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destroyed three buildings at the foot of Somerset btreet last night.
BRITAIN CURBS
SUBMARININGS,
OPINION IN U. S.
Believed That Drastic Meas-
y .ures win j5iocK ivuiii-
less War
FALSE CALM IS FEARED
WASHINGTON', Feb 10 Back of the
mathematical Lloyd's reports on ship de
struction in Germany's U-boat campaign
probably Ilea a dramatic story of British
eounter-measures, Inasmuch as the tonnage
' reported wrecked now seems dwindling
While the falling oft In the last two days
?Wy be only temporary, some authorities
IJ hr see In It the possibility that Germany's
if era of frlchtfulncss In tho barred areas Is
Is, to be short-lived
A the story went In British circles today
' England prepared for Germany's submarine
irlve some time In advance. She set out
tsew patrols and she took Bteps to see that
Users were armed. And armod ships are
tb fear of the shell-like undersea boats.
Perhaps, It Is suggested, England already
fchu established guarded Lines of gray
Ktrulsers Within tho barred area, and, more-
aever,. It Is believed by naval authorities,
'Germany already has lost many of her
AVj1"rlnes though on this point the
.British Admiralty will telt no tales.
Some of Germany's undersea craft have
Kf undoubtedly put back to their hase by now.
fcjj BKnng useu mcir iiicusit oupjjiy ul iimmu-
niuori. Tms may account lor mo npparent
decrease In activity, although thcro Is still
another possibility that some of Germany's
, efforts aro being hidden both by the Brlt-
,lah Admiralty and Lloyd's.
The Administration, fearing that ulti
mately war or a "state of war" with Oei
many must come, Is anxious to keep alive
the martial spirit In America. It would
guard against tho sapping Influenco of an
undue sense of security. On the other hand,
5 there Is no manifest movo to raise an at my
.3 jor acium war j neie cms occu some
K Jrosress made toward naal and economic
preparedness, however.
rtoday at tho close of one" week of broken
relations between the United States and
Germany,
lb. It finds much of the neutral's shipping
L ordinarily plying the Atlantic now sjiiver-
tws in Home ports; it finds Uermany lias
Islain ship travelers In an apparently In
discriminate sea war; It finds shipping do-
kttroved at tho rata of about three-nuartcrs
f a million tons monthly.
ft And, with terrific possibilities ahead, It
tla anxious lest peace propaganda and tho
Fibtence of war shall lull tho nation Into
ian unjustmable calm.
It has prepared ItRelf for Internal ilif-
' Acuities; thero Is talk of a half-million
, army with somo discussion of various forms
sOt military service, Thus far, however,
; these Ideas have not crjstalllzed Into actual
action.
I SENATOR DEMANDS
DEFINITION OF "OVERT
WASHINGTON", Kcb. 10 The exact
r definition of tho Administration's view of
'an overt act" which would causa war with
rpermany, was demanded by Senator Mc-
K, Cumber on the Senate floor today.
j oince February 1. about .seventy-five
hps have been sunk by German sub-
JJjnarlnea Without warnlnir" lm unld "Vrt
hl aro told now that wo will nwalt an
-Ji""' act. Certainly If we aro to await
nythlng further thero never will be nny
cause for war."
.Senalor McCumbcr quoted from news-
W reports of the decision of yesterday's
'Cabinet mAa.in , .,. .-. .,. .. A-
( a... , '"""h lu i'w vuecv mac. only me
E'K? ,.ctlon ot American ships and Amer
' 'Can lives wnnl.l l. -.... ...i.i .. ' r
r, w. V "-. ivfariiucil UO UIU9D iui
J.t.. ;rJln special emphasis on "Amer
ican ships and American lives," he said:
,.7".L1H niean that wo liavo further
ceaea from nnr n.iiini
I W,06S '.' mcan that W8 ,io longer question
l y'rmany's right to sink, without unrnin-
wi .tre.n , 8hlp3 wlth Americans aboard
,,Si!rLsa'18 for nothlnB sterner than
PxCte,1168" ,hat lf we navo nnother
IsilV-" We- w' n"ow It to pass un-
tl "ivt,., - V "-"" "' uciiiBereni snips.
l Sy no ' t0 Germany:
WonVln' noi defend Americans travel
fSflon nf r ""K-W'traband.- Tho de
.Ports aJthe Cablnet yesterday. If the. re-
I But weVn..i . .. . s war 'I'!sslbIe.
