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Wilson will arm ships
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BRAVE BALL PLAYERS NEAR LIFEBOATS
There may not be any submarines in the olTinfr, but the Phillies, en route
tv mcir pi. rciursuurK uuuifi, uru nut iumiiK,uiiy ciiuiiccs. xiiusu in
the picture are Fish, "Bill" Killefer, "Dode" Paskert, Business Manager
"Bill" Shettsline, Pat Moran, manager; Alexander the Great, Burns,
Myer, Lutz and Haggerty. In the lower picture, on the left is Lutz,
who was a semipro. pitcher on back lots of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
I nA UTflfttnnH to Minnif nnniA Vif SMTitsn TTnnnnwfit an 4-Urv nlliAH AmiHn
Ho is paying his own cycenses and hails from Brooklyn. He insists
nc is kuuu.
EL
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7 1
tlUll'Ti lFVn fTIA ATIT3M
;1.
wiirt Holds License Under
Advisement After Re
newal of Bitter Fight
-.ALL ED UNNECESSARY
the question of whether or not Michael
Ii-BUrlm hnll .. - i -. .... .
i. f .. ui-cii .i Damon ui ouuu ians
HIT h Ik. IfltK ..
, -j mo jati incense court, alter a
Bonttranrn harin u ...1.1. . .. -.
" ill HIIIWI II1UVI1 dUL
fnUrpees of the figlit against the bar-
thr united effort was made by res!-
" Of Haddlnctfir. nr,,l .. 1 1. j.
tlie,aloon, for which a license trans
J?M, granted to Burke by the License
W USt OC toiler nfl.. 4 . .. .
1tl-aloon flchta In 11,. .i.
'WIT. Burk-A ni t.-' .
I ly,. .. - "-" 4IUIH ni8 BBIOOn
tt Callowhlll street to make way for
j, u Ilot opened his new sa
lt HCJLIIA A ... .
. , ut injunction.
fTl . ofl, Jr.. hnd Albert S. Faught,
POtlll lh : . . .
r. .- " ';'""irBius, today re
lf former coptentlon that there was
WWltV tnr n .i . .. ....
k;.. :" " "'""n in 'ine neighbor.-
fudge itartln said that when a
...mcu ii wag presumed that
lu ''..a necesl,y '" It until some
uon other than h. .j. . 1 . .
1 . - ; iimuo in me nrst
1 the CflKA ten. ... . j
P 'V. Edgar Adamson. pastor of th
fct C1 almpson Memorial Methodist
gIBlxty.nrstpand Jefferson streets.
, , - ,tiuuon trom ills church
Wotestlng against the faloon, - ad-
Lfhat feelln- nJ,i.. .... ,. ,
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?iitrom "fnooPhcre he "aid. In
tVBurkSJIVy M'Chael "y,an"
K. rtot true that tnlnlsW and, re!-
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GERMAN NAVAL
OFFICER ARRESTED
Captain Fritzen Accused of
Implication in .
Plot
RESULT OF LONG SEARCH
LOS ANGELAS, Cal., March 9.
A French woman,, as zealous for the
Allies' cause as Alfred Fritzen is al
leged to be for the Teutons, caused
Frltzen's arrest'as a plot suspect, a De
partment of Justic agent declared this
afternoon. The woman, according to
this source, is Madalene Bengoyne, a
native of France. Except to say that
she played a prominent part in causing
the arrest which terminates , a year's
search' for Fritzen, the officer would not
tell her connection with the case.
1
l,Oii ANOKI.ES, March 9.
Alleged to be connected with plots to de
stroy the Wetland Canal and to be Impli
cated In other Unneutral acts In America,
Captain Alfred Krltien. a German ofllcer,
was arfested tqday by agents, of the De
nartment of Justice in Alhambra. near here.
According to Special Agent Dlanford, of
the Department of Justice, the specinc
charge against Fritzen is Implication In the
Welland Cunal.plot.
The arjrest -follows a search of six months
conducted by the .Department of Justice.
ne,velatontt ot activities In southern Cali
fornia and northern Mexico are said to
have caused the Issuance ot orders by A.'
Blelaskli chief of the Bureau of Investlga;'
Hon?, for the arrest. A, connection Denvt;en
Frltten and derman Qons'ul Bopp, recently
convicted In Sin Francisco, and. Captains.
