VWl . if ; t ." it SfDREDS OF NONCOMSXMlKJhf VICTIMS OFMIINDENBURG RETREAT 01d Men Women i and Children Succumb to Exposure F starvation and Mistreatment in Territory Ah". by Germans-Teuton Shrink From By HENRY rrrll TUB FKKNCtt AKMIHH i.v TIIH PATHWAY OP TIIK unitMAx nt:- tpkAT. March 26. More than 300 womin, children nnd nRed men are known to havo Huccumliel to the hardship, the exposure, the brutality nnd lh starvation which the Oermniis Imposed troon the French civil population Imme diately precedlns' nnd tlurlnK the retreat. In ChAuny nlone I learned ufllclally today the vlcthna number IfiO They were burled Lcofflnless--ln n i-orner of the vlllaRe. Deaths are Mill occurrlnB dally nmntiB the rttuecc now under Kiench cure. Alonp the roadH leading from Ham. flulscard, Chauny TetKnler and La Fern to Vnyon where on Tuesday I personally met nlv r'efURees fleelnR nfoot from the Or ' i i,ombardment. encountered today auto n jblle convoys. After tnldnt; mtinltiui'S and micnlles to f i ont points, where (lnlitltiK It rilni: on. these automobiles were returning tanen "I"1 refugees too sick or too ex iiiinted to proceed nfoot TIU33 wcte mostly the nued Munv weie dvlnz from hnidshlp, expedite and xtarva ?,'' i,ut-an they declared dyhiB liatipll.v. Ircwlni? their vlllaRes were redeemed ami irvlvlns loved ones freed from (ierninu Kverv one "f the tefufiees with whom 1 Hiked 'declared the greatest mortality re sulted from a barbarous system of Inspec tion which the Germans employod lnunedl itely nrecedlntt the rctieat The civil pop ulation of the entire dlMrlct to bo evacuated was concentrated In Breat camps. All were nrdered to present themselves nt it fixed Sate for a final census of identification. Vlthough the temperature ratified f,roni .cro to 9 desrecs below- In tho various con eentratlon centers, every ono was forced to tather In an open square. The Blcls.were carried on stretchers; tho exhausted and helpless wero borno by their less helpless From 6 o'clock In tho mornliiB the hour t for tho Inspection theso Ill-clad, ill nourished rofuRecs wero forcod to wait In this freezing cold, without shelter, without food, for flvo or six hours before the Her mans arrted. At Chauny, where fiOOO women, children and aged men underwent wich an ordoal, three died In tho open street beforo the Inspection was concluded. Thirty died In the following night rom pneumonia, lung congestion and pleurisy. On succeeding days the resulting deaths reached 160 Others wero still dying today from similar affections. This was true not only of Chauny, but if other concentration centers as well the number of deaths depending on the degree f cold and tho length pf exposure. In the larger towns In the path of the German retreat, llko Ham, Chauny and Tersnler. refugees said today, tho destruc tion of houses and property continued for three weeks before the' retreat was ac tually begun, Meantime the population was mapsed in tho poorest districts of tho cities. Often twenty or thirty persons wero forced to occupy a slnglo loom, without heat and almost without food. Regular crews of destroyers r.ystemati eally burned and dynamited houses in other parts of the city. Movinir vans carried off to Germany furniture and valuables Some ofTleers, from General von FKck down, rrrled off furniture from roims which they usually occupied, burning what remained Homo officers apologized to the population, declaring thoy were futoed to oarry out the KnlBer's ordors. Ham, like Roye, was blown up during the night. The explosions and shocks terri fied the Trench civilians. They did not know the whdlesalo destruction was planned and they had not been permitted to see the preparations. When the detonations shook tho city they were huddled together In a panic. They had been strictly for bidden to leave tho houses in which they were packed before morning Then, when dawn came nnd they did emcrBe, they found the Germans gone. The mining of Roye, Ham and other tewnR was begun three weeks before the fuses wero finally touched off. German miners worked