-WC- wmnsLWTsm reiAgMraatw.TMi CHASE U-BOATS lotwbury's Stepson, With Ktaring Crew, Arms Fast Motor Vessel IKER HURRYING HOME kk -Mwnid by a crew of "huskies" nd pipped with a. three-pounder, a one- founder fcnd a machine run. the Nedeva It, emnded by Lieutenant J, II. It Crom- WtH, stepson of E, T. Stotesbury, banker Financier, is being made ready today dash tn thn men. whMi 4tiA tnmt mntnp mmn win become a submarine chaser ana i iJpteh bearer In, the United States Naval P Mwrr Eorce. i'. ICr. mnA Xfra. RlntAahitrtr mm tinrrvlnv $,,;., Wk from Florida to be on hand when ,5Meva sans Saturday from Wharf 23, : fk of Pine street, for a trial trip down Delaware and along the Atlantic coast CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT 1. " ft 'Tft ( MnMrrl Ir-ntfl.nt.K that th 'Rotesburys aro cutting short their 'stay In :, Florid. Mr. Stotesbury Is known to be In r;-'f,l4oe touch with the nnanclal situation, and ',';' Knanclers hers today expressed tho opinion Vtfcat the banker Is In possession of advance ,. Mformatlon that convinces him the craft EssV j mmanaea oy nis siepson may speeauy go tt w , v Into real service. Kltf ! . B.....V. V .-, . I j, A oui okuicouury, nun Leaned n jicisuiitti lit I " . 4AaV 1 r tViA t-tti llstln t n i snnlnnlnni tf 4A R'fNedeva II, and has spared no expense In ;5H kind In tho service. It was estimated to- ,,n- day that the boat and Us equipment cost P !. bii1j4 oaAilit Aiwla -am tha flni-nrninant ' " to shoot lit submarines on sight German f, submarines have been reported lurking In v.aouuiern waters, ana it is certain inai ? something will happen If any of these craft f.'.lc are sighted by Lieutenant Cromwell's boat A three-pounder has been mounted In the bow, a one-pounder In the stern and a machine-gun on the roof of the cabin. The Xedeva Is equipped wltn two 200 horsepower engines and has a maximum anaed of twentv-flve knnto. It will hnv n v j wireless with a sending radius of from E" ft f'rauch greater. i The personnel of the crew was completed' today with the enlistment at the United t States Naval Home, Twenty-fourth street ;. and Gray's Ferry road, of It F. Halley, an expert wireless operator. a T?ltw ! . a11-ttnl -v.... n h J .. ,.l.f &'. fighter of years of' experience. He was formerly employed In thn auxiliary nervlce R.V A' th United States Government, scried IM','!V,n tne United States Cavalry and was a IPM'ioldler In the Philippines. Nearly all the s.n men or me iseaeva are or the soldier of Bra', fortune type, men of nerve and daring with Kj , ' the germ of the adventurer in their veins. S&j, Tf." Upon Bailey will depend much of the suc- 1 ce vi uiq ixeueva s mission, it suumarinea ,-:' are sighted, he will dash the news alt along : the coast to war and merchant shlpi. ! Another husky Is the Nedeva's chief Boatswain, fTanK rnun. xnun is a seaman of many years' exDerlence. He has sailed i?r upon every sea and Is a hardy Yankee salt t't ", , of the old school. Sl, Jtnn(hir mmhr nt li nrtf l WhWa j't 'Williams, a wealthy ranchman, of Douglas, tw. ,t li.iaiiia nun u, ot.ituuiiiiaiu UL J.lcu tenant Cromwell. He is described as a -young westerner of "ep and nero and a WTsa &.-pxm ' unp M"M .,- . "i ' jbbt t Asic-im.i'ui.. ja-aia-nji jikw . jn-hmhvvb-lu. ciin, . ' .j - : .' ' - w. .. .. i.-i ' "it r .."? n' -, tzi . ... r- r "CRbMWBii'YAOHT BEING MTTED AS U-BOAT C&ASER 'i KC6V Iot tor adventure." Ensign iTUehard War- Kf.'tX . MVm, mm . f , T !. f !-. ( 4 . T-i f m' " ww uj mo university ui A'ennayi- i2 vanla, will have charge of the guns of the KilK i(t yjmmAmmrm TT& nnilnlnnUr1 In ih t.i-lAa ' ilX.manfa cruise of the Atlantic fleet last uum- iti"2.'np an obtained conslderablo experience ;!'. Car. -...... rrl. t...l ...III a IfV L, " v e icuevtt wjii carry a reat LtTUlplno cookjln the person of George Ban .v. ...- . . MtK " ',WM ls very wanme in appear-. .;Vi - ance. having been nainted battleahln trrnv. '.'-;. .'It Is sixtr feat lone nnd .lVn foot ivIHo 'V-,.(t .M . . . . -.-. . ....... ......... KfT'--i- vessel would nave been ready for Bcrv- rr.U.B Ice several days ago but ror several mis- &''"'-. takes In its construction, which wm rip. --V Bribed to the Evening r.rnnnn hv T.l.u. p'T .7 tennt Cromwell. ?- -n Doat was too Heavy in tie stern and had a decided list to starboard. Tho gasoune tanics wero too small, having a m, capacity of only 400 gallons. I havo re placed them with tanks of 800 gallons. The t eraft will be ready for Its trial trip Satur day and after that we will enter actual ervlce." , 5 V COMMERCE CHAMBER TO FEED BELGIANS ;J$s(Will Organize Systematic -Relief , Machine Among Industries ' of City The Philadelphia Chnmhnr nt fnmma fl. !. ...." . . . 