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tITRE EXPLAINS STAN!)
fotcd Argentine Editor Says
Protests Must Not Be Mis
understood LIMA, I'oru, Feb. 10.
Peru's reply to (lie American note
Jv. iugKeating unity of action among neu
trals will be forwarded to the United
Statcs'today. There is every indication
that Peru has decided to support Presi
dent Wilson's program, although the
text of the message, is as yet withheld.
Peru's reply to the German note wan
lent last night. It was u strongly
worded protest.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Ipecial Cable Srtire nl the tVulfrrf Prcsi.and
Evtnino Lfdger.
BUENOS AIIIES, I'd). 10.
It Is a mistake to construo notes for
warded to Oermany by South American na
tions as an Indorsement of President Wil
son's position, In the view of Jorge Mitre,
editor of ihe Influential I.a Nnclon. and re
rardfd as one of the leading authorities
on Pan-Americanism and South American
affair?.
'The Argentine Government," Mltrn ex
plained today, "was especially unenthuslns
llo over America's stand, anil In a nioro or
less degree the name feeling una shown In
notes of other republics, except Brazil. And
Brazil objects tn Germany's submarine
blockade because of her own overseas trade
ta'srraln and coffee. Hho Is also particularly
friendly to President Wilson.
"Personally 1 consider the Chilian note
thj best of those forwarded by the South
American republics, becnuso Chill ex
presses her Inability to recognize the block
ade and aeclares alio wilt decide future de
velopments nccordlng to their merits.
'Also, my personal view Is that the South
American republics adopted a mistaken po
altln. Inasmuch ns they focused their
notes on President Wilson's attitude Instead
ot the German note announcing establish
ment of the untjrldlcd submarine campaign.
"Summarizing the situation, It can be
eaU that the South American communlca
tl"s are not Intended to support President
Vv-.lson."
Tho Argentine Government today handed
to American Ambassador Stlmson n curt
Message of forty words transmitting a copy
of. Argentine's note to Germany. The forty
words merely state that the copy of the
nolo to Germany embodies Argentine's
. reply to President Wilson's reciuest that
neutrals Join the United Stites.
U. S. MUST NOW FIGHT
ALONE, FARR SAYS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
Failure of neutrals to Join the United
States In Its break with Germany Is another
Indication that this country must stand
alone, both In Its diplomatic policy and
its preparation for defense against attack,
Representative Fair, of Pennsylvania, said
today.
"Thin rnllntrv milat lia nrannri,1 tit utnml
Ei- alone for Us Ideals," Karr said, "It cannot
,nope for advantageous alliances. Other neu
tral countries have failed to take the fctand
announced by President Wilson; we must
be ready to stand by ourselves.
. "I regard the failure of other countries
'Mo stand by the United States as another
Indication that we must prepare ourselves
lo withstand attack. We should be ready
o defend our shores nlone. without alli
ances. In case we are forced Into war."
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NEUTRALS' STAND AIDS
SINK-AT-SIGHT POLICY
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10.
That Germany's political situation has
been strengthened by tho refusal of Euro
pean and South American neutrals to break
off diplomatic relations, la the view held In
official circles In Berlin, says a dispatch
from the German capital today.
Protests against the drastic regulations
of Germany's submarine blockade wcro ex
pected and were discounted In advance,
Three factors contributed to the nctlon
sf European neutrals (n refusing to follow
President Wilson's suggestion for a uni
versal break with the Imperial Government.
The dispatch adds:
" These are: First. Itecognltlon of
tlia necessities which compelled Ger
' many to begin a ruthless U-boat war
fare. Second. Friendship for the German
Empire.
Third. Realization of Germany's mill
, tary power. '
DANISH PAPERS RAP
BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE
BEBLIN, Feb. 10.
Danish newspapers denounce England'!
' attitude toward small neutral States, ac
cording to dispatches to the Overseas News
Agency today. The Social Demokraten is
quoted as saying:.
, "England's protection ot small neutrals
i becomes more and more original. After
having protected Greece to her death, now It
Ut Holland and Denmark's turn. Before tho
orto of these two small seafaring nations
, ' mines are strewn In quite n Jolly fashion,
and all this Is called 'freedom of the seas.'
England constantly speaks o'f right and
Justice, but in fact tho only right she knows
Is the right ot power. As much as possi
ble England puts the burden of the war on
1 . the shoulders ot neutral countries."
