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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917
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PENROSE LINES
UP FACTION TO
BALK GOVERNOR
Floor of General Assembly
to Be Battleground
All Session
DEMOCRATS JOIN FIGHT
Senator's Forces Said to Fear
Exposure of Themselves.
Little Legislation in Sight
flu Utaff Carrtiiiomlrnl
HAItlllHIlt ltd. .tun 3 With Senator
Penrose nml his taction oiienly aligned
against (ho Brumbiugh administration nml
tho Democrats through Hip mlnnrltv rep
resentation In ilio l.egtstnturp on ttie firing
line to tnli" advantage of nnv development!
In the fnrllniul guhcriinlloin! uiiinemer
1HK the session of tho General Assembly
will reionvone iui January 2.'. promises to
furnish the iMltkRroiiiul for tho biggest
political light Hint has occurred In I'emi
svlvnnl.i slnic IS!P5
Until the Penrose forces nml the Deinii
einlH have ilci'nipil wni upon the ltrum
b.iugh ndmlnlsti.itlnn, nml they will oanv
the wnrfaie to the admlulstrnthiu us often
ns lliev see mi opportunity ilurltiK the neit
five 01 M month i, .it least, nnv lion until
the Legislature lln ills adjourns
'1 lie Pentose ilei I irnt'on of tencued war
fmc vvlilih the senior .S'en.itoi iii.iiIb l.ito
jestoid.iv afternoon, Just licforo ho loll for
Washington " ucjlvcd In tho Vnro-Brumbnugh-M
lgee ininp iih the lln.il an
swer of their opposition to tho lendeisliip
of tho llepubllc in ore miration In tl.o State
to an pe.uc proposils tli.it mil) hao been
contemplalcil. anil from now on the Admin
istration forcn expect I bitter light
NO hTOMJ UNTL'ltNljIT
It bCL.uue npp-irent In tho nnll-llrum-tnugh
camp toda) tli.it Senator 1'enrosc
Intends to lea mi no Htono unturned In hli
efforts to hampei tho Ilrunib.iugh admin
istration "Whether the u.irfaro will ettend
to the Philadelphia bltu.itlon or not Is still
to bo determined, ns Penrose has ho far
declined to pa) nnv thing about his reported
plans to hamstring tho Smith .idmlnlsti.i
tlon Tho TIiumliauKh nd Intel tin appointments,
however will ho held up by tho Penroso
controllcd Legislature, anil nil measure'
advocated by thn Govoiuni, with tho pos
sible exception of n few revenue bills face
bitter opposition on the part of the Penrose
followers who nro members of the General
Assembly
The factional warfare will not i;o ns
far as Impeachment proceedings against the
onliniletl on 1iik Tmi, ( nhiuui Ml
BALTIMORE SOCIETY MAN'S
SANITY TO BE DECIDED
Lawrence Perin, Globe Ti otter, Brought
Into Court on Complaint of
His Mother
HAl.TIMiiUi:. J.ui .1 Auothei chapter
was written Into the bomowh.it sens.it loiwil
hlbtorj of Lawrence Pel In, iioclet) man
and unrld-trnvelri of this clt). toil ly when
he was brought befoio Jtulgo Haiiil in Cir
cuit Court No J on nn older of tho comt.
empaneling a jur) do luuatlco Inipiliendo
The he.ulnR is being held to decide wlio'her
or not ho Is insane and bhould he lonllued
to an nsjlttm Tlio order was obtaliieil by
his mother, Mrs I'erln Tho selection of
a jury was Iicruii this niornliiR
AmonR other tilings IMs alleged that on
December 8 last Perln was ndjudged In
fane b) a West VIirIiiI.i court, lint that
he obtained a htn of proceedings nml had
himself paioled In tho custody of a nuxt
friend, who scried as his bondsman, upon
potting up the sum of money required as
x bond Later ho compensntcd his bonds
T man It is alleged, mid left West Virginia,
Intending to ro to New York. On his vvn
he stopped in Ilaltimore. lie has been con
fined to Springfield State Uospit.il for the
last ten dajs
FIRE VICTIM SUCCUMIiS
Burns Suffered by Porter in Explosion
in Hotel Prove Fatal
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J, Jon. 3 N,l-
thanlel Thomas, the negro porter who was
looking after tho acet)lcne gas plant t
the Madison House when It caused an
explosion and wrecked the building last
Ihursdaj morning, died at the hospital
here today from the effects of burns and
other Injuries
Thomas was alongside the gas machine
at the time of the explosion, and he was
blown about lift) feet from tho cellar to
the end of the building, and (lames reached
him before lie could be extricated All
others Injured are Betting along well
Named Library Head 55th Time
READING;, l'a , Jan 3 At the annual
meeting today of tho Wushlngton Library
Company, one of Heading's most exclusive
social organizations, Frederick J. Heller
was elected president for his fifty-fifth
term He has been the president blnce the
company's organization In 18G2
THE WEATHER
i
FORECAST
..for Philadelphia and tctnltvltaln
this afternoon, partly ' cloudy tonight,
Mth louest temperature about j de
grees; Thursday fair, Jresh southerly
xcinds.
