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VOL. IV. NO. 74
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917
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HALIFAX LASHED BY GALE; IBIG GUNS ROAR BERLIN DICTATES
2000 MAI) IN STRFfKFM (TTV-1 EAST OF MEUSE! RUSSIAN PEACE
SNOW SPRINKLES SATURDAY SHOPPERS
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MANY LOST
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IN DISAST1
SNOW DELAYS
20,000 Destitute, 5000
Injured, Estimate of
Citizens' Committee.
Homeless Persons
Cared For
Property Loss Placed
at $30,000,000 Chil
dren Among Great
est Sufferers Sleet
Helps in Subduing
Fires.
HALIFAX. Doc. 8.
A lashing northeaster, burdened with
elect Uiat honied In from tho Atlantic
all night und was tllll raging early
today, failed to halt relief work In this
tlrlckcn city.
Twenty thousand dcstltuto men,
women und children were sheltered In I
buildings and homes which ctHI remain
Handing. Warrlcrt of tur paper were
built In tho fch ittrred windows ti bhut I
out thb bluer pair.
Two thou.md dead, 5000 Injured, SO,.
,000 homeless was tho toll In Halifax
'and Hi) kubuibi, necotdlng to citizens'
committee estimates toduj, Tho damaso
la $30,000 000.
Tho Ioei In Halifax falls heaviest upon
children. Wholo schools, lllled with
jiuplli, wer demolished, lciilng but ne
or two survivors. In other schools cery
child wa.i Injured by 11) Ing glass.
PIJSTITL'TIJ CAItllD I'OU
Tho thorough chcchlng-up work of tho
citizens' eonimlttea resulted lit every
destitute person In Halifax being taken
care of list night, when It was certain
death to wander through the storm-swept
streets without pioper clothing. Many
of tho refugees uie going about wrapped
In bHnkets. Their own clothes uro torn
to shreds
A thli k pill of miow covers tho black
ened ruins of tho noith end from which
1700 bodies havo been recovered. Tho
hleet helped the exhausted firemen otu'e
again to subdue tho Ilres in tho wreck
age Justice I (an Is. of Halifax, chalrmin
of tho citizens." fin nice committee. Is
sued the folluwlng statement today:
Tho committee or tho citizens ot
Halifax was appointed to make u pub
lic ptut-ment on the damage to the city
of Halifax and tlw.tow.n of Dartmouth
and after us cartful it kuneaa pos
sible of tho datnuged area the oom
inlttee reported thut. whllo every
building In Halifax and Dartmouth
was more or 1cm d.iniag'd. the de
vastated area Is found near the sveno
of tho explosion and embraces chielly
districts tucuplcd by woihcrs and tho
poorer i lasses
Between 1000 and 4000 such dwell
ings have been distrojed by tho ex
plosion or by lire.
Tho number of those iiftectid Is es
timated at Jri,000 and while, of course,
tho circumstances of all or even most
of thim cannot lie ascertained until
each ease Is investigated, jet it li
feared that tlm destitute poor In tho
.ilea will number upwards of 29.000
and thlr actual loss and tho esti
mated cost of the r temporary main
tenance will leaeh between $25 000,
050 and $10,000,000. It Is to be clear
ly understood that In this estimate tho
number of persons iendTed deUluto
Is mldered. and this Is tho portion
of tho population of Halifax and Dait
mouth least ablo to bear the loss, and
which must bo Immediately rel'eved
by generous assistance of their fellow
citizens throughout Canada.
SEARCHING l'OU LOVHD ONUS
TeJegrams aro pouring In from all
parts of Aimrkvi asking for liiforma
tlon coniernlng persons believed to have
been In the i It) wlan the Kremh ship
blew up. Hveiy tialn brings crowds
of rclattws tacked with suspense for
somo loved one. The hotels uro thronged
with s-ad-taied seekers. ' er where Is
desolation, evirjwhero mourning.
Tire exact extent of the toll In human
lives cannot bo known fir many dais
probably never will bo known. The lire
which swept the blasted aiea wiped out
the wrecks of hundreds of buildings.
