Lie 'muMipKM 1 4 , A' ..M 'v- :. M i- i YEAR lggle to Enter Critical Phase. An 1918 iij TAR PLANS VITAL i U LONDON. Dec. 1J. i Imolved In the vorld war upon the threshold of the kr o( the Btrurslc and the few venlng beforo the beginning til sea a new era of war man- hered In. flfurca that loom up as the uous and most dominant for l en the Kntejite side during the p are President wllaon nnd UdVd Qeorge. tho Allies' two en." nts of the present jear that tho molt powerful Influence ;'19t8 campaign are these: entry uf tl o United Stales the struggle, with the Anier- pitovernment committed to light w. . . ... (-.Collapso ot uussm as a iiriu- Unit nnd the possibility of a. -peace Involving Ilussla and i. -reorsanUatlcn of tin Alllci' hod of conduo'lng the war to r absolute unity and co-ordma- onlv In directing the armies. Supplying them as well. Austro-aermatj invasion 01 hern Italy. carrlng the flght- fptio the Venetian plains for the Ximie wnce naiy cnierea ine nr He concentratlou of Britain b Drts against Turkey In the Near with the evident numose of iim forecr Oermany's Imperial of complete control of trade tfrom Uerlln to the Persian y vis eery Indication fnat there i.corAlnuoua fighting on the vvrat- : Italian front throughout the l"and that spring and early sum will' se a tremendous Impetus to blows, with great masses or ns on the firing lire., Ithough America's original war plans only for troops upon the western .the declaration of war against ria Indicates that 1918 will see the fttt-d Stripes on the Italian battle- !, aany's submarine war, aimed ""against British shipping, liai lift failure. Tlie ruthless under- eiwarfare has been In progress al- Lavyear and. despite the claims and .made in uerun, i:rgianu is as being starved as she was be- ubmarlne got active, any Is to make her greatest ef- S ID18. with the hope of delivering Blng blow on the western and i fronts before the American army Htfrt fully Into action. She has the maximum or ner submarine at and a great fleet will be operat 'on' and -Under the high seas, while i armies, released from the eastern ..will be hurled agalrst the gallant ngniing lor ine Aiueci cause in am, France and Italy. 'the Allies are not to be caught a-- The lr-ariers nf tile Tntpnte almow what to look for from Ger- and plans are being made to meet K!l .rfttfice lias Huiuireu irum jict mm struggle, nut mere is. sua t-8ht left In the men upholding us Tricolor. "critics look for the following In 1918: any will deliver her most tre- r stroke. It will fall. The Alines ne back with a -.mashing blow HI aend the Teutons reeling. That i the turning point and the lsIon which has bteu hidden so long I .-the black clouds of war. will L to rise In the splendor of an Al- etory. (, " IT CAMP MEADE MADE THREATS 1T.IJ llfl.l T l lU.'ll, XIU U UUV JVUII tVlt.II. Hers Unless Discharged, fa Rumor Being Probed FOR GUN FAMINE 4 , iii. Manufacturer Tells Why Troops Are in France Unarmed FIRST OFFER REJECTED VASIllNaTON. Dec. 19 Utldemo of how the Wnr Department Ignored danger of war nnd refused to take heed of the necessity for maihlne riiiii was lild before the Ketnte Mlllturv Affairs Commlttpe today by louli J. Stoddard, vlco president of the Mnrlln Hllle Corporation. Mr. Stoddard nprnl charged the Ordnance Department with rejecting his offer to begin manufacture of machine guns immediately nfter sever ance of diplomatic relation. If tho War Department lintl told him to go ahead, he testified, tho army could have been more than iideciuutelj supplied Mr. Stoddard said on I'cbruiry 1, Ihe day after tho United States broke off relations with Germany, he tame In Washington nt the reipiest of Admiral Karle. thief of ordmtue In navj "Ailmlrnl Karle vwmted to know how many machine guns we could nuke," Stoddard tetllicd "lie tnld he ludn't any money and didn't know whether he would get nnv, hut hn uanted to know what wo could do 1 told him we would get busy right nvvny nnd nnke machine guns. Already anticipating trouble, we had begun making Jigs and tiles ami other machinery for eimrgem les "I then walked down the corridor to see General Crozler, clilrf of nrm nrd nance. I found Colonel John 1' Hue who was In tlmrgo of the ni-iclilno gun division 1 Introduced mvself and told him what we had done In the wa of preparation '"What did ou do that for? he asked "'Well we thought there was going to be trouble nnd we thought we