Will Protest .Against High Prices
-A. meeting of protest against the high cost
J5r,,ot living will be held tomorrow afternoon
B ociock in me rarKway ineaire. ror
Uieth and Poplar streets, under the auspices
!KtfUie Woman's Protective I.eague of West
. W l.'lttA1V.I rPh. n.ln.ln..1 a...,,. I..... Jill kA
UK" Mr. William Derr. of the Housewives
fv.V i. the program will be Mrs:. D. Goldberg and
FJTJ Vt J-' voncn.
bwinvi lroncr warns Against I'etromortis
' iT , r!ornnie Tvnlirht ff&ve n nublln wflrnlnfir
't' i;to automoblllsts today to keen the windows
lftl7J''and'doorg of their garages open while they
' ' ii'm vnmlrin nr nriltlatlncr thulr ram. Thn
o warning followed, an Inquest Into the death
'A"t James G. Lane, 4120 Viola street. On
.February 4 Ine died of petromortls, a
. :Heeaser duo to Inhaling gasoline fumes.
..Lam collapsed while fixing his automob'Je
meat, died shortly afterward while being
taker to the Polyclinic Hospital.
Socialists Oppose Ruthessness
i,9ND0N, Feb. 10 Tho first dissenting
' against uermanys unrceincieu nuu
m warfare has been raised by the
allot newspaper, Vorwaerti. says a dls-U-
to the Mornlnt: Post. According to
Ul"ram the Vorwaerta says that Oer-
Soclallsts yfn refuse to. snoumer tne
uoimy iur ma u'uvm i.iii(imibii
' Wt u Can. Be Expected
TIC, CITY, J;, X, Feb. 10, f amen
KMUrs pnysicuns, jesieroay re
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FOUR BIG LINERS
STILL OUT AT SEA
Twenty-nine Americans
Aboard Ships Exposed to
U-Boat Attack
AMERICAN CRAFT TO SAIL
NEW YOniv, Fell, 10. The safo nrrlvnl
of the White Ktnr liner Baltic lit Liverpool,
nnd tho Italian liner Panto Allghlcrl at
Genoa, leaves four lilt? liners ttlll on tho
seas. Theso craft cairy twenty-nine Amer
icans. Tho arrival of the Panle Allghlerl with
eight Americans on board nt Genoa was
announced In n cablegram received today
by Truda & McDonald, American agents
of the Italian line. The liner carried 400
passengers, and tho fact that hn wns over
due on her arrival at Genoa Is believed to
havo been caused by tin-fact that sin- went
off her course to avoid German subnnrlnes.
Tho American llm-r Kronnlaml arrived
off tho United States roast today, her rnp
taln reporting by wlii'leiw that the ship
would dock tomorrow
The llfiera still nt sea. together with their
date of departure fiom New Yolk and
their quotas of AniTlcnns. follow:
AliltlATH'. While Star, sailed Feb
ruary 3. cairles six A met leans.
ltoritAMIIFAU, French. aalMI Feb
ruary 4. carries eighteen Aniet leans.
SAXONIA. Cunurd, sailed January
SO, carries one American.
I'UUTIC, White Star, railed Febru
ary fi, carries four American.
Without Hie "barber polo" Identification
marks Insisted upon by the German Gov
ernment two American fi eight shlpi, the
Orleans and llio Hochestcr, will sail today
for Europe, the first American vessels tn
Icavo tills pott in dcllanee of tho submarine
order.
It will be tho first oano for the Ur
leans under the Ameitcnn Hag. She was
recently tiansferrcd from Argentine reg
istry. Four Dead in Blaze
in South Bethlehem
Continueil from 1'ilEe One
handicapped In seari'hiUK b 'he heal "f
tho ruins
FIRE IN nOSTONllOTEL;
GUESTS BARELY ESCAPE
BOSTON, Feb. 10.
File swept through tho Hotel Lenox, ono
of Boston's finest hotels, early today, rac
ing with such rapidity from the third Moor
to the roof that many guesls were trapped
In their rooms and were rescued by firemen
from fifth and sixth story wlnUows.
Many guests had nnnow escape.", among
them being former Mayor Samuel Green,
now nearly ninety years of age, and Valll
V'alll, the actress. .
Four alarms brought most of the ap
paratus of the city to tho scene. Ex-Governor
Dald I Walsh, who was also a
guest at the hotel, was prominent In the
rcrcue work.
After three hours the lire was brought
under control. All of the USD guests In the
hotel when the file broko out were ac
counted for.
The flro started at . : 10 o'clock on the
second Tloor. Immediately It was seen that
the flro was beyond control of the hotel
employes. Tho telephone operator started
ringing the call bells In every room in the
hotel. Soon there was a wild panic among
the guests.
The halls were filled with smoke and
those who rushed to the elevators found
this means of escape cut off. The lire shot
up the elevator shaft from tho third to the
tenth floor nnd then worked downward.
Outside the mercury was ten above zero
and a fifty-mile gale was blowing. The
guests fleeing In light clothing suffered
severely from the cold.
With the arrival of ladder trucks, women
and children were taken down ladders from
the sixth-story windows.
