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AVERTS U.S. BREAK
ilv "Overt Act" bv U-Boat
Will End Diplomatic
Relations
WILSON TO MAKE HEPLY'
Washington Appreciates Deli-
cate Position of Dual Mon
archy in Crisis
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WASHINGTON. March 7 There will be
T I10 dlDlomatln break with Auatrli fnr the
ivJrt"ent' unless tho submarines of the dual
7fv.inonarchy ferce the hand of President WIN
-: c son oy some "oert net" In wh ch American
1 j! -lives &rA enriAns-erotl Ttila wfta atnfnrl nit
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iiiuiimiiveiy- touay aner oniciam naa in
stated tho reply of tho Austrian Qoverh
ment to thin Go ernment's Inquiry con
cerning hor attitude on tho submarine war
fare aa conducted by Germany.
The note which was before President
Wilson todny la moat conciliatory In tone
Officials realize that tho Position of tho
Austrian Government Is delicate. She must,
on the one hand. Indorse the stand of
J,'i w.uermany, and at the same time do It In
f f Jch a manner aa not to offend the United
u- Mates to tho extent of a diplomatic rup
w , ture.
KWe - ' THE niGIIT TO AKM
SjtJ The one point on which the two uo-
i ternmenta nr In flat distort! Ih thnt of the
rating of American merchant easels
'The Austro-IIungarlan Government Is of
the opinion that the arming of merchant
teasels, een solely for defehse, Is not estab
lished by International law. They are to be
regarded as plrato xssela which may be
destroyed."
This paragraph from the Austrian reply
may prove a stumbling block in tho pith
of future good relations President Wilson
bellees that the right of this Goernmcnt
to arm Its. mtrchant vessels Is bejond
question In evr of th existing conditions,
and It Is certain that ho will go ahead re
gardless of the Austrian opinion ns to Its
legality.
If the Austro-Hungarlan Government
backs up Us opinion so far as to sink an
American esiel so equipped, the break. It
Is believed, will como with startling sud
denness. AWAIT OVERT ACT
That President Wilson will reply to the
Austrian note Is believed certain unless
his hand Is forced by some "otert act" The
Vienna note was so Inviting to further nego
tiations that It Is not believed this Govern
ment can cry well aold further Inquiry
Into tho matter without appearing to be
forcing the Issue.
Whether Count Tarnowskl, the newly ap
pointed Austrian Ambassador to the United
Stales, will be allowed to present his cre
dentials here now was a debated question
In diplomatic circles Count Tarnowskl ar
rived In Washington at tho time of the
German break, and because of tho delicate
relations between the United states and
Austria since that time he has not been
oflielally presented.
. COATESVILLE HOTELS
SEEK LICENSE RENEWAL
Remonstrances Not Specific, but
Plea of "No Necessity"
Is Urged
WEST CHESTER. March 7 Two
Coatesllle hotels still remain In line to
ecure licenses If the Court chooses to grant
them Both are now applicants, but re
monstrances hae been filed against them.
The remonstrances, however, arc not spe
cific and Just what action tho Court will
take when they are considered Is of r-jurso,
not known nor will It be until the hearings
on remonstrances are called up on March
19. when both matters will be gUen the
usual hearings.
The two hotels Inoled are the Hotel
Grand, for which Jeremiah II Keardon asks
a license, and the Subway House, In the
negro quarter, where Charles II Taylor
atks a license It Is admitted b the re
monstrants that both men are well qualified
to conduct hotels, and there Is nothing
charged against them personally, but the
matter of "no necessity" - 111 he urged and
the no-llceiibe forces will open firo upon
them when tho applications arc considered
The action of the Court yesterday leaves
oui iwo noieis along tne Mainline in Ches
ter County, one at Duffr n Hattr and one at
arkesbunr The property Imohed by the
removal of the licenses In Coatesvllle and
Downlngtoun Is valued at nearly J4OO.O00
and It Is estimated that without liconses
(he hotels will depreciate more than se-lnt-fi
per cent In value The proprietors
In Coatesvllle siy they w ill close the hotels
nd the Hoard of Trade there as well ns
the Chamber of Commerce, has already
laken action to provide for tho traveling
public.
