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VOL. IV. NO. 85
PHILADELPHIA, yFRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917
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PEACE PARLEY
ENDS; TEUTONS
REJECT- PLANS
Bolshevik Terms Re
fused by Germans,
London Hears
REDS' DELEGATES
ARE RECALLED
Kaiser Expected to Insist
on Enormous Conces
sions From Slavs
ARMISTICE STILL
Vienna Declares Austrian Ne
gotiators Are on Their Way
to Pctrograd
LONDON, Dec. 21.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
today from Petrograd asserted it
was unofficially reported that the
Germans had refused the Russian
peace terms and thatVhe Bolshevik
delegation had been recalled to Pct
rograd. The decision, if accurately re
ported, does not mean resumption of
hostilities on the Russian front at
once, as complete stoppage of all
fighting .for a month has already
been agreed upon by terms of the
armistice.
If the Germans have ref jsed to
agree to the Bolshevik terms it was
believed here they did so in full con
sciousness of their strength with
which to extort enormous conces
sions from the Russians. The orig
inal Bolshevik requests for German
withdrawal from occupied islands in
Riga Bay and relinquishment of
other Russian territory held by the
Teutons were refused.
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 21.
An Austro-Hungarlan delegation,, rep
resenting all branches of the Govern
ment and headed by an ofllclal of the
Foreign Office. Dr. von llempel. left for
Pctrograd yesterday to arrange further
armistice details, a dispatch from Vienna
eUted today. They will meet a commis
sion of Russians. '
KALED1NES DEMANDS
NEW NATIONAL RULE
PETttOaitAD, Deo. 21.
Proposals for a cessation of civil war,
but with the emphatic demand that (he
nolshevlkl do not Interfem with affairs
Ir. tho Don region and that a new na
tional Government bo Immediately
formed were made In a communication
received today from General Kaledlnes,
hctmbii of tho Don Cossacks.
fc'molny Institute, headquarters of the
t'ontlnwd on rata Mne. Column Three
COMMITTEE 0. H.'S
TRANSIT.LEASE
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Provides Three Members
of Engineer Board In
stead of Two
PLAN .QUICK PASSAGE
The revised transit lease was re
ported from the joint committee of
Councils late this afternoon without
opposition after it had been amended
to make the board -of supervising
engineers, which wduld control the
operation of the high-speed system,
consist of three members instead of
two. The all-powerful board, as con
stituted in the amended revised
lease, would be composed of one
member named by the Mayor, one by
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany, and trie third, who would bei
chairman, would be named jointly
by the Mayor and the president of
the P. R. T. Select Councilman Iisaac
Hetzell, of the Eighteenth Ward, a
Vare follower, offered tho amend
ment. The Intention of the joint committee
of Finance and Street Hallways to re
port out tho revUed transit lease and
rush It through Council twas Indicated
at the opening of the nna hearing on
the proposed contract In' City Hall this
afternoon. ,.
Amendments suggested by Penrose fol
lowers In the Joint commltteewere de
feated by overwhelming votes only three
of th fo.rty members going" on record n
favoring' them,
The first amendment to be defeated
Was one' proposed by Select Councilman
lltrry J. Tralnem of tho Third Ward. It
called (or the. extension of the Dela-
Centlnoed en l'sie Fourteen. Colemn lire
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
For Philadelphia and vicinity: Fdir
1onght 'and Saturday ; lowest temper
ature tonight about S8 degrees: colder
Hatvrdovi moderate westerly winds.
I LKNUTtt OF DAY
Hun rltra .7:l.lu. Sun sets 43p.iu.
