. , rs SEE BRITISH SOLDIERS CRUCIFIED BY BOCHES . " ' U. S. Engineers at Front Henr A,fi mi r nnomnti Awful Tales of Gcimnn Barbarity . ........ .. NUNS PITIABLE VICTIMS 'f . Canadians and Scots, Knowing En emy, Neither Give Nor Ask Quarter NKW YORK, t)ec. 13. i r.,',oin.i e r-,ti ,i M,tii, ' ' IUMIIAIVII - - ............. ...... . --. Midlers by Hermann on tho western by Hermans on tno western, front, with wholcsalo outrages on nuns In captured convents, nrc given hy mem-1 bene of the Hlcvcnth 1'nlted State lln glncor IteKlment In letters received here todiy ns the cau-es of a cletci initiation they express to fight to n. finish nnd to glvo or take no quarter. "If all of America could henr the'hor rlhlo talcs these refugees tell nnd see ( the country nliout u here," cays one Ut ter, "there would he 5,000,000 American1 soldier training for wnr and wnr lo.int would ho mersubcrlbed hy Pillions One of the officer of the regiment. , In a letter to Hobert Hldgeuiiv, of the 1 ,0,limittre, dated December 10. In which l'uhllc Service Commls-lon. wiote- Koliih Hated the Mate Department had "Tho devastated country and village j,cn negotiating with the I'ubin tiov destroed hy shellflie, 1 Biippose. must he ' eminent rcgaidlng pilce and supplj of expected. Uut tho thing that miches one sugar. Till was tho llr-t Sprcckeli had holl I the absolutely untiecess.ii nnd heard of such negotiation, he kiI1 wanton ilistiuctlon wrought hy tho re- Judge l.lndlev. counsel for Hc.ovei In tiring Hun 111 nsu.il wonderful and tlnnled lh.it the high pi ho for ( uban ssteniatle method have hem applied sugar wa helng ari.mged for some dip to this lUmiurtlon. Whnlu toun that lom.itlc ieaon l.lnd y alio denied that hao hardly been touched i tlullllre the food administration lad iKed the have been complete 1 dcfctrojed by niia- mite. "Wo (Ind dotche nit In the fen Rtandlng wall nnd marked with the slzel of tho charge to ho ued I2ldentl), ecry building had been sji-lcni.Ulo.ill prepared In that waj. long In advance, ror blowing up upon letlrincnt. 12V12N" fiHWIS l)l2.i:('ItTI2D "So hoiwH .beautiful chateau, gar-1 ,,()) , ai',Mt(lll lo Senator Lodge's urn -den walls, little summer liou.- nu- nil onInff tll-lt ll0 ,,,, ,..,, ln,rUewil hlovvnnp. S'h.ido trees tloweilng shrub .., ., , , Oenarient and tha are cue uunii or cm- iuiik i-rn. uit 4 t-Ani 111 lln fuiiVQlurlnu hell n Infill ,nrl.l. .,,, n,l cult one,,, ,1 : ............ ........... . ;..:..i t i. ' " ' ;i.,;.i- (ie,,"",1B "s "one ltHout ioiiumr any ftw..... ...... r.. -v.,.. v.. ..... lire iivMUl MSI"", "lie. uoe.,- oiaKKeu ...... .., uuL-c ...u ..i-,.,,., .... .......... open nnd the bone from several dumped Into one. Hvldently the bochc was look- Ing for jewelry, was blmply malicious, or both 1 "Thee thing could not be done with- out the knowledge nmi permission Mine oltlcers, nnd tho thing Is mi concrete that It look as thougli It was nu n part of nn oltlclal program I novel did be- llcvo tho storlc we" gft In America of tho outrages. I have to lylievo them now and they are many time vvoim than tho stories that 1 heard at home. e?er- tain Canadian and Scottish Imttalions take no prisoners The reason I that the liocho ha several times el ucllld the ,-M.irwll ... unit Ufli.ti.ll t.t-lui,llt-kl 11, til ltl.1.1 them above the trenches In view of their battalion. ATTACK12I) WITHOUT 0151112ns "Ir. one such casn :i ('anndlan bat- tallOTi went right over the top after tho Heche without orders'. Very lew of them have come back. A lirltlsh chap- lain told me tliat lie Knows personam- of u Belgian convent where they found that nrty-seven out of elgHtv-two ntliiH had linen violated u nil tlin Iloclle fell . . hack. "1 cannot understand what tho mental operation er piocesse of tho Hun can be. I cannot understand what hi oh Ject car be. It must bo tho wrathful spite of a disappointed, degenerate mind In fairness to our many very line nc- lualntniirc of (ierm.in blith In Ame-- lea I will say that the fierman prlsoi er I have seen appear to bo largely 11 dif ferent typo fiom the ticrnun In Amcilc.i ' They look not of n particularly high tpe. Major docs not ngrco with me. In this. He sas he can teo among them tho counterpait of every Ueimnn lie ever krew. "The prisoner will not bellcve that .. .. i. .. -, .. .... , V UIC J III, , 1, 1,1. ,i,ir,,-. 