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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1918
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PEACE PARLEY
WILL CONTINUE
IN POLISH CITY
; Warsaw Chosen for
a Further Russian-Teu
ton Negotiations
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1 Bolsheviki Send Guards to
Front as Delegates Quit
Brest-Litovsk
GERMAN REBELS SHOT
Stern Measures Employee! to
Quell Threatening Army
Mutiny
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14. The Ber
lin Lokal Anzelgcr announces that a
meeting of the Crown Council was
held in Berlin yesterday, in which
Field Marshal von Hindcnburg, Gen
eral von LudendorlT and the German
Crown Prince participated.
Berlin newspapers announced last
week that the German Chancellor,
C Count von Hertling, would reply to-
' day in a speech before the muin com
1 mittee of the Reichstag to the dec
i lrations of war aims by President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George.
It is not improoaDic mat inc thrown
Council in Berlin was summoned in
connection with the German Chan
cellor's speech.
The Crown Council is the most Im
portant conference Of the German
Empire. It is never called except to
conslderthe most weighty problems.
The presence of the two leading Ger-
;.g man generals does not indicate that
l matters merely military were to be
y decided, as Von Hindenburg. and Von
' Ludendorfl are now consulted upon
T every essential action Germany un-
; dertakeg in any field.
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I AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14.
An important conference between
'"ih. K.l.er Pield Afsrshal von Hln.
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g;iGtttxsuLuti ueuetau
LudendorotT and the German Crown
--j Prince was rcDorted in session at
;.' Berlin today in dispatches from the
German capital.
PETR0GRAD, Jan. 14.
Russia's delegates to the peace
conference will return to Petrograd
on Tuesday, nccording to word re
ceived from Brest-Litovsk today.
Future negotiations, it i s under
stood, will be transferred to Warsaw.
I j The lirst detachment ot tne rtca
Guards under the Bolshevik army
plan left for the front today.
A German officer who deserted and
escaped to the Russian lines told
the Foreign Office today that Ger
man soldiers were refusing to go to
the west front, and that at one place
on the northern front, where this re
fusal developed into a mutiny with
h ' open fighting, the German command
naa snot zou reoeis.
A further stipulation demanded by
the rtuislans was that there be no
forcible mobllzatlon of the Poles or
Lithuanians and that those of tftls na
tionality arrested for taking up arms
against the Central Powers or imprls-
oned for peace efforts ,be released forth-
v t witn.
V To these demands the Hermans replied
h" that they all "Involved an Internal pol
&; Icy" and were therefore not subject to
' dWcusslon. The Russians announced
'J this answer was unsatisfactory and that
, S minds.
: ' CLEANING UP PETnOORAD
H The Bolsheviki are workng strenu-
" ously to make Petrograd a "clean city."
, The clean-up was on In full vigor to-
day. One result was the arrest of 300
t gamblers .and "drunks" In a huge raid
on one notorious dive last-nlfht. Other
j raids netted more criminals and rirr-
roff. Strenuous efforts are being made
to clear ud the problems of food ad-
. ministration and to make the city order-
I Jy and neat
The Bame sort of orderly prcedure is
belng steadily worked ouo by the Bol-
ihevlkl as applied to the whole gov-
'ernmental situation. Despite feverish'
'Opposition bv those olltlcally oppposed.
EV.the Trotsky-Lenlnn Oovernment Is pfe-
?Parlng calmly to arrange the I'an-ltus-
,'KKin Congress' of Workmen. Soldiers and
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, ciuiani8.uie uoux wiui wmvii iv to
hoped to replace the elected constituent
J fcwmhlv. The Bolsheviki hope by this
fAII-Russlan Comrress to create .a na-
i tlonal convention similar to that Instl-
,'tuted In ruin In 1792 which Will be-
".Borne the' supreme law-glvlng bodyfor
". Russia.
i.The Bolshevik are exercising a mag
netlc, Infloence over tho proletariat at
lr under the slogans of "class war'
and "an Immediate social revolution.'
