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ABUNDANT
FUEL
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Cheap Coal and Oil
Add to the Natural
Advantages
FEW OTHER CITIES
SO MUCH FAVORED
Three Great Railroads' Di
rect Connection With Big
Coal Fields of State
HEAVY COASTWISE TRADE
ARTICLE VI
Tho value of cheap and abundant fuel
for the successful and economical operation
ef a modern port In theso days of almost
Universal steam propulsion Is Incalculable.
The port which Is located ncarost to tho
coal center of a country, therefore, lias an
unquestioned natural advantage over those
more distant
The supremacy of Great Britain on the
leas Is largely duo to her great, Inoschaust
nt!e coal fields adjacent to her ports. In
deed, many of the most extensive of these
fields underllo her ports and stretch for
miles under the ocean.
The eagerness of all tho great marlno
commerce-carrying nations, like Great
Britain, Germany and Japan, to obtain coal
ing stations convenient to all commercial
ports where abundant supplies of fuel do
not exist and their enormous expenditures,
not only for tho establishment nnd up-Keep
of these stations, but also for their protec
tion In time of war! Is strong evldenco of
the value of abundant cheap fuel for the
successful operation of a modern port not
only for export, but for the accommoda
tion of vessels which ply back and forth.
GREAT COAL STATE
Coal Is found In many of the States, but
the four great coal-producing Stntea In the
order of voluino of annual output are Penn
sylvania, West Virginia. Illinois and Ohio.
A glance at a map will show that no
other port In the country is so favorably lo
cated In respect to these coal fields or bet
ter situated to draw from them their prac
tically unlimited supplies than Is the port
of Philadelphia.
The three great railroad systems which
center here, with their numerous connec
tions, carry and distribute the bulk of the
output from these fields.
The Heading Hallway system, wJiIch In
cludes the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
the Pennsylvania system and the Lehigh
Valley Itallroad haul tho bulk of the out-
Continued on rate Three, Column Three
OIL MEN IN NEW YORK
AFTER FLEEING RUMANIA
Twenty Escaped to Pe'trograd Before
Advance of Teutons British
Seize Ship's Mail
NEW YORK. Jan 13 The Bteamshlp
Stockholm arrived today from Gothenburg.
Bringing twenty American oil men who lied
from tho Rumanian oil fields at the ap
proach of von Mackensen's armies. They
traveled through Russia to Petrograd and
thence to Sweden.
All of the Stockholm's malls were seized
by the British at Klrkwell.
, Another passenger direct from the war
one -was Elmer II Count, of Ellenvllle. N.
, for the last nine years In charge of a
Methodist Episcopal mission. In Sofia. He
jam the Bulgarians were tired of war and
Hoping for peace. There is a great scarcity
of food In Bulgaria, Count said, and the
people are suffering keenly.
THE WEATHER
ronscABT
For FhtlnrtJ,hlr. si,.,) -,j,w..i.. .
wy anow toniaht and Sunday morning,
lOllOWed hit nlfinrinrt 7sisri .. rmJnht
.. vun lowest aoouf 30 degreba: colder Sun-
ant. il-l.. ......i. .. ...
v ...tfix, (ion luuineaai wiliuj.
. 4.bnuilf tl PAY
iS2 I1?"' !?! " Uoa ri.. 10-17 pm.
DELAWARE RIVEB TIDE CIUNOES
CHESTNUT STREET
fcWt-r . Low water .I2.08pm.
HUrt -water . 4 13 a.m. nut, water. ,0.03 cm,
TEJlrEKATUBE AT EACH HOUR
.81 91 lni lift"! II T t"i a i K
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r'The Ivory Child,"
ridor for the new subway tracks. Above the workmen's heads may ho seen tho groat gilders, if cnfoicod with concrete, which
On tho right are the present subway tracks and the piles and girders which now prop up the southeast corner of City Hall.
