' 7f .Twn - f fff"A"N'GPL D;l T I ON ' t.f, . K in',-. , j u W$&$r$ .STRAy.. fo&ger V .& ' NIGHT EXTRA -A-tV.--.. -J- .V i b luruiuy EXTRA . , NIGHT It ' fcZUt M fat III.-NO130 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1917 Cortr.ianT, 1017. bi nig rteuc Lwoia CouriNi PRICE TWO CENTS ('SCENES ABOUT THE CITY WITH MERCURY HOVERING NEAR THE ZERO MARK if; f !!' "V INTER DAY FIRES COST CITY $50,000 ofcen Plugs and Bursting iHose in Zero Weather Hamper Fighters IGHBORS GIVE COFFEE unty-tiro Arcs, fanned by the strong blasts, destroyed nearly $50,000 of property In Philadelphia since fit. Fire companies In all sections of itjr have been busily engaged In corn er the epidemic of names under the E adverse conditions, caused by tho near '"weather. Frozen fireplugs, Icy hose ,,thit snanned under the water ores j ilassy pavements were among the t Insurmountable difficulties they have jmtered. Chilled to the marrow, coy ly Icy coats 'formed from the spray tter, the fire-fighters persisted In their fly of the structures attacked by the have turned from Infernos to ice s under the streams of water that I'-kttn played on them. Kind neigh- I Mve come to the assistance of the n In many Instances with warm food t drink. lorlly after noon another severe blaze (ted In a four-story building at Palmer Howard streets, causing a damage estl- ln the nelehborhod of 15000. Hun- tfi employes of several manufacturing lerns had Just left the building before 1 enveloped by' flames. The structure scoBled by the North American Button any and the Ellas Ooodman Company, icturers of toys. The origin of the I U unknown. k swept a four-story factory'bulldlng lona and Coral streets about mid- It, cauilnr a loss of $30,000. I hose line after another sprang leaks gjv result of the freezing temperature. B "ver coverea me nremen ana soon were covered with an ley armor. ithe flames swept the building, the Son rushed steaming coffee to the .-Two firemen were overcome by the Uaze'ttarted In a. nnt.stnrv nrln tibut soon spread to the main build- rupiea bythe Berger Laundry, the euh Hosiery Mill, and the Camp- HOllery Mill. Pnr mn than (tiMn I the1 flames raged, .threatening ad- 1 ouumngs. 1y After 1 o'clock lhl iinrnlnr tho ITfelnAnAaJ a .. .1 -.1.1.. w if r-A .w an alarm ui yio pupcr' nufacturlng plant of Rudolph & ,unanna and Willow streets. Here I Mcouhtered frozen fire 'plugs. Before CouId play sufficient streams of water V"e ine building and equipment was ffed to the Ytnf nf linnn J7U- AnMA WJ'Iy swept the fourth and Wth floors "'(J'wni. y Doa saves family ktii'l. d0tr' ,valued y ' owner at iu. . """" eavea nis master ana -""iiueainoynre. William Schmidt Continued on rate Six, Column Two mBAT BRITAIN'S U GREATEST ENEMY L. ?."""" 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I -- iHBL ? ypted bftl'x- MA!BbbbbbiJIoti HraBttkttklK lVv wVflBBVBVBVBBVMBKuxaft i JrO,-ra wwwwwwWWWjgf' TUB ytvt annv'b",,,,BBBk?':jJ' wi,e QUICK NEWS SPROUL RKSOLUTION PASSES SECOND READING HAHIUSBURO. Feb. 13. The Spioul lesolutlon yrovltlliir; foi an liivc&tlRittleu of tho Biiunbaugh Atlmtnlstratlon imsscd the House on second H'.ullnn toilny. JERSEY UTILITY COMMISSION NAMED TKKNTON. Teb. 1U, Govcruoi Eilfc today npiiohitcd Alfiod S. Mtuch. of Nv Hiunswlck, to succeed John J. Tieach, of Joisey City, en tha bsnitt of ybullo utility commlsslonerij. The place pays $750'J t, amniftlly. Thf tenn Is six ycats. . 'm j BERLIN CHIEFS THOUGHT THEY HAD I SrOWED 'A fc Ar S W PwW T ff I IMr Shocked at President Wilson's Sudden Dip- . lomatic Break -f INTERNAL CAUSES FORCED U-BOAT MOVE Socialists Demanded Peace, Landowners Urged De cisive Sea Stroke BOTH WERE APPEASED WOULD REPEAL NATIONAL GUARD SECTION OF HAY BILL WASHINGTON. Teb. 13. Declaring the State militia system niid'univusal tialiiiup Incompatible, Senator Borah, of Idaho, Intio ducetl an amendment to the unlveis.nl training bill this afternoon to lopeal the entile National Guiiul section of tho Hay bill. CITY HELD IN GRIP OF ZERO WEATHER Winter's Frigid Hand