t Urttger NIGHT EXTRA ituenm THIS EDITION CONSISTS OP 32 l'AUJ& A a kltnfl rtl Anil irAM. Jrtfnew. In pages " to 32 auto ' mobllo nnd spor news. vol. n-Nioa PlIttADELPniA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1D1C. Cortnionr, 1010, bt tii rcai-io Lkdom Commit, PRICE ONE CENT FINANCIAL EDITION r ' I. ' !- 'VIENNA DENIES PERSIAATTACK; CRISIS PASSED Austrian Envoy Notifies U. S. That Liiner was Not Torpedoed Rot sighted by u-boats linger of Break Averted by iDisavownl wnsnington win Accept statement WASHINGTON". Jan. 12. ?i..j inrlnv nnmircd the United Iw.in that no Austrlnn submnrlno wns IMf.iiiA for the sinking of tho Ilrltlsh ISiwr Psrsla. with tho loss of two Amcrl- Itft lives. f Following receipt of Instruction from fill Oovcrnmcnt. Ilnron Erich Zwlorllnek, i'XiiatrWn Charge, went to tho Srnto De IJLtimcnt nnd died tho formnl denial. Tho !Kir tinted Hint tho Austrian Admiralty 'Mhas received reports from every one t'lta submarines operating 111 tho Mcdl !i...in, Mono was In Hie vicinity libero tho Persia wns sunk nnd none U the 1. nnd O. liner. t The Austrian Government suggests tuni ?ilifr n mine or an Internal explosion responsible for tho loss of tho l'ersla. If-Thls dlwvownl lV Vienna removes nil LWMtr of n nrenK wiwi .tusinn, mo ErftdaTlts obtained by American Consuls Jffom tho Tcrsla sun-lvors stnto that no iubmsrlnc wns seen nnd left nmple room or reasonable doubt Hint the disaster w& causca oy a suoiimrnic. ,, tiniunKiuu nrlll nccept tho AURtrlnn statement wlth feiit reservation, offlclnls snld thl8 nftcr- Isoon. GREAT EXCITEMENT WlIElf JOE'S BUSY BEE' CORNER IS BURNED ' Squawking Chickens, Kippered '. Herring, Eggs, Furniture, A ' Pickles nnd Crying Women '-- ' T-tTivirl -in Gfvnnf (MANY WOMEN faint t'Joe's Busy lice" cornor' was burned to Ui cround todny nnd pandemonium Knlsned In tho neighborhood for hours. bftnsJind roosters rnn squawking nnd Mucking between tho feet of the crowd : garnered. xiarrci ui iii,uici n. "atandlnir on tho navement In front r'"th6 fUh markets -wore Upset nnd yjtht over by hungry dogs. INshriins full of eggs were upset by prt puihlng crowds. Furniture was ItrM&ed out of th'o houses nil along tho Mtreet, Old women too feeble to hobble nritars, shrieked for help from top for while fat policemen tried to H)lnney" up the awning poles nnd rescue Wm. Hysterical women rainteu, engine S90J8 oundca, uorses siampcucu, nu i confusion. t Fire In tho clear and light lunch shop IK Joseph Moskovltz. 1150 South 7th street, Urted all the excitement. It was badly itmaged hi IT. minutes. The chicken F9r of Raphael Korn, 1132 South 7th tUftt, was also badly damaged. Soma jof, his dressed chickens were fried as , t'SJ hung on hooks when tho flrn hrokn 0irough. BMwls of eggs in Ico were hnrdboiled Ktn the ie'e melted. On the other side tithe' "Busy Ree" was a plumbing and Uitr atore. The odor of burning- rub- wynattresses was next to unbearable. Ejirt. MlnnlA Mnspnvlts. WAnt for n wntL- Pjft her son Sammy, threo years old, Wi '"he had closed the store, which Is i uuj nrst noor of a three-story brick Ming, a few minutes after she had wine one rusiieu up and told her that r R0U8A Wfln nn flr. Whan nha eJin. ij tomes sho became hysterical and I5rl tainted. In the house wns a lot is . furalfni. fio it.. ,....... .1- i i pi---'. .'h it-la. rfiudi;uvHA liatl IWf"! last week In New York. Much of Wjwaa Imported, she said. i?r the atore of Samuel Israellt. HtS ; (in street, slept a one-year-old boy. Uecman Ttlv. nt tiiA fin nt.'i ninbtn.nn tUon, tried to climb up an awn- t .u. w rescue tlie baby, but could not ?-MNftt IL RVA.n1 ntl.0- ntlAnAn .iAJ fc?.!., -" .-... u.uct ijumciiicii Mint 2"rab, too, but all failed. Finally, some ICiV ' '" ,ne door and brought the ("y down unharmed. If THE WRATTTF.R fe)mpblle dealers are as a class the r",n veriKins on earth. We state that MiMlMlon arrived at this morning-. ii kIi """"-""-n ot thera up until that -.... o. uoay or persons entirely scr- u 7 -.....,. noil) IllUia VA-JCll- JL "" taelous than any Infection we -r ,no IUCK ttieml uvea UM7.a1wUh soul so "JeaU who never H14UI hllH aalrl I.I.J l l -I. I for an automobller And what man ere Whl Urnn1.l .. l. l.l . .- r tm. 