"1 , f '-' ' FINANCIAL EDITION STRAJv Iietigpr NIGHT EXTRA VOL. III. NO. 126 It NIGHT EXTRA : jointing i PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1917 I'oimiaiiT 101 t tiipl'imic l.rnor" fourwt PRICE TWO flPlKWS" -w . , .. w . , 1 m. "r a t lit I b V l!";' . c SAFETY OP BERNSTORFF ASSURED; GERARD HELD 'SINK-AT-SIGhT WAR INHUMAN, SPAIN ASSERTS Insists on Observance of In ternational Law in Note to Berlin REAFFIRMS NEUTRALITY Switzerland Will Confine Itself to Mild Objection to Ruth less Warfare MAnmu. rei - Couched In firmest tones of protest and eharcterlzlng Germanv s new sea methods as "outside the legal principles of Interna tional life" Spain has forwarded her note to Berlin In repl to the (German Govern ment's announcement of the ' barred zone ' It concluded with the expression that Bpaln docs not doubt that ' the Imperial Government will find means of Riving satis faction to bpaln a claims " These claims, the note sets forth, 'are based on the Inexorable dun which binds a government to protect the lives of its subjects and maintain the Integrity of It3 aoverelgntj " so that the course of nat onal existence ma not be Interrupted Thev are Spain's shipping and the lives of hei citizens be not menaced bv substituting by Germany for the Indisputable right of capture In certain cases ,i pretended right of destruction ' Germany's new vwifare, It is declared "caused a ery pilnful Impression on the Spanish Government ' The note continues The attitude of strict neutralitj which bpaln adopted from the begin ning and has maintained with lojalty and unshakable Amnios gives her the right to expect that the lives of her subjects engaged In sea trade should not be placed In such grave peril. It also gives her the right to expect that the trade should not be troubled nor diminished by such an Increase In the extent of the zones In which the Im perial Government Insists that In order -tQ.attaln its ends It- must use all weap ons and suppress all limitations which It has hitherto Imposed upon its meth ods of naval warfare Ken before the Imperial Government had set aside these restrictions his Majest s Goernment had protested holding them Insufficient to comply with the prescriptions of national maritime law But the methods of war an nounced by Germany are being carried to such an unexpected and unprecedent ed extreme that the Span'sh Govern ment, considering Its rights and the re quirements of Its neutrality must with still more reason protest calmly but firmly to the Imperial German Govern ment, and must make at the same time the necessary reservation, Imposed by Continued on Tn-e Tour, Colnmn One MRS.VISCONTI HIDES INFORMANTS NAME Writes It on Paper When Committee Promises Tern-' porary Secrecy EXCUSED FROM STAND WASHINGTON', Feb 8 The House "leak" investigation was carried on In an executive session today because Mrs Iluth Vlsconti, called as a star witness, refused to tell her story In public She had written to Thomas W. Lawson that W W Price, a newspaper correspondent, was a "go between" for Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to Tresldent Wilson, In stock market spec ulation. Mrs, Vlsconti after the executive session wrote the name of her Informant on a piece of paper which was shown secretly to the committee members only. The committee reserved right to make the name public If necessary After supplying th's name Attorney Whipple suddenly excused Mrs Vlsconti from the stand Mrs. Vlsconti, when called at the outset of the hearing. Identified the letter which he wrote Lauson telling mm Bhe had in formation of value to the comm'ttee. She also admitted telling Lawson that W. W. Price, a newspaperman, was a "go-between" for Secretary Tumulty at the White House In stock speculation. This information, Bhe said, came from a second person, "I told Mr, Lawon the source of my Information and who told me," said Mrs. Vlsconti. "Who wag your source?" asked Whipple. "I wish to claim my constitutional rights nd to ask that