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rillLADELrillA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER !2!, Wlo.
CortmoiiT. 1015. hi nt PiBtte Lrror CosirAttt.
PKIOE ONE CENT
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MORGAN'S ACTIVITIES IN DEAL
TO GET POWDER SALES FOR
DUPONTSTO BE PROBED BY U.S.
Banking House, It Is Asserted, Really
Dominates Great Munitions Out
put for the Allies Through the
Du Pont Securities Co.
Government Is Interested in Learning Why the Personal
Notes of the Holding Company Directors Were
Accepted to Guarantee the $8,500,000 Loan on
Unlisted Stocks of Ammunition Concern
itun xtnyt i
tt II.MIMi'l'iS. I'll..
lire. '-I' A linv-
eri,meit iiiVtftlgnl'oii of the Whoc llmin-
did (ic'i.lili of tlio Hi in or ,1. I lerpotit
Morgan I'lul thr iln Punt M-olllUes Loin-
pniiv. :l "t.im,i I lie llllll.lt In: agents or
the Allli i i i 'I the In'li'l tlie tlom' lillil
fnrtor n tli ontinl uf Uie lu Pont de
Ntmoui' Pui.im iniitni. which In sup
plvl, g il" IiiimiI iiinoiiiit of munltlfin.s
to the w ii in"! nntloiiH In Hill ope. Is nliout
to ticuin
Within tin I !" -' bonis. It has conic Io
IlSlit tlmt tie lion' of Morgan Vlituallv
tloiilin.it' Hi" Meat powtH'l linnets
through tl' Iln im Inl hiuklng of I'lriic
S tin rout, piesldcn! of tlio penult"- ttnn
panv mid muiinlrii or the soeuilllts com
pany ih'' holding com em. Willi h has Just
canned up" ninie ilui'i $V),flii.i In "win
bride profits It Ii lepoitetl thnt the
Kedeinl liufllf,nloii are nlitiiilv nt wink
In WHm'ngtoii mill In Now Yoik city.
Uoig.ui, iik tli- li-u Itei of the tenuities
compnui width pint hneil the slncli hnld
Initcs of T Colt. man tin l'ont. thus giving
contml of tin entile immltlurn plants ol
the pontlei ioinp.in to I'leiie tlu l'ont
lllll Ills ...sltillt"S. IiiiA ti.nl tllP IlltllP
linanilil aiinngcniPiits of Hip Hiltlsh.
Krench and Itussl m Government In till"
cuuntiv and Is repulted to have nssured
the rnllptl Stntpi Government that Hip
Ami tleilved no piotHs lioni the com
panies which lecolvcd cuntiact.1 Crom the
warring nation" It has licen Iparnotl
from the hlhel nutliorlt. that I'hlllp P.
du l'ont of Mellon. Pa , who has luoimht
milt n.ilnit 1'lene tlu Pout ami the tll
rcctom of the tlu Pout MscmltlcH t'om
pan, to iPtuin the T. t'oleniau du l'ont
itorK to Hie tompany, alleiii:; that
ricne and his nystoil'itea puifhiiHctl It
knowini! that hune munition ordei'H eie
forthcnndiiR iiiul thim deriving nilllimm hi
rroflti l theinselM'S. hnow that Moran
. Co had nrrnnvpil tlio loan of ?S.j0O,(K)0
which .iu Klcn In cash to T. Coleman du
Pont for hl stock.
NIX'.OTIATinX OK T HI 2 I.OAX.
Ill the ttiilt bill llletl 111 the fnltcd
"etntes retlonil fomt In WIlniliiRtou.
rhlllp tin Pont aei-H that "bauKlliK Inntl
, tutlom negotiated the loan. In the K
- ply llletl ypitprtlav b I'leiro tlu Pont
nil tlio director of the tlu l'ont Secur
ities Comp.inj tlio inline of lloiuan Is
mentlnnptl The defendants say In th" bill
that the New Voik b.inkliiK Imime plnrptl
tho S.'iOO.iWO loan In "eeitaln h.inks and
finnnr.al Inntltiltlonn," anil Hint ' lews
than ID ner eput v.nn ictnincd by .1. P.
Morsnu it t'o "
It Is itnilci .stood that the (iovermiieiit Is
pai tlciilni I v Inti icntetl In leariihn; which
banks took this loan and whether tho
banks were those which held deposits of
tho du Pont I'owtler ('ouipau It has
been pointed out by a man In cln.ie touch
with the powder company thnt the hanks
made the loan of !8.u00 (XXI on stock of
par value of but a llttlo mole than $7.W),
W. The tin l'ont iitocU Is not listed on
the N'e York Stuck 12chiiliKe.