Tho storm has greatly delayed trains
Continued on l'age Ten. Column One
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REAL U.S. LOCOMOTIVE
NOW TOOTS IN FRANCE
Philadelphia-Built Engine Op
crated Over Short Section
of Battle-Front Line
By HENRI BAZIN
StaJf Correspondent hitnlna
Kith tho .twrrieoii Armv
ub'icf Ledotr
i I'ra ica
AML'llICAN IIUADQITAUTUKS IN
FltANCn. Dec. 8.
Tho first American locomotive, Phila
delphia built, is In cperutlon today on
n section of tho French front, where
American cnslncera ore operating the
French road between points that aro
constantly bombarded. This locomotive
Is running on American gauge tracks,
built of "American rails by American
engineers.
The tooting of tho real American
whistle sounded like sweet music, better
than the best orchestra could produce,
and brought smiles to the engineers
faces and fond memories of home. The
bell will not be used becauso the bet)
it, tho signal by which the army Is ad
vised of a Boche gas att'ek, und the
United States engineers do not want the
j.ollus rushing for masks unnecessarily.
I rode wlUi the engineer operating the
big engine. He hod a broad grin on lit
face, for, after months of running a
French machine it, was l'ke a touch f
home to lilm. The section over which
this locomotive Is used Is short, but of
vital Importaneo. Jt has. been In charge
of American engineers for months, these
n.cn being temporarily detached from
the American forces to work with the
Fmich army. Thelr'tervlees havo been
of fnueh value. It Is expected that uther
American locomotives will soon be run
ning .over this road The machine to.
4v- wan. decorated with French v and
4fia in'bfnoer the uotabjo
Jl jj, v , V-
RELIEF TRAINS
Loss of Life and Property '
- in Great Halifax Disaster
TUM13EU
of persons dead,
-L )
12000.
Injured, many seriously, 6000.
Homeless and destitute. 20,000.
Property loss, ?30,000,000.
RICHARD Y. COOK,
FINANCIER, DEAD
President of Guarantee Trust
Succumbs After Two
Weeks' Illness
LONG BUSINESS CAREER
RICHARD Y. COOK
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Kleliard Y. Cook, president of thef
Guaranteo Trust and Safo Deposit Com
pany, died early this mornlnir at his
homo in Darbj. Ho had been confined
to his homo by Illness for tho last two
weeks. Jlr. Cook was Bcventy-two cars
old.
Mr. Cook -was born In Philadelphia
rebnnry 25. 1815. and was descended
from ploneera on both his mother's and
his father's side. After graduation from
the Cential High t-chool ho Immediately I
I vui..u uuamess. ins nrst position was
w 1 tli tho retail notions concern of Cook
A.etrO, on South Klghth street.
I lt then became connected with the
I feniisjlvanla Warehousing and Bafe Do-
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& H wryHmmm E
posit company, eventually being made of Hngine Company 'Xn. ;n, milk cut
president of tlve concem. Thirty jcarslbv flying glass, and Frank Brewer, of
ago he became a member of the board of ' Truck Xo. 2. sustained a possibly frac
dlrcctors of the Guarantee Trust Com- tared leg as he Jumped to another roof,
pany, and. In 1890, ho was made its The daunge Is estimated at ::.000.
president. Ho had remained at his dci,k Battalion Chief railhead. Lieutenant
thero until only two weeks ugo. Marrv Llirhtcap and Harry i: Jones, of
Mr Cool; was also a director of the , i-'nglna Comnauv Vo. 10. wero carried
I Inancu Compiny of Pennsylvania, the "neonscloiis from the snioke-lllled ce'lur
Tradetmcjis National Bank, tho Maikotlo' a grocery store at 3M Armat ntreet.
Street ..mlorvil Bank, tne Ileal Jiscate ! The fire started when i boy went Into
Irust Company, tho south Chester Tube , he cellar with a lighted candle, setting
Conipan), and the. Lehigh Coal and
Navjgatlon Company. Among -his no
tablo llnantlal achievements wero the
rehabilitation of the Chestnut Street
National Bank and tho Saving Fund
and Trust Company, with the assistanco
of George tt. carle.
Iho creditors of the bank wero paid
slollar for dollar, w llh nearly 17 per cent
Interest, while tho depositors of the trust
company wero enabled to recover S7i,
per cent of their losses,
Mr. Cook wus a member of tho Union
League and various other leudlng clubs.
" built the George IV. South Memorial
Church cf the Advocate Fifteenth and
Diamond streets. In w h'ch his funeral
services will bo held on Monday at i
o'clock.
