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VOL. III. NO. 94
DEMAND PROBE
INTO FLINGS IN
SPEAKER FIGHT
Penrose and Va-'o Factions
Under House Demo
crats' Fire
DISGRACE TO STATE SEEN
Ik-solution Cnlls for Airing of
All Chnrgcs Made Daring
Campaign
Rival Leaders Hurl "Bombs"
After Speakership Eight
rpHE contest is over, untl wo will
J- now proceed with the business
of the State." Coventor llriim
ban ph.
"The entire Ftrcnjith of iho cor
porations, the railroads and the other
special interests were thrown behind
the Raldwin candidacy, and still Pen
rose was not able to control enough
votes to pass a single bill in the
House of Representatives." Senator
Vnrc.
"I will be in my seat in the State
Senate every day of the session, if
necessary, and devote every minute
of my time to show the people of the
State just what kind of a man is in
the Governor's office." Senator Mr
Nicliol. 1 Representative Daniel A. Millie, of
1 Vlcchcny, announced today that ho
' would introduce a resolution fry
r"' k 'islativc investigation of charges
that votes of House members were
I purchased by Penrose leaders during
I the speakership fight.
Tin ee Allegheny County members
I have been named as having suddenly
I shitted their votes from Cox to
Baldwin as late as T o'clock last
X v.hi.iij;.
71v n Staff CorrcwoHtU lit
Jl K.-.'.ltlSHl'l'C. Jan. -J. A legislative ll"
vest'g.illnn of tho i lunge? ntnl counter
charges mailo by hotb the Peurose-JIcNIcliol
and tho Vnic-IJiumbaugh-.Mngee forces dur
ing tho Speakership flfilit miu ilcnianileil
today by Iho Democratic delegation In the
House.
A rcMilutlon wns Introduced by Wilson l.
Sarlft. Ileprcsontutlvo from Ttiuplc, Hoiks
County, and the candidate of tho Demo
crats fur Speaker, callliiR fur the election
by tho Houso of a committccr of al mem
bers, to consist of two members who voted
for I'dwln 11. (.'ox, tho llrumlicuRli anill
ilate for Speaker; tun who voted for Itlch
rrd J. Ilnldwln, tho Pentose candidate, ami
tun Democratic membeis.
The lesolutlon would g'lvo tho committee
newer tn conduct public hearings ou the
-jfeharges. and to subpoena rnltcil States
il . ...... ,.......l ,.... tu
-ciiaioi i eurose, .vuoiouy i,coui,i ,-i,u,,,
Ship ' llrown, Stato Senator IMvrlu II. Vnic,
sta
tit
Senator William C Sproul. Stato Si'n
'hailCH A. Snyder and all other per-
o hurled charges and lncl!ea dtir-
oampalgn.
nrcsor.UTro.v i-oi:ci:i
esolutlon declared that the cli.ugcs
Illation, coercion and bribery mailo
lor Penroso during tho HpcnKeislilp
inanted action by a Krnml Impiest.
tin
In
III.
Ti't Democrats forced tho lending of tho
r. lolution, and under tho tales of tho Houso
I." laid oxer for printing beforo action iiion
It can ho taken. L'nder tho Miles of tho
House, tho meabuic can bo called up at any
tlino after the I.cglslaluio reconvenes on
January 15, and a vot on It can bo forced.
The measure was Introduced after Ilerre
sentatlvo .... Malic, of Pittsburgh, bad nn
nounri! r'lai ho votild not olfer bis reso
lution - dine for an Investigation of the
nllfiT. hilblng of six members. elect befom
1?. f. ..ight's caucus. Mailo Is a TliumlMugk
fo"i -wer, and after tho caucus last niR.it he
threat ned to Introduce a resolution for an
investigation of tho alleged bribery
b'arlg's resolution quoted at length tho
Ccntlnuril on I'.ise l'lre. Column Three
WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE
ROUTS WOULD-BE THIEF
Mrs, John Borden Pursues Man From
Bedroom, Where She Had
$25,000 Jewels
CHICAGO, Jan 2. Mrs. jolui Jtorden.
wife of the millionaire sportsman and ex
plorer, proved herself a heroine early today
when she drove out of her bedroom and
- irsued to the street a burglar, whom she
discovered crouching near her door. Lying
on' her dresser were Jewels worth ti'S.OOO,
which she wore last night and which, it
is believed, lured the Intruder.
