,. v $ i V ' -V- JACKS CHARGE I.' RUSSIAN FOOD MOB vmcc Demonstrations Cou- pled With Demand in Pet it, rotrraa anu muscuw jV w 1 WOMEN HEAD PARADES ' t people Resentful at Enormous ! Profits Made by Commodity ; Speculators STOCKHOLM. March 12. Serious food riots coupled with peace, X 'demonstrations have occurred In both rttrograd and Moscow. Cossacks charged a wild mob that formed ? the Russian capital Thursday nlRht and i- wrecked bakers' shops and In the melee a number of persons wcro Injured. For more than an hour the mob was In control of lirie sections of the city. The rioters stop ped the tramway service, smashed shops '' and paraded the streets, shouting nlter ' Mtely: "Give us food I" and "Give us peace 1" The Tetrograd newspapers hao been oppressed. General Chavaloft. military commander, has Issued a proclamation Timing the people that the troops will shoot to kill If orders to movo on nre not obeyed. . i Ko news has been received In Tetrograd from Moscow for two days. It Is figured ihit mobs are In control of Moscow and fctva Interrupted telegraphic communication w!lu tne capital, siuwvcs uuiu i cuugrHU toW a,d that troorja wcro being held In readiness to move to Moscow to suppress rioting. - Chrges that food speculators have reaped enormous profits have Incensed the people of Petrograd. Opponents of the Govern ment In the Duma have made bitter attacks upon officials responsible for the food dis tribution. Debate over the food question vHs resulted In hot clashes. Only fragmentary reports of Thursday's food riots In Tetrograd have reached Stock holm. Tho crowds formed In the nfter noon and marched on severr.l factories, de manding that ull.woikers go on strike until the Government provided food at reason tble prices. One factory whero the work men failed to respond to the call wns stoned ind some of Its smaller buildings wrecked by the rioters. Several thousnnd women were In the mob when It began a parade through the prln elpal thoroughfares. Cossacks rode across the street Intersections bieaklng the mob up Into little groups and using whips freely. V. S. "Armed Force" Will Guard Ships fentinatd from I'aae One forth soon Into Germany's barred death area. United States Inventors. Including tho electrical wizard, Thomas A. IMIroii, are trying to design methods of sheltering mer chantmen from all German undersea boats. The creature of lhlr plans will be Installed en the armed vessels, provided they meet with Government approval. What their plana are -lll be withheld for m'lltary reasons, but It Is known that a per fected smoke screen may be ono means employed n-ltlsh ships now use mich a device artificial smoke from chemicals that hides a vessel behind an Impenetrable screen. Eleetrlojnethods of detecting submarines, improving upon the present microphone at tachments, may be Invented. But In keep ing with the Administration's plan of se crecy, no details w'll be announced lest Serman Inventors bo placed at work to overcome the Amer cwi advantage. The work of arm.ng merchantmen should occupy only a few more das. and then American commerce wil be freed from the bonds that have kept It shivering In Amer ican harbors. i sailings ki:tt SKCRET The first armed liner probably will leave New York within a few days. No report of Its departuie will bs forthcoming. It will follow a course mapped out for It by thl, VoW Tl.liiMm.nl Ami I, n .1 nil I'bj'n. in.v.,,. linn it. nnu nil Teasels which follow, wilt act at all times under a set of Instructions piepared by the Btate and Navy Departments designed to meet all possible emergencies. Navy Derailment olflc'als declared that the "Vftlllnlnrt. mna vol.t..' t..l 1.... - Secretary Daniels hart been misunderstood j throughout the country. There Is no desire wunnoia news or vojages, It wns said, or of arrivals either In Kngland or in the United States. All that Is requested Is that tailings be kept hack. It also has been ordered that vessel officers phall not make Public any details of the course they sail. Replying to assertions that all It requires for a successful spy to keep track of sail M Is that he visit the docks of the various lines, or keep watch from shore points of "ntage, Navy Department officials pointed out that the fact that a steamship leaves ner dock does not of necessity cither mean ik! ..1 wl" Ea" rlKl,t out a or that X i proceed directly to her port of nation by the, nearest route. With boldlng of manifests and salllngs..these ex th T,Cet! .,mCCra 8ay- "'" flatly Increase tor abi",y, of American Vesse's reach "S their destinations unharmed. CIIKMANVS NEW MOVE