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BEDROCK REACHED
UNDER CITY HALL
First of Concrete-Pilled
Steel Piers to Support
Subway Walls
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT
Mighty Foundation Which Will
, Resist Pressure of
90 Tons
The first of the series of concrcto-Hlcd
steel piles, upon which the walls of tho
Broad street subway under City Hall will
rest, was driven down to bedrock toda) In
one of tho basement excavations near the
southwest corner of Mm bulldlnc A 3000
pound comprcsscd-nlr hammer, ilcllvcrinj?
160 blows per minute drove the' steel shel
down through twenty feet of hard ftravcl
and sand until bedrock wni found, rt n
point about sixty-two feet below the lccl
of Broad street
Tho piles which nre fifteen Inches In
diameter, are driven down as hollow shells
The (travel insldn Is first loosed b) it compressed-air
hose and Is then removed in
small buckets When tho pile has reached
rock and tho earth Is nil rcmovod concrete
Is poured Into the shell. makltiR n solid ml
limn, which will support n weight of several
tons to tho square Inch
About 2000 of these plies will ho driven
tnlo place beforo tho work Is completed
under City Hull Hach pllo Is to bo teled
to show It It can bear tho roqulroil weight
of ninety tons Tho two outside walls of
tho subway under the hall will rest upon
two double rows of piles, placed between one
and a hnlf nnd four feet apart from center
to center The three Inside walls scparat
InB the four tracks or the subway will be
thicker-than the outsldo walls, and nccord
iimly will rest upon three pinillcl rows of
piles
Tho slnklmr of the slxtv-foot "sump or
drainage pit, which Is the first step on con
tract in; awarded Peccmbcr 7 to the Ke)
Mono Htatc Construction Cominny, has been
almost completed Contract 102 Is In reil
llty, ft subdivision of rntttract 101. tho di
vision being mado ticccssnr) to cover tho
Cost of foundation, all rebuilding not con
sidered necessary when the orlglml con
tract was let
Tho dralnago sump will bo dug down il
most to bedrock The water from tho sur
rounding soil will drain naturally to the
low level of the pit nnd two submerged
centrifugal pumps each of 000 gallons pel
minute capacity, will then lift out tho water
Thrco similar sumps hao alreadv been
constructed under City Hall These, pits
will remain permanently In tho stihwa) ex
cavation to drain the tube nfter It his been
placed In operation, slnro the trackH on tho
subwa) will be 30cral feet below tho city's
water level
Tho work was alundoned temporarily
under tho northwest corner of Cltv Hall
last summer, the nwiuis In thn one sump
In this section were Jloivecl to stop Soon
moro tlnn twenty feet of water was stand
ing In the pit The pumps were (United
again several d.ijs ago. but It wilt bo two
or three weeks beforo the watel Is lowered
to the levbl necessary before work can pro
ceed Half n dozen of the huge reinforced con
crete girders which will rest dl-iKonnllv
across tho walls of the subway and support
tho weight of the entlro western end of City
Hall havo Just been completed Thcso
girders range from twcntv-clght Inches t
savcn feet In thickness ind between ten
and eleven feet In vertical depth
They are
each twenty-seven feet long
Penrose Holds Control
OverJ'War Board"
Continued from I'aire tine
peachment will be allowed to stand tor, a
time at least, as a club ovci tho head of
tho Governor nnd tho administration forces
In tho Legislature.
The conferees also will discuss tonight
nnd tomorrow tho finsiblllty of suppmtliig
tho S.irlg resolution, which calls for a
thorough probo of tho charges mado during
the speakership light Senator Penrose nnd
tho members of his war council realign
that the) innnot vote tho Democratic In
vestigation resolution down without placing
themselves on record as being opposed to n
probe, and thereby not baiklng up the
threats tho senior Senator ban been making
Ml of tho memberH of t lie- War Hoard
nre sitting In their deliberation today
Most of their time, how over. Is onupled
with applications for committee aHhfhii
ments The parous Ifouso and Senate louimlt
leett are being mado up. and although the)
n III not be announced until tho I.etjis
Hture convenes, tho Penroso coiifcin w are
not niaklns any stciet of the tout that
the friends of the VareH and the (inv
entor .iro being ignored In thn iuiportaut
committees at least,
The war board was completed toda) when
State Senator William 13 Crow, of I'nion
town. who Is chairman of the Stnto Ciini
mlttee. arrived Stnto Senator William C
McCnnnell. of Shamnkin. also c.imu down
to watch tho proceedings.
W Harry Ilaker, secretary of tho Maio
Committee, nnd Harmon M lvophnrt, Stnto
Treasurer-elect, left at noon for Philadel
phia . .
While the "war board" was discussing
the. advisability of extreme measures
against Governor Brumbaugh and the
Vares, State Senator James P WcNIchnl to
day picked up the giuntlet thrown down by
the Vares and declared unrelenting warfare
upon the South Philadelphia leaders
Discussing the threat of the Vares of
"an eye for nn eye, and a tooth for a
tooth," Senator JtcNIchol asserted that a
Vara adherent will be ousted from City
Hall for every Penrose-McNIchol follower
who loses his place because of the present
factional content
"I am not losing any sleep over that
threat," said Senator McNIchol 'There
are at least sixty Vara followers employed
In Philadelphia offices that we control ;
and we can retaliate. Their threat will
not change our minds about legislative
patronage."