Ill this connection It is livened by
Philip I tlu Pout that the men nho
negotiated the ln-in nolo conUant of the
fact that the Kuiopeun nations wcie
about to place ciinimous munition orders
and that the .slock would fio to Kreat
heights l'ieirc S du Pont and Ills usso
claea, to ecuiio the loan, Kiive thtlr pci
onnl utiles In I'leiie du I'ont's answer
to the Milt it is Mated that tho ponder
compaiH was not In a position to ncqiilie
the sloek The tonipau Is capitallzetl at
IO.Md.iO-i Ii is uiitleistnotl that the tiov
ernmeut is Interested In leninhur tho re.i
on rcr accepting personal notes of the
du l'ont SeLiuitlen dlitcliirs to Kuniunteu
a loan on unlietetl blocks.
WIlmuiBton bankers openly fcnv that
trie defendants In tho suit broiiRlit out
the name of Moritan at this time to foie
Jtall am sensation at tho lime or the
trial which mlKlit be spruiiK by the Philip
E. du l'ont croup.
Tin; ni:Ki:.ND.NTS' ni:i'iv.
Tho exact text or the teply, mcntionlns
the name or MorKiin ror tho first time. Is
follows .
"This defendant admits that lie and
THE WEATHER
By the perMstent use of the "Australian
crawl" fctiolte we managed to nnlvo at
the otHce on time today. We left homo In
Plenty of time, hut while tinning the coi
ner of "th. and Chestnut streets, swimming
"slly on our back, we foitunatcly ror
rum-bumped Into a man going down for
the last time. To make a long stoiy short,
nd for the sake of our Innuto modesty,
will simply say he owes his lire to us.
Be thnt as it may, the ferry companies
ie contemplating a schedule ror their
Boats from river to ilver. Further, there
' an English Unit making a Ufa pieberver
waistcoat that retails for only 113. And
to cheer jou up a bit, the Weather Ilu
"au predicts "inln "
The only fowl that crosses the road to
ay to Ret on thu other side or for any
other reason Is a dutk
FORECAST
For Philadtlphid and vicinity
Rain or sleet this afternoon and pio6
a&ii tonight; Thuradau partly cloudy;
not much change in temperature;
trong easterly winds shifting to west
trly gales.
LOST AND FOUND
l?TUboral reward for return bf ibre
9ufter lenictli leouard cout. with teal
,.iuerai rctvuru lor return oc inrtw
itcr leiiKtli ItMuartl cout. with ual
ir. ctinv brlt and liultmu; ulao abort keat
Ui tllo item-' lliiliu snJ eul pillow
rtotnat. h Ilouni :ilu. l.jj rliwUnul t.
-....
coat
, mug
"'(''lN-iloU auj uluthium twruln ml with
vedruf un, ai itu,.iu i,,Mf ltfon.1,11. .,wtilni:
wLW1?,".,,'?, 4vt I'WUUclphU. fltjerJl rc-
JHiSfVlVXi4J'
PPU-1 ot from : s 3.'H "il Suudai -
1QC Q ., .11 .. r.t... . ..,! .1... ttninrn In
,abuH address ami re t.ic icvvard
"CKni'flH. nt II 15 Hlvcr. lol oil Pith ft
ii ,i ""rfv nraiiiK It, uarj Ii inurn?' te
ati ji ii,. ,,.,. , vrr , 1-iin , ia
"" t '. .1 'r ml I 'U
- o 1 u v ri.
..t tu
on rfioittruf
III1 llltsoiintn, fri llrt ,.,,.... ..r .,....,,-
Ihg In the ncquKtlot, i.r said hIih k
:i.icil io lip formed untie i tin- laws i.r
Hip state of Utdnvvnie tho defend int
I viirpoi nt lim, n,p ,tu p0, Securities t'nui
Jinir.. as alleged m pnr.iuiiipli eight uf
i .-Mill bill of pinniilnllil, nut till defendant
denies tli it wild corporation n fininetl
, no'il tin- ciodlt or said i:. I du l'ont do
I Neinnuui Powder t'ompniiv In nnv in in
ner whatsoevei foi tin- purposes of pui
thming nld stock. Inn on tlip milium
Iilltgcs tint t tlu loipnrntlnn did Inn row
Hit num. of tight million live hundred
thousand dollnis (fs.VM.OODi In cash for
Inutlntit'il mi I'utp I'our. Column I'lc
PEACOAL PRICE
25 CENTS A TON
Shortage of Cars and Labor
Given as Cause of
Advance
SUPPLY BELOW
NORMAL
TraHic Hindered by Munitions
Shipment Compensation
Act Figures
Tho wholesale pi lee or pen toal will he
advanced "J." cents a ton on Jaiiuary 1,
mnklnjr the retnll pi Ice .IM a ton, as
nKalnst $'.-, now rullnj?. As jet It has
not been drrhlril to boo.it the pi lee of
other prcpiilii "Izcs
The Htatciiieiit was niatle totlaj hv r ip
of the larKest wholesale dealrrs In tllP
city. Up b,hii as tlio leason for the ntl
i alien the scarcity of coat nt the piesent
time hecaiisp of tlip Inability to net ears
to carry it fioin tlio mines, ncarlv all of
the freight tarn mi the different railroads
beliiK ciiKiiKcd In the tianspoitatlou of
war munitions to New York.
