""VW v ' s '? WW v f, 'FINANCIAL EDITION 'l ''. rA , , Y-v T J NIGHT EXTRA a3stra7,. J-xl KlBitger ituenmg NIGHf EXTRA ' M V y & VOL. III. NO. 135 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11), 1917 Cormiaur, 1917, si tub 1'ini o l.itmrn CottriNt PRICE TWO CENTS f vt f"vyrx? v .- t2VjV T BERLIN TO FREE CREW; U.S. NOTE STERN DEMAND Near-Ultimatum Issued for Release of Yar- rowdale Men SITUATION THE BEST SINCE BREAK CAME tf . .. D..nnVi T3rkKntm,l i UeilHit" irtuuwoc uciicvcu tu Have Been Made on First Request MUDDLE ON AUSTRIA Bryan and Other Pacifists Con tinue to Harass Wilson in Grave Crisis i WASHINOTON. Feb. 10. Although un ' changed In Its dangerous potentialities, the German-American situation today was Ren trally' regarded by officials ns more hopeful than nt nny time since the diplomatic break two weeki ago. In fact, the situation Is such that It can fee stated positively the President has "no present Intention of coins to Congress tn discuss It In nny way." No "overt act" has yet occuned and of ficials see In recent actions by Germany in apparent change of attitude toward this Government resulting In a reflection of more optimism here. ' The purpose of tho President Is un changed, howeer lie does not Intend to pause In the woik of prepailng for eventu alities simply because there appears to be a. material slump In the "dally bags" of U-boats ' Formal demands hae none fotwapd, as TPas expected, for the release of the Ameri can Yarrowdale prisoners held In Uerlln When last Saturdny confirmation of press reports that the prisoners had been lelcased failed to reach tho State Department, the Government cabled Its demands. release promised Twenty-four hours later Secretary Lans ing was notified by the Spanish Ambassador at Berlin that the prisoners would bo re leased "soon." This, however, Lansing In timated today probabfy was not In response to Saturday's demand, but rather to In quiries previously sent. While the Department would not say so flatly, It strone'y Indicated that the demand Is the one which had been prepared somo days ago and would liae been sent last Ttek had It not been for press reports from Berlin saying the Americans had been or were about to be released, This demand, It was made clear, was JusJ abort of nn ultimatum ; recited tho atti tude, policy and steps taken regarding Germans, German property and German hips Interned here ; and pointed out clearly ' President Wilson's policy to take no step vthat could be construed as halng been taken for "military exigency." With this and other critical situations alleviated the President Is laying plans for handling the situation nfter C'fcngiess ad journs March E. PACIFISTS DISTl'-RBED Those who Bay the President will not personally address Congress again nUthls aetslon point out the pacifist 'clement nould probably precipitate a debate which Blight drag along through the two remain ing weeks of the session. This, It Is argued, would create a bad Im- Cnntlnued on Page Six, Column Two VON REVENTLOWATTACKS AMBASSADOR GERARD TThank Heaven, He's Gone," Writes Prime Advocate of German , Ruthlessncss AMSTERDAM, Feb, 19. Violent attack n former American Ambassador (loiard as made In today's Issue 'of the Uerlln Tages Zeltung, Berlin dispatches asserted. Count von Reventlow, prime ndocate of Hithlessness and one of the leading antl American editorialists, was nuthor of the attack. Ho charged that Gerard used his official position as diplomatic agent to trans wit Information to America for the pur Pose of ultimately reaching Paris and Lon dn. He specifically charged the Ambas dor went to the "utmost limit" In con section with the capture of Itoger Casement. -"Gerard and his personnel," Von Revent . declared, "appear to have delivered an honorable Irishman to the hangman." The Von Ileventlow article also assailed ' ?, n correspondents' Btorles sent from erlln and concluded: ' : "Thank heaven, Gerard has gone." Skating Information . Concourse Lake Fair. . Hunting Park Lake Fair. All other Falrmount Park lakes, Wlssa Closed' Cr'ek and Sonuyml" Klver :'. THE WEATHER - . FOIIEOABT i For Philadelphia and vicinity Main or KJ...OU. ,a(! tonight, followed by clearing ft lowest ttmperatura about thirty-two de- .trees; jresh easterly winds, becoming -meny Tuesday. S.m LENGTH OF DAY 1X2 I1"." 