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CITY URGES PLEA
FOR FREE PORTS
Mayor and Other Leaders City and tfr. S. Agree on
Appear Before Tariff Main Details of Hous
Commission ing Enterprise
SHOW VALUE OF PLAN
Declare Nation, as Well US
Tl,Urwl,tlrU,t Will T,.rw I
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by Open DOOr
What Is a "Free Port"?
This Explains It All
The word "free" In the phrase
"a free port" or "a free zone"
concerns only freedom from cus
tom duties or custom house inter
ference, and has no reference to
port charges.
A free port, or a free zone in
a port, has some of the features
of a bonded .warehouse. Goods
coming in from foreign countries
enter tho free port without the
detail of custom inspection.
Goods exported after imputa
tion go out without payment of
duty and without the complicated
system of checking involved in
custom house accounts and ap
praisals. In a free tone goods may be
re-exported in the original pack
ages in which they were im
ported, may be repacked, may be
mixed or blended with foreign or
domestic goods and, in the case of
the free portion of the port of
Hamburg, may be manufactured.
All these acts tukc place without
check or delay by custom ofllcinls.
All goods going out of the free
zone into the interior of the coun
try are subject to custom regula
tions and pay duties as though
originating in foreign countries.
Klghl prominent l'hIUdclphtans, In
cludlnc Major Hiilth and tho ofllcerw
nf slv different trade orcanlzatlons of
the Ut. appeared this morning before
the. fnlteil htates Tariff Coinnilrvlon
.. i .u . rr. i .,.. in
meeting In the Hoard of Trades loomb In
tho Bourse. Uulldlng, to present to tho
, , ., , , ... ,,.,
commission their views on the. advlsa-
blllty of congressional tnactment pro-
,..,,, - ,.,ni,ii.i,M,-i f,f fren norts"
vldlnif for eatabllslinicnt oc tree porur
it the I nlted htateso as u tnetiiou oi
luiurlng greater trade- cipanslon for tho
nation,
Nine other men of affairs, leprescnt
Jnc the same trade associations, will
appear before the commission this af
ternoon, nnd eight others nro scheduled
to aubear before It tomoriow morning
Tho commissioners at the hearing are
ii' inim i?.nt nnii IMwarel 1' Costlguii
WUIlam Kent and l;'1"'1 l ""
Thoso who riwke this morning, Hi ua-
.till .. Vi-m Um It I 11 llrt V 11 mil V
lltlnn tn Mavor Smith, who warmly
advocated tlio Institution of the 'frce-
porf sBteni and presenteu eogeni iitku
It. Johnson. Marltlmo l.xcnangc, 11 iv.
Mulford, Chamber of Commerce, Wl.-
Warn Hemustead. l'hlladclphla ltourse ,
VhUln aodley, liouTrt of Trade Harry
U. Frtnch, Drug Hxchangc, and It V
Jrvrlii, Commercial Uxel.anaV.
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Tliose who will pi cseni tneir views ue
this nfternooirs session nie W K Hagar,
Maritime Uxchange, Hmll v Amrecni
T'liUadelphla llourse, U. J Murphy, Jr ,
Commercial Uxchange. J. H '. Harvev,
IMitladelphla llodrsoi fleo O. Omerly.
Commercial r.xchnligH (Jeo. 1'. Fpreuln,
hecretary of CommlsslonerB of Navli.ii
tlon; Tm. M Van Deer, Philadelphia
Bourse, 1. O (Iraff. omniercial i:x
change, ami i: J Davlno, llotrd of
Trade,
Tomorrow nioinliig tl a commission
will bo addressed b V 11 I'ord, Clinm
ber of Commerce, Altxandei C l'ergus-
noil. Board of Trade . Join) -vi -.uin
Chamber of Commcii"; William II
Tuclter, Hoard of Tiude, John Meigs
Board of Trade , Hamuel T Kerr, Board
of Trade. Dr Wllllani l' Wilson, Com-
menial Museum, and lieorge H. Web-
iter. Director Department of Whams,
Dorks and Keirles
fpon the data gatheiud at the hear-
ligs, the tariff commission will matte
reemmendatlons to Congress bb Io
whether the operation of free zones In
the Cnlted btatcs would bo advantage-
ous In furthering the foreign commerce
, iiVi. ,,.nir
or tins countrs.
