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DEWEY AT REST
IN ARLINGTON IN
STARRYSHROUD
World's Nations Join Amer
ica in Martial Tribute ah
Admiral's Funeral
SWORD LIES ON COFFIN
President and Others Follow
Body Escorted by Service Men
to National Cemetery
QUICK NEWS
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PYGMY U-BOATS
BORNE ABOARD
TEUTON
Three Submarines Carried
by Rover, Captain of Prize
Ship Asserts
EQUIPPED FOR BATTLE
Report of Auxiliary Commerce
Destroyer Confirmed by
Skipper
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Sprclal Cable Senlce of United Press ami
rvenlna Irftlaer,
Copyright. !?. lu the (illicit I'm
Bl'KNOS Aini:S, .Inn '20 Pgmj sub
marines eighteen feet In length are
carried by tha German raider that hai
wrought such damago to Allied shipping in
Atlantic waters
The captain of the captuied Ilrltlsh
sleamililp Nctherby Hall, among thoe
landed nt rernnmbuco from the Ocrman
prlie ship Hudson Marti, was authority for
this statement today.
There aro thrco submarines carried bv
the raider,", ho said In an Interview nt
Pernambuco. "Thoy aro capablo of opfra
tlon over a small radius and are caulppcd
with torpedoes, dynnmlto and ammunition "
Such additional details ns till"", indicating
the typical German thoroughness with which
the raider was prepared and equipped, led
shipping circles to predict a long chaso b
Allied warships before tho sea scourge Is
cornered
wunx last senx
Certainly she had not been definitely lo
cated today, nccoidlng to dispatches nt
faouth American ports and this desplto tho
fact that a big lleet of warships Is now
literally raking tho ocean for her.
The first report Indicating tho general
location of tho raider was receled hero
today The Brazilian packet steamship
Bahla reported sho had sighted a cssel,
believed to bo tho ra'iler, off the coast of
Wo Grando do Norte on Thursday. The
stranger was traveling north nt a speed
estimated nt about twenty Knots No con
sort was sighted with her
Wireless dispatches received today said
that tho auxiliary British cruisers Mace
donia and Orama had arrived oft remain
buco The most detailed description of tha Ger
man raider jet glcn was revealed by tho
captain of the Netherby Hall In dispatches
from Pernambuco.
"I began calling for help by wireless the
moment I sighted tho raider," he said "I
kept this up until a shot across tho bows of
my ship showed it was useless for mo to try
to escape Tha raider was equipped with
several machine guns in addition to her
cannon, and carried thrco submarines about
all meters (eighteen feet) long, capablo of
being operated oer a small radius and
equipped with torpedoes, dynamite and am
munition "I would put the raider's speed at twenty,
two knots and she alwas traveled at top
peed during the daytime At night she
lowed up, but her engine-room crew was'
Iways held in readiness to jam on full
peed "
Additional description fiom tho captain
ot the Radnorshire today gave these new
details of his experience, further indlcat-
Contlnutd en 1'ate Tldr n. Column Ture
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
for Philadelphia and xtelnlty-aener-ally
cloudy and unsettled tonight and
hunday, warmer tonight, itlth lowest
atom SO degrees; moderate south, shift
ing to northwest xUnds.
LENGTH OF UV
7 18am I Moon rlsas lUlsn
HlMpin I Moon uuth 1)21 am
Sua rUea
Sua acta
DELAWAUK KIVF.U TIDK CII1NGE3
CHESTNUT STBEET
Low water . B 43 a in. I r.ow water (1.33 a m.
Hlsh Witer.lt H a m I Jllsn wilc UJlpa
TEMl'EB TUBB AT BACH IIP UK
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satrijwi 33 i 3ii ail I i l
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Above, the land battery nt the Nay Ynul is pictured fninp a reiiuicm salute Theie were nineteen ftuns at
intervals of ono minute, llelou, the bell on Independence Hall i-. being tolled alio at meusuied intervals.