The Vare threat was made last night,
just before the announcement came out
that the Vares and the antl-Penrose lead
ers will hold an opposition conference at
Hot Springs. Va. starting next Sunday,
The Vares and their party will leave to
morrow night at It o'clock.
BRITISH CROWDS RUSH
FOR "WINTHE-WAR" LOAN
Bank of England Opens Early to Meet
Demands for Two Govern
ment Issues
LONDON, Jan, II. The Bank of Eng
land, hallowed by decadew of precedent,
smashed all tradition today by opening IU
doors before 9 o'clock in response to de
mands of eager throng, outside The
, rowds were the respondents to the Gov
rrnment's appeal for subscriptions to the
wln-the-war" loan. Hundreds of thou
sands of copies of the prospectus ou the
lean were Issued and the crowds were thick
alt morning
There will be two loan Issues. One will
bear live p- '' interest and It will be
imt out at price as to make the net
vleld Ave and one-quarter uer cent It will
run for thirty years and the Government
will have the option of redeeming It at
Sr e? twelve years. It will be t.ax
free to foreign and colonial purchasers.
The other Issue will bear tour per cent
interest and will be tax free, except from
Tmartax. It will be put out at wr and
S Xotwenty-flv. years, with the ootloa
!f redsmpttpn after twelve year
NeUtaTr ioao. carries conversion right
mo f"t?he. -sue A ..klng fund of ons-
City News in Brief
AIIH8INO POSTAL tsWINO FtNDH I'd
to the arrest of .lames V Murphy, of 166
North fifty-fourth street, employed ten
j ears as a clerk in tho middle city station
It Is alleged that there was n shortage of
J10 02 in Murphv s a counts and Postal In
spector Nichols placed him under arrest He
was held under $000 bill for court bv I nlled
Stales Commissioner iMng
PIT PPOINTMKNTS tolls Infinite
William 11 Knight, son of Coroner William
H Knight. 1G1U t'ruikford nvenue. assist
ant engineer tturcau of Kul-vojs. salary
$H0O, .Inbn Honneek, i50 North Ninth
stteet, tllicrmnn Hurcsli of I'lro, $1200.
.lohn A llojce, 2906 IJdgemont street, clerk
and pivmnster llnrenu of Chnrltles $ioo ,
III Charles S Mrdovern. 1030 North lllght
eentli strett assistant rlinlcal phvslclttti
llureaii of charities $G00, and lllwnrd
I'latmer), 21.11 North twenty-ninth street
cllmbct, i;icctrlcnl liureau, 3 a da
HIITHMIOlTm; stjl'tltl! rrlileiil were
aroused when lire was discovered In the
homo of S Megargee Wright, an 1001 Wal
nut street lato Inst nlghl Mr Wright,
who Is wldelv known In loial club circles
aroused Mio servants anil extinguished lift
blaze beforo the arrival of the firemen
Tin. fire was mused In a defective Hue In
n third-story bdroom The loss was trilling
llMlltni- M. fit.KIN) bus piirrlimed s
irnet of ground at llroad and 1'lsher's ave
nun through James A Tlsil ill & Co from
.lohn IHrk) .lr, for an undisclosed eon
slilnjatlon ll Is assessed at $110 000 No
Immediate development Is contemplated ac
cording to tho brokers
IVMI'.H I.. ttll.l'Al KICK lux hern np
liolnted engineer or the Hell Telephone Com
pm of Pennsylvania to succeed Nathan
llaytt'ard who icientlv resigned to beconin
president of tho Ameiliau Dredging Cmn
panv Mr Mlpntrlch has been jrlentllid
with thn engineering department of the
ciimpnn) In Philadelphia lot twenty venis
JOHN MrCOIIVI VI K, Die lemir, desires
In bertomo a citizen of the I'lilted States
Accompanied by his wife, ho visited the
naturalization department of the United
States District Court and declared his In
tention of becoming n clllren of this coun-
ny
lll'.Mtl 1)111, VM'prnieil fntnl to Mm.