had belter get read,' I answered "'Well, there won't be any trouble we're not Interested,' he slid "'I don't sec how jou can fall to be Interested,' I Insisted 'We can make :00 machine guns n daj ' That ended It, hov ever "Afterward Ihe War Department bought 2500 of these ame guns Thev have been usingg them I tinderstnml. In some of the training ciinps nnd have found them vc,ry satisfactory We still have four bundled up at our plant vvhlih thev won't lake " .Mr Stoddard went Into oilier details of haggling over production nnd prices "How many machine guns would son have been nblc to produce hy llils time If the Ordnatce Depirtment had told ou to go ahead on February 3"" asked Senator Wadswortli. of New York "About 40,000,' i.nswe.cd the witness "Would thel have been as good as tho Brlthti machine gun?' asked Senator Wadswortli "They would hive been better than the llrltlsh gun After all. they would have beer better than no gun they would kill men " Mr Stoddard stated that contracts with his plant for the Drowning machine gun, adopted as the stnndard machine gun for the armv, were not closed until labt vyeek and that lone would be de livered until next Mav The anus needs 31,000, according to General C'rozler's testimony J I? Otterson president of the Win chester Itepeatlng Aims Conipinv chair man of tho small arms manufacturing committee co-peratlng with the War Department, told of many conferences held to determine the lime It would re quire to change the liliflelJ rifles to make alt American ammunition inter changeable. Manufacturers thought it would require from four to slv. months, he said When contiatts were clusid with ills compau), he said, the called for tlellw erles in Xoveinhct Some deliveries weie nctuallv made In August As a mittei of fact, he said, the manufactuieis me about two months ahead of their con tract requirements. industrial condi tions, he snld, were "ctremel unfa vorable to high elllcleno." Mr Otterson said Government arsenals were not turning out 1200 rifles a dav, which is tho limit of their capacity Ills company, he said, has not delivered nnv machine guns yet It did not receive orders from tho Wnr Department until September The compani will not reach its maximum output of machine guns for four months vet "If wo had received orders In Mav wo could have begun deliveries of ma chines guns in September. ' he said ("WJiAv'WB INSISTENT HOUSEJKOLPERS DEMAND COAL "r b iei-Kv 3SCw xHWKKmlzr'-it. wUv. "JMiisaur' BRITTEN DRAWS DANIELS'S WRATH Secretary Irritated Charge Submarine Chasers Failed by CALLS IT 'NASTY RUMOR' X-5CS3araHHM Despite the fact that many coal dcalcis have posted visits on their oflicc windows to the effect that their supplies of co.il are exhausted, scores of fucllets householders demand personal explanations as to why their otiler.s cannot he filled. I WASHINGTON'. Dec, 19 An attack on construction of subma rine chasers marked the beglrnlng of the House naval Investigation .today, followed by a sharp tilt between S'ecre lary Daniels nnd Itepresentatlvc Writ ten (Illinois) That the millions put Into these craft had beer lrlually a dead loss appeared to be Britten's conviction He attempted to draw from Secretary Daniels the ad- nlssion that large numbers of the chas ers had been built on faulty lines and failed to come up to expectations Daniels, however, declared the chasers had proved effective for their coast pa trol duties lie denied the French nav which took ovor some of the chssers had denounced them, as Itrltten was In formed Stirred by repeated Implications by Ilrltlen that the Navy Depirtment had had recefved large shipments of ahoes too large for his men and of overcoats too small. ' Heading Daniels's testimony was the disclosure that tho navy today has under construction 4!8 "capital and Im portant ships." This docs not Include 350' submarine chasers. The Secretary opened tho getaway hearing with a recital of strenuous war preparation beginning with the fall of 1MB, more than a, Jar before the United States entered thewar "The navy has made 'creditable speed' In some of Its war work and has had team work In all," he said. Admitting that there mav have been some mistakes Daniels added "I believe howeven when sou know all we have attempted we will receive jour confirming Judgment that we have done as well as was possible under all the circumstances, alwass bearing In mind the necessity offdolng fH"l"'R under whip and spur, conscious that It must be done In such a way as would not necessitate doing It all over ngaln because of hastv or unconsidered action ' The .committee was dceplv Interested In Hec'retarv Daniels s statement nlioul the msnner of awarding contract". This subject will bo exhaustively gono Into when near Admiral McGowan. i lilcf of tro Bureau of Supplies nnd Accounts, takes the stand Mr Daniels explained that of 106 contracts made since April 1 last, only slxtj-two had been on u basis of tost plus 10 per cent Of tiii.oon nun worth of contracts, exclusive of ships. $26 600,. 