DELAWARE RIVE TIDB. CHANQES
Uf ICO V lP 4lCB.l'
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Heroic measures were adopted
irora ine uouom oi ine uciawaro Kivor.
ottom of the Delaware River. Tho cars' slipped into the water vesterday from u lighter
isylvania Railroad ,just ofT the Federal street wharf, Camden. This unusual photograph
if the cars just being raised above the surface of tho river by a giant erano worked
of the Pennsyl
snows one of
ITALIANS ATTACK;jRED CROSS HIT BY
WIN BACK GROUND GERMAN VENOM
Positions Behveen Brenta
and Piave Recaptured,
Rome Asserts
REPULSED, SAYS BERLIN
ROME, Dec. 21. '
"At Monte Asolone and eastof the
Brenta we deprived the enemy of a
considerable portion of his Tuesday's
gains," declared today's official
statement.
rpropaeanda directed nsalnst the Amer
ican Ited Cross on tho Main Line was
LONDON, Dec. 21. , reported today to tho Department of
Field Marshal Haig had "nothing
special" to report from the British
front today.
BHRLIN, Dec. 21.
Vlo'ent Italian attacks around Monto
Pertlca and Monte Solaloro (bctuf.entho
Brenta and 'Wave) were repulsed, to
day's ofllclal statement asserted.
That around Monte I'ertlca was u
counter-offensive. In which set en attacks
were, mado against tho heights. All
broko down under heavjl losses.
Tho Berlin statement would heein tu
indicate that Italian troops huvo as
sumed tho offensive In the mountains
and wrested tho Initiative from tho Teu
tonic invaders.
T.ARIS. Dec. 21.
The .great strugglo on the northern
Itallm front, between the Urenta and
the Wave, now In Its tenth day, shows
no sign of exhaustion on either side.
The occupation of Monto Arolone gives
a serious aspect to tho situation In the
north. Monte Asolone !s the last of the
heights fn that section with an altitude
of more than 4000 feet, the remaining
ones belrfg good-sized hills. 2000, and
3000' feet high, and snowless except
during a'severo winter. The remaining
stretch' of- hills Is about soven n0ai
across, wall Uassano four miles fur
ther on.
The enemy's heavy guns already have
the range beyond Bassano. which lies on
the Venetian plain near the entrance to
the Brenta Valley, and while tho city
Itself has not yet been shelled, occasional
Corttlnoed on race Fifteen. Column Mte
NO $8,000,000,000
LOAN, SAYS M'ADOO
Treasury Head Brands Ru
mora Rej?arding' Next Issue
L 'Mischievous arid HurtfuP
- WASllIVOTOV. Dec 21.
Denyfng reports that tho next Liberty
Loan, March 1C. would be for $8,010
000,900 at' 4 li per cent Secretary J(c.'
Adoo, today declared such rumors -m
chlevous and hurtful." ,
"The report that the next lsue c
Liberty Bonds' will bo S8,O0O,0QO 000 at
ii per cent and' on March' ID, it) 18, Is
yholly (Unfounded." ,8a!d McAdoo. "I
wish I could make, the patriotic; news
papennen of America reallte how ml"
chlavous and hurtful to tlie interests
of the country sucti speculative state
ments are, yhen a decision has been
reached about the next Llbrety' Jxan It
will be cfflelally announced. Meanwhile
all other, statements and rumors may
be' disregarded."
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Bandlti dtt $15,000 From Ohiollank
CLEVKlAnp. O., Dec. 21. Seven
armed ' bandits this afternoon' entered
the 'east' Bide 'branch of the Qarfleld
Savings Bank and wh'Ja ope manpolnied
a revolver at six employes, the others
... .1 .1... ..!.,,... J.... MAt. BM ...
LUIll 111V .-.-. l. -r u-.M all m-
;ttaaiit''oflf,000 and esoaped
: .' 1- a
this morning in raising four carloads
from a mammoth barge.
Organized Propaganda!
Against Main Line
Workers Exposed '
WOMEN CHIEF AGENTS
today's ui:n cntiss vuiurus
. K. rennit.'n nllolmrnt 500.000
I'hlinilrlnhU'ii unnnlclut ulinre ,. 31.1.000
Now rnrollnif nlft reported 3S0.0001
Knrallmentn needrri 170,000
Lampaun dajs remaining .... 3
1 1'iescnco of an organized German
jpniice oy ijr, t,nanes u, itart, cnair
raan of tho nieniberslilp campilcn com
mlttcti of tho Southeastern l'enns)lvanla
Chapter.
