- w4". i TH'X'" , T,' uentn$ public ffiedger POSTSCRIPT EDITION POSTSCRIPT EDITION -IT' r h VOL. IV. NO. 108 WHEELS OF INDUSTRY HALTED Compulsory Suspension of Nation's La bor Activities Now On Release of Supply Ships the Main Purpose Fuel Administrator Defends Action, but Washington Still Seethes With Criticism and Protest. Appeal Made to Patriotism of Employers AVASIHNGTON, Jan. 18. While House officials today broke silence on the Garfield coallcss day order and declared unequivocally that President WINon stands nolidly behind the fuel administrator in bis effort to solc the fuel problem. These officials professed the utmost optimism that the order -would ltae the desired effect. lteports spread broadcast that and navy uniforms and on duck for tents have been especially exempted from the Garfield order ere branded as false at the fuel administration today. It was further stated that such an exemption is not likely and that these plants will he held to full WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. American industry today began tho sacrifice of millions that the ''national railroads may release scores of supply ships lying helpless in our harbors. Through the order issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield, effective at midnight, business and labor started a five-day period of idleness prfsfc nf thn Mississintii that coal for the shins mav have the richt of ....... Vlnn ATrtndn.te Ihm-nnf f or Qimilnr eliulilmcn nrdnra wilt Tin in pflTnnf ,. ,... ...w..u..;u ......... . ... . ... . Forty-three exceptions to industries affected by the most sweeping regulation that ever shook this country assured that pressing war work ,M not l,n Int-mintP,!. ... A statement by Garfield defending his action ","n"t"' B '"'"" . ,.u.u it was necessary to clear congested overwhelming Senate vote to hold anu avom luruiui- wuiikusiiuu which luigui. ueiuy Miipmein. ui supplies to France. ' GARFIELD SHOULDERS FULL BURDEN Garfield himself accepts full responsibility for the order which stunned , mo nation. To modify, if possible, some of the hardships it imposes, he has asked the Industrial kings to bear the loss cheerfully and sec that the burden docs not fall on the workingman through loss of wages on idle days. Millions of such wages and greater millions in production are involved in the industrial suspension. But to complaints on this score Garfield declared "there are thousands in Europe nnd more still to go there who will lose more than wages or income." , Today opened up with another avalanche of protests from many I tuivfn nf Inn pinntr.. n.. tlm nnrfifll.l nrrlnr flnmnmla 4bnf ita nnrin.l ' of effectiveness be curtailed were But there nppeared-Httle-Jikelihood.tliat-anymodlficntioa.oftho.QricinaL regulation would be made. If anything, it may be rendered more sweeping if present industrial restrictions don't clear the tracks for coal. CONGRESS VIRTUALLY POWERLESS Having given the President authority to act in such cases as tho present, Congress has burned its bridges behind it so far ns the Garfield order is concerned. Tho only step which could be taken to make the order ineffective would be to repeal the food law immediately, and that is not thought of seriously. That the law may be amended to strip it of some of its powers, however, is hinted nt by some today. Congress was indignant at Garfield's ignoring the Senate request to hold up his order. Already the spirit is abroad in the Capital to see that no further laws are passed that may permit precipitation of such sweeping regulations upon the country without congressional sanction. But in many quarters there is originally issued the statement he made last night instead of announcing I what ho intended to do before he himself knew exactly its scope, there would have been less confusion and resultant protest. ORDER SIGNED AS SENATE ACTS Garfield signed his order about G:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon, it was officially stated. This was a few minutes before tho Senato passed its resolu tion asking lilm to postpone tho date of tlio order going Into effect flvo days. It was stated at the fuel administration's oflico that instructions to Slate fuel administrators were on their way an hour beforo