accusing the Social Revolutionaries and
the Menahevlks (the Minimalists) of
surrendering to the bourgeoisie and
dtnylng the. contention of their. oppon
:nt that all classes must co-operate to
UIM up. The Trotsky-Lenlne disciples
Main that a complete socialist .regime
la' immediately possible without any
apltallt Interval of control. This par
itclpatlon In the reorganization by the
Pltallsts Is the 'principal bone of con-
IKtlon among the various political
ups loaay.
fcnolny Institute, headquarters of the
M
' ttaJHwl to. Fr. CetoswOoe
Revolt in Rumania
Planned by Socialist
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 14. Ru
mnnlan Soclallat lender Nukousky
Is In Petrograd to discuss tlio pos
sibility of a revolution against
King Ferdinand of Rumania nml
tlio monarchist Government.
M. Nakousky U said to have been
invited to Petrograd by Nikolai
Lenlne, tlie Bolshevik Premier.
OIL SHIP, SINKING,
FLASHES S.O.S.
Texan Struck Amidships. So,cners a"d Police Show Dar
Some nf T'-ifohnatu n ' lnK 1" Battlc With
Coi t v '
vayo ivauiu
RUSH RESCUE VESSEL
AN ATLANTIC pbnT. Jan. H.
An Incoming steamship brought ncus
lierc today that the Hawaiian oil
steamer Texan was sending out wirelesi
reports that It had been shuck aml.l.
ships and was sinking. The Teau i
Hashed that It had foity-threa men I
aboard nntl tiau ..iit.i.in. ..... i. -. ... f
was putthis out Its star-
board boats.
The messaire ilm .ni..i ,f. W',r ker left for the scene shortl
hel, ,1 ., . "" ,va" " 10 "''loci '' fol,ml ,he ,,a,""
Pelns pouied out. The oil was eW- still eatltifr away at the bulldlns. : Shortly
dently to leducu the high sea. 1 before orders wefe Riven for temoval
The incoming steamship picked up ! ?,f "lueh threatened small-aim nmnimd
the Ilrst n a " ,, . i'"-" ui tolli Marines, quartered In the liar-
TV. , .' fr"' ,h0 Tpxu I racks nearby, carried out the work,
at 4 o clock this tnornlnir. The im. I Tliousandw of dollars wcrtli of rifle
. ...,.,0.,,,, ,,, intercepted a nipsmirn
I from the steamship Wlllametto as fol
lows :
"Uo to assistance of Texan and then
Join convoy."
. i1 .S 'clock n second message was
Picked up from the Texan of a more
alarming nature. I read:
Ing lomrin'r101' '""'tlshlps aipl sink-
F' '-""erlng our lifeboats on star-
We 1 lmv.ri."aVC '?st OUr nft bnn,l
No further information .egar'tUng the
Texan was obtainable from local so frees
It wan snld the rpimnti h. ....... ...iTi -1
picked up the distress calls did not go ! say several men were at work when
to the Texan'a iisslstanro was because tho blaze was first seen, and that the
the distance, as Indicated by strength lire spread very rapidly. The firs tln
of the wireless waves, was too great I dlc.itlon u ftho blaze was when smoke
Tho Texan Is a steel steamship of SClIi 'was seen lolling up from tho roof of
tons owned by the American-Hawaiian tho building at 9 o'clock. The nrsena'
Line and running between New York and . fire alarm was tho llrst sounded and
Honolulu, hlio was hullt. tn lfin- ....... i..n ntom.u ier turned In ful
Camden, N. J., l,y the New York .Ship
building Company.
The ship Is 471 feet long, D7 feet beam
anu has a mean draft of 31.8 feet.
Her port of registry is New ork.
ENGINE AND FOUR CARS
DERAILED AT TABOR
Traffic on Philadelphia Division of
' Reading Delayed bv
Accident
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Four freight cars and a nenglne weir
derailed nt Tnbor Junction on tho Phlla-1
delphla and Reading Railway today
hampering traflic on the I'hlladelphla di
vision. Jt is believed that tho engine
lost a brake shoe.
The cars
wero thrown nrrn n,
tracks.