Former Governor Dald I. Walsh was
asleep on tho second tloor. He nrouseil
other guents on tho floor and worked until
nearly exhausted helping women and chil
dren from the hotel.
William McCoach. of Philadelphia, who
occupied u room on tho tenth floor, did
valuable rescue work In getting women and
children from the top floors to tho sixth
tlbor, where they were taken down ladders
by firemen.
Tho loss probably will rearh $100,000.
Joseph Collins, of Itovere, caught on tho
tenth floor of the hotel, believed ho was
doomed for a time. Repeated efforts to
make the extension ladders reach his win
dow failed. Ho finally made a rope out of
his bed clothing and, before hundreds of
horrified spectators, ho swung himself out
oer the ledge, fastening one end of tils
Improvised rope to a steam radiator.
Firemen shouted to Collins to remain
where ho was, but ho began sliding down
his slender life line. When he reached
the ninth floor he swung himself and
kicked In a window. Ho rested for a
minute on the ledge and then continued his
perilous Journey He reached the seventh
floor windows and again kicked In the glass
and managed to rest himself, llo then
threw himself Into tho smoky room and
was found there by firemen, who declared
he w-as on his knees praying for strength
to make the rest of the trip.
Captain Donohue saw several women high
up on tho eighth floor waving their arms
and screaming for help. He ran an aerial
ladder up against tho building, but It was
about ten feet short. He tucked a pompey
ladder under one arm and a long rope under
another and made his way up the aerial.
He placed his pompey on the sill and gained
tho floor where the women were. He then
lowered thm. six In all. one by one, to the
aerial ladder.
FIRE WRECKS fi. HOUSES;
MANY MADE HOMELESS
NEW CASTLE, Del., Feb. 10. Witji
the thermometer about !i degrees nbovo zero
.at midnight six houses were burned, two
entirely reduced to ashes, six heads of fam
ilies and twenty-two children and fourteen
boarders rendered homeless at Ninth and
Clayton streets.
The velocity of the wind was about sixty
miles an Imur and thn fire licked up the
frame buildings like tinder. The cause of the
Are was an overheuted stove in the be.droom
of Glugllanno Suezzl, a sick man and owner
of one of tho properties. Ho was carried
out to a neighboring house wrapped In
blankets.
DELAWARE LINE PIER
RAZED AT BURLINGTON
BUBLINGTON. N. J Feb. 10. For n
few minutes Burlington was threatened
with the worst fire In Its history when a
blaze, fanned by a forty-mile gale at 11
o'clock, last night, destroyed the ware
house and pier of the Delaware Illver Navi
gation Company.. The spectacular fire Illu
minated tye Ice-bound river front for miles.
The coal yard sheds of Price & Craft. ad
Joining the pier, wero afire several times.
The loss Is (4Q001.
ONE DEAD", $100,000 LOSS
IN PARKER'S LANDING FIRE
PABKEn'S LANDING, Pa., Feb. 10,
Fire starting; In a reatdence occupied by J,
W. Power today wiped out a large section
of. the owns burned one man to death and
caused damage estimated at 1100.000. The
First National Bank building, the Maxwell
Transfer Company building, th telegraph
and,. UUnhooo eftUpat.and .feveral small
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EVENING LEDGER-ipklLADELPHlA:, SAOlUBDAt, FEBRUARY 10,
WAR CRISIS NEAR,
WALL STREET VIEW
j
Every, One Looks for British
and Russian Drive to An
swer U-Boat Campaign
NO FEAR FOR THE U. S.
Hy CHAKI.KS It. DROWN
NEW VOItK, Feb. 10 -So many cross
currents have been developed In the Wall
street situation by the momentous events
ot tho week that the net result Is a highly
ilellcato nnd lurvous state of tension Evi
dences have been qulto dlstlnct'of n senti
ment that some way out of the mazo would
develop that, In fart, not only would war
between the Prilled States and Germany
ho' averted, hut that the German declara
tion of frlghtfulness would bo In some way
manipulated ns to bring the end of the
entire struggle Into much closer view This
optimistic tiend, however, appeared lo ie
rehe a very seere shock wltli the sinking
of the Anchor Line steamship ('nllforma
without warning on Wednesday.
There seems III the Wall street district
nliuost unanimous agieemeiit as to the ele
ments of the new technical position that
has by the new deelopmenls been created
In the market for securities War still Is
considered a factor that Is calculated to
advance prices; peace to depress them,
Hence, there has lejlly been no chango In
theso respects
Heretofore peace has suggested tho sud
den stoppage of the foreign demand for
American-made war materials. It would
have the same general Influence u'nder the
present conditions War, with America ns
an actlw lielllgen i.l. would mean not alone
a continuance of the foreign demand: It
would, In addition, mean the sudden out
burst of an nvet whelming home demand for
curytlilng ncces-iury to meet the new mil
itary and naval conditions. It may be
taken for granted that Washington will do
nothing by halves: under the urgent y of
early deliveries prices and iuautitles will
not receive seilous consideration.
