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0TING WOMEN
fIGHT POLICE IN
!00D COST WAR
t
iousewives Raid Chin a
b'stote for Missiles and
II Rnmbnrd Dealer
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(AGISTRATE ROUTS MOB
fciw nntl Detectives, in Auto,
I' Disperse Rioters Seven
la fppnth Arrest Made
lx,-
E jUdtlnK by hou'ewlves protesting against
fcih costs of foodstuffs, blared forth In the
RKtto again today, wlillo the re-cntorceu
feollce teclert themselves 10 cnecis mniisei-
Ifera Statc-nldo probe into tho food sltua-
twn
4. rrnnd of flftV llldlgnint WOIllCtl, at-
jeklnE a fish market at S!8 houtli Fourth
u.. .n. iiin(rsprt bv Magistrate Imber
Pi his automobile Tho Magistrate re-
6A. determined assault Mas made on the
Lin. Here the proprletoi , Jacob Fotanl.ls,
nlrig 1'" in spue ol inc uojcoii, was
Ken by surpriso ana soon nis siocu w.is
fcj Into the gutter 1'or "ammunition"
vomen invaucu me crockery snop or
v Inner. S2G feouth fourth street, next
tr.tnhere they encountered Belglc re
fchce, In tho incleo tho woman's hand
t'badly cut by broken crockerj. Dishes
Mused as mlf-slles to smash the windows
the fish market.
Pnllrpman Moore, of the Second and
Irntlan streets station, was making vain"
ferts to protect tho store -when some one
-. .. .. ...
mid in a not can aiagistrato imber, at
i Second and Christian streets station,
inned Into Ills automobile and DctcctUps
Sola, Martlnelll and Bozarth tumbled In
fur him Tho motorcar, racing to the
frene of disorder,, filghtened tho crowd,
Find the women dispersed, shouting threats
'lit the barricaded shoa
Tf Investigation of high prices, of foods will
tM aougnt Dy itcpresentatlvo Leopold C
Hlais, of 1613 South fclvth street, whoild
tftlt he would ask for the appointment by
"ottrnor Brumbaugh of a commission made
pot three or mo men with expert knowl
bt of markets.
JOne arrest was mado this morning on
Kith Seventh street, the scene of many
swnstratlons jesterday, when islxtecn ar
rU,were made.
fe woman niOTEU arrested
iwrsarali Schlitzer. 2111 South fourth
te tras arrested on a charge of highway
bery when sho snatched a chicken from
i Toman who said she had purchased It
Wja sick member of her family. Mrs
ScMltxer was held without ball bv aiocls.
rite Baker, at tho fourth street and Snider
penue station, for further hearing
fciension was nigh today In the food riot
urei wan large market-day crowds surg-
liuirougn mo streets: Tho presence of
tt DOllc In larirn immhaT'a liala !, .. ...
I Check, but the storm threatened to ti'-eak
lujr mnineni. realizing that the women
n uii me erge or uesperatlon, police
va uuiiucuieu ine police guard time
d a?aln at nolnts uhpm .lnticrc ilrAn
ed. On South Secnth street, eight tiniest
to) Usual number nf tinllman ..,... ,.
TO, They kept tlie crowds molnir and
ITOke Un ntlfmnta ir o(qr, .l.n..n. ..,
tivo alleged rioters, who were arrested
W, Interfering with tho pollco lato last
.m "in nciu m ouu oau toaay by Mag
arate Baker for further imnrinv i i...
jjthan Horwltz, seenteen ear's old, 1619
" rruni street, and Ilarrv Kaplan,
feoty-me lears old. 2nar. Smi, rirMi,
treet. ' -
the pressure of the bojeott on potat ics,
p Mumtui ana onions was relt today,
as etldenced by tho fact that most of
Wlmerchants cautiously withdrew these
go-priced foods from the market
pa leai ot boycott Is spreading to mer
ta whoso products have not jet been
lUfled In tllA Wnmnn'fl I'KIm.I.II.i i
Mutcners alone Seenh RtrAAf einria.i
pTement this morningr to adopt methods to
KVtntfttha hnPHtt fmm enPAn.ll. rri
Billon 7 1 ci'v.uiiiK iiwy
Will JlOlfl flH Innrmnl niAnl.. o i ., L
Piine homo of one or their number It wa
i mis moinini; Jleetlnffs of dealers
A Other rninmnrlltlAu r,irt t.i
JPf although no definite organization has
.Because Of thft rlptpntlnn Kv iUa. nntl.A nt
gtrai women taken at Seenth and Mr-
aLreeiB, a crowd of more than 500
UltlCd IhA Tuition E(nlAn . H-..-.1. I
r . - - ,.wu omilUII Ut i UUIUI UIIU
SS5.?enU8 last nlBht They were
-.-.H.uiuusii me ereorts ot Leopold Glass,
gfwintathe of the rirbt Jilstrftt. who
rained bondRmpn fn ti-,A niAnA .
