-t-i t- ' v" v r l V' IGHT uenmcj Uti, EXTRA EXTRA VOL. IV. NO. 86 PRICE TWO CENTS! PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1017 CcriiuoiiT. 101". t in rcm.io I.tPornCoMrAxr . i- ra IJi Ui; Jli.7fc rsi "K WUMUV WKWUKK zzSr: r '-' ill f-H .if ' I .ijW- f1- . REDS' TROOPS jWILSON GETS REBEL; BAHLEI FOOD HEARING INPETROGRAD FOR HOOVER Fighting Follows Re- fusal of Troops to Leave City FOUR CORPS JOIN IN STREET FRAY Bolshevik Forces Sent Against Mutineers, Stockholm Hears BIG PLOT UNEARTHED Cndet Party Charged Foment injj Revolution by Dis tributing Liquor Hy JOSEPH SHAPLKN STOCKHOLM, Dec. '. A great battle in the streets of Petrogrnd was reported from the Russian capital today. Four army corps refused orders of the Bolshevik Government' to leave the city. The. Bolshevik! sent other troops neainsl them. The fitrhtintr wns still ' in progress as the dispatch was sent from Pctrograd. Further details were not available. PKTRO(SRAI). Dpi'. 21 (tlela.ed). Discovery of a ldespieail plot nRalnst j me uoisitPMK iioveruinent was an nounced by the Workmen's nntl Soldier-' Soviet today Full details nntl dnouniPiitary evldcnst , Wlllch. It Is ilpplaiPil. Involv-Pd t.otni- . .t , ., ..,,, """ "'" " "ns" ; luiiuiini tpiiiot-l rtl I Jiitll.v. eif lo lie published shortly. Onp of the plans of the rewilutlon.irles. It was said, was to destroy discipline among the Kovlpt troops by organizing InotinK iiattles to steal llriuor and distri bute It amotiK Hi" soldiers. STATUS QUO MAY BE BASIS OF TEUTON PLAN PAWS. Dec. 22. .(lermany's newest jieaco proposals, now being tiiafted, contemplate peace on the basis of Jhe status iuo, accoidlng to special dispatches printed in today's .Matin. According lo the Matin's Information. Foreign Secretary on Kiililmauii will offer the evacuation of lielgluni with 'guarantee" meaning. presumably Indemnities and will announce letlre. ment fiotn France and Italy In ex change, for the leturii of '(JermanyV colonies and guainulee of the freedom 'of commerce. The question of Turkey It was stated. Is to be ieft In the back ground In the hope of Intel esllng Ilng land In some "trade." Bulgaria. It was slated. Is Insisting on acquisition of the Dobiudja. muthei n Macedonia, and thai pan of Serbia fr iending as far south as Moravia. She Is nlso asking that P.uinanln lie put un der subjection to Herman economic domination, liussla and Alsace-Lorraine may be Ignored in the forthcoming peace suggestions or possibly conces sions Ha to the.'e two factors In peace completely lefused. On the other band, categorical denial of "reports In the foielgu press that fierniany will tepeat her peace offer" was reglsteied by the semiofficial news paper, Cologne (iazelte. today, accord, lug to dispatches lecelved In Amster dam. A Zurich dispatch says that "rectlfl CRtlon of the fionller" H the Invariable phrase used by the IJcrnun press In dls cusidng flei ninny's demands for peace with lluifsln. nccoitlliiK In copies of le- cent Issues. ApiMiemly It was this' demand for ltusslan territory which caused the deuil.ock icpoi'teo" at lirest LItovsk. The peace term, of the JlolsheWk j Ktivernment at 1'elrccrad call for ii.p 1 exucuatlon of nil the liusslan territory I tnii i no i (ierman armies now occupy. vV orfF,Tiap,!dC,a '1:.,: HCCOllllllg holm by more, the Bolilierllil are said to InsUt i thitt the roles be allowed to work out their own 0Setrrnme" without . RUSSIA'S ONLY HOPE SEEN IN COSSACKS ,, , . ., .. S.bII..