000 had been oil the 10 per cent plus ,. , -w. 1 NEW GERMAN PLOT' I fif" - jv- Had Planned Secret Treaty "With . China to Aid India Revolt SAN KKANtilSCO. Dec. IB. A cc cret treaty between (Jermnny nnd China whereby the Kaiser would pro tect the Chinese fium all aggression for n period of five cnrn If Chinese forces weie fcnl Into India to bid a pioposed i evolution thero was de scribed jesterday In the trial of a number of Hindus nnd others charged with conspiring In America to set up a revolutluiuuy government In India. The ticatv vvns to have been effected In 1916. Details of the suppo-ei! plot wcio outlined In code messages purported to have been us,sed between Dr. C. K. Chakian,it. one of the Hindu de fendants, nnd it committee of (Jet man ofllclals nnd othein In Dei llti. Copies of these messages In the oilglnnl and decoded foim wcio Intioduced. Suffocated hy Churconl Fumes HIlADINd. I'm, Dee., Ill l-'ranels floss, sixty-three vears old, wns suffo cated by fumes fioui a charcoal Move In his home here The body wns found bv Charles llnrlonbacher, police sergeant. C!,iH(i:iJiiiiiii3tiiM:.wrj,i;!iJHiiJiiii;iii!i,i:;ji!Hi!iiJiiiiBmjiiaiii:i!iMij:i not proper! supported Kim, comman tmnK uhlle $13,100,001) li.ul bci.ii In the FIRST AID TO CUPID NAMED FOR MEADE JI. C. A. Procures a Parson to Look After "Boys' Interests DR. WASHBURN SERVES eport that a Philadelphia!! a cook amp Meade, Md threatened to "get 'with somo or the soldiers if he is on discharged from the army is reinvestigated today in this city. burr and the National Army can- Bt lef the report was forwarded .State Draft Bureau, at Harrls- ty Thomas B. Harbison, chairman al Draft uoaru .No. i:, which vman to camp under the draft lons. In the city on a recent fur- he soldier in question Is alleged to sa the remark, according to Mr. n'a letter, which added that the I may be a rumor, but that he It of sumclent Importance to : an Investigation so that "safe- nay be used." The man now Is t'Meade, and. It Is understood. dog watched closely. clal announcement lias been ardlng the result of the In- ons. Local Draft Hoard .No 12, ts at the John Welsh Public , Fourth and Dauphin streets, will lorrow to consider Nineteenth .elective service cases Kumhei of Philadclphiuns Sent Home UccauhC of Physical Defects 111 o Staff Corrtnpanlrilt CAMP Mi:Di:. Admltal Md . Dei I?. No mote will the Utile Pciin men fear the daits of Dan Cupid and tremble when the little fellow Mores i hit. Their troubles in this uniineetlnii lave been many and vailed and. ininh llko the actors of old thev hive, been fniccd to exhaust tlieli reMiurces n an fforl to find a parton In the short time that I'nile Sim allots to n, nldici who seeks a leave ol absence lor the purpose of getting married Ihe M C a verv ficpendsble or ganization and a inlglitv good ft lend of the hovs In khaki has come tn the res cue and appointed a camp pusoii That good mm will olllclate nt weddings and communions and. in a word Inndle all the details that fall w'tliln the provlnoo of an oidalned rleigvman He is to woik Independents, but will -o-operatc with the V M C A and the, first man to assume this Impoitant inlet Is the P.ev Ixiiils (' Wsshburu lector of I Old i'hrl Chunh. Phllddelpnii Doc-, tor M'nshtiuin Ins volunteered to serve In tliat tapailtv foi a week ot ten davs, . ...... ..... ,.. i. . ,,n. t.Mi. Sim will no HiHieciicii nv nit i' i.u eit (' 1)( nnlMin, of N'ew Haven Conn 'Ihe V M C . which U ver.v much on the Job nt Camp Meade. Is erecting thre new recreation centei , which will swell the number of prgan'zstlon build ings to thirteen One of the new build ings will be located near the remount station a second at the gas station und i third at the base hospital S irgeons at the bat.e hospital an- noiinuil todav tint