8:8.m. I Moon rl.i...S:10 ,m. .unsett,..,. s:40p.m. Moon sets.. 3:16 p.nr. f . DELAWARE RIVKR TII1K CHANGES f CHESTNUT 8TIIEET . Kit w,t,r" stOa.m. I 1)W water.. (7;03 p.nt. hlu.waur.lll4aa.irt. 1 lllih water.. 1 ti.m. .KWHUTtHK AT KACH HOUR THREE MEN BADLY HURT IN POWDER TRAIN CRASH Through ,'roight Smashes Into Work Crew Cars on I'. It. R. Near SpriiiR City SPUING CITY. Pa, Fob. 15 -Three men were Injured nnd two others had narrow escapes from death when a fast through freight train crashed Into a work train on the Schuylkill division nf the Pennsylvania Unllroad below the Spring City station hero today. An explosion of munition materials narrowly was averted Two coaches attached tn the woik train were telescoped and wrecked Membeis of the work-train new In the coaches escaped by Jumping The wreckage caught fire. The flames tluoatencd to spread lo two freight cars carrying Inflnminnlilo materials to up-state munition facilities Those Injured were. V. K. Marsh, of Schuylkill Haven, badly cut and bruised, condition serJous It C l.angton. of Port Cnrlmn, member of tho freight train crew j suffering fioni genernl bruises and cut on the head ; con dition not serious W. (". Costelln, of Nniiistnvvn, member of the work train crew; slightly cut. The Injured men wen- Heated nt Spring City. All are expected to recover. Ho'.h Marsh and Langtnii were In the caboose or the freight train, but the force or the smash knocked them unconscious. Traffic on the line whs tied up fur more than an hour as a icult of the wreck. Fire departments from Spring City nnd ltojersfoid were called out nnd kept the (lames from spreading to the munition cars. The freight train was on Its wa to Potlsvllle. It consisted of nineteen tars. P.allroad officials hero are Investigating, but have not lived responsibility. CARDINAL HAS NO WORD FROM VATICAN ON PEACE Monsignor Gibbons Has Not Received Note in Interest of German-- American Amity - IlALTl.Mom:. Mil. Fell 1!) Cardinal Gibbons today was shown n London ills patch stating that word Horn Home s.ilil Pope Uenedlct had asked him to notify President Wi'son that the Pope was ie,id to use his influence to pi event war between Germany and the I'nited Slates The Car dinal said he had received nn such word from the Pope "I hae not lece.ved such a cablegram, and, thercroie, can say nothing on the subject," was all the Cardinal would say NEW YORK PIER SINKS UNDER PILED-UP FREIGHT Congested Shipping Conditions Menace Other Structures on Manhattan Water Front NEW YORK, Feb 19 Lo'aded to thq top of Its superstructure by freight that is Immovable, owing to congested shipping conditions, a portion of Pier No. 1. of the United Krult Company here, collapsed to day under the added weight of 2000 bags of coffee, each weighing 210 pounds The pier Is only one of many which are so loaded an to make them unsafe. An emergency call for 100 longshoremen t assist In moving the freight to a safer place was sent to shipping agencies by the L'nltcd Fruit Company. The pier sank three feet, with no loss of freight and with very little damage to the pier GIBBONEY ASKS VOTE ON RUM IN WASHINGTON Law and Order Society Head Tells Committee Populace Must Support Law Hi a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Feb 19 D Claience Glbboney. president of the Law and Order Society, of Philadelphia, appeared befoie the District Committee today In opposition to the bill making the District of Columbia dry He spoke for more than an hour, telling of the Impossibility of enforcing prohibition or any other sumptuary law miles It had the support of the people Concluding, he said' "As an advocate of national temperance and as a woiker for, leal prohibition, I ask you to report this measure with oui ejection, except only that It 'first be ap proved by a majority of the qualified electors of the District of Columbia PLENTY OF AUTO TAGS, SAY STATE DEPARTMENT AH Applications Filled Promptly, Har risburg Declares in Answer to Complaints ' HAIUUSnUIta. Pa.. Feb 19 "We hae enough 'automobile license tags on hand to meet all demands. All applications filed nn to this morning hae been filled nnd the tags shipped If there are any delays It Is because the plates are in trail- slt-"' This was the statement made today by the State Highway Department, when In formed, that many persons In Philadelphia and elsewhere were inconvenienced by rea son of the fact that they are not permitted trf use last ) ear's .license tags, and that their applications for new tags had not been filled. The department's delay fli get ting out licenses has been due to failure of the Huntingdon Heformatory. the manu facturer, to turn them out on time. JAY WILLIAM BIGELQW DEAD Auto Man nnd President of Motor Com pany Succumbs in Baltimore Jay William Blgelow, automobile man and president of the Bigelow-Wllley Motor Company, died In Baltimore Saturday, fol lowing a lingering Illness. He will bo burled In Detroit tomorrow. Although he was president of the firm that has Its headquarters at 304 North Broad street. Mr. Blgejow made his home In Easton, Md, He was moved to Baltl more when his Illness became serious. Mr Blgelow Is survived by his widow, a sou William and two daughters. He was fifty, four years old. i i City ApointmenU Today City appointments today Include those of Frank F, Doyle, 101 Kast Haines street, chauffeur. Bureau' of Surveys, salary 11000: Fred J. Locsche, 131 Federal street, and Joseph M. Cannon. 81B North Twenty-sixth street, house Serjeants, liurVau of, Police, $1300 each; Joseph P. Scott, 2249 Hhars. wood street, fireman. Bureau of Water, iltXt. and wmim M.i'nomas... in KorXi mt lU. aaBA Mmm ! i Bil e n- m i - t . - U-BOAT IS SUNK - BY FRENCH SHIP Shot From Guayne Sends Submarine .to Bottom, Crew Reports RUNNING DUEL -10 MINUTES Assailant Sends Throe Torpedoes Arrainst Intended Victim, but in Vain NIIW VnltK Feb 19 In a running duel at se.i between the Fiench Lino freighter Guayno mid a Genu. m submarine the IMm.il was sunk, nlllcers and crew leportcd today on their nrrlnl here from Uordeauv Tlio submarine, they declared, flrrd tlueo Ineffective shots at the ship nnd went down when the seennd shell fiom the slxty-flxe-tnllllmeter gun on tbo Gunyui' struck her squarely. Tho siibmarlni' Captain Ilousselot said, appeared nn the wcel's port side on .lunu nry 22, when the ship was one day out from lloidenii 1 1 said the submarine lire 1 three shots nt Ills hlp, none of which took effect The Glial lie. he said, was swung nrnund so that her sUty.flve-nillllmeter gun tould be trained mi the submarine. Two shots were (lied by the Guayne gun ner, he said, nnd the second .struck Its niaik. The submarine, he s.ild. disappeared, peared. The gunner n board the iiu.-ino. n Breton. refued ti discuys Hie Incident, but others tallied of It, pn.xltig ti Unite to the quickness and accuracy ir his tire. The ship had to swing nrmiit while the submarine was tlr.ng. they said, and nar rowly escaped being struck. Both gunners fired simultaneously as the ship swung Into position for the tight, but eaili shot missed Its tnaik by n few fert. IIer one abnnid Knew that the next shot would settle the battle and that all depended up in the next shot. The Breton fired a moment before the German and the shot struck .squarely. The r-bnat floundered for n moment, desperately strlilng to keep nflont, but finally illsappcnied iiialn Ilousselot s.ild his gunner Mopped firing when he raw that the submarine had been hit . The Gu.i.ine Is a steel freight ship of iton ions net She has carried millions of dollars' worth nf munitions to the Allies since Hie beginning nf war and has had her sKty-lhe-nillllmeter gun n hoard since the submarine operations began to bo a menace. The gun Is the same as that carried by oilier French ships, mounted astern, so that '.ho vessel must turn unless the submarine approaches from the stern. A lesolutlon was Introduced In tho French Chamber of Deputies last week providing that V.OO.OOO 'francs (about HOO.OOO) shall be paid the captain of any allied or neutral merchant vessel who succeeds In sinking a German submarine. Explosion Kills Young