'Ttntr-V.! an Vm Wn.n la IttllO Said to
v,,-.. ...U .w.. .,. ,-
have been-establlshed.
PI.GAD3 INiS'CNRK
' At the "city jail, -where lie was lodgeJ
after hla. arrest. Frllien ald tat the Fed,
,ral olc-s hactWde a grave mistake, He
sMI tkM tM h4 ,be In the, United StatM
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UNITED STATES NAVY READY,
SAYS DANIELS, AS PRESIDENT
CASTS DIE IN U-BOAT CRISIS
Congress Will Meet April 16 as "Extra
ordinary Situation" Faces Country, But
Meanwhile Executive Will Defend
American Life and Property
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMA TION
CALLING EXTRA CONGRESS
"By the President of the United Stiitex of America;
"A proclamation:
"Whereas, the public interest requires that the Congress of the United
States should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon on the six
teenth day of April, 1917, to receive such communications as may bo made
by the Executive.
"Now, therefore, 1, Woodro'w Wilson, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion re
quires the Congress of the United States to convene in extra session at the
Capitol in the city of Washington on the sixteenth day of April, 1917, at 12
o'clock noon, of which all persons, who shall at that time be entitled to act
as members thereof are hereby required to take notice.
"Given under my hand'and the seal of the United States of America the
ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen and of the independence of the United States tho one hundred anil
forty-first. WOODROW WILSON."
By the President, Robert Lansing, Secretary of Sfate.
WASHINGTON, March i).
President Wilson today announced his decision to arm American
ships immediately for the purpose of protecting the lives and prop
erty of Americans on the high seas.
In a formal statement issued at the White House the President
simultaneously issued a proclamation calling for an extra session
of Congress to begin April 16 to render "support he will need in all
matters collateral to the defense of our merchant marine."
The President does not state whether or not the Government
will furnish gunners as well as guns to merchant ships. This prob
ably will be disclosed as soon as the orders to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels providing for arming the ships are made public.
Henceforth, however, the Government's steps will be more and-
more secretive. The President desires the co-operation of the press
and the public in taking every, precautionary measure, which may
serve to preserve many lives.
WILL CONCEAL NAMES OF VESSELS
The names of the vessels which will be armed first will not be made public.
In reaching his decision today, the President had the legal support of both
Secretary Lansing anil Attorney General Gregory. And in caljing the extra
session he fullfilled the intimation that he would so act as soon as the United
States Senate modified its unlimited-debate rule so as to1 be able to act quickly
on measures of vital interest and importance to the "country.
In connection with the announcement, Secretary Tumulty stated that the
President was convinced he had the power to arm American merchant ships and
is free to exercise it at once, without congressional action.
"But so much necessary1 legislation is pressing for consideration," Tumulty
added, ''that the President is convinced that it is in the best interests of the
country to( have an early session of the Sixty-fifth Congress, whose support he
will also need in all matters collateral to the defense of our merchant marine."
U. S. NAVY JS ItKADV
After the White Houe announrrmrnt I lie
Navy Department announced that "we are
.prepared o to gunner well at gun."
Secretary Daniels made the specific ie
quest upon the press of the country that,
for obvious reaspna of national safety,
newspapers refrain from announcing when
a ship is armed, what ship Is armed and
'where It Is bound.
' Daniels said he himself had taken no
direct action yet. Ths, however, ls only
a matter of hours.
Holding that publication of movements
of bhlps and their armament' endangers the
lives ofAn1erlcans. Daniels requested, svery
cable office In the country not to send out
any statement as to a ship's movement,
either Incoming or outgqlng.
Announcement of the .extra seeilon vqf
'Allnu.. CuU.( fl.,b'.'l.nii..l
conireKi i"" t"",.)i'"," ,..
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11:30 CURFEW TOLLS t
FOR WASHINGTON THEATRE
Court Orders'.' Closing of Society Ren
dezvous Before Midnight
J ' t
WASHINGTON, March p Curfojv will
ring henceforth at 11:30 p. jn, for the riay
house, society's little rendezvous across
from the British embassy.
