H" Jl '' 1, I'")'' )t -k . aH XW . ! P I IX V iV P ebeh EDITION -.it-, .w - . ' .. -aft FV- VOb. IV. NU. U4 FHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918 CormtaiiT, 1918, nt ins I'rtuc Ltrors CouriNt PRICE TWtM ..: ! EB MISBURG TEUTONS PLAN TO OFFER WAR SUPPLY PLANT BURNS :Shell-Making Factory Is Damaged by Mysteri ous Fire "MODIFIED" PEACE TERMS To Declare Conditions Based on "Entente's Attitude" Within 10 Days, Swiss Hear r-v i f two workmen injuued Bolsheviki and Ger mans Biieak Off Con ference at Brest-Lit-ovsk Exnlosion Precedes Flames ThaV Cause Loss of Several i Hundred Thousand Dollars HAnnibuunu, Jan 2 , ' Tlic Harrlburg Pipe anil Pipe Bend ing Computes plint ciigigoil In tliO i mnmiroituro uoC tliclls fop tho United j States Government, was damaged t' the ctciit of tcvcrnl hundred thousand dollars lij- llro early todn Tlio cause of II10 flro Is nut Known, although there aro Illinois Hi it It was stalled from an ciiilu-icn 'J ho in inafcemcnt -vx II J not say tli.it It was of lnnnill.ir.v origin ami, a minute Invcstlg illuti is belrg conducted Tho llro si irtcd In tlic mint shop of , tlio works about I o'clock and work-1 inert In tlio vlclnitv i-.i thai It was pi jiedcd by an explosion 'I ho pilot shop I tho high pressure i) Under 01 tho ' hottlo pi:Tl!OGI5 IJ 1 in Miop and tlio foui-lnch nniKH "turning .."'' ' r " III il rough boring fmir-lnch (-hell tlep irt- Jllc Blest LItovsk pene" lonfcicnii" ment wcio ptnitieillv ruined. These I broke up with Itus-diu delegates t mnl weio old liulldliiKs with slnta roofa and ng tho (Jeriniu lonliins on tin' de much wood atnong the girders nnd nthci m uidi of Junherdom, according to ie parts of tho strucluio and binned r turning Bolshevik members tod i iiulikly. Ihn Germans, It was i-ild espnssed Two workmen. Clarence IH.kev. ,!.' tbch willingness to evneunto all nt hltc nrr.l. .i,wl Mrt in s.i, ri. u . , . i,, ,n.. ltuc-li, hut nunniinceil Hit lefusii t) PEACE MOVES SHOWN IN NEWS GERMAN" nml her allies will issue u new dci'liuution of "modihed ' pence conditions within ten dnjs, nccoulinir to Swiss lepotts. J'rom 1'ctroKrad tomes the statement that tho Ilolshcvik-Tcuton pence conference nt Brosi-Lltovslj htm ended in n bleak, the Germans refusing to evacuate Riga, Libau nnd oilier l.irjrc cities they now oc cupy, except in tlio event of n ftencrnl peace. The Russian nnd Geiman representatives who hne been discussing tho cxchniiKQ rif prisoners at 1'ctroRrad nre also nt loggerheads, the Russians demanding that Germany also release nil her political and .Socialist prisoners. The Holsheviki nnd Rumanians me close to a break because of tho withholding of food ftom the latter people. A Rumanian army has invaded Hcssaiabin and ociupied sevet.il towns. In the meantime fighting between Holshcvik .mil Uktainiaii foiccs continues, the latest battle repoited being nt Smolensk. CITY ICE-BOUND; I SCHOOLS CLOSE! i i Weather Bureau Holds No Hope of Relief Be fore Friday RIVER TRAFFIC IMPEDED Goalless Bins and Kursting Pipes Add to Zero Spell's 1 Discomfort Slavs Press Demands-BRITISH THWART tor Immediate With- mnim n IITM n . m drawal From All Oc- TRIPLE HUN RAID cupied Cities im:kxi:, .Ian. -i. Within ten dajs the Central Powers will make a new declaration of modified peace conditions "owing to the laiteule's attitude," accord ing In a quotation from the Munich S'achrichin, received here (odaj. Germans Attacked and Routed While Still in No Man's Land SIX MONTHS SET TO DECIDE WAR ;?' Captain Tardieu, French Envoy, Sees Victory in Short Time Today's Cold Comfort SKVKHAI. public Mhools do,ed. Cli.il Ruble societies helpless. Terries to Gloucester shut otT. Icy streets c.iU'-p bioken limbs. No let-up bcfoic l'ud.iy, s.iys the Weather Huienu. FOE LOSES HEAVILY EXPECTS DRIVE SOON Hourly Tempo at lira Midnight II 1 .i.m 11 2 a. m !l .1 a. m ) la. in S ." .1. m S li a. in 7 T a. in 7 8 a. fii II la. m 8 lO.i. in 8 11 .i.m II Noon !l QUICK NEWS BRITISH AMBASSADOR GOING HOME "ON LEAVE" WASHINGTON Jan. : liltlli Ambassadoi Sli Cecil Spilnx-Hke Isr etuinlng to England "on leave." he announced today. STREET FIGHTING RENEWED IN ODESSA COPENHAGEN, Jan. 2. Anotlier'outbifik of stieet fight ing Ik repo-tid fiom Odes-a All Cosotirkn of inlUtaiy aye have been oulered mobilirtd. PLAN TO BOOM WAR THROUGH CHAUTAUQUAS WASHINGTON, Jnn. 2. Thlitj field agents ot the Huklifto Cluutt.Uiqun, Jicaded by hector W. L. Itndcllffe, called on the Sec letatlos of State, Wni nnd Navy to coufet on methods of spiend iiifj wni piopnijaiul.i thiottgh the vailous Cliautauqtias. COAL Ri 1 STILL Rl I V nt-AimKT 4 A fc . ,1, 1XM r. "fh iJ OH uoiu weatner an Mines Nullify MfAl 1 "Clear Tracks" Or DRIVERS QUITTING, ftr IS -v !'