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EVENING LEDGERPHILADELBHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1917
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HARVESTER TRUST
END, U. S.DEMAND
,j'r Government Asks Supreme
Court to Affirm Dissolu
v tion Decree
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CALLS MORGAN ENGINEER
Principle of Competition
Stake in Case, Gregory
' Contends
at
WASHINGTON', Feb. 17. The Govern
ment today nsked the Supremo Court of
the United States to dls-olxe thoHarcster
Trust.
In the brief filed In the high court by
the Department of Justice, that trlBunal is
asked to alllrm the decree of the United
States District Court for tho District of
Minnesota1, which ordered tho dissolution
of tho alleged trust on the ground that It
constituted a combination In restraint of
trade and ai thoroughly repugnant to tho
doctrine that "competition, not combination,
be tho law of trade." From that decision
the Harvester Trust appealed,
The Government polntH out tin Its brief
that the trust was formed from the Inter
national Harvester Company, the manufac
turing concern; the International Company
of America, the marketing concern; the
International KlaxTxvino Company, the Wis
consin Steel Company and the Wisconsin
Lumber Company, Industtlcs which nial.e
the various essential products used In reap
ing and harvesting the cereal crops: the
Illinois Northern Hallxxax and tho Chlcu;o,
West Pullman and Southern Hallway und
the railway plant facilities of the alleged
trust; Cyrus" II McCormlck. Charles Dcer
lng, Harold V McO rmlck James Dee lug.
John J. Glessner. William H Jone.s, Illchard
F. Howe George W 1'erklns, George r
Baker, Norman U Ueam and sexeral other
organizers. It declares that this group of
men and companies organized a trust com
posed of sexeral Independent manufacturers
of harxestlng machinery and accessories
It Is argued that nil these companies wcio
thriving on a conipctltlxe basis. ,
The Government charges that these ele
ments In tho trade, through the agency of
J. P. Morgan & Co. combined their Indus
tries and formed a combination which doml
ntted th trade and restrained normal com
petition The CIox eminent s brief states
that tho defendants admit control of from
eighty to eighty-five per cent of the trade
In harxcstlng machine! y. a tjpo of labor
saving device on which the fanners of tho
country are dependent for sustained pros
perity. Tho whole history of the combination,
with Its alleged stultifying effect on com
petition, Is traced In the Goernmenfs argu
ment. The Go eminent claims that the trust
U well within the meaning of the anti
trust acts. U Is declared that tho claim of
tho trust that Its units combined vulun
arlly and fcr purposes of expanding ex
port trade and entering new line, of pro
duction Is Irrelevant. That tho combina
tion sought to crush competitors Is alleged
The fact that the Harvester Trust admit
tedly controls the market Is declared to bo
Incriminating nnil to constitute the com
bination as a trust Tho harx ester com
bination la declared to be, "not ns a result
of normal growth, but a conspiracy of com
petitors " Wrongdoing was "conscious" on
the part of the trust. It is argued
In addition tho Go eminent alleges that
the Harx ester Trust, despite its protesta
tions of Innocence, wan formed with specific
Intent to monopolize. The Gox eminent
ajs that the contention of the alleged trutt
that It has not raised prices is betdde the
Issue and doe'J not affect the merit of tho
question as to whether or .not it la a
monopoly
With unusual emphas'n the Goemmenfs
brief declares that, unless the Supreme
Court Jlnd the trust guilty or tnonopol.x .
there will he a lenewal of the rush toward
concentration In big business which marked
progress of Industry in the I nlted States
up to the time of tho dec'fjlbn of the court
In the Northern Securities case the first
great antitrust decision. Tho brief asserts
that unless the court dissolve the Harvester
Trust the path will be open for the forma
tion of trusts monopolizing food, fuel and
other vital necessities of existence. The
desire for moro power which power en
genders will tend toward monopoly unless
a decisive check Is administered, it Is de
clared. The brief is .signed by Attorney General
Gregory, Solicitor General Dals. Assistant
to the Attorney General Todd and Special
Assistant Gordon
WAVY YARD IN ACTION
AT FIRE ALARM BLAS1J
Men Pour From Buildings and
Swarm Decks, Ready to
Meet Any Foe
There xvas considerable excitement at
the Philadelphia Naxy Yard today when a
siren at the powerhouse on tlie rlx'er front
blexv sexcral shrill blasts the signal of
fire nt that particular spot
In a Hash, before the first blast had died
out, the yard xxa3 allxe with officers, ma
rines, bluejackets and xvorklngmen from the
shops. Men seemed to pour from exery
building In the yard
With fire appaiatus and guns, too. ready
for action, the men ran to the powerhouse
to battle with the flames At the tame
moment the decka of all the ships fairly
warmed with men, who. In a Jiffy, had been
directed at the place of the supposed fire.
The drill showed that the men were
thoroughly In trim for emergency. Had
there been some Inx-adlng enemy the yard
forces would have heeu equally prepared
to give a good account of themselves.
The battleship KansaH was moxed from
the back channel to tho river this after
noon and preparation made aboard Indicate
that she Is being made ready for a iiulck
trip to sea. Her destination Is a matter
of conjecture.
The Kansas occupied a position near the
GermaA raiders Crown Prlnz WUhelm and
Prlnz Kltel Freldrlch and Its guns covered
these ships The removal of the Kansas
leaves them unwatched by any of the guns
at the yard.
