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KHK HHENCH AUM1ES IN
M. Dec 28.
Miys Zeppelin program, nn
'wlth boastful nrldo In 1914.
;. dreary failure today.
qmift iinurcn now nvaiiaino snow
i; fifty .three Zeppelins put Into
since 1914, thirty-five have
istroyed; two liave been badly
and put permanently out of
ilons two, possibly destroyed.
Mttlnr! one badly damaged, tem-
"4)'out of commission In December.
t thirteen remain In service, eight of
Ml are detailed to the North Sea.
to'-the Baltlo and three us experl-
ai or school ships.
M.'ovcr France. Knehind and llcl-
Ihave cokI the (lermnns seventeen
una. eight having been accounted
Knffland, fivo In France and four
Hum. Accidents by fire, wind and
ring have destroyed at least eight
nany.
ellns' numbers, according to ac-
i calculations, started with tha L-l
ndeJ with 1,-5" Numbers between
rand 30 have not been employed, leav-
Mty-thrce to be accounted for. .I.-l
I.-1-2 were dcstroyel before the war.
a. first fell In the North Sea and the
nd was accidentally burned In
hlaabuttel.
'In addition to her Zeppelins llermatty
ta had In commission since beginning1
!.th'war at least thirteen airships of
liachutle Lam," "Clt-oss" and "Par-
types. Of these possibly seven re-
it In service, two, however, as non-
atant Instruction ships,
PHRACITE MINERS
PILL WORK JANUARY 1
New Year's Holiday to Con-
UllCtribute Patriotic Gift to
(;? Country
JAHANOY CITY. I'a., Dec. 28. Mine
fleers throughout the nirthraclte to-
JUare Virtually a unit In declarlnc
t'they will work on New Ycir's Day
U.rder to contribute their 'patriotic
K, o neip uic country oy prnuuriiiK
"Much-needed coal. While the fuel
ktlon has eased a Utile, the country
F abort more than Eo.000.000 tons for
MJyear, and anotlier cold snap will
r, great suncrniR ir mere is not an
ate supply on hand.
pha men have been appealed to by
aP Administrator (iarfleld, by Cardinal
ons and Archbishop I'rendergast to
tic on holy days and holidays In
-. to contribute to the nation's ctll-
mvs
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XHCgro ooy iieiu as rooipaa
John "Watklns. a negro boy, of 4330
Eighteenth street, was held with-
ball by Magistrate I'cnnock in the
nantown police station charged with
ray robbery and ussault and bat
, Wathlns was Implicated In the
l-up of George If. Iloach. 3218 North
h street, early vvenncsuay morning
..Wayne Junction.
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Wilson hold him. A mah favorahlo to
Urn workers. It was pointed out, would
be a tremendous asset In the operating
Job. . '
Intimacy with railroad (priority would
seem to' point to him an logical choice
tor director of tralllc, the Kst which
will probably direct priority under the
new system.
The perionnel of McAdoo's proposed
organization ha1 not been determined
on, he said. This Included what per
sonal counsel he wilt gather about him.
Judge I'nyne, counsel of the shipping
board, may be slated for one of the
(wiaf In IhA ttti- nrrrnlitvutlntl Asked
whether Payne would "assist huji i
MCAdoo smilingly lurncii-io inyno ana
mid, "Wo hope so."
Shortly after noon McAdoo's first
economy stroke under tha new regime
was resumed -elimination of the war
boa.rd publicity bureau. The three em
ployes were notified of their dismissal.
The Creel committee on public Informa
tion will handle the Cloveninient railroad
publicity
McAdoo's Intentions, pending enact
ment of "needed legislation' by Congress,
are to disturb present operation of the
railroads as little as possible, lie will
direct through existing agencies tem
porarily. Hut meantime ho Is drawing
plans for a highly centralized business
organization, the fabric of which was of
ficially outlined today ns follows;
W. tl, MiWfloc. at. director general
and the single controlllnc head n
sumlns nil powers and nil responsi
bility. . ., . . .