Mrs Borden, awakened by a ' noise,
jumped out of bed, called to her husband,
witched 'on the electric lights and ran
after the man, who was In Might down
the hallway. Sho went as- far as the froat
door, thea called tho police, bcfoie her hus.
band, armed with a revolver, could catch
up with her.
THE WEATHER
FoitaoAsr
for Philadelphia mid vlvliiltuVartlu
cloudy tonlyht. with Ion-eat temperature
about SO degrees or 3i ticurees; M'cdnes.
day generally cloudy and warmer; uentlc
triable winds.
LENGTH OF J.VY
c..n rliM .. 7.-3 9. m. I Moon riss. 2,13 a in.
US Mil- i .13 p.m. 1 Woou souilw T : ! J IS:
DEL.UVAKK HIVKB TIIII3 ('II NO lis
CIIKSTNUr bTHEliT
W-itr Si'U a in. I Jflw wulr. . 3 .5 p.m.
rtwVttr . .3Iain I IIIU utr.. ill p.m.
TIUIPEBATUBB AT KACH IIOIJK
raT Mj4ULJiLjML-l31 I I
LOST AND SOUND
":.. Lot two rln. circle .of dlamond.
,l,w. i eolJI rins Mpohlxen anU two dla
Sn Mlwx-n '-hc"'1 ." IndMlrlal Art aaU
gP 0f lndJ.irU.1 Art.
gwIM- ,, rtVl.td u A U. BUVU14.
RIVAL GOVERNORS FIGHT
VOli AUIX0NA CAPITAL
Republican Nomlnco Will Ask Courl
to Oust Hunt, Democratic
tixccullvo
rilni:.l.v, Arl, Jan. 2. Ulxntm' two
tinvernnrs rptinveil their battle for pn.
seiiloti nf tho executive office today while
nrtnetl deputy Rticrtrffl patrolletl the smte
House Krountls, apprehensive of pr-rlmis
trouble.
Tom Cniiitilipll. wlinite rtecllnn on the He-
pulillcan tlel'Pt wan oertined by the Secre
tary nf Klatc and who delivered ll limuit
tiral addt-CFH ycBtetilny, vwnt m the oillcen
of hla nttnrtie.vii early today. He wa pre
parlnp; to apply to (he Huprcmf Court for
a writ of inandamtin, dlrectlnft flovrrnor
llidit, ticniocrnt, to turn over the lieya of
Iho olllce.
If the .stiprenip I'ourt ilenleM thp nppllea
Hon. Campbell will Fecit Ilunfit arrest on
the char-re of feloniously withholding an
olllce
Hunt, who enntontht tnnf a recount il
show Ills elertloiv, rcmnliied In seclusion
today. It wan reported that lie spent the
nlRht In the executive olllies In the State
Capitol, hut some nf bis friend said ho was
In conference with hla attorneys.
KlnmiitK Woman Runs to Xci-hlur'tt
I.A.VCASTIMt, 1M . .Inn -!--.Mrs S I'
Adnni. or I'eipien. lies nt th- l.iun'a-tir
(Teiieinl llospltnl In a nltli-nl condition
ftoiv butnx While ptiii'kliiK ii .hlUieii nt
tho stove bet rtiitbliiK utiiKht tire and bv
the tlino she tan into a nelittiliot s house
all her i lotbltig bad hcin i-oiiinii, il mul
she ns frlKlitfull.v biiiueil llei hiiib.iucl
was In l'lilladelphia vNltlni;
LAWSON EXPLODES
ONLY A "SIZZER"
Promised Big Firecrackci-
Fails to Shake Capitol
at Washington
"LEAK" NOT REVEALED
lit n Staff Corrciimwli nt
WASIIINfiTON, .Inn I Tho Bre.it bljr
(IrecracKur Thomas S. Uiwson, of Doston.
Iirotnlsetl to explode In the Capitol today
proved to be only a "Blzzer." Xtoieover,
tho plumber has not vet been called to
solder tho IcaU which lias existed from
the Capitol to Wall sticet for so many
years, according to tho recent runiorn to
that effect. Kttrtheimoro. the Itules Com
mltteo will not bo called toRcther, so Chair
man Henry says, to tnUo up tho Wood
resolution of Inquiry as to whether Indi
viduals connected with tho Administration
Planted by Kolas short In Wall street pi lor
to tho President's peace note. All this nega
tive Infot matloit Is tho Mim total of u Inns
morning's conference, behind closed doors,
between Itobort I.. Henry,, of Texas, and
Thomas V. Lausou, of Huston.
