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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1917
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GARFIELD SAYS
COAL BARONS
GOUGE PUBLIC
Making Price Secondary
to Production Uause
of Hold-Up
DISTRICT-PLAN MAY AID
Government Has Scheme to
Eliminate. Long Hauls
in Shipments
WASHINGTON, Dec 26
Many coal operators hao taken ad
intago of xxartlmcs and ore miking
much great profits now than before the
was wan declared, Fuel Administrator
Garfield admitted nt tho Senate coal
bearing today under questioning by
Senators Jones nnd Vnrdatnan
"I can see no iatrlotlm In the man
who Insists on making more thant nor
mal pioflt now," said Vardamafi
"Yon aro not relj Ing on patriotism
but higher prices
nnd the consumer
to Increase prnductlnr.
"rin'no' e '" I
that correct?" asked Jones
"Vcs," admitted Garfield.
. "Do nnv men with coal interest haxe
ynjthlng to do with fH.ng prices?" asked
Kcnjon.
"Ves, In a way," Garfield replied
'What hae ou done In tho many
complaints of coal famines? ' Inquired
Kenjon.
"I nm Issuing prlorltv oiders to re-
llce suffering and sending coal where
It Is needed most. regarlles of xxliero
it Is connlgned," the witness said
Garfield said lie was planning to
"swap" operators' contracts so, for In
stance Illinois mines will sell much of
tliclr coal in tho Wc-t nnd not ship It
East, while West Virginia mines will
i-cnd their coal closer to the plants If
inr pianist jii
lieri"..irr. fliirnMil K.ilil. ho wnulil 'lift' I
the contracts.
'Our picscnt plan.' be said, Ms to
dlxlde tho country Into twenH coil tits-!
trlcts and place a reprcentatlxo of the
fuel administrator In each district to
oxeiseo distribution" i
'The Increased production of bltum-i
Inous coal Is CO.000,000 tons but this Is i
only inir enough. Munitions factories xjoxernments action.
In Bouthern New England nrc being In railroad circles todav the name ot
greatly hampered bj u shortage of John Skelton Williams, present Comp
bltumlnous coal Tho nnthr.iclto coalj troller of the Currencx tinder McAdoo,
situation is fairly good now, Garfield as circulated ns the President's choice
said I for rail dictator. Such an appointment
How hae jou tried to Increase pro-1 would i)0 excecdlnglv distasteful to the
ductlon?" asked Senator Kenjon ' roads, it was said, because Williams Is
ij- placing the emphasis mi proiluc-
tion. not price." icplled Gartleld.
"Do jou bellcxe tho oiwrators bine
made profits bv this campaign?" asked
Kenjon, who In Chairman Heed's ab
sence questioned Garfield
' I hardly see how to stimulate produc
tion without allowing thehc profits," the
fuel administrator replied.
Increases ahoxo tho I'rcidcnts-flxed
clBl Tirlccs haxe been granted forty-one
operators by Hie fuel administration to
siiinuima prouuciiou, ciariicia saiu,
Theso are mostly small mines xxhlch
xxould not be able to operate without the
lnC.7a8:lLrCC' " 5S T.ai,,0:i
K-nvnn
"In this sex ere xieatl.er I baxo con-, lTlm- i.n .. President x, III In
sldercd tho consumer llrot. for xxith a I s' , """ ", Icflnlto ,nnd h'ndlng agree
dlssatlsded public the Goxerninent can r men,,1 tllnt tho P"Plo and Goxernment
accomplish nothing," xxas Garfield's ' 1iaJ arcU of no disruption of xxar
rc,,ljV traffic duo to strikes xxhlle the xvar en-
Prices are much higher this ear than 'u?s
last, Garfield admitted, but said they I , Tlle, Senate Inquiry Into the railroad
xxcro moie stabilized I situation nnd tho xvorklngs of the Inter-
"l)o jou think 5011 baxo tho situation pla'e Commerce Commission xxlll start
xxcll In hand noxx?' asked Kenjon. , Saturday, xxith the members of tho com-
"I can't guarantee that there xxlll be ' nilttee on the stand
no mora suffering," said Gartleld
He placed much of the blame for the 1, B. AND AV. PASSES OUT
coal famine on the railroads nnd slid
the recent blizzards baxo accentuated . . T . , ,. ,
tho rail tie-up. Tho gicatcst coil con- Alter January Road .Will Become
gestlons, Garfield said, xxere at the "bot- Southern Division of P. R, R,
tic neck points" of Pittsburgh, Clncln-
natl. Toledo nnd Albany. I The Philadelphia, Baltimore and
"Coal constitutes one-half of the Washington Ralroad hax Ing been leased
freight," lie said, "nnd xihen xxe Increase, by the Pennsjlxanla Railroad Company
production xxo Increase railroad dim- for 019 jcars, effectlxe January 1, 1918
cultles Tho transportation sjstem Is its lines xxlll on that date become a
xx hat It Is now because of our policy of grand dlxlslon of the PennsIxanla Itall
prcservlng competition m our railroads load and xxlll be designated as the south
cannct easily bo put together. It Is now ern division. The board or directors to
ns necessary to operate the railroids day took the necessary action to trans
as one system ns It Is to centralize thefer to the pa, rolls of the Pennslxanla
people In armies and naxlos." Railroad Company all the officers and
Icinplojes of the P. B. and "A", effectlxe
THREAT OF COAL PRICE
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APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
