; y EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. APRIL 8, 1018 7- S0CE THANKS U.S. WAR INCREASES GIRLS' DELINQUENCY IN N. Y. Ifortroopsinbattle Camp and Uniform Temptations f Tordicu Says Huns Then -VI1I "Feci Clenched Fist' of AnicrlcH crisis is not yet over Pains' Offer was uy Call ior !; "J """ "w B Discloses Now York, April 8. .nA.B Tardleu. French High Com-i -,..Cer to tho United States, i ned tho gratitude of Franco to Uie v' .,-, nocrnlo for tho pait Amcr- ,TVooDaro taking In tho battle of Ki? an address before .the Hi..-.. - ... , iiere. Jiyron r. nei iSffWer Imbasbador to rrauce. ' nrrtWed. . .i.,-i i, ,,,., ' "Keener man ou, "'""" -- , ,lirht during llieho IJIUUUJT iwu idiys. I "avo foil that whenever imwlca chooses to give .herself she 'X; the whole or hctm-ii, m huiuu hSlS "I a" grateful for, and I have - ntrccucsts which, on account of , i1 battle. U was my duty to mibmlt ' lo v our Government -At the tame time, between the Allies, confronted by tho wuno per I. .complete bolldarlty has asserted It f.if A single head. Ocncral Koch, on .Le staff I was during the battles tftK Marne and of Ypres. has taken wmmand of all tho allied forces. w.n the uniti wioli has been sc Ju?rf I. military action will bo real ized lin all the other branches of action m which victory depends, then, do not U doubtful about It. tho success of nur common cause will come. 1 "Therefore, In tho nnmo of France. i ho feels highly honored by tho regard ' It her great European and American .i tues i have come hero to stato again cur unshaken resolvo." imorir.i hv Her mmense effort at home. Is pajing "a just tribute to tho allied arms In ricurdy, Commissioner Tardleu said, and tho participation of the American troops thcro was worthy ot America For the sake of three nords, liberty. Jusllco and democracy, he declared, the allies had resolved to "Do not be under any delusion," ho (dded. "This crisis is a terrible one, nd we are not ocr as jet. "Wo hae broken tho powerful on- fliught of tho enemy. This is not Inouirli We must drlvo bark the foe. It will bo a matter of weeks, maybo of months. H will bo your concern an well as our ow n Speed up. but be sure that anyhow jou como not too Lite. 'Today you aro stundlng for Hctlon. Before ncU summer 1,000.000 trained rtien will be thrown by ou in the scales and Germany will exporlenco the weight of jour "clenched fist.' You will light and ou will suffer. Wo are proud to fcharc with jou In tho s-amo lorrows and ip tho same hopes." Alluding to Mr Ilerrlck, ho said the name of tho former ambassador was cherished In the hearts of all French men as a symbol of courage, of up rightness and faithfulness." U-BOAT CAN'T STOP U.S. AMIES,.HUN ADMITS Military Expert Concedes America's "Talent" 'Can Send Large Forces to France Ili Hilar, April 8 The submarines ftMuiot prevent America sending .i largo irmjr to Franco is tho opinion of Cip- Uln Ptrslus, German military ccpert, which siK that munition vnrl; In Cologne. Mulhelni and othfr nhelnlsh JWwns are being closed and the emploj es eoea oui. rne talk in uerniany puts the recent German losses at a quarter Sofa million The dispatch proceeds. ,F ,Thlt pvprvMifnir rln, u ,l(nfnrl rtn Hits Wenslo b admitted by Captain I'cr 1 slm In the Berlin Tageblatt on Thure Idi)", and ho once moro denounces the loptimlstlc views held about the sub marine campaign and points out now Wat this summer Is glcn as tho dato : men me wildest hopes of submarine ",Mhuslats will bo fulfilled "II rrttc,i n - ..K......M 1 - trit submarines will or tan prevent America from getting troops acrosa the Muniic in largo numbers, sajing, '.N'o "pert will place absolute conlldence in the power of tho bubmarlnc to proent It and If his lew Is not clouded by a Wo roby optimism he