AID FOR STRANDED GIRLS
Social Seivlce Bureau to Establish
Home for Needy
Country girls who are stranded without
money In Philadelphia and girls of every
description who are In 'hard luck" will be
flven shelter In a home to be established
trough tho efforts of tho Social Service
Bureau of tho Alliance of Catholic Women
A house haa been secured at SO! North
iJIneteenth street and the majority of the
furniture needed has already been con
tributed by women of the alliance as me
tnariala. Mrs. Anna G. Prince, chairman
of the Social Service Bureau, was the first
to contribute. Mrs. Prince said that a
night's lodging would be given to any girl
sho comes to the house and. If she desires,
employment will be found.
TOO I.ATB FOB CTAHSirTrATlny
. DKATIIS
TEItKES (nee Oeflnle). wife of Kugen S
Terket. Notice of funeral given from Ba
WETlli:niT.r.-M'Bh A wnrutt ...
Ul Alfred M. Watherlll. Funeral mi-vIcm.
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iHRL, colored! cnarai houseKork: adult family:
' modern homai Wat Thllu.lnki. . ..-.. 1J'
& alHt for, caneral bouMwork: adult faiuliyi
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BRITISH FORCES
NEARING BAGDAD
Cavalry Attacks Turks 27
Miles From Mesopotam-
ian Stronghold
AERIAL FIGHTS IN WEST
Berlin Reports Fifteen Allied
Planes Wrecked in Thrill
ing Battles
LONDON', .March 7
British cavalry detachments h ive engaged
the Turks nine miles soutlunst of cteslphon
and only twenty-seven miles from the gates
of Il.tgdiil, It was olllclally announced to
day The engagement occurred Monday
ntternoon
Cteslphon was tho scene of tho decisive
battle of tho tlrst Ilrltlsh campaign against
Uagdnd Hrlthh forces reached Cteslphon
on November 22. HUB, engaged In a hcavj
battlo with tho Turks four dajs later and
tin ii retroated to Kut-cl-Amara, more than
eighty miles nwav whore General Tovvn
shend's garrison was forcul to surrender
The greatest aerial activity slnco tho
beginning of tho allied offensive on tho
Bomme last July has occurred on tho Ancre
and Konime fronts this week, said dispatches
received hero today
While tho Germans were conducting their
great retirement heavy fogs interrupted the
work of tho Ilrltlsh llyers This hindered
tho work of tho British artillerymen nnd
aided tho Germans wondei fully In conceal
ing the exact nature of their backward
movement .
Hunshlnv weather succeeded the fog spell
on Sunday and British filers In great force
took the air to rceontiolter the new positions
to which tho Germans retired Large squads
again sped along the front on Monda and
Tuesday sketching tho new German wotks
and directing the range of Ilrlt'sh artillery
They woro repeatedly nttacked by German
airmen, who, however, have not dared to
cross the British lines In any large numbers
Belief that British .military circles aro
looking forward confidently to at least nn
other winter campaign was strengthened to
day bv Colonel Winston Churchill's speech
In Commons
Churchill urged that tho Government begin
preparing at once for a IMS campaign He
Indicated tho belief that the Allied blockade
would result In the collapse of the Centra)
Powers and bring the war to an end next
vcor
nnRMN. March 7
French troops attacked newly captured
German positions In Caurleres forest on the
northeast front of Verdun last night, hut
were repulsed by German fire it was ofll
clallv announced toda
Bright weather favored aerial .activities
vesterdav, and In numerous combats fifteen
aeroplanes were shot down the Germans
losing one plane the olllclal statement said
The text of the official statement follows
On tho Scarpa and both sides of tho
Ancro and homme, and In the Cham
pagne .and on the enst bank of the
Meuse, thore was lively nrtlllery activ
ity and repeated engagements of recon
nolterlng detachments with trench gar
risons In tho evenlntr the French attneked
on the northeast front of Verdun against
our new positions In Caurleres forest,
but were repulsed by our (Ire.
Bright woather favored tho flyers In
the execution of their tasks In nu
merous air combats fifteen hostile aero
planes were shot down. Wo lost one
aeroplane by enemy action.