at night only. In order to avoid observation of Allied aviators. The vandalism of tho tioops reached iuch disgusting degrees that an occasional German soldier, even nn occasional ofHcor, confessed, I am told, In guarded pleas to the French Inhabitants that they were sickened by them, hut obliged to carry out Von Hlndenburg's orders. Allied Troops Pocket La Fere and St. Quentin Confirmed from I'aee One the provisional Russian Government is rushing heavy re-enforcements of men and guns to the Dvina front, in antici pation of the drive on Petrograd, said to be planned by Hindenburg. ALLIES AIM TO SPLIT NEW GERMAN LINES if. , LONDON. March 20. fi' St. Quentin nnd La Fere, two of the most powerful strongholds on the new "Von Hlndenburg line" In France, are being i "pocketed" by the French. With these two fortresses In the hands of the Allies, the Germans would be compelled to retire fiom the great railway centers of Cambral and Laon both towns of high strategic Im portance. Further progress Is reported for 'the Al lies in dispatches from the western front '. today, but tho aermans are fighting with the utmost stubbornness and are contesting f every Inch of the blood-Soaked ground, jits A dispatch from Paris says that the French soldiers have been spurred to super ' human exertions by the devastation wrought by the Germans In their retreat between Arras and tho Alsne Itlver. Kvery where, gays ono dispatch, is the picture of ruin caused by fire nnd sword. '' c. " Quentln Is being rapidly approached. . Front (llspatch.es today reported lighting J of a violence not eclipsed In tho offensive 1 J' last summer. Tho French have literally been transformed Into suporflghtlng ma . chines by their fury over the despoliation "t France, v ,. General Nlvelle Is evidently sharpening iU, "'e point of his wedge extending near .Moy W id Venedull, between St. Quentin nnd La a (. .t-Kre, w lh !k flood of men. It Is at this .KAnt 41-- .H. . . . . . thest against tho Germans. .i mm Anieu troops nave aovanceu jar To the north of St. Quentin Field Mar nal Hale's British forces tndnv wera them- ' Wives forging n wedge above St. Quentin. ie city is menaced from three Bides now. Is believed to be one of the strongest posi tions In the Hlndenburg line. & iv "" British advance has beon slower, iut none the less methodical, than the i it i, " iftiluiiK VI lite mum uc-0jciuu ,harcter Is marking every Inch of the i ,Burance. Terrthla flfrhtlncr la in nfmrrncu nt mnnv .points on the elghty-nvo-mlle front, while jruuery duels are continuous night and "ttV So violent are tho bombardments and COUntP. f.nnnnn1aA 1 n I, -. on, anil nf ta .. ...tiiiwiiuHca mill mo nuutiti ... n.u n joig guns can plainly be heard In I'arls, :tii V 'nan seventy-live mllea away. It is "am. , t Both thn TlrltloV, nnA V,tr.U o..nt,lAa fi"n to cut oft St. Quentin and capture that 5Yer,i Point In the Hlndenburg line of wenae. The troops of CJeneral Halg- have riven the enemy out of the Important cen. r of rtolsel and BeaumeU-les-Cambral, -era Btreet-to-ntr -i. nnrt hn.isA.tn.hmiiiA Ijbats touk.placo M..Jre Jhe Germans re. 'wea-tHelr irrlp,, Tfe, occuptlon far tv . ,. Soldiers Themselves Vile Duty WOOD Tlltplttr .! . mans ,', ,.,.? no-?r occupancy the Ger civil nn,in.i "u"ca, continually from the cli,ts. P tl0n' Klvln "redeemable re- ! llliiltcd.,"'! PctPcnl h" "rendi l-nd been nn led to ,,li n KrMns ,lf iron(, (n . fclii vI -i -n ,y. "f "nm ,he """"in de over ih. K,0.V,,,K "W- running harrows er the sprouting Holds a !!w"'n' !l lw"",-1"ll "1k I did not see ,V,.. l'nB a"ll,,Hl lni1 h-'n 1tel. inun or carried off bv th,- Got mans .... . '"" ", V" f""-,!,. 