Rumors of friction In the Ited Cross
organization, becamo po persistent that
campaign workers on the Main Lino In
vestigated with the result, It la bald,
that an antl-Amerlcan movement was
disclosed. Tho facts were reported to
Doctor Hart, who in turn Informed the
Federal olllclils. Co-operation with
United States agents In crushing out
tho propaganda will be planned at a
conference at Uryn Maur tomorrow
night, when tho leaders of tho success
fu Main Llnu drlvo will meet.
Tho propaganda. Ooctor J fart said,
taiies ine torrn oi anti-American tain,
Hvery Instance has been reported to tho
Department of Justice, with a description
nf llinun .vim l.!iv l,.nn n-nlUi- Tim inn.
of those who have been guilty. The ma'
Jorlty of tho guilty persons are women.
Doctor Hart asserted'
Today Is KmpIoyoB' Day In the na
tionwide Christmas' campaign for 10,
000 000 new members for the American
lied Cross and the local campaign for
1UO.0OO more enrollments for tho South
eastern Pennsylvania Chapter.
Hnrollment workers, who aro asking
for "a dollar and a heart all you need,''
Continued on Tale Mfteco. Column Tour
Trolley Conductor Injured
READING, Pa., Dec. 21 Heavy fog
here this morning was a great menace
to trolley and railroad traftlc and re
sulted In one accident. Two trolley
cars on the Temple line collided outside
the city, wrecking both cars and Injur
ing -Conductor Carl Althousc Tho pas
sengers escaped.
WILMINGTON TURKEY
MARKET SMASHED
Dover Dealer Again Drives
Local Men toCover by Of
. fering Birds at 42 Cents
WILMINQTON. Dec. 21.
The Christmas turkey market In Wll
m'figton went to smash today under
thu drive made by II. Rldgely Harring
ton, of Dover. Offer Cy the latter of
135.000 worth of Virginia, West Vir
ginia and Marylind fow) m a flat rate
of forty-two cents a potmd evidently
got "on the nerves" of the King and
French streets t dealers. As a result
they sold for forty cents.
Meanwhile Harrington's own sale was
progressing atstop speed, and his new
headquarters on Fourth 'street wero
Besieged by customers, all w'llMng te
pay fifty-two cents flat "for birds.
The attempt of the regular dealers
to undersell, judging from' conditions
this afternoon, was not likely to have
serious effect.' ns thera was every In
dication that Harr.ngton would dispose
of hisfull stock. Moreover, the sudden
cut lit prices on the part of the 'regular
dealers was taken by purchasers a
.evidence that Wilmington heretofore has
been mulcted In Its markets.
A8K vor
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DELAWARE RIVER
of fish, meat and merchandise
HURLEY SAYS
SHIPS ARE COMING
Tells Senate Probers
Country Now Has More
Than 8,000,000 Tops
.VADE OR ON THE WAY
WASinXOTOfc', Dee. II
Declaring that this country now has
mora than 8,000,000 tons of shipping un-
.der construction or contract, Chairman
Hurley, of the Shipping Board, today
took the stand ut tho opening of tho
Senate shipping Investigation. It marked
tho beginning of tho seventh big Inves
tigation under way or pending lu tho
capital.
Hurley read a long statement to tho
committee outlining tho Government's
program. It Bhowed:
Fourteen hnndred and twenty-aevru
hlp of M13.I08 dead weight loin
under conMntrtlon and contract.
Seventy-fonr new slilpvarda In the
United Stnte tlnre January 1, 1917.
n nunarru ami rorty-olne thou
sand, two hundred and setenty work
men on merchant shlpa December 8,
an Increase of 43.2 per cent In nine
weeks.
Two and three shifts being 'insti
tuted where formerly there was a.
slnglo turn.
Welcoming tho Investigation, Hur'
tormai siatement to to ce.nimltl
pleaded for time. He did not refer to
pa8t rows In tho shipping hoard and
Kmergency Fleet Corporation, nlthm
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the probers expected to ouenllon him
about them.
