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TEUTON PLANS
FOILED; CRISIS
GROWS ACUTE
?New Alignment of Parties
Forced by Russian
Peace Fiasco
MILITARISTS CONTROL
Moderate Pro - Germanists
Take Place of Socialists in
Majority Combination
I'AIlfS, Jan. 7.
An carlv conference of the Allied
lEpremlers was semiofficially reported
v?' today as likely to be called very
T shortly. Presumably Mich n confer
ence will decide the exact outline of
joint restatement of Allied war
iimn.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 7.
Germany is preparing to meet
Russia's demand that the peace con-
- ferencc be removed from Brest-
Litovsk to Stockholm with a counter
proposal that the parley be renewed
s at Dvinsk or Borne other Russian
If city behind the Russian lines, accord
' Inn in an unconfirmed rennrt rcceirc'l
' here today.
WASHINGTON. Jan. T.
A new' political crisis ban enveloped
5 Germany, Prussian militarism seems to
have overreached Itself In the Ituslan
negotiations. As a result, a new align-
i ment of political parties Is being forced,
' advices to diplomatic and ndmlnlstra-
ton ofTlcals said today. The outcome
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he outcome
still Is ill doubt, although It generally Is i
accepted that tho present control will J
continue, at least for a time, tne mod-
erate pan-licrnianlsts Inking tlie place
of tho moderate, hociiuisib m me nut-
lorltv combination
German otnclahlom apimrently em
phasized the Russian situation too much,
officials say. They led tho Herman peo
ple to believe that a separate peace was
certain and that this would be prelim
inary only to tho commencing of general
peace negotiations. Breaking off of the
Brest-I.ltovsk negotiations, as a icsult,
has come as a most unpleasant surpilsc
... ... r-ar.,n,i iMti-mln nml ofiiieclallv lo
the Socialist members of the Helchstag. l
This Is certain to bo added to when tne
text of Lloyd Ueorgc's speech to tho
Laborlles reaches ticimany, which will
he a slow nrocess. as the Imperial flov-
i ernment cim bo depended on to let only
t"f its own version of the British premiers
'ij'statcnientiv become public.
!' QISRMAlyH STIbLi riTUISi.uii.-t
interest tn tne new situation m u.
. does not come from any oeuer
officials who have President Wilsons
entire confidence. Is-to forget peace, tier-f
many all flcrmany without regard to
partjls not jet ready for peace. All,
Germans, tho pacifists Included, bellexe I
, that Germany has won the war While I
' that view Is retained. omc-Jnls here saj.j
It will bo utterly useless to suggest n
peace except along Oerninn lines, borne-
thing which naturally has neer een
The Tnterest. how oxer, centers ir. the ,
new political dlWslon In Germany, which
Is considered certain to follow tne nus
blan developments. That tho Liberals
will sharply criticize tho military party
Is certain. The latter, to mnlntaln their
present control of tlie Gncrnment. wlH
have to take radical Mcps. The result,
officials say, may be tho expcctexl mili
tary dictatorship.
It Is not bellcAcd here that the Kaiser
will consent to nny pcaco negotiations
at Stockholm despito the fact that
Sweden Is notoriously pro-German. The
danger thnt tho German peace repre
sentatives, might get tho real facts as to
the economic and military situation fac
ing Germany would ho too great, olll
clals point out. Germany can bo ex-
; pectcd to make cery posslblo effort to
nave mo negotiations resumed at lircst
T.!tosk. but there Is some doubt as to
how successful this will be.
Tho cntlro text of l.loj d George's '
speecn was pent to pctrograu or. .atur-
day, It was learned today.- It Is hoped
here that his massage will hae a good
' effect on tho Russian people. Germany
has Insisted to the Russians that Kng
land's only aim Is conquest. This Lloyd
George has now flatly contradicted. His
promise that the Dardanelles will vo In-
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manv. uoes hol coiim iiu'tf mj i
STrtthiTTTTnTy'Tia-SteTrnirrmnatWrro -wrr-fhe-rju-WN-i
a real peace men ement. The attitude of the State Department of Agrlcti ure
the Kntente diplomats here, and of the Issued today through Alexis I,. Clark
r: r;r:KS'.
Jmade to Ilussla Ir. her hid for n separate
peace.
Of course, Russia no longer Is con-
sldered as a 'military factor In the pres
, cnt war. A Socialist army, such as now
, exists In Russian, can do ery little
' AITalnst trained Allstrn.norinnii linr.lAB
But If a. separate peace lsnot ron-
eluded Germany and Austila must main
tain vast armies Ir. the east for manv
,t weeks to come, and this will greatly aid
tho Allies In the west. An ofllclals here
S explains It every day that Russia re-
.......n .,ui uii.vc.iiK wii u Dcpuruie peace
with the Central rowers Is that much
more is gained by the Entente.
s. LLOYD GEOPGE AIMS
WIN ALLIED APPROVAL
3t - LONIjO.V. Jan.- 7.
lit. ne outstanding features of the sltu-
l5non today were these:
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THE LEATHER '
FOliVQAST
For Philadelphia and virUillii: llaln.
pottlll turninif to sumo and colder
i nloht, with lowest lemjcraturc about
ip'deorrca; TuvsJnu fair and colder;
tivntlc variable xclnJs, becoming tea.
erV.
'MINOTH OP DY
, 8Jn i!(D(r 7'U a.m. I Sun tit... S.Ol pm.