will declare that ' ANn America's talent for organlza- , tien energy and delight In creating most probably win find was and means to tJWIde transport for Its'troops.' Pertlus points out that America has Noes not bellcvo the bubmarlne can bo i. !? ? alone Ho concludes slgnlfl- ' K n.Merthcl'M " wl Ilono tho etuhe n the west will lead to a re WU which will cAcludo America's fur- .Peratlon '" ,h0 war a"d thus mjent & second jcar of war with Amer- BUSY BERTHA' BUILDER DESIGNED 76-MILE GUN hot, Rausenbergcr, Krupp ManaKcr. orecast German Long-Range Bombardment of England Bernian Rause; !ork .j V; '"Ker ot me Krupp r . m l KILLED IN FRANCE Lieutenant Clark 11. Nicliol, of tho 1915 class of urchilects of tho Tow no Scientific School, of the University of Pennsylvania, who, according to dispatches, fell with his airplane to his death along tho French war front. tioncrs' List Growth Albany, ?, T., April 8 Increased dp- llnqueney In tho 8ta'te, especially among joung girls, Is attributed to tho war. ' but tills incrraso has been offset to a , largo degree by greater lgllanco on tho part of probation officers, the I'roba- 1 tlon Commission states In Its report to His Legislature. The commission found that tho num ber of joung girls placed on probation from tho courts began to lncreaso at about the tlmo tho United States entered tho war, and the number lia-s remained largo eer since. This Increase was said to bo duo to temptations to iounc girls about soldiers' lampi and to the i attractlxeness of tho uniform The re. port pointed out tho need for Increased superxlslon of amusements and tho tin- nicuiato need for moro probation officers especially women, to deal with theso cases During the statistical J ear ended Juno 1, 1917. a total of 21.847 persons were placed on probation by courts of tho State, an Increase of IS per cent oxer tho number placed the jcar pre Mous The commission bollexcs there Is a direct connection between tho recent nrirkcd decrenso In tho population of tho correctional InsrltutlonM of tho btato and tho steady Increai-o in tho uso of probation. The population of the Mate prisons was nearly 1000 lcs In 1917 than In 1916. VERDUN VICTORY ENGRAVEN . IN HISTORY OF FRANCE Ruin and Desolation All Remaining of Beautiful City After Continuous Bombardment of 240 Days by Forces of Germany Ky HENRI BAZ1N StaT Corrtipondtnt teiiina ruhlio Lrducr with the America Army in l ranee Hilli the I'rriuh Armies In the Field, March 10 UPON an April day. two centuries ago. while riding through tho Meusp country, Cioetho stopped his horse upon a height oxerlooklng Verdun and thoio noted tho cnsemblo of tho city and tho rixer flowing through It rather as a warrior than a poet, for ho has w rlttcn : "Verdun is agrocablv situated In tho midst of a lowered plain, watered by tlm Meuso and encircled by hills both far and neai. The olt lies as In a ast cup and from exerv anglo would be exposed to bombardment" The quotation cmio to my mind today, tho 21st of Vebruary, the anniversary of another February -I, that, but to ears old, will oxer remain engraxen in tho history of France, the day of the original Impetuous German assault launulud ut a preconcelxcd hour I xxent to Verdun today xxlth intent of a long Wtilk among Its ruins and Its desolation, for I dclred hecuring at first hand a rcacqualntanco upon this anniversary day with that xxhlch I Knexx- Two xears ago todax, "tho weather clear and tool, ' Herman artillery, from Hpargnes to Axocourt, began a stupen dous bombardment At 4-15 p in. Her man infantry (.ante out ot coxer and began a fight that lasted twenty weeks, extending to twenty months In less in tensity but ucxerthelefs unceasing, a battlo meicllc's. fiightful, murderous, while all this seemingly unending time the thunder