When yur'ey took tho helm on July
27. 1917. following tho Dcnman-Qoe-thals
row, there were under contract
840,900 tons wooden ships. 207,000 tons
composite ships and 687,000 tons of steel
ships. '
Since then additional contract amount-
Lrfc;.,?S,"'20 tons 8teel hlPPlnc and
S04.000 tons wooden havo been placed
Kxplalnlng the difficulty of sudden
shipbuilding expansion. Hurley bald:
The big problem we have before us
Is to secure an adequate supply of rx
perleneed labor and 'competent shlnyai
organizations to direct It.
Ho also pointed out that the Navy
tHa...iiciii.o iJiugrain naa absorbed 70
per cent of tho eighteen leading yards ut
the beginning of. the war and tho re-
Continued oa race Fifteen. Column fn
TWO FISH-LADEN CARS
RESCUED FROM RIVER
Officials Expect Other Two
Sunk in Delaware to Be
Raised by. Night
Two of the four freight cars loaded
with fish and meat, which were sunk
In the( Delaware River off Federal
street, Camden, Wednesday have been
raised and officials of the West Jersey
and, Seashore, Company expect to huve
tho others out of the water beforo night
fall. ,
It Is believed that , tho fish .and meats
will be saved. The-'cars were con
signed .to Delaware avenue dealers and
were being placed on lighters for trans
port to this city when the breaks failed
to work and tho cars ran off the end
of tho lighter.
Howard Helnr. food administrator for
Pennsylvania, and Jay Cooke, adminis
trator for Philadelphia, intimated today
that giey would ask Governor Edge to
Inquire Into tho accident Both said,
however. -that the facts at hand'-lndl-cte
that; It was unavoidable. Tha local
administrators h ve po power ' Nw
g!TrM?tefr'towffi'
jeftMn RFfRIlITS
TO WAR WITH
NO OVERCOATS
Committor Startled by
Facts About Lack of
Equipment
CAMPS SHORT OF SIIOKS
Startling Facts in
" Sliqrpc's Testimony
AMERICAN troops have been
" sent to tliu- trenchei this
winter with uniforms 27 per cent
liRhter than tho British and
French.
Thousands of troops in the
training camps suffered serious
discomfort and were threatened
with permanent disability because
their shoes' were too short.
Thousands more went cold for
.veeks while the War Department
failed to supply them with sufli
icnt overcoats and blankets.
Rep tape, surviving since Civil
War days, has clogged purchasing
of supplies in tho War Depart
ment. The War Department, fur from
eing able to equip the .'tcond
lraft, is still unahlu to .supply
lothing to ihe last Un per cent
jf the f.87,000 men drafted.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 'IX.
In the face of a startling lack of
3 I clothing supplies, thousands of men
'J ...:n l... ..u.i ... un . t i... i...
ui uu luut'u iu i.iit: luium uav iu-
cember 31, Quartermaster General
Sharpe admitted to the Senate Mili
tary Probe Committee today. This
refers to the 25 per cent of the last
increment of the first draft not yet
called out.
a l ci j...i i 11
i present, oiiurpuueciureu, uieiu
isn't enough clothinp' for men in
training, and American troops sent
to France are going over in uniforms
27 per cent lighter than those worn
by the French n i British troops
I He advised the English system of a
" m1' l0!
"'" v " "" "
for tho army.
K'K L6P4o;Jot0mH,Tow.,a.'ilCr"!;P,'l,1(f1U'(:,'d'u n'' "rd"
though a small part nr thes" uniforms
were cottnn.
SwJtchlt.K to tho subject of over
coats, committee members begun grill
ing Pharpc on coinplalntH of overcoat,
shortages that had been roinlng In
from camps. A tablu t.umnltted by
tho general showed '.'.if.io.ouu cuercoats
had
last.
been completed by December 10
"How does it come then," asked Sen
ntor Hitchcock, "that with only ap
Continued on Tore Nine. Column Four
U. S. BIDS ROADS
SHIP COAL FIRST
Judge LoVett'S Killing,
QprVpf nil P'trripi'Q
OKI veil UI1 VairiLlfc,
May End Famine
TO PUSH FOOD FREIGHT
Explanation of Coal
Priority Order No. 5
TDAILKOADS here und through-
out the country must givo
preference in movement of cars
only to coal for current use anJ
not for storage.