Following tho eonfeicueo .Mr. Uiusmi
emerged fioin the llulcs Committee room,
and being greet-il by ait unoitnolia nBKioga
tloa of newspaper reporters, motlun-pluturc
men and othcis, ho flow tied and then ut
tered this statement: '
"I had a most satisfactory conference."
Ho then bowed and left tho Capitol, es
corted by a squadron of motion-picture
lamein men who had beon on his trail
since dawn.
Iteprcsen'atlvo Henry dictated a state
incut and rushed Into the lloiihe, vbero he
Introduced nn old bill of his i icied to
destroy utterly Iho gambling operations uf
tho Now York Stock K'iuhaitge.
XOTIIINO TO I.VVIISTICUTIJ
The Btateiuon' -ead:
.Mr. Uiwson luirged that thero was
n "leak" from tho Stato Department
to Wall stieet some ilajw agu, si ml
that through such alleged leak certain
Individuals, by siiectiil.itlng In Wall
street, cleaned up sixty million or mote.
1 have asked him for the name of
tho Individual giving Information con
stituting tho leak and the names of
Conthiueil nn Pace Twii, Ciiliiiini Tnu
PRESIDENT WILL INSIST
ON RAILWAY REGULATION
Congress, Resuming Work, Finds
Wilson Determined to Check
Peril of Strikes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Congress got
back to business today to find that presi
dent Wilson Is determined upon passage
of additional railroad legislation, include
tug the bill compelling Investigation before,
strikes can be called.
Members found, too, that will) this de
termination went a feeling on tho Presi
dent's part somewhat akin to displeasure
at the railroad brotherhoods' opposition to
tho measure. I
Prospects of an extra tension teem
greater now, la !ew of tho President's
present determination to insist on passing
his railroad laws.
RAH.HOAI) IIKAItlNUS
The Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee today spent most of tho opening
session arranging procedure and will re
convene again tomorrow morning to take
up hearings oa the railroad program
(Yank W. Morrison, of the American
Federation of I.ibor; Andrew I-'urusuth.
of the National Seamen's organization, und
I. J Mc.N'anmra. representing the "Dig
Four' railroad biotherhoods, served notice
on the committee that their organizations
were violently opposed1 to the proposed
legislation
' KMI'LOYKHS FAVOItAIJI.IJ
James A. Meary, president of the Na
tional Mauufactuiers' Association ; i'lliot
Goodwin, secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, and ex-Senator
Faulkner, of West Virginia, represent
ing the railroads, Indorsed the measure and
will be heard at length later.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, member of
the committee, indicated his opposition to
tho legislation by bis cross-examination of
Frank W Wichter, representing TCevv Kng.
land boards of trade. The Senator ex
pressed the Mew that the proposed law
would enable employer to get ready for a
Strike by the employment of strike-break
ers und would not affuid any rial walutio
tu industrial disputes
' Program for Legislature
as Oullinetl by Governor
TKOlsr.ATURK ah on Id enact
J-J county local option law.
Ctontittitional amendment permit
tinjr women tn vole diould lie re
enncted clpopito failure of voters tn
ratify amendment Inst year.
Cities should havo lnrprcr doRrce
of home rule,
Consideration should he rtivon to
need for smaller Councils in Inrgo
cities.
Laws must be enacted to conserve
natural resources of the State.
I.ejjislottire must Rive considera
tion to mine cave-in problems In an
thracite ronton.
Further development of Stato
charitable institutions should bo on
cottafte system, with provision for
Kreatcr vocational Instead of greater
medical treatment.
There )j need for an efdeient and
economic State civil service law.
Toll roads should be abolished
promptly and ?0,()00,000 a year
should bo appropriated for new IiIrIi
way consti action.
I.nrjror appropriations should bo
made to public schools to keep the
educational system up to national
standard.
State is HiitTorinR from ovor
legislation. Further consideration hould bo
Riven to St.ito limiMtiR Inus. t
Amount available for appropri
ation by 1!U7 I.eRislitturc above cur
rent c.Npeufcs is S."i!l,'ll'iri,!)81.i!H.
