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naval number
Scientific American
MARCH 3rd, 1917
4 Complete Illustrated Description of the United States Naval
Forces. Comparison of Our Nnvy with that ot ucrmany.
Special Authoritative' Articles on the
cqast, military, submarine, aeronautic
Defences of the United States
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TURKS' FLIGHT
1 FROM KUT NOW
SERIOUS ROUT
W . . . '. ..
Jk.4. British Push Relentless IJur-
L',W .. T 1i.
ft; suit oi rues isupiiuu
$rvt 4300 Prisoners
2 GERMANS HALT RETREAT
g- LONDON, Slnrch 2.
i The Turkish retreat from Kut has becomo
'a great rout, according to otllolal dispatches
from the Mesopotamlan front today. I'ur-
jMf""1' ' oeing cominucu ny ino viciuhuu
Wi. British forces out of Kut, The statement
i(" said the Turks. In irreat confusion, had
f& ''passed through Azlzlyali on Tuesday and
tuat since February S3 4300 Turns tiau
J keen taken prisoners by the Ilrltlsh.
STRUGGLE FOn nAPAUMK
The Germans havo halted their retreat
before Bapaume, at least temporarily.
' In a series of sharp combats before tho
Teuton stronghold yesterday tho dermans
held up the advance of tho Ilrltlsh force
approaching Uapaume from Thllloy, Ger
man artillery was turned loose from tho
crests behind Uapaume and the advancing
k British linos were raked with machine gun
fire from the outskirts of the town Itself.
' The latest report from tho War Olllce
makes no mention of the operations direct
ly In front of Bapaume and records only a
comparatively slight gain north of Mlrau
mont. Some military critics took the view
''..' today that the Teuton commnnders nre
Vv reforming their lines for the defense of
rfl" ! Batiaumfl unci will retrp.it no further, htlt
retreat no further, but
't.TfCithe genera
vS the general Impression here
is that lla
., v'lpiume will be In British hands before the
.,.-. middle of next week.
0ir COUNTER-BLOW LIKELY
"!wf" '. Belief that the German retirement Is
fumy a strategic move that will precede a
mashing blow by Hlndenburg against tho
) British front found support In many cir
cles today. The Times asked, editorially
" i!r -i- l uerman tactics or snortcning their
T -. '', may not disarrange British plans for
- $ sprinK unve. m mo uuuse oi vom.
Ylinons, tienry vv. rorsier, nnauciai secre
ts' tary of the War Omec, declared he be-
"fe"W Ueved Hlndenburg was shortening his lines
i LK 1 o he might gather men for a great blow.
BRITISH ATTACKS FAIL,
BERLIN REPORT SAYS
BnilLIN. March 2.
f-y? j uana-io-nanu usnung was me jeaiure or
vSa Qerman repulse of British attacks on
A-Y 'retrenches east and southeast of Souchet: to-
V JrCl ay's official statement asserted. Between
V Vr,t nnA A rw a ,h Wn p ,"lFTIr. c , t.1 l...
J .ral reconnolterintf advances of tho enemy
!. ir without rfHHlt.
The text follows:
Between Ypres and Arras several
reconnoitcring advances of the enemy
remained without result. Lively fire
Strong English detachments launched
against our trenches east and south
cast of Souchez were repulsed In hand-to-hand
fighting. Twenty prisoners,
with one machine gun, remained In our
hands.
In the Ancre sector there were re
peated clashes in the forcfield of our
positions. There, and during the clean
ing out of English nests near Sallly,
thirty prisoners niid three machine guns
if- i4i vrere brought In.
B. '&Q n the Fren'
7'(',"i'S local enterprises
rench front, in sectal
south of Nouvron our
j. i&Q thrusting
detachments brought some
from tho second hostile
TSah prisoners
M?ii trench.
hfinERHfAMS UK AT KAnw
' I FIVE RUSSIAN A TTACKS
-. tr
'': - BERLIN, March 2
i . .- Charging t!e times, the Rnsnlnn nt.
-r,i-' t..j . . .;.:...: .