P.KTAII, PIIICI2 TO 1IISI2
Several retail coal tlcalers. when asked
this afternoon, salt) that they had not
heard or the ttmtemptatetl ailaiice In the
wholesale price, aiitl when Infornu'il that
2.1 cents was to bo added the drst of the
year, the weie In unison In mi; Inx that
this would mean the same advnnco hi the
letall price, or what the ctitnumcr will
h.ue to pay.
It was hinted hv ecinl retail tlealeis
that If there continues to ho a scarcity
of coal, the prlco may ko men hlKher.
At present prices aie from Jl DO to $J
nlioio what thei were this lime Inst car.
It Is estluialetl thnt the supply now is
about l.OOJ.GCO tons below what It .should
be and In Philadelphia alone It is about
200,(i0n tons below the nvcinKo on hand
at tnls time or the eai.
One or the ino.it impoitant fnctois en
tciliiK into the coal trade now is tho
scarcity of labor at tho mines. It was
estlmntctl today that the miners nt work
were between 33 per cent, unci 40 pel
cent, below normal, a large iuajoiit or
the milicis liavlin gone back to Kurope
to HBht. Then. too. fears are epiessetl
lie r iiiicflPirit
Continued on 1'ujce Tun, rtilumn Three
SCUTARI E'ATTACCATA
DA FORZE AUSTRIACHE
La Gazzetta del Popolo Dice
Che le Truppe Teutoniche
Marceranno su Valona
I'n telegi omnia da Torino dice die, a
1 quanto affeima In Oasmttt del Popolo,
I le foize austilache nttaccilio Scutari
I iVAlunnla e die la taduta della citta' e'
1 Immlnente. I'n telegrainnia tla Ilucarest
all' Echo de rls tllceva Invece die l'of-
feiiblva nustlluca pel Montenegro era
coinpletauiente falhta c cho le rore aus-
Uittche eiano state battute a. sud-ovebt
dl Ipek. He coal' tosse stato esse non
I nvrebbero potato raggluugerc Scutari.
I i'na volcac'utu .Stuturi, gll austtlaci oil
' bulgarl marcerebheio u Valona. tecondo
I la Gazzetta del Popolo
Nulla di nuovo uiiiiuncla ll generaie
Cadoum uel suo rapporto plu' ienle,
ud eccezione dl aioni dl lepartl dl fan
leila Inteso oil obbllgare il nemlco a
rlveiare le posUlonl della sua aitlgllerla
e delle sue trincte. cho cosl' vengono vlci
leiitemente bo.nbardate dalle batlerle,
tallane. Oil austilacl contlnuano a
yen llcrsl del fuoco del caiinoni ltallanl
cw ho I centrl abltatl. spec almcnte nella
tlel baso isoiuo. 1 Uualpi
pero' rcsta linmutata pur oru, g acche le
forze Itallaae Mao occupato al conboU.
damento delle loio nuove lluee.
lAggere In 4a paglna le ultimo e plu'
detusllate nolizle sulla fuerra. In Ital
lano.) McKEAN COUNTY HOME BUKNS
Thirty-three Children Are Saved.
S 10,000 Loss
BJIAUFOKD. Pa. Doc 29 -The McKean
couutv hcni at DoroI a. eon d acted by t io
count I 'illdre Aid Society was buinea
o n The SI ch Idrcu in the tmlldius
i P.1
lull i' I. IU, .IN
rneiiiiniiim font i n c t c tl while
coaclntu: tl'c Yn'p foolluill tenm
Ittjit fall, ctuwotl tlip ilcnth uf one
til' Old Kl.'s iictit'"l cml-. Shev
Hn died tin , moinmc: :il ins lioniu
in Alinncaiiolis. Minn.
T. L. SHEVLIN, YALE;S
IDOLIZED ATHLETE,
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Former All-American Football
Player Contracted Cold That
Led to Death Coaching
Blue Last Fall
'WAS MAN OF WEALTH
SllXNI2.l'nt.lS. .Minn. Uec !9.