'or.one -n this weather. You -Ju ii Ti1" aDout It, but we dare fruSrv ntu a" eJtDeflnient, Vlait the Lmidt ;;"" ,uur et slopping like a J,-JTO( ipopges and the water from iSt iii. c .B down the back t yur i mi Jr:" """ one ot these Inclosed I tohi?Mre 'our, traveling from 4..V . '. """oriaoiy ensconced on it tTV ?m wl,ter'd 8eats herein. ... FntfPnA en fr ' JfMWtlphia and vicinity 47 fk;jYw?hmowea. w niffftt; fresh east shifting fcJiA ,J" tv west WUWS. "jM., see page T. tQW ANH FOUND '?wS1 ?,X ?u ""-. Initial, n. !. 8turdl . llvrr 'ob "nd guard atV "TV i.Jl,A.n Terrauwt. on Hrw. "fcptont )nu SOT. ""' ""- iH:!Xl SaturJa ir...ii .Z. .!,.. irfifoad ,n7 -Tf -:--""r.-., "ir."","r i-yta am iii-irT. Vi..". "i-E?. W: uSi.i'tr iWuri1- rtu" to m5- fU-toi themuut. no queatiotu. tf.' tiS.1''lrV' ..- r In in uii. -..'.jr CMmutr Jatiuarv 1. tUJFlinw. "v' oroocn. mwaru. w riunvj'i'f "'2 .t&wrtJ',i;itu?n? '" "S L.VI.. Ul illfBlUUl ?vmtei.Ait 94 Paget 13. if and It POISON "TYPEWUITEU" NOTES ATTACK TOWN'S OFFICIALS Olyphnnt Councllmen Accuser! of Mnny Mornl Lapses SCnANTOr?, I'n., Jan. 12.-Mcmbers of Council nnd other borough officials of Olyphnnt, six miles from this city, have been thrown Into n turmoil by the ap penrnnco of "poison typewriter" letters In which they nro nccused of nrlous moral lapses. Burgess John Mahon and Controller Thomas Hannhuo nre tho main targets, while tho "organization" members of the Council come In for n shnre of the abuse. Kven the. wives of some of the men nro abused, rtiul detnlls of how tho men spent their time-on a recent Junket to New York nro used ns tho basis of the nttack. tlostal Inspectors are investigating, AS BULGARS PUSH UPON SALONICA Serbian. Peasants Herald Retreat of Allies Greek City a Woeful Picture FARMS AND HOMES LOST follou'liio I? tlir fittt of neirn Instal ments of one of the moit piliplMfl itnr rntlun nf the u-nr, In irilri ll'lHlnin O. Shrphcnl, Vnllcil Pms corrmpondent ii-tlh the Allied nrmie? In the Ilalknns, nli the flrtt cloic-np ilctiire of the .Itllra' retrent from Serbia. It uni pntint u the censors only tinrf.T pledge that It imuld not he cabled, but uonfa be ttent to .Vrto 3'orfc hi mall, to make sure flint the rnemy alioiiM wot prot by any information It contnfnfrt. By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD SALONICA. Dec. II. For nlno dnys I lmvo been watching the Salonlca retreat of the Alllc3. From the front trenches back to tho harbor of Snlunlca, a strip of land CO miles wide, I liavo seen the thousands ot dem onstrations nnd tokens of retirement. I have talked to General Sarrail, leader ot tho allied forces here, nnd to General Baillaud, In tho field, to majors, cap tains and privates of both the French and British forces, nnd they hnvo nioro or less admitted that n retreat la under wny. But ono man whomI believe more than all the War Departments nnd Chan cellories of Kuropo Is the mnn. who, with Ills family and his few household goods, loaded on a little rattling wngon, hauled by Btecrs, Is coming to Salonlca today. Ho Is hero for the first time: ho Is hero In hundreds; In all the phautnsmngoria of wngons, horses, steers, motor busses nnd llmouslnct which till the foggy wa ter front streets of Salonlca today, lie lends a now and sombre color to the brown of the Greek, the gray1 of tho French, tho khaki ot the British and the green of tho Serbian aoldtara. 'i He has done little talking. Ills very prcaenco here with his dejected family and his pitiful little possessions speak, louder than anythlpg ho couIf sny. He Is a refugee from Serbia. Not from north ern Serbia, whoro tho Germans and Aus trlnns hnvo been 'sweeping Serbia clean, but from the Serbian soil that borders on Greece, oli)y 20 miles from hc.re. The Ger mans and Austrlans have not driven him out from his home; It Is tho wol-k of the Bulgarians. The patter of his oxeirs feet nnd the creak of the rough wheels if his wagon, say louder than any communique or any nice words of generals that the Bulgn- Contlnurd nil 1'nge l'nur, Column Tno $1,000,000 MUNITION COMPANY Incorporated at Dover, Del., by New York Men DOVen. Del., Jan. 12. The Vulcan Ma chine Company. Incorporated to engage In the manufacture and 'sale of war muni tions of ail kinds. Including guns, cannon, shrapnel and war ordnance