at TKM T .,v : 1 FINANCIAL EDITION1 13STR7 PICTORIAL SECTION BAtSES 16,17,18 iletiger lfcli & NIGHT EXTRA c. PRICE TWO CENTS -'l, ' H VOL. III. NO, 252 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917 CorimoiiT, 1017, nt tiic I'fM.io l.twtii Conri.it ti Wfr 4.X . - sSraiiyq4& , ,'1 jtot. WEST PHILADELPHIA POLICE GUARD SOCIALIST CAPTIVES E mrk&s sssasswaasMas nTriTTft''w''''wy'rr Anti-conscription propagandists, seven men and six women, were held under heavy bail today nt the Sixty-first ' ,and Thompson streets station after arrest by the police, who had rescued them from the clutches of a mob of enrafeed citizens bent upon personal violence. The rioting occurred last night in the vicinity of Fifty-third and ; Raco streets. f. URGE QUICK DEATH FORPRpVED SPIES : Short Shrift Demanded for Betrayers of Transports Bearing Troops ' lUX METHODS BLAMED WASHINGTON'. July C. Short shrift will bo tho portion of any proved German spies rounded up In tho jprtsent hunt lor uciraycrs or. America a lttisports. ffIhe temper Is that thcro should bo no rilliine with men who endanger American sflfe by supplying Information to tho enemy. Wn.that they should Do maao examines 01 lummarlly. t Meanwhile, while the spy hunt proceeds, President Wilson's Cabinet may create a central "Intelligence" or tcrret service agency, co-ordinating and extending tho present lines. And something will bo dono to curb German-owfted Insurance companies If It Is found as popular rumor runs, that they havo been tipsters for tho ICaltor. Cable leaks will bo stopped as tho most prolific means of informing tho enemy of America's plan?. Every ono here now realizes that there vas so little secrecy nbaut preparations to move the transports that a spy did not need especial clllclcncy All ho had to do was to keep his eyes open and If ho had a spe cial advanco codo ho could send It to neu tral countries adjacent to Germany. . iuury nan tuo measles" might mean to Ithe code man In Berlin, "America's trans- ipons nave tailed" This leak to neutrals will bo blocked. Officials are now convinced that, nnrmanv leould not hao had advanco information fs to the exact routes tho American trans ports wero to take, or as to their rendezous loraewhere In tho Atlantic. These orders im known to only threo or four persons i. una country, and to Admiral Sims In England. None- of thoso who had this In formation aro even under tho slightest suspicion, being men of tho highest Integrity tnd trust Cerraany, It Is now assumed, had a tip I J , transport preparations and probably ' cr their actual doparturo. Then shv spread ; cut her submarines on llkoly routes, oven wm"5 mem beyond tho usual death That ShO aCttiallf nnmnnrnpml (1am ...no matter of her good luck.'nuthoritles feci. 'p. i mat,er of co-operation of secret irom n,ow ono"atlng appeared likely to IT.; i ueIoro today's Cabinet meeting. oI !a.atI""esent some conflict and du'pli JMlon of effort EE li.'PfVI'J ti n. Rnrnti 'nsuranco companies, now Rlrauiig under nermii fmm T)Aat,if wu lJ" '" ,n,robably bo Investigated. In Insur- K f,m?rtlme rl8ks tl,cso companies glean thll- i0f news that wui 'o valunblo to SL .lsc.r ic u ls fouml lncy nr mls' WueMiei posltlon ,Ilcy wl" bo hastily The effort to have Congress nass n. censor. , P UV may Jin rennwprl nmln Ihlu i-li'lni. Larhlt,..!,.. ""'. """" niiicu n iiu.y . s uuvvrnmnnr .ii.nB.i,.. ...f.ti. t. ....... P mT. "' "ssumes. r Lnalrmnn rft r , ...