.-lv r, L'?EBI4C , XEEBRPHILADKlHIAi W'AfBmW "DMMR, , ; ,1LT. ; ; vVv -THE-KAISER ON'A VISIT TO THE SULTAN OP TURKEY IN NORTH rogress" Reported isive in Monte polohe Region STILL RAGING LONDON, Dec. 22. of hostile raiders Ust the neighborhood of the i-Cambral road, to the east lePrex and southeast of res, was all Field Marshal . to report today. ' PARIS, Dec 22. active shelling on both! vm reported from around tttln, Eayet, Beaumont, Wood and Apremont ln today's official statement. 1 Champagne, around Moron ,, French troops carried out ful raids. &'. ROME. Dec. 22. progress" In lively fighting In nte Asolone region was reported y'a offletal statement, marking: the '.day of the Italian offensle. The Office reoorted a hostile counter- Wtimi' been checked Instantly. dispatches from the front today bed the battle as proceeding al- continuously, with the Italians ijr stimulated by their victories so a i struggle between the Dave and kBranta. which has tievelooed Into ft'fcf the most bitter combats of the has now continued with hardly an I cessation for eleven days. The first sl'days of the battle saw the Invaders In turn the mountain strong- of Beretta. Solarolo. Canrllle. Per- . and Asolone, and press steadily for. to within four miles of the vene- '"Plains, easy access to which Is pro- ny the San iorenzo valley, now Ay under the enemy a tire. tfcos first eight days the Teutons egsjtawad. according to their own claims, : IN. prisoners. , C4 vtlntli rifltf nf ,hn nnnfllrf. Werlne. Wftlrltnessed the first serious efforts of a 'Italians to assume the aggressive, i Thursday they succeeded In putting jV 4jg'snmy on the defensive, and for the -.JBSSt'.iime wrested tiacK some oi ineir ;-t around. .i Battue battle tne urmsn anu fTencn EL iliBtiT..have taken little part, but con- j$atlgrthe Italians have had to rely mat UMir arunerien iur uvieiintvo wvi , Set, so that their contribution has not L Bm Insignificant by any means. I '"'itm.- only attack in which British 'ejaseee took part last week prt.'.a a. lajhiri but-as the struggle goes on both HSM4tlanarv forces are exnectefl to & Gkm tM th fffrht mnrp nntlvplv J. HHHMIHLIaniaMIIBBI HaHiiBalKaaaWalaaFaaHiaaaaV I'SaaV V I MaVlTV " .H jWFVf '! sLaHHSaHBsaLiLiV S'y tVaaB.Hi1W 1 KLWHi X'!mM."l!9Jkamm Ibb1bbbBbV S-'v? ?-;. - " W'aBBBBBEaVimBBHRSrK.-nialHH'BBr A t Hi. 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It'-.waa pointed out that the neutral '.kaaea'a violation by Germans was an- t"' Mtrjnstance, on a smaller scale, of the TftMonio aisregara ror an neutrality ' Mis,avldenced In the Invasion of Bel- k! ajtamiueif. Vkttegatlons that the Belgians Inter kfSsUwtth the liberty of German sub- :' Mac' In the Coneo at the outbreak of ,rar untrue," the Government de mtjl "German steamers were per- "rtittia7tD leave the Congo unmolested up ' ttar end of September, 1914." ;vt- " TD GEORGE SPEECH t-' -A'.-t wtnr ATrrtErt rv novae .';JtrrnnuLiL ui rnuoo f One London Editor Finds Fault U'.'WlUi Premier's Dental or Selfish Aims Underwood A Underwood. Much ceremony attended the recent visit of ths German Emperor to his Moslem ally, the Sultan of Turkey. In this group the prominent figures from left to richt are the Sheik-ul-Islam, the Kaiser, tne Sultan and Envcr Pasha, tho Turkish Minister of War. CHIDES CiiOZIER FOR WAR DELAY Inventor Holds Ordnance Chief Responsible for Lack of Guns BAKER ALSO CRITICIZED WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Kecponilblllty for ordnance and ride shortage In the American army was laid on General Croiler, chief of ordnance, torfay by Colonel Isaac Lewis, Inventor of the Lewis machine gun, In testimony before the Senate Military Affairs Com mittee. "General Croiler Is responsible, more than any other man, for obsoleto equip ment and the lack of equipment of the army," said Lewis. In a dramatic declaration that Amer ica is not fighting the battle of tho Al lies, but the battle of America, Lewis declared that "It's a shame and an out rage" that American troops abroad have to beg artillery from Franco, "al ready nearly bankrupt and bled white." The former West Pointer, who saw his nviclilne-gun rejected by the Amer ican War Department and accepted as