There would be a renewal of liquidation
on foreign account Suggestive eldence
that this already has begun Is contained In
the rapid llse In New York Kxchango on
Berlin and Vienna. Indicating clenily the
withdrawal of funds by interests that
seem to be approaching so closely to the
classification of "enemy countries."
There has been liquidation for British ac
count supposedly of British Treasury hold
ings of securities that hae recently been
employed as collateral with the banks for
demand loans to thn Treasury. These loans
hae been paid off from the proceeds nf
the latest iuO.OOO.OOO British collateral
loan the collateral consisting largely of se
curities foreign to this country) : thus the
American securities pledged for the demand
loans have become available for sale.
Another of the offsets to the view that
American participation In the war would
mean an overwhelming buying movement
in Wall street Is contained In the obxloiis
fact that there will at Ihe bamc time be a
tremendous expansion in tho volume of se
curities available for Investment. There
already Is talk of a $500,000,000 bond Issue
in addition to the atious bond and note
Issues contemplated In the new reeiiuc bill
which passed the House of Representatives
last week.
Kvcry ono concedes that tho remaining
dns of February aie to be prolific In
events In connection with the War of
Umpires. It was. for Instance, hi February
of last year that the Verdun drive was
Inaugurated. Tho time certainly Is close at
hand when the long-expected movement
will begin which will test the ciuallficatlons
of the new British at my with Its coucodedly
magnificent equipment and 'also the huge
new Russian army. Tho rightfulness of
the sea campaign will undoubtedly be an
swered by the strength of this drive. When
once started It will be virtually Impossible
to check It until Its full strength has de
veloped. "This Is the argument that Is convincing
financial Interests in the Wall Sheet dis
trict that the crisis in the war Is at hand.
Germany would not have been willing to
close the struggle on anything but virtually
Its own terms unless it had finally tried Its
'most effective weapon.' In the Hamo way
It Is certainly to be argued rhat neither
Britain nor Russia would be willing to take
up compromises until the power of their
new military strength had been fully demon
strated. As to the conditions to be faced on this
side of the Atlantic when and If this coun
try finally bo Involved, theie does not ap
pear to bo any grave concern. We have a
laigu i oast line to defend nnd the expendi
tures on coast defense will run up Into many
in!. Hour..- We have n ready-made munitions
Indusliy which can turn out material for
tli" Government without delay. Indeed, It
may hardly be conslderid unlikely that sup
plies of materials that already have been
contracted for by foreign buyers will be
requisitioned.
As to the possibility of Internal uprisings
in this country when war shall have been
declared, thcro may hardly he said to be
any vital fear lu the Wall street district.
Wall street today Ik making a wonderful
idlsplay of hunting as a mark of patriotism.
Any uprisings or bomb throwing will bo
tho work of hot-headed Germans with ;io
regard for consequences. Meanwhile the
greatmass of the quiet and plodding German-American
population Is recognizing the
serious result that must accrue from up
risings when war conditions become actually
present. Overt acts would then be classi
fied ns treason and be punished accord
ingly. '
Gerard Will Leave
Germany Today
Continued from I'nrre One
signed the United Press register, Indicating
their future Intentions:
niCMAINING IN GRBMANY
WILLIAM GUOIton LAW and family, of
Flint. Mich.
DR. HORN HAMSUV, Milwaukee.
KPNA GOODALi:. Yonkers, N. V.
MARIi: COININ. Pittsburgh. .
MAIUOBIU WINNU WlSSUn, Bellows
Falls, Vt.
THKODORIS GAIinKNS and family,
Butte, Ore.
RKTimNINO TO AMKR1CA (route un
specified) II. ('. VON STIIUVU, Austin, Tex.
t'ORA PFOT13NHAUUR. Cleveland O.
FIRE IN POLICE STATION
Cops' Red Shirts Lend Color to "Con
flagration" L.OSS From
8 to 10 Cents
The blaze which started In the locker
room of the Fourth and Snyder avenue
police station this morning was heightened
In lis appearance by the red undershirts nf
the alarmed cops, who came tumbling but
of their beds In the next room when thsy
were aroused by Walt Fleming, the night
turnkey.
Some one ran over to the flrehouse next
door and snouted, "The station houie Is on
fire I" But the firemen thought they were
being fooled, and It was not until they
noticed -the, active red undershirts that they
decided to Investigate. The losa lias been
placed ot between eight and ten cents.