- .. : .. - u1-uibo irc-ui, ni mo commit' 'i, 5. Uo '"formation, Is In New York heads JVsgussl"K with l""ca associated htntu Jt '""nous to uo useu in bT .. cablegrams 'from abroad and at K...7 Vlmo la taking up with tho cable gj""" me matter of Btopplng spies from VUUDe InnnPAnt . nnnanplnr, .Acr.WA- iff countrles whlcl, may bcar ncw no rtittertermnn ,,,, .... Woman Swlnrllor Sunt In D.l.m, En Txivrrt , . . Ekw ' JU1 Tno notorious Mrs. IIIom" Were sald to havo netted her mll- klv.iV. "uuy sentenced to two and one Wf years' Imprisonment. Three ITpM nn Ti,.r ri,- Thnm. t-. ... IVesiV- .n r'"mes' Jhn u, Curtis and John tin i' ' .amaen. were held In ,500 v u lor COUrt todav hv Tlnnr,lp Rtnnlr. ttnm tw8"11"1 ths" larceny of a watch rom Thomas Glennan. oi Camden. THE WEATHER Wl$!. atwaav increasing cloudiness, MfTotahhi nil-. ..j .. . . . .. -. !. uy siwicers at mam; E?v( tltucA rhnttnm 1 MUM t 11- j&tttrlu winds. I.KNGT1I OP BAY W!'ra I Moon rise..,. S'B.lp.m. rU 'HU WWAnK R1VKR TIDR CKAN0E8 CHESTNUT STREET " S:H"-m- l!lib'mtir.. K""'. ::si a.m. i inh-... - pir . ua.m. ii; w.t.;."ixr" W " f ir.-fl t,vv U,1H " WOMEN CALLED Mayor's Commission Issues Ringing Call to Philadel phia Housewives URGED TO SIGN FLEDGE When tho city of Philadelphia Is scoured Monday for tho COS, 000 Vomen who have been called to enlist In tho food army Her bert Hoover, United States food adminis trator, l.i mobilizing, each bollcltcd recruit will receive a call to nrms ft'oin the Mayni's food commission. Tho cntiro Philadelphia, police forco will bo engaged in dbtribullng tho message, which Is to accompany each pledge raid. Three hundred nnd Hfenty threo thousand, two hundred and thirteen houses, 2214 apartments and tenements and 23. hotels will bo visited. Tho messago follows: piurADnLPiiiA homo rn:Ki:NSK "OMMITTMV Hon. Thomas It Smith. Chairman To tho Women of Philadelphia : The Mayor, at tho suggestion of Mr. Hoover, asks every woman In tho house hold more than fifteen years of age. whether a member uf the famby or an employe, to sign the food conservation plcdgo card , which Is hanGcd to you with this notice. Tho President of tho United States has also appealed to you for your help. This war, with its mines a.id submarines. Us bombs and shells, Its machine guns and gas, is terrible In Its destruction of human life, but starvation caused by tho war has killed more people than battles nnd It works right on whether armies aro flght r ing or training. Tho American- woman becomes the great bulwark against starvation To her Is allotted tho fight lor conserving food, so that we can savo tho lives of our fi lends who aro fighting for human lib erty nnd universal democracy. Food saving hero can save lives In Italy. Belgium, France, England, Ireland. Spain or Sweden, or even In Austria and Germany, for tho people of these enemy countries also will turn to us for food tho day tho fighting stops. To save lifo in other countries nnd to lessen suffering and great privation hero ami nbovo nil to save food for tho armies, tho President of the United States ami the Mayor of tho city appeal for help from you who actually have charge of the feeding of tho many hundreds of thousands of people who live here livery woman c-an help. Please sign tho pledgo card and havo it Continued on Pane Two, Column Fhr GASOLINE AT SIX CENTS PROMISED BY SCIENTIST Problem of Production Solved, , Louis Bond Cherry Tells Sec retary Daniels WASHINGTON, July 0. "The gasoline problem Is solved. I can increase the gasoline production of tho United States from 3,00.0,000.000 to 9,000, 000,000 gallons a year. I can furnish gaso line to the Government nt six cents a gal lon." These were roseato promises mado to Sec retary Daniels today by Louis Ilond Cherry, scientist and Inventor, of'Kansas City. Cherry submitted to Secretary Daniels samples of gasoline produced by a new process he has discovered, whllo the report of a commltteo of scientists examined a nrocess at the Cherry plant nt