i ft , h r la? & .( :m fssv'f.W, Egyptian DEITIES "VfcUtmcstm Cigarettes TtahEndorCbAfaft leople gamut, rtfuvment and edaceSon inwriafy TREFER Deities to ay other cbpreik. Z5t v' A niaiouiaj iblert tflht Itgtill Cmdt Turiah ml Eiyjplinn Cgoreltn m ifo Mrid IXIWTTO.TITTTI PRESIDENT WILSON f,y: ' DECIDING ISSUE WITH (iUKMAIN Y VY. CMtlnued from Tate On ..!,Cablnet Immediately after the sinking of the Lusjtanin. At that time ho took tji'tlw position that "we must not act until we can act with coolness." V..t T1m nHjk jiAHttflttMM la Vinlfntm1 rrtnr in hr inn cttiili.. tnHimiin .. l.!-T. I.. . . J- . A.UV BU1UU LUilt IVilUll IO u.tn.vn wuuj i.v u b..w v..j.i, lllllULmi.' WHICH IUIS fef caused a delay in determining: a course of action, which, if law niul logic were miwrsaed to the letter, would mean at a 1.4 uaiiea states ana uermuny. $lf ' The conference between the President and Senator Stone this afternoon .' . ''mil 1 I Wilt im A Wa til offi i gJAwnaiava w uc tiiovwiivt The last time they met unaer similar concuuons was lonowinp the Sussex .'" tilnldntf. Then there were plain and strong words. '! AtnMV.VTniTS rnVPPHET.E WITH SEVATnil STflVI' The President declared then that if this country pursued its diplomatic course, ike loss of another American life as a result of a U-boat attack would cause a btek in the friendly relations between the United States and Germany. Such a Jrwverance of relations, the President added, would result in war, according to his information. At the close of the meeting he promised Stone he would never take a step Which would result in actual war until they had conferred together. Today the picturesque Missouri Senator is hastening back to Washington for the meeting. In German circles, despite bluster from that quarter, hope is held that no action will come from the United States for a week, at least. After that time, German officials believe, all danger will be past, because, they say, Americans will voluntarily not travel on the sea through fear of possible injury, and American shipowners will follow the German warnings in order to preserve their ships. Tho danger, Teuton diplomats say, lies in the possibility of some "unfor tunate mistake" before this week is up. In the meantime, "guesses" as to tho President's probable course continued along wide range. Some went so far as to believe he would urge a "concert" of neutrals, along the lines of a league to enforce peace, to compel Germany to c!ase her unrestrained activities. A prominent neutral diplomat, however, saw little hope in such a plan. This man held that America's position now was at least partly the result ef persistent refusal to act jointly with other neutrals to force respect of neutral Tights. Instead of doing this, she has always suggested "parallel" but inde pendent action by the other neutrals. . The diplomat contended that Germany never would have acted thus if the United States months ago had followed repeated suggestions of joint action made by Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Sweden and Holland. . Neutral co-operation at this time, he said, isf out of the question, as Eu ropean neutrals have lost confidence in the United States and possibly some of the South American countries "have lost faith in the international wisdom of the United States." " By reason of these developments the United States, the diplomat held, has probably ceased to be a possible peace mediator. He flatly declared that tho United States, by its policy of "splendid isolation" and "no co-operation," all -I i 1- it.- 1 i i ...1 iL. .. a 1 f jr nas snown staiesmansmp 01 me insi pi toward "interstate and international co t ever, is the only uovernment otnciai whom tne diplomat teit nau snown "an cn , lightened pocily and understanding." Means for providing transportation for Americans in Germany and else where in Europe who may wish to return home because of threatened interna tional trouble had not been furnished up to today. ,i The State Department, however, nas considered in a broad gencial way ,-' . what steps it will take if many Americans become panicky and want to hasten koine. SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS SPLIT ON JUSTICE OF NEW GERMAN WAR By CHARLES P. STEWART Special Cable Service of the Untcd Press and tieniua Lcdac BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 2. South America is far from being a unit in viewing Germany's notice of a ew sea war. The widest divergence of opinion was apparent in dispatches here today. Not more than four of the great South American republics are epenly opposed to Germany's institution of a "barred zone." At least