SIX TRACK WORKMEN
KILLED BY P. It. R. TRAIN
Express Plows Through Section Gang
Near Wilmington Foreninn
Among tho Dead
WILMINGTON, Del, Jan 13 An et
press train on tho Philadelphia, n.iltlmnie
and Washington division ot the Pcnnsylvn
nla Railroad, southbound from Philadel
phia, today mowed down n'gang ot portion
hands near Bcllcvue, about six miles north
of this city, killing four and seriously In
juring two.
Tho men wcro doing track work and
stepped out of the way of n north-hound
freight directly In tho path of tho expiess.
Eugeno Ahcrn, of Ilellevuc, foi email of
the gang, was ono of tho four killed.
TWO TRUST COMPANIES
ATTACK WAR TAX LAW
Real Estate Title and Germantown
Concerns Contend Measure Does
Not Include Them
The war emergency revenuo act was
called unconstitutional during nn argu
ment 111 tho United States District Court
of Appeals this afternoon in an npiie.il by
the Real Estate Titlo Insurance and Trust
Company. Germantown Trust Company
Joined In the action.
The appeal was from a decision of Judge
Dickinson, of tho District Court, nonsuit
ing their claims for a icfimd of taxes paid
under protest and holding that the law was
valid.
Numerous other attacks on tho act have
been mado by concerns In all paits of tho
country. Objection Is bated thlclly upon
a Bectlon which provides that bankers shall
pay $1 for each JIOOO of their capital, Mir
plus nnd undivided profits, used In their
business. Having n banking branch, tho
two trust companies, as well na others simi
larly situated, wero compelled to pay tli
tax.
Many points of Importance to financial
Interests wero raised In the nigmnmit. Ono
of these was as to tho definition Congiess
intended should be given to "banking" ns
related to trust companies, and ono was
ns to whether Congress Intended that trust
companies doing n hanking business should
bo taxed for all their capital surplus and
undivided profits, or for only surh poitlon
as was 'actually used In their banking busi
ness. Tho argument, which was hcnid ly
Judges Ilutllngton, McPhersou and Woolley,
was mado on behalf of the trust com
panies by John (3. Johnson, Maurice 11.
Saul nnd II Stuart Smith.
A decision will bo rendered later.
WOULD 13AR ALL LIQUOR
SHIPMENTS FROM IOWA
Legislature Has Bills Preventing Car
riers Handling Goods and Excluding
"Booze" Advertisements
DES MOINES, la, Jan 13 Bills pio
hlbltliig personal shipments of liquor nnd
barring liquor adverttfements of any 1.1 nil
within tho limits of tho State nro befoie
the Iown Legislntuie today.
The measures were lutioduced, Senator
Wbitniore, their author, said, becauso tho
Webb-Ken) on law made their enforcement
possible.
Railroads and express companies would
bo guilty of a misdemeanor, by theso bills.
If such common cnrilern brought liquor
Into Iowa. The only manner In which the
average person could obtain liquor would
be by a lslt to wet territory, and ho would
be limited on re-entering the State to two
quarts of whisky and one case of beer
DEPORTED BELGIANS WILL
BE PERMITTED TO RETURN
Representations by Holland in Behalf
of Antwerp Province Residents Re
sult in Concession by Berlin
BERLIN. Jan 13
As a result of representations from Hol
land, the Government has decided to allow
Belgian workmen deported from Antwerp
province to return to their homes.
If the Idle men cannot find work tho Gov
ernment will allow them to go to Holland
or return to Germany.
GROCER FOUND DEAD ON RAILS
Man Evidently Killed by Engine Found
by Another Crew
The mangled body of William If B
Kruger, a retired grocer, ot 5'H North
Twenty-second street, was found on the
tracks of the Pei'utsylv aula Railroad at
Twenty-fifth street above Passyunk ave
nue early today. The police are Investigat
ing the man's death.