K. - " ..W JIOUJCIOi
IS.SEVEItAt. HELD FOR TRIAL
fJJuring the late afternoon, sixteen arrests
Intra wr y,a i a -- ..
f m..,::: '"-. " " ior tourt
Lius. 2 l0 uaKer in the fourth street
vr'vucr avenue police station.
, ro narry ssteln. eighteen, 511 De
y street: Benjamin Schwartz, twenty.
?i .. " Blreet; Holder Man haft,
mtvlli V. " "'""' eet; jacon cart,
K; X. l: 13 Jaclson street ; Benjamin
Witt thlrtV.thrAA njte c...t. ii...-y.u
6 ir . ert Bernste'n. twenty, 01C
fc vini '""" wcuann. thirty, Mar
rv ?!! iIarry Je"en, llfty.two, Mar
Litr ?! nS0 Lace' Blxtcen. 41G Cath-
hiiS. ittu"" Austrorr, twenty-six,
o Be?ue! Nanne Brenner, thlrty-
? 723 niiner street: " "K"
'THE WEATHER
ft FOREQABT
WPM1ale1t)hla and .;;(.,r..
RTner fonftf, with lowest temper.
2; f' -" iujjiuiv inning iem-
Jth to west winds.
31 LENGTH OP BAV
Si'"" s n " m' ,1 Mon rliff,,? 21 a m.
' .P.m, Moon .! 82o5m.
"l"wis niVER TWK tHANOia
J Tfc ' -" ; if -BtW 1 IIIt
JrKKATlJBEEACH HOUIt
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"MOTHER" MUNRO
The latest move of Mrs. HurIi V.
Munro furtlicr to cndeai herself
to KcnsiiiRton housewives is the
formation of n co-operative market
ing campaiRn to combat the "high
"C0St Of llMIIR."
ALLEGED POISONING
OF FUNSTON DENIED
War Depaitment Stamps as Untrue a
Published Stoiy That Crucial
Was Muidecd
WASIIINOTOV. foh 23 A tor pub
lMied In rittstuiiRli tod i tint Cleiieril
fiederlclc futiMoti wni tho lctlm of a
poison plot wai denied at tho Win llepitt
ment this afternoon It was st itcd odkHlly
tliit tho poWon report w'ih hi ought tn tho
attention of the ilrpittmcnt eeial rtaji
nf,o and hat on Im obligation bcBiin at
once, hai iroed it to ho untrue
According to tho rittslmrsh account a
foimer attempt lnil been mado to poSon
Ocr.er.il T'unstnn and hla phjslclan Doctor
Irish, was pledged to secrec This (time
ro the story roc the plotteis inKed prus3lc
acid with his food
General Pershing, nccotdlng to the I'ltti.
