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VOL. IV. NO. 80
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1917
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SPKECKELS
FLOUTED BY
TRUST HEAD,
Babst Denies -He Asked
Witness to Write to '
President
CLASH BECOMES HEATED
Controversy Arises Over Al
leged Attempt-to Get
Suit Dissolved
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EARL D. BABST
President of the American Sugar
Refining Company, of New York,
who is charged with attempting
to bnvc tho Governm-nt's anti
trust buit against his company
th op pod through his connection
with the food administration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.
A heated verbal clash between
Claua A. Sprcckel-i and Eail D.
Babst, president of the American I
S.; tLi,. rm,v nmrW
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climax jn the -Senate sugar invest!-
fation today. During the dispute
iiaost- ouesvioneu inu ivoru on
SDreekelt. .
Spreckels had sUted that Babst
icquested him' to write to President -
Wilson urging the President to have
dismissed the Government's dissolu
tion suit against the American
Sugar Refining Company, tho so-
called "bugar trust."
1! ibst jumped up and riemauOfd the
opportunity of denvlng sprciltelis state
rnnt. The comnillteo guc hlin perml-
slon to make a stiUmuit
"I never inked Mnrn kcU to write to
1ho J'lcsldent.1' Mid Habst angrily '"It
vas Biiigetted by powerful competitors
that as we all would soon bo under Gov.
ernment lontrol tho Government should
dismiss tho illfnolutlou suit ugalnrt Ill's
American Conipans
4i...t:iiv-ii .-j.ui.iij
"I went to Spreckel.i nnd at Led him
vlieer, if our other competitors vvould
unite in a. reouitt for dlfmhstl of the ,
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Kim 1 1 r.'Krsaa.xixwiaajsaBia
eult he, too. would Join Ho replied lie' nient atin.iuiued
ftould think It over I had no further "Following i most violent series of
conversation with him on tho subjcU assaults dutlns; tlm entire day at Cola
because I saw ho as Iicjltatlns " I l-frl.o and HeretU tho enemy tlnally suc-
.. , , . eeeded In reaching Capilc, ' tho War
-Then sou denv ou ever asked m 0(lk nnll0llllcfUl "
to writo a letter to tho I-rcsldcnt. do- .Qur positions in the rear ut Uiis point I
manded yprcckclf continue to hold firm. '
'I do deny It nid llabst
'And I lepcat that ou did aU, me
to virlto the letter," replied Uprcekels.
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DABST TO BE HhARD MOND.U
The charge and partial admission camo
Just at the close of tho daj'H session, i
Senator Iteed, chairman of tho com-j
mlttee. told Babst ho would bo allowed
. full opportunity to answer nil oi
Snreekels'a etiteincnts at Motility's sen-
elon.
.lust before adjournment was taken
Judge Llndle) for Mr Hoover, uiked
that tho committee leconslder Its de -
clslon and ivrmlt him to cross-examine'
wltnesecs. Tho food administration, he
said, "seemed to bo on the carpet"
c,. t,..i -...,. i .-,. .!..,..-
no desire to tun. the Investigation I1U0I
a court nroccedlnsH. and that thero
k3C!liJtljr - W uimnenu -iiiu.. it-rij n a-a
was no disposition lo make un attack,
hm tho food administration .
"If there w ere.- no lontlnucd thn
food administration would be well able
In tnkA mru of Itself It has In the
past, vvilh a pretty vvcll orgmlied pres I
bureau, and so on. I
The food administration will, however,
ff.rocuro several witnesses nc-et week
An alleged attempt by tho bugar
Trust" to saddle lhlt.li iirleeH on the
American peoplo for vears, through the
hfflelal Hoover committee, was disclosed
liy Spreckels at tho beglunlns of today's
Lesslon.
Tho witness charged tho food udmir.
ratlca cnnunltttc, 'a niero udjunct of
lie trust," seeks to bind all American
eflners to ullow the trust to contract for
Uture Cuban crops at Its own price,
If refiners agree to this. Spreckels d-J-'J10 -u8 rao"- Tno four-inasler will be
lares, tho price to the American con- ftt -a' '0BB
mmer would be uralterabl- fixed for Mx members of the creve of a British
ears after tlic war ut u Ilguro as high
is at present or higher,
tlut unless the rellnera ugreo to tho
tirlce-flxtiig, ho said, they facu lo-ia of
heir Qo ernment licensee
rnici: to uu advanced
Soreckela. under aucstlonlnc by Chair-
nan Reed, stated that tho price of Amer
can beet sugar would be advanced If
ho Hoover commlttco pa) a Cuban eano
Continued on l'e lite. Column Two
''LONG UVE THE KING"
' Tho fewest Novel by
' Mary Roberta Rinehart
llcsins on 1'ayo 11
t OF TODAY'S-
,Emwina Public Ledaer
'MV--J ' .
REVOLT DOOMED,
bolsheviki claim
Kaledines Arrested, Koril
iloff a Fugitive, News
From Petrograd
KILLS H0PE 0F LONDOn
Arbitrary Conduct of Reds
Causes Another Split in
Cabinet ,
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LONDON, Dec. lo.