The cnglno was Xo. 771: r .hi
Central Itallroad of New Jersey. Three
hours after the accident, Reading otll
clals declared they had no report on it
NAVAL ORDNANCE
BUREAU PRAISED:
Committee Finds Its Share
of War Work Was Well
Done
EQUIPPED vllOO SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Jan, 14.
The Ordanance Bureau of the Navy
bos met every demand of tho war, ac
cording to testimony of Rear Admiral
Rilph Earlc, before the subcommittee
of the House Naval Affairs Committee.
Rear Admiral Earle's testimony waj
given In a secret session of the com
mlttce. Certain portions of It have been
made public by Representative Oliver,
Democrat, of Alabama, after ho had
conferred, with Secretary Daniels.
Commander Thomas A. Kearney, as
sistant chief of the bureau, also testi
fied. Both witnesses Impressed the com
mittee with the fact that the readiness
and adequacy of tho navy's ordnanco
cannot be overemphasized.
Sir. Oliver's statement sayo:
"Rear Admiral Ralph arle. V. S. N..
chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance,
and Commander Thomas A. Kearney,
U. 6. N.. assistant chief of the bureau,
gave In detail everything with reference
to what has been done In naval ordnance
since the war begun. The committee
was so Impressed, after exhaustive In
quiry, by the efficient manner In which
the Ordpance Bureau had, in every way,
performed the extraordinary duty which
war Imposed that the committee directed
him to make a summary of what was
ascertained In the hearlnff and Investi
gation. "The Importance of the readiness and
adequacy of the navy's ordnance cannot
be overemphasized. Upon the efficiency
of the navy's guns, shell and powder de
pends In a malor part the success of our
overseas operations. Ouns that will
shoot straight, shells that "will pene.
trate the thickest armor, powder that Is
dependable are the essential requisites
of naval superemacy. Ships, apd men
without guns and ammunition are use
lesr "The bureau, so far as could be
learned, has fully satisfied the demands
made upon It by the vessels operating
In European waters. A letter from Vice
Admiral Sims compliments the work and
snlrlt of the Ordnance Department.
Other officers In the war zone, writing
in similar vein, have given like testi
mony. WAR BASIS EASILY REACHED
"The organization ef the burtiu In
time of peace had been developed so as
to make It an organization ror war, with
the result that, notwithstanding the
enormously Increased demands and re
sponsibilities recently placed upon it
that organization Is working smoothly
and efficiently, notwithstanding the f id
that the expenditures have Increased
,. ohout ss.000.000 - to more than
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FIRE RAVAGES
ARMY POST AT
WASHINGTON
Mysterious Explosions In-
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MUNITI0N stores burn
Perilous Blnzc
WASHIXaTON. Jan 11
t Klre, of unknown origin, swept the
Brcat ciuartermastei's supply bulldlnc
and post eoinmlssary of Washington
barracks at ! o'clock today. Several
minor Injuries of soldiers and firemen
were reiwrted.
Kxploslons caused by (.mall-arms
munitions and powders locked the
Ftructuro Intermittently and rendered
nrc-llghlliiB danKerous. The Hames and
smoke swept high Into tho air. throw
ing a haze over tho entire southeastern
i section or the city
Informed of the blaze, Secietary
cartridges, belts, bayonets, anununltion,
shoes, hats, blankets, clothing and
commissary supplies of all kinds wcro
stored In tho great building, and iiiulIi
had been detroyed at 10:40 o'clock,
when the flames were still burning.
Kceral tons of stores wero sucre fm
fully removed. When tlie mazo grew ion
i,t fnr. fif..tv nf the men engnro'd In
(hia wnrlt thev were ordered out but
score of more ran back Into the building
tw ce
When tho officers succeeded In get-
sld'lcls who ,,a,e 'if'" B.l?1i?ne.d , "' '
"' barracks for months said they be-,
I nve,i tho flro was Incendiary. They,
tho city departments.
Knrty-flve minutes later seveial minor
otilns ons were nearu, ueciarcu to ia
some of the small-arms ammunition
which had been touched off by the lie.t.
At 10:05 a terrific explosion shook all
buildings in the vicinity. It was v. -
ported to bo a large quantity of am-
munition wni.cn nau ueeu uurcu m
bulk.
