TtmmmFW1-
. f .j . .. ., ju ii i;'
ii
to
OF DREADFUL
SILENCE, AMIENS
German Shell Fire Has
Wrought Great Destruc
tion to Buildings
CATHEDRAL IS A TARGET
" ',
-U-L.
'.
Comparatively Little Damage
to Church So Far Wrought
hy "Teuton Kultur"
By WALTER DUIMNTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopvHoM. tut. by the .Veto l'orfc Timet Co.
With the French Armies, May 10.
A city of dreadful alienee that Is
Amiens today.
Imagine a prosperous American center
of 120.000 Inhabitants, the railroad traf
fic, canals, and road system of which
make It an Important ganglion of nation
al transportation, with an annual com
merce turnoer reckoned In hundreds
of millions, and enormous rtores of mer
chandise. Add to these the Incalculable
riches of a medieval cathedral, con
sldere'd one of tho masterpieces of Oothle
architecture, splendid public buildings
and a museum containing priceless
frescoes of Put It do Chavanncs.
Tho sum total glet ou Amiens,
capital of Plcardy, which for six weeks
has been the principal goal of German
endeaor and for tho last fortnight a
target of German guns
As on passes through tho deserted
streets no sound breaks the stillness
save the crackle of one's footsteps In
the broken glass that carpets the side
walk that and the dull thudding of
the ceaseless cannonade to tho cast
ward. At sudden lnterals, now hours
apart, now In rapid succession, comes
the screaming rattle of, a German shell
followed by a heay "boom-whumpf"
of an explosion and the fiolse of falling
masonry.
But of human life there Is nothing.
AinienJ Is deserted, like one of the
cities of the Middle Ages smitten sud
denly by plague.
Mlenre and I.nnellnsM
At first night there Is comparatively
little evidence of the destruction other
than gaping windows. Doubtless here
and there the street car cables hang In
tangled festoons from the standards.
There Is a shattered building eery hun
dred yards, and on the boulevards Innu
merable spots of green mark the
branches torn from tho new-follaged
trees. But thus far there Is nothing like
the wholesale destruction as at Ithclm-!.
It Is that which makes Amiens ap
pear terrible, the silence and loneliness
of street after street, with never a mov
ing figure or sound of olce to break the
monotony of the desolation.
Yet there are still men and women
left In the city. With a shock of sur
prise one notes a sentry standing lm
pasblve at the street corner or a hel
meted fireman clearing up the rubbish
and also during the intervals of bom
hardment a little group of soldiers or
civilians removing storeH or furniture
from n building to a waiting tehlcle.
Stores of food and other things li,io
been successfully removed under the
shell storm and a dangerous fire that
threatened ten days ago to Involve a
wide area was efficiently limited and ex
tinguished. "That was our worst experience,"
said a "Fiench officer who conducted
nur corrctpondent thtough the city this
morning.' "The boche Incendiary shells
set lire to n block of buildings and the
column of tmoke and flame gae him
A point to shoot at during two davs
and one night. The enemy evidently
hoped to put tho conflagration beyond
our control, ns he concentrated for a
time high explosive and Incendiary
shells thereupon.
Firemen Wouldn't He Daunted
"We even tecelted gas shells, but the
.Iremen refused to ho daunted Taking
Into consideration the size of the original
outbreak and the difficulties produced by
a. broken water main, our die chief
reckoned that the salvage work and the
extinction of flames were accomplished
more rapidly than at a normal city Are."
A few minutes later 1 reached the
locality in question and was surprised
by the small extent of the damage. A
group of hulldlngs that would, perhaps,
eomprlso half a block In N'evv York had
been burned, but one would neter have
Imagined that the firemen were laboring
under an abnoimal handicap.
Finally I tlslted the cathedral In the
center of the city, around which ruin
nd desolation are most pronounced.
With characteristic savagery the Ger
mans seem to be directing their fire
against the edifice that with Rhelms
and Chartres ranks highest In the Gothic
architecture of France. No small pro
portion of the 7000 shells and aerial
torpedoes that have Teen rained upon
Amiens day and night for seventeen
das have fallen in the neighborhood
of the cathedral. At one point Its outer
railings have been shattered. At an
other only tjie sandbags, the outer laer
of which Is torn to ribbons bv Iron
splinters, hate saved a masterpiece of
poriai statuary rrom destruction.