I give this In executive session. This will do Irreparable Injury to my Informant," said Mrs, Vlsconti. Representative Bennet said he "dls sented" from forcing Mrs. VUcontl to dis close the name of her informant In public "Was your Informant any one In public , lUeT" asked' Whipple. "No," "Or the member of the family of any public officials?" " "No," The committee. after more discussion. then decided on the executive session. .After Mrs. Visevntl .had clven.the com- BERLIN SETS NEW PRECEDENT IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO SAFEGUARD HER AMBASSADOR All Americans, Including Newspapermen, Also Detained Until Teutons Can Get Safely AwayMany Caught Abroad Without Funds for Travel Germany today holds American Ambassador James W. Gerard, all his embassy staff and all Americans now in the cmpiie as a guar antee that German Ambassador von Bernstorff and his staff will not be harmed while in tne United States and that they will be granted safe conduct home. America, meanwhile, concluded arrangements for the safety of the German envoy arrangements begun before news of Berlin's unprecedented and drastic action reached th:s country. The United States has contemplated no interfcrc.ee with the departure of Bernstorff. In fact, it has obtained assurances for safe conduct, France, acting for all the Entente Allies, having today ipformed this Government this safety would bo guaranteed. Pons are that the German diplomatic staff shall have expedi tious passage to port and safe conduct at sea, as is customary in diplomacy. 'The German staff probably will leave New York Tuesday on the Frederick VIII for a Scandinavian port. Washington is not disturbed over the detention of Americans, believing the suddenness of the bieak and the seizure of German ships caused undue alarm in Berlin. Officials expect adjustment of the situation at any hour. GERARD WON'T BUDGE UNTIL SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS IS ASSURED By CAR.L W. ACKEUMAN BRLIN, Feb. 8. The German Gpvernment will not permit American Ambassador Gerard, officials of the American Embassy, American newspaper correspondents or American citizens to leave Germany until it receives information that a safe conduct has been granted German Ambassador Isernstorff and his staff. Passports to Americans are also contingent upon Iietlin ascertaining Wash ington's attitude toward the old Prussian ticaty, permitting citircns of Germany and of the United States nine months after a cessation of diplomatic relations between the two nations in which to adjust their business. Most of the American newspaper correspondents here desue to leave with Ambnssador Gerard. But a list of these correspondents, submitted to the NEW U-BOAT WAR BAGS PREY OF 62 Number of Ships Sunk Since F.ebruary 1 Increased by Three TWO LIVES TODAY'S LOSS LONDON', Feb 8 Tho total number of vessels reported since February 1 as vic tims In the new German submarine war has been increased to slxr-two Three ships were lost today. The British steamship Torino has been sunk by a submarine, it was announced today Two lives were lost In the sinking of the British steamship Dauntless, reported tp day. Six of her crew were brought ashore and taken to the hospital, where two sub sequently died. The British steamship jioinngsiuo una been sunk. Her captain was safely landed The crew took, to the boats, Lloyd's registry lists live British ships named Dauntless, four of them under 150 tons The fifth Is the Dauntless of New castle, a 2017-ton steel t.crew ship, owned bj the Bolivian General L'nterpHse, Limited The Torino was a steel screw ship of 1850 tons, registered at Liverpool and owned by the Atlantic and Eastern Steam ship Company fehe sailed from Norfolk. The Holllngside was a steel screw vessel of 2682 tons, registered at Newcastle and owned by the Charlton Steamship Company. SEVENTEEN DANISH SAILORS LOST ON KRUSE COPENHAGEN, Feb. 8 Seventeen Dan ish sailors were killed when the Danish steamship Lars Kruse was