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k x i.iikht.niit trnu,i.r
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v. w4fr v;ii a.m. i man wuirr ud p.m.
TIJMlfJlATt'RK AT K-UH IIOl'll
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PASS LOAN BILL '
BY BARE MARGIN
Trainer Leads Fight at
Last Session of Old Se
lect Council
y ARNING to VARES
! Trainer, by Contest, Serves
I Notice That Organization
Can't Have Runaway
A spirited light marked tlie closing
hour of tho old ."elect Council, hlch this
morning passed tlie oermnnent loan bill
for j;,500.000. The. bill wont through
by a oto of 32 to 7 Just the nccesnr
two-thirds, nml no more. This was due
to the hlstllitlcs Mai toil by Select Coun
cilman Hurry .T. Trainer, antl-Vaic
leader of tho Third Ward. Passage of
the bill by tho scant thirty-two has con
siderable political significance, accot cl
ing to the party followers. Many nsert
that Jlr. Trainer could havo defeated
the bill, but took this method of serving
notice on the Vaio faction that they
could not hac things entirely their own
wn;
When the bill was Introduced Jlr
Trainer objected, on the ground that
tho city's bonds were selling below par
and to float loans nt this time would
cause a loss to the city of $7000. lie
sought to proo this by market quota
tions. Mr. Trainer nln said that, ac
cording to an net of Assembly, It wat
unlawful for tho city to sell bonds bo.
low par.
Select Councilman 1'dnu.ird, Huchholz
of. the Nineteenth Ward, and Seice'
Councilman William 13. Klnley. of the
Thirty-ninth Ward, branded Trainer's
opposition to the hill as "political clap
trap and camouflage," and declared tliii
Trainer had not opposed the bill nt a
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-i'.,ii ". iiitj ' iiu ivitn r iii.tiii-r . Mill
mt,cei of ,,,,,,, ,, , a mcm,,er
When tho criticism of these two mem
ier3
had subsided. Select Councllmnr
SeRcr 0f n,,, Seventh Ward, olced hi
approval of the hill, and pointed ou-
that ono of the Items of the bill nrnvM,
money for the dependents of soldiers who
we-o In great need.
"I will vote for the bill Irrespective
of political llne-u'p," declared, Mr. Soger
Ho was about lo sit down when he
suddenly fell tc; the floor. Seeral mem
bers ran to his assistance, as It wn
thought Fegcr had suffered a Mrnke
He was uninjured and said bo simply
slipped as he attempted to sit clow n.
The ote was then taken ana tlie bill
passed
PUBLIC MARKETS URGED
New Jersey Official Says They Are
Most Economical
Titl'NTON", Jan. 7. 1'vcry pound o'
perishables used means n pound of
staples a.ed for our soldiers and
Allies, according .to, the market newr
ran ra u umwu,
ii w iu-u cu.i" . ...i i-
maiketplace affords the most cconom
leal market ng facilities for nearb,
grown perishables ami that while t
cannot oner ioor .r,c. ...... ....-
stores still It cstab.lslws prices above
which rnnn '' "- " lr""
of ordlnniy competition,
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M A l(( T WIFJ X)
Ijl iJJJ M.J TT IUUMJ
DEMURRAGE CLUB
Consignees Must Unload
Freight Cars or Pay
Stiff Fines
UPHELD BY RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.
A diustlc order designed to abolish
the practice of shippers using freight
cars as stoiage warehouses by falllnn
to unload their freight within reason
able time, has been issued by tlie dl-
rector general of .tlio railroads, .Wll-
nam u. .ucauoo.
lJcciiininc January 21. foriy-elght
liourH will he permitted for unloading
of freight from cars, without charge
to tho consignees. Demurrage chaige
beginning on the third day will bo $3
a car, with a dollar added for each
additional day the car Is held until
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L11U I'lUlllll .. .. IIV1. U. VllUlbt: !.
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charged for each additional ('ay theie'
after.
The order was Issued by the Inter,
state Commerce Commission upon ap
plication of Director General McAdoo.
McAdoo'takes the position that the
transportation situation can be icnv
edlcd only If all rolling stock Is kept
moving. He believes both private ship
perH and the Government have nhused
tho demurrage privileges and that
congestion at the principal eastern
terminals has been due to slow un
loading of freight.
rnOVlDKS PENALTinS
The' penalty of $10 a day for every
.lav a car Is held beginning "with the
Jeightli day la far more drastic than
anytmu c' .n,uw c uuiC w ".
tain through the Interstate Commerce
Commission. It' is McAdoo's belief
that few shippers will desire to pay
such a heavs penalty and that a gen
eral speeding-up of handling of cars
by shippers will result, before the new
order becomes effective. The present
demurrage charge Is $2 a day.
"An Imperative necessity exists for
releasing freight cars for further.serv
Ice and for relieving terminals which
are now uaaiy conitesiea. -mcaooo
' said in announcing the order. "Those
1 unfavorable conditions are Injuriously
affecting in vital ways mo uovern
ment's control of the war. Its aid to
the Allies and the supplying of fuel,
food and necesarleso our own people.
