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VOL. IV. NO. 7G
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917
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RED GARRISON
REBELS; RIOTS
STIR MOSCOW
LBolsheviki in Furious
Street Battles With
Revolutionists
SITUATION NEAR CRISIS ,
Eleven Republics
Proclaimed in Russia
ELEVEN pjovinccs and one city
have proclaimed republics in
uusaia, as ioiiovvs:
Ukrainia
Perm
Siberia
Kiniand
Crimea
The Caucasus
Dessarabiu
Ufa
Orenbuig
Samuru
Amur
Vladivostok
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 11.
Part of the Bolshevik! garrison at
' Moscow was reported today to have
Mutinied. ,
Fighting in the streets of Moscow
between Bolshcviki nnd members of
,. ,. . ,, ,. , ,. I
tho Kaledine-Kornilofr revolution-
aries is in progress and the titua-
tlon has) voneheil -i rritinnl nolnt ,n..
xion nud leaencu a critical point, ai.-
cording to advices from Haparnnda
today.
War ngain&t Kaledinc and hib Cos-
... , ,i , ,
suck lebels was foimally declared by
the Bolshcviki. Troops were dis
patched from Kuzan on an urmorcd
i-,l t.,ni, vt,vi r r i.
train through Kiiurkoff. 1'orcign
.Minister TrotsKy lias ortlcreil Kn-
,.,,. ,
RIOTI KrvlpllK-rt Kllvcmn rnmmfin.lrn.
sign Krylenko, Russian commander-
, ", '
troops from
in-chief, to send us many
the front as possible to ciush the
Cossack revolt along the Don und
in Ural.
Kaledinc himself declared martial
law in force throughout the tcrii
tory of tho Don and announced his
Cossack forces were ready to light.
, ,-, , . ., . . i . i i
"' "I'urivou ii, u ii;jiuin.u iiiui
Korniloff had unustered three train
loads of troops, together with three i
from Sumy.
The Swedish consul general at
Moscow in vipw of the HUnnlrr Ins
uoscovv, in ievv 01 me disorder, nas
counseled all Swedish subjects to'
leayB tho city. It is reported thevlJor Oencrul John W. ltuclcman, com-
are threatened with starvation. .-
The flamo of revolt ugiiniit tha Ilol
sluvlld Uovernment In Tctrograd Is
Lsweeplng all ot llussla.
Eleven different lepubllcs liavo been
f.et up declaring their Independence, ot
tho Tetrograd Government, according to
advices received hero today.
. l.-orclgu live, nnd property aro en- Uo0t .in(:od'wa any Inkling of tho In- ."v0no of us who hope for Mid, a na
dangered ut wine points-, und tho misery j tc(0 of tho elovcrnmcnt given out. tlon expeet or bcllevu that all Jews.
ut too pcopic jias rcui ucu sucii uepius
. . . .. . . fc . ....
ni 13 impossii' e io ucscr bo it.
i.aicse to join tno tostaeu rebellion, ,
headed by General Kornllort and Gen-,
eral JCaledlnes, nro General Alexlelf,
former commander in ehlcf of the llus-,
slon army, nnd Doctor Jicdzliuiko, w he
was prcsiucnt or tno Duma nt tho lime
of the oveithiow- of tho Itoumnofr
djnnsty.
Tho Itolshevlkl aro feverishly Issuing
proclamations at I'ctrograd charging
that tho t'oisaeks aim lo renlaco the
leaders, aro "determined to destroy the
llclshevlkl's efforts to obtain peace."
Troops Ioai to tho Uolshevlki reglnio
liavo be'en sent aguinst tho counter
1 evolutionists with orders to glvo uc
quarter, but as they aro of indifferent
courage and of inferior tigrltlng quali
ties it Is regarded as doubtful If they
can overcome the fiery Cossacks lu battle
unless enabled to do so by a prepon
derance of numbers?
LONDON. Dec. 11.
Violently denunciatory charges of ter
rorism vi ere made ugainst tlio Cossack
rcbeh by tho-Ilolshevikl today. 1'rocla-
Illations Issued at J'clrocrud and re. I
ported In dltputchcs hero declared Cos-1
sacks Had mounted guns or. top of houes aggregate valuo leaches tho enormous
rnVVuiatloV,';. ,,Ur,,0t0 f ,Crr'f- J O.O-WK.OOO. according to
Trot-ky charged that General Dutoff, t ual cithnatea on acreage, production
of the triumvirate of Cosacl; generals, and v.aluo anuoUn'eed by tho Department
including JComlloft and JCnledlnes, wasof Agriculture, today
KIS'lhWU'fo'n? "na 01H Th- record corn crop nnvtunted to
Thcro wus evidence that tho Bolshe-
Mkl Is beginning to get paulcstrlcken
.... .i.n- .nri..ni n.i.. ....,.. ... .
over the gradual grip which tho Cos-
... ,, . .. . . -.
packs lire acquiring over ltussla's great
rpou stores unu jier ranroad3. Thev
foreseo Isolation of I'etrogiad and other
great Uolshevlki centers and starva
tion If tho revolt continues.
rKTIlCrGRAD, via London, Dec. 11.
The I'etrograd Tcleg.uph Agency con
tradicts the reported decision to unnul
all foreign loans made during the war.
The statement Issued to that effect was,
the agency sas, .merely an artlclo print
ed by f. o newspaper Iravada, on its
own responsibility;
M":W" YOIUC'Dee. 11.
The official organ of tho Uolshevlki
has announced that. It tlto constituent
assembly shows a majority antagonistic
to the Bolshcviki It "will be considered
Illegal' according to dispatches received
.from I'ctrograd today by thi Jewish
liany Korwaru. -ino i-orward'B corre
bponclent said returns from the province.
of Baiatov show election of Alexander
J'. Kercnsky. former Premier, bv n. inrm.
ote.
THE WEATHER
S VORUOABT
j For I'lmaueitnut ana vnlnltv: i-aii
Una cullHai;c von eofiiyif-j U(rt IOM;-
t tcmpcrdturo alout 18 degrees;
VeCnctdaV JHcreajliicr cjdjiie ane"
Wielv rUinp temperature; oentto fart.
