml (HI Companv mado pir piiia tloiiH to send another tank steamship today She is the 'oiumiiiilpavv, fiom Hi) nunc. N. .1 , foi an unnamed Hntls.li pmt HALTiMom: rob ;i Tl" flint Aiueihan slriiinship tn leave thl' pott to penelr.itu the win rone pm rlnlmcd m the Geitnan wainlug of 1'eb i ii.ii v 1 Is the Gai lard Steamship Coin pan.v's steamship Ilockliigli.ini, Cnptnlu C i: IMwards, which sailed this iiinin'ng for Liverpool Sho is loaded with a gcneial caigo, much of which might bo regarded bv n subnia line commander as contraband In her crew of forty men, twenty-four are citizens of the United States, ten being natives of the Hawaiian Islands CRIPPLED SHIP PUTS BACK Cuiloslty was aroused In shipping cir cles today whin xvord reached tho Mailtlnn i:change that the Danish steamship t'l llik Holm, which left Kicd sticet whaif for Antllla. Cuba, for n load of Hiig.il had hi iiinie ilimagod near the Ilrcakvvatcr, had turned bail, and was on her wax heie for icpaiis A slngulir thing xvas that the matter was not repoited at the Hreakwatoi sta tion It Is thought i-lio was damaged by tho Ice unci her condensem aio In bad shape. She xxas seen this morning coming up the Delaware President Names Postmasters WASHINGTON, H. C 1'eli. 21. The President today nominated the following postmasters- Pennsylvania, Daniel J. O'Bilen, llverson; Camilla W Adams, Hast McKeesport Nw Jeisej- Iiank Ferrj-, .lr, IJay Head; John It Geary, South Plainfleld, Wilter It Huff, Neshanlc Station; Geotge A Clsik, Scotdi Plains; William C Snjder, Axon-bj--tlie-Sea; Al ley I). Ayrea, Island Heights; Daniel H, McCallion, Lakehuiht. Insulators for Pull Socket Chains Splicing links and Insulators nro now available for uso on pull socket chains, xhich can bo used cither as u splicing link or an Insulator or for both. Tho in sulators are for uso mostly In baths, kitch ens and basements, where there Is a possi bility qf tho consumer's circuit becoming grounded or a transformer breaking down and causing n high voltage on the houso circuit, xvlth fatal results to any one touch ing the pull socket chain under the cir cumstances. Statistics of Cancer At the request of the American Society for the Control nf Cancer, tho United States Census Bureau has prepared a monograph presenting. In much greater detail than In tho mortality reports issued by the bureau, statistics relating to deaths from cancer and other malignant tumors throughout the registration area In the year 1914, Deaths am classified under even general headings and twenty-seven subdivisions, each indi cating the particular part or organ, of, the body affected. Tl ToMk MeaU-8rvi BISHOP GARLAND MAKES PLEA FOR PATRIOTISM Tells First Lenten Congregation at St. Stephen's Nation Is Near Losing Soul With tho "Cm so of Selfishness" ni the keynoto nf his sermon, tho lllght Hex. Thomas ,1 Garland, Itlshop Surfingiili of tho Dloceo ot I'onusylvnnla, preached nt 12-10 o'clock In tho first of a series of Lenten services for business prnplo at St. Stephen's llplscopal Church, Tenth street ahovn Chestnut. "In tho piisent groat crisis of the na tion," slid the Illshop, "thero Is nredod a ninlilllriitliiii of Christians, Ik cause wo In our ttiv.il rv us a iiilloti aio coming dnu gerou"lv clne to losing out own soul Wo as Christians must stand "readv to die for Christ or for our bri Illicit, and wo mujt lie lead) lo light exeiv form of Injustice "That in, in Is neither u patriot nor a Christian xvho does not maliilnlii that this nation must bo a leader In upholding the pilnclples of llheily Thero nn too iii'inv xvho lffjld to the Idea that sorx Ii e to the nation Is not mutpitlblo with servko to God " Tlii" cliuii'h was iTovxiled Willi n women fiom the business illstikt ii and nf the iltv I'leieillng tho sorxico Homy Thundrr gaxo a short otg.in reiltal GoiiIoii CALLS FOR RELIGION