111,'., r.ij , u, It Is Impossible our submarine have stopped all tialllc between America nnd Kurope- That Is the wny wlth the Cer-, man soldier, and I suppnso tvcr one In (iermany U kept In Igroranco of tho true situation." Bolsheviki Declare Revolt Is Doomed f Antlnur.l from Pace One Revolutionary Kotl.illsts, 1;,;00; other parties, '1300. Kifth urmy -Maximalists, 113,000; llcvolutlon.il y .Socialists, 13,000 j other parties, 2i 000 Army of I'inlend Maximalist". 800; other parties :0.onu. Krasnoyarsk MnxImillsH. ll.oon ; Revolutionary Socialists, l'JOO; Cadets, "COO Krostroma district MaximullstH elect- ed four delegates nnd the .Revolutionary Kaluga 'clstrlct Maximalists claim the district, but the town of Kaluga Is ap- parentiy carried bvthe Cadets. PHTROORAD, Frldny, Dec. u. Charles H. Smith, of Kt. I.ouls, a mem- ber of the staff of John V Stevens, head of the American Railway Commission to Russia, Is reported to have been unested. .. U. S. ENGINEERS READY TO GIVE AID TO RUSSIA . PI'TROURAD, Dec. 15. American engineers have been off-red the Ilolshevlkl (Jovernment for reorgan- Izatlon of rallioads nnd motor lorries for me transport ot ioou, foreign .Minister Trotsky declared today In nn address to the grenadier regiment. "It Is Impossible to reform tho polit ical and social construction In a month " ho declared. "We have already started our efforts to Introduce a program. We have given land to tin. peasants and we have nuthorlz-d il.e crushing of those who nro Seenlng n, prevent us In our alms. We hnvo Miirtcd toward peace. Nobody will be nble to undo what has already been done. "Germany Is seeking p-ace because the discontent of her masses has forced her I , . ' . V RUSSIA NOT liANKnriPT SAYS AMBASSADOR STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13. Itussla will be able to pay her obliga tionsthe only obstacle Is unwillingness of her Bokhevlkl masters to pay them Is the opinion of Russian Ambassador Gulkevltch. "So far as tho future Is concerned." he) said today, "the phantom of Russian bankruptcy Is merely the outcome of shaken nerves. 4 Though, exhausted by recent events, Itussla will be able lo pay. The preda. tory sway of tho Uolshev kl will not spoil her rlcjt soli, her timber, her mines, It Is tiot a question of Inability to pay hut rather the Ilolshevlkl unw II ngness, . . .. v to do so." .Marines Help Catch Fugitive jerle Anesto, of Taskervllle, Pa., was itMlast mcni cnaraea wttn stab- i.'.WTJ Trust Chief .Doubts -'rf ?f Spreckels i oiuimifd rrnm I'aze line growers 11 a. cents a pound, nn content- ii - i - Till compare with S.39 ecntH In 1D07, : 74 ,lirco eu ngo nnd 1 76 la ycar; spreciccis mated. Tin Hoover committee, which created n "sugar shortage," according to Clan- Spreckels, l packed with former nn. pnes of tho "Sugar Trust," was also charged. I "I'ven the' watchmen nro for mer watchmen for the American Sugar lleninlnK Company," slid Mprerk. eh, "nnd 12. 12. Hooker, former trmt emploje, Is a steering committee of one tii whom nil perron having buslnesi '' tho committee must apply when I itiv-ifiin tin MIIIC. I ...,.l J.. ..!.., 1 s,,rnekeN ,,-,,;,i as holding Important positions with the sugar rommlttce were Harry C M'Ut, formerly huer for the "UBnr tiut," mm liiijer for the committee, and 12 T Ilbou, former private seiretar) tn llirl Il,iht. he.d of the "sugar trust, ' nnd now ccretnr to the sugar committee Spreckel snld hn had pinte'ted iiK.ihi'-t having leflner fix the price of ugnr nnd against Hoover's tipp-ilntmont of three American sugar magnate') on the International committee Spteckels said he had declined to head a sjrup price committee bcc.iue he was an lnterctcd party Spreckels produced u letter from ,,,.., ,,ii. . i,i,-,,. ,.r ti, li,..,. pilco of beet i-UR.ir ,.W(, ll-n l011i,0) 0f price, onty under lkenlng of whole-nliMs," ho said i chairman Heed tried to get I.lndley to admit the coercion uid by Hoover was Mrtuall iilLt-tllng itnlph, Hoovei's ugar expert, who w-n in the loom, wa nkcd by Ijlmllev to . tor... .... !.. ,.!. ..It..