'mVe u-lrtdj.
r
,.! , I.KNT.TM Ol'lHV
tun rlies... 7:13 a m iHun (..., 4:34 0 m
XIKIJVU ARR RIVER TiniJ niANOKS
,t
utir.at.u 1 jtiiei;t
Kli), ttt-r.HS4 .nv.Hii5li v;ier.n!3 p w
iTBlSAT KACH IIQlIt
Skating Continues
Temperature Record
'TWERE is skating today on
Gustlnc Lake in Fairmount
Park and on the lake in Hunting
Patk. On Concourse Lake, in
ta'rmount Park, there is skatir
but the ice is not in as good con
dition us that of "the other two
lakes.
The temperatures lecorded at
the Weather Bureau from mid
night until 3 o'ejock today were:
Jlidnight ... 17 8 o'clock... Hi
1 o'clock... 1" !) o'clock... 10
L o'clock... It! JO o'clock... J7
a o'clock... 16 It o'clock... 19
I o'clock... IS 12 o'clock... 'JO
S o'clock... 14 1 o'clock... 'J!!
0 o'clock... It" 1! o'clock... 23
7 o'clock... lu' 3 o'clock... 23
THIRTEEN NEGRO
SOLDIERS HANGED
"
41 Others Given Life Seil -
tminno ne "Rnculf n-f Pinf
, ICJICeb da ItCSUlU OI ttlOl-
1 illff at Houston
FIVE MORE CONVICTED
roivr KAN ltOUSTON, San .ntonlo,
??" rec- n- ... ,, ,
Thirteen negro fcoldlerr, members of
tho Twenty-fourth 1'nltcd htatea infan.
,rv. wcr liangeil hero today for partlcl
"Jtlon m tho Houston riot tho nlsht of
ABU,t :li In hMl tPentiin persona
wem killed und twentj-two Injured
Ho f.ir nn It H officially Known tlil-i l
"'' "utlon of A.nerlcan iiol.Iler
on Aimrhnn territory plncn tho United
htutci mtrred tho war.
Ahldo from thirteen negroes liansed ut 1
'l7 ''ls luoimne. fortj-ono wro given i
a llfo sentni'o m Tederal prison; ono u
,, , ,,. ,,nrJ ,i kir ,ontii
and th't jentertct of two jcara. l'ho
,.. Miit...!
Vero acilUlttCU
torporal Ch irlca Ualtlmoro iwb cno,
of 1Jl0Plm PNC0H ,,
Tiio others; were.
Hutfeant N'ethlt.
Corpoial 1.. J. Iirovvn
Corporal 'Wheutley.
Corporal ,1 sso Sloore.
I'rlvato Willi mi llrccKcnrldffo (ilrtt
class).
I'rlvato Thomjj C. ItawUlna (llrit
iUa"!,) - . , ,.,..
I'rlvattj Carlos Snodgrasj (first elas-).
rrlvato Ira 11. Davis.
I'rlvnte James 1). Dlvlns.
I'rlvato J 'rank Johnson
Trlvuto Illlay Y'. Voun;.
I'rlvato I'at McWhorter.
Tho names of thoso sentenced to hn-
PrUonment and thoso acquitted lu-ivo not I
, ,,,,
tt been mado public,
-n,0 executions wero In charuo ot Ma-
mamler of tho S-'outbern Department.
They tooU place oir-tho-ftevernmeiit res--l
ervaJtlon on .-alado Creel.-. Camp Travl,.
The necroes banecd v(erfl among six-
y:",rsL,.!!! iu?zy:f"iih;zV
.sain Houston recently on iiiurucr unu
mutiny charge. Although tho tilal end-
ed several das ago md the court-inai-
Hal board had been considering tho ev I-1
deuce, no iiiinounceiiiMit of a vcrdlet
t .. . . ). ?nt until fiflT 11m invri li'wl
- M'lMlllVr.TnY. Tver. 1t.
I 1-....,l..m. .t aA..tnn..AC Ii.ul.iI r. I. lIlA
.......... ..., ... ...
nesro 0ldlera who llgurea In tho llous-'
ton rlolu was In full uccoidanoe with
law, tho Mur Department 'ttuted this
afternoon. While refusing to glvo out
tho official report of tho hanging of tlilr-
.
Coulltmeil on Vote Sli. t olnnin Ihre.
l,UUlluueii vi uu (.(t " ..
NEW CROP VALUES
rr.'iii?Arp it c DrrADn
BEAT U.S. RECORD
Total of $10,675,737,000 Is
Without Parallel in
Our History
KING CORN LEADS LINE
VVAhHlNGTO.V. Dec. 11.
fanerlc.is war crops this car were
tho most valuable lu Its history
Their
3,153.".n" uusneis, -w un n jaun mmo
I December 1 of JI,0u3,i)J.00a.
' cviniKi. ,iij unrlni? vclieat 1
Winter and spring wneat prouueuon
I..AC.CAAI1 I.klIi.Iu nlllOll lit
lwaa Cto 5.8,000
bushels.
. iii,ih.i
oilier 1adlnir crohrf vet:
Oats. -S7.3SC00O bushels; value.
II. 061. 127. 000.
Barley, 206,978,000 bushels; value,
i;a7,33ii.cioo. ,
lte, GO.U',000 bushels! value, 100,-
OSS.ooo.
Itftc. "6,'JTS,000 bushels; valuo, S68,-
J 17,000.
Potatoes, 4l2,p3C,000 bushels; value,
1313,803,000.
Sweet potatoes, 87,111,000 bushels;
value, 0U, IS l.ooo
Cotton,, 10,949,000 balcb; value.
11,431,810.000.
Sugar 6eets, C,:3J,000 tons; value,
I4!5,8p,O0O.
Deans. 15,701,000 bushels; valuo,
510,4t6,000.
Onions. IS.CuI.OOO bushels; alue,
f.,533,000.
