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FHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918
CormtaiiT, 1918, nt ins I'rtuc Ltrors CouriNt
PRICE TWtM
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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
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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
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nt-AimKT
4 A
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OH
uoiu weatner an
Mines Nullify MfAl
1 "Clear Tracks" Or
DRIVERS QUITTING,
ftr
IS
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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?'
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