Brings Discomfort and Suffering to Population RIVERS ICEBOUND U. S. SOLD EUROPE $2,000,000,000 MUNITIONS IN 1916 WASHINGTON, Teb. 13. Ameiiea'b eontilbutlon of munitions to Euiope duiins 1910 iippioximated $2,000,000,000, nccouling to n bulletin of the Natiounl Geogiapliie Society this afteuioou. German Army and Navy Would Welcome War With America. Press Seeks Peace Only once in forty years has it been so cold as early this morninR. Little wonder that the hoboes in the picture forgot their creed and scurried nbout at a lively rate gathering wood for n fire to keep warm. Many "kiddies" on their way to school expressed the wish that it "wuz summer." " SEES PRESS PLOT TO ASSIST ALLIES J. Hampton Moore Tells Congress He- Will Ask Newspaper Probe SPEECH IS APPLAUDED By a Staff CorreJponi" WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. "I am neither pro-German nor pro-Ally. I am what this Congress ought to be pro-American." de clared Representative J. Hampton Moore, after rising to a question of the highest privilege In connection with a speech In serted in the Congressional Record by Rep resentative Oscar Callaway, of Texas, one of the leading anti-preparedness men In the 1 "!wa'nt dictation from Lloyd George no more than I want it from the Kaiser. I want dictation from Lord NorthelIRe no more than I want It from von lllndenburg." Representative Moore continued. "If some Democrat doesn't Introdpce a, resolution to Investigate these charges of pernicious mercenary activity, I shall Intro duce the resolution myself." - SEE PRESS PLOT Representative Mooro charged a consplr acv among a section of the press of the "umted States to Influence the American publo opnlonMn favor of the Allies and that It was directed by the J. P. Morgan, munition makers and other big Interests "An editorial from a New York morning paptr says Great Britain Is impatient be; ,,,. the United States does not declare V on Germany. Meanwhile the United 2,tes is granting safe-conduct. Safe con-' duct to what? To the children used In the cartoons to inflame the people t No. safe induct to shiploads of ammunl Ion going n hi T distributed to oxly one of the belllg- bond. 'of Aon of the belligerent, which. If S?ey do not win the war. will be lost." Three times both sides of the House Joined in applause of Mr. Moore's .tate mints. The T first time was when he said. ,!5',m not pro-German, althoughj I am AFRIC BIGGEST PREY OF U-BOATS Liner of 11,999 Tons Sunk in New Submarine War 90 VICTIMS SINCE FEB. 1 Zero and Below-Zero Weather in and About City 6 a. m. Temperatures in Suburbs Pcnfield 4 below Bryn Mawr 4 below Elkins Park 4 below Chestnut Hill 4 below Woodford Guardhouse .... 3 below Norwood 2 below Branchtown 2 below Merchantville 1 below Camden 1 below S. Weather Bureau Hourly j icmpcraiures Today YcMeiday Midnight 0 13 1 a. m C 12 2 a. m r 12 3 a. m 4 11 4 a. m 4 10 C a. m ,'! 10 C a. m ;i 9 7 a. m 4 9 8 n. m 5 9 9 a. m 8 10 10 a. m 11 U 11 n. m 13 11 Noon 17 It 1 p. m 20 14 2 p. m 20 14 3 p. m 20 16 U-BOAT MENACE CLOGS CHICAGO WITH FREIGHT . CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Refusal of eastern railroads to accept shipments, owing to tho tic up of shipping us the lesult of Germany's submarine order, Is causing an almost unprecedented coiiBCstlon of loaded freight cars In western terminals, accord.iiK to ofllclals of Aarlous weitcrn trunk lines. In Chicago yards there are moVe than 90U loaded cars consigned to the Atlantic seaboard from points on the Rock Island alone. At other Rock Island terminals are 700 additional cars. BALDWIN'S GETS $2,130,000 LOCOMOTIVE ORDERS - -Otiler-r for seventj-one locomotives, to cost approximately $2,130;0007liavo been received by the llaldwln Locomotive Works. The orders' are fiom the Not them Railway of France, the Texas and Pacific Railway and Worth Brothers, Coatesville. THREE AMERICANS SAVED FROM SAXONIAN WRECK LONDON, Feb. 13. Three Americans among fifteen membeis of the crew of the steamship Sn.onian, which was sunk by a submarine on