MORTALITY SHOW&T INCREASE
Deaths of Week . 673, Against G63
Year Ago
nai ha In the city this week numbered
ill, as compared with ?, last, week and
DQd WlU VV.VJf irW '
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HflLaLaKi
rHrHj
CAPTAIN H. I). FORHKS
He wnsin charge of the ill-fated
steamship Crown Point when she
was sunk this week by n subma
rine. Captain Forbes is widely
known in Philadelphia shipping
circles.
Gardner Shakes
Fist at Moore
Continued fnun I'jiKe One
"1 absolutely deny the statement " de
clared Gardner, his face turning ashy white.
"I absolutely deny it."
Shortiy befoie ltepresenlatlve Moore's
clash with the Massachusetts member he
had referred to Representative Butler, of
Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Naval
Affairs I'oinmittee. as n "good, sturdy, peace
loving Quaker, who sometimes lights."
"I am not a Quaker, nor a Friend," said
Representative Butler. "I have denied that
before and I am denying It now for the
last time. I wouldn't disgrace those peo
ple." Rept eseut.it i e Mooie asked, members of
tho Naval Affairs i'oinmittee whether the
United States was building Its laigo number
of submarines simply to hold them or to
use them as Get many Is using hers.
CONDEMNS MURDICROUS WARFARK
"I voted for this appropriation," said
Representative Butler, "with the under
standing that they were never to be used
to commit unjustllldhlo murder."
Representative Mooro was asked how he
would use the submarines, nnd ho replied:
"In ease of war, I would use them to
Mil ; I would use them to win the war."
International law has not been modified
by the Invention of tho submarine nnd the
rights of neutrals and noncomhatauts can
not be abridged by a new weapon, the
House was told today by Representative
II. W. Temple, of Pennsylvania, ono of the
few experts In the lower House on Inter
national issue.
Mr. Temple, a former professor of his
tory and political science in Washington
and Jefferson College, held tho close atten
tion of the House In u discussion of neutral
rights at sea nnd the use of submarines.
Ho spoke of tho law of search and cap
ture, and tho fact that resistance by any
vessel at sea destroys ltd noncombatant sta
tus and authorizes sinking.
"The rights of neutrals, and not the kind
of weapon used, are tho determining factor
at sea," continued Mr. Temple. "There has
been no modification ot International law
because of tho Intervention of tho sub
marine. TEMPLUS VIEW APPLAUDED
"The submarine has no more privilege
than any other attacking vessel, it cannot
bo pleaded that international la,w has been
changed simply because you aro using a new
method of attack. Suppose I wcro accused
of murder, and I mado a plea that com
mitted the murder with a poison that had
not been Invented when tho law agnlnst
murder was passed. Would that Justify
me In committing murder? The argument
would be Just as sound as to claim that
because of the Invention of the submarine
all International law has been changed
There Is no soundness In such a contention,
nnd the law Of the sea Is tho same as It
always has been."
Congressman Templo evoked generous ap
plause when ho declared that "there should,
never be an attack on noncombatants. You
have no more right to attack women nnd
children at sea then you have on land."
The House was so Interested In the
analysts of International law by Mr. Templo
that when his alloted five minutes expired
them were requests from both the Demo
cratic and Republican sides that his time
be extended. This wns granted.
DRAVE WOMAN REWARDED
Representative Citizens of Hammonton
Express Appreciation of Heroic Act
HAMMONTON. N. J Feb. 10. Reprei
sentatlves of the Woman's Civic Club, Navy
League, Order of the Eastern Star, Daugh
ters of Pocahontas, Hammonton Board of
Trade and others met and adopted resolu
tions setting forth the esteem In which
the community holds Mrs. Elsie Smathers
for her heroic conduct In October last,
when she piloted her father's car through
the fire of a dozen masked bandits.
The meeting voted to present an engraved
testimonial to Mrs. Smathers,
Chauffeur Held, for Boy's Death
A negro was held without ball today,
charged with responsibility for the death of
a twelve-year-old white boy, whom he ran
over several days ago while driving a mo
tortruck at Twenty-first and Federal
streets. The defendant Is Charles Diamond,
forty-five years old. of 29H Alter street.
At afi Inquest In the Coroner's) court he
was found responsible for the death ot
Oeorge Ilronson, 2138 Ellsworth street, and
remanded to the Grand Jury.
Cave-in Nearly Kills Boys
LANCASTER, R., Feb. 10 While three,
little Lancaster school boya were playing
at camping .out In a sand quarry south of
Lancaster early '"t evening- an overhang
ing bank gave way, partly entombtng them,
Henry Messner and ,Joseph Fellenbaum
managed to extricate (themselves, only
intiy iRjurea, out etn.M, luwitp-iieok'j
TEUTONS BOMBARD
S0MME POSITIONS
Shell Newly Won Ground of
British in Bapaume
Sector
BRITISH RAID TRENCHES
LONDON, Feb. 10.