Marines numbering about 200 who have
been stationed In Cuba and In the Phllll
pines and are noxv detailed at the Phila
delphia Navy Yard may be sent to Cuba
shortly aboard the United States transport
Prairie, A six months' supply of rations
has been placed aboard the ship.
Officials at League Island today refused
to mak,e any comment about a report that
the Navy Department In Washington had
ent orders to get the Prairie In readiness
to aall at a moment's notice. I
EDISON IN SECRET WORK
FOR BENEFIT OF NATION
Inventor and Assistants Labor Behind
Guarded Doors in Eagle Rock
Mountain Casino
ORAIS'GE. JS J., Feb. 17. Thomas A.
EdIaon Is working on something for the
Government 1 secretary, W. II. Mead-
woroft, admitted today that experiments
were, being conducted. Meadqwcroft showed
.' considerable amusement, however, when
' Kicked If the experiment was on a new sub-
Marine. Edison employes have been busy
rfarlnf davlceixon tsagie-iiocK Mountain.
-- "Katie Rook' Is hardly the place to pon
tine submarine experiments," lie said. '
l oh wonon piani, However, nave
: ior several oayau
RUNAWAY BARGES
CAUGHT BY THREE TUGS
Exciting and Unusual Chase on
River in Which Ferryboats
Dodge Racers
Barge chasing Is the latest excitement on
the Delaware Itlvcr. Three Pennsylxanla
'Railroad tugboats Indulged In this unusual
pastime today and finally corralled fixe run
away freight barges after they had caused
havoc among shipping on the rier
Hundreds of Phlladelphtans and Camden
Ites watched the proceedings from ferry
boats and elsewhere liven bets were made
The tugs won, Whether or not the barges
will be penalized has not been ascertained.
The fun started shortly after 7 30 Tho
fio barges, used to carry freight cars across
the Delaware exldently became restless nnd
broke away fiom their mooring at the foot
of Stevens nxenue, Camden
Tied together they foimed a little pto
cerslon across the rl-er. but their coiinen
tlons broke Still unaccompanied, they were
caught In a. strong upstream tldo nnd flouted
along merrllx at a llxelv pare
Ferryboats dodged Whistles tooted Sea
men knit their brows Some one suggested
sending in n police riot call Since the
barges bolong to the "Pennsy." It was de
elded to send a fleet of railroad tugs. As
paid before, they won.
Since the brenklng up of the Ice. with
tho decided rlso In temperature tho last
two dnxs. no mishap have occuned on the
rlxer on account of the Ice Shipping to
nnd from the port has readied almost nor
mal propoitlotis At least elexen ships have
made their wax UP the Delaware nnd
started to unload cargoes nt their doc k.s
Sexeral xessels recelxed clearance papets
yestcnl.ix nnd are now on their xvas down
tho rix-cr
Teutons, Firm on
U -Boats, Force tissue
Continued from Pane One
American shipping, now at a standstill in.
American harbors, a virtual recognition of
the effectlx-eness of the German blockade
furthermore, as an additional thoin In
the side of this Ooxernmeut. Germany, ac
cording lo Derlin dispatches boldly an
nounces she xx III sink any American mer
chantman that Is armed xvlthout the usual
fi totalities- of xxarnlng. Inspection or nnv
other courtesy.
Men.itliiie. r.ngiand announces noxx
measures for combating tho t'-boat plngue.
nnd tho decreasing number of submarine
xittlm.s leads many officials to bellexe the
Tlrpltzlnn campaign Is fizzling out
AUSTRIAN TUH.ATIONS k
The fnct that SecretHrx Giew, of the
American I'mbassj In Bein. has been or
dered to Vienna, lo "assist" Ambassador
Penlleld then- gaxo ne to the belief here
that Grew might bo carrying confidential
Information to Penfield perhaps bearing
on tho Amerlcan-Austtlan negotiations
The State Department has nothing
directly from Penfield for Mime dnxs
The President's rouise toxxnrd Austila is
still xeiled The State Department hoxxexer
now lias nlgnlflcniitlv admitted that Ctilteil
States Ambassador Penfield. at Vienna
"max- haxe warned Americans to leaxo Austria-Hungary
on his own Inltlatlxe "
It is possible tho President might exer
relations with Austria xxlthout appearing
again before Congress
On the other hand he might take adxan
tage of that opportunlt) to notify Congress
the time has come to prepare for further
exentualltles and ask the means of pro
tecting American llx'es and property.
Owing to tile fact that Congress xvlll .soon
ndjourn he might ask for necessary powers
to he used later If necessary, thereby pre
cluding the necessity of conxenlng the nexv
Congress late In the spring or next summer
for anx- action he might deem necessary
Fhort of xx nr
It already lies been clearlv Indicated his
st-p xx ill not be a decimation of hostili
ties If President Wilson should decide to start
lirMlllllcs with Gcrmnny after March t
the country xx-ould haxe to xx-alt fifteen or
twenty days to learn whether or not Con
guss xx III support him.
The President nt this time could go be
foic Congress at any hour nnd ask for Its
approxal of a declaration of xxar. as pro
vided by the Constitution Put members
of the House declare they think he xxould
not want to ask an ciplrlng Congress to
declare n xxar that must be carried on in
the next Congress.
