i ? $ IA I 3 ft 4 f wt. , A mV sT -4(k IB RESUME BIG SOMME DRIVE ak Chain of Bapaume De fenses by Capturing Grandcourt IV t,j 'ATTACK SPREADS NORTH v fcONDON, Feb. 8. The village or Clrand- Wt,' an Important link In lh chain of : itwnmi defense west o( Uncaume. has been j HtUrecl by Halg's troops In a spirited ' ff V "" " wuni iiuca w ttii rtn" i"n : . ' inieiui worK adjoining tno village also ; 'fall Ifttn ,t. LmA- W tlltl.W , t This In the most Important success the lltrltlsh have catned on tho west front stnro jJ!T- (the end of the Ancre offensive, last No- vtmber. It Elves them an effective grip on j f tn enemy s lines In the Ancre sector and '"'$ .paves the way for attneks on the fortresses fa ti Aiinvuinont ana rys, (lie cnicr protection y if Iinpaumo on the west. Moreover, It sets wen in motion an orrensivo large enough in gcdpe to provide the momentum for nn advance that may only be terminated by the spring thaw. So long as the Ice coating on the marshes of the Ancre holds firm tho Urltlsh troops may be eipccted to make the most of this opportunity of battering away tho hardont obstacles to a wider thrust In the spring and ummcr months. The offensive likely will spread to the line north of the Bom ne before many dovs, as the allied plan of campaign In this re gion calls ttj- simultaneous pressure at both ends of the line, both north of the Ancro and alone the I'oronne road, where Trans loy at present blocks the nay Itccent ac tivity at Les Sara Warlencourt and dueude court Indicate that the pressure on the center of the line will not be relaxed Strike Places City in Grip of Sugar Famine Continued from I'oib One Sugar Workers came to thjs city and be gan to organise the men. The men work twelve hour3 dally and seven days a week They domnndod an Increaea of from twenty five to thirty cents an hour, double pay for overtime and Sunday oft The demands Ttore refused and the men went on strike, completely tying up nil three b'g refineries Bald a representative of the Interests of George II, I'arle. Jr "We could not have Increased the wagoi of these men without raising the price of sugar a half cent. Wo did not feel that It would be fnlr to the pub lic to make such an Increase There Is a famine In refined sugar here becaiide the rtflnerlos are all closed down Wo expect that the back of the strike will be broken In a short time Already many of our men re showing a disposition to come back." The legal representative of the Amer ican Roflntng Company, which controls the Fianklln Hennery here, said. "We employ about 1000 men at our Philadelphia plant. They are mostly Polish laborers unskilled Workoru. Our plant in Brookljn Is Home what crippled by the strike, but at yet we have had no trouble at our plants In Bos ton, Jersey City and New Orleans. ONE -nAISn' AMIHADY "We feel that we have done well by our mployes anl are certain that their de. Wanda are extravagant Last J car at the Franklin Refinery In 1'Mladelphla we raised the men from eighteen cents to twenty-five cents an hour, and announced that In 1917 we would give theni n further Increase of frum eight to ten per cent." 3 here aro about BOO men on strike nt tro McCuhan refinery and an equal number at the refinery of the Tcnnsjlvanla Com' ptny. In speaklnv of the famine, n representa tive of Alfred Lowry Brothers, wholesale grocers, said: "There Is little package sugar left In the city, and It Is virtually Imposulble to get any refined sugar anywhere. At the present time we are several hundred barrels be hind In our orders: grocers all over the city are clamoring for sugar. The freight embargoes make It virtually Impossible to get any sugar from the outside There Is a famine all right, a d 1' Is going to b wore unless this labor trouble Is settled right away." Another prominent wholesale grocer said: "We haven't a single pound of sugar In our place and cannot get any. We could easily dispose of 10,000 barrels right now If we had them Itetall grocers and restaurants all over the city nre beginning to feel the pinch, and they are begging us to help them out, but we can't do It. TI.e strike has stopped the manufacture of refined sugar, itnd the little that wholesalers had on hand has been eaten up" An official of the Franklin-Baker Com pany. In referring to the shortage, said: "We thought we -vould bavo to stop our plant today, but were fortunate enough to get hold of enough Bugar to keep us going Wo have no store ahead, and the situation Is likely