Tho newly won ground of the British In
the Somme sector was heavily bombarded
by tho Germans Inst night, says n dispatch
from that front today.
At Sallly-Sallllsel hill, south of Bapaume,
tho Germnns not only shelled the British
trenches, but put a barrngo fire all around
tho Jill! In nn effort to prevent re-enforcements
nnd supplies from reaching the Brit
ish position.
West of Bapaume, in thn llalllescourt
Orandcourt sector, tho German guns wero
active on both sides of the Ancro River.
Trench raids were carried out at various
places nking the line nnd consldernhlo dam
age was done to the underground fortifica
tions of the tlsrmnns with dynamite bombs.
The war will be decided within the next
three or four months, according to Robert
Donald, editor of tho Chronicle and one
of tho closet student of war In England.
Mr. Donald does not minimize the dnn
girs of Germany's submarine blockade, but
holds that there Is absolutely no chance for
Great Britain to be starved
Discussing tho situation today, he said:
"The war may not end, but it will bo
decided within the next three or four
months. This decision will be helped by
tho Allies piercing the western1 front, by
Russia driving the enemy back, by an
advance, by Italy and the holding up of
tho enemy In the Balkans, to say noth
ing of decisive operations elsewhere.
"Great Britain Is blockaded, but she will
never be starved and communication with
her nlllcH will not bo Interrupted. Bread
ami other food tickets will bo Introduced
unless the people ration themselves along
rcasonablo lines
"Small neutrals like Holland have the op
tion of Joining with tho United States In
severing diplomatic relations with Germany,
thus committing national HUlelde. or of be
ing bled to death. Their fate Is obvious
and inevitable unless Germany relaxes the
stringency of her blockade so far as they
are concerned "
TURNED STORE ROBBER
TO EDUCATE CHILDREN
Man, Caught in Act, Declares He
Wanted to Send Daughters
to High School
A falher who is anxious to see his two
daughters educated but has not the means
to see them through high school and who,
according to his own admission, robbed
store in order to raise this money, was
captured this morning In the haberdashery
establishment of John Purdy, at 2621 Ger
tnnntown avenue, lie gave Ihe naino of
Harry Hewitt. 366 Elm sheet. West Haven,
Conn. After being locked In a cell nt the
Park and Lehigh avenues station he tried
to commit suicide by stiangulatlou. The
polb'o discovered him In time to prevent his
death and sent him to tho Samaritan Hos
pital. He had a hearing later befoie Magistrate
Beaton at the Central Station and wns held
in $1500 ball. Hewitt was nnested by
Policeman Wlgand, of tho Park and Le
high avenues station, after tho policeman
had seen a light flash In the store.
In u talk with Detective Orendorff, the
prisoner unfolded tho story concerning his
efforts to provide his children with an
education 111 the high school In tho town
In which they lived. An examination of his
room at Twelfth and Wallace streets, where
he has been for several days, revealed ar
ticles which had been stolen some time ago
from the store of Gross & Cohen, 2T04
Germantown avenue.
An Investigation of the Purdy stoic, the
)ollce say, showed that $12.82 had been
stolen from the cash drawer nnd goods
valued at $300 had been placed lu a pillow
case. Hewitt told the police that ho came here
thinking ho could get work In the Arsenal,
but was disappointed.
The 'police hero will communicate with
the Connecticut authorities to see if the
man's story Is true.
City News in Brief
Tim ItKV. IlBltMAN I., Dt'llUINO,
former superintendent of the City Missions
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Is In a
Chestnut Hill sanitarium buffering from
brain trouble. He was formerly rector of
All Saints' Church.
rillLAURI.rillA OKCIir.STKA'S free
Sunday concerts at the Metropolitan Opera
House will be ended tomorrow. Sascha
Jacoblnoff, the Philadelphia violinist, will
bo tho soloist.
lUIN.IA.MIN f. KlllltK, preiililent nf the
Philadelphia American League Baseball
Club, had a narrow escape from Injury
when a motortruck collided .with his
limousine nt Fifth and Diamond streets,
Mr. Shlbo was returning to his home in
Cynwyd when the accident happened. Tho
llmouslno was badly damaged.
TKII'I.ITTH IIAVK AIlKIVUn nt the
home of Patrick Rodgers, 1934 Hoffman
street. The father was at work at the
Philadelphia Oil Works when the stork
came. Tho mothdr and the new arrivals,
two boys and a girl, are doing well.
lilt. JACOB (IOUI.I) SCIIlltM.W, presi
dent of Cornell University, has accepted the
Invitation of the University of Pennsylvania
to deliver tho University Day address at
the Academy vof Music, February 22. The
degree of doctor of laws will be conferred
upon Doctor Schurman, and the degree of
doctor of music will be conferred upon
Leopold Stokowskl, director of the Phila
delphia Orchestra.
