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VOL. III. NO. 163
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1917
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FRESH SUBMARINE CRIME
STIRS NATION'S ANGER
GERMANY ADDS
INSULT TO HER
SEA OUTRAGES
patience of -America
Now Strained to
Breaking Point
MEANS INCENTIVE TO
WAR PREPARATIONS
Kaiser, Near Nervous Col
lapse, Holds Council at
Health Resort
CABINET IN SESSION
Hollweg and Hindenburg, With
Emperor, Expected to
Form Policy
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THE HAGUE, March 23,
Kaiser Wilhelm is on the verge of a
nervous breakdown and has departed
for Homburg, a health resort, accord
ing to private messages received here
today. He will, receive Chancellor
Bethmann-Hollweg there instead of at
German headquarters. Yon Hindenburg
also will attend, and foreign affairs,
particularly the German-American sit
uation, will be discussed. It is said
some "decision" will be reached.
' WASHINGTON. March 23.
Destruction of the Standard OH tanker
Healdton with consequent loss of twenty
ne or more Uvea merely added today to
the grave tension In oRlclal circles. It In
creases tho list of the crlnjes which will be
recited to Congress by I'resiaent Wilson
when that body meets one week from next
Monday. It is not expected that any new
ctlon will be made at this time.
Tho fact, that the tanker was tqrpedoed
without warning almost in tle very shadow
f Terschelllng lightship on4 the coast of
neutral Holland intensifies tho-cqneern Here
and brings home to officialdom that no vessel
l safe anywhere on the ocean from subma
rine rightfulness. Complete official reports
have" been requested by the State Depart
ment. "WAIt .MESSAGE" DISCUSSED
' President Wilson's forthcoming "war
message" to the extra session of Congress,
April 2, was discussed by the Cabinet dur
ing a long tesslon today.
While details of the message have not
been worked out, the broad .background
laid today indicates that this nation Is
about to enter aggressively Into a vigorous
defense against Germany's war acts.
i The ientatlve cotnse of procedure has
already been Indicated, including the ad
vancement of large sums of money to the
Entente Allies, with which moto actively to
prosecute their struggle In conjunction with
the United Htates.
, Complete reports coveting the exact
il'.uatlon of the nation's defenses were
considered today at tho meeting. Secretary
Lansing presented the brief reports received
dealing with the sinking of the Healdton.
Secretary Daniels reported on the naval
operations, exnlalnlng that every effort was
" 'being made to obtain men to man the ves
sels that dally are being put Into commis
sion from the reserve fleet.
Secretaries Red.'ield, Houston and Lane
explained the work that their departments
are doing to supplement the branches which
are especially charged with defense work.
The question of what Congress will be
asked to do was only incidentally touched
upon. There will be two regular Cabinet
meetings before the extraordinary session
assembles on next Tuesday and Friday.
. It was recognized that a great deal may
happen between now and then which may
change the entire aspect of affairs. In this
connection Cabinet officials explained that
because of tho uncertainty of the situation
It was utterly unlikely that President Wil
son would be able to put the final touches
upon his message to Congress until the
morning of the day that it Is delivered.
There is n vprv nresent nosslbllltv that
Germany may at any moment, declare war,
u me unitcu states ana mis wouia com
pel a change In attltudo by this Govern
ment. Most officials, however, seemed Inclined to
believe today that Germany does not want
to take the Initiative and that she will take
o action unless between now and April
German submarine should "be sunk by an
American armed merchantman.
Cabinet members, entering the White
House, said that nothing was being left
Undone to perfect the defense plans.
There Is indication 'that the President,
Mter Congress has defined the status be-;
tween Germany and the United States, will
,utrnent his Cabinet by one or more posts
Ul COVep th wnrlr rt trnnannrf ntinn and
V Possibly a portfolio to handle tho work of
y-munitions making.
j-inis, however, is entirely tentative: the
kin.A llt.i - a,-- a ,-...