, Information received today f rom
Bolshevik sources in Petrograd indi-'
cate that the counter-revolution
started by the Cossacks under Gen-
' eral Korniloff and General Kaledines
.was collapsing.
dcncral alCllinc, Hotmail ot tlic
Cossacks, vas repotted to have been
ar-eMed, uhilo General Kornlloff vat
said to have disappeaied. Announce
ment to this efftct wu made by tho
-- .. . .. .
11, Ul,o, R- f'ninrimmnl ""a f,l"! s"'es tur tin- orl. ! .
U0's,,cuutr"mcMl; ..i!!l!w,tfp1l!!,".,.,!!u",B!i' l0 rt .'" :
Tho revolution began Jutt a v.ccu aa
In tho region of the lon Illver In tle
Interior of IlUbsli It vsas 1irt rcriorted
that tho Cossacks had tnormoU3 fortes
of men. but tills report teems to have
ocen caEgcrau. ,
iignuns oroi.o oui jiobcow "
aionc mo Lion j.ivtr. preauiiiK iu tiici-
irorod lloU. rldfB claimed vlctois on.1
gorod. UoUi rides claimed vlctoij, tinil
theio was much confiHou among the
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nporiK rccmcu .ere
mo .u..vi... ""- .v....,....,
declared or against tho CostacKe. tliufc
esiamismng a lohuuku oi ciwi nr
In tho republic
.7JL0..?.WL SlL'oJ!:0
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llolshevlkl forcen and tool: part In light
Ing at tho mouth of tho Don
In tho meantime domeutli! warf.iro
and tho appurent strength of tho Coh
blv. Mtnlrter of IMueatlon Lunacharfky
formally tendered hl-t reMgnatlon from ,
tho Maximalist Cabinet, declaring he
could not support Lcnlno In any mean
urea of repression fgalnt .i (onsrepA
summoned by tho ISuselan people He
It billeved to bo nuppoited b n number i
of leading Maximalist
Trotsk.. l.enino ind othern of the
iniirr rliiL ' steadfastly conti tided lint
If the astembly showed opposition to the
Maxlinallrttf aim It a Illegal.
,.Wfl con8 ae, ny aisemniy opposins ,
our Ideao aa an arbitrary organliatlon I
JhJjJ. ZTwr XX t
olr,iltl delegatw from natean.
The Holthevlkl announced tho follow.
Ing frametitnry returns l.oir. tho recent,
Twelfth arms Matimaiuu, :o.:oo:'
I onllnijr.l on rate Flit roluron Orte
ITALIAN LINE HELD;
HUNS BEATEN BACK
Violent Attacks of Enemy Re
pulsed With Heavy
Loh&es
nOSIL, Dee la
Jitpcaeu Moieiic ,t.fiiiau..ubniii at.
tacks ,. it Moutc bol.uoo and Coldellorso
weto repu'ped with cceptlon illy heavy I
Repeated vio.ent t'crman-Austrlan at-.
losses to tuo tin mj touaj tuiciai si m -1
. Follow Inj; tho failure of Teuton shock I
Hoops to train uny advantage over Itil-
Ian resistance, counter attacks were dl-
rected and their success resulted In the
retirement ot the Invader's forces. They
also had the eftect of comne'llnc cessn-
tlon of tho heavy artlllerjlng Uiat has
been In progress. The Itallin defensv"
continues to hold w Ithout slfc-.i of viavcr-
nig rr breaking
f. ut,lil.i:v, (via London), Dec 13
"Between the Urtnta and tho riave.
I on, ,l10 Tallan front, more tl an 3010,
. prisoner!, were taken In tho lighting of I -
-,,B -""; c u" l" "--r.-Jn"-0 a
nounctd today The booty of the Au-tro
le Au-tro.
guns and
'jerman forces mc udfd somo
inav-i.iiiB bun--, ii wis ossericu
OMOV,r7T .-,.
SURVIVORS OF WRECKED
on I DC nrTTriirn rr-v -n.rwri.rn
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Thrilling Rescues Follow Disasters
Due to Gale Sweeping
Coast
HOSTON, Dee-. 15 Many sur Ivors of
sunken vessel, victims of the- recent
recen.
; "today
ew of a
storm which havo been sweci
Atlantic i'o.i., urrlved In port
The seventv-tour oilers nnd crew of a
Blue- Salt liner that went down off Cape
Race last Monday wero among thoso ar
riving. They wero brought In bj a naval
collier.
A thrilling rescue of tho crew of twelve
from the foundered four-master Kdward
K. l'rlery was accoinpllshed today from
off Little Round Shoals, Chatham, by
scnoon r, rescueu ny a j-rencii uner, uieei
of exposure before riych.ng port
To Help Kebulld French Towns
Tho French war relief of the l'mer
gency Aid In January will send llvo
rhlladelplila women to Franco to aid
thoso ulieady engaged In the reconstruc
tion of Vlllequler-Aumout. They are
Miss Trances Wharton, Miss Emily C.
Rellly. Mrs. Walter A. Kox, Miss flora
Hewlett nnd Miss Katherjne Thompson.
