'Tv:rs '. v-TOjr ..m ."Tsft ot" tw nnr r ? " .?-l ww-.ow flL n .1 1 ..4' - . -.t ,01 r!V-rJ' -, m iv.'.7f-.' r ..v. .-' i .- . . mtrwnmiv . ., .4 .v.1 it .." .. '. .. " "sra? UMIL.'" t . T V -W: VBV.' IB I ITJWJ- 1W JP1 P- '-JV1k'.fc9 ' I I ! I 1 'i;,f- 'ri-Kaf .. J it. I t. vr v;.,,' ;; , i ",V - . ,-, r V -T tTfH t rw - ptmtw kr -... v -r- PICTORIAL SECTION MGt?7 IS, W, uaierang K FII mr er ttttv! -', ' ; t: -S - III. NO. 158 CENTS M PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917 VOL. (.'orrmoiir, 1017, nt the I'ilio I.tnorit CoJiriat PRICE TWO "' ERMANS ROUTED; RUSSIA NOW A REPUBLIC; RAILWAY STRIKE ORDER HELD UP 48 HOURS raw . . pr " i a?-i ire OS fjS S95!55i,' m 111 t. npt45 nt br '.til Panrtil il A ! Irand dire ASKS VOTE ON : NEWREGIME kvoff May Be Kussian ir Hresiaem, "- j- wijiv. Call Him IcABINET PROCLAIMS COMPLETE LdtfUKTi f.All Large Estates to Be Con fiscated for 'Peas antry .'JEWS GAIN FREEDOM t (embers of Old Cabinet in Fort ress of Sts. Peter and Paul COPENHAGEN, March 17. m Car Nicholas, the Czarina and all Vm members 01 nis lmmeaiaie iamuy , Wbeen taken to the Crimea, accord- Vint to a dispatch published here today If l. ik. Votinnnl TMpnde. y ,..,. .,-. LONDON, March 17. Hflie British Government is dealing $tith the provisional committee of the J-iimi in Russia as the de facto Rus- jUin Government, it was announced today. ? PETROUHAD, March t7. i Grand Duke Michael Is willing to accept ' the throne of Russia only In case a ret j Milium vote of the people shows that a sornment with him at the head Is ap ,'pred throughout Russia. .WJr- In announcing his decision today, the mdftnd Dulte made his acceptance of the Mttrone. contingent upon such a. plebiscite. Otherwise lie indicated ins decimation or Ihl klnrshlp which Czar Nicholas In his location tendered him. The Grand Duke Michael's declaration ' tirttd the people of Russia to obey the pro illonil Government, statins his declination .tsM' ei klnily estate until the neoDle. by a Don- Wir-vte, had stated their willingness to kra htm. , Tto Grand Duke's formal declaration ; uai follows: " Mjr brother entrusted nie with a heavy task at a time of unprecedented ar and domestic strife. I am resolved to accept supreme Mwer only If the neonl. through their Iv representatives In a constituent as- i Itrdlrur the form of the Government -'and (ts laws. tJ Unlets the people of Russia decide upon i'i constitutional monarchy, with the Dum? iMtha real governmental authority and a itrtlnrt responsible to the Duma, the rule mc toe Romanoffs Is ended. At any rate, itk Romanoffs will never again wield Lfctrana power. i At present Russia Is virtually a renuhlle. I, tar Nicholas has made formal abdica te! hla throne on behalf of himself and ywing Czarevitch, itext in line was Grand Duke Michael, to whom the ttar turned over the dynasty, and who l named regent by the provisional Gov- fent Itself. But the Grand Duke hlm- ITailf fiiM h. ,.. It! i w.4. RA formal organization of the Govern- j, ,,ie Pre3ent Premier, Prince L' president, was expected today. Iwtimaybe delajed, however, pending In. auon irom the people themsehes as jg tto form of government theydeslre, and . r"iutiis nuiu II um uiu aoi- ttsThrough prompt and enthusiastic co-oper- I Z J auway employes the hunger of nwpie in ramlne-strlckeii districts OgaOUt the lanrt In lulnc mil,U. .. 'ed. ItUndreds Of rarlnnrla tf nrnvllAn 'ra rushftH in vi& bAAi "talU Stores evervwhrrn hava haan Sjaltloned by the provisional govern- nL fair nrln.. ul . ,. . nuJt.YiL v"-6" ""'is jiaiu me owners. i oiatrlbutlon, through a carefully organ. mem, of these stores of food Is being iEvUencIng lhe complete democracy of Continned on Tagg Four, Column Two RESIDENT URGED TO USE LARMY IN CASE OF STRIKE ? ! Manufacturers Adopt Resolu- on -in Behalf of the People" WCAGO, aiarch it. Directors of the iOZ7, ""'""urers- Association adopted .jyioiution urglnr Prpnidpnt wn.nn Lnl.eJnfo.r?.a the law the event F, kiln,. a . Ti lno 'nw n ne event Srm -j .. .. I.WWU EiriKA lllri n tu,:, "' " omer governmental R& StWa 'reat ma,rlty f ' . " 4lia ail Othpr irnVBrnmnlal 'THE WEATHER FOREnAfrnl tfhaadflphia and vMnttvltain n. myttk lowest temperature about five degrees: Sundau fair , ffgtrong southerly winds. .A UKnra nr niv Sf 2h i?00" rlis.. a:U a. In. hyiu. Itywli!.,n!u;r ... a MM !UVE TIDK,CHAr.F . cm; HfNrs BTREET V V& lra'. Jfl'T. water. 