of every de scription, was Incorporated at tho State Department hero today with a capital stock of Jl.OOO.OO). The Incorporators were George W. Bal lan, W. J. Smith, Thomas K. Ottls and James C. Nugent, of New York city. President to Speak on Preparedness WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. President Wilson will speak before the United States Chamber of Commerce In this city on February 10. with preparedness ns his theme. He accepted an Invitation today. FIFTH EXPLOSION IN 48HOURSATDUPONfS "Flare" at Carney's Point and ,Blast at Hagley Yard Called' Coincidence by Officials WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. l!.-Two more explosions, making five Inside of S hours, have agitated officials of thedu Pont Powder Company, though they de clare that both were accidental. The first was a flare at Carney's Tolnt In the house where the powder is pressed dry. The powder Is run Into a drying tunnel In cars and in some way 13 cars contain ing about a ton each were burned. It simply made a flare and was all over. The loss was confined to the green powder, and as no noise waa made noth ing was known of the accident until to day, though it occurred yesterday, Early this morning there was another blast In u pellet mill at Hagley Yard and ., man waa knocked down, but not In lured? It was In a mill where powder was being 6lal In a barrel and only Ave pounds ent off. It made little nols.. Official declare that both were accidents ana the fact that five have occurred since ", Monday morning U. merely coin cldence. ' Four Burned to Death SCHENECTADY. W- Y.. Jn, 12.-Four Demons dead, three serloualy, If not wor Ully hurt, and four lea. seriously In lured was the toll of a are In a rooming house in the centre of the city la.t night. The dead are Csptain John E. Uarnaby. M tears old. ot Delaware County: Mrs. C J Berry. bU daughter. t Little FUta. Mrs Joslah Still, another daughter, and wife ot the. Key Jlh SlUl of Brook ly". Pa-, and Mr James 11. Sherman. 1 "ears W. ethr of the owner of the place. pBBBBBB pS"u 'W -ft? H WILLIAM H. HALL Governor IJnimbauRh this after noon announced the appointment of Mr. Dull ns his private secre tary, to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of .Tames S. Hiatt. Mr. Hail is former Chief of the Bu reau of City Property. DU PONT OUSTING ROUSES NEW FOE FOR DIRECTORATE Francis I. du Pont Asks to Join Suit Against Se curities Company STOCKHOLDERS IN ARMS WILMINGTON, Pel., Jan. U-Uildencc that the stockholders ot H. I. du I'ont do Nemours and Company intend to register n vigorous protest ngainst tho action of the hoard of directors In ousting Alfred, 1. du Pont from tho vlco presidency ot that $JI0.0O0.00n corporation wns seen tu duy when Francis I. du I'ont. ot Wilming ton, u trusteo for tho estate nf Francis G. du Point, comprising mnny thousand shares ot common stock in the powdor company, today petitioned tho United States District Court for pei mission to become ix party plaintiff In tho sult- agalnst tho du rotnt Securities Company and the 12 directors ot K, I. du I'ont tie Nemours and Company, who me alleged to havo ncwulred fraudulently all the holdings formerly owned by T. Coleman du Pont. John O. Johnson Is attorney for Francis I. du Pont. As Lrtiest du Pont, another trusteo for tho estate of Francis G. du I'ont, re ccntlj placed n similar petition with the court It Is thought that within a few days tho -trustees will file nn Interven tion petition on behalf of tho estate. Tho only other trustee Is A. Felix du Pont, one of tho Individual defend ants In tho suit, nnd 'It Is certain that lie will vigorously piotcst tho entrance of the estate Into tho suit as a complainant, but in this event his vote will be over ruled by two to one. Tho Intervention petition (lied today is the sixth of Its kind, nnd Is especially significant hi that It comes on the heels of tho announcement thnt the directors of the powder company hnd deposed Al fred I. du I'ont from the vlco presidency and his position on the Finance Commit tee of the company. Tho 12 directors of the powder com pany who are defendants in the suit comprise a majority of the board of di rectors, and It Is generally believed here that at the special adjourned