Live stock, perishable freight,
food and feed must be expedited
in shipment to points consigned.
Preference must ulso be given
to shipments of military supplies
when consigned direct to the
United States Government or to
Allies.
A ruling made by Judge Robert B.
Lovett, appointed by President Wilson
to administer priority In transport itlon,
served upon the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Baltimore unu unio uauroau aim 1110 , j,,., ,or t,,e ,,ef t grade of Christmas
Philadelphia and.Rcadlng Railway here tlrk ,mvo g(mo UD t0 nfty cenU n
today, In which It Is ordered thit prcf. D0UIl(j .
erence be given In moving cars that are j The' announcement was made this uft
loaded with coal for current use. gave en)oon ,,y Jay Cook8 Iood administrator
hopes of solving the acute coal famine ,., phn,,1ri,.a. following a conference
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In Philadelphia and vicinity.
es a oraer.ng uiai preierenco ne nounceil tnat (ho following prices would
given to transporting coal, the railroads bo permitted' as a maximum:
here and throughout the counfVy are Turkeys, No. 1 fancy, fifty cents, form
called upon to give their first attent.on N .VXll.VoSyW:
to steam railroad fuel for current sue; tw0. i,j tom , forty-two cents, formerly
livestock, perishable freight, food, feed, , thlrty-nlno cents ; cold storage turkeys
shipments of military supplies consigned , 'of' cfnl' f"nl' forty-two cents.
to officers of tho United States army
navy or Shipping Board, or to the Allies,
arsenals or any plant under contract to
the United States Shipping Board.
The railroads in. this city announced
this afternoon that they would adhere
fo the orders Issued. Officials at the
offices of the local coal administrator
upon being apprised ct the order Issued
by Judge Lovett expressed the opinion
-that It would help materially in check
l.iir the coil famine. ,
Touching upon the coal shipments.
Judge Lovett n his latest general order
which has been sent broadcast to every
railroad In the country stipulates the
following:
reference ana pnorny m moyamen
Preference' and priority In movemen)
QUICK
TODAY'S BASKETBALL SCORES'
OERMANTOWN 1IIOH (seconds) 16 723
P. I. V, (seconds) . 7 010
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Fourth New Orleans race, mile Bryan Lttnnh, 108, Robinson,
.0 to 5, 3 to 5. 1 to "1, won; Harry Shaw, 108, Connelly, 7 to 10,
1 to.y, second; Pioducer, 81, Erlcson, 7 to 10. Time, 1.12 1-5.
LOCAL CHAPTER LEADS U- S- IN RED CROSS DRIVE
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter leads (ill American
Red Cioss chapters in the nnUon-wide Christmas campaign for
10.000,000 new members and Pennsylvania leads the States,
U was officiully announced lutu this afternoon by E. L. D. Roach,
director of the campaign.
3 CANADIANS DEAD IN TEXAS AIR COLLISION
POUT WORTH. Tex.. Dec. m. One otticer anH two cadets
of the Canadian royal flying corps were killed instantly here
today whtn the two airplanes in which the men were flying
follltictt in midair. The nviators were flying at a heiglR of
hoveral hundred feet when the crash came, throwing- both
machines to the yrund. The dead are Second Lieutenant M. G.
Gcnner, Kingston. Out.; Cadet C. A. Eater, Kent, Eng.; Cadet
A. Eden. Klngstou, Jamaica.
EMPLOYES CHECK FIRE IN PAINT SHOP
When flames attacked the paint shop of the structural
sltil plant of David Luptou Ac Sons, Tulip street and Allegheny
avenue, late this attenioon, fifty employes of the plant sprang
to their file diill posts and put out the blaze bc.V'e the city
tiremen arrived.