--! Employes Fail to Rettii Work in Yards After Year's HoHdayfe TROTSKY NAMES NEW AMHASSADOR TO LONDON LONDON. I.m .' l.'on TiolK, le uler of tho ISolslirvlUI, baa font a wheless inesnce .iiininiueiiiR tho appointment of l'ltlcn I.ltvlnorf as ltus clin Amhasvuloi to London ami commands that nil embassy and other olit tiils of tho Ituolan liovernment now In (Treat 111 Italn tuin over to the mw' appointee all State documents nml fund". ( UiMHiV .Inn .' lliUMi tiiiii hi the neighborhood ot .Ieriroiiit I ifI nhjit turiml nil ultiniplcd ttiple i briii in i ild lulu unit .March il II ilc n ported tod n I'nilei com I of In in I ouiliirdiiiiut (lio ncnn attinipted to .ilt.uk n tlim heitloiw Their aitlllci. liowcvu. w.ih disorRiuled and tlio I ildliiK piitliH failed to le.uli tlieli obJcitlveM While tho IJeriniiin wero Mill on No Jinn I. mil tlio Urltlih atticked. Infill Unit V4 burned, but will reeovcr. l'rcldcnt UivM Tr.uv Mid this mornhiK tint a l.irso number ot ioukIi nnd llnlslietl lilRh-pripstirp ivllndiis wero In tho llnlshlni? depirtment at the tlmo of the llro and bundle els nt' rotiKh I nd flnlNlied four-Inch MicIIh wero lii'i tho ilicllroom. Momi of tliece. It Is red, wire d.unaKCd bejond rcpilr Tr.icj Mid tho liliTBcst lots Is the maeldiieri. and orders have alreadv lucn placid for ruidi orders to icpl.ice withdnw fiofn ItlKn. Lit. ill or other of '"" ni-Uilllcs .inn i impb -onu Dm bli? iltlnx. i ppnt III tho event of a i""-""' Konpr il I t.iip 'lho Mlieiuc. as tie Iluhl in delef, lies Fiw It was for tho Oini.un to 1 eep urt.it bodies of toopi In Ihce s tin i until, .is piovlded tindir tho oltur el -lions of tlio luopoMil iiKieemi nt, Hip p. oplo in those tprrllorles hid voted on their futuii" (ioiernnieut I'ndei siuh a iiFinian Hltlnl of t. irrlhouhiB tin KufHlins fplt tliere would bo cntlrcl South ot L li" In the nelKliholliood of tho .Menln load and north of i'u-cheii-nile, olh olteniplH were, lepulfeil UUMi: Jin .' JIiuiv flerniin .mil Austilm mlilleis liavo l en froen to i.p.ith in tlio blllcr n.Id w either pre vailing in tlio Von tl in Alp- IiiMiitPhi i from the funt tod iv ipiolPd pilminers as (-.ijlnc tint the deep mow Is hlndulni; the ti.inporniion oi AN ATLANTIf lOIJT, Jan . t" Hit iln Audio Tin till it, 1'u nilj lllch 1 leld I I'oinmlsNlnnci" to the I'nltid SI ites KtiiiuliiK lnii" tod iv, mule this tati ment 'I lie Kntciiti Allhs ,ue uitiilns the h irdet puiod of the win. but .1 pirlml wbli It will piovo lb hist in deelslve u ".lilts if we know how to pi iv ,i Kin nl Kline nml Its lsuo will be decliKil in the in t hl months. 'I ho iiimmisslonti (list in lived In this uuintiy liht Mt. lie letiiinul to I'miiio 111 Novembii and Ills (.lov cimiHiit deekliM to iimtliiui" his olll ilal title fin ii puiod of s mouths While Captain Tnnlleti lmintul ti the posslblHtv of n stiolii; iriin.iii at- With the Wi.ithu Hun in bolilliiK out no i tiioiii.iKetm til tit it tin ixtiiiue eold wpither will inoitirili bifMH" lildiv nt tin i ullist, tin Miirpihii; In thniKiuds of thf i llv n llollirs mi in i ollllt ot tin 1 li k of io.il lontluuiil tod iv Siveril of tin i Hilionts w.ic flowed anionic thi tn tin. V llll mi I Vitn lllfilr Sihool I'll vr tl.ibli" iKeiulis .ip l.islcknl with pie is fm IipIp ftoni pooler f iiuilli s, but, be i ittse nf Huh nwii lack nf funds viere iibli to do little to illivlite tho piiffprlin; I'uiv j-crvln to iiloineclei t"i nn-i;roie mil WllinliiKtnii whs t-hut off b Uo In tin liil iw.ue ll1it siionfill lirii in this foienoon 'I ho Winthir lime in prcdlils th it it will ontliiue tlirmmh the di .mil to- nlKlit lush nortlii n-ti llv winds lire predli ted, villh i lontlitiiid told whlih RAILROAD WOULD CANCEL NEW YORK FERRY TRIPS WASIII.NO'ION. Jim J Tho Lthli,li Valley lkiilro.ul applied tod.iv. to the Interstatp t'nninicicr Conimlsslim for permission to iimeel the roilinl-lllp ot p (scensc! tlausfei bolts and tn imuisc tho cltirlci ptlco f"0 betwicn tlio Lthlf,li Vnlle.v plei in JerM.v City nnd tilt docks in the llaikm l'.lvci. .AIAKE PLACE FOR WOMEN IN BRITISH NAVY