Ho (s survived by bls'widow, who
was Miss Lavluta Borden, and by u
bon, Gustavus Wynne Cook. Ho waa a
brother of tho lato Joel Cook, president
of the Board of Trado and a member of
Congress.
W. T. ELLIOTT DEAD
Lawyer and Banker Succumbs at
His Ardrnore Homo
William T. Elliott, pronlncnt attorney
and president of the Central National
Hank, died suddenly )esterday after
noon at his homo in Glenn road, Ard
rnore. He Mm. sixty-three jcars old.
Mr. Klllott was a member of the Union
League, and had been nominated as a
candidate for one of tho vice presidencies
at the coming election. He was a man
ager of tho Western Saving Fund So
ciety and of the airard Trust Company,
a director of tho Insurance Compahy of
North America aud the Philadelphia
Warehouse Company and a trusteo ot
the Jefferson Medical College. He was
a member of the University, .Kitten
house, Art and Merlon Cricket Clubs
He Is survived by his widow, who was
Miss Anna O'Kcefe. Arrangements for
the funeral have not )ct been com
pleted. Grow Potatoes on Race Track
LOUIHVILL , Dec. 8. Potatoes grow n
In the infield at Historic Churchill Downs
race track were sold at auction here
yesterday for $1270, which was donated
to the Christmas cheer fund for
the soldiers pf the new National, Army
it Cifmp Zachary Taylor. -Tho manage-'
ment of the race track bought the first
Back for 1500; another sack bold for
ttOO, while the remainder brought prices
ranging fromJ50 down to 13,
Father See's Child Burn to Death
John Hegsn, Ave years old, 2800 North
Oak street.- was burned to death in the
sight of his father, who lay too III Ip a
iiAarhv mnm to leaVA his bd tn him ih.
lad. His cotns caught firo'as ho played '
French Report Heavy Ar
tillery Fire in Ver-
dun Sector
ITALY HARD PRESSED
Germans Continue Powerful
Assaults Against Moun-
tain Positions
PARIS. Dec. 8.
Heaiy artillery fire around Hill
341, Bezomaux, Beaumont and other
points on the right bank of the
Meuse was reported in toclnv'u nffi.
clal statement. South of Scnonin
fiermnn mM r!l.i
r.uNDDN, Deo. S,
America's declaration of war against
Austria-Hungary comes at a most op
portune tlmo and will havo a deep
effect In stiffening tho resistance of
tho Italian people igalnst tho Germans
and Austrlans invading their country,
according to belief expressed In official
circles here.
In northern Italy tho gallant Italian
army, supported by Urltish and French.
, Is hard pressed by tho fresh masses of
, Austro-Gcrinnn soldiers continually
thrown against their lines.
Along the Aslago plateau, whoro tho
Teutons aro now ipakli g their greatest
effort, they havo lomentrated heavy
forces of artillery and ro-inforcemeiils of
men drawn from the eastern front
I Whether or not tho fulled Mates will
send men Into Italy was u uurrtlon
that none undertook to nnswir, but by
declaring war agilnst Austria America
hs opened tho wa: for such action
uecmea nocessarj
Dispatches fiom Komo say that the!
Austro-Oerm ins, under Field Marshal
.srtL,4rihi,t,riwur,
Vall'J s, where they claim tho capture of
a largo number of Italian prisoners.
ZTlti
miles wide btands between tho invaderu
and tho northern e dgo of the Venetian
plains. If tho Teutons are to carry their
ouiiiauiiiiig unvo 10 a sutccsstiii con-1
elusion this strip of mountain land must
bo cros-ed. , ,
VhlIo tho Germans and Austrlans are
striking new and powerful blows, the i
i"uic ui fim u Miu remain cncerrui
and confident that the Invaders will not
break through.
TWO FIREMEN INJURED
THREE ARE OVERCOME
Section pf Roof Falls at Third Street
Blaze Smoke Jills Store
Collar
Throe fireirion were overcome bv bin6ke
ind two others were Injured while llght
ng two fires, ouo In a Gcrmantowu
grocery ttore, the other In a four-story
''Ul'dlng it HO North Third street.