meeting of the board held Monday Alfred I. du Pout announced his intention of becom ing a party to the suit against the se curities company and tho defendant di rectors of the powder company unless they agreed to disorganize the holding company. ' In any event, on that day Alfred I. du Pont tiled his .Intervention petition with the court, and yesterday tho anuouncc- Contliiued on I'lige l'nur. Column One WEATHER CONDITIONS PUZZLE FORECASTERS Mercury Bobs Up and Down Throughout East Cold to Come With Clear Skies Weather Bureau officials are somewhat puzzled by the peculiar conditions now existing In this city and throughout the country. It is not unusual at this time of the year to have violent storms, nc cordlng to Forecaster Bliss, but It la unusual to have such a wide variance In the temperature on. such short notice, Last night the weather conditions were almost "summery," the thermometer going to 51 at Its highest point. Then there was a gradual drop until It regis tered 23 today at 7 o'clock. Again it changed Its tactics and started upward, and the Weather Bureau predicts that the lowest temperature tonight will be 40 de grees. After the rain storm which Is sweeping northeast from the Ohio valley passes, it Is believed that the thermom eter will go down again, and colder weather Is predicted for tomorrow night. In pointing out the peculiar conditions, Mr. Bliss said that certain portions of the Lakes States had been visited by the worst storms In many years, In Chicago, according to dispatches, the city waa In the grip of a heavy snowstorm last night which has changed to rain today. Mr. Bliss said that at Little Rock, Ark., the temperature s TO degrees, while at Wichita, Kan . barely 200 miles to the northwest, the temperature was 2 degrees below zero. Varying temperatures were reported all along tho Hne to North Dakota, where Mt I 40 degrees below zero, while at Have, Montana, it was 13 below In Alberta. Canada. 58 degrees below; was reported. The Kiiilern States, however, reported very mild weather It will be even milder until the rainstorm, which farted In tbe Southwestern States, passes, wheu it ia believed that the winds, will shift am carry some of U sM wnHw devm from the northwest. I $9000 TO LIGHT CITY HALL ASKED IN NEW SCHEME Chief McLaughlin Works Out Plan Suggested by Evening Ledger FLOOD OF LIGHT ON BILLY Newest Devices Arranged for Grand Nightly Illumina tion of Hall Director of Public Safety Wilson today received from James F. McLnUghltn. thief ot the L'loctrlcat Bureau, the Utler'a plans for the nightly lighting of tho City Hall, first suggested to him by tho KvENtNO LKtKiKH and "O K.'d" by Mayor Smith. The plans call for a total original In vestment (to he permanent) of $3000 nnd a nightly expense of operating of J37.K). The finest effect In the plnns will he built around the statue of Billy l'enn. There won't bo n light showing on that venerable gentleman, but ho will shine brilliantly In n flood ot white light. This will bo Introduced by what Is known ns the "Hood system" ot light ing. Two hundred nnd fifty flood lights will be introduced for tills purpose. Of thnt number 220 will be built on tho roof of City Hall; 30 will bo on the Mnsonlc 'Temple. These reflectors will be so shaded as to make n perfect blend and not one shadow will creep In between them. It tnkes a scientific nicety to get this effect. When It la In operation a literal flood of white light will shed Us radiant splendor around Billy, nnd he will stnnd out with such a punch thnt ono will be able to see him for miles nnd miles around. The rest ,of the building, too. will be outlined all In white. "Colored lights." says Chief McLaughlin, "are provincial." Tho building will be outlined In nit Its wnlls nnd gutters nnd towers; "a rcnl outline," nccordlng to Chief McLaughlin, so that Its contour will hit ono from every ono of the four sides. It will he a big Improvement over the Now Year eve scheme, which heretofore has served ns tho only model Philadelphia has had. Thcio will be no vacant spaces, ns that idea peimltted, hut every outline will be tilled In and every line shown. Chief McLaughlin said that "there won't be anything like It In the world." ! said It would be artistic as well