AMBKICAN Iinil CltOSS has granted a
charter to a new branch, whose activities
will Include the country from Ogontz to
Ablngtou and Glenslde to Bethayres and
as much further as may prove practicable.
Mrs. John S. Newbold Is chairman, and
Mrs. Lawrence Butler, treasurer, of the new
branch.
NOTICE TO MAIMNKHft ha been Umied
by the Department of Commerce Lighthouse
Service to tho effect that the Pike coal
barge gas buoy II. S. has been removed
from the Delaware River on account of
heavy Ice, It was announced that It will
be replaced ns soon as practicable,
CAMDEN
TIIKKK SUITS, aggregating 16,000,
were entered against the Atlantic City Rail,
road today In the Camden County Court.
One suit for $10,000 waa brought by Is
rael T. Wools&n for the loss of a motor
truck and Its contents of asphalt, struck
and demolished by nn express train at Rio
Grande on November 22. The driver of
the truck. Llllburn V. Green, nnd his helper,
Thomas Henderson, both of Whltesboro,
each, entered suits for $1000 for lnjurlea
they received In the smash-up. ,
"aF.NKItAI." OKOHOK WASHINGTON,
a negro resident of Bwedeeboro, was run
Into and killed by an automobile near his
home yesterday. The driver of the ma
chine, Afthur Betz. of .Swedexboro," was
exonerated of all hlnm fni killing .t..
nfroj by; Recorder Rudwow, , of OtouoMtar
1917
MILITARY SERVICE
BILL UP JNSEMTE
Male Citizens Between Ages
of 19 and 2G Subject
to Call
SIX MONTHS' TRAINING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, The Senate
Military Commltteo today reported the uni
versal military bill, which requires all male
citizens of the United Slates between tho
ages of nineteen and twenty-six years, who
aro physically able, to undergo n period of
six months' military or navnl training be
ginning January 1, 1918.
The bill provides that on reichlng the
nge of nineteen nil youths physically nblo
nnd having no dependents shall enter a
training period of six months.
Following this period of six months train
ing they becomo members of tho citizens'
reserve until the nge of twenty-six. During
this period they may be called by the
President one day each year for Inspection.
After tho nge ot twenty-six no one Is com
pelled to undergo the six months training
period.
Those exempt from military service nro
members of permanent military nnd naval
forces of the United Stntes, those physi
cally unfit for military or naval service,
persons on whose earnings n father, mother,
brother, sister, wife or child Is wliolly de
pendent for support.
Thoso exempt becnuso ot physical dis
ability and the dependency clause are sub
ject to re-cxnmlnatlon nt periods to be
fixed by regulation.
Tho bill provides that members of re
IIkVjus sects whose orders forbid members
to bear arms in war shall bo trained In lion
combntant branches of the military or
naval service ; persons convicted of felonies
nro to be trained In special units.
Credit of one month Is to be given any
person who has completed a course of mili
tary or naval Instruction approved by tho
Sccrctnry of AVar-or the Secretary of tho
Navy, these credits to b applied to tho
training period only.
Certificates are to be Issued to those ex
empted und to those completing the training
course. Kmployment of persons up to the
ago of twenty-six without these certificates
Is prohibited
At the time of registering for training
applicants lire permitted to state which
branch of the naval or military servico they
wish to bo trained In. In emergencies tho
President can nsslgn such proportion of
recruits as ho sees fit to olther the naval
or military branch. '
The reserves are to be called out by tho
President only in ease of a defensive war
or "Imminent danger of a defensive war."
The reserves are not to be used In case of
strikes or other universal disputes,
Regular army or navy officers are to act
as Instructors In training camps.
Tho present pension laws, as relating to
members of the regular army and navy in
time of war, shall apply to the reserves.
Employers aie prohibited from discharg
ing or reducing the wages of employes re
ipilred to enter tho training camps.
Tho training also provides that no Intoxi
cating spirituous liquors shall be sold to
any member of the military or naval forces
of the United States whllo In uniform.
Ciurage Lost in Pottsvillc Fire
POTTSVILLK. Pa , Feb. 10 Tho garage
of William F. Drlscoll and the two nuto de
livery trucks therein wero destroyed by
fire this morning, entailing a loss of $6000.
The bottling establishment nearby was
saved, though Ignited several times. A high
wind fanned tho flames.
U. S. Seeks Missing Newspaperman
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. In response to
nn Inquiry from the brother of George
Bacon, a Cleveland newspaperman, tho
Stnto Department has started ap Investiga
tion ubtoad, but has been unable to trace
him since. Bacon disappeared in December
after going abroad to write articles on the
Sinn Fein revolt.
Japan May Cut Ship Subsidy
TOKIO, Feb. 10. Tho annual ship sub
sidy of $3,250,000 granted by the Japanese
Government will be cut In half at the be
ginning of the 1917-1918 fiscal year if a
bill Introduced In tho Diet Is passed.