I.KNGTII OF II VY
fun rises 7 2Jm I Jtoon rlsu 3 IN a in.
bun sets t 40 p m. 1 Moon south, 8 37 p ni
UKLAWARB lCltKK TIDE ClIANOEM
CHESTNUT hTKEET
U
W Wlt.p - . 4 Oft a rn. I Ijiw wal J -07 n n.
Ilgti wattr 03 a m ! HUh wattr 10 H p in.
TEMI-ERATIKK AT KVCJl IIDl'lt
ALOi.lOt HI 181 II 31 31 4T6
EQI- 421 431 431 431 441 -HI 441
T
NORTHCLIFFE DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL
OF ALLIED ARMY FROM SALONICA LINE
. ... 1.0KI10N'. .Inn. '!.
A hi KONG demand for tho willnlrawnl of tho Allied nimy in tho Hitlknns
Y- is iirinlcd in Lord N'orthclirtVs Daily Mttil today. Tho paper rontrmM
t hat if tho troops in Mrtrctlmiin had been upon the western ftont this year
tliey uotild luxe tinned the tide and Insured it decishe ictory for the Allies.
The aiticle says in conclusion-
Gctmnn tcerea aie not infinite, hut the;- are larp;e enough to
icntlci it iinnrccroui for us to waste u sincle man. Throughout Kill!
Kalonica Ivh been stub n burden as Gnllipoli in l'H; Our soldieis
and the Allied soldiei i did not commit this folly mid they would be
delighted if it weic undone as far as any mMaUo can be undone.
Barsesci, Toposci, Pinteccsci
and Mora Captured, ''
Berlin Reports
FALL OF MACIN IS is E A U
ttP.ni.lN Jan .1
Uccupatlon nf llnisescl mid T'ip''rl In
Rumania, bv Uermanli' fores, was mi
tiimncpil 111 thn War ilUlce stateineiiVtodiii
h'leld .Mnrshnl oti MhcIiphspd iilso re
pot tod capture, nflei hi.nil-to-lmnd flRlituiit.
of the towns of Plntecpscl tinil Men on
the Mllepitil, with inn prlsonci.
Cast nf S2I0P7.OM, ncai Mnnaioi In i!it
llcln. Atistro-Cerinnii troops ntt.ii'heil lhi
Itussinii ticliclies. cipturliiB three ofllcers
nml 127 men, the Wai nftlin nnnoumpl ,
South of Drysiyntv Ijiho (In the lulnsk
sector) Itussl.m rnldiug delnchniefts were
eh.ised off
In I'nbrudJ.i. til" Hlislans hne letlreil
Into Mucin
The teU nf tho Wnr lllllce stntement fol
lows Strong hoHllle nttarks agninst Mt
FnltiK'.itiii failed under limn losses
Hem cen tho Su.slln and I'tilmi Ynllois
seiernl heights wpip captured by storm
iug In liaud-to-h.ind coulliit nnd Rus
sian und I'.iiinnuian counter thrusts
were defeated
Il.irsescl nnd Topescl wci. oicupled
nfter engngement
on I'lelil Mnishnl ion .Mm kensen's
flout moiemeuts pruceed further as
planned
In the mountains between the Xitbal.i
Vallev and Hie plain, (lei mail Austro
lliiugarl.ui troops pushed had. the
uncmv toward the noitheaH West
and Koitth of I-'ocs.inl trnoiis of the
Ninth ntni) now stand befoio the forti
fied positions nf the Uut-slaus 'hit '
ioscI nnd. Mem. on the Mllcllvol woin
tnken bv stormliiR In liniid-to-hnnd on
fhcts ami 10(1 prlsouen note brought In
Ilcspllo tenrntous leiistanie fiiini the
llussl.ins In Hobiudl.t the riiemi was
furthci pus-led luik toward Vaiarenl
und Y!)!ln and into Mucin.
