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LACONIA CASE
'CLEAR-CUT ACT,'
WILSON THINKS
U, S. Asks No Further
proof of Germany's
Intentions
TWO AMERICANS DIE
ON SHIP; PROBABLY 0
Next Step Now Up to Presi
dent as Congress Quar
rels Over Requests
SPLIT ONV FLOOD BILL
House Appears Opposed to Giv
ing Executive Authority as
Asked Yesterday
Lacoma Sinking "Overt Act,"
View of London Newspapers
LONDON, I'd). '.27.
AFTERNOON newspaper comment
today agreed that if the death
of Mrs. Hoy and Miss Hoy was defi
nitely estahlished, the torpedoing of
the Laconia must he construed as
an "overt net" hy President Wilson.
Later consular advices established
their loss.
Here in London the attack on the
ship an unwarned attack, accoid
ing to unanimous opinion of sur
vivors was regarded as hciiiR exact
ly similar to that which sent the
Lusitania down.
The Laconia sank at a spot only J
two hours steaming from the place
where the Lusitania was sunk with
a loss of 115 American lives.
Sinking of the Cunard liner Laconia
with the loss of at least two American
lives, probably nine, was regarded by
the Washington Government today as
the "cfcar-cut act" in the crisis between
Germany and this country.
"Clear-cut act" is interpreted to
mean the "overt act" for which Presi
dent Wilson has been waiting.
The next step in the international
situation is up to President Wilson.
President Wilson's action may or may
not be determined by what Congicss
does in reference to the Executive mes
sage it received yesterday.
Today Congress appears widely split
on the Flood measure granting the
President blanket powers in the crisis
and" providing 8100,000,000 for defense.
Both the House and Senate aic talking
for and against the President's request.
American Consul Frost, at Queens
town, officially reports the death of the
two Americans, Mrs. Mary and Miss
Elizabeth Hoy, together with the posi
tive statement that the Laconia was
sunk without warning.
Unofficial reports say a New York
man and six American negioes of the
new also perished.
There were 2D1 persons nhonrdj thir
teen arc dead and missing. Two tor
pedoes were fired. A heavy sea was
rolling.
Austin'Hoy cables President Wilson
asking to be 'the first volunteer for a
citizen army to fight Germany. He is
a son of Mrs. Mary Hoy. i
t Washington is gravely concerned
' over the situation. ' Officials say un
officially that the Laconia sinking is as
suredly the "overt act" which must
mean conflict with Germany.
CONGRESS IN MUDDLE
ON BACKING PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 The sinking
of tho Laconia. according to hlrhest ofll-
' clal Interpretation, Is "a clear-cut net " No
Investigation is necessary. The sinking
stands on Its own merits.
This became known as tho Administra
tion's attitude, following a conference at
the White IIouso between Seetetary of
Btato Lansing and President Wilson.
Kvldence now In hand, presumably con
tained In cable dispatches from Ameilcan
representatives abroad, It was stated, elim
inates any necessity for fuithor luvestlga
tlon, The Laconia incident what shall be
Continued on Vagr Tun, Column One
Trolley Car Hits Bakery Wagon
Bread was tossed into the street and a
delivery wagon of the Mayer Dakery. Six
tieth and ,Naudaln streets, was dameged
early today In a collision with a Spruce
treet car at Forty-nlntll street. The bak
ery wagon was driving across Spruce street
When the car struck It. Hundreds of loaves
Of bread were scattered over the wet pave
ment and Valtcr Ilayha, of 68m Spruce
Street, was thrown out. At the University
Hospital, where Bayha was taken, It was
aid his Injuries were not serious.
THE WEATHER
yOUUCABT
For Philadelphia and vicinity Qen
trolly fair and colder tonight and Wed
nesday, iirtth lowest temperature about
thirty degrees "Wednesday morning; fresh
tcinds. mostly orthu-est.
I.F.NOTII OF II.W
P" rl fl,37.m. I Moon rln..n.32 a m.
ua ieti BUOp.m. 1 Moon souths, , S:lt p m.