1st 7TV "nciy course, lor uie present ui icioi,
yi "J believed to bo the continuance of the
In the circle is Herman II. Parker,
wireless operator aboard the Amer
ican oil ship, -Healdton, who was
among the survivors landed at Ter
schelling, Holland. The message
was received by his father, Wil
liam T. Parker,224G North Van
Pelt street.
DEMOCRACY'S .
SEAT TO BE IN
CZAR'S PALACE
Assembly to Meet
Structure Under
Red Flag
m
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Continued on' Taee Six. Column Fire
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
for Phlladelnhta ' and vicinity Italn
L. and allghtlu warmer tonloht. with lowest
?AI rffnnpt , mI.aa Va..,-7.a ,inm a-
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A MUUttr'y. wind
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LENGTH OV DAY
r,:.la,m. I Moon rises., .4.40 a.m.
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t.f EAWARK KIVI3K TIDE CHANGES
it
1:"3 p.m.
p.m.
fJ. ' CHESTNUT 8TItEKT
.. tr..lS.m. I Hlh( water.. 1:33
ii'U iw water... S-4(1 .m. 1 Ijw !.. .D:0'J
r IKMrEBATURE AT EACH IIOVB
REPUBLIC GRANTS'
VOTE TO WOMEN
PETROGRAD, March 23,
Ambassadors of England, France and
Italy today followed the example of
American Ambassador Francis and for
mally conveyed to Foreign Minister
MiliukoiT the recognition by their re
spective nations of the new Russian
Government.
LONDON, Match 23
The imperial Winter Palace in Petrograd,
one of the most gorgeous buildings in the
world, where formerly weie held the bril
liant affairs of the autocratic lUisslan couit
is to be tho scene of the fiist great dec!sle
step toward the llbeiatlon of Russia from
the shackles of political bondage.
A dispatch from Copenhagen today quotes
the Social Dcmokiaten as baying that the
palace has been seized by the Russian revo
lutionists and that It will be put to Govern
ment uses.
The first meeting of the new P.usslan
Assembly Is to be heldtat the Winter Pal
ace, according to present plans. Instead of
tho Imperial standard the red flag of the
revolution now floats above the edlft.e
which was once the home of the ex-Czar,
Russian women are to get the ballot.
Announcement was made today that It has
been settled that women shall vote for
members of the Constituent (National) As
sembly. The proposal for woman suffrage
met with strong opposition from some quar
ters on the ground that such a radical step
might cause chaos, but tho radicals were
insistent' that It be included In the reforms.
A big mass-meeting of the supporters of
woman suffrage Is to be held on Sunday.
I The crown jewels of the Russian Impe
rial family were kept at the Winter Palace,
and the seizure of the building has aroused
reports that the costly gems will be taken
oer by the revolutionary treasury.
Radicals are Insisting that the crowns
U. S. SHIP SUNK
BY SUBMARINE;
21 OF CREW DIE
Two Philadelphians on
Healdton, Sunk. Off
Dutch Coast
NO WARNING GIVEN;
WAS IN "SAFETY ZONE"
FRENCH STRIKE
BLOW TO SPLIT
0
FOE'S NEW LINE
Nhtelle's Troops Defeat
Germans Near St.
Quentin
TEUTONS MAKING
DESPERATE STAND
Allied Chiefs Aim to Turn
Hindenburg's Defenses
by Wedge Drive
SATTLE ON GREAT SCALE
Gigantic Engagement
Second Mavne
Results
May Be
in
Continued on Van VAeM. t'olnmn Three
MORAN PLAYS TWO KIDS
AGAINST COLLEGE NINE
Rodes, a Cuban, and Gandy in
'Game Today Fortune Does
Phillies' Hurling
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Hubbard, sa
Haunt, lb. .
II. Fulton, cr.
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Htrnther, rf.
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dandy. ir.