(. TON. Uec. 22. Ttutslas only l.ope now lies In the Cosnaclin. I.iey may save her fmnt (Jcr- many in time, said ortlclals formerly with the United States mission to r.ussla today. .... that there Is any chance of military power from llUksln. She la definitely I wiped off all the Allied slates as a. war asset. The trend In the Ukraine, wheie sup port of the Cossacks Is definitely under way: the upheaval In Petrograd; the growing strength of Oeneial Kaledlnes's Cossacks these made some observers here bolleve the Bolshevik rule would be'swept, aside. Whether this can be done before Trotsky and l.cnlno turn Tttissla over as i' granary nnd storehouse for Germany Is'isomethlne no one here would predict. ' , Teuton agents, seeing the Increasing XIAngtr Ol LeiiiucB uveriurutv, are worii Ins rtesparately with their propaganda, rtporls her dc,are. Trade relations 'are being pushed and efforts to dis integrate the Russian mplre Into a score oi iiiucpi-iiuci.i omtcB, uxer wnicn i Rermany m ght commercially dominate. are going on rapidly. It is even reporiea tnat In Slhetia thousands ot German prisoners are be- Lrtir allowed to marry llusslan women 1-. ,1 ... 1. T-.. !. .. - inat iim ttvuv u. x-iusaiaiuzing ine eountry -.may- ha enhanced. VMore.than t5U.000.000 has been spent ' . """"""u" "a n spent la by Oennany to date dollar an nutsi: Wet esigned not onl- tn bring about a. separate peace with ,,?w Jtu,sa tut t,m, of property by the Armour Inter In alienate completely 1. 10 HircctloiiH of J" '" ,l WttM (s.ued u HI- name but trmv,, vuiuu., ..... ... r.menie. a ftuMtan ollicial. who recently loft his MfVn MM WMyVX.s -,,','! (T ' . ','J"t..t t....i44. .'V-s., Tells Probers Labors Saved Allied Morale ami .,,.,. , . Held Sugar Down m FILES LENGTHY REPORT Declares Price of Sugar Was Kept From Soaring Beyond the Twenty-Cent Mark WASHINGTON, l.i I'll. Ili-lh.lt Hoover, nftu- pciroiuil Inter vention of President Wilson, unsweted ' Hlo of th.. fond administration l-rii , Hip Senate sugar piobe committee today, hi a pippaipil stiltfiiitnt Intioditced III committee Iip.'iiIiik "lily after the WhltP lloup had mi ifiiif!"lfil. lloopr iIpiI.iipiI bin Hi'tUltlpy bad ipsultpd III nialntaliiliiR' Hip inoialp of the iiIIIpiI loiintilps and ktil siiRar pi Iup In thin country fiotu MiaiitiR to inoit' than twpnty ipiiIs a imiiiiil. I.'or lump Ib.tn a wppK tloot.- lias Iippii ptppnted flitlll iPxtlfjIllR bpfolplllp p.llil llip ntlP. Ilio Hliinir t'omniltltp wbllp spilnui Willi bps wpip laiintbed iir.iIiisI his suKar t U-"t"ra.... -IV ..,, A. S W.,., ! ami others. Today be was to apppar al noon, but ; after " eveeutive spsslon fliali man '5ec,, of Hip mmlttec. ainioiiui't'd , llonvpr'K tt.stinion would bo poHtpnmd until nt'Vt ttpt'li. , It was tliPii H'ip ripMdt'tit toiiK n h.tml mihI aftPi' t'oiiiniuuii'iitiUK Ills wIsIipm to tli uitnlttpp It "as IpcI0piI to let lliiovt-r iIpIIvpi- bis answpf ltnl.i. il"ntr siibinlttpd a Ioiik slatpiiipnt Im inc'illaU.. A dlffPrPiup of opinion dpreloppil Hipp in foiniulttpp as to wIipIIht tlip iiipmbcts slinulil nlliclally k Into Hip lluuer statement Introilutpd li Spnalor .lonps. or dtlay study of II. It was finally dp- 'l" "' "'IIIUo session to iost ponp ollli'ial dpllborallou on Hip poiii- tmnilcHtlnn until later. TURKEYS AND AIMS TO SMASH MEAT COMBINE Trade Board on Trail of . Vast Conspiracy to Boost Profits . . . , .,, ,. ,nI,,m PACKERS SPLIT MARKET WASI.IN'C.TON. I'ec. 22 To siuasli the hold of a natlon-wlile menr-trurt wluWi Is Kccltlng the Anier- j,,, 11(mie was learned today to be the W of the Federal Tiade Commis- sion's food probe. sway of the trust extends fiom the '-'" '"'" "'o"b" thc ,,ack- B boufei into tile open mari.ei m un .amazing network of controlled banks, 'Tul" "" mU""emen' ' swollen profits from food gambling, ,sccrrt inieilocliinis control, doctored en- . ,)ooU(1 dummy htockimlders and all ' ,.Sm0UnaBe of frenzied finance will f''e ' 'crei, hy t,P invcHigatlon. ac "", . backers. it annears from Lhe evidence the com mission has In hand that Chicago parts era have a working agreement, apparent ly In direct violation of the Sherman law, under which they agree to h cer tain extent to, keep out ot each other's territory, ... , , . Thus, one o! the big packers will be permitted to have the bulls "pf the busl r.es In