LONDON. J m. U KiiRland todaj Issued n i ill for women In the n.ivv not as IlKhtltiK fillots, but to ripl.ico mm iIoIiik ilcrlc.il ami repair 1 uul It was unnoviuccd 1 the Admhalty that a Women's ltojnl Ice Is to be established fot women ami that thej will be equipped iinlfnims ice' u!t wz sehtmc Is now be'ng Winked out 67y'o Coal Situation & Assumes Grave Aim fe&f! Goal situation lor city aironi Reilnus outlook. -f. Diivcra abandon nositioniV liiichcr wages at Hoe; Island. Kcnct postponcu lor daytn dcalcis say, due to many1 minea yesterday and railroad i ups. ,-r Knilways Director GcneraDMb Adoo speedinc; shipmcpt3j. nwar brinp; some relief to city. $7 uustness men meet tonight? Hintrluim Hotel: will nttn. rrancis: A. Lewis and take protwH over new nrieei tn Prps ItlaatlTE Wilson. iJ State Controller Potter order t nil violators of Iightlcss nights lb denied use of current for niflht- d.sphiy. J ; ? Tlio coal fliortaKC In l'hlladlphl s nlr woik on ,l'l' lH nH ncu, ", nt nn' ,lme 'n1 W Naval Sciv fU(,l '"'".'" ucsan ''l(k with special Tl,e comlilnillou of tled-up, raltraMi MASKED RAIDERS SEIZE ARMS IN (JALWAY tnk on the vvestiiu fiollt dililnu this will luniilii in tlio mlKlihood of 111 de w Intel lie Is ".ilisoluti Iv uilillili lit th u cii.es above i to toniKht 'I liuinl i, th It will bo aiiothci cidtin,' ho s.ihi n bine m hvk will prob ibh be fall a statement. SKitlnis Is to be nd mi .ill tin likes1 in ralrinount I'.u disunites rallied farm bouses , th and lillo mines ilurl"r the last t' four hours has postponed any meaivwe relief for nt least two days. m', At n eonservntlvo cstlnmto the riathgCfl lost ubout S00.000 tons of coAl thnUfc liileni'ss or the mines, which mMM DirilLIN J m .' nailv of men vveailns at (lalw.iv, eonllseatliiR arms and ammunition nicorelltiB to rcpoits rttelvcd t1,-'Vln.!'l!"a'lcll,',,!"'', ,'rol"lsa "f?e,H"SrJi !. OOd tons dally eiiinot possibly reMR ' ucio iiiiui .hero toila, nnd possibly neither tonro K' !l tlio ikinnsed equipment "1 ho eompinv "' " ;; " supplies nun iu.it houh- iu . ..U -- - ., , , , . kill Itlvei. fi.un tin luuphln street to Is nlreidv adveitlMn,- for a lun.o nun,- J ll" , 't s.W.etnbers deeHred openlv ''"! Tnto wluumt $XX? ""' nel,1 n uCnLt." o'' " M s"t o tho JSIr-nl ..venue bridge her of carpenters and oilier wmkiniti ,,,, ' , ...inJac.., ,i, .. ., ,,',..., lltenti rivers nre vvlimiiriii jor eisvs Tlip sevei.il fi hools of the i It.v whrh ,,' I and tho plant wilt bo rebuilt within a V,, "j'i "1 . "n V , ..... '" Itn.I- Lit Kiln be the present 1 I very fhort 'time Junkers h iJJ'lbe nudifltv to mike Mien lro.0crnlin lUPrUr, ni.niiev were sin- "I lie b-itllc- Is not onl mi the Kittle Bi,.nl temppnturp nunblned w th the f ' Mr.Traey who wis nn,oS the Arst '''Twm' The,;V!n nder th, , wonld tl""1 '" t-J, ,,w,lh " 1- "' W" , 1'", ,,,M ,1,, ,1r,,-1V W,tU S" " ' "l X S : ' at the lire, sil.1 thit tho ro-operatlon '"" ,V lining , ,, "' I'leto fi.iiikmss. wh it Amcilca c ,,, olI1onl ,,, slr,,UP Jmie. i ot the workmen with tlio firemen saved "J 1"r'1 l'mc -M HlnltiB It to their own Th(, volll(, , , M1(lullU nt the piets fiom t hem in tho wa of n S( , , , i",o,ksl,tk School , v, tho parts ot the pi mt where the most clcniouafS Xsln!u , , , ,, ,,w !J0 .leMes stiletlons nnd new- wiciinccs. I am , , , t , JIonl,.,)m,n nullU0 GERMAN'S DEPRESSED BY KAISER'S PROCLAMATION low nor Kriday. Tin: iiAdi i: T make the situation more ser a number of denlerii enmnlAln Ihsl' .lull. . -llio Kilisei s uiesi prociain moil eo mo uviiiinn iiiKiier veaces offered workmen at atmy and nivv has had a elepresslni? effect upon the (,01111.111 people A telee- shipbuilding plsnt of the American;!; tram from lho llirnim frontier said that the people lnterpieted It as mean- I""""1."1?' ?.n,j,DU u"'Sr wP"ftllr oss l covered by in- X.tal u wnernl iiw , nciordlnit to ' "sl'llnp has broken out nKi. In uIuiib the jcll, wheat, oil. ships and locomo- wnn.un DM, -en.loij of T1 T A. r, " i'avlp ItX a non-l(olshevlk dele-1 lower Wave, wheio an all. nipt by ho tiv'.s a,p the , things most needed and I announced this mornliiB that licllcato part3 of tho shell woik, ate TIH'TON' AIM ltl!M"T,lll ,ni?.c' - .. . . .. Ciimaiiv will not consider the llrest- The fire was foupl.t In i. teinper.ilure uun'J (cl.irat,lls ns Mndlinc on her '"V"!116 Ji:"r e.-Cr.r, '" "' '',n .""