DELAWARK II1VKR TIK CHANGES
CHESTNUT STREET
hlr' water,. 12:8n a.m. I I-nwr water... 1.08 p.m.
)ih vralr,6:55.m. I High wter,,ij:ll p.m.
VKWJWATPHK T KAVM MtlUK,
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR
IN GLASGOW, PA., PLANT
Four-Inch Steam Pipe Bursts With
Fatal Hesults in Engincroom of
Nngcl Steel Works
ITVITRTOW.V. Pa, Teh. 27Four em-""VF-i
of inn N.igel Sled Company,, at
HkifRou, near here. this morning met it
intrihlo death when a fleam pipe burst
hi tho dnglne mom. Tho men were tcrrl
bly scalded and tried In aln to escape from
tho steam. filled room. Tho dead ate:
Franklin Kelm, aged thirty years, mar
ried, of Pottstown; leaves ono child.
Lewis Glnthcr, aged twenty-one years,
"Ingle, of aiasgovv.
''ah In Schacffor. aged tuenty-sW years,
son of Hairlson Kchaoffcr, proprietor of
tho Halfway House.
John Htichcrt. aged tlirlty-one. yents, of
Ktowe. mart led, leaves two children. Iluch
cit was tho engineer nt tho plant.
Tim company slates that tho fatal nc
ritlent was tho result of tho breaking of a
four-Inch elbow on No. 1 boiler. This
nused friction on tho lino nnd resulted In
tho breaking of the water Jacket leading
to the engine This fell nnd allowed the
Meant In escape, Tho fatal incident oc
runcd about 3-30 o'clock mil has caused
tho shutting down of tho big plate mill
of the concern, which has plants nfSoy
ferls and Railway, N. J.
Kelm, ShnefferandOlnther were employed
nt the plate rolls In the mill Tho big
steamplpo burst without warning and In
stantly the englneroom was filled, with'
blinding steam. Schacffcr seems to hao
Ixen thrown fotclbly, for an examination of
his body disclosed the fact that bo mis
talned a compound fi actum of the right
arm The body of Glnthcr was found nit
top of a iljnamo, where he bad climbed In n
aln attempt o en-ape from the '.tiding
ste.im. Iluchetl managed to escape from
the door and though In ,i dvlng condition,
hoatsely called for help lie died at 9:30
o'clock in the Pottstown Hospital from ter
rible bums and tho Inhaled steam
Tho other thiee victims only lled a few
minutes and illrd lu agony in tho stcam-
(llled engine loom
The company had hnt down the plant on
Situid.iy and the boilers, steam lines,
gauges, etc, weie thoioughly cleaned On
Sunday an Inspctlor vlsttcd the place and
matked the Mcamplpcs O. K.
BRITISH SHIP SHELLED
BY U-BOAT REACHES N. Y.
Portuguese Prince Attacked by Subma
rine 71 Miles Off Fiench Coast.
Saved by Superior Speed
Ni:V YORK. Feb. 27 When tho British
steamship Portuguese I'rlnco arrived heto
today front Hi pit sbo reported being shelled
b n ''id man Mibmnrine.
The ntt.uk was tnndo on IVbruaiv II.
when the Portuguese Pilnco was about sev-ont-nne
miles out fiom laml, sonio of tin
shell splinteis falling on tho bridge. Front
eight to ten shells were (lred, but the Ilrltlsh
ship escaped, owing to her supeilor speed
Tho Pottugucso Ptlnee displaces 4H81 tons
and hails tiom Newcastle.
B. AND O. PASSENGER TRAIN
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Lives of 200 Endangered When Pony
Trucks of Locomotive Jump
the Track
TAYI.OItSTOWN, Pa.. Feb 27. The
lives of nearly "00 passengers on the Hal
tlmoro nnd Ohio's Pittsburgh express were
endangered today when tho pony trucks of
tho engino jumped tho track as tho ttaln
tea red n fifty-foot ttestlc here.
The train was traveling fott-fho miles
an hour nnd ctossed the long trestle before
it iouM bo stopped.