The crew of a shifting engine discovered
Kcuger'a body across the west bound tracks,
where it had evidently been thrown after
being struck by another engine. The body
was almost cut fn two.
R.8- Wallace, yard master, was notified
and summoned the ambulance of the Poly
clinic Hospital. The body was taken by
the police of the Twenty-eighth, and Rltner
streets station. When Kruger'a wife went
to the morgue to identify the body she
collapsed. A son, William II. B. Kruger,
Jr., of 2509 South Fifteenth street Identified
the body.
The New Allan
UNDER CITY HALL FOR
1917 AUTO MAKES
DEBUTAT SHOW
Latest Models on Resplen
dent Exhibition at Com
mercial Museum
BIG VARIETY ON VIEW
Evening Ledger Will Issue
Auto Sltouu Supplement
THE annual automobile show sup
plement of tho Evening Ledger,
which will bo published Wednesday, ,
January 17, .will he filled from cover ,
to cover with the best that time,
work and inspiration can produce.
Tom Daly. Jl'liss, Dr. Walter F. Ritt
man, Hugh Chalmers, Martin V. Kol
ley. Albert G. Metz, Robert W. Max
well, John G. Collins, George B. King
and W. R. I). Hall arc among those
whoso facile pens furnish a wealth
of authoritative and humorous mo
torcar literature and verso. Experts
discuss tho technical problems of the
industry from every angle, including
that of highways anil traffic regula
tions. Krieghofl', Hammon and Stuart
present a wide range of illustrations,
backed up by columns upon columns
of photographs.
If you own a motorcar or if you
have hopes, ho sure to order your
copy early.
Tho sixteenth annual Philadelphia Auto
mobile Show Is on In full swing today.
In a lilaso of electric lights, tho 1317
motorcar, sjmbol of prospeilty, mado Its
debut In the big exhibition hall of tho Com
mercial Museum, Thirty-fourth street below
Spruco, last night before a record-breaking
crowd
Tho debutante mado a distinct Impres
sion Mnro gracorul nml luxurious than
ever before and wrought to a high stato ot
mechanical perfection, tho typo of plc.isuio
car that was Introduced to the ptlbllo In
semes of forms underwent n scrutlnUlug
examination that satisfied tho motor-loving
throng.
Every class of passenger motor vehicle,
brought to the zenith of its class, now Is
on view, from tho yacht-liUo touring car,
that htunds aloof In its exclusivcncKs, to the
alTablo pug-nosed roadster. Every ear
from the 510,000 palace-oii-wlieeled-eii!.h-
Contliiunl on ruee 'luo, ( oliiiim Tlireo
?D?7
DEFENDED BY CENSOR
Dr. Oberholtzer, Favors Gov
ernor's Action Says He Isn't
Seeking to Fill Vacancy
Dr Ellis Paton OberholtzeV, secr.tary of
tho Pennsylvania State Board of censnm.
says he lias no ambition to succeed J
Louis Rreltlnger as chairman of the board
and ho thinks Governor Brumbaugh's re
moval of Ilrcitinger was Justified. Doctor
'Oberholtzer was Involved in tfie censorship
dispute by Albert C Miller. Broitlnger's
law partner, who gave out a statement
)esterday Implying that Oberholtzer wanted
llreltliiger's Job and that he was ot the
bottom of' Rreltlnger's removal.
Doctor Oberholtzer piado Jits position
clear today.
"I certainly haven't any ambition to suc
ceed Mr. Breitlnger," he said. "There Is
no question about that at all. It is a
position that U filled with annoyanco from
beginning to end "
Doctor Oberholtzer hM told an audience
at CarllMe, Pa . after the Governor atked
Breitlnger to resign, that he believed the
Governor was Justified, according to Miller's
statement Miller said a Carlisle newspaper
had quoted Oberholtzer to this effect.
J don't want to affirm or deny that
Carlisle report," said Doctor Oberholtzer.