Kmma lltieflle, fifty ears old, of 3004
ri Irani avenue, whllo standing at Twenty
eighth street and ("Jlrjid avenue She was
taken to n drug store on the corner, here
she died The body was (.out to the Her
man llnspitnl and then to the Hueftlo home
home
tilt. A. ('. (lltHI".rr. clmlrman of the
educational rnnuiiltteo of Iho Count) Sun
da) School Association and director of tho
Philadelphia training school for religious
teachers, was given a testimonial dinner
and reception at the Curtis auditorium
John Walton president of tho association
pieslded the speakers were C Walter
llorden, W U I. miles. W C H-iston, tho
Iloi Charles A .Oliver and llnrrv 13 Pals
le) rini.l.S MIICIIKS were needed lo
close the wounds In Iho head of Wnlwr
lluck 0021 Aspen street the man trlppid
on a rug at the top of the stairs In his
homo anil fell to the bottom He whs taken
to tlie West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital 11113 WTI-Tl IIKIM'ITI OSIS ASSOt I -
TION recently formed In Camden will hold
Its Initial meeting at the V M C A today
itm:tvnitTOM n hcsinf.ss mkvs
Assoc! itlnn In Id Itn annual meeting In Owl
Hall, Twenty-tlghtb street nnd Olrard avo-
nuo Plans mr the coming vear wero ois
cusswd and otllcerH were elected ns follows
William A WnM president. Uugene J
Mngnlm vice president . K 13 Stutz record
ing fcecrctai) l.eo lingers, fluanrtal secre
tary nnd Joint tlrlmes, treasurer, 'I hero
vvrro also elreted seven dlnclors
It H-ltlslv ItA'l 13s nn all Irnnnvtlanlln
shipments havo bun ralscd within the last
week The rntis ou shipments to the United
Kingdom range fiom five to seven per cent
on the west onst and fiom seven to ten
on tho cast coist Shipments to tho Medl
tcir.inean aio covered at about ten per
cent
prjNN CI.VH, 720 rotllftt tttrert, Ims
eleited the following directors Judge Wll
Iinm H Staake John J Wilkinson Neville
p T)KOii, Sussex u Davis unu v nariemngno
Tower who wero le-elceled and Mlers
Hush. Dr Thomnti II Kenton president of
tho Art Club Herbert I, Kirk and Wll
llim 11 M)ers, new members IMwnrd
Randolph Wood retiied from the boaid
SLAIN MODEL'S BROTHER
IRATE AT INVESTIGATION
John Colbert Vents Wrath Upon
Rotan, Declaring Lewis
Not the Murderer
An Indignant Interview was held with
District Attorney flotan toili) hv John Col
in rt. of Now York, brother of Mnle Colbert
Roberts, model, who was murdered in her
apartment at Iho Wilton I'lftfenth and
Poplar streets on or ahout Decemher Si
Colbert pounded on ISotnn s desk got red
in tho faro and expressed wrath generally
as ho voiced his dissatisfaction at the com
placent ) of the Philadelphia pnllio and de
tectives In accepting llernard Lewis, an ac
quaintance of tho woman a, who mmmltted
suicide in Atlantic City as detectives wero
about to force his door, as The murderer of
his sister.
"Mr Ilotan ' be nuid angrily. ' I nm dis
gusted with this Investigation You and
the detectives and nono of the authorities
can make mo believe that Lewis committed
this murder. 1 am not satisfied with the
w.) things are being conducted My In
terest In this matter Is that of a cltlien
and a brother who wishes to see the mur
derer of his sister brought to justice."
At Mr Itotan'a assurance that ever) thing
posulblo was being done, Colbert left tho
room, slamming the door Later he am
plified his dissatisfaction, declaring that
there was a illscrepanc) between tho state
munt given out after tho Mlbsea Kyle of
Germaniown, had been Interviewed by the
authorities and the Tacts of the case The
Misses Kyle Colbert ald, declared that
they had seen scratches on Lewl&'s hands
when they had te with him after the mur
der had been committed, but the) said nolh.
ing about tho teeth marks of a human be
ing Colbert also deilared that he was
far from satislled with the btatements
iriade by two or three men prominently con-
necteO with tne case
He emphatically denied that his sister
had ever employed a negro chauffeur as
has been published Private detectives have
not et been engaged, be wild, but Intimated
that such, a step might bo considered
U Is rm injustice to the Lewis family
In Pittsburgh to charge Lewis with the
murder on the evidence the local police have
gathered, according to a statement Issued
today by Coroner Knight
Coroner Knlgh,t said that' wbei the In
quest is held lie will instruct the jury not
to charge Lewis with tlut murder with the
evidence now on hand
"It Is totally Insufficient." the Coroner
said "The police realty liave nothing to
show that lie was the murderer I think a
grave injustice U being done the suicide's
family." He intimated that It was au "out
rage' CapUln of Detectives Tate announced to
day that the Chicago .police had '..traced.
Lewis s movement id that city whi;e he
was on a visit there a few weeks before the
murder
District Attorney Ilotan said that he
agreed with Captain Tate thai everything
pointed to Lewis as the murderer of the
modal.-
EVENING LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, FBIDAV, JAXttABY 12, 11)1
WE WIRES' CALL
FOR 'RED BLOOD'
A. S. Murphy, as Spokes
man, Tells Needs of
Chamber of Commerce
BUILDERS, NOT WRECKERS
Substitution of Democratic
Methods of Management Es
sential to Success
Neither Howird It Trench, president of
the Chamber of Commerce nor the directors
Into nccompllslicd what should have been
done. In the opinion of A S Murph) who
Is chairman nf Hie committee representing
tho live-wire clement in the present cam
pi Ign
The plan of permitting a handful of men
lo tun things bh they dtm proper was
enndemhed nnd tho necesst of Introducing
democratic "methods Into the bodv pointed
out 1- Mr Murph) In the rourre of a
undid tllsciifslon on present conditions.