CUBAN TROOPS CAPTURE
STRONGHOLD OF REBELS
Iiayamo, Northwest of Santiago, Taken
After Fierce Battle With
.Heavy Losses
HAVANA. Feb. 27. Government troops
today captuted Hayamo fifty miles noith
west of Santiago, tho rebel stronghold,
and drovo tho revolutionists from tho
streets on a series of savago engagements
Roth sides vvcro equipped with machine
guns nnd the losses weie heavy. Capture
of the city was repotted to President Men-
ocal this afternoon hy t-'oiotiei juiuias
Metancourt. .
Colonel Pujol, commanding tho troops
that ato pushing tho routed rebels in the
C.tmaguey Ulfctricc una
ngaln defeated them, It
nounced.
overtaken and
Is olllcially an
BILL IN STATE SENATE
TAXES MANUFACTURERS
Bcidlcman, of Dauphin, Introduces a
Measure to Provide Additional
Revenue
HAiytlSnunO. Feb. 27 "-Under a bill In
tioduced lit' the, Senate today, manufac
turing plants In Pennsy Ivanla will have to
pay a State tax after tho first Monday of
next November to help raise revenue for
tho State, The bill, Introduced by Senator
Reldlemun, of Dauphin, llxes u one-mill
tax on manufacturing concerns capitalized
at $100,000 or less: two mills on those
capitalized nt more than 100.000 and less
than J500.000, and live mills on those
capitalized at more than 500,000. The bill
also provides for a llcenso tax of one-half
mill on capital stock.
Senator Beldleman Introduced also an
amendment to the school code providing
for the Increasing of the salaries of county
superintendents 500.
Tho Senate passed the deficiency bill
carrying an appropriation of approximately
1600 000. covering deficiencies In the various
S600.000, covering
State departments.
Adt&urnmont until Mracn 1
J
was voted
on In both House and Senate
Tankers Safely Back From War Zone
NGW YOItK. Feb. 27. The American
tank steamships Sliver Shell and the Narra-L-anBett
arrived la New York today from the
war "one. The Sliver Shell Is agister
ship of the dold Shell, the first American
ship to reach Ihe war one after the break
,.i,. . .,- on.,- filiAll i-aniM from
20 DIE IN P. R. R. SLEEPER
AS FREIGHT PASSES SIGNALS,
HID BY FOG, AND HITS EXPRESS
Former U. of P. Athlete, Six Relatives,
Twelve Other Passengers and Porter
Killed at Mt. Union in First
Pennsy Tragedy in Years
Football Player's Party on Way to Kinsman's Funeral.
Honeymoon Couple Among Lost Fatalities Con
fined to Last Car of Steel Train,
Split by Impact
Twenty persons nineteen passengers nnd
n porter wero killed In a Pennsylvania
Hallroad wreck nt Mount Union early to.
.lay.
A fast freight crashed through the fog
Into tho rear end of the Mercantile Hxprcss,
splitting the rear sleeping coach In twain.
Chester A. Minds, wealthy coal operator
nnd former University of Pennsylvania foot
ball star, nnd six members of his family,
on their way to the funeral of Mrs Mlnds's
father? lost their lives. A honeymoon con
pi? It believed to have been killed In tho
crash, the most disastrous suffered by the
1'cnnsylvanla Hallroad In years
von nnscuitUD signals
Tho express, a I'lttsburKh-I'hll.idelphU-New
York flyer, was standing nt the Mount
Union station, fort.v-flvo miles east of Al
toona. Pcne fog obscured signals, train
men said
Investigations are being carried on by the
l'ennsj Ivanla Hallroad, the Interstate Com
merce Commission nnd the 1'ublic Service
Commission
Tho dead were
Clir.vrr.lt A. MIMW, nf llnmpv, Clfnrnpl'l
fnuntv wpnllh rnnl nprratnr nnil I filllliark
nf tho University of l'ennsylvnnla's 1PI.I foot-
IiaII tf-nnt
Vlr. Clir.sTr.lt A. MIND", his wife.
Clir.sTI'.ll A. JHMIs, ,tr,. their thrse-week-
old li.iby
Itl('II.VUI) 0VVI;N, (een-srnr-oM nfrh'w of
Mr Mliid
IXIKOTin (IIF.N. six sear-ol.l nlcc nf Mr.