njio of the pet weapons of tho Allies, fold the committee his gun neer re ceived a fair trial here. "I'm not here to tell the story of tho. MlTls gun In great detail;" said Colonel Lewis. "It's telling 'Us own story today on every battlefield In'TCurop. The only Zeppelins that the British have brought down were brought down by Lewis guns." Lewis said that for the sake of his two sons, now with l'ershlng In Prance, and for "the sake of all your sons who will be there before this terrible war Is over, "faster progress should have been made In equipping the army. DOESN'T LIKK BIIOWINO GUN Gun manufacturers sponsoring the Browning machine-gun are "foollnir the Goernmcnt." A. K. Borle, of the Savage Arms Company, told the Senate lnes tlgattng committee today. Borle's com pany makes the Lewis guo, adopted by the Allies. The Browning gun looks good enough on paper, he testified, but "nobody knows what it will do." Manufacturers who say It Is a "peerless arm, the best In the world," he added, "are foolihg not only themselves, but the Government." Horle sharply criticised War Depart ment officials for changing, their minds so often, 'They neer knew . what they wanted," he declared. "They told me last August there would ho no more Lewis guns made after nt July. Fie weeks later they ordered thousands more, enough to keep my plant busy all next year. Then In November they changed their minds again and forced me to change my whole equipment to make Lewis aircraft guns Instead of the trench guns they had ordered." This "policy of acl!Iatlon and changed orders," Borle said, "had cost him JIOO, 000 and the Government some deliver ies." He believes other manufacturers had suffered likewise. He told how the Government refused to take Lewis guns firing British am munition, although he could hao deliv ered 10,000 of them by this time. "Of course, It wus preferable to hac the guns shoot American ammunition," said Horle, "Hut 1' been told the army has practically no machine-guns and the training camiw only a few These Lewis guns would have been tet ter than no guns And tho Browning guns could have been substituted when ready." PAID BIIOWNINO U.2&0.000 Ilorlo said he understood this (JoM?rn ment had paid $1,250,000 to Browning for his patent tights for the duration of the war. Asked on whoe advice this bi done, Borle said tho chief of the ordnance department and others connected with him. "Secretary of War Baker then In reality?" asked Chamberlain Borle said he "suppoi-ed so." rutting a "ho-man" In charge nf mu nitions nroductlon and supply Is ARGENTINA RIOTERS THREATEN IRIG0YEN spirited street iMglus in Buenos Aires Between Anti German Mobs and Police LE TRUPPE 1TALIANE RESPING0N0 1 TEUT0NI Una Poderosa Offensiva Land- nta dagli Italian! sulle Montagne - ? .&"' if , r By CHARLES P. STEWART Sjirclnl CaHe Sm'lri- of Ihr I'nllril Pre and Ktrninp Public t.rttgrr HIMINOH AlltllS, Dec. 52. German-owned properties under heavy guard, polkA rcucrvcH patrolling nil downtown Mnets and a deep undercur rent of hostility against Germany by Hlreet crowds wi-re Islhle pldem.eH to day of how Buenos Aires has been hllrred by tho latest Luburg i delations. The Government had prepared for the 1 demonstrations Inst night, and rioting nnlw wuv thn United States Gnernment was quickly controlled. There wcrp mv- taSt 3N. Doc. 22. Premier Lloyd emphatic disclaimer mat had selfish alms of extending Itory through the war brought general approval from the Lorn mm today., fear It may be difficult to de- the wishes of Inhabitants of '.Carman colonies," said the Dally , ''but the Influence of the United ' In the peace conference will en- l that commercialism will not count rtnan numaniiariamsm. I Premier again showed the falsity "charge that our aim Is conquest," he Times s comment. i speech was not-an explicit state- 'Of war alms," the Dally News "but It was sn admission jjaja justice of the demand for that sent or aims. I .Morning Post found fault with by Lloyd George of "aspllca- 1 Compulsion to Ireland" and bit- aeraned the league of nations gW naraaanrt atajannr g . fonom va aa ecu. fe' .. rhtBt Clou Tmlking itnc m th World . For a holiday gift that can be selected la ' a few .moments and which will give great and lasting pleasure, remember 'lite,, Sonera, which. i mm beauty caaaet V jeerereei fee $Uh$im m will solve the problem of getting neces sary quantities of guns ana ammuni tion In time to win the war, Borle told the Investigators. Constant changes In design, most of them minor, are made by War Depart ment officials, Borle said. Thirty-eight minor changes were made within six weeks In the design of motortruck frames Borle's company wis making, nnd nono of them Improved tho framcH materially. He said when the contract was let he supposed the design had been standardlted and would not need to bo changed. Quartermaster Sharps Is scheduled to return to the stand next week. Then the committee wilt, explore alleged profiteer ing In army uniforms as on of the causes of serious delay Fac In this line ar said to he startling. The Inadequacy past and present In army clothing Is due for more thorough Inquiry, as the committee Is not entirely satisfied with explanations to date. Why shues and 'overcoats should have been too small Is something that Sharp s explanation has not entirely bettled. In vestigation Into the quartennuster branch has merely started. The relation between disease epidemic nnd lack of clothing is to be probed. When the matter of cantonment con tracts nnd site selection Is reached, It Is likely the medical department will come under fire, as It Is understood medical offcers thrice changed their rerom mentdatlons in W floor space per man. thus causing serious delays and alter ation in the work. Bed tape is target. The miles of It binding up official Washington must be cut, the probers say. They also aro In sympathy with the statement by Frank A. Vanderllp at .Atlanta that the nation must curtail Its purchase of unessentlals If absolute essentials sre to be produced on time and In needed quantities. SWITZERLAND WONT STARVE LONDON. Dec 22. A Berne dlipateh, dated the Ith. referring to the agree ment of the Inler-Allled Council regard. Ing foodstuffs, says! "Switzerland Is greatly relieved by the thought that, for the present at all events, she need not starve. The Fed eral Council ratified the arrangement be. tween the Swiss and the American rep resentatives whereby the wheat execu tlv. undertakes to supply Switzerland, between now and next September, with "Unlike the arrangement by which Switzerland gets coal from Germany, this agreement Is not sub ect to com pensations. The press I. filled with ex presslons of satisfaction over it." rrnl spirited tights bctwieii shouting nntl-Gernian mobs nnd the police Threats and Imprecations against Presi dent Irlgoyen were openly voiced by many of the rioters, while street orators who demanded Immediate war on uer many were cheered vociferously. None of Buenos Aires newspapers has jet commented editorially on the latest chapter In Count Luxburg's career i f duplicity Members of Congress Indi cate a determination to force it completo explanation from Prefcldent Irlgoyen of the arlous Implications in the Luxburg litters, alleging Irlgoyen's friendliness to Luxburg and Germany ROMA, 22 dlccmbre Una poderosi contrortenslva e stata lanclata dagll Italian! tra I flu ml Brcnta e Plae ed In una serle dl brljlantl at tacchl, Intorno a Mome Asolone, Ic forte austro-tedesche sono state resplntc da quasi tutte lc poslilonl che crano rlusclto a catturare al prlnclplo delta Bcttlmana. Dl-paccl gluutl oggl dal Quartler Oenerale Itnllano, n Verona, fanno rlrattare la vlolenta degll assaltl Italian! ed II valoro delle truppe. Dl fronte al fuoco delle artlgllerle cj delle mltraglt atrlcl gll ItallanI anno rnrlca al fa t'dlco grldo dl: "Savola!" spazzando II netnlco dalle pendlcl della montngna In segulto nlla prima rottura delle loro llnee gll ItallanI si trovnrono In con dlzlonl santugglow ma clononostante esel son rluseltl n resplngere II nemlco con tale splrlto da sbalordlre gll austro ledeschl. II generate C'ornos, un crltlco mill tare, In un siio aillcolo sill glornade romano "La Trlbuna," romnientundo gll odlrrnl combattlmentl, cost' dice: "Ln vlolenza. del combattlmento ora In progneso sulbi fronte Itallana e la na. tura delle operazlonl durum nlla bnt tsglla un nspetto simile a quello dl Ver dun, Tutt.