Tho situation In .Macedonia Is unchanged,
tho War Ollleo stated todii)
TEUTON PATROLS PIERCE
FOE'S LINE IN WEST
IIUP.LIN. Inn .1
Adiauco of Ccrinnn pttrnls into the third
1'rcnih truneh In- the forest of I'llest, webt
ern finnt. was icported in toduj's olllcial
statement
The patrols destro)ed the defcnsle works
there nnd i eminent with twelvo prisoners.
Tho patrols wlilch ticcomiili.shcd this feat
were of tho Ninet)-tlilid Lar.dwehr Infantr)
icghnent.
niseuheio on tho westorn front the state
ment detailed an cnliMiilug of nitlllcry en
gagements in the .Mciixo sectoi )esterduv
afternoon, coming after brightenini:
weather
I'AIUH. .Ian .1
Liicl) aitlllery duels during the niglc
north and south of the Somnie in the li"!!
of Itouiroy, north of Verdun and around
Dead Man's Hill, were detailed, in toda)'s
olllcial htatcmeut
Kiencli patrols were eiy ncttio in tho
Cliamiingne scitoi, the statement said, and
took n nuiiibei of prisoners
Madison Square Garden Sold Aain
Ni:V YDIIK. Jan 3 After holding Us
SI 000,000 pun base less than u month, the
Now York Life Insiiinuco Compiny hold
Madison Squ.iro ll.udeii to a n llillc.lt
headed by W C.iiniin Itoberts, of HJ
liist Hlghteenth blreet The prlcu paid
by the F)ndlcate was h.ild to be well under
the propeits iibsisMd initiation of
$2,850,000
EXTENSION OF TRAFFIC
CIRCUIT FAVORED
Walnut Street Business Associa
tion Indorses Plan to Widen
Seventh Street
i:tenslon of the proposed titHUc circuit
to Sexenth street on tho cast etui I3i8h
teenth street on tho west was favored to
day by the Walnut .Street Htwlnesa Asso
ciation, which adopted a resolution to this
effect at a luncheon at tho HI. James)
Hotel
It was originally suggested that tho
circuit extend from Highlit 1" Sixteenth
fctrecta nnd that the streets within these
boundaries bo widened to take care of tho
iraltlc which is bound to come with the
city's deelopment.
When the directors of the Walnut htreet
ljuslnesa Association submitted a report
f.iiorlim the laiger circuit, objeitlun -as
ma'de by Colonel J Warner Hutchlns. He
pointed out that such a. plan would cause
tho remaal of tlio IV nn National Hank,
which is built on the site of tho l'hlladel
phU home of Thomas Jegerfcon But as the
lesolutlon subqueiitly submitted iro tiled
for the erection of a monument not more
than ten feet In diameter, to mark the spot
where Jefferson drafted the Immortal
lieclaratlon. Colonel Hutchlns acquiesced.
The resolution was introduced by tl C.
llamsdell apd seconded b) Hr Howard
S. Anders. K J Uerlet presided
I)r!er Gone; Also $1800 in Shoes
The Detecthe Bureau was akked toda)
by Dell Walt & Co, wholesale khoe dealers,
to find the driver who has disappeared and
the $1800 worth of thoes that disappeared,
at the same time He was enuaged eter
day at the establishment. 28 North Third
street, and Immediately put to work The
wagon was found abandoned at Fifth and
Commerce streets with tho cases which he
was ordered to deliver missing.
j Treasury Secretary Begins
Plans to Replete Treasury
by Import Taxes
WOULD RAISE MILLIONS
WAMIIINUToN .inn 3 Import duties
on ma nnd i offep up 1 1 be resortPil t" as a
uirniis nf filling the infteis of thp treasury,
now fust rniplilng Lumber, Hip animals,
intton and tiio.its hIko will ho taxed If the
plans now being formulated by h'ccrptnry
of thp Trensitr) McAdoo arc carried out by
I'llllRTCSS
TIip House Wins nnd Means CommlttPP
and Ircnsurv ollk'niN have been doing some
IlKUilnB and Iiiiip detPrmlned to rnlsp nt
least tlnn.onn.niiii a venr bv adilltlntml Im
port duties The) niitlelpiUe irltlelstn from
Itepuhri'iihs of this depaiturp from thp
iioied Pctllolllltll prlnclpil of low larlff.
