CTff Kf. K i f rW- ' i M OTY HALL MARCH Mighty Protest to Be Made Monday by Ghetto Women CHILDREN IN P.ROCESSION Horrors of High Cost Food Situation to Bo Forcibly Presented , Pinna to march on City Hall In a mighty protest that will take the menace of nun try children to the heart of the city are being made today by houaewlvea In meet ings In the Ghetto. The demonstration (a set for Monday morning;, according to the achedule lielng mapped out this afternoon by the women, who Intend by this means and by boycotts ualnst high-priced foods to brlnpt down the cost of llvln. Children and babies will be taken alone In the parade that will present the food situation forcibly to the attention of the city authorities. The situation, vihlch has resulted In food riots the last three days and the closing ot many- shops In the Jewish quarter, assumed ' Important proportions with the oallloc of at least three mass-meetlnKS In the south east section of the city this afternoon Meetings were held at Royal Hall. Seventh and Morris streets; New Auditorium Hall, Seventh street and Pnder aenue. and Lyric Hall. Sixth and Christian streets Tension was high at each meeting Kx elled housewives, crylnR out In Yiddish that their children were suffering for food. aios and demanded violence to brine down the prices. Cooler heads prevailed and careful plans to brlwc pressure upon food dealers, wholesale and retail, were made The boycott against retail dealeis In chickens, fish, onions, beans and potatoes having resulted In many shops withdrawing these products from the market, the house wives, scenting victory, plan to extend the bojeott to (lour, all meats, butter ami eggs. They plan also to force a bojeott on tin wholesalers, the "man higher up." The city's aid In forcing the wholesale price own will be sought. In addition, messages have been sent to rabbis to withdraw the "kosher" knives, so that no more slaughter ing may take place according to the ancient religious custom. By this means the de termined housewives Intend to bocott meats of all kinds. Banners bearing the slogans that will be adopted this afternoon will be carried In the parade Monday. Children will be kept home from school to take part In the parade. Many housewives declared that If -the school authorities objected they would be Informed that "the children were too hungry to go to school, and that It was the parents' duty to use them In the effort to obtain Justice for the little ones. Although tension ran high throughout the .Ghetto today, re-enforcements of policemen "and the fact that today Is the Jeulsh Sab bath had a. quieting effect on the protest ing housewives. Most or tne shops and markets were closed and many of those that were open did not offer for sale the forbidden articles of food. Not a potato wh to be seen along the entire length of jtb. Seventh street market today, and chlck ; eUsoverc scarce. ' HOLIDAY CROWDS MENACING Large holiday crowds were on the streets today and open threats wero made against the wholesale dealers should the prices con tinue at their present rate. The police pre pared themselves for any demonstration .that may follow with sundown, when the Babbath shall have ended. It was reported that a demonstration would be staged to night. The food boycott reacted today upon the price of eggs, which dropped to 30 'j and 40 cents a dozen. Yesterday eggs sold at 41 and 42 .cents and the day before at 46 AMERICAN COUNTESS SEES POLAND FREE Downfall of Germany at Early Date Also Among Predictions of Madamo Turczynowicz Countess Laura de Gozdawa Turcxyno wlc -came to Philadelphia today for the first time since she became famous as the author of "When the Prussians Came to Poland." ' She. granted an Interview at the home of Mrs. Robert von Moschzlsker. 2101 De Lancey place, where she was the honor fPi guest at a luncheon, and talked about some of the pleasing things In contrast to the horrors she depicted In her book. The Countess sees In the not 'distant future a dompletely free Poland ; nn autonomous nation made up of the three divisions which Germany, Russia and Aus tria divided among them many years ago "The Poles want to be wholly free," said the distinguished visitor; "they don't want to be free In a German house." The hope of a free Poland, she believes, rests with Rus sian, that Is, Allied victory. "It Is a monstrous lie when they say Russia Is contemplating a separate peace. Russia will fight to the end with the rest of her allies." Madame, as her friends address her. Is the very Interesting type of woman that you would expect any American girl to become after a long life abroad. She was Laura Blackwell before her marriage to the Polish nobleman. She Is of the matronly type and her hair Is so distinctively blond of the schoolgirl sort, that one Is continu ally for looking at It Yet, if one didn't know, the fact that the Countess Is Amerlcan-boin would hardly be realized. She has taken on the Continental flavor, and even forgets her native Idioms at times. "Let us see. how do ou say It In Kng. v llsh?" she asks every once In a while. Her children, five and seven, are over here with her "Do they talk Kngllsh?" you aak, and she .answers that they talk five languages. The children helped to get her out of Poland, for she told the Invaders If she was not permitted to go she would spread typhus fever, which the children had, all oyer the territory the Germans conquered. 