Cleveland, for Instance, another the Cincinnati bushiest, and a third the Pittsburgh business. All of the big ,.vru win have branches In these cities, so at to give the semblance of a competition, but actual selling is care fully apportioned. F C. Croll. treasurer of Armour & Co. ' today admitted the vast Inter est that" concern has In other food companies. He bared the concealment of records that permitted this condition ,.,.d showed that In u directorate of eleven, five are dummies through which J, Odgen Armour with his sixth and deciding vote can do anything he wishes. Tho properties aie In the. names of dummies, It developed, leading He'ney to observe: "So there -Is no way In which a Gov ornment accountant 'or other Inter ested person can sccuro actual facts as . , what companies Armour cm I ' .....n .:.i...it.-,i n.u n Armour cwniroisT- 7. . -..1..1 tt,.t ...1,1, 11. ...... ,1.1. ul lig wouW BlV0 .1 deed for It to " . . ' 1 CM4m4 H.l'x JTi Cetaaw U' .. " -' i ' ."', . "tit. . Jrlt'-r fiK jlsBiisyHBBsstKjssTBr.stBiMBsr? sasKsBKsB MlsrssMsWtV W ssBWsBP OtsVsB Kb4 I t VstslyHK nHK ,r4hK.bBHbbbbIH aHsPsK ' & VsssliBBV tlHaBBB B .W UH S.m'BIBBm r HjjjB B KiBsstasssssssssWssssssssssssssisssssssssBssBs "OjltWMHijWBIljBBrvl KiagsStSSK?? wtflMwtjvU-! t'-X" -'t'" v,K'(w, fjwwp wHv-ti w....- - "v'ijimKSSt'''-" v '"'"VB'-'i,;v'VVs'AiV CITY BEGINS WAR. ICAMP MEADE MEN ON FOOD'FRAUDS' COMING TONIGHT: Hucksters Who Give Short Weights at Cut Prices to Be Punished onk xTTrTvi.' ----- - - ..i1 i iiu , Complaints Mnde by Many, Soldiers All Ready for Bitf Re Housewives, Especially in ' view by Secretary Baker Northwest Section This Afternoon WiffHle nn huckstels selling shr.rt-, """' ' ""'" mmi.uu.igeci tiy m- tiartlvc piUcs was declared today til" liineau uf Weights and Me.isute, following the anest nf one man n ltd numcrom complaints fiom small store keepers and h(u.cwlvt TIip noithwcst vp, (Ion if Philadelphia" particularly i Inrppc1 l.v che.-itiinr huckstf... in-coidlng 'to William Hair. mi In-pe.ior of Hip hutenii. wlut Is ill- reeling Hip liipvKlin, into hIIprpcI gouging by com lllner.int nietchniit. "In tlnit- t.f war. like iIiIk." said In spector Itarr. "Hipp burglars that Is what llipy aip -ourIm tu bp hanged." TIip nrrptt. II at nf citar!p! f'liarl" Inn. nlm emu liW bcIiIipms n 2122 KaKt N'nril" mIippI, rpsultPil In tli ni-ciifpil liii.l.Kt pi- IipIiik fliiptl J2f ami onsts tnilay by MnRlatiatp Collins al Hip N'lnptpplilli nntl Oxfnlil slipplw Htatlon. "It Is ni'ii lll" nii thai pause Migar '" ,""!" ,nfty ,''n,', a I""1"'' "l" I' '"'k'X J.X."'.'., n wasust'dV ' Hose Stalk, a stoipkppper. tif Matston and Ileiks stiepts. who said t lint bp hot! so1'1 ,""'"' 'lRlit.v-nine imiinils (not quite iiusiipi ami a nairi or rstatnes vs itlny, wIipii slip oidPiPtl and paid for Hi' poiuids (two IiiMipIs) The "rhiiip" of huekslPis. ateordliiR' to Il.ur. Is to ebarRp piRhty ppiiIs a IiukIip!" for ikiIhIops. thp nuikpt pilep IipIiik ninety and ulnpt.-lhp epnts. and tlipn to Rhe short welKt lnslt.nl of follow Iiir the reituliPil WPlRht of tily pounds tu llip liushel or I2u to the two IiiiIip1s. he said, Hip iiuhoiipsi but.kstPts r pap tlip lusip dow n to as low as forty- ' flp pounds ami tlip two hut-lipl to ninety pound", in tlip iMW of applPH, Hip t traplp m lee of sltppti ppnts a tpiarter i peck instead of twpnty penis was found to diSKUisp the absence of seveial ap ples to each measiiip. lie said. . OTHER GIFTS GALORE BRING CHRISTMAS CHEER TO WORKERS AT THE STETSON FACTORY. $2,000,000 GIFTS BY BUSINESS MEN Christmas Bonuses and Other Presents Gladden Holiday for Workers STETSON CO.'S LARGEST Many of the big industrial and busl r.ess firms In and near Philadelphia dis tributed Christinas bonusss, turkeys and other presents to employes today The total amount probably reaches close to $2,000,000. Leading all, apparently, was the John II. Stetson