' 5 tii'i "iii a iu rtrutpiuro neignis ten miles north
!Mat Val Futna road, on the northern Ru-
ttyf ....", .w.,..w, out. nc.c icfutncu Willi
i w'onslderable losses, the War Olllco an
W t-Kounced today. The official renort alan an.
If "SK HOOTced a Teutonic success on the east bank
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Socialist Calls German
Peace Offer Hipocritical
AMSTERDAM, March U.
THE Cologne Gazette contains a re
port of n hitter attack on the Gov
ernment hy George Ledebour, Social
Democratic leader, in the Reichstag.
Hcrr Ledebour denounced the Gov
ernment's policy of annexation and
criticized the "emptiness" of the
German peace offer and the demand
for awar indemnity, which ho char
acterized as uniealizable He pro
tested against the deportation of Uel
gians mid Poles and also the procla
mation of a Polish kingdom, which
he termed a "most glaring and fla
grant contradiction of the people's
right to decide for themselves."
Declaring that the intention was
to place a German or Austrian king
on tho throne and thereby chain Po
land to the Central Powers, Herr
Ledebour taid:
"You do not want a free Poland
at all. Indeed, you do not look as
if you could free any one."
of tho Nnrayovka, where one Russian olllcer
and J70 men weie captured
The olllclal statement follows:
l'rlnoo Albert's front West nnil
South of Riga and between Mladzlol
and Narocz Lake and on the Shthaba
and between the Sereth and the Dnies
ter, temporarily, lighting activity has be
come lively On tho east bank of the
Narayovka the advance of our storm
ing detachments had full success In
Russian positions Mini! shafts were
blasted and one nltlcer and 170 of tho
tanks were captured and three machine
guns and three initio throw etH were
captuied
Archduke Joseph's front The Rus
sians, charging flo times with consid
erable louses, tried to recapture heights
north of tho Vnlputn.i road. The at
tacks all bluko down before our posi
tions. The situation on Field Marshal von
Macketisen's front and on the Mace
donian front Is unchanged.
I'KTltOCJItAT). March 2.
German pressure forced Rumanian de
fenders of a height occupied jestcrday near
Kekoza, on the J.icnbeiil-Klmpnlung high
road, to withdraw, today's olllcl.il statement
said
MAY SELL SHELLS TO U. S.
British Government Withdraws Objec
tions to Contract With Hadfields
WASHINGTON March 2. Great Britain
has withdrawn her oblectlon and made
known her perm'sslon for HadOchls, Ltd ,
nn English munitions concern, to contract
with the United States navy for armor
piercing (.hells of the fourteen and sixteen
Inch type.
Award for projectiles totaling more than
f3.000.000 was made recently by Secretary
Daniels to Hadfields but canceled' later
when the British Government asked the
company not to proceed with tho work so
long as "the exigencies of war continued."
Information that the objections had been
withdrawn was received today from Am
bassador Rage.
SEEK ARMY INSTRUCTOR
Lafayette College Officials Start Mili
tary Training Course
EASTON, Pa.. March 2. Tho executive
coinmltteo of tho board of trustees of
Lafayette College havo taken action for
making a request to tho War Dep-irtmcnt
to detail an olllcer to give Instiuctlons In
military training at this Institution. This
is tho last step In the procedure so far as
the college Ib concerned.
The movement was started by the enlist
ment of 3S0 of tho Institution's students.
The faculty unanimously voted to mako tho
military training a recognized course. The
trustees have, through tho executive com
mittee, now given their consent to the ar
rangement, nnil It Is hoped that by April 1
tho course will bo In full swing.
Girl Arrested When About to Elope
HAZLETON. Ia March 2. Charged
with taking 45 from her home and attempt
ing to elope with a man whose name she
refused to divulge, Hannah Baker, seventeen
years old, was arrested as she was buying
new clothes at a store here, She was held
for court.
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TWO AMERICANS
LOST, SAYS CABLE
Consul Frost's Report Tends
to Confirm Earlier
Report
DIE IN BARK SINKING
Donaldson Liner Tritonin
Torpedoed Without
Warning
Also
WASHINGTON. March 2.
