FINANCIAL EDITION NIGHT EXTRA mrttger vzt NIGHT ttnm VOL. I NO. 100. l?niLADELPmA, 1T1UDAT, JANUARY 8, 191G. PJtlOE ONE CENT CoriBioitT, 1015, nr ins Fttuo Lrooss Coumnt. ! ELECTION WOULD DELAY RAPID TRANSIT Wote in March on $30,000,- 000 Loan Needed to Start Actual Work on Project at Once. Digging of Subway Could Be Coincident With Ex cavations for Relocating v peweis vuiuicti kjiiciu. . , -Construction of tho Broad Btrcct sub way and Inception of tho general plana for aJilgh-spee6 transit system for Fhll- i aaelphia can bo begun while tho work of ill relocating tho sewcra In tho contrat part (tt the'clty Is in progress this "summer, p , - STUDENT fuiltoc&tes nT thn nlnnn nf DtrAotnt A. Jltt r&yjor asserted today. r .v( 4 !? the projected transit system. It is con- k tended. If Councils act promptly on the s-ierdlnances Introduced yesterday to pro PrtdS $30,(100,000 for transit by a special Hicction of tho voters. If the ordinances pass Councils at a K4to early enough to permit the holding rf'tjlie election In March, tho funds of Fthd'jri.oan can bo made available so that tto actual subway construction can bo begun this- year, It Is declared. cThfl Statemnnt 1r mndn ruWhni- Hint If VCounclts nostDone action on thn hills nnd hold the election at ns remote n. date ns JJuno J, as suggested by John P. Connelly. p- ena to Introduce a delay. The aubse,- Concludrd en Pace Two j THE WEATHER FAIFL. what a pity the warm wavo couldn't riSu II nnlv fni. nnnt.AH .In.. T .l. M Efc$rature had remain,..! , vnmnAva i!izxy fleurle along about noon today soma Rone with a falr-to-mlddllng reputation for ki.wjij- wquiq. navo neen among us with & rtnOrt fit ...Ina . I-.. ..VI. 1 EL t w ths ducUa northward bound and lT. ouoaing lear or two. But all f ' vert4 and we're oil back to the ;:"'"" " saayeiinB coal in recalcitrant Eiii . " wuuueriiijj Hiicrt ine next sciiiiard will strike. But don't hunt for awwuuu, tnere's a quicker way: . T'ait for Itl pnnP!r.AfT fFor Philadelphia and vfctnify &lV tOdau and taninht tnitk i hn,r. m'ttmptrature. I or details, see page 8, Observation at Philadelphia P IIA.1I. CSf 30.12 or' 1 . i 34 ....Soutnweit, 0 rollea flrtutlo .- . -.. f s f?on E2vl.-... ...........:..:. u :.v.rv s t nour nan S5SSX?SCi,." -' S.?-n mm Almanac of tha Day ( BKjwwi" ,..:::.::::. ::: vl S: MS? U . .....J! ,..B.'j8B.m. The Tides PORT HiriiH"ixrr PiraUr tomorrow ... ., 2J30a.ro CHESTNUT ffrRaCT "wIUBJJ i. v.fs. vir. ;?- RESDY ISt-ANP. I- falfb. B ma " kt toowmiw 43 a. m, BHBAKWATillv. 1 ui.. , iKC" inu mwiim ;n ii ' ' m...iiiiiwi iiiwwtwiiipiwi ii ' iiwiwiwiiiiwwiw i i mmtmsfwmmmn "''w-1' "' '" ' wm n - . i n mi mmmT,vmmmimmm'irwttlt H tr towsmnr .. ... ...49u c w. . NEXT JUNE ONE YEAR AMOS STRUNK SUED Athletic Outfielder and Autolst Do fendant In Action for Damages. Amos Strunk, cenlrerielder of tho Ath letics, Is being sued by Terrence A. Malono In tho Municipal Court for fl5M damages for Injuries sustained by M alone In an accldont In which Strunk's auto mobile figured. Malone, In his statement of claim, nl legcs that on the night of July 16 last ho was driving his carriage north -on Rlng gold street and as ho was crossing tho Intersection nt Somerset street, Strunk's car, which was coming east, smashed Into tho carriage, knocking him from his seat'. Malono contends that tho accident was largely duo to tho excessive speed at which tho ballplayer was driving his cur and Strunk's failure to sound a warn ing of his npproach. HOST IN UNIVERSI1Y GYMNASIUM LISTENS TO ,FL0t)R $8VA BARREL; NO RISE IN PRICE OF BREAD PLANNED Bakers laid in Large Supplies, Ex pecting Increase. Flour is selling In Philadelphia today at 3 a barrel. This is, tho highest tlguro since tha steady Jump in the prlco of flour .began. Wholesale bakers predicted today that flour would be selling nt $12 a barrel after the European war, ended, It was pointed out' that with the war over, all tho ports abroad would be opened. This would result In largo ship ments of flour from American mills. rey small bakers havo taken steps to increase) tho pr(pe of bread. For weeks bakeis havo been storing carloads of flour In their' cellars. ' . Louis J.'Kolb, of thcKolb Baking Com pany, said there was no hope in sight for a i eduction in the wholesale prices of flour. He Is among the large bakers vyho "have decided not to Increase tho', retail price of bread or to reduce the size or loaves. WHEAT'S NEW RECORD $1.40 Highest Paid for May in January, With Pour "Exceptions, Since Civil War. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. May wheat sold at ?M0 per bushel on the Doard of Trade for a minute totiav, tne mgnest pneo paia for this month in January In recent years nnd the highest prico with four exceptions since the Civil Wart A- drop of nearly 1 cent followed on, flood of selling orders. ' May Wheat $1.50 in New York NEW YORK. Jan S-JIny wheat sold on the Consolidated Exchange this 'after noon at SI SO a bushel as cornbared with yesterday's price of $1.4?M. t i i MISS EOPIA D, IBWIN DEAD Descendant of Benjamin Pranklln Succumbs to Effects of Pall. Miss Soda Dallas Irwin, n descendant of Benjamin Franklin and head of the Agnes Irwin airl's School, il pe Lancey street, died last night In Boston as the result of an Injury ehe suffered 10 days agojn Providence, while op her way to BostBn. Her sister, Miss Agnes Irwin, former dean of Radcliffe College, died about a month ago. 1 Miss Irwin fell while on her way to tb,e station in Providence. She suffered an Injury to her head, which, shortly after reaching Beaton, necessitated her ro- moral to a hospital. She fullered con, cusston of the brain. Her condition be came worse and for several days before her death. Miss Irwin vtas unconscious. Miss Irwin was born In Denmark, her father. William Wallace Irwin, being th,en the United States Minister to thai country She returned o the UnUed gta.tea with her parents a few yeirs later and was educated hero. Her sister, AKte Irwin, who died recently, founded, tha Acnes Irwin OWa School She re mained head of that school until 1&94,, when ehe reuroa; m ia up. ine position of dean at RadcJUffe. Miss 8,afU, Irwin then took over her sister's work, l ' Medical Chief at Norristown NQRIU8TOWN, Pa , Jan. 8.-Dr S. M Miller was elected Chief Physician of tl)? Male Department of the Norristown Hos pital for the Insane at a meeting of the trustees this afternoon He, had been act Ibk chief since the reJgaatloR of Dr Cly2e MoKlnaU, some uwatfc ago. RESIGNATION OF BRYAN ASKED BY GERMAN CLUB Secretary Is Pro-Ally, Declnres Now Jersey Alliance. ELIZABETH, N. J., Jan. S.-Tho resig nation of Secretary of Stato Bryan Is de manded In n Bet of resolutions adopted by the German-American Alliance of this i city, on the ground that Bryan It favor ing tho Allies against Germany. Tho ex portation of arms and munitions to the powers of tho Trlplo Entento Is con demned In strong terms. Tho resolutions say that tho national policy Is "apt not only to make a laugh-Jng-stook of our country, but tb bring us into, discredit before tho entire world nnd to stamp us ns a Missal stato of England, and make our best friends, Germany nnd Austria-Hungary, our enemies." Tho organization has a membership of some 2100 persons, Including sovcral prominent men. NO DANGER IN TURBID WATER Phlladclphlans who nnd the Water from tho city supply more turbid than usual need have no fear of Kerma.. according to Chief Davis, of the Water Bureau. Tho inci eased turbidity Is caused by slight Hood conditions in tho two livers, but tho additional solids are mineral and do not contain any disease-breeding germs. RUSSIANS CRIPPLE TURK CRDISER AND SINK TRANSPORTS Medjidieh, Built in Phila delphia, Badly Damaged in Black Sea Battle With Czar's Ships. PARIS, Jan. R. Tiie French Foreign Ofllce announced today that tho Turkish cruiser Medjidieh had been badly damaged and 'two Turk ish