"On these accounts I have felt com
pelled to Issuo an order which will take
effect throughout the United States on
the 21st day of January, 1918, pro
viding for heavy increase In demur
rage charges unless cars are loaded
and unioaaeu wtm iiiuiujiinesi.
in maklne tilts order I have fully
c?".!.edih .SlSrUS?'? ..Sfll- most of the newly elected men the
tlilpperi) and consignees; on account
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OFFICIALS SVfORN IN TODAY
The principals anionic the county
officers inaugurated todav are
shown above, Amoni; them City
Treasurer Shoyer is the only
newcomer. From top to bottom
arc Samuel P. Kotun, who be
gins his fourth term ns District
Attorney; W. Frcelmul Ken
tirick, sworn in for it second
term as City Receiver of Taxes;
Frederick J. Shoyer, tho new
City Treasurer, nnd James B,
Sheehan, beginning his second
term as Register of Wills.
HARMONY PLEAS
IN NETOUNCILS
Pusiness Administration
Pledged as Municipal
Lawmakers Organize
COUNTY OFFICERS IN
Assurances ofa moie businesslike ad
ministration ot municipal affairs by Dr.
Kdward U, Olfason, 'president of Com
mon Council, nnd an appeal for "po
litical" harmony by James 12. !cnnon,
president of Select Council, marked the
reorganization of Councils today.
City Hall presented a gala appear,
anco today and many of Its nooks and
corners, were transformed Into flower
eardena as fllttlnK tribute to the county
I nm-inU and councllmen who took nnic
uiual ceremonies were no novelty, as In
all cases of city and county oftlces the
lp- PMfXwo. Ctaa Zwa
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918
EDWARD B.SMITHC0AL FAMINE
FINANCIER, DIES mm. 9Qnnn
Banker and Clubman Is
Victim of Double
Pneumonia
Igave YACHT TO NATION
Vessel, Commnndcd by Son,
. Latest of Philadclphian's
Patriotic Donations
IMtvnid 11 Smith, head nr lMuurit ,
II. .Smith & Co, bankers, died this mom.
Ing nt 2:30 o'clock nt hli town house.
IOC South Nineteenth Mlcet. after n
hort Illness. Double pneumonia de-1
t eloped ten da ago and Ur llolurt
, I hire had been In almost constant
otlrndancp for keer.il d.is
Mr Smith, who had been pi omlnc nt
In the financial and soilal life of Phila
delphia for many )cnrs.' wai lfly-sK
jears old. When the niosmilto fleet was
organized to patrol the pelawnrr Rlxi-r,
Mr Smith purchased a Ke)enty-lhi re
foot t ln-!crew power )nclit and pre
lenleil It to the ,oernment It was
renamed the Vigilant and l now In
i-nimulxftlun, being i-iiiiimiindeil by bis
son, IMward It Smith, Jr. who has
been i-omml"s,loued an ensign
lie had given bis own yacht, the
Vesper, but It was found that the boat
was not seaworthy enough for GoM-rn-nient
purposes. So lit- puii'liaspd the
Marguerite II, which had taken pait
I In n number of endurance races to
i llermud.i and letum. Mr. Smith had
' -arller bought n machine gun as n gift
to the Klrst Troop, Philadelphia City
c.iali At the time there wai not a
-narklnc gun In any national guaid coin
ii.ind of l'enns)lartla
Last May Mr Smith foiled an attempt
if some slu'upers tn mulct wealthy Phlla.
Iclphiaiii Two strangeis Mslteil him
nil said the authorities at the l'hlladel
Mhl.i Nil)) Vard were giving ail rnter
alnment for the benefit of the enlisted
lien, and that subscriptions were in
irde,- for a place on 'tlie program. hTey
I icie niilous to have the banker make
I t cash donation, but he became sus
, "Molls and said he would send a (heck
lay or -so later bo received the check
lack from tho navy yard with a note,
vi) Ing that tho program was not au
thorized nnd nn such entertainment win
in contemplation.
Mr Smith was n grauato of the Uni
versity of I'etins) lvnnia of the class of
82. He married Mlsi Lama Now ell
leaks, daughter of the lalo John Story
'enks Mrs Smith nnd four sons sur
vive him. The sons nro Albert Smith,
nlio married Miss Virginia Harrison,
laughter of Mitchell Harrison; Kduard
II.. Jr, John Story nnd Geoffrey Smith
Mis sister Is Mrs. Henry mtckw.-ll 1m..
tow
Mr Smith was piotninently Identified
vltli the four-ln-hand coach. He had
'requctitl) driven coaches to New York
i and was famous us a fnur-ln. Initio,
driver He was a mfanhcr of the follow.
Ing clubs: Philadelphia, Racctuet, 1'nlon
League, Philadelphia Country. Rabbit.
Corinthian Yacht, Radnor Hunt and the
Rose Treo Hunt. Ho was nlbo a member
of ssveral-well-knoiTa. New ,Vorl clubs. '
'mp-'wbt An MlliuiihiieflW'','tai1fk'ntTTTrS""
horFe loer. UN rountrv honP u-rm nt
l3Miedd Valley
.
Soldier's Body IirouRht Home
The body of CJcorRe fl. Stratton. a
our.? calvaryman, wTio died at Volt
Itliej, Kan., several ilav.s.mco f,1)m thu
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ruecis oi a norse s mck, vv as receive.! nv
Ills parents here, without previous notice
that the body had been shipped,
BLIZZARD GRIPS
MIDDLE WEST
Heaviest Snowfall on Rec-
ord at Chicago Paralyzes
All Traffic
DRIFTS
12 FEET .DEEP
I'lIK'AUO. ,l,iii, ",
West was a ureat white
The heaviest snovifall on
The Mlilille
dcseit today.
recoid vvas whirled by a mlle-a-uiinutn
Bali- Into hucli drifts 'twelve and tlftien
feet deep, paralj zliiff all tralllc and
, fotclnu business throuRlioiit this uBIon
virtually to a standstill.