Minds ,
Ji;N lit! IIS, four-ear-old tilero of Mr. Mlnrti"
VIIh MU'llU. .MIM)1, flstrr of Jlr. Minds.
VI. A. CAUI.W II. Conlfrf. N. V.. brother of
Mri. MlndM
Miss A. V. DEI.l.l.Sfl, Cleveland. O, nuife In
tho Minds family.
P. It. KANMNO. riatlevllle. Wis.
A ounB nnmnn, hllevefl tn have bull his brdln
An liiililenllllrd woman, who mnv have Iwrn
vtrs Krunies Darrlns, n relative of Mr.
Minds
II A. Itor.I l.l.lt. thousht to he of rialtvllle,
.v y
MII.TOV llMi:. ITI West 138lh street. New
Vnrlc
(IIVUI,i;S I.l'.MM'. 3"i Nassau slrcet, New
York.
r. II. I'lll.l, M. r.tl I.lsppnard street, New
York
C. M. MHIISKFJ (Mr.DsKM. SOS West Torty-
slxth strfet. New York
.1. r. Ki:i.l.V. Ilrookbn
F. IV. MONTCiOVIKKY. salesman, M7 Kast
Orove street. llloomlnBton, 111.
N. ItKHlHT, negro porter of ear Itclhvood.
The Injured were.
A T Cook, liarrlsburg. engineer
of
ft eight train; hurt about legs.
I'ortcr of 11 sleeping coach, Injured about
legs
CAIIS WUDCJIin TOGKTnnit
So powetful was tho Impact that tho two
last sleeping coaches of the all-steel train
were wedged ho tightly together that they
had to bo cut apart.
Uvcry passenger In tho rear I'tillinnii of
tho express train, tho steel Bellwood, was
killed outright Tho Hcllwood split In two
against tho next steel Pullman, the Biucc
vllle, which cut Into tho Iiellvvood like a
knife The living In tho Itrucevlllo and the
deatl In the Bellwood wfcro imprisoned
by tho telescoping of tho latter sleeping car,
making rescue work and identification
difilctilt.
Theie wero nine In the Minds party,
composing exactly half the passenger list of
the Hcllwood. All presumably wero killed
almost Instantly
They were on their way to Brooklyn,
where Mis. Mlnds's father, William Calllscb.
died Sunday. They boarded tho train at
Tvmne. buvlng tickets for Utlca. where. It
Is thought, they Intended Joining other mem
bcrs of tho family.
jmOTHU.lt NOTIUIUI)
Mlnds's brother, John A Minds, of this
city, was notified and left Immediately for
the scene of the wreck. John A. Minds,
better known as "Jack" Minds, was the
University of Pennsylvania's great all
around athlete of the '90s, captain of the
football team and all-American player. He
Is a lavvj-or. with offices In tho Commercial
Trust Building.
Mlnds's father is James If, Minds, n
wealthy coal operator of Itamey nnd the
Clearfield County mining region. He is sur
vived nlso by his mother.
COUPLn ON HONEYMOON
Many of. the bodies were crushed almost
beyond Identification, One of these bodies,
believed to be that of Mrs. P. It. Fanning,
revealed a tragedy following close upon n
romance. Mr. and Mrs. Fanning were
on their honeymoon. A letter congratulat-
t'ontlnufd on I'ate Sittren, Column One
INCENDIARY PLOT BARED
BY YOUNG PIIILADELPHIAN
Man Delegated to Fire Tenement Hous
inc- Twenty Families Informs
tho Police
NKW YOnK, Feb. 27. A plot to set lire
to" a tenement Iioubb pn Second avenue
containing twenty families was frustrated
by the police today, deoige Marino, pro
prietor of a barber shop on the ground
floor of the building, confessed that he
planned to fire the building and cover up
the deed with evidences of "Black Hand"
literature.
Frank Quigley, twenty-two years old, of
Philadelphia, was to have flred.the building.