Germany, . It Unon here, I. planning , "" t "ffennlv. on the vrf.t front J.r. ih .'I ,.Th.' wltl''wl of troop, be- M X. "L "Pe," of thB Un"" State. U .tenlng out f , oVm.n Ine. tocati hal n'Hlndenburg Is an ad- rfare i?r.n lsMns ,nrtH, ot l veterfn',".18 known tQ bellave that,hls BrUhTnrt ve m?re ha" a match for ra absiim ind French- Many oftlclals hero t!i?i?uter "rtaln that not later than X i otfena v. wm hlV T"1" the 8reat aerma" I , Z levihare.L,"..un'Italn- They r.v. lurerin" nM. 1 . ,l w'" come at a ly vfiEi VZll1- ? " " 't can be re- of'Germanv win i, i . . ana ,he defeat Mtcctufifi K. "I be ,ln ight- whe If It Is "h"cfhUVa.B,!b,mar,ne,camPaln the IlkS rreaent ,L n y, b.een 'maglned up to the Present time will Immediately be under- .! jMhfOerman plan of campaign. V A I l;t iny will nav m iC .. unI,ke'y that Oer ? 'P un Pmanmuh "tt'ntlon to American i if. ii,-""'-"!3" mor are actually on the eelci ' " De orme(I 'n the next few JOWMNO UNITED STATES AHMT tti .a.t..connectlon official, point out that heuM ... ?0.u"aof the United States. v depend on .r-ermany actually come, i'laer-. nfu.n.d 0" the outcome of this sum- If Poatible , for A, " Kranc- will be 1m- iriJ "" mtit be Vnllst-ed '.th. 1 ib lmno..nT. '. U '" ""aln that It will Lit', hlch tobuild a real arm" fh'l Is ab.oliniiJ V- v "' mere, while r Urn. that ti,iry at the pre,Pnt t tfcat mliiirSCrea,,ecI.."t Qnce- ,Th'8 mean. fc . : HlUltary ODeratlnna If ', it.,... the war. win have to' b.'d.. . wh in V.7,P, U, tn Brltl,,h can w'" Hrn'helr losseii mil .-in-i. ,u.i ." 7. I Mm' Uni.-i M.."'.r.V'T. ""': ",.r.en-n HALF OF WASHINGTON WALKS; CARS TIED UP 1000 Street Trolley Men Con- tinue Walkout When Com- pany Refuses Mediation WASHINGTON, March 12. Half of Washington walked to worl! to day. In the early hours of the morning nearly 1000 street car men, employed by the Washington Hallway and niectrlc Com pany, walked out after President Clarence 1'. King had refused all offers to mediate the differences between them and the com pany. Their places were Immediately taken by more than 600 strike-breakers Imported by the company, but Us 'service was paralyzed during the rush hours. A riot occurred this nfternoon In the center of the V street shopping district. Police reserve a rushed to the scene mid broke up the mob Two nrrestn were made. There were minor disorders In other parts of the city. The company asserts the service this afternoon Is 'seventy-five per cent normal BROTHERHOODS REFUTE R. R. COMPANY'S CHARGE Deny That "Full Crew" Law Was Re sponsible for Bristol, Pa., Wreck. Blame Officials JIAnmsnuna. March 12. Members of the legislative board of the Itallroad Brotherhoods' Issued a lengthy statement today denying the published nssertlon of tho Tennsylynnla Ha 1 1 mail Company that tho "full crevv" law was In a measuro re sponsible for the wreck at Bristol, Pn February 26, when four men were killed. The brotherhoods hold that the fault does not lie with the law but with the fact that the company permitted the men to ride on the engine and the caboose. The fact lhat a Journal burned off un noticed and caused the accident Is proof positive, the railroad men hold, that the number of men required by the "full crew" law Is necessary. No blame attaches to the law. It Is contended. If the men were not where the law provides they shall be, and It Is announced that the board has knowl edge that extra men have been Instructed to ride In tho cabooses nnd do nothing. To this several accidents and deaths may be traced, the brotherhoods charge. ZEPPELIN LAID TO REST IN OWN SIMPLE VAULT Interment in Royal Cemetery Refu&ed in" Accordance With Inventor's Wishes ROTTERDAM. March 12 Count von Zeppelin was laid to rest In the simple ault at Stuttgart which he erected ears ngo for his last resting place, his widow, respecting his wishes, declining offer of the King of Wurttemberg to place the body of the dead Inventor In n tomb in the loyal cemetery. Dispatches from Stuttgart today reflected universal mourning In (lermsny for the dead Inventor The King of Wurttemherg attended "lie services. Kaiser WllPain sent General von Hoeppner. commander-in-chief of Germany's Rlr forces, as his representa tive. The funeral ceremonies were simple nnd shoit, owlrg to the widow's ill health. Thu lilahop of Stuttgart spoke n few words In praise of the Count. Thousands of work ers In the Zeppelin factories came on spe cial trains to bid their chief farewell, nnd theie were hundreds of wreaths CI32E3EE2 Chicago EVENING LlEDGER-PHmADEJLPHIA, MONDAY. MARQH 12, 1917 CHRONOMETER CODE: The accusations of smugKlinu