FORTY AUTOS LOST
AS GARAGE BURNS
Defective Oil Stove Said to
Have Started Blaze in
Stehle Place
FARM MARKET MENACED
Tire In an uptown garage today destrojed
foity nutomoblles, tho total loss being
$35 000 A defective oil stovo Is said to
havo started tho blazo. Tho garago wus
operated by Adolph falehlo nt 1730-10 North
CrosUey blrcct
'1 ho flro was so close to tho old Tanners
Columbia .Market that tho marlieleia car.
ricd tholr produce and meats nnd other
waies Into tho street nnd estnblished quar
tern tln.ro
When tho (Ire started there were only to
iieruns In tho BnraRe, a son of tho manager
and Adam Ilorschcl, of Twenty-tlilril nnd
I'ano streets, who was cranking his ear
preparatory to eolnij downtown
While llorschel was stooplns at his work
he heard Adolph Stehle, Jr. who Is only
sluteen, cry, 'The plato Is on fire," nnd rush
out into tho street
Mr ltorhchel Knve one look when no
heard tho bo'a cry uml stopped eninUinB
to run TIio (lames were leaping toward
him rapidly nnd ho had no time to save
his car MeamvhUo William J Kmueker, n
Continued on Taue To, toluiiin Tlirm
MAYOR ONVAY HOME
TO URGE NEW LOANS
Cuts Vacation Short to Forward Con
vention Hall, Water Line and
Transit
Hu Staff C orrfllll'l",
WASIUNCITON'. Jan 20 Major bmith
returned from Camden, S C . today and
Secured In favor of a speiUI election to
pals on proposed loans for improvements
I Philadelphia He said that more munej,
was tieceJiry for several things which ho
believed the people would upprove
The blggUt thing facing Philadelphia
Is a supplemental water line ho UI vvo
have but one water Jlue, and a break In
hat v"ou!d be serious What wo need a
another water line, and It U es ima 1
this and other Improvements in our nitra
tion ssstem will cost about (!,,0?'0", r,
The Major explained that he had short
ened his vacation because of the decU on
of the Supreme Court on the convention
hall loan, which forbids the uw of about
1500,000 Vlo"d to b. ud lie said
that this decision may affect the validity
of loans for the Art Museum. Public Ll
brary and other matters, and make a special
' Ast" "hTamimded llapld Transit plans,
a reiwrt on which was submitted to the
Mayor's office after his departure for the
South, the Mayor said that he 'f''
received it and therefore was not In a
pSiltlon to discuss the changei suggested b
the JUpId Transit ufflciaU.
U. S. AVIATORS DEFIED
DESERT'S SLOW DEATH
Missinp; Men Toll of Nine-Day
Rattle Against Starvation in
Mexican Sands
FOUND BY RESCUERS
SAN niUGO, Cnl , Jan -'0 A story of
endurance and n lu-iolu battle ngainst death
was written today Into the annals of the
aviation cnips of the I'nltod Htales army
when Lieutenant V A Uuberteou, J r, miss
ing army aviator, enmo bnek as from tho
dead
out in tho desert a paitj of men was
bringing Into Yuma Lieutenant Colonel
Hurry it UUhap, whom Ilobeitsan wiih
forced to leavo exhausted, and all but un
lonsclous in tho Mccleun wastes before lie
nmdu his dual desperato try for life and
assistance.
Although weakened and worn, neither
man will surfer an 111 consequences from
his experience, after food and rest havo
restored them to health.