TEUTONS WOULD GIVE
m:it.N'i:, v'
i. iiio ucrmans
'out American troops on tho wctt front "and irlvu them n lessmi." uprnirdlni;
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.11.,(1 ..in tiiui.via iiuw iivit.
ITALY LOYAL TO ALLIES, GIOLITTI DECLARES
UOXIU, Dc-c. HI. "Italy will never support a separate Italian peace, or
tul;i nny uctlon not loyal to tho Allies," declared Deputy Glollttl in the Cham
ber of Deputies today.
PERSUING DRAWS LINE
. with thr iiNiTion status
" -" '""' " , U11J
, ami liccr.
ALLIED BONDS ADVANCE SHARPLY IN NEW YORK
T. ... V,
XBW YORK,
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of Paris, Lyons. Marseilles and Bordeaux advanced sharply on tho Stock Kx
change today.
ENGLISH REGULATE
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obviate tho necessity of standing In
reglstrUIon of customers and an eauublo distribution to ships through local
committee.
NEW YORK BANKS GIVE
NRW YORK. Doc. 21. Today is
city. Kinnloycs of banklnu Institutions aro receiving larccr "dividends"
I than ever before, tho amounts ranging
amry. iiio ucntrai iitist i ompany is giving us employes du per cent or
t)iclr anima Wages; tho Bankers' Trust Company, 47 to 02 per cent of tho
salary for tho lust six months, and other well-known banks aro doing likewise.
FIGHT ON U-BOATS WINS, SAYS DANIELS
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Secretary Daniels today confirmed Lloyd
4eorgo's announcement that moro German U-Doats nro being bagged by the
Allies. While not disclosing figures, or tho extent of American participation
In sinking or capturcs.'Danlels confidently predicted that tho submarine will
fall In Its purpose.
x BRITAIN TO HAVE REAL MEATLESS DAY
I LONDON. Dec. 21. Hngland will have one absolutely meatless day each
I week after January 1, Lord Rhondda, food controller, announced today. On
l that one day no iloalors will bo allowed to sell meat.
BANK TO GIVE EMPLOYES $100,000 BONUS
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Continental and Commercial National Bank,
ecther with its allied Institutions,
employes as a Christmas bonus.
FIFTY CENTS A POUND
FOR CHRISTMAS TURKEY
Food Administrator Announces
Schedule of Prices, Showing
General Advance
wfth provision dealers. Mr. Cooke an-
1 HO umy 1CUUIUU1I iiuicu nus ill uiu
case of the cold storage turkeys. Very
few of them are to be found In the
local markets, It was said by Mr, Cooke.
New Orleans Results '
Kill ST HACK, purse MOO, elalralns, two-
yra-oiuB. iiTt lunoiiifi.
Mary's ll'su. ion, I.vke 13 to 1 B to 1 8 to S
wriemsi uiri. tui vsus isiv I nioi n to 1
Kln ot the Wind, Kelisy S to 1 3 to 1 3 to 2
Time. 1.00 8-5. Dcmptry. I'lsneta. Urerty.
i-oor iiuturny ueorcs 'ifrreii, mar usby.
My Oradr. Hops, Miss Kllley, Miss Uwesp
and Parlor tala also ran.
HKITOND ItACK. t mll.l
fletusts. 11 Oarner ... 2 to 1 4 to 5 S to 5
ilus uannock. 111. Itobinson .. S to 1 TtoS
Sllvay Shapiro. 112, Dolity ... ..... even
Tim. 1:13 3-K.
O-lttRn RACK. S furtnnrat
Kir Oliver, til. nro ...12 to5 arcn 3 to B
1., , b,,,,, - ; '?.