..nU , n..,.n.n .. . .corresponding to those heretofore occu
OVER LEWIS S HEAD pled by them In tho organization of the
P. B. and W.
If the citizens f Philadelphia can get
no explanation from I'rancls A. Lexvls,
J'ifuel administrator for Philadelphia
M . County, of his decision tn permit local
1 coal dealers to charge fifty cents more
5 per toll for coal, an appeal to the Presi.
,' dent of tho United .States will bo taken
by the united Business Mens Associa
tion of this city. Incensed at Mr.
Lewis's nttltude of Indifference to tho
Continued on rase I.Iexen, C olumn lour
THE WEATHER
lOltECAST
For Philadelphia, and xiclnity: Voir
,aii( confliiHcd cold tonight and Thura-
day, xcith loiccst tempcature tonight
clout SO degrees; light northerly
icinds,
i.xr.Tn or Toruv
Bun rises. 7 27 . m. I Pun aeti. 4 40 p. m.
DAWAKK RI Kit SWK Clf.tNClKS
CHESTNUT BTHhET
Iiw water. 6-TJ a. m li.ow water. 7 18 pm.
Ulan xvster 11.53 a m llillb wator 12-03 p in.
7 TKMl'fcBATUBE AT K,CI1 HOUB
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"The Autobiography of a
, Penmylvanlcm"
The Life Story of
Got. Samuel W. Pennypacker
WILL BB fOUND TODAY
on the
EDITORIAL PAGE
ucceedlng Installments JVill Be
Printed on tho EDITORIAL
PAGE Until Further Notice
The Cpntinuation of
"LONG LIVE THE KING"
' 'By Mary Roberta Rinehart
Appears on Pace 13
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U.S. TO TAKE OVER
RAIL LINES SOON
Both McAdoo and John
S. Williams Prominently
Mentioned for Dictator
WAGE question VITAL
Problem to Be Considered at
Tomorrow's Conference
With Chiefs
WASHINGTON", Dec. 18.
Co, eminent operation ot the country's
tallroada will begin early In January,
Iloth Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo and John Skelton William, Comp
troller of the Treasury, are prominently
mentioned for the post of railroad dic
tator. A few legal and financial problem,
rot jet finally disposed cf, are holding up
President Wilson's announcement of thl
new war step the inot rexolutlonary
jet taken by the Got. eminent.
The President 1 confident that hi
plan. Including the compensation to be
fixed for thei railroad. xxlll meet with
lho al,proxal of tho ra,road 1)ead,
.' questions pending with em-
Piojes, one or the biggest problems be
, fore the Ooxernment In Its Riant scheme.
-, "Z
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wm oe xaiten up at a conference with
railroad chiefs nnd their legit adxisors
at the White Itoua tomorrow.
The President is sufficiently empow
ered bv the act of Congress of August
29, 1916, to assume control immedlatelv,
although there will be legislate e adjust
inents necessary later. It is bald. Tho
act under which ho will moe proxldes.
Tho President, In time of war. I
empowered through the tVcretnrx- of
T lnk Possession and assume
control of any sjstem or s stems of
transportation for the trans
poitatlon of troops, war materials and
equipment or for other purposes.
. i" K' utuini'mi conswera
"wing to tho big financial consldera-
tlons lIHoHed Intho mnrt hlirli nnli.li!
declared today Secretary McAdoo Is re-
ganled to be the President's choice as
rallroatl administrator. Because of his
knowledge of the financial situation In
tlls country it Is felt McAdoo would
command the confidence of the monej
"orld and prexent great financial f1l.
turbaiico which might result from the i
a nnancial expert rather than
ursr-
tlcal railroad ctecutlxe. and because the
(Jeorgla and Florida Railway, "xxent to
pieces" under his administration. An
other report here today xxas that Will
iams xxould succeed McAdoo as Secre
tary of the Tieasury xxhen the Presl
dert's son-ln-laxx Is made railroad ad
ministrator. Ilffortsjrtll bo made to effect a xol
untary agreement As to compensation
for the railroads with their executlxes
Should this fall, the question xtltl haxe
i h. ia..i i,f,. .. .,v..l.
, llcl'tll,r the Presldenrnor Congress
- Wtr.rllr fix the compensat.oTto
be paid.
. '" ,1,s conference xxith the railroad
In Ills conference
.January l. lam.