Ho dnlired, Ineldentnllv Hint the chances
of tho live wires holding thn whlphand In
Iho coming election for directors Is greater
tbnn ever
According lo Mr Murphv Hie sltutllon
todav Is morn ncoii'aglng frnm tho live
wire viewpoint tlnu It was bofoic tho ques
tion of cumulative voting was raised by nuy
It Oundaker at the directors' meeting jes
tirday ' Mr f 'return was proper In deciding cumu
latlvo voting In the Clmmbir of Commerco
to be legal," said Mr Murphv "Ills ruling
makes our case dearer Ciiinulitlve voting
lit the mining election will en tide us to ron
letitrnte our efforts to elei t four or llvo di
rectors Instead of scattering our votes
muring severHl rnndlditis
"flint Is the purpose of mil campaign
Wo arc fighting I" Inject new blood Into
tho ho-ird of directors We are not trvlng
to destrn) or pull down but to animate nnd
to build up We believe the chamber Is
a big Imdv and Is capable of doing big
things, but wo do not think the present
honrd of directors Is doing nil that It Is
able to do We wnnt to get nmong them
and show them lion If wo elei t five or six
directors this )ear nnd five or sl next
.vear we will soon he In that position, and
then we will do big things.
"We are not aftei Mr French or ths
presldonaj . Hint Is a matter for tho direc
tors themselves Mr French's honest v Is
unquestioned and ho Is a man whose life
ins been devoted to business Ilut neither
he nor the directors havo accomplished all
tint the Chamber should do. In our opinion
nnd as good and lo)al members, we pro
pose to show them
Our Idea Is Hint of every true American
Thero has been too great a disposition In
the ehnmbor with Its 2010 membeis to
go along. letting a handful or men run
things as thev deem proper We wish tn
Introduce democratic Ideas whereb) the
vhws or the members at largo may havo
moro chance of expression and of being car
ried out There is plenty of red blood In the
i handier nnd wo want It to flow freely as It
should flow In every healthy bodv, and not
lo become stagnant We are not throwing
nnv mud or ploying dirt) politics but we
nre plavlng clean politics which wo believe
should havo a part In ever) organic itlnn
that wishes to expand or to develop new
Ideas
' In the fight wo are waging we are try
Irg to show thn Chamber of Commerce how
to bring out the power It possesses but
hns not used, so Hint It will Increase In
membership nnd Influence, not only for
Its own growth, hut for the growth of
tho city of Philadelphia It takes a fight
to bring out the power tint lies In a man.
and this contest for directors Is going to
bring nut the power of the members of
Hie Chamber of Commerce It Is not only
the election of directors that Is but one
Item It Is tho ruturo growth of the Cham
bei that we arc fighting foi and win or
lose we will show Mr 1'rineh nnd our
jdvursaiies that this Is what we nie do
ing THAW TO FACE CHARGE
OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Will Be Tried Here Before Being
Taken to Courts in
New York
line tnoie cliargo against llariv K Thaw
will heSnarked up against him lu the police
annals. It was announced by Detective Cap
tain 'late tod.i) lie will be analgned In
tho Central Poltee Court on the i harge of
attempted suicide JuM as mjoii as he re-
overs from the wounds he Inflicted upon
himself hv blushing his throat und wrist
at Hie home or Mrs IJIIzabeth Tacot G?.60
Walnut rtreel He will have lo answer
this charge In Philadelphia It was asserted.
Iiefora be is taken In .New York, where he
bus hem Indicted for attacking and kid
napping Frederick OUmp, Jr of Kansas
i Itv at ihe Hotel McAlpIn, on Chrlbtmas
night
Aicnrdiiig lo an old decision unearthed
b) Assistant District Attorne) Joseph Tnu
lane, which was handed down b) Judgo
Arnold fifteen )ears ago, attempted self
deBtruclloji Is not punishable in Penns)!
vnnla but because of unf.iiniliarltv with
Una dcilslon not a week passes In Phila
delphia ho Slid that persons are not locked
up for nttempted suicide
When told this, Captain Tate reiterated
that Thaw would have to answer the charge
here
Thaw ma) be sentenced to from ten to
fifty )ears if convicted on tho kldnipplng
ease m New York, according to Captain
Tate
Captain Tate explained that the New
York laws were stringent In dealing with
kidnappers He -said a maximum sememe
of fifty )cars for kidnapping recently had
been passed In New York owing to the
actlvlt) of Black Handers
There may be more arrests in the Thaw
kidnapping case In this city, Captain Tate
explained
lloth Vul O'Farrell head, and Samuel
Maluney. local manager, of the Val O'Far
rell Detective Agency, were grilled by Cap
tain Tate und asked to explain why they
smuggled Thaw out to West Philadelphia
lluth agreed In saying they Intended to
surrender him to the New York authorities
and weie going to do so )esterday Their
plans, they bald were knocked 'sk)-hlgh"
by the attempted suicide
At Kt Mary's Hospital, where bo has a
iii of rooms. It was said that 'I haw passed
a comfortable night, ills ph)slelan, Dr Ul
wood Klrby, and two detectives were with
him all night He has had no visitors with
the exception of the mother superior, who
entered his room before noon. In anbwer
to her question as to how he felt, lie opened
Ills e)ea and milling said
"Very fine thank )ou"
Mrs William Carnegie, a sister of Thaw's
mother. Is en route from Pittsburgh
Assistant District Attorney Black, of New
vnrk arrived here today and conferred with
District Attorney Rotan and Captain of
Detectives Tate Black declared It was not
necewary for him to mo Thaw.