1 Eo the Countess says she managed to make the Germans sufficiently cowed to gain per- r. mission to jeave. The end of the Turk In Kur6p'e. a hundred . per cent defeat of Germany, the comnleta E oUapse of the Hapsburg monarchy, are ,i wings ice countess expects shortly, Menn- wMte ahe'wlll atav 111 Amerlra. foftnrlnv tar-exptrlenees when the Germans came in Katet4, anil turnlnr In the money far r.. ' Utt purpeMc.V8ht doean't know, she says, ',mt aha can.lmactee the horrors that Pole ICfUm Wr,.M1 new, rive In. ahe savs ; WW mvrb maiU'tjo tight, for Oer- jtreieat tnal Jfiey are nght- mw wii.,jrec i-oiarK! ; way waa no German HI SAMP, OR BIG HOMINY, BLOW TO LIVING COST - "" " Old-Time Food Has Higher Ca loric Properties Than Much Touted Potato C.M.tmlF Anv fit several units the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree centigrade. U'cb tfr' (clonnrv. A m.a.urem.nl of heat cnrgv of machinery and animal Prof. Alootn K. Tavlor, tl, !,, Vnlvtrtllu 0 I'rniuiH'ottlrt, Ramp, t'ver hear of It? Bid It welcome In the home. In the same breath, adieu to potatoes and the high prices they command at tho present time, Ramp, It Is predicted, will snon reign supreme over "King Spud," Of course, there are reasons, Samp Is Just one-third cheaper than potatoes at the present time Moie, each pound contains nearly seven times as many calories as a pound of pota toes. In other words. It supplies the bod with nlmost een times the amount of lii'Ht energy or nourishes Just that many more times, No, samp Is not a latent food, nor Is It new It Is Just plain hominy of a coarse grade Of course, tho corner grocer will look m stifled when he hears the word samp. Hut he has It stored In his bins under the label of coarse hominy. Tho price Is four cents per pound Potatoes nro about six cents per pound. POTATOES NOT NL'CHSSITY Samp, or coarse hominy, is Indorsed by the Health Intension Society and by the learned professors, who Know Juit how many calories a -person must cat earlx dny nnd In which common foods they arc found In abundant' From them comes tne in formation that potatoes are not Inde II luilirc 1. 1. .- are not lndl t that to traaiil diet Is llclloi pendable food They nsseit potatoes 11s a necessity in "bunk To lllustiate the stipervaliie of samp over potatoes as food a pionilnent doctor and professor of physiological chemistry who has devoted much time In experimenting nnd studying the value of foodstuffs fur nishes the following table One pound of potatoes, costing six cents, contains about 330 calories. One pound of samp, coating four cents, contains 1600 or more calories. A pet son obtains 375 miotics for one cent when he buys samp, nnd fifty-five raloilea for a cent's worth of potatoes. Samp :it four cents Is nearly seven times cheaper than potatoes at sK cents. During the present-day "slo-hlgh" prices, when the housewife Is dally facing the food problem. It Is well to know something about calories and where they are found In the greatest number. The tood scientists say that the averago maintenance latlon of adults Is somewhere in the vlclnlt of 35(10 or 4000 calories per day CALOR1K RKyilRKMKNTS Infants during their first e.ir requlrp about 500 to tiOO calories each ila All adult of about 160 pound", living In a loom about the same temperature as his body, resting, requires about 1600 calories each day. A person performing a light occupa tion should consume 2500 calories. For medium work. 3000 calories; hard work, tOOO to 6000 calories, and for excessle work a person may consume as many as S00O of these energy units. Ramp Is one ot the high average nour ishing or fuel-producing foods. Ten or eleven cents of samp will satisfy the needs of the average man for one day It is cheaper even than the much-heralded rice, which sells at five cents a pound and con tains 1500 calories An analysis of the Ingredients that form samp reveals the fact that It possesses nimnt elirht Der cent of proteins, sixty-six per cent starches, a bit of salt and the re mainder water. Again tho potato Is forced to suffer In comparison. Sound potatoes con tain a little less than one nnd one-half per cent of protein and twenty per cent of starch. fnder the scientific study that has been devoted to the food pioblems from an eco nomic standpoint, the potato has lost much of Its former prestige. Butter, even at the rate of sixty cents per pound. Is