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ALLIES' GHIEFS
PLAN TO STRIKE
HEAVILY AT FOE
Situation Will Be Firmly
Dealt With in Near Fu
ture, Is Declaration
GREECE IS INVOLVED
War Council of French and
British Statesmen Believed
Prelude to Quick Action
LONDON, Jan. M.
The Allies have renched.a definite agree
ment as to tlielr future military and
diplomatic policies In the Balkans, It was
stated today, following the departure of
the French Premier and military official
who attended the allied war cpunclt hero
v yesterday.
"Any situation that may arise within
the near future will be dealt with firmly,
the world may be assured of that," was
a, statement emanating from a well-
informed source.
Exactly what phases of the Inter
national situation were considered at the
brief session of the war council could
not be learned officially today. It whs
understood, however, that developments
In Greece formed a principal topic of dis
cussion. Following the departure today of the
French Premier Arlstlde Drland nhd his
colleagues, who took part In the Allied
war council yesterday, It was learned
from n high soUrco tlmt France has not
yet fulty Indorsed the plans of tfncland
to tighten the blockade of Germany,
because of the deleterious effect It would
have upon the United Sr.ites commerce.
When M. Brland left for Purls he was
accompanied by Jules Cambon, genernl
secretary of the French Ministry for
foreign affairs, and Alexandre Xllllcrnnd,
former French .Minister of War.
The sltuntlon .In Sweden where nnti
British feeling lias crystallized Into ac
tive measures of reprisals was nlso
thoroughly discussed. . Sweden has not
yet released the great quantity of Bilt
Ish malt matter- that was seized lit re
taliation for the seizure of Swedish
shipments by England.
The British Government Is determined
to cut, off all shlprpents of merchandise
Into Germany, even If It has to establish
a blockade of the por.ts of Holland, Den
mark and Sweden.
Berlin reported .today that the German
peoplo are now Convinced that the Allies'
plan either to Unseat King Constantino
and place Venlzelos nt tho head of the
Greek republic, dr td orce, Greece Into
the war by cutting off all shipments nnd
threatening her with starvation,
nOJtE, Jan. W.-The Italian Cabinet
met today to consider a program of con
certed act' in In tne Balkans, said to be
under consideration by tho Allies.
Whether this Includes tho landing of
more Italian troops on the Albanian coast
' for an offensive movement against the
Bulgara and Austrlaus Is not known.
King- Victor Emmanuel ordered the
, Cabinet summoned Into session upon his
J. return from Taranto last night. Ho rc
', Viewed the Italian fleet and cotiferred
with several naval officers.
, GIANT WATER POWER
"TRUST" ALLEGED
i Secretary Houston Tells Senate
''Community of Financial In
terests" Forms a Monopoly
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Existence of 11
slant Water Power Trust In tho United
States' was charged today In a. report
to tho Senate by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston,
Through common ownership of stocks,
the presence . of certain personages as
dominating Influences In many companies
and ,a "community of banking and
financing Interests," It wns charged, there
had grown up a monopolizing tendency
"which must bo viewed with grave con
cern." Of public service pqwer 35 coin".
parties hold one-halt and S5 control 63
per cent.. Bays the Secretary.
The names of all the leading banking
and bonding houses of the country and
other investing sources nnd charts, show
ing how each Is related by mor.o or less
tangible connections Into one great com
mercial unit, were submitted. There, are
1300 corporate units.
I Municipal plants, according to tho re
port, have Invested only SfUS for each
, horsepower-developed,, while the private
companies have spent 1301.
I BURY SLAYER AND WIFE APART
Pleas of Murderer's Brother, for Mass
Also Denied
BniSTOL. Pa., Jan, 10. Fervid plead-
Incs of John Kosettl that the body of his
brother, Tony nosettl, who murdered his
V'autlful young .wife in a fit of Jealousy
H and then shot and killed himself be In
k terred with that of the wife In tho conse
crated ground at St. Mark's Cemetery,
were Unavailing, This morning at 10
o'clock the body of the wife was burled In
. the consecrated ground after a Solemn
Mass had been said at St. Ann's Church.
The body of the husband and murderer
(was buried In the nonconiecrated part of
the cemetery. Itosettl wept when It was
decreed that no mass would' be said over
hU brother's body.
SCULL EXECUTORS NAMED
Children to Administer Estate of
Camden Coffee Merchant
Letters of administration making Will
iam, C. Scull, of Camden, N. J., and Mrs.
Laura De LaCour and Mrs. Marlon Bid
die, of Rlverton, N. J., administrators of
the estate of the late William H. Scull, of
Camden, valued at PQO.OOO and upward,
were granted today by Surrogate Beeves.
Mr. Scull. Mrs. De La Cour and Mrs.