Cabbage, C0S.700 tons; valuo, 117,
010,000. Huy. 95,030,000 tons; value, 1,307,
3J3.000. The croil reporting board of tho de
partment estlimled the total acreage of
. ..n.vr.. - .1 ..III. 1AIC
I com ui iy,,a.uvci, c-uiiu'aicu .,cu I,,..
90.000 111 1916 and a 1911-ld average
of 105,li;s,000. Production per acre wns
t-stlmatcd at SC.4 bushels, as against
21,4 bushels In 1916. and a flve-ycar
average of 20.1 bushels. Total produc
tion was compared with a crop of 2,566,
927,000 busheli In 1916 and un average
for 1911-15 of 2,751,164,000 bushels.
Total acreage of winter whent was
cstlmuted nt 27.430,000, compared with
34,709,000 in 1916, end a 1911-15 aver
age o 31,980.000. Production per acre
was estimated ut 15 2 bushels.
Total lverace of spring wheat was
estimated at 18.511,000, compared vvltllj
17,607.001 In 1810 ana a, mv-l aver
age of 11,961,000. Production per acre
...a. tlmatad Hi bushels, its amlnit
" "VV1rlI!? -' "?-'", ."'"
r'liVyftkikrr
BRITISH PLANT
ROYAL BANNER
ON JERUSALEM
General Allenby, With
Victorious Army, Enters
Holy City
ISSUES PROCLAMATION'
Martial Law at Onco Pro
claimed as'Christiaii Rulu
la Resmncd
LONDON', Pc. it.
The British Hag. was raited In formal
state over Jerusalem, tho Holy City, to-
!lay.
i elenUr.il Allenby, commander ot the
' lc,or'ous r.rltlsh columns. In accordance
,ull, lls panSt entrr(.(i the city ami was
greeted by shelUsnt the Moseiuo of Omar
by patriarchs of tho laetern Latin l
che?. To them and to tho populace I
nnd
rtt ittBftll A
ho read a Ions prepared proclamation '
, . .., ,i,1
' UllUPlllfc, IIIC1II 1IVVUV1II HIIU KCVU...
under Christian rule, Tho flac was then
formally raised oer tho city. At tha
famo tlnio I'rench and Italian consulates
and merchant!) raln'd the Hags ot their
own natlonalltlet!,
Jlartiul law w.i nrocl timed ut onco
nnd Allenby will lll.ely uppolnt u mill-
lary covenior
Immediately utter the TurMh Rarrl-1
son nltrd the whltn fi.iB announclnic sur-
rtndir it small detachment "f Hrltlih
und Trciuh tnions entered the illy to .
protect the holy sepulthtr, feailnc that
inn -tun., rnraKeu nr ineir iosa ui
crusalcm, mlcht destroy It
Included In tho Turkish garriion verc
a" ".,,'. ,i,
1 he capture ot this ancient cltj, w Inch
.. J . . , ..,..,...,
- 1, ? rrBarueu . to iwwmui
Cl.rlEtlanl y. recalls . tlio ined I. val dajs
ot tho Crusaders when lountless thou-
saiuls Riivcun tliclr Uvea to rescue tho
tomb of Christ from th infidel It Is
nlto clvlnc Impetus to the plan nln ady
before tho Drltlsli (ioveinment or estab-
INiW n national homo In I'akstlno for
,hf. ,,,.. u
ISRAEL ZANGWILL SEES I
nDr . ., .iifiii'rt mn,rn
UKhAM LUMlCSif TRUE
. i
LONDON, Dec. 11.
lsrael Zancwill saw his) dieani ot a
Jewish republic comlnjr true today.
Sucli a sepirate, Indepemlent blalo.
In I'Hlestlne, Is the great Jewish leader's
hoDQ for .)l0 ,u,re. ,,m ho expressed it
today whllu eiultlne In the reclamation J
iroin lnuuti nanus 01 mo noiy .ny oi
Jcr,V5llel" ,,,.,, t, ,,,
"I would call It tho IXerroMi
f. i"' V' W. "It
1,11a ot Juda
lould be an'
autonomous, separate
nation. Hut I
on .,,. ri u !
woull have It temporarily under liro-
....,,,, ,,, -nii star nr V,. .iv.n.
,a' ,ht ;v.llics combined.
.Tllg ,,rc,tei.torate would contlr.uo only
1,,,. ,,n,,, m nkn .rrinln that iim
new jcisji n.itlon was tolldly cslab-
i. . i
wnercver now locaieu. vi in coiuu to i ai-i
.-.!.... ,.,,, it, A ,,,.i., t,A .,.,., ...,,,,, ,. '
.. I.. ..... I..II., !...... . 1, n t.n I.V
CBUIiU unu ..." w.... .. ,,.... uu....
farmcra who aro finding it hard to ma1e
& living In many places ot tho world
would do so. Moreover, theio arc tho
'tort of men who would form tho most
Ttolld basis for tho republic. They thould
t'onltuiifd on lai t, Colamn Two '
.- . -
; woman found burned
TO DEATH IN CELLAR
I
Her Body Reduced to a Crisp
Discovered Beside Blazing
Mattress
ill., nilzabeth. Miller. Invalid mother,
nf inn nucllihts vcas burned tu death
;' yjLT manner todav in tho
cellar of her home, 1S1 AVcndovcr street,
Mana unlc.
The body of Irs. JIHIor. vcho was
sixty curs old, wrs burned to a crisp
beside a blazing old mattress when
was found by airs. Dnima Austin, a
negro woman living in tho rear. tho
was ulouo In the housu nt the time.
Why sh went to tha cellar or how tho
bedtlck becamo ignited could not bo ex
plained. Slas Lorz, of tiro truck No. 12,
sounded un utarin und tho lit a wus ex
tinguished. Tho bo'dy wus taken to the
homo of .1 sou, Matthew Miller, '41C3
Apple, street, viicro It was pionounced
rfinit li- llr. Tlinnlnn Tlftnn. "1-. (Irn
1 lane.