of iirtlllcrj continued. Today, tho 'Jlst of February, the weather Is "clear and cool" tho Meii'-o flows lazilj upon Its couisc. her song murmuring in the afternoon air. Theso German men who threw them selves upon this ancient fair city, this city of Illac3 and fair gardens, were actuated by tho haughty proclamation of their Viussi.in lulcr. graxo as death," with still later his I did not want the war. it xxas precipitated by French axlatlon violation of Ger many " And all this time, these months, tho battlo and tho siego continued. Ver dun was annihilated, ruined, reduced to a mockery of Itself, but untal.cn, un taken, UNTAKUX, remaining French, "lis ns passeront pas," tlto slogan S-'oux-cnlrs? Tho Meuso continued to floxy as ever In a gentlo rlpplo of mur muring water, tho Venlce-llko houses of Verdun, In ruin upon Its borders flow as ever In all the dajs befcTc. but now reddened with German and Latin blood: and on tho ilh of April Fctaln publishing In orders. t The rln. i niterdam, April S k crefitr1 l0"rilllse German rlflo Is .' "'.'on of Professor Rausenlr.r l' in (. . . . :" &k.dbu.,r"c, fi'.awordlng to a dispatch Writhe fliK T'' .''"IsTier w"" frWLth. ... r5t bmbardmcnt of Pails E - ." bUU. !UMfvv fe, .1adU7?.nb?.rr. In , an h"artii,'" pebruary, 1916, asserted IKt "om 2 'SI?,0..,?"'1. p?rfJ i-Tstebliit iFl?.'?11 '" to Berliner ; HmtrZ S. SS,J.b,l?. ? .fc"!?.."? tt. Thn SS?UBi ot he near M- ' nX. i" COdirectOP Of thn lfmnn W-X? th day of flat tra- n'nar.andev.,Vias, ''S8"? al,d "at ni b. Tfn iV:ll,c-t "noot'ng artillery H aild u,Ln7Cd6'ne demand, This. ""li thft hfc.r .. w-iuiwoi, uuuo away FWllly Sfi;.6?lty ot shooting horl- fm cnLlren J.'nes o"'y by shots tr1S2nri5f.tJU;K'..-noJwltliBtjandnir Vrombis of KnUer ".-oldlcrs or tho Cmplre. take Verdun and in a month tho war is won Your Fmperor xvlll crown jou with glory and peace xvlll come ' They believed, and the launched themselves upon Verdun, drunk xxlth tho thought of peaco and carnage, offering thcmselxcs upon a merciless altar of ambition. For in all moro than 100,000 of them have died there. Souxenlrs upon this annlxcr'-arj daj " Tl.ey are many, the Initial bombardment or the clt.ahell of shell, killing women and children, tho evacuation during the night, under the light of thousands ot bursting shells and llaring bombs, the rixcr ot flowing blood, tho sorrow and tin. terror and the pain, and out there bejond the flower of Tranco glxmg Its life Souvenirs" On the 21st the French lost Hautmont, on the 22d, Caurcs Wood and Ilerbebols: on tho :3tf. Waxcrille Wood; on tho :4th, Samogeuv, Hill 304, Fosses Foiest, Chaunes and Ornes, with Douau mont then left In danger of ulmost cer tain fall. And meanwhile, Paris. France, silent, eagerly waiting, hoping Then the abandonment under lire of Woexrc, tho gray days Immediately following: tho "C tli. the Germans at Talou and Polvro Hill, where In an excess of sav age joy they could vision the towers of N'otro Paine. And the next day. the 27th, the fall of Douauinont, Verdun seeinlncly destined to follox Hut during the night of 25th-27th Pe tain arrived, Immediately taking tho su preme command Under his genius awl boldlerly sangfroid, under his direction, came lo xolo sacree, tho endless chain of shell toward the enemy invader, ono every twcntx-llvo seconds during a con tinuous term of 240 days, a ccuntless convoy of camions feeding tho cannons, a feverish, intelligent, grim construction of defensive, hand to -band comDat among the living ana tno aeau. ino nowly dead and tho long-slnca dead, the ceding In terrific battle of the Hill of Ole, MoTt Homme, Cumlcrs and Cor bcaux. And then anew the publication of names In German orders, tho appeal of tho Crown Prince. 