TEUTONS CAPTUKE
600 MORE SLAVS
Drive Six Miles Into Mol
davia and Seize
Sovesha
I'.ULGARS NEAR iI A C I N
HKItl.IN, Jan. 2.
nie.ikuig through Iho Russian lines In
the Carpathian Mountains. Austro-derman
tioopx have captured Sovesha. in the Itu
manlau piovlnru of Moldavia, the War
Utllco rtporteit today.
(Sovesha Is In the Stishltzn Valley and
six or m.-vc!i miles Inside of Moldavia.)
More than titlilil additional prisoners have
been captuied by tho Herman allies in the
Mumnniiin war theatre. ,
The mention of Ilimmnlnn troops In tho
Ciirp.Mli', i nt .-hems that the Kusslan lines
have been relnfoucd bj reorganised Jtu
iiiaui.in ininpi
South of ihi Trootusul Valley the Ger
man allien h.ive captured an important
mountain ridge. Further south, Russian
positions on both skies nf tho Oitoz Valley
wete iiiptni'LiI by tliu Austro-GermunB In
stnrtrilng lit tacks. ' '
In Dnbriidja the Jlulgurlans raptured
slrocngly defended portions and hurled the
KumIuiw upon Alatiiu.
OFFICIAL IIKI'OKT
The text of tho olllclal report reads.
Aim' giU! of Archduke Josef
South of the Trotusnl Valley the dis
puted height on the ridge of Mount
Fnltuciinu came lntu possession of the
Ucrmnns by a vigorous attack. Along
the valleys leading fiom the Hereck
Mountains to tho ivrctli Hlver our
Hoops stormed em my position on bcth
sides of. the nitoz Valley at the point
of the bayonet. Sevii.il height posi
tions as well as Sovesli.i in the SushiUa
Valley wein taken, liiimaidaii ndvumvH
vveii' lepulsed Three Inimlucl pilsoneiq
vvete captured b us.
Ann group uf Field Marshal von
Miickensen The Ninth Arm prrsslnif
tlte enemy and ilefeatiug his repr
guards forced' the Itusslans m ictrcat
still faither. Fiom the West Mid south
German and Auslio-rrunguilan troops
iiiprouched bridgehead pusitions near
Fnl'shuui andFimdenl. ever lii mote
prisonetH havo licui cnituivd a, well
us inucli war material. Hctwiui Uuzeu
and the Danube Kivir the enemy ni.iiu
lulns a bridgehead. Ivust of Ili.iila. in
liobiudja. Heriaan and unitarian
t loops caiiturtd nmaclously defended
Itussiun poMition.H and threw the Itus
slans buck to Muichln In this nguge
iiient I'onieranlan Iteservu Hegimetit
No. U distinguished itself.
SOFIA, Jan "! Fi.leen hiiudied men.
n olllcers. four Held guns and fouitidi
maihlno guns were laptureil b the Mill
is. ii lau fulces in the lf.n-i' aimmd the
liiidgcheatl of ll.ulo. toda) s oluYi.il .-latc-in.
'lit said
GERMAN 1ATK0LS RAID
CHAMPA GNE TRENCHES
lU-ItUN'. Jan. -'
German latrol detuihinents entiled
Frerteti trenches unid returned safely in tlte
Champagne sector, the Argonue forest and
Continued an I'uee 1'our, Coluiun )a
S3UTliv3IAY DEFY G0VK1W0K
BanUJng Commissionqr Consults
Prlentls About Kegignntion
AVtlllam If- Hniitn. State flanking Com
mlsslnner. will not decide whether he will
resign until he has consulted with his
friends. He made an announcement to that
effect todav. Governor llrumbaugh re
quested bis tcsignatioii after he hud held
office for seven years and expected to re
ceive it by January IS, but Smith has not
yet taken any action toward satisfying the
Governor's demand The leslgnalion uf J
Louis Ureitingir. chairman of the State
Komil of Motion I'itture Censors, will be
presented on January 15 Mr. ilreitingei
asked the Governor to grant him an ex
tension of time, in which lie miifht adjust
various detulls of administration before he
left the ficpartnient. He left for Harris
burK today.