To newspaper men at Wilton and Yuma,
Arte, llobertsqn gave a graphic description
uf his nine-day battle with the desi-i i After
he ami Colonel Ilishop left San Diego Wed
nesday January 10. to lly for Calexieo, lis
said their neroplano mounted higher in or
der to cross a mountain range This swung
the machine Into a strong current of wind
which swept It rapldl) southward
Tho airmen found It impossible to get
their location, and when the) kiw at noon,
n large body of water, they both thought
It tho Salton Sea Instead It was n laguno
far uver tho border In Mexico, as they
( ontloufd on I'mrc Thrre, Coluum Oue
WILL TRY AGAIN TO PUSH
PRESIDENT'S STRIKE LAW
Senator Newlands Says ell Will At
tempt to Have Another Vote
Taken in Committee
WASHINGTON, Jan 50 Responding
to tho Insistent demands of the White
House, Administration leaders In Congress
decided today to defy organized labor and
make one raoro effort to force enactment
qf the President's strike prevention pro
posal into law
Senator Newlands, chairman of the In
terstate Commerce Committee, said he.
would attempt to have another vote put
forward in the committee on the proposi
tion by President Wilson to make strikes:
unlawful pending Government investigation.
The ommIttee recently voted dowu the
proposal, seven to three
GRAYSON'S JUMP
HOTLY ASSAILED
Army and Navy Journal Re
sents His Promotion to
Rear Admiral's Rank
SARCASM IN CRITICISM
WASIUNCITON, Jan .'i The Army and
Navy Journal, ollliial organ for the scrviie
news, bitterly attaiked the promotion of
IJeutonnnt Commander Caiy T. drajson.
President Wilson s personul friend and
phjslclnu, to be a leur admiral in today's
Issue:
Tho Journal sajs the appointment is u
direct result of tho Mibxtilutlon of the ho
called merit system for the suiloritj sys
tem of appointments uiuhr the Wilson
Daniels regime
"In discussing the pioblim of sulci lion,"
eas'B tho Journal, "the Secretary of the
Navy mailo home toothing remarks unent
tho fear that personal or political influences
inlBilt becomo factors in the selection.
'Tho comment on tho gratifying assur
ances given by Secretary Daniels U found
in tho announcement of thu ilrayson pro
motion. Passed Assistant Surgeon (Irajson has
pass I over tho heads of ten of his ouu
rnnK and of all the eight-five surgeons and
all tho seventeen medical directors lo
leaves behind, besides these uml fifteen
medical Inspectors. 1ST officers of his own
corps All nro his seniors In rank and
bervlce
"His promotion will lie received with
unanimous disfavor, not onl because of
what it accomplishes but still more bo
cause of what It threatens
To select an olltccr for promotion not
because of his personal qualification, but
because good fortune has 'placed him in n
position to win favor from tho appointing
Continued on I'ase Tun Column Two
FUNSTON FIXES SCHEDULE
FOR RETURN OF GUARDS
General Movement Homeward Ex
pected Soon Watching Vilhstns
Near Pershing's, Post
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 20 Ueneral
Funetou said today that he was formulating
a schedule for tho return of National
Guardsmen from the border, but refused
to disclose how many units were to return
home until the designations are completed
This was uccepted as confirmation of re
ports that the order for .tie vvthdraual of
American troops would be issued sliortl)
Army men bllve r'unston Is waiting to
ascertain the exact intentions of 1500 VII
listas campd in Santa Clara canyon, a
daj's march from the farthest, American
outpost at Kl Yalle, before making anj announcement.
L'AWSOtf TELLS FRIENDS OP COMING LEAK
BOSTONt Jmi. fiafhotuns Vf, tnwsan, central figure in I tie
Washington Irnk to Wnll tlttvt probe, totlny told his friends to
net on the shoie qulcltly nnd well up toward high Innd nnd diy
laud," tor a leal; is coming thnt is ns ft volcano to n newer bubble in
comparison to the Inst Unit.
CHAMP CLARK FOR PRESIDENT Iff 19205 MAYBE
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 0.If "tuinss look tight" Champ Clark
will li- candidate ioi Piesidmit in 1B20. Closest ftUuilB of tile
PK!ikir nld tot'ny t lint he had undo no plans to ro out nftei the
nomination. Tluy added, howovei, tljat "IT tltinss look light in
10!20" the Spenkei ntlght do so. Most of the JVtlssotui delegation
iuu known to feel that "becntise of 101S" the patty owes Clalk the
noininution.