ns pncllcal. By that he meant that In tho building of the plpo system arrangements woult) ho madi to get special effects whenover tho occasion warranted, such as the holding of a big convention here, or the like. Much of the present equipment will b? replaced with really, parmapent, equip ment. "The wlro tube will be replaced by Iron pines, which will last for all .tj!ueunie thla.tdea wlU mnrk-411 changes. The cost of the operation is figured on a six-hour basis per nlghti which will prob ably "o from S p. rn, until Is p. m. Mayor Smith will determine this question Inter on. He will decldo alto whether Councils will bo asked for n.lump sum of $0000 to cover tho Installation or whether the amount will be taken out of the Depart ment of Public Snfety appropriation, that being tho department under which ,tho electrical Bureau comes. Daughter Identifies Woman's Body A daughter today, In on undertaking establishment In Berlin, N. J., Identified tho body of nn aged woman who had been killed by a Pennsylvania Ilallrond train as that of her mother. The wom an's head was badly cut and both legs hnd been severed, the was Mrs. Mary Ferguson, 72 ears old. of Atco. N. J. The accident occurred early Tuesday meiii.ng. following n visit by Mrs. Fer guson to this city. She took the mid night train from this city, which Is duo at Atco at 1 p. in. The body was found on the tracks of the Pennsylvania Ball loail about 100 yards from the station. M.'iny Cigar Factories Closed LANCASTER. a.. Jan. 12. A report Just Issued shows that during the lust month 53 cigar factories, some of good size, mostly In Lancaster and York counties, have gone out of existence In the Ninth Internal Ilovenue District for various causes. Within the last two years the number of vlgar factories In the district have dropped from 1700 to 1200. During tho last month 40 leaf to bacco dealers have quit, mostly because their old goods were sold out and the prices of the new crop were too high for possible profits. CEHIGNEMINACCIATA DA F0RZE AUSTRIACHE II Lovcen E' Stato Espugnato. Re VUtox-io Torna Improv- visamente a Roma Gl austrlacl hanno conqulstato II Monte Lovcen, die domlna Cattaro e Cetttnge e marclapo ora contro la capltale del Montenegro. Anche II piccolo erolco regno dt r Nicola cade coal' sotto la tempora nea dqmlnaslone delle forze teutonlche, dopo Una reslstenza che ebbe eptsodll erolcl, e senza che gll alleatl abblano potuto o voluto dlfendere come si doveva una pqilzlone che vlene Indubblamente a rafforzare l'Austrla neU'Adrlnttcp, a darle se nou una nuova base navale, la stcurezza dt una base che poteva da un momento all'altro essere mlnacclata serlamente dal Monte Lovcen quando quest? era nelle manl dal montenegrlnl e g alleatl poteyano qulndl prendervl poalxlone llberamente. II generate Cadonia annuncia plccole azlonl dl repartl d fanterla nell'alta valle del Cordevole ed azlonl dl artlgllcrla aul fronte dell'Isonzo e nel settore dl Rovereto, Nulla dl Importance, pero', Re Vittorlo Emmanuele e' tomato Inat teso a Roma, dove gll preparavano un entualastlpo rlcevlmento. SI Ignora quando egll rltornera' at fronte dl bat tpglla. (Leggere in. 4a paglna la ultime e. plu' dettagliate. notlzlevsulla guerra. In ltallano.) Rescues Child From Fire Tb prompt action of a motorcycle po liceman today probably aoved the life pf Ida Pacelll, 3 years old. who wag badly burned when ahe played around the kitchen rtoya In her lipmc u. 1130 Alder atreat. Policeman Leldjf Jlted the burned child to his machine. ma carried her under IlJ' arn w"h one hand while be toda at high, rate of pd. guiding hi maehlce with on band, to the St Agnea oMai, 'f JHtta glr wag ImrneO. abewt fc, ck; iM hand. 17 U. S. CITIZENS AND ONE BRITON SHOT MEXICO Villa Personally Directed Massacre of Mining Men, Reports State ONE AMERICAN ESCAPES Victims Taken From Train, Beaten, Tortured and Then Put to Death List of Killed in Murder of Mining Men in Mexico (ImrteK II. Wntson. aged II, ( l Angriest arnrral mnimgrr of the Cnsl Mining Cnmitmix, n Dilcago rnrimrallnn. W, .1. M'nllarr. ngrd 3.1. of I'.l 1 no mine snnrrlnlrnilrnt mmlrrd by widow unit Inn children M. II. Itnmrrro, of I'.l I'm mm nreomilnnt for Cnl Mining Comiianri mirtlted by widow. . , T. M. Rvnns, ngnl