'leiuidcil by the Ger mans, and (,. ,)I(.h,,rds. wh,r,. the er- jns. ulhrd all tr,es.l did not seen Hlnc AiigrnerillnB this linpresslon f a stricken count i aie the endless mllns of the val- 'fnl.ili.1 n I1""" i,,1,1 Alll0,,' ""' vSrlou, fi',oi rr".. ,,nm",p' ui -md their waters flooding the country, creating Kreat aieas. lifeless and slckenlnglv desolate Since tho first Gorman Invasion no atrocity has produced greater anger among tho Fiench soldiers, slxtv per cent r.f whom are peasants and small farmers, than the hewing of their orohaids by the Germans. Orchards, they know, require from twenty o fifty years to grow. It nll tako that lonB for this work of destruction to bo re placed. GERMANS SEND FRENCH WORKERS INTO CAPTIVITY By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS with thi: imiTisH akmiks afii:i.d, March 26. We were at a little town In the path of tho German retreat today. I gave a child a ham sandwich. Without stopping to eat It and sh.s was hungry, too she ran Into her house, shouting out, "Here's meat!" A moment later a woman emerged, carry ing a slice of the buttered bread of the sandwich, her face llshted up. "Look ' Look !" sho cried, "they've Rtlll Bot butter in Franco 1" N'othlns was moro poignantly a reminder of tho sufferings of tho "people left behind" than (his small Incident today. But it was only one little Incident of many. That Germany Intends bleeding northern France to complete ruination cannot now bo doubted. t only was every person capable of working driven back, while tho children, the aged and the Infirm, were left behind to the Allies' succor, but property even of the poorest civilians. was confiscated without promise of pay One wrinkled-faced old woman told me today she was forced to leave her home with only the clothes she was then wearing The Germans took all her remaining gar mentsespecially prizing the woolens. Other peasants said tho same thing. As the families were driven from their homes, those capnble of working were pushed In one direction, Into Germany The others, the nonworkers, were thrust back In the opposite direction, toward the Allies. It would be a miracle If these are ever united again. It Is quite plain now that the old folks and children were huddled In N'eslo, Xoyon and elsewhere so tho vlllagfs could be thor oughly sacked. I visited a score of such towns today all systematically wiped out by torch and dy namite. Obviously a general order was Issued by tho German commanders not to spare fruit trees, for throughout the whole zone thoo which were not cut wholly down wero so mutilated, tho bark ro cut, that the trees must perish Agricultural Implements which could not be removed were broken up with sledge hammers or burned. Spokes of cart wheels and vehicles wero Rawed off. At the chateau at Goyencourt the fam ily chapel was violated by the Germans. Metal was removed from even cofllns. one of the chief supply lines on which the present German front Is believed to bo de pendent. Around St. Quentin Itself the French have struck new blows, that coupled with the successes of their allies, thrtuten tho stronghold N'lvolle's tioop.i forced the Germans from the Impnitant line embiar ing Oastres, Esslgny-Ie-Grand and Hill i-'l. along a front of about two and a half miles, directly west and southwest of St. Quentin. But for floods and uniformly bad weather tho French and British might hold St. Quen tin today. The Germans probably meant to keep this stronghold, but as the battle de velops It seems not only that they will be unsuccessful, but that the place will fall Into the hands of the French far sooner than the French themseles nad expected The unexpected tapldtty of the advance has resulted In tho Interlocking of the op posing armlos In a struggle of almost un precedented intensity. So swift are the changes along the fluid battle line that the details of the situation nre almost Impos sible to grasp. Bven as these words are being written events are taking placo on the devastated battlefield which may set them at naught. PARIS. March 26. Despite a driving rain and every obstacle of broken ground, French forces otlll progressed today against the Germans. The official statement de clared General Nlvelle's troops had reached Folembary, south of the Forest of Coney. During the night tho Germans unsuccess fully attacked new French positions be tween the Olse and the Homme. They lost heavily. Fire of French guns north of Rhclms exr