"There's no possibility of a frame-up,"
be said emphatically "The evidence In
the (lump case Is conclusive"
Detectives Flood and Cummlsse, ot New
York, are here with fugitive warrants to
serve on Thaw Just as soon as he has recov
ered and la released by the Philadelphia,
police.
A policeman Jias been stationed outside
of the hospital and Detectives Garr and
Walsh are .t the bedside of the HI man
Mount Airy Man Killed by Train
A man believed to be IU)mond I-iUhaw
. . ... ... -.. fr Al-.. .... CIIIa K.. 4
pawenfer train on the Rradlnj IWllnay at
s "t"iad ParrUh ..
SALIENT FEATURES OF ENTENTE
REPLY AND NEW GERMAN NOTE
Allies' demands in reply lo Wttepn: ,
Full restoration of Belgium, Sorbin and Montenegro nnd payment of in-
dCm Evacuntfon'of all occupied portions of France, Uuia and Rumania nnd
itisf. rnnnrntlnn in finch.
I Hestorntion of Alsace-Lorraine to France. . ... ,, n 0f
Virtual dismemberment of the Dual Monarchy by t ho ibemtion ot
Italinns, Slavs, Rumanians nnd Bohemians from foreign tlominntion.
Hestorntion of I'oianu to missm.
Expulsion of Turkey as a European Power. .., " .!,. in-
Guarantees, by a roorgan sat on of the nations of Europe, nBn,nl "?,
other Tar which i m"ght threaten tho full security, liberty and economic
development of Europe. ... . -,i
Guarantees that hereafter international treaties will be " .
Equitable compensation to bo paid tho Entente Powers for damage done
by the Ccnlrnl Powers during the war. . .,,.
Tho l enly sweeping y brushes nsido nl thought of pcaco for the F8C"U
It Reiterates the determination of tho Allies unitedly to pursue tho con
flict to a victorious close.
It leaves no loophole for further pcaco talk. , ..
1 admlnWers S mild rcbuko too President for the BUBRMtion cc
tnincd in his note that the general nims of both groups of belligerents are
identical.
Poiiifs tn nelnwm'n supplementary note:
Contradicts Wilson's intimntion that Belgium's aims nnd those or t.cr
many could possibly bo similnr. .,jnna1 low
Recites record of Gcrmnn ntroclties nnd violations of international law
in Belgium since Teuton occupation. ' ... k .
Wnrmly expresses grnlitude of Belgium people for relic! work oi
Americans.
Points made by Germany xn note (o neutrals;
Repudiates responsibility for war. , .
Repeats that Kaisor and his allies were forced to take up arms Tor
defense of their liberty nnd existence.
Asserts her peace move was honest effort to end bloodshed.
Declares her adversaries "neither attempted nn examination nor made
counter-proposals." n. .
Claims Belgium and her allies at fault for fate she suffered in conflict.
WILSON PLANS ANOTHER MOVE
TO BRING PEACE IN EUROPE
Continued from I'nre One
conquests in exchange for her lost
colonics.
The Allied note in reply lo the Piesi
dont crcntcd a temporary upward
movement on tho stock mnrkct. This,
however, wns followed by a weaker
trend.
WASHI.Nii'lON. .Ian 12
President Wilson believes tho first move
toward pence how ovei short Ins been
successfully completed lie believes this
move soon will ho followed bv another
which will ((institute a longei step than
the first
This belief which constitutes the bisls
for tho positive tlieorv that tho peico dour
st'ill is open, was enhanced In olllclnl circles
toda), when flov eminent men wero shown
dispatches from London containing this
phraMi
Thn Allies might have blocked this
movement (peace discussion) alto
gether, hut Insteid the) gave It n con
siderable shove bv Infercntliillv invillng
(iermnn) to Inrgnln on peine
Germany will make no attempt to bargain
with tho Allies for peace or mnko another
movo nt this time unless encouraged In do
mi by tho i'nlted States oi nnolhei commu
nication from the Kntento Powers
This was tho statement todiv nf German
diplomats who were .shown the foregoing
cahlo fiom Loudon
"The Allied reply Is not considered to con
tain any such Inference to begin with
German diplomats said
In addition thev pointed out that Hie
"absurd conditions" contained In the Allied
note make It Impossible foi (ieriu.iiiv to
bargain without some further exposition
either from the I'nlted States direct or from
tho Allies through the United Stales
In official circles here, pcaco communica
tions thus far sent out b) tho belllgeienls
nre rrgarded to some extent as being foi in il
l.i) h foi public s)tnp.itli) and, neccssiill)
bonibiistlc feelers "
With these amenities com hided, the
President now seeks something tangible
upon which to base his next move.
Colonel House Is here to advise with him
and beforo them Is u mass of conIldentl.il
information fiom the belligerent capitals
Thero Is no doubting olllclals are en
couraged nt the spirit of filendllniss bliovvn
li) tho Hntento tow.uil tho Piesldinl's
tlrt note
It showed the) believe that the Gov
ernment as well as tho people of the Uu
lento Powers now understand Ihe ical mo
tives in ms move.