Thomas I.. Shevlln, mlllionaite lumber
in, in and Ynle fnnthnli coach, diet! at 7
a. in todav of pneumonia. He was
slikluii with Hie mnlatly six tlavs ago
aflti being wp.ikenetl i uvcrwoik and
e.posure In tlrllllim the Ynle team this
Tall
At the i lose of the Y'llp scaBon Shcvlin
went to Cntlfoniln to recuperate lie rp
tiiructl to bin honip help Inst Yetlnesday.
on Tlmrsdii) ptieuiiuiiila tlPVPloped. Last
nlRlit foul plUMli'liuiN of the Twin Cities
1 gave up nope tu sumok mm nun buni-
uiouctl a spcciausi, tiuiu c incugo -woo
marie the trip hero on n special train In
recoitl-hreakliu; time.
Shevlln milked as one or the Kieatest
players the'crldlion unme ever produced,
mid hs Inn rur hi., alum mater was so
Kieat that ho reallv kiixp up his llfo to
serve It III ItH hour of need
Shevlln captained Hie l!ii Ynle team
and then after graduation went Into the
lumber business In the west In 1910
when the Yule tenm was shot to pieces, a
call won sent f"i "old Iteilable Tom."
Up answered It by rushing to New Haven,
whipping the tiam Into shnpo and ena
bling It to hi.it Piiiicfton and tie Har
v.utl. This season when tho Ynle team was
llouutlerlng In the mire or defeat Shevlln
once again was called upon to serve tiU
college. And ho annuel cd the call. lie
vvoiked dnv and night In his attempts to
develop ibo mnteilnl Into championship
call Inc. lie mirpilscd the foothiill world
when his icju vena ted outllt bent rrlncc
ton. Shevlln was born in Minneapolis In 1SSJ
I went to Yale aflei graduating fioin
lllll .School nt Poltstown, I'M. In 1W9 lio
marrleil i:iUnbetli Khcilej. a Kentucky
hollo. Shevllu'.s esiale Is valucil ut close
to fJi,(i(X),()il Ilia willow mill Ids oung
tlaiighter Hettv will Inheilt It. Just a
few mouths ago Shevlln look out a 11,
cOoCOO Insur.ince pollcj on Ills life.
Dying Wnimm IIcrs to See Son
.Mrs i:ilzahcth O'UouiI.e, who is tljlng
at her home, IMfi Hast Mleshenv avenue,
at the age of Tl, has asked bei time sons
who .lie living with her to Mini her eldest
i,rt Mi, Intel whom she has not seen for
some lime .Michael O Itourke U married
ami lives oimvvheic in tills cliv, hut his
-
a.Mu'sa Is not Unowu The mothtr liui.
: mtili,r.a , . ,,,..... ...
I to tlntl him before she dit s
YOUTH'S SUICIDE ENDS
HIS PARENTS' DREAM
i Hangs Himself in City Hall
Cell Father Wanted to
Send Him to College
A outh banged himself In a cell at Citv
Hall caily today after bo had .ulmiitcd
detectives say, tha" he had robbed houses
In West Philadelphia, nud had explained
the clever methods he emploed to .-tin
entrant e to the dwellings. Tlio suicide
was W Iter W. Header, of S13 North tutli
mini. He was 20 veins old.
The hotly was tll.icnveictl by .lames .Mar
tin, a tuinl.ej. hanging Io tho tlnoi of
the cell Hi used a belt fiom his tioiuers
to efTect Ins purpose, an ' had been tlcad
several houis when the turnkey entered
the loom
Since the hoy's an est, about a week
ago, his f.ithci, Edward T. Itcudci a
lettei carrier, has been on tho veige of a
breakdown, and his mother is 111 In bed
under tho cue or ph)slcl.ius The father
Is said to have Inislicd money on his son
to piepaie li.m for a profesdional career
Header was arrested on a charge of lar
cenj and had a he.iriug jeuterday in Cen
tral Police Station before Magistrate Pen
nock He was uccused of Mealing $300
worth of Jew el ii and good from the
homes of Robert N'ouls, SS Catharine
stieet. nud Mrs. Marmaduke Iloker, 5911
Carpenter street liotli Norils and Mrs
Iloker attendetl the lieuilne It was testl
lled.that Hcntler puilolngd a key fiom
Norqs' daughter while bbe was cashing a
check In tho I .and Title llulldlug and
effected an entrance to her home in this
way
About two earn ago Mender was, a
student ut the Central High School. Ac
cording to the police, ho was uirefctcd at
that time for stealing $100 wcith uf mi
croscopical Instruments. Ills father came
to Ins rescue, paid the money and tha
matter was diopped "oung Lender was
the oulv thlld of his parents lbs fathr
l.uerdfd to &eud hltu to colle; who k
graduated from high school.