buigh storj, wlrt be the wt arm officer
poisoned
rlho unnamed Intoimant In rittshurgh Is
reported to hao sild tho motlo of these
plotters (presumably German smp1tlllzers)
wna to do awnj with two of tho most for
midable generals of tho fntted MnRs
atmy before hoBtllltlca with Geimanj
should begin
BRUHlBAUf
EATS
TDER FIRE,
VO-BIT CAFE
Governor and Party Shun Lancaster's
Good Hotel and Dine at Cheap
"Around tho Corner" Place
IiANCASTETt. Pa, Teh 23 Goernor
Brumbaugh since tho probo of his expen
ditures began, has taken to tho llttlo
restaurant around the corner ' In 1-an-castei
and, when ho lslted here jcsteulnj,
with is wife chauffeur, secretan and dog,
tho quintet dined at u well-known twenty-fle-ceiit
plate
The restaurant abuts the Hotel Bruns
wick, where the lloernor has alwajs
staed, and where he often meets I.leu
temnt Governor McClihi 'T.egular din
ners' were sened to the Goernot s paitj
ONE POLICEMAN HELD
IN KIPPAX SLAYING
O'Connor Must Face Grand Jury
for Alleged Part in Death
of Boy
Oeorgo Shotmlller. a policeman at the
Manaiunk station, was discharged today In
the coroner's Inquest Into tho death of
Arthur K!pi scventeen-j ear-old lad who
was shot and killed on February 11. when
climbing n, fence at the storo of Natlnn
Potts 4117 ManajunU aenue, and Po
liceman O Connor, of the P"ino station, was
held without bill to await the haling of the
(i land Juiy
Testimony brought out befoie Coroner
William It Knight at tho City Hall today
b Dr William Wadsworth showed that
Klppax was shot In tho back ot the neck,
and that one bullet passed through the
spine at tho baso of the head and the other
through one of his hips Doth came from
behind Doctoi Wadsworth said that pre
vious reports that the boy had been shot In
the forehead were erroneous
William V Itobbinson, 5143 llldge aenue,
tho first of the three bns put on the stand,
today tcsttlled that Klppax and tho other
two bojs Alfted Leech, 537 Jamestown ave
nue, and William Soliej. 3907 Mitchell
street had anonged beforehand to rob the
store of Nathan Potts
The store Is located at 4417 Mnnayunk
avenue Tho witness said that Robinson
and Leech weio tho fhst to enter the store.
He said today that Klppax went to his
home to get two suit cases In which to talte
away the loot. Ho added that Klppax did
not get two suit cases, but came to the store
with one suit case and a b-.tc.iel. about five
minutes after he and Leech had entered
Tho suit case and satchel were identified
on the stand today as the property of
members of the Klppax family.
Itoblnson also testified that two nflnules
after Sobey and Klppax returned with the
suit case dinfl satchel, they heard a noise
at the door and ran.
He said that Sobey and Leech went one
direction with Miller In pursuit, while ho
and I Klpplx went another, with O'Connor
following them.
Itobbinson says he himself fell oft the
fence In his fright, and he heard a nomber
of shots just as Klppax wbs starting to
climb tho fence. He says that at tho time,
O'Connor was the only officer In the yard
and that ho was about ft dozen feet from
them. He say? that Klppax was not fac
Ing the officer, but making an attempt to
eThoWowner of the store, Nathan rotu.
testified that he had been erroneously quoted
when U vvas said that tolu&'l
was sure they were not In his store vvitn
ulterior motives.
Alton,
imtmg
RELIEF FOR EAST FROM FOOD
STRESS SEEN AS WEST SPEEDS
UP HEAVY TRAINS OF SUPPLIES
Commodities, to Arrive in Big Centers Soon,
Expected to Ease Situation Martine
Attempts to Force Embargo
Measure Through Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. An amendment to the revenue bill,
empowering the Pi esident to sei?e foodstufls "wrongfully held for
the purpose of unjust increases in prices" in violation of anti-trust
laws, was intioduced in the Senate today by Senator Lewis, Admin
istration whip. ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. .'. A final attempt to force a food em
bargo through Congress was made in the Senate today when Sena
tor Martine, New .leisey, olTcred a resolution piohibiting the expor
tation of staple food products.
TDKLIEr from tile ncai-prolnbitivc qost of living, which has roused eastern
centcis to open revolt, is in sight, with the speedy dispatch of carloads
of foodstuffs from the West and Middle West.
pRKSIDKNT WILSON and CoiiRress sought means to give assistance; the
President through confeience with his Cabinet, and Congtcss tluough
measuies to investigate and facilitate transportation Pi eight congestion,
apparently has been slightly eased. Senator Martine tried to force a
food embargo tluough the Senate.
A NATIONAL fund of ?100,000,000 is pioposcd by a group of Senators to pur
" chase food and resell to the poor at "reasonable pi ices." Official Wash
ington is not gicatly distuibcd nt the riots of foreign women.
.MEW YORK may have a food dictator. Legislation is before the Assembly
at Albany for State control and a $5,000,000 bond issue for taking over
market terminals to handle supplies in the laigc cities.
IN NEW YORK city noting continues with the Jewish matket day and fuithoi
A price advances. Figures show that there is more food stoied in the
metropolis than a year ago. Mayor plans lelief action.