Company, vvlllch dli buised several bundled thousand dollais The Stetson distribution was made at an euteitalninent attended by between S000 an I C00U employes and friends Tiia auditoilum adjoining the big factory lias a seating capacity ot 0000 persons The building was filled. President .1 Howell Cuminl'mss pieslded and supeiln tended the 'piesentatlon of stock, cash bonuses! and between forty and fifty watches, which weie awarded for faith ful services. The bonuces i.ingcd from 5 to 20 per cent of salaries and were awarded strictly according to merit, Jlr. Ciimmings having gone over the tecord of every employe with the foremen of the various departments. The firm arranged to give .1000 turkeys to married men. So far only WOO' have been received owing to the freight tie-up. These co to the married men. Seven hundred single men tecelved ordeis for Stetson hats and about r-uu women re ceived gloves and a box of candy each. These ElflB were In addition to bonuses. Five hundred and forty employes were also started on the toad to saving by gifts of khares ot Stetson Building and Loan Association, livery person In the employ of the company before December a was remembered. Mr. Cuinmfngs, In Ids' address to the employes this morning, said that 1917 has been the banner year for the com pany. Next he emphasized that the firm has no contracts with tho Government, In M'lte of false reports and criticisms di rected against It, and In spite of the fact that he has been assisting the quarter master general In buying hats. Coming to tho question of the war, he complimented the employes upon their activity. Above his head hung a service flag with 552 stars for the men In the sirvlce. the stars arranged In the figure of a letter "S." He said the employes had collected J 15.000 for buying lied Cross material, which Is being made Into artlc.lc.14 for hospitals and aoldlers 1 vc ttwvt rm Mt. ftasMjr re. ,tf .v- -i." City .Will Welcome First Contingent on Christ- mas Furlough , v,m,7; , iu nn i i'i oiTiWAij j ivrtiiiii. Philadelphia', rust liwiie-eoiiili..! ... ,.,,. ri.mi Calm. .lr.ide Mil , win tip v elcomcd Iiptp tonight. i'lilltmat pprltul fiuluiiKli" an" silipil Ulpil to t;o Into ttfprt at U n'rlm'lf llll aflprnoiui and Hi" Bin b.ileh of I'liila (Iplphlans. if tlipy '( hip .N'allon.i. Army laiilounipiii at ttmt tlin", rlioiilil atrlH In lhl th flinit'y nftpf 1' orlork tonlKlit About fiim mi'ii. it u'.ik pIIiii.iIpi1 today, will l. In Hi.- Hi st InriPiiiPiit tit be Kiantpd slitni Ip.hpk to Mt tlit'lr lionu I.pIoip roIiik to IY.T.OP IIIIipv llltTf- iiipnts will bp Ki.inttil ii.issp on sin ctedlliK tl.ls up to I'pcPlllber 2. aiioid inir to a teiilatlxp plan. Itpptcsptitntlips of tin- rpinlnnlii anil Hip llaltlmoie and dhlo Callioads ait. at Camp MpihIp today atr.uiKliiR Hip special tialns that ale to brliiR Hie bn' home. Nothing tlellntt iild lip IpMined' Iipip as to Hip make-up of Hip tulns. but it was conjpctiupil Hint the specials would lip colllpostil of from ten to twelp coaehps p.icb for Hip tllipil thrpp-liour inn from ('amp Mp.hIp tr Philadelphia. riiii.tiriiiis I'ni: Mm" mi:.v In al1. about Vuu null fioni tills ly will lip allowpil lo ipIiiiii home for a eiy brief sta. local draft boaids Iipip pstliuateil TIip iiiiuiIipi' lo lip allowpil p.isp. It was said. iIpiipihN upon wliftlier or not Ceiipial W. .1. .Vlchol sou. the camp lommatider. can s.itl-tfac. torily woik otil Hip ptohiciii of kpciiliiR So per tpnt of p.icli sepaiatp uiiil iu c.niip at all times din lug Hip Im.1IiI.iv peloid lip lh.it as It tnnv. tlisiatciips fiom Camp Meade dPi-crilip Hip cantonmpiit as all atluilt al Hip prospeet of sppIiir wives, iholliers. swpplhearls ami filpnds soon iiRaln. Motp than :ti,itn' citi.tns ('unlhrileil uii I'iibp I'Ue Ctilniiiti I'lte . .' .i f ui sssssssBe? - i.V-O' fe"--T m -c! , -ir.7ii- William I' Viuy (below) is vice piedirient of the John U. Stetson Company, as well as its oldest employe, having: beei with the company more than fifty years. In aceotdance with its annual custom, the company this mofnins: pave Christmas turkeys to all married workers and other employes with families as n feature of the general Rift distribution. BIG KRUPP WORKS REPORTED BURNING Uncoiifirmeil . Itumor Says Great German Arms Plant Has Heen Afire 24 Hours .Nt'.W VOI1K", I'ec. 