They xxlll occupy positions In the or-
ganlzatlon of the Pennsylxanla Railroad
SAMMEES NOW SING
OWN HYMN OF HATE
Systematic BayoRet Training
as Reprisal for German
Frightfulness
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. American
Sammees at borne and abroad are un
dergoing a systematic training In hate.
The Idea that we war upon the Ger
man 'Goxernment. not the German peo
ple Is gradually being displaced, at
least among those xxho haxe charge of
training. Through Ictures and bul
letins the Inseparability of the Ger
man people and Goxernment In their
league of horror Is being Instilled Into
ixiic flchters.
Examples of frightfulness are con-
stantly presented to soiaiers ra men
In training. Tho latest 'Is the report
from American headquarters showing
that tbe Teutons In a last month's raid
slashed a sentry's throat after capture.
And It Is notable that officials -did
at the outset of tne war regarded the
German people as mere Jools of the au
tocratic system aro noxv singing hymn
of bate.
Secretary ot War Baker was one of
these. But now. In private conversa
tion, he condemns the Huns as strongly
as any one.
Officials from the training camps
haxe been taught that they must fight
to kill, else they are likely to be the
xictlms of German treachery. The Brit
ish baxonet system has been Introduced
Into our army, and the basis thereof
, "no quarter" and "barroom fllhtlng."
II iou miss your man with the point of
the. bayonet. et him with th butt ot
thekgun, raraiet of whtre you Wt i
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STEFANSSON REACHES FORT YUKON
i x' ' f f III. i
The Canadian Government has just announced the safe atiival
of the famous Arctic explorer in Alaska. His boat, the Karluk,
is seen aboxe.
HUNS RACE WITH .EXPLORER SAFE
ITALIANWINTER AT FORT YUKON
Hurl Troops in Supreme , Canadian Government An
Effort to Gain Domi- nounces Return of
nating Positions
LINE STILL HOLDS TIRM
ROME, Dec. 26.
Recapture of ground from the
Teutons at Col del Rosso and Monte
Talbella, but failure to hold the
gains in the face of counter-attacks,
was reported in today's official
statement.
BERLIN. Dec. 26 (xia London).
Violent enemy counter-attacks in
the neighborhood of Col del Rosso,
and at neighboring heights, broke
doxxn xxith heavy losses to the at
tacking forces, todaj's German of
ficial statement said.
By HENRY WOOD
with Tim rnnNcn armirs i.v
ITALY, Dec. 28.
The Teutons arc making their last
supreme effort to reach the Venetian
plains today before xx Inter Irrexocably
checks all operations. I
hlnce Saturday General Conrad's Aus
trlans haxe been battering unceasingly
against the Italian lines. It Is confi
dently expected his assault xxest of the
Brenta will bo folloxxed quickly by new
assaults bv Generals Krauss and Beloxv
east of the same rlxer particularly
around Monte Grappa, xxhere Austro.
Germans are noxv freshly concentrat
ing. The battlo as thus developing xxlll de
cide whether the Italians will be able
Continued on Toxe Kleren, Column 1 our
FIRE OF ARTILLERY
GROWS HOT IN WEST
Intense Duels of Big Guns in
France and Flanders Re
ported by Berlin
BERLIN, Dec 6.
Dexastating artillery duels were re
ported from the western front by tie
War Office today. The firing around
Ypres, Moeuxres and Marcolng at times
reached the greatest Intensity,
South of Juxlncourt a French raiding
party was drlxen back after hand-to-hand
fighting. It xxas stated.
The report added that the heaxy artil
lery firing on the east bank of the
fCm.lstmaa Day,
Meuse (veraun) was discontinued on
LONDON Dec. 26.
"Not! Ing special" was Field Marshal
Ilalg's report from the British front
today-
DEATHS OF FOUR SAMMEES
WASHINGTON, Dec, 26. The acci
dental death of an engineer and three
deaths from natural causes among the
American expeditionary forces were an
nounced by the War Department today.
They are:
Corporal Leonard Ford, labor, com
pany, December 24, pneumonia; mother,
Mrs. Cora Kprd, Houma, La.
Prix ate Harry Lute, Infantry, Decem
ber .23, pneumonia; mother, Mrs. Jane
Lute, 17 West Thompklns street, Co
lumbus, O.
I'rlxate A. D. Steele, stexedore bat
talion. December 24, bronchitis; wife,
Mrs. Carrie B. Steele, Fulton, MUs.
Private Andrew AubucJion, engineers,
December 22. accidentally killed : mother.
Mrs. Theodor K. Aubuchon. Bonne,
err, ,,-. W
SP
Stefanson
PARTY OF 24 RESCUED
OTTAWA, Out, Dec. 2iJ.
Deputy Minister of Na-al Affairs
Desbarats announced this afternoon
that he had recelxed word from Port
Yukon. Alaska, tint Hxplorer Stefans
son nnd his party haxe arrlxed there
safelj.
The explorer and his party will prob
ably make their xxa to Nome and take
the steamer there.