Tha tire in tho Third street building
"tarted In tho rear of the fourth floor,
ihlch Is occupied by tho Queen Bess
Manufaeturlnir Coimmnv. It snpe.nl in
'he .third floor, occupied by A. Brown i
"iros. tho machine sliop of It. 1, Fraser,
on the first and second floors was serl-
onslv damaged bv water. After the lire
nppaiently was under control t section
"f the roof caved In. Joseph Malono.
Ire to a leakv gas meter.
Y. W. C. A. CANCELS MORTGAGE
i The Germantt-wn V. W. U. A , on Ger
nantown avenue abovo Cheltcn avenue,
has paid oft the mortgge of 40.000
'hat encumbered it since the beautiful
Milldlng was erected last spring. In ad
'litlon to being flee of deftll It possesses
ennugh money for current expenses until
the inlddlo of 1'Jl'J.
A friend of the association pledged
a gut ot i.,uiiu it tne association would
raise $38,000 by November 1. Tho
noney was collected, anu now tho gift
has been bestowed.
HUN RAIDERS' BOMB
, SPOILS SQUASH PIE
American Cook's Instruction
.to French Confreres Comes
to Abrupt End
WITH Tim AMERICAN AHMY IN
I'TtANCB. Dec 8.
Two American aviation mechanicians
wounded when a German airman
dropped u bomb on a certain French
village are not badly hurt, and nrc
recovering In tho hospital. Ono Is from
Detroit and the other from Missouri.
"Believe me, I Inyo learned u lesson,"
said tho Detroit man. "I wi'l never
look for trouble, but when I hear the
bombs dropping I urn going to beat It."
An amusing Incident of the raid oc
curred near a French kitchen. An
American cook on leave was Msltlng
tho raided town, and at the moment
the ittack was made he was showing his
comrades how to make squash pie.
A bomb dropped In a Held outside
the kitchen Just as the American was
putting tho finishing touches on the
pie.
"All"l did was run. run, run," said
the American took afterward. "So far
a I am concerned the French army will
never learn how to bake pies."
Two women were slightly Injured, but
no damage to property waa done.
In the same American hospital where
the two mechanicians are under treit
ment are the Americans wounded In the
recent fighting on the American sector.
All are on the roid to recovery except
two, who aYe stiir In a berlous condition.
Rob Shipbuilder of $3000
NEW YOUtt. Dec 8. Ians Otto
Sctmndlcr, a ship builder of !3tton and
Nw York, was Held .un and robbed of
1 1000 '.worth, of. Jewel ana monsy, near
Dla.kMM. iaOMUjHarJ
Wr .
Armistice Over 900-Mile
Line Gives Germany
Whip Hand
RUMANIA IN A CORNER
Collapse of Ally Leaves Her
Territory Overrun by
Hun Horde
coiminhaghn, Dee s.
With hostilities suspended all along
the 900-nule front I) Ing between tho Wat
tle Se.i nml the Hlack Sea, representa
tives of tho German. Austrian, Hulgar.
alla" nml TurkWl cj0"""c"trt aro no"
tr)lng to foicc their .caco terms upon
Itin.-'la and Hiimnnln
A dl'paUh reielvnl from Herlin todiy
said that prillmlnarv work for futuio
sessions of the delegates who signed the
temporary armlstleo Ih being hastened
Tho Uolshevlkl commissioners who
crossed the Herman lines uro still nt
Brest Lltovsk
The olllclil news that Kumanla hail
concluded a truce with tho enemy
caused no surprise here Humania's
position Is serious, as tho greater part of I
the country was overrun by German,
Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish troops
and she was reiving mainly on Kuvsli
for her dcfcn"-o In tho event fighting was
resumed. N
Contrary to recent reports from
I'etrograd that thu llolshevlkl govern
ment head b) S'lchol il Lenlno and I-eon
Trotsky was collapxlng. It seemed toda)
to bo stionger than ever.
liolshcvlkl forces wiro rejiortid to
havo gained control of tho Trans-
Siberian Hallway, lying between Potm-
lf'grad and
Vladivostok, on the l'aclllc
coast.