Coffeevllle, Kan., and gave It their O. K. Cherry -submitted alUrnativo proposals to the Secretary of the Navy: First That the Government comman deer crude oils, build the apparatus ro nuired by his process and 'permit him to co ahead, giving him a profit of one cent a gallon on all gasolino produced,- Out of the profits he would guarantee gaso line to the Government at six 'cents, a irallon. and would repay the Government all expenses Incurred In the building of the plants. Second. That the Government pay him a flat rate of ten cents a gallon for gaso line and assist him In securing the mate Hals with- which to build his. plants. "Hut for the shortage of materials, elec trical apparatus and the like." he told the Secretary, "f WW vo m PPMtu . stalled In every rflnf; ln & tountiy. m - immmmmmmmsMssE - , JO.J.GGULDJRS.. GO HONEYMOONING Financier's Namesake Fol lows Brother With An ' other Surprise Marriage BRIDE ORPHAN, MUSICIAN How Sonn of Gould Follow in Matrimonial Footsteps September M, 1S8C George J. Gould, twenty-two-ycar-old son of .Iny Goulil, capitalist, marries beau tiful Edith Kingdon, a popular fa vorite in Augiistin Daly's theatrical company. Society .situ up. July 2, 1917 KiiiRilon Gould, thirty years old, first son of George J. Gould, marries Miss Annunziata Camilla JIaria Lucci, an orphan, a native of Pisa, Italy, a young artist ami formerly omplryed in thr Georpje J. Goul.l household as n tutor for Mi;!S Vivian Goulil, the bridegroom's sister. Society sits up ajrain. July fi, 1917 George J. Gould, Jr., twenty-ono years ojd, youngest of tho sons and daughters of George J. Gould, marries Miss Laura M Car ter, of Ardcria, N. J., an orphan, ac complished" as a mns-'cian and dancer. Society sits up rgain. Miss Laura M. Carter, a bttle golden haired orphan girl of Aidcna, near b'rechold, N. J, who Is mU'lcal and dances chaimlng ly, was married yesterday in Philadelphia to Georgo J. G-jtlld. Jr , fifth and younget of tho sons nnd tlaushtera uf lleorgu J. Gould, millionaire banker and railroad mag nate. It was nil done so simply nnd unosten tatiously that tho world, which generally keeps a pretty sharp eye on all that a rich man does, knew nothing about It until It was all over. Mr. Gould and Miss Carter, with a few friends, motored to Philadel phia for tlio ceremony and then motored hack. A few minutes after their rnturn to Ardcna tho telephone bell began to ring and tho wires icmaliied hot with congratu lations until the young married couplo dis connected tho Instalment to get n llttlo rest Tho marrlago followed by threo days the wedding of Klngdon Gould, brother or Geoige J Gould. Jr, nnd Mish Annunziata Camilla Mai la I.uccl, a voung artist. Tho mother of Geoige J Gould, Jr., and Continued on r.i?r Three, Column Three COAL TRUST SUITS ARE DISMISSED BY COURT Lack of Evidence Given as Rea son for Throwing Out Cases in New York ni:v ynitrc, July c. Indictments ng.Mnsr'tour Individuals and seven corporations, on tilal hero on charges of violating tho Sherman anti-trust law 4n fixing coal prices, wero dismissed by Federal Judgo Grubb today. The dismissals wero mado by Judgo Grubb becauso of lack of evidence ngalnst the defendants named. Tho men nnd cor porations dismissed wero: S. W. Patterson, general manager of the Bottom Creek Coal and Coko Company, of Vivian, AV. Va. J. Frank Grlnct, secretary treasurer of tho Allen Coal nnd Coke Company, of Mount Hope, Va. J. . C. Stephenson, president of the nuckeyo Coal Company, of Itoanokc, Va. John C, Wilson, president of the Dry Fork Colliery Company, of Blueflcld, W. Va. The corpbrntlons; Allleen Coal Company, West Virginia I'ocahontas Coal Company, Arlington Coal arid Coke Company. Nlchol Colliery