KAUL CUK55QN WEDS
American Widow Bride of British War
Council Memboi
I.ON'DO.V. Jan. J ISarl Curz-m mul Mrs
Alfred puiHuii were marrll In the private
chapl at Uimuitli I'alucj tulw.
l'iiil Ourzun ts lord i teklenr cf r Joua
cll nud one of I.Ud Georgt's ' ar
labiaet" Ills first wlfi vva Ma y V.ctoria
1 .titer of tbo Chicago .amilv
Sirs irnggan who jn n.im-. fjidy
Curssuii is also an ri.riean girl born in
VU.bau... tli'- daunlitii of J Munroe Hinds,
iviiiii Antvrican Minurrr to ii.izij
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY
GOVERNOR ASKS
M01EKULEF0R
Brumbaugh in Message lo
Legislature Urges More
Power for Cities
WANTS SUFFRAGE ACTION
Auto License Fees Should Do
for Highway Mnhu
lennnco
trAniltsurtvi. Tn. Jnn 2 Governor
.Martin ) ItrumhntiRh presented his regular
tiie.iqe to the General Assembly this
afternoon, The message marks tho cam
ple! Ion if exactly half of the Governor's
tetm of oilloe, ami with that In vlevf 1ho
Governor levlews the achievements nf t)ie
lli'st tvvo .vrnrs of his administration ami
outlines hW legislative program for the
remainder of his term
The message rovers on brond lines Iho
entlie Held of legislative enactments eon
sldeiiil bv the llilB General Assembly,
vvllh p.iilliiilar stress upon the Governor's
peiMonal ptogtam of hilinanllailan legisla
tion A p,M is made for Ihe te-cnaetinent
of a woman's suffrage amendment -by tbn
"t.ite l.ogMatuie and the success of a loi.il
option law at this session Is forecast.
A program of constructive legislation it
nut lim il In detail The Governor cmphasUcM
the need of enactments to conserve natutal
lesniirces anil suggestions along this lino
fni in the bin den of the message
ACTO I.ICr'NrfK FKHS Foil HIGHWAYS
IMsciissIng the need for better and im
proved blghvvajs. the Governor recommend
Hint all fees oblolned from the sale of
nub mobile llienscit be used exclusively M
the inalnteiiaiHNj of .highways Instoail of
leing turned directly into the State treas
111 y a i W the practice now
"Titeie llcenie fees should have gono et
tiiit l.v and promptl Into malntciiaucc
of blghwnys." the message continues. "That
Is tho purpose of tho license fee. It N
what the people expect shall bo done with
the moiios thus received. I ask you to
set nsldo the Incnnio from the license feci
as a separate fund to be used cxcluslvelv
for maintenance upon tho 10.200 miles of
State highways."
The abolition of toll roads as speedily at
possible is the hubjejet of special consid
eration. In addition tn tho appropriation
of the 11115 l.cKislnlute fir hlghwny Im
provements, the ikivernorwiitfs iliat
$0,000,000 a year be appropriated now fm
new construction work.
The section of the message devoted to the
local option issue follows:
"1 have steadily Mood for tbo enactment
of u county local option law, and Mope you
share with me the Importance of giving to
the people tho right to decide for themselves
whether or not they wish to have licenses
for the sale of Intoxicants granted tn their
several counties. No delegated body can
so well administer the license laws of Ihe
Stale as can the people themselves. In this
proposition Is theessence of our domocrac.v
liuve wo not alread) bad ample evidence of
the, unwisdom of our Judiciary having tills
unwelcome task imposed upon It? What
today is In many enmities tho caul rolling
Inllucnce in the election of Judges? It Is
this extra-judicial function. Tills Is work
ing increasing linrni to these officials iim
whom wo have n-slctl the fin il legal deter
mination of the s.icnd rights of our people.
"It should not be a political Issue The
sooner our p illtlcs are lid of the license
ttucstloii the better for l' nnsjlvanla. livery
consideration looking i the good of our
people impels me t . urgo up.in you the
enactment of a law th.it will permit the
Ciintlniiril on I'asr I'iie. ubniiii line
"POOR BOOB, 207 OF HIM,
HE ONLY HAS ONE VOTE"
"Best Thing 'Plain Member' of
Legislature Cnn Do Is
to Grin"
Ily HERBKItT S. WEBER
llAttniSUl'IP!. Juij, 2 McNIehul wurd
leaders, crowned with red. while and blno
pajwr eups and hlrlinii deafening police
rattles, conducted orglustic revels follovvinu
the Uiildwin victory. IMwr, it has been
Mild often etiough. lifts not been in this
UHlslature fight, but It is now In this IBls
lature. Tonight will mark the third con
secutive cotebinUoii of New Vcnr's Kve In
the fupl'al. It will certainly ruin many
another 910 bill to convince the uverase
llaldwlnlte that this Is l!T.
