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VOL. IV. NO. Ill
"WILSON RULE
AT STAKE IN
Bill for War Cabinet
Menaces Prestige of
Administration
ROOSEVELT COMES
TO LEAD BATTLE
Party Lines Drawn Tight I
as Result of Stone's
Caustic Speech
FIRST TEST THURSDAY
Partisan Conflict May Spread
to House and Last Until
Election
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.
Piesulent Wilson has begun the
most "pectuculnr fight of the war
for control of Congress.
Battling against passage of Sen
ator Chamberlain's "war cabinet"
bill, which would amount to con
gressional recognition of the Admin
istration's alleged failure to conduct
its war plans properly, the President
it faced by almost solid Republican
opposition, added to u few in his
own party.
To add zest to the battle, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt arrived today to
take up tbt cudgel for the Chamber
lain measuic. An editorial in the
morning papers under his signature
preceded arrivnl of his snow-blocked
train. It conveyed his determina
tion to throw his influence against
the President.
It insisted upon passage of tho
Chamberlain bill "so that we may
never again be caught utterly and
shamefully unprepared." ,
All factors in the pending struggle
havo gone before the people for
support. A
President Wilson in a staftment
last night declared the legislative
measures designed to wrest from
him and Secretary Baker direct ad
ministration of war work had not
even been brought to his attention
in conference; that they would delay
progress rather than hasten it, and
that Baker's plan of reorganization
was based on experience and, there
fore, equipped for successful opera
tion. Senator Chamberlain, in leply,
stated that he is willing to abide by
the expressed will of the people.
"It's their war," ho declared.
ROOSEVELT TO EEAD FIGHT
Roosevelt, through his writings for
months, haB been trying to swing pop
ular opinion against the Administra
tion's conduct of tho war. Today he is
prepaiod personally to enter the llts In
an effort to bring about a change.
In the walto of tho bitter partisan out
break In the .Senate, during which Sen
ator Stone sharply criticized tho Repub
licans for injecting politics Into their
war work and was heatedly answered
by Lodge and" Pentose for "to lug to
slop criticism of the President," party
lines wero drawn taut todaj Tho
appeatanco of Rodscvelt has onl) served
to accentuate tha blttcriies of tho Demo
crats a vast majority of them at what
they believe a concerted plan to dis
credit tho Administration provjous to
tha opening of tho fall congressional
campaigns
But n few Piinocrnts nio standing be
hind ( Iiambcrlaln In his conscientious
effort to, improve what he believes to bo
a fault) situation In the War Department.
These with tho virtual solid Republican
elrcngili will make thp light for conttol
of tho henatc foi 01 against President
Wilson the most dramatic in Its his
torj The battle will open when the Scnato
meets Thursda) Senator Chamberlain
will carry tho Issue to opponents of tho
measure Immediately by calling im thu
bill for second reading and reference to
committee
Administration .foi res. are "loaded"
for Cliambcilnlu They wilt demand a
rollcall on Senator .Svvanson's motion to
refer tho bill to the Naval Commlttco
as well ns the Military Affalis Com
mittee. Swanson's nigument was that
as the proposed war cabinet would have
control of naal as well ns military
plans the Navy Committee ought to
pass on the bill. '
Senators standing with the Admin
istration against the bill made no secret
of the fact that Sw anion's move was
merely the first In a series designed to
beat the bill.
The rollcall on commlttco reference
will test Senate sentiment on the bill,
Senator Chamberlain said.
Already there Is talk of compromising
the fight by accepting the director of mu
nitions In return for the defeat of tho
war cabinet measure. The director of
munitions would prove much less ob
jectionable to the Administration, be
cause he would have authority only over
purchasing and production of supplies.
Even that much upsetting by Congress
ConUnued on Tate 11 Tt, Column Four
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Doubles Guard; Drops Aliens
WILMINGTON. Del., an. it. . In
order to protect Its property, which la
being used for the purpose of nltllne the
Government In keeping up tha supply of
tooUjtuffs In Wilmington and transport
tliir inn to munition nluntft. tha Wllnnu
I'iim announced thnt it had doubled tho
tor o of Euards about ItH property and
has ill "ch j reed all ot the aliens In Its
UMjUQJ
Hoard Advises McAdoo
The Philadelphia Hoard of Trade has
Ud Director Cienoral M&Vdoo. to place
a (shippers' representative on the trans
portation committee which la to be lo
cated ta each railroad district
1 & m
fjtii spy
1 Hu KgSi
1 tt ,,fl I
EMPEItOR CHARLES
Uccause of the spiead of stiikeo
through Austiiu'Hungjry, ho is
reported to have summoned a
Crown Council.