TO PURIFY ItUSIiXKSS I he U' v Hi II A Welter pifsidetit of die Lutheran Mlnl-iteilum of Pi inisv Ivaula nnd adjacent States, prcailieil tnd.iv In old St .lohn's Chun Ii. H.iie slioot below Sixth In his sermon fiom St M.uk Iv. .'G-'Jfi, he said- I'.ilso IdiaN ate laising n riuosllnn enn loining inoiliiii mm options nnd men lire thawing a dlxiding line between their loll glon mid their dally dealings with one nn othoi 'I hov glow apprehensive, and xxnlih wlth'n soill-lioivousness which bodes disaster lost a lilt of religion IiiJciIh llsolf Into our business life and Mibjeits It to Ills for which business sjstem and business rllklenc.x can find no phxsii'lali "U'n perform our dally xvoth and attend tn our lollgloiis duties at sepal.tte times mid under vastly different surioiindlngs Still wo seek fiult one kind of fnill 111 our business trial balances and nnnlhoi In our souls' til.il balances. And If nnv hole would mink the result of It nil, the answer Is rolling westvvaid. acinss the Atlantic, from loin and bleeding nations, whore the fruits of the trial balames of business aio being swallowed up In the gulfs and trenches whlih ex Idem i- tho hallowing dofh Its In tho ledger balance of hopeless, hapless human souls " 1)K. WASIIBUHN PLEADS FOR RIGHTEOUS NATION Individual and Collective Christianity America's Gtcat Need, Lenten Speaker Says ppcnls to live a life of righteousness and godliness, Indlx Idunllx. in business ami In polities xvere initio b.v the Uov tr l.ntils c Washburn al tho iionmlnx Lenten seivlces in Christ chunh. Seiond s'tieot above M.ukot "Wr uio mooting Indeed in critical times tbo speaker said ' Oin lime Is prrtloiis nnd xvl7.il wo nerd Is results Tlili inimtix needs a getieiatloii of men who will save tlio soul of the nation, and tlio ipiosMnn ii.iturnllx arises. What Is to hi c rune of tho soul of meili.i theso dixs? "What Is it that lias brought sm h n tre mendous ihaiigp In tlio nitlonal Illo of both 1'innco and Hngland.' It is that a gieat enthusiasm and gilm doteiiiilnallou haxo arisen to saxo tho nation, or to die for the nation If netcssarx It Is tho Fplilt of the men xvho havo xoliintcetocl which has brought this change nbout "The same results are needed In America Wo must make Jesus ChrlM the dominant llguro of inn lives Wo must show tho i.iino gilm dc'lernilnatlou to live rlghtcouslv Wo need It Indlvlrliially. wo need It polit ically We must do nwav with pettiness unci giaft Tho illx- needs it, tho nation needs II This Is the soaon III whlih to make the stall " TI.MK TO KKNKW OUIl FAITH" Kcv l-'tancis S. Shcchnn, in Lenten Ser mon, Admonishes Humility Lent is the season to icnovv our faith, hopn and lovo for God, said tho Hp I'lancls SSheehnn. who spoke at tho noon day Lenten services In the Church nf St. .Iciiiu the Hvangollst. Thlitcentli stieot abovo Chestnut. l-'.illH-r Sheehaii told the longiegalloti not to think too much of woildly things, but to look forward to the prnmlso of salvation. 'Dust ou are, nnd In dust joii must re turn," he said. "You mo put on tills ciiith to solve God, and His leal message Is some thing higher than e.u Ihlv things. Hach dav joii should ti.iln jouiself b lomo nit of s"lf-deulal and penance to obserxe the season of Lent." Tho speaker admonished tho people to live a life of sobriety " niSHOP GIVES LENTEN TALK Older Jlcn Should Set Example Younger, Dr. Talbot Says to A licart-to-hcart talk or a talk without a Oct Is the way the night Itev. Hthelbert Talbot, llplscopal Bishop of Bethlehem, to day described his sermon at tlio noondnv Lenfii services held at Old St. IMiiI'h chiml. in Third street, below Walnut stroe' fl'o older men should furnish good e. a pies for tho younger ni"ii." said tho Bishop "This season of the xcar. or the Lenten season, is tho time when all man kind should look over his religious totk nnd