It Indicates further that nnv othei action
taken bv this cnunti) would be understood
as based ou slmllnr motives
The .state Department indicated tli.it it
would be In no haste In forwarding to Hei
mauv the Kuteiite nuswei
liicldentall). the Department put some
now llvcth 111 tho t-ecicc) lid toda) Tho list
of engagements that Seeretai) Lansing has
with ambassadors was withheld, In order to
prevent newsjupei men fiom abklng diplo
mats In advance, the nature of their busi
ness with the department
The Kectttat) himself Is avoiding an)
talk about peace mutters for the moment
It Is understood tho President has in
clination Indicating llerinanv would .igiee
to tho following concessions
Evacuation and indemnifying nf Bel
glum evaluation of France, evacuation of
Poland, evacuation of Keihla and Itumnnla.
German) would dcinund return or her
colonies a point not touched upon in Hie
i:ntentc repl) and would Inslbt that
neither sho noi her allies bo deprived of
any territur), including Constantinople
In view of the fact Ihat llusbia demands
acquisition of Constantinople and the Ku
tente reply demands ' the expulsion from
Huropo of the Ottoman Empire Con
stantinople ma) lurn uiu 10 ne me cmci
bono of contention in ati) peace maneuieis
German) Is willing to indemnif) Belgium
becuuse she admits violation of a treat)
"through military neeessll) ' She will not,
under terms discussed nt her embassy here,
be willing to Indemnify other small nations
invaded becaubo she was at war with all
of them before Invasion occuned
Allied Opinion
on Note to U. 5.
I.ONDO.V. Jan 12
The peace door is still open but no tan
gible results are to be expected in the near
future.
This was the British view as reflected in
the press and on the streets toda), as to
the effect of tho Allies' reply to President
Wilson's peace suggestions It would be
dllllcult to find any Englishman today rash
enough to predict that German) is now
ready to accept the terms which the note
specifies
The man In the street Is under no de
lusions as to (Germany's present military
strength, but he confidently believes soon cr
later Germany will be forced both by mili
tary and economic necessity to submit to
the terms the Allies hive laid down
The frankness and courtesy of the note
reflect the popular change of attitude
toward President Wilson from bitter re
sentment at what was first termed Amer
ican "meddling" to u desire to illuminate
a somewhat obtuse but doubtless well-in
tentioned friend Every wnere touay con
fidence was expressed of the American
people's approval ot the Allies' position. It
wan held they simply couldn't see things
otherwise
From the standpoint ot a neutral, the big
outstanding feature of the whole situation
stems to be that the peace ball Is still
rolling slowly, but 1 destined to gather mo
mentum as the discussions proceed. The
Allies might have blocked this movement
altogether, but Instead they really gave It
considerable impetus by Inferential Invit
ing Germany to bargain qn peace.
All doubt that the note aptly epitomixea
England ooeltlon in the world war wns
rented m the ettor.ua rf vprobatto to-
dnv There was a general disposition to
couplo Premier Uajcl George's speech nt
Guildhall vesterda) with the note, and
this resulted In the oft-repeated belief that
tho recent Allied confeienco nt Iconic reallv
maiks tho turning polnl of the war That
conference marked n closer union of the
Entente for the unflinching prosecution of
the war, It resulted in complete nnd har
monious Inlerchango of Ideas on how bct
to press tint prosecution: It showed no
tuition of the Entente gioup wavering In
the firm determination lh.it Ihe Allies
Ideals and alms In the war wore founded
on Justice and ilghleoiisness
The onlv hint of criticism of the note
came In a suggestion that strong as it
was some of Its phrases had lost a vestige
or vigor In the translation Into English
Trnin the oilglnil 1'iench tet The French
In wlili h the note wns prepaicd. It wns
held was even more Incisive nnd bold 111
Its terms than the tiniislnllon
N'ewspiper editorials expressed pllde In
thn note, and belief that America could
not fall lo bo Impressed with tho parallel
outlined between the alius of the pitcnto
now and the llbert) and freedom for which
America stands
'I lie Times declared
The peneo which the Allies cleslie is
founded upon the doctrines of llbert).