Flames Wipe Out Block; Loss $100,000
PORT CHESTER, N. v., Feb. 10.Coated
with Ice and hampered by high winds,, fire
men today succeeded In checking a Hro
which seriously threatened the business sec
tlon of Port Chester. An entire block front
$100 000Pe'1 llt The l0,S '" estlma,ei1 at
On the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan
uary 31, a part of the employes of this
Company voluntarily left their work and a
portion of them are now on strike. This
fact necessarily impaired temporarily the
deliveries of refined sugars to the local
trade, but deliveries have now substan
tially assumed normal proportions, and
there is an ample supply of refined sugars
to take care of our business.
This action on the part of our em
ployes came after the following, steps had
been taken by this Company:
1. An increase in the pay of general
labor from 18 cents per hour to 25 cents
per hour during the year 1916.
2. The announcement by the Com
pany that during the coming year the pay
of all employes on the Refinery payroll
would bti increased 8 and 10, payable
in spaced periods, making a total increase
within the year of about 50 on the hourly
wages in force on January 1, 1916.
3. The payment by the Company of
liberal pensions for the benefit of em
ployes who have long been in the service
.of the Company.
4. The payment of substantial -sick
benefits.
The Company regards the demands
of the men on strike as-unreasonable.
THE FRANJKLIN SUGAR REFINING
COMPANY
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NAVAL BILL PUT
IN BETTER FORM
Congress Improves Ire-,
paredness Measure During-Waiting
Period
STRENGTHENED IN DETAIL
Shipping Amendments Empower
President to Commandeer
Private Vessels
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The passlnj
of nn entire week without tho breaking out
of hostilities since President Wilson an
nounced tho sevcranco of diplomatic tela
tlons with Germany lias given Confress an
opportunity to take calm account of th
mensurcs demanded by tho Imminence of
war.
Tho President's determination found thj'
House debating tho navnl bill, Some of th
Impulsive members wanted to pass the big
bill Immediately without debate. But
calmer councils prevailed, amendment
have been considered throughout the week,
nnd the measure which the Houso will pass
late this afternoon will bo far more mature
nnd ample In Us provisions than could have
been possible had It been railroaded
throug.h
Tho same Is true of other war measures.
Had preclpltato action been taken, half a
dozen highly necessary laws would bave
been enacted In half-baked form But as
the result of caution, the House Judiciary
Committee has reported five carefully con.
sldered bills providing nmong other things
for the definition nnd punishment of esplon
nge nnd regulations for tho conduct In war
or Its Imminence of all vessels Iri American
ports. This latter measuro will determine
the course to bo pursued toward the scores
of German liners tied up in American
waters.
Of scarcely less Importance as war meas.
tires nto the amendments to tho shipping
bill which the Houso Merchant Marine
Committee with tho counsel ot the Treasury
Department and the members of the ship,
ping board have been working out. These'
amendments, when finally whipped Into
form, will give the President tho right la
emergency to commandeer private shlpi,
cither those already In commission or which
may bo on the ways under construction.
too r,.Tii rntt classification
it. c. roil sale west ritii.Aiii.i.riiiA
The House That IsL-
What Other Houses
Claim to Be
Thos. J. McGarvey
Operation
(lonntriictri! under pergonal superflilon
nt the Bulldrr) on
Nassau Road eothst.
A Street nf $IS00 Homes.
"In the Exclusive Overbroek Section."
$4500
Two-story massive porch-front houses with
enclosum havlne Interchangeable sash: hard
wood floors throughout. Tha bathroom hav.
In- (mines of a $10,000 mansion. Hot
.wnter heat; tile fireplace.
Arrangements can be made for those eon-.
tpinplHilnff purchasing a noma In the aprinff
obtalnln one of these houses now, as triers
are only a limited number In this operation.
The last op-ration that I built created the
sales record for fast selling In ,est Phila
delphia. Thos. J. McGarvey
IlLII.DKll ON PKEMISES
TRANSIT FACILITIES: Transfer north
nn liith St.. to I.anadown ave., walk on;
s.iuare east and then north to Nassau road
or to 03d and Nassau and walk east.
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nth at the Friends' Iloardln Home 8 wed. anJ
Powell M".. Norrlstown. Pa . UIl. JEKOSit
roStlENECKKIl. husband of Hannah Mather
:e"ncck'r Funeral and Int. "Private, from
'he Oliver il. lialr lild.. 1820 Chestnut t..
Philadelphia. . .,
HEU' WANTED MALE .
CT.EUK, Protestants must be accurate at fit
ureit good opportunity for right man; slai.
"MEN to run woodwork machinery Woolford
Tank Co., 4th st , Darby.
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