cheaper per calorie than potatoes at six cents per pound One pound of butter contains 3C00 fuinrixs. or slxtv calories for one cent, five more than obtained from a cent's worth of potatoes. Cheap cuts of meat, at twenty cents per pound, furnish sixty calories for one cent. A pound of potatoes Is twice as expensive under the calorie scale as a loaf of bread costing the same price, six cents They cost eight times more than oajmeal at eight cents a pound Head and shoulders above all these foods stands samp, however, with Its great energy producing value and low cost. Try It Soak It In water, then let It boll until It swells, much after the manner of oatmeal or tapioca. It Is generally served with milk and sugar Many persons already have started 'samplng it" for the benefit of both their health and their pocketbooks. News of the substitute for potatoes has caused a run on several grocery stores, where It Is reported samp or hominy sales have Increased nearly 100 per cent during the last two weeks. FIVE FREIGHTERS SAFELY NAVIGATE WAR ZONE One of Them, Flying American Flag, Unmolested by Submarines in "Barred Waters" NEW YOnK, (Feb 2t. Five freighters, three of them from the war zone, arilved In the port of New York toda) One of the vessels, the Manchuria, of the Atlantic Transport Line, files the American flag and sailed through the barred zone from Kng land without molestation from submarines The liner Orduna will sail from New Yotk today for England carrying freight and fifty passengers, five of whom are Amer icans. Another Cunarder, the Ascania, may also leave port today. MAN KILLED IN BARBER SHOP; ASAILANT FLEES Assassin Also Wounds Seriously An other Victim Police Puzzled by Shooting As he was being shaved In Verbl's bar ber shop, 727 Christian street, last night, Savarlo Galea, thirty-two years od, whose address Is unknown to the police, was In' stantly killed by a revolver shot fired by a man who rushed Into the shop and fled as soon as he had fired the shots. Another man, Joseph Steracl, of 1133 South Ninth street, was found a few minutes after the barber-shop shooting with bullet wounds In the cheek and side Just outside the shop, He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital In a serious condition . Alberto Alosect, the "barber, said he could not Identify the assassin. The police are mystified at the shooting. Alotecl Is being held as a material witness. Director Krusen Increases Staff plrector JCua.of' .the Department bf Health' and Charities, today announced k number of additions to the working force at the Philadelphia, General Hospital and to the achool medical ataff. The new appointees are Dr. John II. Copes, 2108 South Twentieth street, assistant dentist, salary ITQ0; Dr. Irwin H. Meyerhoff, 17S7 .North Sixteenth street, assistant school medical Inspector, 1(00, and Cecelia Halver ImAt. SIM Vlltrit:nrt viriim w... irar. ;, )n- I lt H'tywnty.tatrth street.' SAMP DWARFS SPUDS r- - yr m -.-. - ...., r .ft. U1 "tr" -t t ji , 4F-lV Y 4'w i Higher in caloric qualities, coarse hominy is lower than potatoes in price, smaller in wnstc nnd greater in healthful nourishment. Food cost increases have caused an equivalent bull movement in the demand for this hitherto overlooked cereal. CROESUS STUNS BANKING DISTRICT WITH VULGAR DISPLAY OP POTATOES Brokers Gaze in Rapt Admiration as Real Wealth Parades Before Them Truck Collapses and Police Aid in Rounding Up Valuable Nuggets A big li in klu, il of potatoes, guaiilcd In four men, swung In fioni Ilrlilesliiug this morning and sped hiNkly nlong the city streets Deeper and deeper Into the financial section of the town went those potatoes, ami clerks nnd cashiers left off counting gold to swatm out on the sidewalks and absorb the sight At Fifth ami Chestnut streets an Hle of the ttuik was t.etn to sag ami the load diopped a few Inches Sharp ci les of pain smote the nil' fioni n bundled tluoats, and .lohn Welsh, tt.illlc olllccr at that point, was rnmplrlclv unnerved On Chestnut Mivet, lit Oil.mn.i between Third nnd Fouith stieets. the wcarv axle g.io up the tight thrt ImiiIv of the wagon MEN'S TASTE WARPED, SAYS BISHOP TALBOT Lenten Sermon Deplores Tend ency to Prefer 'Cheap Movies,' Etc., to Good Books Most men would rather go to " cheap movie or theatre than go to a real Rood lectuie. nnd they would lather read a poor novel than real Instiuctlve books or good llteratuie. according to the lit. Itev. Kthelbert Talbot, Ulshop of the Kptscopal Diocese of Bethlehem. In his noonday Lenten sermon at thu fiarrlck Then tie. He said that this Is whv men do not get the real life they were put on eaith to get When Christ was on eatth. He taught men how to live. Ho showed them the good and Clirlstlan-llke waj of living, liver thing Ho did was good. "A man may be good, but It Is only a milk-and-water goodness. He should be whole-hearted and put all tho goodness of his