More than one-third of a teason's
snow has fallen In twenty-four houis.
Tho weather bureau reported a fall of
thirteen and one-half Indies on the level
today on top of four nnd one-half Inches
prevlouslj fallen. This was nearly half
the entire snovvfnll of 1015,
Tho Hoi m. which centeied over Hie
lower Mississippi Valley Satunl.o
nlRht, had moved northeastward ami
today extended fiom Mlssouil astvrard
Into Ohio. The heaviest precipitation
was in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan nnd
noithern Indiana. The Weather Huieau
epected the wind and snow to abate In
thla terrltorj some time today.
Moie than half the transcontinental
railroads cuterlnt; Chicago wero foiced
to cancel from one train to their entire
service. Suburban service was virtu
ally abandoned, ltut few surface cars
attempted to buck the drifts. Til com
panies lefused to send out their cars.
Scores of privately owned automobiles
and motortrucks were abandoned In the
streets. Only the elevated iallvvas
maintained a scmblnnce of a schedule,
l'edestilaus weie exhausted by the
struggle against the snow and wind.
The Chicago and Alton nbandoned ail
train servlco out of the city. The Chi
cago and Northwestern vvas making no
attempt to operate accoidlng to sthtdule
and all through trains l.i Minneapolis
wero abandoned. All Inbound trains on
the Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. l'aul
.t.. temporarily suspended. I lock
Island trains left one to three hours be
hind bchedulc. Trains on tho New- Vork
Central and Michigan Central were six
to ten hours late 'ant many wero can
celed. The Illnols Central was operat
ing service "as we can."
Telegraph and telephone sen Ice was
badly crlpplled and many cities were en
tirely Isolated., A milk and fuel shortage
was Imminent In Chicago and surround
ing cities. The only cheering feature of
tlie situation was comparatively high
temperatures, but with the abatement of
the wind and snow the mercury was ex
pected to drop to about 12 degrees above
zero, .... ....
I.ast nigiil w-as "iignuess nignr in
' Chicago and . th. storm put thousands
of street lights out of commission,
making the lack of Illumination greater
than was mtenaea, 'loia-up men took
Conttnoacl aa I'm ttjf, Cotoau Tir
TONS ARRIVE
Passenger and Freight
Trains Sidetracked to
Let Fuel Pass
EPIDEMIS IS FEARED
Director Kruscn Attributes
Grip and Pneumonia Increase
to Heatlcss Homes
Philadelphia's coal famine Is vlrtu.ill.v
ended.
With hhlpmcnts of family size i-o.il
aggicgatlng innro than "S,nOA Ions dui-i
Ing the last twent)-four hours, nrnilyj
every dealer in the city has enough of
the fuel on hand to upply all demand'
made tod.i).
Wllh the let-up In the lnlcne cold
and prospcts of even milder weather
for the net few- ilavs. inlnltiL- and rail-
load uflkhilrt medlct a le.ord-hi inking
we.k of production and ildlvcrv
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v,iii(,m ,,i nv kiiit-i.- .uiiiu.ius 1.1. ,ri-
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shipments here today would equal, if
nut rceed, those of the last twent)
four hours. Willi the nnlval of theso
shlpnienti, ussuinncs weio rrcelvnl
fiom National Fuel Administrator ll.ir
field by the Philadelphia coal com
mittee that Philadelphia will heiealtir
receive sulllcl.-nt supplies ti prevent a
lepctltlon of the lecent suffillliK.
icr.rsiiN waisns or hkip miinaci:
Deipito tho big lnipiovenieiit In tin
fuel situation with the attendant ic
llef due to the mild weather, many per-Min-
ale ill as a lesult of the hard-
hips they exporleuced duilng tho last
week. Ur. Wllincr Krusen, dliectnr of
the Department of Health mid Chart'
ties, .alil today that the Increase In
pneumonia patients throughout tlie city
Is due If' the scarcity nt coal. The
disease Is making headwns. he tald.
lie Issued a wauling tn all' prison to
be estiemely careful of their health
as the breaking up of the cold wavo Is
likely to bring not only ail epidemic of
pneumonia hut of grip, aim n decided
increase ill infant mor.allt).
said. ILI'T?: .SannrX nT.
pertoni without coal. lively nppenl
made tr tlie coal Investigation station
established in 'ity Hall, under th.
mpei vision of the llnvrgenc) Aid Com
mlttre, will lw thoroughly Investigated,
he said, and prompt attention be given
deserving cases.
Lack of fuel caueed tlie Heniy Diss
ton and FonH Conipatn, Tjuoin, to tern-
..n.. i i ., 4i,Ai. ,.i. ,i..
An ofHcUl of tlio cnmiunj, ulilch licUls
(tnvcrnment contractu fnr bujonct tsnlil
tlutf (.IiInmcntR nf nnnl nin nn thnii- i
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I.aca nAI tlvnr llio .lnnt villi (-An.n
it ni iiiui ht inn-.n mhi i t7iji
.Thu. iw n.ft.tMni!
st mtmth that the I
time within the la
l 'ant lias closed due to tho ron! lack.