NEWS
SAMMEES "A LESSON"
nro noasuns mat tncy intenu to seel:
"
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AT LIGHT WINE AND BEER
atimv in: ntAK-nw n.. o, r.
today ataolufly forl,lddlnK American
...v. ..,.,., mi,naMn n'i num. incs
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BUTTER CONDITIONS
lino for butter and margifrlno, Including!
that the elaborato training system ta
10 TO 50 PER CENT BONUSES
"bonus day" In banking circles in this!
from 10 to GO per cent of thu yearly
to-
will distribute more than $100,0,00 to
OBITUARY HIS ALIBI
TO DODGE U. S. DRAFT
Bradford County Conscript Has No
tice of His Death Printed
in Newspapers ''
HARR1SBUKG. Dec. 21. Howard
Averlll, a drafted man of local district
KV. 1 n...i,j n v j ..
..-. ., .ululu .m,, w vuu.cu n
A 1 .is rannrtal IVii.l I. n 1.,. 1. -.,.-. l.ltl.
w " .v,jw.n;u iitti iic jtau uccn hiucu
shortly after reglstrulon "last summer,
and who has been posted on tho draft
books as dead, has been arrested and
Is In Jail at Klmlra, N, Y according
to dispatches received at Stato draf;
heidquartcrshero today,
Averi'l, It Is alleged, devised a very
circumstantial story of his own death
and saw to It that local newspapers
published it. The Sheriff of Elmlra
wants to know what to du with Nin
and Major Murdock has wired lilii
turn the man over to United St it
authorities.
OUEPEC TALKS SECESSION
QUEBEC, Dec 21 The Qui b c Lcgls
la ure s to d souss the ques'lon of seced
ing from Canadian confederation. A
resolution, Introduced today by J N
Frtncoeur, deputy for Lotblnler, reads:
That this Houre Is of the opinion thai
the Province of Quebec would be dis
posed to avci pt the rupturo ot tho federa
tion pact of 1867 If In the opinion of the
other provinces Jt Is believed that the
raid province la an obstacle to tho unloo
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FINAL PLAN&
FOR FURLOI
TO MEADE
First Detail Will 'ArHl
in Philadelphia Lat
lomourow
LEAVE CAMP AT 6 P.$
Arranpcments C o m p 1 eil
Whereby Every 'Good Sole
May Have Xmas Holiday'
The ftrdt Philadelphia soldiers
louehfrl hnmn fnr n Christmas
vl It from Camp Meado. Md before'
lng to the trenches will arrive mm :
morrow night.
In hatches of nbout 400, the Phi
Phlans In tho National Army can
ment will come rol Ine home. It
Indicated today, until every, one oft
who has been a 'good soldier will I
had a furlough home.
How Philadelphia mothers ca J
made happy without Impairing V
Sams war machine occupied osn
W. J. Nicholson and his aids at
Meado today, while the hearts oft
dreds of mothers beat high wlth'J
nnd oxncctatlon. Tho problem is.
to nrraneo nances without reducing
strength of each unit moro than'BOli
" -M
Kvery man wlio has been a gooo i
dler" wl 1 have un opportunity to sp
n. ih(irt time at home during the Chr
mas period. The furlough. It Is bellevJ
will he good for forty-eight hours. ,
An anneal to tho nubile to refrain I
unnecessary trael during tho perlotfJ
December 22-::7 to allow ireo
ment of soldiers on holiday passes,
Issued this uflenioon by the FenfH
vanla llallroad. The appeal sets fa
that the railroad will bo called upoR 1
transport over Its busiest lines ab
15,000 men to and from their hon
In addition, other troop movent
must be executed at the same time. ,'A
"To meet this situation BUccessfa
the management of tho Pennsylvaa
Kallroad earnestly rcnueiits that.
act u r patrlotibiu, pleasure tratl
Int; the holiday period bo Buspen
and that railroad travel bo -oluntar
restricted to necessary trios om
. affairs of business." tho appeal .r
"in nnrt. . - W3
' iiiis win give tue soiaiers, wio '
sureuiy nave tho nrst claim
to
slderatlon, a better opportunity! tou
.
their homes in comfort, and wlUii
minimize Interference with the cobs)
of the war Industries." $&
in un euori to explain uie i;uriw
pass situation at Camp Meade,
Nlrliolson today announced that UMft
tary cstauiisiiment win not be cio
business during the holiday .week.!