CONGIHISSIOXAL COLTISH
The Sixty-fourth Congress ends at noon
faundny, March 4 The House, to meet
March 5, xxould haxe to oiganlze before It
ccjild do any xxork The Senate, hoxxever.
is a continuing body and will be in ses-slon
after Match 5 to confirm members of the
nexx Cabinet.
Should Pieildent Wilson decide on March
4 to ask CongiehS to declare xxur lie xxould
haxe to keep the Senate In session nnd glxe
members of the next Congress in the House
enough time to git to Washington and oi
ganlze before the oled on tho question of
declaring wai Many members, though, will
bo In Washington for inauguration, and
more than a quorum xx-ould be here at all
times.
When the 1913 oxlia session was called
President Wilson gaxe members more than
a month to organize the House. The extra
session began about the middle of April
Kach member is entitled :o sufficient notice
to permit hlni to leacji Washington.
While a light on tho speakership is cer
tain in the next Congress members believed
that should an extra session bo called solely
to declare xvar Speaker Clark probably
would be continued In That position to nxold
the suggestion of dissension In the counlrj
at such a moment
GERMANY DENIES MOVE
TO OPEN U-BOAT PARLEY
BEHI-IN. Feb. 17 The "negotiations"
which the Swiss Minister at Washington
announced us being carried on between Ger
many and America came from Switzer
land and were not Initiated by Germany,
the official press agency for the Gox-ernment
announced today. Tho. quotation was as
follows ;
The Swiss correspondent of the Vos
slche Xeltung wires that, according to
his Information, the German Govern
ment made no sugrestlon for further
negotiations, but when asked by a
neutral party whether It was ready
for them, declared It xvas unable to
negotiate about any measures against
the Allies and would decline until the
Allies' measures were modified.
The Government press agency also quotes
a Swiss newspaper as authority for the
statement that the negotiations wero
"merelj an answer to suggestions which
the Oerman Government received from the
Swiss Minister at Washington," and that
the newspaper received Its information
'"not from the German side."
RAILWAY HEADS PREPARE
NATIONAL DEFENSE PLANS
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 17. The special com
mittee of the American Ilallxxuy Associa
tion on national defense, consisting or
eighteen inembern from the fbur I'nlted
States army departments, today began ac
tlve work on plans for railway uses In a
national emergency,
Kaeh railroad president In the associa
tion, which represents 280,000 miles nt
railways, lias been sent a telegram asklnk
co-operation,
Fairfax Harrison, president of the South
ern Hallway, xvlth headquarters in Wash
ington, was made chairman of the com
mittee, He had charge of the recent mobllu
atlon of troops on the Mexican border.
A .weetlng In Washington of all thoss-
;.th riniesMjin.wiit m new aoor
PENROSE GATHERS
D0E F0R.PR0BE
Senator's Evidence Against
Utility Commission Said
to Be Damaging
MAY BE COMPROMISE
Fear Reported Felt That Inves
tigation May Expose Or
ganization Methods
Hv a Slnlt Corrcspondrif
WASHINGTON Feb IV Sennloi Pen
rose has been collecting for the last month
Information to be used In his proposed at
tack on the Public Utility Commission nnd
the Attorney General's office. Ilxldenin
aga'tist certain members of the .Public t'tll
Ity Commission, accoidlug to those xho
haxe conferred with Penrose. Is most dam
aging While Penrose is declaring that he will go
on with the Inxest'gatlon nf the Admlnlstta
tlon of Goxernor Ilrumbnugh, It Is known
here that thero have been soxeral coutci
ences xvlth Pentose by an emlssnt.x of
Urumbnugh nnd u friend of Ponros-e which
may result In a compromise and the drop
ping of the inquiry.
Penrose and his friends are fearful that
the Inxestlgtlon max take a raiddeu turn
after It Is started and tho limelight bo
mi ned upon them either bv the leglstntlxo
commute" or u Kedeml inxesligatlon
Democrats haxe been looking Into the last
election and the contribution of liquor men
to the Ilepubllcaii campaign xxllh the pui
pose of exposing the Penrose regime
The .S'ntlonnl Administration is frlendlv
to the purpose of the MrCormick-Pnlmer
leaders nnd at the proper time liefme the
next Goxernor is to be clotted. If not
sooner, theie xvlll bo an Inxentlgatlon xxhlrh
xvlll tend lo Increase Hie public antlp.ithx
to the llcpuhllc.uiH In Pennsjlxanla
Tliete Is pome serious talk here of bung
ing .McCormlck into the national field In
1!S0 If ho Is elected Goxetnor of Pennvl
xanla In 1 91 S
OLD FURNITURE GIVES
CUPID A HARD JOLT
Michelana Didn't Think First
Wife's Tilings Were Good
Enough, So
There is a houseful of quaint and dust
furniture in Iteilln N .1 nnd in the middle
of the xx reck theie's n bulbous Iltle bodx
xxlthout clothes, xxltli his last atrow spent
nnd his xvlngs dropped down like xxet xxnsh
lags Cupid might, through the glint of
his tears, (ell xou the talc of the rattx
filinltute. Ilete It Is-
(a) The (ourtMilp of Michelana Orllno a
tailor, 1s!4 South Sattaln stieet. Philadel
phia, and .lohn Tlerno. of Merlin, was quick
and oxer so svxeel and xxound up teh other
day ns the txx-o, arm in arm. xlexxed the
fulnlture of the house John had prepared
near his batbershop In Tlerlln
"Hut mi Ioxe." cooed Michelana softlx
"the chairs and the tahle are old old like
to the grandfather kind'.'"