fieorge Burton, of Lackawanna Countv, pa. will probablv Idle as a result of Injuries lecelved es. terda) when kicked bv a hoise Burton. a member of Hattei V 311th 1'ield Ar Itlllcrv, was thrown from a no-o .vhkh I lie was riding and fell dliectly In front of another horse The animal kicked I h'm on the head and Burton suffered a I fractured skull The following Phlladelphians were dis charged from the Liberty Division todaj because of physical defects .lolin Stroles, Joseph Strcfeilek, Jo seph L O Connor, I.ocal Board 35 , Wil liam Simon, I.ocal Board 81. John An is' o, Antonio Vnrreeehlone Joseph Ca tarmesto Arthur Kills Benjamin Piiju1 skv Local Boaid 4. lsadore Kcllock l il UoipI 5" Charles r M'cDevitt Mnnshiighaii. Manuel M Abella licsl Hoard 7, Andrew J Cuilej, laical Board II, John CI irk, Jr. Louil Bosrd 16 'leoige Kmmoiis, Ir Biujimiu II S it tier, lcal Board 13 J John A McKer n in, Um.iI Board 31, Louis Veliozzl, Lfical Board .1 Fiom points ne ir Philadelphia tho following nifii apt and In lhp same list Daniel J Campbell, llr.Mi Mawi , ltajinond II I unfit. Pntttown: Ilari lie holds, Michael KImvI, Ihoinas C Pearson, Conshohockcn ; Corson C Snj der, bklppack ACCUSE JAIL WARDEN; SAYS IT'S FRAME-UP ISerks Odicial Is CharRcd SelliiiK DruKS to the Prisoners With ROOKIES FORBIDDEN TO PLUCK MISTLETOE Philadelphia Boys at Hancock Had Hoped to Send Sprigs Home lii:l)IN(i. Pa Dec IS -Wat den C Herbert Schwartz, of the Berks Count J j Jill was chatged in a warrant Issued lij Alderman llarrj Koilit with telling,1 li ihlt-forming drugs to prisoners Kinnia I Blown an inmate of the Jill Is named its hiving iccelved a drug from .Schwait Prison Inspector d mi Bodv niailc tlio eompla'nt Bodv Is repre sciitcd h M B Hoffnnn w ho is lounsel I nNii foi PrKfin Inspeeloi IMwaid Tnne- zer I'i lends of Sihwnttz are chirging Hint the .ii rant is part of ii political plot to f,ct his Job It Is atserted that Schwartz ordeied the drugs of a pharmacist hue The matter was first brought up b Harry Mlllci a prisoner inspector at the prlMin board meeting la-t Wednesday Schwartz was called beforo the board, but It took no action Bodj and Tanezer then engiged counsel MAKES AKMV OP UKI'Uf.KKS PA P.I s. Dec I0'i,e I'lench Hov el nnierit todaj foiinillv authoilred eiea Uon of a Ceclioslovak arno undei na tional eontrol Headiuaiteis are to be establlslicd In Pails Alread) it was stated a fmco'of SO 000 men lias been oigimzed for this nrmv A C7echoIoiak iiimv would piolnbl) include In its personnel leshlents of Sei bla, lluminia Montenegin Ubanla Bo liemla, Moravii and pirts of Hiingirv as iell as home lttisiaiis Armenian Church Iicncfit Today The L.idles' Aid Soeletj of tlio llvan gclieal Cliuicli of Annenli will give a bazaar from 2 o'clock ibis afternoon until 11 o'clock tonight for the benefit of the suffering i men, ins Knitting and art work of v.ulous kinds will be sold, as well as cakes and other articles of food prepared in Armenlin stvle The proceeds will swell the fund for the Armenians already well started bv gifts from members of the churili as individuals C MP l!A OCK. Augusta, Oa Dec. 19. Philadelphia cannoneers of tho 108th Klehl Artillery were todav' forbidden to pluck tho holly branch from these south em hlll In the Interest of conservation, orcording to an order of Colonel W S. MclCee. commander ot the 53d Artillery i Brigade, In the aL-ence of Brigadier ICeneral Willi ini l! Price, now a snort ruriougn , The bos had beci, clieiislihia tho hope that thev could send home a real piece of ho!l plucked by themselves while In the field and accordingly had made ar rangements to surprise the folks nt home wltli n shipment of (leorgla hollj. Mistletoe has been found In large quan tities b tho artlllerj bos, whose la bors carry them over inucn termor, . side of but the mistletoe also It tanoo The promised change) n the omcer presen nersonnel of the dlv islon hav e not s et m- terlsllred There Is much conjecture on the possibility of those officers to lose their commands Nothing his been given out officially concerning who Js to be included In the general readjust ment Itieffleiencv will disqualify many of I lie old men of the guard, while otlirrs, although rtllcient, will be dis charged because ot their phvsical defi ciencies and bee iuse of advancing age. 