Mrs. Miller vcus tlio mother of reel:
. ; u tlterwelght lighter
and
I 1, ,!,,,,. Atlllcr n llr-h!,. Mo-1,1
1 -
rna nuir ntt-er -con Ann
bOO LHILiUKtiN tibLArb
1 SPHOOLHOIISE Rr.A7.Rl
j OK,nJVL,nJUQC DLAilil
Pupils, Marshaled by Tcachcr3,
March in Safety From James
Alcorn Building ,
Sis hundred children marched orderly
out of their blazing school building
the James Alcorn public school. Thirty
fourth und Wharton sjreets shortly be
fore) noon today. Anxious parents rushed
to the .scene to find their children sate.
The bo j a und girls, marshaled by
their teachers, made their escape while
smvke'poureil from tho second and third
story windows. They did not know that
it was an) thing but a tire drill until tMv
reached tho ard. Then they watched
the firemen put out the Humes on the sec
ond floor, where. It Is believed, a de
fective lluo caused the blaze. The tire.
In building No, 2, was discovered by a
pupil, who notified Miss IClla llraden,
tho principal. Sho called' for tho Arc
drill and sent lu an alarm.
SHORT SHRIFT FOR CAILLAUX
Former French Cabinet Member to
Have Immediato Trhtl
PATtlS. Dec 11. Th Government ah
neunced In the Chamber of Deputies this
afternoon that it would demand. Imme
diate trial of Joseph Citllaux, former
Minister of. Finance, accused ot Improper
nniiurici s.Ba . ircHNnuuja -Draciices' in
oon8UB: t ,-tlW Bo'P;lJtc. Mi
irmrj.nh ninii fluff alt. L .
"A'o Peace Without
Victory," Hindcnburg
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11.
"PEACE is not to be thought of
A unless we arc victorious," de
clared Field Marshal von Hindcn
burg in an interview, according to
an Austrian journalist, the text
of which reached here today.
"We have often been ready for
peace," the German commander-in-thief
declared. "Now it is our
enemies' turn. They will como
to us."
WILSON ASKS RISE:
IN POLICE SALARY
Malcontents Hail Safety
Director's Stand as Par
tial Victory
URGES $4 AS DAY'S PAY
Director of Tublio s.Vcty Wilson
I dny Issued a statement wmouuelrg that
h" ll!ld "commended th.it Council.,' H-
,u"co Commutes Increase the pay of
P''" " a any.
Tho announcement was hailed as
partial victory by tbc discontented olty
policemen, whose threatened ttrll.c, de
feated mAich on Councils nnd demand
for Director Wllfon's. roHlenatlon i.iuscd
anlua hours In City 1UU lapt wcel;
I IncrciMS of pjy un.i of tho twelve
' " "' - "" "'" "' "'
'demands .nado by the pollcenier.
Councils should not hesluto
Councils should not hesitate to inal.cl
prc,vlio-i in tha 191S budget for $3 u
,n. for llrst-jcar in.-n and Jl a da
fOP ,,ii ethers. uccnrdliiK to Dlrwtor
wnon's statement. In whhh he makes
a veiled slap Ht the ullli'inu ot tno i'a-
AsW'lVars of IhT - hVrVops - i
, ., ..,... 1 T..... .!. -
Cl l aa roilow.:
'When the hudect for 1917 waa under
consideration 1 advocated $3 a day for
,lrst lJr l'olliemti mid M a diy for I
a" "theri Tio Kinanco Commlttto at
"'at tlnm could not se Its way ilear to i
kiwi - nicreas- jaigr m uio jt.ir. ,
however, w secured the abolition of the
unfair svsiem of sifbstltutc lKill' emeu y
by whl h men worked for an Indellnlte
period of tlui'" at ltbs than full pay and
'" it l-laco was established tho elal-
fleatlon of one jeur men and all those
who had been in th service for a longer
prlod, securing anHi" reayo tor one 5 car
",en to '"" uni u ''.ilf u day who uu-
tomaticaiiv at 1110 expiration of that
tlmo becamo full paid nt tho lucre vsclp" lul" t0 rctlro lln "la "tro-
nav of threo dullnri mid tuentv-tivi (lennali drive. One ot tho most lin-
ray Ol uuu uon.irj mill ltm-lle .,,.. .,... ,..iit...i .... .,..
eents.
"L'ndcr c.ixting condition i of In
creased cost of living und the lompar
atlvo waga paid by outilde concerns
tho prevent wag paid to policemen i
f not. coninienBurate.wJeli,.tliaUc they
ui a called upon to perform nor doen It
I even compare favorubly with that vihlcli
has been nald for a lonr tlnio bv other
,,,i, i,.n,.,iifi.k.
.,, ...:. ..i.i . ., ,i.. -i i
,.,' ',"", "f t "' ,i 'v fn, .iirit r
inal request of J3 a da for llrst jcar
men and ?t a day for all others I-j not
ti n lln..nil i till, n.in miiT til.,., l mil i h.
an unreasonable one und there should be
no Hesitancy nu trie part or i ouneus io i
IllUrvq JtIUwmuu jui il in inu uuuftii iiu
191S, which lequwt I Iiac m.uio to Uio
Finance Committee
-iiiose rrquotFH inai i ao mauc
. 9 r m . I lllin ,r limn l.j.M tmr.1, ,,lirl,
volunUry and animated In a spirit ot
'fair play toward the man vilio labors,
notwithstanding tho fact that not omel
since I becamo director has uny polke-
man or uny association of policemen
C'oaUnaeil on Tuie HU, Column Two
,
wouliTdrop German
IN CITY SCHOOLS
I Education Board Asked to
Discontinue Study of That
Language
The ilrcTiDlne of tho study of the Ger-
' man language In the public schools of
hl- cy will bo.d.scussed today .the
regular monthly meeting of the Hoard of
Hducatloii to be held at the Kev stone
Building, Nineteenth street above Chest
nut, at 3 p. m.
ltlstreet, will bo submitted to tha board
.V ICHll I " I ... .......,---....,,,. , .,, .. .......