Cto ij,?l-,nS U l? tlle. American people aiid
Rf itarld." ' na"ons to say Just where
' Un,'niesaOIrtu.t'on.demallJI'e from Secretary"
'fcrridto aie'lnl,l0,n of "over' &ct" was.rV
. rrea to the Fore en Itelnilnm. r h.' -
Skfltlttiv Tnfn..mn4IMU
k-.-auatlna Lake Good.
P IJuWIng Park-Jlnnrt
gweoure-o Ike Closed,
MUNITIONS MENACED
BY RIVER FRONT FIRE
Fierce Thirty Thousand Dollar Ulare
Threatens Section of Port
Richmond
Munitions worth millions of dollars were
In danger last night when a $30,000 flra
near the Delaware Itlver at the foot ot
Somerset street 'destrojed three buildings
and threatened a big part of tho Tort IIIlIi
mond water front.
Tho munitions, stored for shipment on tho
A. V, C and D piers ot tho Philadelphia
and Heading Itallway Company, were saved
only because tho thlrty-mllo galo cairlcd
sparks from lho burning building out on
the river nnd away from the explosives.
Tho wind, however, hindered the firemen
In fighting tho blaze, whllo Jho low tem
perature forced them to cut through the
Ice along the shore to get part of their
water supply. Tho tiro Is belloved to have
been started by spontaneous combustion
Ten cars of coal were also damaged, others
being removed by locomotives
SUBMARINES SINK
3 SHIPS; TOTAL 77
Two British and One Nor
wegian Vessel Sent to
Bottom
TWO NORWEGIANS LOST
Ships and Tonnage Sunk
. by U-Iioats Since Feb. 1.
LOSSES to shipping of the Allies
and of neutrals since February
1, when the German unrestricted
submarino warfare commenced, have
been as follows:
Ships reported sunk today. . 3
Tonnage rep&rted sunk today 12,200
Ships reported sunk yester
day C
Total tonnage reported sunk
yesterday 10,124
Total known tonnage pre
viously sunk 13G.179
Total known tonnage sunk
since February 1 158,803
Ships Sunk Since February 1
American 1
Other neutrals 28
British 41
Other belligerents 7
Total ships sunk , . . . . 77
LONDON. Feb. 10.
An American negro and three Eng
lishmen, members of the crew of the
torpedoed steamship Dauntless, have
been landed on the Spanish coast, says
a Reuter dispatch from Madrid today.
They had been without food for five
Tdays and were so weak they had to
be taken to a hospital.
LONDON, Feb. 10 With three more
ships sunk today. In Germany's submarino
warfare, the toll of U-boat ship victims was
Increased to seventy-seven
Two of the crew of the Norwegian mer
chantman SolbaKken perished when that
vessel was sunk today.
The British steamships Mantola nnd
Lulllngton were also repprted sunk.
Tho Solbakken was a steel screw Bteam
ship of 2016 tons, registered nt Bergen nnd
the property of O. F, Olsen.
The Mantola was an almost new steel
vessel, of a net tonnage it G828, built In
101G, registered at Glasgow and owned by
the British India Steam Navigation Com
pany. Tho Lulllngton was a steel screw steam
ship of ITB16 tons, registered at London, and
the property of the South Down Steamship
Company, Ltd.
Fair and Warmer Tomorrow
FAlr weather for tonight nnd tomorrow
with rising temperatures Is the forecast
of the Weather Bureau. Moderate westerly
winds are expected. Tho thermometer icgls
tered thirteen degrees this morning and
reached twenty-four degrees early this aft
ernoon. With the exception of Tuesduy and
Wednesday fair and warmer weather Is pre
dicted for next week,
New Lower Merion Commissioner
NofiniSTOWN. Pa., Feb. 10. Tho court
today appointed William McKlhaney mem
ber of the Bbard of Lower Merlon Town
ship Commissioned from the llast District
In litace of George Sullivan, deceased.