ploded a munitions depot behind the Ger man lines. RUSSIA READY TO HALT FOE'S DRIVE ON CAPITAL LONDON, March 28. Hoping that the revolution has weakened itussla's military strength,' Germany Is making preparations for a might effort to crush the Muscovlto nation. Hut Russia will not be caught napping. Dispatches from Petrograd today Htated that re-enforcements of men and guns are belnB rushed to the Dvlna Itlver front, be tween Riga and Dvlnsk, where Von Hlnden burg Is expected to strike. Powerful forces of German troops have been concentrated there with thousands of guns and mountains of ammunition for an effort to smash through an capture Petro grad, A dispatch to the Times says that the belle'f Is llrm In Russia that If the Kaiser makes a triumphant entry into Petrograd and humbles Russia, one of his terms will bo the reinstatement of Nicholas Romanoff on the throne as Czar of all the Russlas. Stirring proclamations nre being Issued to the army and the people by War Minister Guchoff. No effort Is being made In Russia to hide tho perils which beset the new pro visional Government. It Is admitted that members of the Socialist and worklngmens party have begun a strong propaganda in favor of peace. The worklngmen are threat-enlng- strikes to further their purposes. In addition to fighting the Germans and the "dark forces" of the late autocratic Gov ernment. the Duma Ministry must contend vrim trny iaiui . t j ALLIES POCKETING VITAL' POINTS O Q V LANO&ZCtES I f?QSL. p 1911 J I Li fFZS CORNET (CHAUNY Q J noyoaA--0 WO0i tN cvfzYJroLEMaxAO A3"51 Mffpv O . ( "X . ' ' YAhile the Kritish forces have occupied Roisel nnd cut the most direct line of communication between Cnmbrai nnd St. Quentin, the French havo advanced toward the two centrnl strongholds of the German line of defense, St. Quentin and La Fere. They have occupied two of the forts defending the latter foitross and the village of Folembray. south of the forest of Couchy. North of La Fere the French have dislodged the Germans from their positions of Cast res. thus closing in on St. Quentin. The two strongholds at the center of the so-called "von llindenburg's line" are thus being "pocketed" bv the Allies. Russian people with the belief that tho Kaiser hopes to restore, bureaucracy nnd the Czar to power again by taking Petto Brad before the new Government can have completely organised and strengthened the arniv Socialist leaders are causing most concern to the new Government. They favor peace at once one Socialist newspaper even mak ing tho suggestion today that Russian sol diers should walk out of their trenches and fraternize with tho Germans from whom they would receive fraternal treatment Thus war would end and Russia's ox ample of fraternalizatlon would spread, bringing peaco all over the world Tho menace of the German thrust, how ever, nppearod likely to obliterate these internal dissensions. The Duma leaders, Social and Conservative Democrats, were working with tho "Reds." or members of the worklngmen's party, with every prospect of complete union through compromise as to various aspects of 'administration. In the meantime order Is completed through out Russia. Just when the Teutons will launih their drive Is not known, but It Is expected within the next fortnight or so Troops released by Uie German retirement In France ate pouring into the eastern theatre of war. my dispatches from Russia. General Railko Dlmltrleff. who left the Bulgarian army to fight with the Russians, has been sent to the northern end of the western front to help direct defensive opera tions. Tho report Is current In Petrograd that Field Marshal -von Hlndeulmrg may direct the Geiman offensive In person and that his efforts may be met on tho field of L.iUln tiv tlm of General A ex eir. com- i mander-ln-chlef of the Russian armies, who Is now at western headquarters. STOCKHOLM, Match 2fi. The Russian provisional government Is considering the suggestion that the capital be removed from Petrograd to Moscow, says a dispatch from the former city today Two Interpretations may be put upon the agitation In favor of moving tho Russian capital. One is that the members of the provisional government fenr that tho pro posed German offensive along the northern end of tho eastern front will succeed, tho other that they want to Bet away from the pro-German aBcnts that Infest PetroBrad. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS . DEPRIVED OF POST PI'.TROGRAD, March 2fi From a national hero, when he, was hailed as "tho bavlor of his country," to a vir tual exile that Is tho changed condition which Grand Duke Nicholas finds In his fortunes today. Forced to Blve up his com mand in the army, the former commander in chief of Russia's military forces l.as asked permission of tho provisional govern ment to retlio to his estates In Cornea to spend his declining day?. "It Is the fortunes of war." was the re ply of tho Grand Duke to condolences of his friends. Grand Duko Nicholas, uncle of tho ert Czar. was commander In chief of the west ern front during the gieat German and Austro-IIungarlan offensive in 1916 and it was due to his skill that tho Russian armies were extricated and saveu irom capiuro. It is getting more and more evident, mili tary critics say, that the post of commander In chief will gov either to General Brus slloff or General Alexleff, present chief of staff. INTEREST MEN IN RED CROSS Male Classes in First. Aid a Feature of Villanova-Merion Branch With Mrs. Harland C Nicholson as chair man, the Ardmoro branch of the Red Cross opened Its headquarters In the Merlon Title Building. For demonstrating flrst-ald and other war relief work, Miss Ftta Lee Harbaugh, a graduate nurse, has been en gagod The headquarters have been equipped with a hospital bed and a diet kitchen. According to Mrs. Alexander Brown, of the Villanova-Merion branch, an effort will lm made to Interest men In Red Cross work. Municipal Flag Day Tomorrow Municipal Flag Day will be observed throughout the city tomorrow Thousands of flags will bo displayed fiom homos and business houses by patriotic citizens. The City Club wilt have a "municipal flag day luncheon" In Its clubhouse, l'rncst T. Trigg, president of the club, vyllt make a patriotic address. Rome time ago Mayor Smith re quested that March 27 be set aside as mu nicipal Hag day, so that cltlzena of Phila delphia could have an opportunity to show their patriotism at this time when the Government Is confronted with the great est crisis In Its history. giiuiiiiitiiiiiiniiiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiimiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiMiit I fclcYairPIturfgM nounr&in ' Valley Water I Sample it Free at 718 CHESTNUT ST. S. i'huiM-Bell. Wl. 34011 K.., Main 481 iiiriiiiiiiiinlinillllllllllinilllllllllllf1IIIHI'l"""'1"""n"f,,'ll la - U-BOATS REPORT HEAVY HARVEST Seventy-six Ships Added to List of Victims in "Few Days" NEUTRALS HEAVY LOSERS V IU'RLIN, March 2B. German submarines have sunk during the last few days a total of twenty-flvo steam ships, fourteen sailing Rhlps and thirty seven trawlers, In nddltlon to losses already mado public, nir official announcement stated. Tile l'nlted States steamships Illinois and City of Memphis weie contained lu tlie list. (Tho American ship Vlglhinela was not Included in the list of I'-boat victims, but It mentioned an unidentified tanker which Is probably the Vlgllancla ) 'J he Overseas News Agency enumerates tho sunken ships as follows "British Armed steamships Brlka. It.'iJi tons; Denmark, 1980 tons: the patrol ships Oianton; the herring trawler G. N" No. :M. drawn by a tug; steamships Glynymel, 1.134 tons; Memnnn. H20S tons; hospital shl) Asturlas, 12.0IIJ tons; sailing ship Sir Joseph and the following trawler: Robert Rlvlnd. Jessamine, Gratia, Lent, Lilly, Hyacinth. Case. Inteinoz, Nelly. I'iih Kestrel, Reindeer, Forget-me-not," Try and Ai ranee. "French The bark Bully; schooners llomarne. Kugene Albert, Annls and Made line D.ivoust ; sailing ships Adieu and Marie Louisa and American; pilot schooners Mar tha Yvonne nnd Coidouan: and the traw lers Petit Jean. Henry Louis, Dlcu De Garde, Nozal, Rupella, Louis XIV. Peii tlleu. Aclde Maria. Juliette, Cumllle Kmllle, L. R. (1289). L. R. (13"9). Madeline, Fell cite, Madonna nnd Entente Cordlale "Italian Steamship Medusa (about 10IJ0 tons). "Norwegian Steamships Solferlno, 1155 tons; Wilfred, 1120 tons; Glrda, 1824 tons; Blaamandlen, 954 tons; Ronald, 1020 tons; r.xpedite. CS0 tons; Frisk. 