-
ministrr pails nr.An
iju ""'"'
J nrittf rt rtr iinrnii iwimn
WHILE CRANKING AUTO
I T, ,, , . ,
I ROW I' l'edei'IC Gardener, of
Mount Airy, a Victim of
Heart Disease
The Kcv. Freilcrlo Gardlnei, it COS
Westvlew avenue. Mount Air, i well
known and prominent Hplscopal clergj
mau ami former head master of the
Vcatcs School at Lancaster, fell dead
today while cranking an automohllo on
Walnut btreet. lie was taken tu the
Hahnemann Hospital, but l'fo wus ex-
tlnct beforo he reached theie. Death
was duo to heart1 disease, with Jhltli I "Ulted tiom dlie lucessity lest the Gcr-
Doctor Gardiner liad .Suffered for soine'mans-hack oft the point of ihc Camhral
tim past. ' vidge'afs.rstroUir,y. But Allied resources '
Doctor Gardiner was In his sixtieth are so vast tint tho Germans can never
vear. Ho was the son of Dr. Frederic break through, experts sa) emphatically.
Gardiner, a leading 1'plscopal minister As the military men see it G. rmuny
connected with the- Beikeley Dlv lull) i pmposei, to gather sutlklcnt.iullltaiv ail
School. and Csrollne Vaughn Gardiner, vantage now so tint she mav uigua to
He erftdimled from Harvard Unlvers'tv. . her own Jieople tint she Is a cnnnupioi.
Ha received his A. 11. degreo la 1SS0, while ntthe sauielm- slio lontlmiis to
later taking a post-graduate course In make secret and public uvcrturis to the
science and recelvng the dgiee id JI. Allies. These peine oners villi be
A He comnleted his education In France irneil.
and was oiiluliud n priest In the Hpis- I lhe I iilltd .stateh vil'l adhere In Us
mpnl i hurch in lhSu.
shortly alter his oidlnntloii Doctor
Gidl"er married Miss Sa'l'o Merrick,
of this t'l). His til ft charge was In
sloux Falls, S. I). Later he was In
charge of a church nt Foiufret, Conn ,
where ho became connected with a
church school nt that point. He left
lvmilret to become head master of tlm
Yeates School at Lanca'der, l'a , a posi
tion which h held for fifteen )ears, re
tiring several )ean aco on account of
111 health. Following his retirement he
was appointed secietaiy of sihools and
colleges In the urnvlneo of Washington
of the Kplvcnpal Chuich.
Doctor Gardiner Is survived bv his
wlfo und three children Tho children
are Lieutenant Frederic M Gardiner and
Lieutenant William II. Gardiner, both
of the V. S. naval reserves, and Mrs.
Clement O. Kite, of this city.
Clyde Steamships Continue Service
The CI) de Steamship Coiupsii) has
reconsidered Its plan to withdraw its
I'hlladelphla-Ncw York seivlio after
I this week. The scivlce villi bo continued
during next week, with sailings as usml
or. Tuesua), inursuay and saturdn)
and It Is possible that the plan to with
I draw tno service will be
entirely.
abandoned
1,
FINLAND CASTS OFF
RUSSIAN ALLEGIANCE
i province Is Fifth Republic to
Be Declared Since Em
pire Collapsed
STOCKHOLM. Dec S.
I'lnUnd has declared her independ
ence of Itussta. Information to this ef
fect waa received today from Hapar
and.i. Finland Is the fifth separate republic
to bo set up within tho borders of Itus
tda emco tho Romanoff dina'ly was
overthrown by tho revolution last
March.
The rinnlsh Government la taking
steps to havo its autonomy recocnUed
by Important I'oucrs throughout tho
world. i
Finland's fight for Independence vub
led by Premier Swlnhurd and It was
he who Introduced the autonomy bill in
the Diet at Helslngfors.
The other republics set up In ltussla
aie Siberia, Ukralnln, Crimea and ltus
sla proper.
Policeman Dies After Brief Illness
Hugh Horan, thirty-seven jears old,
policeman ot the Sixty-first and Thomp
son streets station house, died at his
home, !60 Rector street, Manajunk,
early today of .erjslpclas, after a few
daolllneb's. He was appointed May
81, 1900, to the Carson nud Main
streets station "house, transferred to the
reserve on September S3, 1S11, and as
signed tb the last location Thursday. In
stead of going to the station houso on
Thursday he went home sick. While on
tha reserves lie directed traffic at Thlr
ttenth and Market streets and at Twelfth
m ruhrt rtfu, -
HHHIH WSSBSKKamaM
S!C3Ki2S5!SP-45feW?KJS3M
Market sheet
today presented
chopping bent, plodded alone
greater part ot the day.