,V letter from c. A. Dimon, -i3j ,rcu
for action. Mr. Dlmon protests vigor-J lo report favorably the Joint resolution but Il0 Us not satisfactory to tlie other faction ot tho Itepubllcan party
stu'dy aa.fd offers to prensenruCs8igned,peh-s,r0pc'6l',B' allc"1 lde Prohibition byuud , llumc WM opp. Thoi. It is said that tho Governor sent tho muni
tion from a largo number of parents, or amendment to tho Constitution. i Joslali Marvel, Democrat, and L. Scott Tovvnscnd. a Itepubllcan. It Is said
to call a niass-meetlng of protest, If tlio Majority Leader Kltehln at the same1 that because Marvel Is being mentioned us a candldato for United Htatcs Fcna
board does not abolish German In tho',.mo obtained unanimous consent of the!tor ami 3 believed to bo fighting the re-electlon of United States Senator
" The letter In part sas: ,0UJ t0 beeln deba, on "10 Ina3U'c Saulsbury ho is not particularly acccptablo to Saulsbuiy. vvhilo Tovvnscnd,
"The teaching ot Qeinian bhould be . Monday. ivvho Is a Ropubllcan, Is not particularly satisfactory to porno of tho so-called
discontinued in tno punuc schools at
onco for the follovvinB reabons:
llPlaur TlAi-.fl HOC tll-ll f & r1llr O" lu
liable to ba misunderstood as an jn.
dorscment by tho public and that pro-
u'"v . . .. . . .
Germans aecmro inai u can not u
rltmlnateu because inaespensauic.
"Second Ilecauso teaching it glvos
encouragement to the enemy and his
bupporters In this country.
'Third. Decauso pupils also getwrong
ieBpolnt
-Kourtu. ueeauso conipurmveiy rew
1 of those entei Ing school now are per-
I '?.d .! -1 JL"""1-!? "S .!!' ."
i iiiuii; j.... -b .. vt-(.. iHiv
Contlnu-d on Put Nix Colamn your
GERMAN PEACE MOVE
REVEALED BY BALFOUR
Offer to Communicate Terms Mado
Through Neutral Government
in September
LONDcjN", dec 11. tlennany mado a
move for peace thrcugh sonio neutral
qov eminent last September, according
to an announcement In the Hoiina r(
Commons today by lorclgn secretary
Balfour.
Discussing the Incident, Ilalfour said
that a communication was received
through a neutral Ooverument In which
Germuuy slated that it would bo glad
to communicate relative to peace terms.
Tho British Government replied thut
It was prepared to receive such a com
munication and would inform trie other
allies. Including America, There has
been 10 further omvial communication
from Germany, Balfour said.
Hospital Raisea $4p,000
With a weel, to go before, the ten-day
fund campaign
Hospital has
tallng-MJO",
l-.,.?v.n '
" 1 irftbfif
"wiwi .- limyuijr-0 L4COUVIC .... ' "..I- .,w. .i,n, -v I IO TeOUCQ IIIO VUBl UI ICIVU jjy Bulling II1Q IIBII HI VUlTlltiu uic CCrCll l'?Bl Alia I 0AD
mVmuTi&r
i!..x..i..rwmf
ITALIANS HURL
BACK FOES ON
LOWER PIAVE
Teuton Attempts to Re-t
take Caposilc Positions I
Crushed With Loss i
SCORES TAKEN CAPTIVE
Compelled to Cease Infantry j
Thrusts in Order to Re- I
Form Divisions '
UOMi:, Dec. 11.
"Sunguinuty and complete re
pulse" of enemy attempts to retake
I Agcnziu and Zulianl positions in the
1 Caposilc region (on the lower Pinve)
to-lns announced in today's official
statement. Tlie Teutons attacked
after hcay nrtlllerying.
Around Agcnzia und Zuliaffl, the
statcment paid, the enemy left many "la was mado by Jlrlllsh Ambassador llucbanan today. Ills vtutrment e
dead on the ground and tho vie- Pressed Great Drltaln's sympathy with Kusfla an'd cxpl.ilnod Impotslblllty ut
torious Italians took scores gf allied participation In uimlntlco negotiations. Tho Trench Ambassador Issued
j ' a somewhat similar btatcment.
Tanks have pl.ijcd an important part
In clicrMnc tho AuMro-flerman Invasion
or univ. j.ven in uio omn.-uii mouniam
l country alone tne upper I mo mm
"T .,,1:";. '" T ,"? ''
hunun iini ttiil) ni6ii"i in i"n h "!
tlio enemy until tho nmln Jtall.ui force
ould fiko ui u previously fortified
position.
As a result of the i,ns-d nrilllrrv
that the Herman und Autro-IIuiiKiirlaii
- oht -in wlU, .hen, a nninhcr
::.,!,"" M l",::":,'!"
fort) -four tanks steminlnB the Austro-
Herman drlvo do ui throuuli tho Tnn-I
tlno only iweutv-clKlit escaped '
, rll0imou were tho Auslro-',er-
,,, i0PCy n,0 lat hurst of inf.intrv
tlslulntC on the AsIuko pllcau mat tliev
mrt to ,iP1,end their diivo until they
lould re-fornv tliclr shattered dlvllons.
Snowbtornu viero reported In the Vc-
At.Jl.nnrn, in .nnnlins til Ihn frnnt !
In thin rtsput tho Teutons have an ad-'
vantuKc, however, for they cm n0 the
lliountulll lllguwnvu iiiui inu iiaiiaus
spent thirty months of labor upon bcfoie
1'Oritllll ,ki,uiiu j-acei.7, uiiiimm v '"
enemy for tho Hue of communication i
back home, Is tlio historic Brenner path.
between liiusbruck und Trent, It waw'
over this hlghw.y t lint tho Oermaii r-
pi!1?n;ru;hirnTddt!. SiSS
between (icrmany and tho Papacy.
wlTh'the'Xmy!1' rt"" mTnn-S; ,
'With the enemy
now occupy the
icst and Hie southern
b1o!'c "f the Alps. Their positions com-
IlIc,,,ly dundnatc the entire Venetian and '
'Ujmlrd,. ,llHni. Ex,r. 1110Cnienl ot '
" . .' '.. .-
the Italian,
rencli and Drltlsli nrmlcs
10 ,UI Brt)Ullll le plainly visible to
)v tltfml
' TJie ii,rnta. Vlae, go anil o!lur
iallejn trufrhy the Atpn aiitl turnMi
doorwajs for un maion wlueh arc ex.