"But so strong." cried John gaily, test
ing the great oaken table xvlth his xvcighl,
".stout and strong xxas many, many xvin
ters "
"The father's, the mother's nr whose,"
asked Michelana, the note of anxiety per
sisting In her X'olce.
"None of these, quoth, John gravely,
"None of these, nix loe, the xxlfe'.s. Come
come
Hut Michelana had drawn bids haught
ily She knew that John, the barber, had
been married before that he had bought
a house Hut there xxas lijn shop to think
of the "thaxes" dropping in now and then
and a great swarm on Saturdax night Hut
thtre are certnln rights that the bride must
haxe ex en though she has been a bride
bilore. .
"Yes, tjie furnituic." said Michelana.
moxlng away, her head (lung high, "Do
xcu think the first xvife's furniture good
enough for me Hah '"
"Hut, my loxe" protested John
"Oh. My loxe." hald Michelana in shrilly
motkerv as she moxed away and left John
alone ulth his furniture.
Today In the Supreme Court of Xexv
Jersey Mlchcluna Is bringing suit ngalnst
John for $5000 heart balm, and Cupid,' they
sa. still sits these nights among the furni
ture thinking that the two may come back
and talk bome more Will some one page
a ship lug foi Cupe? He's cold
Gerard to Leave
Paris on Tuesday
Continued from I'aze One
authorities Then came a crowd of addi
tional Americans, near Americans, natural
ized Americans and one naturalized Amer
icans xi ho hid lost their legal right to claim
American citizenship.
Something about Pfiug attracted the at
tention of the French authorities He had
got his hand luggage through in the first
rush and placed himself on Mr Gerard's
pedal train Mr. Gerard had given no
authority for that and when It came to his
notice he pioniptly ordered Pfiug off the
train That seemed to arouse his Interest In
Pfiug and he began to question the man.
Pfiug became confused and presently was
caught In contradictions and statements
Known to be untrue. Suddenly Mr Gerard
ended the matter by turning to the French
authorities and exclaimed, "This man It a
suspect.." Of course that ended Pflug's
chances of getting along xvlth that trajn
and probably any other for some time.
WOMAN PUSHED IN FRONT
OF CAR, WITNESS ASSERTS
Police Investigating Death of Mis.
Teresa Vito Motorman Re
leased on Bail
The police are Inx estimating the death of
Mrs. Teresa Vlto, fifty-six years old, of 726
Carpenter street, who xvas killed by a trol
ley car at the cornor of Seventh nnd Car
penter streets, near her home, today. Ac
cording to the police, Julius Soboff, 712
Parrlsh street, a xvUness to the accident,
said he saw a man push the woman In front
of the car. She xvas Instantly killed.
William J. Grlvens, of 280 Sepvlva street,
the motorman, was held at first without
ball, by Magistrate Beaton, In Central Sta
tion. He later was released Into the custody
of the Itapld Transit Company. Witnesses
bald he did nil In tils pqwer to stop the car.
Detectives Geonnnttl and Henneke are
Investigating the story told by Soboff.
Young Woman Takes Poison
WEST CHHSTUIt, Pa., Feb. 17. Doro
thy areen, txventy years old, of West Mar
ket street, this place, is In a hqspltal here
as the result of taking a targe amount of
potsoti yesterday afternoon with suicidal
Intent. It Is said she was despondent oxer
becoming estranged from it young man
who had been attentive to her. At tho bos.
pltal It was said she had a small chance of
recovery.
Fire in Restaurant Quenched
Fire was discovered and quickly extin
guished In the Automat Kestaurant, 820
Chestnut etreet- lata last night- The blase
was first seen by an attendant, wno noti
fied KMerve FelUwiMin. Farrell, at N.I nth
City News in Brief
K. M. -NKWMAN dellered an Illustrated
lecture at the Academy of Music, describing
Manila and the Hawaiian Islands. It xvas
tho last of his regular series of trax'el talks.
The lecture xvlll be repealed this afternoon
and again Thursday night.
QPAIITKK CHNTUUV L't.UII, competed
of those who have been In tho employ of the
Atlantic Refining Company for nt least
txxenty-fix'o xears, gaxe n smoker at Orand
Fraternity Hall, 1626 Arch street, The
member xxho has been longest In tho em
ploy of the company is Charles Mayer, who
has foity-sexen years of serxlce to his
credit
CII.Mhi:il or COMMIMM i: lm re-
quested Philadelphia's six members of the
llouso of Representatives to bo In Congress
Monday lo support the effort to admit tho
Senate amendment making It mandatory
for the Postmaster General to continue
pneumatic tube mall service In Inrge cities.
IM1 VNVI.VANIA National (lusrdMnen
nie xxlthout emploxment, and offices hiixo
been opened In this city to uld them In find
ing pootlons Many oppoitunities are said
to be mailable for mechanics and s,cd
nnd unskilled laborers. The lloxeinmenl
has positions open In Philadelphia and xi
clnltx for npptoxlmately 800 pel sons.