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To sneeil u.. the fue si. ..men so
fhllailelphla and other points In the
Knst. lone trains of i-D.iHailen cats arc
behiB Kiven preference over passenuer
'"'d other frelKht trains. Miles of einptj
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coal cars lieltiK rushed back to tho mines
inilicato heavy shipments today and ns
Conllniifd on Tunc I hp, t oluinn Tho
FIVE DEAD, 14 ARE
OVERCOME BY GAS
Three Children of Mute
Parents Asphyxiated
During the Night
TWO MEN LOSE LIVES
Warning lo Gas Consumers
PAS consumers are warned that
yjt
may be unable, tern'
porarily, fully to meet tlie great
increase in the demand for gas,
due to cold weather and the short
age of the domestic coal supply.
There is danger of some burn
ers going out when tlie gas de
mand is heaviest,' and gas coming
on later.
Be sure that nil burners not
in usq are shut off.
Do not go to sleep with any
gas burning. TJ. G, I.
Escaping gas lias taken a loll of five
lives, three of them children, In Phila
delphia during the last twenty-four
houis, and fourteen otjiers, nine In ono
family nie suffering more or less se-
rlous injury as the result of asphxla -
tlon.
Tho three children victims are Wll -
lielmlna
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... ..a .. i'vkh uuuii. iP'i
spectiveiy twelve, six and four ears
old, of 1331 Soutli ThhtJ-srcond street.
Their parents, Jlr. and Mis. Herbert
Ilobh. are deaf mutes. The death of
the .hild'en.wa, due to gas escaping
i(um
. . .1 .
defective iras lieatrr which iHB
belnK used on account of the scarcity
of coal. Owing to his athletic, the
father had been able to provide only
scantily for family and -for week,
ho had been endeavoring vainly to get
coal. The mother had lost her rlcht
fontlniifd on roue Five Column Four
ROUTED FROM BEDS BY FIRE
Family Imperiled When Flames De-
Strop Upper floor of House barred zone on the water front.
' According to the statement of Watch-
Joseph Jtarlnuccl and his wire and , man Young, who shot him. Kenning
four children, of 1348 South Thirteenth failed to answer a challenge when he
street, were routed from their home, came within the barred zone, and was
early this morning by firo which de-'.'&d fr an ei.planatlofi of his pres
so?yeof"thae "house''5' 'nB '" ,ha thlrd I ence and started'Uo run. Young then
Story of the house. "; . ,akV .. In.Fennlnc'a
War inuccl. wno is the orirnnlzer nf
.c. -..-... ... K.... v . -. "
lh.8. ou.nJl "1lLV" association.,
one
r7BVSkSrlUTrai
every
When he got up this morning he found
the floor hot. The Are was beneath the
floor, of the bedrponi on the third floor,
CortmoiiT,
QUICK
VARES CONTROL COUNCILS' COMMITTEES
Vale control of nil impoitant counclhnnnlc committees was
made certain today by the vat Ions appointments. Joseph P.
Oaffney was again appointed chnhmnn of the Finance Committee,
which Is composed of seventeen Vnre stippoiters, five Pentose
jiien nnd two Independents.
TWO CARS HIT AUTO! ARMY OFFICERS HURT
Captain Eniblcn, U. S. A., nnd Lieutenant nobin&on, U. S. A.,
weretut by broken glass today when their motoicnr. en toutc to
the rrankfoid Aiscnnl, was stutck slmultnneously by twu tiolley
cars at YoiU ttveet nnd Northeast boulevntd.
COMMISSION ALLOWS
WASIIINC.TON.
Jan. ". Increased
deuce, Springfield, Worcester, Hartford and other New England points la the
Nt.w Knghmd Steamship Company to New York were approved by the inter -
- ... .- ,.... ...,'.. - ..... i-
lu""""n v omnu-sion lonay. me passenger hub incir.i ano - and other water tratflo and thretnhMt
fon' ,MO Interstate Commcrco Commission providing for general Increuses to shore properties. Uoals carr)lng wci4k!v!
nnd fiom St. Louis was decided in favor of tho carriers today. The entire!'"" . "off Island shipyard could .
hcliedolo was iiniMoveil with theso
,
lower Michigan and la Tort Wayne,
trnlr-wilVM ft, Inwi- Mlnliln-n 11 mid nnv
Inipimi-illiiin ruin
TABLE WINES TO BE
I'AllIS. .Inn. 7 Taxation of vlns
gated by the (lovernmeiit shortly.
FOOD BUREAU CONTROLS 1918 BINDER TWINE
WASHINGTON, .Ian. T. Voluntary agreements havo been made between
the binder twine manufacturers nnd tho food administration whereby the
,ntt . , , C0IUl. lhu twlno olltput for
, ....
tod.i'
i. inner ivviue i-j nigiiiy iiccc"3.iry in tne production oi iooa ana as a.
activities find increased freight rates,
former .vi-nrs. hut the Increase will be
iiuivint'vrii it a vc
A IfclJOlfUli A 1 lire 1 O
VV VSIITI VriTflV In,, ? (I,,.,. ll,,l..u
Wilson played nine holes of golf today,
t)mi, ,M u fo) ,,,, TlR, lu-lds u, )e
"- "" '' ' '
ALL ENGLAND PRAYS
LONDON, .Inn. ".King Oc-orgo's
piajtrs thioiighinit tho einplie for what
arms in the- c-aiue nf freedom and n
the war was observed In the places of
of the features ut tlie ooeaslo.. was
.. . ... .. .
. ,
-. .Tr,ri ,,.,.
.X? V IKItl l A tllln nn
, ww ,...u...... . -.
