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NEW TOIUC. March 23.
Only faulty construction of bombs man-
Ufactured by Captain Charlfs von Klcl.it
to be placed on Allied food Milps saved
hundreds of vessels from destruction, De
tective Barth testified today In tlie trial of
lx alleged bomb plotters. The bombs, he
aid, were taken aboard many, vessels, uut
they were not properly made and failed to
explode.
Hundreds of bombs, Barth raid, were
found In the holds of vessels after they
reached France. The Stato Department
waa notified. Barth said ho .had been as
signed to the case in January, 1915, nnd
had worked contlnuous'y to get evidence
for a year and a half.
Barth, who has traced down numerous
Serman Intrigues, was not shaken by tho
, eross-examlnatlon from the prisoners' six
lawyers.
CAUOHT BT CHANCE
A. chance acquaintance In a water-front
Nataurant and bar, ho said, started him
en the real trail of his prey. For a year
and four months he had been dodging about
the wharves In search of the men.
While drinking a glass of beer he casu
ally started a conversation with tho man
next to him, ho testified. It was one of
von Klelst's operatives. Tho man Informed
him, Barth said, that von Klclst was try
' Ingr to get an Interview with Captain von
Irel relative to tho sale of some bombs.
Barth lost no time In finding Von Klclst
to the back room of a saloon.
"I am a secret service operative under
Captain von Igel," Barth said he told Von
Klelst. "It you want any engagement
with him you must tell mc fully your busi
ness." Von Klelst told U'n full details, Barth
aid, and he went nway. Later tho arrests
were made after nn Investigation of details
unfolded by Von Klelst
- "DRESSED TO PEIIFECTIOX"
The courtroom was crowded, mostly with
Oermans. Two guards wero stationed at
each door to keep out the crowds that were
refused admission. Owing to the serious
ness of tho case and Its ramifications Judge
Van'Fleet would not permit persons to stand
In the rear.
The six prisoners glared with enraged
discomfort at the man In the witness chair.
They wero dressed to perfection, all wear
ing black1 Prince Alberts and light spats.
As Barth testified that bomb outrages
along New Tork's water front had ceased,
o far as ho could learn, with the arrest
f the men, a faint smile appeared on their
faces.
Pennsylvania Stands
Ready for Defense
Oentianrd fromPare One
tlons of the city have been offered by mem
bers of the United Business Men's Associa
tion for use as recruiting stations, to en
roll men In the Naval Coast Defense Re
serve. U. OF P. AI.UMNI ACT
Twenty-five hundred alumni of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania already havo of
fered their services to tho Government, It
was announced this afternoon by Dean
John Frazcr, chairman of the Penn branch
of the Intercollegiate Intelligent Bureau.
The offers came In reply to queries sent
out by the bureau five days ago to 32,000
alumni and saudents, asking for Informa
tion as to what kinds of sen-Ice the men
could give. Letters are pouring In, Dean
Frazer said, offering the service of the
alumni and students In almost ever- sort
m, military capacity, rrom carrying a gun
to binding up wounds.
The Manufacturers' Club has pledged Its
upport to the Home Defense Committee.
copy of the following resolution, passed
By the board of directors of the club, was
ent to Mayor Smith today:
Resolved, That the board of directors
of the .Manufacturers' Club heartily
indorses the plan for home defense out
lined at the meeting In the Mayor's
office March 20, 1917, and, In conform
ity with the resolution passed at that
meeting, hereby authorizes a special
meeting of the members of the Manu
facturers' Club to consider ways anil
means of responding to the call for en
rollment of. men for the naval defeusn
of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia and the State will work In
accord In preparing to meet war emergen
ces. Emergency plans formulated by com
mittees named by Governor Brumbaugh
Will be taken up with Mayor Smith at any
point where city and. State activities meet.
Tentative plans discussed by Mayor Smith.
George Wentworth Carr and members of
Philadelphia's Home Defense Committee In
clude, In addition to arrangements for
peedy organization of all subcommittees, a
scheme whereby all questions arising from
the existence of a State committee, Includ
ing many prominent Phlladelphlans, shall
be submitted to the Mayor, as chairman,
and those members pf the executive commit
tee of the Philadelphia committee, Interested
In the questions at Issue.
TO -HOLD DAILY SESSIONS
Organization plans taken up today In
clude the appointment of a carefully chosen
body of members to serve on the various
committees that will have charge of finance,
the recruiting of men for the army and'
navy and the formation of a reserve mili
tary force for home service.
Dally sessions of the various committees
will be arranged for and particular atten
tion will first be directed toward securing
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Drexel & Co. today notified their em
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branch of the Government service In the
ovent of war may do no with the assurance
that his salary will bo paid In full during
his absence and that his position will bo
open for him upon his return.
Members of tho American Association of
Master Mates and Pilots today asked Com
mandant Bussell to send a naval officer to
a meeting of the association to be held Tues
day evening at Third and Walnut streets.
