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'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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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