ERMANY PUTS
OUT "FEELERS"
FOR EARLY PEACE
Official Press Agency Gives
Out Reported "Possible
Terms" to End War
-FRANCE NOW KOK WAR"
Uallieiii Tolls Chamboi- Country
Is Eager to Contiiniu
Hostilities
I'ossihle Peace Terms
Germany May Accept
ni'iiitmim indemnity of S 1,015,-
HIIO.OOO.
Restoration of Germany's col
onic li. Kn;lmul.
Scimrntitin of Poland from Rus
sia and Its institution into a
-emirate State.
KintHiation of H c 1 k i u m ami
Ki.inee by Germany.
I'art of the indemnity Mould
represent a transfer to Germany
of Russia's indebtedness to France.
Another section would lie repre
sented by tm annual payment to
Germany by Holj'iuni of an amount
equal to the Mim hitherto expended
by Itclccium upon her military
establishment.
il
LONDON, Dec. 13
A decision to call new armies Into the
Held In t onscilptloii Is Cleat Ilrltain's
inswrr to what olllcliil elides reganl as
a. new "pence feeler' from Oonnanv.
1'iess tllspatehes fioin I'eilln ami (e
iipv.i toda coiitalneil new peace hints
and leports that tho olllcinl news ugency
or Germany, tho Wolff Bureau, hns sent
to newspapers a summary of possible
terms of peace
This summary, ncording to tho 'Wolff
Hureau. was prepared and printed by tho
Netie Zurleher Zeltunp;, of Zurich. Though
the Wolff Bureau specifically declares
that though circulating this summary it
Is not representing tho Government In
putting out "pence feelers" that view
was gencnillv taken here todav. tlrltlsh
nfllclnls rlillt tiled the alleged Herman
pc.ico program, commenting sarcastically
on tho Idea that Ciorninny would exact
huge Indemnities fiom the Allies
t'OSSIHhi: P12AC12 TI2H.MS.
The possible peiico terms suggested by
tho Swiss newspaper and printed In Ger
m my call ror:
r.vacuntlon of Ttclgium and northern
Finnce hv ricruiiiuv
KstabllHbmciit or a Polish kingdom
under the domination of normally anil the
p.-Vj-ment of ii largo sum annually to Ger
many by Russia.
Payment to German.v bv Belgium of
tho sum Ilelgluni formerly spent each
year on her nrmle.s.
Itcturn of nil Germnn colonies con
quered by tho Allies.
Transfer to Germany of Itussla's debt
to I'ranco and tho payment of othpr In
demnities, amounting to ll,f)i:,Oi'i,ono, ap
piolmatcl. Tho ience teims. tho Swiss newspaper
tit elnretl, should also contain some guar
antees that Helglum would enter Into no
nlliauco with Gcniiany's enemies Gei
niany probably would maintain garrisons
In Ilelgluni until tho Allies fulfilled all
conditions, of the pen en treaty
l'rench claims upon Alaacc-Lorralno
ConthiUFil tm 1'ase Vanr, Column Tno
CARLTON E. DAVIS
GETS PHONE CALL
TO KEEP HIS JOB
Mayor-elect Smith Reappoints
Water Bureau Chief Over
Long Distance From
Atlantic City
WHO SUCCEEDS WEBSTER?
CARLTON G DAVIS
He was reappointed Chief of the
Bureau of Water today by Mayor
elect Smith,
Carlton E. Dayis, chief of Hie Water
Hureau, was reappointed iiim uiiernoun
to serve In the administration of Maor-
elect Smith la the same capacity j
The appointment was tendered ove the
telephone b the Maor-to-be Irani At
lantic. C!t. "Dai is a er good man," i
said Mi Smith, "and I urn glad that he is '
to continue In the service ot thu city I
durlns m administration ' j
Chief Davis, declined to nuke ail com j
ment regarding his le-apuolnttuent 1
News of the re-sppolutmen tof Mr I
Davis was regarded b theme interested
in the city's progiess u- an Indi ation
that Mr Smith intended n do all in ir
Continued cu I'ate Tu.o, Culumu tine
'NOT guilty; say
TWO ACCUSED IN
ARMS PLOT SUIT
Lamar and Taylor Enter
Pleas Held Under
$5000 Bail
"WOLF" APPEARS BORED
More Indictments Expected in
Hucrtn and Munition Ex
port Conspiracies
XI2Y YOItK. oce. 29 -David Lamar,
known an "The Wolf of Wall Stieot." nrttl
Jacob t' Tti.vlor, president of Labor's
National Pence Couhrll, two of the eight
men indicted vcsterdtt on the chafBO of
tnnsplrlnir to lestinlu tiado bv bribing
labor leaders ami ronieiitlng stilkcs, up
lieiiretl voluntarll.v heroic federal Judge
llnml toda mill enteted pleas of not
gulltv. Iloth were liberated under HO)
hall
After entering his plen Taylor, who is
connected wtlh organized l.iboi In Oinnge.