The business men of this city liavu
been well organized for this hearing anil
It Is expected that teprcsentatlves of
every line of Industry and commerce will
be present The nine leading trade or
ganlxatlims In Philadelphia, which me
Interested in domestic ami foreign com
merce, will have spealieiH present anil
will also send a delegation to listen to
the views expressed, Thcso nrgaulzu-
tlons aro the Philadelphia Bonrd of
Trade, Marltlmo Hxehange, Commercial
Uxchange. Bourse, Chamber of Com
merce. Manufacturer!.' Club, Grocers
and Importers' Dxchange. Diug Kx-
Cliango and the Commercial Muteum
Director Webster, of the Department
of Wharves, Dochs and Ferries, who has
made un extenslvo ttudy of this nues-
tlop, will also npjwar before the com-
mission and explain the advantages of
Fhlladelphla for the establishment of
such a port or free zone, should tho
necessary legislation be enacted by Con-
gress Ho will al advise the commls-
wn that his department, under nets of
assembly, lias tho power to construct
such a free zone-, should tho federal
Qovernhient give Its sanetlon
Dael J". Thompson, special tepresen-
tstlveof the Tariff Commission, who has
been la this city foi the lust week, visit-
me business men and commercial or-
Hanlxatlons. reirts that ho has found
all of the business men In this section
rrtlrinnddthS" tnh manTlnstances'To
S.,S.scoreld"n.aUr.7nnX7urcr
01 a. free port.
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UOAD TO COST $360,000
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State to Be AsHed by Dciks County
to Advance Federal Fund
IU3ADINO, Pa , Jan. S2 Ileprtitenlu
tlves of th William I'enn Highway As
sociation and boroughs along the former
.Berks ond Dauphin turnpike and the
Berks County Commissioners held a
meeting hero relative tn Improving
twenty miles of main 'post road" from
the. Berks-Lebanon line to Heading at
Jl 1.000 a mite.
The county will ask the State If tt will
sdvar.ee the Federal post roods 110.000
k mile and bear half of the balance. This
wai.M Imv. ISA Anil tn lui itnlrl t. !
SUto, It Highway Commslontr CVNell
Sirees to this, thi roa will bo rebuilt
tfcla year. '
nuwiu ,. wftrtf w ,. ,'w.u ,.,a
s Child Seriously Scalded
8ja 1
Jfontrosi street, was semely raided!
tltAut tha nrtnit find Loelv lflkl nlirli
iiients for mo inclusion or e-iniuiiciinu mun ,ur nuaerueeu iiiuiis ie imuii me
among tho "fue-iiort" cities, should the house In ono area .11 the Fortieth Ward
!,..?. 1,2 ..t.hllshei! weie J S. W l"-'lment The passage of a hill now
Htcm be cstabllslicel. weie a. a. v iongss authorizing the rcnulsltlon-
Tiniinn. Mar it mo igxrhungo : Dr. J.mory i, i,i .,i..i m -.-.i.. .1.1 ' '"
when, in attcmptlnjt t.u nwe pot of Railroad. MaRfH New Record
btilhitf water on the store In the Kit hen The) number of stockholders of the
t Ms home, the tessel wste ovnurntd( Peiniej-lvanUi JlallrcJid has for the first
"it tlw -rater poirJ pvur liho The 1 tm lud the 100,000 mark, according
u 'd 4 taken to Mount Klnal )Iasuuto the last monthly statement of the
tvtk, Hm M -ra ! that hie Injuries I
uft sef&M btVot fatal '
COMPLETE PLANS
WAIT ONLY FOR MONEY I
ConfemiiM between lwm HralnaiJ
chalrmun of tlie huuMng cotmulttcc of tlio
limcrginrj I'lect Corporation, olllciala of I
tlio Antci-lran lnternatlon-U .shipbuilding'
Corporation and I'lillRdplpliU city o(Tl
clils lmvc t faulted in Mrtual completion
i of preliminary pl-ins for speedy erection
of 3000 of the TG0O homes for Hob Island
workmen In the Fortieth Ward
Tim one I) Iff piobliin that rcmalnn i-.
fliun. Iiic tho cllv pirt of the aijree
inent uhlih Involve laving water ai.U
wir maun and maklne other LXitn-.lv o
municipal Improvement I
The Uuv ernnmit will furnUh ul) mate-,
rial for the building optratlons and will
unddtike to uet It on the ground!