It Is thought Stefansson spent last
winter on Melxllle Island. His partx
comprises txxentj-four men.
VilhJ-xmur Mefansson won fame by
his discoxery of xxhlto Hsklmos and of
a xast unchartered territory In the
Arctic. He left Port Clarence. Alaska,
on bis present trip, July 20, 1913. Cap
tain Robert A. Bartlett, who was with
Peary when ho dlscoxered the North
Pole, was in command of bis snip.
In September, 1914, news came that
Stefansson and some of his men were
,,rn,,A,i nm shin hax ing gone ndrlft
Pi the Ice floes, borne ot me crexx, nuer
nn arduous Journey, arrlxed at Wrangell
Island, where they xxero picu un j
the United States rexenue cutt'r Bear.
Nothing more xxas heard of the ex
plorer until a J ear later, when the
Canadian Goxernment recelxed word of
his safety. Sexeral attempts to rescue
him proxed abortlxe. No direct nexxs of
fatfanson has been recelxed since until
todax's announcement.
THIS HUN SHELL DREW
FIRST BLOOD OF U. S.
Surgeons Save Novel Souvenir
of Our Initial Casualty
in France
By W. S. FORREST
(lr,I 7rex SfOtr Corrnpoildril!
WITH TIH3 I'ltENCII AUMIES IN THE
FIELD. Dec. 20:
The German fchell xxhlch hit tho first
American soldier to be wounded In the
European war Is preserxed today In the
form of thirty-nine fragments, each Iden
tified by three file marks and declared
authentic by a unique document drawn
up and signed as soon as possible after
Its historic explosion.
Txxo copies of this document exist
one In the hands of Alxa Burton McKle,
American army surgeon: the other re
tained by Maurice S. Berton, French
army surgeon, who attended the first
wounded American. The first soldier
xvounded was Lieutenant D.' H. Harden,
United States signal corps
The enemy shell xxas a high exploalxe
of 105 millimeters, nearly four-Inch
caliber. Fourteen pieces of- It are held
noxv by the American surgeon, twenty
four by the French phjslclan And one
by the United Press correspondent
The official attestation, translated
xerbattm from the official text and with
the names as signed. Is as follows:
"In souxenlr of the first American
i-oldler xxounded by the Germans in
French trenches:
"On October 21, at 10:20 a. m, fixe
jards east of the flrst-ald post 'Lea Ju
Melles,' the first soldier of the United
States was wounded In the line Lieu
tenant D. H. Harden, signal officer, at
tached to the regiment struck
by a fragment ot a German 105 milll-
mkUr'ah!!. Tne "jvounif was on the ex-
MILK TO RISE
ANOTHER CENT
Excliange'Directors' Meet
ing Forecasts Increase
in Retail Price
"C OMBIN E" INTIMATED
C. Henderson Supplee Talks
of Unwarranted Boost by
Producers
A cne-cent-a-nuart lncreie In the
price of milk wa forecast this afternoon
when tho board of directors of the Phil
adelphia. Milk Exchange conxened for
their monthly meeting at tho Philadel
phia Chamber of Commerce.
At the samx time. C. Henderson Sup
plee, of the Supplee Aldemey Dairies,
Intimated that there xxas a milk pro
ducers' "combine" bent on boosting the
wholesale price, although the market
does"not warrant It The retail Increase
of one cent a quait, be said, xxould fol
low: the promised "boost" of one cent by
the producers, making a quart of 12
cent milk sell nt 13 cents (rr 7 cents a
pint) If the wholes lie rate is adxanced
Irom i to t cents n quart
"I bellexe that persons are gflng
among tho shippers and farmers telling
them that the price should bo raised,
and assuring them that they baxo the
power to raise It," said Mr. Supplee, xxbo
xxas head of the retail distributors' com
mittee that xlslted the farmer In nn
effort to reach an ngreement xxlth them
It Is a bad condition of affairs There
....
"""" lo,"r"y, rr, B'rc,u- "strasse, n.s one of tho highest agents
retailers In Philadelphia haxe Kept the
price loner than that In any other large
iltx-, and xx e luxe tried to Keep It dovxn
Tlio cantonments consume a great
amount of milk, It Is true, but the mar
I.et Is perfectly normal, nnd theie Is no
oson for tho proposed Increase"
I!oxexcr, accordli g to Mr .Supplee
tho retailer must folloxx- In the path or
tho xxbolesaler or go out of business.
They Indicated to nie," he said, re
ferring to the milk producers, "that be
cause of the high cost of feed and laboi
the mill, prlco xxould go up the first of
'the e-xr. They told me that they had
refrained from rilslng the price ns long
as possible Of course. xe xUH haxe to
raise the price according!. If the
xtholesale price goes up one cent the re
tall price xx ill do the same, although in
Justice It should be a llttlo more "
The axxalted action of the xxholesalers,
represented by the Interstate Milk Pro
ducers' Association, depends upon the
Ooxernment, according to R ,W U ilder
ston, bucretarx IIo said that prlee-fKIng
promised by the food administration foi
December 1 had not materialized nnd
a'll,ln!!!"o:VL'!l,it7'.1 "'J.!?''
meetings In October and noix meets uion
its president's call
STABILIZE COPPEK PRICES
Agreement Assured to Maintain
Rates at Present Basis
WASHINGTON', Dec. 2C.