Man LrtWISTOWX Pa Fell. 19 William Am. mil. twenty-three vears. is dead, and li.ivid Fragle Is at the loci I hospital with serious Injuries as the result of a prema ture e:pl0hion at Hie .lames sand works, near Buinham The men had set a heavy chaigo nf dvnannte wheh failed lo explode and waiting half nn bout re tinned In time to leceivc the full force of the explosion Auiand was married onlj three weeks ago DRIVE ON SANTIAGO MAY QUELL REVOLT IN CUBA Test to Come When President's Troops Attack Stronghold of Rebels HAVANA, Feb. 19. A blockade of the entire south coast of Cuba was established by the Gov ernment today to prevent the escape of ex-l'resident Gomez and his party of revolutionary aids. Santiaco harbor also falls under the ban, and shipping will be restricted until the Government is ready to force the issue with Gen eral Fernandez, the rebel leader, who controls the city. HAVANA, Feb. 10 The Cuban revolu tion Is expected to reach a crisis this week. Minor 'successes have attended every move of the Gov eminent forces In putting down the revolt so far, but the leal test will come when tho troops of President Menocal endeavor to wrest Santiago from rebel hands. The Government is under stood to be concentrating Its troops now In Orlente for the drlvo against the city. Heports that the . Government would treat with the jevolters were svvept away today by an official statement, which Nild that the Government would not under any circumstances negotiate with itscncmlcs. Doctor Ferrara, liberal leader, now In the United States, nnd one of the prime movers in the revolt, probably will not be allowed to return heic. SIX MEN FROM U. S. . IN WAR CASUALTY LIST One Dies of Injuries in Canadian Army. One Keeps Post, Though Wounded OTTAWA, Ont Keb. 19. Six former United States residents are listed In the week-end casualties. Lieutenant C. Clark. Cleveland, O., Is re ported dangerously wounded. The others are: Wounded Lieutenant n. White, Omaha, Neb,; Private A, Anderson, Mobile, S. D. j Private J. McMillan, Metagama, Mich, (re nmln'lng on duty); Private V, Nason, Lib. f rnrner. N. J. v"'r- V &i . . DUd at1- W"""s)B Ti""' vvs iwri; 'SIXTH' BACK HOME IN FIGHTING TRIM City and State T r 6 o p s jGrreeted With Cheers on Arrival Here PARADE IN BROAD STREET Brief Fads About ' ' the Sixth Hcfjiincnt REGIMKNT has 105G men, includ ing, ofllcers. Commnniler, Colonel Thomas Bid die Ellis. ' Commended for being in the best , physical condition of nny repiment on the border. .Arrived nt El Paso, July 12, lOlfi. Left El Paso, February l'J, 1917. i Arrived Philadelphia, today. Clieeis lli.it would have wanned the heart of Napoleon himself greeted the boys nf the Slxtll Pcnnlvaiil.i Infnntrv when iriey rolled Into the station .it Broad street and Washington avenue todav. altei a seven months' stay nt the border ' A somewhat stingy sun tried to struggle through the haze to ndd to Hie glor of i the welcome. It Hashed bete nnd theie and glinted on the "brasses" of tho inroni lug warriors, to lemlnd them that good cheer nwalted them Tousled heads popped from two seote windows ns'tlie first section tame uiin the j station nnd a fusil. ule nf w .relcsi kisses were evtiiangi'd b the forces on the pl.it form and In the coaches. An instant la ei there was a hanging and clattering of windows The heads leaned nut fniiticr and nutstietclied 'arms gatheied in loved, ones In kisses that were cliapteis m 1 stoiv (Hie of the bnjs got an otia tlml to' learn that another little sotdiri bad or lived In the family since lie left Hie do niestle fires.de The l.ittei s pudgv little face wore etr.i amazement when lie .iw the dust-covered ilndd.v who gieeled linn .lodging from the w.i he clinched ins fists nnd Ills lusty laugh lie ton. will no doubt follow In Ills dad's footsteps In many caes, ton. teats mingled with Kisses, for In Mime Instances sorrow came to many firesides since the willing war riors left to serve their country The fiist section of nine coaches and one baggngo car nrrlved at S 45, It cm r led Colonel Thomas lllddle Lilts, commander of the Sixth ltegimcnt, his staff and the Schujlkllt battalion under the command