pioinptl. r.almi iri;jnlz.ttlons will bo
urnd to fumlfli nun mid every con
trac tot In l'hlladrliihlu will bo Invitid,
to tilil In election of th bulIdltiB I
'I ho flovernniciit will put up the
money foi the street nr.d other Itpprnie
menu, but till tnnnc) Is to be ictunieu
to It b the ln There leln no iiinnrv
In hlttlit for tint purioM at pre cent ene
eh met o are a loan will bo Iloiti .1 b rl e
t.ltv t.i iomt tlm nertsharj aim un
Tin lioUKti will not bi liagtih km 1 u
OKethei Hhiihs for temp't.ir n-. i i
lll I e permanent n-nuin tru uis
ult.iUI,- for lioim i and will ! 1 i
in iiitiKtlc linn llvvaiillpi.' tins I'm
lui. nf tho plans John Ilidlei. serre
ar of the 1'niladclphli IIouiinK Afao-
Intion vliltli Ih eo-opiratlnj; with the
Department of J-ubllc Works and tho
Mou'Iiik committee of the Kmerscnty
Klut Corporation, tali, following tho
conferences nf olllciats
"The material tn be usee! prolnlilv will
be stucco nnd brick The innterlnl will
In of a pubxtantlil anil permanent char
icier and considerable varletj will bo
'mplovril tn nvuM tins unlfoini and mo
il tonous Ions lows of houses which have
boioine ejCAOiex In Homo of our nulghbor-1
Moods It would bo ii mlstnko not to
iriixide a pic iblna- effeet In the lav out of
tin town.
' I'ce un of the Kriiwlnc Industrial
l'Ftrlets In tlin loealitv there will be a
JHlWS 'tireTef'oT.rrr, !!,',?
woiked out with a Mew to itbvorblnc
bu town In the permanent elt plan
Th,1() wU, to ew rtreet rumiing nt
HBbt angles so as to uxold tho tlreomc
lectangular blocks s.j mueh In evidence
n ci(rl,
-Tho creation of u. l'edcral housinc
.m"" "''on foi tho administration of I
tll0 tu,VI1 and ,oWna Wm tt llCil olher
largo muuMrtai nevciopmenis nrought
about bs tho war is ono of tho measures
new under eonslderatloii in Washing
ton and may winn heroine a rcalltv The
advocates of tho plan believe good i
sults would bo obtained by It If puisued
along the lines cf the food and fuel ad
ministrations "A town of about 1000 holle1 Is trt lin
built by tho New 'iork shipbuilding Com. ,
tuny near ( amden The pans for tlie,
ntw houBcs w II be mended to iirovldo
accommodations for emploves of pow-
()er liml munitions plantH lieu by on the
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other side of tho Delaware
"The attltudo of land owners, who ask
prohibitive prlees for their tracts, has
..t-W.U..,..VLUU,,,,,.-,l,l-UJ' tiiia.,11
iiition and prevent turther delavs
through proceedings In court The hill
carries npproprlatlons of $50,000,000, of
cli $10,000,000 Is for the Hog Island
wnmiwn tjv rrr A ixt nnnwr
vvjj-'iy ui 1 "nin e,iein.
3IINEK INFORMS POLICE
Visitor Declares 1G0 Was Tal.cn
From Him After Railroad Men
Beat Uim
Julian l)Lar I'rltcas Nordln, l.uo of
Kcllngg, Idahc, Is nut particularly well
pleased at his treatment In l'hlladclphla. '
as stated today at tho Twenty-second
ttreet ftnd Hunting 1'ark avenuo station,
whero ho umo to lodgo 11 complaint
Cunllll. vein, 1m a. huiilp timl n inlnitr
'aa n ,H ua. t ,iB homo in tho "old
country" with tho little nionej ho had
aved up. and while inurnejing te New
Voil, via tho Beading lUMwav, ho ui-
lerts, he was lobbed of J1C0 by the crew
and thrown off the train near Wujnei
Junction on January G and badly Irjatui
UP Ua was found in tlio street by
Detectives I.lebrandt and 1'iendergast
anil Ul.ui to si l.uKt a Hospital, w hem
o remained until this morning when he
""' "io btatlon and made his
charges.