McUufflfan, i
OtiRO, 2b.
IljriM. 3b.
rimn. c.
Fortune, p.
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
ST PETERSBURG, Fla.. March 23.
tl used two of his youngsters
Cuban, wbiu ""--, t left neid.
Wmtted wlred.today that he would
Paskert, and
urge wi ""--,: ,!. uMtn Presl-
be here next o..u, ,"""---
George
" ,Bi.." -.-.rrtin'r his contract
"rtunT ;;T MoranYecUon to sta,t
.,., .o.n.Mn1. came. Adis handled m
delivery. C.ultph and Rothcamp wete the
WASHINGTON, March 23.
First advices confirming torpedoing
of the American tankship Healdton
came late this afternoon from Vice
Consul Krogh, at Rotterdam. His mes
sage read in part: "American tankt-
steatucr. lieal'Uo'i, iroutp Uhiladejplua
via Bergen to Rotterdam, having forty
one officers and crew aboard, reported
torpedoed and sunk without warning
by German submarine. Captain and
nineteen men brought safely to Ymui
den. One died of explosion in lifeboat.
Twenty reported drowned by capsizing.
One lifeboat with following officers and
crew reported saved: Captain Christo
pher, Chief Engineer Caldwell, Assist
ant Engineer Emery, Boatswain Rode,
Cook Snickers, Seaman Lorentsen,
Oilers Guillane and Rumaro, Stokers
Grande, Zonsales, Muino and Alonzo,
Engineers Messman and Larino. Sur
vivors en route to Rotterdam."
Later reports said additional sur
vivors were Willerup, Svenson, Parker,
Johnson, Sickstrom, Anderson, von
Secka, Gonzales and Alano.
Twenty-one lies 'e.-e lost in the toi
pedoing of the American oil stcamsh'p
Healdton oft the Dutch coast, according to
today's cable dispatches, which said that
thirteen Americans, Including two Phlladel
phlans, were on board.
How many Americans were killed Is not
known.
The Philadelpjtlans in tho crew were: h
r.FMUSE W. ESIBRY. fifty years' old, C0 North
TVelfth street; first assistant engineer.
1IFKMAN PARKER, seventeen jears old, UJIO
North Van Pelt street.
Young Parker is safe, according to a
cablegram received today by his father,
William T Parker. The message, dated
March 22 from Terschelllng, Holland, read:
'Hcaldton torpedoed. Rescued and In
good health. Herman."
The vessel was torpedoed without warn
ing Wednesday night In the so-called Ger
man "safety zone." twenty-five miles north
east of Terschelllng, Holland, arcordlng to
statements mado'oy survivors to American
consular representatives In Holland.
Two torpedoes were fired Into the Heald
ton, according to an Amsterdam dispatch
this' afternoon. Tho oil In the ship's tanks
caught fire, illuminating the sea for miles.
Two lifeboats got away from the burning
tanker, but tho third capsized and many of
the occupants were urownea. a uuitn
trawler, attracted by the glare In tho sky,
started for the scene, but the crew, thinking
that the light came from the aurora bore
alls, turned back. Tie next day (Thurs
day), however, some of the survivors were
picked up by this trawler.
After the attack, which was delivered at
8 .15 Wednesday night, the submarine made
off without looking to the safety of the sea
men. The Healdton was plying the north
ern route for safety's sake when she was
suik. ,
Captain Christopher and First Officer
Witherup were among those Baved. A life
boat, with several survivors, was picked up
by a Dutch destroyer.
An unconfirmed report from Rotterdam
placed the number of dead at thirty-three
or thirty-four. Thirteen, the report said,
were killed by an explosion In the boiler
rnom and about twenty others were drowned
when a lifeboat capsized.
Thirteen survivors of a crew of forty-one
are -reported to Jiave been landed at Ymul-
P VP.IS. March 23.