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JIQA2SflKE.Tta.. Jan, i. LlRhtylght cont mljies In the ft)cahonto and
Xew Ithor fields, on the Norfolk and Western and Mrgltlian Uailwoya, huvo
l)een forccd to ntispend operations for
.-. .-..S-V.V. .., . ... u ,-,... ,........... -.
t"e hutnliiB of the Appalachian Power
W. Va. Many towns In
current ns the result
them until theSwitchl
100 QUARTS OF NITRO-GLVCERIN EXPLODE
HOWLING aili:i;.', O., Jan. 7 All explosion nf 400 quarts f nltro
glyceiln ill a storeroom of the American Glycerin Company near heie, today
1 liruko liundiedM of windows, in business houses. No fatalities have been
I repoiteil
FORTY HURT IN PANIC ON BOSTON "L"
HUSTON, ,lun. ". I-'orty men and women were hurt when lire followed
an I'Miloslon In a Cnmbridsu tunnel train of tho Boston elevated railway,
which was stalled on the- west li'iston brlilRe tod.i). When Miiokc nnd flames
followed tho explosion, the passenRers becamo panic stricken. Windows
were Iiinheu. l-'iKhti resulted from the finutlc efforts of passenRers to get out.
WILSON PRAISES WAR
NIJW YOltK, .Tan. 7. t'r.ilse for
-. . t . . i .. , . ...I.iilrtn'u Ar HVit t.'
i-nnsi.ai. ..,, .,.. ..-. ..... -
i-resuic-iii iii.suii, .I..,, ,..". ...
Jl,7&0,000 III tins eii.
HOG ISLAND WORKMEN
GOING TO GLOUCESTER
About 1500 Will Be Sent to
Speed Up Shipbuilding at
New Jersey Yards
About 1500 wnikineii will be i-ent h
the (iovernmeut to tlio I cnnsjivnnia ami
... ........
New Jersey miipuuihuhk iui.i.a...ir
,ni. .. riinniVster Cits. N. .1.. to meed
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up shipbuilding wheie It can ie c,uicu-
ened,
The woikmeii piobahly will bedlvcited
t,n, tlio liovernment-controlled vards
' of the American' International Hhlpbulld-
i ig corporation at Hog Island, where the
. eal"" '" .1. .,1 X? IIS!!'
"?. l "".. ".""".: "".". ..,. .1
f Mia unriv mere 11 111 nif ""-"
diversion of workmen N hal.l to be part
of the plan to speed up actual construe -
- I il . nauolu I II 1H I II llllMiril V 11111.1 I IICIIV.I
mn the construction ot new ards. Two
I or three keels are to be laid in the New
' Jersey " l"1" .y, 1M., ,hI.
i.oiTPr ('iltiicic v a" ' -- .-..-
1-ev ... "t. .- iAU utminp hmiM.
' hoiders as to loilBlnna for the new army,lJ Xew Vork toiitlngent who were
' o?Vders ?! Is to he ,ent to I -o he -ne ,;lnd o -rk T,
a'ouces,er-
g,,",, ,x BAUUED Z0NE
f xtii r I, !,,, I First to He Fired
ai(
ut for Crossing Line
John Kenning, thirty-six cnrs old. of
Water fctreet below- wasningiou inenue,
;VlfJ1s,V,..;-7or,,;;,effng'".he
. '"? -..--- --".--,.. .;
i.ff. The wounaea iiihii ivm iukcii co
'. J ?l0,n,ta. where his wound
the Seventh and Carpenter streets police
station, where he will be held paudlng
further investigation.
1018, bt the rrst.ic Lenoim commm
NEWS
(
INCREASES IN FARES
passenger fares ifrom lloston. I'rovl -
executions: l'nres via .South Bend to
...-.,.
Itlchmon'd, Anderson, Ind., and other
fnvt litr-linr tlin,, flm nn.nblnnf Inn nf
'
TAXED BY FRENCH
ordlnalrcs (table wines) Is to he proniul-
the season of 1918, It was announced
. . . . ,
the pilco will not bo as low as in
slight as a result of tho agreement.
'
i.fi r rM ffr i ivi;c
VJVJJK JL lux l.lllUO
Hint i, c...n i-lnvml .vltli lr llcfulilan t
appearing on the course for tho first
nks cro ba)l that hs motor.
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FOR SUCCESS IN WAR
proclamation Using yesterday for
has been won In thp war by Hrltlsh
itlsh
,l
n ot
t)nA I
plea fur the successful terminatloi
worship of every denomination. One
tno ciosniK jeiteniay or nu saloons forJu iiuciibit, rorty-on yearg oJd.ta
i JManchfr treet cut noe and mouth: H
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11 riJUTj I fliA I rilfr.
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ti. . .. ,
Inclt of motive power as the result of
... ,-.... .. . .. .uu,. w&
Company's senerator. nt Switchback,
WORK OF THE Y. W. C. A.
the welfaie work of the Young Women's !
fill limit n a &ii'tifiutjii1 In n Tt . I
- .... , ,.,.. ... ,v lcllcl ,,
, southwest Vlrinla and In West VIrKinia are without VirVn" iX and .Vveri ahoVkVPohchnfo Hatv
of the fire, and none will he available for many ot irl n'y r:vvovc.. ........ ..... .wu-iifvV
lack plant can lie rebuilt. t"i- VniumblR avenue; cuta and bru'lf;
,.. , thlll ,i uuvu iurou mo ice were taken to the Cooper Iloj
PHILADELPHIA BEATS
BOASTFUL NEW YORK
Outfit of Sammees From. This
City Make Good in Work
at front
By HENRI BAZIN
- -
siajr Jnnnvamimi meatna iw i.iulr
imi-ihi'iv k-it-rn in-,nn...,,,.,
iv t.-i, v.... ..... ,",""y'1-,' '''
,. ..,.. OUt), ,.
j ran ,a Hn oulflt of pinuaelphlans
today who have done themselves and
their native town credit. They are en-
...., ..,....... ...... . . .