MARRIAGE UNITES FAMILIES OF TWO COAL OPERATORS
ItAX.LKTON, Prt.. Jan. sJO. Alviu Jin title, Jt son of nn nnthin-
iit tonlopetntot, and Miss Gladys Jones, daughter of T. D. Jones,
pilnclp.il ownei of the I-Illl Cieek Coal Company, with opeintious lit
New llohlon, weie nmuled at the Tiist I'lesbyteiiun Clmiclt this
ttieinooii by the Hev Ilobut II. Jni k.
t
KOTAN RESUMES COAL GOUGIS PROI5E MONDAY
Ulslrlcl Atluino S.untiol 1' Uuliin will rosuino Mnmla his liiesllBntion of
tlli'PT.itlons thnt ceitiiin denlciH in thiH rit iiinsplivil to inise tho price or lo.i1
Nit week, it is exported, lerlalu IiIkIi ollleliiN In the I'lilLideliihla I'o.tl i:chtuiRO
will be examined It H understood thnt the piolie thus fm Iuu brought forth ol
ill mi- which Indlsptilnlil Units conl de.ilerH In South I'hllndelphiii with illstilbtitlim
uf pi ire raids pilor to the RtitiRc of December iO Ml ltntpn hns piomiseil u "leal
iiim stlgntioii
liltASS FOUNDRY RAZED IN SPECTACULAR FIRE
P.V VOItK, bin J0 A Hpeitiiciilm lite fed with inteimltteiil nelil explosions,
ilesirojed the Miinh.ittnn Hums I'miiidry in Uast 'l'wont eighth mroct todny. In
jnreil thice Iltemon uml etcited u near panic In tho Itellovuo llospltnl, a block
nwnx The ilnniURO wnH cstlmntoil lit $100,00.).
WILL DISINTER NEARLY 1000 IIODIES
Neailj 1000 bodies In (ileuwood Cenu'terv. nt Midge innniio and T.vontj eighth
street aro to ho icmovcd to innUe loom Toi nn additional tincK on the connecting
rnilwnj of tho I'emisvlvniila Ituilio.id when negotiations foi tho puichnsu nf tho
cemoteiy property mo completed It wan announced toduv The cemetery puicliaso
will comptiso a strip of 1,00 feet long and 30 feet wide and will be n portion of tho
right of wn connecting llrond Ktieet Station with tho New York division line
GERMANY DENIES REPORT OF RIOTS IN COLOGNE
i:i:itl.I.V, ,lun "0 -Tint Invention," wus the vva the ollleinl piess bureau to
il iv characterised lepoits b the Lyons wlrelesH that the Cologne railroad station
hud been closed foi three ilnja on account of riots "No riots occili red," tho pi ess
bureau nsscitod
PERSHING EXPEDITION READY TO QUIT MEXICO
i:h PASO, Tex Jun 20 -It Was iiuoMc'Uill.v ippuited l oimy nflleers that
actual withdrawal operatioiiH weiu under way at HI ulle the southern outpost of
tho punillvo evpeditlon In Mi'vico, and nt Kan Jouipiiu, between ill Vnlle and tha
Held Iie.uUiuuiteiH at Colonia Diililuii I'lPdhtioiiH Unit tho entire expedition will
begin its march to Columbus, N il , within the net foity eight liouis were luiido
by nrmy olllcem CSenerul IVishlng's troops will be disposed along tho border, with
licadquarteis at HI I'nso and Sun Antonio, ucuordiug u leporta hero and In
Columbus.