It
Is
learned upon good authority that all
Indications point to an agreement hax Ing
been reached by the Council of Na
tional Defense for the xontlruntlon of
copper prices on tho present basis.
As usual, no direct confirmation Is ob
talnable, but officials generally haxe ex-
pressed themselxes to the effect that
copper prices should be maintained at
the 1'3'2-cent Iexel ard stablllzo the
trade and bring about a, larger output.
NATION-WIDE PLOT
TA IIU-CfT D A Tn A P VQ
1" 11" livl -)rllYUJ-0
.
I Warnings Issued Regarding
Red Cross Supplies DestiRcd .
I for Use in Europe !
Cl,i:VULAND, O. Dec 26. ,
An enemy plot bellexed to be nation-1
wide In scope, tho purpose, of xxhlch xxas
to Infect bandages destined for shipment
to American forces abroad xxith dls-'
eases 01 u niBiii xiruieni ami con-
nlnli nnllirp. lino l,on llnrnvr,l l,r.
i )t as announce(i this afternoon by of-
nciais or tno Department or Justice.
This city haH been a storage point fori
the assembling of lied Cross supplies
it is bellexed that a great number of
supplies sent here from all sections of
Oh,lo, Indiana nnd Kentucky may haxe
been tampered x Itli and perhaps pol -
soned. Warnings concerned supplies
xxhlch already haxe been shipped xxero1
cabled broadcast today,
tnrlif li n hn okl-nA ..
DISPATCHES RECEIVED
ONRIlSSrANSITUATinM
Special Messenger Arrives
With Official Matter From
Ambassador Francis
AN ATLANTIC POUT, Dec 26.
Carrjlng Important dlrpatches from
American Ambassador to Itussla Francis,
from tho State Department, C, T, Will
iams, secretary of the American Ited
Cross In Itumanla, arrlxed here today
on a liner from Archangel, en route to
Washington. Mrs. Butler Wright, wife
of the Councilor of the American em
bassy In Petrograd, arrlxed on the sime
liner.
The dispatches brought by Williams
carry a detailed account of the true
situation In Russia and are of the ut
most Importance. They glxe. It Is be
llexed, an accurate account of the
strength of the Bolshexlkl and also glxe
an Idea of Just how much help may be
expected from Russia In the world war.
Recent advices from Petrograd were
to the effect that the leaders of the Bol
shexlkl were bitter because of the al
leged actlxttles of Ambassador Francis
against their cause. The documents
brought by Williams, It Is bellexed, tell
Just what Francis has done.
An Idea of the Importance of the dls
patches was furnished by the fact that
Williams carried them In a mall pouch
chained to his wrist and that he slept
with the mall pouch under his pillow
throughout the night.
Mr. Williams started for Rumania In
July. Twenty da a xvere consumed In
making the trip and the train was fre
quently attacked by armed bands repre
senting Various factions. Williams
stated that Russia Internal affalra were
In a tU of chaos and (hat condition
QUICK
1 DEAD. 34 HURT IN TROLLEY CAR SMASH
BRADFORD, Pn Dec. 20. One passenger is lcported klllei
nnd thlrty-our Injured in a hend-on collision between two large
interorbkc cars of the West Nexv YoiU nnd Pennsylvania Trac
tion Company at 3 o'clock near Seneca Junction this afternoon,
Schcf is oclng sent on a special car, in:lu lin doctors and nuiset
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Third Ncxy Orleans lace, 1 1-10 miles Semper Stawart. Ml,
JuliUbou, 5 to 1, 8 t uS, 4 to 3, won; Ctuccs, 104, Maitlu, 7 to 3,
3 to 3, second; Regreso, 101, Walls, 1 to 0, third. Time, 1.01.
l"ourth New Orleans race, 1 1-10 miles Lucky R. 108,
Obut, V to 2, 0 to 3, 1 to 2, wonjBuzz Aioi nd, 100, Moouey,
3 to 2, cxcli, btcoud; Surpassing, lOO.Hobluboni tn 3, thlld. Time,
1.55 -l-S.
ARGENTINE GRAIN FIRED BV INCENDIARISM
IIL'KNOS AllinS, Ucc. 2C Numciout lmcndlarx tlics nro uccuiilne
.iinunp the sraln xxnreliouscs nt ArRcntlnc lmbors. It xxas reported toda
that ninny grain ru!ers nre now opposing the sale of gialn iibiond on the
Ground thut it Is not going to the Allies
WOMAN SPY'S WORK REVEALED IN COAST CASE
SAX I'RANCISCO. Dec. IC. A
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tho moxeinents nf Iranr Schulcnbcrc,
cral authorities here, according to announcement todaj. Tho annruncement
folloxxed ndmlsslon by the authorities that Scliulcnber'had Made a partial
statement.
