vi? " c FV wiy ? k i v'mw r 'vcsrwTii!TfwiFWiiiyi 'V o ifc EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APEXU 17, 19IS" i isii, i' s.n, m. v .ki ti' i. It ;. , RFIFM PPROV 139 PER THOUSAND FELL T ARMY COURT LAW BkWpod and Scott Oppose Taking V Authority From the Re- viewing Officials U RUSSIAN DEBACLE CITED tion Against War Lords as Common Criminals SEE NO COMPETENT COURT Ilj (lie Associated l'ress Paris, April 17. Tht llolRinn ildp- i I War Department Reveals Percentage of Fataltles In Army Unit WaoliltiRton. April 17 Of tlio -10.810 battle deaths reported Itf (Scnernl I'er shine to the War Department, Hie in fnntry branch of the American expo jditlonnry force Buffered ll,4-'0. A to " w of icoo rommissioned officers nnd Believe Allies Should Join in Ac riii-L men were Killed In action or (Hod from wounds, demonstrating con-Musivclj- that the American infantry men bore the brunt of the war for the a, i:. r. The deaths atnonfi Infantry officers were in the ratio of 1"" per thousand, and deaths among the men 1!t0.7 per i 1000. Washington. Apiil 17 -Two major The air service lost 'J3.", of whom ISO Rencrils of the regular arm v. Iiconnfd . nero officers. Jn the engineer branch Wood and Hugh h. Scott (retired). , there were 1200 deaths, mcluditiR sixty Ration to the I'caf-c Conference lias ft rir. i,tf. f n, .Mirrnl otnft- nrt.1 ! officers', The artillery" hruneli Inst 101 fi. informed the i-orresnondent that llel itVlUIVllJ 1.111' T WS. Hl f .! . . ... ... . .1 -I Kium unci nor itpen luiirui.ij iniuvii'-u i ,- , . - , . ... -. , ,,i,i . m. t r- . a- .!..- 1, t I'l lllUIIItl HCl I'UIIIIIIILIVU 111 IJVItltllll um wrn-fiiv ijif ruunrji oi lour 10 lmiiik mr n - -. . . n i i i i i ..t . . i.. .i. ...., ... i. rt ...i ,,i Hi,., bo established beyond doubt im In tlio Chamberlain, inspector s,orM. op S" s?,E " Sinl Vorna dca h5 V e S connV wouid M t atrocities n.,endinB the deportation, ., ..i . t. i..r...i. ..i... n.. ".' t -v.. . ." , . e .,..," ,.. . .,.,.. i... cm aus anc conineiune incm to uo Association committee inquiring into fiVrsc. In the tank i orps there were if there were any request for mh-Ii m--the subject of military justice am plnn feventy-two battle dcathn, iuclucliiifc (ion. ot taking from the I're.sident nnd the ten oflie-Crs. Ordnance lost three. ofli Th(1 1r.R;ntl delegates hold thnt any fommanding generals the contiol tliey , fer,s jind sUtj-fotir men. the quarter- (f,tion ,,,,,,, ,)(1 ln(cn )y n ,.0mmis. now exercise over courts-martifl. The! master corps t""" "-'" J"'"1 ton reprcscmlng all the associated pow- , , ,T . i(nalry two nfiiieis and tift.i men Pls The offic ill ltclcinu ie. it was present controversy as to war-time sen-1 0tipi. dcn0i, MliM twPnty.nille of snWf ,, 1(lt 1P form, r Pln,)Cror tences began with the pronosnl of I,ieu-ifi((,r(t !iarj r,ot ,npni making a goneral 1)ot l)P nlTniKned for declaring war or tenant Colonel Samuel T Atisell. then lolni f j(vt officers nnd tl.OH'J men. Colnting the neutrality of ltelgium, or acting judge advocate general, to if i . for any act preceding or coincident witli pose in the judge advocate general final Temperance Beer for Toledo the declaration of war jurisdiction of these cases. Toledo, O.. April 17. Announcement After pointing out that there is no, The officers heaid reterdar l.r the I was made yestenlav by ; the management tribunal .onipetent tn heni . such ( liurges m . ' ..'.i .. ,i thnt the Iluchncr loh'dn ltieu i nirniiisl the lonncr einpeior anil no committee were in ngreemcut that tM-- "",? , ' f ',L irirPS, , . cms of I K V.,, .. ., ..?.' ,,nt l enverine , iiiiiiju!., . "' v .,, V . . . S i.nrt ' PlOlSiUU "t iiii'-,n..i"w... " . , such cases, the delegates said Unit Jel ;ium expects that persons guiii oi acts nunisliiiblc uimcr iin- unuiuui, codes of am of the belligerent poweis RANTZAU OPPOSES PLOTS Deprecates Any German Attempt to Split Allied Nation ;ttch of whom trained and commanded of "ll0,m ninetj -e'ight were olUccr j. , , , . ., i t i t Of th.e medical personnel, 08 w divisions durmg the war. nnd John I. ked or tM J ,voumNt ,,.,,, slioulil be placed on trial, ns theft, murder and othsr crimes committed during war do not relieve the criminals ot responsibility, i "Tf the cnnitniHsfnn ileslrea In firraicil ifJenernl Haron Mm Slnntucffel for the I Copcnhagcp, April 17. (Ily A. 1'.) 