NEW RUSSIA ASKS
UNION OF PEOPLES
Seeks Recognition of Aims
From Proletariats
Rather Than From
Governments
WILL EIGHT ALL FOES
By JOSEPH SHAI'LEN i
t i ttfd firiv Stay t orrraponilenl
(I'aiivrlDlit, 1117 bn Ihr I nflrrf lrci) I
.PETIUXSUAD, Jan i'J
New Russli wants recognition from I
ho peoples of the world moio than the.
Governments of tin world frho looks
forward hopefullv to a world poletailnt.
which will icmihlno to Mop w.u's
ilaughter and crndlrato nil causes for
futuio war.
Tho Ilolshcvlk Mlnlstr) of Foreign
Affairs thus outlined Russli's view
point In a special statement for tho
United Press today, signed bj Tnder
Foreign Minister Sal kind, In the absence
from Pctrograd of Foreign Minister
Trotsky.
"Tho Russian pcopc hitherto In nil
ages h.ivo bfjii ruled from above," he
declared. "Now they rulo tfiemsclves.
They will stand and fight against nil
foes wherever found, with full prldo In
the consequences of having contributed
an Immortal pago to tho history of man
Kind "The government ut the soviet of the
people's commissaries, which 1 u gov
ernment of the workers, the peasants and
tho soldiers, Is not conrerned with ob
taining ofllelal recognition fiom foreign
Powers," the I'oreign Olllco statement
asserted "Th republic of tho united '
i
Continued on 1'ase live. Column Two I
BANDITS HOLD UP
7 CHAIN STORES
Armed Robbers in Taxi
Force Managers to
Deliver Cash
ROUTED AT LAST PLACE I
A scries of the limit ilarlnc tuito
bandit robberies ever perpetuited In
this city took place early thlH mornlnc
when wo jounu bandits, known .w
"Chicken" and "KlnB." tflltcd seen of
the grocery shops of the American
Stores Companj In West Philadelphia
and, llourlshlnR icolers. forced tho
manaKCis of each place, with tho ex
ception of ;he ono last lslted, to hand
UICI llll' ...... -
eral liunilicil dullaiH In cash and nlu-
.., .. ... r.i,t.iiMf,l Tin. lobbeis arc
.. a- i,n iiiii nifl ni lntwi riiit;n. tvj-
uunn ,," ""
still at laiso and tho pollie arc seaun-
Ing the i lt loi tnein in iniiiui "!" "i
men aio armed nnd aro deupjiale.
The stores l?ltcil weie-
Flftj -second nnd Sansoni treet!, man
iced held up and fo "robbed of J1.G0.
At this point tho chauffeui ot tho taxlcab
which they Iilietl becamo "niso" nnd
hoolv' hli fares.
in:nox thiikat
.,... .i.ia. ..a ii.pn Atiirlnrered the ma
chine themfcelcn and, lushlnt? to riftj-
flfth and edai ainuo, emcuu m.
chain store thero and, after threaten
ing to lock tho manager in tho Ice
box, forced Jilm to surrender 1150 in
money contained In.tho safe.
At Klfty-nlatli and chestnut streets
the two speed aitlsts of tho mask and
gun also sot booty, though tho details
of this "transactlon""nre not jet known.
Entering the chain htoie at Dfty
elghth and Chestnut streets, they held
un the manager, J. B Uobblns. and
the stenographer. Miss Minnie Fcrnberg,
5701 Walnut street, after they had asked
the clerk to go to the i ear of the store
for "a pound of butter." They took 60
at this store.
IlECOONIZUD BY CLEIUC
When the manager turned around he
found himself looklng,down the barrel of
a revolver
Attempting the same game at the
Fifty-ninth street and Baltimore aenue
chain store, the pair came to grief when
they were recognlied by a clerk. Thomas
A. Oullfoyle, who had known both men
some time. Shouting to Qullfoylc, ''Get
back wise guy," the two leaped for their
machine und escaped But they did not
flee until they had obtained the contents
of the safe. ..,,. ,
Prom thq manager oi mo niu-;ium
and Market stieets stole 1C1 was taken
Then the unee n"j ""- --I-elton
street and I.ar.sdone nenue.