tho Senate's action was officially brought to Garfield's attention. But the lateness of tlio order and the general confusion throughout yes terday left hundreds of Industries uncertain whether they should open or not today. As a result, thousands of workers in the eastern half of tho United States went to their labor as usual this morning only to find they wero not wanted. Today there was some tendency to evade responsibility by friends of both Garfield and .Secretary SlcAdoo. Each group shunted the burden for tho order (conceded to be full of political dynamite) on the other olllclal. Gar field's friends say it was necessary to help McAdoo out of a railroad tangle, while SIcAdoo's friends say he had no knowledge of tho order's scope befoie It was Issued. But Garfield says that rail congestion, not car shortage, is the under lying reason for the regulation. Cessation of output for fourteen days will enable tho national railroad to clear Its tracks and get Into shapo for more rapid handling of freight in tho future. JUNES IDLE BECAUSE OF CAK SHORTAGE ''Throughout the coal field scores, even hundreds, of mines aro lying Idlo because of railroad inability to supply the cars to carry away their product," tha fuel administrator stated. "Coal mines cannot operate without cars. Cars cannot bo supplied while railroad are crippled by tho present freight congestion which keeps idle cars lying useless in freight yards." "War munitions, food, manufactured articles of every description lie at our Atlantic ports In tens of thousands of tons, while literally hundreds of hips waiting and loaded with war goods for our men and tho Allies cannot take tho seas becauso their bunkers aro empty of coal." tho fuel administra tion stated. "The coal to send them on their way Is waiting behind tho con tested freight that has jammed all terminals. "It Is worse than useless to bend our energies to moro manufacturing when what we have already manufactured lies at tldewator, congesting ter minal facilities, Jamming the railroad yards and sidetracks for long distances back Into the country. "Added to this Is the difficulty of transporting coal for own domestic K needs. Tlio wheels aro choked and manufacture and pile confusion on top FINAIj ORDER Doctor Garflold'a final order Issued BiMsentlal details from the preliminary fuel administrators are empowered to current requirements and to provide Preferred Industries. Food manufacturers not working necessary Immediate consumption may tlon to their State fuel administrators Joover, Extensive preparations against disorder among the millions of workers forced Into Idleness are under way. Today found thousands of telegrams hundred of districts asking further Interpretation of perplexing questions. What la to be done In caso of building housing offices some of which aro GARFIELD'S ORDER EFFECTIVE WASHINGTON. .Ian. 18. factories working on cloth for urni.v obedience to the order. in the face of tho up tho order for five days declared u. v... .... . .... UB,a piers fill empty steamship bunkers made to tho President and Congress. expression of belief that had Garfield stopped. It was useless to continue of confusion." UNAMENDED In its complete form did not vary In statement Issued Thursday, State divert ruel in carload lots to meet for the normal requirements ot the on perishable products or food for operate, provided they make nppllca.- through Federal Food Administrator coming Into the departments from Continued on Tot tilx. Column Four LIST OF BIG INDUSTRIES HERE AND NEARBY ALLOWED TO RUN PHILADELPHIA and nearby plants exempted entirely or in lf,om. .lho Pwtion of Doctor Garfield's shutdown order, ns in Washington dispntches today, follow: William Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pn. Now York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N. J. Camden I-orge Company, Camden, N. J. Dii Pont powder plants, Carney's Point, N. J. Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Eddystonc, Pa. Bethlehem Steel Company, South Bethlehem, Pa. Midvnlo Steel Compnny, Philadelphia, Pa. Hercules Powder Company. Wilmington, Del. Aetnn Powder Company, Wilmington, Del. BOLSHEVIKI CHIEFS FACE FRESH CRISIS "" (renacing Situation Coil- - fronts Government as Assembly Meets FOUR PROBLEMS BAFFLE COPHNHAGUN. Jan IS. With Tlussla and ntimonla virtually at war, and tho fate of the Hrest-ILtovsk neaen rnnfrrpnrn hnncrlmr In tlin Int.mw . - ... - .every industrial plant In greater Now because of tho rcjejijaft-flf-iupnus'ian j York coming within tho scope of niei i terms b' VicHJtrmans. tho Cc7istItaw:ln'sdrator Garfield's closing order AmmWftB scheduled to meet in retro- -u' down today. Brad today at tho most critical hour of tho Bolshevik regime. Afl , f retrogrnd dated Thurs - nIght stalcd (mt ptaU1 lmd been made for a monster demonstration coincident with the opening ct tho assembly, but a' tho samo tlmo doubt was expressed tllat tlio body would bo able to convene on schedule time, owing to absenco of a quorum. A real crisis has been brought about in Ilusso-Humanlan relations by these events: Issuance cf an order for tho nrrest of King Kcrdlnnnd of ltumanla bv tlio llolshevlk Government becauso of tho change that Rumanian troops have violated tho armistice. Failure of the Rumanian Govern ment to reply to tho Russian ultima tum. Arrest of the Rumanian minister at I'ctrogiad. Accusations of the Bolshevik War Oflico that the Rumanians are continu ing to give aid to the anti-Bolshevik forces In southern Russia. German j-has-secretly" cneouraged-thr Increasing dissensions between the Hol shovlkl and tho Rumanians and should It prove to her Interest to do so she might break oft entirely the peace negotiations at Ilrest-Lltovsk on the ground that Rumania had broken the armlstlc, thus giving an opportunity for a general renewal of hostilities, Present indications, however, are that Germany Intends to contluuo tho parley I uy malting a coumer-proposai co mo Russian terms that wcro rejected. Thli was shown by the official state ment on the pence situation Issued in Berlin. Ono paragraph of tho state ment said tlio Central Powers are "pre pared again to give a clearly formulated expression of their opinions and to try to And out if the compromise striven for by them offers liny prospect ot reallza- Hon." . , Germany will offer militaristic terms, This has renewed the opinion mat Continued on Fate Sli, Column rite MAIL CHIEF IN FRANCE VICTIM OF RED TAPE American Army Postal Super intendent Demoted for De lays Not His Fault By HENRI BAZIN with the .Imcrirnii Armu i'i ranee AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Jan. 18. Conditions lclatlve to tho delivery of mail to army postofllces aro universally known throughout tho expeditionary force. Tho recent storv written by the Evening runuo I.twicn nnd Chicago News correspondents, telling how mall reached tho person to whom It was ad dressed, In many cases, ninety days nftcr it was posted In the American army zone ; that this still continued, tho correspondents having personal evidence in their home mall, and that also in home Instances letters between points In the American zone. Blxty miles apart, havo taken nino to twelve days before de livery, lesulted todiy In orders from Washington reducing tho superintendent of the army postolllco where the corre spondents nto situated, although this man was In nowise to blame, having worked indafatigably with nil Inade quate force ngalnst conditions cauKed by fault elsewhere. MOTHER'S PLEA SAVES ROYS fheft of Coal Excused Because Home Bin Was Empty A mother's tearful pleading today saved a youth and his friend from pun lshment on charges of stealing coal from the J'ennsylvanla Railroad yards at Twenty-fifth and Diamond streets. Tho boys George 1'eterMiu. of Hagert street near Twenty-seventh, and Hugh Henry, of York street near Twenty seventh wero required by Magistrate Collins, at the Nineteenth and Oxford streets police station, to give 1300 ball each to keep the peace, I'eterson's mother appealed to the Magistrate, tell ing ldni that she had two brothers In the army, had bought two Liberty Loan bonds and bad no coal In the house. T Clears $124 on Eleven Hogs QUAKERTOWN, Ta., Jan. 18. K. H. ICftrlg, a Three Towns farmer, slaugh tered eleven porkerg and sold them at twenty-three cents a pound, netting him a clear profit of l!i. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918 part given ALL INDUSTRY THROTTLED IN NEW YORK CITY Nearly 2,300.000 Workers " jv"j"v "UIJVU;J Are Idle as Factory Wheels Stop BIG STORES STAY OPEN NKW Yor.K, Jan. IS. Although somen hat bewildered and uncertain of its Men, Industrial New i v . . . . mill line. virtually cone looay , i,1 enennu uic order was early to i- rren. nuri.tv'uHUUn'y ani novated 1 doors , era , ot oven eXSsrtftWv ni led AtoJ VmUmnTfmh thk nnpa flint ii.m.Hi. . i9m.,n.l in it..,.. early hours (.... .i ; "iig '", !.T'lth ."0.n:d wn, so sma tl'U' I daily is thronged .with resembled a holiday. The confusion over tin. nr,i. ,..., ..i., slightly less following the publication of GarfieWs fuel order, than It was on the previous day. Owners of big de partment stores particularly weio un certain of their status. They decided to remain open today and tomorrow, how ever, and decide on what action to take Monday later. Many downtown oflico buildings wero heated ns usual The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, controlling subwny, elevated and sur face cars, shut oft all heat In their cars promptly at midnight. They will be kept heatless during tho five-day period prescribed by the fuel administrator, unless the weather turns severaly cold. Frank Bohm, secretary of iha rvn. tral.redcrn.ted.Unlon tiiiu,! h.ii.i Sr7fniri oy uarncius action In greater Now York alone would approximate 2OO.nnn. This figure Includes both organized and unorganized labor. CHICAGO, Jan. IS. A billion dollars' worth of capital was loafing In Chicago today, mado Idle by Fuel Administrator Uarflcld's coal-conservation CTder. About COO.OOOO workers, with n, com bined dally wage of $1,000,000, will havo llttlo to do for tho next flvo days but watch their living expenses mount, It was estimated. Twenty-five per cent of these are Industrial employes. Stany concerns will pay their workers regular cr pnrt wages during tho layoff. Produotlon nt tho iato ot M.500.000,- 000 a year has been stopped. I'lans were under way to employ ' thousands ot temporarily Idle workers Contluued on ram All. Column Three ' U. S. SENDS WARSHIP ' TO ASIATIC WATERS American Vessel at Yoko-j hama British Craft Ar- , rives at Vladivostok TOKrO, Jan. 18. An American warship has arrived nt Yokohama, according to information re ceived from that port today. Later the commander conferred with Minister Kato of the Japanese navy. A Iiritish warship has arrived at Vladivostok, Russia's port on the Pacific. Latett advices from Vladivostok said tho situation in Hlbcrla was quiet. Tho information bearing on the Si berian situation Is contradicted by ad vices from Copenhagen stating that the Bolshevik forces have captured Irkutsk, ono of the chief Siberian commercial cities, after a ten days' battle COAL ORDER WORKS FINE AT CLEVELAND Fifty Per Cent More Handled When Local De liveries Stop CLEVELAND. O. Jan. IS. Liberation of switching facllltla for handling coal, both to retail dlMrlbutorsl nr.d between terminals for reshipment. i was me nm eirect noted here today of the uarneia order curtailing all Indus' tries east of the Mississippi. Criticism by various ruel administration officials . accompanying the warmer weather !., i waR ,aUeu to tl10 Hahnemann Hospital was stilled when it was observed that 'prevailing 'is the TonTy Thing causug "ny tho atro1 of the Tent" tt,ld Button-I the order made It unnecessary for ter- worry to ofllclals of the Water Bureau wood 8,reeU "tatlon "nd Ul'd """"r nilnnl swltrhhip frnwa tn .loll...... m.ii....' ... ... ... ' ulcttul. i.i i. i i.w. i 1 . i r" . i : i J .. -"" """ to closed factories and all energies vvero devoted to the handling of fuel ar.d per- .o.mu.e wuu ..i..ciiuk It was asserted that in four hours , the Increase In the number of cars ban- died was nearly 60 per cent above nor-1 ..., ....wUa.. .w U.U111W uBuicB were i available. i As soon as coal trains consigned to distant points came In they could be handled, while under ordinary clrcum- stances a wait of several hours ensued because of pressing local deliveries. 