"but I think I can bo expected to be on the
Governor's kle. It la certainly only natural
'that I should regard his action favorably.
Being one of the Governor's appointees. It
jvould be remarkable If I did not side with
him."
Cody Estate Less Than $65,000
DENVER. Col., Jan 13. The estate of
Colonel William V. Cody, who died -here
Wednesday, U estimated by Judge W. I
Wall, for years Colonel Cody's attorney, at
not to exceed 165.000. t consists in the
main of three ranches near Cody, W)o.,
and an equity In a hotel In that town.
Quatermain Story
NEW SUBWAY
upport
PROBE FOR PLOTS
IN JERSEY BLASTS
Town of Haskell in Ruins
From Second Explosion
in Two Days
,
MANY' REPORTED DEAD
400,000 Pounds of Powder Blown
Up and Shock Felt in
Four States
NEW VORIC. Jan. 13, With the town
of Haskell In ruins today from tho second
giant Jersev munitions plant explosion
within foity eight hours. Pnsinle County
Prosecutor Mlchaol Dunn piepnred to lead
New Jersey nlllclnlB in a thorough Inves
tigation to detcrmiuo whether thero was
an organized .plot behind tho two dis
asters. With an explosion that shook four Slates
and lit tho midnight sky with a glare that
was visible as far away as Albany, 400,000
pounds of powder at tho du Pfnit muni
tions plant blew up. terrorized the coun
tryside and started u lire that btazec
fiercely until early this morning
Reports of a heavy loss of llfo ns n
result of the explosion w-ro circulated to
day In arlous New Jersey towns.
A sergeant of tho Plimpton Eakcs police
dc.cl.ucd thlrty-sov-cn wcro Killed. He an
nounced his otlmato after talking with
surviving woikmcn. Ono of the du Pont
company doctors was quoted by the ser
geant as saying he had counted eleven
dead The du I'ont statement accounts for
only two missing
Tho explosion came on the heels of the
$12,000,000 blow-im of tho Russian shell
plant of tho Cunndlan Car and Foundry
Company, at Kingsland. N J., Thursday,
when hundreds of men. women and children
fled Into the night to escape the homu.ud
ment of eNpludfng shrapnel cases
These two explosions, as well ns the
blow-up of hundreds of thousands of shells
In the Illack Tom disaster somo time ago,
nt Communlpaw, .. J., In which four pur
Eons wero killed. V20 Injured anil $2O,0Ufl -000
damage done, are a )et unexplained
Not a house in the village of Puinptoii
I, alien lias a whole windoivp.ine todn)
Houses belonging lo the company and lo
cuted tliree-fouitli-- of .1 mil" awuj, wne
('mitinueil " IMco ('uliimii ont
U. S. CRUISER ASHORE
ON PACIFIC COAST
Milwaukee, Engaged in Salvage
Operations oir Stranded Sub-,
. marine, lias Mishap
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13 The l'nii.Hl
Stntes cruiser Milwaukee is uslmio near
Eureka, according to a brief message re
ceived by tho marine department of the
Chamber of Commerce here this niorii'ng
No details wcro given.
For several days pist the cruiser has been
engaged In talvago operations ii. connec
tlon with the stranded submarine H-3
SNOWSTORM TO FOLLOW
FALLING FAHRENHEIT
Slight Relief From Frigid Ther
mometer to Ro Just
That Slight
Slight relief from the frigid spell which
has been havering over the city fur the last
threo U)3 Is promised today by the weather
man. At noon the temperature rose to 33
It l hooked to last but a slinrt irae und
will be followed, It 1a predictc'l. by a lieavj
fall of snow in the south Atlantic States, nnd
a similar downfall Is expected here late this
afternoon
A rather bluMi haze veiled the city to
day for several hours, and amateur weather
prophets contend that this ahv-tys precedes
a heavy snowstorm.
