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BRITISH WOMEN EAGER TO WORK , SO MORE MEN CAN GO TO WAR Thousands Answer Appeal, Willing for Anything. From Dairy Service to Driving Cab. London, March '"'.—More than 7000 women, representing all classes of society, already have responded to the Government's appeal for female workers to take the places of men in business and industry, that more recruits may be provided for Lord Kitchener's great army. The offices of the Central Labor exchange were besieged Saturday by women, most'of whom were from the well-to-do middle class. An outstanding feature was the willingness of applicants to take up any line of work for which they were considered by the officials to be best titted. One woman of good position, who baB experience in India in the use of horses, offered to drive a delivery wagon. Another wrote: "I am the mother « of five soldiers and sailors, and I want to do my little bit to release more men to go and fight." A member of a prominent women's club expressed her williugness to drive a taxicab. Some volunteered to do milk ing in dairies, while others offered to do clerical and secretarial work. Only a comparatively small number suggested going behind the counters in stores, although this obviously is the easiest work to learn, and the employment of women would' release large numbers of men who now are working as clerks. No returns have been made as to the willingness of women to work on farms. The Labor press continues strongly to oppose war service for women. The Daily Citizen calls the movement a "sweating crusade." BELGIANS SHOW GRATITUDE Relief Commission Receives Hundreds of Letters of Thanks. New York, March 1 • —Nearly 200 letters indicative of the gratitude of America of the people of Belgium for the -ssiatance given them have been received by the Commission for Belief in Belgium, it was announced today. The letters reflect the ordeal which their writers have undergone since the outbreak of the war. Other communications are in the form of resolutions drawn up by the populations of towns and communes. An official of Zeelbem wrote that all the population of the commune would remember "that if it has been spared the curse of famine, it owes this to you, the American nation, toward whom turn all the nations of the world, because the world feel.s itself dominated by tile power of peace and the justice which is yours." Another letter from Jette St. Pierre declares that America clothed 1500 of her families and fed 4000. "These marks of sympathy are particularly precious," says the c.infmunication, "when we know that even the children of America have helped us."

CHARGE CENSOR WITH TRICK Movie Men Say Breitinger Fooled Brumbaugh and Brown. A contemptible trick was charged a ainst Chief Moving Picture Censor Breitinger yesterday by the motion picture exhibitors, in a statement issued by their attorney, Samuel II. Wheeler. T'.j movie men declare that Breitinger took n lot of filthy pictures and showed them to Governor Brumbaugh, Attorney General Brown and members of the Legislature in Harrisburg, last week, in an attempt to prove how he had saved the public by cutting these things out and forbidding their display. The movie men declare that Breitinger juggled the -is so as to make them look Immoral. Their statement reads: "For two men oi such kvown Intelligence and experience as the Governor and the Attorney General to let Mr. Breitinger deceive them in this manner is nothing short of a huge joke. As is usually his custom, Mr. Breitinger arranged for fliis private exhibition without advertising it and without inviting any one in the film business to be pres.ent. He wanted to induce the Governor, the Attorney General and the members of the Legislature to aid him in holding his job, and consequently be was afraid to have any one on hand who n ' contradict his statements or disclose flie game he was playing. "When the motion picture interests had their public meeting at the Forrest Theatre, this city, on February 20, 1 Mr. Breitinger was invited to be present and give his side of the controversy, 1 but he very wisely stayed away. In ' 1011, when the censorship law was passed, Mr. Breitinger was the attorney for the Motion Picture Exhibitors League, as well as a member of the f Legislature. He drafted that law and made the exhibitors believe that it . would not affect their interests in any . way. "Then he solicited and procured the position of chief censor, after which