torpedoed nnd sunk by a German submarine February 6. Word received here today declared that the captain entered the 'barred zone," estab Ilshed by Germany, ignorant of the new warfare decreed by Berlin. The Lars Kruse was a Belgian relief ship, parrying grain from South American ports to Holland,.tpr distribution in Belgium. .. Skating Information Gustlne Lake Good. Concourse Lake Good. Chamounlx Lake Good. Hunting Park Lake Kalrr Wlssahlckon Creek, abov Log Cabin Continue,! on I'flRe Two. Column Two FALC0NI0, FORMER NUNCIO TO U.S..DIES Apostolic Legate to Wash ington 1902-11 Ordained in This County 1866 NEW CARDINAL FALCONIO rtOME, Feb. 8 Cardinal Diomede Fal conlo, aspostollc delegate to the United States from 1302 to 1011. and since 1911 prefect of the Congregation of Religious Affairs here, died last night. He was sevent-ftve years old. He was a native of Pescocostanzo, Italy. .Cardinal Falconlo entered the Franciscan order In 1860. In 1865 he went tp the United Wates on' a mission and there com pleted his studies for tho priesthood. Ho was ordained at Buffalo In 1866. He early manifested studlousness, was unas suming and thoughtful, traits that he car ried through life. He was a powerful and magnetic preacher, tut was as a teacher RED HAT FOR U. S. . 11 PASSENGERS NG FROM JWCM 1 IWWD Six Women and Five Chil dren on California Un accounted For THREE BABIES INCLUDED Germans Push Ruthless U-Boat Campaign Give No Warning NEW YOHK. I'ch. 8. Six women and five children, includ ing three babies, are among the missing passengers of the Anchor liner Cali fornia, bunk estcrday, according to a cable from Glasgow received at the local offices of the American Line. "Steamer lorpedoed without warn ing," snid the cablegram. "Missing, second class, Mrs. M. Smith, Edna Smith, Mrs. Kidd, Mr. Alderson (wife saVfd), Master Alderson, Mrs. O'Don nell and two children, Nicl Gillies, Miss M. Roberts ; third clnss. Mrs. M. Little and child (three children saved), Miss A. Forbes." The passenger list issued previously bj the company lists Mrs. A. Smith and Mrs. .1. Kidd from Calgary, Al berta; .L . Alderson, Vancouver, H. C; Mrs. Marj C. (Vl)onncll, Philadel phia; Nicl Gillies, Glasgow Mrs. Mar garet Little was registered from 123 Etst Twent -fifth street, New York, and Miss Annie Forbes from "Toronto. LONDON, Feb. 8. American Consul Frost, at Queens town, officially reported that the Brit ish steamship Eavcstonc, sunk Feb ruary fi, wag not warned by the Ger man submarine which shelled her, in a message received today by American Ambassador Page. MRS. O'DONNELL LEFT THIS CITY JANUARY 26 It was learned at the ofllces of the Anchor Line Steamship Company that Mrs. Mary I) Donnell who wax described at about thirty-eight yeirs old and comely, had left this city on .lanuary 2fi for New York, whence she sifted on the California for 1 urope on the 27th With her were her children, James eleven, Cornelius, nine jeirH old, and JIars, an Infant Mrs ODonnell was visiting relatives Continued on IMce Tour. Column Two HEXAMER PLEDGES ALLIANCE LOYALTY Patriotism and Resources of 3,000,000 German-Americans Assured READY TO JOIN ARMY The lovalty and resources of nearlj 3, 000,000 German-Americans nre pledged to day to the United States In the event of war with German) A resolution pledging this lojalty and proposing financial assistance for the Amer ican Government In case of hostilities was passed unanlmouslj at a meeting of the national committee of the National German American Allllance nt tho German Society of Pennsjlvanli, Spilng Garden nnd Mar shall stieets late last night Tho meetlnir. held In a little committee loom, wns un heralded and did not become known until today, 'The resolution was passed as a matter of course ' said I)r Charles .1. Hexamer. president of the alliance, today. "It is our duty to stand by this country. No one knows that better than we "In case of war we aro prepared to turn oiu entire icsources over to the Gov ernment nnd to raise millions