tako accounts of his assets. He shall Had thnt ho has failed In many Instances cluilng the last yenl V The Bishop spoko for a peiiod of ten min utes. Tlie service was hugely attended. SUSPECT POISON PLOT One Dead, Three Seriously 111, After Partaking of Meal PITTSBURGH. Keb. 21. Mrs Proboc levos Lanzaiotta, twenty-seven years old, of Chicago, died In the Allegheny General Hospital yesterday afternoon the victim of a supposed poison plot. Her husband, Joseph Lanzarottn, Josephine Spagnola, eighteen rnrs old, and Anna Spagnola, eleven years old, uro seriously III. All xvero stricken following a meal In the homo of Joseph Spagnola, of Ambrldge, father of Josephine Spagnola. Physicians nt the hospital were baffled regarding the nature of the poison. The only symptom was fever. Nono McAdoo tp Marry Slav Djplomat WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Secretary of the Trcasuiy McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo, daughter of tho President, this afternoon announced tho engagement of Mr. McAdoo'u daughter, Nona Hailehurst McAdoo, lo Ferdinand Do Mohrenschlldt, second sec retary of the Imperial Ilusslan Embassy In Washington. National Enameling Will Pay More NCW YORK, Feb. SI.- The National Hnamellng and Stamping Company has de clared a dividend of I per cent for the year on lt common stock, a per cent Belpir pay. able May If to holder of record April SO and ? par dent November HJ haWr,of iii- 'M-i SPANISH 'HEIR' HELD HERE AS SWINDLER Many Witnesses Testify Pris oner Mulcted Them of Money and Jewelry Giovanni Cuclnnttn, twenty jenrs old, of Chicago, Ilalllmnie. Clexcland, Ncxv York, Hnston and nlo Madrid. Spain, who the police say becomes nn heir to a largo Spanish estate every twenty-four hours, today wns held In J5000 bull by Mngls iniin Villus nt ibn Kront and Master stieets station, after leti men nnd scxeraL women had testllled against him. r After being held by Mnglstratn Yntel, tlie prisoner xvos taken beforo Mnglstiatc Hen tun, nt the central station, who held him In J.'no ball nn n similar charge prc fened by Frank Hhreiibrrg, of Si 'I Spring Gulden street, who sworn that tho defen dant had fleeced him out of $120 Dotei lives Agnevv nnd llnyne testified that within thn past two weeks Cuclnotlii had swindled tho complainants out of $2111 In cash, iiiaiiy wedding llngu, earrings and other jewelry livery onco In a while, the police siy Citclnotta bobs up in mine clt nnd ap pioaches a foielgncr and lolates how ho Iiih fallen an heir to an njtate consisting of thousands or ncres nf latfil In Spain Ho also lolls his prospective victim th.it his deceased lelntlvo had loft him $1000 In Spanish moiiev which ho claims to haxo on his person, llo asks his victim where ho can go to clmngo tho Spanish coin Into Ameilian money. The victim leads him to a steamship ofllce On tho way to tho steamship ofllce Cuclnotta complains of heart trouble. "I can't walk any ifurther bcinmo mx heart pains me," says cucl nnltn. ' hero take tho J9000 In Spanish money and give me $200 In cash and I'll bo satis fied " Many nf the complainants testified that llicv xvent to their bank nnd drew nut 4J00 or more whlih they gave their Spanish filend. Ciiclliottn xvould go nxx.iy. Tlio victim on opening the pnekage xxould find that it contained old paper and dirty rags. 