Company, Ilalley-Wood Coal Com pany, nil of West Virginia. Motions for dismissal of the seventy-five Individuals and more than 100 corpora tions Indicted are being heard by Judge Qrubb separately. Motorist Held for Boy's Injuries Harry Halin, 246 South Ninth street, was today held In $1500 ball pending until July 13, In connection with Injuries sustained by iix-year-old Douglas Jones, who was hit by Halm's auto last night. The Jones boy lives at 301 North Eleventh street, and Buf fered serlpus injuries, when Jliihn'i cay itrUCJO0"ta It, was teattfled , atto jwm nw Hwm'iiwws k SOCIALISTS IN JAIL AS DRAFT ENEMIES Thirteen Held in Heavy Bail for Anti-Conscription Activity SCORED ' BY MAGISTRATE Stevenson Asserts Philadelphia Will Not Tolerate Disloyal Alien Propagandists After asserting that Philadelphia will not tolerate nntl-Amcrlcan propagandists and alien Socialists who are interfering with America's war program. Magistrate Stevenson, presiding nt tho Slxty-llrst and Thompson streets station, today held thir teen Socialists six women and seven men in hrav v bail for court. The Socialists were nrrested last night when they attempted to clrculato nntt conscription literature In 'West Philadel phia Mnglstiato Stevenson held them on treason charges," and Imposed ball of mono each in nine cases nnd $C00O cacli in the remaining four cases. A crowd of moro than C00 loynl citizens crowded tho hearing room and applauded vigorously when tho Socialists wero put In patrol wagons nnd sent to Moynmenslng pilson ,1'iin Ti fi.l.iMii.i UAflnllat nn,l I II' ttllllillll J. k.UHIIIilll .............. sympathize of tho aliens, objected wb n Photographers snapped the prisoners and threatened to "get tho police" Ho was lnckd up nnd fined f 10. SPKCTATOItS lltATU Only tho coolness of Magistrate Steven son and Lieutenant Mills prevented the crowd from dealing out Its own brand of punishment to tho nllens Ugly threats wero made, but the police handled tho situ ation and protected their charges. Tho prisoners held and the amount of bnll nxed bv MaglMrnto Stevenson follow: l.imls Abramson. 2H5 South Tenth street. $10,000, Anna I.ove, C2S Kernon street jmhiii; Sophie llnthlurg 231!". South Seventh sliect. $5000; Anna Palmer, 2025 liiHt Hus sell street. $10,000; Cairlo palmei. Mia lXist Ilussell stieet, $10,000; Kannio Ilclm srn 3133 Uuclld avenue, $5000; Abram G.mdell, Ctoss street near Sixth S5000 ; Casper It. Oberstedt. &!3G Arch street. $10 -000; Solomon Hollff. 1813 Cast Passyunk avenue, J10.000; Cecelia Hotter. Glrnnl ave tuio near Fortieth. $10,000; Isaac I-leber-man Klfth street below Snyder avenue. $10. 000 ' Walter Kbbcts, Chancellor street near Fiftieth. $10,000; lsador Axeliod. Jefferson street near Fifty-second stieet, $10,000. News that tho Socialists had attempted . .... .,. ..i Anric:iii nroti.iiranda lo inject men in-,,.' ", . , , Into AVcst Philadelphia homes last n ght aroused tho tempei of the citizens nnd at 7-30 this morning moro than 200 persons had gathelod about tho station. Shortly bcfoio 10 o'clock the hearing room wns packed to tho suffocation point and Magis trate Stevenson nuile his way to the bench with dllllculty. ' , It was pain that tho crowd was hostllo to tho prisoners and that tho pollco would havo dllllculty holding their temper In check. Tho prisoners with characteristic bragga docio took the hearing lightly and laughed at tin? crowd. They talked among them selves and smiled scornfully when one of the uicuntors temarked that Philadelphia la In America. MAGISTHATi: DIIASTIC The nttltudo or tho prisoners underwent a radical change when Maglstrato Stevenson got down to business. Abramson was tho llrst called, lie testified that ho