-., t'ub.lll commission Oil tllhilbject Ku. lucMlonln(r be- Senatorial empha pi?eii the fact that all tno u repieentHtle of tile i-iiiisuin ,. t njlKut aH jnanlfestt Kuipj, .,,, tiler reprentatlve. of t-i fl)0(, iui,n,.t,aiion at tho hearing over t1(i ..ommlttee- r.-fut.il to let them cross. PMiminn Spreckel. Turninir fiom tbo e'llhan cane sittin. tlon to domestic beet sugar, Heedbrought fu,m spreckel tho statement tn.it beet 1 fanneis ale not prolititiE by tho price llxed for beet sugar. 'The beit-sugar factories aro getting tbo iirollt," mid Spreckel. Ho pioduced n, telegram from rood A.lmlnlstintor Jlerrlll, of f'nfifornla, to Hoover, stating that California beet- sugar growers would not plant their usual aneage Unless iho food admliMs-, nation piovented the f.ictorlc from lir ll.lll,! flit till, lllltfl.M ' "The Sugar Trust has big Interest In tho beet-sugar industry," Spreckcls added Tle ne, cia,ter Spreckel.' revcla. Hon concerned alleged "throwing down". ot xl(. Allied (Soverninents on nignr con-1 tr.u-iM bv tin. "minar triiht." i Spreckel read correspondence show- .... I ...,, .,, .., ...,.i i...,n i. .,. ,r)rd l0 , Wlri.i . ..ir.i.ii contract for I r ,, , llrMlh ',.,, ,-. .. ... ...... ........ ,, , ,., i siou, iniouKii vvii.cn r lance ..nu ...iKtu.iu , . Miimlled. on tho technical mound that tho commission's agreement ,,i not provided tonnage to transport the. sugar within a specified time. Soieckel refused to cancel hi con tract nnd was told, ho testified, that he ltl,B,lt .,., cll reieaso It for the domestic ,n.iel ..,KaU( there would bene ships to c.uiy It abroad before Jnnu.irv 1 did release the sugar." slid ' Spieckels, "and vvn notllled by tho royal i aro seven Uerin.ui division Held In re commlsslon'H agent dinrtly thereafter '" behind tho nrst line .ue eight more li..t ulilnu t.f.iihl l. tttnvliled It. llecem l.er m shin tl.e sucar." I u-i.u ,it,i ib wuE-ae Trust, throucli . it,i..i ,,. .o ,-ot im. m c.ne.i c one con. I ,',-'. i,i .. .ninl in know- ....... .... -- -- nvi-.ll it... M.i.n. Trno li.i.l n nrpUil I 1. nnn. 1, .nn., CI.lt , I. A til t 17 1 t , ... . ,,,,,.. rir .loin t nO I to nn on 1 ad '" . , , ' . ". n-;, ..,., n,,,i ,v contracted to pay J'io trust wan eUn moral support. They wanted to be able hi ,.. ..., .- "- to tell the ionl commission that nil the !Anieilcan refiners felt tho same way 'about shipping lugar abroad nt this i time " "V.ia that sugar needed In this coun- tr ?" asked Senator Jones, of New Mex ico "Yes. It was," said faprcckels. "Was It needed In France?" asked Heed. "Hvcn moro urgently than here," said Kpreckels "I pointed that out In my- I letters'. In addition I hart signed n con :o.-,,mrt tn deliver that sugar to the rojal commission's agents and I simply would ' not throw up that contract on a wretched ,..i,nlcalltv " I iiee.llllie.amj. I ' i DEATH OF 11 AMERICAN ' SOLDIERS IS REPORTED First Lieutenant Among Those to ! Succumb in France, rcrshing I T?ennrts "' -i.-ioiiINaTON Ieo 11 The War jme-tit. has' received from Cieneia! Pershing announcement of the following iJcaths from natural causes: ' xXMW? I United Stntes transport ; tubercular men- I liiBltls : Mr.s Judith Anderton. wife. ''sePgeant' Paul Jcrdan. quutermaster corps December 10, Injuries resulting moioreyc'o accident ; Qrady Haley, uncle, t.avonia, un ,. -i. .,.,.. ii,i.nti. vi,np. marines. De cember 9 pneumonia: address not given. Ahle Seaman Jan Hendrlx Briafhart, U S S. llerwlnd. Iecember 11, pneu monia i address not given Private Maurice I Capron. coast ar tillery corns, December 9. natural causes ; Mrs. llrldget Riley, sister, general de livery, Nashwnuk. Minn. Cornonl I.eroy F, Harwood, pneu monia and meningitis; 6 Myrtle street, UPrh!ateMnvcrt T. Parnell, hnincho pneumonla;' 197 South street, Quincy, SIT.', oi. TtiMmrii li llmclics. nneumo- nla: 5 iniriec-niu t.ruti, eunnB ,,.Aan U't. Private Ralph M. Miller, scar ct fever j nrlent. la. Private Wiley Cheek?, killed by train; tin l.f.nir street. Clrard. Ala. Sergeant Mlllird Smlili, wounds; Ranger, W. Va. gunshot SERBIAN WAR MISSION HERE i ,. L .. . , .. . . ' It Will Devote Most of Its Time) to i Recruiting I Jfnw YORK. Dec 15. Captain