Vhen the small-irms ammunition be-
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barracks entrance to prevent injuries
from flying masslles.
No ono was allowed to enter or leave
the grounds by cither tho police or the
military.
Krom soldiers and police, however,
.Mttoro,) InntrTenta were renortcd show
ing that many daring nets were per -
formed by the men In fighting the flames.
b'ergcant White, Company U. engineering
corps, was trapped by ilames after en-
terlng the building to find some Im-
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PENN TRUSTEES
FACE BIG TASK
Open Door to Women,
Gate to Kaiser, Must
Be Settled Today
LAW SCHOOL IN BALANCE
By M'LISS
Shall women have access to all de
partments of tho University of Pennsyl
vania? Shall "Kaiser Illlf", who knows 'how
to dishonor all things, be permitted to
retain the honorary degree bestowed on
him by tho University in 1910, when all
the world was at peace?
Shall the first law department estab
lished at a university be abandoned at
"Penn," because the patriotism of tho
students has caused a stupendous di
minution of the classes?
Thousands of men and women in
Philadelphia nnd all over the country
are awaiting the answers to these qucs
tlons, which, it Is expected, will be con
sidered today at one of tho most signifi
cant meetings ever held by tho Univer
sity's board cf Trustees.
The meeting Is scheduled to take place
nt the Rlttenhouse Club late this after
noon, and the gravity of the matters to
bo decided will prolong I far Into the
evening, it was predicted by a member
of the board today.
The question of tho ndmlsslon of the
women to the Wharton School, the
Towno Scientific School, the School of
Veterinary Medicine ana tho nrts and
science departments of the college will
be considered. It was said today, beyond
a doubt. Whether or not the matter
of the Law School and the rebuke to
William Ilohenzollern will be passed
upon Is problematical.
Feeling Is running high in regard to
the women question. With Provost
Edgar Kalis Smith, who will preside at
the trustees' meeting, and a goodly num
ber of the members unequivocally com
mitted to the woman's side, the proba
bility Is that they will enjoy n walk
over when the final count Is taken,
TRADITION SWAYS "CO-ED" FOES
The committee of the General Alumni
Society which recently passed a resolu
tion asking the trustees to "go slow In
the matter of admitting the women to
all departments," based Its objection on
the fact that old' and cherished tradi
tions of the University would be wiped
out If any sjep so radical aa classing
the men and women together In the
same subjects and rooms were taken.
The "conscientious, not ' to say senti
mental, objectors" are said to represent
only a small minority of the alumni,
which numbers 21,000 members.
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MODIFIED TICKET
MIGHT WIN VARES
"Brother Ed" Doesn't Re-
fuse to Harmonize if Pen-
rose Slate Is Revised
DENY BRUMBAUGH SPLIT,
Tho ticket announced by Senator Pen. ! T,,c co-operative coal i-onfeifiiuo a
,o8B from Pittsburgh for consideration TtZXZX?.
at tho romlng Republican primaries Is I Francis .. Lewis, chairman of the Phil
branded by .Senator Kdwln II. Vare as i adelphla coal committee- opened today
, ridiculous' us 'n "haiinonv" ticket. ir
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stntes "lat ' wl" "ot B on the
I ticket as announced, but does not s.iy
i that he will refuse to "harmonize" with
..... .. mvunicu uvnci m juaucu
iii me neiu,
I have not Indicated my position on
tho Clovernorshin." said SJenntnr VnrM
JjgX,lag...lU.c.i:fcfcJteif.,liUkPjLf.vcrlit'.J
me. u is too early for any decision
nnd I don't expect to make one for some Ipated In the conference,
time to come. , Mr. Potter opened the meeting by ex
Thero Is nothing In any yum that plaining to the assembled experts the
there is a split with Governor Brum- gravity of the Philadelphia coal sltua
baugh. Any story to that effect Is with- i tlon. urging the adoption of "such con
out foundation and ubsolutclv untrue. trn,.iw-., .,,...,.,,,,.., ,.n i ,i, i
j .Now, )ou can ilso quote mo that the
. tlc,liet, sen- out from Pittsburgh, tho so-
I cuueu narmony slate. Is ridiculous."