Is seven teen years old and when asked If ho was a citizen mado tho lllppant rep.y, "I am right. My father is a citizen." This caused tho oilier prisoners to smile. Mnglstiato Stev enson, looking directly at Abramson said, "I hold you for court under $10,000 ball" It was a blow to tho prisoners Theio wero no moro Jokes and no moro smiles As each prisoner was arraigned, Maglstrato Stevenson Inquired about citizenship papers nr.i then fixed ball Thoso held under $5000 ball nio not cit izens nnd werti held on a charge of Inciting to riot, while thoso held under $10,000 ball aro citizens. Maglstrato Htevei.son felt that they wen- moro responsible than the cithers nnd lodged tho chargo of treason against each nno. "You aro a fine-looking crowd," began tho Magistrate, when ho had disposed of the cases, "you are certainly a llno-looklng crowd tn tell Ainerlian citizens how to run their affairs. Tills Is Philadelphia, and Philadelphia will not tolerate your un American conduct." Tho crowd of spectators gave vent to their feelings by cheeilng nnd stamping their feet. For a minute the police made no attempt In stop the demonstration, but Lieutenant Ullls. fearing that tho crowd would harm tho prisoners, who by this time wero thoroughly frightened and hugging to gether liko a ciowd of whipped children, ordered the room cleared. 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL FIRST FOURTH VICTIM IN CITY Little Cecilia Messman Dies in Hospital of Burns Received , in Lighting Sparkler Tho first Fourth of July death in Phila delphia this year occured today when six-year-old Cecilia Messman, of 2714 Hem bcrger street, died In tho Samaritan Hospi tal. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Messman, and her brother and sister Frank, ten years old, and Hose, twelve aro almost beside themsclvoa with grief. Cecilia's mother watched her children all Independence Day and thero wero no mis haps, but toward evening her vigilance re laxed. About 6 o'clock, when she was alone In the living room,. the little girl tried to light a sparkler, and tho match set fire to her dreBs. Tho child's screams drew the mother, who found tho llttlo one cnvoloped in (lames. Mrs. Messman smothered out the ftro and called an automobile, which took the little girl to tho hospital. Cecilia lin gered In agony until today. Baker Plans to Call Signal Reserves WASHINGTON, July 6. Orders havo been prepared by Secretary of War Baker calling Into active service the entire per sonnel of the signal ofllcers' reserve corps. This corps Is made up of 450 telegraphers. After three weeks of Intensive training, the men will e assigned to the various dlvl--slons of the new national army, to com mand telegraph battalions. May Bar German Insurance Companies WAjSHINOTON July 8. The Government Is making an Investigation of the, German Insurance companies, and It la possible that President Wilson's recent , proclamation on thi ubje? prm!ttag thole ofrt Ion will fce rev, u ' . t ' ' J ' . QUICK RACING RESULTS First Aqueduct race, 3-year.olds and up, selling, G furlongs Top o' the Morning, 138, Rowan, 2 to 5, out, won; Hwfa, US, Klccgcr, 7 to 1, 8 to 5, 3 to 5, second; Imperator, 118, Williams, 20 to 1, 3 to 1, 0 to 5, third. Time, 1.13 2-5. HOME RULE CONVENTION TO BE HELD JULY 25 LONDON, July 6. Announcement was made in the House of Commons this afternoon by Premier Lloyd George that the convention which will try to tettle the home rule for Ireland question will meet on July 25. SECOND DRAFT BOARD'S LIST FIRST FROM HERE Tho second exemption board, which represents! tho Second Ward and sits nt tho Seventh and Carpenter streets police station, hat Just received a letter from tho olllce uf Provost Marshal General Crowdcr, stating that Its list of names of men regl.rtorcd was tho llrst list received from Philadelphia. Tho letter does not stnto whether this was the first list of tho entire country. Tho members of tho board nrb Wltmoro C. Chambers, 1105 Pnssyunlc avenue; Henry C. Hohlllng. 