The management of this store had
been warned, howetr. and tho bandits
were " met with shots from a rc
voher They escaped
rnlnlrrniptea PrrtUe If riaehnrst. N O.
nrkats from htaboard A)r J.liia Ast. .v
sTlWa 12 So Jilb.t arrive lln
hum 8 A? k. SMS r. it
AUSTRIAN RULER, ALARMED COAL MOVED
BY CRISIS, CALLS COUNCIL; DESPITE SNOW
MILLION WORKMEN STRIKEiAND COLD SNAP
Peace at Any Price Demanded by News
papersAppeal to Masses to
Arise and Put End to
World War
Vienna Cabinet Resigns Conditions of Famine Pre
vailing Both in Dual Monarchy and Germany
Described as Appalling by Neutral
Travelers
BERNE. Jnn. 11.
With strikes spi catling throughout Austria-Hungary and the people
wildly demanding peace, Emperor Charles has taken nlarm and is leported
to have summoned a Crown Council at tho Schocnbrunn castle.
Information reaching here today from Vienna and Budapest stated
that the situation has been complicated still further by the resignation
of the Cabinet.
Representatives of the Pan-Germans and the militarists arc demand
ing that Count Czcrnln be succeeded ns Foreign Minister by a man
of "sterner stuff." But while this demand comes from the annexationists,
tho press and public are becoming bolder in their demands for immediate
peace "peace at any price" and relief from tho intolerable food situation.
Virtually all of tho newspapcrn in Vienna fell under the ban of the
censorship because of their outspoken demands, but some of them issued
broadsides addressing appeals to the working people, men and women
alike, to arise and put an end to the war.
"This struggle," said the Arbeiter Zcitung, "is being waged in the
interest of imperialism entirely. Arise, you workers and Socialists of
Germany and Austria, andput an end to the ltithlcss conquest."
Seiious disotdera have taken place at various points, chiefly in tho
industrial centers of southern Austria.
At Gratz a mass-meeting of strikers was broken up by the police
while speakers were urging the Government to accept the peace prin
ciples laid down by President Wilson.
Travelers arriving from tho frontier estimated that more than
1,000,000 Austio-Hungarian workers had joined the general strike, but
these figures aro believed to bo exaggerated.
Count Toggenburg, Minister of Interior, who has been commissioned
to form a new Cabinet, is promising tho working classes that thero is
every likelihood that tho peace negotiations with Russia will take a
satisfactory course when they aro resumed at Brest-Litovsk.
Actual famine conditions prevail in tho Dual Monarchy, and hundreds
of persons are starving to death. Butter, lard, milk, first grades of fresh
meat, eggs, poultry and even tho ordinary vegetables are unobtainable.
vZUniCH. Jnn. 22.
Austrla.IIiingarj'c strikers aro not Impelled through economic motives in
their tlc-up of Industry, but tho "revolutionary movement" Is to prevent pro
longation of tho war through application of annexationist doctrines by tho
Teutons.
The Wiener Ncustadt, copies of which were received here today, so ciuotcs
a speech by tho Socialist lieputy Itcnncr.
"Tho prlnclp-il cause of tho revolution," ho asserted, "Is not diminution of
bread ration, but tho workers aro firm In their resolution to prevent demands
for annexation prolonging tho war."
.dlccs received todav Indicated that tho strikes had extended through
160,000 OTTOMAN
TR00PSDESERT
Half of Falkenhayn's Pal
estine Army Drops Out
on March
CAMPAIGN ABANDONED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.
Ono hundred nnd slxtj thousand Turk
ish troops more than CO per cent of
General Falkenhan's reorganized Turk
ish army deserted ilurlnp tho recent
Journey from Constnntlnoplo to Pales
tine, official dispatches today stated.
General Falkcnhaj n, appointed by the
Kaiser to reorganize the i rumbling Mos
lems after General Allenlij's Uctorlous
Holy Land campaign, has returned to
Constantinople, und his entiro plan foi
rehabilitation of the Miltan s fortes has
bien abandoned, tho reports dtcl.ire
".More than 60 per cent of thu strength
of twenty-four Turkish dMsions was
lost by desertions during the Journey
fioni Constantinople to 1'nlcMlne," Gen
eral Allonby'B report declare, adding
that "forty-one companies of storm
troops which left tho Alenandrctta dis
trict, each 300 strong, reached tho front
with only four -oillcer.s and 100 men
per compan "
JTcn the Turkish oflkeis refused to
"fall In" with Falkcnhaj n's program, re
ports declnie. and openlv voiced their
dissatisfaction knowing well tho unre
llahllltj of tho illsheaitened wtir-wcar
natho troopx
In less than three da I'.ilUenhajn
abandoned the Palestine sector and re
turned In disgust to Constantinople.