but the need for money Is great erotigh tn
niercomp tmy such srruplps. It Is said
A spei Ido (lilt) on coffee will )pd $10.-
unn noil a year fir oer lent n pound ai-
t'lidlnit In pstlmiites due million dollars
n i en i an ho rnlsid for pi cry cput a pound
4111 tPlt
Kiirs. cocoa and bananas also are almoin
sine In hp tii'ipd. while silk In inrlnus forms
Is being ronsldeml a favorable objprt of
taMitlmi Tho Trpiisun also Is pxpcctcil to
iptommeud mi Impoil (ax on works of ml
other in tit Ich now on the fteo list which
are rei Piling consideration as possible ob
jpitii of n new Import duty arc binding
abianives, gloves, hides and, skins, certain
lentheis and parts of shoes, milk nnd crenm,
linn htepl and wire nnlt.i, needles, nuts, cot
tonseed oil ors mother of peml, innllnu
piiluio lllms, sago, seeds, milphur. tanning
in iterlat. tapioca ami tapioca Hour, tar and
pitch, lln oio. wheat and wheat products,
wood, woodpulp mid ran wool
Administration support of tho plan to tax:
inld-Ktnr.igo food holdings is nssuied The
Wins and .Means Committee Is prepared to
act favorably on the hill designed to nccom
I'lith this, according lo Iteprpsenlntlve
McKellar. of Tennessee, its author
' 1 think the hill as a revenue measuro
v ill help meet the dellcit which Is stnring
Mm treasury in the face," said Mr. McKellar
Inlay, "and It suiel) Is designed to. break
up tho woist feat u ic of the eold-storaco
Imlness the holding of foodstuffs at pro
I, bitlvo priips Tlio pioposed taxes will
fune tlio cild-stoiage people tn put the'r
ales nn the uutiket in a reasonable time.
i, tho tax incienses according to tho length
of the period foodstuffs are held In storage "
I nder the McKellar bill a cold-storage
tax would be laid on beef, veal, mutton.
r, ot meat. lamb, pork, poultr) and game,
butter and ecus.
Imports in the Treasury and Agricultural
I'cpartmcnta are figuring on tho possible
lcvenucs to be derived from thexo sources.
Their figures nro not )et complete
- 1
Compelled to Crack SherilT'rt Safe
WOODlll'RV. N. J. Jan J Tho safo In
tho Sheriffs ollleo In tho courtroom has
been opened at last, and business is now
limning snioothl) ngnin The safe defied
ordinarv mtthods of aixniug, mid business
was held up thiee dns bcrause the books
ould not be obt lined An ixpeit tried
tien couihin iti.ui uiittgiuahle andnaspom
pellid llnalli lo dull lie found that n
hill. ill titl.'U bid worked Into llu lock in
some w.i)
15 F
CAMDEN FAMILIES FLEE
Blaze in Wall Paper Plant Fills
Whole Neighborhood With
Smoke
Fifteen flreiuen vvere overcome, another
vas severely Injured, ami more than a score
of families vvere driven from their homes
ty snioko and water today ns the result
of a blaze in the dry kiln department of
the Hitchqer Wall I'aper Company, SOI
t'outli Fifth street. Camilea The loss
cos $10,000.
Thousands of tons of water poured on
tho firo through fifteen or mure high
pressure liose lines overflowed from the
basement of the factory and filled the cel
lars of a dozen or mora dwellings in the
vicinity, extinguishing furnace fires and
weakening the brlcl; foundations of the
house
Thp Ore was one of the mott stubborn In
the hutory of the Camden Fire Denartihent
It was discovered by John Wilfon. a watch
man J'our carloads ot lumber were do
ing In the Kilns, and when the lumber be
came Ignited dtnse, black smoke issued
from the building First there were two
local alarm, then a general alarm was
turned In Six, engine confianles were
quickl) on the 8fot
In order to dlroct water on the smold
ering tire within, the llremen Iiad to break
holes through the brick walls of the kiln
department to permi the entrance of hose
lines The unusual amount of smoke made
the flre dltllcult to tight One after an
other firemen were overcome, and as fast
as they were removed from the building
Continued ou Vajo Two. Column I"lvo
WALL STREET MAN
BLAMED FOR'LEAR'
Bernard Baruch Called Re
sponsible for Advance In
formation by Repre
sentative Bonnet
CIIAKOE MADE IN HOUSE
Liberal Contributor to Wilspn
Kuiid Name aa ProflUng
by Peace Nolo
WAPITI VdTO.V. .tun .1 Sensational
I'linrRes that Itcrnnrit tlnrueh buvp Wall
street the "lenk" on tho President's pence
note not a half hour before It was inntlp
public were made on thp floor of the House
tmlnv bv Ttelirescntntlvc Ilennct. ot New
York
Mr Ilpnnefs declaration camp following
n qiitry from Iteprospntnttvo narrett, Ten
nessee as to names
This Is the olllcial verbatim quotation
from Rpprriionintivc llennpt's spppih'
'I will flalp to thp gentleman fmm
Tennesspp whn tho minor Is T.ip tumor
is thai Hiiincj ttniiich, a metnbpr of the
Counell of National liefensp. wns the mini
who was ipspnnslblp for this Information
Betting to Wnll strrrt. and that thlrtv
mlniiles beforp the I'resldpht's nipfcagp wns
made public, he sold, nn n lining market In
.Steel b) Hip vvii). IS nno slinip of SIppI
comninn shoit Tlmt Is the tiimo, in Now
lurk city. If the Renllpnuin minis names"
It was oiip of Hip most dm m it It nio
mpnls the House has pxpprli'ticpd for )pih.
