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rs
SEE BRITISH SOLDIERS
CRUCIFIED BY BOCHES
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U. S. Engineers at Front Henr
A,fi mi r nnomnti
Awful Tales of Gcimnn
Barbarity
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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, '
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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 :
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;..:..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
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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
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, 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.
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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
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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,
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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-
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...,, .,, .., ...,.i i...,n i. .,. ,r)rd l0
, Wlri.i . ..ir.i.ii contract
for I
r ,, , llrMlh ',.,, ,-.
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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.
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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
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' 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-,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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detrov,d. The total loss was ncam
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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iabo ...e ll i ier m nanus, DlK.f, i
I want toplck up a package I hnve her,?
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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'
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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'-;'
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