February 8, were landed today. W. K. Gnnl, one of tho Americans, was Injured. The others were Elwood Mooie anil John Stefanl. . LONDON, Feb. 13. The Admiralty announces that "sev eral perished" when the White Star liner Afric was sunk today. LONDON, Feb. 13. The White Star steamship Afrlc was sunk today. The Afrlo was a sleel vessel of 11,939 tons, the biggest so far reported as victims Jn tho new German submarine warfare. She was the property of the White Star Line and was registered at Liverpool, Tho Afrio was B50 feet In length with a beam of 63 feet. The first ship announced sunk by Lloyd's today was a neutral, the Norwegian motor ship West. The crew was saved. Germany's biggest prlie In the submarine warfare -since February 1 w.-;s recorded to. day when the 11,999-ton White Star-liner Afrlo was sunk. The biggest ship heretofore destroyed In the unbridled submarine warfare was 'the BrltlBh steamship California, of 8G62 tons; the Port Adelaide, 8100 tons, being third largest. Ninety vessels have been sunk since Feb ruary 1. Death Marks Wedding Ceremony WILKES-BARRBr Pa., Feb. , While friends were gathering to attend the wed- 'HlYyKCPer'?AIlee brother of Mr.. HK 1 V Alm.A BllJllAMfVyi'l ,L . . ,1?".. T1, .r.. Oh, the lone and dreary nlnler! Oh the colli and crufl winter! Song of Hiawatha. The coldest weather the winter has brought so far gripped the city today, freez ing Its two rivers, scaling Its water pipes and biting the noses, ears, fingers and toes of Its Inhabitants In ruthless fashion. Below-zero weather was recorded In the wind-swept suburbs, where Fro, the storm god of the north, held full sway. In the city the lowest ofllclal temperature by the United States Weather Bureau was three degrees above zero, the lowest of the winter and equaling tho low mark for this date At Horseshoe Bend, off Gloucester City, great masses of Ice piled against the shore, locking hapless vessels tightly In their grasp. Iceboats worked continuously to 'rut paths In the river at that point tor boats. Among them are three Reading tugs, tow ing Ave barges loaded with freight cars, two tramp steamers and a four-masted schooner. The British steamship Regent Is marooned by Ice fields off League Island and a Wilson Line steamship has become wedged fast off llaglo Point For the first time In many years the Schuylkill was frozen today sufficiently to permit skating across the stream. Between Glrard" avenue, and boathouse row and between Columbia avenue and the Park trolley bridge skaters skimmed across the frozen river. The boreal ,blast that swept from the Northwest early today froze water plugs and burst water pipes, milk bottles and even the Ink bottles that stood on desks near open windows. Taken without warn ing, sleepers awakened by the bitter cold resorted to bathrobes, overcoats, rugs and raincoats to retain the precious heat that Insidious drafts drove out of 'their beds. ,Shoes were so cold that they hurt the numbed feet poked hurritdly Into them and numbed fingers could not find the buttons of welcome coats. Coffee was gulped down creamless and unshaven men hurried to work through the biting air. FLASHING UNIFORMS TO MARK WILSON INAUGURAL WASHINGTON. Feb 13". Therb will bo plenty of gold braid, brass buttons and flashing unlfoims at President Wilson's second Inaugural parade nftey nil. Despite tho fact that most of the army Is on the Mexican border, Slajor General Hugh L. Scott, grand marshal, has oidered that all army and navy contingents present wear full dress uniforms. DISCRIMINATION CRY BY NEW ENGLAND SHIPPERS BOSTON, Kali. 13-William A. Chandler, icpresentlng tho Boston Chamber of Commerce, testlhVd at a hcniing beforo Kamlner W. A. Dlsque, of the Interstate Commerco Commission, that coastwise steamship companies were discriminating against New Kngland shippers to the southeast through this port. Ho said that while freight rates fiom interior New England points to Boston were lower than from such points to New Yoik and Philadelphia, the coastwise steamship