transports had been Bunk by Rus elan warships and a mine. "A Turkish transport was sunlc by a mine on January 2 In tho Bosporus,' Bays the statement. "On January S an other transport, convoed by the cruiser Medjidieh, was sunk In tho Black t Sea, between Slnope and Treblzond. "Two Russian warships attacked tho Medjidieh, which escaped badly dam aged." Tha Medjidieh was built at the Cramp jarda in this city and was completed In 1901. She la .131 feet long, with a' beam of 43 feet and a maximum draught of 1" feet, and displaces 233) tons. Her guns were made at the Bethlehem steel plant. The main battery consists of two six-inch and eight 4.7-Inch guns. The Medjldleh's best recent speed la ii knots and her complement la 313 ofilcers and men. Until the addition of the Qc-eben and Breslau to tho Ottoman navy, the Mcdjld!e) and tho Hamldleh, built In England, were the only two modernvarshlps the Turks pos sessed. TWO DESERTED INPANTS TOUND Police Care for Babies Left in Baskets on Cold Streets. Two deserted babies found early today are being cared for by the polite The blue eyes of one of them, gazing from the depths of a market basket at Policeman McMahon, of the 10th 4 and Button ood streets station, mqde sucl) a hit with the bluecoit he wants to adop the owner of the eyes ' BJe. will oonK'r with his wife- McMahon found the youngster, a-da-old boy, beside a lamp post at the rear of KM Green street The Infant was wrapped In a Turkish towel A 6-weeks-old baby girl, shivering in a sheet, was discovered on the step of 323 South 10th street, by Henry Krantz. or that address Mrs. B. C, Stockton placed the stranger before a warm Are until a' physician arrived Then the foundling was taken cara of by the police. Hawaii Yoicaaq in Eruption SAN FRANCISCO, Jan S.-Ttoe sleam- Shlp Ililojilan, Khtoji arrived todqjr, rought word that tb volcano Mokua waoitieo la Hawaii la in violent eruptlt. 'YOUNG DAFFY OYER CULTURE,' SAYS SUNDAY Big Afternoon Audience Hears Evangelist Score Hypocrisy as 'Disgrace to God" in Fiery Sermon. 'Lots Join the Church for the Same Motive That a Man Blows a Safe," He Declares. Hjpocritcs of the church came In for a sound lashing nt tho hands and through tho piercing words of "Billy Sunday this afternoon when ho preached to a throng that filled tho tabcrnaclo at 19th and Vina streets. With llro'ln his oyc and denun ciation on his lips, "Billy" pounded tho pulpit until it seemed It must split while he scored thoj o who hide,, behind , tha church as a cloak, while In th-eudalty lives they-followed the broad highway of sin. -l "Lots or men and womengo, to cnurcn Ito ndd a little to their social standing," yelled Mr. Sunday. "Lots join the church for the same motive that a man blows up a safe for what ho can get out of It. ., "I used to play baseball. I used to lire on the railroads. I have been an athlete, and I have loaned thousands of dollars tp bull players nnd actors and actresses, and all the money I have ever been beaten out of In my llfo I have been beaten out of by church members, Ro llglon is all right. Christianity Is not at fault: it Is the hypocrites who profess it that aro at fault. DAKFY OVER CULTURE. , "Wc aro going daffy over culture. It Is all right In its place, but It is all wrong when ou make- It take the place of Christianity. Amo-Ica needs a tidal wave of rillglonf a oyclone of redemption and culture In the 'world won't educate any body out of hell. When jou got right down to It there is nothing wrong with (the people but the devil In them." Time and again during ms uiscourse, tho ovancellst ran to the edge of the plat form, pointed his nngor down Into tho faces of the attentive auditors, and called: "Stop being a wolf and disgracing Ood by w earing tho clothes of the church. That does more harm for the growth of Uod s Kingdom on earth than anything else In the wide world. If you don't Intend to live ns Christ wants you to live, then don't bring dishonor