Instead, Quigley notified the police of Ma
rino's plot. Marino said he wanted the J1600
Insurance on his shop, according to the
police.
v
Muster Out Eighth Infantry
HAMUSBUnG, Feb. 27. Muster out of
the Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, which
returned to horn? stations from the Mexican
border, was begun yesterday under the
2irohn of .Lieutenant, Colonel Quy.H.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
Facts About Fata! Wreck
of Pennsy Express Train
DKAD Nineteen passengers nnd
a Pullman pnitcr. Dead include
Chester A. Minds, former I'cnn foot
ball star, and seven members of his
I fnmily, on way to a funeral.
Inj'ured Two persons received
I minor injuries.
Place Mt. Union, forty-five miles
cast of Altoona.
Time 12:10 a. m.
Wreck Kast freight crashed into
rear of Mercantile Kxpress, standing
at station; icar sleeping coach split
in two.
Cnuse Believed that freight en
gineer did not see signal to slow
j down because of dense fog.
Railroad recoil 55:1,800,003 pas
scngers carried in last three years
' without n passenger fatality.
P.R.T.MUSTRUN
DARBY 'L' TRAINS
City Has Ample Power to
Compel Use of Market
Street Line
FRANKFORD BENEFITED
nu n Rtaff Conritpoiulrut
II.MtrtlHHt'Tlf, lb '7 -- Tho eitv or
Philadelphia without unv additional legis
lative enactment lias nt the present time
legal power to compel the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company to run high-speed
trains front the Partly and the Krankford
"I." roads over the tracks of the present
Market street high-speed line, irrespective
of any operating lease with tho company,
according to the private view of n majority
of the Public Service Commission.
This fact beenmo known today In con
nection with tho hearing befoio the com
mission upon the city's application for a
certificate of public convenience to permit
tho construction of the levated lino from
Thirtieth and Market streets to City Line,
Dai by. Members of tho commission avoided
committing themselves publicly to this
view, but It was learned that a careful
study of tho various enactments bearing
upon the caso has resulted In the virtually
unanimous opinion that the net of Juno 17,
1313, confers the power upon the city to
compel tluough routing without an operat
ing lease between city and company.
The effect of this would be more high
speed trains could run fiom Darby over
th Darby "I" to Thirtieth nnd Market
streets, over tho Market street high-speed
line to Front nnd Arch streets nnd thenco
over tho Frankford ' I." to tho Northeast,
and returning over the same route.
Another nllcrnatlve possible In the event
no Ieaso Is ratified, Assistant Transit Di
rector Atkinson explained, would bo to con
struct the Chestnut street subway, and
thus connect tho Darby and tho Frank
ford lines.
Tho Public Service Commission gave evi
dence that It Is not disposed to rush the
Issuance of certificates of public convenience
for tho construction of the various lines of
Philadelphia's high-speed system until the
C'ontinurd on race Slvtffn. Column Six
WILD WEST HOLD-UP
ON PENNSY FLYER
Cowboy Battles With Assailant and Is
Thrown From Train Wounded,
but Saves Money
OREUNSBURa. Ta., Feb. 27 Held up
by two men In the smoking compartment of
a fast Pennsylvania passenger train near
the Itadebaugh Tunnel, west of here, short
ly after 8 o'clock this morning, Joseph
Rose, a cowboy, of Butte, Mont., battled
with the hold-up men until ho was thrown
from the rear platform of the train. Un
conscious, ho lay along the tracks for
some time, then, recovering, he started to
wander In the Greensburg pike and was
picked up by automoblllsts, who brought
him to the Westmoreland Hospital here.
Ills condition is serious.
Rosa was en route from Butte to New
York city, and had nearly $200 In. his
pockets, he told the local police. On the
train he was approached by two strangers,
who talked to him after the train left
Pittsburgh. One of the men Invited Rose
to smoke a cigar and the three men went
to the moklng compartment. Rose was
commanded to turn over his money, but,
he told the police, he preferred to fight and
attacked the men. The fight was finally
carried to the rear platform of the train
and the, estlbule door was opened In the
scuffle. Rose was struck by one of the
men and pitched headlong through the
open door and rendered unconscious when
hex struck the ground, lie .suffered nu.