KNOX SEES PROIHIHTION AS ISSUE IN 1020
SAVANNAH. Ha. Jun .'o- Philander C Knox. Ilepiiblicau Sonutar-oleU ftom
Pouiisylvniiia. who passed through Savannah, piedirtod thut nutinnul prohibition
would bo nn issue in 1920, and Hint Willi;. m .lenningH Ilijun will bo tho biggest
flgilio in diy politics He eonlinued "liven in my homo State, though J bollovo
prohibition would not get even a good tr mm li less a majniitj, a cundiilato oufTurs
wlien the ilrpinr Interest is Inched on to him I believe thut the manufacturers in
Pennslvauia would weliume proliibition. Imt the voters hardly arc icudy foi it"
DEUTSCHLAND EXPECTED AT NEW LONDON TOMORROW
IHtllKlllPOUT, Conn Jan JO -Tho (lermun meiiluint submarine DeutschUind
Is otpected to uiriio in New lanidim hirbur within the next twent four liours.
according to Jumes I. Mctiovein, lolleilcr uf i ustoms for Connecticut Jlr. Mo
Govern arrlv.'d at Ids home hem late lust night from New London, where ho hud
been in confeience with odleuils of the Huslein Korwurding Companj.
CRAMP'S HAS ENOUGH WORK FOR TWO BUSY YEARS
QlUUals of the Crump's shipjurd have announced that tho tlrni lias enough
contracts on hand to keep tho ard busy for nearl two ears, uml the otitlooH for
more contruuts is blight TIio tlrm has put in bids for onu battle cruiser and two
destroyers to bo built for the Oovernment The number of men now employed nt
the yard totals upproiroutel 5uoo
NORRLSTQWN DENIES "RACE SUICIDE" REPORT
NOIUUSTOWN, io, Jan. SO-Churle U Whlto, loeul regiitrar of vital statis
tics for Norristown, takes exception to the statement mado by tlio Census Hiirean
at Washington tlmt NorrUtovvn hud tho highest death ruto In Pennsylvania In
1915 nnd that tho deaths exceeded tho births. Whlto sus Narrlstown is wrong
fully clmrgcd with the deaths at tho NorrUtown Hospital for tho Insane, which
int.es persons from the southern district of I'ennsj Ivanla, and Occident and medical
case aro taken from all ovci Alonteomery Count Ho says that onl twelve of tho
243 deaths at tho NorrUtown Hospital for the Insane and only fortj-fflvo of tho
eightv even deaths at tho Charity Hospital" woro rbsidents of fiorrlstown. The
actual number of NorrUtown residents to die In 1915 was HQS. lie sas, while tho
births numbered 072.
UPDEGRAFF ESTATE OF 500,000 GOES TO FAMILY
HAGKP.STOWN, Md Jan 20 Tho will of William Updegraff, one of llagers
iown'3 wealthiest citizens, vias probated HUj ostato worth more than ?500,000, 1
shared by his five children ' The will was made In 1905
FARM PRODUCTS SHOW AT IIARKISUUG NEXT WEEK
JIAIUUSBUHG, Jan. 20 Organisation; Interested In the Stats corn, fruit,
dairy products, vegetable and wool show which will be held here next week, havo
arranged twentj-three separate sessions. Two joint meetings also will be held. All
meetings will be publl. The sliow itself will open Monday, Sessions of organisa
tions will begin early Tuasday and continue almost uninterruptedly until late
Thursday.
J How Capital Paid Tribute
to Dead Hero of Manila Bay
ALL Govei nment departments
. closed throughout tho day.
All business establishments closed
from lliHO to l'J:30.
Fines on all Government buildings
nnd vvnr vessels displayed nt half
stnlT.
Private funeral services at tho
Dewey home nt 10 o'clock nttended
only by members of the immediate
family; the President and Mrs. Wil
son. Secretary of tho Nnvy and Mrs,
Daniels nnd n few intimate friends.
The Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith,
of St. John's Episcopal Church, of
ficiated, usinir the burial service of
tho Protcstnnt Episcopal faith.
Body escorted to the Capitol by
midshipmen from Annnpolis
Official services in the rotunda of
the Capitol at 11 o'clock. In attend
ance were the President nnd Mrs.