AVI .'- fiesh Trench forces preyed stead
ily forward at Alllette and north of Sol.
sons, other masses of Gciieial Nlvelle's
forces Inflicted a stinging defeat on tho Ger
mans north of St Simon, drhlng them back
with heavy losses to Grand Seiaucomt. The
French hae al.so made fiesh progress north
of Solssons In NheheV offensive to drive a
wldge between I.aon and Ciaonne, and thus
tin ii the entire new German line by split
ting and flanking It.
Today's olllclal statement, i elating these
facts of the day's progress against the rc
ti eating Geimans, wild the defeat had been
very costly to the enemy.
The statement follows.
The text of the olllclal comimuilipje fol
low s :
Our tioops north of St. Simon, near
Aitemp", weie fotced to give giound
hist night In the face of a powerful Ger
man attack, hut we launched a touuter
thiust that rolled the Teutons back to
Seraucourt I.d Grand.
.-JJ 'rVc tmve made freslfpiogrens "north"'
of Solssons, but there lias nceii violent
fighting In that sphere. At one point
the Germans hurled a whole regiment
Into the breach on the Viegny-Chlaiei
front. Two companies of French chas
seins were isolated by enemy attack,
but fought .their way through the Ger
man lines, taking, some prisoners.
A number of attacks were made by
the German". Not only weie they re
pulsed, hut we inflicted enormous losses
South of the Oise and between the
Somme niul the Olse there has been
severe cannonading. Our troops have
uossed the Alllette
Noithwest of Rhelms. in Cham-
t'ontlmiril on Page M. Column 'Iwo
ELLIS JOHNSON OPPOSES
BRAVES IN SECOND FRAY
Another Big Crowd Watches
Athletic and Boston Teams
in Action
VIIII.ETIC
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Uj a Sin t'oirMpoiulfiit
MIAMI, Fla.. March 23. Another iccord
breaking crowd motored, walked or aero
planed to Tatum Park this afternoon, wliere
the Athletics and llraves met in the second
game of tho spring practice seiles. Re
served seats went as high as $3 from scalp
ers' hands .prolr to tho contest, something
heretofore unknown In training Interciub
matches. "Rabbit" Maran lite and Tom
Hughes, two members of tho Braves, jour
neyed to tho park with Aviator Jacqulth,
who had been carrying passengers to nil
parts of the Florida l'ast Coast.
Prior to the game John Kvers, Sherwood
Magee nnd Maranville, While awaiting their
turn for batting practice, went through bur
lesque drills of preparedness,
JIack sent Joe Push, Hills Johnson anJ
Jing Johnson to warm up before the game.
Dick Rudolph, Hughes and Ruelbach
steamed t)iem ulong the boxes while the
famous Highlanders' band played popular
airs. t
When time for play was called nearly
3000 persons were within the Bmall In-closure.
QUICK NEWS
BASEBALL SCORES
Southern.- 0 10 110 0 0 14 G 4.
Phillies 1 o' 2 0 -1 0 !2 2 ?: 17 Qli 1
Fulton n:i(l llolhcami); Fortune, Cnvmlclincl and Adams, I'lsli.
Athlrtics "... 0 0 O
Hoston 00 1
E Joluiboii and Haley; Hughes nml dowdy. ,
3?enn Vnislty . ? 0 4 0
Pcnn Scrubs 00 1 '
Cromwell niul Glhnoie; Bowers and Hoc'.c.
GERMAN SAILORS MAY 'NOT GO TILL MONDAY
The Get man sailors interned nt the Philadelphia Navy Ynrd will
luutlly leave for Georgia until Monday, according to leporls around
Ltngu Island nnd oilier indications. The Seventeenth lufnntiy will
not nnlve at Forts Oglethorpe and T.IcPhcraou before Sunday to gu.tra
V.-.c S2C Gt: mans.