'f .'''tn,' ' w '". lra,'"rfiW COm"
'"B Into I'hlladtlphla tipped tff the crew
of the New Vorls train that ho had u lot
of ,nQnty, and that In some way vvhleli
l0 a0iM ,10t ,lovs. rctan they got after
nlm Ho was tlirov.n off the train, JIC0
.vhlch he had in an Inside coat pocket
as nilsBlng, but $227 which ho had In
his overccut was Intact.
In ordei that tno two train rrews and
other witnesses maj bo confronted bj
Vnrdln for Identlllcatlon, a hearing was
set for Januarv 2S and Nordln was taken
back to tho hospital, whcio Ids wuuuds
needed furlhei attention
m nnnSRYRr.T TIRINfm
-t- "UUL. L.L.1 UHUXUa
BLIZZARD TO CAPITAL
Tickled Half to Death Over Row in
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Congress, He Will Answer
Stono Later 1
WA.SHINTSTelW Jan. .'.'. Colonel
Theodore Itoouuvelt nfrlved In tho capl-
tal tudav at the height of the worst
blizzard of the w Inter ready and ap.
parently tagir to swing his big stick In
the political Donn brook fair Senator
btono stalled with his speech In tl o hen-
ate The Colonel was In high spirits'
ben his train tiul'ed In and manl'Hyl
enjojed tho Impiomptu reception accord- 1
i mm oy persons in mo wi e"
Immediately proceeded to the home of
"' son-in-law, Uepreneniatlee Mcholas
Tho ?ormr President had no comment
JLftUs'.n." IMS?
Intimated he would have something to
sal later. Ke did not conceal his sat-
l-factlon with Nnts In the Senute, and
It was understood h wan preparing n
"t ' t0 Kel""or htune
Lodger Is Asphyxiated
Kelward Taj lor, aged sixty jears, was
found dead In bee ut his boarding house,
ti Columbia, avenue, this morning by
his landlady, Mrs. frldle)-, and another
boarder, who smelleel gas and traced It
to the room of the dead mini' The door
to the room was broken In and the
nian'u body found Is Ing across the bed.
Detective Frozen to Death
riTTflBUnOII. Jan. S2 Itlchsrd
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Coniey, tiny years 01a. a wmeiy anown
Itictlvo of western Pennsylvania, was
frosen to death while searching for
luwilUaresrs near McDonald. lie had
, been tnUsInt since Saturday and his
body was found yesterdaj-. Coniey had
been a policeman, constable and de-
fetlto and solved many murder oases
company, the exact ruuptir Ulcg- 100,'
0J8 Of these ,M m women.
EVENING PUBLIC
"heatless monday" fades into a snow-white Tuesday
wimamBammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmimm
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As though King Winter were determined thn no relief from the fuel famine and freight tic up
should result ftom the first of he "heatless Mondays, it blinding snowstorm whirled down on Phila
delphia today and threatened tn undo the accomplishments of yesterday. Still, coal deliveries to
ncetitui consumers are being continued, as one othc photographs snows, in the midst ol the storm.
Snow-plows wrought some relic to pedestiians, as witness the upper scene in Washington Squat e.
SALUS OUT AGAINST PRINTERS ADD VOICE SHIPPERS FEARFUL " '
MOORE FOR CONGRESS TO TWO-PLATOON CRY OF "HUN" WEATHER i
Varc Lieutenant Plans llot
Fight for Seat in Third
District
fclate Pcnator Samuel W .Salus has
been put forth as a cnn'ldato against
Congressman J Hampton Moore for Con.