five republics appear frankly to sympathize with Germany's removal of restrictions en sea warfare and institution of a retaliatory "starvation blockade" around England and other Allied nations. Here in Argentina the mixture of nationalities makes newspapers proceed carefully in expressing any editorial views on the new situation. They do not eareto run the risk of offending thousands of pro-German and pro-Ally readers, and, therefore, their editorial utterances are for tho most part entirely without color. W- lne average man in me street in ,n ' Hi nra denunciation 01 uermuny a miust move. yjn me otner nanu, AJgentina p.' t cwlcialdom generally considers the German reprisal to be entirely legitimate and '-.' trteilAnA t T.tflndnre fVnm ndvifna Tioro friili ' 1 """&"'fc " "" ' y,w J fJ t. .fc - ui...iu.j ... a.w ))., 'Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela appear "-fceasure. ii 7 - It, therefore, appears tt no joint L.4 .. ... . . . iA-'BHch joint action among neutrals is proje'eted by President Wilson or anv other 9- s ti tie Powers still not involved in the it'W TTITTT-H'M-iT?! A -VT -VTTTITTm-O A T :v .xju.KAJ.rrxtt.iN iNriuiiviijo ijuuiv xu u. s. 'V, FOR FIRST STEP ji ,' .LONDON, Feb. 2. Tho neutral nations it- Kurope are awaiting with anxiety Amcr- tea's decision as to Germany's new war on tne seas. iDIpatchea today from the capitals of ' Holland. Spain and the Scandinavian coun- ,. tries hinted that efforts would be made In eh of those nations to delay any action HstU that determined by the UAlted Stafs f announced. p4ianu in yernaps naraent sirucK 01 an aropean neutrals, uispatcnes from the channel gae a graphic picture 1 1 seriousness with which tne Dutch the German orders, a seriousness was deepened by knowledge that the ftrst ships to fall victim to the saw ruthlessness was a Dutch freighter, imfttnd "Is closer to the "barred zone" ijangiana man any other neutral na- : w correspondingly harder hit by Its MM. teralng source of anxiety to the ' v . anMsMr E KEENLY DISAPPOINTED-; ; ITALIANS SCORE SEA VIOLENCE Mii Turning Tt.w 4MCl'i)tmAtHa felt at the 'atl f M catormJeatien by Germany to Ft war wum Mippinf. ; xr K eatrntniy tnr. A- HALTS BEFORE .. . .. . least a break in relations between the century, wnureas me present icnueiicy is - operation." The President himself, how- Argentina, nowever, is personally hitter TTeilUfln. Rnlivin Pnvnirtinir ..,l rlnl.! ' . """I "UjT "" V-U1U111U1U ..w.w vMi.ijJHifjii Ull bltU OCCIO, WtlltU 4Jltlf, to be aligned definitely against such i an-American action is possible even if war. O T ArtTr m tt ON GERMAN ORDER Netherlands were reports of actlit of. the German military machine not many nllle distant from the Dutch holder. It was pointed out today that If by any chance Germany should attempt -violation of Dutch territory, the winter season, when the dles and canals are frozen and passable by foot, was most favorable for such a step. From Madrid came word that the Min ister of Foreign Affairs had a long con ference with American Ambassador Wll lard after a prolonged Cabinet session. In which all the vtspects of the new German order were considered. Premier Itomanones was quoted as declaring that the new situa tion Indicated grae times for Spain. Copenhagen reported a lengthy session of the Danish Cabinet. Stockholm advices de tailed the graest apprehension voiced by press and public. Almost all the Kuropean neutrals hae ordered all sailing suspended until some de cision Is readied. for her latest campaign on the seas and most of them express; the hope that the UnKed States will fake strong action at oee. Tho Meesaggero holds that the de claration, or a ruthless U-boat warfare to a. direct challenge to neUtrals, partlou- - - ' lsaliT " v , Lr Is g, jg? ,t EVENING liEDGERPHIIiADELlPHIA; FBIDAT. FEBRUARY 2 19X7 YOUTHFUI, MARRIAGES END IN DIVORCE COURT Attorneys for Three Girl Wives Agree They Should Jlnve Waited BLAME PUT ONPARENTS Cabarets, Cocktails, Selfishness and Ig norance Also Called Causes of Marital Woes Youthful inairlnKCH uro failures Ucry man Inge Is a lottcrj, but many minors walk Into "ilouhln liurnrss" lillmtfoldpil abarets niul tocktalls hpoll failure for many marriages Don't marry until ou mo of hrp Twonty-riMi Is tho IdrnI neo ccn for both men and women Such was tlio consensu of opinion ami ndxlco of peernl nttornes, expressed to day when three divorce suits wero filed by minors In Court of Common 1'leas No. 1 Tho suits were entered through parents or friends ns required In cases of minors Instituting legal proceeding1). The plaintiffs all urn ounR wlcs Tlio suits filed wcii" Mrs I'lnrincp