An ofilclal dispatch from Consul Frost
nt Queenstown tending to confirm the re
port that two Americans were lost In the
torpedoing of the British barge Galgorn
Castle, Buenos Aires for Queenstown,
reached the State Department today.
Another message from Frost told of the
unwarned torpedoing of the Donaldson
liner Trltonla, Halifax for Liverpool, In a
night attack, but reported that one Amer
ican aboard was saved.
Consul Frost's messages follow
British bark Gnlgoti Castle, Queens
town, from Buenos Aires, cargo maize,
attacked by submnrlno 4:30 p. in.. Feb
ruary 2.', seventy-four miles west-south-went
of Bull Itock. Four Americans
of whom two misting believed lost, Wil
liam Jackson, 19 llcach street. New
York, aged nineteen; David Walker,
negio, Greene County, Virginia, aged
about thirty. Americans saved, Henry
Merrltt, Heaver Falls, Pa., and Harry
Ulchardson, C2 Hanover street, Boston,
both white. All Americans able sea
men. Tho Donaldson freight liner Trltonla,
2816 tons. Halifax to Liverpool gen
eral cargo and horses, torpedoed with
out warning 11:16 p. m., fifty miles west
of Dingle February 20 ; two men miss
ing from crew of Mxty.
Solo American, John Murphy, engi
neer, saved.
Weather heavy, westerly swells, dene
darkness, light south breeze, no light
showing. Master saw torpedo upproach
ing ship striking starboard now. Ship
abandoned thirty minutes, but did not
sink Ho.it stood by until Admiralty
patrol arrived, 6 u. m Tow eil 'her until
7 30 ii. m., when sank. Submarine
never sighted. Mate's boat not heard
from, believed lost. Captain's boat res
cued by sea boat Charing Cross.
Weather heavy, sea breaking, strong
southwest wind, misty rain beginning
at dusk. Boats were In Imminent dan
ger, submarine offered no aid Ship
carried neither gun nor wireless. No
attempt to escape.
Mayor Orders Delay
of Report on Transit
Continued from I'.lRe One
an Increased tax rnte. Ho declared that
had private capital been permitted to ties
velop transit facilities, the $03,000,000 voted
for tht purpose could have been devoted tu
the Improvement of wharves and general
development.
"After I was elected." said the Mayor In
his address, "I was Invited by Mr. Blanken
burg to visit him nt his oiilce. Ho warned
me of many pitfalls In my path and said
tho most serious problem which would con
front me would be' that of transTt. He
called that problem n hot poker, which I
would have to handle carefully. Now, I
have never felt It was a dangerous matter.
The people voted upon It and I am going
to carry out the will of the people. The
line up Broad ttreet to Olney avenue will
bo built or 1 will burst In the attempt to
build It.
"There was a time when t doubted the
wisdom of extending that line beyond the
point originally specified by Mr. Taylor, but
the judgment of tho iicople Is good enough
for me.
"It appears that some people Imaglno tho
lines will all be built In n month and that
the city will bo plunged Into a financial
muddle. We have formulated our plans
carefully and conservatively and we will
make progress. I want It understood that
when I feel that the people who voted for
tho lines want them, the Public Service
Commission should not retard progress to
ward their completion. The question of the
lease Is purely one of business. You men
will have as much to say about It as any
one. for I proposo to place all the reports
and Information beforo you nnd before
Councils I believe the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company will accept what we offer,
and If they refuse wo still have a few cards
left My great desire Is to work out an
ngrcement fair to tho city nnd to the com
pany." CALLS FOR GRAFT PROOF
Rea'dlng Mayor Demands Newspaper's
Evidence Against Police
rtKADING, Pa.. March 2. Following the
publication of an unsigned communication
alleging that keepers of dives are paying
tho police $30 to $50 monthly for protection,
Mayor Filbert took hteps to compel the
production of proof.
In an open letter Issued to the publisher
of ho newspaper, William McCormlck,
Mayor Filbert calls on the latter to furnish
tho name of the writer and to put the Mayor
in possession or incormation regarding
police graft.