Sadan ' Onyltch nnd nine other members of the Serbian 'War Mission, who arrived nt nn American port yesterday by a French ' liner, will establish headquarters In this flty, and will devote most of their energy fto recruiting Serbians In America for service In the war. .,..,. -Captain Rudolfo Serrno of tho Tlrst uauan reginijin i "'" ""' " .... nl nf ltnllsn birth and narentatta ipii nennla of Italian birth and parentage about war conditions In Italy and urge them to dp all In their power to help the cause of the allies with money and men. He said that the English and Flench ort the Italian front-were not do- m ,n;r Mtual. flftHByet ana tnat M EVENING PUBLtd LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, ATTACHING BOMBS .ati."?!:?-. ...T.... aSA 1 -i m 1wr lav fctSKr imm ras&fe i tvioli l . lb tbert N Kxpert skill i leiiuircd in londinp bombs em I'rcndi nirplnnes prior to u bontbing expedition. The photop;rapli shows the poilus per forminir the most difficult stnfre of the wotk, insertine; tho tnil plnnes to pass smoothly up the tube to the leiiRth of the cylindrical bomb-chamber. Tommies Win Back Part of Lost Trench dnllniifri from Pane One fcated threo time in battlo at Yprc whilo trlng to break the lirltlsh line All nlong tho front, from the North fc'p-1 to tho Kv!s Alp, the Ccriiuin gun nie In action ind tho le-enforccnient of aitiller fiom the cast arc nhe.id making themselves evident Hugo store of ammunition have been iclcised by the P.usslnn bie.tl.ilown, mid till Is being used up In continued boinbatdment that paue neither for daikncss nor stormy weather. lliltlsh and l'lciuh mllituiy critic. aro making .irlng prediction a to the western front, but thciu I agree- tnent upon tlio possibility of fighting being In inogriAS all winter. Many bo- Uco tint the Cermin war lord will try to k'v" l,, tieriinn people n victory tor ''hilstma gift to cheer them over n perlml that piomlses them nothluB but desolation ami woe (JQ TEUTON DIVISIONS irnirri trr 4 r r t -r nnivrti ALVlSlr UALIAN I' HUN 1 WASHIMlTO.V. Dec 13. SWtv Austro-tieiman division are op erating iB.ilnst tho Italian ill northein Italy, according to accurate llguie Rathe red by the war mlnlstiy at Home and foi warded to Washington today, Tho Italian Wnr Olllce h,i3 data to show that forty-live Austri in divisions nro on tbe Itnllan fiont With these 'division' four aernian and four Aus-1 trl.in re:l to bn thrown against tho defenders whenever conditions warrant. The Information was withered by nvli- tors and secret war agents of the Italian 'u lllllieill. rntr i.vtinvi" .tnurfro uunu ijiitiiivu iirruvio MATERIAL INDUSTRIES Fuel Administration Blnmcs Situa tion on Railrond3 and Urges Immediate Improvement WASHINGTON, Dec 1". Complete relief from the natlon-vvldo coal short age can only bo attained through iinme dlnto ur.il radical improvement In the rallwny situation OClcluls of the ful ndmlnlstrntlon so Informed Senators and Repieentatlves today. They declared that the general shortage of cars, mid tho fnct that many hundreds of load of conl have been nnd nrc being ide tracked to give other freight the right of way Iibb aggravated natural condi tions so that a band to mouth fuel policy must bo maintained for soino tlino to come. Tills explanation has not satisfied the congressional leaders, who are being In undated with telegrams and letters de mandlng Immediate nct'on. From hun dreds of cities and towns throughout the North and Northwest tho word Is roming Into Washington that If plenty of coal Is not supplied at once material Indus-, . . ... .... . .l. .. ..11,1 tries must shut down. Tho result will ba great suffering everywhere these messages say, nnd will precipitate n dangerous economic situation. WASHINGTON EXPLAINS ARMY CLOTHES DELAY - Responsibility Placed on Makers of ,. , ., Supplies and Congestion of Trnfflc WASHINGTON. Dec 15. Delays by manufacturers of materials and by manufacturers of clothing, and also by congested trafllu conditions. Is respon sible for delivery delinquencies of from C to 18 per cent on clothing contract i to Bupply the American army, the, quar termaster general announced today. "Adequate supplies of clothing