3:44 p. HM iCl .7 ,-.. --..- ' TWINING EVADES ISSUE OF BALLARD CHALLENGE ON TRANSIT EQUIPMENT Director Retracts Attributed Statement By Saying City Probably Would Not Have to Pay iTwice. TAYLOR PRAISES BALLARD SPEECH AND DECLARES P. R. T. LEASE GOOD I HAVE read the statement which Mr. Ballard made before the City Club. It is a clear, and, I believe, accurate, presentation of facts relating to the proposed contract between the city and the company. Every citizen who is interested in the city's transit development should read his statement with great care. It is a complete and satisfactory contradiction of the utterly false and grossly misleading statements which have recently been made before nu merous organizations, or otherwise published. Let me warn the people again not to be misled by false statements, which may be made for ulterior purposes, or through ignorance of the facts. When I went throughout this city as Director of the Department of City Transit and appealed to citizens gathered together in scores of meetings to i support my efforts to gain for them adequate transit facilities under fair conditions, I promised these public gatherings that, in return for their sup- i port, I would fight for them to the finish. The progress which I was enabled to make notwithstanding the many obstacles encountered was due to the backing of the public. I THEREFORE, MY PLEDGE TO THE PEOPLE STANDS, AND I SHALL KEEP IT. In compliance with my pledge and acting solely in the interest of the public. I spent the greater part of last November and December in persuad ing the management of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to tender to the city an offer to equip and to operate the municipal subway and elevated lines on a basis which is fair to all parties in interest. As a result of patient negotiation, we worked out what I believe to be an absolutely just contract between the city and the company, which is now before the public for consideration. . March 17, 1917. Ellis Ames Ballard, chief counsel for pany, propounded a series of questions to Transit Director Twining, during the discussion of the'proposedclty-P. R. T. transit lease at the City Club Juncheonv this afternoonf'which toolc'the "Director entifelyiinawafes' and to which he was unable to give a direct reply. Mr. Ballard was about half through his formal speech when he suddenly switched from his manuscript and referred to a statement recently made by Director Twining that the city would have to pay twee for equipment of high speed lines under the terms of the proposed city-P. R. T. lease. Mr. Twining dodged the issue by declining to say whether the statement, as he had made it, was a truthful presentation of the real facts. He added it was a moot question in his opinion, but that the city "prob ably" would not have to pay twice for equipment. DRAMATIC EPISODE The two inquiries fiom Mr. Ballard came at a dramatic moment. He had just charged that William Hancock, one of the city's representatives on the P. R. T. board, also had made the statement attributed to the Director. Mr. Hancock denied the charge angrily. After replying to him Mr. Ballard sud denly turned to Director Twining and asked: Will you please inform us of these things: First. Did you actually make the statement attributed to you? Second. Was this statement by whomsoever made a true state ment of fact? When Director Twining was called upon as Mr. Ballard concluded it was plain that he was confused by the questions put to