'J2. An uni'on mined leport was circulated In financial circles here today that the great Krupp gun and, munitions works at Kssen, Uer man.v't have been burning for twenty four hours. The report was said to have come from Holland. The Krupp arms works are the big gest In the vCorld and have been the mainstay In supplying the German army with guns and ammunition. The loss ot the plant would be equivalent to a decisive Allied victory In the Held, Falls From Roof of House Walter Qulnland. twenty-five years old, nt J7S7 Venango street, fell from the roof of a house while watching a fire at 5tJ ttfrmantown avenue early today He was taken to the Women's! Horoeopaij)ic itoapiiai, -, ". i JP ,:x, HUGE CHORAL pANT WILL AID RED CROSS Thousands of Voices Unite in Song on Rr.t.ad Stivet to 210,212 NOW KNKOLLED Ollicial Estim.t:' Shows -."!,-000 .Meniliei-ihiK Applica tion's Poiidinr' in state TOIIWs lit II I lilies 111,1 III iiiillip.iprti l'i.iint.' nil. , Inn nl ..Iii.iihii r Piirtiltntpnt rpttirtlptl .... 'MH.'M'!' (Illl.liil fillinnlp :l!M I'.nriillioplil lit'pilptl 'i'!.rl,NH I ( iiiniiiilen iln,i rpiiiiiliilnic - TIip tiutliP!iMprn IVnli 1 h titn l'li.lp. pr Ipttil Hip Aiorti.illl llptl 4'rk rll.tl. '" ' l'Piiilinli Ir.ul. Hip MiiIp. ill Hip linlitMi.w Ills t lirlllllil t illiliiitlK II for tll.lluil.lllltl new iiipmli-r. itttttriltiiB In tilllt-irtl Hlioiinnt ftnelit b II. I.. 11. tttiut-li, t-aiiipalKii illretttir In I'liilntlet lilila. I'HM ollicial flmiits in Hie I'lnlslm.is camp.iiRii for ..In. nun new iiipiiiIipis fu Hip Soutlii..itpin I'tnnsj lnnl.i I'liaptei. announced toila. sliowcd Jt...'r.' new eti lollineiils kIihp tli.. tlilp Iipriiii iat , .Monday. 1 TIip Hriiips mUp I 1, K. I. 1 1 lloatb. caiiiiaiRii tliit-ctor. at hfadiilai. lets In the Lincoln liuildluK. r p.-nl iiipinbpr&lilp at til. illy ipcpHpiI Tney do lint takp Inlo .ici-olllil the t III, al .'-II-inalp of :!T'.i i"io piiT-olUopiii in.ttl b .1. Ili'loll ('HiMii.ln let cl .1 I in:.), oT Hip l'pnnsivanla tltxls'iiu's camii.t'Rti t otn mitlei.. Two iiioip il.i.xs today ami Monilax ipuiaiii In Hip taiupalgu thai is to pud Chllstmas Kp l!cd ('loss olllcials wpip coiilidpiit today thai Hip ill Up would bp a miccpss and that inpniliPi-sbliis not pt itiniilptl would send Hip total opr Hie ."i Iii.iihii mil i K. A' '. horal p.iReaul of IiiiupssIp pro. ('iinttioipil on 1'ilKP Ibr. Ciibiiini llirre i lifcO mar: j. ", INCOME TAX COLLECTORS GET FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Stair of 40 Deputies Will Hein Their Labors Day After Christmas 1 The first class of deputy collecl.irs of internal revenue, who will stait out next 1 week to help men prepare their Income- 'tax leturns, lecelved their Instructions I this morning at a meeting In the olr.ee 'of Collector l.phrahn J.ederer. f'ollector Lederer and A. S. Shields. Inspector of 1 the Internal ltevenue Department, tool; I up the details of the taxing system and I ..villain!! tu tliA fn. 1 1 nr more men manv explained to tlin foity or more men many lutrlcaules nnd puzzling points of the ntw legislation regarding incomes. The men will start out Wednesday to the nine counties that comprise this In ternal revenue district. Collector I-ederer was very desirous of facilitating the collection by establish- 1 Ine branch otllres throughout the dls Irlct, several In outlying sections of , Phlladelphl? but no appropriation for ! this was forthcoming, so the .collector will ask banks, trust companies