'o resignations have been forthcoming. Some of the older onicers have been wondering whether or not their names are scheduled on the list of those to go mid are apprehensive of reflgnlng lest u wa out should be found fbr the re tention of their services. Important announcements aie ex pected tvery da now on the situation lelntlug to tho command of the subordi nate units of the division j der In chief of the American fleet In for elgn waters, Daniels Heatedly denied nnj ,friitlon with Sims At tlio same time lie attacked Britten for "band log about In public session pelt, nast) rumors given iiirrcncv In tlio press" , refused llatl to discuss "either In open or executive session" an reports of alleged complaints from Sims to the department "You don't think a committee of the House nf Representatives has any right to know If the department has failed to give our foreign commander the support he asks?' Britten retorted "I certain! do not think an such nasti. netts things should be discussed" "Now. ou arc using those words ourself," Britten flashed back "Don't ou think facts are entitled to consideration? ' "If jou have any facts give tlieni now,' Daniels demanded. SI.MS DEMANDS nill'L'bDD I Daniels said Sims had made requests foi assignment of rcrtsin olllcers who were needed heie and his requests there- home on Ior "l ntu necn Kranieu Daniels said he knew n rumor was current that he had declined to furnish Sims an oftlcer he had asked because this ofllcci occasionally "took a drink" , but that tills was "absurd." "But when vou ask such questions In public,' he said, turning to Britten, "It ronves the Impression there Is some thing wrong" Well," ald Britten. "I hope there Is no Intention by the committee or the Secretary to show merely the favorable the navv. This Is an Investi gation to get at the facts. I propose to ; present two usual wa.v "Willi piesent londttiniiV xnld Ml Daniels, 'contnets being made on Ihe cost-plus-lO-per-cent basis uro mtl-fac-tory. With war conditions vvc must pi for speed In c instruction nnd foi facili ties "A few contractors who came in lo do their bit reall wanted in get their bite said' the Secretary 'But they were not the big contrae tors' Rumanian Minister Dead TOKIO.' Dec ID M Xenophol. Kil manlnn minister to Japan, died heie after an operation He wns n distin guished lavvcr, who onl recentl ar rived In Toklo to take up his post I, 1 Cloves 8 tD $150 1 '1 5 I II I $2SSanrl $252 members who have been abroad man months and to ask that officers of both fighting ships and trans ports be summoned " Britten said he had heard reports that a nav commandant in this country ,rrHERES an idea in the Boole of Aladdin for the business man who wants his commercial lit erature to be especially artis- Ask your printer about tic, Aladdin Covers, us. or come to CHARLES BECK COMPANY 1 609 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Papers for All Kin' of Uooil Printing rONFIDEHTIWA OHVEHIENT .RED1T fANCE TRAINING lJ'& COURSE AT U. 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Best quality heavy-weight chamois. White washable Doeskin at $2.25. Gloves at $2.50 Especially interesting values at this price are: Fownes' gold cape. Outseam finish.. Pcrrin3' tan cape P. X. M. Reed "special" tan cape (washable). Dents' tan. Gray glace, P. X.M. Buckskm with self or black embroidery. Gray suede, silk lined. Gray Mocha, P. X. M. But tons or fastened, $2.75. Buckskin, black embroidered, $2.75. TACOB . w PEED5. lK SONS II 1424-1426 Chestnut St. Store closes 6 P. M. iSk A Gift for the Whole Family Permanent enjoyment and utility make. an electric portable lamp, as a gift, worth many times more than its intrinsic alue. We've a vast collection nf.ev. elusive designs from $2J50 up. Also a number of ipecials-at re ductions of a fourth to a half, Frank H. Stewart Electric Co. 37 and 39 N. 7th Street OLD BUNT BUILD1NQ Hcppc Vietrola Service C. J. Heppe & Son, 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th and Thompson Streets , We have provided every convenience possible for the comfort of Victor patrons. We have large demonstration booths, as far as possible complete record stocks, strictly new records, trained salesmen and messenger delivery service. You may make settlement either by cash, charge ac count or rental-payment plan, whereby all rent may be applied toward the purchase price. Liberty Bonds and coupons accepted at full value. You pay no war tax. 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