have has never been minimized here. Army been provided for alt the men In thol'"'" hine Hnld ,l tlPed short of a big service of the American armies." tho re- calamlt, while Secretary of War Raker port adds, 'anil ir proper eiouverlea arc ynde by the manufacturers' nnd tho tran'portatlon s stems, an unlnterrupt edly adequate supply for all future needs Is assuied." WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL Switzerland Tells World of Determi nation to Avoid Belgium's Plight WASHINGTON, Deo. 15. Answering tho recent United States message to her. Switzerland today Informed the world that sho will maintain her neutrality with her "own forces nnd will repel a violation of her frontier If this occurs." Further, she served notice that she will be Uie Judge of any situation In which, like Belgium, an outside power might volunteer to "tave her from nn enemy." Officials regard the answer as a notice to Germany and Trance, particularly Germany, not to attempt a crossing of the frontier, while at the same tlma making the point that she did not wish an olfei from -the AJltew.tu, rscue,.fier' TO FRENCH PLANES aJgHMjOHajMMa AI?JL? . .fc. t Haig's Plan Nullified by Cambrai Setback ( ni.tln.te.l from I'.me line deflnlteness which tho manded " occasion de. PREMIER DEMANDS ORE A TER SACRIFICES LONDON. Dec IS l'eaeo overtuies to Prussia nt tho mo ment when her mllltiry rplrlt was drunlc with hoastfulnes would be a betrayal of hi trust. 1'iemler l.loyd fleorgo de. clare d In hi speech ut tlrey'n Inn Tho 1'remler demanded greater war sacri fice. He snld : "It I because I am flrinlv convinced tint, despite some untovv.ud events, de spite discouraging appearances, wo are making steady prrgrcs townrd tho goal that I would regard pence overtuies to Prussia at tho very moment tho Prus sian uillltar spirit I drunk with boast- fulness as a betrayal of the prent trust with which my eollcnsues and mself hnvo been charBed." In regard to the Ruilaii situation, ho said- "It would ho folly to undeirate the danger, equal folly to exaggerate It and the greatest folI of nil not to fneo It "It the Russian democracy has de cided to abandon the strurKle ngalnst; m lltnrv numeracy ioo .vuic-i.can u,- mociacy Is taklrg It up " Cierniany's victories were cmbHzoncd i to the world, the Premier said hut her troubles did not appear In bulletins Something was known of them, however ' Tho dendly grip of the Hrltlsh navv vvasi having its effect nnd the valor of the troops was mnklng nn imprcs!on which1 would tell In the end He said those who during tho Inst fortnight vvero or ganizing a nervous breakdown In the nation were tho same ns those who1 recently were nrginlzlng a hysterical shout over tho Danders victories. Premier l.loyd fieorge bald that a , cill must be inndo on tho nntlon for great sacrifices nnd moro lighting men were needed until tho Amerlcnn forces nrrlved to offset tho burden thnt had been east on the Allies by tho defection of Russia and tho rcver-.es of Itil" I Tho Allies now must defend all fronts against tho enemy and hnvo a mobile army1 for any point or emergency, tho , Premier said, nnd ho added that the Allies had n superiority In man power In France on tho b-ittlefront nnd there were considerable lirltlsh reserves at home. I "If this is tho worst moment, raid Mr I.lod Oeorge "It Is becauo Russia has stepped out and America Is only pre paring to conio In I'very hour that passes will seo tho gap formed by the retirement of the Russ nns filled by the valiant sons of tho great republic. Ger many knows It and Austria knows It, hence the desperato efforts that they are making to forco the Issue before America Is ready' If- 1l....1,An-(,. Mr I.lod lleorge said ho was glad to understand that Lord Lansdowne's re cent letter had been misunderstood and thnt I,ord Lantdnwna was In agreement with President Wilson. "I also," the Premier declared, "agree with President Wilson and do not desire to foico a uomroversy vvhero rone Tex sis" "I warn the nation to watch the man1 who lhlnKs tliero H " nI- ' 1,0UB9 "" Uween victory an defeat," tho Premier admonished, '.hero are the men who think you can er.d the war now- by some sort of what they