him. He hesitated a moment and then began. FLAMING ZEPPELIN FALLS 11,000 FEET Anti-Aircraft Guns Bag One Machine of Squadron CREW BURNED TO DEATH rATUS, Alarch 17.1 From 11,000 feet In the sky Trench ex pert antiaircraft gunners today at Com plegne brought down In blazing fury a giant Zeppejln, one of a number apparently re ,iminr from a raid on England. It fell In one of the main streets of the city a charred mass, those of Its crew -alio remained aboard burned into unrecog nizable masses. Two or three of the crew, mad with pain from the flames and certain of death, preferred to meet it otherwise than in a mass of flie and jumped thousands of feet to the earth. The great Zeppelin broke In two just be fore It landed a blazing, almost molten mans The wreckage was still smoldering lal I0.?..,.. ..,iiMH of the liour- It was alarm uespu .. --",., w.nn.i,n before ,,1-nearly all of Complegne was astir. fiawn uiai ,, -. BO' Canwh W?Z.W.Un. from their vast Meanwnii" jauncned several bomba at'fheown No one was hurt by them and fhe dMwS inalBnincant. The greater th ii ,Tm when the blazing mass of the P.er,Uvn yemTelm "hot down from aloft. herlnmom Stum as it fell nearly two miles' froVute sky. .bui one was Injured. LONDON'. March 17. Another Zeppelin raid waa made on Um- in ut nlKht. The Germans were favored don.L" Molw hut they failed to cause any clUm.nVk.Seramoenghomegoinjrthe.tro c?owd No official atatement lias been fau"d wncernlng the raid or the damage. ' A raid oo the aoutheaatern countla. took -.r-.Z.M.L nd was fill in prog- !7i? tEfa,iMrnlu. aocoraiw to an -HS - the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com Continued on race Seven, Column One FIVE-CENT MEALS FOR ALL IN HALLS Mayor's Food Committee Recommends Public Solu tion of Living Cost Problem LESSON FOR HOUSEWIVES C. S. Kates, chairman of the food-value committee of the Mayor's food Investigation committee, today recommended to the Mayor that .Zortlcultural Hall, In the heart of the city, be thrown open and five, six, seven, eight and ten cent meals be nerved to the public In an effort to educate the Philadelphia housewives to the possibility of feeding their families and still giving the pioper amount of nourishment. This would solve the problem of the high cost of living. Mr. Kates, Mrs. Nevada Hitchcock, of Temple UniSerslty; Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, of the University of Pennsylvania; H, H. M. l.andls and Dr. Simon ti. Patten, pro fessar of sociology, compose the committee which made the lecommendatlon. They Intend to enlist 5000 o 20.000 social woikcrs, dietitians and educatots In the movement to help fight the high cost of liv ing. It Is to be a demonstration of how such meals can be furnished and Is not a food show in any sense of the word. "The diet. squad itself has passed the experiment period," said Mr, Kates in Bpeaking of the report he made to the Mayor. "We know that it can be done. .The question Is, how to teach the house wife that It can be 'done yuid to get the knowledge Into the homes of the city and reduce the cost ot living and at the same time give people the proper amount of nourishment. "When our committee talked this prob lem over, and we have some of the best Known food experts in the country on the committee." he added, "we, decided that this method of demonstration to the houiewira and this Way ot glvlhjr her the direct knwl4., by, UUlBftoraaeUa actual "ff" WILL CONFINE GERMAN TARS IN U. S. FORTS Crews of Kronprinz Wil- helm and Prince Eitel to Be Removed TROOPS TO GUARD THEM Soldiers From Army Posts As signed to Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe, Ga. Thi sallois nf the two Oermnn cruisers Interned at the Philadelphia Nay Vaul will be temoved. Their menace here has been fcaied ever slnc,e diplomatic relations with Germany were broken. The cruisers on which they have been are the Kronprinz Wllhelm and the Trims Kite! Frledrlch They are