'Tako Verdun, sol diers of German : Verdun the heart of France": nnd tho later news nasnea around the world. "The Kaiser Is grave, Petaln I.nuiN Troopn "Infantrymen, artillerymen engineers aviators of thp Second Arm. vou have rivaled heroism itself. Honor is yc-urs And Verdun, ruined erdun raising its' trlcolorcd endamaged citadel on high In testimony. Then a lnng summer of intense heat, and upon October 21 the triumphant French offensive, the invader on tho defensive, tho second French offensive in Pecember. completing the retaking of every hill and excrv fort and every inch of soil that wa Trance I uninvaded, two jears ago today And with these December daj s peace com paratixe upon Verdun, Its ruins deserted I and quiet, proKcted by the army in front of It, deserted saxo for tho sax ago useless continued disturbance f f its des olatlon by long-range boeho artlllerv , Today as these things, ancient and recent, passed in rev lew neroro mv mind, I no'vd the spot In mv wall. xxhero a delicious cloister ot the fifteenth century lay, a complete xxreck, the Hotel do Vllle of the Itenalssance a shambles of Itself, Saint Sauxeur In ruins, tho Bishop's house llkcxxlse And occasion ally a German shell struck and exploded spreading the ruin about me to other ruin nbout It. Tresontly the night foil, before it coming a setting sun rich in golden splendor, the weather still 'clear and cool" jet with the odor of spring in the air. Somehow as I stood and watched stTongly defined shapes and forms of desolated house and home lose outline in tho night, a spell came oxer me, a spell axxesome and mjsterlous in tlio presence of all here Incorporated In tho history of France, all this txvo-xear cxil of Germany noxv blended lndellblx xxith the glory of France, all this Verdun and vx hat it) means Its plaeo as the kcjnote clarion, telling of the victor ious end to come, Verdun, ready noxv as on February 21. 1916. to take ita placo and do Its part in that still to be dono eie victorious end Is an accomplished fact. BULGARIA NOT WORMED ABOUT WAR WITH U. S. Is Extending Influence in the Do- brudja, Declares Minister of Finance !M. had In Jr1-1""' ,tho professor l it uttii, i.V""' rciieu me imtt Ms or i 'l'1' "'' ' effective vm ?1 .'." carry ne th ..,.., kTabl.,n?.r,"uIe. he believed, would .. " TI'nlMil. at.- . t heifers an" J n"r?.V"' immerlng ocean armament. fft-. " liM' j fillers and nullify i.r icT.?. wiimmerlnn. ;.' T"". jS"W proud !,?.. .Ml.,.", "'ni. ," protectia i, i ir c-eniuries j, v aiwted u from tne continent "J . April 8. German Innir.rnnir. ywumed the bombardment of Paris b-tK. iernrmn .nA . fii. ." unarmed from ahs.nlin.lv Bf WtVmnT?JinrtTnl13 occurred March 25. ft t napt ana nne . ' ion.iSt'Czar Goes to Urals 5K April s.ti, t,. Ainaterdatn. April 8. M. Tonchcff Bulgarian Minister of Finance, now in Berlin, taid in an Interview "An American declaration or war against Bulgaria would affect us only in that fifty or sluty thousand joung able-bodied Bulgare- living in tho United States might bo Impressed Into military service there" i M Toncheff stated that southern Dobrudja. Is alrcad In Bulgarian hands and Is no longer subject to negotiations He expects that tho northern sector also will becomo Bulgarian territory in keep ing w Ith the promise made by the Cen tral Powers. Constanza, ho stated, would become a freo port, but would remain under tho political Jurisdiction of Bulgaria The railroad from Tchernavoda to Con stanza would be transferred to a German-Bulgarian company, thus giving the German sphere ot infiuence the benefit of this route as well as that of the Bulgarian railway to Constantinople Petroleum pipe lines running into Constanza will be Included In tho free zone. 1 3 ii! S m s h lour Or icccssary ight?! 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