call peace by setting up a League of Nations. That Is the right policy after vJctevry; without vic tory It would bo n farce." Lloyd Ocorge's warnings, Everywhere officials agree heartl.y with his view that It U up to the United States tt fill the Russian gap and then more. The Cambrai reverse for the lirltlsh recently suggested that the whole west 'rent situation should not bo minimized, especially In view of prepantlons for an offensive with re-enforcements from the east front A distinct dark-blue asmosnhere was manifest for das In Washington. How ever, this has been Bwept aside In tho realization that the front cannot be smashed; while gloom 'has been sup planted by a stronger spirit determina tion to do the utmost, confident that vic tory can be wrested from the Hun If Lloyd George's slogan, "Sanity, steadi ness and outlook," Is applied. Hvery where authorities aco'atmed his statement that there Is no half-way house between victory and defeat, and believed that the American nation, gradually, but surely, stirring to lu tasks, wilt realize that there can be no bargaining now w Ith tho Hun autocracy. Officials cautioned Incidentally that much pe&slmtam and despair Is just as bad as overconfident. They sought, however, to drive home tha thought that the war has reached a stage where Ger many has a fresh morale and more troops from, the Russian situation, and thai thU aaiut .be mel with American j ..-,. -.Ty. . i . -i .l DISPERATALOTTAA COLDELLABERRETTA I Teuton! ManteiiKono Alcune Posizion! ma le Linee Itali- ane sono Saltlc VIOLENT! ATT AC CHI ItOMA. 15 dlcemhre. Da tin comunlcato ufllclale, puhbllcato lerl dil Mlnlstero della tluerran ltomn, si npprendo cho dopo rlpetutl nttacchl etTettuntl durante tutto II plorno. sullA poslzlonl tra I fluml Drenta e Plave, ell austro-tedeschl rlusclrono n fare tin solo ed Inslgnlflcanto guachigno, lerl I'altro, ma con Immenso sacrldzlo. II qii.mt trnscurahllo tcrrcno guada Ktiato dnl ncmlco fu it nord elella llnea dl Monte Solniolo ed alia testa elella valle Cnlclno Negll ntucchi operatl lr questo punto, gll iitistro-tcdeFChl rlporta rono perdlte gralslme. lu telegrnmmn glunto Ftumano el ilia flonte ill battnglla niinunzla die 1 tell tnnl hanno rlcomlnclato 1 loro nttacchl cotitio lo polzlonl Itnllane. Prlglonlerl catturatl dalle for?o del nenerale Dlnz hanno ofgl dlchlnrato che le nerdlto verlllcitesl pel ranghl delle I trutme ustro.tedescho hanno tomlnelato la far vnclllare II morale del sohl.iti ed , i un ccrto tentennamento srmpro nuincn tanto si nota quando le or.ele nFsaiitnci vengono forzate alia cirlca sotto II fuo o delle nitlgllcrle. II commandante dello forze teiitonlche a tnle rlguardo ha a.lottuto mlsure coer cltive A tutte le truppev aus.trl.iche e 'edesehe vengono fntto promerse tier un tnlgiiore nutrlmento e mlglloio alloggia mento so rltisclrnnno nd avanzaio nelle p'anure Itallane On tfoizl del nemlCN otic coiicentrntl stille llnee Itallano nel tallente ill 1 s'o aroln h'e esro lKitra' costniitemente mantenero l'offer.slva In nuesto punto le pnslrlonl nustro-tedescho Bar.inno nl (lu.uito slcure, ma uu.ilor.i gll nttacchl dmesscro venlr menu c gll Itallanl as sumesseie. 1'olTenslvn, nllora lo llneo dl eomunlcazlonc. tra In poslzlonl oc.-upate dal tetitonl, rarebbero serlamente mln.ic elato , l'ii dlspiccio glunto glovedl' clallo llnee .11 battnglla, spe.llto .la un torrlspon dento dl gueiia. dies che dopo tie Rlornl .11 combnttlmcnto ncc.inlto sull.i froute montagnosa tra I fluml llrenta o Plave. II nemlco rluscl' n. niantenere alcuul trln-l eernnientl sill Col Iterrettn o sull.v sntn-! inlta' ill Monte Splnocln, mil che tutto II resto dello linen Itallane si trovnnol nello orlglnall poslzlonl Tall combat- I tlmenll rappresentano 1 terzo ed Inutile nttacco delle forzo nustro-tedescho per nvanzaro nttraverso lo plauurc. I.'u'tlmo attacco fit contlotto In maa o lc fanterlo nemlcho uvanzaropo rapid amentc nil Itallanl furuno costrettl tem porancamento ml IndlesreKglarn In un punto, ma quasi stiblto rlguadagnarono la lnaggjor parte dello loro poslzlonl I.a battnglla per II controllo dello strnteglco punto dl e-ol dellu llerretta o' perslstontn c dlsperntn. 1. 