nf Major -A. M. Mclteynolds This battalion, composed of companies A, B. F and CJ, canto from Pottstown.'"Norrlstown, Phoenlx- 111c nnd other parts of the State. Their wives, sweethearts and sisters came here last night to greet them and kept a vigil of many, hours to extend the welcome HBINO MANV MASCOTS In many of tho car windows of the (list section were numerous mascots, mostly Spanish dogs that barked viciously and seemed to enjoy the general excitement Bv way of n reminder to tense who lack patriotism, the Incoming soldier boss sciawled a number of announcements on the cars. Some of these read "Wo Joined the Arms. Why Don't Vou"' and "Action Is Better Than Words To show their appreciation of home one company's car t'ontinued on Pai;e Two, Column Two "CHIEF" BENDER HELD FOR MOTOR FATALITY Athletics' World Championship Pitcher Charged With Driv ing Death Car "Chief" C'hatles Albert Bender, formeily a baseball pitcher on the Athletics' world's championship team, last ear with the Plilllles. and nt present for sale, wua held without ball to await tho action of tlje Coroner by Magistrate Beaton in Central police station today charged with operating a motorcar, which on Saturday night at Broad and I'opiar streets lan down and killed John fun an, thirty-one jcais old, 1501 Falrmount avenue. Following the hearing. Bender's friends made a determined effort to have him ad mitted to ball, and they were ultimately successful, for Judge Wessel, after a con ference with District Attorney llotnn, fixed' Bender's bond at $1500. It Is thought that Harry Pavis, the "Chief's" old team mate, will furnish the bail for Bender. Baker, a patrolman of the Twentieth and Buttonwood streets police station, testi fied that he had seen Curran struck by the car. As he pulled the Injured man away and rang for the patrol, he ,ald he recog nized Bender. But when he returned to the scene after riding a few bloiks with the dying man, ho said he four1 that, Bender had Just departed. Baker then testified that he commandeered an automobile and chased Bender's car as far as Broad Street Station, where he lost track of It. Then, he said, he notified the Detective Bureau, and they got men to work on the case, It developed that Bender communicated with Superintendent Robinson after he had learned of Curran's death. The Superin tendent' told him to come to City Hall to day for a heating. Bender bald today that he thought the man lie had run down was Intoxicated. . "I was driving north on Broad street."' ho said, "when, at I'opTar street, a man seemed to stagger directly In front of my machine. My pace was not faBt, but I could, not get Btopped and ran the man down.'" "After I had stopped, a policeman came up to me and took my name and number. I did not try to get'away. Tho policeman could have arrested me on the spot had he so desired." A friend nf Bender's WAS In the iniStr,.. 1.1 tll time of the accident. They were, Just Miurnlnf from a .clay 'pigeon shoof In New QUICK P. R. T. EARNINGS GOOD The Philadelphia Rapid Ttnnslt Company today issued a good earnings stntenient for Jamtaiy antl seven months of the fiscal year. The gross for the month was 92,427.787, compared with 32,153,020 in January, 1015; net 1,012,371, against 5053,382. Incicnhis weir nlso shown for seven months. U. S. EXPORTS JUMP $100,000,000 IN MONTH WASHINGTON. I'eb. 10. Exceeding by ueai'y SIOO.OO'J.000 tho previous high monthly lecoid, total Ameiicau expotta In Jamt aiy amounted to 013,-111,020, nccoullng to u statement Issued today by tliu Dcpaitment of Commerce. Higher juices rathci than inci cased volume iue responsible, the. ivp'uit fciiid. "CHIEF" BENDER IN TOILS OF sK; ; ;: & "w-c HPF ':;'. t sSrUIR' f rWK 3mWZt3SllmmmmmmmmmumwmmwamuM Once star pitcher for the Athletics was held without hnil today to av;ait the action of the Coroner on the charge that it was his auto mobile that killed John Curran nt I road and Poplar streets last Saturday night. The police say Bender was in the car at the timei U. S. ORDERS 100,000 TONS OF STEEL CABLE YOt'NUSTOW.N', I'eb. 19. It Is stated In steel rliclcs here that the United States Cov eminent has placed nn order for 100 000 tons of steel cable with John A. Iloclillng & Son. U. S. SIMP SAFELY IN MEDITERRANEAN N'I'AV YOIIK, I'eli. 19. The liaiber Steamship l.lno today announced It hail received wltelcss word from tho freighter Doclirlit, tho first American ship to leave nn Ameiicau port nfter tho (lot man siibmailno warning had been Issued, stating that the ship was In the Meilllerinncnn. COLVER AND FORT NAMED TO TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.