?." I unless the Allies accept the Invitation to wh surunce, ..L" 1 no- 'ipa MWU vrc .1.- tt. f.m ll.n AIUp nflpr Hip lipcl.l- (tllday. vturovr'e oZ'r;Cilcverr slifco" "str &TZ thUT0UVn',Stn. , tsri;;1 the'n,; , ISxx -g: ciisTnur mirre suir Wft ' ln ""' ,,,c fl,,l"," ot atcsopotnmli. Arn- SNOW IIALIS LHILAUU ,l d IMlcstlne, ns well ns Hie re- COAL; PLANTS CLOSE i intRl,;,Mat0 ,,r fur",er KUC- " , -v h ,r"irs- H..1.C T.ll"l"l ee.v.4 unit un j...'j , ........ Uu-saii delepates to the conferenco hero between Itusslnn and (Jorni.in com missioners on exclmiiKo of war prison ers a'ro dem.indhiB tint Oeim-vny re- CHICAGO. Jnn :. i:iKht to twelve lease all her own political nnd Soclnllst Inches of snow covers Chlent,ii today I prisoners, neconllnB to lepoits hero to and has caused a scilous Hhortasi' of. day Ambassadoi Mlrbadi, head of the fuel ln tho city, resultlnB In tho par- Herman mission, protested iiBalnst the liemunu .is ui'lUK e:illlie-ij iiuiuieai inu (ontiiuiril on l'une lour, (oluntn line below rein nut Hie snow is piuii in i ohiuik iuvju nt muiii hviu inu nuic- (U( dllfts from ten to llfteen Iici deep s.u leriun-ii urn i i,im-v nun nil- lho mill nnd. snow his halted the Allies aie ispectlnB from Amcilc.i for Austro-Ueriinn ms'.i in tlio nrilh, but vlctorv." In" that pejco Is still fai In tho ftituie. lite Kaiser's ilcllunt address anil Ills. admonition to his lioops to 'maich forward with (lod to fiesh victotlea"' acted as a wet blanket New Mirlut and otheis, whose n ones were not available this mornliiB .it the offices of the lloird of rduca- t'on the boaid, t tho Wll- Dcfies U-Uoats on Another Through War Zone fa" 'pnisiimvmnvtr IfiUV 1 en iiiiiiu.i iiv.nu ...ii... ...- - Vhoi. to tin- Intcr-Al ed War Con- Tlip.fercnco In I'.arls, Captain Taidlcn said. 'Thanks to the inesenee of Colnnil Lttutenunt-Commanilei" John 1'reder- House nnd his asnilutis the Intel- Ick Charlton. I S' N, a I'lillndelplil.m. Alllid Confeicneo has done PMellent who. as lapt.ilu, ot the tanker Silver woik. It vv.is nce.ssirj tli.it the Gov Shell." had the llstinetlor. of sinking umiieul of he lilted St.i es should tho llrtt German subuiiirlno dlsiioseii or ","i"; '" " , ' , ,, , ".V V'llT ' . bv tho American foices niter the en ( .i.iliillipil ml I'riCP f svi wTm-e1 v snstiNwwswwieoiwMsn 4 liiip.n.turned to their porttldiw'i the. New" Year holiday.' " 'sji? He snldthat tho shortage, ofirp Fuel Famine Inci cased by Deep Fall. Uige Speeding Up of Shipments till, closing down of tho iTIkionshi Steo' Company's pi mt, throwing 1000 men ,out of employment Work on Govern- ment war orders has been suspiuded )t the plant and odlclals i-ay they do not know when they win no auic eo ic sunio operations. iltatlroad Director JIedoo may oidei that .coal bhlimients to Chlcagu havo tho Immediate rlslit over nil rail tralllo at tho reauest of ltavmond 1J Duihim, fuel admlnlstialor for Coul; County, - who !s now- in Washington. Tlio city Is . o :: Tn .. t- O.... 'i' hundreds of thousands of tons short nf i OUMJlLlUUiS X' dt,L.s OIU H ' Its normal suppl cf coal, iiccorciui,? eo ffi Hnowr', wlili h has been geneial over !"Mhls section of tho country, Is expected to deny trains fiom the coal mines from , WO ill3 tt5 n weci. ireuaiij- mi passenger trains cntenng tno cuy co- tinnce of this country Into the w.ir and v ho received a commission in tlio navy In leeognltlon ot his services, has mado anotherAovago In s.ifit across the Atlni.tlc nnd lnek thiough tho war zone. The news of his arlv.il ln .in Ameri can port vi as convejed In a telegram to Hog 1st ind. has paused rcores of dt 'I tr. lnnA tt,., f.nlllnn altt. 4t.. I .Int. -I I, In in.. rMm nnntAu nn.1 .hSL ......... uu ku.iiiu,ia ,i(u tniva at nog island. t ,s ' If coal does not reach the clw i larger quantities than daring the itciev'T r:Plfl A V l'iri.l7F.XrE IN INDIAN PLOTS fr '. nnd he shortage of laboc .ju.jiiwi v,.......... .... ... - - tlnues,"" one prominent dealer saM LONDON. Ian J spcil.il commission, sitting nt Delhi, has begun nm"lll be extremely dlcult -tot thejj Investigation of the i evolutionary conspiracies Jn India, uccordlnc to n telq- ,..,. ,A ,, "' iT"," ,., Ii." nlrlrt .li . - ..J mt. I... ti.,.Mn,i 11 Knlnr nnfpli-iil Mn fn lUfl-i t 1A ' a . . .. . A. " - -t - irr im rrnni t .nniiuii-iiiiiiii i. j iiuuiiiif kLiuiMiunjia ui.iuk.siittvii sj Lsvivt nj f r.