KAISER TO DRIVE
HARD FOR PEACE
U. S. Military Men Believe
Germany's Main Olt'en- (
sive Will Be Political
RUSSIA JS ELIMINATED
i
1 WAMIING'lo.V. Dec. S
i Amcrli .n nillllarj n en man) of them
i Just back from Kurope- bcllovo lei-
man) a main uffen-li this vvlnti r will bu
.political. h wilt drive luird fur peiin.
Mianwhilo sho will tr) to kit the
greatest advantage possible m the west
and It Ulan fronts, and stilvo to swing
l.ussla pcrinancutly out of tho Alliid
rank?.
j That Is the buiden of iiplnhu h'lo
I toda), with onl) hcio and thiii'a inl'l-
tary man who Is eonvlniid that Get-
I many jiroposei to miiko a majoi w Intel
olfenslve ill the west. VII regurd Ihe
nltuatlull fnoii mi lnerirun. Jlrtl '
viewpoint us lioiHfii'., ilespltc Italian j
I reverses and the I'ambral ntircniriit. I
Tho latter, the) ta) unliesllatlngl). 10-'
"land that Tbihen.nllernlHin iii-t be
snatc'ie.) frimi oerinaii) beloio any
neupA U rmsvlblt..
If Grmsnv however dns mi l.-rlnke
"l big whiter fiT"v'c 'I vi IU m.i in t'ist
tralnlnir of Ainerlcsn ipiii in r,i.ftH
IlllSt b shorten. (1 HItlor'tuM s ,l, ,
hat unmiees lnnut lt mm eiil. r n.rt
In th IWht At pieii h,meiee tip,-0
k no sui7ifetliii t Hi" Wir Hepaitinent
"f anv .Iteration of schedules.
WOULD IXITI'E ttOUKKUS
New Jersey Commission Itecom
mends Policy ubWur Mcubiuu
Tltl'S'TuV. Dec S Universal health
Insurance lor wagc-earntis as an liu-
nieuiaie warumo neccsity'for strength
ening the vllallly of this iounlr)'s pop- I
ulatlon. is favored In tho unanimous ic-I
port, of the ollUlal hglslatlvo loinui's-I
slou Investigating social Insurance proli. I
lems In New Jerso. It wus unnounced I
today by .Governor lkl'e.
- - r
Hospital Drive Mecln Success
on me urst ot us ti n-dii) eamimlL-n
to raise Sol). nnil
st
iiuuith) s Hospital
I obtained CO pir cent of the amount n.
riulrid, J30.53S
FRAT MEN HAVE FUN
WITH NOVITIATES
I An Initiation Which Results
in Landing Six in Police
Station
It was at Thlrt -sixth und Chestnut
streett. To be cact. It was J o'clock
In the damp and chill) inomlngnt Thlr-
r.Livi I nml f "i .. 4 ..t.. ...
had veT rTun.' ,T" ' . "H!
the stono that puts the btars to flight
and tho far-famed hunter or tho Haxt
had not jet caught the elevated ruilruud
box oltices In a uoosu or light, it was
an hour when almost all detent citizens
should bo in bed or a Tuiklsh bath.
Out of tho shadows soinewheio
emerged six men with siilieases. Kaeli
man carried a wooden article thut iulli
have been produced by Interbreeding a
paddle and a club. The men weie well
dressed and wore lobks of grim deter
mination They stationed themselves on
the several corners of Thlrt -sixth and
Chestnut streets. Not a woid did thev
sav. A few passers-by ejed them wMh
suspicion and give them a wide berth.
It looked as though they wero thero fn
no mod purpose.
Hours pised nial tli gilm-vlkuged
men stood on. About ill they did was
to shift their we'ght from one foot to
tpe other now and then and Iu shift
from one hand to the other the suit
cases, which seemed to be very hcvy.
At 7 o'clock the mystei lous men main
talned their lgll and the passersby.
hiving Increased their number, eyed
them "with Increasing suplcon.