1 perdlte da eutramhl lo parti sono conslderevoll Verso II basso corso della Plavo gll uuttrlacl prendendo vantagglo che. le aequo del flume lion cr.iuo inolto alte. rlusclrono ad occuparo una llla vlclno li laguna dl Venezln, In prosslmltn' dl Cavalllno II c.icclatorperlniero "Sauro," che mannvrava nella I.agun.i, sb.uco' un contlngente dl nnrlnnl I quail dlstrus sero hi IIIa con le mltragllatricl, II telefono ed nltrl Implnntl che gll aus trlarl ernno rluscltl a plazzare. Un telegrnmma da I.ondra niinunzla la pubbllcazlone n Vienna .11 uno del solltl n buglnrdl bollettlnl iitllclall austrlnol. Secondo tale hollcttlno II , rrmnndo uustrlnuo nvrebbe inppoitalo ( che una stallstlca fatta circa I rlnnovntl nttacchl alii fronte nordlca It iliana, ciuramu . ,iui....u kkii.u ,,. c-oi.i.miw- luentl nell.i leglono dl Meletta gll auitro- tedeschl avrebbero fatto prlglonlerl C39 uillclall Itallanl plu' ill HI, 000 uomlnl ill truppa. Avrebbero Inoltro catturntol 293 cannonl, 233 mltragllatricl ed lm. ineii'a nuniitlta' dl materlale da guerra I Don't Waste Your Money Buying Christmas presents that don't last. Be sensible get the best. A Majestic Electric Heater will return big dividends in solid comfort just the thing to warm up the bathroom before you take that ' morning plunge. Handy clean economical. Guaranteed for one year. WALKER & KEPLER 531 Chestnut Street IBSfi- -"The Best of riVII MINL'TP.S PROM ANYWHRIli: ja1 mta i i v I r. Hotel COMNNAMl 15th Si CHESTNUT STS. EVERY SUNDAY" EVENING Concert De Imxe Service clJ2a Carfe PROGRAM FJffih 1, March, Lorraine Oanne . Vale, Uole)rM...H'aWteuel 3. Selection, JUIsj Sprtnptlme, Caiman 4. Dance, Dolero, .Mmtkouakv I, Fantaile, Samson anil DeWa SaM-Eaent EMILE COLEMAN, Director II IL. p SSW-""" I .,. DEQUriBBft ' 1& ' :Lftl7 mr ."v It HSiv CITY YOUTHS IN SERVICE I.icutonnnt K. Walter Starr, Jr., I). O. H. C. (above), son of Dr. nnd Mrs H. Walter Starr, of 117 South Seventeenth street, is at tached to a U S. base hospital in Trance. Jack Blynn (below), the son of Mrs. Harry Hlynn, of J'iO" De Lnnccy htrect, has been in traininc with tho U. of P. unit in' Allentown for the last six months. He is now at Toby hanna, I'a. INFLUX OF WAR AIDS OVERCROWDS CAPITAL Government Will Build Bar racks to House Army of Civilians WASHINGTON, Pec 13 A bai racks city on the Potomac to hcu-e Its l.irKe nnd rapidly siowlnc m my of civilian wnr aids will bo built by tho American (lov eminent. The emergency workers already hero have overwhelmed publl i and private living conveniences. There) are not enough houses No moro ( ait bo built because contiactors cannot get materials or prices aro too hll'h Rents are prohibitive. The mini mum for two rooms eiy scantily fur nlsheel is C,ri a month, nnd none to be had nt that lte.it estate men nie clcantn'," up. Ono agent who talsed the . rent on tho house occupied by another arc nt salt, to iinu "We've been starving here for ears. Now we're going to get what is coming to us, nnd nu'ro no exception Hotels are tilled to ovutlowlng all tho time Hoarding-house proflteeis, mostly females, aro maple a golden harvest ThlniJi Electric" 1917. GS - Concert cT. 3"tco Hongs a, I Love You. Truly, Jacoli-Botul h. Chanton Iudoue, Itlmsky-Kortakoxo T. Suite, Peer Omit, .,,. .Ortri t. Ilallct. Coppclla OellDrs . Selected For iltauett 10, SelecrVel F or Jltquett ' ' ; r ,;V- 15 INJURED1N WEIRD TROLLEY SMASH-UP Coach Going 40 Miles an Hour Gives Imitation of British Tank Rampant HOM'OKn. Mass, Dec. 15. , ruieen persons were. s.iKne.x .nju.e-u .1. H effec .iiciiin. Piottrii-u, linn ,uu'. when a Springfield-bound trolley cur, going forty miles nn hour, took the wrong track, Jumped the rails, clipped off two Iron electric light poles, rode up over a ten-Inch curbing and then side wiped n four-story block, pulling down tho w hole front. A piano on the fourth floor toppled over nnd smashed through the top of tho car. FLAT CAR JUMPS TRACK AND DEMOL1SIIES HOUSE Also Destroys Show With Total Loss Equipment, nf vivn ol r ' Thousand Uollnrn ' l.ANC'ASTHH, Pa. Dec. 15. A Penn-1 I. ....I. II.II....I ll.l n. il..t .. i..l. ii-.uni.i imuiuHu nii-ai nmi u i KiitftPil ntipid nf nn riiirlne. lutrncu Hie 1 . . detrov,d. The total loss was ncam ...;. - ' "?. , ,, i, ., ,. llrnkrmaii It S Hortlnc was caught In tho wreckage and had his shoulder btokeu U. S, Illli USKK UP l'Al'1-ll Mote Tlian 100,000,000 Pounds Needed for Government This Ycar WASHINGTON. Deo. 15 Mora thnn 10(1,000,000 pounds of paper, about three times tho nniount used In normal years. will bo required for Government print '--" v- --".. ..