N .1.. gave oul a statement In which he
, denied that nnv ot tile inonej received
bv Labors National Peace Council came
from n German source.
! "I inn known thioughoul the Pulled
States as a limn who has tho best inter
cstn of libiir nt henit" said Taylor "I
never met Lniu.ir In mv life, that I know
of. I nevot lieaid of Klaus von niiitclon
until 1 saw his tiatiie In the newsp.ipeis.
1 never knew of nnv nicniev being paid
the council that came fiom a lieimaii
souice. I have been Intel esled In tile
tmlveis.il peace movement a quarter of a
century. I have Uuoivti tho source of all
the iuoiip.v lecelvetl by the council. None
or It tame fiom Goniiany.
"All money we have lecelvetl so fnr
ntnoiinls onl.v to $.'00 The icnson Con
giessman lluchanau left the picsldeucy of
the oigaitlzntion wns that he disngrccil
with members on tiuestioiis or pollcv."
Lamar Is aliendv at liberty on $2"i.W
ball on other charges. Assistant t'nitetl
States District Attornej Itaymoiid II.
Sorcrty asked that an adtlltlnnnl ?j"h0 be
furnished, which Lntnai immediately pro
vided. Lamar, tliessetl In the exit erne of fash
ion, appeared unconcerned during tho ar
raignment I rocedlngs, anil seemed houd
when Mr. Sofeit.v refentd to him as "n
gentleman whose mlgrnloi habits arc
well known "
A sweeping series of new Indictments,
Including charges In connection with the
alleged Mexican revolutionary plot which
caused tho arrest In Texas of cx-Preshlent
Huertn, was rorccast here todny, follow
ing tho Indictment of the eight alleged
labor conspliators catcul,i.
A new Grand Jury will be sworn newt
Tuesdav, It was announced, to investi
gate all alien conspiracies against the
United Mntf-fl In tho last If! months Ono
ofllclnl In clinrge of the Investigation said
the indictments of yesterday were "Just
a beginning."
The relation of Fianz von illntclcn,
German agent, now under arrest In Lon
don, to Lamar was believed to have been
clearly established In tho (hand Jmy In
vestigation Just closed. Lntinr was placed
In tho position of disbursing agent for von
Itlntelen Tho Inttei's activities will be
further Investigated b.v the coming Grand
Jury, especlnll In relation to the Mci
cnu plot.
The Department of Justice Is known to
bo taking a renewed Interest In Ilueiln's
ense, and It wns reported about the fed
eral building here todn that a complete
Investigation was impending tu clear up
the. Intervention plot
PROMISE OF COLD
WAVE IN STORM'S
WAKE DISPELLED
Hopes of Grip-Racked Victims
Vanish in Statement by
Forecaster Bliss of the
Weather Bureau
RAIN TO STAY WITH US
The cold weather promised for tonight
will not materialize, according to a state
ment made by Forecaster Illlss this aft
ernoon. The teniperntuie will contiiiuo
. about the same in Philadelphia for the
licit ""' hours, itccoidlug to tho weather
mail.
Thus go a-gliuiineiiug tlio hopes of all
i the grip-racked Philudelphiaiis who .saw
in tho piohnhle cold fcpell their one
chance tpilckly to rid themselves of their
ills 'lenr cold weather woriles tho germ
' grlpus." nccoidlnsf to iimn of its vic
tims, and it Is driven awaj till a "spell"
of humldltv brings it back.
Hut after folks have wnndeied around
in the tain all tla and got thoroughlv
wet, and have gune homo all a-sulfflo and
botheietl Willi coi'Jhs, there wouldn't he
much consul. itior in coltl weather, mil
lion, declare pat eutv, untl to they don't
care what the weather Is b night.
Toinoirovv will be cIoud.v, with n pos
sibilllv oi more rain, said Mr. Hllss Tho
high eastern wind will shift In n west
erly direction and may drive away the
storm which is centred totla over the
eastern .section of Kentuckv
Philadelphia has onlj had a taste of the
veiy outside part of the storm ami a
' few of the straggling weather waves be.