und made ceitnlti n i (uutrpsslon.il Invostl
ratlon of tlio Thonvis W l,aii!in clinrgps
(hat $Hn,ntm,flft0 had been niailp bv Wall
street spectllntnts beiausp thpi got an nd
vniicp tip" nn thp I'reiiidpnt s plans
llepipsentntlvo Wood's irsolutloti. i-nlllng
for an pxluiimtlvp prnbi to dpteimlnp
uhotlipr nnv high nllklnt nf thp Admlnlstra
t.nii or nnv rplntlvo of a IiIbIi olllcial
in nlllcd from tho stock niniket changes,
was refprred to Hip Itiilcn f'mnnilttep, with
iklrucllons in repnit it wltliln ton da)s.
The action concluded u Hot my bpshIoii In
the IIoiisp. resulting from ,n attempt made
to hive the chair declare the charges mndo
by laittson a question of personal prlvllcga.
Itcpicsentntlip (lariett, of Tennessee,
nml some of Hip other prominent parlla
mental hijis nn the Utiles Cnmniittce, con
tended that because no members nf tho
House were limned In the Utivson charges
nnd thnt bei.iuse his attacks were general
in their ntituip. they could not ho con
stiued as constituting a question of pot
snnal privilege
"I know thorn wns a lealc." declared
ltcpresentntlio Cai'dner. nf jrnssaclmsetts,
showing much feeling "Tho stock market
shows that I would older this investiga
tion bv a special committee and I would
llnd out where the leak occurred. I would
summon tlio I'n sklent nnd ask him who
wns present when he discussed his plans
t would ask those present whom they told
of his intentions. 1 would question the
stenographers who took his dictation"
"Will tho gentleman make thoso charges
on his responsibihtv as a Representative?"
asked Speaker Clark
"I will." said Iteprcsenlntlvo Gardner
'Then I shall hold the resolution privi
leged." announced the Chair.
I "nt II llepiescntatlie Ilennet named
Ilaruch as the man who is supposed to have
given Wall stieet the advance information
It seemed certain that tho resolution would
not be declared privileged and that no in
vestigation would be ordered
itepreseiitatlvo Henry, chairman of the
Hides Committee, was assailed by some ot
his Democratic colleagues on tho Hoor of
tho House today, becauso he has held pri
vate "stai chamber" sessions with Lavvgon,
und has declined to mil In tho other mem
bers of Ids commlttvu to lie- tho state,
inents of the speculator Ileury galil on tho
lloor toda) that not a member of Congress
would voto for an Investigation if they had
heard what he bad from Laivson.
"Let thu members of our committee
hear it then," said llepubllcan U-ader Mann
"Why not make the sessions public.'"
"I am chairman of a committee," said
llepreseulntiio FitiBcrald, of New York.
' but I am not tlio committee. 1 belle vo in
lotting tho other members of my committee
know what Is going on I'nless the chair
man of the Hules Committee assume a
somewhat different attitude with reference
tothls, I snail be forced to vote for the
appointment of a special committee to In
vestigate these charges"
LANSING IS AHSOLYKD
IN STATE SECRETS LEAKS
Occurred Heforo Present Secretary
Took Charge of Qfllce, Senator
Stone Explains
WASIHNUTON, Jau 3 Senator Stone,
chairman of the Fotelgn lUlutious Com
mittee, on the Senate floor today exoner
ated Secietary of Slate lausliur "for any
and all lilamo" for leaks tn the Stale De
partment, which the Senator had declared
resulted from tlio present civil service sys
tem. Senator .Stone's defence of Lansing fol
lowed a conference between the two today.