"""" '"'"" "" " '"' Jeit of
"ie- Their commanding olTlccr, a
T" "rin,"?'t In a big
"""."- 'in eiore tlio war.
1 -m- . m .. n..
; ; , - "- """ """ '""
, '" captains and the remainder noncoms
llllll IM 11(1 ICIT H CIC f II1IIIIIV PN IT tin IIIllllA
COncein. They camo over to France to
(,o j
put It across In great sliane.
- .. -
On tlie May oer thev wens fchlnmnt-a
of the New- Yorkers as to Philadelphia
erso'n th'". 0k-To,nn.
inamler. said -,ery quietly that his outfit
was a better nnd mor canahl. i,nnnh
and nna nil 1iifc tnt imilil im.. i. mi. .
and, once on the Job, could prove it. The
New Yorker smiled a superior smile a.l
said something about offering the
Quakers a "snail dinner" after beating
them to It.
"All I have to say." said JIalor
In reply, "Is that It'll be a stag dinner
ir we ever get up against you on the
same Job."
Not long ago, as time goes. It so hap!
pened without deliberate Intent that the
Philadelphia bunch began at one point
and the New Yorkers at another, each
to do their bit of a certain Job. At
the end Philadelphia had covered ex.
actly 03 per cent of the distance, beat
ing the JJaohattanese by Just 26 per
cent. The Major continued:
"I told the New Yorker at the finish,
that we had only done what we knew
wo could da; he came across In admls
Continued, eo rag II va. CetasM 1sn
PRJCE TWO CEH
WOMAN DEAI
MANY HM
ICY STREI
".i
1
,&A
Slippery Pavements Hm
per Traffic and Caustvi
Injury to Scores
,s
IS
SNOW AND COLD COMINfT
jJv-jB
!
Rivers Filled With Heavy,
Which TTnlHc .qViina Po-"Ja
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ciiiu ucidvo rciiica .'tv
nnrl I lnlntfn Li'nMtiinfl i 3
Iffl
sx, .;
A woman was killed and core
peisons were Injured today byl
weather, which, after freezing? thar a
for it week, hypocritically became
ami rriemny nnd then suddenly turaMrtfl
A IrejirhnrnllH vnr nt rln msir'
J glassy ice-covered streets and Idewn5;j.S
. mnklng foot ng nerllous. Vt.V'1
I Huge floes of Ice, released by th ttmit-Vi
nrj"0 wid. crashed and crunch, Vj
i '1'..w,)'do"n.1?,
' fcnulKHl rivers, blockading ferryb03
jngii, their trlDS . Vsl
. ... 7l" ... .'f'-ai
A iurn jor me worst, win com
night the Weather Bureau warned "iki
nrpnent tpmnrntttrn 1in.rlntr aiAv.tWa;4
. frceilng point, will drop, accordlnr,'.i3
today's forecast: S .'i'M'tfi
"itain, possioiy turning to snow. ftM.VH
colder tonight, with lowest temperatUMLM
about -i degrees. Tuesday fair -
I colder. Gentle variable winds becomlji
vv esterly." .ji
me irony oi cue weauier was uwc w
day, with a temperature of 16 degretal
it o clock, gained the distinction.
being the balmiest day of the new yawiSj
The dead: " ;$jfe
MRS. KMZAIIBTII I10L1IE3.
rortT:Wj,-
years oia, IT Manton street. r fyf
steps of her home as she was returnlBtfo"y
p..n. ,t atnA linn Viaarl frltrlria. aHamlV "nW
on a step. A neighbor carried hr"l;Jyy?8
W.II BIVIM . ..vm l-. ......., v a.'..TB
B.lu0 ' "u laier sne "y"TWi
Agnes's Hospital, where she died. "g,
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Jiijuuco i c.iui irw n. iiugiiii.i. ,. ,f -v' f
JOHN J. JAKKMAN, llfty-four yHtirM,Wd
41IHI Hhlilnn mtrrt l.rnlcn rlh: nrnAM. ?
mimi1 MrNAi.ir. t
MM North d-nh.
VvV.'.'i'Va J U'K,
twenty-nve years -
am atreet; cut racs mn
:i i-aiie iirtet; cut locei wol
imeoiinthlr llosnltal.
'Ano fOFAS. thirty-eight years vUc.i'l
.' .North Thirteenth afreet: rupture;, BUW
.eph's Hnapltal. " .V,,.
A 11 1) TRKXLKR. alite'n lean iiU ,
IllKh atreet: fractured lett arm: Oerm)-,,'
town llonpltal. ii''V
CIIARI.R8 HAWK, twentr-thrm years ,o5'
"'2 North Heeonrl atreet; fraeturad JltaW
Knlvnnu. Ilmnll.l s f
OHOltun LYNN, twenty-three sears oW''
i t V i' i"tree ! frRCturd hl,TOi3
" .i,:-r",Ar":r- ... . . A4SJ
.jiiid, 4'iha IIAA1MI1.L.. thlrty.roup -
.i urm 'LiitniDcri iresi;
1 At. I 01. K.-.i. I ."-..--" rJT
ntl.,WrVit5!igto''
nl ?Sr7 old R?
rtnra ntl. flvHih - - - '
trftn tailnn; nir k.ln. tJ...KlTJ9 tT
llnan ! ' .--,,.. , , ...-.