U-Boat Sinks Fifteen Ships
UEHLIN, Feb. 0, A German submarine
wiiirh .has lust returned to port has an-.
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GERARD LEAVES
GERMANY TODAY
120 Americans to Depart
With U. S. Envoy and
His Staff
WILL GO TO SWITZERLAND
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
Ambassador von Hernstorff, his suite,
and the (ierman Consult from various
parts of the countrj who will return
with him,' will sail from New York at
2 p. in. net Wednesday
'J he Scandinavian-American Line this
afternoon announced this sailing date
and hour for the liner Frederick VIII,
on which the Gorman diplomatic rep
resentatives in this country will take
passage.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
IinitLIN", Feb 10.
One hundred and tvvcntv Americans will
leave Germany with Ambassador Gerard
when today he fulfills tho last step in
President Wilson's otders to break rela
tions with Germany.
Tho 120 citizens of tho United States will
leave on tho special embassy train which
has been provided by tho German Govern
ment. They will piobably go on tho second
section of tho special, the Ambassador nnd
his personal Malt occupslng accommoda
tions on tho flrt section
No largo congressional appropriation
will be needed to relievo stranded Amer
icans In Germany unablo to leave at the
samo tlmo Ambassador Gerard departs.
Tho reason Is that through tho generosity
of the American Ambassador and his
wifo and Mr nnd Mt Jacques Ma,yer, of
New York, virtually all Americans with
out funds who di-Mred to leavo with the
Ambassador weie provided with money and
their entin p issago limne Tho American
embassy has made all preparations to de
p.ut today
The Ameikan consulate heio Is still car
ing for some pitiful cases which a con
giesslmi.il fund would assWt after tho
American consiilai representatives leave
These Includo ispeclillv a number of Amei
Icans ill In hospitals
The following additional merlcans today
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GARDNER SHAKES
FIST AT MOORE
Massachusetts Member of
House Angrily Resents
Philadelphian's Charge
NOT ' DEMANDING WAR
llu a Ntttff Carmpoiulnit
WASHINGTON b 10 H'Khly en
raged because Hepresentatlvo J. Hampton
Moore, of Pcnnsvlian'n. accused him ot
wanting to foice the United States Into war
with Germany, Hepresentatlvo Augustus P.
Gardner, of Massachusetts, walked down
tho aisle 'of tho House nnd shook Ills fist in
tho fnco of tho Phlladelphlnn, shouting:
"I absolutely denv that statement. I ab
solutely deny It '
Tho gavel was banged on the Speaker's
desk In n vain attempt to restore order.
"Tho gentleman.' said Representative
Mooie. 'has made some of tho most famous
speeches on tho llooi of th s House In favor
of siding with Unglaiul He has gone out
of his way to criticize Germany."
"Of-course, I have," said Hepresentatlvo
Gardner, "and 1 shall do it again."
Tho spirited debate was started when
Representative Gardner Interrupted Hepte
scntatlve Moore to ask:
"Does the gentleman think that the Bend
ing homo of tho German Ambassador was
Justified?"
"Oh," said Representative Moore, "tho
gentleman has certain anglomanlac Ideas."
"That does not answer my question," said
Representative Gardnei.
GARDNER'S ANGRY DENIAL
"Why, of course, I think the sending
homo of the German Ambassador was Justl
fled If Germany no longer Intended to 'pay
uny Intention to International law nnd the
laws of humanity, but I do not think ns tho
gentleman from Massachusetts does, that'
the bieak In diplomatic relations should be
followed Immediately by a declaiatlon of
w'ar, Involving 100,000,000 of our people In
a bloody conflict"
"Has t)ie gentleman any reason for that
statement?" aBked Representative Gardner
as he started' toward the Speaker.