A STATE-WIDE probe into the high cost of food in Pennsylvania was pioposcd
"" today by Representative Leopold C. Glass, of this city, while rioting broke
out again in southeast Philadelphia. Tho housewives' determination to
boycott high-piiccd food choked sales in fish, potatoes, chickens and onions.
MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR
PRODUCT TO
JIINNnAl'OI.IS Minn. Teb 21 rorty
cars, compnctly loided with flour, vcro
belns rushed In a 'relief special' over tho
Chicago Croat Western to Chicago and
eastern cities today as a measure to avert
Mlnniolls mill" the largest In Oio coun-
JERSEY SENATOR TRIES' TO FORCE
EMBARGO ON FOOD PRODUCTS
1VASHINC.TON, l"eb 3 A final attempt
ti force a food cmbirgo through Congress
w as mado In the Senato tod-n when Senator
Martine, New Jeisej, ofTercd a resolution
prohibiting tho exportation of staple food
products
"The tlmo has come" said Senitor Mat
tlne, "llen Congress should co-opeiato to
rellco tho suffering caused by tho high
cost of living Peoplo are rioting for bread
In New York From I'hllidelphla comes
the cry of hunger In this lind of pros
perity wealth and plenU no such condition
should exist
VV'o are shipping vast quantities of food
across the water while our own peoplo
EULOGY FOR FUNSTON
ROUSES PENROSE'S IRE
Objects to Tribute Planned Dur
ing Memorial Services
in Senate
By a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Teb 23 Monitor Pen.
lose, of Pennsjlvanla, Indicated today that
he did not believe a soldier should bo con
sidered In the same category with Const ess
men and Senators when ho vlgorousl pio
tebted to a request by Senator Thompson,
of Kansas, to be allowed to pronounce a
eulogy on tho late General Frederick Funs
ton at the conclusion of the eulogies which
are scheduled to be delivered Sunday In the
Senate for late members of tho House
When Senator Thompson had made his
lequest, henatoi Penrose Immediately took
the floor and registered ms protest, sajlng
that the proposition would be In 'wretched
taste" He said further It would not be In
accord with tho prestige and precedents of
the feenate, and gave numerous other
reasons Just what Penrose holds against
Funston could not bo ascertained, but his
remarks and the whole proceeding were
thought to be In such bad form that Senator
Clapp asked unanimous consent to have the
whole affair stricken from the .Senate
records
Senator Reed also took occasion to sug
gest that In view of the opposition and
remarks of the Pennsjlvanla Senator,
Senator Thompson withdraw his request
This Senator Thompson refused to do
and also refused to consent to have his re
quest stricken from the record.
Tho Pennsylvania Senator also Informed
the Senate that he wanted his remarks to
remain In the record. The whole matter
was finally closed on a call for the regular
order, w hich Immediately displaced the ques
tion ot the Funston eulogy.
Prize Winners in the
Women's Pages Contest
ANNOUNCEMENT of tho prize
. winners in tho $100 contest for
tho best criticism of its woman's
pages will be made tomorrow by the
EVENING LEDGER
The names of tho winners of the
first prize of SO, of the second prize
of $30 and of the third prize of ?20
will then be published. The names
of the hundreds of other women
whose letters were found interest
ing also will be published.
England SequeL;t9, ey ond the 9rea OblivipnJ
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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
MILLS SPEED
CITIES OF THE EAST
trj, todav worked ?cventy-fle per cent
rnpacltj In prepirlng foi anothei FpecHI to
be dispatched tonight Through an unseen
Influence, reported to bo a redcrnl agent,
Minneapolis millers were assured tint 100
cars would be sent them with the express
undcrtandlng that tho cirs bo loaded for
New 1'ngland points
star-e Should Congress stand blind to
the suffering: of obr fellow citizens' An
embargo on staplo food products will lower
prices '
Senitor Martine described the gay reelr
and unparalleled extraaganco along Broad
way while 'a few blocks away peoplo were
lr lor bread "
In an effort to get Immediate relief from
tho acuto food situation In the Kist Chair.