S8 storekrrper for Cul .Mining Company. C. A. I'rlngle. agrd .1. of Ran l'rnn rlxml nn employe of Cnsl .Mining torn- ''""iBiirlrr Andrrson, iigrd 2S. of Kl rnsoj n rlrrl. II. P. Mrllnltnn, Bgnl 21 1 rrretry In Chnrles II. WnKon. Aleinmlrr Ilntl. of hntigln. Ariz.) rm plnrrd by Cul Mining I'ompnnr. Chnrlrs IVoillrlgli, nf Hlslirr. Arlt.t em plntril by Cnl Mining I'nnnwny. I J. I.. Ilntilnnoil, ngrd .TV of I.I l'nnt nonirr for Cnl .Mining Company! nr hnl lir widow. W. IV. New mnn. ngrd SS. of I.I Pnsol n mining rnglnrrr: MiMlrrd by widow. II. C. Ilir, nf Miami, Arli.t emplojrd Cnsl Mining Compnnr. . . .1. A. Ailmns, nl Kl I'nunt employed hy by Cnl Mining Conumny. II. II, Simmons, employed by Cnil Min ing Company. W. II. I'mrrr, ngrd SO. of I.o Angrlrsi mining rnalnrrrs Minltrd by widow nnd thrre rblldrrn. .1. W. IVnon. of i:i I'nsni rmployril by ('ml Mining Company. . . II. '. I'oy. rmplnyrd by Ciwl Mining Company. . , .Urr Cniirli, llrttinh mibjrrt. ngrd 43; rmployril by Cnsl .Mining Company. EL t'ASO. Tex. Jnn 12. Francisco Villa personally gavo the order thnt resulted In the massnero of 17 Americans nnd 1 nritlsh subject who w-.re taken from a train In tile hills west of Chihuahua, Mcx., Monday morning, nnd brutally put to death, according to reports thnt reached tho bonier early today. These stated that General Villa, nt tho head of 15 men, signaled the train to top. ordered the arrest of nil Americans nnd the two British subjects on board nnd 10 minutes Inter ordered that nil tho pris oner be shot. Tho Mexican soldiers lined their pris oners up alongside the train, stripped each of his clothing, beating and tortur ing those who U'ero slow to--obey com mands, and then shot the entlro group to death,. After tho foreigners had been massacred the soldiers looted the, train systematically. They am reported to have gotten :t, 000 In currency nnd a large quantity ot supplies owned by th American Hmelt Ing nnd Iteflnlng Company, which were being transported to the company's mines. It is presumed that the supplies will bo used to feed the army which fjeneral Villa Is concentrating about Torreon. Their work of matiuicro and looting completed, the Moxlcnns rode into tho hills that border the railway line. It was i, ore than IS hours l.ittr that tho first it .vs of tho mnssatre reached C'ar raiiZK ofnclnls and by thnt tlmo the band had made good its escape. Thomas 11. Holmes, nn American citi zen, was tho only foreigner on board who escaped death, ns far ns could be learned from the ndvlces that reached hero early today. Two versions of his escape came to El Paso. Ono was that he hid In a lavatory on the train, where h heard the Continued on Page lire. Column One CONGRESSIONAL POST AWARDED TO GRAHAM Pennsylvania Delegation Elects Committeeman Vare Assails Penrose WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-. Hepiesentii tlve George S. Graham, of Philadelphia, today was elected a member of the Na tional Republican Congressional Com mittee, representing Pennsylvania, ns the result of the compromise effected last week by the waning factions, which came to a deadlock over the candhlai-les ot Representative E. It. Kless, of the Vare faction, and Representative Chnrles Rowland, of the I'enrose faction. The meeting today was all harmony on Its surface, but political peace In Re publican politics is not yet nt bund. 7hls was mndo apparent In a speech jnado y Representative William ,S. Vare. who made the motion nominating Mr. Graham. This motion was seconded by Representa. tles Kless and Rowland. Representative Vare declared that Gov ernor Brumbaugh was the actual leader of Pennsylvania, having received 75.000 more votes than Penrose in the 1SH elec tion. He decried the Injection of any out side Influence in the election of tho delegation, and denounced the activities of Penrose, and especially the long hand of the liquor influences that was silently put forth In tho recent light in the In terest of Rowland. The keynote of his speech was that Governor Brumbaugh and not Senator Penrose was the Republican leader of Pennsylvania, having come o that place through the votes of the people. While his speech was not bellicose, it was not friendly. The mention by Vare that liquor In terests had been potential In the tight against Kless, caused another clash ot the respective factions. Representative Moore, Coleman and Garland vehement!) denied that there was an truth in such a remark and deprecated the speech, say ing that such talk would not lead to harmopy In the delegation. The election was accomplished without any speech-making and Mr. Graham was chosen without a dUaenliug vote. It was after this, when It waa thought that there would be conflict like last week, that Mr. Vare made his liquor speech, and the delegation was again plunged In a 15 mlnute war. Woman of 60 Struck by Car Mrs. Hannah Murphy. 