Houston, nineteen c.ls old, throuKh her father, ngaliiHt William I' Houston Mis IjiIHiii V Stmn, (.IglitePti, IIiioiikIi her mother, Mrs IMIth U'IImiii aK.ilnst Wil liam II States Mrs Mirgaret II Iteed, a minor, tlnoiiKli her father, Constantino Quallct against George II Reed Tlin nttornejs representing flic llliellantH all hesitated to dlsruss theli llullv ldll.il lasei Tlie agrted liowexcr, that joutliful ni.irrlaKes often mil In disaster C.ihiietH, eotktalls, nlflshness, Ignoianco and the parents were blamed In many cases The miking of marriages moro dlrncultwas stiggpsted as a possible lemedj "The trouble Istliat mmg touples me not wllllni; to gle and take In nianj rases ' saiil lletn (' .Most lit South Twelfth otreit, attorne In the Houston rase "Mi nors are not prepared to handle the business of lite '.Marriage Is a steady grind The joiing girls h-ue been petted and spoiled The men hive been used to ,i good time The combination does not niK " M.in omiff girls who many do not know what thev nre going up against, ac i online to Trunk V lirlghtly, attorney for Mrs Stacev ' Tho girls w ilk Into marrlagp blind folded They soon find out that thej nio not sleeping on it bed of loses I hip found many uisis where joung fellows under ago ih.iso arouml town and thai marry some oung girl only to le,ic her 'The parents are, to blame In mini cases Thev hie not brought up their children properly and should hae kept them at homo Instead of letting them run around to cabarets and cafes, drinking and MiioUing ' "DRY" BILL PASSES SENATE OF INDIANA Concurrence of House in Amend ments and Governor's Ap proval Virtually Assured INDIANAPOLIS. I nd , Kill L' 'I ho Ken ate today passed the Wllglit prohibition bill hi a ote of SVto 11 The measuio .had aliead passed the House, but must go back to the House foi lallflc.itlon of sc erul amendments That tho amendments will be acted upon f,iorably by the House and the bill signed by the Governor Is lrtually certain Drjs planned to rush tne bill to the' House and hao tho amendments latlflcd this aft ernoon Tho bill becomes c!Tectie April .'. 1 11 1 8 U. S. Faces Another Crisis With Japan Continued from 1'ilgp tine inrtment ofllelals It was admitted that the Japanese Ambassador In bringing the matter to the nttentlon of the department Had explained that, while tho measures com plained of might be general In charactei. the authors had admitted that thci wero directed against the Japa ise lesldents of the States affected Japan has not jet mado a formal nro test Uaron S ito tried to see Secretary of oiaie Lansing about tne natter yesterday, but had to content himself with placing the matter before Counsellor Polk The Japanese Government was said to be anx ious that this legislation by two States complained of bo not pressed Incidentally, It Is made very plain today In Japanese cir cles that Jap in has not the slightest In tentlon of abandoning sfong opposition to any legislation which affects her citi zens Now that Idaho seemingly has In dicated an Intention of going right ahead with the legislation complained of, it Is expected here that Jap in will formally piotcst against tho legislation Officials refused to discuss what action now would be taken It Is expicted that President Wilson will take the matter up With Secretary Lansing Whether he will go as far nB he did when he sent the then Secretary of State Bryan to California to secure certification of the nntl-allen legisla tion under consideration In the early days of the present Administration Is not knowp L'ndoubtedly he will make such effort, inas much as this Government Is very nnxlous to avoid any complications with Japan, es pecially at the piesent time The question of State rights, a funda mental Democintlc doctrine enters largely Into the situation The State Department admits that the States have a perfect legal right to enact laws of this character so long as they do not Infringe existing treaties Hut It is felt that such legislation. If pressed now, may bring about very un pleasant complications It Is well known here that there Is n strong war party in Japan who have In sisted that tlio Government force the United States to withdraw all restrctlons against Japaneso and treat them exactly the same as all other aliens, even If It should be necessary to resort to. force of arms to do so Up tp tho present time this clement has not had the sympathy of the ofllelals who dominate the Japanese Government If, however, Japan should be defied by Idaho and Oregon, and the Kederal Government fall to protect what the Japanese claim is their rights, it would be very easily )5os. slblo for a break to be