The Internal situation in Turkey l
acute. Tjphus. which a few months
ago was claiming 140 victims per day
In Constantinople, is on the Increase At
this time of the car Its Irulence l most
pronounced
At Smyrna, a city of 200.000, C000
died from this disease In a single jcar.
while 30 per cent of the Turk army has
died or becomo Incapacitated foi sen Ice,
DRAFT LACKS APPEAL AGENT
Failure to Appoint Official Clogs
Action in Philadelphia
Failure to appoint a United States
appeal agent for Philadelphia haB clor
ged the system of classifying men for
the second draft. Many local boards
hae deferred classification to cither
Class II or Class IV on account of mar
riage since May 18, 1917, tho date on
which Congress enacted the seltfcthe
service law,
rrooit Marshal General Crowder. In
a telegram to Goernor Brumbaugh, has
Issued instructions for the appeal on be
half of the Oo eminent In all such cases.
It Is expUlned that appeals must he
made by Ooxernment appeal agents fn
order to obtain uniformity of action and
give district appeal boards the oppor
tuplty to review deterred classification
granted by the local boards.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918
Continued on I'ais Three, Column Tlirte I
ACID EXPLODES;
TWO MEN HURT'
Chemical Plant Damaged
and Employes Injured
by Blast
HOLIDAY SAVES LIFE
An explosion In tho mlscollanious
chemical department on thu second floor
of tho Powcrs-Wilghtman-Kosengniten
Company. Old Parrlsh street, seriously
Injured two employes aul blew out a
numhir 3f windows In trie i-.ir of tho
bulIdlnK
Tho Injured men, who are n tl.o l.an
Keuau Hospital, nro Camilla Ceica, slxtj -ono
jeais old, 714 North P.aniUlph
street, and Vogo Mtrl, forts -ono ears
old, 72.1 North American s'-ui t Both
aro suffering from burns, bru ses anil
shock Cecia mnj lost his sight
That more men wro not Injur id was
duo to tho firm s adherence to National
Fuel Administrator Garfield's niandalo
that all industries remain closed for 1H
days. J O. llosengartcn, president, or
dered strict observance of the fuel-saing
measuio, des-plto contracts for Govern
ment work. As a result only a few em
ployes were In tho building when the
explosion occurred shortly after 0 o'clock
this morning With the exception of tho
two men who wero Injuied, thej wero
In other parts of the building
Cccca and Merl aro J.mltoS-s Soon
after they repoited for woil. thev wro
ordered to clean the floor of the miscella
neous department Tho floor Is of lead,
built in to prevent UrcH and to icslst
the corrosive eflect of acids
Both started to sweep As Cecoa's
broom swept over the lead floor, theio
was a fl.ipli but no explosion. He re
ported to the superintendent Tho floor
was flooded A half hour later tho
men started sweeping again.
There was a similar flare, larger than
the first, nnd It was followed by a loud
explosion Both men wero hut led against
the wall. Semiconscious, they wero
found by fellow emploes and sent In a
taxleab to the hospital
Ofllclals of the plant said the explo
sion was probably due to the sweeping
of nitric, acid that had fallen on the
lead floor.
U. S. TROOPS IN ACTION;
ONE SOLDIER RILLED
Pershing Reports Death or Corporal.
Presumably Brush Between
Patrols j
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 American
troops were In action against the Ger
mans last Sunday. One American sol
dier was hilled, It was announced by tho
War Department today. Ho was Cor
poral Walter Ilobeits, Infantry Ills
mother, Mrs, Kate Itoberts, lives at
Hartllne, Washington.
No details of the fighting were given
by Oeneral Pershing, but It i supposed
the action was o. broth between patrols
I Railroads Carry Out Gar
field Order in Face of
Adverse Weather
EMBARGO A NECESSITY
Freight Shipments Reduced
nnd Curtailment of Passen
ger Truffle Contemplated
WASHINGTON' Jnn IS
Itcavj kiiiiwh along (he cistern scn
boaid tuda) dealt a staggering blow to
tho national lalhoad
With tho Garfield Industrial suspen
sion order it an end tonight, transpor
tation throughout the inutitri last of
tho Mississippi was huprleslv v logged
with no clmnco to dig Itself out In tht
face ef further tr)lng weather.