A similar renuest was received from tho
Marine Engineers, who will meet at the
samo place Monday evening. Both organ
izations offered aid that will bo of the ut
most valuo to thoso back of tho movement
for a Naval Coast Reserve.
Hundreds of enrollments hnva biVn
recorded at tho various stations of the
Naval Coast Defense Reserve. Navy sur
geons were kopt busy examining the ap
pllcantn for enrollments.
Efforts will be mado to enlist nearly 160
owners of motorboats along the water
front as part of a "mosquito fleet" for
patrol service.
COUL.L. DANCE WITH JOY
The first man to enlist In tlie United
States navy today at the Naval Recruiting
Statldn, 1310 Arch street, was Frank J,
Hartman, eighteen years old, of 425 East
Seventieth street. New York city, Hartman
has an older brother and sister supporting
his mother In New York, and the youth
c.i me to this city about a year and a half
ago seeking employment. From that time
ho has been employed In the Remington
Arms plant at Eddystonc.
When asked how It felt to enter the serv
ice Hartman said:
"When I raised my hand to take oath
and pledge my alllcgtanco to Uncle Sam I
was so happy I could havo danced around
tho room. Scared of war? No, Indeed. If
the United States enters Into war they'll
find mo Johnny on the spot "
Throo pollco boat officials havo enrolled
In tho coast defense reserve. TUoy are
John J. Hanlcyof 3029 Cedar street, pilot
of tho flreboat Edwin S. Stuart; Peter J.
Rowen, 0B32 Hagerman street, Tacony, chief
engineer of tho Reyburn, and Granville S.
Jefferson, 3335 North Thirteenth street,
pilot of tho pollco boat Reyburn. All told,
there wero moro than sixty enlistments yes
terday. T. f5. Lockett, chief yeoman, V. S. N., sta
tioned on the battleship Ohio, has written
tho following letter of congratulation to
Miss I.oretta Walsh, chief yeoman, U. S. N
on recruiting duty nt tho Naval Homo on
Gray's Ferry road:
"Dear Miss Walsh The news of your en
listment has reached the service, and as a
fellow yeoman, I wish to congratulate you
and tho service ns well upon tho event."
BOILER USERS PROTEST
AGAINST PROPOSED LAW
Double Inspection by City and Under
writers Would Work
Hardship
Two hundred members of trade bodies of
Philadelphia men, representing the users of
or the users themselves of over 7000 boilers,
this afternoon called upon Mayor Smith In
his office to protest against the passage
of tho present boiler Inspection bill which
Is pending In tho State Legislature. The
bill provides that tho boilers of this city
be Inspected by representatives of the city
yearly. Heretofore some of tho boilers
havo been Inspected by city representatives,
but the greater part of the Inspection has
been the work of tho Insurance companies,
whose reports are taken by tho local de
partment. It was asserted by these men that dual
Inspection one by the city and one by the
Insurance companies would work a hard
ship on the boiler owner. Inasmuch as It
would force him to cool his boilers double
the time for which he now suspends work.
At present the owner of the boiler has to
shut down work from four to six days
while tho Insurance company does Its work.
Mayor Smith didn't seem to be much In
sympathy with the claim. He pointed out
that some arrangement between tho manu
facturer, the city Inspector and the In
surance company could surely be made
whereby their work could be dovetailed and
thereby do nway with the double loss of
time on the part of tho manufacturers.
However, he fixed a time when the men
could meet Director of Public Safety Wil
son in his office and discuss their protest
with him, Meanwhile, a committee of the
complainants will go to Harrlsburg and
havo a hearing before tho House Judiciary
body.
Tho bodies represented In tho protest
today were tho Bourse, Board of Trade,
Manufacturers' Club, Pennsylvania Manu
facturers' Association, Dyers and Finish
ers' Association, Worsted Manufacturers'
Association and the Textile Manufacturers'
Association. William H. Brown was the
spokesman for the party, while Emll P. AN
brecht also, talked In behalf of the Phila
delphia Bourse.
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' Seat of People's Rule
Continued from l'nce One
used by various rulers of nussla be melted
up "and pass Into tho hands of the people
In the form of money," nccordlng to a Pel.
rograd cablegram.
THE CROWN JEWELS
Among the precious Jewels In tho crown
Jewel room of the Winter Palace Is a dla-mond-studded
scepter that cost $1,200,000.
The Orloff diamond, formerly tho property
of Empress Catherine II. 1S5 karats fine,
Is valued at $225,000, not to mention the
priceless quality pf its historic associations.
A crown ordered by Empress Catheilno I
Is valued at $550,000.
Tn nrirtlttnn Hia .. m, .tt ,
worth of diamonds, emeralds, rubles and
pearls, gathered from all parts of tho
world In tho course of tho last century and
a half.
The Winter Valann wna .A.....i....,i in iTr.i
but part of It was destroyed by fire In
1837. It was restored during the next
two years and made finer than ever. Tim
building Is BOO feet long, 385 feet wide
nnd 95 teof. high. The grand ambassadorial
staircase, constructed of Carrara marble, Is
one of the architectural wonders of the
world.