020 i:ast Passyunk nvenuo, and Dr. M. .. Levitt, K24 South Fourth ntrect. TAKERS AND GROCER FACE CONSPIRACY CHARGE WASHINGTON, July 5. Tho Federal Grand Jury today indicted four local baiters and a grocer fur ulleged conspiracy to prevent delivery of bicad to a Rrocerymnn who sold a regular ton-cent loaf for nlno cents. Tho Indictments alleged violations of Hip Sherman anti-trust law nnd tho general conspiracy net. INCOME OF SAMUEL CROFT'S ESTATE GOES TO WIFE Ilj :!u ...:i of Hum .cl Croft, Philadelphia candy manufacturer, probated nt Norrlstovn today, the Income of the oslntp ls given to his wife. At her death his two sons nnd daughter nro to sliaro equally. Stato S'enator Croft, of Mont gomery, Is n, bon. . i TRAIN KILLS BOY; HURLED THIRTY FEET Kdwnril A. Mullen, thirteen vcars old of 13 North I'ortv-thlnl trcet. '""amilen, whllo wnlkltiK with several companions nloiiR tho Hack of tho Pennsylvania Itall road nt Klsh House Station, Mopped out of tho way of ono train Into tho path of a Now York express and wrn liuiicd thirty feet and killed. HOLLWEG TO SPEAK TOMORROW OR MONDAY HIIItl.lN, duly C Imperial Chancellor von nethmann-IIollvveg will probably addres.i the I'elchstag Haturday or Monday, It wns announced today. (Previous dispatches from Oiniany havo Indicated that HollvvcK would take nn early opportunity to make answer to tho speech nt Glasgow recently of Ilrltlsh Premier Lloyd (Jeorge. Tho Ilrltlsh statesman gavo a detailed outline of Hnpland's war nlms In this address nnd concluded that peace without a victory was Impossible.)1 JAPAN STEAMSHIP CO. MAKING 70 PER CENT A YEAR TOKID, July 0 Japan's largest Mcamshlp company lias declared a dividend for the half ve.-ir at the rate of 70 per cent a year. BASES OPENED FOR TRAINING PERSHING'S MEN PAItlS. Jiilv 'i. I: ci for ir.ilnlng of aviation, artillery, Infantry and medical units were opened tud.i.v and Marled ut once the education of portions of Tcrslilng's "Sanunees" fjr tr-' front CONSCRIPTION BILL ADVANCED IN CANADIAN HOUSE OTTAWA, Out., duly 0, Tho conscription bill passed lta second reading In the Houso today with a majority of 03. Tho Laurlor referendum amendment was defoated by 110 to G2. SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAKES NO FATALITY RECORD WAKIUNirroN, duly C--Fairfax Ilurrlbiin. president of tho Southern Hallway Company, announced today that out of substantially 18,000,000 p iss,cngers handled by tho .Southern Hallway for tho tlscal year ended Juno 30 not n slnglo ono was killed. .Tho management takes tho utmost satisfaction In this achievement, which it liriK f-might to attain, and nearly, but not iiulte, nttulnnd, for ic-veral vcars past. It rullectH not only greater human care und elllclcncy in operation, but the Improved facilities winch havo. been progressively Installed on tho .Southern In lecent years. RAILROADS SHOW INCREASE OF EARNINGS WASHINGTON. J,uly 0. The possibility of tho railroads obtaining n reopening of the IS per cent freight into lncicnso case continued hi diminish today, when moro reports on May earnings' .showed their prullts to bo Mill growing. Ono hundred and thirty of the 1R7- principal steam roads In May had n net revenue of $T-t.d7.f2S. ncroriling to reports to the Intcrstato Commerce Commission, com pared wit ii 7J,i7ri,I2l In Miy, 1016. The eastern roads earned $31,7-16,9S2, against j:'.3.9U:.::i ..i .'May, linfi; the southern roads