rates from these points through Boston to southeastern territory were much higher than by way of New Yoik nnd Phihdelphln. SIXTH REGIMENT SPEEDING HOME FROM BORDER EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 13. Traveling in tlueo trains, tho Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Thomas Blddle Kills commanding, is rolling homeward to Phlla delphla. Brigadier Geneinl Christopher T. O'Nell, commanding the Third Brigade, and his adjutant. Major Henry A. Bellinger, nre on tho third train with their office equipment, bound for Allcntown, nnd Lieutenant J B. Wheeler, aid to Gen eral O'Nell, Is with them en mulo to Belluvlevv The routing Is by way of New Orleans, Atlanta and Washington to Philadelphia. PITTSBURGH AVIATOR WOUNDED IN SKY BATTLE PITTSBURGH, Feb 13 Chailes Howell, aviator In British army and son of Attorney George Howell, of this city, Is In a Held hospital on tho western fiont suffering from Injuries lecelvcd In a sky battle. Howell, who recently married the daughter of the lato Lieutenant Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, while on a furlough, has been In tho British a!r squadron for more than a jear. 63 DIE IN GERMAN ARMS PLANTS BLASTS COPENHAGEN, Feb. 13. According to theHnmburger Nachrlchten, -two large ammunition factories at Thorn, East Prussia, nnd at Glucckeuff, in Qulckborn, near Hamburg, were destroyed by explosions last week. Sixty-three persons were killed and the same number wounded. By CAUL W. ACKERMAN BERNE, Swltzorlond, Feb. 13. Berlin was nstonlshed, officials nnd tho public alike, when President Wilson broke rela tions with Germany. That astonishment came because officials had recently been assuied by German-Americans In the United States that the President would not sever relations for fear of a German American uprising. Tho eame belief was held by tho German public. When the American embassy train left Berlin the imperial Chancellor, von Beth-mann-Hollweg, was admittedly downcast over tho situation and believed America wanted war with Germany It was notice ablo also that when Foreign Secretary Zim merman received the American correspond ents shortly before their departure he was plainly nervous. He likewise Insisted "Wil son wants war," nnd denied that Germany mado any Irrevocable promises In the Sus sex note. The submarine policy which forced the break between tho United States nnd Ger many dates back to November, Writing now from neutral Swiss soli It Is possible now to tell the developments which led Ger many to her decision of relentless sea war. TWO FORCES AT WORK It was in November that Germany's In ternal affairs were nt the greatest clrsis of the war. The Socialists warned tho Kaiser that unless he moved Immediately for peace ftlr. Philip Scheldemann (SoclallsrTeadWTn tho Reichstag) and other Socialist leaders would head a militant movement to brlnr about peace. This move came at a time when the Ger man people were destitute and despondent. Simultaneously the powerful conservative land owners, controlling the food supply, nnd the equally powerful group of Industrial leaders, controlling the munition manufac tures, told the Government the only way to end the war was by unlimited submarine w arf are These Interests have always been anti American, and they succeeded In convincing Quartermaster General von l.udcndorf. Meanwhile tho National Liberals, who would welcomo war with America, won over Foreign Secretary Zlmmermann to the sub marine policy. THE FINAL STROKE Finally, the Kaiser's birthday conference nt German Great Headquarters, January 27, did not Include In Its conferees such ofTl clals us Minister of the Interior von Helf ferlch, Minister of Colonies Solf nnd the Imperial Treasurer, Count von Rocdern, known to be opposed to Inciting American Intervention The kperrli rnnde by Imperial Chancellor ton Jlrtlimann-lloUncg In the ltelcli.tag early In December where "ho announced peace overture. woi over the Socialists to the .upport of any cour.e the Chancellor might advocate. In