27, 1917
CortmonT.
EXTRA
TRAIN HITS AUTOTRUCK! DOY DRIVER KILLED
Theodore Jackson, sixteen "ycats old, 203 rederal street. Btnllng
ton, W. J., died at the Cooper Hospital. C.uudfii. thin afternoon nhoitly
nftei lie hnd been admitted suffeilng with injuiles iccelvcd when
nn nutotiuck he was dtlving wns stittck by n train at Burlington.
Kussel Stockton, seventeen, of Builtngtou, was In the machlno wllJi
yuuus Jackson, but escaped any Injiity whatsoever.
SENATE PASSES DILL TO PENSION FUNSTON'S WIDOW
WASHINGTON, 1'cb. 37. The Senate today passed a bill granting
a pension of $100 a month to Mis. Uillth I'miston widow of the lata
Gcnci.tl rredcilck l'unston.
I
RAILWAYS GUT KATE INCREASES TO PACIFIC
WASHINGTON. Kelt. :7.
slecl tiriiclPH fiom I'iltslnirsh
-t'cinilpslon
nnil Clilcnitu
Orient was Krantcil tlictronscontlnentnl railroads today liy the Interstate Com
merce Commission The Commission allowed nn lncte.tso nf from thirty to fortv
cents per lort pounds fiom Chicncn nnd from forty-two to fotty-flvo cents from
Pittsburgh The slilpplnc "f inunltlnns tn Japan nnd ItusHla wilt be largely affected
by the rulinc
OPEN BIDS FOR GUNS TO MOUNT ON SHIPS
WASHINGTON, I'cb. "2". The N.t Department tomortow will open lilds for
2100 nite pound tides nnd mounts, 3r0 throe-Inch rllles and mounts nnd a large
number of fmn-liicli and flvc-lnrlt Runs, also with mounts. TIicfo ate tho types
suitable for aiming merchantmen.
DEFENSES OF WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. Pcb. JT. Tho defenses of
further strengthened today, when ltcmwotkoiH
Iron gale at the hitherto open enttaneo In the
street fiom tho State, War nnd Navv Iltilldlng.
armed guard will be stationed Inside It
from Invasion
DUMA RECONVENES; TROOPS SURROUND BUILDING
COPHNIIAC.IIN. i'cb. 27 A dispatch from Potr>ad wtntes that the Puma
convened today. Tito Taviicheski Palace, tho building in which It meets, was sur
rounded by troops, as there Is considerable poll t leu I unicst In l'etrograd.
CRUISER PRAIRIE SAILS
Tho cruiser Prairie left the Philadelphia Navy Yard this afternoon tn pick up
marine recruits along the South Atlantic const. The men will bo distributed among
tho ships of tho Atlantic fleet. The Ptaltlo ratricd a. load of guns to Washington,
which will be cart led by the marines in the inaugural parade.
WAR-RISK RATES LOWER DESPITE LACONIA DISASTER
NEW YOItlv. Feb. 27. DesplU" the sinking of tho I.itconla, war-risk rates eased
off about 7 per cent on vessels sailing tn tho United Kingdom. A risk on ono
first-class passenger vessel sailing to .Liverpool hn been placed nt (i'4 per cent.
While business was very light nndo,unsettled today, rates tanged between 7 nnd
8 per cent, shipowners, having little ditllculty in obtaining insurance at tho latter
lovcl. Tho loss of tho Laconia, ono ptnmlnent underwriter stated, did not cost
tho local market more than $100,000, sinco most of Iter cargo was insured by, the
llritlsh Government. Itntes to the Medlteiianeau nro S to 10 per cent.
200 KILLED IN FRENCH ARMS PLANT EXPLOSION
HHIU.IN, Feb. 27. Two hundred persons wcto killed nnd 700 wounded and
80,000 tons of nmmut'ltion were destroyed by tho blowing up of n French ammuni
tion plant near Paris, says a dispatch to tho Overseas News Agency todny from
a Swiss source.