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FIRE TRAPS FOUR
IN BOARDING HOUSE
Other Bodies May Be Among
Ruins in South Beth
lehem STEEL MEN AID FIREMIsJN
Toll of Life and Property
Taken by Fires of One Day i
i
BOSTON Lenox Hotel; loss, ,
$100,000. '
I'ottsville Boarding house; four
known dead; lo, .$1000.
New Castle, Del Six houses;
loss, $10,000.
Burlington, N. J. Pier and vv ale
house; loss, $1000.
Parker's Landing Houses and
stores; one dead; loss, $100,000.
SOUTH Bi:TIlI,niIi:M. I.i. Feb. 10 -
Four Greeks, ns jet unidentified, weie
burned to death In a lire which eaily todav
destrojed a boarding house on llutlonwood
stieet. Kit other boaiders, all men, are
unaccounted 'for Tho I1I.170 Is supposed
to have started from an 'overluated stove.
Tho los.s to tho building will bo nbout ?5000
The belief Is that tho dead were first over
come by smoke and rendered unablo to
escape
When the firemen arrived the flames had
gained great headway. Chief Georgo H.
Morlts! called on tho Bethlehem Stecl Com
pany department for assistance. Shoitly
beforo fi o'doek the flames were under con
trol. It was then that the firemen ills
coiercd that several persons were victims
of the flames.
Willi hatches nnd nes the work ot
lesculng tile bodies was begun All le
coveied were binned lievmid recognition
The piopretor of the store Is anions' tho
missing It has not been possible to leain
just how many weie In the building nt tlm
time of tho tiro and the authorities 111 e
mitlnilPtl ori Pace Two, nliinm Tho
American Duchess Dies in Rome
P.O.Mi:, Teb 10 The Dowager Duchess
Mat Ida Antonio Iinto who was Miss Ma
tilda Davis, an Ameikan died heio todav
BOARD MAY DENY
TRANSIT PERMIT
Fear of Penrose Causes
Members to Hesitate Over
Certificate
WOULD WAIT FOR LEASE
Itu a Staff I armponrlrnt
HARRISIIURO, Feb. 10 The entire
Public Servko Commission will sit nt tho
hearing of tho nppllca on filed by tho City
ot Philadelphia, for certificates of public
transit convenience, which will be held In
City Hall. Philadelphia, net Wednesday.
An Invitation ban been sent to nil tho
business men's associations In Philadel
phia, and to al the Individual- who have
publicly attacked the proposed transit lease
to bo piesent. Tho commission also has
given notlco that it will htar any tnxpavcr
who. wishes to appear
'The nrmin.snil linsn. If t nv,tniA.i
havo a largo part to do with the grantli
114 uit) icqueMcu itruiuaies It t ee
being said on Capitol Hill today that tl
iiiiiuci ,rtmu 1a un, 1,1 uiu reasons wl
Ull ns.L-ii inciiiuum ul me conmilSSton VV
gu iu j-miaueipnia ior me Hearing
The Public Service Commission Is undei
fire from the heaviest of the Pentose guns
during the piesent factional fight within
the Republican Organization, and the com
missioners do not vi ant to leave themselves
open to nny posslblo cittlclsin fiom the Pen
rose legislative leaders who aro desirous of
probing the utilities body
Tho Penrose attack lias been centered al
most solely utound the condition of the
State finances, and tho threat nf Lexowlng
Major Smith and other municipal execu
tives throughout tho State thut has been
made has the condition of municipal
finances as its basis
Tho Public Service Commissioners, It was
declared authoritatively today, are loath to
Indorse the proposed subway und elevated
lines until tho proposed lease Is signed
Should they grant the certificates before
arrangements were made for operating the
high-speed lines, they would open them
selves to attack upon tho charge of jeop.
urdlzing a considerable additional amount
"of the taxpayers' money, k was pointed out
In the event of the Philadelphia Ilanld'
Trans); and the city not being able to get
together on the lease and the city having
to operate the lines Itself. The commission.