New Orleans Results '
l-IHST TtAru, thra.ear-ol4s end up.
rlalmlnx, IiMiO, .1 furlonvsi
I'rHivtuI Mar, 114. John- .
son , . ... 4 to t 8 to S 7 to 10
i.11,.4. e ut.vl. 1"V7, (1UII
, t ' nn i-fla,..,.- .
Iliiiu n,."lii,'i'oolJ.':7 tuj J too ? to 10
TI1.16. J -ic e nre ,-y..iim. rontrrrset
i ma.ii-tii.-i fun ruin Iir(ilir. Mtr-ii Cllri Tint-ki'
I.:..:.."' . . r: .n.i i,-:'.."Viri
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and end tho ptaco plotting of Inlno onlrbute aOff.OOU men women mid , tho wv. ,mltBW , ,iew ,)f tho faU Tla latest assault by tin German!.
'tlgi,ot5n,J0w,U,rGe,'aiv,mOb0C'"'" X t at u "If
. T llXhevIM snlft today' on treat- W ""1 '"Be wooden Z i i I.e iv' run, "laml to tho S the German- imkr a 1,'g ort ,
Lent oftt- XnLZ eonsmuenl "jDm-' nsur "f llCd Cros rsew ln whl.o ll:Tomn'm.1Vr hVnv 'in. M ll.o h.ve a.readV betn 0,
SKWNlj nAO n furlonit.t wh".- ier clothes took fire while placing 1 prekel were Chrltc-rher Hannevlg, of The grocer notltlfd the police of the bo hcW lu all lhllaee'phia Uplscopu
L'JS VrertlC llV. , "'o- ' 1 coal In tho furnace. Shewn, relnpved Kfw york. vice president of the com- Rronchtown station District Detectlv. I ,,. ,,, iz rihlnclander of the Dloce
MjobiTiT ;?: .'....,, . ,.. 8t3 7 to tolto the Kplwopnl Hosplts,! n a Berloua ',,. Dd members of the board of dl-' DougWrty Is trlng to find the woman'? i",p ".,::.,.,,
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Kaiser Plans Peace Offer
in Christmas Message
s GENEVA, Dec. 15.
TAISLK WILHELM'S Christ--1-
mna message to the Gcrmnn
people will contain his final peace
offer, according to un unofficial
report received here today from
Berlin.
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO BEGIN MONDAY
.Everything Ready for
-..,, o
J Uty S Campaign fOl I
500,000 New Members
' ,
( PLEDGE FROM 150,000
Tllft llllli-iliAT nf tiAti immKai ti i.lArtii. .1
forlhe SoulluaMein PennvlMin'a Clinu-i
tor of ihf AhihHi an IleJ i ro-jtunrc.l to
Z Xnilou' ITm1T lor
,hn ChrKtmnj i.impuln tur im-iubcrh .
uot "lom-
w -". ut II- n IIKIII l'l IC" I'lVUHilU
h ,;, ,7, , , , l'! Vn,JB "'
tho natlon-uldo drlvo for 10.noo.vu0 new
mcmlwra to hack un tolldlv thn mn I
oer.cas and on tho seas.
rno ,i ..,:
Every phato of huiran life In the
city Is prepirlne for tho drive to till
a, Sll ' "i r.iS"n" ' ..
uii me fouuieartt rn l'ennayivani i p
cta ' f,
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i '"' f 7 i"' .'""J '"e" of 1,'ra,,7l1
clerBMiwn and blrtcnders aro uniting In
tho common caufe
Annftiinwinn . tu mi .In .m1 i v In
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Llr(Uor Dcaltl. Abblll.allon of PcntlBjl-
.nIl. that t,n hubscilntlon books vouId
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u.- uiniriomeu to mn caioon pro-
v'"or. " u" '"Bauaauon to do kjiu
TliA .In. . AH. . .1..... .1..I..I.. nl.nM lip
Char.es Pllart. eha.rman of tta ',: I
palgn (ommlltcf. hud mado arrange-1
ments with .i t-oninilttee of minister of
all dnoinlnatloni) f r tho participation
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drivers keen evi-rxbody back.
HOSPITAL AIR RAID
PROVES BIG SURrRIE
j Supposed Bomb Is Found to
Be Allied Christmas Gifts
for Sick Sammees
ITH 1I1K AMERICAN AKMV IN'
KRANCK. Dec 15.
T, ,e of a bus-c ,trceU a
,.'.,. ",t,L ,, ..,-rtaln eallev In wh'ch
,Ktt Amerlcin ho-Pltll. wl.i!
I American nurses and orderlle.-
I ri,M recognized Instantly tlio
I ir.ri.i.i nlarm. All hurried to cover
..' ' n ..irnlvno ewooned down,
I dropped three obiects. turned a tew nip-
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flops showing tnc breni . ueu -.
nuXlawn? But thoreo obTJts
wUhlch the aviator dropped -IW-rt ex-
It.. .. Imvrn mill i1llnl1
lokatthtm They w ere ncatl -wrapped
piotje ooipu '""" " ":,:"'".,
-0 k at h.'l''tLy were owned ey
- pr'o'vto KrMrS-Slr M-i
members of un American air squadron
mem
In the. hospital
ihn machine was later Identified ns
an American alrpltno which had flown
from the training ground for tho &anta
Claus stunt.