1138 tons; Ulnar Jarl, 848 tons; sailing ship, Kfeu (about 000 tons) "American Steamships Illinois, 5220 tons; City of Memphis, 6250 tons "Spanish Steamship Vlvina, .1034 tons "Dutch Steamship Lacamplne, 265" tons. "Destroyed ships whose names are un known cither because they wero not dis tinguished In the darkness of night or be cause no names were printed on their sides Steamships, with cargo, nbout 3000 tons Bross; hit by torpedo despite convoy; armed Kngllsh steamship of about 3000 tons; steamship of about 3500 tons; tank steam ship of about 3000 tons; steamship of about 8000 tons ; Norwegian steamship of about 2500 tons ; three-masted schooner of about 300 tons ; three Kngllsh and two French fishing cutters," FOUNDED 1865 Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia Some men think "the present" and its income will go on forever. There is a time when an Endowment Policy might be tlie only wolf -killer. FOURTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS Whitcomb Cribs Reduced TO MAKE floor space for our new spring stock, now coming in from our factory, we will sell a limited num ber of cribs, each of the Whitcomb standard of construction and dependability, at U-BOAT WATCHED ) HEALDTONMENDIE Consul Sends Captain's Re port of Extraordinary Perils and Hardships NINETEEN OK CREW DIED WASHINGTON. Mnrch 18 That the submarine which torpedoed aim sank without warning the American nit tanker llealdtou watched her founder with out an effort to sae the lle of those on board Is made vciy plain In the complete allldavlt of Paptaln Charles Christopher This affidavit, forwarded today by Consul IMWKII, III. Ill lUlllf IU.IIM. ItTtlCP win 111- tack was without warning and unjustified Krogn, rroni Kotterd.im. declares the at- rtiier .lescriiiuiB me trip trotn I'liuaiiei- S(,,i Mrs Joyce: "Mr Judge. 1 have phln. which was uneventful until March 21. I tru i hlldreii This man doesn't do anv thf ciptam states that the lloaldton was i thing but lie around all dav and do notbliV. torpeiloiil twic.. without warning lit 8 l that n'Bht When the pysq n lit nt stiurk Captain Christopher had the engines stopped llllil Mm boats lowered lie made u fate well seatch of the essel for missing mrni bcis of the crew but It was then ablaze Tho 111 st bo.it In leave I'lipxlred and Its occup. nits weip drowned The subnuiilue. the lepml s,ih. was then Inn feet away. Krogh's message s.ild In pait "Voyage uneentful until S IS rvenliiB. when ship lay twent.s-fle miles north b east of Terschelllng lightship Torpedoed twice without warning First totpedo hit amidships ,u i;( weie out Second torpedo hit further aft under tl.ig. Hunk eis weie abl.ize and ship begun to settle ' Afte. first torpedo shot, captatn ordered engine stopped nnd crew took to boats. Ves sel began to list to port Captain made t.ileweil sratch for missing members crew. "One bout tried pull awav sinking vessel and capsized Nationally submarine Im possible to determine ."ioin ac tion and crew believed submarine undoubt edly German Submarine made no effort to assist crew or offer to sao their llxes, nl- tnougn nut mo feet away "At 8 o'clock morning March 22 boats picked up after seventeen bonis' exposure . One Norwegian with aims and legs frozen "Pel Us and haidshlps suffeied by all sur vlvois eMraorilluaiy Some possessed no clothes, others had no shoes; two naked stokeis, Jose Jnclnto and Jose GoiizuUsl died f i om exposure. "Stokers had clothes binned (,rf b. flu m boiler room. All members ciew ti.ir tlally clothed; G. W. llmbiey. New Or leans, lirst assistant engineer would have died exposure and fatigue without (.lollies If trawler had