of dollars for the Governments use. You will also see tho ranks of the United States army filled by German-Americans If the call comes There are no citizens who arejnore lojal and pattlotlc Uvery expression at the meeting last night was of lojalty to this country " The resolution, Doctor Hexamer ex plained, came as a result of the problem lacing the organization that of continuing Its collection of funds for war relief work in German), while any moment may bring war between the two countries. The resolu tion settled the matter by proposing that collections of money continue as heretofore, tut that In caso of war between Germany and the United States the money collected Le turned over to thin country for the rrosecutlon of the war. Depressions of toy alty were embodied In the document, and It was passed unanimously. Twenty-eight States were represented i.t the meetlnjr of the committee, which acts as the spokesman for the membership of the alliance, nearly 3.000,000 strong. Half of the Slates were represented Dy proxy. John QUICK AMERICAN NEGRO KILLED ON TORPEDOED TOIHNO LONDON, rob. 3. An Amuiknii licgiu, Gtoigu Washington, :i lliemati, wns killed when he Btltish bteniushlp Tuiino was sunk by n Geininlt subinulllio today. Cnlvlit Kay rilliuoie, of Utnh, tt mcmbei of thu Toiino's ctevv, wns saved. liOOST IN GRAIN FREIGHT RATES DEFERRED WASHINGTON, Tub. 8. The Intcistato ComiueiCc Commission today suspended until August IS the Vboposed luciease on Height ntcs on gialn tiom tho west to Nevvpoit News and Noifol, V.t,, loi ijinuit. FRENCH AIRMEN SHELL FOE'S ESTABLISHMrNT" PARIS. Ptb. German nillit.uy citnblisliincnts at Liln, In the Ginnd Duchy of Baden, vveie bombaule'd by -tench nhmen on Tues day night, tho Wat Office announced today. The same night the Gennan neiodiome at Maiikeike was attacked by I'lencli nliir.cr.. UOMB EXPLODED OUTSIDE AMSTERDAM EXCHANGE j ASTUUDAM, Pcb. S. A bomb loaded with btuken glass, unlls nnd hemps of lion was exploded on the steps of the stock cxshatige building last night but little damage was done "and theie wcie no lasinltks. An investigation is being made. MEXICAN OIL CO. OFFERS ITS ALL- TO U. S. FOR WAR WASHINGTON, Feb 8 Tim Mo1l.iii I'ctt oleum Companv, tluoURh its jncsl dent, 1. Dohenj, I.os AiiRelci. today offered tho Government, in case of war, the uso of iti ton ttinkeis and five million hands of fuel oil htoicd at Tamplco In addition to this help, It will donate DohenN private acht Caslana nnd Us storage facilities nt Portland, Me , Tamp-i, Via, Carcerct, N. J, Piovidcnce, New Orleans, Chilstobel, Bahla anil ISIo de Janeiro. WEEK'S BALANCE IN CITY TREASURY 20,673,201 The amount paid Into tho Cltv Treasury during the week was $314,833 fi3 nnd the payments amounted to $675,237,32 This, with thcjialancoon handrqm last week, not Including tho sinklnpr fund account, leaes a lialanco of $20,6"G,291,6G. REVOLVER SHOT IN HUNGARIAN DIET CAUSES PANIC LONDON, I'd) 8 While Count Theodore Batthy mvl was making tin Impmttiut speech In the Hungarian Diet three tevolver shots w'cio ilrcd by a man In tho gallery, says a Router dispatch fiom Budapest todaj Although no ono was hull, the chamber was thrown into a panic. The man was ancstcd, but w js unable to make any coherent statement. HOUSE PASSES NIAGARA FALLS POWER RILL . WASHINGTON, Pel). 8 The Cllnc Niagara Palls waterpovvci bill w.ih passed by the House today without a rollcall Tho bill pi ov Ides foi peimancnt diversion of 20,000 cubic feet of water a second from the NI tgat a Itlvcr above tho falls undci direction of the Secretary ot War U. S. DISMISSES GERMANS IN COAST GUARD WASHINGTON, Ten. S All German enlisted men on vessels ot the rutted States coast guard service were summarily dismissed Tuesdij, It wns Ie lined at the coast guard heie today. U. S. INTERVENES TO AVERT RAILROAD STRIKE CHICAGO, Feb. 8 Fearing that a national cnlamlt) mlrht follow a stilko of switchmen employed on eighteen lallroads iiinnlng out of Chicago, tho United States