prcc'pltated. Japan always has contended that the California antl-allen land owning bill was a violation of her treaty rights The Is sues raised by the original Japanese protest have never been settled, they now are expected to be brought presently to the front by Japanese diplomats and to be coupled with the protests against the pend ing legislation In Idaho and Oregon, SALHM, Ore , Keh. i. Oregon la not like, ly to enact a law denylnr -to Japan. China or other Orientals tho right to hold land In the State. A bill aimed at the Jap unese, but which also. If passed, would In clude Chinese apd Hindus, was Introduced early In the Senate session, but since has reposed .In the Judiciary committee, where Senate leaders believed It will die. Will Repeat Lecture on Alaska Dr. Horace C. Stanton will repeat to night Ida lecture on "Alaskan Rambles" at the Chambere-Wylle Church, Broad and Spr streets. The lecture le to, be given 9 W. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT URGES U.S. CONTROL OF WIRELESS STATIONS I By FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Anslatnnl Secretary of lh United Pxmtn Jfmy A . , WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. S A measure of safety tho United States Government should nssume . conttol of every wireless station in this country, except those engaged in purely intrastate business, at once. ' Control of wires nnd cables is simple, but wireless messages nre easily interfered with by outsiders. There should bo Government ownership of Illl FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT military and naval requirements are such that it would be unsafe, speaking in a broad sense, to wait until after a declaration of war before taking over or closing up hundreds and thousands of small individual, privately owned stations. The only way by which real safety can be assuicd is for the Government to exercise this control in times of peace also. UNCLEAN STREETS MAY BREED BIG BABY PLAGUE State Legislation Against Dust Asked by Walnut Street As sociation to Stop Epidemics Legislation giving Stato oftlcHls power to come Into Philadelphia and force con tractor to live up to street-cleaning speci fications Is being drafted by tho dust legis lative committee of tho Walnut Stiect Asso ciation as u means of combating the dust peril In making this known todav. Or Howard AI Anders, chairman of the committee, not only said that this city was 'paying a ghastly prlie for tlio filthy conditions of its stieits" but predicted n plague net sum mer unless means .lie taken to check the breeding of germs In the' dust AVhllo Doctor Anders was giving his Ideas on the dust situation, Judge Jnhn AI Pat teison, to whom the protests of tho Janu ary Grand Jury against the unclean con dition of the streets was given, said that so far as he was toncerned there was "nothing to It " Ho said that the Jury no longer existed and emphasized his unwill ingness to follow out suggestions they nndo to fone strict cleaning of tho streets "The 1117 specifications for street clean ing nie very good," said Doctor Anders, "but the contractors nro not living uii to them. They nre not following up the use of hose and Hushing streets, and tho block men arc not obevlng lilies that specify tho carrying of sprinkling pots In front of their dust carriers Only ono of twenty does so, I have discovered from investigation "The wldc-piead epidemic of pneumonia, gilp and other disorder Is duo to the con dition of the streets. We nro going to pay a more tcniblc price next summer It has been u mild winter, warm and damp, just the sort for bleeding Infantile paralysis genns I'uless Philadelphia cleans up, 1 nm afraid we ale going to pay a liiavy toll In babies to an Infantile paralysis plague next summer " AMETHYST'S CAPTAIN CONFIRMS BATTLE British Cruiser, Attacked by U-Boat in South Atlantic, Mak ing Repairs Outside Brazil Waters ' ni'KNOS A HIES, Keb 2 The Hiltlsh cruiser Amethyst, which put Into Pernam buco yesterday with tho teport of an en counter with the Get man 1 alder and a submarine, was nnchoied ten miles off that harbor today Details of the reported sea fight were lacking. It was reported that the damagfl to the irulscr was from 11 torpedo, but was only slight The Amethyst is making re pairs outside Brazilian territorial waters. This confirmation by the cruiser Ame thyst's laptaln of tho exclusive cable In last night's HvnsiNa Eoocn from Charles P. Stewart, special South American corre spondent. Indicates that at least one sub marine and a new German commeice 1 alder are operating In South Atlantic vvateis WAR SCARE BRINGS RECRUITS Two Men Enlist at Philadelphia