SKA YIELDS UP MAN'S BODY
Sixth Victim of Atlantic City. Trag
edy is Washed Ashore
ATLANTIC CITY. Dec. 15 Tlio sea
today gave up the sixth of tho fourteen
nallormen who perished In tho founder
ing of tlie ocean tug Eugene P. Mcran
twp miles ott tho Boardwalk hero a week
ago. ,
The body, that of a man slightly more
than six feet und believed to be ono of
the firemen of tho ill-fated craft, was
wushed upon tho beach ut Lougport, tho
lower end of Absccon Island A sham
rock and the word "mother" tattooed
upon his arm aro expected to make
ldentlflcatloh easy. The olllco of the
Moron Tewing Company In New Vort
was notified
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SIX-CENT FARES.
mm jnuHUKuuiu
Line Connecting Suburb
With Manayunk t to
Raise Rates
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 10
1 Several Thousand Workers
Will Be Affected by Added
Transportation Cost
The Roxb.,riu.-h. VWssahlckou un
Mainiunlc Railway will Increase Its faro'
from live to si cents beginning Januarj
10. Thin Is tlio first trolley lino In
Tlillado phla to udvaino tlio cost tt fare
To the several thousand rldrrs who
use this roid the adunce rato means
tan fif 1.1 flilll .till 1 4 nf u. t rtn.l lutmlrsil
. ! VU 11 J Vfc -v 1MHI 14 11 t I. '
ilml)
The KoMwouvh line cnUi..U Uancn
"1" li W lw.ili!ekon and h . j. brnneh
,, ,. ,n.u ,,, ... ,,.,,ltli i, i, ,ls,.i i
M1 l '.M'n.U l? "'l,.BunU. . '".uwa. .
"J- "lousanuh 0, crapioji
1 ard, UaUl hi Ixm
Crnmp Shlpiard and other Hrge lndu.
trial eUablhhmentc i
n.i. ti.. . i.. .... t.,. .-. u..'
K " . "P'rated by tho. Headlne
JTrans't and Limn Compdiij. vWilih als-o '
ri."o i""-i .'iitrn uvuiim iiuu .wi
,rlston and ConMiohock.n Tho r .to ..f
furt bclwim .orritown and Consho
hocken his .! i 1 ecu Incrca-id to M '
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Cliarl'n Mc' nun 'uiilntciidi nt ot the
YfvrliliKlmi.l . . i faii irl. lit- in. Ii r tno
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uanto ln tho to-t .,f materials uvd by."
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V". 1' Ulsoii. SS33 Ilidgo aveiiih.
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said.
t'dont In lit t.. thit the rclH.nik m
our tH'tlou should lompl.tm over tin
ercasf
PATIENCE WOULD BE
7VjVTTV
Jollart Wlillo tlirc niio nuny liurt? "'ojnil I'oIilcrhmU (cift of i I list
I of lllll!nal0 liv ,,0hl wllu f,,,,! t). cv.minp rKjlncl u ...iihlilrrnhk .t
1'""" ff "" "" 't of mil...'"' HrliW. trcml. hl.h ilio .nrnij
otlur took the unnoiiin.i.nn'nt ot the tn- '" l"""tr.iiJ In tho uioriilnc, 1 IcM
.roii.' which av mule to.li nther ' M'""tl,)' ' ni'orte.l tnliv
;rrvxzr?3&SaX2;
a hearse. E.tily mornintr iidt-is
They haven't time to think nf war,
in the morning life is .such
SHOVED INTO RIVER
BY CRUSH AT FERRY
j Victim of Passengers' Haate '
to Disembark ItfRescued
by Boathook
l'usth iters on the ferrjboat lldwood
of the- rennsjUanii Railroad vlrncssed
tn(J rtstU0 ot Chtrles Lelghton. tortj-
,...,. ... . .
ne-r. oW. S3K J.tuih Eighth lr.,
. --- ." "'""""'B ."""- t-
River today at the foot of Market street
He w is removed to Jeffcrs-ou IIospllil .
suffering from exposure. '
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Lelghton, whllo hurr) Ing to get olf the
bMt nfer lt ,lai, ,0ckeJ accldentillv
-- - fiKJWRrv 'v.1 Vfc' - '-""TtSTfcr - ua-T"' . ri
-- tboved off gangpUnl. He M.ln;,- n --
Into the river. II. wa8 surrounded on, akb lZonV ""abam
all fl"( p eaues u n-e !-pe lai rullo
map Caldwell, of the IVnnsylvan'a Rail
I road, owered u hook and ' fished" L.lgl,-
ton out
riKST STEEL STEAMSHIP
Mrs. Finn Hunncvig Sponsor for
"Wur Nurse," Product of
Delaware Yard
"IVII.MlfcflTOV. Del Dee. IS The I
first steel steamship to leave the wajs!
at mo new suipjiirua oi ino j-usey 4-
Jones Company hero was lauuchod at'
i:-:u ocloek this lefterneou. It is a
e-argu vessel, the War Nurse, and wn
originally laid down for tho. Cunard
steamship Company, of n.ig-ind. but I Kindness to a stranro man who asked
was commandeered by tho United t-tutej ,
Shipping Board. Tho vessel Is of stand- ,or toa lmofct cost Mlt- ""1 lc1' r
ard construettoii. 1000 Ions dead weight.' i'O'J North Third street, her life. The
It is 100 feet long over all, A I feet beam Ivlsttor called at her homo last night
and IS feet In depth. The engine equip-
meat e-on-lsts of Do Laval steam tur-
bines, venirii aro ruprcieu 10 urivo tuo,
ship at from ekvcn'tu twelvo knots anl
hour.