J1-',500,!S9, ngalnst $11,000,300, nnd tho western roads $30,131,101, against $L'7,003,a30. WOULD SWAP PANAMA BONDS FOR LIBERTY LOAN WASHINGTON, July C Congress has been petitioned for legislation luitliorlzlng the exchange of Panama 3 per cent bonds for Liberty Loan bonds, which bear 3H per cent interest. Tho contention of the petitioners ls that, whllo tho Govern ment assumes a moral obligation for; the Panama bonds by accepting them ns collateral security for deposits of Government funds, their market value Hlnce tho flotation of the $2,000,000,000 Liberty Loan haB depi eclated from par tn 8C. SUFFRAGISTS SAYTHEY WERE JUST CELEBRATING WASHINGTON, July 0. Thirteen woman biiffraglsts, put on trial In Pollco Court hero on charges of disorderly conduct nnd unlawful assembly as a result of their demount! ntlon bcfoio tho Whllo Houso, protested they wero celebrating tho Fourth In peaceful mid patriotic manner when stopped by tho police. Tho ti ial will bo resumed i.,ln nml tVirt u'nmnti U'nfft inlinvrfl rn fhnlr nwn rnrnrrriliitnn ItjUUV twill ii'v n 'wo ... i. ..... ... ..,. .,,,, . vv.v.ftiimnni.v, THIRTY CARS OF LIVE POULTRY HELD UP BY STRIKE Ni:W YOIUv. July C Thirty carloads of llvo poultry nro held up in railroad yards around Now York, und can not leach tho market becauso of a strlko among tho handlers of poultry, according to a statement mado today by Georgo W. L'erklns chairman of tho Mayor's Food Supply Commltteo. Tho poultry la In danger of dying of hunger and thirst, Mr. Perkins said, becauso thcro Is no municipal agency with legal power to adjust tho dlfllcufty. DEMAND THAT GERMANS GO BAREFOOT WASHINGTON. July 6. A telograni to tho Department of Stato says that the Krouz Zcltung stntos that the City Council of Zittau has Issued an appeal to tho entlro population to go barefooted, emphasizing the fact that leather and shoes will be most scarce during tho coming winter. AH attempts of tho City Council to lay up tho essential stocks of' shoeB for winter havo failed. The Wurzburgor student body lias demanded of ull male and female studonts that they go barefooted, or without stockings In wooden shoos, from June 28 onward. ENVOY DENIES UPHEAVAL IN SPAIN WASHINGTON, July C Tho Spanish Ambassador, Juan Itiano, has received dispatches from Spain refuting recent reports of Internal disturbances published In Franco, on the basis of which he made this statement: "The situation In Spain Is completely normal- Absolute trnnuulllty prevails everywhere and there Is no rea son for supposing that, thero oris political or Socialistic disturbances. There ls, how ever, a manifest Interest In creating an atmosphere of doubt nnd of alarm by means of nlse rumors circulated, dally, which, "T- ,A -.''-. - NEWS fortunately, very soonnd a contradiction ;rn VA- , - ' CHINA'S REBELS AND ROYALISTS CLASH IN FIGHT Advance Guards of Both ' Armies Open Big Battle Near Pekin CAPITAL CRISIS SERIOUS U. S. and Japnncse Detachments Seeking to Reach Tientsin PKKIN, July 6. Fighting began yesterday at Lang Fang, about thlrty-flvo miles southeast of Pekln, between tho troops of GtnernKChnng Hsun, eupportcr of tho monarchy, and the forces of the Itepubllcans. Tho advance army of General Chans Hsun, who engineered tho coup that re placed Ilsuan Tung, the boy Hmperor, back on tho throne, consists of G000 men. U Is opposed by tho advance guard of the Re publicans. 