400,000 IDLE BOWS TO FUEL FIAT Industrial Philadel phia Is Moribund as 10,000 Plants Shut Down FEW FIRMS DISOBEY LABOR MORATORIUM ! Potter Promises Drastic j Action Against Violators of Garfield's Order DELUGE OF PROTESTS Manufacturers and Business Men Seek Exemption or Clear Interpretation of Mandate ottaTMhViTmGllTENED WOMAN HURT LEAPING FROM WINDOW With fow exceptions tho ten thousand large and small plants are closed in compliance with the Industrial embargo order of tho national fuel administration sealing factories for five days, beginning last midnight nnd creating ten succes sive Monday holldavs, to savo coal. Drestlc notion against several plants that are In operation tn defiance of the Federal mandate was pimnlsed today nt the cfllces of mate l'uel Administrator William Potter In tho Ucllevue-Stratford Hotel. Assistant United States Iihtrlot At torney Harvey was hastily summoned when word was received that certain factories were burning fuel without au thorization under the order. The names of the firms were withheld ADout 400.000 men were thrown out of work by the war measure. It was lestlmatfd today at Mr. Potter's offices. ThBTiumber was reduced from more than GOO.OO" by exemptions of certain Indu trU .. The po'fVnllal menace In so iaige n number of u workers caused extra vigilance by the police heads. AVAi.AXClin OI' PROTESTS Protests nnd appeals, njjd Insistent nuerles from manufacturers V'10 do not understand tho provisions of tnS' sudden aim complicated Federal order, virew the major part of the city's varlctMll dustrles Into tangled confusion. "What aro wo to do" was tho cry that came from men who wished to obey tho Government's mandate, but who were confronted by financial losses. I "tate ruei Administrator rotter and state Fuel Administrator Potter and A. Lewis were deluged with personal calls and Imuilrlos by telephone. Impatient manufacturers crowded the offices in tho Belleruo-Stratford. de manding rulings on their applications for exemption. In their Inquiries it was revealed that many plants that Dut In ! applications yesterday continued work p0ondU7hen.iing!01Slon' others cl0Sed Announcement was ementArt n.i ?a'tZ,0onf IM" U"".?f-V': a maximum fine of noon or mt imprisonment of two years. Three hun dred form Utters exempting certain In iHst night and others ore being prepare. today. s Prepare.. , MACHINISTS UNIOV Tn m, ,,l nrlntrr. .SS"-,i uuBiiica we onoi out in the mall lot of the Marldnl.t.' iini.n ......... .:."" u prolent: meeting arolnut the cos! Continued on Tw six. Column"? . . "" HUNS SEEK TO REVIVE CONFIDENCE IN ARMY Propagandists Would Restore Belief in German ininn,' I , .... "" Dlllty Americans Derided r... itrrr t t . t .Tiuumai l-muiV SIMMS WITH Tim nnmsii Amm:s in- tiip ' ELD, Jan. 18. I FIELD, The Prussian propagandists' guns are today turned toward their own troops, liy lectures, pamphlets and the movies attempt is being made to restoro to a self-doubtlng soldiery the before-the-Marne belief that they aro unconquer able. The propaganda li not Ineffective. Prisoners talk confidently of the pro posed drlvo on the west front. From German prisoners it Is known America Is being ceaselessly ridiculed. The United States has taken the place of Britain as "contemptlblo" in tho German lexicon. The German soldi.!-. are being told that stones of a Lie American army ate 'bluff:- tout when tne "yanks' aro put to the test they will fall to make good. prisoners considers the .one of the Americans a factor, believing the war will h finiui,..i before "the wind bags" as their propa. gandists term tho Americans can get Carsunder way. LONDON, Jan. 18. Field Marshal Halg had nothing spe. i clal to report from the western front I today. FEAR "FRESHET" OF ICE '. ! Heavy ICain Would Release Ava- lancho in Schuvlkill Fear of a sudden .low-nnn,,,. e ..., louuy in connection Willi the Ice tltua- tlon hi the Schuylkill. Should sue, a downpour come there would be mi danger or releasing an avalanche of river Ice that would threaten the Falr- mount dam and bring disaster tn wharves, docks and ships In the lower river, The prospects of such a calamity, how. ever, are not considered Imminent by the Weather Bureau. The forecast Is for continued fair weather, slightly colder This means a gei.tle thaw which will carry the Ice away gradually. ConmonT, QUICK COLD WAVES DAMAGED OAT AND GARDEN CROPS WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Damage of "Horn -10 to 50 per cent" in the winter oats crop, with "much damage" to truck garden crops throughout the