Wilson, tho members of the Cabinet,
icpiescntatives of the diplomatic
corps, special committees named by
the Senate nnd the House, officials
of the navy, ai my, marine corps and
others.
Funeral procession alone; Pennsyl
vania avenue to the Aqueduct bridge
in Upper Georgetown, then across
the Potomac nnd nlong the military
toad to Arlington Cemetery.
Body temporarily laitl to rest irf
mausoleum bclongine; to General
Nelson A. Miles in Arlington.
wAsiILViilON. J.in 20 Ucorgo Dewey,
the Admiral of the Nnvv his been laid to
rent Ills I'nilj lies in h storlc Arlington,
whcia lcposo those of thousands of the
heroes of tho war Lctween tho Stutes, in
which I)ewc iccelvcJ his first bautlsm of
Hie. and of tlio hii.in nil-American conflict
in which lie f.irned undlng fame
lit the CScneril Mlh-s mnuoleuni, under
the great oaks of the s oping hills of th
south side of the national cemetery Over
looking tho city of Washington the mahog
any cankot containing nil lh.it was m3rtn
of tho dead hero was laid with all the
honors duo lo his exalted rank And, Ai
tho doois finally were doted a company of
midshipmen from tho .ual Academy at
Anrupolls nred the final vollejs of fare
well and tho s Ivnr tones of the bugles of
the band sounded ' taps on the career of
the father of io modern navy of the United
States nnd proh.ihl Its most loved com
mander i:ery possible honor u gintelul nation
could pay to his mcinorj marked the fun
eral services of the Admiral In tho ranks
that followed him to his final resting placa
woro the President of tho Cnitcd States and
.Mrs Wilson, tho members of tho buprcmt
Court , tho Vice President and Mrs Mar
shall , ovory membei of the Ciblnet, commit
tees reptesentlng the Senate nnd House;
(lovernor II T tiralinm of Dewey s native
Slate, Virmont, Adjutant ileneral Lee Tll
otseu, representing the Vermont Nntlonbl
Cuitrd, Colonel Ira L Iteeves president of
the N'oinieh Unlvcrslt, which was attend
ed b Admiral I'ewo before his appoint
ment to Annapolis, State Senator Hedfleld
Proctor, son of the late Pulled Stutes Sena
tor Ilcdllcld Procter, and L l llrooks, rep
resenting Montpeller, Iiewej's native citjr
committees representing a score of patriotla
societies, a delegation representing New
York clt, llrst to wclcoino him on his re
turn from his great victory at Manila Bay;
nil available sailors, marines nnd soldiers
uml veterans of tho Civil and Spanish
American wars
HUHVICL'S AT UOMi:
Before tho public funeral in the Capitol
private funeral services were conducted
nt the Dewe home Tho simple and beau
tiful words of the Upiscopal Church ritual
were recited by tho ltev ltoland Cotton
Smith, the dead Admiral s pastor In obe
dience to tho last request of the dead sailor
his face was not exposed to public view,
Mrs I'ewey nnd members of tho family
Mid farewell to him last night and the body
today was wrapped in tho Stars and Stripes,
for which ho had bo loally fought, and the
casket was closed for all time The flag
of the natiun also shrouded the outside of
the mahogany casket on which rested a
single wreath of llowers, the tribute of tho
President of the United Stues
A magnificent tribute and ono that was
deeply appreciated ! all who knew of It
was the presence at the services In the
Dewey home of the Spanish Ambassador,
Senor Don Juan Itiano y Uuyangos, cham
berlain to his Majesty ihe King of Spain,
and Mme lliano Their presence there era.
phaslied in the fullest degree the fact that
(ontinurd on IMge Two, Column Flio
HAS WILSON TOR
PEDOED THE WAR?
An illuminating article on Knaltsh
opinion of the Presidents
PEACE NOTE
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
our Special War Correspondent In
London
Will appear on the Editorial Page of
MONDAY'S
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