60 years, old. of Mohans court, was knocked down bj a Wharton street trolley car today at G.ay'j Ferry road and Catharine t eet, while crossing the street. EXTRA! UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN KILLED IN BOWL FIGHT THIS AFTERNOON William Llfson, a freshman in tho arts nnd science course at the University of Pennsylvania, was killed during tho bowl fight on Museum Field, 34th and Lombard streets, this after noon. Tho dead boy was zo years om ana a resident or Eliza beth, N. J. W. H. BALL PRIVATE SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR William H. Ball, former Chief of the Bureau of City Prop erty, wns todny appointed private secretary to the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James S. Hiatt. EMBARGO ON SHIPMENTS TO PHILADELPHIA OALVUSTON, Texas, Jnn. 12. Tho Southern Steamship Company today declared nn embargo ugnlnst north-bound shipments of any nature from Texas Clly to I'hilndrlphln, Shipments will bo nccopted at tho owner's risk. CROWN PRINCE RECALLED TO ACT AS REGENT, RUMOR HOME, Jnn. 12. t'nconllrmed ndvlces from Swiss sources today reported that tho German Crown I'rlnco has been recalled to Uerlln, probably to assume tho regency on account of tho Knlsor's Illness. It wns stated thnt the reports' reached Switzerland directly from Uerlln. MILLION ARMENIANS VICTIMS OF TURK MASSACRES BOSTON, Jnn. 12. Tho Re,v. Jntncs L. Barton, ot Boston, chairman of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, In an Interview on the masonries, said: "My estimate Is ns follows: That, out of tho estimated 2,000,000 Armenians In Turkey at the beginning of the dlfllcultles, at least 1,000,000 havo cither been killed or have died fzVim exposure, forced Into Islam, or driven from their homes. Plense note tho three classes above mentioned, each ono ot which lit Important. Wo hnvo heard definitely of Christians In nn entlro city, lllso tho city of Kgln, in enstern Turkey, accepting Islam. We know from tho consular reports that there nre somo "jO.OOO Armenian refugees In Russia nnd Persia. Tho Consul nt Tlflls has reported 1S0.000 In four districts in bis field In Russia." MILD WEATHER BRINGS FALL IN PRICE OF EGGS There Is a btcnk In the egg market todny, and tho consumer should feel the benefit ot It In tomorrow's retail purchases. Mild weather. It Is snld,. Induces tho hen to work overtime and produco moro eggs, thus proving that, everything lias Its compensating side. Orently Increased receipts In eggs today with a slightly decreased demand resulted In bringing tho wholesale price down to 2S'4 cents, a drop of G cents from yesterday's figure, which was 32 cents. This should mean that prime eggs, which were retailing this morn ing nt GO cents, should bo purchased tonight nt 4G cents. Jobbers today, under the unexpected drop la price, nro asking from 03 to 3G cents, according to grade. FRENCH AMAZONS STORM CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PARIS. Jan. 12. Demanding thnt they bo sent to the front, n deputa tion nf women wearing uniforms attempted to enter the Chamber ot Deputies todny. The guards turned them back, telling them thnt "woman's place is the home," but the Amazons Jeered and shouted thnt they would go to the front anyway. CONTROVERSY WITH FRANCE STILL ON WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Tho mnttcr of seizing Germans on American vessels, causa 'of tho protest .to. Erancy trlnst the action of tho cruiser -Descartes, waa not closed when Franco announced the ToleaBo of those cap tured, nn nfflclut of tho S'tnto Department tald today. Tho department Hope to get