Mrs. thin Hannevlg
of Now York.,
..,! ..t .1.., vl..v 1,ri.i.c1rill nf 11. lll.vJ
Jones i-ompun, a tho sponsor. U Invited him tu sit nt tho tablo where now av-a' 110 - announced thut tho street cleaners piled tho snow
view of war .milltlomi. thero vus noljshe and her two-jear-old ehlld wereMu many sections and trucks viero nvullnble, but the laborers wero not to be
other eemnonic-t man tno-preakitig ori
tlie CUtloniar? .'....'vi u. ,iun uht eiir.
, bow
. Hepresentatlvei of the Emergeneyi
' -- . -.. ... . ,
F, , i-oru0r.uioii came rom vvasning -
i ion to wiiuesn ...v? lauuciiuis, vie.iv-ia
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BRITISH DRIVE
ENEMY OUT OF
YPRES TRENCH
Positions Pierced by Teu-1
tons Recaptured by
Tommies
HEAVY CANNON ACTION
Hindeiibui'if "Feeling" Allied
Lines for Weak Spot at
Which to Strike
LONDON-. 1KO
Unluli tioops In hut local II'
tins
"i- iirit!n i oiniu liiuer'Ui-ciuai re-
!"rtcl n-th. cmnn uilllloi lire to the
euvt of .Iemeh and liorthe ,n vt Vprcc ,
, , ...
T'f l'"" miK' of 7. nrum le-en-
l0omomotl,VorlkH;!rorre,cl,h "' r""'1 to w teml
tront are being distributed all alons tho
batllo line. piaklnB It dllllnilt for the
Allle. lo tell . xatllj v. here the promised
off..nc ill bo I imichiU by Von llln-
, , ,
,"'"-,K
The Uermvn Oincral tOaff lb alloulne
111 Herman peoph t bie treat eipee-
" '
tatloPM upon tho herald.d drive, and
advl. ct, f i oni 1 ' rlin lod.iv nuoted Ucr-
men inm. ,.-. tirf-rtlctlnir tint im.
men paperi'. as prullctlng tint 'both
,......:...,. ...r .... J. .. "
Harl and tho llrltltli hold on tho ling.
llih Channel wl
tho blow f.ill-t. '
- " Channel will bo threatened when
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II1U 1-lU-V l.llll.
Th.
lighting this week alone tho
Ir.nch tiont Ihh bf.n heavy at tome
pointh, but the attuckn vero till eharat
teilitd an "frelcrp ' bv mlllt irv expert
teiutd ax "rcelerK bv mint in expert
Clio tlirmau iiro'evldctitl) trjlng to
runlinufd on I'lBe live, I iibitnn Thrrn
STRAIN ED BY EARLY MORNING "RAPID" TRANSIT
VMV:'f:u'SZfizm HS23BRaH(eKsj!W5!iw
k-?V in l i Hi i i in i in i I nil l in i n i I mm i ii i ii i i i v mm wtarst. ? &m
ma -" iLJiiBi:ms4m:- :.i BiV-er lit. a
ftHHu.BfflK9HS9lnKMOlH mH, m; sr.fl- K : If ktd&WmmmmmmM M
think it couldn't lit- vwust
TJicv can't
or oven food's high puce. They've
a lark; when poor, blockuded uders
105 1. W. W. ON TRIAL
ON SEDITION CHARGE
Defense's Counsel Arreste
Following Search of Court-
ted
room for Firearms
CIMi-AGO. Pec 1.
One hundred and nvu members of the
'. w '. )) ""-"-ted " eonspira to ob-
struct the wur operations of tho Govern-
....nt went to trial before Judge , K SI
I V, indicted foi eonspirac to ob-
-..,,...., e...,..u c(J.ra c.;lr.
court tod.t-
Mcr one who entered the tourlroom
JJS 6c?Rlci -)"orT.y y"iriSe ' )in-
toerverr, or beanie, cntei oi counsel tor
tlio defense, may fa. ,1 e barges of having
arms in his possession while on Federal
revoher was found in
anderveer
Su.toSSmjr.rmncnt'l., Lisbon ordering tho
Dipartinent of Jus
'to return f. tho court imtl
. o futuro action Is mad,
No uomen except Klza
court until a iieilsiou
belli Our ei
Lwed.?,t0ho0lolu'rtroom,''l,,' vcr "''
Through AUornc) Vandwrveer each of .
tho 105 defendants entered 1 plea of not
guilty. Judgn Luudls accepted the plea
FELLS AND ROBS WOMAN
AFTER SHE FEEDS HIM
-.,,. ifon.- Mr. v-i.a vi.l.
ness by Knocking Her Sense
less nt Tublo
alll )old Mrs Klu lo hell(- j,cr husband I
. th. ,.,.,.,.., Uj.onw.i,e ,Vorka ,oj
... ., . .
collect fcur dajs' wages which was due
him.