....ll-l.. .Ilill.a.t. .. .1.1. an .
Behind lira emnu's lines tho Alps are
traversed east und west by ioadwoi
permitting rapid transfer of Iroopa anil
materials for sudden, ihanglrg attacks
They furnhh gnat arteries of communi-
Continued on Vg Ml, Column Two
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i DRTaMENDMENT
TO CO TO HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Votes, 15 to o, to Re
' port Measure
DEB ATE OPENS MONDAY
WAJjHINOTM". Dec. 11
By a vote c-f 15 to C, the House
1 mciar c.nmii..'eco una uncrnoen voicu
Immediately alter voting favorably on
the prohibition amendment tho commit-
tee voted to report tha Husan 11. Anthony
'" on? ldo wc"na" "lffraeo amendment
U'ltlinnt rm-'niimii'tnfl.itlnn.
"""" "i ' V' , 41 , , I
Tim i.ii.l-nitten rmieiiileil l. rnl,ln
,is passed by tho Senato July 31, so that
me amenumenx wouiu not Become opera-1
bl;,r;tLgaturo?f;tosllonf
the frutes,
The amendment. If approved, will
make the country "bone dr," It pro
hibits tho "mariifacture, transportation
or sale of Intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof Into or the cporta-
tlon thereof from tho United States" for
beverage purposes.
Tho House resolution ehanges tho
Senato provision tnal the nmenument
must be approved by the Stato Legis
latures within sl years ard makes tho
period for its approval seveh years.
AMBULANCE DISPLACES TRIP
West Philadelphia High School Boys
donate Minstrel Show Proceeds
Sacrificing knowledge In tho Interest
of humanity, tho February graduating
clasi ot the West Philadelphia High
School for Boys, w 111 donnto tho proceeds
ot their annual minstrel show and dance
to the purchtso of an ambulance, In
stead of the customary educational trip
to Washington.
Proceeds from tlio annual play and
danco were to defray expenses of tho
trip. This ar a minstrel show was
substituted which will bo held in Her
cantlle Hall on December 18. ,
Appointment in Health Bureau
nirector Krusen. of the Department
of Health and Charities, today appointed
QUICK
HOUSE TAKES UP BUDGET, BREAKS RECORD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Smashing nil lccoicls for piomnt
consideration of nu appropriation mensmc, the House this nftei
noon began debate of the $331,000,000 postoffice appiopilaTon
bill.
FRACTURES SKULL IN FALL
Cbntlcs Lcnncit, twenty-two yeais old, of 2117 Jcffetson
street, Eccamt ill in front of his home today and fell on his lun
fracturing his skull. He was taken to the Noithvveitein Gcncia:
Hospital, where bis condition was sold to be seilous.
LACK OF COAL CLOSES DARBY CLASSROOMS
Neailyinll of tho ciabsiooins of the Dai by public school
ut Sixth and Walnut sticets, Daiby, vvcie cloted all dny toil.iy.
owing to the lack of coal to heat the buTTdlng.
WAR AIMS WAIT ON RUSSIAN STABILITY
riJTllOOKAD, Dec. It. 1'orm.il announcement that Ktituln vlll bo
ready to dlscutH w.ir alms when a Ktablo Oovtrnmcnt Is established In Iluc-
J0,yil,UU0 COITON UALKS,
v-.siiiivnTn'. Dt.v 11 -Thn tnti.l
Sut(,s fof ho m7.,s ,.Pnh01l m amount to lO.W.OOO bales i-f .'.00 pounds
erovM weight cai h, tho Federal Buicau
.. . --- ..... . .
lTodiKtlon in lyiu was ii,ii,vzo imics; in it'll, it, ui..'.iv, nnu in ii'i..
13 701.121
NATION-WIDE SUGAR AND
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1I.-A nation-wide investigation of bugar and
conditions by t Senate Committee on Manufactures was ordered I
today Jiy a resolution offered by
without debate.
ASKS 310,000 TO REPAIR CITY HALL TOWER
lttnovatluii of Citv Hall lower Is
l'eiui itntiie. l order that tlio woil.
tiniAum ... r,t .1... , .. nn . . . .. MK . ..p 1. tl-.lt..
1VJ . Of Council.-,' I'lllllllCO I'ollimlttCC, tl
tlio repairs. IJarts ot tho Penn stntue
menaced tlio lives of pcdchtrl.ms pabsliif; through tho coilrtjard.
.
MBIlb t'ljAXNla CLUOnU
iT.m-nr.lvn r llr 11 Tlt-nt ,.f
v .''.-...'. . 'v - -e,. ". "- - ---- ... -.-...
pany plantH vvcro closed down lodiiv, due to u l.icl; of fuel. Ten thousand men
nl0 u,rottll uM of orn temporal II.
"
"
E0 WEATHER CURTAILS LEHIGH COAL OUTPUT
1IAV5M3TOX. Tu . Doc. 11. Tiio Lehigh coal field was again ill tlio crli)
"cither loday. suiting In conetdn.able curtailment of tho antfiniblio
coal output, it la ia:imaie mat, u ranges iioui -u io ov per ce-m. -vi many
eolllcrlcs btenm llnc uro norcn ami tho
,,... nf .,,... .,,m,.1N
bcia,,t0 ot nbnorinu. e.uulllloiw.