Franco to recognlzo the prlnclplo -thnt persons of a iion-mllitnry character tnuellng between neutral ports nro immune from seizure e.gard less of mitloriullty. - WANT STREETS FLUSHED TO PREVENT GRIP Flushing the streets In tho central pnrt of the city during such wenthe ns would permit It was advocated by tho Walnut Street Business Association today to the Health Department as a preventive against tho grip epidemic In a communication sent to Director Krusen, of tho Health Department, today, the association suggests that tho Flro Department could do it easily, nnd also offers Its alii and co-operation in tho work. BRITISH SHIP FIGHTS SHY OF PURSUING U-BOAT RAUCHLONA. Jnn. 12. The British steamship Tnfim eluded u German submarine that pursued her several miles in the Mediterranean and arrived hero today. The Tafna Is the Inrgest of 15 vessels owned by tho English nnd Amerlcar) Shipping Company, of London. She displaces 4393 tons, ITALIAN KING RETURNS FROM FRONT ROME, Jnn. 12. After spending nearly eight months at the front with his troops King Victor Emanuel returned to Romo today. Ills nrrlval was entirely unexpected. Whether the King intends, to return to General Cadorna's headquarters is not known. HANS SCHMIDT i ALBANY, Jan. 12. Governor Whitman todny will grant a reprieve of 30 j days to Hans Schmidt, former New York priest, convicted of the murder of Anna Aumueller. Tho Governor's action will prevent Schmidt's electrocu ' tlon at Sing Sing, set for Friday. The condemned mun's attorneys pressed 1 tho stay, which may permit them to re-enter the Court of Appeals nn alleged j new grounds, It Is reported here. TWO GREEKS KILLED IN BATTLE WITH BULGARS PARIS, Jan. 12. A Salonlca dispatch from the Temps ijayar ''Tho 27th Bulgarian Regiment attacked Greek troops near Vestrina nnd attempted to oc cupy two frontier posts. The righting lusted six hours. Both sides used nr tillery. Only two Greek soldiers were killed. The Bulgarian losses were serious. GERMAN AIR SQUADRON SHELLS SALONICA LONDON, Jan. 12. A dispatch to Renter's Telegram Company from Sofia, dated Monday. sayB: "A squadron ot 12 Gcnnnn aeroplanes op Friday dropped 78 bombs on Salonlca, devoting special attention to the camp of the French nnej English, unions which 20 hits were scored, causing un outbreak of Are. Two enemy aeroplanes were shot down. The German squadron returned without lot.3." GERMANY fY BARS F v JaiugJR. Tli 3 lntoBelglum WASHINGTON, JanjR. That tho ing foreigners to go IntolJelglum or other enemy territory occupied by German forces, was emphasized In u note Just delivered to Socretray Lansing by Count von Bernstorff. telling of new regulations of the German Empire for the, Issue. and lse of passports to lie used In German territory. These, regulations per mit German dlplomuts and Consular representatives to approve passports only for admission Into territory of the German Empire, and not for admlsslgn tu enemy territory occupied by German forces or to any other State. Th regu latlons are very rigid. SHIP TORPEDOED, 13 DIE IN LIFEBOATS LONDON, Jan, 12. The British steamer Clan Maefurlape. of 4825 tons, wa sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on December 30. Six officers auel 18 lasvars havo been landed at Malta. Thirteen lascars died In the lifeboats. KAISER'S CONDITION GRAVE, SAY DUTCH REPORTS LONDON, Jan. 42. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Dally Kxproac Kajs the Kaiser's condition Is grave and there ufe rumors everywhere. n Qw many that he U dying. The correspondent adds. "The Kaiser Is cqnline4 t his private apartment aud Is. nursed only by the Kalserln." adding. tH lip ubyjlutely brokenhearted owing: to th Impending collapse of tJermany'R great military machine and the, dangerous financial situation of the KrapJr, Coju-r Is given to reports that the Kaiser is near death by the puUllcatloa ot extra- again eulogies of tlia achievements of A dispatch from Geneva to the Daily j Kaiser's throat was a failure ana a second operattou bus i& w4ert4, i f J A. TO GET REPRIEVE FOREIGNERS FROM BELGIUM German Government Is not encourag the Crown Prince, ia the. German. "Expresa saysi tU Urat operation ua a -rsl i n n I
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