heart Into what he does," Mild the Ulshop He said the l.oid came down on eaith to give us life, and that Is what ever man wants most of all llfo a pure and Chris tian life "All a man Is worth Is the good he has and the character he has won" This old quotation was relteiated several times din ing tho course of the sermon "I want to Impiess this upon your minds." p.tid Hishop Talbot, 'It Is ii very good thing to remem ber, and If vou alwavs tememher It. when the time comes' for our departure ftom this life, oil can look back and say that sou were worth the good you have and the charact-r von have won " PREACHER ASSAILS FOOD SPECULATORS Speculators who are piolltlng by the scarcity of food weie denounced In the noonday Lenten sermon preached today at Old Ht John's Lutheran Church, Jtace street, near Sixth street, by the Ilcv Dr. William L. llunton. His theme was "Satan's IF In the Oreat Temptation." "Satan, devll-llke. Is moving men today to pronounce the Church a fulluio because he has succeeded in filling men's hearts with greed for gain and the lust of blood, and plunged the woild Into the greatest and ino"t cruel war of history," said the preacher "He has moved many In our own coun try to make gain out of the blood of our fellow men and by sharp nnd often uncalled-for advances in prices at home to lob our neighbors on the pretext of feeding foielgners Americans have been and are being tempted of Satan by the lure of guld and thousands of them are yielding to the temptation They nre proving themselves un-Chrlstlan by taking selfish ndvantage of unusual Industrial and trade conditions They who feed cannon In Kutopc and cause food riots In America deposit profits to their eternal discredit In our banks Their money bears the Image of Satan : its super scription Is 'In ourselves we trust.' " SUFFRAGE TRUMPETS WILL RING AT WILSON JERICHO Congressional Union Plans Unique Demonstration Before White House, With "Thousands" Taking Part WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. President Wilson Is scheduled for a gratis presentation of the sixth chapter of Joshua, with suffragists taking the part of biblical personages, the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage announced today. Kvery day next week the suffrage hosts, like those of Joshua, will march solemnly around the iron fence of the White House, On the seventh day next Sunday they will compass the executive mansion seven tmes. To bring more forcibly to the presidential eara the fact that women want the ballot, six "hlgh-and-mlghty priestesses shall blow a blast upon sliver trumpets." Women from every State In the Union will participate. It was announced. Calls for 100,000 volunteers were scattered broad, cast, and while leaders would not asknowl edge that number had been reached they said there would .be "thousands" taking parU Brldgcton Trolley Man Promoted DTtlDaETON, N. J., Feb. hi, B. F. Hires, of this city, who has been manager of the Bridgeton and Mlllvllle Traction Company and the Bridgeton Electric Com pany for the last seventeen years and also In the same capacity for the Klectrlo Com pany of New Jersey for the last year, has been appointed special agent of the Ameri can Hallways Company, which owns the nroperty ot the above-named companies. Mr. Hires will be aucceeded as general manager by" W.'. J. prlen li Kyle, who nas nau extensive, ex- In western electric and txuver prop-, sagged down down mid nut and Hied potatoes spread themselves In hiindieils upon tho pavement, even unlo the doom, of the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com panv. Two potatoes even rolled Into the company oftlces,( where honest clerks picked them up nnd lestored them to their owneis. Put a crowd of olllce bovs were upon .lie cosily spuds from the other side and It rei?ulied stern work on the parr or the police to account for every one of Iho tubci.s. It took one-half hour for tho tiuck to get stalled again A census was taken of the spuds and the tantalizing caravnn started again Gold ' said Walsh, the Ira Mr ollli er. con temptuously 'Poiih'jhc load and unlo. id thnt stuff around here every difv ROSENTHAL DEMANDS EXONERATION OF CITY Artist Asks Retraction of State ment Independence Hall Pic tures Are "Fakes" IHiiitni- Dalesman, of the Drpaitiiiput of Public Woiks. was called upon lod,i b.v Albert Hosenthal, portialt painter, to make amends for nn assertion by Hubert C. HIcUs. special Investigator attached In the depart ment, that Krench portraits In Indepen dence Hall,- jialnted by Jlr. Rosenthal, ale "fakes." Mr. Itosenthal said he did not wish to sue the cltj for damages, but would be content with nn nlllclal statement that the- asseitlon was unfounded. The letter follo.s: Dear Sir Dliector Wilson's' olllce advises me that my letter dated Feb I nary 21, 1I17, In regard to .Mr. Itobeit C lllcks's statement befoie thn Civil Service Commission