U. S. ItECOGNITIO.V PLEASES
Thero was widespread rejoicing through
out tho nation over tho announcement that
tho United States has formally recognized
tho new IlUAslan Oovernmont. being the
first forolgn Power to do so. It Is believed
thn crowth of rrnnhllnnnlaM. H n,ln.(. ...m
bo the means of making moro cordial and
iniimaio mc relations between that country
and tho United States. Many members of
tho new Busslan regime, say telrgrams
from Pctrograd. are turning their eyes to
ward the United StatCB for political Ideas.
PETROOnAD, March 23.
The last of tho Romanoffs was under de
tention at Tsarskoe-Solo today, his guards
bearing tho red banner of the Russian
democracy. The former Czar, the Czarina,
the royal couple's only son nnd their four
daughters nro now housed In the palace.
Every defcrenco has been shown all these
members of the former royal family.
The cx-Emperor Is under constant guard
and no one Is allowed to communicate with
him except on permission by the provisional
Uovernment. Tho former Czar's dagger u.tb
taken away from his when he was Interned.
Tho one-time rulor of all the Russians Is
described as "pale, haggard and nervously
restless." Ho frequently bursts Into tears
and bemoans the fate of himself and fam
ily. The commartder of the detachment of tho
first rifle guard guarding the distinguished
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cbmmander of the Petrograd regiment.
Tho ex-Czarlna Is spending alt her time
with her children, who nro Btlll very 111
with measles.
The newspaper Russkaya Volya s front
page today bore a slogan In huge typo, ex
tending across the pago and reading, "Long
Live the Republic!"
" DRAMATIC INCIDENTS
The former Czar's arrest and his Journey
hero were replete with dramatic Incidents.
Tho four Duma commissioners sent to ar
rest him boarded his private train at Mo
hlleff, Just after tho Dowager Empress, his
mother, had b'ado him nn affectionate fare
well, A large crowd stood silent around
the train offering no demonstration,
"I am ready to go anywhere and submit
to any decision," the Czar told General
Alexlcff, when tho latter Informed him tho
Duma commissioners were waiting. The
four Duma leaders later talked with the
Czar freely.
At Susaslno station, after he had finished
his morning cup of coffee In the dining
saloon of the train, tho former ruler bade
farewell to all his servants nnci ins suite.
Theso all kissed him on the shoulder with
every mark of affection of esteem.
"I thank you nil for your services," he
said. "Au rcvolr!"
Foreign Minister Mlllukoff received tho
foreign correspondents at tho Foreign Office
and gave them n brief statement. In which
ho said that Russia Is stronger now in
every wny than before tho overthrow of
the Romanoff dynasty.
"The country Is tnpldly adapting itself to
the new order of things. I am not afraid
of the Council of Woikmen'n Ifeputles (tho
cxtremo raidlcals). Their delegates aro
finding their way li,to the 'various dcpait
ments of the administration and prnctlcal
working Is toning down their demands nnd
broadening their views "
As an example of tho Inelllclency of the
old Government It la stated that 20,000,000
packages from the United States, England
and Japan have accumulated nt Vladi
vostok because of congestion on the trnns
Siberian railway. Theso contain clothing,
food, medicines and other necessities.
SUFFRAGISTS HERE HAIL
VOTE FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN
Dispatches from Russia, announcing that
women In that country had been granted
suffrage so they could vote for members
of the new national Assembly, was received
In Philadelphia with Joy today by promi
nent suffrage leaders, and with condemna
tion by Philadelphia women who aro op
posed to participation of women In politics.
Tho now national Assembly which the
women of Russia will help to create will
construct a constitutional form of govern-
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from the grip of. the world's most dcspotlo
monarchy.
Miss Caroline Kntzensteln, executive
secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of
the National Woman's Tarty, hailed the
entrance of Russian women Into politics ns
a "wonderful victory for women the world
over."
On tho other; hand, Mrs. Horace Brock,
president of the Pennsylvania Association
Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, said that
tho granting of tho ballot to Russia's
women was one of tho unhealthy signs
which, sho said, were always apparent In
any country torn by revolution. She pre
dicted that a reaction would set In which
would deprive tho women of Russia of the
ballot.
"The, suffrage movement," said Miss
Katzcnstcln, "Is worldwldo In Its scope, so
when wo learn of n victory In a far-off land
wo greet that victory ns one more link In
the chain of suffrage success.
"Tho giving of the right to vote to Rus
sia's women Is one of the mnny signs of the
great democratic awakening of tho world.
It Is one of the blessings which has come
out of this horrible war.
"To bring the matter nearer home, I
hope that the example set by Russia will
stimulate Congress when It convenes nn
April 2, to make nn effort to keep up with
Russia. Tito fair treatment of the new
Government of Russia to her women should
make our statesmen do a lot of thinking.
"Tlie things that aro happening In Rus
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expression to their thoughts because
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"Now that women will finvo an opportun
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The ballot Is n great educator, nnd now that
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Russia will quickly take her place In tho
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