'I ho police say that tn main cases xxhere tho prisoner couldn't got cash from his xlillms he xvould take their Jowelix. U. S. SUES TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR MARINE CORPS UcRins Pioccedinp; for Condemnation of Tracts Needed to Enlarge Quar termaster's Department Condemnation proceedings by the Gov ernment to ncqulro two pieces of land Jn the rear of tho Quartermaster's depot, of tho rolled States Marine Corps, at the southwest corner of Hroael and Washington nxeniie. for the purpose of enlatglng tlio cpiarters, xieie Instituted In tho Kodei.il Court today by Assistant t'nlted Slutos Dis till t Attorney Kdwln S Kremp Inability of the Nnxy Department to ngioo xvlth the owners of the land over the purchase price necessitated tho com t pio ceedlngs bv the Government to ncqulro tho land to make the much-needed phxsieal ex tension of the quilt torimster s depot Congress on ugust 21, laic, appropri ated $175,000 as the malmiim inst for the acquisition of tho land anil tho erection of it largo new building, but lecentlv Con sNossni.iii .1 Hampton Moore intioduced ii bill to Increase the nppioprlatlon for this linpinxeineiit to J37G.0OO No action has jrt been taken hv Cnngiess. on Mi Moore's prnposod amendment Tin- rii,ittrniinstct's clopol extends west fiom 111 cud stiool on both Washington nxe niio nnd Alter slto-t The two strips of land sought to bo condemned adjoin In tho leal The land facing Washington nxeniie Is owned bv Mm H. llattpt and her bus band, ll.iuv. and the piomlscs nie now oc inplid bv l'leld K. io, who also liaxo a place nl 7.,l-.'t Arcli itiect. and A. M. l-'lnklielner iigont for I'.ihst Hrewlng Cone p.inx, holding n second flxe-jcar lease xvhlih has nhoiil two and a half years to inn Tho olliei piopoily, which adjoins thn, llanpt preml-es, and which fronts on Alter street, is owned by Miss Sarah Knlr lej and Is occuplid by I-'alrlcy Iliolhcis, iontr.li tors HKUJEST NAVAL BILL REPORTED IN SENATE House Adds .$128,000,000 to Orip;innl Estimates for Program WASHINGTON. I-Vli -1 I in leased Ii) $US.(iOn,000 as It passed the House the Administration'- naval lilllr-tlie biggest In thn hlstoiy of the lounttv was lepoitod to the Semite toil.ij In Senator Tillman, ihnlimnn of the naxal innimlttre. Tho bill us lovlsed canles a total of nearlv a halt billion dollars ami aulhoilcs tho Pioslelcnt to loniniandcoi prlvato ship jaicls and munitions plants in tfiuo of xv.irv Tho $1JS, 000.000 Incicase a giant np pmpi latlon hi Itself was added after gicatcst pressuio fiom the Navy Dcp.ut lucnt l'l siilolit Wilson, us well ns Scc icIiiij of the Navj iMuiols. appealed in neiso'ii nt tlio Capitol while tho bill xvas in lomniittee 'I ho biggest Item of Incieas-o is $1 117. 000.000 foi the liuuiidlato loiupletlon of win xcssels now under construction. This Is a i cdutttou of $::r,, 000, 00(1 fiom that asked by tho Navy Department. It Is stipulated that ?3G, 000.000 be ex pended for completion of submarines. Limit of cost of seagoing submarines is placed at Jl.900,000 each, and of coast sub marines at $1,300,000 each. GKADS FROM FAR AND WIDE AT U. OF P. ALUMNI DAY Veteran Sons of Old Penn and Under graduates Take Part in Exercises liiadiiatcs and former students at tho t'nlxeislty ot PcuiiHvlvunla leturned today to their ulma mater, where they participate!' with tho undei gruduutes In tlio cciclses of Alumni Day. Fiom "all parta of tho Lounliy tho letcian sons of Old Penn catno ut tho luro of the annual pllgrlmngo to tho slirlno of their student boyhood Otheis hi axed tho dangeiH of thn mined and KUb-mailne-liitested ocean to mingle xvlth their former schoolfellows mid icuew the ac quaintances of their youth. They strolled oxer tho campus and, under esiort of undergiadualo guides, xvero con ducted through tho University building, while, as a featurodf thlH year'a observance, tho alumni xvero taken Into classes nnd laboratoilea during tho lectures. Franklin Field attracted muiiy former stars of track and Held,, ' Alumni mid students assembled In tho chapel at 12:30 o'clock, where brief exer cises, addressed by several nlumnl, xvcro held, Luncheon at Houston Hall followed. The alumni meeting, held in Houston Hall this ufternoon, Is being devoted largely to discussion nf tho medical merger. Pro vost Smith and Dr. William 13. Ashton aro tlio principal speakers. Tho ulumul