The temperature at 0 o'clock this morning
was 25. It rose gradually and reached SI
at 9 o'clock.
At the various pollc stations It was
learned that the frigid weather lvad forced
many of the homeless to ask for "shelter.
In the outlying districts cells of the station
houses were all occupied.
One man was found frozen to death at the
rear of 214 South street. The body was
Identified as tljat of Theodore A nume.
fifty yea,rs old, of Holmesburg Junction.
by H. Rider Haggard, Begins on
QUICK
I.ANDIS DBtflES MILEAGE RATE INJUNCTION
CHICAGO. .Inn, 13. i'cdcrnl Judge lentils today ilenictl the ill
junction ashed by representrttivcs or twciityolglit mink lings in
Illinois to irevent It from interfering Willi Hip order ottllie Inter
stntp Commrccc Commission's rullup. granting on Increnge from two
to two ami four-tenths crnts per mile passeitae" tnte In the Stale
FARM BANK FOR DENVER MEETS FAVOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The Senato Committee on milking
unci Currency tottny reported favorably tho bill offered several days
nu,o by Senator Shnfrotli, Colorado, to establish a federal fat'in loan
b tuk to bo located at Denver Col., the now district to bo com posed
of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
MAY END GARMENT STRIKE
Special meetings cnlled by clothing manufacture! s for tonight
have 'given rise to the repoit that tho garment nmlters' stilko may
soon be settled. The stillte has been on since Thutsdny moisting,
when the employes quit woik, demanding a foity-eight-hour week
S2n week more for salaries worker and twenty-five per cent additional
for .piece .wort:.
FOURTH REGIMENT DUE HOME EARLY TOMORROW
HAtvUISnUnG. Jm. 13. Thu Toiiitli Rejjimeiit fid,,, pclnu,yJ
va'ita has leoclied the Noifolk and Westetn Rnihoad, it was Bll.
'need nt the Adjutant General's Depaitincnt at noon. it ls
pcefd to leach Hagerstown, Md, by midnight and then ,ce'eu
! imrrtataiiir. Tlle lwn,s wil1 lcncu theil' home station, nbout
.1 a. in.. Monday.
KAISER CALLS PEOPLE TO BATTLE
TO END FOR FREEDOM OF GERMANY
AMSTERDAM. .Inn. Ki.
a "WAT, tlie Allies' purpose to crut-li normuny und cnslavs Europe is now
made clear; but as they hino failed in thirty months of bloody war and
"unscrupulous" economic" fie;htinK to accomplish subjugation of the Central
Powers, so will their fututo efforts fail.
Kaiser William thus summed up his
belief of tho Entente rowers' position
in a "proclamation to thu Geimun peo
ple" issued today. In it lie declared
his people were "ready for nil sacri
fices" and asserted his confidence in
"full victory over all tho enemies' lust
for power and rage for destruction."
The proclamation rcatlb:
"Our enemioK have dropped the
mask. After refusing peace with
scorn and hypocritical words of love
for peaco and humanity, they mm, in
replying to tho United States, !ue
ftono beyond that and admitted their
lust of conquest, tho baseness of which
is enhanced by calumnious assertions.
"Their aim is the crushing of (!er
many; dismemberment of our allioh'
powers and enslavement of the free
dom of Europe und the seas under the
same joke- that broecv, with gnashing teeth, U now enduring.
"Uut what in thiity months of bloodiest fighting and unscrupulous eco
nomic war they could not achieve, they will also fail to accomplish in tho
future.
'Our glorious victories and tho iron stiength of will with which our
lighters at tho ftont and at homo have horno all hardship and distiess is
a guarantee for tho future that our beloved Fatherland has nothing to fear.
"Hurtling indignation and holy wrath will redouble the strength of every
Cerman, man or woman, whether devoted to lighting, to work or to .suffering.
We are ready for all sacrifices.