-ii. ,", " f-i. T7:w,.. . r- . . - -n,, .. , ,ik . r-.,i..i v. -xr A. tj,.;, ".i.i" IJtJ.J.r" ..;: rr.uZifHn commlNbloncri aiuLmie of 'ItKmiijects a lo accrtam, now rar uerman TTn..A .. i.n i.....,i,..i !. ...,.in... .i ' .t.. ii ...i i'.. t i iJ.ih..nnn. n(. .. o.tnts.iiiia tef iUr ilniH. Sntnr- nf inn cnnsiHracJcs aro haul lo J1UUE-.1-, uv 11,-iuru mii Aiiimiiiu nil mils VI lliu l-flJUUl UTC HOI t'lTKn rnOUtillT JUUUVIIWU uu i.3j-wi.jii .w ,-...-. - m--- ' it.1R CntHl'l -JI.riif--:itl th' -l., '- .. . .. 'have been hitched In the I'nltc.l .States and that German gold was Lcnin.1 h oeorg H. New on c7mvY i - them largest coal concern In rhlladelohl. - - out eighteen trucks and wagons out;o ino neet or seventy. It was saId.(AMkw FINED FOR RIDING TO CHURCH IN AUTO delivering coal. JJCT? So Indifferent aro a number of itl j LOVfON. Jan 2 A O. Seines nnd his son, or uoicncsur, wcio I ncu drivers because of tho mtich hUrttT 1 i; each for rldiiiK In e iilich in an automobile. They were nrresteil inner, wage tint they may obtain at . .., i. .. n, ,..,,,.,1 ti.ni n.r... hspiI mi nnltni imnnr . Island, ho said. thiA many of the tho motor .c-iric.i.Mi om,-. s- b- , " , ,,u( flUa , mwn Qr Qr ggf tssaill). tho companies that cmploed .them they were leaving Some, ho said, even HaUk to bring back trucks or turn inutM&l money collected. MrvHS . .. ,.... r., ... ....., l, ,lnllo,l lnl,l,l,n,l . i"lUBIl UH nilUOUHCeU IM. TVB i.umju.n. j.u'. .-juim .iiuii.uuii,, ...v - s.. -.., .nB,on tnat William G. McAdoe, but his letter was too late to pi eve nt the publication of Ills nnmo in the olllclal i ICctor general of the railroads. '11 clearing away mie coa-iaaen cam III Europe th" pait which beldngs to Ameilra in the dliiMtion of tlie wiir." 'The I'leueli army has nevei been inoie in ignillcent, the Iliitlsh nimy Is e quully supci b nnd he" American nrmj Is Inci easing da b di," CupMin Taulliu sild in speaking of the moiala ot tlic Allied foiecs. So that ho might ictnin his com misslnucislilp to the I'nltcd States Mrs. Charlton, hi Jenklntow 11 which was Captain T.udleil declined to accept n portfolio In Premier Clcme nreaus cab inet He did thlh. he slid, lievauso he believed "nothing Is moin necessaij" than the woik to be done thiough this commlssloneishlp. received this morning Hip message wlili h was dated l.aht night, read "Arrived heio safel tonlglit liappv New' Year grecthms to all A 111 be homo It. a few dajs ' 1 li day aro late. I SEEK SPY PLOT ! IN NORFOLK FIRE round $2,000,000 Blaze at Naval Base SUSPECTS UNDER GUARD FIRST U. S. SOLDIER P. R. R. WILL CUT buried at verdun! out MANY TRAINS KILLED BY MINK 24 Englishmen Injured, as Flouting Weapon bitplodcs LONDON, Jan. 2 Seven persons h.avo been killed and twenty-four Injured by the explosion of a mine, washed ashoro between Itamsgato and Peal. The explosion occurred while an at tempt was being mado to haul It out on land, NAMES CHIEF CLERK Impressive Services Held on1 Historic Ground for Ameri can Killed in Accident FRENCH PAY TRIBUTE Traffic Officials of Road Revising Schedules on All Divisions H Tin i l GALSWORTHY DECLINES BRITISH KNIGHTHOOD list of New Ye.ii honors SENATOR HUGHES IN SERIOUS CONDITION TniLVl'ON, .Inn " -William Hughes, United States Senator, ot ratersou, N J ill In a hospital heio with poisoning fiom his teeth, Is suffering com- weather and the start of a slight. fcUfj ".ii,...' ,p.i bvb.onpl.ini nnoumonla. His condition Is considered scilous. ." snow. Several dealers said thttti luumii ... i t)0 snowfall slioulu become t' many jards and terminals to shCTtages In the East, nnd that"" passenger trains were sidetracked toH low the prompt through passai coal, dealers wero inclined to pe' mistic because or the seereirt RANGERS RUSHED TO BORDER TO PREVENT RAID VL'STIN. Tc , Jan. -'.All avallablo rangers of the TeNas force huve city become he, crj- hard' hit?' "W licen dlsp itched to Alpine and vlclnltj by Adjutant General Harley on re- ' celpt of icports that MeIcaus were planning n raid over tho border near that point No details have been lecelvtd hero with reference to tho. trouble. tho snowfall should Philadelphia woud be cry hard'hft,' The continued cola weather. Isft ing much iiffe.