he inaugurated his campaign of persecution against the exhibitors. Naturally they are very hitter against him, but the fact that lie can s!«» hoodwink the Governor and the Attoipey General is some satisfaction and a source of considerable amusement to "The private exhibition of immoral pictures referred to consisted of a number of pieces of film cut by the censor from numerous motion pictures which he claimed to have examined during bis incumbency of office. Attached together and run off as one picture these pieces of film may have looked very immoral and probably shocked the Governor, the Attorney General and aorne of the members of the Legislature. "However, if the pieces of film which went to make up Mr. Breitinger s immoral exhibition occupied their rightful positions from which they were taken, there probably would have been no complaint from anyone that the scenes were iu any manner immoral, because it would have been found that they taught a moral lesson or were ouly a passing incident in the story being told." The film men take only with little interest the suggestion of Governor Brumbaugh that they try to patch up the dispute with David J. Smyth, whom Attorney General Brown delegated as Special Deputy Attorney General tc deal with them. They say they cannol acquiesce to any attempt to compromise , the question because they believe ceni sorship is wrong and un-American in i principle. | A meeting will be held today of the • exchange men in the office of H. ! Scliwnlbe, at the southeast corner oi ' Thirteenth and Vine streets, when theii ' plan of fight will be outlined. Despite ' I their lack of desire to compromise, it if likely that they will meet with the Dep s j uty Attorney General within a few I [days.

STORM DROWNS 300 MEN Four Sailing Vessels Carrying Dock Laborers Are Sunk by Gale. Algecims, Spain. March •: .— Four sailing vessels with Spanish dock laborers on board have been lost in a furious storm. It is estimated that 300 persons on the vessels were drowned. One hundred vessels of various nationalities have taken refuge from the storm iu the Bay of Algcciras. The Hopeless Masses. We Social Uplifters and eminent sifters Of merit and poor people's needs, Went down to the slums to regenerate And to do merltorlons deeds. We washed them and dressed them, with libraries blessed them. We prayed with the ignorant mobs— , But the wretches were hateful and vile and ungrateful, ' And said what they wanted was Jobs! i Our noble Committee then searched ; through the city To find all the fallen and lost; l We learned how they came to be living This, mtnd you, at no little cost. We swamped them with tracts and statistical facts, e But tlfc creatures were terribly rude; J They acknowledged 'twas nice to be free from all vice, 0 But they said what they wanted was t food! 6 They're Just as God mode them— It's useless to aid them: a The brutes do not ask for reform; Intellectual feasts are all wasted on e beasts Who want to be fed and kept warm, f Let them keep their allotted positions, r besotted k e And blind! When you bid them oilThe ignorant asses, the underworld classes, * W«l say all they want is a chance: -A. N, ONYMU3.

GERMANS PAY RACK AIR RAID Attack on Paris Intended aa Answer to French Exploit in Alsacc. Berlin, March .—An official statement today by the War Office follows: "To render more impressive our reply to the misdeeds of two French aviators in the open Alsatian town of Schlettstadt, some heavy bombs were dropped by German airships last night on the fortress of Paris and the railroad junction at Compiegne. "Southeast of Ypres n British aeroplane was shot down and 'the aviators taken prisoners. "Two French attempts failed to dislodge the Germans from a position taken March 16 on the southern sloi>e of the Lorctte hills. "We discovered, n French observation post on the Soissous cathedral protected by a Red Cross flag. We fired upon the post and destroyed it "North of Becnusejour, in Champagne, the Germans successfully advanced. Sappers destroyed several French trenches, taking prisoner there one officer and 299 unwoiindcd French. "A position on the height of Reich Ackerkopf. gallantly defended by two battalions of Alpine chasseurs, was stormed yesterday afternoon. The French suffered very heavy losses, leaving three officers, 250 men, three machine guns and one minethrower in the hands of the Germans. French ( counter-attacks were repulsed. "A Russian attack , was repulsed between the Omulew and Orzyc Rivers. ' Two officers and COO Russians were taken prisoners. "Two Russian night attacks on Jed1 norozek broke down under German "See here, waiter!" exclaimed the indignant customer. "Here.'s a piece of - wood in my sausage!" "Yes, sir," replied the waiter; "but 1 I'm sure— er" ... "Sure nothing! I don t mind eating l lie dog. hut I'm blowed if I'm going to eat the kennel, too!"