20.000. Chang Hsun has 26,000 more men at tho capital, while the total ar,my Of the Itepubllcans numbers 50,000. The situation In the capital Is bccqmlng serious. Tialns nro filled with fleeing ciilneso .going to Tientsin. The hotels aro full of foreigners. Small American and Japanese forces ar endeavoring to come from Tientsin, but their nrrival may bo delayed by the fighting at Lang Fang. TIHN TSIN. July e. A great battlo between tho republican and Imperial armies Is developing near Pekln. Fifty thousand republican troops are con verging upon tho capital from tho north nnd south. Twenty thousand of them, under command of Tuan Chl-Jul, the former Premier, are between this city and Pekln, inarching southward and nre already report ed to bo In contact with monarchist forces. Thirty thousand others nre moving north vvnrd along the Hankow railway This lat ter army Is under command of General Feng Kwoh-Chang. The Imperial army In Pqkln under Gen eral Chang Hsun numbers only 30,000 men. but they are picked troops and are well equipped. Gefieral Chang Hsun has artillery, and preparations ure being mado to make a desperate defense of the capital. Tho Manchu restoration appears to be tottering, but the military chiefs supporting It promise a Btern fight before they give up. Ultimatums are pouring In upon General Chang Hsun from various military gover nors demanding the evacuation of Pekln by his army. Than Chl-Jul sent such a demand, promis ing lenient treatment If General Chang Hsun's army would lay down Its arms anil leave tho capital. IIopo was expressed today that tho Im perial soldiers would quickly surrender when the'y learned tho great strength of tho republican forces It was believed that General Chang Hsun has deceived his troopa as to the real slzo of the opposing army. Much activity Is leportcd from Nanking, where the southern republicans have set up a provisional government. The republican lenders nt Shanghai and Canton also are making great preparations for future, events. The prediction comes from Shanghai that China will ho split up Into two separata nations, to bo known 'probably as Old China and New China. TOK'IO, July 8, landless chaos In China seems to Ila ahead. Dispatches today revealed the makeshift monarchy tottering President I.I Yuan-Hung, of tho former republican regime, has escaped his pursuers The southern provinces nro planning secession from any Manchu ruler. An armed clash Is Impending between the republican and monarchist armies. Tho northern militarists and a majority of tho older olllclals In China welcome th restoration of the monarchy, according to advices here. It Is In tho southern section of China, however, that tho greatest oppo sition to the monarchy Is apparent, al though In a military t-ense this tectlon ls vaMly Inferior to the north. Americans In Japan deplore tho restora- Continued un raK live. Column Four GERMAN RADIO EXPERT NABBED AT TRENTON Prof. Jonathan Zenneck,. For merly in Charge of Sayvillo Wireless, Arrested by U. S. TRKNTON. July 6. Acting under special orders from the De partment of Justice at Washington, United Statos Deputy Marshal Llnford Denny, of this city, late last night placed Prof. Jona than Zenneck. German radio expert, under arrest and took him to Kills Island, where he will bo Interned for the duration of the war. Tho Department of Justice Is said to look upon Professor Zenneck ns one of the most dangerous German subjects In this country. Germany looks upon him as ono of Its most skilled wireless telegraph experts, and hn came to this fcountry especially to d. rect German wireless activities. For a long thno ho was In chargo or tne uorman raaio station at Sayvillo. Of late he has been living at Jloonton, at which point he was nrrosted by Deputy Denny. Before coming to America Professor Zen- ," neck served In tho German army In ao ofllclal capacity. He participated In the ,. memorable German drive through Belgium and later, by falsifying his passports. 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