Kiesa in the 'lhlril District whkh euni-
prlsen Delavvnrc Itlvoi wnrds fut below
Chestnut sireet, and a livel light his
stirtcd Salus's candldno was nudi
public b tho uct'un of the ward eoni
niltteo of tho rourtli Ward, of which lie
is leadci, at a meeting hist night
There have been re)urts foi soinp time
tlist i.onsr ssnian Mooro would be op
posed to the last elite li b the Vnro
Smith forces, but It wan not definitely
known who would bo seleeted to oppcie
li fm. though It was gencrallv believed
"lalui would bo tho ciiolcv, owing tn Ills
'ailhful work in tlio Kouitli tiuI mlio'n
ing wards. The Varo forces carried the
district at tho last election, :-o It Is
thought Congressman Mooro will have
the hardest light of his career to land
the nomination at tho coming primaiies
NAMED TO ANXAI'OLIS
Southern High School Boys Win
Congressman Vaie's Appointments
hamuel Crccnwnld, 811 Moiris urcet
was given tho principal appointment to
tho United Mates Nuval Academv by
Congressman William s- Vare, of Phila
delphia, In his appointments tent to tlie
av Department toda Tho appoliit
nent was made upon the advice of tho
orlnclpal and faculty nr the bouth Phlla
Jtlphia High .school for Hovs, to which
institution I'ongressman Varo turns over
all of his military and naval academy
appointments
Tlio first altcrnato appointment was
trlvcn to Jamen H Doak, 1111 bouth
Cleveland avenue, tho seeond to Lewis
Goldberg, mil i-outh Philip street nnd
the third to Krank Ilaldlno, 13tl Castlo
avenuo Tho appointment Ih a special
one provided for In an act signed by
tho President last month nnd was turned
over tn the school by Congressman Varo
it Christmas
PRESS AGENT TURNS TRICK
Cook Mutilation Story Proves to He
Clever Advertisement
Countless stoilcs In newspapers,
magazines and other publications to tho
effect that many books on chcnilstrv
the one big weapon of all tho nations
participating In the world war In
libiarles throughout tho country had
been mutilated, presumably by Gel
man agents, havo been traced to n cun
ning press agent
These tales caused much anxiety in
Philadelphia libraries Search of shelves
mowed no trace of mutilated hooka
Then some one, almost as wise ns tlio
press ngent, discovered that every talc
featured the name of a well-known
ihomlst and a book recently written by
him
Priests Hurt in Collision
Two Catholic priests were slightly In
iured In 1 collision between two automo
biles at I'rankford and Lehigh avenues.
They are tho nev. lilwsrd J. Curran,
of Ht Ann's Catholic church, Lehigh
avenue and Memph street and the
llev h Harklns, of the Church of bt
L'duard tho Confessor, fourth and York
streets,
Four Saved From Asphyxiation
Catherine V Wurster, twenty-nine
jeats old, of Silt Sheridan street, and
her threo children, Catherine, eight jears
oldi Wllhelmlna, ten jears old nnd
Marie, six years old. had narrow escapes
from asphjxlatlon when a neighbor, do.
tectlng the odor of escaping gas In their
room, aroused them.
Bandit Leader Gets Long Term
"Big John" McOonlgle, alleged leader
of a dulnr gang of automobile bandits,
was given a sentence of from ten to
fifteen years In tho Eastern Penitentiary
after pleading guilty to highway robbery
and other charges, (leorge CJuakln,
John Frailer and John Davis, arrested
with McUonlgle, were given sentences
ranging from two to five jears.
find Missing Man at Camden
Frederick Lavanee, llvlnr near Jack
sonville, Via-, for whom search has been
made for more than a week on account
of sl. legacy left to his daughters.
Kleanor and Mildred, has .been loco ted
near Camasu, J.?
LEDaEK-PHlLADELPniA, TUESDAY,
Union Adopts Resolution
Protesting Attitude of
Mayor to Plan
Tjpographlcal 1'nlon No. 2 has
adopted icsolutlons pitjfesting nga nst
the attitude taken bv Mavor smith and
D'rcttor Wllron In tno matter of tho
tv -platoon sster foi the i it firemen,
and calling upon these publli ojllelnls
to Uto all powci 111 thiir means "to see
that monev is uppioprlaltd lo cany
out the piov sinus of tho Aitof Assem
bl directing that tliu ostein be estab
lished here
Tlie loolullon reads as follows-
Whereas Tho last Pttmsvlvaii'a tcg
lturo voted to tlve the llreiucu of Phila
delphia tho two-platoon ostein, therebv
abolishing the abomlnablo continuous
seivlee of these (ill servants, and
Whereas. The bil' was signed by tliu
Governor and enacted into lave tho lan
guage of the said law making It munda
itoij 011 the I'll ladelphla authorities to
1 put tho law Into effect, Januaiy 1, 191S .