The District Supreme Court today signed
an order tp Jhjs effect after Hear Admiral
and Mrs. Schroeder. who live next door,
naa asueu iur mi injunction against the
Playhouse,
British Ambassador Hprlng:Itlce offered
written testimony In support of the Schroe
derla request, but H. was thrown out of
court When the dliilomflecllnU to atmear
uj ttero '" i WW' " ,f.-ifn"S'
QUICK NEWS
BASKETBALL SCORES
U't'n Friends rnculty (finnl). .. H!5 Oeiinnittowii Friends !20
Catholic High (flst half IS St Jo&epirt College 13
Catholic HigK 2d (firt hnlf). S St Joiwph'H College, 2d 8
Lower Mm Ion Srs. (final) 27 Lowei Mellon Sopt fj
l.nwer Merion Ji'B. (fli)al). 18 Lower Merlon Flesh o
Lnusdowne High, pills (final).. S3 Toinnle Unlveislty, girls . .. 17
Lanstlowno High ftliml)? -IK "Chester High' Ub
Stephens School, girls (final)... 01) Jenkiutown High, gitls .... n
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
rourtli Hot, Springs ince. S-yenr-dUtfi nail up, 0 furlo.ngs Dimltii.
113, T. MrTaggart, 8 to 1, oven, 1 to 8, wouj Grundy, 10-1,-Lyke, 4 to
1, 8 to 5, -1 1 0, Bucoml Orofinwood, 110, MwtpliyO to 1,'S to 1, even,
third. Time, 1.18,'
BRICK MANUFACTURERS COMMEND THE PRESIDENT
NKW YORK. Mnreli 0. A-lesoluUon commending the Govern
ment for its Investigation of coal prlct-H was adopted at the cloblng
spRsion or the National Brink ManUfnctmeiV Aitoclation conven
tion heie today. Fritz Snlen, of New Orleans, was elected ptesldcnt:
Tltcodoie Jlnuunll, of Indianapolis, was re-elected secictnry.
175 PERISH IN SINKING OF BRITISH TRANSPORT
LONDON. Match 0. Ten Europeans and 105 Afilcnn native la
bomis peiibhed when tho British transport Moiiill sunk nfter a col
lision I'eljiuaiy 21, the War Office -announced today. (The Mcntll
was n fetcel steamship of '1230 tons, was 370 feet long' and was tegis.
tcied at Liveipool.)
AHEAD OF MARATHON BICYCLE RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO, JVIarch 0. At 12: 30 this afternoon the six
day bicycle lideis at the Autlitoilum track had coveied 2100 miles
nnd nine In.ps and weio tv.nty miles and one lnp ahead of the' lec
ol d. McNaiunra nnd Hill were setting the pace.
COMMERCE BOARD SUSPENDS RATE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Mnich 0. The Interstate Commeice Commis-
'slon todny suspended until July 8 the proposed increases of tates
on gialn and flour fiom St. Louis and Caiio, 111., to Arkansas points
on the Rock Island Railroad. Tho increases ranged from one and
one-half cents to seven cents per hundredweight.
t
TAYLOR PLANS I
REPLY IN ROW
. OVER TRANSIT. "
Former Director Will An-'
swer Twining on Esti
mates of Cost
CAR SHORTAGE CLOSES MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR MILLS
MINNHAPOLIS, Minn.. Mmcli !) Two of the live mills ut tho JMIIsbury Klour
illlls Coinpuny were closed todny because of car Hhoitugp. Wiisliburn & Ciosby'rt
mill inny cIonp ul nny time. Other mills aio without oar.. The last of the Hour
beliiK rushed lo New Kushuul Statu to lellevo a shortiiKe thete was loaded Aoduy.
There being no more available ours, the lelief work must stop. .1. S. I'lllsbury
today churned that eastern inlliouds U1 not send the mimbi'i of ems piotnlsed.
GERMANS CLOSE DUTCH-BELGIAN FRONTIER
LONDON. March 'J. A Centr.il News dispatch from Amsterdam this nflei noon
repotted that the Gcrriutn mllltuij uuthoiltles Imve closed the Dutcli-Ilel(,'Inn
fiontlir as if In preimiatiou for un Important mlllturv mocment.
MILLION DOLLARS BAIL ASKED FOR GOMEZ
HAVANA, Match ft. -Hall fur (lenernl liomcz, captured rebel leader, was set
nt a loiiud million dollars. No on ha ot come forward with this staggcrlns
ainounl of monej lo iieinilt reliase of the rebel chieftain, nnd tho prospect Is that
he will lemnlii In I'rlucipe I'cuitentl.iiy pending trlul.