a limtA tint nnno Intn tVi fnitftu 11. .
to leara whether It would coht tho taxnav
ef money forjthe city Itself to operate the
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PLOT REVEALED TO OVERTHROW CUBAN GOVERNMENT
HAVANA, Teh. to. A plot to ovcitluov the Cuban Goveinuicnt
hn& been uuenithtd, nccoidingr to a stntemeiit nintle by Auiello Kevin,
Seoctniy of the Intel lor. It Is said that some ntiestH hnvu been
ipirte Among those nnesletl, it was said, was nt least one tinny
rum net Imps mote. '
HOUSE VOTES ON GREAT NAVAL BILL TUESDAY
WASHINGTON, l'eb. 10. Tlyj House today ngieeil to voto on
tin 350,000,000 navy bill nt the opening of Tuesday's tcsston. The
Mil piobibly will be completed Into today. Monday will bo Iiincoui'b
liiitlulnj Many nipnibfls will be absent, bo tho vote W113 tlcfomrt.
ALLIED AIRMEN SHELL ZEEBRUGGE NAVAL BASE
AMSTEltDAM, Teb. 10. Tho Gentian nnvtxl ljnso at Zecbittg;e
has been bombarded by a squadron of Allied ncioplnnes,.says n dis
patch to the Telegraph.
FRENCH SHELL KARLSRUHE! TEUTONS RETALIATE
PARIS. Feb. 10. The Oilman city of Knrlsiuhe. fifty miles In
side of the Finnco-Geimnii iiontier, has been bonibaidid by n Ft cum
nvintor, the Wni Office announced today. The rjeuunus liavo nj.raiii
shelled DunUiik fiom the air, as well as Amiens, Nancy and the le
gion of Pont St. Vincent. A woman was killed at Amiens. Neal
rout St. Vincent a civilian was hilled and l'oui wounded. A Get man
neioplnue was shot down near Pegniville-eu-Haye.
INFANTRY UNIT AUTHORIZED AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 Piesldent Wilson today mdered tho establishment
of nn Infantry unit at Cornell University and also 11 senior division nf the leserve
otllcois' tialnlng coips.
3100 CRAFT CARRY TEUTON BOOTY UP DANUBE
RIJIM.IN, Kcb. 10. More than -100 steamboats and 2700 tugboats me engaged
In transposing the enormous booty captuied by the CSetmuns In ltumanlu up
the River Danube to Austrla-lliingary nnd Geimanv, thu Pi ess Rureau said today.
POPE MAY INTERVENE TO PREVENT U. S.-GERMAN WAR
PARIS, l'eb. 10. It is tepoiled on good tjiithorlty tli'it l'opo Ueneillct Is con
sideling the suggestion that he Intervene In tho Cicrmnn-Amcrlcan situation In
order to prevent the bleach between those two countries from growing any wider.
A dispatch from l'mn stntcd It was believed in some circles that Spain piobably
would back up any notion that the Vatican might take in that dltectlon. Cardinal
Gnspani, the Papal Secretin y of State, was quoted ns saying that the Pope con
sidered the situation giave.
EVERYBODY IN U. S. SHOULD HAVE 313.50 TODAY
Tho amount nf money In cli dilation In the I'nltPil States on Keliiu.uj 1 was
$4, 198,000, ST1, iiLioidlng lii'the lepoit of the Tieasuiv Department Accoidlns to
these figures, oath man, woman and ihild in lho country should havo j 13.50 in
pocket, lf the total amount weie oven! distributed Tliu population nf the United
Stntes Is estimated at 103,403,000 In tho samo repoit.
DECEMBER RAILROAD EARNINGS OVV $2,000,000
WASHINGTON, l'eb. 10. Ra.ihu.id earnings fell off nunc than SJ.OOO 000 In
December, neconllng to a suramun in pait of tho 111 Inigest rallioads Issued today
by the Interstate Commeico I'ommlssioii
PLANES SHELL DUNKIRK; FOUR KILLED
PARIS, l'eb 10 An iilllcial statement savs lh.it neiopluties have again (hopped
bombs In the region of Dunkirk, killing foai civilians Piojcctllcs weie dropped
In the rmunid district nlso, four pcisons being wounded.