KEYSTONE
QUICKLY J
UPFORNATfi
Special State "Com:
tee Has Resources 'Hi
bilized for Call
THIRTY-FOUR OF ILLINOIS CREW ARRIVE IN 'LONDON
LONDON, March 23. Thiity-fotti' members of the crew or the
American steamship Illinois, sunk last week by an unwarned attack
of a German submarine, arrived here todny. There weie sixteen
Ameiican citizens in the paity. All agreed that the Illinois wac
shelled by the lubinaiino during the time the citvv were launching
tho lifeboats and that one man wab injured by the shclli'iie.
UP
MUNITIONS SLANTS
CAN MEET DEMAN1
Eight-Hour Day Rule -Si
pended by' Frankford ArJ
. senal Commandants
HUGE ORDER FOR
SHE1
"'
, m
$7,300,000 Worth to Be Manufj
tured '--Na't'ional Guard"
Ready, Says Price 'Mi
iir. .
"7.INI PLEDGE AID TO U.
WIJLKIKOTOIJ. Dtl., itareli ao.Xho TTr.ivard
of Delaware, lespcncilng to the action cf iu clin.i n:
.lu-n-:. Goiicty
a'.cr, which hn
olfcted ita aid lo tho "United States in cr.so of war with Gcr:u?.n,
todny met and adopted resolutions pledging &uppoit to Ficbident Wil
son an (Ulenouuclug U-boat warfare. Mayor Price today gave the
Coabt Artillery Recruiting Service on office iu the Public Building.
GERMANY DECLARES BLOCKADE OF ARCTIC OCEAN
CHIUSTIAXIA. .Match 23. The Foreign Ofllce received pfllcial notincation
today that Germany had instituted u blockade of the Aictlc Ocean between Norway
and SpltzberBon. (The new blockade is mnnifcstly aimed to prevent shipments to
the Russian poit uf Aichansel, which will be liee of Ice within a few months
und which has always been a great center of import for Russia.)
Ynltlirt Mrtn TTi-nnrl in IP r, I lot
,-.. "' " -"?
oy Army and Navy Placard
PLACARDS issued and posted-Jij
the army and navy recruitM
stations read a follows: '.'J
jjeciue, young man, ngnt mT
ii s up to you to ao your part, a
order to be on the level with Unci
bam. on a fiftv-liftv hnsis.
"He has carried out his nart '
the contract. He has given youJ
uecent ana neaitny country to in
in; all the police and fire protects
you need; and a much more rease
able chance to make a resDectate
living than in many other countrU
"Uncle Sam doesn't want anythin
unreasonaoie.
"All he asks just now, when., it
looks as though things might com
to a ninch. is that vou show ho
much there is of that thing call
gratitude in, your make-up.
"Gratitude is at the bottom
every square deal. " .?
"bhow it by makinrr olam vo
willingness to stand by and give?!
uuiiu ii iicuu uc in una jjussibi
pinch." ft,
BALTIC, ELUDING U-BOATS, REACHES LIVERPOOL
XEW YORK. Mureh 23. The White Star liner Haltic; arrived at Liverpool,
according to advices to the line's ofllces hero today. The Haltic sailed from New
York on March 13. She cnirled thirty-seven llrst-cabhi passengers, thirty-three
socond-class passengers ami-seven thlrdcla$5 pfssengers. '- , j.. ,'-.. , -
RUSSIAN ADMIRAL KILLED BY REBEL SAILORS
BERLI.V, March 23. Admiral Nepenln, commander of the Russian Baltic Sea
fleet, was killed by ballot s of his fleet during the revolution, says a Stockholm
dispatch to the Overseas News Agency today.
GERMAN AIRSHIP SHELLS LEMNOS WORKS
RERUN, March 23. "One of our airships on the night of March 20-21 efficiently
bombarded British military establishments near Mudtos, on the island of Lemnos,
and leturned undamaged," the War Ofllce reported today. (Lemnos Is In the Aegean
Sea about seventy-five miles south of the Bulgarian port of Dedeaghatch.)