South as a lcsult of the recent three successive coin waves was reported by the Agricultural Depart ment today. The sugar-cane belt also was nffected, It was stntetl. WHOLE COMPANIES OF AUSTRIANS ORDERED SHOT PETItC-GRAD. Jan. 18. Whole companies of Austilan troops have been oidcred fchot for their sympathy with Russian Socialist views, nccoidlng to rcpoits reaching hcie today. Disaf fection, ngnlnbt their lutlltniiM mnslcis is spreading among German troopa also. DKAFT BOARDS MUST REPORT ENLISTMENTS Local draft boards li.avo been Instructed by tlio authorities of the War Department at Washington to Bend each day to tlio Stato adjutant general a list of tho number of special and Individual Inductions Into the fervlco from . their districts on that day. i Mrs. Mary McDonald, twenty-seven street, was awakened early this morning by a noise In tlio nest room. She j Investigated and, becoming frightened at what pho says she belioved to be a man In tlio room, Jumped from tho front window to tho roof of tho porch, j rolling thenco to tho ground. She suffered a. fractured left log and severe lacerations of tho body and face. Sho was removed to the West Phlladcl-' plila Homeopathic Hospital. Her husband, who was in an adjoining room, heard the noNe made by his wife in to stop her. EXPECTS EXCHANGE BANK TO LOAN MILLIONS WASHINGTON". Jan. IS- Crentlon of n foreign exchange bank as part, ot tho existing Federal Keiervo nystem Is proposed In a bill now being drafted ' by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, chairman ot tho Ranking and Currency Com- j mlttce. It is proposed that the new bank shall do buMnoss for all tho Federal exchango banks and for tho member banks through tho Federal Reserve j banks. Millions of dollars, it is believed, will bo saved American citizens by I tho adoption of such a plan. ' TRY MORAL SUASION WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. -First efforts of tho Federal Reserve Board to reKulate tho issue of private sccuritlei will bo on a voluntary basis. It has )jepn amlonncca that 1)llla now tirnftcd will be Introduced in Congress and pressed for enactment only If tho Government is unablo to shut off capital , expenditures for nonessential enterprises by moral persuasion nnd patriotic : ...,, "' ' CONGRESS AMS- TO CURB WILSON .. - -'-TsawSjBtt--- .. Autocratic Powers Con - ferred on Bureaus Now Regretted ' I SUGGESTS WAR CABINET, WASHINGTON. Jan. II. i Itaglng in Its impotency to halt the fuel administration's industry suspension order, Congress today was determined to 8Uard sruPuIousl- ltl the futur0 asalnst .. . b , blanl,t powers as . , ,,, l""""' UB wer0 ,,e8l0Wcd " lav"hljr UP" l"C CXC utlvo departments last summer. Although a few members, including ! RUch ""''" as Snator Knox, ot 'u ,.i.lo nrmor Sooretnrv of State. X gilllDJl.l.llHH .....-. .- - denied tho legality of tho fuel adminis tration's order, the majority were recon ciled to tho validity of tho action. Sen ator Borah, of Idaho, admitting the le gality of tho order, frankly declared ht cnm-rran had reduced itself to a ",er0 petltlonlnB aBsemb,y by lts whoIe sale surrender of authority. i;Vcn such supporters ot mo -vuiiu.iio- tratlon as Senator I'omerene, of Ohio, who fathered tho fuel bill, declared that It was not tho intention of Congress to glo the executive departments mu. u.. "m'11 ""'er ns that u,""d '? ,'.8,u.lni,i,i industry suspension order In the huny of passing war nw" " "-- slon. however, tho majority of Congress freouentlj voted blindly against the w-arnlngs of some of tho best lawyers n both houses. It was predicted that still more surprises In the way of execu tive interpretation of war law wore In store for Congress. Failure of the Senate's protest to bring even temporary suspension of the fuel administration's order gave powerful Im petus to the movement for a munitions dictator. The Senate Military Affairs Committee, paying no heed to tho Presi dent's opposition to the proposal, con talnued tho drafting of the hill to create tlio dictatorship. It Is expected to be ready to law the bill before the benata within several days Tim chief backers of tho measure are i Senator Chamberlain, chairman of tho committee, and Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, both