Navy Yaid 0 Two men enlisted In the United States navy at Wie Philadelphia Navy Yard today because of the war scare. T))ey are Kied AlacAIamee. eighteen years old, of 013 North Hlghth street, and John Naus, seventeen years old, of Uerwlck, I'a, The two youths, who are friends, went to League Island together and enlisted. "If there Is going to be any action wo want to be lit It," they told ofllcers. "We mean to stick in the navy, artd Just now seems a good time to join." Naus, who Is a telegraph operator, en listed as a wireless operator and AlacAIamee enlisted as an electrician. They were sent to the naval training station at Newport, It. I. Dies of Heart Disease in Workshop Heart disease today caused the death' of slxty-four-year-old James Kay, of 317 Potts street, who was found lying on the floor of a workshop where he was employed by George Kechter, proprietor of the Kechter Alanufacturlng Company, 943. North Amer. lean street Kay, who was a trusted em ploye long In the service, pf the Kechter company,. rouowra nia usual practice of W0NC some time before tile arrival nil wireless apparatus in pcaco as well as in war time, ns a matter of public policy. We shouldn't let this matter wait until trouble is upon us. The suggestion has been mado to Congress nnd is based fundament ally upon the chnractcr of wireless telegraphy. In land telcgrnph lines nnd submarine cnbics each separate wlro sends its own messages and docs not interfere with tho sending of messages on other wires. Tho location and existence of these wires and cables is a mntter which can bo determined almost at n'moment's notice. Tho control of these is an ca,sy matter from the military or naval point of view. Wireless is entirely different. Tho sending nnd receiving ma-' chinery is small and readily con cpnlablc and the actual transmis sion of tho message is through the waves of the air. This means, of couisc, that interference between messages increases necessarily with the number of messages sent unless a perfect system with a central con trol is initiated. The increase in the number of installations all over tho United States has been greater than the development of science in re spect to noninterference nnd the re sult is growing confusion. Quito aside from the general ques tion of the advisability of establish ing n Government monopoly, the considerations in favor of Govern ment opcrationof wireless far out weigh any possible disadvantages. Central control has been demon strated to be a necessity; it cannot be carried out successfully except by actual uovernment operation and, more important still, the U. S. TO STRENGTHEN PANAMA SAFEGUARDS Measures Taken at Canal on Account of Menace in Inter national Possibilities WASHINGTON, Keb. 2 Ilecauso of the possibilities of danger from the present In ternational situation, army ofllelals have taken steps for extra precautions at the Panama Canal, It was learned tody. Stronger watches havo been placed over tho locks "since Tuesday, lest thero be some attempt to damage them, and thus make the whole canal system useless." Special taro Is being taken throughout the louutry to guard against any German plotting and secret service men nre keeping tabs on any possible conspiracies. U. S. Destroyer Patrols River to Question Ships Continued from Pure One low river bottom, they eluded such an Intention, pointed out, pre- Two British merchant ships sailed today from this port for the new German war zone, defying the submarine menace The remaining thirty-two Diitlsh vessels being loided here, representing a total cargo and ship valuo of $65,000,000. will follow as soon as theh argoes aro Installed, It was de clared today. In spite of tho German an nouncement of a submarine "sink at sight" policy. Some of them expect to weigh anchor today. The two ossels that left shortly before noon were the steimshlpa W I. Hadcllffe bound for London, and the Caidlff Hall' bound for Gibraltar. Doth carry general cargoes. The vessels, It Is understood, will mount guns fore and after after leaving the three-mile limit "We're not afraid of submarines," bald an offlcer of the Ilrltlsh steamship Carlton, which Is loading oil at Port Richmond. "We will sail and If we get near enough a sub marine we'll 1am it."