IOIIN tnilOTT. thlrl.x-.U jeHrs eld,
of 4525 .Voith Smedley Btreet. died In the
Cltv Hospital. Atlnntlc Cltx County Pin
slclan I.eonnid has recommended that xxhlle
poxxders found In his pockets be nnnl.vr.cd
to determine the cause of death.
IIRAItT IMSn.tPF. CHiikfd (lie death of
Frank Colfelsh. slxty-txxo x'cais old. xvlTTi
was found today In his lempmary bed in
the rear of 866 Noith I'orty-fouilh street
Colfelsh who had no home, worked in the
stable of Joseph Dempster and slept in
the rear of Dempster's hoii'-e.
OI.I.ISIOV or A IO nnd n trnlle.r
car near the plant of the ManaxunU Waste
Conipnnx. nt 4012 flldg axenue this morn
ing threw Philip Gobies, a foieman for the
cTinp.ini to the street lie xxas badly cut
abftit Hie head and was taken to St. Tlm
otlivs Hospital
UNCONSCIOUS from a knife wonml,
George Walsh, of 227 What ton street, was
found In Ills Jbedroom todax by a member
of his fnnill Ho xxas taken to Mount
Slnal Hospital. The police say he attempted
suicide He was out of work.
,ioii:rii i:. n-ini;r,it im purriinnvi
two gioups of French garden statuary of
the eighteenth centur period bx Glllet. The
statuary are the onlv examples of Glllet's
xx'ork In this country The price is said
to haxo been $200,000
Il'DOV C. mrKTIUMXN, Chief of the
Hiireau of Gas under Maxoi niankenburg
lias been appointed by the Slate Corpora
tion Commission of the Stale of Virginia
to the position of expert engineering acl
xlser In charge of nil municipal titllltlc
Mr. Dlckerinan ban beep engaged III gas
engineering work for the United States
Hureau of Standatds. Washington, D C
nrcmcriVi: WlUlVfl In n freight ear
of the Philadelphia Itapld Transit Companx
caused a blaze nt Price stieet nnd Gei
mantown axenue that resulted in a half
hour tie-up of Unfile on Germantoxvn axe
nue The crew of the car battled xaltilv
against the fire until flnglne Company No
10 airlxTd on the scene and extinguished
the blaze In short order
IlIMECTOIt KnU.snV has Inniied orders
that pig raising In the city limits must bo
abolished after March IB. If the owners
do not dispose of their animals by that
date the city xvlll confiscate them and de
stroy the pens.
IIA.r.I, J, III.L'M hat entred suit agnlmt
Charles It Councell. nlso knoxvn as De
Coiincell, to recover jtiOOO damages for al
leged breach of promise of marriage nnd
assault. Judge Cnrr issued a capias for the
arrest of Councell nnd fixed his ball nt
$600
OKOIIOK W. TIM., 154? nienxxnod nte-
niio. sued Joshua l,exlns, of Fifteenth nnd
York streets, for JISOO damages for the
alleged alienation of the affections of his
xvlfe, Mxrtlfl C. Till They xvere married
July E, 1012, nnd Till declares that his
domestic life xxas serene until Levins paid
teciet attentions to Mrs. Till Judge llou
nlxxell. of the Municipal Court, xxhere tho
suit xx-as entered, allowed a capias for the
arrest of Levins, fixing bail at ,J800.
CAMDEN
I'OASTIXO ACCIDHNTS snt two boys
to the Cooper Hospltul today with minor
Injuries. Francis Welsh, elex-en years old,
of 315 Atlantic ax-enue, was hurt on the
head, and William Glim, thirteen ears old.
of 2214 Howell street, was Injured on the
face.
HIIAI, EHTATK MIIN from every section
of Camden and Gloucester Counties xxlll
meet at tho Hotel Uldgeway, Wednesday,
to protest ngalnst the bill noxv pending In
the Legislature, which xvlll limit con
xeyandng. inoitgago-placjng. bonds nnd
transfer of personal property or real estate
to attornexs at law
RAYMOND WF.I.MI, a Nl th Cmmlrii
(joy. Is "somewhere In the Somme region"
in a trench fighting for the Allies, acccudlng
to a, message recelxed here today Welsh,
who Is something of an adxenturer, was
In Montreal about a jcar ago, and It Is be
llexed that he joined a Canadian regiment
there.
lilt, I. NT. tfWrH'OM, xtho retires an
member of tho Delaxvare Itlxer Bridge and
Tunnel Commission of Xew Jersey March
1, will be a candidate for secretary of the
organization, he announced toda
THE OIlAMM-IHJUNSTijIX. COM PAX t,
of Philadelphia, has tetelved the contract
for the building ot two automoime ennuis
for the Camden polico department. The con
tract price Is $3600
MOKK SCAIILKT FEVIIK CASKS lime
been reported In Camden, There have been
sexenteen cases reported In the last thirty
days, an Increase of nearly 100 per cent over
the number for the previous period of four
weeks.
RUNAWAY BOYS HELD
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
Left Reading for Montana to Become
Cowboys, but Were Arrested.
in This City
nKADlNG., Pa, Feb, 17 Walter Sleek
and George High, sixteen-year-old boys of
this city, who were arreRteu in i'nuaaelpnla
the other day as they xvere about setting
out for Montana to become cowboya, were
arraigned before Magistrate woit here to
day charged with absconding xvlth 1620 be
lonitlnir to High's employer, Itobert Clauser,
a local xvholesale poultry dealer.