An assistant director general In a
personal adUsofy capacity to the di
rector general, This man will be a
man of broad railroad and financial
experience, though no olllclally con
nected with any rnllroad. to be a
"buffer" between rnllroad Interests and
the director general. John Skeltnn
Williams, former president of the Sea
board Air I.lne nnd present Controller
of the Currency, Is mentioned for this
poxt.
Ti.res chiefs on whose shoulders will
fall the actual operation. These will
be a director of operations, a director
Ol iranic ami u uni-viu! ..i .....
The director of operations wl 1 be the
man told to get cars rolling In the most
efllclent, economic nnd practical man
lier, regnrdless of any Interests except
those of the public nnd the paramount
one of winning the war, lie would en-
force the vast pooling of rolling stock, j
tcrmlnils nnd other equpment made .
possible by tlovernment admlnlstrat on.
In shoit. nil prooiems or acuiai pnjsicai
operation vvou.u no. up m '. "'"'-
Wt, of cours". to ilirecllon of Director i
General .McAdoo. ,
In view of his duties this man. It was
regarueu n ceruiimj. win : Byiii" M".-.
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broad-vislnned ynliroan operitor.
Several, Including Daniel Wlllurd, pres
ident of the llnltimore and Ohio; Male
Ho'den, president of the llurlington, and
t-i... it,.rrln oruhli-tit of Inn ,
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Southern, are mentioned.
The director of tralllc. It Is presumed,
will regulate priority and direct move-
ment of nil freight, co-ordinating with
the director or operations.
The director or finance will lialiuic i
the fiscal adjustments between the road
owners and the Government under pro- j
visions of the legislation Congress will i
tins at the President's request. In nd-1
dltlon to working out equitable mm- feeling1.
pensatlon or "rental" the Government President Wilson Is lellably reported
will pay the roads j it Is presumed ho ' to have told the railroads war board
will attend nlso to the pas roll of the that McAdoo will function principally
million railroad workers who will have through them temporarily. In the midst
a new boss In the Government Matters . of wnr tho President Fald he did not
of Investment of Government money. deslro to demoralize tho greatest Indus
in road Improvements and added roll- trial plant In the world. The executives
lug stock, nnd of disposing of any ex- ndmltted to him their Inability to cope
cess earning tho Government may make, ' with rlie pre-ent crisis under existing
nlso are expected to come under him. laws and with existing dlfllcultlcs In
Helow thee three subheads, highly financing. Therefore government Intcr
centrallzcd working organizations will i ventlon was decided on.
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gradually be evolved, ullllilng present
railroad organization as far ns Is com
patible with the plan of dUorclng private
Interest from the management.
This plan, given us the "probable
and logical" arrangement. It was em-1
phiNlzed, may not be wholly adopted at ,
tho outset .
UTIMZi; KXIHTINO KOItCKH
Director (leneral McAdoo inounccd
first steps will be tnken cautiously to
avoid sudden disadjustment of trarric.
KxistlpR organizations, too, must Ko
weighed that every positive force may
be utilized In reconstruction.
Legislation to be asked of Congress
Immediately after the reccv, besides
defining the fiscal
relationship of the
plan, will provide for transferring tn
Uncle Sam'a pay roll the 1,000,000 odd
railroad workers, for creating1 a wage
ndjustmant board or director, and prob
nbly for prevention of strikes. It was
stated.
McAdoo's plan to compensate railroads
on a basis of the average net Income of
the Inst three years, the tlovernment to
retain nil over this sum for maintenance,
new projects nnd reasonable dividends to
stockholders, will constitute the crux of
the conference between railroad officials
and McAdoo.
The railroads regard the flovernment's
Intervention primarily ns financial io
llef. The vvnr board, at today's meeting
with McAdoo. made uolnted Inqultles re
garding tho extent to which they can
now count on his aid In obtaining needed
funds to finance Improvements. A tlov
i eminent lonn Is not wanted, they stated.
nor any appropriation from Congress
for equipment. If McAdoo will appeal
I to the public to buy railroad securities
ns they buy Liberty Donds, or If the
I tlovernment will Itself buy the seen-
rltles, the railroads will finance them
j i-elves. the board stated.