"In referring to the Slate Department
leaks jesterday," said Stone, "I should have
explained that the leaks did not occur since
Mr. linsing has. been at the head of that,
department ot the figi eminent
"Nothing I stated )btorday referred In
any way to Secretary of State Lansing "
Ice Floe Sinks Boat; 25 .Men in l'eri!
CHUSTKU l'a , Jan 3 An ice iloe in
the Delaware Itiver. Just oft tills clt), ktove
a hole in a gasoline motorboat carr)iug
twenty-Ova workmen from Camden. m
pU)ed at the sard of the Chester Ship
building Conqiany All vvere in danger of
drowning when the small uuft began to
sink All were rescued In the nick of tune
by Captain Edwards, of the freight steam
coat Chester
QUICK
WILLIAM G. COCHRAN DEAD
Willlrtin 0. Conlunii, eighty-six ycnis old, tlio Inst mrtlo rtmtv
tier of tlio old IMillrulclpliiti fnmlly or thnt nniiic, died nt his residence.
S000 Walnut street, today. He is stnvlvcd by his second wife, who
wns, before her marriage, Groiglana Haven, of Boston, nnd by a
tlaughtei, Mrs. Suydain. of New Voile. Mr. Cochran was formerly a
member of the Cochran-Qoddatd Company, one of tlio oldest liquor
Importing concents In the city. He had totlied from active business,
however, some ycats ago. Ilia fitst wife was Miss KHza I'eitrose.
TORPEDOING 01 FRENCH BATTLESHIP REPORTED
oJilltlctN, Jan. a.Torpedolng or the ricncli battleship Vertte
by a German submarine near Malta is teportod by tho Zurlohor l'ost.
I'lio nowspapcr says the Vcrlto was "heavily damaged bororo tlio
port ot Malta."
$72,7(r).!)2 COLLECTED HY MAGISTRATES IN li)lfi
Pops (filltM'Iril In I hi twintv flitlil pnliii iniiclsttntes of tin city ilurltiK Hip last
throe months tolnl $11 otlfi The tut il penalties i ollpc tci nnd paid to City Tipiih
tiirr MeCtmilt din Inn lOlil were t?2 "f!S .' Tlio amount paid out in sal.uips to
niptnliets of the miiini Imliilnrv ilm inn; the )ciir tins JRI.OOO.
(JER.MAN SHIPS READY KOU FREIGHT PER. 1, REPORT SAYS
l.tiNUnN, .inn Tho Klni'kholni cnirpspdndpnt of the MornltiK l'ot quoted
tho Mwedlsli Mount I il tipuspuppr Afpiiisvm lilcti as siiiinfr thnt Hip llnmlnirR Amci
lean Linn nml tlio North flptm.in l.lnvtl l.lno linvr split out clrculais iiiinntinc ins
thnt thpv will br ip.hIv In ip(pm fi eight for tho 1'nltpil States on IVhruar) 1. (TIip
foipgiiliiit dlHpntth septus to Indlcnlo Hint tin nllli-inls of Hip slcntiislilp lines vvpic
nntlrlputiitK Immpilluto nccpptnnii lv tin Allies nf (Iptmnti)'H pinposal for a peace
conrciciipp)
PRAIRIE OIL PRICE ROOSTED FOR SIXTH TIME
INnni'rlNDr.NCi:. Kan , .Inn S - The Piiilric (ill nml (las Company tod.t) inado
aniitlipr mlinncp nf tin uppts In iniiliontiiipnt i iikIp oil lo $1 no per ban el. This Is
tho hIMIi nilvnuip in Hip hi.t ids weeks Tin Kim lull (HI nml JlcflnliiR Corporation
qillcklv follnued Hip t'iniric Willi .i slmil il .idi Hire
CAMDEN FIRE HARD ON FIREMEN
Fifteen lltelighturs were ovetcomo todnv befote a stubborn blaze wns
subdued in tlio plant of tho Ilitclnier Wall l'niior Company. Camden.
Volumes of dense black smol.o ntado work umistinlly difficult.