ATLANTIC GULF AND INDIES COMPANY ORDERS SHIPS
NEW YORK. March 23. A contract has Just been given to the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company by the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Company
for construction of two vesbels of "SOU tons, costing $1, 20,000 each, to be delivered
in the autumn of 191S.
ALLIES' WARSHIP LOSSES 850,000 TONS, SAYS BERLIN
BERLIN, March 23. Entente losses of warships, including auxiliary vessels,
have now i cached approximately S".0,000 tons since the beginning of the war, the
Official Press Bn-eatt estimated today.
CAR SHORTAGE CONTINUES TO INCREASE
NEW YORK, .March 2.1. Reports just made to the Ameiican Railway Asso
ciation by the railroads of tho United States show that on March 1 there was a
net shortage of 124,973 freight cars, as compared with a shortage of 108,988 cars
on February 1,
CANAL ZONE GOVERNOR HEADS PANAMA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, March 23. Lieutenant Colonel Chester Harding, Governor
of tho Canal Zone, has been elected president of tho Panama Railroad, the War
Department was notified today. He succeeds Major General Gocthals-, former
Governor of the zone.
FRENCH DREADNOUGHT
TORPEDOED AND SUNK
1
Admiralty Announces Destruction of
Big Warship in Mediterranean '
PARIS, March 23. 'A, French dread
nought has been torpedoed and sunk In the
Mediterranean, it was announced here to
day. , ,
The Paris statement apparently confirms
a statement received by wireless several
days ago from Berlin which said a "battle
ship of the Danton class" had been sunk In
the Mediterranean.
Tho; Danton class Includes six warships,
each In 18,028 tpns and named the Danton,
Mlrabeau, Voltalrf, Diderot, Condorcet and
Vergnla. All " are nlneteen-knot vessels,
Krupp armored and armed with four 12
inch, twelve 9.4-Inch, sixteen 2,9-Inch and
EX-CZAR'S CHILDREN SERIOUSLY ILL
PETROGRAD, Mnrch 23. The condition of the children of the former Czar
took a turn for the worse todav. Four his daughters are reported suffering from
scarlet fever and tho eldest of these, the Grand Duchess Olga, was said to be
delirious. The Czarevitch is also ill.
AMERICAN SENTRY SHOT BY PROWLER
PORTLAND. Me., March 23. Private John Poor, a bentry on duty
at Fort
Williams, was t.hot und protmbly fatally injured early today, when he challenged
a man whom he caught prowling nbout the port. A revolver shot was the only
answer Poor got from his challenge,
Tho unknown assailant escaped.
GARAGE AND TWO AUTOS DESTROYED BY FIRE
A garage containing a limousine and touring cur and an unoccupied gardener's
house belonging to F. Hazard Lipplncott at Cymvyil were completely destroyed by
Are early today. Tho loss Is estimated at between $10,000 and $1 5,000. Mr. Llp
nlncott Is the vice president of A. II. & F. H. Lipplncott Company, Inc., makers
of soda water apparatus, at Twenty-fourth and Locust streets,
discovered by a passerby. Tho origin is unknown.
The flames were
FIVE-CENT STAMPED ENVELOPE TO BE ISSUED
For the convenience, of exporters, tho Postofllco Department will Issue a five
cent stamped envelope. The main pdrpose is to get rid of the short-paid. postage
nuisance. Many exporters have asked for this envelope as an indispensable con
venience In conducting foreign business. Tho size proposed is what Is known as
No. 8, which Is 4 l-8 by 9 1-2 inches, and will be furnished either plain or with
return card printed In the .corner. 4
DEAD MEN GET DAMAGES FOR COBBS CREEK PARK
A Jury before Judgo Dayls In, Common Pleas Court No. 3 today awardfed to
the estates of David II. Henry and Harry S. 'Henry, both deceased, $118,s.50,
damages against tho dlty for the appropriation of, the plaintiffs" property.tpr the
cnbbs Creek Park. The tract is situated at' Sixty-third and Catharine etreets.