Tho rnllroad predict that advancing
expenpes will necessitate the tlovernment
) making good a deficit on mest of the
road. Diversion of freight, pooling of
j equipment nnd other war efficiency
incisures will make some line prosper
ous nnd rcduco revenue of others. Tin
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ernment takes the surplus of the pros
perous lines nnd uses It to make up the
deficits on lines stripped of commercial
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fre(1
M'cAtioo i,aR pntt(.r t ouicr dividends
,., ,s the guarantee merely covers net
nccmg division of this Income may be
VHrei , pro, t lor, for Improve-!
ments than In past years. Just as stock-1
i,0uiers have enjoyed different dividends
In tho past
rjV Bone.rai , fpfclal order:, the1
1'rtginpnis proclamation provides, .vie-'
.,j0o ,nay do almost anything he deems
necessary to run the railroads ns n wan ... , , ,,,- , , ... ..tj r,,
machine solely for efficiency and vie. "Sweden, wild Mliilstei Lgaii. Is rur
(ore The onlv tru.-trnnteo the railroads I rilshlng Germany with metal and nlhei
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'Individual managements with a rreat
i I'm-ernment bureau occupying several
,udlngs here and with branches every-
where 1st assurance they are reported1
to have received from the rresldent to,,
die contrary.
giving this assurance tho I'resident
reported to have said: "And. irentle -
men. I believe I can control my deputy,"
which brought a general laugh of good .
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M'ADOO TO CUT MILLIONS
FROM RAILROAD BUDGETS
Opulent Salaries of Officials Will Be Slashed
Without Mercy, Elaborate Staffs Shot to
Pieces and Costly Bureaus Wiped Out.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.
Director (lenernl McAdoo of the
t'nlted States railroad plans to slash
millions of uselessly spent dollars from
payrolls of that line, Thl Is part of
the economy program which he will
eventually put Into effect.
ICvcry atom of extra eliding on tbo
rnllioad dollar sign will be rhlpprd off
Fabulous rnllroad presidents' salaries
I will come tumbling down or disappear
'altogether.
, Millions paid to elaborate staffs of
j freight solicitors will be hipped off Kx
I penlve passenger trafllo tickling de
partments will be done away with. Du
plication of expensive ndmlnltratlvo
' forces at great termlnnl will be stopped.
"Itlgld economies' will bo effected iir
soon ns I get my hand more firmly on
i the problem." said the ill rector general
j today. "I'ntll then It Is useless to specu
I late on precisely what I shall do further
than In uiy that this great enterprise
will be run with n minimum nf expeno
nnd a maximum of ndequnte service."
Financial geniuses, elected piesldcnts
of railroads for their nioney-gettlng and I
moiiey-hanilling powers, sviu no u-cie-s
now that Government control makes Hie
roads' credit perfect. Many of these
men will either step out of the railroad
DENMARK STANCH
FRIEND OF ENTENTE
Vouched for by Minister Kuan,"
Wlio Says Sweden Is
Helping Germany i
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A.V ATLANTIC 1'OltT, Dec 2S
Denmark Is heart and sou' with tho
Kntente Allies, but Sweden Is aiding
Qerinany to cany on the world war
In more ways than one
Declaration to this effect was volieil
tndu by Dr. Miiurlco Francis Criiii.
for the last four .vcais American minis
ter to Denmark who arrived here with
,, i.- ,. vr.ruei-lnn. Vinei-lcini
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War npcessltleji ill rM'liango lor iiiou,
fuel and petroleum. The petroleum i. ir-
many Is sending Sweden ennoh rrom
Hunmnln."
Doctor Hgan says condition.'' In Den-
nark "stagger description. I He nisi
coal he purchased for the American cm-
, bassy coxt Sinn per ton electricity, he
, paid," was almost unobtainable, and can.
.,ii.3 are in general u-c throughout Den
mark.