While a building adjoining has been
reduced to a mere hell, so ifar the
cathedral has suffered comparatively
little. As If by a miracle, none of the
sheels that actually struck It has caused
the damage normally wrought by large
caliber hlgh-exploslve missiles. Some of
them spent their force harmlessly
against the- outer buttresses. Another
crashed through the wall of a small
side chapel, threw down the altar, and
destrojed a great Ivory Christ and
carted woodwork betide it. But it did
not injure the main building. v ,
One penetrated part of the super-
v -s
Pershing's Men to Write
to "Her" on Mother's Day
"Write to Mother" Is the basis of
an order Just Issued by General
Pershing to the commanding offi
cers of tho nrmy In France. He
suggests that the soldiers write
home on Mother's Day next Sun
day.
General Pershing's order reads:
"I wish ctery ofllcer and soldier
In the American expeditionary
forces would write a letter home on
Mother's Day. This Is a little thing
for each one to do, but these letters
will carry back our courage and
our affection to the patriotic women
whose lovo and prayers Inspire ua
t.nd cheer us on to tlctory.
"PERSHING."
structure and the outer and Inner roofs :
only to pierce (without exploding) the
floor Just outside the central nate, which
ituskln called the finest In tho world
Another toro through the outer roof of
the nate Itself, but exploded against a
gigantic beam, which prevented its ac
cess to the Interior. Another hurst
against the masslte out-work of the
side chapel, near the main entrance, and
did little harm beyond causing u rain
of dust and minute fragments over a
largo part of the Interior. The seven
towering, stained glass windows are for
the most part Intact. There are none of
them free from holes that deface their
beauty.
."Wo hate removed the art treAKiir
carted and painted, from fhe Interior,
una protected the outer statuary, as far
aa possible, with sandbags; but that Is
tho utmost we can do," cald the ofil.
cer, sadly.
"It Is, dreadful to think that thU
wonderful monument of Christian faith
and French genius may be ruined by a
single shell from those barbarous brutes.
Was not Rhelms sufficient, nr mnf
Amiens cathedral also rive h wnrirt
another proof of Teuton kultur?"
MAHON QUITS IRISH POST
Gives Up Commani of British Forces
on the Island
Tainrton, May 10 General Sir Bryan
Mahon has relinquished command of the
British force in Ireland.
.. Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
Shaw succeeds General Mahon.
Lord French, commander-in-chief of
the home forcea,. recently went to Ireland.
ffALUN SHIPOWNER
ARRESTED AS TRAITOR
Pnrodi, Multimillionaire, Ac
cused hy Government of
Trading With Enemy
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
LorvnoM, tin. lu the Xeu York Ttme Co.
... Home Mny 10.
Public opinion Is excited by the arrest
of Commander Vlttorlo Hmanuole Pa
rodl, multimillionaire shipowner, on the
charge of trading with the enemy. He
Is accused of exporting Jute to Austria
and Germany through Switzerland un
der tho guls eof hemp. Several other
arrests are expected. The plot was
revealed through a recent raid at Corr.
' The confidence of the public was
shaken at first by this arrest of a man
of such standing and Influence ns Pa
rodl. but the action of the Government
has had the best effect as proving that
ft will not hesitate to strike at the most
powerful personages nnd Interests when
tho safety and Integrity of tho country
are Involved
Parodl Is reported to hate, made it
profit of $7,000,000 In a few days by
the salo of steamships urgently needed
to holp supply the country with food
stuffs.. It nppears, according to the
charges found against htm. that he was
a partner of two Germans named Vogel
and Tclch In one of the largest rope
making plants In Italy, which was seized
by the -ffoveniment after war had been
declared, but that this did not prevent
him from keeping up an Indirect corre
spondence with them In Germany, and
In this wny organizing the exportation
of Jute by false declarations of tho na
ture of the consignments
Parodl's brother, who Is a member of
Parliament, la greatly affected by his
arrest.
lA, Fn)AX .
GERMAN PARTY SEEKS
MORE HOLLAND GRANTS
Indications That Annexationists Want
Further Concessions From Neutral
Dutch Nation
From Today's Public Ledger
Tito Untrue, May 9. There are some
Indications In the German press that
annexationists and militarists arc urg
ing pressure should be brought to bear
on Holland to secure for Germany In
connection with the new economic
agreement concessions that were not
Included In the recent discussions.
HOLLAND TO SEftD SHIPS
Dutch Government Accepts Pro
pogal of the United States
Matlilnirton, May 10. The Dutch
Government, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch, will start threo ships to Amer
lea tomorrow In exchange for three tea
sels on this side.
This means Holland has decided to ac
cept the Amcican offer to expedite grain
to the Dutch iwpulatlon.