dinner at 0:30 o'clock closes tho exercises. Tomorroxv nlumnl and btudents wilt par ticipate In University Day. REPUBLICANS DEFEAT TREATY WITH COLOMBIA Opposition Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committees Beat Plan to Help Guard Canal WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 President Wilson's efforts to revive tire Colombian 'treaty as a step toward guaranteeing the sarety ot tna Panama canal in case ot war xvlth dermany failed today when Itepubll can meiribere ot the genate Forelinv itala. ttotut CotnmlttK declined to wlthdrawXthelr. BMMjtua id flu aaaiMLllaR , . X DARBY SHEARING M SET FOR TUESDAY! i-uDJic oorvico uommissiontl Announces It Will Sit at Ilarrisburg NO REPLY PA' TWINING d X Director Refuses to Answer Tay- m ior s ucciuration That Lease Terms Arc Good Al 'am Tho Public SarvlLo Commia. Ion ontiouncecl it HuTlburg today that, tiert Tuesday . ' public, hearing Mould be hold thero imon ' the city -I npDlIt.it on for n. iri-iin,.... .. T public convenience for tlio io:utructloii of 'j tho elflxnted linn to U.uby. Tho commls- il ulntt ,1 n ,1M. MnA.I llm, ..1. .1. w f .... K(i.iv..,sM vnuv ioi.v mo uarov "L xvould be consldored and Indicate I that the '1 cntlro board might sit. fl Tho iipplkatlou for tho U.nln tin. .-.' filed urvoral weeks after the blanl.-et apnlT cation I'oveilng nil tho nlhei ilno.i. Thli may bo teuton for tho i ommlssloti'n deMro i u ,iii up nun iinu ior llllllicr COtlSllTrn. a Hon l.,,. ll.tn t.... ..r .,.- ...'"" J .svsteiu, hovvexcr. xvaff considered tnsi ....... " nt the lieurltig In this city with all the,' other lines, thero Is eotisldcrablo specula Hon as to tho purposo of the hearing Tianslt Director Twining lefmed today to unsvvor or to comment upon tho state. mont Issued bv ex-Transit Director A Jler- ' Hit Tli lor. In Klorlda, uiglng tho citizen to stnlid by tho proposed learo to the Phlla dolphin lUplcl Transit Companx unci nk 1 thnt It be ratified without delay no Avswnrt to twlor 'I iefue now, an I did a xe.u ago, said ' the Dlierlor. "In enter Into nnj pcisonal ' irnitioversy with Mi Tnvlor l am Inter I'stcd now snlel in Iho niiulslj of the i Phllailelplil.i Ijipld Tianslt Company s pro posed lease, nnd until I have made my re- j iiott to the Mavor complete I will nit dig. cuss the matter public Iv "After mv report goes to Mayor Smith and to Councils then It will bo tlmo to take steps to work out of the present proposal some form of a lease whlih will be fur and ' Just to nil parlies ", 4 ; "What I am doing In mv report Ii to '1 point nut what terms tho clt.v cannot accept In the P J5 T. piopos.il. i propftso also, ' lo offer moduli allons nnd nineiidnionts which will, I hope, straighten out the situ ation "I do not havo a coiiiilerdraft of a lease tn offer. In fnct, I do not think that any one person should draw up a lease. TW1NINGS EXPLANATION Tho Ulrertor said there was another phase of the I'ompitiv s proposal to which he was llkelv to objeit He said thnt. as ho saw It, the city, imdoi the present terms, should It take over the company's property nt th esplratloii pf the flfty-.v ear lease would have lo pay twice Tor the equipment which lias been Installed Mr. Twining said the lease provides that to cover the tost of rciulpment and to liquidate this rot at the end nf the term '1 of the lease n sinking fund shall be eslab- llatw.,1 'l'l... .. n... ... .1.- -.,..,. I .... '"- imjiHiiii'i io ino cooiiom lima ,i shall, tho lease provided, according to the l Twining nnnljsls, i-onstltute one of the o.n. I .1.... i,.