All class barriers have been broken down
for the merrymaking, it belntr a matter of
comment that newsup-rmii and ethers of
the political nrUt'Kirucy condescend to lb
nub even with members of the Hlut Ilauss
of rteprescntatlvea,
What in so poor ns a member of the
legislature? Not a Senator that amounts
to something. Out u pialu "Hon. U (I.
Jl ember." than whom there is nothing more
trivial. I thus phrased b tlurrisburs:
"file pout boob, lie only represents hi
cue tittle district, and be only has his one
Uttt vote, und thr are -0? of blm lie
(now he oril lias one vote, and that
the best thing I' can da la to grin and
be a euod fellow, and keep In liui place."
fhua Mr. l.elb. the actlntr clerk of last'
night's caucus, put Into practice this theory
when an inattentive member must iud
be stow in answering to his name In roll
call. "(Jralum. of Chester; lie votes for
Uablvvin. Mark one for Baldwin." What
could Mr Urabam do but act nice and saj.
"1'eh"?
Mr fcby of Perry CounrJ put It accu-
touUauca on I'ttif Ylt. t'uliuaa Fur
2. 11)17
I'oMrn.iiT
QUICK
NATIONAL SECURITY DANK INCREASES DIVIDEND
flic National Security Brmk tottny tfcelnrctl n sewlnnnunl tlivi
dcml ef ten per cent, Inerenslns tho rato from sixteen to twenty nci
cent per annum. The u.ink milled $100,000 to the surplus, making
tlmt fund $1,000,000.
MOTHER RESCUES CHILDREN FROM lfIRE
Sirs. letcr Amlnjjlaln, of S0S1 Worth Nineteenth street, res
etted her four Binnll children from lite icnr of her burning home to
tlny. The fire started In the grocery siore lit tho front of her home.
The (lnnmKf Is estimated nt ?1000.
RECEIVE HONORS AT
"1
jW1
I'm. ii., h I m.I ru,,il A t ml. ruoijil.
Some significance is s-ccn m .lie t mihius of Inmor jjivon to the American
Ainbif-iinilor mul Mrs. Kicdcnc I'e.il'elil nl the coronation of Kmpcror
Clmrlc.i as Kinp; of IIuni;aiy nt lludae-t, on account of Austria
HuiiKiiry's known desire to preserve lrienilly relations with tho United
States. Mrs. Pcnllcld wns seated nearest to Queen Zitn and the Am
bassador wns placed tihead of other neutral envoys.
SMALL GREEK STEAMSHIP SUNK 1JY SUBMARINE
nUKKT, Kium-c, .1.111. ;. Tin (iicik ui-inishli Siiiplm, -iust Ions. 1ms bouii
Mink by n .submarine. Nino hk-iuIh-ik of tin- envv have been landed. The others
uro iniH.sInt!.
EKJIIT-HOUR LAAV SITUATION PUT UP TO TRAINMEN
C'l.KV'KI.AND. .Ian. ;. - In a penled message ilHpatilici tuduy to tbo local elmlr
incu uf the 151-r Kotir KailiM.ui lii'iithcrhotilH tbo chiefs or the oritunliuttions placed
Hie eiBlil-hour-dny sltiiatlon uipittiei) up tn tho 40U.000 Picmbors. Tho tenor of tho
messufie vvai rfiilil tu be Himiliir to elrvulnrs went to tho men in September and
October.
'HUE HOUSES BOOST PRICES 5 TO 20 PER CENT
SliW YDltK. Jan. ; -Tbo I'lillcd Suites itubl er Company has ordered nn
advance In tiro prlcon elfoctivu nt imct'. Tlie .idvuiiet nvcruKcs llfteon per cont
for casinu.H and ton ier cent for tubei. H. !'. ('umlricli Compuny has advanced tliu
prlco of tiros. Tlio lulvancc irti.'-tc.i from ." por cent up tu Hftren per cent, but
applies only to cases. No advance in tulit-s will bo ordered. Kelly-Sprim-llcld Tiro
Compuny will order un iidvunce of about twenty per cent in the price of tires
within the next tvvo or three days. The advance will become effective us soon (is
announced.