7 -" .v,wu FPU "iu. atum aieps to put rood into the 'hjouuis ot starving Belgian children. Co- i ," wun mo new pian or general ra V .. tton Clubs devlfleri hv tra Tlavn.l rr.ri.. ''..halrman of the Belgian rtpf i.nnri fn ijT tbe purpose of taking over the feeding of WfeWivvv vmiaren aoroaa. It will act as n ,ll,tnerBl c,earlr,B house for tho adoption of jMJTi.wwiuuis ot ueigian children by Indus S,lSjtrtBl and commercial firms. "'ft' Ml Erne8t T Trigg outlined tho plan ?;, "We come under the General nnlirtan pfilV, ', Children's Itellef Committee, of which Mr. ' V3 William A. Law la chairman. We represent .,, 1W the Industrial and commercial hrnnch nt tt'-j 8Ct'v"y n1 WlH endeavor to systematically V3" , lhat theso branches do their share In, KjiaHtho ration club plan. Committees on ban) ' .,, ,, , iu4coa,uiitti iioius win prouaniy kiK?rk along similar lines. ' .fviVAt present a committee ! w.-vfn nn (vC the -.division of PhllaUipIiia commercial KJ'fc wi(Hi vjkjwuia iniu twenty gen K?Mral divisions. Theso are Just generic :. -."jewMoincauons. or instance, tne leather m. 1,'eiass will cover every nhanfl of that iniMino, K'f!After these classltlcatlons havo been made) &! W man representing that particular line of p'Y.i,fuainesa win do put at tne head of a band. IV W'"He. In turn. Vlll enter more SDeelflealiw ,-..' into the work and appoint subcommittees In ?lctorleB, mills, etc. The wholo object, of vourre. 4a to, make companies adopt a town In, jr' part of a town and pledge themselves ' tofeed the children mere. By means of tralA committees reDresentlncr thn wnrVni 'kim We plants we expect to work quickly .and "Haicuveiy. ' lTh committee appointed by Mr. Trigg to classify the, city's Industries Is composed CW, H. Folwell. ex-Sheriff Wilson II. . fW'wn, David B.,Provan, S. P. Vaughan, ( 'Muik 8. Evans. Thomas Shallcross. Lee JBaetman. U, It, KJnnard, J. W. Lucas, JBKvtd.' B. Klrschbaum, Charles Z. Trron. - Js county, juanwi Whitney, William J. .ana runs o. j-vans. BllillllHHsHSBOsRMBn'reMex?Mm',w'1l' '" '" rMiwri.(i!twiS - -""fJJJJJJJJJJJ V Tho speedy motorboat, Ncdcva II, owned by Lieutenant J. II. It. Cromwell, stepson of E. T. Stotesbury, manned by a picked crew and equipped with a threc-poundcr, a one-pounder and a machino gun, lyinp at Tina street wharf, Delaware, preliminary to a dash to tho sea to become a U-boat chaser and dispatch bearer in the United States Naval Reserve force. COLOMBIAN TREATY CLASSED AS BLACKMAIL Minority of Senate Foreign Re lations Committee Denounces It as "Degradation to U. S." WASIHNCITO.W March IB. Minority members of tho Senate Foreign Relations Committed submitting their views to tho Senato' today on tho Colombian treaty denounced tho proposed pact as "n blackmail demand" Involving "a degrada tion to which tho United States should never submit." The majority report, also made public today ns the Scnato resumed consideration of the treaty, urged prompt ratification of tho convention In the Interest of stronger Pan-Amerlcanlsm, It inado no reference, however, to tho argument put forth by thu Administration that the treaty was nec essary to guarantee tho l'arama Canal against tho danger of German plots hatched on adjacent 'Colombian soil. Philander C. Knox, farmer Secretary of Stato, newly elected Senator from Penn sylvania, bolted his Krpubllcan collcaguss and allied himself WtH the Democrats. His views, given out for publication today, hold that the United States was Justified In tnkfng tho Canal Zone, but Insist that tho need of Immediately restoring friendly rela tions with Colombia demands ratification of tho treaty. "My Idea of tho powers of the United States nnd prestige It ought of right to have, ns well as my conception of pan American relations, Impel me to remark that I do not consider that the exceedingly gravo crisis Impending Is seriously germano or appropriately to bo invoked In connec tion with the ratification of a treaty with Colombia," he said. Mr. Knox favored tho treaty, however, becauso "It will end u grievance which. Whether fancied or rea Iihk grown so tra ditional ns to be unsusceptible of oblitera tion In nnv other way." Tho majority urged burying the old con troversy over "lloohevoll's methods of ao UUlrlng tho Canal Zone." "It would be bootless to revive a partisan Issuo hero or elkewlu-icwith respect to past event," said the majority report. Tho paramount Idea with Us ,has been ndJUHt this unfortunate International difference'. It Is to be hoped that tt Sen ate will now consider this treaty from that broad standpoint." Gas Believed Cause of Boy'a Death Gas fumes. It ls believed, caused tho death of a crippled bo'y whoso body was found today In the rear of a moving picture the atre at 707 Christian street. The body was discovered by Policeman Bozarth, of the Second nnd Christian streets station. It Is believed to bo that of a boy who dis appeared from hla homo yesterday nt Sev enth nnd Carpenter