man Dciimtn, of tho ne federal .Shipping
Doird, conferred with tho President this
afternoon on a plan to press Into tonstulse
trado foreign vessels constructed or under
Continued on face Too. Column Too
MYSTERY IN MOTIVE
OF BELGIAN'S INJURY
Not Yet Determined Whether
Badly Hurt Hotel Guest
Leaped or Fell From Window
Joseph I'ranses, a Well-to-do leathci
dealer, of Greece and Belgium, either fell
or leaped from a seventh-story window of
tho Hotel Majestic, Broad street and GIrard
avenue, today, breaking many bones from
the Impact on the loot of a two-story build
ing below
He is unconscious In St Josephs Hos
pital, where It is believed he will die His
wife's mother, Mrs Marie Macklnstosh, of
Toronto, Can , has been notified by the
police,"
Considerable mjstery was occasioned at
first by the refusal of the hotel management
to give Information about Franses, who had
stopped at the hotel nine months It was
reported by the police that he was a bujlng
agent for the Allies In this country This
was denied by J H Pickett, of Dungan
Hood & Co , Ine , leather manufacturers,
240 West Susquehanna avenue, with whom
Franses had been connected since 1009 as
selling agent in Belgium.
"Whether or not Franses tried to commit
suicide I do not know," said Mr Pickett
"He showed no Intention to do so. Ho was
very optlmlstla the last time I saw him, a
few dajs ago "
Franses, whose home Is u Salonlca,
Greece, came to this city nine months ago
to place orders for leather supplies for his
company In Brussels, Les Flls de Josoue
Franses, his object being to be first on
the market at the close of the war. which
he believed would come soon. His wife
died In Brussels two months before he left.
He has two children In Brussels. His
father, Josoue I'ranses, and other relatives
live In Salonlca,
A veil of secrecy was thrown nhQut the
accident by J, S. McCartney, manager of
the hotel, who instructed employes to give
no Information.
The man was found shortly before 7 o'clock
when a woman guest at.the hotel telephoned
to Hotel Detective TUco that sho heard
queer noises. Franses was removed to St.
Joseph's Hospital In an ambulance of the
Eighth and Jefferson streets police station.
Franses was knocked unconscious by the
fall and his skull probably fractured One
leg and several ribs were broken and he
received Internal Injuries. He was partly
dressed, but barefooted, when found.
l&tfttltt
23, 1917
Coriamiir,
QUICK
U. S. BARS AMMUNITION FOR CARRANZA LEADER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 The State Department has lefused
to giant n specific lcquebt of the Mexican Government to Import
fiom this countty two million l omuls of ammunition for General
Muigh, commnndei of the Constitutionalist forces in northern Mexico.
100 STICKS OP DYNAMITE UNDER P. R. R. BRIDGE
MILroitD. Del.. Feb. 23. One humlied sticks of dynamite were
found beneath n lnlhoad hiidge on the Pennsylvania line heie today.
It is believed mi attempt to blow up the biidge had btcn planned.
NORTHERN MINNESOTA TACES COAL FAMINE
nULUTH, Minn., Teh. 23. Vlitually eveiy community In tho
Mcstbt lion lilnge of noithein Minnesota is thmatencd with a coil
famine fcoid wood, turned to in this, timbci countiy foi relief, iu
bin ltd bciunth Impenetrable ciiow dilfts
SUFFRAGE TO GO BEFORE MAINE VOTERS
AUtirsTA, Me. I'tli 2.! Ooveinoi Mllllkcn toclav signed the resolution sub
mlttliiK nn cciti.il milTi.mo amendment to tho Constitution to tho peoplo ot Maine
in the second .Moncla In September nf tho present jcar. Tho mensuro received
twelve voles 111010 linn the nctessirj twothrids In the IIouso and was passed
ununlincni'il.v In tho Senate.
MAIL HALTED; U. S. BUSINESS IN LONDON CRIPPLED
LONDON, rcb 2! Amcilrnn lnislncsi heie H bcliift tied Into knots by
ilel.iv In in ills fioni tho fnlted Stiitcs The Inst mail received hero, dated Januaty
27, came rebunrj I. Tlicro has been none lnie.
310,2.-) 1.2G9 IN CITY TREASURY
The wetklv statement itC City Tieaiucr William McCoach shows that the
lecelpts nmoiiutcil to $".'12ti(170 and the pajincnls to $1,1J1,33S 93, which, with tho
sum on hand list wccU. not lin-luding the blnking fund account, leaves on hand
a balinco of $19,21 JI.D 11.