chronometers from the German boats interned at tho League Island Navy Yard made against prominent German-American citizens of Philadelphia brings to mind recent ex posures of the German spy system. One method by which messages arc sent from n spy in enemy territory is by dividing the face of a clock into twenty-six equal divisions, radiating like the spokes of a wheel from the center to the circumference. Each of hoe divisions stands for a letter of the nlphabet, beginning with A at the top and encircling the chron ometer like the numerals on the face of a clock. In order to spell out n word on n clock face thus laid off ic is necessary only to make a slight scratch or indentation .within the div'sion covered by the letter one desires to use. Tho position of the letter in tho word is indicated by its relative distance from the center of the clock face. A letter begin ning the message to be used is nearer than any other to the center of the clock, the succeeding letter farther out, the final letter being farthest out toward the circumference of the chronometer. Tho illustration shows how a message reading "Navy yard fixed" could have been sent out from the interned German boats, the scratches on the brass faces of the chronometer appearing to be purely accidental. HUNT FOR SMUGGLED POWDER ON BOARD INTERNED LINERS Continued frem Psce Ono slves on board the raiders has been going on nt a rapid pace virtually since diplo matic relations with Germany were sev ered. Government officials have announced that every precaution will be taken to prevent the destruction of the two raiders In case of a declaration of war. While officlnl Washington Is making every effort to keep details of the plot under cover, temporarily, at least. It Is Fald that the plot almost unquestionably Is the larg est German conspiracy ever undertaken In this country. Thoso arrested are Henry Rohner, prom Inent German-American merchant i Adel bert Knertlng Fischer, former German army nfllcer, president of the Schuttc & Koertlng C'o-npnn. nnd son-in-law of Ad Koertlng. German Ironmaster; his wife, Mrs. Helen Fischer, and two employes of Rohner The first three nre under $5000 CIPHER METHOD SUSPECTED HERE LIKE ONE NAMED IN MAGAZINE STORY Melville Davlsson Post. In the current Issue of the Saturday Kvenlng Post. In "Spy Stories," tells of many of the Ingenious schemes uied by spies In wartime One of these schemes Is similar In many respects to the chrc.nometer method which Federal officials bellevn may bo an important fac tor In the Navy Yard plot In condensed form, part of Mr Post's i-tory Is as follows l.ady X, head of a department of volun teer teller work, was In Paris. It was her Intention to go tn Holland, but she would not be permitted to enter Belgium. But from Amsterdam she could obtain tlrst-nand reports on conditions In Belgium. She was stopping at one of the large hotels on the Ruo Mo Rlvoll It was springtime The promise of an TJH7HWWittW A Guarantee YOU want just one thing in the clothes you buy; if you get that, it's enough. You want to be satisfied with them. A "guarantee" doesn't mean much unless it means that; and when we "guarantee" our clothes, that's what it means. "We use none but all-wool fabrics; the best of other materials; skilled' craftsmanship; we design styles to express the good, new fashion-ideas; we make models to fit all sizes and shapes of men. And we guarantee satisfaction. Every merchant who sells our clothes is authorized to make such a guarantee, and make good on it; it covers everything about clothes that may satisfy or dissatisfy; fabrics, fit, colors, tailoring, value for the price. There are no reservations or, exceptions. Look for the label Our label in the clothes is the signature to this guarantee; be sure to see it before you buy. If.it isn't there, the clothes arc not' ours. A small thing to look for,- a big thing to find. , Hart Sehaffner & Marx "NAVY YARD FIXED' ball each and the two emplo.ves arc under 11000 bail (.ach as material witnesses. Albert Wclsslnger, who until two weeks ngo, was a chauffeur of Rohner, admitted today having taken several truckloads of goods to and from the Interned Get man ships for his employer. Welsslnger, now a ticket seller for a sightseeing automo bile company, said he did not know what wns In the boxes that he convejed to nnd from the ships. "I made half a doien trips, ns I remem ber It. In January under the direction of Mr. Rohner," he said "The boxes that I took to the ships contained groceries, as far as I know Whnt was In the boxes that I took from the ships to Mr Rohner, I do not know. There