Tho man .ommented un tho" cold
..,,hr n,,.l ..il.,! fni- fnr.il m l.l
having uinuer. As tne man sat down
ne rra. neve .vir .. itinn uvuio mm iviiocneu
I the woman timonsi-lous. He then stole
t.'S from u drawer and escaped. Mrs.
... . ... . ...
. tviri. on recovering consciousness,
managed to walk to u nearby grocery.fi . .Special sen Res extolling tho recover of Jerusalem fiom tho Turku will
The grocer notified the police of the bo held In all l'hllaile'nhla Unlscotiul churches on Christmas TOav. rtlebn..
Rranchtown station District Detective I
D9Urrty Is trjlng to find tne womana
QUICK
SOCCER
jl 12
TENN.
PENN WINS OVER HAVERFORD IN SOCCER
The Unlveisity of Pennsylvania soccet team defeated Hiv
eifoul a jroals to 1 on Franklin Field nfteinoon. This vlctoiy
sent the Red and Blue into a tie fot the cvhaiupionship. If
Havei fotd had won they would have clinched the title. At
half time the teams were deadlocked at 1 goal each. .Pennell
accounted for the deciding1 point in the second half.
WILSON AND BAKER CONFER ON WAR PROBE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, The congiesslonal Wat Depart
ment piobe ns the subject of a two-hour confeience between
Piesident Wilson and Secretary Baker in the White House this
nfteinoon. On leaving Bakei lefusSrd to say anything for pub
lication, ROOSEVELT CHEERED AT CAMP SHERMAN
CAMP SHERMAN. Chilllcothe. 0., Dec 15. Colonel Thco
iloie Roosevelt took Camp Sheitnan by stoim today ns he dtove
acioss the cantonment with Oenetnl Glenn, commandant. Sol
dieis jumped fromtheii mess tables to cheei him.
v
AUSTRIAN RESERVIST ARRESTED
NEW YORK. Dec. 15. Joseph Mott, an Austiian leseivlst,
via-, niustcd btu tti'ay when he was (iiscovcicd sca-rnua tU
Biooklyn Navy Yaid Mom the Wllliam-sburg bridge.
? sL. sl. -!si Arvsprj; -vs r4f?ir;-a;,.":i.v rajiagifrSvj?rWit'io!ii'-( T-yyivnnif.o iri' j,m. .,1
t,'t 1 oal nt lionif, but tiny uet it on
uot to hold back rising iroro and
just freeze, still and stalk!
BRITISH EXTEND LINES
LONDON. Vkc. l. Further t tenslon of tho Uritish lints beyond Jem-lour
siliin was icpuittd In the ollicl.il statement trom tlrui-iiil Allcnbj todafc,
.. ... . . . .........,
im iiu.iine was noriiieist oi jcrusijeni,
WAR LAW VIOLATORS
IMJlANWrOLIS. Ind, IKe. !.
Oin
I... ..1. !.. t"A n. arm. . ... .n .t ,,.. r.l
ilivi'iviuh iiu I'vioui.f, itviu 1 1 lui lieu
following a month's session
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violation ot various war measure x
HOUSE AGREES TO VOTE
WASHINGTON, Dee 15 Tho Mouo will take tho final vote on the
iiition-wldo piolilbltlon .imendment Monday at 5 o'clock Ihla agreement
wub reached by un minions consent lodiiv. Tho Joint resolution alrcudv
, ... .,.. .. ...... ..i,i
passtsi i,y tuo fienaii1 win i uuie up ior
ins of tin, Journal Mondaj.
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DEPOSED PORTUGUESE
T.TsP.nV llivr IT. A ni.-iptnmiitlnn
i'i urn oi inn iviiii unwiw .nue'iiuiui
limit formerl headed b hlin ve.as overthrown
.
WHITE HOUSE MUTE ON RAILWAY REORGANIZATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 Tho White House today remained muto on
tho subject of railway reorganization Names of liulf it dc-wn men are sug
gested for I'cdcral supervisor of railroads. Including President Arthur T.
Hadlcy, of Yale, former JiiMlco of tho Supreme. Court Charles U. Hughcl,
former President Wllllim II. Taft mid Daniel Wlllard. Whether any or all of
these names ure under consideration by tho President could not be Icarncel.
NEW BILL MAKES WILSON PRICE AUTOCRAT
WASHINGTON, Doc. 15. The new- price-fixing bill in preparation em
powers tho President, through Kood Administrator Hoover to fit tho prices of
clothing, farm Implements and even tinware, cooking utensils and fruit cans'.
Virtually overy article of common usu affecting tho cost of living vIIl be;
embraced In tho bill.