GREAT FIRE DESTROYS GRAIN IN DETROIT ELEVATOR
IJlTrUOIT, Match 9 Loss estimiiltil at $1,000,000 was caused by a file stai'leU
In the englncroom of the Detroit Itailrbad elevator this afternoon. More than
half a million bushels of Kialn. prlri ipnl wheat, were cestrojed. Twt,,ty-Ilve
fhcinen had mil tow escapes us the w.ilfs of the upper stories of the building
collapsed.
BAYONNE SILK MILL GIRLS ON STRIKE '
BAYONNi:, N. .1., Match 9. Nine bundled girls employed In the .Schwuilzen-unch-Uuber
Kilk Mills heie struck today foj- n ten per cent increase in wages.
Demonstrations weie staged ubuut the mills this morning and two of the strikers
were nnested.
CITY CAN BUY'EGGS AT 23 CENTS A DOZEN
The city can buy Its eggs at I went) Hit ce t'ents a doicn, or about hulf the
regular letall prjee, aecordlng to the bids which weie opened by the Department
ot Supplies this morning. Three egg companies made the city bids, and the
lowest was at twenty-tut ce cents, or beven cents lower than Ihe city paid one
year ago. The contracts call for delivery covering a period of'thiec months and
beginning April 1. Ilutter. however, will cost the city thlrt) -eight cents, or two
cents .moie per pound than It co3t one ear ago. Other bids were made
for a gicat variety of things which the city will use. Altogether. $150,000 Is rep'
lescnted In the bids.
BRITISH SHIPS, FOR DANGER ZONE BAR 'WOMEN '
NUW YOIllC, Murch 9, -An order foiblddlnj; women to travel on British ships
crossing the war zone was posted tu the British Consulate heie today.
VARE AND OTHER STREET CONTRACTORS FINED
Edwin II. Varo and other contractors were fined heavily within tho last month
for failure, to fulfill in. every detail the. specifications of contracts entered Jnto
with tho clt). The penalties for the month of February, however, were not as
great totally as those Imposed In the previous mouth. The fines' for February
aggregated $6076. '
U.S.
DIPLOMATS REACH HAVANA FROM GERMANY
WASHINGTON, March 9. Seven Americans connected with the American dlplo
matlo service In Germany jaye reached Havana, according to official advices
reaching io niaie uvpariiiisiii, iuuit. incy uiv 11. yt. neuter, consul Rt tsreslau,
pf Hamburg, Va. Mlaa Ella? White, attache to the Berlin '"Embassy, and Mythtr,
of Boston; ansa weta winter, jeriin, oietron; Miss jjwn Lehmann, Bw-.U,.s
Clevei'id.MNn Vivlan'atWr JKrl.ln, stndmothsr'rf! MwC .T 7 T.'f u
DEFICIT OF $18,976,000
Rapid Transit Costs
in Twining Estimate
Transit money appro
priated by Councils. . . .$G3,100,000
Transit cost as estimated
by Twining 90,980,000
Deficit, according to
Twining 27,880,000
Less cost of Chestnut
street subway which
will be built immediate
ly only in the event of
city and P. It. T. Co.
failing to agree, Chest
nut street subway cost
being 8,905,000
Making real Twining
deficit, assuming tem
porary abandonment of
Chestnut street sub
way : 18.971,000
Former Transit Director A. Merritt
Taylor this afternoon, broke the silenca
he has maintained on the transit con
troversy since his return from Florida
and announced that he was preparing
for immediate publication a statement
in answer to the revised schedule of
construction costs made public today
by Transit Director Twining and for
warded to the Public Service Commis
sion. Transit Director Twining submitted to
tho Public SerIce Commission today de
tailed figures and estimates prepared by
the engineers in his department, checked
and approved by tho firm of Ford, Bacon
. Dali, New York experts, showing that
a total of $90,980,000 will be needed to
complete the iity's entire high-speed system
In view of the prevailing high prices for
labor and materials.