GEN. HALE IN FRANCE TO VIEW BATTLE FRONTS
I.OL'ISVII.M:, Ky, Die. IC Major General Harrj C. Hale, commander
of the i:ight -fourth Dlxislon at Camp Zachaiy Taj lor, has an lxcd In l'ranco,
according to xxord recelxed here todax,
fionts. His departuie fiom Camp Tajlor had been kept secret.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
SACRAMHNTO, Cal , Dec 20- Goxcrnor Stephens today recelxed n. let
ter In xxlilcli the threat Is mado that unless lie leaxes $30,000 at a certain
place In Oakland Roulexurd, Oakland
whole Sacramento dctectlxc force xxlll
U. S. MEDIATOR IN CONTROL IN PACKING INDUSTRY
.-.-... i ......,.
i iiilauu, uec. .i. rue uoxcrnmeni. mrouzii a mediator, now controls
.all labor conditions in exery pacMng
''e "Biecment effected by the IVderal
tract betxxecn the packers and tmplojes selects John 12. Williams, food ad
ministrator of Illinois, as labor arbitrator His decislons'are final.
BULGARIA BALKS AT RUSSIAN PEACE TERMS
G12XHVA, Dec. 20. llulgaili lias balked at the peace terms of the Rus
sian Bolshexlkl, protesting especially against tho clause claiming for no an
nexation of occupied territory, said a telegram fiom tho German frontlet tQyj.
EASTERN FREIGHT-RATES TO MICHIGAN REDUCED
WASHINGTON Dec. 26 The Interstate Commerce Commission todaf
oideied a reduction of from 2 to 4 per cent on nil freight rates from eastcri
cities to southern Michigan points. Tho rates applied particularly to cltlei
in the southern peninsula of Michigan,
' than other points equally distant from
BLOCKLEY INMATE
Peter Slexin, slty-onc jcars old, of 2735 Cabot btrcct, an Inmate of the
Philadelphia General Hospltnl, xxas electrocuted last night xxhen he attempted
to climb tho fence around tho liospltil grounds nt Thlrtx-sKth and Spruce
I streets, and became entangled In nn
The body xxas found this moinlng
guards.
FINLAND SEEKS RECOGNITION FROM GERMANY
PI2TROGKAIJ, Dec. 2C Plnland has asked Germany to recognize he
Independence, according to reports xxlilcli reached here today from Brest-I.ltoxsk.
1,421,000 ENGLISH AVOMEN IN MEN'S JOBS
LONDON, Dec. 26 Since beginning ot tho xxar 1,421,000 Hngllsli xxomen
. ..... .. . . ,, ii
11BX e IIIKeil Ul men nui... ,...i.....
4,776,000, tlio Labor Gazette staieu tociaj
m munitions factories
.
KILLING OF PET DOG
I Vttc!' cirnn CHIT
lAUS-B 9-OUU null
,
' n: ci...t Wnmnn Rnvs Neighbor
I II fcJV -v r
Shot Terrier Which Showed
Animosity to Him
A feud betxxcen txxo residents on Pine
'.-.. . . ,.-,.. n-t nl .. (ha 1.111.
bireci, XXeSl Ol juilj-iun.. . .'
cf a pet fov terrier belonging to
ono lias resulted In n $IC00 laxxsuit bo-
I lug entered In the Municipal Court. Thc
ugBriexuu jiuiij. mi. v..
ages, is Salllo M Hanley. proprietress
of a boarding houso at 4119 Pino street.
Tor a long time, sho alleges, her
neighbor, Dr. Frank Reed, a wealth
retired dentist, of 4105 Tine street,
was In the habit of teasing and wor
ding her dog by poking his cane or
umbrella through the railing ot the front
ard fence. &he declares mat ner uog
I was kind and not disposed to be xlclous,
but, being irritated by the antics of
Reed, finally shoxxed "animosity to-
wnrd him
Doctor Reed xoxxed to kill the dog, the
plaintiff ax ers, and on December 20 car
ried out the threat.
Early that morning the animal, after
being kept In thc bouse all night, xxas
allowed out for morning exercise. The
dog. In Its playful gambols, slie explains,
ran Into the open drlxexvay leading to
the defendant's house. Reed's atten
tion being attracted to the dog's pres
ence came out of his house with a gun
or .pistol, and, it is alleged, fired two
shots Into the fox terrier, killing him.
The plaintiff xalued her dog at J1500,
and ax era that the act of her neighbor
xvas wanton and xvlllful.