Justlco nnd Inviolable fidelity to Inter
national ngieements which Americans
hive nlwiivs cherished and revered
Miking allowance foi neutrality of
thought nnd the lesults nf the Gel man
propaganda, we do not vc how an)
American citizen who Is not definite I) a
Gerimn partisan can raise objec Hon to
tho Allies' statement or their alms In
nil) particular
'1 lie Dallv News commented
Tho nolo embodies Just such stnte
minis as weie needed Whether peace
is vet obtainable on thee terms 1h
for Gernianv to Indicate The present
suggests that tho time has not et
come Hut at least the Allies have
dosed no door Uhelr position Is clear
and unassailable, and we believe that
nowhere will the justice of their caii'e
bo denied
Tho Dallv Express held the note to be
'bold and thoroiighlv unconiiiomlslng " It
continued
There Is no hope that the oneiii)
will accept the terms until they have
locelvcd a decisive military defeat
Therefore it is Impossible .it this mo
ment even to nppioneh negotiations
The w.ii must go on
OPINION IN FltANCE
iivimcj .inn 12 Fieneli statesmen and
publicists take the view Hint Germany will
fight to the death before humbling Itself
before the Allies if the demands as set
forth In tho Allied leplv aie met Geimaiiy
uti la-Hungary and Turke) will be Miorn
.if vital lenlloiv. and liulgalia weakened
and vvui -burdened, would be In the hnme
pobllion she was before she entered the
innllkt
lu official circles ihe expiesslon is often
heaid that the mining point has been
leaclud Confident Hut Hie conflict must
continue, the million staffs are preparing
plans foi gigantic euiei prises and 11 Is be
lieved that befoie long the Uiuudei of con
III. I will be hounding simultaneously on all
the fronts
The statesmen nnd military men of the
Mlled countries do not iimlerestimaU llu
strength of the German allies noi do "thev
believe that Germany and Austria are starv
ing lo dentil Premiei l.ln)d-GcorEo saw
to It that there was nn exaggerated optim
ism In the Homo Conned of Win
Alfred Opus writing in the 1 igaro
s.ild
The principal value of the note is
tho clear unci solemn declaration nf
the Allies as to their objects in pur
suing the wai. It Is the first time they
havo been grouped Our enemies nre
now In possession of our Hue alms
They can compiro them with their own
and deduce therefrom the degree of
our icslslauce nnd our Implacable le
solve to vanquish them
The Petit Parlslen sa)s
President Wilson, whose fine sense
of justtte Is known, cannot fall to bo
struck h) tho truthfulness of the docu
ment, by our eagernebs to meet ills
views and b) the proofs we have ac
cumulated of Germany's violence
The Petit Parlslen added that the note
addressed to President Wilson by Belgium
In connection with the Entente's reply Is
dignified unci calm. and. w ill ' confirm tho
Judgment which his conscience has alread)
pronounced "
The article continued.
It is now plainly shown that the En
tente has nothing to hide Will our
adversaries be equally frank?
Stephen 1'lchon. editor of the Petit Jour
nal, says
Germany refuses to reveal her terms
except In a conference where she would
work with her usual treachery
The Matin declares that the note Is noth
ing more than a charter of human rights
for the people of Europe. It adds.
There Is In this note neither boast
ing nor misunderstanding of the mili
tary situation
ASJtOMU SKKS IT
IIOMU. Jan 1
Itesponslblllty for the continuation of the
war has been put squarely up to Germany
by the Allies' reply to President Wilson's
note
This Is the attitude expressed In official
circles today Germany now knows the
terms of the Kntente Powers, and If she
Is willing to meat thm tbe war will cease
at once, It was stated
There were demonstrations of Joy In the
streets of Home today when the contents
of the note were made known Cheering
crowds gathered Ip front of the Government
buildings
If the German allies accept the peace
term which la considered extremely im
probable it would mean the elimination of
Italy's most formidable enemy Austua-lluDsary
Only Two Men Killed
in New Jersey Blast
Continued from rare One
Und Immediately after the n""";'
plosions started Some slept In school
houses, others In private homes " 1 many
women were cared for nt hospitals
nnn at-Attn in sky
Throughout last night a t-ed Blare lighted
the Rk) on the .terse) shore t P lint II mid
night great puffs of smoko followed h , ter
rlfie explosions told of new batches of shells
thit wero letting go .. i
In all about 600 shells were clftstro)ed
They were the l,s. of an " 000 000 order
for the Russian Government Tho list
shells, completing the order, wo Id h vo
been finished this week The si ells vv h Ich
bombarded Klngsland nnd the nurro indlng
torrltory wero nbotit half shrapnel and half
of high explosive t)pe
Major Claj of Klngsland the county
authorities and officials of the cpmpao
started nn Investigation there Clay de
" ared It had been virtually established that
the flro nhd subsequent exp loslon were
ciused by nn electric wire foiling Into a
vat This started a blare The firo nulok
Iv spread, and within a -norl time the first
explosives were reached In rapid succes
slon the frnmo buildings comprising the
phnt were set ablaze and lie l"oln";
nf tho shells stored thoro could bo heard for
miles
With Hie Issuance ot orders for the people
of Klngslnnd lo leave their homes, the
police were Instructed to shoot down pos
sible looters who refused lo surrender upon
rommand About fifty arrests wero made
Most of'those taken Into custody, however,
were merel) suspects nnd were released
Permits were also Issued todiy for the
Inhabitants of Klngsland to return to their
sholl-w recked homes Onlv four houses In
Ilin town wero destro)ed by the explosions;
none esenped the shelling which came from
the plnnt
Scores or emploves who wero In the plant
when the fire started were still being cired
for In hospltnls The) were suffering most
1) from exposure In the wild panic which
followed the first burst of flames and tho
first explosion men began leaping from tho
windows of tho plnnt They fell Into tho
river along which the sheds were built
After struggling from tho Icy waters they
fled net oss the froren marshes
llarbed-wlre fences surrounded the plant.