was no trouble about get ting Into or leaving the ard All I did was to take tho boxes to the ship", unload them, load on others and take them to Mr. Rohner " Welsslnger added that he had not been approached by Federal agents Nor had he been "shadowed," so far as he knew. awakened life was over France And with It came an awakened hope for the success of tho great drive that every ono expected the Allies to make The secret of this drive tho War Department was inking every precaution to preserve, and Gernnny stilv Ing with every device to dlcover In her passage tnrough the hotel, l.ady x was accustome I tu reo an aged French woman, of tho pe.tsant clas. scrubbing the floor The poir woman looked miserable nnd sad but how many othcrs'ln the capital looked the same ! On the morning before the departure of I.ndy X. the scrubwoman tapped timidly at her door. "With tears rolling down her cheeks, she begged the Englishwoman to deliver three flve-'ranc pieces which she clutched In her hand to a given address In Amsterdam. The money was to go to her poor son, who was a prisoner In a deten tion camp, she explained. Kissing the threo pieces, the scrubwoman raid: 'They will carry also a mother's love to the son In the Oct man prison." Lady X was moved by the evident sacri fice that the money meant to the scrub woman, whoso lay could have been only a few sous n day nnd who must have made great sacrifices to assemble this trifling sum. Tho Englishwoman promised to deliver the money, nnd did so upon nrrlvnl at Am sterdam at a tiny shop In n poor quarter of the town. She rassed the matter entirely from her mind Sad to say, she will recall It If she ever writes of her recollection of he great drive. Sho perhaps will never realize what a trepiendous part she played In It The threo five franc pieces contained the mos-lngcMous secret cipher thnt ever was delsed. Ono, of tho coins bore tho namo of the sector toward which the great drive was tn be directed ; the second coin contained the number of divisions that were to be ns sembled for tho drive. The third coin carr rled tho date upon which the Allies had determined Tho method used consisted in dividing tha coin into twenty-six equal divisions ladlatlr.g from the center One represents each letter of the alphabet with A at the top. To spell out a word It Is only necessary to make Insignificant scratches within the division of the letter one wishes to use The relative distance from the center Indi cates the position of both letters and words Thus Lady X, through an act of kindness, unintentionally smuggled to Germany a secret worth almost an untold sum. The scrubwoman escaped. Needless to say, she Is a scrubwoman no longer 1GEL, LEAVING COUNTRY, ' PAID $100,000 FOR PLOTS NEW YORK. .March 12 Wolf von lge Indicted WeJIand t'nnal p otter distributed at least J100 000 to be used for plot and propaganda purposes before be sailed for Germany with Count von Bernstorff. accord ing to Information in ihe hands of the Dis trict Attorney The DItrlot Attorne s office, which made that announcement this afternoon, asked the d before the Fredcrlk VIII sailed that the $25,000 bond under which Von Igel was held be released. This action, followed by lodnj'n announce ment, apparently Ind cates the Government de Iherntcly let the German F.mbasy at tache slip through Its fingers In order to trail other alleged plotters The Grand Jury this nfternoon resumed Its probe Into Ger man activities. Including the India revolt plot charges against Doctor Ohakraberry and Hrncst Sekunna John llumbrit. said to be the man known us "Karl" who made bombs In the hotel loom of Fritz Kolh. in llobokcn, was ar rested nt Ilro.id and Wall micets by llo boken and New York detectives this after noon U. S. FREES GERMAN, SON OF BERLIN EDITOR CHICAGO. March 12 Fritz Wulf. alleged ercaped German sailor, who was arrested here last Friday by Federal of ficials, has been i pleased. Wulf Is said to be the son of an editor on the Itrllner Tageblatt and an ofllcer on one of the cruisers Interned nt Philadelphia. Aside from stating that Wulf had been i cleaned and that the Government forbade him disclosing nny Information, Hlntnn G Clabaugh, Federal Investigator, refused to make nny comment Bernhardt, III, Cancels EnRaRcment SPRINGFIKI.D, Mass. Match 12. Mme. Samh Bernhardt, thu famous actress, wns unable to leao her private car here today on ntcount of illness. Her engagement here was canceled New York GRANT OF TRANSIT CERTIFICATES DELAYED Absence of Commissioner Mngcc Causes Postponement of. Ac tion by Service Board Action by tho Public Service