CITX CAN'T GET MEN TO REMOVE SNOW
.scarcity of labor lias prevented tliej Bureau of Hlghwnjs fropi cleaning!
TUurnday night's snow fall "Trom the streets. A Jew- men were obtained this'
m --.en I rt rr rA VI ItVl flirt isfTitlstt Cir(i t
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found In fplto of n twentj .four-hour
CHURCHES TO EXTOL WINNING OF JERUSALEM
,,,.. ,, nhlnelnmler. ..f the Diocese
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NEWS
SCORES
HAVERFOKD 1 Ol
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n I
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jj
li j
y
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the truck, while mutormi 11 and
turn to lumps of ice. Oh! early
BEYOND JERUSALEM
it was sinttu.
INDICTED IN INDIANA
- humlrcd and thlrtmo indlctmcuts,
1... li. 1'. .Id. ! ....i.1 ln.,1 l.nn. . n.l.. ..
uv titv; , iv,v.,u, vji.ii.v, jn? iiv.iv luuuj
nlll.ll..- rvT ,ll. 1n.ll, (mnivt.l fli.rv
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ON PROHIBITION MONDAY
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ceuisiuviaiiou iiiiuieui jie'ij auer re-un-
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PRESIDENT EXILED
lin.d hepti Umi1i.i1 liv iUn ..vaIiiIImi..,.
banishment of Indent Machodt until !
pincn u. jn. wiieu inc eieieru-
it - .i i 1 n fiVPf.it. tat in ti nsb , I . I.
'-"."O """ "" '" i-v. ..-. lull, U1F
search.
of TVnnlvanln. selll nnnm.n, .i'
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HAIG'S PLANS
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texl
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SHATTERED.!
.
CAMBRAI LOi
Byng's Reverse Martfi'ls
W.nrl nf Kfttie-h nflfoi; "ViX
. MA
sivu campaign 'pvV
SITUATION IS GR'AVE&W
- LLM
. . . m
Lloyd George 8 Speech CalLMj
Arms as Initiative rassea wpv
to Hindenburg
r
Uy ED L. KEEN
l..lltnl lff JkftlT rnrr..mlri..l
'CortrcuAf, ;pi7. tv t Vnlirtt Prt)
. May TorrfJip.
7. In tit Vnttt
LONDON, Dec. 15,
Theie i no use Irving to camou-i-iVjk!
flagc the gravity of tlic situation 0H!&Lrt
the west front the onlv var thca-$iw3b
trc which, in the last analysis, .really -j!'
counts. 4-ft J
Today Premier Lloyd George'tfWI
speech at Grey's Inn was regarded 0v$tWj
as a call to arms in n prcacnt-d-pjjjf'vi
crisis. The Premier will I ollowu'pibv7 jl
this speech with n.moru specific dla-'js,
cussion of war aims in tlic House ofvy&.'jfl
Commons next Thursday, according fcs'.-??
to authoritative information. ".fi
me setback: to British arms nvii 51
V"tl'u'B' , v- v," ttiwuii; .,u..,- s 21
lied Field Marshal Ilnie"-' snlendidlv jv&
r.vivm,t..rl niv.l rlAnnnl Tt.,., divIamj V VJLA
vvnv.v.i,ku umu vjv.nvi.il w-.'S O pf '-M i ii. V
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.uiuiy eiecuicu uuvuucc, uue it ja -$1:11- m
orally admitted the reverse marked'?
the cud of tho British offensive for ?H-5n
I borne time to come. , ?51tI
I Tlie initiative has now passed to
lliudenbuig. ' !..;
oniuT vvi op.ts nuijdkd l $i
The most competent experts predict -V5a
iiiai owijr inu Kreuiesi, euorifl win pre- . r' H
vent the; Hermann from fullllllng their ifii
c bo.ist to bre.iK tmiiugii tlio Allied una I v',
before American parthlpatlon cm equal- J'jj
I lio the re-eiiforninent of tho German . Xi'
lino from tho Hum Ian front. j-. ( ijj
1 111a rc-emort mrni 01 inc enemy. vis "
made lwsslblo by the icssitlni of fiRht ro;
iuk oil cno I'uei iiuiiii inejiij h jaiip.ty
...till.... ..I. 1 nil ...... .. l.v... l...n ,k. - J .
ossiult ngnliist tlio Allied line before tif:
America can cet In, Wtjj
Besides lestnrlng to llindenburc Ms ""rJ!J.'s
long-lost inlllutlic. Oencral Bypg's ret. ,i ,
vtrso geosniphlcally demonstrates" lhe-A5i
uuiruiu ui larious wioeiy prcvTuene-: t wg
?torl' regarding llie',nnty. & V
It demonstrates the titter ubsurdlty OlirfMa
the story tljul thvS morale of the Germanic: CAS
la waning. - .v-'Hl
It k vca the lie" to thu oonfldently "Irry
e-uinea
eollajso,
eiliiiea sivi i.-o ci Tfeciiiuu.vj, ijiiiv7ncni
X&
lieimniieris 01 who ih iersonaiiy rjvf-L,
,.. . . .... j '.--?