Mx. "SI'IIET .McllL'ail.
lit)--(!v ytmS'SfB
J...i-riiV-rfeT.rA
ntrrct: Itn'omtoil ! t...n.i- i.. VrVH
Jlns. IIATTIB HIITT.of ls.in Xorth wbSJKs?
Jl:!iS,.W7-zs"r- tvventy.ae,fn'yr o lit iSM
nf lui-4 .Nnrrla atret: brulseil left elda! St. ,lfSii
"i.n..,ly. '"2 ""ONO- nftj.four jeara old. ,of ! f&S
,.i .i,rin nixippnin atri-ri: lacerations of VU
the ImiI: St, Joseph's Hoinltat, , 4 ,tftJ
SAllUUI. KAUl'KP.. forlv-fUlit enr old. oitiJ
Woman's Homeopathic Hoanttat. " y. ZvrH
TIIU.VIAH rxiVI.C. nfly ar old. BRO 8oJl-lii(f'3
." atreet: Ut acnln: Kplaeopat IloapltaJ.F? J.t,
A.VIinKVV CIAITH. t..ent.two yaara old. )ttl,.r OT
Whnrlon alri-et; fractured right hip: lftat-Jl5ti
vernltv Hn.nllal.
frarlurd right hip; Ul ;,,?
POI.lCi:.Vt.v.N- MICIIAKt. FOnJ
elcht ji-h-k old. .inns l'alrmouiit
of thf T.Hrtv.flpconi. trt nl Woodland
vnu,-
iiirnuc Ninimn; iracirca itii arm; UtH
VAY TIPvrT7I.'V !.(- a UVi .,. ..
Taill I Sarrntr ilrdl eitl ai-o In an.) kafltla
fthoutntr: 1'ribytrlRii IIntitl. r "VV,
I'll V.J - tla-aVt V It!.. - . . J T
a ir(ldl .llaJIsTTIl J flla UIU.' l t '
V'l'li tvclt Kinrt: fratturM rUht Iiii5
M'utl 1 It, I t .1. I..1.I.. II. ... a 1.1.. F l- .tI
..." iMinn'ipri ll'lllt.'UiallllM UOpi(Sa '
I'i;r..SONS HL'ItT IN CAMDEN.
,, ,nJ d , Cama1, by fftj,
j puai. iney are: v
ANNA NAILOIl. fifty ear old, IS BbutR
, uuiii, Birrri: trnciurtsi riK.11. wr.ai.
MATTIE 11KSH. tnent.on srara old. '
C'hpatnut alrrrt; tula and krulaaa.
JOHN TASSEM,. twenu-thrxs sears -
-" ni- Hm.th S.mnil atrt. ..t tv
lu:rtTHA iil'Hnm, on North Front ftrteti
out hud . .-"t
AN(!i:i.l.A SHARK, .thru ears old,'!
iiruai atrt-et; cut need, .i
ltlver I radio was entirely suapen4e4j
in ino I'eiaware ociovv uioucester KlXri
Ilorseahnn llend helnp n rramm vrlbhvt
groaning Ice that no vessels could puift?
througli It except two busy ice bMteXuj
Owners of river-front property briCMv
their holdings securely, fearing a breax-cv;
away of tho Ice and severe damage,'.
cr.uc.3 ij it'ta uu iia Jiuh iniauu iuw
tlAaljtau a tti( 114 f Iia Iffifv Taa1i-.i aI, t "1
' builders' boats, the moving field of'W-r
in tne cnoKeu river ueiayeu lernes. 7Ml
. big side-wheelers of t
i tnll.l Hnnhl. tn nnmratm Kaaboha.,
tho Ice, held up hundreds of peraona'.t
the ferry houses. The Maunch ChUM
of the Philadelphia nnd Readlngil
way, broke Its rudder chain! can
a half hour's delay, and a similar i
was caused when the Oloucester-Fb
delnhla boat Fearless, on Its ftnt,'!
for a week, broke Its chain Dlovvft
through a heavy Ice field near the fer.
slip.
Happy parties went to the Mark'4j
street ferryhouse snortiy alter mianli
bent on reaching their homes In J
nulckly. It was hours later when-
flnally reached warm beds. Soma:1
not even cet to bed. for many -ah
the two ferryboats that worked'
hours to cut through tne ice a
best they could do would be to
their clothes and return to work..
It all began around midnight .
ice there had been aplenty-all day J
day, but the water was aumclenth i
to permit tne terries to run on
schedule time. But with the.-'
there came great Hots of 1100 X
square feet surface. The Peris
Ilallroad ferries began to buck,'
s'eel bows hit the c ana re
Thev hit again and aealn. but wB
success. By I o'clock the Ferry, I
... hniiml from Camden to Phllavd
stuck In sixteen Inches 6f Ice an4 I
there for more man an nour, t ft
In the meantime uie-rniiaa
neadlng ferres were Tiavlot.'
better success. us frrry
plowed from Chestnut street
ward camaen. ononiy imi
Ocean City hove Into sight I
CaaUseast'ea Fas I
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