- Commandeis of other Ilrltlsh ships carry. Ing contraband expressed dellanco of the German threats and declared they would sail anyhow and ram the submarines which attempted to stop them. Captains of Nor wegian craft spoke more cautiously. Alany declared they expected to be sunk. The port of Philadelphia has not been closed and probably will remain open. Col lector Berry said he had received no or ders to close the port and Intended taking no such action At the navy yard today It was denied that the torpedoboat destroyer Jones which was reported patrolling the coast off the Delaware Breakwater, was doing such duty The presence.of the vessel yesterday off tho Breakwater was explained by the fact that It was on Its way to the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company, at Camden, for engine repairs, and that It was forced to halt off the Breakwater on accbunt of the dense fog. It Is now on Its way up the river. Everything Is "up In the ah" as far ns Insurance rates on marine risks leaving H'.?,.nort ot Philadelphia are concerned, said William Brown, of Alather & Co, marine Insurance brokers. 228 Walnut street "All kinds of rates have been quoted during tho last few dayB," he said, "and to say that rates have doubled doesn't mean any thing. There has been no c6ncerted action and rates quoted yesterday may not be the rates for today and rates for today do not necessarily mean rates for tomor row. Once, however, we quote a rate and underwrite the risk the transaction Is com pleted and there can be no cancellation no matter what eventually turns up At the otnee of the Alarlne Insurance Company, Limited, of London, it wasiad that rates In most cases had gone1 un 100 per cent In the last two days and rates quoted for any particular risk if not ac cepted at once were subject to cancellation on short notice. Some of the marine In surance firms said they were holding- aloof and not making rates. In fact, this seems to be the attitude of a large majority of marine underwriters in this city. Pour vessels sailed from Philadelphia yesterday for transatlantic ports. These were the Norwegian motorahlp Hamlet, for London ; the American tanker Sun, for Lon don: the Norwegian steamship, Brlefond for Gothenburg, and the Oreek steamship Pandi A. Ralll, for New York, to load for Greece. The Swedish steamship Boden cleared for Narvik, the Swedish steamship Carlsholm for Aahus, by the way of New York the American steamship Navahoe for Oenoa by the way of Gibraltar, and the Spanish steamship Udala Mendl for Qalveiton to UHU blii i Captain Hlllestrom. of the CarUholm re. celved -wre from hla owners not to eair until further order.-W ta'taba hi. .1. ." KILLS BROTHER BECAUSE HE KICKED YOUNG SISTER Slayer Says Old Army Gun Was Dis charged by Accident Girls Seo Tragedy Willie defending his fourlcen-y-car-old sister. Prank Hollnrd. twenty-three years old, of 1025 South Aldcn street, accidentally shot nnd killed his brother Joseph with an army rifle nt their home. Two sisters of the men witnessed the tragedy. Prank Hoi lard was arrested. He was thin morning held without ball lo await the action of the Coroner by Maglstrato Beaton, charged with murder. The two brothers hnvc nn Interest In cigar manufacturing plant established by their father under the name of Joseph Hol lnrd . Sons Company, 2203 South s"ect. According to tlio pollco they hnvc had fre quent quarrels Prank Hollnrd returned home late last night nnd heard that his brother had kicked his fourteen-year-old sister Alary. Ho re monstrated. A fight follow ed. liOthe scuf flo Prank grabbed an old army llfle, think ing, ho snld, that It would frighten Ills brother. The weapon was discharged and a bullet struck Joseph In the head He died Instantly The two sisters are grief-strlckcn and arc' under tho care of physicians. NAVY DEPARTMENT IS ASSAILED IN HOUSE Representative Britten Bitterly Attacks Lack of Speed in Submarine Construction PRODUCES THE RECORD WASHINGTON, Keb 2 Declaring that the I'nlted States "stands quivering between a diclaratlon of war nnd tho resumption ot 1111 apparently fruitless uuleavor for peace" Representative Britten, Republican, Illinois, hlttcily criticized tho Democratic ndiulnlstintlon of tlio Navy Dcpirtmcnt III tho Houso today Brlttm fired tho open ing gun of tho Republican assault on tho $351,000,000 naval appropriation bill In tlio general debato on that measure. Bilttcu said that whllo submarines ought to bo constructed In six months, not 'one of the undirsca boats nuthoilzed In two Con gresses under President Wilson will bo placed In commission dill lug the present ad ministration "It Is almost a year." shouted Britten, "since the President said the Government nt the United Stales could have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with Ger many unless that country Immediately abandoned Its then method of submarine waifaro ifgalnst passenger and freight tarrying vessels This means war, and with It must come the knowledge of tho unpre paredness of our navy to defend the na