Democrats, Senator Hitchcock goes even further In his de I sire for a reconstructed war manage I ment. Hn wants the organization of a war cabinet, located In outhorlty just i below the President nnd Just above tho 'Cabinet proper. Ho would have such a cabinet patterned after tha British system and would have It sit In virtually ' continuous session to rulo on all war measures. Ship I'lant Employe Found Dying An unidentified man, apparently about thirty-five years old, was found eaily today in convulsions on the sidewalk on Spilng Garden street, near Eighth. Ho was taken to the Hahnemann Hospital after his arrival there. A card In his i pocket, which bora a number but no , name. Indicated that he was an einplove 1 of the Merchnts' Shipbuilding Company at Bristol. Awards JWedal to I'hlladelphian The Edward Longetreth silver medal ot merit has been awarded by the Franklin Institute to Max Levy, of Philadelphia, for the "haemocytometer," or blood counting chamber, devised !-v Ihlm 1018, bi Tn 1'cbiio Lcsou Covins r NEWS years old, S07 North Sixty-third moving about nnd went In but too latoj TO CHECK STOCK DEALS PENROSE DENIES uirieuFJff . . --.' i Senior Senator Declares Pittsburgh Statements Mere Lobby Gossip TALKS WITH FOLLOWERS This Is a busy day In the Penrose political camp as a result of the arrival of the senior United States Senator in the city for a sertes of conferences on the gubernatorial situation. One of the first things dono by Senator Penrose dti arriving was to deny that he has in dorsed any candidate or announced any slate "Those stories from Pittsburgh about an agreement upon a State ticket wero without foundation," said Senator Pen rose. "Thoy represented the gossip in tlio nuiei iguuiea nnci wero not tho result nf any conference upon the subject. The presence of some of tlio men men tioned at the dinner to former Mayor Armstrong probably accounted for tho grouping of some of the names on the alleged ticket. So far as I nm con cerned, I am not rnmmllln.l . candidate for a Ktato olllce to be filled this year. "I look for tbe candidates to formally at"nnh t',em"eIv' "hortly after which It will bo timo to discuss the most avail, able men for tho nominations at the May primaries." A delegation from the Twenty-first neTrnTer' ""r'0'' "Rising Clear! new, Center, Cameron and McKean Counties, conferred witli Senator Pen" rose over the situation arising ora S?e announcement of Congressman Charles II. Ilow land, of rhillfnhr .iTi.: mil not run for renomln.tC... .. .5. May primaries. nf Iia n.n..i.u Mwir a" Jones, chairman --.., nfr WIO w hiw iwiiuuiirnn i'mwimii CUNNINGHAM AMONO OALLB1W an organization ,;.;; .' ' """-ipnia. Republicans mane im in,.i.. Varo organization, wno are opposed tn i,. was another of the nenaiorB visitors. Select Counriim ,."-.'' " frai "rry j. Tralnor. and several h;P"meU.VTM' llanco aio expected to confer with p. Mrnd" 'le K'aVeS fr -"lngtoneonn sourl has suudenty beeim," M,a llka the others who I ofTen not"f'0rrs come endowed with vninV.il"6' be' nm absent." On Ht whenever I It Vare's'-propoto bom'0 L'dwln of city leaders before cw.iia caueu be win -.e,or deciding whom he will sunnort rn- e.. " . "" m ng whom ator Penrose merelv ni,i ..-Si"6- Sen" well." "e,J Ba,d- That sounds The announcement fm. w .. State lllghwav rnm.ii. V "arrlbui State lllghwav Commi. V "arr'bUrg of OWeli of his LndC rner. J' n"lny llcan gubernatorial nL(nr .!'" n'"ub- . .. iui nomlnatlnM M . considerable im...i" I """on caused the city today " l"1i of O'NEIL STATEMEVT rm... O'Nells assertion .1 ,TES TALK statement and the announcement "i0" ator Sproul's gUbernatorr..'