Fuel u vo miiiii'." said Doctor Kgan,
"that tho transportation lines of the
country have returned to schedules which
wero maintained thiily years ngu."
Doctor Kgnn nserted that the em
bargo placed by the Fulled States on
nlilmoeTllH of fuel
loon nun summon u
neiitrnl countries would havo to be lifted
soon. j
"L'nless this Is done," Im said, "the
D.mcs will have to make a bargain with '
Germany something which they nro ex-
cecdlngly loath to do."
Tori
VICTORIA
Enclosed cars are ready for delivery
NOW; '. .
Enclosed car comforts and special advan
tages are most desirable
NOW;
Prices will probably be higher in the
Spring than they are
NOW;
There are many reasons why you should
buy your Cadillac Enclosed Car
NOW;
AUTOMOBILE SALES CORPORATION
144 North Broad Street
game for the duration of the war or
become "dollar-n-year" then for the tlov
ernment. other official made mincces.
snry by Government control Inter will
diop out or be transferred to other work.
ficnornl anil dlvMnn officers of Ameri
can loads during 19li lecelvod J.'J.JOO,
650 In pay cheik. All other cmplojes
tecelved !l,ll2,fi"!,1D0, or an overage
of J8(!8.6fi per person per scar.
Illg rnllroad presidents' Milarles range
from $2.,000 to J7S.O0O. Four arc re
ported to rrcclve $75,000 each, ten others
$50,000 each and the icmnlnder scale
on down.
Several million dollars tied up In ex-
penslvo national railroad advertising
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the Individual roads In merchandising ,
themselves to the public will be clipped
off when the 'director general gets
around to It
It Is not llkelv that any large number
of clerks will be put out of Jobs, by ,
icnrganlzntlnu of the terminal admin
istrations under the Government unifi
cation plan because olllce staffs have
been reduced by calls to wnr service al-
ll'lliiy. II ntiniuonni cinpiocn air oeeoeo
women will lie empioyen wnerever po.
slide to relea
colors.
e men for duly with the
STATE STARTS HUNT
FOR VACANT ISLANDS
Secretary Houck Begins Inves-
tigation for Possible Prop
erty in the Uclawar?
The "'e liovldi-nce" Island mystery
of the Delaware river Is revived today
h- toe nnnnuncemeui iroio ininnnuii,,
that Secretin- of Internal Affairs Paul'
W Houck ha begun an Investigation'
to ascertain whether there are any va
cant Islands In the Delaware, still the
property of the State, between League
Island mid the State of Delaware line.1
The dispatches declare that titles to,
the Islands heretofore granted by the ,
Slate III this section luivo been Investi
gated In the leenrds of the Dcpnitment '
and that Captain W. A. Mnoie, sin ex
pert surveyor, will come to Philadelphia
for ii preliminary observation of the
river which may be followed by n com
plete survey.
city olllchils believe that that the In
vest lu.it Ion is a lesult of the claim of
J Flank M. JCeller. of this city, who ile-
chircs that he discovered an uncnarteii
Hand near Hog Island, which he named
"New Providence" Island and applied
for a patent. Zeller declared th.it his
rights were usuiped "by the shipping in
terests nt Hog Island, since dredged de
posits have made his Island a part of the
mainland and Hug Island.
Ile has filed suit In the matter In the
Delaware County courts, which Is sched
uled to be heatd at Media on January 19.
Since Is-lnnil.s In this section havo be.
i omi very valuable by leasnu of their'
adaptability for manufacturing sites nnd
terminal facilities, the Secrctnry of In-1
ternal Affairs Is anxious to know- ir tho
Slate owns any property In tho river. '
Food Shortage
Laid to Carriers
Conllnuetl from l'e One
ually ndded to. The object Is to ills
I cover what crops have been er vn dur
ing1 the last year, the amount .I crops
' tho farmer holili In storage, and the
1 crops he expects to grow dui-lng tho next
' J ear.