Conferences: between tho fuel and rail
road officials worn held today to deter
mine upon tho next rtep Director Gen
eral McAdoo last night vetoed tho plan
to place an rnibirgo on nil freight ship
ment except coal desplto Us reeommeii-
1 ikitlou liv tho war conference board
Tho Pennsylvania, liowever, put a volun
tas embargo Into effect with tho sanc
tion of Director Alfred H Smith, of the
eastern division Other roads are ex
pected to do likewise today A genernl
embargo Is still held a necessity by fuel
administration cfflclils An extension of
the five-day suspension ordei or n new
order later this week Inaugurating an
othei pet lud nf suspension, Iji nihnlttedlv
being considered PrnMlo Ltutallnient
of piseni'ii tralllo aim 1h under udvlso
ment Toil 15 a heivy blanket of uiovv car
peted tho Kast More than IHo inches
bad fallen In this vlilnltv up to S oilock
this morning nnd II wns still romlng
down All trafllr was at n t-tntul-stlll
Trains were lilmkul nil along the
llnee
Kxtremelv low teniperatmes through
out New Ktigkiml. N'tvv oik. lennsl-
auK and otlni H.istcrn States has left
pIlcB.of ficlght unmoved. Trains have
been frozen In, firs derailed b snow nnd
leo and switch ard were unable to
work at nn thing like full iapaclt
rennsjhanlx suflered with tempera
tures ns low ns "U degrees below 7in.
north Now York .0 degrees below Dlilu
13 degrees below, West Virginia de
grees below, and New Kngluiul ! lie
green below ltapld f night movement
was IniposHlhtn In tho last 21 hours un
dcr theso conditions,
nrfectn of the flvodny suspension po
rlod did not begin to show until Sat
urday when n drop In tho temperature
set In nnd retarded nil effoits to hutli
ears through Adding to llin dlnVultieH
jls tho fntt that virtually all roids ex-
rtpi me i-eunsjivaiuu nuvu loniiiiuen
to ncupt freight of nil kinds during the
live-day suspension period, thus giving
llttlo relief to the ovcrbuulcncd railroads,
which vveto the chief objert of I)i liur.
flcld'tt drastic move
.Sonio relief will bo obtained by the
eontlnu into of the plor!t regulations Is
sued by Doitnr flarlleld when ho promul
gated his fuel ordir designating tint io.il
must first be supplied to domestic iou
sumors publh utilities nnd shliM biforo
being given to othei nuds tlut tho
(onllniiril on Tate Three, Column Thrra
COUNCILS TO STOP
WASTE OF WATER
i Ordinance Prepared by
Datesman Would Make
Installation Compulsory
WILL SAVE LARGE .SUM
Sleps will bo taken at the next meet
ing of Councils to stop permanently tho
wasto of water and effect a raving to
the city which, In tho matter of filtered
water as well as In cash, will be consid
erable. The action of Councils will be
duo to an ordlnanco which has been pre
pared by Director Dalesman nnd Chief
Davis of the Water Bureau affecting tho
futuio distribution of water In so far
an Its distribution will bo made through
new mains
Tho ordlii.ime pi o Ides that beginning
with Ma 31 of this e.ir all watir mains
laid subsequent to this dato must be
connected with meters. While tho ef
fect of this on tho water supply villi not
bo Immediate) noticeable, tho conserva
tion of water which It will effect will be
noticeable within tho next vcir. A con
servation of water naturally means a
saving In dollars nnd cents to the city.
It has alreadv been pointed outfit) Chlel
Davis ywt unless there Is an erfertlie
conservation of water then" will havo
to bo an expenditure made bv the clt to
provide for a greater supplv
Under tho ordinance, which became
effectivo on the first of last jcar there
wero established new rales some itf
them based on meter service and some
of them on the old stjlo fixture service.
Under this ordlnanro the minimum
charge for meter service was $8 per C0,
000 gallons of water and 5 1-3 cents ad
ditional for every additional thousand
callous This minimum rate, -as well as
I the other meter rates established tinder
this ordinance, would apply under the
ordinance which Director D-vtestnan and
Chief Davis will ask Councils to pass
I It Is understood that the question of
taking some steps to effect a permanent
I nnd universal meter sstem In the futuro
In this city was considered at a confer
ence recently between Major bnilth, Di
rector Datesman. Chief Davis and so.ne
members of Councils Water Committee.
It was In consequence of this conference
tl at the ordlnanco was prepared,
Nephew of La Follette Enlists
Frank McCormlck, of Stevens Point.