When Mayor Filbert took office strict
warnings to every patrolman and higher
officials were Issued. The Mayor threatens
Instant dismissal of any official on proof of
gran, anu prosecution as well,
Two Great Offerings in
Women's Shoes at Geuting's
Today and Tomorrow
iVERYTHING considered, these values have never
Deen equalled in the history of this business. We
earnestly advise our customers to take advan
UiOi
tage of present pnees, which do not average half
actual value,
$6 to $8 Boots
Big variety of this season's
best selling boots, odd lots, but
nil sizes Included. Patents,
calfskin, kid with cloth or
leather tops. Great bargains.
$3-90
1230
Market
Shoes and
Stockings
for the
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PHILADELPHIA,:. FRIDAY, MARCH ;2 lgtt
AMERICAN LOSSES ON THE SEA
DUE TO SUBMARINES AND MINES
WASHINGTON, March 2.
rpWENTY-THREE American ships have been attacked, twelve havo been
1 destroyed by mines or submarines, four Americans havo been killed nnd
six havo been wounded in Germany's naval operations against Africa"
shipping since tho start of the war, according to ofTicial i statist cs nva"nIc.
today. The casualties are exclusive of those resulting from hiking or at
tacks on British ships, such as tho Lusitanla and Laconla. The list follows.
Date.
February 19, 19 IB
February 22, 1310
April 2, 1010
May 1, 1915
May 25, 1915
July 25. 1915
November 13, 1918
December 3, 1915
Name,
Kvelyn
Co rib
Greenbrier
Gulfilght
Nebrnskan
l.eel.inaw
Helen W. Martin
Oommunlpaw
December 5, 1915 Potrollte
June 18. 1910
July 9, 1916
Scaconnet
Gold Shell
Oswego
Kansan
Lauao
Columbian
Galena
August 14. 1916
October ,
1910
October 2!
1916
November
1910
November 26, 1910
November 26, 1916 Chemung
December
December
1916
1916
St. Hefen
Itebecca Palmer
Sacramento
Westwego
Housntoulc
Lyman M. Law
January 9, 1917
January 21, 1917
February 2, 1917
February 13, 1917
WILL REDUCE DEMANDS
OF STATE'S BUREAUS
State Economy and Enieiency
Committee Asked to Aid Ap
propriations Committee
ttu a Staff t'or, fiJOtt(ff
IfAltltlSBUUO, Pa., Man-It 2 The State
Kconom.v nnd Kfllrtency Commission has
been requested to co-operate with the ap
propriations committee of the Senate and
House to decide how the exorbitant de
mands of several Stale Depaitments call
be pared down.
The departments have asked for ap
proximately $25,000,000 more than they re
ceived two years ago The estimated In
come of the Statn for the next two years
Is placed nt $75,000,000, If the proposed
new tevenuo legislation 1s enacted.
The demands of the various departments'
of the State Government aie considerably
higher than they have been nt anv time.
For Instance, tho State Highway Dep.u t
menl requests an additional $12,00O,u0u;
the Department of Labor nnd Industry says
It reij'jlre.s an extra $1,000,000, giving
future of the Workmen's Compensation
Board as their principal excuse; Dr. Samuel
G. Dixon, head of the Department of
Health, declares that he ought to have an
additional $2.600,000 ; the Department of
Kducatlon, which Is treading on the heels
of the Highways Department In the size of
Its demand upon the State Treasury,
wants $2,000,000 more than it was voted
two years ago; and the Department of
Agrlcultute, for which Governor Brum
baugh has a very kindly feeling, Is also to
the fore, with a request for nn extra $2,
500.000 allowance.