.JAPAN TO HAVE 7 SUPERDREADNOUGHTS BY 1923
lOKIO, I'cb 23 Accoiding to Japan's naval ptogram, she will have seven
siiperdiendnoughts of tho sticngth of the Ailzona, America's largest fighting'
vessel, h 19.3 Tho last vvaiship of tho lino to be launched was tho Hjusa, ono
of tho most powerful men of v.u In tho wot Id' The lluga Is the fourth battleship
of her clafcs to bo completed Sho curies tvvclvo fourteen Inch guns.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP ORLEANS PASSES WAR ZONE
BOUDIJAl'N, Feb 23 ---A vvhrlcss message .-ecelvod hero today from the
Anglican steamship Orleans f-a-5 that sho has passed through tho danger zone
and will sooif aiiive In poit (Tho Orleans and tho Hochester, both controlled by the
Kerr Steamship Comptuj, were tho Hist Ameilcan freighters to embark for tho
baned zono nftct tho break with Get many. German papers described their sailing
.is "wickedly tempting God" The Hochester also Is bound for Bordcau, and Is
expected to make pott within tho nct few dajs)
J. P. MORGAN & CO. SEND
Tho riilladolphlv "Mint has received
tho account of J. P. Morgan & Co The
BIG LOCOMOTIVE ORDER FOR BALDWIN'S
The Baldwin Locomotive Woiks has received oiders for tho following locomotives-
Thlrtv five Mikado tpo foi the Illinois Ccntial Railroad; twenty Pacific tjpo
for tho Lehigh alley Hallro id, and thlrtj six of another kind, and ono for tho
Carnegie Steel Company Homestead plant. This, It was said, was ono of tho
largest locomotive orders Baldwin's hao received rctcntlj.
WINDOW GLASS UP 10 PER CENT MORE .
PITTSBURGH, Feb 23 Tho Ameilcan Window Glass Company has advanced
prices on all lines of window glass ten per cent. The last previous advanco was
mado In December when tho list was put up ten per cent.
FRANCE TO CONSERVE COPPER; U-BOATS CUT SUPPLY
PARIS, I'cb 23 Tho Government Is preparing to take an Inventory of nil
tho coppei In the Republic, It was learned today that a bill Is being prepared
for Intioductlon in tho Chamber of Deputies piovldlng that all who have moro
than a hundredweight of copper in their posscssldn dcclire It to tho authorities
at once. (Tho fotesroing Indicates that tho German submnilno war is beginning
to mako itself felt In Fiance. Franco has got tho bulk of hei copper supply for
munitions from tho United States)
HOGS SCORE NEW HIGH RECORD OF $13 IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 23 -Finnco has bought 15,000,000 pounds of fat backs here,
paving tho highest price known, for futuio shipment. Hogs havo reached 913 a
new high rccotd
U. S. RELIEF SHIPS GOING TO BEIRUT
WASHINGTON, Teb. 23 If Turkey proves unable or unwilling to nhtaln from
Germany and Austria tho safe conducts asked for by tho United States for its
warships to go to Behut to bilng nvvay the 1000 American refugees there, it Is
vlitually certain that tho phips will go without them. Tho trip would lake them
through tho submaiino zono and through a part ot It whero Austrian submarines
have been active If tho mako such a trip, they will go with tho ejes of the
world focused on them, sinco any attempt against them by submarines would
bo an act of war.
FINED 5500 FOR SELLING ONE DRINK OF WHISKY
HATTinSBURG, Miss, Feb 23 Robert Beard was fined $500 when caught
selling ono drink of whisky for twenty five eents., Tho quarter was marked.
Beard paid his fine.
TWENTY AMERICAN CONSULS REACH BERNE
WASHINGTON, I'eb. 23 Tho State Department today received word of the
ariival at Berno Febiuary 20 ot twenty American Consuls from various points in
Geimany. United States Tieasury Agent Gottschalk is with them. Uinst Enter
mann. Vice Consul at Stuttgart, Germany, was taken ill nt Llndau and is now
in a hospital there.
SHIP SEIZURE BILL REPORTED IN HOUSE
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. An administration bill amending the shipping board
act and giving tho Fresident power to tako possession in time, of national emregency
of vessels which may be under construction for foreign purchasers in American
shipyards was reported to tho House by Chairman Alexander, of the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
SCHWAB PROMISES MEN FOR WAR DUTY
NEW YORK, Teb. 23 Charles M. Schwab, for the Iron and steel idustrles with
which he is identified, and Pollco Commissioner Arthur AVoods, for tho police force
of the citl , promised for the defense of tho country in caso ot need the services of
the menthey command. Both were speakers at tho annual dinner of the Police
Lieutenants' Benevolent Association at the Waldorf.