Marion Bkldle are the children of Will
iam & Scull, Who died Intestate last Jan
uary S. They gave bond Jn the sum of
11.000,000..
William S. Scull was a wisely known
tea, and coffee merchant of Camden, with
a. store at Front and Federal streets. He
bad- conducted the .business since 1K4.
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"MOTHER" JONES BRINGS
PEACE TO MINERS MEETING
Factions Bury the Hatchet as Result
of Her Plea
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind Jan. . War
ring factions of the United Mine Workers
of America burled the hatchet Just before
the noon adjournment of the convention
today. "Mother" Jonea appeared upon
the scene nt the finish of the fight that had
been raging for the last 10 hours In the
convention over the resolution RSklng
that a committee bo named to Investigate
the International officers. She begged the
leaders on each side to step tipon the
tag nnd shake hands and call It off,
"Mother" Jones demanded n vote on
the resolution Introduced by Adolph Ger
mer, of Illinois. The vote was taken nnd
the resolution was defeated.
"Now, boys, come up and shake hands
nnd let's stop fighting," said "Mother"
Jones.
Then followed a scene which was
cheered by every man In the house. Pres
ident John P. White, who did most of
his own talking against the chnrges by
Oermer, nnd Duncan McDonald sprang to
tho stage, nnd were followed by the two
men who a few minutes before had been
bitterly assailing the officers of the union.
They clasped hands nnd Germer nnd
McDonald pledged their support to tne
administration.
James Matthews, of Shamokln, Pa.,
plcsldrnt of District No. 9, today gave
out a statement predicting thero will bo
no BtrlkcH, In the nnthrnclte districts.
"I feel certain the nnthrnclte situation
will bo ndjusted satisfactorily If the oper
ntors will only bo fair. No suspensions
will result," he said.
ALLIES' AIRMEN
MEET GERMANS
IN MANY DUELS
Twenty-two Battles in Past
Two Days Teutons Lose
Five Machines
NANCY SHELLED BY FOES
Today's Wiir Developments
SLAVS LAUNCH
BIG OFFENSIVE
IN BESSARABIA
Heavy Forces Battel at
Austrian Line in Ga-
lician War Zone
TEUTONS REINFORCED
Emperor Nicholas Reported En
Route to Czernowitz
Front
I'ETItOGKAD, Jan. 20.
Russian troupa nro ugaln battering the
Teuton defenses at the southern end of
the battle front. Ilnvlng organized the
positions tnken In the first nttacks on
the Austro-Qermnn forces alone; the Bes
sarnblnn nnd Gallclon front, the Czar'H
army hns renewed Its offensive.
Emperor Nicholas haa left Petrograd
nnd Is reported to lio prdceedlng to the
front near Czernowitz. The success of
the great flanking movement now under
way Is said to depend upon the outcome
of a general conflict about Czernowitz,
the opening engagements of which have
already been fought.
The Teuton troops confronting the Rus
sians In this region have been strongly
reinforced.
A dlspntch from Bucharest states that
part of the Austrian and German troops
who fought In Serbia and Montenegro are
again being transported to the eastern
front.
MONTENEGRIN DENY PEACE
TALK WITH AUSTRIAN'S
PARIS, Jan. M. Official announcement
was made here today that peace negotia
tions between Montenegro and Austria
had never taken place. King Nicholas,
It was stated. Is at Podgorltza, in south
ern Montenegro with his troops con
tinuing resistance to the Austro
Hungarian Invaders.
In transmitting the report from tho
Montenegrin Premier, tho Montenegrin
minister expressed regret at the harsh
criticism of King Nicholas appearing In
tho Italian press. He denounced as ut
terly untrue the charge that the King
had entered Into a secret agreement with
Austria two months ago.
The main Montenegrin army is believed
to be concentrated In the south near the
Albanian border toward which other detachments-were
retiring when the armis
tice caused cessation of hostilities.
$100,000,000 in Copper Charters
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 20. The An
des Copper Mining Company and the
Andes Copper Company were chartered In
iover today, each . 1th 150,000,000 capital.
Other charters were the Potrerellos Rail
way Company of Chili. 15,000,000; the
Standard Supply Company, New York,
Jl.000,000.
LONDON, Jan, 20.
The west front has boen the scene
of great activity on the part of the op
posing neroplano squadrons for the last
two days. On Monday there were 19
battles In the air. In which flvo Ger
man nnd two allied machines were de
stroyed, and a Ilrttlsh squadron bom
barded nn enemy supply depot at Lo
Sara, causing considerable damage. Yes
terday there were three separata nlr
raids. German aeroplane bombarded
Nancy nnd a French equndron dropped
22 shells on tho rnllwny stations at
Melx and Arnnvllle, which suffered some
damage. Oho Teuton and ono nllled nero
plano feu berore hostile fire.