Wis., a nephew of United Htates Senator
i IJI joiiciie, rimsi.ru nere csieruav in
I the marine corps and was sent to the
I Philadelphia Navy 'Vurd. Ho lepudlnted
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llie JIHC'IUBI wcwa ui ilia uiic-ie
Held for Meal Ticket Fraud ,
James Block, alias James Dev Ine, and
Alfred Kemp nave been held In J1&00
ball on a charge of attempting to de
fraud the Government out of IHOO
through tho duplication of meal tickets
Issued by the commissary department
at Hog Island
Coristanr, 1018,
EXTRA
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
tt'WS Sll'EEPIiXG VICTORY
The port of Philadelphia won a sweeplug vlctoiy today
when the Interstate Commerce Conmiishlon decided at Wnshlnp,
ton that the railroads are justified in charging the same tates on
commodities shipped from western cities to vaiious New Jersey
cities aa are charged to New York and Bioolilyu. The New
Jersoy shippers, atempted to have thenibelvcb placed in the same
zoat ah this city, which enjoys n lower dlffeicutial on shipments
from the West.
BE FRIENDS WITH IRISH,
WILSON PLEA TO BRITAIN
London News Says President Has Made Per
sonal Appeal for Unity
in Crisis
LONDON, .Inn. 22.
President Wilson has made rep
resentations to tho Hritish Govern
ment inline settlement of the Iris.li
cnji'stion at the eailiest opportunity,
the Daily News stated today.
If tho Daily News is correct, the
lAmeiicun eweutive evidently acted
I in the interests of national unity at
tins critical nuur 01 inc war.
This news followed the announce
ment that Sir Edward Carson,
COLD ON HEELS
OF HEAVY SNOW!
Four-Inch Fall Impedes
Tr.afRc andJHampers
Coal Deliveries
TRANSIT COMPANY BUSY
IIIIIIV'S SNOW STURM
Af A
.i,M'i:
I our inrhea of uniiiv fell up In ""Oil
tmluj. riie sliirm rtnnli ulong the
linrtliriitrrn ioiiM.
111,. lirni. It Is predicted, will
iniilliiiie IoiiIkIiI with i older weather
tomorrow.
Ilellnrv of rnnl whs blinked In
nun) sritloiii. or the ill), aildlnit li
the linnllilii of thoilssndsof fnmlllm.
Hundreds hauled furl 'linme with
baits nnd barrows.
It Is feared thst snow drifts will
rrlounb hamper frelsht and eiial
movement.
Hundreds of workers llvlnsr on elt'
eutaklrts mine to work In automo
biles.
Scores of horses, overworked dnrlnr
the lt few ds, collapsed during
lulls) ' storm.
Snow gripped Philadelphia today, as
well ns the eastern coast from Now
HhkIiiiiI to f.cw Jcisc, and added to
tho Industrial complications by making
railroad movements dlfllcult In several
States.
The heavy downfall greatly Interfered
with the delivery of coal and added to
the misery of those whoso homes are
w llliout fuel. According to tho Weather
Bureau's figures, four inches of snow
had fallen up to noon, but In most of
tho Htreets it drifted to tho depth of n
foot or more
It la ptedlitrd that the stoim will I
continue tod.lv imu ionium mm iu.
lowed bv colder weatlur tomorrow.
Thiougho'ut Pcnns)lanla tho snowfall
was especially heavy and may seriously
lumper tho general coal movement from
tho mining sections ns well ns tlo up
freight shipments to and fiom Phila
delphia Piofltlng b) the example of the last
fow davs when lack of cais ileliivrcl
traffic on most lines throughout tho clt).
tho ltapld Transit Company piepared
for luttlo at tho Hist sign of the snow
fall this morning liver) kind of car
In flio bain, ugailess ut vlntiige. was
commandeered fur action and navigated
over linos where tho scare ty was great
est. Hundreds of woikers and business
mm who feared a repetition of tho de
lay of tho last few days, wero brought
to work In automobiles for which they
paid pio rata rather than endure suf
fering o nsttect corners
P It. T. KNOWl'LOWS AT WORK
Illcven t now plows, some of them of
tho motor varlet), were ordered on
Market und adjac-ent Btreets at 8 o'clock
this inoi -line b) the ltap'd Transit Com
pany, and street-cleaning oontractois
were ordered to put a force) of 1500 men
ut woik cleaning street Intersections In
the central and outljlng sections of tho
city.