?i"i.S?.Ben- a challenge to every adherent tn y " In the State created much talk "n' said that it was time that Ih? m1Iu of the State be placed upon a wih2 Him. ih.n i.... j: " '"sner 7. .1 .r "' . "" uers appeal that the cltliena make the name Key, Cantlnsed oa Tare Btna Celumn Tw , PRICE TWO CENT3 FIGHT TO BRING WAR FREIGHTS TO THIS PORT Dock Director Web ster Plans Aggres sive Campaign NATION'S BEST ASSET IN PRESENT CRISIS Vast Advantages to Be Urged Upon Authorities at Washington BUSINESS MEN AID Proofs of Philadelphia's Abil ity to Relieve Congestion Unanswerable Port of Philadelphia Best Asset in Crisis NB. KELLY, general secretory of the Chamber of Com merce, unqualifiedly supports the arguments that the port of Phila delphia is the salvation of the Government in untangling the eastern freight tangle nnd in get ting war supplies to our troops in Europe more quickly and nt lower rates. Mr. Kelly indorsed the policy outlined by Joseph F. Hasskarl, Assistant Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, in an inter view given the Evening Public Ledgek. George S. Webster, Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, be gins his work of following out the plans sketched to him by Mayor Smith. Director Webster pointed oat that all freight for Europe from Philadelphia's tributary territory most certainly should be sent through this port instead of to New York and other points along the Atlnntic coast. George S. Webster, director of the" Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, today started the active work of bringing war freight through the port of Philadelphia to relieve the eastern freight condition. Tho director lias not determined upon tho exact plan of campaign, but tbe first workvto begone .tsAfo bring the ad.41?1fm,,7V,ntr i pPmiaa-rTplifa-ar-tn-r attentlfin prTSf" unueci states Shipping Board and of lUllroad Director General McAcfoct, After completing tho plans Director Webster will go to Washington to Inter view officials nnd to place before them the advantages of shipping throuah tills port. Tho director said this morning that ho probably would make tne trli early In the next week. "There Is every reason In tho world," said the director, "why, more munitions and war supplies for our troopa and the Allies should be sent through Philadel phia's harbor. There Is no reason against It. We have had this thing Ir. mind for n long time, but now we In tend to push It to the limit, ".Mayor Smith called me to his oflico yesterday and outlined to me Just -hat he wants done on tho proposition. He inatrucieu me to uso every means within my power nnd that of my department to bilng this shipping to Philadelphia. "At present a large quantity of goods Is being sent through Philadelphia by rail to New York and thence to Europe. There Is no reason for this, and I be llovo that when the proposition Is placed properly before the authorities in Wash ington they will agree that the port of Philadelphia should bo used. THIS POUT'S ADVANTAGES "Wo have every advantage of port and piers hero In Philadelphia that any other port along the Atlantic coast has. We have piers that aro equipped In every way to handle nil the freight that could be sent to us to forward to tha battle fields of Europe. The port of Philadelphia should re celve every ton of foreign freight shipped from the tributary territory' to this port. This Includes all the country to the west of us. This territory Is manufacturing large quantities of mu nitions. To ship them through our port is more efficient, cheaper and quicker than handing it on to New Yorlc That extra ninety miles means a delay of five or moro days In these times of freight congestion, and five days In war time may mean tho success or defeat of our gallant boj-s who are doing their utmost to put down Kalserlsra and vandalism." All of tho Philadelphia Congressmen Interviewed In Washington today In dorsed the use of the Philadelphia port to relieve congestion as soon as It mn mentioned to them. Their approval was without reserve. Each man promised his heartiest support to the project and to gain every advantage for the placing of tho arguments and plans before th proper ofllclals. The Philadelphia Congressmen have Insisted all along that a great mistake Contlniin, on ! Seven C'lumn Tear THE WEATHER III l IHT FOHUOA.8T For Philadelphia and vicinity: ocn. eraUu fair today and tomorroio; Utile change in temperature. LKNGTH QV 1)AV Bon rises. l:!0a.m. I Sun sets.. 5.01 p.m. DELAWARE KIVKR TIUK CHANGES CHESTNUT STRUCT Low water. 12:sT a.m. I Lor water HJiltii Illsh water. B.33a.m. Hlshwster SlllSIj 8 1 io)iiTia i sI'aTrrl iriJIIItllAlUUId ! iAI II 1-fIIITB I pp 30 I 30 I SI jiO 81 82 1 ' f" J Today's Installment Governor PenHfpackes Autobiography WILL MK rOVKB ON I'AOW 1 Of Till! ISSUE 'If-
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