PANAMA TO DECLARE WAR ON AUSTRIA
I'A.NAMA CITV, Dec. 11. Doctor Morales, .Sccrcla.y ot Ktatc, lias intro
duced a resolution In tho National Assembly declaring tho Republic ot lima
ma at war with Auttriu-Itutigaij,
NO NORTH CHINA
SBW YOUIC. Dec. 11. Announcement Is mado by tho Commercial ablo
Cutnuiin. Hint telrrrninliln Cfimnillnli.nllnil VC Itll N'ortll Plllll.l in Intnl runted. I
mo. ,-f.u um .ii.iiir.,1 tr nn.! fr.im rihiniEhnl.
' "
DELAWARE FROZEN OVER AT BORDENTOWN, N. J.
llOnDl'NTOWN", N. .!., Dec. 11. Tho Dclawaro Illvcr is frozen over from
the Jersey to tlio I'cnnslv.inla shore here. Tlio uteamboit Martin. Stevens,
of tho Trenton Transpoitatlou Company, on Its way from Ticnton to Phila
delphia, Is frozen In the leo here.
MILTON MAN FREEZES TO DtiATH
. .
MILTON, ra., Dec. ll.-l.Tederlck
in uuuiu ii vu ii--i vm j- -.uui&j n i-viu. v .- .. uvviHuvj v.iiucjoivu t-tiuiv; i
walKlns to his home, a iHstunco of four miles. t
IT V ARM? TO AGREE ON FOOD CHIEF FOR DELAWARE
WlliillisiiTUiS, Dei., Dec. ii.
Ju-,rectori lms nsked tluU a permanent
notllltlg liasJ b(,e done. Governor Tow
"-
Independent HcpubllcaiiH.
FOOD PIRATES LOSE MONEY BY DECAY OF STORES
I flil.Ul V UiHU, ivi mt. J i. J. uvu
PULBYVILLU Del., Dec. 11.-
T-
I for n higher price this winter will lose
stored In hundreds or. BtoraEC nouses,
they must get $1.7" a hamper for sweet potatoes to avoid losing money.
As such n prlco Is unusual, it Is certain that thcro 1 to bo a heavy losi
among those who bought up sweet potatoes through the country nnd held
them for n high price.
SUPER-WAR COUNCIL PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE COAL
WASHINGTON", Dec. 11. rians for distributing coal to factions of tlto
country where the shoitago Is ncuto vvcro discussed by tho Super-War Council
at Its weekly meeting yesterday. A plan for relieving New England points
was approved and tho Shipping Board will hsslst In carrying It out by tho
construction of twenty seagoing tugs. Twenty-fit o vessels Just released
from the Oroat Lakes will aid In transporting coal to New England.
16-INCH SNOW TIES, UP BRADFORD TRAFFIC
nrtADFOni), Pa.. Pec. II.1 This city ... experiencing tho worst blizzard
for early December In many earl. with snow sixteen inches deep. Traffic
It delayod and trolley cars nro operated by tho inso ot snow pIowb. Trains
on tho steam roads aro more or less lato. Tho storm seriously Interfered with
the opening of tho Criminal Court at Smethport yesterday, many ot tho Jury
and witnesses being enow bound at their homes In tho rural districts.
PLAN PUBLIC SALE OF FISH AT RAILROAD SIDINGS
HAnnisnunO, Dee. 11. Dairy and rood Commissioner roust has
made arrangements with tho Fresh Water risli Commission of Erlo to shjp
carloads ot Cisco, bluo plko and Iako Krlfl whltcflsli to communities whoso
food administrators will see they are Mid ,at railroad sidings. Altoona, liar
lisburg and New Castlo aro arranging to sell a carload each. Tlie object Is
NEWS
U. S. 1J17-11S UUll'Ul
t.iodurtlnn nt cotton In tho L'nllfil
of Crop Hbtlmat. h nnnonntid Uidio,
.... ...n.nA , , ,n,
COAL PROBE ORDERED
Senator Lodge (Mass.) and adopted
inccfary In addition to repairs to tlio 1
may b ilono vvltliout delay uuccior
VW.t-l,., tj.to,. Tiwlyil fli t, 1 1 t,i n ,1 (Itifl.!
iCt llsidu IIlOl 0 tliail ?10,OOU to lllllltQ
wero In mic.'.. had condition that tbcyumns 0f German reserves. .M
fUll JjAIV UI' ruiib
I ,0 Amer rim slleel -111.I Vlrn Cnm.
movement of cars is gicatly retatded
-. - M
WIRE SERVICE
.. I
Blttner, 3. years old, was tound froie-n
M
i
inougii josiau jiarvoi, acting luod ui-
oniclul bo appointed for tliut potlllon
nsend sent u nomination for tlio place.
J .I..I.JI..I.. ... .....
iuaiu 1, liu ucivilipt lo HC1U POiatOCS ,
heavily from heavy decay of potatoc-d
i.oticn potatoes aro ucing hauled out
TEUTONS RUi
BIG FORCES
CAMBRAI LINl
Fully 450,000 BrougHjJ
Up Since Byrig's 'O
Smash xw
1 BRITISH CANNON
SHELL RESERV
'W
Heuvv Artillerv Duels a?.
n ,..,.,., ., !, rri';5'.
uuuuaauiui, Jiciiui-it,
court, Trescault, Villa- 'f
ret and Monchv $.
" W
PflV. SRRKS WRilf SPrtTi?
's
Attempted Raids Fail, Haig!
Kenorts I'Tench Lines
n.i...,r t.. fr-
unuer iieuvy nre h7
' -311
" jM
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMM ;t.
WITH THC BRITISH ARMIES INS
TIIKFIELD.Dec.il. .kl
(lermuny is still bringing upS
troops around Cambrai. j8
To date prisoners have been ideft-iK
... .. . ...Vr'J
till
fcrcnt German divisions, indicating-!
.......,..,. i.Ji'a
presence ii nu Fcctor ol nc- w2
100,000 soldiers.