I and therefore, bo It
ltc-nlved, That wo ask the Ma)ut and
IDIreclur 10 iiio all power in their means
to seo that tho moncv Is appropriated ,
and
Whereas, tho Major of Philadelphia
nnd tho Dltcclor of Public Safety have
neglected tu eairy out the mandate of
tho law, tho said wilful neglect resulting
In a ronlinunnec of the inhuman twent)
hour da for tho lliemcnt, thcreloie,
Ilcsolved, That Philadelphia Tpvo
graphleal I nlon No .'. In regular meet
ing assembled piotrst ogalnM tho un
fair attitude taken In th's vital matter
bj thu Major and Director of Public
afetv in ilenvlng thci-o men their rights,
and bo It further
Ilcsolved 'lli.vt the above bo kiven the
widest publicity possible nnd to furlhei
this tho Keeret.iry, t-liall furn'Mi a copy
to each of the el illy newspapers and to
the Labor World and the Tiado I'nlon
e ws
Stato Iteprcicntatlvo Isadora Stern,
nttornev for the Firemen's Protective
Association, will file In Commor PI ub
Court No. 1 toda an application to fix a
dato for healing the alt rnatlvt writ
of mandamus to compel Major Thomoi1
II Smith and Director ot Public Satctj
Willi un II Wilson to Install In the Klrr
Bure.vu tho iwo-plutoon sjstem piovldcd
bj- the act paBtcd nt the last session of
the Legislature.
Motions filed by the defendants to
eiuash tho writ, which wu jeturnablo
jchterdaj, are lebiionslble for tho ap
plication for hearing In tho ordinary
cuurso of court procedure tho case
1 would not be heard until tho next list
elaj-. which will be In February, but on
I a showing that the case Is urgent It Is
In thj power of tho court to fix nn
, earlier date.
JAMES E. HOLME DIES
Was Executive of Big Leather In-1
dustry for Thirty-eight Years
James li Holme, for llilitj -tight jears
an executive of the big leatli!' industry
jf the Lnsland-Walton Compau, Inc.
died late last night at his homo, 411
North Fifth street, Camden. He was
slxtj-nlne jears old
Mr. Holme, who was a native of New
l York, was one of the oldest members of
ho b'ocond Baptist Chucr, Ph ladelphla.
I Ho is survived by his wife Arrange
ments uio bring made for the funeral,
which will be held Thursdaj-, with burial
in New York.
Engineer Falls From Ladder
John lira v man, fortj-two jears old,
of 233 Howard street, and engineer at
the brlckjare) of Joseph Bjrne, at
Twcntv-nlnth and Clearfield streets, fell
ftom a ladder while at work this morn
ng In the boiler room and was badly cut
about the head He was removed to
h Samaritan Hospital In the patrol
wagon from the "Vi'rty-slxth district
itatkiu where It Is said he will recover.
I Annlston Chsplain Dismissed
j HKADQUATtTKIlS BLUB AND GRAY
niVISlON. Camp McQIe'lan, Annlston.
Ma., Jan. 21. Chaplain Chas. W. Cul'ck
jot Dumont, N. J., assigned to tho II 4th
I 'nfantrj', was d'scharged from the army
'esterdaj' for physical examination taken
'n Htptember. chaplain Gullck, prior to
I being placed with the lUth. had been
t with the Fifth New Jersey Infantry flf-
teen jears.
1 K. of C. $50,000 Fund Grows
The campaign to rafse J 60,000 In Cam-
len e ouney lur vno wier nnu ut mo
I Vi,lvhla Af Onlllmhlia In wt! 1lnr Knv
'and substantial progress Is reported by
the committee In charge of the work.
Freight Movement Almost
Normal Despite Snow, and
Railroad Men Are Hopeful
Whether 01 not tho lomeited cffurls
of ilovernmi nt mile I iK 1 ilho.id nian
ngcrH nnd hhipiieis and eoiiblgnecs of
freight to cleai up tho ion tlun it
termlnils that bis hampeied the innve
ment of trains and obstructed th war
plans of tho I n'tcil States will be given
smli 11 cetbaik lint the icsulu of
"frelghl-inovluK vviik' will bo wiped out
now depends cntlicly i;on tho weather.
So far theie has been no serious lnter
tuptlon of tralllc Tho snow thitbigi
to fall eailj this morning vab of light
and fluffy teMuic: thero was no wind
to blow it Into drifts und thero vins 110
eitieino cold to eaue tho disabling of
engines nail tliu putting out of ceimmls
slon eit lolling stoek und eiiipmcnt.