U-ROATS SANK 1JG WARSHIPS DURING WAR
BHItUN. Jan. 3 ltecpnt sinking of tlio Krencli battleship Oaulols inclmlcil,
German subtnariiips huie to dato sunk 190 hostile waisliips, including torpedoboats
nnd Hiibmai ines, the olllcial picks bin r hi nnnoiiiicpd imlay. Tho total touimgo of
llii-so vHsscls is i.'.D 430. tif these u;, vissols vveie Ilritlsli, with 5C5.J0O tonnago.
RRITISII HAK COAL EXPORTS TO NORWAY
LONDuX, Jun 3 The Ilritlsli (io eminent lias prohibited tho csportatlnn of
coal to Norvva), act aiding to mi Kxi-liunee TeleBraph dispatch frotji Copenhagen to
da). This action was taken because Noiw.n had failed to cairy out certain Instruc
tions from tho IliItiHh (lovernnit'iit, it wax stutcd.
TWO NEUTRAL, TWO ALLIED SHIPS SUNK
I.UNDtJN, Jun. 3 Tlif sinking of two neutral and two Allied merchantmen'
was reported by l.lo)d's toda). The vessels vvere the Norwegian steamship Jia.
74T tons: ilia Swedish teumbl) t iouhebrldgo. iii tons, the flritlsU (itcamslilp
Hullyhrunch, 3,'.ti5 tons, and tho t-'iemh saillnij ship Aconcagua. 1313 tons.
JAPANESE SHIP CARRYING ARMS TO CARRANZA
TOKIO, Jan 3 The Mrumshi" Kotchira Mum. which milled from Yokohama
yesterday for Salina t'uu, Me-lco icported to cutry S500 rllles for tlio Carrnnza
Qovcrnmont In Meslco. It is fue er stilted that tho ship, us well as largo eon
slgnmonts of ammunition, linen and cannon, was purchased by three representa
tives of Cienerul Cunauza. who came Intro to bu) war material;.
RAIN PUTS END TO SKATING ON PARK LAKES
Skating on tho 1'aiU lakes and uttier signs of winter luivo vanished under a
moderate und somewhat wurm ruin, which sett in this morning. The weather man
does not hold out much hope for u disiontinuunc-e of sosg) conditions until tonight,
rjven after tlio ruin slops, he tw)s, u raodeiate tcmpeiaturo, with 40 as a minimum,
Will prevail for a, while. The present disturbance centers over the Lake regions.
JUDGE BRUMM STILL UNCONSCIOUS; SON AT BEDSIDE
rOTTSYIM.n, l'a, Jun. 3 Judge Hrumm. who was sdeken with patal)sis
while making New Yeur culls, is still unconscious at his homo at aiinersvllle. lie
is being attended b hU bon, Ur Seth tlrumm, of l'hiladelphla, who came here as
won as the news of hi father's condition reached him A Might Improvement has
been noted in the jMtlent's pulse and tespiration His light side remains paralyzed
and ph)ktclans sa)'theie is still a tdlght potsibillt) that conwiout,nes8 may return
U, S. SETS WORLD'S RECORD IN FACTORY EXPORTS
NEW YORK. Jan 3 The United States expoited more manufactures last
.ear than any nation ever Iwfoie exported in a eai. The National City Bank
showed that the )eai's total exceeded fj.000.000 000. as against $2,012,000,000. the
highest export lecoid evei made by tlieat Hutain founeily the world's largest
exporter of manufactures Knglund's tecotd was made In 1913. the year Imme
diately preceding the war. Pi lor to the war the United States held third rank.
NEWS
GERARD CABLES
"INTERESTING"
THINGS TOILS.
t
Ainbasscidor and Bcthmann-
Hollweg Confer on
Peace Prospects
BERLIN MAY SPEAK AGAIN
Germany Likely to Define Viewa
in Direct Message to
Neutrals
By CARL Vf. ACKERMAN
unrtM.v, Jan 3.