to become serious if we don't get relief soon." An ofllclal of V Stephen Whitman & Bon. one jf the largest confectionery manu facturers In this city, said: "We are able to keep moving, but the supply of refined sugar Is getting very low." An official of Claw son & Co, manufac turers of extracts, 210 Chestnut street, laid: "Our actual dally needs In refined sugar are being supplied by the refineries Thero Is no doubt but that the supply is running very low," TO MAKE NEW TYPE PLANE Hagerstown Works Machine Can Keep in Air Three Days HAGERSTOWN, Md , Feb. 8 That a new type of aeroplane will be manufactured at the plant of the New York and Hagers town Metal Stamping Company is a rumor given credence by reason of the presence here of the Inventor, A. Belanco, an Italian, formerly of Brooklyn, N, Y. It Is asserted for Belanco's flyer that It will remain In the air three days, that United States army officers Inspected a model several days ago, and that a test will be made here soon The metal stamping works Is controlled by the Poole Engineering Company, of Baltimore. - - Follows Aged Wife in Death JBUnMNOTON, N. J., Feb. 8 Barnard ' .. McCloskey. eighty-three years old. after an ' Illness of only a few weeks following the death ot his wife, died Tuesday evening. McCloakey and hla wife contracted colds three weeks ago, She lived only three days and McCloskey failed to rally when he ' learned, of her death. She waa eighty-two years old. The Aldine Hotel Cheitnat and ltta Streets Has exceptlonaltfacilities for prl 1 vote entertaining. Receptions. Weddings, Cards, Din tiers, Dances. ssjs Ready Money foOtd Stated Low Society U7NrtliBns. FOUR STUDENTS HELD FOR' BLAZE AT COLLEGE Must Faco Court as Result of Incendiary Fire at Cornwells DOYLnBTOWN, Pa. Ffb. S Four stu dents, Ladlslaus Oslnokl, Gerald Wood, Francis Todorowsky and Alphonso Perrctt. alleged to have Incited Joseph Daschowsky, the confessed Incendiary, to tiro tho build ings nt the Holy Ghost Apostolic College, Cornwells, were given ft hearing be fore Justice of the I'caco Charles I. Night ingale and all except Gerald Wood were held for court, The caso against the boys depends upon the testimony of Daschowsky, who testified that the boys had knowledge of his purpose to fire tho buildings and that Perrctt offered to tako him to n show and to buy him a re volver If he would carry out the proposed plan of firing tho plnec Oslnskl, In his testimony, snld ho hnd urged Daschowsky not to flro the buildings Tho scheme of firing the buildings, he mid grew out of phni to rid themselves o. taking examinations On ono occasion Da schowsky said ho would up-et tho buildings and get rid of tho 'exams" Constable A H Atkinson testified to a converratlon he had with OslnsM In which he said, "It was nil Joe fault' In tho conversation, Oslnski told how Pcrrett wmt Wood had walked with him nnd tnlked about the proposed flro I.nter, Olllcrr At kinson said, Wood told him that he thought Daschotvsky was fooling, that he v mid not carry out such a deed. Flro Mnrshil W I Wilkinson testified that Oslnekl and Todorowskv admitted talk ing to Daschowsky nbout firing the build ings, and explained that they did not tell about tho threats becauso Das-how sky threatened to shoot them Several members of the faculty said they did not believe thit the bovs other than Daschowsky, were guilty Oslnskl Todo rowsky and IVrrett were held, und late jestcrday wcro without ball Mrs. Visconti Hides Informant's Name Continual frmn I'nee One mltteo the name of her Informant, Counsel Whipple said- "In view of this Information I think we had better dhpenso with the examination of Mrs Visconti at this point S-lie - tein porarll) excused ' W W Price, mentioned bv Mr Vis conti as tho "go-between," who begin hln testimony several cUh ago, wap then re called for cioss-examlnatlon The committee prpmlsed Mrs Vl-contl to hold her information In confidence onl for no long as It did not become necessary to make tho nime of her inform mt public SAW TfMt'LTY ON IWHMnUU PI Price slid lie taw Kecrctnr Tumult) on December 19, the day before ho klmiI the telegrams to brokers, iidvlilug them that President Wilson was to send a pcaie note What they talked of, Mr Price bald, h hod no Idea, except that It was not about "this matter," Whipple became so Insistent that Prito search his memory for th aubJeUf dln cussid that Price exclaimed "Why, Mr. Whipple, you don't want to put mo In tho position of trjlng to shield