- Piosident AVJIbon today liomlnatad William li. Colver, of St. Tuul, Minn., and John Franklin l'ort, of Hast Orange, N J., to be members of the Federal Trade Commission. MIDVALE STEEL BUYS llfl ACRES AT MARIANNA The Mldvale Steel Coinp.iii.v. which lecently bought tile Mnrianna propel ties of the Pittsburgh Buffalo Compiin.v, lias seemed u tract of 110 ncies of a nearby tract for (350 ar. ncie. The field is tn lie tupped by n new branch ralhoad. NEW YORK CITY WILL SEL17MILKAT EIGHT CENTS NF.W YOItK, Feb. 19. -New Yoik city Is going into the milk business. Com missioner "f Food John Dillon announced today that the municipality would be selling milk at eight cents a quart by April 1. Dillon's plan Is to buy milk from farmers and dairymen, eliminating middlemen and their profits. RUSSIA PLANSRADICAirJEWISH REFORM VKTItOGRAI), Feb. 19. Removal of nil present strictures on entry of Jews Into business nnd extension nf full freedom of movement to Jews who were wounded In the picsent war, as well as the Itusso-Jnpaneso Wnr, Is planned by the Government, nccoidlnK to semiomcitu press agencies louay. iiie i-reuuer, it is slated, approves of enactment of such leforms.lnto laws, holding It will aid tho solution of the Jewish problem. ORDERS NEW JERSEY COAST PATROL DOUBLED ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 19. Itusl( orders fioni Washington yesterday to coast Ktiard stations on tho Jersey shoio caused the doubling of patrols from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Tho new rules provldo for llio flashing of advices by fused signals across bays and inlets where tho coast telephone system is not directly effective. In addition to tho paltols, watch houses ate to be maintained at every guard station, ready to signal the approach of nny craft of hostile appearance. NEW YORK CLOSES PORT TO ALL SHIPS AT NIGHT . .. . ... . , , . , ,. .,. . ... NBW YORK. feu. ia. uesiuning loiiigiu, mo pon or. kcw York will be closed nt Quarantine nt nightfall. No vessels will bo allowed to arrive or depart during the night until the Government situation changes. BRITAIN WILL INSIST6NEW"gERMANY' LONDON, l'eh. 19, Addressing u meeting in Loudon the Speaker of the House of Commons, tho lit. Hon. James William Lovvther, declaied that It was Impossible for lirltlsli statesmen to make nny agreement with tho German Government as now constituted. It would be necessary before slgnlns nny peace or nny agreement, lie said, to Insist that It must bo with a government different In essence nnd constitution from tho present one. HUGH L. OGDEN MAY BE U. OF P. TRUSTEE Hugh nil h- Ogilen, of Koston, may be appointed to the board of trustees of the Uat of Peiiiisjlvanla, according lo the announcement piade by his friends at, i verslty meeting- of the rew Kngiana Society of NEWS LAW ihe university of rnnylvni . Alu ceurtMt'rsr M TRANSIT LEASED FAVORS P. R. T TWINING H0Ltt ur..u n ii. trj-i-.-iii' : vuuiu vjumpttJits virtuiiji Steal of 1907 Agreement, ty , Says Director i EXPERTS WILL REPORT',, Says Mayor's Experts Will Show ' J i'inws and Ulter Cures for Them With the definite knowledge that Fordi, .