"I want to make It plain,"
general, "that every man will bot
u. chancu to visit Ills home, sJUtou
men will bo granted leave for Chr
Dny. The War Department haatl
mo the nr vllese of granting leave.
In doing so has not removed the mill
II Qrantlng of the passes is 14
my discretion, and I am now" tryh;pp
i work out a schedule" y V"
, ... division neauauuriers :
learned that the ilrst soldiers to' '
Christinas week passes will leave can
at V o clock tomorrow night. OU
s III fnllnni nr MariI'M' tiiAra An .X7Jt
nil WIIVJ1 tH stuiiuuj, tiiuiu vii l,,Ii'i
nesday and so on, tinttt tho entire' dlvlJ'fg
slon has been given a holiday. 'ViVQ
It Is uimcuii to map oui a scnBesHsj
iuL r.eneral Nicholson. desoltsJ
fondness for tho men and his desire
, grant them furloughs, must take
not disturbed. "-vtft
1 Nothing detlnlto concerning the'e
that Is to be granted to Phlladelph)
can bo obtained at division headquai
" .'', Ju,ttV,r'5 m unaVes "
The only definite statement in r
to the Issuance of Christmas passes ,
tho following, which was Issued at
slou headquarters at Camp Meadatti
afternoon: 'fJB
"Leave for officers und passes for
1 sted men during tho Christmas
from 6 p. m. December 22 until 1 -p.-,l
December 27, will bo bo regulated, tt
50 per cent of cuch regiment or .a
senarate unit will be In camp fi
times. ??fii
Subject to tho foregoing general-p
vision, the commanders concerned.
adjust questions arising In the dlit
tlon f passes accoroing io me io
lmr nrovlsions: all things being
ered, pr forence should bo given to.
living at a dlstanco and wno, tner
havo less frequent opportunities to
i ay"
Twenty-five per cent from C p. m, I
cember 22 until II a. m. December I
Twenty-five per cent from Ut
December 29 until 11 a. m. Decern
Twenty-five per cent from IS
December 29 until 11 u. m. Dccemb
Twenty-live per cent fronftS '
December 31 until 1 u. in. Januarjr-J.
.SchedTiles are being prepared for-
movement of men on pass to Fall
phla or other distant points, pass ta.i
effective from i 1. m. uecemoer zs i
1 a. m. December 27. These sche
Places where tickets may be pur
-1 other details will be unnOu
later. ,'AJ;
Statisticians of the Penn
Railroad and the Baltimore and,'!
Railroad left for Camp Meade tootyaj
arrange the numoer of cars tnat'i
hrlnir residents of "Llttlu Penn".. J
I'hiladelphla for Christmas. .,.'
Trains carrying the soldiers will i
. " " v...... - w
.lln. tha enmii titli tfiak mwmi
BVVanla and the Baltimore ana.ffl
' . ij J a 1L.1 it lta.
j roaas niuieu iuuuy uiat uiern
plenty of trains to handle the cro
khakl-clad boys. As soon u 1.
Is filled It will leavo the camp. V-J
"My boy Is coming home forv.C
mas." Mothers with smiles on
faces uttered these words today
I'hiladelphla. Frankford, Tacony. .3
burg, South Philadelphia, OgonU'j
all sections of the city. :
Friends and relatives of tha
are quartered in Little Penn t
busy making urrangenients for.
tertalnment of the soldiers.
1 e dinners, and other things
iovs who soon will be Kettlnst I
1 icu.o lor uet iiicic, .W
I lie boys zrom v.amp ux. ai
aro many bf themfrom Phlh
too. as well as from Camden", ai
nearby New Jersey towns. Willi
come home by trolley, although
train service has been arranged !
Camden and Wrlghtatown. Ow
jersey siqo oi mo iitiswsnj
just as mucu rejoicing, just
preparation us mere is in
and .mashers, wives, dau
Bweetheares of the soldier
In a i flutter or aengnt
W.te 4 -Uwtr
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