-ula alcuue delle cnratterl stlche sono dlffereuti. L'offenslva aus-tro-tedesclil contro 1'Italla fu lanclata In un inomenlo quando parte . delle Annate Itallane erano dlssorganlzzate da propaganda Insldlosa. Clo' non nv venne a Verdun. 1)1 fronto nll'opprl mente nemlco gll ItallanI hanno dovuto rlconoseere Ke Mess! durante hi rltlrata e rlequlpngglarsl. In breo tempo essl si trnvnrnno u combutlere In un terreno nltutncnts f.'iorevnte nl nemlco. "II fronte ill battaglla Itallano prcbe tnte forma elm lc nostre poslzlonl pote ana cssero nttarcnte dl flunco o ill fromtc Klniultancatnentc, Anche clo' non si erlflco' a Verdun. Ora le nostre llneo sono slato ben rafforzate e gll nt tncchl nemlcl engono lanclatl nua' e la" In uno sforzo, dl trotarc un punto deblo. Clo' c" pcro' ben lungl dall'essere scoperto." Allre notlzle glunte dalla fronte ill battaglla oonfennano iha le truppe Itullanc hanno ussunto una forte offen slva sulle montagno tra II Piao ed II Brenta, oo negll ultlml dleci glornl I teutonl si crano Impcgnatl In una hattaglia cnaenteolc c dl i-acrlflzlo per avanzare oltre le llnee Itallane. 11 comunlcato urflclale, pubbllcato lerl dal Mlnlstern della Guerra, annunzlo' gn iiuiiant erano rluseltl a rln- CHRISTMAS TURKEYS FOR 100,000 SAMMEES Part of Pershing's Army to Have Real Holiday "Eats" GIFTS FOR WAR WAIFS StnfT Colonel to Enact Role of Santa Clnus In One "American Zone" Town PHILADELPHIA OFFICER DIES AT SOUTHERN CAMP Lieutenant Robert L. Smith- Was Taken 111 After Returning From Thanksgiving Furlough Word was rrcelNed here today of the death of Lieutenant Robert L. Smith, at Camp McClellan. Alabama, ot men ingitis. He was taken 111 shortly after returning from a furlough during Thanksgiving week. Lieutenant Smith lived for some time at the apartment house, ot Mrs. Albert Stromeyer, 212 South I'orty-Hfth street. He was secretary of tha General Fire proofing Company, of this city, He left this concern seeral months ago and attended the American University at Washington, where he took the officers' training course. Ho successfully passed the examination for a second lieuten ancy and waa subsequently recom mended for the post of first lieutenant of Infantry. Lieutenant Smith was very popular In West Philadelphia, and his death came as a great shock to his friends In that section. Ills home Is In Sydney, O. No Sugar Supply in Cleveland CLKVKLAND. Dec. 22. This was virtually a sugarless city yesterday. with only a few pounds on hand in seat tered retail stores Wholesale grocers said they did not have a pound of sugar on hand and that there was no hope of getting shipments ln the city this week. IImV " rm w:,nt,d Electric Toys, would ou not eo to a well-known BKy X.gSbv A LIONEL ELECTRIC TIIA1N lll keep our jounsaters fSJ A l-IKX happy the year round. ,ilr The House that Heppe built FOUNDED IN 1865 ADOPTED ONE-PRICE SYSTEM IN 1S81 C.J. Heppe & Son 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th and Thompson St. Victrolas Heppe Pianos (with three aoynding-boarda patented) and Pianola-Pianos the entire great Aeolian line. Devatewn: 1 lm-lU Chestnut Street . .,' i. Uriown: Itkeaiyi Ball Phone r Filbert 2-5-8-0 Keystone Phone: Race 1-0-0-8 Streets . TKie Evening Until 9 o'clock vrvSn The Astronomy of Pearls fiCLA Pearls and Oriental Pearls are as alike as stars in the night, and it takes an expert in gems to tell a Tccla Pearl from an Orien tal just as it takes an expert in stars to locate Alcyone, or Orion. Preferring Orientals toTeclasjustbecause they are Orientals is as illogical as pre ferring Jupiter to Mars because it contains two more syllables. Tecla Pearl Necklaces $75 to 9350 with diamond clasp TECLA jp8 Fifth iAvenue JO Rut dl U flaix, Paris Charles J. Maxwell G?(Co. tele PKiWtlfSi Ascoti Walaut Street st leth Street che renuere una conidderevolc ouantlta' dl terrltorlo che era stato orounutn dnrli nuBtro-tedcschl marled!' scorso Intorno u .Mome Asoione, aa orlente del Ilrenta, Le poslzlonl rlcuadagnate furonn r.iltc segno au una 8erle ill poderos! con trattacchl e ad un loento fuoco con- renirato oene batterle nemlche am massate Una Idea della vlolenza decll attai-chl ItallanI puo' unche rllevorsl dol comunl cato tedesco, II quale dice cho le truppe -- """"' rrim onnate ill fanterla contro I teutonl, In brevlsslmo tempo Tre potentl nttacchl furto operatl contro gll austro-tedeschl sul Monte Pertlca ed un altro, anche poderoso, fu dlretto contro Monte Solarolo. nil nttachhl furono crndottl sotto un vlolento fuoco dl artlg leria. nn ....