to be taken to Forts McPherson and Oglethoipe, Ga. At the same time official Washington de termined to take the sailors away the War Department ordeied the Keentcentli In fantry, now nt the Mexican border, to go to the two Georgia army post and theie act as their guard. In all probability the two cruisers will remain at League Island, Navy j aril officials here today refused to comment on the contemplated removal of the German sallois A sigh of relief went up around South Philadelphia as the news was flashed down there. For two weeks wild reports ,liae been coming from the news fastnesses with in the gates of the nay yaid; stories of signaling from the ships to spies outside; stories of shooting between marines and the German sallois. Philadelphia had become thoroughly alarmed, especially after Federal agents hi -rested several prominent Gcrin.vn-Aineneans alleged to have been In Improper communi cation with the Interned sailors. It was generally feared a. catastrophe might come at any time In the form of nome dreadful .explestom .-, ft.x.' " T--" .- .- Just what objection will come from the officers and the men on tlio German cruisers Is still a matter for conjecture. The Ger mans claim It Is Illegal to remove them from their ships as long as there Is no war; they have said they will not even permit their ships to be boarded by Americans. The two cruisers were In ought to League Island many months ago from Norfolk, where they had entered to cscupe from Brit ish men of war. I'ntll relations between their country and the Vnlted States were severed their presence at the navy yard was looked upon mote In the light of n curiosity than a menace. Xo Inkling has come from Washington as to the tt asportation plans for getting the Gei man sailors down to Georgia. When they get theie. though, they will be under the constant eje of six companies of the Seventeenth. Transfer of the TOO ot more German officers and seamen followed an ofllciiA protest to the Navy Department by Major Smith. The Vnlted States cruiser Chicago has been moved and Is now In such a position as to enable her to pour a broadside Into the Interned German cruisers In case of trouble before the sailors arc removed. About the only activity aboard the Ger man cruisers this morning was the rolling on board of a dozen or so barrels which contained supplies. This was done by the German sailors. U.S. DEFENSELESS, GOVERNORS TOLD General Wood Explains to Executives of Five States Nation's Unpreparedness FIVE STATES WILL ACT Another link as driven In the chain of preparedness today, when the chief execu tives of five States on the Atlantic seaboard met In confeience at the Union League and determined to proceed immediately to find out what aid each State Is capable of fur nishing to the National Government and then to furnish It. The executives were Governor Ilium baugh, of this State; Governor 'Whitman, of New Yoik; Governor Edge, of New Jei sey; Governor Townsend, of Delaware, 'ami Governor Harrington, of Maryland. Be sides these chiefs ot the confeienco theie were present Adjutant General Baiber, of New Jersey; Adjutant General St&tesbury. of New York; Adjutant General Stewait and Assistant Adjutant General Beery, of Pennsjhanla ; Adjutant General Wicket sham, of Delaware; Adjutant General War field, of Maiyland; Major General Leonard Wood. I. S. A., and Commandant Russell, of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Colonel Louis J. Kolb, of Governor Brumbaugh's staff, was present at the luncheoi., but did not take part In the conference. The group met at luncheon about noon ; after, they finished dining there were moving pictures of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary and then the conference got down to business. General Wood said the condition of un preparedness throughout the United States is alarming. It would take, two years,. he asserted, for the Government to make enough rifles to equip, a