BALDWIN'S GET ORDERS FOR 3," FREIGHT ENGINES
An order for tliirty-llvo freight engines lias been received by the naldwln
Locomotive AVoiks from tho Illinois Central Hailroad Company. The locomotives
wilt be of tho "Mikado" typo and will lie constructed under one of the several
contracts awarded to Paldwin's nnd other concerns at a total of J3,000,000.
TEXAS CROP FIGURES TO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Relief from
.sight today wiien tho Depaitment nt ARilctillure estimated tho Bermuda onion
ncreago In Tcn.is as 11,833. as compared with 10,0,"7 in 19IB, an Increase of 17.9
per cent. Tho Texas ctop will be ready for shipment early in March. In the mean
time, 'Washington housewives ato paying as high as twelve cents for a single Ber
muda onion.
NEW YORK PAPERS RAISE PRICE FOR OUT OF TOWN
NHW YORK. Feb, 27. The price of the morning papers In the terrltotics out
sldo of New York, vvhete they have been selling for ono cent, will bo raised to two
cents on Match 1. according to an agt cement entered Into by the Times, Sun, Herald,
Tribune, World and American. Tho high cost of print paper Is given ns the reason.
130,000,000 POUNDS OF MEAT IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 27. More than 33,000,000 pounds of hams, bacon and beef
wero discovered by city nnd Federal food Investigators in an inspection of two cold
storago warehouses in the stockyards, nnd estimates placed the total amount of
meat foodstuffs in storage thero In excess ot 150,000.000 pounds.
GERARD AND PARTY ARRIVE AT CORUNNA
MADRID. Feb. 27. Ambassador Gerard and patty have arrived at Corunna, ac
cording to a message received here fiom the Governor ot Corunnn. The Ambassador
left Madrid Sunday afternoon nnd will take steamship from Corunna for the United
States.
FIREMEN'S LOBBY ON DUTY IN HARRISBURG
HARIUSnURG, Feb. 27. A committee representing the citizens' committee
which drafted the proposed firemen's legislation now in tho Legislature nnd the
ordinance smothered by Philadelphia. City Councils to raise tho pay of the fire
men 1 In liarrlsburg looking after tho Interests of tho two-platoon bill. The
measure, which is on second leading In the House today, was introduced by llepre
scntatlve Isadoro Stern, Philadelphia It amends the existing law requiring tho
two platoon system for Pittsburgh and Scranton, making It applicable to Philadelphia-
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BOSTON WOMEN ASK EMBARGO ON FOOD EXPORTS
BOSTON. Feb. 27. A delegation representing the Housewives' League visited
Governor McCall's office and asked him to send a special message to tho Legislature
requesting It to memorialize Congress to place an embargo on the export of food.
The women bald the would go to Washincton Thursday to request President "Wit
son to urge Congress to take some action on the food situation.
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STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA ISSUES 525,000,000 STOCK
NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Advicts from San Francisco say that the Commissioner
of Corporations ot California has permitted the Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia to lssuo shares not to exceed 218,433 and a fraction to Us present stock,
holders In the form of a stock dividend, amounting In tho aggregate to nearly
J25.000.000.
TAFT DECLINES TO DISQUSS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -
NEW HAVEN, Conn,, Feb, 27, Former rreside.nt Taft declined to, dlsouaa Prl-
1017, M jnr Tunc I.rrxin Commsji
to Incieasn frelRht rales on Iron nnd
to tlio I'ltcldiv roast for export to the
GROUNDS STRENGTHENED
the White House gi ounds weie
began putting In place n huge
executive otllccs, just across the
When the gate is completed an
and the grounds nt last icndcred hecute
TO PICK UP RECRUITS
BREAK ONION PRICES
ptesent high prices for onions was
in
PRICE TWO CENTS'
ARRAK.rAMRRj.1
LINE IS TEUTONS
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AIM IN RETREAT
Germans Believed Preparing-
to Evacuate Ba
paume Stronghold
BLOW UP DEFENSES
BEFORE RETIREMENT
Kaiser's Artillery, Mounted
on Trucks, Ready for
. Quick Getaway
QUIT ON 11-MILE FRONT '
Haig's Troops Harass Enemy
and Strengthen Their
New Positions
ITH THT. BRITISH ARMIES AFIEliD,
Feb. 27.