(. IablaIiI aKI.j.h . ' .....1, mutio a sorrrire gravlsslme. WITH THI3 AMnntCAN ARMT IN FHANCi:, Dec. 22. Part nf the Sammees wilt have their Christmas turkey and mincemeat even though the special Christmas shipments of those products haven't yet arrived. The quartermaster's department did a careful Job of figuring today and an nounced there was Just about enough turkey and mincemeat left over from Thanksgiving to feed 100,000 men Who the lucky hundred thousand will he was an nll-obsorblng topic of Interest today. However, me quartermaster is en deavoring to make up- the deficiency by purchases of delicacies from the French. Such a plan will not reduce the French food supply, bseaVUM th delksaoUa will d merely borrowed ana wnsn ins Amer ican supplies arrive they will b turned over to th French. Headquarters reversed Itself In a rul ing today, permitting Sammets to cable Christmas greeting! home. The rats, however, will be tha regular commercial on Instead of the special rat heretofore In effect and which Is temporarily sus pended. One certain town In the "American zone" Is to have an elaborately arranged Christmas. French women today com pleted a Santa Claus suit, In which a staff colonel will masquerade and dis tribute gifts purchased by money con tributed by th Americana to about Arty war waifs. For the most part th youngsters ar orphans, refugees, from devastated regions. 7 Great quantities of mall continue to pour Inlti th training son. The 8am meej ara contentedly smoking real American cigarettes and American to bacco In their pipes. There ar a num ber of excessively shlny-chekd Amer icans, attesting to the assiduous Ui of Christmas rasorr. nenerat Ftrshlng'a orders to safeguard the morals of hi American ftghtern, as reported In yesterday's dispatches, ar not an entirely nw regulation. Kmphasla was laid today on th fact that American military police for several months hav been keeping Sammees out of certain prohibited and restricted rones in several towns. The latest orders nerve a. a forcible reminder to the men of their oeenmander'a dttermlnattse Wsaistruar the army's mersls and sobriety' against the misconduct ot the Intvltable few who. if not held under restriction, might tslnt the whole army, 1 It hfcam known today that some time ago a number of American soldiers "swapped" uniforms with som polltis snd thus endeavored to deceive the mili tary police guarding a certain prohibited section. Th guard saw . through th scheme. Both th flammees and pollus were arretted and punished. Doth chaplains and medical officers nre gratified at the sweeping provisions of Ueneral Pershing's orders. They make drunkenness promptly punishable by commandtrs. Fire Equipment for Arsenal Fire-fighting equipment to guard against Incendiaries has been Installed at th Franktord Arsenal at a cost ot 110,000. The Greatest of all War Hooka UNDER FIRE By Henri Barbuue (Le Feu) Over tOO.000 testes of th French edition already aeld, A MAKVr.I.OrS TRANSLATION II. 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Just stop at the nearest cigar counter and get nim a box of Girards America's moat famous cigar. Every man who Jtsows a good cigar will welcome a box of Girards for Christmas. So stop at the corner store near your home or your office, or wherever you happen to be. If you should want a number of boxes of Girards, the dealer will give you a liberal discount on lots of 500 or more. Antonio Rotg aft LmngiJorf Phonm Market 3490 3 18-32 1 N. Seventh St. Girard Cigar VI Never gets on your nerves bbbbbbBbbbbbbMMbbbbT-ibm mumkW nnrneU" Actual HU IIox of 80, Box of ft. (I. "Philosopher" Actual Bit Box of :s ss,ts t V te i . . i LT-tL "H :jll&??- ' .',,4o'4 V, .'im-'tftt .-. s1 ' ! Vl & . ie?rl?JkV.vsaA.l,l - .. J, " n- -. iiS !&&&&& '& KX&:.
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