not picked up one hour later. Nineteen men died either capsized boats or fiom suffocation In bunkers, captain helleV two members crew were never nble to leach lifeboats be cause on watch below or In engine room, two other men as ptevlously mentioned died from exposure and burns. Knglneer Kni- brey badly fio.en, other survivors with minor afflictions as bruised and frozen ears. Heavy snow squall encountered by survivors In open boats and weather during whole night was below freezing All sur vivors have now reached Rotteidam " The consul's repot t of the fate of Ameri cans" follows "Captain Charles Christopher, Rrooklyn saved ; First Mate Otto Wllrop, Now York, wivtd; Second Mnto W Chandler. Ilrook l.vn. drowned or suffocated; Third Mate Sludgins. Norfolk. A'a., drowned ; Third Assistant Knglneer W. C Johnson, Hobo ken, drowned or suffocated, Oliver Hnioiy Wairx, Michigan, drowned or suffocated; Able Seaman F W. Smith, Chicago, drowned ; Sailor John Stelner. Pittsburgh, ilrowned; Second Steward George Healy, San Francisco, drowned; Chief Knglneer John Caldwell, New York, saved; First As sistant Knglneer G. W. I'mbrey. New Or leans, saved ; Second Assistant Engineer O. Swnnson. itookl.vn. saved; AVIreless Oper ator M Parker. Philadelphia, iaved." Ready Money United States Loan Society H7 North Broad St ill S. 6th st. 2S48 Germnntown are. Frr nlo I-arge quantity of effects I ui ijaic rcccnty used In Willow Grove Park, including machinery, fixtures and apparatus from various Concessions and Amusements Also goods under contract for delivery. Information and prlrta Room 23, 1305 Arch street. A Smiths' Wedding Rings These famous wed ding Rings have al ways maintained the same high standard of quality for over 75 years. C. R. Smith & Son u Market St. at 18th &SS --: Reductions of 20 Per Cent An unusual opportunity t home furnishing time. The Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Co. 1710 Chestnut Street Factory, Shelton, Conn. New York . Boaton rafiSKa AVrraWM or OJjAVJUTTTIinBriTj THEN PAYS PINE Never Works and Often Beats Her, She 'Tells Accusing Man Who. Then She Changes Mind . Attention, men! Listen to this tale fresh from a gypsy camp. If you happen to be henpecked or overworked, put this In your pipe and smoke It. Then decide If you don't think the male members of the gypsy tanks have It pretty soft after all. Let's enlist! The stoiy was aired before Recorder Stackliotisc In Camden when Peter Joyce, fort. years old, who lled In the gypsy cainp on the Delaware at the foot of Twentv- seenth street,, was atralgned and accused i ... ..,, l, ... i i .. i i, . ... """"J' '"1 ,l le ry ,,y ,,ls wl,c' Uo '" ,. .,,i 1H sWi,t), nx m,.. mills inv hair oui nnd treats me had "lie has never wotkril I don't care If he wants to leave me I sav. "Go ahead, you SUI'REMK COURT SAVES VALUABLE LANDS IN WEST Desert Water, Oil and Irrigation Com pany Loses 040-Acre Water-I'ower Tract in California W'ASIIINGTO.V Match " 1'nder a de cision of the Supieme Court today, the Deseiet Water. Oil and Irrigation Company loj-es Its tight for possession of 610 acres of land, valuable for water-power put poses. The Supreme Comt teveised the leclslon of tlie California mutts, which ordered the condemnation of the land, which Is owned by the State of California. In fighting against the condemnation, the State had contended that the land was al icady devoted to public use as a part of the i'edetal forest reserve In Mono County, Cal The price at which the land was con demned was $1 nn acre OUR PLAI DUTY Despite the ardent sincere efforts of the President to svoid the horrors ga vx ti C4,x v t itid(y nave lu lciiw; kJ ainiu in vi.-Aitj w- our homes and the institutions of our Government. Our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons may m be called upon, each to nne at any moment. It is a fine tribute that nobody questions to meet tne issue squareiy ana mane sucn sacrinces as may ne required 01 Now, unless we do ts J-cii as puoaiuie me liiiocx ctiiu 0u11.c1.111g ui. iiiuaa who are stricken down in battle that we may endure' ?4 as a nation, we shall be nnce. ir we wouio prove our wortniness wc must Jo it now. 7 Our Government appropriations do not provide $ aaequate means to care battle, and unless we, provision for their care, otherwise recover. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the '4i American Red Cross called upon to organize pitals for the Army and tne necessary equipment operation in the field. life-saving chain of Red wnne tne oattie rages, firing line, just out of range of the 'enemy's guns, provides shelter and medical and surgical treatment for the wounded until they can be safely removed to the permanent hospitals in the cities and towns. It is imnossible to overestimate the vital imnor- xi tance of these movable factors that determine the size of the death rate among the wounded. Without them the death rate wniilrl Hp twina nr t.hrpp P.nnnna fnrloir Now, it is manifestly up to us to supply this equipment which is so badly needed to preserve the lives of those who are to fight our battles. We must raise One Hundred and Fifty Thou sand Dollars at once in Philadelphia and vicinity. We dare not put it off. Under normal conditions in times of peace it takes considerable time to pur chase and assemble this equipment. After war has been declared it takes much longer to do the same work. Only $150,000 is needed. SLet us raise it quickly and set an example in patriotism to the rest, $ qi Aiiienca. i our cuiuriuuwuii win neip, no maiierv how small it may be. DO IT American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania 221 South 18th Street, Enclosed find ......:.... dollars, hs a' contribution toward defraying the expenses of sta patriotic work you are doing. - Name E.L. Address IJH-' -.. w '.. 'r... TO HAV3 1 Bought Her With $540. nt loafer!' Uut If h tvnnta In I !.'; he gotta behave or I say to to-"- The surprise of the hcarlnr ra Joyce took the stand in his nwnii "What you expect?" he voiced IN ij nan tones as he rapped his breast "i oougnt tnis woman. I bough you would uuy a horse. I paid ner in good solid gold 120 pieces. women for If not to work? She If Ilka a dog unyvvay." ("Like a do. Injr she feeds nnd pets you." some.'! the courtroom aloud.) 'V Recorder Stackhoute announced tl the wife treated Joyce like a dog. Mi ter treat the prisoner like a horse. V months." he Raid. j.' "Don't send him to jail." Mrs. Joycid denly jelled "He Isn't so bad, afMia Let itm on v n flnn him " ".lw The Recorder was amazed After',' Ing a powwow, however, he made th' $26, She paid Kxlt all happily. V i CONGRESSWOMAN RANKH GETS HOUSE OFFICE R( Miss Rankin's Secretary Selects inro fnw nnniinntiAti a I" Kf ah ' W 3 Ul WV.U jiUlil Ml AliUll tana Representative y,3 v.mhi.nuju.n, .wnrcii i'fi. With nrtlval this afternoon nf Miss For lech, of Valler, Mont., secretary to Jeannette Rankin, the first woman et to Congress, arrangements were comp for the reception of tho Montana staf! woman. oil Miss Rankin was assigned to Room,' In the House office building, directly acre tho corridor from that of RcprescntatYl Moses P. Kinkald, of the Sixth Dlstrlct'-l Nebraska, renuted confirmed bachelor. RM rcscntatlve Rankin will arrive Friday, Hm I. hopes of our people and the m take his place on the hnng ' to the manhood of America ia the readiness of "our boys" $ tnem oraveiy ana wunngiy. m all that wc can a'a to mitigate g utterly unworthy of this sac- M $,ga ior our soiaiers wounaea in as individual citizens, make I many will die who might .1$ our own chapter has been J$ immediately three base hos the Navy, and to provide & ana supplies ior tneir Ai Cross work in warfare. i tne Dase nospitai, oenmd tne .q field hospitals. They are the Jj timps as ViicrVi ns it. is in ?.ki VfW NOW Chapter, k -i KI Philadelphia,' Pa.:' m lV W I 'J O'tt j ' $&Y v" '. wr 1 '---vmm. ii te& Wi'i :& M-bt Xmm-1 !p.,;eMln uu u,. cittctefiLv MwUB'Um, overs TL w v .,..w. . "w . ,. -.. i j .V..,, AYl3&ito7teSHa ''...';(al. MBSmmMMMm lvyj k kMam A aik- ; tT
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