and others to let Id's deputies establish tern- yoraomcej.iH.ineir rooms. ' n QUICK UKRAINIAN COSSACKS MOBILIZED AS REVOLT SPREADS l'ETKOOKAD. Dec. 2!J. Ukrainian troops have taken up positions along the border. All Ukrainian Cossacks have been ordered mobilized and a far-reaching' revolutionary movement against the Bolshcvikl seemed today to have been set definitely in motion. PHILADELPHIA WOMAN KILLED IN WASHINGTON A Var.!;i3ton dispatch ttatcs that Mrs. Mary lllisabLtli &arr). tcvciily-Mrc years old. leslding In rhllidelplitn, vaa h!ilcil by nn nutumobllo today while returning alone iioni cliu..;t. stripping; men win I1AKI.KTON. Pa.. Dec. 22. Chailes bandetl down here tinla. rules tluit stilppins emplojes of the nntliinctU: IIpI.I worUltiK mole than Pislit hours a day must be paid the same proportion ate Incieasp granted tin- company, workmen April 2.", 1!I7. The decision car lies with it hack pay fmm t lie latter date. COAL PROFITEERS MUST REFUND OVERCHARGE .MINN'KAPOI.IS. .Minn., Deo. 22.- I'etnll coal dealers 111 mole than llillty .Mliinesoln towns will be compelled to innkti lefutldH In consumers, In some in-ps iimoimtlng In nenil $2 a ton. I an onler issued fmm the otllee of the Sl.ile I'uel Ailmliilsliatlou. ITtilils eNceedlng the nmoiint allowed by the I'tdeiHl imler of Xm ember 1 nnisl be lefiindcd, and tiealers are warned by Hie fuel ailmliiNtl.ittoii thai delay In making proper adjustments will Jesuit in stcie ppiialtlps. .IAPAN DENIES RUSSIAN INTERVENTION PLANS TllKIH, Dec. 22. .lapan is mil conslilering lutei'ventloti in Russia. It was fotnially announced toda on niltlioiity of the h'tueign Olllce. Assistant Minister of I'oicign All'alrs Slildeliara asseited no mobilization of Japanese ttoops for use In Siberia had been oidered or was In contemplation. THREE AMERICANS NAMED IN CANADA'S CASUALTIES OTTAWA, Out., Die. 22. Tile following Aineiican names appear In to day's ('usually lists: Wounded- -(!. l. Andelxin, New York; P. .l, Ilnxter, Vnnkeis. N. V, (lassetl A. It. Ilailey, Slaimtnn, Vu. iT.&irsmwti FIRST DRAFT OF CANADIANS TO REPORT JANUARY 3 OTTAWA, Out.. Dec. 22. The Hist driift under the military service act will be culled to the colors in the next few days. They will be Instructed to leport on January 3. The first draft will be In the neighborhood nf 20,000 men. TEXAS AND LOUISIANA OIL STRIKE SETTLED HOUSTON', Tex.. Deo. 2.'. --The ollwoikeis' strike in eighteen Texas and Louisiana fields, affecting more than 10,0011 men, has been settled, Verner '.eiud, I'iftldt'lU Wilson's personal lepresentatlve, announced this today be fore leaving for Denver I'lilon leiiiesentativcs left here after an agreement was ic.H'hed to notify their i expect lvt IhchIk as to the details on the settle ment, which will he tinnoiinceil fmm Washington, ollhially, on Clnitmas COP, HEARING SHOTS, SEIZES ENEMY ALIEN 'Itcvoiver With Empty Cham bers and Wicked Knife Found on Suspect Wl 11am IJilckett. an enemy alien em ployed at cramps' s.i.pyaids. was ar tesled early this morning at the coiner of York street and Arainlngo avenue by Olfi;er Wilent. of the Trenton and Dau phin stieels nation, under circumstances surruunded wlt.i the deepest mystery. While paliollng Ills beat Policeman Wilent beard two shots, and on investl ratliur found Hilckett standing tin a stieet corner lhe mail reiuneti 10 give,,,. Mlow ,,3 locality before Christ. any explanation irBuiui.o. ........-. he was seaiched. A levolver was found In his pocket. It contained four shells, two of which had recentl been dls- charged. The barrel of the levolver was omcer:r"badgenB iTd" a wetl-iooklng a"d ,hW",e-P "" a",e knire with a b ade six Inches long. ' temperauires," was the official weekly At the station Urickett gave bis ageifcrecast Issued at Washington today, as thirty-six years and his address as. 