'ougiug to the main detachment Accord-
, ing t the weather forecast, they will ue
, with us all da, with a possibility at the
lain turning to sleet b night
The he.ivj rain and windstorm which
luntlmirtl on I'ugr luu. Column Two
London Market Strong
After Christmas Recess
Tlie London Stock Market re
opened quiet but firm after the
Christmas holiday, says Francis
W. Hirst, editor of the Economist,
London,
Rubbers are strong and the
money market unchanged. The re
cent increase of Treasury notes
to $475,000,000 has attracted at
tention. English ten-shilling notes, with
the Turkish inscription added, cir
culate freely at Mudros, savs Mr.
Hirst in an article on British
finances sent by special cable to the
Evening Ledger and published ex
clusively in this Issue.
QUIC K
FOKDi Elf ROUTE HOME. "FEELING BETTER"
UEtHu'I'F, Mich., Bee. SfJ. Kenrjf l'ont Is "feeling better nntl
enjoying the lri," fleeotdlrtg to ft wireless message received today
fiom the homrbonnd pesep lender by 12. C. Llebtjltl, his private secre
t.ny. The nieswRe was the first recetvetl from the Detroit milllon
.111 r tor ni-iirly a Week, ti was filed front the Btenmshlj) Bei;rn
jluid. on wliteh foul is a passenger,
BOMB CONSPIRATOR TAKES CASK TO SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2U. The Department of Justice lenintd
today thnt Paul Daehe. held in New Jersey us one of the conspirntois
hi the Fny bomb plot case nt New York, plans to apply to the United
Bt.itr Siii'iemc CottU for .1 Vfrlt of babr-ns corpus to obtain his relens .
AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS HAMMER AT SCUTARI
LONDON. Dpc. SO. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from
Turin quotes the Unzettc tlel l'opolo as saying thnt the Atlstro-Hungnrlnns
nro lttiioUing Scutntl, In Albania, and that tho fall of the city Is expected
soon. When Kcutnrl falls, according to the Italian paper, tho Austrlns and
Unitarians will Ihen advance on Ailonn. where 130,000 troops have disembarked.
ALLIES' WARSHIPS HIT IN DUEL WITH TURK GUNS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 29. In a great artillery duel between all the
AtiKlo-Krunch warships nt the Dardanelles and the Tuiklsh batteries near
Scdd-El-Hahr one battleship and a cruiser ucro struck by Turkish shells, it
Is olllclally announced.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE KASBAN; MARCH ON ISPAHAN
LONDON, Deo. 20. A Kctiter dispatch from Teheran saya that the Kuh
slnns have occupied Kasli.in and are marching toward Istpahan. Trc dispatch
shows that the Itusslnns are cutting into southern Persia toward Mesopotamia,
and It is possible that they contemplate co-operation with tho llrltish Ir tjiat
?onc of operations. Knsban Is 115 miles south of Tchernn. mid Ispahan ia
about 110 miles south of ICnsban.
SERBIANS ON ROAD TO DEATH BY HUNGER
PARIS, Dec. 29, Dispatches received here today say that tho Albanians
ate venting their hntrcil upon exiled Serbs. Exorbitant prices arc licltiR
charged for food. A small piece of moldy bread Is often sold for a dollar
or more. All reports fiom Albania say that the entire Serbian nation Is on
tho high mad to death by starvation. Dallies expire at their mothers brensts.
The loadsltlfs ate strewn ivlth corpses thnt are little more than skeletons,
MOTHER DROWNS TWO SONS; HER OWN LIFE SAVED
Mis. I : ward Krnuse, funnel l of this city, throw her two small hons Into a
leseivoir ut .Milford, Conn., yestcttlny, and then leaped In after them In an
attempt tf commit huIcIcIp. The boys were both drowned, but she was rescued.
At the hospital Sirs Krnuse said that her act was caused by the belief that her
husband had been killed In an automobilo accident. The boys were Sidney, aged
0, ami Edward, aged . According to Mr. Krause, his wife had acted peculiarly
on seveial occasions, and although she had told him that stilts was going to
kill heiself he paid no attention to her.
LANSING DENIES FRICTION BETWEEN U. S. ENVOYS
WAKHINUTON. Dec. 29. Iteeauso of tho belief that tho usefulness of
,nho American diplomatic coips In lOiuuiic would be seriously Impaired If the
belief bct'tinies cm rent there that Colonel E. M. House, Ambassador-at-LarKe
for President WIInoii, Iiiih been tmt nbroad to suurlmnntl them, Secretary of
Stnto Lansing today Ihsued a forma! denial that there Is any friction between
Ambas.suilois Pago, ut London, and Gerard, at llerlln, nntl I'enlleld, at Vienna.