was icfened lo OII. Since writing 1 nm ciedlbl.v Informed lh.it .Mr Hicks has slated that he Inn no facts on which lo base his chaiire Involving tho authenticity of the gioup of Ki eiich portraits In' Independence Hall. I wWi fuither to slnto that In tip final statement of this matter I h.ivu no desire to Involve my native cltv m litigation or to bring action, however Justifiable, for the unfounded charges made against me by Mr. Hicks j it ir have 1 any wish to see him displaced from the position where his abilities are most useful to you and our cltv; nor no i caro to move against .Mr. Wilfoid .Irrd.in. curator of Independence Hall whoso only faults are his lack of e perlenee and Ignorance of the subject he has undertaken to Investigate; nor do I care to see him removed from his position, which he will doubtless learn to nil with dignity and knowledge of his subject. I will be content If you wtll piepare n statement, an official one. satisfactory to Mr. Hampton I,, raison, chairman of the Independence Hall Commission and the membeis of the commission and myself, this statement to bo sent to the press so that the relied on on the collection In Independence Hall be at least mitigated. If not entirely ie- moved. and that my standing ns a man ' "f repute be re-established as far as possible. ALHKP.T ItOSHNTHAL. Tho artist, whose paintings In question weie approved by the independence Hall Commission and purchased bv the city in 1900. explained that he took this means of "obtaining satisfaction" because Hicks had failed to make amends peisonally Hicks was acting chief of the llurcaii of city Property at the tlmo he stated to tho Clvlt Scrvlco Commission that Curator Joid.in lad "conclusive pioof" thnt sonio of the paintings were not genuine copies from originals In France I City Newsjn Brief CITY HAM. TKI.KI'IIOND 1IOOTIIS nn four floora were looted of twelve telephone receivers by thieves late yesterday after noon The damage was noticed by the operators after the wires were cut. They notified the guards, but no trace of the thieves was found. IIUNAWAV AVKIMOIIII.DH n Irtry. boats were discussed by ofllclals of ferry companies nnd representatives of auto clubs at a conference In the olllce of Surveyor Charles It. Kutx, Jfi the Custom House Most accidents are caused, It was shown by allowing tho engines to keep running' and by not properly blocking tho machines on the deck, inspectors will bo appointed through the Department of Commerce to enforce the laws. RTKUOK IIV A TBOM.LV OAlt, jln Saunders, forty-seven yeais old. an Inmate of the Blind Man's Home, 3C1S Lancaster avenue, is In the Philadelphia Hospital suf fering from cuts on the face and possibly a fracture of the .skull. The accident hap pened at Thirty-fourth and Walnut streets. Fortjr-elxM hours week , (le schedule ot working time In .the Hagedorn Merz Company shirt factory, Third and Brown streets, according to an announce ment jubt made. CITY'S WATKK SUPPLY I. under urd to prevent attacks by (marauders or spies during the present crisis or In case nf ,!.. Visitors have been barred from the wateisJ tTuina, nnu oicriuieiiucni JioDinson has organized a secret service force among sev eral hundred detectives and other city em ployes. WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS an. pofntnients have been announced by Con uretsman Costello as follows; William J Crowe, Jr., of 63t4 Keystone street, and Clayton Itamsden, oM647 Pratt street, to yt Point; Loula Slmelson. 2002 Frank Ijrd avenue, and Qorf.. H. Balm, JI 51 SHORTAGE IN FOOD REDUCED BY ROADS Twenty Carloads of Pota toes Arrive on Penna. and Reading Lines OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT One Ofllcial Says Condition Im proves as Eggs and Butter Arrive Kfforts by the rnllroads to remedy the food shortage, said to bo due In part lo car congestion, nre meeting with fair success. Twenty car lond.s of potntoos in rived yes terday. Ten came to the Pennsylvania yards at Thirtieth and Market streets, and ten to the Reading at .Second and Berks streets. According to railroad officials, sixty-one cars of wheat and P245 barrels of (lour also arrived. In addition, 371,640 pounds of butter were received over tnllroads, and 3,".5u0 dozen eggs. There were also nine cars of oats, twenty-three carloads of lum ber nnd 305 barrels of refined nil Comparisons with shipments about this time u year ago made tip to Wednesday night show that on February 21, liii", only n llttlo mom than half tho butler, only about one-third us much wheat nnd only nboiit half as much flour were received. An Idea of tho difference In shipments re ceived may be gained by n glance lit the following: KtituiUAnr in 1II7 mm I'lour ihiiricli") I "in '-".HIM .Id lln Kiikr. i.ouikIaI IMI.a't S'.".l Ti'lo Wheal (rnrlomls -II im Hums N'omh Mil llllller llmiktlKei, uf HI) pounds emll .... 1 .""I '.' -Tl URK (IMlkHlfS llf HO ,1(I7H rat hi .... 