I'lcight Is moving Into l'lill.idelplila In
an almost huimal sticnm
But nt nnv uioment the situation is
Ilkelv to cliaugi 'I his is not American
ue.it lie 1. It was mndc to order for tli
KaUei Mutiu trucks do not get around
Willi the sum speed nail f.ieilllv over
slIppeM , 1 liiltered streets as when the
wcathu Is inure nenrlv 1101 mat
l ontlgmes, un matter huu patrli lie u
howcvei mucli moved by selfish mollvcs
t Kit freight Into the warehouses,
1 an not necompllsh the Impossible And
It Is impossible lo inovo freight with
allsfaetorv rapidity over sticcls pnckid
with soft snow
ltallroad ulllclils me hopeful that
things villi not get nnv wore before tin y
ret better Also, they are 1 1 nilltig
eveij eneigy to meet tlio cineigem
that will eoino If things don t get bet
ter bcloro they get worse Crewb .11 a
being held 111 readiness to man snmv
plows and to do nnj thing clsu that 111.1 v
bo iifeessaty to knp tho tracks elear
foi fi eight trains, and nil cuuipment 1,
In t-hapc- In be iuahetl Into fceivlte .it a
moment's notice If tho wor-t hapen
It will be tho fault of tho weather and
not of the ralhoad men
'Iho weatherman savs It will mow .ill
daj today and pait nf tonight nnd then
will turn colder. How much colder It
will turn and how mueh the wind vvll
blow the mow Into drifts Is tho blj,
vital ejucstlnn Hint affects the trans
portation eiucstlon In the cittern States
at this time
The one-dav embargo on outgoing
freight In order to clear tho i.illa for
coal shipments to north Atlantu sea
boards had tatlsfactorj tesults. It was
imposed none too boon All day jf
terdaj and last night 11 continuous line
of loaded coal trains moved In a steady
stream from tho mines of Pennsj'vanla
to the seaboard. Today ships are being
bunkered, homes bupplled with the fuel
neccbsarj' for crcatuio comfort and es
sential industrial plantn furnished with
the coal that thej must havo to enable
them to tut 11 out the munitions and
supplier demanded for war purposes
More than 10 000 cats of loaded
freight are tied up on tracks In Phila
delphia, and aside from the need of this
freight in the ordlnarj- rhanncls of
eommcico anil the necesoltj of moving
a laigo portion of it to tho armies across
the sea, taking so many cam out of
service when thu transportation needs
of tho country are so great adds ma
terially to the gravity of the situation.
Pooling of railroad facilities so that
'racks and equipment mnv bo ued by
all in common Is believed to be in con
templation Such an arrangement. It Is
urged, would release thousands of cars
now held here for lack of ability to get
them out of tho j ards.
The situation at Hog Island Is said "
thoso In a position to know to be due
Tlmarlly to the fact -that large quan
tities of freight were taken to the ship
vards beforo facilities were provided for
unloading cars Tlie committee to bo
sent hero by Director General McAdoo,
t Is believed, will find a solution of this
problem.
Increased activity on the part of con
signees In moving freight from the -urd
Is still urged by railroads and govern
ment ofilclals. The Increase of demur
rage rates, which Is now In effect. It I
believed will furnish a strong induce
ment to quick freight handling by penal
Izlng the conslgneo who leaves lilr
freight In the J ards.
Summed up, the freight situation
while somewhat Improved Is still bad
enough, and the utmost 'X-rtlon la HHi
necessary to re'.Ieve the congestion that
menaces the prosperity of the. country
aim auccessiui prosecution 01 tne war.
U. S. Interns Austrian Sailors
Thirteen Austrian, part of the crew
of the steamship Atamahala, engaged In
the coastwise trade, have been Interned
by the Federal authorities. New men
win be-shipped to tahj. their places.
JANUARY
1918
CIVILIANS NEEDED .
FOR ORDNANCE WORK
Chamber of Commerce Asked
to Aid Campaign for Sev
eral Thousand Men
The ordmnce department of tho United
States army urgently needs rcveral
vhousand eiMllan workers and Is con
lucllnR through tho t'nlted States I'hll
lervlco Commission an e-xtenslvo cam
lalgn. To obtain this needed help tho
"hamber of Commerce has been ap
pealed to by John A Mcllhenny. prcsi
lent of the Vnlted Htates Civil f-crvlce
'"ommlsslon. to canvass Its members and
ithers for nvallablo workers necessary
io tho nation for wartime emergencies
Jll Jlrllhcnny said tho actual flght
ng forces would be powerless without
.n elllclent civilian nrmv behind them
Tho ncedi for the navy jards arc also
ilven oonlderatlon bv the '"Ml Service
onimlsslon
In the ti.iv) jard nt llrookljn. X fl .