The total amounts authorised by Coun
cils toward the construction of tho arj
ous lines is JC3.100.000. The deficit, there
fore, should tho lines bo completed at, pres--(lit
prices, would bo $27,880,000. The
grand total, however. Includes $1,905. Q00
f oc.i lic-pro)flcL. C h gt uulalrc.c t sulnvay,
which It is not planned to build in the In),
mediate future unless an agreeme-.t should
fall to be readied bowtcen the city and the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
Councils has already authorized an ap
propriation of $5,000,000 toward the con
struction of tho Chestnut street line. As-
huinlng that this project is abandoned tem
porarily and -flic $5,000,000 be made avail
able for use on the other lines, tli? actual
deficit would bo i educed to $18,975,000.
The estimates contained In the Director's
report to the commission Include also In
terest and sinking fund charges on the
bonds floated for construction work, sii
per cent ot the total, to cover engineering
and superintendence, and seven per cent for
incidentals and contingencies.
Deducting these three Items, the Director
has prepared a diagram, shown on this
t'snllnurd en Vatr Kitten, Column Four
FRENCH'S SISTER' WAR VICTIM
Mrs. Harley Dies of Wound Received
From Enemy Shell at Monnstir
SAIjONICA. Match 9. Mrs. Ilarley, a
sister of Lord French, commander-in-chief
of the British home defense corps, died
at Monnstir from a wound rccehed when
a shell struck an finbulance to which she
was attached.
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four) ear-olds and upward.
'Hot Springs Results
KlltST UAt-'i:, Cour-M-Hr-olds and ui. xlllni.
ft furlonKfi:
1. .Ine l. ins. Jtffcol. , S lo 5 7 lo 1U t lo 3
.'. lua.y VV'usijr. 113. Jlur-
!hy . . S t,o S to 5 S lo 3
3 I'rime .toer.
Crump .
Tim. 1:1.
KKCOND HACK.
Nflllntr. Ml furlongs:
I. UuUk, ins. Crump.. .. 12 tot .o 1 5 to t
J. OMsmutilr, los. Carroll V to L' N to . 4 to 3
:i lllltim llnblee 113. Ocn-
try 12to I a to 1 It toil
Time, il.in !.. 1'etlar. IXIo tlrnioi. Charlie
Mi'Kerrun. lmprr Htahvart. Milton Campbll
I'ontctrart, Key, Wolf's Hath and Captain Dn
aliio run.
TII1IU JtACi:. thrreoear-olda and up. (ell
Ins: OS furloiiK! x
I. Aunt I.lx Kit. Alurphi . S to 1 1 to 1 1 to -J
J. Sannvmlnir, Ufi.Crqunanlt 7 to - tot, 3 to A
a. .sir r.lclmt.l 1117. Carroll. 4 tu 1 S lo 5 4 to 3
'rime I :iS 3-T. Crunkle. Hondo. Anthnuy'a
l.aaa, Jungle. Laura. Jamea, Uermudtan, 1'lau
illto and Poeman ulnq ran.
Havana llesults
rmsT
dalinlnr
HACK.
furlono, thrtcj far-oW.
Hoy,
1 Sablti. Id.'i. Wlnnlil i 8 to S 7 to 10 I tol
'. .11(1 JIUll 11.. lV. .
Ian
ril.l titn I'rtt
lan ' oiwi - io i tcii
3. Marblelieud. Hit, lirryer VI to 1 C to t 2 to I
Time, l:Dfl2.. llflmcf Dauuhter. Mas
nitlna, Oolden Chanc. Old Drury find LXu
Meala ulao ran.
HECON'D HACK. .'i furlons;, three-year-eids,
rlalmlntti
1. liulsar. HiO. Ward, i, H to t a lo t 1 tot
.', MorrUtown. 114. Ureter. '.' tu 1 4 to fl S to h
3, And rev O'Uay, louj Corey K to 1 3I1H ta'3
TlnieJ 1:13. Tto Mary IIUcHwood, Onar.
Marvrloua, Stontnston al ran.
TlllltU HACK, a furlong, three-yetr'-olda
and up. t la I ml nff r
1, lUhKU Allrn, JUS. .Collins 4 to 1 H lo R 4 to fl
1', Ha Ion, 103. Notxl, ...... n tq 3 t to 3 out
3. Wavering.. I Of, Wakoir.-. 3 In I i to 0-3 to .
Time. t:!B4-3. Captain 'vdrlcfca. Ulvaa.
Hpolin. Nlsadoo and Kleanor ala run. ,
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