PETITIONS FOR MUNITIONS EMBARGO FLOOD CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 The movement for legislation imposing an em
bargo on the shipment of war munitions abroad has become so Insistent that
Chairman Flood, of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has determined to call
a meetlni; of tlio committee with a view to hearings on the subject. Tho com
mittee last year received petitions signed by 3,000,000 poisons asking for an
embargo. The committee Is again being floodetl with the petitions, while many
members of Congress ale being urged nloug the same line.
$2,1)00,000,000 SUBSCRIBED TO NEW FRENCH LOAN
PAIHS, Dec. 29- "Subhcriptltins to the new (!o eminent loan exceeded
I -1.500,000,000 francs ($2,900,000,000) are for tho greater part in cash." saja an
ntlU'icil announcement. The statement fuithcr says: "The first care of tho
Treasury will bo to relmbuise the Hank of France fot Its 2,100,000,000 francs
($980,000,0001 III advance. Thus tho Government of Franco emphasizes the
Miunducss of Its llnuncinl polic. This policy Indlcutes clenrly that the French
Stato has 111 inly resolved in maintain the value of Its bank notes. The coutldcucu
In our credit abroad Is great. England, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Argentina
mid other countries have subscribed important Minis to the loan."
SLAVS DESTROY GERMAN OUTPOSTS
PETltOUHAD. Dec. 29 -A btalcment Issued by Gcncial Headquarters eays;
"At Sclimaidcn, In the diitcllon of the coast legion, a Russian detachment
organized a mil prior attack upon a German post. At 4 o'clock In the morn
ing tlie Itm-sians approached without being seen, cut tlio wire obstacles In many
places, threw themselves upon tho Germnn huts, Hung hand grenades through thu
windows, anil after a hand-to-hand cncouutei destroyed the whole post
Despltti a heavy lire from the .south, tho Hussians letiied successfully with
iuslgntftcaiH losses. In the region of Czaitorysl; Station, near a cemetery In tho
villngo of Novo 1'odcherevltchl, wo annihilated another German post, taking
16 prisoners."
JAPANESE SHIPS ABANDON SUEZ ROUTE
I TOKIO, Dec. 29. On account of tho war dangers to vessels which pass
j through tho Sue Canal nnd the Mediterranean, the Japan Mull Steamship
j Cumpanv, which controls the bulk of the shipping of this country, has de
I elded to abandon tho customary route and dispatch its steamships around the
Cape of Good Hope from Colombo. Celon Tho voyage to England will be
leiiKlueneii a lorimgnt. vessels iiout r.urope to me uneni win louuvv ine
same course. Fiom Colombo tho Japan Muil liners will pincced to Durban,
Cape Town, Madeira and London. The new service will bo Inaugurated by
the Knmo Maru, which is to sail from Colombo on December 30. Several ves
sels of tills lino nro at Mediterranean ports awaiting orders. The Japanese
cruisers ToMwn and Chitose sailed today from Yokosuka un a sejret mission.
it is believed that they will go to the South Seas.
BRITAIN TO LIFT BAN ON RED CROSS SUPPLIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Informal assurances that the Dritisli order re
btrlctiug American shipments of hospital supplies tu the Central I'mvers Is
about to be modified have been received by the lted Cross. Preparations ur
being made to bend through some of the equipment most needed American
lted Cross otllclals began compiling specific lists of the contents of three largo
shipments of hospital supplies which do not include articles of rubber. It Is
expected authorization will be granted by the llritlsh Government for their
bhipmen to ticrmuny, Austi la-Hungary and liulgarla. The State Deiwrtment
has instructed Ambassadors Page at lindon and Sharp at Purls to obtain ssufo
conduct for u cargo ot condensed mill; to feed tho starving babies of Gorman)
COLONIES TO PLAY BIG PART IN PEACE, SAYS LAW
LONDON, Dec, 29 Andrew llonar I-aw, the Colonial Secretary, is quoted
in an interview gien to the London correspondent of an Australian news ugency
as bajine that when tho time comes for the conclusion of peace "the dominions
will bo consulted and their iews will have great weight in determining what
the teims of peace shall be." "The brightest spot In the whole war," the Colonial
Secretary Is quoted us baying..' Is the attitude of he solf-governlng do.nlnloi
toward us. Compulsion, of course, wns out of the question The voluntary
bponsc of the dominions has been greater than any one could have foreseea How
appreciative we are Is shown b the enthusiastic applause given at every oppor
tunity to the work of the dominion solditrg."
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