Clouser gave High the money to deposit
In bank. They used Just enough of the
money to fit themselx-es out with guns and
ammunition and knives nnd to pay their
fare to Philadelphia, xvhertv their dreams
of the wild and xvoolly West vanished when
detectives took them In custody upon
advices from Heading.
After today's hearing the boys wre
returned to jail to await trial at the March
term of court. Nearly all of the stolen
money was recovered. ,
Give Up Claim to New Normal School
ATLANTIC CITT. Feb. 17 Members of"
the City Doard of Education have given ip
any claims to the proposed new normal
uhMi for Smith Jersey by roncurrlnr In &
on "from m Wrwwiii league or,
BERLIN URGES 1799
PACT BE AFFIRMED
Protection of Germans and
Americans in Other Coun
tries Strengthened
GUARD PROPERTY RIGHTS
New Arrangements Asked as Rc-
' suit of Diplomatic Break '
Between Nations
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Germany still
Is Insisting that tho I'tiltcd Slates shall
leadlrm the Prussian trealy of 1709 Fol
lowing the refusal of Ambassador Gerard
to cllscusH the question xvlth the Berlin
Foreign Office, the latter took the matter
tip clliectly xx lib the State" Department
The department today letelxed the pro
posed amplifications through tho Sxvlss
Gox eminent and has made them public
xxlthout comment
The German suggestions If thev are ac
cepted by PipsJdenl Wilson, xxlll effectlxelx'
safeguard the citizens of either nation and
prlxale propel ty in the tcrrltoiy of eai h
nation Pinlectlon of Germans In the
1 nlted States nnd of Americans in Ger
man) Is guaranteed by each Goxernmenl
nnd nelthei inn bo detained In concentra
tion camps
The Sxss communication xxas as follows
"The Get man legation at Heme has com
municated the following to the Sxvlss politi
cal department (foreign olllce)
"'The American .treaty of friendship and
commerce of the 11th of .Inly, 1710 pro
xldes by Article XXIII for the treatment of
the subjects or citizens of the two States
and their propeity In tho cxent of xx-ar be
txxeen the to States. This article which
Is xxlthout cpiestlon In full force as regards
the lelatlons between the German Umpire
and the L'nlled States, reoulres certain
explanations and additions on account of I
tho doxelopinent of International law
Ni;W AltRANGnMENT ASKRD
" The German Government therefore pro
poses that a speclnl arrangement be noxv
tlgncd, ot which the English text is as
folloxxs'
" 'Agreement betxveen Germany and the
I'nlted Staten of America concerning the
tieatment of each other's citizens and their
prlxate property after the sexerance of
diplomatic relations '
" 'Article I After the sex-ernanco of
diplomatic relations between Germany and
the United Stntes of America and In the
ex ent of the outbreak of war between the
two powers, the clll.ens of either pait.x
and their prlxate properts In the terrltoij
of the oilier party shall be treated accord
ing lo article 2.1 of tho treaty of amity
and commerce between Prussia and the
I'nlted States of the 11th of July, 1735,
xvlth the folloxxlng cxplanaloiy and supple
mental. x- clauses:
"'Article II. German merchants In the
I'nlted Stntes and American merchants In
Germany shnll. so far as the treatment of
their persons and their property Is con
cerned, bo held In exeiy respect on a par
xx llh the other persons mention In article'
:.1. Th shall accordingly ex'en after the
period proxltled for in article 23 has
elapsed, be entitled to remain nnd continue
their profession In the country of their
residence. Merchants, ns well as the other
pei sons mentioned In article 23, may be
excluded from fortified places or other
places of mllltarx importance.
' 'Ai tic-lo III Germans In the United
Stntes and Americans in Germany shall be
flee to leaxn the country of their residence
within tho tlmo and by the routes that shall
bo assured to them by tho proper authori
ties The persons departing shall bo en
titled to take along their personal property,
Including money, xnluables and bank ac
counts, excepting such property the expor
tation of xhlch Is prohibited according to
gmerrfl proxlslons.
"'Article IV The protection of Germans
In the United States and of Americans In
Germany nnd of their property shall be
guaianteed In accordance with the laws
existing In the countries of cither party.
They shall be under no other restrictions
concerning tho enjoyment ot their prlxato
rights nnd tho judicial enforcement of their
rights than neutral residents. They may
accordingly not be transferred to concentra
tion camps, nor shalt their prlxate property
be subject to sequestration or liquidation
or other compulsory alienation except In
cases that under the existing laws apply
to neutrals. As n general rule German
property In tho I'nlted States and American
property In Germany shall not be subject
to sequestration or liquidation, or other
compulsory alienation under other con
ditions than neutral property.
" 'Article V. Patent rights or other pro
tected rights held by Germans In the United
Stntes or Americans In Geimany shall not
be declared old, nor shall the exercise of
such rights lie Impeded, nor shall such rights
be transferred to others without the consent
of the person entitled thereto, provided
that legulatlons made excluslx-cly In the In
tel est of the State shall apply.