YANKEES CAPTURE
GERMAN POSITION
Accomplish Feat Inside En
emy Lines Kill Several
and Take 4 Prisoners
With the American Army In Lorraine,
May 9.
The Germ-ins opposite the American
lines In Lorraine continue to show- ctl
denco of uneasiness. They are speed
ing up their machine-gun and artillery
flro nnd Increasing their gas bombard
ments, evidently seeking to forestall
any aggressive action by our men.
Desplto the fact German officers tell
their men that the Americans hero are
few in number, according to enemy pris
oners, the Germans hate become abso
lutely ummgnsslvc, so far as Infantry
combats are concerned They retire
from their front lines every night, our
patrols hate dlfccovercd German de
serters arc continually coming Into the
American lines
Lieutenant OnsMdy, nf Wichita Kan ,
has been decorated with tho CYoIx de
Guerre. He took a pntrol under cotcr
of darkness 400 yards Inside the German
lines. The patrol captured a German
position, killing several and bringing
back four prisoners. They craw led nil the
way back to their trenches on their
stomachs, owing to the finres sent up
by the Germans. The raid was made
without assistance from American artil
lery Companies I and L of thc$Ninth In
fantry also received the French War
Cross They heat off a German at
tack April 14 north of St Mlhlel, when
enemy troops entered the American
trenches under a barrage dressed In
French uniforms .and yelling "gas
alarm'" In French and English The
ruse failed nnd the attackers were
driven off letting n number 01 prisoners
and sixty-one dead
TEUTONS BAYONET
AMERICAN DEAD
New German Barbarity
Causes Spirit of Retalia
tion in Army
NOW AIM TO KILL
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger
Copvriofil. ISM, bv the .Win Vorfc rime Co.
Willi the American Army In France,
May 10.
More "than any otl er fighting man " Mk ,ask and tnckle It as such. When
the American soldlet. while amenable ?"" f,cl", XV!"! ' 1!""' they
to discipline, thinks for himself. He
lltr It Will tV fr.sb Nnthtn.- rm
happen to shake the fine faith of Amer'
cans in tlie real ability of their country
and her ultlmat&succecs.
I talked jestcVday with the general
commanding the American troops who
participated In the Soicheprey fight.
After reading all the reports of the com
bat, he said:
"American fighters are no quitters "
Although the joungest soldiers In
Krance, the Americans are the most serl
ous. More than nny other soldiers they
take a deep personal Interest In the
war. Kor Instance, I heard one today
stop a group of comrades and remark:
' Say, fellows, Just read The old United
States to hato a bumper wheat crop this
ear. Guess that will set Henry lloche
back a peg. Some old country we've
got"
This shows how they keep In touch
with what Is going on. Of all the sol
dlers, too, they hate the bct personal
conception of what they are fighting for.
iney are businesslike, know they have
J
has first-hand knowledge that the Ger
man fighter Is no gentleman, and he
Intarlably have one request:
"Tell If. 8. Ih 1lnrr"
'Tell them to hurry un back home
We need all the men nnd all tho tools
knows that this Is nn klri-plm-n war I we can eet to iln thl-t 4nh rlvM
He has made Up his mind that the best .. ' hlne Ju,t co'l1''i,'l a trln through
xnv tn win thn wni- I. in iiit n ,..'""' American sectors of battlefront. nnd
way to tvln the war Is to kill ns many ,ollmI that tho .,, of th lnrd
bodies as possible, nnd this is
program from now on.
It Is because every American soldier
has his own opinions about tho war
that German ntiocltles tvlll reap their
just fruit with the American nrmy.
If tho Germans wants rough watfaio,
the Americans will take It under duo
consideration.
I never renlizcd tho stuniditv of the
v.ermnn practices oi inu parity ns es
Liberty Loan had caufed the greatest
rejoicing This was not ko much be
eiuse of the success In rnlslne the
quota, for that was never doubted, but
becnURo the subscriptions showed that
some parts of tho United States which
had not been enthuslnftlc for other
Liberty Loans had shown In the third
loan that they had awakened to the
war situation.
If there Is one message that every
American soldier, from General rersh
Ing to the "doughboy" In the front
tenlay. when I saw tho reception hy ,ronc"". wishes the correspondents to
American soldiers of the finding of the f. i , ck home Bs often ns possible,
bodies of two "doughboys" who had t ine absolute necessity 0f the con
not only had their heads i,nih i..
but had ulso been cruellv linvnn.i..i I
after they fell. i
While Americans will never stoop to I
the Inhumane atrocities of the Germans
I belleto that tho enemy will regret'
every cruelty pructlced on American sol-'
dlers. The development of tho spirit of,
revenge. Is recognized by American com
manders, who on set era! occasions hate
taken pains to Investigate tin. reports of
German atrocities upon Americans to
guard against the excessive development
of the desire for retaliation. This wasi
done not because of regard for the Get '
mans, but because military policy j, I j
mands tho taking ot prlconera when
practicable.