I These two Inventories, combined with
what Is known of the food consumption
I In this country, and the requirement o!
our nllles, will enable the Government
' to plan nhcntt for crop In nn Intelligent
niul foreslghud manner, he said,
"The Government has done wonder
till work, At best the food question Is
a tremendous one'. If It had tint been
for the sugar administration I nni con
rtdent we would now be paying fabulous
price for sugar. The grnln corporation
has done great work In keeping down
the price of whea't
"The AdmlnMratlon has been some
what handicapped by tack of arbitrary
powers. The task has been n staggering
one. but it lias none woiiucrs.
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grot cr In the country, I divided Into1
ten main clas-ltlilitlniis. They are grains
nnd seed, grnln food products, meats
nnd meat products, fish,, animal and
vegetable fats, dairy nnd related prod-
not", canned goods, fruits and vegetnnies.
sugar nnd starches unit tiriru trims, nuis
nnd peanuts, ruder tnei-o ten ciassiuca
tloiis nro elghty-sK Items,
Opposite each llen'i there
ale three
columns lor the repot t
Tho til ft for
stuck on hand December 31, 191 1: 111"
lecniid, stock on hand December :',!
tOlfi. and the third, estimated quantity
in transit from the dealer on' December
.11. 1017. Following this are seven ques
tions as to the general business done by
tho firm or Individual reporting
Thee reports must lie returned to the
Government within ten days of rctelpt
nf blank. Tho penalty, as established
by act of Congress, for failure to make
report, or making fale answers, Is
$1000 fine, one year Imprisonment, or
both.
McF.ill Ketbey. of the I'nlted States
Department of Agriculture, addressed
the Wholesale Grocers' Sales Company,
at the llourse yesterday. He explained
the operation of the food survey nnd Its
0Ujfct,
Women of Thirty
Without Training
nnvv desirous of riitcrinc Imsi-
tics or Governmental service
may prepare, in from six to ten
weeks, to operate a calculatins
machine
Capable ami brainy opera
tors are scarce, eoiiiiiuiiulinp;
excellent salaries, and the na
ture of the work appeals to a
person of intelliuriiee.
It is the- only short course
which leads to ii really good
position.
Other special war courses
for yomiK men and women
to fill vacancies caused by the
war. Apply for particulars.
PEIRCE SCHOOL
of Butinen Administration
Pine Street, West of Broad
Philadelphia
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Attacks Lease
C'niitlnneil frnni I'aze Ohe
consummated, will bring about a politi
cal revolution In Philadelphia, after tha
damige has been done, which will
smash the contractor-controlled political
machine which has the temerity to thus
outrage tho people. "
TRANSIT LEASE TO PASS
COUNCILS UY JAN. 3
The ordinance embodying the city
ndinlulstrntlnn'a proposed leaso of the
transit system has bccfi automatically
reported to Common Council and I
scheduled for consideration by that body
next Monday. Thero Is every prospect
for Its passage nt that time, nnd accord
ing to piesent plans It will be called up
and passed by Select Council on Janu
nry 3,
Copies of a brief In favor oi the leasn
g7 Guaranteed y
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MrjBE-tranir'BtKutb(swuiKn gx.
lueifnred by Dr. WllllanV
legal adviser tn the olnvf
matters, have been dlMtilhuiJ
member- of Councils, The brfl
out Die advantages to the city
gained by tho lease, nnd emphasizes
operation of the Frankford elevnted
at the earliest pusslbln moment, is
elimination of the exchnlige lljketv thl
elllclent supervision of surface lines end'
the extension or the surface syrtem to
meet the growing nreds of She, city.
Vigorous opposition to tho lease hns
been expressed by a number of business
men's association, but liuiy-itlons are
s.hnt th.( opposition will I. disregarded
and that the nrdlnanco will lj put
through according to schedule.
Aside from the reporting of the transit
ordfnance the passage of the city and
county budgets vvns tho only, business o
Importance transacted at the meetlns of
Councils, Tho general appropriation
hill was taken tip and read, but by the
time this process was completed soinnny
of the members had left tho chamber
that there were not enough left to
pas.s It.
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