000,000 NEW HALF-DOLLAR COINS, ISSUED
Approximately (100,000 of tliu new Issue of liulf dollars woro put iu circulation
In Philadelphia and vicinity today by Superintendent of the Jtlnt Joyeo followius
orders from Wastilnalon. The coin Is simpler In desinn than the old, Tlioro Is n
full llsure of I.llxrty on one side und an euKle on the miter. Orders for tho release
of the now quarters are expected shortly. The ileltty in Issuing Iho coins was duo to
tlu discovery otter the first mlntlm; Uwt one side of the design projectod over tho
lim. This prevented staekin-r.
RUBBER FOOTWEAR UP 10 PER CENT
NKW YOUK, Jnn i -The I'ultel .Stutcs Itut.ber Compuny lias advanced
prices of foqtvvear alsiut H ir eeni.ciTectivij nt once. This is an advance of ntno
teon per cent over the prices luevuillnK a ear no.
ONLY CONCOURSE LAKE OPEN TO PARK SKATERS
Tm rising temsruture -au."ca ihe tutk tiuanls to warn staters off all of tho
Paris lakes except Concoure, vvin-io the ice is said to be of unusual thickness, due
to tho shallow water in this lube.
CRUDE QIL PRICES ADVANCED
I'lN'tfLAY. IK Jan. 3. Another advance of ten tnts u barrel was mndo toany
by the Ohio tlU C'eoipany in price for the futlowlne tirades nf ermle oil: ffortli
Lima und South I4ma to f 1 ; Indiana to Jl.53; Wooster to ?t.90 nml Illinois und
t-rlncoUut to ll.TS.
AIiLBS REPLY ON PEACE SENDS STOCKS UP
NKW yuK. Juu S The stevk Jtiarket opeued with an upward bound today.
Wall strtet rcnisterluB belusf that tho cause uf i'ea.ce liua been set tack by the
Allies' reply to Germany's peaue proposal, first sates snowed tains of two to live
points In sicul4tlve leaders. Tbe- rebound was felt In. ti railioad group, though
pot m strongly. 'War stock" tuul stooks of companies which ltiolt Indirectly
tliroupli continuatIo of tlte war felt the upward drive most and responded with
wide advances
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MILLIMAN TO MAKE SECOND ATTEMPT TO FLY
T C llillman. vvbo accouipanuU seveit otlur blrdiuen from me army training
post at MliieoLa. I. I , lu 4 IliKlit to this cHy last week, and who was left behind
because of a balky motor when tbe let urn Journ. uas started Sunday, wilt make
another attempt today to flyr iioim . His efforts esurday were unavailing.
ini" tn tup F'i nur I.rnorn CoMMSt
NEWS
HUNGARIAN COURT
PRICE ONE CENT
WAR TO LAST
DROP OF BLOOD,
TEUTONS CRY
Peace Hopes Blasted, Ger
mans Call for Fight
to Finish
MAY IGNORE FOES' REPLY
Hiiidenbtirg's Sword Will Bring
Settlement, Ilci-lifi Press
Says
Ily CAW. W. ACKERMAN
HKItl.IN', Jnn 2.
Herlln'n peace bopen are dispersed. Now
It la war In the last oil tiro of human blood.
11 .Miles' nolo Is not deserving of n vvrlt
ten ejftlndcr
Summed up, that Is the opinion nf tbe
Ilerlln press and It typifies the opinion of
the man In the street.
There Is nppatcntly a unanimous de
rlxlnn tbnt Ocrmnny's only nnswer to tho
Allies' rejection of peace must be by force
of arms, under Jllndenburg's leadership.
I'rlvntely, the rdltorn of Ilerlln licvvs
pniicrs arc oven bitterer In their denuncia
tion of the llnlPiite'H course than their
printed stalcments. On Now Year's night
thpy vvero nil nt their desks writing cdl
torlalu
One of these editorial writers the man
writing tho leader for tbe I.0I111I Atuolgcr,
wns asked what (Icrmnny would do
"Hold out." he Unshed bark. "It la In
sanity for I'urope to bleed to death, but
thn Allies rcfttso peace. Only 0110 reply
ran cotno and that from our armies. Let
Hlndenburg answer!"