Otllclals of the Street Cleaning Bureau
this morning were In communication
with tho Weather Bureau and when
told that the snowstorm might be of
short duration, decided to hold off until
later In the day before putting men and
I teams at wora removing mo snow- iruiu
the central section of the city Should
the storm continue sue a an order will
ho Iskuid and the stieets, Including
Market. Chestnut. Arch and others will
lie cleared to the IK'laware ltlver. The
numbered streets In the central section
i w 111 also bo cloarcd of snow
t'oal dealers, especlallj those who
lacked motortrucks found It extremely
difficult to deliver orders toda Horses
I -,t n,tlm!nllv llnrler IliA nriilArt t.ui-
Iden of plowing through the snow and In
(.ntUtutU oa Vas Tkm C.unm Tun
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t Tits rciuo Lrpara CoiiriNi
leader of the Ulster Unionists and
the stoim center of the Cabinet since
he entered it on July 17 last, has
resigned. Sir Edward held tho post
of Minister Without Poitfolio.
The resignation of tho Ulstcrite
is believed to have been brought
about to smooth the way for a com
promise between tho Unionists nnd
the Homo Rule forces.
The Premier has been holding
tontlnueil on Pure lire. Column lite
MAYOR ASKS U. S.
T0USETHISP0RT
I Director "Webster Will
Lay Facts Before East
ern Rail Administrator
WANT ACTION AT ONCE
George S. Webster, Director of the De
partment of Wharves, Docks nnd Fer
ries, will go to New York Thursday
morning to lay facts concerning Phila
delphia s bipn!g facilities before A. II
hmlth, Government administrator In
chirgo of all l.illro.ids cast of tho Mis
sissippi Mr .Smith Is directly under
nailroad Director General McAdoo. Ho
Is president of tho Now York Central
lines
Director Webster will go to New York
under orders given him today by Mayor
Smith He will take wltli him a letter
from tho Jin) or setting tho Philadelphia
port caso olllciilly boforo the eastern
railroad dictator. Ho will ask for im
mediate action.
Facts as to how tho port of Phila
delphia can bo utilized to relievo tho
cistern freight tangle will be placed
before Mr. Smith by Director Webster.
Ho w 111 show- how tho extra ninety-mile
haul to New York dela)s freight con
signed to Huropo an additional five
dajH or more. This consequently de
la) a tho shipment of much needed sup
plies to United States troops and those
of tho Allies It will be pointed out
that Philadelphia can handle promptly
all the ships now plying on deferred
sailings from New York nnd that It
has even better facilities at the piers
for expeditious handling of cargoes,
no MoirrniiAcii: nhkded
Director Webster will point out to Mr
Smith how llghterago Is done nway
with in Philadelphia by the belt rail
road Hue in Delawaio avenue, connect
ing wlili tho three trunk lines entering
tho clt) New York has to lighter v Irtu
ally every pleco of freight bundled
through Us port. This adds an add!
tlonal expense as well as taking valuable
time that hinders tho troops In tha field
from getting supplies.
Ma) or Smith said-
i 7 h.e "-n tol'l today that the ofll
clals in New York havo shown signs
of not knowing that wo am able to
handle this excessive freight In tho
port of Philadelphia They slrnl"
know nil about our facilities iust ns
soon as it is posslblo to lay the facts
before them
4 it M. l.,d la.,nlt-f .Ii ,!.. .. -
.. v . .nr".i.iv nun ijiey
should not know about theso things
but theru shall be no excuse In tho
future
"Dhector Webster will go to New
Yoik Thursday morning to give them
all the Information they desire or
need He will go directly to A. II.
Smith, appointed by Mr. McAdoo to
direct the railroads cast of the Missis
slpl. wii.i, pjiKPATtn Lrcrrnn.
I will prepare u letter Immediately
putting the movement before Mr. .Smith
ottloially Mjr tetter will bear the otll
rial seal of tho city of Philadelphia
and shall carry behind It all the
weight of Influence that this city has
iivi v . ." "ut ii wuii nun
all the facts and figures bearing on the
situation. Ho has all the data required
and will be able to place It forcefully
.'ore the men In charge of the situa
tion. if this action does not bear fruit, I
am ready to go farther. No stone
will be Jeff unturned until Philadel
phia has had the chance of placing her
excellent shipping facilities at the dis
posal of the Government at this time
when they are most needed. I have
said It befote nnd I repeat again that
I will go the limit to have the full
facilities of tho port ot Philadelphia
to relieve this freight tangle and to
get supplies to our boys In the
trendies ns quickly as possible.
Without supplies the boya cannot
light We must stand behind them
to the limit If this war Is to be won,
SPKAKS IIURU TOMOIIUOW
Director Webster w ould have gone, to
New York tomorrow had It not been
for the free-port hearings which vrero
neici in me Jioara or xraae rooms toa&y.