" 'Article VI. Contracts made between
Geimans and Americans, either before or
after the sexerance of diplomatic relations,
also obligations of all kinds between Gei
mans and Americans, shnll not be declared
canceled, void or in suspension, except un
der provisions applicable, to neutrals. Like
wise the citizens of either party shall not
be Impeded In fulfilling their liabilities aris
ing from such obligations, either by Injunc
tions or by other proxlsloss, unless these
apply to neutrals.
HAGUH CONVENTION CLAUSES
" 'Article VII. The provisions of the
sixth Ilngue conxcntlon, rclatlxe to the
tieatment of enemy merchant ships nt the
outbreak of hostilities, shall apply to the
merchant vessels of cither party nnd their
cargo The aforesaid ships may not be
forced to leave port unlejs at the same time
they be given a pass, recognized as binding
by all tho enemy sea powers, to u home
port, or a port of an allied country, or to
another port of the country In which the
ship happens to be.
" 'Article VIII. The regulations of chap
ter.three of the elexenth Hague conxcntlon,
relative to certain restrictions In the exer
cise of the rights of capture In maritime
wur, shall apply to the captains, officers and
members of the crews of merchant ships
specified In article VII and of such mer
chant ships ns may be captured In the
course of a possible xvar.
" 'Article IN. This agreement shyll apply
also to the colonics and other foreign pos
sessions of either party.' "
BRITISH WAR PICTURES
SHOW ACTUAL FIGHTING
Official Films Exhibited at Metropolitan
for Benefit of Relief
Fund
The official war .pictures of the British
Goxernment were, show this afternoon and
will be exhibited again tonight In the
Metropolitan Opera House. Receipts of the
exhibition xvlll be donated to the war relief
fund.
The pictures show actual fighting, life In
the trenches, bridge building, hospital
work and many of the detallsspf the army
at the front.
The excellent condition or me British
troops was commented upon by many In
the audience at this afternoon's Bhowlng,
Several 'Wills Probated
Wills probated today were those of SaVah
B. Snare, 2002 North Droad street, which In
private bequests disposes Of property valued
at $30,000; Henry G. Sebnert, 9131 Sprague
street, $10,200; Elizabeth Martin. 123 North
Eleventh street, $7000; Johanna Kelly, 4512
Sansom street, HI00-; Ruby T, Ildv 2217
,aiorth NlnaUMth ataMt, MHO; Lillian T.
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MEMBERS OF FARM BUREAU
Through the Chamber of Commerce
at Carlisle steps have been taken
to aid farmers in Cumberland
County. Among those on tho agri
culturist committee now active are
(top to bottom), J. C. Lutz, C. E.
Jackson, Merkel Landis and Wal
ter Stuart.
LEGISLATORS TO SEE
WEAK-MINDED EXHIBIT
Mrs. Charles H. Frazier Tells of
Plan to Prove Need of
State Action
Pennsylxania legislators are going to
lenoxv the teal situation regarding the
feeble-minded, according to announcement
made today by Mrs. Charles H. Frailer,
prime mover in the campaign for proper
enulpment of the xlllage for feeble-minded
xvomen of child-bearing age, which stands
still uncompleted at Laurelton, In Union
County.
"We have the entire State organized,"
said Mrs. Kraxler today. "Everx section
has committees of men and women anxious
to do their share. During March the feeble
minded exhibit, which xvas shown in the
Wldener Dulldlng here last winter, will be
in Harrlsbuig In the Goldsmith Building on
Walnut street
"Now this Is where the committees from
every village and town came in. The
committees xvlll appoint delegates. These
are to go to Harrlsburg, with the avowed
purpose of taking the legislators 'from
their districts to the exhibit. The com
mittee members xvlll accompany the !eg
islators personally and tell .them what
It means to let the feeble-minded go on as
they are, bringing more feeble-minded chil
dren into the world for the State to support.
This will last all through March. Then
when the bill for appropriation for the
completion of the village at I-auretton
comes up the legislators will KNOW, They
will help."
Since the exhibit left Philadelphia. It has
been In many cities. One hundred and fifty
thousand people have seen It since the day
the doors were closed at the Wldener Build
ing, In the two weeks It was open In
Philadelphia 100,000 people saw It, thus
making a quarter of a million people. In
Pennsylvania who have been reached In
the campaign to educate the public to the
need of immediate action.
More than 200,000 people hax-e signed the
petition to be sent to the Legislature urg
ing the appropriation, More than 400 of
them are city or State officials, while the
county poor directors, who know the con
ditions In the almshouses, are almost unani
mously In favor ot the needed appropria
tion and signed the petition at their con
vention this year, Indorsing the village
for feeble-minded women of child-bearing
age.
POTATOES $3 A BUSHEL NOW
Latest Jump of 25 Cents Nets One
Long Island Farmer $15,000
NEW TOHK. Feb, 17. Long Island po
tatoes are still lumping In price, and at
ltlverhead and Calverton they sold at )3 a
bushel. The farmers say they wouldn't ex
change their potato crops for shares In a
munition plant.
Walter K. Hawkins, a Calverton farmir,
said ttiat the Increase of twenty-flve cents
had netted him UB.OOO, and he Is holding
his supply.