1 olli 1 'HI With a splilt of co-operntlon now maul- fest in shipping centers nnd the leallzatlon that tho food shortage has reached a ciltl cal stage, lallroad official believe that the freight congestion will soon be relieved and 'predict a fall In large shipments of neces sities here during tho next week Hegnrillng tho situation. Agnew T Dice. Piesldent of tho Philadelphia and Heading Itallwa, Issued tho following statement this afternoon1 "The Philadelphia and Heading Hallway Company is doing ever.v thing within Us power lo give absolutely free nnd preferred movement to shipments of food nnd fuel. There is today no congestion on Its lines. There has been In the past some delay In the unloading of shipments on account of Hie pxttcipely cold weather 1 understand that the congestion which did obtain on the lallroads In the .Middle West Is now being lapldly relieved "The situation, as I view It. Is Improving dallv. and with better weather, normal conditions should bo quickly tcstoied. "The co-operation of the conslgnois and. consignees In the prompt loading and un loading will do much toward hejplng the situation.'' TWENTY-TWO MARRIAGE LICENSES AT ELKTON Half of the Total Number of Permits Issued to Philadelphia Couples i HLKTDN. Md. I-Vb 24 Twenty-two touples visited the KIMon court otllce this morning nnd obtained permits to marr. Philadelphia alone furnished eleven pairs, n.s follows Alexander I'.agan and Maigaretla Wil son. Aitluir W. Jeans and Lucy Haley, Chntles L. Mumfoid and Linda M. Shough, George Tleger and Lillian M Sharpe, John A. Stili'Uland and Jessie 11 Arnold, Law lenco P. Kahv and Mary Sandeis, Joseph II. Gibbons and Margaret Herlolett. Ralph I'nsslo nnd Louise Mullare, Joseph Klst mid Mildred Connor, Nicholas PbrsIo and Car inella Mulnrc, Herman (.laser nnd Frances McCoriulck. all of Philadelphia ; Hobert M Greene and Cniollne C Kicker, Hllltovvii, Pa., Michael P. Lynch anr Mabel C Flod ni.ind, lllrdsbnto, Pa ; Kdward Koffroth and Mnrgaict 1", Raser. Phoenlxvllle, Pa , Clifford Z.me nnd Gertrude W. Teasing, Gloucester, N J ; George C Gross and Mabel V Imschweller, Northumberland. Pa. ; Waller V. Schllchter nnd Huelah 13 Hrownback. Itoyersfoid, Pa , Charles I). Hullock and Alice Stout. Wilmington, Del ; Clarence I. Gaskell and Hllxabeth M Todd, Greenwood. Del. ; Kdward M. Hoerner, Ann Albor. Mich., and Miriam J Ohmlst. Har ilsburg. Pa , Benjamin F Tripp, Golden, Col . nnd Martina L Senay. Baltimore. Md , and John J Heldlnuff. Schenectady, N. Y , and Margaret Sheppaid, Philadelphia MYSTERY TRUNK DETAINS BERNSTORFF AT HALIFAX Closed With Seals of Swedish Consular Service, British Suspect it Con tains German Documents HALIFAX, N. S.. Feb. :t A mystery has developed on the liner Frederlk VIII, on which Count von Hernstorff Is a pas senger, over the contents of a trunk which Is closed with the seal's of the Swedish consular service. It Is reported that the trunk bears diplomatic correspondence bear ing upon the relations between the United States and Germany. The trunk was in possession of a passen ger who claims to be a Swedish merchant. When the Canadian authorities sought to open It the owner objected and communi cated with the Swedish Minister In Wash ington It Is understood here that the Min ister asked that the trunk be returned to him unopened. The-trunk mystery Is supposed to be one of tho reasor.a for holding the Frederick VIII here According to tho outlook today the ship may not leave for Copenhagen until the middle of next month. JOE CALL'S SECOND LEG MUST BE AMPUTATED Magistrate, Who Lost First to Escape Gangrene, Must "Take An other Chance" Magistrate Joseph Call will have his right leg amputated next Monday in an effort to head off the Inroads of gangrene, which has settled In the bones of his foot. Several weeks ago the Magistrate suf fered amputation of his left leg at the knee to escape gangrene, The operation was a success; the affection disappeared, the bone healing nicely. The second amputa tion will be performed In the Magistrate's home by Dr. D. Tl. Roman, head surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital, The Magistrate Is looking forward to the operation Monday with all of the stoi cism ot the seasoned politician, It took a chance in the first operation, and he says he Is willing to take a chance In the second, trusting that the knife and 'the surgeon's saw will eliminate the gangrene, as they did in the first case. The Magistrate's trouble, started when a tight shoe Irritated a corn on his left foot, causing blood poison ing, SMALLPOX HOSPITAL ROBBED HA55LKTON, Pa., Feb. 24, Disregarding the great danger to which they subjected themselves, vandals during the night looted the Freeland Bmallpopc Hospital. Most of the furniture nnd cooking' utensils were taken. It Is two, years alnce the Institution was occupied, )ut the authorities fear that germs tilt. in me