Continued um Vf TbntTvStmTSm
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PRICE TWO CENTS
BAD WEATHER
CHECKS CITY'S
COAL SAVING
Accumulation of 216,
000 Tons for Indus
tries and Ships
SNOWFALL HAMPERS
FURTHER SHIPMENTS
Administration Finds Feyt
Violators of "Heatless
Monday" Mandate
DRINKS TO HOTEL GUEST
Liquor Served In Heated:
Rooms Is Alleged Against
Broad Street Hostelry
IOllB DAYS' COAI, SAVINd
Tons
Yesterday's receipts 71,8iff
Average dally rnnanniptlon. . ... 11,000
Wartime ilallr ronanmntlon... , 15.000
Itrsrrve arenmnlatlon 10,000
I rrlaht rars unloaded 4,SS0
The big fruits of the five-day Federal
coal saving order, ending tonight, loomed
up today with the weather takltvg a turn
for the worse.
A reserve supply of 216,000 tons ot
coal of all kinds for iltal Industries and
tho bunkers of ships In xvar service has,
accumulated in Philadelphia, It waa eatl.
mated today by Stato Fuel Admlnlstra.
tor William Potter. Thlsl he pointed
out, was tho achievement made possible
by "patriotic and admirable observance"
of tho mandate that throw Industry mot
mentarlly Into confusion.
A heavy nnd extended snowstorm
threatened to hamper a continuance oj
coal shipments from the mines, but so
big a lead was gained in tho first four
da)s of the suspension of Industry that
the sacrifice was well worth while, hq
said.
Prosecutions ot the few -violations ot
tho order occupied tho attention of tho
fuel administration today, while plans
for a more complete observance of tho
next "heatless MondSy" were made.
One ot tho biggest alleged offenders
reported byline fuel administration Trail
the Hotel Walton, which was accused'"'
of serving liquors In rooms that vrr '
heated.
KAKH PROMISES ritOSECUTION
The caso was turned over to United
States District Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane lato esterday when It came to the
attention of MY. Potter's office. Assist
ant United States District Attorney
Ernest Harvey and Todd Daniel, acting
chlel of the Department of Justice, vis
ited the manager, Eugeno Miller, who
promptly obe)ed their instructions to
discontinue.
"I am sure that It was not a willful
violation of tho order," said Daniel.
"Counsel for tho hotel management
placed an erroneous construction on the
order."
Future violations will be prosecuted
to the limit, warned Mr. Kane.
"Next Monday violations will be fol
lowed Immediately by arrests," ho said.
Two saloons and n club, which were
reported to tho fuel administrator aa
openly defiant In selling liquors, will bo
prosecuted. It was said.
BAN ENDS AT MIDNIGHT
All Philadelphia awoke today with
the reallratlon that the five-day ban on
Industry, prescribed to save coal. Is
about over It ends at midnight tonight
that the city has lived through tha
first of the heatless Monday "holidays,"
and that no real hardships have been
encountered.
Less than 400,000 persons are Idle.
More than half of theso are receiving
their wages from patriotic employers.
The number of exemptions granted by
Washington and State Administrator
Potter reduced the number or Idle per
sons from 600,000 on the first day of tha
Industrial embargo.
THEATRES AIUI "DARK"
A "hangover" from jestcrday, when
the city hud an even more desolate ap
pearance than on a big national holl.
day remains In the shape of the closed
theatres and otlflr amusement places
These were Included In the original ealct
hut theatrical men Impressed upon ofll
clals ot the fuel administration tho ne
cessity of some form of amusement foi
Idle thousands, and they were perroittcj
to remain open, but ordered closed tos
day, so their share of fuel would be
sav ed.
About C4.000 tons of coal. It Is esti
mated, has been saved on each ot tha
"workless da) a." At today's end this
w ill mean a saving of 270,000 tons, Wljh
this enormous saving In the precious
fuel, Philadelphia has already uccumu.
lated a reserve ot 216,000 tons.
With this reservo accumulation and
thousands of tons at the mines await
ing shipment In the strings of "empties'
the railroads are rushing to the mines,
the many coal-laden cars are awaiting
Contlnmsl on Pas Two, Column Tw
Continued ou l'lii Three, Column fonts
THEWEATHER
FORECAST
For Philadelphia a .a vtclulfy Jn
creating cloudiness and tUghtlu
warmer today, followed ty snow a
night; tomorrow, cleiring weather.
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