FRENCH TAKE TEUTON
PRISONERS IN RAIDS
PARIS, March 7 French raids, and sap
ping activity gained many German prison
ers, today's olllclal statement declared,
while Germon attempts to penetrate to
French trenches were checked with heavy
losse- The statement said
French forces raided German trenches
and took pilsoncrs between the Olse
and the Alsne
The Germans tried seveial raids near
St Mlhlel and Fleurv, but were
i necked b a curtain of fire and re.
tired with losses.
In the region of Tour de Paris. Ar
gonno, the Trenrh Exploded a mine
under the German positions and occu
pied the crater
150 SWARTHMORE GIRLS
IN PREPAREDNESS CLASS
Will Learn Red Cross Work Under Di
rection of Dr. Rose D, Kimbone,
Ready to Serve Country
Patriotic and proficiency seeking Swaith
more girls have established a preparedness
class More than 150 Swarthmore College
girls already have been enrolled and have
started to prepare themselves to be of
tervlce to their country In ae of war
The girls have glventheir own money to
provide funds fnr the class The course will
last twelve weeks They will learn how to
ue bandages, set bones, care for cuts
burns and wounds Or Hose D Kimbone,
who already has taught lied Cross work,'
will have charge of the class.
The class Is the result of a suggestion
made by Miss Helen Diddle, of Hlvertnn
N J , a sophomore The consent of the
college authorities was obtained, although
they would not consider it as a part of
the regular curriculum
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OUTINGS
FROM MARKET STREET WHARF
$1.00
Zvtry
Sunday
Atlantic City
Wildwood
Angleae'a
VV Ildwood nrancti
Atlantic City
7 50
7 soij
$9 iin Baltimore
piW Thi Monumental cut
$9 O Waahington
piwlS tiu ballon i CapUT
swan, tout H; tfliri; k h; uk i;
Ijroad 81 7,S5i Wnt rblla 7S9(.
Pennsylvania R.R.
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SERVES YOU RIGHT K
m
A gentleman said to us,
"my grocer charged me $4
a bushel for potatoes." We
answered serves you right
for not watching your groc
ery bills. Another: "My jrrocer
charges me 8c for sugar."
Serves you right, too.
If we take advantage to over
charge our customers we deserve
to lose their confidence.' These
times of perilously high prices
call for a little sacrifice of
profits,
jtanscom's
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QUESTIONED AS A "PAKE"
Painting of Colonel Lambert Cad-
wnlader, in the Independence Hall
collection, the authenticity of which
is questioned.
WIF&SLAYER'S CURSE
RECALLED AT FUNERAL
Man Who Buried II. II. Holmes,
Murderer, Died After Years
in Sanitarium
The funeral tndnv of John .1, O Itourkc,
an undertaker who lurld the wife slayer,
II I! Holmes n calls the ture Holmes di
rected at those Instrumental In his lonvic
tlon Twenty vears ngo today O'ltourkc hurled
Holme", after the man who had attracted
attention tho country over had been hanged
As he went to his death on the gallows,
Holmes protested his Innocence nnd cursed
those ho snld were responsible for his c on
lctlon Slnco then many who rime tinder the
curse have met with either unusual or tiaglc
death, whether they were detectlvis phy
sicians or officials One nfter another the
men who gave evidence against him or de
livered It droppeil off
O'Hourke died Saturdav after spending
the last few years of his life confined In a
sanitarium O'Hourke s sister Mrs J M
Dempi-ev, died yesterdav whllo tho body of
her brother was being prepared for burial
The horror of the hanging of the man
he burled seemed to overwhelm him and
after every medical expedient had been tried
for recovery of his fine voice. O'Hourke
Journevcd to the mission of St Anno de
Ueaupre In Quebec After tho fourth visit
to the sacred shrine the affection which pre
vented his taking food was rellivtd, but
his voice was destroyed forever
The undertaker will be burled today from
the home of his son Thomas J, O'Hourke
1710 .Morris street, who with a daughter,
Mrs J A Call turvlvcs
GIRL TAKES POISON; ASKS
TO BE SENT TO HOSPITAL
Startles Waiter in Chester Restaurant
by Informing Him of Her
Suicidal Attempt
CHCSTKR. Pa, March 1 After taking
a dose of poison with sulcldil Intent, Marie
Hopkins, twentv-two years old walked into
a Market street cafe this morning and
seated herself at a table
When the waiter asked for her order, the
young woman startled him and other diners
by calmly Informing him that she had taken
poison She made a request that sho be
sent to a hospital An automobile was
pressed Into service and the woman was
lemoved to the Crozer Hospital, where her
condition Is considered serious She told
the police that she was tired of living. The
police say that the young woman's deed was
prompted by a love nffalr
Inexpensive Suits and Dresses
In New Styles
There is so much pood stylo to them, so much
character nnd distinction all the airs and little praces
that are associated with higher-priced models:
SllitS at $20.00 An excellent collection, in-
eluding plain nnd belted
models of poplin, Rabardine and chuddah cloth, with
broadcloth nnd silk ovei -collar, some with smart pock
ets, silk stitchinp. In black, navy blue, Belgian blue
and green. The Suit sketched is from this collection.