Finally a passer-by with moro courage
than the rest, addressed one of the
mysterious men. "What are jou doing
here?" he demanded. Tho injsterlous
man mumbled 'some, answer, whereupon
the five other mjsterlous men, hastening
from the other corners, wielded their
paddle clubsVamartly tliwadclor, drub-
tCeatfM M rM Sea. Celsms.Ttw
u real "Christmiuy" tpi.enrancc
under it lullintr snow
thut irnvc
Slippery hidevvalks and equally treacherous street pavements cntibed
numerous tumbles to man und beast.
EXTRA
U. S. DESTROYER JACOB JONES
TORPEDOED; ONLY 37 SURVIVORS
WASHINGTON, Dtc. 8. The Anieilcau debtioyci Jacob
Joues. -was torpedoid aud sauk Thursday. Only thlrty-screu iui
vivors were pkked up.
CONSUL HEARS CZAR HAS ESCAPED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.-Tuat Czar Nicholas had escaped
from Uls place of confinement in Siberia wa& the jVimor the Amer
ican consUl"utlTiMls reported to the State Depaitment today.
ARREST AUSTRIANS FOR CHICAGO MUNITl.-S FIRE
CUICAQO, Dtc. 8. I'ouv Aubtriuns were arrcatcd y Tcd
erol operatives iu coantction with a fite which destroyed j
0-ovcrumcut wurchoubc ou the South Side today. Thitr inmcj
and the specific charge ag-aiu&t thtm ete -withheld.
"SEVENTY" TO PROSECUTE ELECTION BOARDS
I'ollowlug up the disclosures of fraud brought out by the opening of bal
lot bocs In tho election court beforo Judges Martin und I'lulettcr last week,
tho Committee ot Seventy Is preparing to mako prosecatlon of several elec
tion board--. Most of tho prosecutions will be made In divisions vvhoo tho
boards mado ollicial returns to tho Court which wero In excess of the plum
ber of ballots In tho boxes. Thei election Judges havo Instructed tho clerks
! tl.o court to certify
nil such boards,
tilct Attoiuc for Investigation unel prosecution. DIstilct Attorney Itotan
has umiuimccd that he will proceed with the cuses Immediately upon receiv
ing certilleatlun.
OCTOBER RAILROAD EARNINGS SHOW DECLINE
AVASHINGTON, Dec. S. turnings ot American railroads continued to
decline duilng October, uccurdlng to u teport on tho financial condition of
ilf ty-sev en railroads mado public by the Intcrstato Commerce Commission to
da). Total revenues In October this )ear wero J263.3S0.I6I, compared with
$236,255,913 In October last car. Expenses showed a largo Increase. October
expenses, wero $181,799,812, as ugalnst JH6, 887,116 In tho same mouth last
jeur. Not Incomes after taxes had been subtracted wire $67,602,033, com
pared wjth $79,513,834 In October, 191 C. Net revenues by sections follow:
Uastern roads: October, 1917, $22,132,916; October, 1916, $:6.52j',0G7. South
ern roads: October, 1917, $13,497,107; October, 1916, $13,511,652. Western
roads: October, 1917, $31,882,016; Octobor, 1916. $39,475,115.
SILK EMPLOYES GET 10 PER CENT RAISE
POTTSVILLC, ra.. Dec. 8. Tho 500 employes of the Tilt 6IIUM11I, this
city, were Jileased when n 10 per cent Increaso was added to their semi
monthly pay envelope today, Tho lncreaeo was voluntary. It la to bo the
rate ot wages In tho future.
YOUNGSTOWN COKE OVEN BATTERY TO RESUME
l'lTTSBUItCUi;, Uec. S, Tho Youngstovvn Sheet und Tubo Company to
day was heating Jta fourth by-product coke oven batter)', Jdlo for fully btx
weeks owing to fuel shortago. crenaratory to resuming operations. The riuJ
outiooK is mucn.unprovtuv - , .
is nedcbtrlnns. on business . or
indications of continuinir for the'
ai exposed beforo them, to the Dls-
.f."). i 5 ''"' 'h. ;-
T0U.S.NA1
H
. i
Report of "Sei;ious.Ki
erse Is Received8
at Department li
n
RUMOR DESTROYE1
WAS HIT BY TORPE1
Number of Men. Who Pi
ishetl May Be Mj
Near 100 "M
i tx
NO F
"OTMAL
STATEMEN1
Ollicial Information Is
Yet Available and Officer-
Arn KfiftVonf- WS
4m
WASHINGTON, Deol
News of a serious rnversA ft'!