'nnvimilblo for the ("ambr.il rcveisc, Hn
TUll.illl eniHi reasun uuuuiiesa iiua iui,u(nv-.
fact that the whole arm his been Pfr-s'A?
moated with such a spirit of cocksuro-!aSi
s-j-'f not ueri-onfidoilLC- tlut It "jSV
tun oarclCFH. rAt'
net
grow
lVihniiH It wuh unh tliA nnfiirn.1 r-untilt 4,J,.S'' ?!s
of nn lntcrruntcd oi iec Qt recent Urltlsh V.
vn. i AiitMi uMitilnrxl ullli (Ii fit nt thnt v$i- S
tho irceent army Inn neer ln.cn com- V''j
tii-llcd liv hard mrefrHltv to learn dV-N .-&
t.iialt.. 4"ti-liitB IllriM tliat Mnna li-vrnoci Mhn i
.it-,-, urtti i t-tifctvi It inilTnl In I lie irrnt urar
iinch'lie fj4
I oinciuiiiianj mere nis necu me en ,-js;
eral dcvelopnicnt of a tendency to un- JM&!
-lerestimaio tuv tnemj capaeiiy ior nnv .vv?;
iirtenshe. ,si?fer;i
Tho fict rcmaliiB that the crisis Is t ,?
hud ind that tho public is being awak- , i(fil
ened to reallzitlon ot It virtually every i ,-j
London newspaper torta-, elasred j7rem(erl fifrA
I . f . I. ... .. .11 l...l J.'(..-'nn
"."'"... ,.. s m-'s
kllnv.ilfi.v, !V1V.
uioju iieori,e reaeneu a true uuiiiru
,1,, ,.r,t. ..r nr .i i.tnteniniij.iiin. sain i tfrj
(tho l'ost "e arc confident of hla ap-'
1 peal to me spine oi ino naiiou. , Jt&ni
"The fpocen tor vvnieir vie aro an iM
I mOil grateiui la Ull Ulipea 10 reaevu u J-X'
honor and to retf-dcnlai," declared $
tho Telegraph AjSf
Thn kii. eeh was mole than brllllahtW.-.i:t-k.
- ',.,,, ,.,: ,,. ' 'KJs
summarized the chronlchi. It Das a "i,s"I
dispassionate llrmness appropriate wlth-AA
, mo pres'in i-rnjs. n i.- ..vt,mw.oV,vv,v .
.. . .. . ....!.. ,T. I.n. amnnalva.AM
tho imporilblllty ot a tati'itctory reace-
now." L1 ,
.Mi. - .1. li,l n.ltr. ... ,1 nil "11, 1 1 1, .'"1 Mffi
ilie siiecv ,1 I.UU WU.UtoU M..U ..H. lljT-jB
S&1.1 1I1C .11U1U li l.VJ.lh v.liv... v. . ,,.-J
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me iac3 OI UUI uuuume "'- " 3 jt
,,. .!.... ..1 rlli-t.,., Inaltrtit Intiw tntk.jjiv, U
err. nu p.. "-.. w..vv ....,.. ... "'VtT Jv
i..n-.,..r, iii h .if the. war. ttJJ
I.U'1,1.V ...v.- w. ... - -- , L J '
Tho chief merit of the address," th
Times asserted, ' lies In the clearness andttViS
directness wAth which the Premier keep Wfi
th ihini-r that really nutter beforu thtr.?'t
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4 HO .sq.VB HUB euv vjiiij iituwii muf" y-
. nA. 1.I..1, HM tint i-nllrel v nnnroew AF.
i-i'vv. ......... ... ..-. -, .-rr.-- .- . y
''Vnommatety lie did not hint when C
victory veould be eouniaerea u ve-on,;
-he ""-ni declared. "Among aii hi.,
empnaeiu uiiunuvv, ,.,v,v ..o tiwt, 'tp'
VAtiril etlllchteillng US OH tllO OnO Points?.
rSrlt'liK"." tVX M
c tho Allies veltli tlio gravity and inip t'-rtT'tflB
"... 1 1 A An lusraa Vlajk l1Alnmn Vs,nn T -"jl. j3
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THE WEATHER .'M
l'OREC.iQT
ror Philadelphia and vtclnltv; Fahfi,
and continued cold tonight and Hun;
day, with loicett tenlpcratura fonlpgfpi
olioi't 15 -degrees; gentle lirjferlKAa
ulnd. - jt
l.KNOTII OK HVY 5
Bun rises. .7.13 " I iun sets.,. 4-13 p.
UKUWVAKK KIVr.H TIIIK ClIAMGWIg
CllKbTNl'T STRBBT J
11 It'll vster.'J n't a in. flllgh wlfr.3 Miij
Loir wuter.v lu a m. I iw waeeriu ttui
TKMrrKTLBB AT. KACII MOl'l
-Vi oiiuuili.M II 2TTTT3B
7-U im 1 3t is I B I a -J4 1 'at i jmT
OAPTUREDuM
Tho Experiences of a JVou
Canadian Officer Who FellnJ'J
THE HANDS OF TIU
Ucgina on Pagoi
OF TODAY'S
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