There Is one army fighting in Kranci
In which there cannot bo found the I
slightest doubt of the eventual outcome'
of the war. That Is the Amerlmn army
Tho American spirit Is fresh, and I be-
cntrattonri"d ttttHteM!til'-efM
effort of the American people. The mart
who faces the guns of the enemy wants
America to forget peace talk nnd win
the war, letting peace take care of
Itself. It Is because the success of the
third Liberty Loan shows that the whole
nation Is getting down to business that
the men over here are encouraged.
1 talked yesterday with a oung cor
poral who had been doing front-line duty
for several months and who is the son
of n prominent Chlcagoan.
Onod Teamwork Now
"The wny the Americans came across
with the new Liberty Lonn shows that
we are going to have good teamwork," he
said. "With good teamwork thero Is
nothing that Americans cannot accom
plish. I believe Teamwork means no
more disappointments on the part of
our country. They are going to make
good, sure."
This feeling was found to bo general.
There arc two things about this war
that soldiers who have been In France
for some time want the folks nt homo
to realize. The first Is tho size of the
undertaking; and the second, the need
of abandoning the talk about the Ger
man people not being responsible for
the war, but the Knlser nnd tho Junk
ers being only to blame.
The soldiers arc pow confident that
the country has awakened to the size
of the war, but they are weary of the
repeated talk about the German In the
ranks being a victim of a Junker con
spiracy. Whether or not he Is In the
last analysis, the American soldier
knows that the German In the ranks
is tho one that must be beaten, and
other considerations are subordinate.
King George Hctlews TJ. S. Troops
London. May 10 There was a parade
"' F".1";? hta,CR troops here today, after
which they were reviewed bv King
George nt Hucklngham Talace'.
vrr .
Financial and Wlllicsf !
ported as DetperaMJ
Lnlndon, May 10 A ZH
patch to the Morning Post, saj)
nawspapers represent thet fln
political situations In AustrW'j
perntc. The committee for lh
of the national debt reported
Ilelchsrath that tho Governs
debtedness to the Austro-I-bank
is now l.nno. ooo.ooo kron
000,000) and the notes In i-lii
hato Increased correspondingly
CANADIANS TO ENi
Dominion to Place Youths In'C
lion Registry
Otlmwa, May 10. Men Of
jears of age, who are unmar
widowers without children, hav
called to register for military i
the Canadian Government on or
June 1. (.
Thev will not be placed In actl
Ico before July 1. '
fFzrritiilsss
Palamas and ?1
Night Shirts
mean the originality of ,3a
tverythlnd In matcrUl
style ana m&ninacrure
that Is worth)-. a.v a price
which gives maximum value
i to the wearer.
L
lUKlCHTvroftNi
Over 10,000 dealer
reconunew
Girls' $2.50
Lingerie
Dresses
n.oo
35 styles for
choice In sizes
from 2 to C yrs
VISIT OUR NEW CORSET DEPARTMENT
Jt
fjf w
CTTir&CfWL
923 MARKET STREET
Girl'
n ttini
wf w witi
CoaU
$5.00
Of serges an
s h e n h a r
checks. Sizes, M
to is years. sj
!
ISl!SI3JEIEI3ISKI2!SlHiMSEI
1 d
furs Stored
in a
Furrier's
Way
Ivf atfson & DeMan$
1115 Chestnut Street
Opposite Keith' a Theatre
Furs
Remodeled
at
Moderate Cost
A Dress Sale
Q
ZilKiPI JH
of Great Importance!
Positive $19.75
to $25 Values
More than 500 brnnd-new smart
creations from one of our best
makers, at a big concession in price.
We pass the saving on to you.
enabling you to purchase frocks of
such charm that will make an in
stant appeal nt this very low price.
Beaded and Embroidered Satins;
and Geort?ettt Cnmhinahnni lv
,
in dozens of models showing the ntwest lines an4.
silhouette effects; all of summer s brightest colorings.
ALL HIGH-PRICED SUIT!
l
a Big Clearance, at . . .'.
All our model nnd sample suits bo
at this price. Many of them were orig
inally priced double and more our sale
price; onlv ono or two of h stle.