' Wlillo Senator Vare, in Ids statement
i "e gcneial political situation, asserts
I tllHt l,,ero ,las ,,en " fcl'IH between the
Vare faction ifnd Governor Ilruinliau-li
on tne guDernatorlal candidate, leaders
ill every part of the .State believe u split
s coming If the Governor has not nlreadj
.been told by the V.ircs that li.. win
have to get along without thdr suppoit.
iocinor Brumbaugh has conic' on
xiruiiKiy m lavor or naming a candl
date who will be lrtually a ProhIM
tlonlst. Insisting that the candidate be
more than friendly to the passage of
tlie prohibition amendment. Ho has
held numerous conferences In Harrlsburg
and predictions are insistent that State
Highway Commissioner J. Di'ntiv iWn
win ue mo governor s choke.
Mr. O'Neil
nits in i-iiiiaueipiiiti 1'Tlday and It It
generally thought that ho did not get
tho support or even tho encouragement
of the Vares. Ills friends In Pittsburgh
are openly predicting that he will be out
with an announcement of his candidacy
this week.
Senator William i Sproul. following
his announcement of candidacy for the
Republican nomination for the tioveror
shlp, has gathered material strength,
and would look to be tho most certain
aspirant if it wero not for the uncer
tainty a( to what tho Vares will do
Lenator Penrose, by his statements, in- I
dlcates that ho lias decided unon '?en
.in, un,r..ii ...i .. m. ... .'. . "en-
...... .., .,,,.. iimi lnis decision Is
final, and will not ho changed regard
less of the attitude of the Vares and
Governor Brumbaugh. Penrose's friends
say that Governor Brumbaugh has plac
tlrally no political power unless he
can gather about him some of the war-
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SHOPPERS JOIN MOVE LEASE AND DIVIDEND
TO END RAIL TANGLE' BEFORE P. R.T. BOARD
"Freight-Moving Week" Ex-' Approval of Compact With
pected to Clear Terminals j city and 2Va Per Cent Dis
of Congestion ' bursement Anticipated
"Freight Moving Week," designed to , Approval of the transit lease recently
clear railroad terminals of the entlro ' adopted by city Councils is expected at
country of the congestion of freight thai a meeting of tlie board of dlrectqrs of
has partially paralyzed Industry flrtho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
months, and to clear the way for a more pany this afternoon In the executive
vigorous and efficient prosecution of tho'omcea In tho Land Title Building. At
war, began today, and Philadelphia lsthe ame time It Is anticipated at semi-
ujnn tiAi- hit" In thla most ltnru.rl.nl
part of the work of helping to beat the
Roches.
The freight-moving campaign was be
gun at the request of- Director General
McAdoo, supplementing his recent order
increasing demurrage charges in order
to penalize the unnecessary holding of
freight. Hundreds of thousands' of ton
of valuable freight are being held at
terminal points, and this congestion has
seriously hampered movement of mu
nitions and war supplies sorely needed
by the allied armies In France,
Sept With Gas Burning
Failure to heed the warning of low gai
pressure caused the death 'of Harry
Hmith. forty years old. 508 North Mar-
RIVER A MASS OF ICE
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tniriy to sixty icci over the river
COAL EXPERTS
MEET POHER
Co - operative Conference ,
Seeks to Improve -Fuel
Distribution
CITE FEDERAL FAILURE
' at U o'cWuk In the Pnlverslty nub,
1510
I Walnut itreet.
.rhe ctint lnPtl arp mettinK wUli a
, view of mUiiiirf a survey of conditions
throughout the State to Improve produc-
iiuu hi me mines, truiisportution laciu-
lies and tiisirmutlou
I Members of tho I'nlted Mine Workers
'of lmtlr ((.a 4 .1,..,.l. rnnl ri...
frftlnrn'rfuiuiuttajnil oitii-tiltrif . h.
I railroads onterimr Plillailelnhl.a nni-df
the majority of the experts present would
result In the actual delivery of more
family size coal to I'hlladelphla."
Following tlio opening address of Mr.