Mr. Tumult) ?" "Certalnlj not," replied Whipple "but tho fact remains that )ou wero In tho hiblt of going to Mr Tumulty for Inhumation dally for jour newspaper" Price eplalned that when he wanted to lenri somithlng for his nowspapcr he went to Mr. Tumulty, but that when ho sought Information for the brokers ho did not Such a procedure, ho said, violated hi? personal and professional ethics. Price declared that he took no means to confirm from "any source" the "gossip" on which he told brokers of tho Impending peaco move "You knew, dirt you not, that millions of dollars may have been won or lost by tho Information" "Yes " "MAGNIFICENT SUM" '6 $75 At tho request of the committee, Price submitted his bank books showfni; deposits in two banks Thev will be examined b the committee. Price ch iracterlzed reports that ho had received $6000 as rubbish ' "Did you ever," OBked Whipple make any statement to )our family reiutivo to any Income or profit made by )ou on this advance Information?" Tears coursed down Price's cheeks ns he protested that "3omo parts of a man s af fairs might remain private" The re an swered "My wife asked me If I made any money out of It I replied that I had mado a. lit tle ' referring to the mngnlflcent sum of $75, which I hod received n few da)s ago In salary from the firms by which I had been employed " W.L.DOUGLAS SHOE "TUE $3.00 $5.00 You can Y W. L. 111 North Eighth Streqt .$i f iwrw xruwBU Wft.M., c- v EVENING LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIk, THUKSJDAX, FEBtttJAtiY 8, WOMAN FORMING MOTOR CORPS Mis. Mary Walker Harper, of Atlantic City, motor chaperone anil u contributor to tlm Ladles' Heme Journal, who iias olloied her services to Governor Edge nnd isbticd a call for womnn automobile drivers to meet and distuss plans for forminR n motor division to be devoted to the telief of women and children in event of war. PHILADELPHIA VESSEL OFF FOR U-BOAT ZOfE Tanker Goldshell Passes Out to Sea on Voyage to French Ports The tank MeaniKhli riolilxlioll of Ameri can rcKixlrv pisd out to m.i ut Dili ware lircikwiitcr todav, acceirdlnc to litr Philadelphia agents, Ti'mcHS, Withy t Co, Uonrsu lluliding She Is tho Unit American hlp from this poit to sail fot nn llntento pmt since the German Htibmailtio older was given out Much trouble was rporlcnd in geltinK n lomplttn erow Tho Cold"lull ilrnrnl Chester last 1'rldiv for llouin and llor doiuv but at Mi rem Hook eleven of tho sailors deserted .lvlng thev wouldn't t.iko u ili.ime anv further Cnptnin Johns jrot some men to tako their places but tho substitutes also b.ul.cd ojit before the Mill' could leavo II) Tiicsil i) ho llmll) ob tained nomo men who agreed to go the full dlst inLe, nnd this monilnr: the mcf s ie nine that tlio rhlp hid leached the open tea CHECK ON BOOZE AKUESTS Mount Holly Freeholders Invc?tiu;nte Eloquent Commitments HOI'ST UOT.T.V, N J 1'ib ! T lie Iloanl of Crceholders )esterdav nrdeind an ItiWHtlgottun of Him bills of all Justice"' and Dtlkers In tho futuie to sees that drunken persons ore not lllegillv coinmltttd to the cnunt) jail In one rase It whs found that 11 O Ilirhort, a Justkp of the peoro nnd Kccorder nt Mount Ilnllv hail ommltteit Lewis Gamble to tho lounty jail for feuir ilas on December 18 nnd mommlttid him frr a similar period on December 2S Thero were three other rases where tho four-day sentences must have been ut shoit, illlam Kellv having bei n rommlttcd Janu ary 0 recommitted Jnmui) l , Groigo Itob ertson, committed lanuitv IB lecommltti d January 18, Michael Stevens, committed December 18, recommitted December 22 Subject to inls ng monev bv bond l.ues the contract fot bull 111 g a new Ivlnj; stud bridge nt Mount Iloll) was awarded to r W Schwlercs Jr Compan, of New oik, on a bid of $1J 85fi Appointed to City Positions City appointments today Include Henry M Chapln 1727 Arch street eotnpiitci, Uu leiu of Suive)s. halary $.'200, Charles A Vance, 720 South Alden fctreet Inspector, Department of Transit, $1600, William J McClaln, 2655 Tast Albert street engineer, Bureau of Water $1000, Kandall Cole, 2154 North Stanlc) street engineer lluieiti of Water, $1000, Carl It l.lndman 445 Du pont stn et. rodman Department of Transit. $S40, Olive A Andrews 3444 Chestnut street, technical npslst int. Health and Chir lUcs JtiOO; Henr) C Iovvr), "2D West ( umberland street transltman, Hureaii of Water, $900, nnd Leo A Itomano 1702 Wolf btrcet, transltman, Ilureau of Water, $900 Boost' Coat of