Commission upon the city's applications for certificates of pubic convenience to permit the con struction of the various sections of the high-speed system has been ngaln delayed. The commission was scheduled to meet In exccutlvo session In Hnrrlsburg this after noon to consider the subject, and It was the belief of ofllclnls of the Transit Depart ment here thnt at least part of the certifi cates would be granted. Commissioner William A. Magce, of Pitts, burgh, was unable to be present at the ex ecutive session on account of tho Illness of his brother. State Senator Charles J. Magee on account of the Importance of the trnnslt Piojects It was decided to delay further consideration of the certificates until Com missioner Magce returns Favorable decision b the commission upon the applications for permission to con sliuct the delivery loop would mean the Immediate nwnidlng of the three contracts for this section, for which bids were opened the first of List month This Is the only section now being held up on account of the Inaction of the commission. Tho revised nnabsls of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's proposed lease made by Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York experts, was completed today It will not be sent to the printer, however, until Di rector Twining has completed his own report to tho Mayor. The analysis of tho New Yoik experts will be embodied In tho Director's report as Appendix A. Tho entile report could bo printed and read to pretont to Councils on Thursday of this week were It not for sixteen draw ings which It will contain These will take longer to print than an ordinary written report, nnd for this reason It was decided not to attempt to present the matter to Councils this week There Is little likelihood that the Mayor will make public any part of the Director's report until the special session of Councils on March 29. which was called to consider transit exclusively Colonel Sheldon Potter, who has been as sailing the provirlons of the proposed lease at public meetings, will speak ngaln tonight before the Oak I.ane Park Improvement Association In the Reformed Church, Sev enth stieet nnd Sixty-sixth uvenue, V'iw Model "Sketched" Maxtfson & DeMair? 1115 Chestnut Street (Opposite Keith's) You Can Buy A Hat Worth $10 or $12-M Tomorrow at $8 With prices that mean little profit and many patrons, it is our intention to compel your consideration and actually force your acceptance of our wonder-giving values. A Fur Coat Clearance With One-Half Reductions BammmmmmmmmmT ly $54, $68, $98 $125, $175, $250 BUY THAT COAT WITH THESE INDUCEMENTS Purchaie will be TfirvtJ in our Btoraz vault until next fall en payment of a dtpoiit. Payment! to be con tinued during the tpring and tummer. We Have Many Specials of Pronounced Reduction for Tuesday w. Purchasing Agents' Orkc Hwrrf. ' - WESTERN MAGNATES! i ll . i r , ' Head of San Diego Public UtU i 'r companies vrounaea r- . V HAN DIKGO, Cnl March . Wit Clayton, vice president and general ;r ngcr of th Sprecklex Companies,' own tho street car system and other Mgiftu utilities of tho San Diego Bay district.. shot shortly after noon today by Vottkj2 tlfllnmn - A .TJ """ ... ' TS Tne extent or his injury nnd the caus jf the attack nre not known. 5 ,- "s Fire Sweeps Upstate PUnt MANOR, Ta., March 12. Fire this afMfc noon Bwept through tho plant, of DoaolfeLd Manufacturing Company, destroying thrMg buildings, insulating materials are mM'-" factured, and on account of their lnfilr,J mabln nature nremen hAd Brent Himniie r-A In saving the remainder of the plant. '4 &iSSK33a twe.'!?e fiTv??K"J. Jv V'tfWKJSHi'SOfir; P3Kt rSTAKHM -InT. Hf: i -.! ) ,.'. -T A m Yilrri STJItM '4J. SSrr, & -?0,r. It, 'mmm $ St. Patrick's Night Favors aplenty and touch, ol I grtcn ml bent. Spring and St. Patrick. Make t.bl. r.Mrv.tlon. early. Dancing begin, at 9 In th. Dark Room 11 WALN U T AT 13 th STREET MimvWm'-'l &Cv j3riVHb h li fr,'-.7,n,.T, jjr,..'M jwi iTHyjam.iMM t l'1ft&"?:fVi?ZSHSaniifHiTC9 ' L&?fM5tf3ttUUH , .'. "m-zxmzxt&m w v'Wfir xnvutanK .v rUKT."3AH?BE7?7 l 11. WHii 5' 1 mmmmrnMk i jnt.'w. -& ;v- i-HHHTfTl'3'7TfTw.VJlHr' t mwmmm .- : jmmspimsmem j) Wl WK HP. WVPWPM V !! fi. Hr J& m KJ mMM ! Is One of Ijl , Our Wonder- jflj ' Hats HI - 50 Pony Coats CHOICE AT $20.00 .French Seal THREE GROUPS $29.50, $39.50' $48.00 Hudson ' Seal SIX WONDERFUL VALUES Muff, Scarf and. Set u - "2 'k .'i m kto tha ;::r- jjsvj .?m -- . y4 ..al&MCLl.- frFftllliri.ina1liiVifaa USjaA.o vu !.'- '?. v.l - ','"- 5 t .n.V-W ; n.---,,? llALi4
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