-' iMion uKviii, ,-ew lurK experts employ ed by Mayor Smith to analyze the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company's proposed lease nf the city's high-speed system, will recommend In their report material changes In the form of the leajo to better protect tho rights and Interests of the city. Transit Director Twining today Issued a statement tn the public nsklng that In the present situation the matters of construction, and , , operation of the high-speed system be un- yi derstood as subjects entirely separate and - j distinct mV!,, The Director did not hestltate to forecast "tough railing" for the present draft of the lease If the people heed the recommen-' A: datlons nnd sugcestiont tn be contained V," v. 1 li flm rimrt nf tho N?nu VtrL' flr.v, n,f fw . '1 his own report, now about ready to be sent -' In IIia MnVftF V. v.. .... ........... . "1'nder the terms of the 19(f" agreement.",, the Director said, "the city sold Its blrth- rlr.ht for a .mess of Pottage; -under th " 1 proposed leaso it looks as though the com pany would like lo take the coat nnd shirt , ten ! WHAT RiyOIlT WIU. SHOW In order pot to give the people the antl sls piecemeal he declined to divulge any of the suggestions and recommendations which would bo contained In the two re ports. He said, however, that the report among other things would show: I. Where the city Is not properly pro tected Under the present form of H M the lease. f VH Why It Is not properly protected. O What changes should be mads la '! " the lease to protect the city. Director Twining appealed for a full and r9 frank consideration of all phases of ,th' J-J leasing question by the publlo before ny v '.fl BICJ 13 IftlVCW vttnv,(i jiiwj ".r- Ii4sij.i...w ni rffcctlve. )$ rrti.i. -.a !... f.t thi nlpAMAP i11ik4r In fiartt " ,'v: "Tho public mind seems to be very much jV contused at present over the recent devel-A ?m opmenis in me iransu snuaLiuu. fr - "It; should be clearly stated at first thatfl'jJ llie liaiian iuuuitiii yutiDtsio ui l.tw uiouiib, ivas parts : UtS "Klrst. The construction program, whlcri ha3 been definitely approved, authorized, financed, settled and is now behind us. "Second. An operating problem which must bo settled before the people can cure what they most desire, namely, rapid transit service. "The leaso now before the public pre sents the terms upon which the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company has expressed Its willingness and ability to lease the city' system. "An analysis of their proposal Is now being made by this department and will be luado public In a shoit time. PUBLIC SHOULD UNDERSTAND "UJie public, however, In the meantime should clearly understand that this depart ment regards the construction of the sys tems as authorized not to be open to further , discus; ion except as such construction may J.'VjJ bo forced by the requirements of the lease. when executed. s , .T'f "The peoplo should understand that th .JM . .. ,....,- ..i.. .. ui. .... ..i 'fV?a irnnsui niiuuliiiii iuuui. mill lui oiiutuu I . ..- authorized and no lessee pr operator of th .S lines provided, Is like a man jvho purchases MS a buggy before making arrangements for a.,, el horse. ; r tvB "The lines are being built to run cars ' ffiM on , the city lias no desire to purchase the 'i'V'il Cars or equipment, oui uenires iu icasa hit t L ,M right to operate these lines upon fair and i, Continued on race ii. Column Hire 2 NEUTRALS, 2 BRITISH '4 SHIPS, U-BOATS' TOJI n Record Since February 1, iff rnfiina 5tR TTnnhnllirrfironfj & Xi ' " " "" ' ?'- Vi TS Total Tonnage, 255,000 LONDON. Feb. 19.,t Four more ships have been sunk1 today r? In the renewed aerman,u-uoat war. Tfiia of them were Jlrltlshers and twowirttf '? n,ll.alii k. t- jir tona, and the Oakmont. 434a ton. , Mu .j.,.vnl 1 ., r fliB Qnantap ' ' 11I-UIIM10 " 4 ! ,, Thi? British ahlps were the lolo, '39 3L Moradrlatlco. 2410 tons, and the Norse j man Del Mata. Both sailed from Nw ! York for French ports. -s 51 NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Fleets of n planes are being usta Dy me urimn mlralty in ine searcn lor uerman auny w.j rlnes In the oarreu zone waiers arouna ; ,-j-.a iiriiiMh Isles. It was declared here Xo4t' J by persons who have Just arrived (-Mlvyy Europe. . These air machines nre equipped iWltH,', wireless so that they can keep In commMKi cation with the notiuas ot aestroyerswn are constantly combine the seas. Also, i aviators carry bombs so that they attack any nostiie suomanne mat be lhted.. Ud to today the Qermans had ships la their U-boat warfare which Keoruary , nTina uwit detroyeo Buey, nese lit . 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