Berlin reports n small advance on tha
Yser front. London nnd Paris claim
artillery nnd mine successes nt several
points. British troops raided enemy
trenches north of the River Lys, nnd
brought back several prisoners, accord
ing to tho London communication.
"On Monday," says the British state
ment, "16 of our ncroplanes attacked nn
enemy supply depot nt Le Sars, north
east of Albert, causing considerable dam
Hge. During the day there wcro 19 air
encounters. In which five of the cnciny
machines were driven down and tw,o of
our aeroplanes were lost.
"Tuesday afternoon the enemy exploded
two mines south of Frlcourt, doing light
damage.
"Today we successfully bombarded hos
tile trenches nt several points. At dusk
a party of our troops raided enemy
trenches north of the River Lys nnd
brought back several prisoners. The
enemy exploded n mine near the llohen
zollern Redoubt nnd another In front of
our trenches southeust of Oulnchy (near
La Uasseu). No damngo was done. Hos
tile artillery has boen nctlve northwest
of Fromelles and caBt of Ypres.
"A hostile neroplano was brought down
near Krellnghlen by our fire."
Tho French communication says:
"To the south of tho Homme, In the
sector of LlboiiH, an enemy blockhouse
was destroyed by our lire.
"Between Solssons and Rhelms our
trench guns caused serious damage to
tho enemy works In the region of Allies,
west of Craonne.
"In tho i.rgonne we ennnonnded mov
ing troops In tho region north of Les
Courtes Chaussees,
"In Lorraine, a fire carried out ngalnst
a group of houses .occupied by the Ger
mans near Allncourt, west of Chateau
Snllns. has given the best results,
"In the night of January 1S-19. two
German aeroplanes having dropped four
bombs on Nancy, ono of our squadrons
Immediately took the air and bombard
ed the railway stations nt Metz nnd Arnn
vllle. Twenty-two shells wer- dropped
on the buildings, which suffered some
damage."
The Czar it pressing offensives
against tho Austrian? in Bessarabia
and Galieia and the Turks in Ar
menln. where the Grand Duke
Nicholas is only two dnys' march
from Erzerum, the fortified capital.
The King of Oreeco has register
ed a bitter protest against tne Al
lies' violation of Hellenic territory.
No information haa been mane
public of the results reached by the
Allies War Council held in Lon
don yesterday. Defense of the
baso at Salonica and rcnowal of
action in tho Balkans aro believed
to have been the chief decisions.
Franco, it is reported, hesitates to
sanction absolutely the proposed
British blockade of Germany; on tho
pround of complications with the
United States.
The Montenegrins have resumed
hostilities against Austria, accord
ing to an official statement given
out in Rome today,
Action on tho western front Is
confined to aerial and minor artil
lery duels.
I)U PONT POWDER PliANT
AT HOPEWELL I)A)IA(IEI)
Powder
o'clock
Explosion of Acid Tank Causes v?100,
000 Loss One Mali Killed,"
HOPEWELL. Va., Jan. 20. A one hun
dred nnd fifty thousand gallon ncld
storngn tank exploded In the dil Pont
Company's plant hero about 3
this morning, wrecking tho
storago shed and badly damaging sur
rounding buildings. Tho loss will exceed
JIOO.WO.
The tank was located In scalo house
No. 1 of B plant. No one was supposed
to liavo been In tho building nt the time
nnd the cuuse of the explosion Is not
known. The windows and doors of nltrnt
Ing house No. 1 am other surrounding
buildings wem blown awny. A fore
man of the nitrating house was burned
by ncld thrown through the door from
across wheie tho explosion occurred.
Buildings In Hopewell were shaken by
the explosion nnd mnny Inhabitants were
awakened by thu tcrrlllc report. The ncld
which was last was valued at over t- n
gallon.
The cause of the explosion Is unknown,
but following as It docs yrsterdny's ex
plosion nnd lire, It Ib thought Investi
gation may reveal tampering rrom outside.
Chester Councilman Robbed
CHESTER. Pa., Jan. 20,-lt developed
hero today that a thief stole $$3 from a
ensh drawer In the City Cicrk's office nt
the City Hall on Monday, The Interior
of tho office, which Is on tho ground
floor, can easily bo seen from Market
street, and there were sovcrnl persons In
tho office when the thief took tho money,
which belonged to Councilman Charles
H. Mould. The police hnvo thus far
falk to find the man who committed
tho theft under tlielr very noses.