tion's honor, unless we or they back down "ReiognMng the offensive ns well as de fensive fighting value of submarines, which should be constructed In six months' time, doesn't It cause you to blimli with shame when it Is realized the present Administra tion will not place In commission 11 single ono of these dcstructlvo engines of war authorized under President Wilson's two Oongresses Of tho fifty-nine submarines nuthorlzed under this Admlnistrat'on, ex clusive of tho pending bill, the N-l Is prob ably nearest to completion. It was seventy eight per cent completed 011 Junuary 10, and at the present rate of progress should be ready for duty a year from now, or five years nftcr tho President's first inaugura tion. "Tho thorough Ineftlclency of the present Navy Department Is nil the 'pdre accent uated by the ridiculous but sad informa tion contained In thc last report of tho chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair showing that four of the eight I, type boats authorized In tho Taft Adminis tration (In August, 1012), aro still uncom pleted, most of them being between eighty -five and ninety per cent complete. "As a resumo of tho Increase In fighting value of tho navy commissioned and au thorized under the Wilson Administration we have the grand total of no submarines, no battleships, no hospital ships or supply ships, and but four small destroyers of 1100 tons each. "Doesn't It give you 'gooscskln' when our country's unpreparedness for a great emergency Is so apparent, and don't you hope the President will continue to be 'too proud to fight?" WILL DEFY THE GERMANS WITH HIS CARGO OF COAL Captain Hayes, Loading Schooner Here, Declares He Will Save His Craft at Any Rate Captain Jeremiah Hayes, who has fol lowed tha sea for many years in his four masted schooner, the Rachel W. Stevens, is going out ngaln within n lew days, carry ing 1800 tons of contraband coal through the gantlet of German submarines. Ho will arlve safely in Lisbon. Spain, ho says, nnd nary a torpedo will scratch tho Rachel W. Stevens. "How am I going to do It?" no asked. "Why, I'm going to get a bond, a signed bond, my word of honor, hacked by my bosses, Pendleton Brothers, ship brokers of New Yoik, nnd hand it to the captain of the first suhmarlno that comes perls coping up to me. Tho bond will say that If the Germans will let tho Rachel W be she will forgo the port of Lisbon, turn straight around, nnd come back to America If that doesn't satisfy him. we wul feed 1600 tons of coal to tho snants and sea horses of the mid-Atlantic, and come back traveling high and empty. We will save thp Rachel W Stevens Captain Hayes said ho did not fear be ing destroyed by the Germans. He be lleves the bond or guarantee of good faith will satisfy them He Is loading now along, side the Green street wharf, and will set sail In a few days. MRS. BYRNE AT LIBERTY; REPORTED CRITICALLY ILL Carried From'Workhouse on Stretcher When Released by Governor Whit man's Verbal Pardon NKW YORK. Feb J. Emaciated from her hunger strike. Airs, Rthel Byrne, birth control advocate, Is critically III, it was re ported today at the home of her sister Mrs Alargarct Sanger. ' Airs. Byrne was released from the work house on Blackwell'a Island upon a verbal pardon from Governor AVhltman last night She had to be carried from the Island on a stretcher. Airs. Sanger and AIlss Fannie Allndell her associate, are to appear In court today to receive Judgment In the cases charging them with disseminating blrth-contrnt in? "lem Ltion. ...- N. Y. BANKS LOSE CASH NEW YORK. Feb, I.The reported move, ments of currency this week. Indicate a loss in cash by banks of about1 J23.393 000 Banks lost to Interior 1391,000, loss on' treasury operations proper wass,038,. i.Pr,15ithe week Federal Reserve Bank's debit balances at the Clearing House amounted lo J2.221.000. Its credit balances ota ed J21.187.000, or a balance Uga nst oca bank, of J18.966.000. This made a total loss In cash of 23.393,000i IirADC irJXH .1628 won lV BOOKS CrwsTmrr STREET CALLS FOR AID HEARD IN RUINS OF TENEMENT Woman Injured in Chi cago Disaster Cries to Rescuers ICE HAMPERS WORK OP FIRE COMPANIES Hundred May Be Dead in Debris After Ghetto Blast GAS MAIN LEAK BLAMED CHICAGO, PEH. 2. Five persons were taken out alive from the ice-encased tomb which last nipht was an eightcen-apartment tene ment in the ghetto district on the West Side. Three of those rescued were un conscious when reached by firemen. Another, a six- car-old girl, died while being rushed to the hospital. AH are badly frozen and their recovery is doubtful. CHICAGO, Feb 2. Firemen digging among the Ice-covered ruins