ITALY tviurs TEUTON ALIENS TO GUARD MILITARY SECRETS "creed to Change Her Mobilization Hans Because of Invasion of Alleged German Spies. Rome. March * ..—German and Austrian subjects who reside in Italy have been advised by their respective consuls to leave the country us quickly as possible. It is reported that so many Germany military spies have entered Italy that the General Staff has been obliged to change its mobilization plans, because there is reason to believe that some at the secrets connected with them have been revealed. Parts of the Italian police force have been detailed to keep under surveillance Germans who recently have entered Italy under what are considered suspicious circumstances. The Ciornale D'ltalia publishes an interview with General Francisco Pistoja, deputy from Cremona, who said: "Now the moment has come to gather an army on the frontier in full war efficiency and strategically displayed, which would require u fortnight. Even admitting that concessions may be offered, a show of our force will give diplomacy the power to speak loudly, when the country is in a condition to have its fist raised ready to strike After examining the situation of the Anstro-German forces. General Pistoja said that: "The central empires cannot afford to have behind them 1,000,000 first line fresh troops 10 days march from Vienna." Rigid Censorship in Austria. Vienna, March 21.— The Austrian censor has forbidden the newspapers to make any comments on relations Ih>tween Italy and Austria. The Press Bureau of the Foreign Office has admonished the journalists to refrain from dealing with the subject. Consequently Austrian subjects are said to be completely in the dark regarding the international situ nt ion. Federal Officers Afte* Drug Sellers Atlantic City. March :...— With th< arrival of two Federal officials frou: - Philadelphia to investigate the numbe; i of "dope fiends" in the resort and th< manner in which the Harrison Anti Drug act is being enforced, the case . against the tour men arrested for sell t ing heroin takes n more serious aspect The Federal officials announced tha t they would assume charge of the case and that prosecution would be brough s under the Federal, iustead of tjie Stat g laws before Magistrate Sontheime | Wednesday.

GERMAN CRUISER'S GREW LANS, FIRST TIME IN SEVEN MONTHS Men of Eitel Friedrich, Ashore at Newport News Navy Yard, Romp Like Children. Norfolk. Vn„ March 7' —Happy as children out of school. 206- r„ ember t of the crew of the German auxiliary cruiser Eitel Friedrich ran and played on dry hind today for the first lime in seven months. None of the enlisted men on the daring German raider has set foot on dry land since the Eitel Friedrich left Tsiug Tsau on its historic voyage of commerce destroying Tlie.v wore allowed lo come ashore toiay. liiTt they promised their commander, Captain Thiersehen, that they would spend the day in the shipyard. . lie American Government agreed to permit Die men to come ashore and go anywhere they wished, providing they were accompanied by an officer of the I'liited States Army. Today the men declined the service of an American escort and decided to remain within the confines of the Newport News yard. They visited the big docks and inspected a number of ships under construction. They inspected the American drcudnaught Pennsylvania, which was launched last Tuesday, and which now lies nt a pier about 70 per cent, completed. They played games, and ran running races. Some of them brought their pets ashore, dogs, monkeys, parrots and goats, and these had a great time running and rolling on dry land. Captain Thiersehen came ashore, but he did not leave the pier nt which his ship is ' moored. lie wqlked backward and forward on the pier for an hour. Tomorrow 100 members of the crew will get up into the city. They have been invited to attend several theatres, and will be accompanied by an officer , from Fortress Monroe. SAW BATTLE IN SUEZ CANAL J Steamer in Port With Valuable Cargo of East India Goods. | Fighting was the order of the day between the Turks, officered by Germans, and the allied forces along the Suez Canal when the British steamship Miramaebi, which arrived in port lust night, passed through the canal on her run from the East Indies to B Philadelphia. The Miramachi left Calcutta with a cargo of East India t products valued at more than $2,000,000. She stopped at Chittagong and .[Rangoon, but saw nothing of German .. [ cruisers which have been a menace to i British shipping for some time in the j Indian Ocean. She left I'erim on January 24, and a " | week afterward entered the canal proe tected by both naval and military n . forces. The effect of the gunfire was evident from the bodies of the drowned j soldiers drifting about the canal. Hundreds had been either shot or drowned, '3 and in some places their bodies im- '' | peded navigation. it j ;s ] Mrs. Fliibon— ' "You have never done it anything really clever in your whole te life." er Mr. Flnhon— "You seem to forget, my j dear, that I married yon."