-lug In all sections t cuy, niv uutwi uriKaae." i crowd gatheilng coal, alone Wt IU llio liri,' thief clerk of T"rWnppolnteo th vlird. and Former Writ Server Gets $2400 Job Under City Solicitor E Cltv Solicitor John I Connelly today .appointed J. Stanley Urquhart, 21b0 ixorth rransnn sircei, 10 mo newiy Jcteatrel ?2t00 position oi c, ino LJcnurinieiii. ui ii". .comes from the Twentieth although credited to David II. Lane, was a. personal selcctloii w Itn tho city t. solicitor. l J Urauhart for Beveral jcars past hi Si held a Jt.10 position as a writ serW ",,,"?, ., "and his advancement moro than doubles Uunacu, his salary. . Other appointments announced today Include Lola S. Hatch. .2111 North 'Natrona street, third assistant bactcro- 'tloctst. Bureau ot Health, salary 11400 Cltylf1 Mi NonKOLK, Va , Jan 2 A hllo"hlverIiig patrols guarded the ilreswept business bectlon today. Gov ernment and city odlclals sought 'to learn If Gerninn plotting was at the root of tho fires and explosions which jesterday did about $2,000,000 damage to the Montlccllo Hotel and other bulld Irgs. A spy hunt while the flames stilt blazed ttetted Hugo Schmidt and II. Lesslng and u number of other suspects, fjchtnldt and Lesslng. held by Depart ment of Justice agents, were given the closest quizzing. Winter v.lnds sweeping In from tho Atlantic stirred the flimes through the nd?M in ibn ruins of lho hotel, Granbj 'Theatre ard other structures, but the firo chief believed tnat any serious spread was doubtful. Meantime tho Hampton Iload district was the scene ot two other fires. Several structures in tlio uemtty of Nelson nnd Chestnut streets, Portsmouth. were burned, vvnile several negro wm car Camp Stuart were ruineu. ino camp ,aa aiarmeu oy ine iuuamiu.j w . kl.at. n.i.1 uhlln It continued a falso alarm from another nearly sctWn wus and Francis, CoaguSO" Oxford street, i clerk. Bureau ofTWBIr, 2.60 a day. Skatino on Schuylkill, i Lakes and Wissahickon fpHERE is skating today on tho ; Schuylkill Itiver from tho Gir- avenua uriugo to ino priuge tlaunhln street. The ice is' 1 in trood condition on all the rki laki "Wissahickon Creek tho lake In Hunting .fark. qi.it tho fires In the three sections vvropart of a ploi t riln nnvii e.' tr.l lishments here Is possible. While the main fire was u considerable dl&laiicu from tha Norfolk Navy Yard It U. re garded pos,slblo by oltlclals that Oer min agents sought to divert fire de partment attention there whtlo 'hey woikcd on destruction at,tho udvy jnrd and elsewhere. In otty eftnt, the authorities purpose to eiamlna' carefully any suspk-lous characters. Meantime keeping the ctos est guard ovrr tlie city. 'Warnliigit against Incendiarism wero senfVoyt-'andythe whole district Is, 'n a turmoil of "fear, realizing tho enemy hand may strike anywhere without warning. Twenty-fle" suspects vrerearrested, but all but twelve of them hav,e been fre4. jTh tjv'ehe ore being held a ' " ,V Uy HENRI BAZIN biaff c orre&poitifciit i tcnbiff 1'ublic I tilutr teili lti .Imrrlraii Armu ii I rant e AMKUICAN riLLD HKAPQCAnTKUS IN m.VNCL', Jan. 2 A few" miles In the icar of the world h greatest battleground at Verdun on Sat urday I participated In the solemn fu neral of the first American soldlei to fall on that wide field of death. Trudent Van Illssciiglicn was serving as a railroad brakemau and was killed in an accident, but ho gavo his Ufa to savo tho world for democracy Just as much as any other of the thousands who have fallen In that hall of shot and shell. Trench oMccrM, who represented the army at tho Impressive servkes, ngict-d to this, as they bulled Van P.ieenglicn with military honors. Ihe joung man wan bora In Belgium, but enlisted at Mollne. 111. We was Just on a vvcek'B leave to spend New Year's with his aunt, a refugee" from the old homestead In Belgium, at a clt In south crn France. crushed tho (11 Vap Itlssenghen were t ravelin the first In the road lias been Tho funeral canteen. A l'rench plerst undated at the service A rough desk was uul as an a'.tnr and caudle burned on four tnup boxes around the coffin The building was crowded Vith comrades of tho dead man. hk men, who had worked with him on the Hock Islard Uallroael, car ried tho plain plno box up the snow covered hillside, Svhcre tho first grate had been dug In' what will bo the Amer ican corner ot the military cemetery. "I bring In the' nnmo ot the Sccpnd Army of France, a last salute to the first Amejfcan soldier to' fall on this sacred soil of Verdun," .said, the l'rench staff captain, "May God give him his reward for mingling bis blood with, that of the French soldiers at