"Tho God who planted this glotfous spiiit of freedom in our'bravo people's
hearts will also givo us and our noblo allies, tested in battle, full victory
over all tho enemy's lust for power and rago for destruction."
SUFFRAGE SENTINELS "MUFFLED UP" AGAINST COLD
WAHHINCJTON. Jan. 13 Ear muffa, heavy mittens, gulnshos and furs Were
used bv the suffrage sentiiii-lu to ropel tbo icy breezes when they resumed their
silent wutch outside President Wilson's gates today.
Philadelphia women aie mukinR plans to do suffrage picket dut) in front nt
tho White llou&e on January 24, which has been named Pennsylvania, Day. Tho
loaders, who ure ull members of lh Congressional Union. Will be JlUs Harriot
W. Dulles, Mbw Slurle Ernst Kennedy, Miss Rilu Rlegel ami llisa Jlildreil von
Ilorvaih.
GERARD CONFIRMS HIS OLIVE HRANCI1 SPEECH
WAWHINUTON, Jan- 13. The vvlreloss repait thut Ambassador tlerurd had
said at n rectnt bumiuet that rolutluii Imivveen Herman) und America were novor
bettor sinew the war slutted than at present la substantially eurrect, according vo
word from UeraiU to the Slate Department today.
HARVARD'S TENNIS CHAMPION JOINS AMBULANCE CORPS
U. ColUet Cunar. of this city, captain of the championship Harvard tennis team
and tucUlo on tho football eleven, has withdrawn from college, to join the American
ambulunco corps In I'ruiico. Tho loss of Cuner will bo u sevuro Wow to Harvard's
tennis prospects. Iast your ho was the intereolleglato champion In singles.
RULGARIA CALLS ROYS OF 17 TO THE COLORS
SAbOXICA, Jan. 13. Tho Serbian authorities huvo leeoived authoritative in
formation that all Rulgnrlan wmsoripts of the foi ty-tlitrd class, used seventeen, were
summoned to tho colors last month, AU men, in Rulguria hitherto exempted nvying
to physicul unfitness and other causes wero ordered (a present themselves to th
receiving commission and, with u few exceptions, liavo been enrolled.
EGGS AT 90 CENTS A DOZEN, CHICAGO FORECAST
t'HICAflU. Jan. JS.--Ufis at sori urt one-half cents each before tho winter
is over and wvgnty-Uvs cents u, docu within two v,eeh Is the forecast of Pr- It. H.
McKenfa, president of the Chicago j'ouitry Rreerters' Club. He says speculators
have only 15,000,00 ogg left in storage here, with the consumption averaging
l,0Q0,OW eggs a day.
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW'S 100,000 VISITORS SET RECORD
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Attendance at the 191? New York automobile show,
which will close tonight, has broken all marks. More than 404,900 visitors will
liave viewed the assortment of motorcars when the doors are closed. Agents
declare sales have exceeded ull former records.
NEWS
KAISER WILHELM
Page 6 of Today's
WILSON SEEKS
BARGAIN BASIS
FOR NEW MOVE
President May Get Cue
From Hollweg Speech .
Next Monday
SECRET DEBATE LIKELY
Question. Now Is to Find Com
mon Ground for Peace
Discussion
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 13.
TIio next move or tho United States to
ward continuing pence negotiations In In
tho process of formation today.
Afler u conference with his Cabinet yes
terday, nt which tho Ihitento reply to his
flrst ovcrtiiro was discussed In ilctn.ll. and
after a ImiR talk with Colonel House, con
fidential ndvlBcr. President Wilson has bo
gun lajliiR tho groundwork for further
mediatory negotiations.
These, It Ii understood, must necessar
ily bo highly conildciitlnl for a time Thosa
Immediately In tho President's councllsay
tho time for open communication, which
must of necessity Include much bombast
for "homo consumption" and to win the
sympathy of neutrnK has passed. If nny
headway Ii to bo made now. It must be
developed tluciugh secret channels, they
believe.