first call for men. He said there waa but one arsenal making rides, namely, the one at Springfield. Mass. aeneral Wood told the Governors ft was vital fhat they Bhould put some punch Into the work of preparedness In the respective States' and demand equlpmer. from the war uepartmenw , ' If l,l)n concluded twos'tate-. m .Wttaerfwlu,- -When it jwa vwi;mm FRENCH CRUSH TEUTON LINES ALONG 12-MILE FRONT, GAINING BIGGEST VICTORY SINCE MARNE Nivelle's Troops Drive Forward More Than Two and a Half Miles Long English Offensive Crowned With Victory. LONDON, March 17. The heavily fortified works of Bapaume, one of the chief objec tives of the Allies on the western front, fell to the British today, according to a dispatch from the front. British troops entered the city amid flames, set by the Germans as they withdrew. The troop?, however, did not stop in the fortifica tions, but pressed on and outward after the retiring Germans. The capture of the shell-spattered fortications marks the success ful completion of the second stage of the present Allied offensive in Picardy. The fall of Comblcs was the first and now Bapaume. Peronne is the next in line and its fall already has been predicted by military experts. Bapaume was the most important of the German defenses on the whole western front. A gain of two and one-half QUICK RAILWAY MEN GRANT PRESIDENT'S WISH NEW YORK, March 17. W. S. Stone, speaking for the lntlway tnotherhood hencK made the following statement nt 5 o'clock; "We hi lUfLjioJWiJAy.-A11- tylJl- 0iJft;J3HeitIo.twcPrldent:fi 'ndvisois'that we" gnuif a foity-eight-hour delay to permit them to work out their plans. As lea&onnble men, we decided to grant the lequcst. Unless something intprvenes hetween. now and Monday night, the situation remains unchanged." BASEBALL SCORES SMiilly, Ytuiignns; 00000080 0-2 S 1 1'liilly, Regulars 0 .1, 0 0 0 O O 5 x-G 10 1 Alexander ami Killefev; Mayer Athletic Ynnignns 01000000 01 6 4 Athletic Bcgulnis 00000301 x-3 9 S Adams-, Schauer and Pinich; Nahois, Busli nncL Scliang1. BASKETBALL SCORES Media H. S., 32; Cednicioft School, 19. Final. Drexel 1'icsh, '17; Lower Meiion H. S., 22. Final. We&t Chester Noimal, S8; Noitheast H; S., 17. Finnli HARRY FISHER WINS CLEARVIEW SHOOT . Hany ribhcr was. high gun in the twenty-second annivetsaxy 50-tntget bhoot of the Clem view Gun Club, at Darby, this atternoou wltli ft bleak of -17. H. H. Cawthorne and G. Brawn were tied tor second, each having; a facoi'e of 40. FINAL RESULTS OF COLLEGE WRESTLING ITHACA, N. Y., Maich 17. 115-nound clnss, Servias, of Penn sylvania, defeated Rofe, of Cornell, by a decision in 15 minutes; 125 pound class, Wlgfaten, of Cornell, defeated Jones., of Princeton, in 13 minutes, head nnd scibsois hold; 135-pound class, Kaiser, of Penn sylvania, defeated Repa, of Lehigh, by decision, in 21 minutes; 145 pnund cln-.-;. Tost, of Cornell, defeated Captain Millignn, of Pennsyl vania., by decision, 21 second ;s 158-pound class, Captain Sager, of Cornell, defeated Graham, of Pennsylvania, by fall in 5 minutes and 3 seconds, head and arm hold. 175-pound class, Zepp, of Cornell, defeated Gohu, of Princeton, by decision, in 21 minutes; heavyweight clabs won by Haul, of Cornell, by decision over Pons, of Lehigh, in 21 nTinutes. MEXICANS ARRESTED ON NEUTRALITY CHARGE LAREDO, Tex., March 17. Pedro Gonzales and AlbeitoHiuojsn, Felix Diaz followeis, were arrested by Department of Justice officials here this afternoon charged with violations of American neutrality laws. They'were taken into custody at. their honies here, BOILER EXPLOSION DAMAGES TUG; BARGES ADRIFT Explosion ot a boiler on the Philadelphia and Heading Hallway tue Getty buis has resulted In the tug casting adrift three barges and putting back ?it the breakwater In a sinking condition. The tug left last night with the JbajTe Leesport, langhorne ana onteiaume anil The boiler burst and there was nothing barges, which wre scheduled .for Boston. ,andw pat -back. 