of'the tene ment destioyed by n gas explosion today heard voices calling foi help shoitly before noon The.v uie believed to coma from sur vivori Impi Ironed when tho outer walls col lapsed That any one tould be nllvo under the main of ice Hint covcied the wrecked build ing seemed nlmost lmpos"lblo to firemen. An emergency call was sent to outlying stations for more men to iisslit In clearing away the debris, Tho firemen later got within two feet of an Imprlhoned woman. "Kor God's take, get me out," was all shn could say. Reside the woman, who Is about thirty years old. rescuers could see the body of a man. He was believed to be dead. The woman, barely able to mumble, can live but a short time unless released. A hundred persons nro .missing and un nccoun'd for following tho explosion and flro that i coked nn clghteen-tenement flat at Fourteenth place and Newberry avenue. In tlio congested Ghetto district of the West Side, early this morning. Only two bodies have been recovered, though the deaths aro estimated variously at from 30 to 100. Fourteen Injured are In nearby hospitals. Fire Lieutenant John Sheehan, completing nn Inspection of tho ruins, declared that at least seventy, nnd perhaps one hundred, dead wero In the smoldering debris. The Alnvwe,!! street pollco estimated the dead at between thirty nnd thirty-five. Renewed gns explosions and fresh outbursts of flames drove back, rescue parties attempting to recover bodies Two thousand persons, half naked and bare ted, were driven from their homes Into :.e streets with the temperature nine degrees below sero when 'buildings for sev eral squares were rocked by the concussion. . Tho building housed between 100 and 150 persons, tho police were told. It stood In the most densely populated section of the Ghetto, and most of tho victims were for eigners The structure had been condemned some time ago and was undergoing repairs. The janitor said he believed a leaking gas main, concerning which he had repeatedly complained, caused the explosion. When police and firemen arrived the walls were crumbling. All entrances but one In the middle of tho building were blocked by debris Alany of the tenants wero trapped In their demolished rooms. Water poured on the flames quickly froze and covered the building with Ice. When tho explosion occurred most of tho tenants were In bed. Those who were In jured leaped from windows and from the room Alany wero caught In life nets nets and blankets Several babies were thrown Into the arms of policemen and spectators by their frantic patents. Con sidering tlio number who Jumped,' the list of known Injured Is relatively small. Recovery of the bodies necessarily will be slow because of the Ice. Already, how ever, scores of volunteers are using picks and axes on tne debris In tho hope that be hind It somo of the Imprisoned people ma be found alive. The police, however, arj dubious "I believe 'that more than fifty are dead," said Lieutenant John A. Maxwell, who Is familiar with the district and who was one of the first police commanders on the scene. "Six to ten persons slept in a room, and it is unbelievable that many of them havo escaped" PRESSURE FOR WALNUT STREET Water Shortage in District 'to Be Remedied A higher water pressure Is assured the Walnut street district ns the .result of plans worked out by Chief Davis, of the Bureau of Water. In a communication to the Walnut Street Business Association today he said that the department had Investigated the Queen Lane plan,t and made plans which he hoped would result in giving steadier and higher pressure. The Walnut street section has suffered from a shortage of water for more than a year. TOO I.ATK KOIt CLASSIFICATION DEATHS MM.MAN Feb a. ANNA B . widow of Peter lllllman Relatives and frlenda, alio mem bers of Hurt Herman Lodsn, No. M, Invited to rrvlc-ts Man.. .' p. m f H37 N. 1'Jd t. Int. Mount Teate Com. Itemalns can be vlened Hun , 8 to 10 p m Auto aervlre, RICK Feb. 'J, 1'Hil.LIP HICK, husband of I.tna Illca (nen Koble) Relatives and frlanda. alao Moscoaco Tribe, I O. it M , Invited to aerv. lira, lion . '1 p. m , at 3503 Wallace at. Int. private, I'ernwood Cem. Frlenda may call Hurt eve, (10UM.EY. Feb 2 JOHN, son of tha lata William and Sarah dourley. Relative' and frlenda alao Lodge No nt L O. O, M I Waali Inirton Camp. No. 444. P. O, S. of A.: Elmwooit Avenue Improvement Aaaoclatlon and employes of the U. H Schuylkill Araanal. a ray' a Kerrf road, tnvlted to funeral aervlcea, Kton 2 30 J, m.. at tha realdenra nt his brother-in-law, nhn Stein, 243J H. Mllllck at. Int. at Aft. Morlah Ceiru , . 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