Sickness anr.nNsurno p.i, reb s The doc tors of Westmoreland Count mo jester day and took action to help meet the high cost of living A new schedule of rates was adopted that will make sickness mw e pensive hereafter Day call3 will bo L Cd; from t p m to a p m the doctor will call for $2, from thit time until 8 a in tho clnrge will bo $3 K. a iffl hh lo vQ r& rj 1 flffi LJM i HI K W itLM M-ara IJr J JP a-nflS SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE" $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 Save Money by Wearing onoes. l ne Best tfwnown Shoes in the World. W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San Fran cisco than they do in New York. They are always wortli the price paid for them. nphe quality of W. L. Douglas product h guaranteed by more than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the fashion centres of America. They are made i?,?.w,eH'equipPcd factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experi enced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. For sale by over 0000 shoe dealers nnd 103 W, h. Douglas Stores In the large cities. If not con cnlent to call at W. J,. Douglas store, ask your local dealer for W. U Douglas shoos. 1 f he cannot supply you, taUo no other make. Writo for booklet tjj ft ,w order fhoes by w.r.DonSiu, si.o oo, mull, po.Uge free ".IXS TAKE NO Douelas Stores in PhllariAlnhta- 4016 Lancaster Avonuo 1, 1 t,WwlwtDe1.?l Market SL ' A CJOm -UrORU Or., COr. DOUtU '13,fcJOUtn OMtt HE. FEDERAL RESERVE PLAN TO PROTECT RANKS Will Supply Currency if Neces sary to Meet "Rum" Due to German Withdrawals WASHINGTON, Pel. S The IVilernl IV nrrxo Hi mil will permit tremendous e "c uii"inn of I'nitid Stntcs currency to ire vent nn) currency MtliiKency which mlKlit come bv runs mi bulks Tho board lias ieelvd Infoimitlon to the effect that In some eltles thero Is reuson to believe that unnaturalized Germ ins nnd German sym t ithlniH plan suddenly to draw their funds out of nviiis and other banks In the ivont of more tti nlncd relitlons between the t nlted Slates and the Gernnn empire Mild runs have been leported nlrcadv In some cities 'I lie board does not believe that firelRii Ifclint! will hive tho result of cmplviiiB the b inks of nil Go: man accounts, hut Is pi (pared to meet turn an emerRcncv The twelve I'cdcr.ii lteserve banl s, accord liiK tnjhe bond me prepated to issue vnst eiuantitliH of federal icservo notes to slave off ,i ciirrciic) Httlnpencv The boird lit It be known todav tint It will even go -o far ns to aid Indlicctlv nnmncmber btnks Mich as Stiti banks nnd trnvt companlea nnd pavings instllutlons should runs upon them develop 'I hlo attitude cm tho part of 1 ho bond iiiciiim tint It will be virtually impotiMlilc t haim n bank bv n run upon It i:meit,'f in v enrrene) will be forthcom ing fiotn the Government to pievent bank fiilliiriM nnd lentore confidence to tho end th it flnnnclnl dcnionill7itloii miv not nc rnmpinv hpi tons ilevclopiiuntH In American foi elfin re I ltlons CAN'T IIOLU JOB, SAVS GERMAN Seaman Tiom I. aid-up Freighter 'Filed' 83 Times NTWIORK r.b S i:mll Harms who 1 lid lie nun s- illor em tho German frclKhter Main when vlie vias laid up nt liiltlmoru ut tho bcKinnlni; of the vvat, vlslteil police headejuarters at Hoboken today 'I K"t nshoie soon nter the Main went out of survlcc" ho vaid 'I Rot a Job, but two d.i)s later I lost it lieiiusc the man 1 worked foi dldn t like Germans I got another Job and after u, week tho Mine thliicr happened. "I have hnd clKhl)-flve jolm In two )ears and n hulf, and I'vo lout overy one because I am u German It a gcttlnt; monotonoua; mako me an American citizen, will you?" Harms was told to take his troubles to Ellis Island Military Training at Normal School MANSrinLD, Pa., Feb. 8 Announce ment has been mado for the faculty of the St ite Normal School hero that military training In to be started at once A com pany of )oung men has been organized nnd they nre being drilled In military tactics by Dr. C A Piatt, former ofllcer in the National Guard of IVnnsjlvanli An ofllcer from Went Point may come here to take charge of the work. Huehc3 May Seek Sheriff's Post ri.OIti:NCi: N. J, Peb S Richard P Hughes formor kecpei of the State prison nt Trenton has returned to his home In I'lorenee and according to reports will be a candidate for Sheriff of Durllngton County on the Democratic ticket next autumn. COM rvQ, v l aVS0l?A . 