There seems every reason to believe the
present German retirement will not b
ended until tho Teutons .reach a line ap
proximating the front between Arras and
Catnbral.
Meanwhile the British are still pressing
forward today. They aro constantfy In
touch with the Germans and the Germans
aro breaking many war records In their
retreat. The British pressure Is toward
Papaume and the advance Is being rapidly.
pressed.
The Germans, however, arp offering stiff
resistance with large caliber guns, which
are evidently mounted on railway trucks,
nil ready for a quick getaway at the psycho
logical moment.
Just before tho Germans took flight they
blew up their strongest defensive works.
But this didn't worry the British. A new
line Is being established by the British
1 1 oops far back of what was the old enemy t
ftont line.
The Germans had many thousand sol-
dlers and civilian prisoners working on the '
defensive works on the line from Arras to V
Cambral for the last few' weeks. -,
For the present moment all eyes are
turned toward Bapaumo. The Germans j,
have converted the city into an underground"
Gibraltar and have lavished on It all the,,'V
arts of modern fortress buliaing. siany
extloslonc have been hpard In the clty,.anj
there were various reports today that the'
garrison had blown up all these wonderful "
cellars and passages, as well as the city 4
wjls, preparatory to Icaylng when the
pressure of the British forces becomes
stronger. '
Tho clear weather 'of the last few days
has enabled the British to harass the re
treating Germans and has permitted aero
plane activity.
Thus the war god whose mists at first
favored the Germans, preventing aerial re
connnlssance, Is switching his affections from
one side to the other.
Prisoners taken by the British say the
German retreat is an "unpleasant joo, -
because the British guns keep hammering
away, making the roads all but impassable
either by day or night.
This has been one of the great moves of
the world war, with deep significance and
rich possibilities for the British.
Some military critics predict that the fall
of Bapaume is near, but most of the war
experts horn tnat ine uerman ucienuco
west of Bapaume are too powerful to be
overcome In a short series of rushes.
The Germans have been compelled to
fall back over a front eleven miles wide
from east of Guedccourt to south of Gomme-'
eourt. At some points the British pressed
forward about three miles, encountering only
rearguard detaenmems.
BRITISH GAIN 2 MILES
ON ELEVEN-MILE LINE
LONDON. Feb. 27. "The movements re
ferred to In the communications Saturday
and Sunday were maintained during the,
day on both banks of the Ancre" says th
latest otllclal bulletin on the campaign In
France. The statement continues:
Our advance extends over a front of
about eleven miles, from east ot
Gueudecourt (southeast of Bapaume)
to south of Gommecourt (north of the,
Ancre,' on tho extreme flank of the
original Somme battle front), and has
attained a depth of two miles.
In addition to the village of Serre.
reported yesterday, we now occupy the
strong point known as Butte de.WarIen
court (about two miles south of Ba
paume, the scene of the final deaperatsii
struggle of last November, wjtere the
British Colonials, after storming the
hill, were driven back by the Prussian
Guard) and the villages of Warlen-court-Faucourt.
Pys and Mlraumont.
We have reached the outskirts of Le
Barcque (a mile south of Bapaume);
lrles and ruisleux-nu-Mont (northeast ,'t
of Serre.)
a hnntllo attack on one ot our nosts-EOUtl
rff ihA Knmme was driven off with losev
(This is chiefly Interesting as the first (!!$
flclal intimation that the BrUlsWhave tak
over still more of the French lines and t
are now holding those south of the SomtM
as well.) i,p '
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BERLIN, Feb.. J7, -
At only one point, between Ypres at j
Somme Hlver, aia vno uriuaii ";
penetrating tne uciiimh ".
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The British gain was made east of "i
It was. stated, but ine -ngisn were-i
driven oui wim twunwi-iiv.
in nthtr sectors of the western
artillery was more active than usual
'(.'hiinr actlvltv on the eastern f
uruiinr. the War Office annouiteel.
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