All these Jiaveffl
rietlly since Genial
u' "rur "' " "" "' """ VB,fa
c B "! b ow
11 uo"'K oiiiuBuiiiK uiuti. 1 ,j
Thcbe 150,000 are in addition,-pre-J(Q
Li.mnM,, t, t1.n .umilnw rn v-tai.n iX
flUIIIUUIJ, IU IIIU llUIIIL UIIMVIirn
troops of the Cumbrai sector. , hg
Tlie heavy German rc-enforcc--i-2
ments uro being rushed up close los
front lines. They ato vjidging; 'n
inert. .
Tttitik1. friifid 1 1, 1 d nflnrnnnil w.
shellilljr (iOniC of tllClC moving COl-fc.,
'PI,,. linnirlnel .ll.flt,i1 n rt , IIa.1 t. A. Va.
4IIU ,,., t.Ott IIIUVUUI U.lllJIJlRJPW
if, i rMuiflml li.fn l.i.l.iir fmm iAfil vl
zcuueourt. llendicourt. Trescault.
..... . , ,r ,... ut.t
v inerct, unu -uoncny. w.
T.rvvnuv tv.i ittJw!!?
-. , -fKi!ji
uer tnc vvnoio ci tno wcsicrn wvm,
today German artillery wr!s roarlna jii
ciiaiicnso to iiiq i'reiieii iiiiu riitaMinr
niles. f-omowhero along the great 1
l lie. it wiih rnntli.enllv- bel evr(l..IJt,, ?
mini' was preparing lo inal.o tier Jtfr
lest nt i nek slncii tlio dars of tho ln.Yn.vJ3
sion of 191 1. ' ih'm
Hlin l iii.iRl.lnc tin. Ine.itlim rhniwin faeVA '
1 a
thatissuult by anirtlllery bombard-Jy'
incut that Is Impartially scattering shell, ft
over almost every sector of tha Brlllsjij
and 1 Vouch lines, ottlclal reports, liow'f)
i.ii.r Inrlli.atn 11 vlli-litt- wtrntiirei- nrw.T"
over the French positions, l'roni thW Ity"1
vas ucouccu nerc iiiae jtuiucnouri. iiut,ri;M
chosen the poilus us opponents for JilUjtjKlj
lllusscu Ulllllis, icmiuuiiTU vy iiuiucrvun'jK
divisions recently transierrcu irom tnej
Itusslun fronts. 'v
l.'lr-l.l Afnrvli.it 1ImIj-'h li.ltilefront n.-Tcfi'l
port today gavo further emphasis to the.,
belief that Germany Is seeking a w emkjp&p
i spot In
In tho western lino. .'Ware
I "Heavy shelling at a number of lo-if!
callties was reiiorted. Kast of Epehy, JV Jj
ho said, tho enemy attempted to rBlc3i
one poc unucr luirr oi iicuvj uuiiiuttTi,q
mem, but wero repulsed. At other polnWAJ
on the- (. ambral front thcro wero patrolvj i
encounters, tu which t.ritisu lorcca ois-"
persed enemy patrols nniljook prlsoners-fe
.11.. UA... I., tl.,., ..III. I1.A ma tl .
J IIU U'l-Jib nun ill iiiiu ,.,.,. tuu gii-,ijw
ITU1 UC1ICL UI UVIIllHHl n lll.'ttl4V,U .7u
fnr n vrnnrl fifTetiHlce. The uerlul MB.'
;fv,, . ,,-ldi,,a,ed energetic attempts, tftV;
setlv oui li r ma Jl ikjmiviuiib uiiu uiupwifv'
tlon of forcen. the artillery Hi owed WwjTj
lliunury liuuuug oui oi -weaK Hpois-ai
!. r.l,1 AA tll Cfr -uThl.ttl tfiXniAr,
lW? emplos constantly prior to wMf.rT
,taclc lo ascertain exactly wnat lorcwtjs.
i opposu umu. ,,, , ,,'
TAUIS. Dec. 11. jA'A
Ai tiller lag In some sectors of Lope's?
..Ia o.l ll.i.diiiid rntinrti.il It, f mlns't't.v
11111 I'"" ,s ,, ..4....u ... ..v m-
ollicial statement. lJ!i
REED URGES TRAINING &
YOUNG MEN FOR WAW
, 5
senator iusibi.b uu v.uiiipuisw7
service ot loums uciwccn ,j
is ami -1 ' v,j
AVAblllNGTON. Dec. 11. Thb in-.
mcdlato training lor war scrvlcajl
oung men between tho age ot eight
:,...! ... ., ., ,.., iir.,1 tn.tni,
Senator need in his attack-on tho "VVi
export bill. v-fJ
"With Itussla out ot tho war," IMWM
said. "Clennanr has tlio prepondcranM .
.if military streneth. Wo should pre
pare to defend our own coasts from llt-'J
vaslon unu mat necei is hoc iinurouuuw.
Tt Is tlmo tho war should be. our h '
prenio aim oniy iuoukuu 'j
I l-ss than twenty-llvo Senators wer -FlI
... .. 1. , . .. ,
In the chamber as Heed flacd wliat-fce
termed tho Senate's lack of Interest; ti
great nucstlons and Its smiting
.,..a..lI1.III, . fn tli lreKlileiit. 4.
..,,iii,niiiri.. nivvn Ht"i
. .. h
Stricken With Typhoid rneuma
His Condition Is Grave ,(. 4
m fJ -ITri
Magistrate Carl V. .Baker Is serK
111 with typhoid pneumonia at insj
40t: Poweltou avenue, and his daui
Mrs. Uussell Hamilton, has bcen
moned to liU beasiae irom Aim
where Bhe has been slnco her hu
became a meinuer oi tno nmo
imrnii tliero. ,. -
Magistrate Baker was stricken -
denly yesterday, una mis mornu
condition becamo grave. He !:
tha youngest men ever to hold tbj
of "magistrate mm
man before) lie entered the po"l
Rumanian Jews ta Se'"WU
WASHINGTON. Deo. 1,A
tea of the American Union er
U incJudlog Dr, lOva
A B.. OCHn,-i' rmtm
ar.TBI - rrw-mtmti.
iilMfia-mMUj
Mmm
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