str"ts. GERMAN INTRIGUES HOLD GRIP IN CUBA Rebel Outbreaks Far From Quelled and Growing in Some Sections U. S. WARSHIPS ON GUARD WASHINGTON', March 15. TIio Cuban situation Is far from settled, according to this Government's ofllcials. Whllo there lias been no definite talk ot Intervention, It Is positively known such a step Is within tho bounds of possibilities. German plotting nnd blnlstcr German In fluence In the Island Republic tiro not broken. Capture of Joso Miguel Gomez, Insurgent leader, heralded ut Hist as smashing the German-conceived Insurrec tion, has failed to quell the trouble Oillclal reports to Washington from this Government's diplomatic consular nnd naval officials In Cuba have convinced Wafhltig ton ofllcials that chances of a return to peace there still are remote. Guerrilla war faro continues. In somo sections It Is spreading faster than It Is being stamped out. Accompanying It Is more destruction of property than Government ofllcials hero will adm! Ofllcials frankly say that they are help less to a great extent In the matter of run ning down German plotters ugninst the United States who have made their head quarters In Cuba. Such plotters, It has been reported here, have a double purpose. One la to give the United States trouble to draw this Government's attention away ns far as posslblo from Kuropo ; the oilier Is use of Cuba lis tho most strategic point for secret wireless stations, perhaps, and as the best stamping ground for any of tho many moves O'rmnn spies nnd German military workers might deslro to make in the event of hostilities between tho United States and Germany. Germany's plotting as regards Mexico revealed In the notorious Zlmmcrmann-Japanese-Mexlcan letter ofllcials admit, are a criterion of what could be expected In; Cuba and In South and Central Amcrl- tn mitntrleM that nftftrtl iihrtlarln h:ies possibilities in the vicinity not only of tho United States, but tho Panama Canal. This Government Just now Is particularly Interested In what ls going on aboard the Interned German and Austrian liners at Havana and other Cuban ports. This In terest recently has become so keen that the United States transport Dixie litis moved toward the Havana harbor entrance and anchored between the entrance and the Austrian and German boats, with her six Inch rifles trained "where they will do most good." WILL SUE TAX TAKERS BONDS POTT.SVI1.LB, Pa March 15. Unless upwntds of fifteen tnx collectors make "tat Isfactory payments' upon their county tax duplicates by tho first of April, their bonds will bo certified to the Court of Common Plena for collection. A hint of this was given by tho County Commissioners Mon day, causing several of tho sureties com panies to Interview tho collectors to ascer tain tlielr dellnnulncles. Somo of the col lectors aro already spending sleepless nights. There Is upwards of $23,000 outstanding upon the duplicates of the collectors whom the I'ommlfcslonrrs havo selected to proceed against BRITISH ATTACK LAST BAPAUME LINES IN STORM Haig's Troops Only Few Hundred Yards From Foe's Positions TEUTONS STIFFEN FRONT LONDON, March IS. Drltlsh troops arJ making their advance to tho very gates of Uapumo In the fnco or a blinding downpour ot rain and In a sea of mud. Today military experts estimated they must be fighting beforo the last lino of German defenses of the city. Field Mar shal Haig's report last night placed them within a few i hundred yards of theso posi tions, after a further advance on a front of approximately ono and one-half miles Immediately west of tho city. Dispatches from tho front Insisted I he Gcrnian retirement was stiffening and that, for the most part, what was Murtcd as a pursuit by the Hrltlsh has now developed Into u British offensive, the enemy only tonvlug his posVlons under the terrific lire of British guns. Instead of voluntarily ovacuatlng, as has been tho rule recently "The British advance," says a lleuter dispatch from Hrltlsh headquarters, "which was resumed on a front of nearly four miles directly west of Dapaumo on Mon day, resulted In developing a further singe of that open wnrfnie which the British troops so welcome after llio wearisome mo notony of trench life. "Tho Germnns coxered their retreat with a strong screen of rear guards, mid al though the British patrols cninc Into contact with the.vo nt many places their object apparently was to avoid' action as fur as possible. This confirms the idea that tho The New Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph What other phonograph has stood the test of comparing the artist's voice with the .record of that voice I Only Mr. Edison has dared to make this comparison. And of over 300,000 persons who heard both side by side not one could detect a difference. 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