Potter, Mr. Lewis emphasized the fail
ure of the National Administration to
provide the 15,000 tons dally promised
tho city several weeks ago, pointing out
that less than mi average of 10.000 tons
nail reached the city dally since the I
promise was made. j
"Wo must have consttucthe action,",
both he and Mr. Potter said "Wo want
your advice, something must bo done to
Improve conditions here."
It wns Intimated that one of the chief
topics In this connection to be discussed '
will be tho closing of nil nonessential (
Industries for week or ten-day periods. I
This means of conserving the coal supply i
HUKKtsicii iu iioctur Garfield Py
Mr Potter.
A telegram, which was also signed by
i-rancis a. i.cwis, ciiairmnu of the Phll.i
delphla Ooal I'ommlttee, has been ent
to Washington protesting against the
suggestion recently advanced by the.
New York 'o,il t '(inference, which pro.
posed that three legal holidays be de
clared In ecry weelf nnd that nil In
dustilal plants not engaged In war work
be closed on these days, Mr. Potter
declared this a "hodge-podge" plan, nnd
saTfl that If this method was adopted the
trti.lnii ., ,1.1 1..-. liArtltl.L. 1. .-,.!.-. Ifr.
saving, would be negllble, because It
would be necessary for the plants to
keep up n certain amount of steam, and
for tlmt ren,' the avlng would not bo
rj, unf,i.l to ii meliorate llm eneral
great enough to ameliorate the general
situation.
S RIOUSLV CONSIDERED
At Washington It was said that Doctor
Garfield was seriously considering tlio
suggestion, realizing that some drastic
order to prevent suffering throughout
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annual dividend of 2',i per cent will be
declared.
The lease Is expected to be approved
without difficulty, as It waB framed after
conferences of P. R, T. officials and
representatives of the city. Following
the passage of the lease the board ts
expected to call a special meeting of
.the stockholders for a date about Feb
ruary 8, at which the stockholders will
be asked to, approve the lease.
The approval of the lease by the di
rectors and stockholders of the company
will complete Ita adoption. It next will
be presented to the Public Service Com
mission for hearing and, approval, and
then a beard to put IvMnUr effect, will
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' LANCASTER PLANT CLOSED DOWN
LANCASTER, Pn., Jan. M. Tlio Tcnu Steel nr.d Ircn
Company hero lias shut down because of the co:il' sliortago nnu
limbllity to get cars for shipping- awny manufactured lion, many
thousands of dollars' worth, being nt the plant. More than five
hundred men nro idle. The management cannot tell how long
the shutdown will last. ' -"
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TWO BODIES FOUND IN RAILWAY TUNNEL
The bodies of, two unidentified men were foundd today li
the Philadelphia .hid Heading -Railway tunnel at Tnirty-eIgT.!Ti
m.i .iMj GiAtnl avenue by an employe of tho Thomas E. Smith
iiitwuvf, Cjinjjai.y. The men appealed to be nbout twenty-to..
unci l'oity-lour ycar3 old.
CANADIANS RAID FOE'S
LONDON, Jan. 11. Canadian
German trench position north of Lens durlnir the nielit. canturimr some
prisoners, the War Oflice announced at noon. The Canadians returned
to their lines without having suffered a single casualty. East of Mericourt
there wns skirmishing between patrols, which resulted favorably for
the British.
U-BOAT SIGHTED BY U. S. PATROL, GALVESTON HEARS
GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 14. Guards have been stationed ut all coast
artillery batteries here today mid n close watch Is being kept on nil shipping
I loilowing wireless reports that a submarine had been sighted by two Amerl-
j can patrol boats 100 miles south of Galveston.