Brother-in-Laxv Charges Bigamy
Benjamin Brown, txx-enty-sexen years
old, has been held In 1800 ball on a
charge of bigamy brought by his
brother-in-law, Louis Pescber, of I5Sti
Natrona street. "
Nexr Orleans Results
FinsT hack, t mile:
Kins of th XX Ilia. no.
Itoblnson
Courier, 10-'. Jhnon
Jrls T.. 102' w mis ,.
7 to 6 2 to 3 out
..... ; toi aios
- to 1
Time, HUH
8KC0ND Jiaci: 0 rurionn:
l.ar U.rmt
Walls I to 1, rn 2 to 5
r itsriuv. m.
Htnust Klnr.. lOT, Owrt .... StoO xto3
NEWS
&
xxoman snx-. cmnloicd by 'Wlllielm-
...-.- -
In the German secret scrxlcc. directed
'master i-p, xxho is held by tho I cd-
lie xxlll malie a tour of the battle-
THREATENED WITH DEATH
ho nnd txxo other State offlc'als and the
b 'blown up"
... . ... ..
plint In Ameika This Is the effect ot
mediation board here toda.x. Tho con -
xxhlch lias been carrjlng higher rattl
points of origination,
IS ELECTROCUTED
electric xxlre running Just oxer the fence.
by Captain McMamis, ot
the hospital
.i, ,,, , , , .
...v. ..u...,. .,. viii,iu) OIHCn CO
uiti. uiu.uuv 01 111cm are xxoruing
CITY PAYS $4,825,653.37
IN INTEREST AND LOANS
Of This, $2,8 15,814 Goes Into the
Sinking Fund All Deposi
1 tories Drnxyn Upon
City Treasurer McCoach today sent to
the Farmers nnd Mechanics' National
Bank, fiscal agents of the city. J 1,825,
C53 37 to pay tlie semiannual Interest of
city loans nnd for maturing city loans.
Tho total kiim to be paid out In In
terest Is 3, 031. 853 37. Of this amount
Its sinking fund commissioners xxlll re
celxe (2,845,814. The amount paid by
tho commissioners for loans that aro
ordlnarll paid by direct appropriation
of city Councils was J87.039.37. The
Interest paid on the $07,100,000 loan
created for transit and port purposes
will como directly from the loans. It
amounts to about $100,000.
The loans maturing at the close of
this car amount to $1,793,800. In order
tp completo the heaxy payments the
THpsurer found It necessary to draxv
on exery city depository.
CRACKSMEN'S BLUNDER
CLOSES SAFE TIGHT
"0-erdose" of Nitroglycerin Wedges
Doors Together, Spoiling Ef
forts to Rob
Too much nitroglycerine nullified the
deep-laid plans of n group of ambitious
safe robbers last night xxho attempted
to break Into the safe of Bennett Hoi
lard, of 203G South street. The thlexes
tunneled under the foundation of the
bultcfng and then xxorked their way
Into the store, After boring several
holes Into the steel and concrete door
they put too much nitroglycerin Into
them and the outer door xvas blown
Into the Inner door In such a day as to
make It Impossible for them to get Into
the Inside of the safe. Then 'the in
truders departed and left behind In their
dirgust a set of the most modern safe
bloxxlng tools, the like of xvhlch even
"Dick" Dole, the City Hall safe expert,
had nexer seen before.
This Is the fifth attempt of safe
crackers within txvo jears to rob the
Hollard store.
UKGENT NEI
ATU.S.FR01
IS LAB0RE1
Many Civilian Worl
ers Required to Re-'
n
place Sammees
PERSHING'S MEN
ARE HANDICAPP
Military Training 'io
Troops interrupted by,H
Construction Tasks $$M
j 3
JOBS FOR PATRIOTJS
Pick-nnd-Shovel Wielders .1
' Well as Skilled Mechanics'
Essential to Victory "
By HENRI DAZIN jcfe.-C!
Stall Corr'sponrfftil f-'irnltio tMn LttarfM
rilXD IinADiuARTRRS OP THltV
AMERICAN AnJIT, Dec. :, 'JU
It lll Ilir .lmrncn. irwii '. j mw.T . rjj
The United States army is confront
.... ......-. ,i,, ..rnMem iht tm
. v i,iu nniiiu ov..w" ,.... -.