- ,..... Ing this year, . Tlio cost will bo about $1,000,000. Another big Increase Is expected next ear, for the War Department has asked an expendtturo of $3,000,000 for paper, or ten times Its normal amount. As un economy measure nnd to relieve some of tho burden of the Powtofflco Department the commltteo decided to use jmpcr of lighter weight for the Congressional Record. 1832 pA1 mo ieei on w.e Kruuii.j umi ernra man officer crawled across "No ManSt', '' hrough a Inrge brick warehouse owned j hand." raised his hands In -token of urV , ' b (leorge Stelnman, demolishing It A i render when he reached the barbed wlr Y)i show equipment of Joseph Tschudy was , entanglementu and called out: UKtf . lEy,BWKSBlDulE Diamond Lorgnons Artisticidly fashioned with Chains to match .'aV i WWWW mvv imm A v i S"S-,-55"tTs. nKHnHI Christmas for Christmas Dinners Recipes for Christmas Canape Fruit Supreme Bouillon a la Holiday; Roail Tur!(e Ciblct Cravt; Minced Ciblcti on Toatt Brussels Sprouts Hollandaisc Corn Pudding Peas Mailre d'Hotel Candied Sweet Potatoes Evergreen Salad Cood Luch Salad Yulelide Plum Padding Olde Tyme Fruit Cake Almond Jumbles Hone; Cakes Creamed Dates Popcorn Balls Fudge By Mrs. M. Cultiniere to In the Magazine Section ofTomorrow't PUBLIC fitrtst-r. TW0U.S.EN hNEBQ HIT BY SAME SI German Officer Wa!ts for Laundry Before He ' j Surrenders QUIZ SQUADV VISITS Ml Gather Facts About Camp Co ....: ij i tlons as Material lf v ieciure lour -,,x WITH TUH AMKUICAN AnMT rilANCB. Dec. IB. Detil's of how two American Mi ncers with the nrltlsh army were vroul: ed by the same shell were received he today. JC Tho men were stripping ballast fro J.-l rt-v small railway when a shell bur amid a pile of picks nnd shovel lfff. $1 ',y "le'r' comrades Tho cvplo'lon flllM''v 'J the air with bits of steel nnd flying tooleV i ' .1 which struck the two engineer, knock- Ing them to the ground. i, An Amerl-an .mr nhn 1,,. 4,,.ts2:e" - - . . jwnvfir. , turned from the lir.t.rti. front wherelM Is. n.w-Mi t in....Ai,. . .u.. ...' J eo i ci it iiift llinvi Ut(Ull HI lllo UBtJI i automatic weapons, reported that a Get ,.,.. .. r -. . . . ' urt iabo ...e ll i ier m nanus, DlK.f, i I want toplck up a package I hnve her,? .,., .. ' ,.''" ..Y T1)e nrltlsh Tommies covered the Citr&'i: ?S man wiin tneir guns wniie no enmneftt o ,uown into tno irencn. tie unci a pack- ngo with him which proved to be a bunlfc'" die of freshly washed laundry. Upon & ; being ciucstloned by the astonished RrltJ - Uh. thrt flermnti errilillne,! "5' . "I made up my mind to surrender n'.w 1 1tplr nffn. tint T illrltt'e u-n,ie tn Inan m, 'it . . ia nlntben. kn I wnltetl until thn nr,1r1i1 .1-ttti brought my laundry." IKS' ... ... . ...-... v. ..u.. v.w10Vl, .1 I l mr iiuoicr arrive, ui ino American f, i camp last night after visiting hcadquar'TjW tcrs and lunching w 1th General Persh "WO ing, Tliey are gathering Information- .ST. about living conditions In tho IiartYj,A are Roscoe R. Mitchell, of lluffalo; Dan.-Ji-, 'j lei need, juiiutt Lincoln, jonn h. i.rd. zrv lMward P. Kretr, of Chicago, and KveNP5 " ett Colby. ui " Tlio commissioners nto with the dough, ' boys today to learn exactly what fooelwL'-;' 18 UC.I.K DV. :U KV 411 lie, llAtua ,,, CO UV.UJIV A 1 -b1 X i m li . '-I 1917 0) Dainties '&-, IR ris-i if Ojiifcr Soup Wild Duck Apple Stuffed a King Fruit Cake Pastry; Slices Seed Cakes is A. Wilson Queen Victoria .a -j -. r;t,fl m a.41 ffj " fi tViJS1 i ,ii m -USX TtS" 1 r4& f 5 isfli: 4.1 . JJf f"f. M M- W ' ' ty-C lift' r.ij- FT'.. ,' ' Jtt'.i ?m '"'a' j .f " L ' i ' h.p: Ijm XXFiri a 'M ft WSi'JBJWWP"' "'flrT P eslp &'iL t. msKi .(-: L..., 'tra. l'ui' -w- -;. && vi.tiai.w jmjue u Krf w, m&&rmmmw8MiMMwmeL
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