1 sacking of Uuvnln, General u.n --Count von Itrockdorff-llnntzau, the i .i.rr,n,inp f.,r fhn ,niir,lnr ,,f Cnntnlii (cnnan foreign minister, quoted by the Trjatt and (ieneral von Haubcmvcig for t correspondent of the Vienna Neuc Treie ; the execution of .Miss Kdlth Caell, all I I'ressc, deprecates any attempt "t.o take . lie neeessnrr ilnelltnents will he forth IlUVnntagC Ot dissensions bCtWfCQ IUC I'omlng," baid the geuernl secretary oi the delegation. "Hut Itelgium doesjiot seek reenge. It wants only justice. It would be small satisfaction to lock up the Kaiser for a few months in the Saint Oille prison, nnd those who have reported that such revenge has been of fered Belgium as a solace for her wrongs hae sadly misunderstood the Ilelglan clmtocter if they thought it would be acceptable. "The only case in which the personal responsibility ot the ex-empcror for n proposed change would impair the di" clpllnary sjstem, although all of thorn saw defects in existing taws ot regulii tions which should he Remedied. Ti S meet complaints ns to j'execssue sen It fences the officer were iif the iiltlninn the President slioulih.be ufilijorued. lij law to fix maximum penalties- fh wat timeR as well ns in in ace "But whateer is done." General IS Wood deelaied. "don't cive us any W possibilitv of a Ilnny Thaw case in the army. Give us a simple, direct process. )e don t want the haggling over tech nicalities of ci!l court cases " General Chnmberlain shaied this iev as opposed to the suggestion thut the military legal si stem should be put entirely under armv imlitnrj author ities, lie opposed the suggestion that it be made imimlatoi Hull, ttained legal officers picnic over courts General Scott w.is pisitic m bis as scrtion that ontrol of dis iplim was an essential function ol command "The weakeniug of discipline in the Ittissian armj." snid Geuernl Scott, who was a member of the Koot mission to Russia, "destiojed Itussia " The procecdingb weir enlivened yester day by voluntary appearance of K M. Duncan, of .Marlnnd. mi, inl ditring the war as :i major in the cup lfecr corps on cnnstiuctioii cliiU nr Fort Leavenwortli. Camp llitinplires and Camp I.ee. lie sUnl he had "sut on probably 1000" courts-iniirtihl. and vigorously attacked tin- attitude of nth ers as "not human ' in dealing with disciplinary matters I'ait of this was dne, he snid, to the feeling thnt "the old man." the post or diisioti coin mander, insisted upon seere penalties At least 40 per cent of the sentences imposed by comts of which he was a member he charm teii7od as ' unjust ' ,,no nf the liircest i one ei ns of ,!, l.lnrl'in Olllcl. will doOtc ltS So.llOO,- 000 plant hcie m the manufiictiirc of J tempertihcp beer and will continue to operate its 175 saloons as social ceii- teis, i forced labor in (Jermnny. In this case his responsibility is unquestioned " s&s Ginger Ale A Pure Ginger Ale Mull nf (,lngfr Itciot. Cane PuKur nnil . 1'rult .tulcfs. ' Made from . Distilled J1 llulfr Oiilj;) I '. 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Mao. coininander of the At lantJc fleet during the; inay, has been designated by Secretary Daniels as com-,1 uiander-in-i'hief of the. "I uitcd States fleet." This order, which it, developed .estcr-v day, was issued wiine weeks ago. docs not affect present disposition of the na tion's naval forces, and Admiral Ma would be in tupieme command cinh in the event that the three separate licet., the Atlantic, the I'icihr and the Asiatic wen1 hrought togetliet CAPT. BUGGY RECOVERING Philadelphia Athlete Was Wounded in Action Last October Word has just hcen received from Paris that f'aptain Vrnnk It. Buggy, machine gun cnmpan of the lOflth In fantry, who was wounded in both hips late in October, is recovering in Hoc Cross Ilospitnl No I! The elate of his return is uncertain Captain ISuggv is n Philadelphia athlete. 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He declares that such "would be n foolish undertaking," nddlng: "I think It more dignified for the pcaco delegates ot n nation of 70,000, 000 frankly nnd honestly to endeavor to convince the Entente of the Justice of all wo nrc striving for than, by petty Intrigues, to fill the political atmosphere again with explosive material. There nro so many common. interests among all taking part In the peace negotiations that, with a certain amount of goodwill, there remains n basis for an honorable understanding." tlon of the Ml. Holly Water Com' pnny, of Mt. Holly, to Increase its' rates on the ground that existing rates havo been too low to enable the com pany to pay dividends in recent years, and that the operating expenses and , taxes nnd the consumption of water Mt. Holly Water Rate Stays i have increased in much greater propor Trenton, April IT1. The 1'ubllc I'tll-1 tlon than the increase in revenue of the ity Commission has denied an appllca-1 company. 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