BOLSHEVIK SAILORS MASSACRE SIXTY OFFICERS
COPENHAGEN, .lull. 14. A terrible massacre of Russian nnvul officers
of tlio Black Sea fleet by. Bolshevik sailors was reported from Sebastopol to
day. At least sixty ultlcvrs, four of them admirals, were ald to have been
slain during a two days' orgy of bloodshed. A general wus taken from the
garrison nnd executed when ho attempted to have loyal troops Interfere. All
of the olhcers of ono ship were taken to
....- till ... .1 .. 111. -. .... m at -
were littered Willi corpses of officers
PRICES FOR OIL NOT TO
WASHINGTON, Jan. H. There Is no imtnedinto prospect for price
fixing In oil, according to Oil Administrator Requo, 'who has Informed oil
producers to that effect. Tho first work
oral survey of tho situation to determine whether un adequate supply for
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HIGHER RAILROAD RATES AS A WAR MEASURE
HUNTINGTON, W. Vn., dun. 14. Tho Public Service Commission has
allowed, as n war tucasuro nnd for the duration of the war, the petitions of
the Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio for authority to lncreaso
their rates on lines In the State to 2& cents a mile, an Increase of one-half
cent, effective February 1.
U. S. TRAWLER SUNK OVERSEA; CREW SAVED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. An American trawler has been lost In Euro
pean waters, Vice Admiral Sims reported to tho Navy Department todny. No
lives were lost. Tho ship was sunk through striking a rock.
GERMANS SUPPRESS HARDEN'S PEACE PLEA
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14. The lssuo of Die Zukuntt, containing the article
by Maximilian Harden In which he supported President Wilson's declaration
of war alms und declared that tha road to peace Is via Washington,, haa
been confiscated by tho German authorities.
RENEW QUIZ ON WAGES IN SHIPYARDS
Study of an equitable wage for shipyard workers will be continued today
when the Shipbuilding Board resumes Its sessions In the Hotel Walton. It wll
continue to hear the employers' side of the situation. It Is expected all the
evidence will be before the board within a few days and its decision, on a
standardized wuge for all ship workers in Philadelphia and nearby points will
be announced a week later.
OGONTZ MAY HOUSE CONVALESCENT MARINES
Historic Ogontz, the home of Jay Cooke, financier of the Civil War, may
be turned over to the Government as a convalescent home for the marine
corps until the war ends. A request for the use of the house haa been made
by the Government to Mrs, FUz-Eugene Dixon, daughter of tho late George
D. Wldnor. The estate k at Sprlnc avenue and WaWtigton 'lBe ,CnlU'
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NEWS
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w .thl
LINE; NOT A MAN LOST
troops carried out a raid against a
Jlnlukoff tower and shot. The streets
4 . IA 4. .. At rt ,t
und men shot down In the fighting.
BE FIXED AT PRESENT
of the Administration will be a gen-
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ICE MAY
DYNAMI1
Plan Use of Explosives;!!
save r airmount uam;v
Water Supply
COLD FATAL TO THR!
Warmer.Weather, With Snk
Ts Pi-nHiffi'nn nf nffi. it
cial Forecaster1
BOREAS STAGES A COMEBAC1
Midnight
1 a. m. .
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8 a. m.
9 a. m
10 a. rti,
11 a. m.
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Dynamite will be used to break . Hil
the Ice-Jam In the Falrmount dam"1jj
less the Schuylkill River ceases pbw
ing its threatening masses of los against
ll.A .MI..,I1H 4 Via
This derision xv.ir iitadA tnrinv 'tbvll
I illnf llnvlu nf IIia nil.anll nt VUaim'2
at city officials watched and waited.
The last resort of shattering the frosejiK
tangle by exploding it will be usedtM'J
safeguard the water supply of West1;
i Philadelphia, which depends upon
height of the water-level In the rlv
Should the ponderous bulk of Ice br
the dam. tho water sumilv would bov
cut off at the Belmont pumping statloiC.ljl
Another menace contained in the PO-,-,J
siDiuty or the dam bursting was-jtoW
riverfront property below the dam, whleh.'t
I is norm or tne spring Garden atreetl
, bridge.
I WATER SUPPLT NORMAT, -jj
Chief Davis went to the Belmont sta
tion today to Inspect tlie repaired 3(1
inch main that broke Slaturdavi That
West Philadelphia supply was iiornHd'S
this morning. Jjm1
Keller from the cold wave, whig
I caused the death of three persons, n
promised by the Weather BureanLV-i
, Warmer temperatures, bringing snow,X
rain tonight or tomorrow was the tt&k
uiction. :mbh
"The worst seems to be over," iHSpS
i Its comment and It Issued the folio
I forecast for easternt PennsylvaaV
"Snow tonight, warm In west portk
Tuesday, snow In north and snow or
. In en,,, I. ..nr.lnn . nn..a. .