CONFERENCE ON RIVEK
IJRIDGE PLANNED
Camden Council Hxpcctcd to Appoint
Committee lo Meet New Jersey
Commission
I'nmiltus (,liv Council Is expected to
appoint a committee Mond-iv night to confei
Willi the Delaware Itivei Btldge nnd Tunnel
Commission of New .leisev on tho mention
or tho proposed bridge to span the rlvci be
tween that clt) nnd Philadelphia Ma) in
I buries II Ellis, of Camden, has suggested
that n committee ot five ineiubcis be ap
pointed Liter conferences will be held b) this
committee and tho commission with tho
Philadelphia and Ponns)lvnnla authorities
nl which the decision will be undo on the
Inintlon of tho brldgo approaches to get
llitiu on illrectlv opposllo sides ,,r the river
MOTHHIS' All) LAW ATTACKED
Lackawanna County Questions Consti
tutionality of 1913 Law
SCItANTON, Pa .Ian 12 lodges Ed
wards. New comb nnd O'Neill sitting en
banc, licurd arguments todny for anil
against tho constitutional!!) of tho mothers'
pension law passed ill 1913 Tho count)
olllclals icfused to make un nppioprlatlon
foi tho fund Loc'al civic societies then
took the m.ittei up
Lackawanna County sa)s that It would
be n violation of the Constitution to ap
propriate iiioue)s lo a special class widows
of tlic Commonwealth
i
Kept Wife's "Date"; Held in Bail
llownul .1 Bell. thlil)-llve )ears n
wholesalo ment de.ilei. who lives at KB IS
Sansom street, wns held In $300 ball for
idtirt toda) by Maglstiate Stevenson for
beating Haiold 1'reos 58.it De lot me)
street Fie.is testified that when he re
turned from a trip from t-crantou last
Tuesda) he was met nt the Itt.idlng
Termlntl by Hell who struck hhn three
times on the note Bell said that ho nut
Freas on Christmas Eve and Introduced him
to his wife at ii coiintr) club A few d.i)s
later ho testified that Fleas nlled at his
homo and told his wife that he wantid hei
to meet him at the Heading Terminal nn
Tuesd.i) Mrs Dell told hei husband and
lie kept tin' date Instead of his wife
Catholic Hipili School Charter Asked
Application was made in Court of Com
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1 111 st foi ii ehaiter foi the West Philadel
phia Catholic High School foi Bo)S. which
is now in iiiun-e of consti union at Foitv
uliith and Chestnut streets
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Jersev cities now seeking n illffcttntuj
In freight rates over New ork to conflnjl
their fight to the lighterage clnrges helwee5
their ports nnd New A nrk by bluntly ,jjj
nnunrlng that thev nc entitled to be hv
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bodies of this clt) 't
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hive been In S)mpitbv with the Mrai,
of Jersey Cltv llnhnken nnd oilier NjJJ
.lersey port towns to rid themselves of fhJ
so-cilled 'free lighter iRr r Marges tint mI
Included In the present fremht rste8 (hji
govern them nnd New Vnrk The morels,
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Hon expert emploved b) thn Wnvs oM'
Mcins Committee of New tersev to furnl.rf
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jo)ed bv Philadelphia Insiesd of llireecentil
the estimated cost nf llghlernge cr Iff
pounds brought the Philadelphia contingent
attending Ihe hearings brim. Special EtJ
ninmer J.a nop iu ciinr irn
N .1 ASKS BOTH CAKI Ami ptt-tS
The move appeared In the PhilidiMnloW
ns If the Jersev cities vv tinted both tlio '$A
nnd the 'cake" nnd i heac v flri nf croM
examining qucsuons was uirei iro at Mr
Troll n
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the New Jersiv cities In tin- n znni w
Philadelphia?' demanded Itoberi n Jcnltiis
.,ii.ii".vi "i hi.j v iiiiiiiii'i. mi a. ninKQ Cf.
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' I hnvo given Hie matter considerable it.
tctillon " lesponded Mr Troup
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or J'liiiniicipnia unvo vou given that mt
ter voftr consideration u ihe double!
barreled question fired nt Mi Troun
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neve cii'il ii miuiii n.ec uui nine cicect on
Philadelphia.' said Mi Troup ,
Previously Mr Troup had pr sealed anct
supported mi opinion tint Hie net distant!
to New York. Plill.idclphli nnd Baltimore
was Identical from western iinmts 1nJ
the cross-evnmln.ition cpierv was driven!
along that line 4
'Is the inst of hauling freight from
western point to lersev c it n , heap m
bringing It to riiuniieipiiin i nnnnucd ilri
lenlcs
No I (Ion t think It Is
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made II their polin of ill n l m show thali
tho witnesses tailed have tint studied thtS
conditions of Phlladelphi i nnd h ive notl
taken Into their estimate lis Krogriphlcatl
location, which is ninetv n ih . c ocr byft
rail lo vv ostein polnlx fhc i plea to thtjl
Interstate Commerce Commission win he ou
the grounds tint Phlladelphi i must hart'
a relative p.nltv or r ite. m h in no,
exists between New Vnl, mil lhc W
Jersev ports bv renhon nf the sh rtei haul
fiom the West nnd southern P nis
New York is bllterlv fighting the U-m
tempt to separnto the llglnci.iK cost from
tho cost of tho rail haul wlmb Iho Newn
Jeisey faction has In ought fmnarcl VTllhB
Vigor In this question the -h oping inters
ests tilling the e-ntlre AHmii unboarB
lire deepl) interested ir ir gem i niv hnowni
that tho charges foi llghtc ragi arc card
of tho New' York zone rate and that alH
other rone lates were tstnldishul with thn
New York rates as n Mandard This flghtl
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attacking for vears
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