his side. lie is the might y 'm bo 1 that our two armies uud two nations aro unueu uy a common bond ferine future victory of-the oauee Vlrht jnrt lthartv." ' - PUBLISH SHIFTS TODAY VA Mfiwv. v-vi,KivCiNi REPORTED HELD IN RUSSIA (ieoige Gibbs, of Philadelphia, is one of the members of the American Railway Mission to Russia leported anestcd nt Irkutsk, Stberiit bv the Bol sheviki. He formerly was chief mechanical engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. . REPORT ALL CARS WITHOUT 1918 LICENSE TAGS Names of nil automobile owners who iuii their cars without the 1918 lltcnso tags will be reported to tho State Highway Commissioners for further action. legnnllcss of whether tho new tags havo been leccivcd or not, accord ing to a statement given out from tho olllco of tho commission. Y. M. C. A. BUILDING BUSINESS MEN PLAN FOR HOG ISLAND MEN I TRANSIT-LEASE STAND A bli- cut lit tho piswnger sen ho ot tho Pcnnsjlvnnln. Itailroad villi be an nounccd toda. Traffic and operating of ficials of tho load aro In session in Broad stieit station working out a re- vision ot the passenger ti ah, Khedtilw , NQ 1NFORMATION HERE on an ino iiiwaiuu-. u. ....j ..nt-. i...,. v. Pittsburgh nnd Kile As soon as tho ,...!. la pnnpluded. vildcli v ill bo oine time beforo tho clobo of the d.a, tlie Pennsylvania Railroad Electrical changes will bo made public. Engineer One of Five Repoited L'vldenco ot the fat -reaching effect of Seized by llolblieviki . ,ho Pennlv aula's impending curtail- , - , . ' 'iIJ,ectton ment of passenger .acuities was .en,- - ""-"'. ' '- .'.::;:: . , 'V Z'piS sm.es. operated tallied in the announcement iron l-ltts- arrest or me niimoer i u.o .! ic.i """"-." '"., 'V: christian Assocla'- tu llUKSla bv Bol- "' "'" "" - , ON HUSSION'S ARREST Huge Structure Will Provide i Action to Be Taken by United Ample Facilities for Association Will Be Dis- Recreation i cussed Tonight burgh that four fast trulns. which tap Kauroai jiislon all manner ot receptacles forte loal are used fify uut 8uoo tons oc family, M reached the cltj jesterday, 10,9 below the normal amount householders and manufacturing i are unable to obtain sufficient iu ties of the fuel. Managers of three 1 sugar refining plants .announce' I tho outlook Is an thing but hpnefu.' Tonight the united Business jj Assoeiaiion win meet to proiesc ag I the action. ot the city Fuel Admin tor ln Inereaslnc the nrlee ufce, cents a ton. II Is pointed out by ciais m lae organization ina nH the dealers have declined In Ihe: coal emergency to take full adif of the public that would be under the ruling of Francis ,AJ No adv ances vvhatev er are re nut and pea coal by the Atlas Company, with prices of ft.'if former size nnd S7.75 for I Kgg and stove coal advanced', iM eliv. would be discontinued on Jan uarv The trains nra the aleieautlle 1 9 1: Louis at The other trains to be dropptd aro the shevik" authorities at Irkutsk, Mbcila Common Council having appiovcd the , new price list of this compauy tanIt leaio In tho faco of a prutes. j a ton. L'gg coal sells now &t"!M nit.de bv.tl.c I'nlted Business Men's As- 6t0.vf al. A9'"' . '?..'. toellll n. mrmhpr. f tl.nf I.-.I.. .'. , '." "."?".". ."."-.'r?.. "t-"T tion ' "") ""i cents a ton is tahen oy tno J.-JS, . .....n.i,.i,0i.i.nmrmrll.!ro " t'lu e,v Bincl am lintel this' . -: . iJ:i .eeeureiiiiK w hum, ii... rf. .-,--. . - "met leaving North Philadelphia at has been received by the Pennsjlvanla tne pmidlng Is to be 20C feet long and evening to discuss what action should' )'"3 p"m. known as tialu No 71. and lullroul, It was said today at its offices 160 feet wide, divided Into three main be taken when the lease, comes up In I Crowded lit "omiunlon. No 7.'. which leaves bt , sections Tho iii.ocIatlon expects to fin- Sclca c.ounc tomorro, , rWis at U.'O P. m for Boston "c ,' ,. , . ... . tell It within a fev weeks ,, 1,,1- I Continued en r r, w31 Giorgo Glbbs. cousuUIng clcclilc en at the Hog Inland I nniis iiiuh ui iiiii glijeer foi the railroad, l one oc the Bi...butldlne nlant will be accomniodatcd . ".. ." . ' . " . '.:.".'"'"'? " ll 8 Collision wltli a locomotive Clevelander. auo ai .-vonii j-nii.iucipnia ,,.: .., ,oim)oslng tho mission, which .7". :',,,' , ,ii- rinn of its three sec- i i'."'"": ""',""'? "ueci uy i.uwnrd A. msy French car In which at 8:37 P m . and tlio iiuckejo impress, .,., wuBhingtoii Mae ?. arriving nt 7,'. ni ntnin a.. auditorium, with 'A0.1'1 V' 1'"'''" ot l" awoclatlon. on and other Americans due there at u:04 a. in This was the yiidlvostok June I. Theic the mem- ntiiur conaclty of K00. The centinl f ?.c'!'