Deuaing may. nave seen rr!d GIRL OF 15 SHOOTS MANWHOSPtlRNSHER Answers His Taunts With Bul lets That May Prove Fatal "WON'T YOU HELP ME?" Wounded Man Said to Have Met Pleas of Desperate Girl With Laughter L'mllla Dove, fifteen years old, crated by the public taunts and abuses of a young man, who police allege betrayed her and then enst her off, today at Third and Mor ris streets, In the presence of a number of persons, shot and seriously wounded Thomas Mongoose, twenty-two years old, of 1638 South Thirteenth street, The case, In Its essentials, parallels that of Ida Illehl. who, on May 23, 1916, shot and killed Kdmund Hauptfuhrer, the youth who betrayed her and boasted publicly of the betrayal According to the police, little L'mllla Bove, distracted over her condition, met Mongoose today at Third and Morris streets and pleaded that he marry her. Two other young men were with Mongoose and, It Is alleged, that In their presence he spurned the misery of the girl with Jests and laugh ter. As If not content with verbal abuse of the child, the police say that when she continued her pleadings, he spat In her face and kicked her. It was then that Emilia drew a revolver and fired four shots at Mon goose, one taking effect In his back and the other In his right leg, He Is In n seri ous condition at Mount Slnal Hospital. Lnillla Hove lives with her mother, sis ter and a brother at 1134 Mifflin street. Her brother Thomas Is a court Interpreter. Sev eral months ago, the police allege. Mon goose enticed the girl lo his home and at tacked her He was arrested and held without ball, but later was released under bond of 3000 Since his release, It Is al leged. Mongoose has made the life of the girl miserable by his public boastings. Today tho girl was on her way to work when she met Mongoose and his two friends "What am I going to do," she pleaded, "won't you help me, Tom? Won't you stick by me " Several men saw Mongoose kkk the girl and they hurried lo her aid. But Mongoose slnrted to run, nnd then Kmllla drew a revolver from her handbag nnd fired four limes Mongoose staggered up Third street for fully n. square before he fell and lost consciousness. Hysterical and overwhelmed with despair, little Kmllla was taken to the Fourth sheet and Snyder avenue, station Kmllla later was held In $800 ball by Magistrate Baker to await the outcome of the Injuries of Mongoose The attorney for the child said that the case paralleled that of Ida Itiehl. nnd he stated that even If she was held for trial she would be quickly exonerated. Tears crept Into the eyes of Magistrate Baker ns he heard the details of the shooting. "it Is a pitiable case." he said, "and I re gret to have to hold this child, hut the law compels me to do so." RUNAWAY TRUCK HURTS OLD MAN AND WOMAN Vehicle Shoots Down Market Street When Engine Backfires and Breaks Driver's Arm A iiinaway motortruck went on a lamp ag? on Market street today, broke the arm of the chauffeur who tried to crank It and knocked down an elghty-three-year-old man and a woman The truck was "arrested" after It had climbed onto the sidewalk at Tenth and Market street, and after a chase by He sen o Policeman House In another machine. The trouble started when the chauffeur, John Olllln, of 213 North Clifton street, started to crank the car when It had stalled at Tenth and Filbert streets. With nlmost a yell, the engine backfired Glllln's arm was broken almost Instantly. A ciowd gathered. An attempt was made to start the car It virtually Jumped and shot down Tenth street with Increasing speed. It knocked down W. C. Alberger, eighty-three years old. of 421 Hlttenhouse street, nnd Mrs. Alice Abel, 1515 North Thirtieth street Their Injuries are not serious. Policeman House stopped a passing auto mobile nnd took Alberger, Glllln and Mrs, Abel to the Jefferson Hospital. The car was stopped by Andrew Lester 131 South Fifty-fifth street, after It had tried to enter a Market street department store. LEAVES $2000 IN TRUST FOR HER HORSE'S CARE Mrs. Sarah A. Blake Made Provision for "Dandy" Other Wills Ad mitted to Probate A $2000 trust estate, the Income from which Is to be applied toward the care, comfort and maintenance of "Dandy." her favorite horse, Is created by the will ot Mrs. Sarah A. Blake, 4117 North Hroad street, which was piobated today. Pioper ty valued at J20.500 is bequeathed to the husband and other relatives of the testa trix. Other wills probated were those of Ot tllle A. Hutter. 1422 West College avenue, which, In private bequests, disposes of prop erty valued at $42,000; Hobert H, Fee, 4310 Manayunk avenue, $15,600 j Matilda Green. 