the name way the Kler' Mibmarlne blockade won over the food producer, and the croup of Indu. trial leader, to a con tinuance of hotlllllkn. The Government's peace proposal united tho Gel man people. They believe firmly I hey must light on in -their own defense. Everybody in Germany Is working night and day The answer which the Entente Towers returned to the peace proposal, as well as to President Wilson's suggestions, so fright ened Turkey that tho Ottoman Empire will continue In the war Just so long as Germany defends Constantinople. . Bulgaria Is absolutely In the hands of Field Marshal von lllndenburg. Meanwhile Zeppelins fly day and night over Berlin. At this time, Germany, both public and MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL, OVERCOME BY COLD One death, attributed partly to the freez ing cold weather, occurred today when Den nis McCarthy, forty-four years old, of 2326 South Carlisle streets died on a second trip to St. Agnes' Hospital. Acute alcoholism and exposure to the cold were said to have killed him. McCarthy was found early to day on a sidewalk at Sartaln and Mifflin streets and taken to the hospital. He was sent to the. Fourth, street and Snyder ave nue police station, where he became un-conscious- He was pronounced dead at th SUFFRAGE PICKETS DEFY COLD IN WHITE HOUSE IEGE WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Despite a temperature of two above zero, the coldest the Capital has had In tlnee jears, the suffrage sentinels at the Whlto House Increased their numbers today to tho largest guard since they began their picketing. Fifteen stood outside the gates in tho biting wind. RESERVE BANK SYSTEM SHOWS EXPANSION WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Tho growth of the Federal Rescrvo banking system Is shown in tho comparison of tho number of bank charters applied for during January this year and last. In January, 1917, the Comptroller fo the Currency received forty applications for charters for new national banks with capital of ,3,655,000, as compared with eighteen applications in January, 1916, with capital of' $1,200,000. ALL GERMANS MUST LEAVE ROME, BERLIN HEARS BERLIN. Feb. 13. It Is announced from Rome that municipal authorities have decided tho last German must leave the Eternal City and that Goethe, or rather his statue, Is to bo ejected from Villa Borghese. whero it was placed years ago when presented by Kaiser Wllhelm.. ' BELGIAN CHILDREN'S FUND BACKERS GIVE $6591 The fund for Belgian children, which was started last wee by the Emergency Aid at the request of Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of tho Commission'' for Relief Jn Belgium, has received contributions totaling $6591, The dollar-per-month-per-chlld , i. i,tni- received wnn mucn lavor. accoruinK 10 Airs. luvaru lienrv. rhnit-rAi'r .ymji mv,. -- - - - - - -. Continued on race Tiro, Column 81 Skating Information Gustlne Lake Good. Concourse Lake Good. Chamounlx Lake Good, Hunting Park Lake Good. Centennial i,aKe iiobcu. , 1pV WISSaniCKOll t-rcen, nuuie ,1 laBauil'jlDH Hall--aood. Schuylkill River Trolley bridge (Dau phin Btreet), south fo Columbia bridge; al rard avenue bridge to Boathouse Row. Good. ' THE WEATHER FORECAST , J-'or J'iilodeJpftla and vtctnltyratr and toormer fonlfffti. with lowest about It degrees; Wcdncidai, cloud and tcormerv gentle, variable winds becoming southerly. LICfOTII OK DAY Hun rises.,.. .a-M a.m. I Moon rises. , i .ra. Eun t 5.33 p.m. I Moon souths.4:2( a.m. DEXAWAKK KIVKR TIDR ClIANOBtl CHESTNUT 8THERT, ' Iajw wster., 12:35 am. 1 JjAyr watr...ttia p.Ys, filth w.t.r.- 6.51 a.m, I lllih walr,f .0-04 p.n. TKMI-EKATUKK AT EACH HOUR 11 .jji. L'.,i.rrt M (inl ym V, &: 1: V s i 1 di y, I-.1 Jri Mfl T -Ms? -. kP , it ; . j. ," a m Lrt? jf a rw. v , .,,'y ,,,, to--vujai,' i? "vP-V.fTjyT; - --. . ... ...- - Jw -"' - 1m Bteaa Ta5 CsltMM.IV li' 1 . ,'iLe tymsjm&M- ..va' . : K"R. "5lJS&1WJiV... . n a -, -Vi.Vv IK j, ' .rrr vskfv f m'. iniswi4lauuvi
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