. " "V,. ',". 1.".en .r Norl1' an'l g. Ihls fatal accident was first cut ln express wri ice on no i-enn- iierK ..fra .enorted to havo lemalncd sev- r,, , ,.,-. huiidimr has a laree V"' "'." f ."." ' "'''"'f 'Puia, me overbroolc fourteen weeks that tho e h aula system and was ordered to con- rill j,,,,, t0 airange for llio construe hi., n. fCct by 96 feet, with tables :",'" ". ,alr."lou',t Avenue running. scrve motive power. . of B,lopa for ,ho UShemWliig ot for rtng. games, canteen and eccu-. ,f ,"m"! . .' .." Hadl .. l.oi.i in n v v n i ri. Tiiti9vlvanla nnnounced the ful. . . ,. ,.... , i. ,i.i.,,..i , . ' '..:'. " . ' ..... . i Hon to making a final move ln tin mni lowing through freight route to and from jlUM,a New Enginnu m iuiiu! In coniorinuj- mm jireiior ueirerui Vekrusoff, Tlio anlvul of tho mission was tables. This room has a large open fire- hailed as an Important ment by N. V. place. There Is nlso hpaco for barber, Minister of Communications McAdoo's instructions to utiuzo to tho ... tho Kercusky Provisional Oovein fullest extent an ot mo terminal fa- ,.,. r,., ...lts on nrobablv waH in cllltles of tho railroads, steps were routo f0 ivtrograd on a tour of tnspec taken today to put Into Inunedlato use tlon of tlie trans.Mberlan railroad the tnrous.i ..t,B,.. ". - jmni wlien tho-BolshevlKI fcclzeu lho (Jovcrn .New l'.ngland over tho Bay ltidge ex. wxU jror0 than 100 of the 0019 Penn. tension of the Long island Itailroad, Mp.aiilu Bullroad empires iu the I'nlted utlllzlne the New ork Connecting JUII. '",,. service are believed .to be In State road, vviitcn )"'"l"r " Siberia ut the, present time, as mem- Pennsylvania Hallroad and the New rof t0 eral railway units, of York, New- Haven npd Hartford Halt- rn, i,Undred men each, which aro road ...,,,,. helDlngO nj stenvatlze the Ilusslau rail- .This new rou e. wl)lch has Just been " ' trkusuorutloii problem. The arrest completed provides a phort water hau c,.? SmUh. of St. Louts, by between ihe areenvllle. 4. J., export ,,;. iir,i,helkl nt Tchlta Slberln u. at. MM rigPVJia. iiuetty, . . i .i'luk'" t iii'v; vb-!! MV'.'-- SMLAVmi AMLiat: CfaMM4 W"v "Herta ' lV 1 ... v.. road and the Bay nidge terminal of "rJ "".fj the lns ""' 'u, vieuco ovei ",, fn mv. 1916. later lolnlnr .hi leased. He went-tQ.Xtusila on a private tailor and cobbler shop. Ti.e right wing of the building villi be used as a gjmnasluin to accommodate large classes In wrestling, boxing and other sports. Bowling allejs will be built and auiplo lockers and shower baths pro vided Charles A. Green, general secretary of the Y. JL C. A. at the du Pont mills, Carney's Point, N. J., will lake charge ot the association's work In the new building. Mr. Green has had nineteen years' experience In various branches of association service, Pending completion ot the- new build ing, temporary quarters havo been pro vided by the Y. M. C A. In the heart of the workmen's quarters, where men may tease fight, the members of the mrim.. associations will discuss tho coal short age, both from the standpoint of price and the possibility of lending assistance In Increasing the supply Trolley Car Jmm ohk. Jan. ; two i seriously Injured and a score bruised and cut by nyiwr, ,n4n l.n a rll v.tiAtuut I Jumped the track and'craMMl' the Fort Lee, jv. J.. ierrr i In T?.!ffwfiter. bnrjoailflt.il The cvr was crowded jte and shot down the 'inelU heights above with, i; THEWJ Kurncd to Death in Cabin X Theodore Zelser, sixty jears old, vwis burnod to death In a fire which destroed the cabin In which ho lived at Illch mond street and tVhe.atsheat lane. The barking of Zelser's pet dog attracted policemen to the scene.' Baby Falls in Tub ef CoM Water Flftcen-months-old. itIdrd Polock, JI Bouth Jessup street, la In a serious condition In the Methodist Hospital after being- frost-bitten and .uuiv amuse themselves after'-worklnr houra j2wrd, wtJni-Sf!jjJ!'U,iJt,lJS?' T-'f " " JT V W III I I .1 llBliil f I IT .Alto- - -.JteatoiaJaV AltM HOHSOA For riUacteJfiftia i 7il altcrnotm en4le protaoiifi joir; c latest fempcratar , t'IWhukj Sun rlH' Jf ' .,-MMJkm MM water lvrvmuefl
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