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tho ice jam in tne sciiuyiKiu
loosening this morning at Manayuk,(
the relief of the mill owners who.ie
damage to their property, tXi
The flooded and fee-chokd
, washed away nearly 200 feet' oft
dam across the river at Norrlstowtiif I
sides entailing thousands of dolUi
nonv th'i . 1 rrnira ,l-ifnil r 1
famine In Norrlstown. for tne
gets Its supply from the Bridgeport"!
of the river, where the breaK ,
curred. There Is a big Jam' a.t.,,1
Indiana, two miles above. If this i
ilnun It In fttiTfrl tnnrn tt th rinm?'
he swent away, which might wreck'
h'gh piers carrying the Philadelphia
ana i esiern iiarway .over mo nver.-j ii
'ruiM.-i,- VTCTiMH ou rriT.r, in;
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The three victims of the cold wtj
whose lives were lost were Mrs. -Jennie ,.f.
Dlllmore. forty-six years old, 90 Irvlpjfy
avenue: George swiii, miriy-mree yrfi
old, 25? South Fourth street, formerly?
, n. ?""'"" '" l"l i",ZZ.iZZrSS8&
., ., ,... , n.,, 112M
streets station, and an unidentified mag?;
whose body, without hat or shoes, wai)
found In an alley In the rear of 'Will
Wlnslow street --.fyi
Mrs. Dlllmore, who had Bpent tfc
night at the bedside .of a relatvbactj
St. Agnes's Hospital, fell In the stmt?
two blocks from her home as she.w
returning in me morning, overcome .
exhaustion, and several hours latent
body was found, dead Irom expoau
Swift, nrobably overcome by vertk
fell unconscious on a doorstep on Six
street near Spruce and died from th
effects of cold two hours after Ids 1
rlvat nt the Pennsylvania Hospital.
..nl.lnn,IA..I .M fl M la tlH,klA,l If, '.
nawned nart of his clothing for "ih
and to have perished as a result ,pf Sjj
posure while Intoxicated. I ., u
COFFERDAMS CRUSHED u!
A cofferdam erected In the SchuyM
In. sieeda & Derham. contractor.
are building a new concrete brlwSi
rePiace tho present Iron brldgo off'
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PhlladelDhia and Reading Rallway.V
crushed line an eggsneii Dy ine grim
force of tho ice in the river. Tha
is estimated at 15000,
Wi
Timbers from the cofferdam were
rled down stream and lodged between tl
piers of the Qlrard avenue bridge of t
-Pennsylvania Railroad, forming
which caused the river to overflow;
I Increased the pressure that endana
' the bridge. Tv.
T?A..sn ti'a ltvtiiirt dam fin A "J"!
Glrard avenue bridge the Ice Is :i
UGinCCll Ulllliuuiia u- taw
mass. Grave fears are elt t hat, 11 "1
event or a loo rapm maw mo iow
nf tha Ice nack would cause the'
ha thrown against the dam and'br
it. causing Incalculable destruction"
nrnnertv on tho river below the dan
Ice was exceptionally heavy !.!
Delaware River today, delaying ,
I river traffic and blocking It con
at points. Tne use oi uuiueonrpBtj
breaK tne ice was suekobieu. . w.
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THE WEATHE
. FORECAST , tU
For Philadelphia ana
Cloudu and unsettled, trith tm
tonight, prooaoli cJiannliip 5 t!r
Tueadav: lowett temperature i
aiout to degrees; warmer"',
moderate south to east tc4n4-.
LENGTH Or DAY ,,
Sun rlM.. 7:22..m.8ua tU....14
DELAWARE KIVER TIDE CRAM
CHESTNUT 8TRKHT,i ,
High water 2:59 s.m.lHish.wsHrPad
Uiw watir, i.40.nviw wir..j
TRMPERATCKK AT-KACKaW
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