$i a.ti
Lpsinn
V k AJ JLmrA
aqeswondersfor
poor complexions
""Dpes p Poor complexion stand be
tween .you and popularity. good
times-success? Resinol Ointment
K'id Reclnol Soap dot not .work mir-
K V1a lhUtllAr iIa Malt MoJvu..t.
I J ' "'" -? u- vwugn
3a ciwrrirrnr anc'more Ui
wav uivni 'nniiinv top
" j t'. 7 ' i
;,mp now your com.
Semi-Annual Sale
Trimmed Hats
A Stock Clearance Absolutely With
out Parallel All Prices Show
Savings of Half and More
Every woman who js considering buying a new hat for mid
season wear may regard this as an event planned for her per
sonally. Every new millinery fashion of the season is presented, and
in a charming individual way that has always characterized
Mawson & DeMany millfnery.
Truly, the millinery event of 'the year!
fS0
C New Summer
Millinery
HM
C M
JaJif'
t ft
c 1J
SO
133 TRIMMED HATS
Formerly Priced Up to $7.50, at
67 Hats Formerly Priced $5.00
32 Hats Formerly Priced $7 JO
I 24 Hats Formerly, Priced $10J00
v 10 Hats Formerly Priced $12.50
122 TRIMMED HATS
57 Hats Formerly Priced $1230 '
48, Hats Formerly Priced $15.00
17 Hats Formerly Priced $16 JO
135 TRIMMED HATS
73 Hats Formerly Priced $16 JO
i 42 Hats Formerly Priced $18 JO
20 Hats Formerly Priced $20M
12ff TRIMMED HATS
I 53 Hats Formerly Priced $22 JO
58 Hats Formerly Priced $25 M
! 15 Hats Formerly Priced $27 JO J
$2
$5
.50
8
.00
.50
$8?
v&
Leghorn,
Mhlte .Milan.,
I-Uerm,
Oeorxette
Combination!
The daintiest airiest creations
that are so suggestive of tho
warm breezes and so cool tn ap
pearance. Dozens of new effects copies
and adaptations of creations sell
ing at two and three times our
low- prices
White predominates hut plenty
In light pastel shades.
Jsm
dkz8K
TTii Tinll'J 'iW t'
""at-i atstwurv .
' r-AV
A Very Big Sale
$5 & $6 Georgette ;
SILK WAISTS
$0.75
hg purchare makes this sa.lnj
possible.
Beaded a n c embroidered
btj les, some with dainty touch
of lace, others with frilled ,
tUcued fronts. MB
Dozens and dozens of utjlert
"or uiolce.
Jersey-Silk
Bloomers
$J.98
Cood nuality Jersey
silk: cut full and well
made.
$5.00 Newest-Striped
auk aunt i a $V98
d tile- avl.a . I nn i- tlvlnv nn -
M lranriMnnrv RAvlnir ti
the newest striped silk skirts of
the season Also a wonderful
group of silk poplin.
Skirts In the new colorings. All
sizes.
3
$ oiip-over j
Sweaters!
$2-25
AH
styles Ings.
4A
va
w-ool sleevels
In new cojor;
m
m
$10-00
SMrTef.imsf.W.'il:KH
A Notable Reduction
Women's $15, $19-75
Newest Spring Suits-
$
10
Several hundred brand-new garments reach this new low price for special selling
tomorrow.
All sizes.
Developed of serges, poplins and shepherd checks.
V
ff
newest coat lengths.
I $12.50 & $15 Dresses
Lr Keduced rrom uur uwn atocks
b
9TM
Of taffetas, crepes de chine, crepe meteors and a number
In wool serges, A large arlcty of new styles for choice.
Sliea up to 44,
7
OTHE HOME OF STYLE AND ECONOMY I
V
ffl-T
Where Shall I Send
My Child to School ?
T-lin- nilAatlAM n FtA nw.. ,' niAl,T.. J X2.f i. 11 t 111 'l
xiiab jucowuu vuu uo auoweicu ijuii;jv.iy ttliu BHUBlHClOruy Dy COnSUlUnff
cauuiiui Bureau uvager central, nere, Wltnout IUSS or DOtMT, WW!
complete and reliable information of any boarding school for boys or
tarv acaaemy, business college, conservatory of music, college or um'
intimate knowledge of the advantages of the various institution! d
tp make a wise choice. . "yy
This service is free and available to every one evarywhMffc
i
v
i
-
5l rA-?vx.vS'i-v... -.,,..
, ..
r.Wu. .JHWi
m U i .1 . Jj.1 tvn i.-V J ..Aa - f-
a-itSv
v. . ,;, , g jttl iZbattMiJi'A&&.!.