Whitcomb Beds and Cribs
20 to 50 Per Cent. Off
E ARE now receiving from our factory
a shipment of absolutely new enamel
beds, brasS-trimmed, of a pattern we will
not make hereafter and which
we are selling
Below Factory Cost
These are mostly 3 ft. and
3 ft. 6 in. beds, though a' few
are 4 ft. and 4 ft. 6 ins. all
new and fresh. Some are
marked actually half price.
Discontinued patterns of
cribs, brass and enamel
20 to 33 Per Cent. Off
The Whitcomb Metallic
Bedstead Co.
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Factory, Shelton, Conn.
Boston, 90 Washington St.
New York, 34th and Madison Ave.
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BRITISH POLICY
AGAIN MENACES
U. S. COMMERCE
"Anti - Luxury Program"
Announced in Commons
New Danger
BLOCKADE A DETRIMENT
WASHINGTON, .tan. 20.
The Europian commcrco of the United
Ktnto tvnn m.rlnuAtv threatened today
from two potirces. Chief, of course, wa i
mo BUBgesieu nciuai diockimiu ui .
mnnv nml nil ndlnlntntr territory by the
nilled warships. Hut another real source
of danRcr, tho extent of which Depart
ment of Commerce olTlclals frankly ad
mit they cannot KnURe hi ndvnnce, Is
tho proposed "antlluxury" program of
tho British Cabinet.
The cool admission by Walter Huncl
man, president of tho British Hoard of
Trade, to Parliament that "drastic steps
are to be tnkrn to force lessening of ex
penditures by all classes" Is accepted
hero as Indicating thnt such n. new mcas
tiro will bo directly planned to affect
American manufacturers.
Ofllclals hero have realized for hionlhs
that there was a concerted movement
throughout olllclal circles In Great Britain
to keep the United States from capturing
certain lines of llrltleh trade that have
temporarily been abandoned by tho Brit
ish because of the necessities of the war
measures, The now movement, which
Itunclman asserts will be designed to
"keep luxuries out of tho homo markets,"
Is declared by commercial experts here
to Do apBigneu 10 iiinncr iiiih uuuiu.
One thing that olTlclals hero believe cer
tainly will come If an actual blockade Is
attempted Is a real naval battle.
If tho British battle fleet Is pressed Into
service to completely strangle all Ger
man commerce It cannot be maintained
as a single unit, nnd naval experts hero
say that this Is what Germany has been
waiting for ever slnco tho war began.
They declare that with such a blockade In
existence the German fleet would cer
tainly attack, and. the long-Iooked-tor
naval battle would come Immediately.
Every movo In the trade war In Ku
ropo la being watched by the Stato De
partment otllclnls. So far there are no
Indications that President Wilson Is
planning nny sweeping changes In policy.
350,000 BRtnSH RECMJITS
CALLED TO THE COLORS
First Volunteers Under Derby Plan
Begin Reporting
t.nrnrN? .Inn. ?fl
The first volunteers Under Iord Derby's
recruiting scheriie to be called up My the
War Oftlco for nctlve service began re
porting today. These men arc approxi
mately 350,000 In number. They range In
age from 19 to 23. I
The members of groVp No. I, because
of their youth, have not yet been called
to the colors, but their turn will come
later. The members of group No, 1 are
only 18 years old.
Ixrd Kitchener has directed that tho
training of the volunteers be commenced
at once nnd by tho beginning of the sum
mer many of them probably will bo at
the front, They constitute what Is tech
nically known as army reserve, section 13,
Tho proclamation calling these men to
the colors was Issued last month, a
month being Riven for the volunteers to
claim exemption front military service Un
der the various clauses covering that con-
The next batch of Derby volunteers to
,i..i in (ha rntnfd fnr nrtlvn nm-lrn
.nrobablv will begin reporting next month
and irom .nat uiu - mem wm uo ,.
steady stream of recruits Into tho Brit
ish army, swelling Its ranks to unprece
dented strength.
U. S. REJECTS
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iH.ouvi.uuu oi Admission. -1
German Wrongdoing Nolt
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proposal to Incorpdrate In the i..h '
of the I.usltanla case ...' "l(?N
any admission of wrongdolntr ,.. tV
marine commander Is .indmtOoY 7t
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A new proposal from the h.muTH
ernment Is expected momentum. 2
ever, and tho controversy may u'vS
bv ellmlnatlnc nil n.-.,.!!,.- . ..
of the actual torpedoing, QernianjS
Ing to pay an Indemnity for th. 7?
lean lives, reiterating exnr.iK.A?
gret and calling attention toi"!
effective disavowal by makul1"
nnces for the futu s. Klfl W
It the new proposition shouM ,,. ,S
attempt to Justify the slnklnS
iusiutmii uii me ground that iii."
constituted a reprisal for tfc. ",''
blockade, that will bo rejected. TH
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