Unless tho Governor's attitude toward the
requests made by the hevetal departments
undergoes u change, It is believed that the
public schools and the "good roads" move
ment will come In for the largest measure
of Increases to be approved not only by the
nconomy and Efficiency Commission, but
also by the Apptoprlatlons Committees of
both brnnches of the Legislature. The Legis
lature of 1913 reported requests for ap
propriations aggregating $70,000,000 and
granted appropriations that totaled $67,
500,000. Tho Legislature this year Is con
sidering was nnd means for raising an
additional j early revenue of approximately
$5,000,000. To meet this demand for more
State funds, the possibility of adding an ad
ditional tax of one mill on coi potations, ts
being seriously considered. Such a tax
would net the State about $11,000,000 dur
ing tho next two years,
Tho General Assembly of 1917 Is fully
aware of the fact that tho Stato needs
better highways nnd better "llttlo red
sehoolhouses." nnd the leaders of both fac
tions of tho Republican organization In both
branches have pledged their support to any
legislation that will glvo these demands
what they require.
It has been estimated by the financial
directors of this Legislature that about
$75,000,000 will be required for tho next
two years. If any comprehensive program
that will benefit tho State schools and
roads Is carried out, The leaders of both
factions are pledged to this program,
nnd they will urge a revenue program
that will meet the demands up to an extent
that will not exceed the estimated $75,,
000,000.
fPhil. J.Walsh Estates
30-32-34 S. Second St.
We Have Everything for
The House and Person
Lowest Prices. Easy Terms
$7 to $10 Boots
A collection of stylo boots
offering generous variety.
There nre tans, grays, gray
combinations, lace and button
styles nnd all sizes in the lot.
$5
.75
19
So. 11th
A Quick
Service
Men's
Shop
iMshimsiMMiiL
Casualties. particulars.
1 Spaniard, Struck mine, lost
3 lost. l'Amcrcan Struck mine, lost
None
S Americans
None
Struck mine.
Torpedoed
Injured by
lost
torpedo
attack
Sunk by submarine
Struck mine; lost
Fired on by subma
rine; proceeded
Attacked hy Austrian
submarine; proceed
ed Damaged by mlno or
torpedo
Damaged by mine
Nono
None
Nono
wounded (not
American)
None
Nono
None
0 Injured
Nona
None
Nono
Nono
Nono
Nono
Nono
Nono
Nono
None
Fired on by submnilne
Sunk, probaby hy mine I
Sunk by submarine
Sunk by submarine
Fired on within .l-mlle I
limit
Sunk by Austrian sub-
marine
Attacked by submarine I
Fired on by submarine
Fired on by submarlno
Stopped by sumarlne;
undamaged i
Sunk by submarine
Sunk by submarine I
TIRATE' AUTO 'ASHORE';
3 OF 'CIW CAPTURED
"Cruise" Ends When "Craft"
Strikes "Reef" of Mud and
Cop Appears
A "plt.ite' automobile that lint nfoul a
"teef" of mud on Island road after n vic
tim had "walked the miitleunrd." was cap
tured early today with thtee of the "ctcw "
Hut the booty disappeared with n fourth
alleged "buccaneer."
The "cruise" began at Twelfth ami .Mar
ket stteets at midnight when Joseph Sands,
of llloomsbutg, nnd four rliauce acquaint
ances hired a touting car. Two bouts latet,
at Scvcnty-nlulh street nnd Island road.
Sands's companions robbed him of several
hundred dollars In money and jeweh y and
dumped lilin "oerboaid."
At Seventy-seventh street the automobile,
marooned In the mud, tied up a trolley cur,
ntttnctlng Mounted Policeman MrlCenna'
Sands, who had dug blmielf out of the mud
wbetc he fell, appeal td on the scene and
demanded the arrest of the quartet. Mc
Ivenna giabbed two, who said they weto
Joseph Contaido, 507 Queen street, mid
Kdvvnrd Hoffm.iii. 1022 Wallace street The
otheis ran. An hour later Joseph L'ltlnge.
of Ttoy, N. V was attested in a trolley
car near the spot. The police are looking
for the man with the booty.
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AMERICANS' FLIGHT HALTED
Orders to Naval Vessels Received in
Timo to Keep 1000 From Delrut
WASHINGTON. MoTch 2. Ambassador
nikus. at Constantinople, notified the Stale
Department that he was Informed of the
orders to the Des Moines and Caesar not
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