It h deemed likely b.v Home that the
riesldeiit will In- given bis nrst cue If
ho does not nlicady insvpss icontldcntlal
ndvlccs fiom Amli.iss.idnr Herald by von
lletluuatin-llollweg In nn addrcs.s before the
Reichstag nn tho I'ntento tcrmi scheduled
for next .Monday.
What the I'lesldent Is looking for Is some
common giound on which tho Rntente de
mands und Teuton concessions square mif
llclently to glvo him a basis for effectual
work.
In tho meantime, tho submarine bogy
again looms as .a prod to American efforts
for peace, llcpoits "fiom abroad, confirmed
to a largo extent In Uirm:iu circles here,.
Indicate that If llicro Is no peaco now Ger
many will push her warfare on a larger
und moio relentless bc.ile.
Ambassador on Ilcrnstorlf has assured
that thero will bo no further violations ot
tho "principles" which Germany has ngrecd
to cruiser warfare.
PRESS OF BRITAIN NOW
a ni'T.A rmc P?j"c77)rv'j
-tl 4VT U i-'U MM-4UM. A f A
LONDON. Jan, Ml.
Now- th. 1 1 the people have had a chincs
to study and digest th. Kntentes reply
to President Wilson much comment is hoard
nn omissions from 1,10 note of certain con
crete quest'ons.
Slo mention wns mado of any recom
pense for I'uglnnd, although it ls felt that
this country ought to h Indemnified for
the losses and hardships Imposed by the
war
Ntlther ls any mention made of Japan,
although It is the known nlm of that conn
ii. In hold the Uerman protcctorato of
Ki.Ki-i'liau In China.
Thu fact that tho note failed to refer
to the German colonic Indicates that thero
is ,i i banco for tho 1'ai-vr to regain some
of his nversra possession
Hellef wuk expressed in many quarters
today that both President Wilson Rnd
Germany would take some fresh action in
tho direction of prate although time may
be consldorahk' dela) iirfoic this Is done.
The notu continues to be the chief toplo
of discussion in tin- newspapers.
The Chronicle in commenting today upon
p.
Continued un I'uce Tn. Column Tws
POWER GIVEN PROBERS
TO COMPEL LEAK TALK
Rules Committee Will Widen
Scope of Inquiry To Grill
Tom Lawson
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 13. Power to re
quire Thomas W. Law-son and other wit
nesses to answer all questions was given
lo tho Ruloa Committee by the House today,
following n meeting at which the commit
tee decided to reopen the entire leak in
vestigation and make it broader than ever-
Representative Garrett, Democrat, an
nouncing ho would not contest the resolu
tion, said the Wood resolutions were a
"keen and bitter reflection and an effort
to discredit an Administration that the
Republicans could not defeat."
The resolutions, both Introduced by Chair
man Henry and passed without opposition,
glvo the committee power to force all wit
nesses to give cither ' hearsay evi
dence pertaining to the leak.. '
Mr Henry, explaining tiu. -solution, said
he wanted it to 'give tho committee all tho
power the House could give it. particularly
to deal with Thomas W I.awson"
"Wo have summoned Mr I.awson to re
appear," Henry said, "and we hope he wilt
be hero Monday when wo will resume the
investigation. If he falls or refuses to
answer, the committee will bring the ques
tion to the House and let the House de
clde Its authority and exhaust Its authority
to make Mr. Lawson answer"
RUSSIAN SQUADRON SINKS
FORTY TURKISH TRADERS
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Vessels Bound to Constantinople Heav
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Says
LONDON", Jan. 13 A Russian wvvsl
squadron raided the Anatolian coast oa J(-
uar 0 and sunk forty Turkish saipag vest
sels bound for Constantinople with heM
cargoes, according to an announcement at
tributed to the Petrograd naval staff by th
Central News today
Sixty-three prisoners were reporua ep
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