Government today took u hind In the sltuitlon ludgo W I'. Chatnbeis, of the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation, will attempt to get ieprccntatlves of the switchmen and tallroads togethet at a confereiue, which is scheduled to bo held during tho day. WILKINSBURG COPS WEAR OLD GLORY PITTSBURGH, Feb 8 Orders wcie Issued bv Burgess Frank It Audctson, of Wilklnsburg, to all of the borough policemen and fiiemen that !he hhall wear small American Hags on their lapels heieaftoi Small silk flags vveio given to tho men toda) Anderson raised a cavalry company In the .Spanlsli.AmerlL.in Wnr nnd headed a movement to form a volunteer Infanto tompanj when the Mexican trouble started JAPAN TO SEND 'SYMPATHY MISSION'IO EUROPE TOKIO, Feb. 8 Japan will send n "mission of f.)tnp.itli' to Uurope within tho next two months to convey to hei allies ussunim.es of continued friendship and good will. It Is planned to raise a fund of $1,500,000 foi dlstiilnitkm among Duiopo'ft war sufferers. ' Premier Tcrauchl laid the plan liefoio a number of ollltlals and financial powers, who have approved It 1'ilnco Tokugavva, president of tho House of Feers, heads the committee that Is making arrangements. U. S. AIR DIVISION WANTS 500 RESERVE ENGINES WASHINGTON, Feb 8 The aviation division ot tho signal corps todiy an nounced that It was In tho market for C00 acioplano engines for receive. Any type approved by tho War Department will be acceptable It is expected this store of extra engines will cost $500,000. BRITISH AUTHOR SUGGESTS TESTIMONIAL TO GERARD LONDON, Feb. 8. The Times today pilnted a lcttci from Hcniy Atthur Jones, the famous dramatist, suggesting thnt publlc-testlmoninl bo held to thank James W. Gerard, the retiring Amerlcnn Ambassador to Geiman), for tho woik ha has done In behalf of Allied prisoners of war In German) THOMAS A. EDISON'S BODYGUARD HAS POLICE POWERS EAST OBANGK, N. J, Feb. 8, A guard has been established for tho btain which has created more useful inventions than any other bialn that ot Thomas A. Edison. Special police powers today were granted for a bodyguard for EdUon, whose creative mind will be of tho utmost importanco to tho United States should war come. . ALL DUTCH PORTS ORDERED CLOSED BBItUN, Feb. 8. All Dutch ports have been closed by tho Dufth Ministry of Marine, says a dispatch to the Overseas News Agency from Tho Hague. (Tho Dutch Ministry of Marino had previously notified Bhlpiilng companies that they would have to assume all the risk for the safety ot any vessels sent out.) WAR BREAD SOON WfLL APPEAR IN FRANCE PARIS, Feb. 8, War bread poon will kind It, will be has not been definitely decided, but experiments now nro being made NEWS make Its appearance In France. Whaf STRIKE MAKES SUGAR FAMINE PLANTS CLOI 'f- tt Householders Who Clamor for Staple at Grocer's Told Stock Is Exhausted ' RESTAURANTS HARD HITV " i Facts in Sugar Situation Precipitated by Strike' j V 1 SUGAR famine grips Philadelphia us stnKc closes down all re-' (incties in this city, shutting off out-j put of t dined sugar. r.miinc is bciiif felt by. confee-1 UWIIl-l.Y .IJIII L-lUltl lliUllUllltlUlCLS, , and many factories may bo forced! IU CiUU 11 SLIlKU CUJ1UI1UC5. , Thousands of retail grocers rlamoi for suprai which cannot be obtained by wholesalers. Restaur ants and hotels feel tho pinch, and householdcis arc beginning to be affected. .Moio than 12000 sugar workers arc on Rtnkc. They want an in crease of from twenty-five to thirty cents an hour, double pay for over time and Sunday off. riilltrteliil It Is In the grip of a famine In '1 rcflnrd ut.ni bcc.iu'o ot the closing down ' of nil of tin refineries here by one of the most Rtuiiliiiiii libnr stiikcs In the history of the sug ir lnluMi , , hiinir unultv became so acute today tint a numhn of the largest confectionery nnd cliact plnnls which uso enormous quantities of leflnod sugar aro llkel; to shut down, thcrebv tin owing thousands of men '''I nnd women out ot employment. Homo of tho largest wholesale grocery houses in the city lonfesseu today tht M they did not havo a pound of sugar In their iilipen. Tlipv j-nld the Rbelves of th thou ?'3 ' . " .'