The Herman public lead the full text
of the nolo on Tuesdav Tho dissipation
oT tho three weeks' pence hopes, thcrcforo,
did not occur until after celebration of
New Year. Tills year's celebration vva3
ovciy lilt iir gay as last year.
American Ambassador (ieraril has not
yet iccelvcd the olllclal lent of tbo reply
lor tiansmlsslou to the Herman e'oio'ign.
Olllce.
Today's newspaper editorials reflected ito
bitterness of the writers.
Tho I.oltnl Aiixelger says:
Nono ought to be surprised nt tho
action of the i:mcntc nations in reject
ing pence proposals, but Jt Is surpris
ing that ten men should have signed
such a document, without any founda
tion, n frivolous. I.vhig document con
stituting the last kernel of untruth
It may bo tho people of.l'eitnHii-vvill
lead hope of peace between the Ilnss.
lion ever, we consider It the sharpest
refusal. Il Is pnpoislblo for the en
tente to say plain, , that peacu Is uot
wanted and nrgotlnlinni nie not de
sited and this without laying any
weight upon nor know big our condi
tions. We now etui ..ee that tho world 13
full of dpvils. I.tt every "one in Cler
many do their utmobt so that they will
not succeed.
Hcrnhard, In the Yosslrche Zcltung,
declined today:
After thlft Insiilllrg refusal there Is
only one ntiswei energetic fighting
" until our cold Kiel forces tbe enemies'
fevciish temperature down to normal
The editorial continued In an nigument
rebutting the Allies' claims, particularly
contending that Belgium hud broken neu
trality because that nation was a willing
tool of t'nglund and concluded with a sharp
attack 011 the Allies' ambitions witll regard
to Constantinople
ALLIES MAY NAME PEACE
TERMS IN REPLY TO tf, S.
LONDON. Jan. :.
There was Increasing belief today that
In the leply to President Wilson's note tho,
Allies have the opportunity, after Qerv
innni's indefinite peute pioRer and reply to
America, to put Potsdam at a dlsadvant-v
ugo.
The Allies' answer prebably another Iden
tical note of the same character us that
to llermany will also be Issued from Paris.
.I'ngland and France. It was said, linvo n.
ready ugreed on u Jojnt draft, which U
row beforo the other nations of tho Kntente,
On their approval the note will be banded
to American Ambassador Sharp.
A course of plain speaking und a clear
statement of the terms on which the Allies
would consider peace negotiations is what
the British press hopes (he note will indi
cate. Hngland is convinced that the Allies' star
vation blockade of Cermany and Uer
many's upprclicnsiveness of defeat on the
west front next spring, combined to In
spire rierlln to sue for peace It Is pointed
out that the unuillctal list of concessions
which Teuton diplomats In neutral countries
have suggested the Identical chaiacter ot
those suggestions indicating their origin t
Berlin waived much that Uernuny would
have demanded a year ago
In the joint reply to America Hie Allies
will probably subscribe to Jtussla's fiank
Ambition to oust Turkey fronx Kurope and
obtain the Dardanelles us beh collateral
with the Italian ambitions as to Tyrol and
IstrU and the French amb.tions as to tbj
"lost provinces' ot Alsace and loirralna.
There hi reason to liebeve these hopes of
Csiitluued e l'a? 1'our. C'uliuun Three
Cars Hull n Tribute to Nhltridfe
NIW YOUK. Jan : Fioui Iu 'i 1U U4
u. in. today every street car 011 the Third
Kvemitf system halted us a t ibuto to the
bite Frederick W. Wh'tridge, presUUnt uf
the ooniiwuy, vvbo died Saturday. VmrHl
services wer tbsn in progvAt in Oruiuu
Cbapel. A smsclal train took the fuiutrat
lrty to SteckMWtfe, Mas, where iuter
nient as tu (Alt place
Founder of Hepublican Iart Dead
ltltHl.N. Wis, Js.11 .'A A Loir
eighty-seven, oni suiviviny tuetober of 104
group of men present at the birth of tit
Uep&Ucan party, died here toduy. 'flu U
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