. . .,. nrmy on tho'estcrn
., liroijein of tho laborer. It ai
workmen nnd mint Iito tbem by
.!.... ..
rri....l. .1.. lilt. 1.n, a li..n ftttvbtlXr
rellexed through imported and pr!soneHi
lauor, mere nas neur utvn rnuu,,. wi.j
i 110 XXOfK UCJUUU HID .llica nin wv... mn
continues to bo stupendous, nlxvaya $
- i ita,in,. th tranfcr of soldiers i!U
Imperative xxork, hereby depriving thi
flehtlne force of a certain percent!,?
of man-poxer. 7w3
I.A110R DIVISION A NKCRSSITT . M
Tho Americans, xxlthout Imported atrtl'i
n.l.nn.. wnrlm.n noil !L lAbfir fllxlslon.
of '"any thousands for tho lines of coi1
inunicaiion nnu ciscxxncro oeyonu in.
roar of tho big guns. This serious 1R01
lesiilted recently in hundreds of 801'
dlcrs belni xxlthdrawn from tho train-?
i- ni,i. i r..P rnnstruetlon woi
-..-
Thc.. eft ,ho ncceSsary grcnado.prl
1,,, - anJ tr.Ch.method lessons for I
tlce and trench-method lessons for
..!, , ., , JW
liiciv nnu puuii;i, 4 j -au
On one of the Joint lines ot commupK'3
cation I found Sammees of sexen-dW
fcrent organizations laboring Instead j
frnlnlntr llspulierp I found Hammrta
I.Aln JaIi,,...! In tlm trnlntntf 4XJj
.-., tv.u...x.U .. ..." Wfc.
the fighters hax Ing been replace ii
newly wrlxed labor from the .2
Butstiiffll the coming of this poo?
guard lie only other labor to ',sav
Sammees from nonmiiuary worii&i
furnished by negro stcxedorcs from'l
ports ot entry. At that their numB
xxas Insignificant compared with
needs for men ot braxvn.
The American expeditionary 1o
urgently requires thousands of men. I
rluillng mechanics nnd urticans. 'V3j
Tlio fexv recent nrrlxals of xxorkrnen
skilled and unskilled from the JCa-vS
tlonnl Army training camps In theji
fjtates nro not enough. Such men con
ktltnl. n trfr. handful nfralnst thn !.&;
gantlc requirements. Thero nre open-3
Ings hero for great quantities of Amcrl- 1
,.uii men n.itrlollcallx' mcllned mea'.Vfl
I bejond the military ago or xxith mlnertJ
I defects Incapacltatmg them in a mlH
I tary xxay, yet leaxlng them husky 'an
I PATRIOTIC JOBS OPEN
Patriotic Jobs that are crying
intn aro the plck-and-shoxel Jobs an
lmsltlons for mechanics, toolmakeri
exery trade is essential and Inxaluab
irom mui oi uiu tuuwti ... .,!. vfc
colllii-makcr. There nre also posit
aside from those entailing hard mum
xxork. The nrmy needs clerks, cha
feurj and other men to fill semimlUb
ultima in t! a xnst organization t
makes up nn effectlxe fighting farce Jt
"Every one do bU bit I" should be 1
American slogan, the American OS
nmnil, lor in" " .. ... ..u. -
terekts of our rouniry -i iienn.
Ta TtrlilMh nrmx hern Is backed un 1
t. o nnnmllltarx worlctniT nriroTil-iJi1
kui:4i " .-. : ..t ": -ttt. j.
tion The French haxe mobilized effl
zens "unfit to fight et fit to labor, x
United States,' xx Itli an immensely i
nerlor inanpoxxer rcserxo to draw
In able to furnish a great army a pup
unrklmr force unablo to do mlllh
duty, jet whose wcrlc is xltal toj
military operation ot tne army, jv
The menaage ibat tlie American !
-... l he strong arm of the workm
tn support It bould lie apread . j
the nation from i-iiiiaciinia i i
FrnncUro to nvobl a threatening
. n.,.n, ,limat la flint a V...I .
Illlll). illrt ,..,w .. ... H B.w.
,.i.c nf the war training of the O
sninler material extant xvlll be hah
.i..,. nii ihn unaxoldabln necessity
. .i Sicilian xxork xvork that clvllk
should be wllllrg and eager to taka. i
ii,. solders snouiucro. x was k
Impressed with this fact: The Samn
plck-anu-siiuri ... d..m. m .
I nrt in the eood causo of tr
making and other Jobs strictly ln.jl
....... hi. nhtlnir trade. a .
w "' - - c.- -
WILL PICK BRICKLAYBI
FROM DRAFTED Mi
WASHINQTON, Dei
imii nn ureent request from U
Pershing that 1000 bricklayers be
to France at once, Proxost Marshal.
eral Croxxoer n um mat -this
work be picked from the draft I
This will be the rtrst draft pf
tradesmen lor me new army, a
clxes an Inkling of how the Wa
nartment r i"" - i w
lectlxe service oj.icm.. Uu.r..
wlll be called soon. General .Cron
.i.ai for In sending the telt-l
the xarlous Goxernors glxlng tbtr i
x.rioklsvers. he said. Ther i
Immediate need for a conslderaMM
per Ol an.i.v- -
nt-ieklavera In deferred
nf miotas or current Quotas will ba
. n ripneral Crowder ft -
otherB farther down ihe master Pj
expected to appiy tor xuiuuiary ai
tion Into this scrxlce. The lattar i
win be taken at once. v
nnlv xvhlte men wrlll be
they wilt be sent to the avlath
signal corp, jiut iciu
informatlM oa the 1
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