WARSHIPS AND RAIDER REPORTED IN BATTLE
Hl'RNOS AHtKS, Feb 10- Special dispatches received fiom Pernambuco
decline that a battle oocuired Thuisdav off rcrnando do Nnionha between a
Rrltlsh cruiser squadron and the (icirain i alder. The light lasted four hours,
It was said, but the outcome was unknown The Island of rcinnmlo de Nnronlui
is situated about 125 miles off the eastern cstrcinitv of Utmll.
U.10,000 CATS, 100,000 DOGS IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia has 250.000 cats and 100.000 dogs, uceoi dins' to stntistlcs gathered
by the Mori Is Refuge, 1242 Lombard stieet. In IMG tho .Mouis Itefuge hnndled
54,712 tats and kittens nnd ll..r,43 clogs Port Richmond tomes near being tho cat
center of tho cits. More than 2500 cats weio disposed ! the Richmond blanch
of the organisation last ear. ,
682 VESSELS UNDER WAY IN AMERICAN SHIPYARDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - In icsponsn to a teneial lyiuli, which Included every
shipbuilding vnrd In tho United States, tho Ruicaii of Navigation nt the Department
of Commerce has received ictuins showing that theio mo now under construction In
this country CS2 vessels, designed for freight nnd passenger traffic, with a totul
tonnage of 2 098.701.
STEEL COMPANY CUTS $S,000,000 FROM CAPITAL
TRUNTON, N. J., Upb 10 An amended tertlflcate was filed with the Spcietary
of State by the 'Whnitou Steel I'ompans, vvhltli tins n plant nt What ton. N. ,
decreasing its aiithoilo.l capital clock fiom $10000000 to J2,0o2,O0o.
' PHILADELPHIA AIRMAN TO SAIL FOR FRANCE
Another Philadelphia illiman soon will leavo fui Prance to Join the aviation
corps of the American Legion, no is uoueii a. Mmun. oi n.ui,uaco street. Smith
Is tvventv-two jeais old lie has been tialnlng for mine than a month nt the
Curtiss Aviation School nt Newport
February 25
News
NEAR FIGHT AS LABOR MEN REFUSE TO SING AMERICA"
SCRANTON, Pa., l'eb. 10 Refusul of four members of the Scrauton Allied
Trades Council to arise and sing "America" nt the close ot a meeting tcsulteci in a
dispute that for a time promised to end In blows, nnd which lusted for more.than
half an hour.
BRUMBAUGH MAY APPROVE PROBE RESOLUTION
Governor Brumbaugh may apptove the Sproul resolution calling for nu invcstl
cation of hi" administration, uccordlng to vvoid icceived by Senator Penrose, The
Senator, after a conference with his Stnte lieutenants, said: "It would not be sur.
prising If te Governor npptoved tho lesolutlon." Word was leeelved, it was said
that the bill would be signed.
PHILADELPHIA HAS THIRD LOWEST DEATH RATE
Philadelphia hus the tlilid lowest baby death rate in tho ten largest cities in the
country, according to flcures given out by tho Babies' Welfare Association. The
infant mortality for this city during 1016 was a trifle loss than nlnety-nlne deaths
per thoUsatlQ pauie. n hkuio seven ueuwm uoiow mo average, Ht. Iouls Was
the hwutniwi cn nu 'wmmvi ueayue mr uccrcaso m mo ueaurrata, tM
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Several Big Candy Planti
Forced to Close Because '.1
of Shortage
SUPPLY FAST EATEN UP A
Unless Relief Comes Citv Will
Be Sutrnrless Within Fortv- Jtt
eight Hours
Candy Manufacturers
Abandon Some Brands
MANUFACTURING confectioners
obliged to abandon manufacture
of certain brands of candy bccauie
of famine in refined sugar. Several
may be forced to shut down.