PANAMA CANAL BREAKS BUSINESS RECORD
WASHINGTON, Teb. 23. Tho Panama Canal did its biggest month's business
In January, according to figures avallablo today, 170 vessels vvitli a. tonnage'of B5T.839,
having passed thtough tho waterway. The previous record was in July, 1915)
"when 170 ships of 547.370 tonnage passed through tho canal January also set a
new record for customs business ut tne
performed for 736 craft, including those
101", m inc rcauo Ltcoti CouriNt
NEWS
$12,000,000 GOLD TO MINT
J12.000.000 moro In gold to bo credited to
consignment arrived from Canada.
canal terminal ports, where services were
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passing through the canal.
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BRITAIN'S FOOD :
IN PERIL, SAYS
LL0YDGE0RGE
Asserts U-Boat Menace
Critical Unless Met
Immediately
SUPPLIES AT HAND
LOWEST ON RECORD
Will Bar All Luxuries and
Import Necessities
Only
SHORTAGE OF SHIPS GRAVE
Most Revolutionary Program of
Restrictions Ordered by
Premier
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. r
Robert Allen lladdcn, American mis
sionary, was killed when the French
liner Athos was sunk by n submarine
210 miles cast of Malta on February
17. the State Department announced
today.
litis information reached the State
Department in a dispatch from Consul
KcblinRcr, at Malta.
Haddcn was an American Frcsby
tcrian missionary and was stationed at
Foochow, China. His American address
was given as the Mission Board.
Germany's submarines are menacing
seriously Great Britain's tonnage and
food supply. This was admitted by
Premier Lloyd George in the House of
Commons today. Lloyd George pro
posed a most drastic program to meet
the crisis. The alternative would be
national disaster,1 he said. All luxuries
will be .barred. Imports will be re
stricted to necessities only. The Gov
ernment will control food prices for
years to come and submarines will be
hunted "from the deep." "Enormous
sacrifices" will be imposed upon tht
British people, and tho entire scheme
will Involve vlrtually"an economic revo
lution. Germnnv hns no intention to civaS un
her submarine weapon, according to J?3,
declarations in tho Reichstac. Wash- iftA
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lncrton is now thorouehly coemzant of V'
this fact. As a result, following re
ceipt of the reply to Ambassador Pen-,
field's note from Austria, a severance
of diplomatic relations is expected, to
be ollovved by similar action in regard,
to Bulgaria and Turkey. President Wil
son will go before Congress early next
week.
The Government has not yet reached
any decision on the question of arming
American liners, Secretary of tho Navy
Daniels admitted today, following a
t conference with P. A. S. Franklin, head
of the American Line.
U-BOATS FORCE RADICAL
PLAN BY LLOYD GEORGE
LONDON, Feb. 23.
race to face with a menace of admitted
gravity to her food supplies, through oper
ation of Germany's submarines, England
has determined upon the most drastic cur
tailment of her Imports.
All luxuries will bo banned. Nonessen
tial staples must make way for the neces
sities of war.
Tremler Llojd George announced these
sweeping steps In the House of Commons
today. ,
The restrictive plans will affect the very
foundations of British life. They will prac
tically Influence the dining table ot every
British citizen.
"If such a program is carried out." the
Tremler graely promised his audience,
"England can face the enemy's worsf. ,
"Food stocks are lowest In our recolleo-, i:,j
tlon," England's man of the hour declared, L2f
"due to bad harvests " For the nation I
life Increased production Is necessary.
'The jcar before the war fifty millions
of tons of shipping entered British ports.
"During the past year the total was
30,000,000. This was due partly to the
allocation ot tonnage to our Allies.
"Italy and France are begging for mor x4t.
ships.
"A considerable portion of our tonnage
has been sunk by submarines during th4
past thirty months. The ratio has be
Increased during- the past four or flv5
Continued en Tase Four, Column 6m
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Rostand Talks - s
of the Great War '-
An interview with the famous '
French poet and dramatist, ob- f
tainedby ,$$$&''
special correspondent of! fSS ,
Evening Ledger in France, trill
appear In tomorrow's jl
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