Many farmers started for the railroad
with potatoes at $2.75 a bushel. The price
jumped twenty-five cents while they were
on the road. This makes a boost of SI a
bushel In the last week. '
Seek Brother' of Dead Woman
The police were asked tnrt.v in . .
brother of MJsa Nellie Plerpe, thirty-seven
,". fTTr w,ui (, "y as
GERMANS REPlll
FOE IN CHAMPAG!
Beat Back French Count3
Attacks South of Ripont1
FIGHTING ON EAST PRoj
British Expect Big Teuton
pensive on West .
Front
The French em.nifeP.1 '? i
south OP nipont, In Champagne; .
Germans had made a i,i..5 !' wner I
repulsed last night, according to ?!.
report issued by the War OlUce tod.,
the Somme front iia lirln.L -... .
of Mlraumont after i,.i...Jrc.K? '
rnh,i 11, o iini.n r j '"mem sdij
repulsed. ' The War bW "?'. i '
ther that thero xvas fighting along VM
lllver and xvest of nerrv.nn.n.- "!? A"
sides of the Ancre Itlver, near fh, ,
end of the Sommo front, the artillery H
lng xvas very poxverful '
Mtim.ii KtTiici squaarons exlnl.
hntnhorf Important ... .........r1"
STnA th. ;;;; ,....,"," ".Di,.s"m'. t
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clal statement asserted.
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jii cue ueiKiits norm or me Oitoi VinJ
since dawn, sais the War Offlee .i...i
There has been no change on the rt!
... ........... .,.,,. u, ,,, iuKceaonu ta
.-.viti- iiiual, isuumwesL or Lutsk" na
Zbovov, south of Brzer-any, and southwoti
",""T," Y'tt",''', J"i" prises or me p,
lin a Hurl "
ie n M 11 a ArfenkiiiA ai .
PARIS. b. l,g
loss ' In a French attack at Amertzwlll
today's official statement asserted. Vi-
where thero xx-as artillery actlxity reports!
in me peuioi vi .tnieons.
LONDON. Feb. It
That the sudden German drlxe In Chi,
pagno may mark the beginning of Vc
iiinaennurgs mucn-neramcci spring cut
was me opinion nem ny a number of tu
Itary critics today On the other hn
some viewed it as a dlx-crslon to dlttrat
attention irom tne point where th ri
onensive xxiu ne opened it was recilli
that next Wednesday xxlll be the annlw
sary of the great Verdun drix-e of the Cm
mans, nnd It was nccepted as a poeslblllti
that tne Herman general start may mil
that the date of their next big enttrorli
The French War Office communique cml
Friday made no mention of any Gtrmaij
attacks In Champagne, but mentioned fb!
great artillery actlxity prox ailing in the wte?
tor of Malsson de Champagne farm. Tbir
was evidently the bombardment xxlilchpi
pared tno way ior tne assaults of th
man Infantry
The Germans made their greatest ttonT
In the sectors of Maison de Champip
rarm ana inn ist, firming in the direction
of the road which runs through Masslini
point that they claim to have adxanced
point that they claim to have advanced a
half mile over a width of 2(00 metre
storming four lines of trenches and ci
turtng twenty-ono officers, 837 men ai
twenty machine guns.
BOY SHOOTS BROTHER;!
BLAME PUT ON"M01
Mother Believes Child WK
Wounded Lad in Shoulder ,
Mimicked Screen 'Hero' ;
His desire to emulate characters he i
In the "movies," the police believe, led 1
Ham II. Bitter, eleven years old. to
his brother. Albert, today at their hoi
3002 Borer street. The bullet, fired fit
a revolver, entered Albert's right should)
He was taken to the Episcopal HosplU
The brothers slept together and, It
said, seldom Quarreled. Albert was
to order coal, and on returning asked
William was still in bed. On lean
that he was, Albert said he would afa
him.
The boy was only half way upstairs, I
is said, xvhen their .mother neara ana
When Albert entered the kitchen a monnj
later he looked pale, on putting nis o
Inside his shirt he found his right should
cox-ered xvlth blood Ho refused to
what had happened and his mother i
moned a nhvslclan. He found, that the I
had been shot and sent him to the Eplscl4
Hospital.
William was arrested and taken to 'M
Front and Westmoreland streets ata(I9J
He refused to answer questions of the polj
and appeared to know nothing aooui .
shooting.
The pistol with which the shootlm '
done had been kept in a trunK ior
vsirt.
-William, nccordlnar to his mother.
rnnstantlv attended the "moxles." H oft
r.m,lni iwrv from school to 8e0
thrllllnr drama and was finally sent-to t
! nt astlirsstl ll
Albert Is a student at the Northeast, Ml
School.
3000 COAL MINERS STRIKE
AT PORTAGE AND VICINf
namnr Abolition of Standard Weil
System Seven Companies Af-1
fected by Walkout
lmiNSTOWK. Pa.. Feb. 17. Wi
ii..m..mj min... mninved at Portal! i
vicinity are on strike today de,mf,'n'J
abolition .or tne sianoaru -'-:
0-1. .. it.., thn miner someu
wiutu llicauo cm ... .....lit 1
loads his car and does not get credit!
the excess weight.
Tho Portage Coat Mining Company.
Miller Shaft Company, the Fortair
r..nn,r h TMvmnllth Coat COmlK
n - n'... i. n ti, Thermal Bu
less Coal Company anc the Martin un
Coal Cdmpany are Involved.
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