- i .. f ..,..., ... "u 'iiiiiKti inn iaoii'lll oi Wllllll 1110 in niiisi gii-ii.inice inorcroio ino Hirec lor holds, tbo cllv would Imvo lo irunr. nnloo tin- pa.vments In liquidate the llrst 1 lost of (ciiilpinont and at the termination ,t of (he loiso would hnxo to pax again 'for J I nils saino iquipniont should it decide to lake '1 oxer tho lompnn.v's pinpotl.v I'ho first ro.st foi equipment II has been eiuiiiiirii, win i.mgo uiowiieio iroin 14, 000.000 to $),ii(in.iiiio In addition to Ilils, hovvi'xei, now rqiilpniont will haxo to bo Installed fiom time to time with lesult, nuordlng lo tlio Dliector Hint at the tlmo .! of the cxpliatlnn of the Iraso tlio equipment y Iteiw whlih Iho illy miusi ji.i y doiiblo on i ni.i umoiiiit to jr.o.ooo.ono It Is epn led that foimer Direetor Tajlor 't will m.iho n rioialloii .iimwor In IllirctorJ Twlnlng's viu lous i ilticlsms ns soon as tliewj havo boon inndo public In tlie Dlrci tor's re-l poit to Iho Maim- and Councils This icporta will bo le.iilj for I ho Ala) or when he returns I iikiii i'iimiiiii im- ri:-L in mis muinii, uio n irnusii iio),iumcni nenil nns iinuniiiicea. l-'rnnk It. Fold, of l-'oid. Bacon & Davis, .I'U 1,1,1k I'MH'I IK 1 lllllltlll'll ll II1K .llllim f. lo atialxre tlio lease, had a confoienio wlthi' D hector Twining today. In older to dKcuss ' llii On., I ilrtlttlls of llin rihurlu' rntirl X" At .1 n'lloik this nftciiioon tho Direetor 'J. will go over the provisions of the lease to & wbloli lin oblocls wllb Ibn bin .-ind ttnnA. i? portatlon cominlttces ot the I'nlted Busl- lii'sn .urii n vsrii'i-iiiiiMO i ncnu i iiiiiiiuiit;i:a have delavcd their lenort to the United 1 Association upon tho Icaso until they can'H lieu- tlie Dlicctnra views Illltnt. Afnll..:iJ A ....n....n., I.(,AM 1M)MMI illCIllllC i HlllfllllVLS IIUII&IO f liAitmsnmu;. i-vb si Tim niehuj c. Philip It McDevltt Catholic Bishop i of the llanlsburc dloiese. toclax made pud. lie tho following changes hi tho iloigy of;j ino uiocese' rna iiigiu uov .11, ,xi nnssm,-. from St Patilck'H Cathcdial, Hanlsburg,. to SI. lMwnid's Church, Sluinioklii. Pa-J.Vl tho Hex. D. J. Carev, St Kinncls, Harris-' burg, to Cathedral, Ilarrisburg :iJ too lati: roit ri.wiirH'.vnoy Mist AMI IIIUMI lIUXID-Cn l.ml nnn InriHrt ,lli,innnd from rlnX. Peb. 15 or lit, -J M Kin karat liberal reward, i No nucallnns nflkcil It relurneii to uaucr. Jlanks & lllilillo iir.i.r WAvn.o MAi.n j. 8ali:smi:n yen (t Is trim our salesmen rln make mora money than Ihcy lould by selling nnyttnof Yrs fiiur-dflhs of our siinessrul lalesnun ..nl l.nnl. l..r..M 11 a l.u Ii ftii All the selllna nolnta anil prepare joii lliorouaniy.ll l'n particularly want salesmen who liavj i men In suib RdvHiiiviiirnt l swift and ur i .nn riiii i-ki-i iiiive nniiicy 10 iminuu -'. llin IliniK- lohiinn lMltlnn iiiivtruai-o hears. Itoeliuclt fu Is the "ble seller, o I .n..lA.l ..111. i.r.lni. XV M vnrlf leadl tluslvcly and Klvo sou ilravvlne aciounl. ,'J Jhieyrlnpedla nrllannlia Co Lit H iSthjdi! iiiiKllllMMI ll'...I.J II..Knliia 111 (triMli Ot' clinpr to oiwrato modern bollor. Jani mm Irinlty of I'hlladelplilH ,, J .... I.A llw.ervllrrl.lf i.l m lllu f Willi Klfnlni'l hollers. Taylor stokfrc. uteam turblnei fJ )r furn finllnr fieil titiriinw rnilUIllCl i 1 7IW l-fdpr C)tllitr MAP1UMIHTH l.iho "and hurliruiital . Mrlnf A tnlll tmn.lv Im Iitlltllt Ion flt rule. With PltcVJ work with wacc" ftopemilnir upon our ability.. Andy cram uenur mfiu, nuva, ....-- iond rp.Jlfflln and Meartow mssx ItOOMS VOIl MINT WALNUT. miiiiltMlIn nnn.tTwn-rnnni wutte. bth.cow; .,..,.. ,.. . ---.- all I iaTil7"N.. -.'104 Newly furnlihed houk wto 1 ui nn ironi room. inr reoniBjumn sinaio ronm. Diamond 1MS0 J, wlndowai Alvutn family: bath: phoneilii!!. 1MKIJ. lata front narlor: hot "and cold rirn-1 nine water: southern exposure: central. UflllMlBniAJLBJD SUNDAY OUTINGS FOM MARKCT TPtET WMAHr- R1 Hfi Atlantic City sVn'Xr Angleca wildwood Branch i ZK!J Atlanllc City - - - 7-3" U IpZ.UU TM it numnia an $2.50 Washington Tlulcton'iCipV latin, f rtnuri Wirt M: lull . TO ? Mrsaa at. J.lHf. 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