A leiiKthv report was cabled President
Wilson todav by Atncrlcnn Ambassador
(iprard follow Ini? a. confcrcnco which he
held with tho
imperial Chan
cellor, von
p g W It o n
asked what the
Chancellor had
said ho replied:
' Lots of in
torostlng things "
It was au
thoritatively vm
dorstood that
t h o American
diplomat and
f! o rmnny's
Clinnoellor
tnlkpd, among
other things, of
tho Allies' tin
faeomhlft rpnlv
t vtti w v. lvtltviVN to Germany's
penco offpip
ficrm.iii ncwKiuipprs arc a iti.it In viewing
thp IhitintPB unto ns only answerable
through forco of arms Tho Cotogno Gazette
sa)s
It Is not jet decided what tho Gov
ernment 111 do, but It Is lint improba
ble that (iPinnny will again precisely
dellnc itH views In a direct message, to
neutrals
I2dltori.il comment nnd opinions ot the
general public today vicro Increasingly em
phatic la the belief that Germany should
now answer with tlio Bword the rejection ot
penco by tho Hntrnte As outlined In my
dispatches )pstcidn). It was held that Ger
many had set her position clear beforo tho
world by offers ot peace; these being
llnutcd by her enemies, Germany's course
Is now clear
Tho language, of the allied reply has cre
atcd not only surprise but linger that peace
should bo cast asldo on such superficial
phrases Tho KreiliS Zcllung calls It "an
Insult to which the sword can bo tho only
answer."
LODGE AGAIN FIGHTS
PEACE NOTE i .PPROVAL
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3
Tlio United Mates .-till does not know
what riosldent Wilsons note to belligerent
I'ow ert I ctuallv means , this should bo made
plain ,ir n thcip Is nnv congressional ac
tion tnrillng Indorsement of his action
is ta..en, decl.iied Senator Lodge on the
Sena p lloor todav in opposing a voto at
this t ino on the Hitchcock resn 1 Ion.
"Wi must hnvo time to cons!- what the
President t notes commit the I nltci, litfftes
to " dccla ed Lodge
Senator Uidgo again argued postpone
ment nf action on the ground that the
Senate has not bad time to consider "what
tho President s nolo commits tho United
States to " Ho said:
' The importance nf tills resolution can
not bu cMiggerated It projects Congress
into tlio neld of foreign negotiations. It
:iNo projects Congress into the Held or
foreign polites. nml It involves us In the
affairs of L'tnope Tho resolution docs not
htato that wo ask peace In the interest of
humanity It makes tho Senate givo the
most absolute nppiovnl and Indorsement of
the President's note Therefore it Is de
sirous that we consider what the note com
mits tho I'nltoil States to '
'The very oilMence of neutral nations
Is becommiug dilllcult," declared Sennjir
rontlmiril nil I'uep I'our, Column Thrr
SOCIETY WOMAN ANGEL
OF MOONEY DEFENSE
Mis. .1. S. Cram, of New York, Said to
Finance "Dynamiters"
SAN rHAN'CISOU, Jnn 3 As the trial
cf Thomas J Jlooney for murder In con
nection with tho preparedness day dynamlt
ng was beginning here toda) District At
torney rickert asserted that letters which
his deputies seized showed that Mrs. J
Sergeant Cram, a wealthy New York
woman, ts llnanclng the defense of Jlooney
and four others
Tho letters were seized In the otllco of
the Illast, a radical paper. Klckert Issued
a statement In which he said that Alexander
I'erkman, editor of the paper, had charge
of the defense nnd had Interested Sirs.
Cram In tlio case.
W. llourko I'ockran, of New York, and
Maxwell McN'utt, of San Francisco, ure at
lor lie) s for the defense
Tho task of selecting the Jury began tu
duy ami is expected to last a week.
Warren ijuiiubs was cunwc-ieu ce v
complicltv In the crime three months ago
itosldes Jloone) ine oilier ueienuams aw
Mrs Mooney, Hdward I Nolan and Israel
W Weinberg
DEPUTIES TO FIGHT I. W. W.
Minnesota Sheriffs Swear in Aids In
Woodsmen's Strike
DU'l.L'TII Minn , Jan 3 Sheriffs ot
northern Minnesota counties are swearing
In additional deputies in preparation for
repelling Industrial Workers of the World
who are promoting a strike of the lumber
jacks all over the big woods country
Violence was reimrted from various
points during the night and the I W W a
continue driving the lumberjacVs who wut
not join them out of their camps
At Virginia, one man was beaten Into
unconsciousness
At Hemldjl hastily armed Utlzeas met a
train that had been selsad by the striker
and compelled it to move on.
Milkman Dies on Route
Ql AKKRTOWX Fa. Jan 3 Suffering
a stroke of apoplexy while homawaid bound
after delivering milk at JUcbtandiowa,
Aaron Hum sevent)-Qve years old a fat
mer of near California was found di-.aa no.
his wagon In the barnyard ot bu homo,
bis borse hav ing brought the body honse
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