'The aripeaiance of the weather map 5.1IS Cabot street, but leruseu 10 Cabot street, but leruseu 10 give any further Information regarding! liluiself. it was learnea mat ne :s an sam ueorge w. Aiinaung. first assistant Austrian and has been In tills country . f 01 ecaster here. "A stoim area centered for about five years, but. has never ap-Mn western Canada probably will bring piled for his first naluralliatloii papers., light rain or snow before Christinas, but He was employed at cramps prior 10 the entrance of the I'nlied States Intu the war and has continued In the serv ice of that company since. nrlckett was given a hearing before Magistrate D'.etx this morning and was held In UOO ball for a, further hearing. Fire Damages Farm Building A stove In a one-story brick truck house on the farm of Thomas Brodesser, llichmond street and Wheatsheaf lane, became overheated early today 'and set fire to the Interior ot the building-, cauiliupdimaitj'ot im, ". , v.t it .rr, , NEWS It RISE AND BACK PAY P. .Will, of WimlilnKton. In a ilpclsluti CHRISTMAS WEATHER JUST A 50-50 CHANCE Holiday Will Be Fair Unless ' There's Snow or Rain in Store i It Is a fifty-fifty chance the maTler of what kind of weather Philadelphia will have Christmas Day. An estimate of what the weather giab-bag may conluln was issued today at the Weather Buieau on the basis of what is known now- and what may hap pen between now and Tuesday. It Is piobable that there may be light tain , ,.,, ,.,,.. ....rmr ...,., ",',,., . I Oveicast and cold Monday and Tues. day. moderating somewhat the middle of , ,,. wek ,,,,, igllt snow al)0l(t T, 1 now leads me to believe that there will be a slight moderation before Tuesday vvhat the weather will be on that day- Is as near an even. break as can be, It will not be quite as cold Tuesday as It Is now," Small Fire at Dliston Plant , Flames broke oufcln the saw and tool ' works of Henry Dlsston ft Sons, lhe..' Tacony. early today, but were put out by the employes' fire company after slight damage had been caused. The blax was. In the rolling mill, where hot iron Ignited1 the floor. The fire .was confined to this part, of the big 'plant. 1 ;jrhloh u mawaw -antir Myoatta, "TV COAL PRICES t; SQUARE DEAi P0HER SA Supply and Demand Lsw3 Underlies New Rates.v; ounuuiiei ni.piania iV; : '4 GARFIELD CALLS LEWlSsf Philadelphia Chairman Goei to Washington at Federal Administrator's Summons How C.onsumer Fares in Ncio. Coal Priced lamest ew nrlce Illlhwt, At Kross to ron- prtee tnlnpH I relgtit iimniln snmee mr be -III1P .il. i..ia vz.imi h,io io.m iil . A. IX I. .1.1 t.M D.tn je.lS r.rnc.. 4. sit i.ii.i -,nn n,N5 l.. .t.W 1.30 J.SO 7.BS in r I The inflexible law of sunnlv'and de mand l the explanation given today by "' William l'ntter. State coal rontroller. for ,': Ids action In appioving the new 13.50 $' gioss margin. I if "v ben l accepted this appo(ntmeatr rn Ml Itli. ia., an ntwl Mnn nr llarn. H-.i said Jlr, l'olter. "It was with the underrr. standing I was to give a Bquare detW' 10 an coiiuecteu wltn Hie coal lmiuatryi an well jis to the consumer. I have approved this margin asked for by the,., Philadelphia coal retailers because cpn-njj vinceu num information supplied me from the Philadelphia chairman that unless some additional advantage Is al-.,;. !,..... l.l. .1.. -...lt ....... -,.., tit l-lrKt ...... ..nil iiirirmii whi uratier V1II i"t .J woiklng at too" great a disadvantage.' I leatlze that the Inflexible law of supply 4 and demand must be observed and that i It Is useless to try to cut down miners", '"i opeialois, transporters or sellers of coal '3 to a llguie where tliey actually lose )j money If one is expected In this crisis i" to get a sulilclcnt supply ot coal Into' i-niiaueipiua. .