505 South Forty-fourth street, $8930, John Derr. 2040 North Sixth street, $8500; John Hammlll, 606 West York street, $4600. and Ernest G, Itebltz, 3043 North Fifteenth street, $3960. pmiiiiiniiiimDiiniiiiiDiiiiiiin Atlantic City Ideal for the-Lenten Season. There's vigor in its air and vitality in its sunshine Atlantic City is best Served by the Pennsylvania Railroad IS Express Trains Week-days 12 Express Trains Sundays Additional Train on Holiday During- Summer Seaion 28 Expre.t Trains ra proTiUd weekday' 29 Sunday, with additional Saturday afternoon and holiday train.. Choice of Three Routes ' The Pennsylvania R. R. it tho only line offering through alNrail aorvice ' ' $1.00 Sunday Seashore Excursions PENNSYLVANIA RAILSQAiV iij: .. ., -'ft .....iJ jfcyi MUNITION W01 ARRESTED AS Si Employe Caught Tamperijj itnontiiisac hjddy3tone Arms riant HELD AS BERLIN AQElji Said to Be in Emnlnv nt n$ Detective Bureau Mills 3 Carefullv WntnLj H (IrnrDA Isfnnh am K...... . . E Kddystone Ammunl Ion Works'' vvts'L" ,'n 4 today charged with lw.ii . " "'WB" "'"iW waa found, according to the Tohce i".P H Ing with the gauge of loaded shell; i.T.'T' the' finishing denarlm.,,, .., .V. '? Ifll Captain of Detectives Heffner on ih ' ?" for Just such nn oceurrenie, 'put hi. i" t.TnlK tutijiAljt.l . .... IQ ....vcu-u nrouiin and apneirJ ne'vous. "I'pesrti "Why." he said, "the shells aren't r'rhd llfi I iaua" fc mil "I guess not now," said Heffner ami blew li s U'hl.lU f,- ... ... I "" nl DA - ; " will- 1,1 niS nhlklatil to watch Koob while he scanned t .,- Ilefore the man came, Koob mad. L m ? mini, uiu,ini sometning white on ii. giound at his feet and tried to tramp Heffner picked It up and he said It dl!''1 closed the fact that Koob was In the ploy of n German detective agency v Tho timing arrangement on a few of thi shells were found to be out of order m' Koob Was liken to the local police stations Sectet set vice men from Philadelphia s on thcli way to Chester that they m.S more closely rpiestlon Koob. Koob stani? to work In the plant about two weeks atnJ The Government men have said thrf they will make a thorough clean-out of Ui,' ammunition plant as regards the camitiS of the matches and whisky into the placiS Most of the shells being made at present) til: lilicillll-ll lui IIU3HH1 HER DOG DEAD, SHE ENDS LIFE1 ' & New York Widow, With No One , to Love, a Suicide NEW YOP.K. Feb. 21. "I feel I hv BXT body to care for In this world, no more,, since my dog was taken from me, the only! true companion I had since my loved otiMl were gone." a Mrs. Louise Gutekunst. a widow, flfly.l one ears old, who committed suicide bjt Kio noituj AKiuuii, iieiiiifu me loregoinf, Sht was found dead In a 'chair In the dlnlnr room ot ner nomo at tz Avon avenue Irvlngton, early yesterday mornln. rtn was flowing from two open burners evw her head, since ifluB her husband and two children had died. Tippy, her dog, wai Ktneii January zi. I Charles F. Thomas WILMINGTON, Del,. Feb. 2 Chrl V. Thomas died at his home here. Ht was seventy-three years old For many ears he was a member of Hie publishing and stationery firm of Bowman & Thomu,' which later became C, F. Thomas k. Co. ' TOO I.ATK FOR CLASSIFICATION DEATHS I SIMMONS Kfb. as. HARnY II.. hushind i .Mary 1!. Slmmuni (n Amlea). aged 50 Rtllj mtn nna incnua inviiea 10 iunenu, rut , : P. m.. 124 K. !ftncastr ave., Vant, VK ItH GrHt Valley Cem. , Mrl'AHK. b. 24, SARAH J, wlf of td lute John AiruaD. I unerai from resldnoi trio h, nm st.. on) notice ot wnicn win ' trUnn HTAM-aSIITII. Feb. 23. 1017, GLLGNH widow of A. P. Htaimmlth iW'MHra and frni hi-h Invited tu funer.il. Man. 8.30 a m , trv 831 1) Brandywlni t Solemn requiem man i St. Agatha' Church t iu a. m, int Cathedral Cem. HUGHES. Fftb. 24 at "M W ThomptoaH fit. JANE, wire ot Jame Hughe, acd 9 Hevlre and Interment strictly private. nnnKHTHON'. Feb. 23. l-ETITIA. uldaw ) Andrew Robertson, Relative end frlendf laj ited to lunerM rvlccn Tuea., 1! P m.. i reatdenc.e of aonlnlaw, Wm J Connor, 12 Federal ul. Int Mt. Mnrlfth Cem i OREAR. Feb. 24. .W1LMAM J . huabaitd ! Marjtaret drear Kelatlvea ara rrienaa lmiiw to funern Tuea 2 n. m , 17i Erie ae. Iflli nrluala TVaar f.iiF1 Tf HI Cmm V ADAMS. Feb. 24, MYRA KENNEDY, wldwj or Thomna Mayianx Adam. uu nonce fnnaenl will h. lvn STAIIK. At Talmyra. N .T Feb. 52. WAtJ TRR n.. huiband of Srh T 81. rk (nr. Tom gele). Relathe. and friend. Invited tn luMrt. service.. Sat.. 8 p m . Burllnston pike. nll rm. . nl... n. , ... fK .l.t.tlv n.lvlll i STONE. Keb. 2. Mr. BMZADETII.ttB BTONK. used 70. IJ.Iallves and frlfnd. Inrtt to fun.ral service., Tu., x P m '"'"'"'.'W !.. Camden, N. J Int. HrlBh Cetn. H main, mny b Mewoit Mnn ee, . 1M IIAMIY. Feb. 2'J. MAUY widow .of J?JB Harry. Relative, and friend. Invited to i""l Solemn high requiem mm Immaculate Concjj Hon Church. Jenklntonn. O.SO a m. Int. " Cathedral Cem. Auto funeral ' MTl'ATIONS WANTED MA LB 'M OKFICK MAN Fir.t-cla... knjwljto alMS9 k.eplna. corf eapond.ne. ca.hl.rlnr ..ll.ll erai oinro worn, er" . ,' j ,.. , 4 . - rrrrr: " .Tl 1 . -... 1. it nal TBI.EIJHOrK operamr, ... " ., .i,:v,i 'appear'.; to oper. 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