SuitS at $18.75 pIin. touted and semi-
belted models, of serge,
gabardine and poplin with plain coat collar or good
full collar with silk over-collar. Black, navy blue and
dark brown, $18.76. itji . Second Floor, Market Street
DreSSeS at $16.50 Acfnoon Dresses of
taffeta, in tunic and
peplum effects; with collnr of crepe Georgette, in plain
colors or Paisley pattern. Black, navy blue, plum color,
smoke gray and French blue.
DreSSeS, $12.75 tO $18.75 Serge Dress-
: es, in black,
navy blue, brown, French blue, plum color, beige and
reen Plaited and long-waistcd models, with braid
inding, soutache braiding or metal-thread stitching for
trimming. w - Second Floor. Centre
Sale of Women's Sample Coats
Another excellent lot of two hundied and fifty Coats, samples from
our own wholesale factory, which will now be disposed of in our retail
Store. In the height of spring styles and tailored in the high-class man
ner which distinguishes all our Coats:
Women's $15 Sample Spring Coats $10.00
$20.00 Coats $15.00
$25.00 Coats $20.00
The materials are among the most fashionable of the season cord
materials, gabardine, Bolivia cloth nnd wool velours, in spring colors,
also plaid and check effects. All the Coats in sample size 36, but many
women usually wearing larger or smaller sizes can be fitted.
3W Second Floor, Centre
Smart Set and Bon Ton Corsets, $2.00
Original Prices, $3.50 to $10.00
An excellent collection of models, which are to be discontinued by
the manufacturers; in low- und medium-bust styles, long over the
hips; also some Bon Ton Front-Lace Corsets in the lot $2.00.
$1.00 tO $1.50 CorSetS, nOW 75C These are chiefly
our well-known
S. & C. Special Corsets. Made of coutil, with medium bust, long over
the hips; somo models have graduating front-clasp.
3B Third Floor, Market Street, West
iuoilU'ill
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ROSENTHAL CHAMPIONS
CADWALADER PORTRAIT
Criticizes Charles Henry Hart
for Alleged Inconsistency in
' Classifying It
The authenticity of the portrs.lt of Colonel
I.-vtnbert Cadwalatler, ono of tho independ
ence Hall collection questioned In nccusa
tlcns of "faltlng" before the Art Jury and
Itirt 1m1nnn,lAnrA llnll flnmTTllSSlon, WftS
championed today by Albert Hoscnthal, a
painter of hlstoilc.il portraits. In a state
ment which he said was "expressly for the
btncflt of those responsible for tho reflec
tion put upon the character of tho collec
tion "
The portrait copied from the original
b Thomas Kullv, said Mr Rosenthal, has
been pronounced b) Charles Henry Hart,
an art critic as both a Kully and a paint
ing by Ullbcrt Stuart Mr Hart, ho de
coud, has contradicted himself, but that
Hit Inter attribution names tho portrait as
a Sull
This Information said Mr Rosenthal,
'could have been had at any time and would
have avoided additional reflection upon the
Mputatlon of the pictures
This portrait, ascribed to Stuart, was
denounced publicly by Mr Hart In 1889 as
'no Stuart, but u Sully' An article In
Scrlbner's In I81S entitled 'The Life and
Works of Ollbert Stuart," and signed 'C II.