American navI forces reached the Ka
Department lalo thli morning.
It is known that many olllccrs as
us mllsted men were lost. v5
Details wero most scrupuloa
guarded by olllclals to whom they V
commutilcited, but it was known
. . .... . fir
i. iiuiuuvr 01 lives nave oeen lost. j
rflli l.il nnnnnn..m.nl n a aa.a
...... ....wu.it.viiiv.ik tt n VAywvmuVU
anv moment. i Awiri
i v
Naval ofliclals wero reticent la.
cussing tho reports, acting under or
from the Secretary. H was stated 'rx&l
...via- iiuii. 11. nas not a troop snip Of J
large warship that had suffered.
iins immeoiaiciy led to tho assu
tlon that tho victim was an Amtrtow
destroj er.
It was Intimated that one of the "&
tjpe of destroyers had been torpedo
and sunk by a submarlno w Ith tho''Sii
nf II ivi'ilnrll.- nr .kn A. -m f.
" " w,- ". ..iu unicrs una
Officials, however, explained that I
could make no statement until ta,ji(S
llcial repot t waa received from ,th.
'Tho generally acceptwrfbelfer iai
den.Lrtmrnf .ina ll.n 41. i- -
, .... u ..M.W Kllv ivoa wrj
would be lesM than 100. v iSn
- ,
mi FACES FIRST REALMJ
SAUWSTOKM OF YEJ
Cleilting Weather Tomorrow.
There Will Be Big Drop',P
in Jemperature
l'hlladelphla H being greeted w'ltlvjl
real enow storm today. The fall lit '
bo heavy, according to tho predlctk
of the M eathcr Bureau. It likely, ivlj
contlnuo through tho afternoon
night, and unquestionably will bo.
heaviest of tho season. 'I
, I'orcastcr Uls tald It would
I to ilear loinonow and that Phtladel
is In for a cold spell. Tho mi
registered 27 at noon today. and
I of ten degrees la cipeeted before,!
morion, iiie winu is uue 10
much higher In tho neKt twcntylj
' houis. 1
I Ihtc storm which reached the cl
I flllV- nilllli. fwim flla flul. u.lni. .-Kii.
. ...v ....... ...u mi CKlvu,rIV
in no way mined with tho bl
which has brought additional sui
ii mo uuvusiru cny oi lianrax. ,,
HOTEL CLERK, ACTIJfG
I'KAUKAIAKEK, IS SI
Tries to Pacify Three Men in
i el and Gets Bullet Under. J
Heart
Heart 't '
Krnest Carlson, thirty-three years i
night clerk at tho Ilevero House, -j
seriii ievcutn Mrect, was shot'V
t no Heart at ociock this morula
a man who later escaped. Tho'
ing occuired whllo Carlson was
to act as a pacemaker among;
men wno wero engaged In a qu
near mo caie cm ranee or. me".
Carlson Is dying In tho Habns
Hospital. J- '
engine; xJeieciivcs.Hci;iueana.K
arrested John Davey. proDrletor
hotel; Thomas Phillip, manager of M
place, anu .lames 1'atterson. a.
iplajer. all of whom were arraignMI
ioi e juaguirato tracey at tho Elv
nnd Winter street station and hUt lM'
IIFAA l.tl ..- n ....1 1 1 -
fi.vv ..nil lui u luiiiirt llcuring.
was reprimanded by Magistrate
for refusing to answer questions '
niii.ri u PR.
'r.
German Couldn't Take Jebcj
I IiVNCASTER, Dec. 8. JohnJjJ
noio, a uermun grocer, was arrew
day by Alderman Stauffer on tha i
of attempting to shoot WIHIaraiL,'
tcr. a salesman. Wechter Joeubu
marked that he intended enlisting j
ucrnimi mm ua u look hhu eneit I
Ing the Germans. Wechter left (
seeing llelnhold becomlnr
w as called back to get an order.1
llelnhold fired at him.
THE WEATH
FOltEOABT i 1
For -Philadelphia and vlcfoUvm
this afternoon and tonight, ;
heavvi Sunday cleitring,-,f
colder; freih to strong n
tHncl, lecownp northwett i
IXNCTH"OF MAY!
Sun rim. .7:10 a. in. 1 Bun sets. .
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