.. . .::".. ax i-anus oc letau groceis ill tne cuy were anM most entirely denuded ot tho product of thO'j. sugni o.ino .inn mo sugar ucci. The famine has spread to hotels and res taurants In many of the restaurants to- ,.. .................. .. ...... .. HHnn thnl If ttlM. . ..,c, l.n. a i nfTltn tt Mflll'll l,nn tfl tlA wlttlOIlt t ill u ai ii..,c ..i.i. .w hum .. .,.w ... -. .. ...-. c,,.,- na ilinrn wiiq no niicrnr to tl nad at . T....., ...... ! y an price. tB Householders began to-feel the plncnnt day, nnd to feel It badly. They bombarae' their grocer for sugar, 'and when he threwvs un hla hand and replied that he didn't haveu3 nnv sugar and couldn't get any they wenta! to other giocers nnd received the eam3 icply It quickly became plain that Up famine wasn't nlailng any favorites.; bugirless coffee was drunk by many house'-y holders todai with very poor grace. It wi . .......!.,.. fnf Tlilln.l"lt1itnn. TT-M Vrl ,1 Ill'W i;yiiuiiciih; " ,....mw... ..... - -- inrnM iim mtimlir nf refined Huear hM Xi iiiiuio . ""rrv - 0 seemed Inexhaustible " ) . . ..... s Ilia INnitlKH SHUT -UVV.N fi The refineries closed down by the strike nie Till'. 1T.ANKI.IS SUGAB ItKFIN. 1NG COMPANY. l.!5 South Orlanna s icet, a bubsldlary of the American sugir UcllniiiR Pompany, which has pi ints In Brooklyn, Jersey City, Bos ton and New Orleans Till: WILLIAM J MaCAHAN KIM FINING i'OMI'ANV, Tasker Btreet whair Till: PENNSYLVANIA. S-JGAIl COM PAN , '039 North Delaware ave nue K 1 i)r) iatl compari) is under the super- vision ot the i-iterests ot George II. Earl. ' .li U Is estimated that fully 2000 men are . .. ... .,.,.. ..... ..,.1 nAni., mnn hnvAU,i on Bllii.u in uus -,lJ tv,u '"-" -- ..-,--gone on stilko from tho Brooklyn plant of .i,,, vnmiiinii ltetlniiur Company. it Tho trouble began a week ago. according .,. i.n if-fii , on,. sentatlvo of tho American Helloing Compinv when the Independent ,- nf miff.ir Workers, n new labor or -..,., iinn iitllll.ited with the American Fed eratlon of Labor attempted to unionize the plant In Brookln Tlicro are iouu menu emplovid nt tins piini, mm wie BinjuHjrj f iliein went on hlrlke when their demands v fm inuc.Tcd wages were refused. TherJ- strlko 13 still on there: tho union men Bay that the work of tho plant has been entirely. ,. , ..... .i.a . .,.,-m ,nv nuanrln that Itil' triPPlCU mil Uio vwii.1.....,, ...-...- ...-. --- output irom iiiu inuiit "", .".- - -virt-jn i.ast Mond.u tho labor trouble spread to'r rbo three big leilncries In this city. IlepV lesentatlvcs of tho Independent Orde . l (mllniicil on fuse Mx. Column Oa' GERMAN AGENTS BUSY ON MEXICAN FRONTIE1 -- Xi. it c Swii-t Service Men Watchful Ma Pt event Fomenting and Financing P&M of Ka.ds wra ... Plvti ,w rtli-O T.v IVh K ArtUItlAH OISS1 Gerniau ngctits at Juarez, Chihuahua Cltftf; ' and other interior titles ot Mexico tou nr, drnwlnc the attention of United Sta Kecret bervko men working under the; icctlon of army authorities. . i. iu reared the German agents are DM uing to foment nnd finance raids by ban of unorganlzeu uancuis upon unuvu oww territory In case ot a aeciaranon ut .wtj bv Germany. In order to make neceasilOrf tho jetentlon of a large number of tro along the bonier lor tiroiccuon anu wa biitr&ss terlously relations between. government nnd Mexico. o'ij THE WEATHER", it, f Lflli.V.lUi J'or Philadelphia and vicinity t'innrtiBfl "T tied tonight r)id fytdav, tctfft p: .mo Hurries: rapidly lulling tern lata tohght and Vriday, reaching! SO degrees by Friday morning; westerly xcinds. , ! I.l'.MiTll OF 1V Bun rle., T OJ a m I Moon rlM.i. Bun sets .. 5 it I' m I Moon south,! DKUWVAIIK ItUEtt TH) CMAI CHESTNUT STOKHT 4 lilch wier, . au a.m. I imn wir. low walsr.. n.ain.ni. I w wiui TKSII'KRATVRK AT KACM m nJ ll is, M la HI ' ..-..0 " -" "t . , ,f ,', " :. Vrt!SSBlmr?sW kt! ,.y.c-r.. h