upon His sacred house of worship by forcing your pres ence Into it." Again he whirled nbout on the plat form, looked Into the faces of the hundred-; and thousands of women and hurled this at them; GOD WANTS PERSONALITY. '"God Is not anxious about the clothes you wear or whether you come In a lim ousine or on hoof. He wants jour per sonality. You can't place a little money on the collection plate on Sunday and then go to the devil the rest of the week. If you want to break up a church, don't come; u you uo conic, mwajs come iaie. If It's too wet, or too dry, or too windy, or too cold. ortoo warm, don't come at all The preacher can't be eloquent to wood and varnish," In closing, "Billy" again offered one of his fervent prayers, asking God to come down upon Philadelphia like the rain from the skies, and save everybody from tho rich to the loor and from the edu cated to (be Ignorant and particularly church members who are indifferent and lacking In the spirit of truth and right eousness. When Prof Homer W Rodenheaver opened tho choral service at 3 o'clock in tne tabernacle, an enthusiastic crowd Joined heartHv In the singing, and ap plauded to their hearts' content, while "Rode'y" led trnm through some of the most Inspiring of the revival Tnmns, .A special feature of the musical service ivt a solo hy Mrs. E. H- Eraett, wife of one of Air. Sunday's assistants It was "She Onto Touched the Hem of His Gar ment," the sm Pie chat converted the fRmous "Nell" Trotter In the Paellto Gar den Mission, where ahe sang It some j ears ago. Agaui "If Your Heart's Right" apd "Brlghjen the Corner Whe,re You Are" brought forth much applause. Dentley' 1. Ackley. Mr. Sunday's secretary, composed the muste of tbetormer,. Prayer was offered by the Jtev Pr W' Cortland Robinson He especially asked God' for strength to help Mr Sunday to f : : . - - 'I T lI 1 ' 1 CwteludeO' a !? Two MEXICANS IN FIERCE BATTLE AT SALTILL0 Cftrranzlstns Evacuating Town At tacked by VUlalstas. LAIir.no, Tex., Jan, 8. Carranzlsta nnd Vlllnlsta troops are engaged In ft fierce battle nt Sntttllo, according to a dispatch received hero toln. The battle began at 3 a. m., when tho Carranm forces evacuating tho town weie attacked In the rear by the VUlalstas WOULD ISSUE CANAIi BONDS Ohio Congressman Sponsor for Bill to Strengthen Phnnmn Fortifi cations. WASHINGTON, Jan S-A bill author izing tho sale of Panama Canal bonds, alucd at several million dollars, to strengthen tho fortifications of the canul and to purchase additional warships and war craft was Introduced In the House this afternoon by Iteprcsentatlvo Tost, of Ohio. Tho bill nuthorlzes the creation of a defense board, composed of President Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Dan iels and Secretary of War Garrison This boaid Is given authority to determine what additional .const defenses nre needed at Panama nnd also power to build addi tional war easels. "BILLY" SUNDAY ROAST COLLEGE SINS ITALY ORDERS-ENVOY TO-LEAVE TURKEY IF ! DEMAND IS REFUSED Rupture of Diplomatic Re lations Believed Certain if Porte Withholds Apology for Hodeidah Incident. ROME, Jan. 8. Secret messages sent to the Italian Ambassador at Constantinople today are said to have contained orders to leave the Turkish capital at 6 p. m. Saturday, with all tho members of tho embassy staff, and to turn his affairs over to United States Ambassador Morgenthau. Turkey has been given until Saturday evening to apologize for the arrest of the British consul In the Italian consulate at Hodeidah, but It Is believed hero that Italy's demands, Including a salute to Its flag, will not be granted. Tha rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Turkey nnd Italy Is certain, diplo mats say, and this will be followed by forcible action by Italy against Turkey, Italy's war preparations are proceeding day and night. A new army aeroplane of remarkable power has just been suc cessfully tried out near Milan. It Is