Chain stores boost the retail price
one cent, nnd -wholesalers raise the
price from ?6.7G to $8 per 100
pounds.
Experts sny there are not 12,000
barrels of sugar in the city; the nor
mal supply is about 75,000 barrets.
Todav raw sugar advanced to
C.02c; this is a rise of thirteen points
over yesterday.
Strikers at Philadelphia refineries
hold firm in their demands.
The famine In refined sugar became seri
ous from an Industrial Mtandpojnt today,
when Feveral of the largest manufacturing
tonfectloners were obtlgcd to abandon th
making of certain grades of candy becaus
they were unable to obtain sugar supplies.
Housewives In the city .received a sever
Jolt when the chain stores advanced th
pi Ice of refined one cent the pound." Prior
to today thev sold teflned for Eeven and
one-half cents, but today the price Is eight
and one-half.
Many chain stoics have no sugar on
hand with l.ttle prospects of getting any
for reveral davs Other storps with a lim
ited stock will sell only four pounds to a
I customer Hcoies of retail grocers outside
the chain list are charging from ten io
twelve cents a pound.
The strike of 2000 sugar workers at tn K
three big lelineries in tne city naa ,8top9f
nusoiutciy me out
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longsl oremen has blocked, thu lmporatalloai-
ot raw sugar in I'niiaoeipnia,
The sympathetic strike of tho stevedore ,ffa
has caused Philadelphia to lose'two Iar; Mm
cniuoes of raw sugar. One of 16.094 bar a. J A
was brought here on the Cuban steamship V1
Vumurl last Sunday trom sagua ana v,ar
denas. The vessel tied up at Pier 60, South
foot oTlteed street. The ship will salf
today for New York, tho captain havtmj
obtained jlcarance rapers jesterday. Tho
Noiweglan steamship Pagersand, which In
tended coming to this pott from Clenfuegoa
with a cargo of BUgar, reached the Dela
ware Breakwater and received orders t
piocecd to New Yolk
Dlsthaiging of the American steamship
I'.iute. which an lied Monday from PJenfUB
gos with 31,000 bags ot raw sugar, has)
stopped Tho vessel is ling at Pier 61.
South, inear Peed street Strike leaders said (
today that stevedores working for New
York refineries would go out next week.
l'.npri:ci:di:nti:d shortage
It was estimated by leading sugar broken
nnd wholesale groLers that there were not
In the aggiegate 1200 barrels of refined
sugar in the entire cltj. This Includes the
fast-diminishing supply In warehouses and
on the shelves of retail grocers. Several
wholesale gioccrs took advantage of the
Fcarcity and boosted' tho price from $6.71
the hunched pounds to $8. This explains
tho boosting In price of the retailers.
Never since sugar experts can remember
has the supply in Philadelphia been so low.
Under normal conditions tha experts say
that there should be at least 75.000 barrels"'
of sugar stored In the refineries and the
wholesale houses of the city. Under nor
mal conditions the wholesalers move 4S0O
barrels a day, and In lew of these figures
I is seen that the present meager supply
of 1200 barrels will not last long. 7n fact,
It Is stated that it relief does not come at
once Philadelphia will bo virtually BUgar
less within forty-eight hours,
CANDY MUN VNI'ttUPAUKD
It was explained by confectionery mantt-(, S1
fnrturers that the closing of tho refineries wsi
i.cmuse of the strlge caught them
un- JhV
wares. Most of them were looking for a
decided drop in tho price ot sugar at this
time so they had deferred laying In Urge ), J& i ,
stores until the expected reduction. As ,-rfl
result they were virtually without stores.
On Tuesday tho output stopped entirely, i
and twelve hours later the supplies In thrgj'
candy lactones weie cAimuoicu. ,t
The candy factory proprietors mad.
frantic appeals to refineries In New York ;
and Boston. A few carloads, cf sugar were ,$j'
rushed through to tnem, DUt tne present
railroad embargo prevented smpment ofv
sufficient sugar to meet the demands Tier,;
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