14 00V o '8V At, Dojb Shoes Beit In the World $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 W. L. Douglas BEWARE OF FRAUD None ocnulne unless W. L. Uoutilas name and the retail price Is stamped on the bottom SUBSTITUTE 17 BInrkot Stroot (&S3I5I) Tresiwi, N. J.l!M lut mm BIG BUILDING BOOM SHOWS CITY'S GROWTH Additions to Factories nnd Structures in Course And Pro jected Indicate Activity Plana for tho erection of a larse num ber of fnetory liullillnjti! In I'lilliulelphla clnr Inir the fiprltiR Is lonslilerecl hy nmniifnc Hirers ai a nooil Indication ot the rapid Industrial Rroth of tho city. At the pres ent tlnie It Is reported Hint more than $1 OOO.UOO Is helnif cpenti for tho ccitmtrnc Hon of hiicIi strncturei lluslneiiH men who nre In close touch with tho ultuatlon nre of the opinion that thin Is 1'hlladelphla a tin-ewer to the great Inlliuc of huge orders from nil parts of the world, rurthcr. they add, that there will bo no decrease In the demand for I'lilladclphli-nindo Roods At Tuentv fifth nnd itetil streets work 1 being rushed to complete the construction of a group of mills for R. 1J nnd H W l-'Ielsher which, It Is said, will cost $1 C00, 000 Other firms nre nriatislng to establish phititH In that neighborhood The Inrtte lohime of business furnished b the cltv ot Philadelphia Is the reason that prompted Joseph .1. Drrliam to lease a four-story manufacturing building with a slx-story unnet at J17 to 2IC South Trtclflh street for tho purpose of making automobile bodies Derham hus a large establishment nt Hosemont Tho General Electric Company recently purchased the big warehouse being con Btructed at Seenth nnd Xoblo rtrcets, which will bo ned ns n factory when com pleted It will contain 146,000 square feet of lioor npnre An elght-Btory structure Is to be built at Sixth nnd Pllbert Mieets for tlie IIulc A Kllliurn Companv Tills plant will cost $100,000. Including the site There's more to this cigarette than taste A heap more. Most any cigarette can please the taste somebody's taste. But this Chesterfield cigarette, in addition to pleasing the taste, gives you a new kind of enjoyment in cigarette smoking Chesterfields just "touch the spot," they let you know you are smoking they "SATISFY"! And yet, they're mild! It's all due to the blend -the blend and tho quality of the tobaccos. For we tell you that such costly, high-quality Imported and Domestic tobaccos have never before been put together in any cigarette at anywhere near the price. And the blend can't be copied. Words can only tell you these things-it takes the cigarette itself to prove them. You'll be glad you ' tried Chesterfields. Do it today. 20 firlO JlijffycufeAucoaK Attrictlro tint of 100 Ch.itrf!ld Mnt, prtnak), on r.c.lot of 60 ccnta, if your dlr cannot upplr you. Addra.fi Lit- R.II&Mfcr.TobcoCo.,212FmiAT. w York Clly. t Chesterfield i CIGARETTES ojTlMPOKTED DOMESTIC tobaccos -Blended 1917 An enormous eight-story addition, to cost $500,000, Is being plnnncit by the nirctrlo Storage P-atfcry Company at N'lnetcontli street and Allegheny avenue In order to expand Its machlno shop tha I.tnk Belt Com panv will spend $161,000 for building. Tho AVeldrrman Machine Company and Schiller a Nolan are erecting new shops that will cost In the ilclty of $29,000. Large warehouses to prolde greater ac commodations for the storing of goods are dallv growing skyward. At Fifth nnd Cherry streets the A. It. naff Construction Company Is engaged In building a $12,000 HAN AN'S Winter Shoe Sale WE ARE A Special Lot of Womers Shoes & Evening Slippers These shoes sold up to as high hs $7.00 a pair ; to effect a quick clearance wo have marked them nt $3.85 a pair. You'll find a good selection of styles and all sizes in one style or another. H aoan & Bl aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBPW5b JK K l S l T" vS5t I .vf . storage nnd warehouse for Wi N. Htf uarm iupion a aona are navlnff in put up at Westmoreland and Wltte stril A warehouse will b erected at 1SU-2S uiV rlnli street for !". M. Harris 4 Co. . TJ"i Another lllurtratlon of tho actlrltr i.c.ffl alllng Is the $290,000 elght-storr addlVL. 1 being made to tho rackard motorcar ,, at Uroad and Wood streets. The Bell T.u '4 phone company nas awarosa a contract ill' a thrre-story building at Oermantown l Ohelten aenues, which will cost w! I ctn nnn Bout OFFEItING $3-85 Son chellft St. a v:L'.. 1 . XT.f-.iT sV" Js.Jk i.a. H - : . ,Wd? t. .- ."' N'MtttBSBBBl
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