a biplane, with wings about 73 feet from tip to tip, the invention of an Italian engineer, Slgnor Capronl. It is equipped with three Independent rotary engines, capable of .developing 300 horsepower. The car of the machine has three seats. It Is completely armored and carries a machine gun. The new biplane is capable of a speed of about SO miles an hour and will carry a useful load of a ton and a half, besides fuel for 25 houra with only ono engine working. Two other types of the same biplane of 600 and 10CO horse power respectively are under construc tion. It haB just become known here that Greece escaped embroiling herself In the complications pursuant upon the rebel at tack on Duraxzo by the narrowest of margins. There nre many Greek cltUens in tba Albanian seaport, and when the peril of the residents there became ap parent the Greek Foreign Office ordered a cruiser under sealed orders to the scene. In the nick of time Italy Informed Greece that she was prepared to accord full protection to foreigners In Durazzso, irrespective of nationality. The Greek cruiser, which wait already on the way to Durano, wasYecalled hurriedly and the Incident was closed. NO EEAB, OP WHEAT FAMINE Pilhhury, of Flour .Fame, Takes Op timistic View. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,. Jan 8.-"Be-cause whea,t and flour prices have ad vanced considerably glace the c-utbreak of the war Is no reason for believing that there' wtlj be either a wheat or Hour faming." 'said J S. PUlbur. vice presi dent of the Pljlibury Flour Mills, today "There seam to be an ampta raserve in the country to care for every domestic and export demand." GERMANS WIN WAY ACROSS CONTESTED RIVERS IN POLAND KAISER LAUNCHES FRESH DRIVES ON OISE AND AISNE Attempts to Flerco Allies' Lines to Relieve Pressure on Wings. PARIS, Jan. 8. With a two-fold object In vlow, the Germans liavo launched a series of fresh attacks upon the positions of tho Allies west and north of tho niver Olso and along tho Aisnc. Tho double purpose of the Invaders is: First. To Ilnd a weak spot in tho lines of tho French nnd British defending tho torrllory immediately cast of Amiens. Second An effort to divert tho attention of tho Allies from tho northern nnd south ern cuds of tho 375-mllo long battle front, where tho pressure of tho French, British and Belgians is being steadily Increased. Near Lasslgny tho Germans nre at tacking on the part of tho lino lying nearest to Paris. (LasMgny Is west of tho Oise, -10 miles north of Paris, 10 miles north of Com plegno nnd 7 miles south of Iloyc.) IRVIN S. COBB DECLARES WAR WILL LAST YEARS Tells Bed Cross Sewing Circle of Struggle's Inhumanity. A war that will last for years, while tho wounded and the dlng lie unattended on the battle fields and In hospital tra(ns, wns predicted by Iivjn S. Cobb, the noted war correspondent In an address before tho Neutral Red Cross Relief Sewing Circle in the home of Mrs. J. Bartram Ltpplncott today. While Mr. Cobb vividly depicted scenes of horror, tho women of his audience knitted garments for tho soldiers. Ono phase of tho war brought out by Mr. Cobb dwelt upon enro of the wounded. While he did not criticise the military governments of Europe, be. explained tho Inattention these injured men endure. "Our party received word one morning." be said, "that we could proceed to a little' station on the railroad over which the wounded were being sent from the Ger man centre line nt 'the Battle of tho Alsne. All day long one train after another came Into the station, all bear ing mangled forms of flesh with just a sparK or lire lert. .Many of these trains had taken a week to travel only 90 miles, while the men In the box cars, packed like sardines on bales of straw, bpre In silence agony that none of us can Imagine. "It was a gruesome sight at that sta tion. As each train puffed up and stop ped, tho wounded were taken out and rebnndaged, then put back In the cars nnd sent on