running back to the creek, Reports for tho plaintiffs fixed the damages at betweel 1
$147,000 and $155,000. City experts testified that tno.'aarnagp; tna not. exMwi"rfftv;t
Mobilization of the resources of Perint
vanla virtually has beeun. I
First ntpna nlrnarlv ltnv. 1,AAn fnl...f
. .j
iiio y.umiijiuec 01 tuoiic oatety for.1'
Defense of Pennsylvania, appointed by
ernor Brumbaugh, to prepare the S
i-M5Uiui3waN
iuvui.hu response 10 me nrst can toar
' At the same time, the home defenses
mittee appointed by Mayor Smith mov
rapidly forward In Its woik of prep
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Cyrus II. Kt Curtis, president of the Qu?
I'uonsning company and the Public
Company, was chosen chairman of the
Ilclty committee of the home defense ;'e
mittee at a meeting or the publicity cS
nmtee ai city nail tins afternoon.
Stewart, president or ttie poor ,Rtcn
Club, was named secretary. " r,
The committee's nublfeltv ramnaiarriS'.i
recruits will begin -tomorrow with an1
line In alt the newspapers of the reaufa
ments and duties of men wanted forift
naval coast reserve. tSVi
mis was ueciuea niter a conferences
Commandant Russell, of the Phlladelp
Navy Yard, The chairman was author
to name an executive committee of three.
direct the publicity work of the comrhitt
vvhlJh Includes representatives of Phllade
pma'S eight ttngns.'i-ianguage and Wo ue
man-language dally newspapers. As.cha
man of the publicity committee Mr. Cur
automatically became a member ofj
home, defense committees executive ca
mitteej which held a meeting late this, aft
noon. , 4
uovernor urumoaugn today caiieu a ti
Ing of tlie committee at the Capitol, H
burg, for next Wednesday. The Gove
said he was htoro than gratified at!"
numerous acceptances he Is recelvlncr.f
men willing to give up tlrne from thi
work to make tho Inventory and defe
plans necessary In event of 'war. fl
Military stores in possession of the
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UIO ueillB liaicu .IHU will uu tuiyvu, uw.rt
me national uovernmeru ivuiiiu a uay:
two. Vv41
George Wharton Pepper, the ,chalrnw
announced that tho work hail already, bM
TTf. pfilil thn r-nmmlttpA niprnhprR nvnlllrtal
to It that they were In no way hinder
any "red tape." ' 'fu
QUICK DEVELOPMENTS
Among the latest preparedness an4vf)
fensn develomentsfcare: -1
First, Munitions plants announced, '
can furnish enough ammunition tor -
the Government nnd the Allies, and
only awaiting the word "go" to start in.;
Second. Tho Frankford Arsenal, has";!
tually been put on a war basis. COM
Montgomery, commandant, has received
ders to suspend tho Government eight-!
rule for employes: the men will be pu
worn on two ten-nour snuis.
Third. Colonel Montgomery has be
dered to manufacture or tmrchase S7.38
Kvorth of shells. Including shranneMftS
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1,111-rT, ahai mrunfm xvna mina-ii
Brigadier General William O. ?;Prloe
that the Pennsylvania Natlonal,Guar4
ready for the 'call. The general .cork
of the guard is Bald to be good. &i
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i llin, iuoru uiuii v,vvu,vyu. '
throushout tne unueu states are re
serve the Government Inicaso ,ofw
cordine to word received; by tne.'c
tee. The wpmen are members of -xla
filiated wnn tne.isacionai unincii or
The announ;ment was 'rade;ly ,
Frederic ocnon, an oincer 01 toe.c
lnn. -ci .
Sixth, 'Twenty-flvo stores Inn-arfa
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