'On the -way' lv :.-. 1IA,1 m.l(ki, . torlJir-luuiv'iiad - tnnmmi. ntbnvaat na p - ppjtp' .j. tw-. . PARIS, March 17. miles over a front of twelve miles I ontlnueil on Pnue Four. Column Siv NEWS and Adams, naieiy passed om xnrougn me uroan akwaBr. else to, do but to cut away t um n -lntlrirnnrtri -tn If In a.' !?". -pan. - -vmv -- r "-"-'., U.S. MEDIATORS BALK TIE-UP IN RAIL SYSTEMS Trainmen and Official Agree After Long New York Parley GIVES U. S. COURT TIME FOR DECISION Men and Magnates Happy; That Great Clash 'Is De layed, at Least TO CONTINUE CONFAB Adamson Law Ruling Expected Now to Affect Situation Materially CHICAGO, March 17. Brotherhood officials were notified promptly of the postponement for forty-eight hours of the proposed rail road strike and at once took steps t notify all members in their jurisdiction. NEW YORK, March 17. The threatened nation-wide railroad strike was postponed for forty-eight hours this afternoon, a few hours be fore the trainmen were scheduled t begin walking out. Secretary of the Interior Lane, a head of President Wilson's board of mediation, made this announcement at the Biltmore Hotel late this afternoon after all-night and all-day conferences with the railway executives and the heads of the four railroad brotherhoods. Secretary of the Interior Lane issut4 ineionowmgyaBmem. , - aM 8 tfi At our request and out of ap preciation of the national situations v the brotherhood and the railroad managers have resumed negotia tions, in the hope that some ad justment may be had that will avoid the necessity for a strike. The brotherhoods have wired or te'jphoned their general chairman, asking that all action be postponed for forty-eight hours, and unless prior to that time advised of a set tlement the men will leave the serv ice under the authority already given. The statement was signed by Secre tary Lane, Daniel Willard and Secre tary of Labor Wilson, the three mem bers of the National Council of Defense Committee appointed mediators by " President Wijson. It was pointed out that this postpone ment of forty-eight hours would allow time for a possible decision by the Su preme Court on the constitutionality of the Adamson law on Monday. , AFTER LONG PARLEY The agreement was reached after a night and a day of almost uninter rupted mediation and conference. Both the brotherhood chiefs and the railroad managers came from the con ference room in the happiest mood they exhibited in the last ten days. Their apparent optimism was taken by observers as an indication of con fidence in the ultimate outcome of the. negotiations. Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore and Ohio, was asked what he thought of the situation. "Look at those faces and judge for yourself," he said, pointing to the conferees. , ( The mediators are prepared now to take the last step that will end prob ably even the remotest danger of a na tionwide paralyzation of railroad traf fic. ; Confidence was expressed that ,wtyk forty-eight hours at their disposal, the mediators would accomplish some"a4free,. 'pM ment mat wouia prevent we aisser,-. of a strike. , $$ Jf It was ar.nounced that conference' Kfltuunn tta ItwitYiArVinml ftitf mnA tttA'j'Jf . mediation committee would be reeumd''l -I- -If! nlnnU Cnnilnv J !y$"2 at 10 o'clock Sandav. Secretary Lane, when asked liis. view of the situation, said: "It is yndwipbi ', edly more hopeful." v "&S'(, Secretary Wilson said he coHBWfal in Lane's-opinion. MZ&Y TRAWMEN ASK 'COUM$X TO BLOCfifWmi .Four umon "trainmen,, nf th four" brotherhoods. the United State, Jrt n effort to ouwun the rallrewL-frt eKect thifawei oclooK : 'As ''.) at jfc mmr V "i.i tm JAM m MM t-i Mi ss J m liSt, .f i 1 n "B4CMMV, ktaatlonir MMM t wwum fwvf ?tf j- - ."7 - . .i n zj i.- v . i. -.rfvv -- tj -.Wj ,-t titf-r j . .i : - -(., ., -ia o i '!$MitAyJi&&. A3-lK.,.Ki ...' . i Ui. ' ' "i iv
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