It," save the portrait Is a Stuart. The at
tribution Is now questioned because the
sully Register printed by Mr Hart in 1009
fiom Sully s Orlglnrfl Manuscript Register,
owned by tho lllstorlc.nl Society of Penn
sylvania contains no record of this pic
ture In Mr Hnrt's addenda of Sully's
paintings not contained In the register the
picture is not mentioned In tho American
Art News of March 3, 191", he savs ho
found It to be a Sully painting in Decem
ber, 1914
SUES BROTHER TOR SLANDER
Live Stock Dealer Begins Action for
.$1500 Damages
llernnid Mullnn 11 dealer In live stock, of
3d North rifty-slxth street, entered suit by
c iplns against his brother, Patrick H Mill
It.ii 1148 Haverford avenue, In the Munici
pal Court accusing him of slander and ask
ing $1500 damages Judgo Crano granted
the plilntlffs application for a ciplas for
tin ih fondant's arrest pending trial of the
suit nnd fixed ball at $400
In bis nlllduvlt the plnlntlff complains
th it bis brother, In the presence of several
pel sons at the Stock Yard Hotel, Thirtieth
anil Race streets uttered alleged slanderous
lemnrks concerning his integrity The al
leged slander took place on February l
Inst
Guaranteed
Exchange
Locomobiles
Why is a ucd Loco
mobile picfeinhle to a
new enr at the same
pi ice? For the puma
iea:on that heirloom
koI id silver' is better
than plated ware.
Quality, service and
pi idc of possession ni e
integral parts of the
Locom obile and do not
depart with use or
change of ownership.
Tht LOC0M0DII.U CO. of AMERICA
ISU Market Street
for Spring
$35.00 Coats $25.00
$45.00 Coats $30.00
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POLICE CHIEF WANTS
PASTORS TO TRY HIM
Accused Pittsburgh Official Asks
Thnt Ministers Servo as Jury
in Damage Suit
PITTSnunOir, March 7. 'There are
oeven preachers on the jury panel, and I
hae Instructed my attorney to ask the
Court to hae them all alt In the Jury that
Trill hear the $10,000 damage suit ncnlnst
me," said Tollce Commissioner Peter P,
Waleh this afternoon
"I want these ministers to know for
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You see here one of the latest and best over
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elegant in finish; all-wool fabrics 5 with variations
in pockets, back and cuffs.
Look for our label
' Ask to see it; insist on seeing it; get the salesmanto
point it ou to you, sewed in the coat ; dont buy unless you
do see it. A small thing to look for, a big thing to find.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Makers
themselves conditions as they are In this
city and the difficulties I have to contend
with In retting evidence against houses of
111 t'epute nnd dissolute women,
'The woman who has brought suit against
me for damages," said Commissioner Walsh,
"was arrested In a recent raid on tho North
Side, rollowlng her arrest a fine was Im
posed by the Magistrate, but that was or
dered refunded by the county court on the
ground that evidence of specino character
had not been offered.
"It has been charged before Council by
clergymen that I made no effort to sup
press disorderly houses on the North Side.
I thtnk that after the seen ministers sit
on tho Jury In the damage caso against mo
and learn for themsehes how difficult It la
for the police to secure evldenco that will
hold In court they will not be so quick to
heap censure on me," said Commissioner
Walsh.
Schadncr it Marx
ASSAILS "JUNGLE ANTIC
IN MODERN DANClkj
J. P. Morgan's Pastor Deplores Exhl.l
Diiions 01 vestigial viciouoness
Unlovely In Species" '
NKW TOnK, March 7. "Jungle antic.-
Ill iiiviuciii uaiivmB ui o ucQKlieu DV J T,
pont Morgan's pastor, the lie v. Karl n.n"
the 'weekly bulletin of the rhi,iTr' M
public today. ' m,j
'The shoulder lurches, palm and t i
pumping, clutches and holds exhibit a w :
At mmtt M t IaIaIMAAH ft M I A FA I Ik- .. till 1
said Doctor Kelland. 'The mini. ""'.
panylng some of the modern dances h ' '
real effect on the moral substance of JIV
habitually Bwayed by It." l "";
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not the kind of dancln Daih J'' '(
before the Lord. "-"mitj
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