to Germany, Some of those trains we could smell a block oft. That odor was terrible," "When he were within five- miles pf the actual battlefield, that same foul smell reached us again. It came from the more than 4000 dead, dying and wounded who were lylpg on tho space between the two opposing armies When we reached the trenches, the drums were beating They beat that way day and night to keep the men In the first line of trenches from going crazy at the shrieks of the wounded who were lying In the field In front of them. These men, who could hae been saved with medical attention, must die because their comrades could not go Into that hall of steel to save them. The bodies of some had lain there for 21 days and the men in the trenches never ceased smoking so they could stand the odor," Hungary Wins Which ever tenj fi greqt tear poea the dream of Kossuth aiUcoma true a liberated nation! The sfory o Hunoary's aspiration and strug gle and waiting for freedom tt of engrossing interest, and present events, are adding a remarhaile new chapter. Vaiiqe Thompson a torifor who Vnaios lurope atd, European peoples as few men 'do, will axplain the remarkable situa tion if which t.he qncfenr Unodam finds itself 'today, hardly knowing whether to hope far Austria' vic tory or dtlVtt. His artlela, as in- tarasting as it is informative, will appear tomorrow an the editorial page of the Evening Ledger Kaiser Captures Trenches on East Banks of Bzura and Rawka Austrians Re treat in Bukowina. French Press Advance Into Alsace and Occupy Town But Eight Miles From Muelhausen. German forces aro on tho cast bank of tho Bzura and havo taken Russian trenches in this long-contested field. Admission of tho Kaiser's guln near Sachaozcw is contained in a Fctrogntd olllclal report- . Tho Kaiser is also cast of the Rawka River in he nevf offensive. This afti ornoon's official report from Berlin an nounces tho capture of 1600 Russians and five machine guns on the Warsaw side of this bltterjy contested- stream. Determined jondenvor to Invdst War saw Is indicated by this pain pf ground and by Berlin's report that HIndenburg Is massing 1,000,000 men in Poland. Tho Russian army of Invasion nAc-j swept into Southorn Bukowina In progress to Transylvania andtj gnry. Tho Austrian patrols havo heon forced back. Vienna admits In an of ficial report and aro now seeking; to protect Borgo Pass, tho main gateway on tho east, to tho Russian abjective. Russia's sudden and successful drle nto additional Austrian territory has . , had a. marked effect on the Balkan gtntca ahd a conference called he- M twecn tile Bulgarian Czar 4nd Ru mania's Klne Is considered tho pre lude to the entrance of these nations In the war on the side of the Allies. Capture of tho town of Burnhaupt-le-Haut, eight miles from Muelhausen, Is announced in today's official com munique of the French War Qfllce, which also reports Important progress In the Alsatian, drives in the regions of Thann and Altklrch. It Is admitted that the Germans succeeded Jn, Wow ing up French trenches Jn the Ar gonne, but at other points, particularly In the north, the Allies havo repulsed all German attacks, while themselves, gntnlnp; ground. New Russian victories fiver the Turks are reported from Petrojrrad The Hth Army Corps was beaten with heavy losses near Van. RUSSIA MENACES AUSTRIA IN THREE TITANIC MOVES Adds Bukowina, Hungary and Transylvania to Invaded Territory. LONDON, Jan 8. The Russian Invasion of Hungary through the Uzsok Pass in the Carp thlans and their rapid advance on Tran sylvania through Bukowina simultane ously with, tbelr movement toward Cra cow, Is arousing' Kft Interest among military men here These combined operations are the most gigantic undertaken u the war. and ihHr successful completion wowid have a d- i i in . i Concluded pa Vase Fiwr I OST AND FO,tgp) It. anj fobs? In tha-Rvnlnir lj to the "WW .." 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