-,, "I have theiefore anornved the n- tltlou, for the teasons set forth in thtr" iV i leuer to me iiom ine pniiaueipma iuei J.. ' ' committee," V , ' Francis A. Lewis, chairman of theji I local fuel committee, left Philadelphia.' i for w ashincton today in -response to A' ' telephone call from Mr (.nrtleld. ? Itetall coal dealers today are expreM-w nig jubilation at the news that their: lietllloneil.for gioss margin of tZ.S0vlj favored by the local Federal fuel com-": mlltee. Willie tills means that prtcesT to tne consumer will be boosted an aver-' age of fifty cents. It does nbt-mean that the dealer will now enjoy any unduj?? prom, ine dealers aver. Tne great;. ..uvuuiaKe in ine new rates, dealers as- - clared, Is that piotUs are tandardlsM. 1 he new scale of prices to the consu i wjill also vary according to -whetherV .coal is .supplied to the dealer by laiiroati-owneu companies or the pendent operators, who exact an extra;-, ij' "iirreremlal" of , seventy-five cenlii jc nineiy-nve cents per ton. The Federal fuel administration '.ll' Washington received late last night from'il tM t .... i ,.. .... ....t .... ... , .t now- niHcii eacn snipping company; should get, how much each dealer should'!. have and i-tntlng where and when liveries should be made to obtain the; fullest benefit. Ordem were Issued h4f,4 I'octor flarfleld's staff last night andfj's ..,. ,-i.t-. ii t u..iii-iv ciiruuii; hiiowirk:vt; the amount of coal needed by the cltjr,'$ today lor tne carrying out or Biw I..-Ib'h i.lttt iinH it 1. tiin.lirf (AtniH in full operation by this afternoon. S The new system of figuring the coal price, which calls for a gross margin oftfj profit of J2.60 a ton between the coat.f; nt coal lo the dealer and the nrlr atli-jit-l - the consumer, has been requested by thAif ' Philadelphia Coal Kxchange. which lal'jj composed or ine majority or tne large dealers In the city. I I'nder the old method of arriving at , -1 prices, "cost plus 30 per cent bajed.onv. liua prices, many oeaiers compjainMEK , they received only a limited profit, anai. in some cases actual loss. 4.. ! With the aonrovAl irlven 1h nttti I move by J-'iancis A. Lewis and 'WlilljLiflV'' I uiktrj. rtjnauc.p.iiA nnu malts.. con-t;,t. , trouers, 11 was announced mat a recoitl-' ' mendatlon that the system be'lnatalltr t nere wouiu oe lorwaraea 10 vvasmnnoarT today by Mr. Potter. tjff j ne umciai retiuesi. uiai ine i,,aviA gross margin be acceptea was contained-;; In a letter from -Mr. Lewis to Mr. Pot-? ter. who said that he was In full acoor!-" with the proposal. its Philadelphia will be the first oltr life; the country to apply flnvernment teachA?1 ing of coal conservation. Its new coal saving school will be ready to admit, all .! ccal-consuming rnnaaeipmans as pupils .J shortly after January 1. and If tr.emr-' householders don t punle out enourlti kluks in grates and boilers to save tha 3000 tons a day the city Is short oti t Thomas u. jvianaDy is going 10 Know IM; reason why. ,j "We're going to help the Deonle'oL Philadelphia make their coal go furtfc.) that it's ever gone before," said Mt j t, pntii.ut-i. un -...-- tnr. i nianm Am.. THEWEATHER 'tORVCAST ' 4lj& Fur riillaiieliima ana vwtnug: F4f?t nnd colder toiiiyht, tctth lowest ten pei at in c about J degrees; fiumfayi a(r nnd continued cold; moderattl northerly Kinds. yi , 1 I.KM.TII OK 11AV "' 'Sun rlra. Tilwa.m. I Hun setr.. l:Jwil,V DKKVVVAKK K1VKK TIDK (HA.ST.KS f - CHESTNUT HTItEKT aw water. S:.12a,m. I lw water. S.Wp'.miS lllah wtrr K:-0 a.m. I High water N:4 5 !.! TEMI'atATt'BK AT K-CH HOUR , . I si mini 11 1 ui 11 a 1 3i ! lj H5 I il-t 1 34 1 33 1 33 Mi 34 t 34T" r; J "'rfie Autobiography of'ai Pennaylvanian" ,T The Life Story of Gov. Samuel W. Pennypaehai WILL BE FOUND TODAT on the EDITORIAL PAGE&; Succeeding Installments win Printed on the EDITO: PAGE Until Further Notlcf f: Thn f!ontintlatInn nt ' 'LONG LIVE THE KINC"' By Mwy KrU, Appeara on, Pa ,tt ' ,J. . sr n j$ ' u wy x- - I .. .'.?. tV" -i 5 i'i r Av-;i w. 'Vv.V- '...' IV '-&J& i1' m '- f-'i' h, ''
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