OD machinists, nineteen bollermakers
ml five sallmal'.ers arc reeiulred
At llinileston. S C. 171 sewinK-tna-
chine operators (female) arc needed,
wenly-llve shlpflttcrs. twenty pittcrn-
nakers, nineteen machinists, live boat-
ulldcrs, flvo shlpsmlths. one sallmaker.
League Island ncedi fort -two boat
ulldcrs twenty-seven ehlpfltters, ilfteen
oppersmlths, fourteen riggers, seven
allmakcn thrco driller", one shlpsinlth
Norfolk Va needs shlpllttcrs, nlne
ccn vallmakeri, sitecn shlpsinlth three
oppcrsmlMis
III e'erlral ioltlnns 2000 stenngrn
iheis anil tvpe writers (men nnd w om
ul salines ranging from $1100 to
1200 a veai are needed
Two thousand tjpewiitor operatois
men nnd women), nt tho same salary,
.iro also reeiulred
The list alfo tlntes that the follow
tliB are urgently needed
Two thousand general clerks (men
ind vromen), at $1100 n, Jear.
I'lve hundred Index and catalogue
lerks (men nnd women), $1100 to $1200
i ve.ir.
Two hundred clerks qualified in busl
ness administration, $1200 to $1609 n
sear.
Three hundred schedulo clerks (men
end women), $1100 to $1600 a jear.
STRAWBRIDGE &
Announcement for To-day Tuesday
Golden Values in Women's Fine Furs
Coats of all kinds and styles, from the ?82.50 Fur-lined Motor Coat at $60.00, to the
$2,500.00 Hudson Bay Sable Coat, at Sl.800.00. No woman who wants a Fur Coat should
let this opportunity pass the prices are remarkably low and who can say when such
values will be obtainable again? Sets and Neck Furs also reduced:
$373.00 Japanese Mink Coat now $300.00
$200.00 Natural IMuskrat Coat now $160.00
$235 Leopard Coat, opossum trimming, $180
$750 Scotch Mole-&-Hudson Seal Coat, $500
$100.00 White Coney Coat, opossum trim
mingnow $60.00
$100 Hudson Seal Coat, kolinsky-trimmed
now S300.00
$750 Baby Caracul Coat, trimmed $500.00
$125 00 White Coney Evening Coat $75.00
$200 Hudson Seal Coat, ermine collar $150
S190 Hudson Seal Coat, squiircl collar, $150
$400 Coat of Hudson Seal and JMole $293
News of the Wonderful Sale of Silks
Now for another record-breaking wck for, unless all indications fail, this week's
selling will be as intensely active as at th very beginning of this wonderful Sale. New
lots of beautiful Silks ready for to-day, and values which are not being matched any
where. We are ready for the expected enthusiastic throng:
$1.50 Ecru Chinese eShantunff, 33-inch $3.50 Ehck Costume Velveteen $2.50
now $1.10 $3.00 Flack Shantung, 36-inch $2.00
$2.25 Colored Satin Souph, 36-in., $1.65 ' $2.25 Black Satin Souple now $1.65
$3.00 Heavy Black Crepe Meteor, $2.25! $3.00 Heavy White and Colored Crcpc
$3.00 Colored Satin Superior, 36-in., $2
$1.25 Colored Velvet Co'duroy 85c
$1.65 Fancy Suiting Silks now $1.35
$1.25 White Japanese Wash Silk 85c
$2.25 White Washable Satin, 36-in.
$1.65
Thousands of Remnants of All Kinds of Silks, Attractive Styles,
Good Colors, at Half and Less Than Half Price
Extra Special 33.00
Another case just received
Golden Year January Sale of Linens
the Most Remarkable in Fifty Years
One day early this month the Linen Store exceeded all former one-day selling
records, and that wonderful high record was exceeded last Mondav! THE VALUES
ARE IRRESISTIBLE. Of
uncier-pnce purchase oi excellent heavy Irish Linen Damask
match; also very exceptional values in Decorative Linens,
Linen. Every housewife sh6uld be interested in these :
2400 Irish Table Cloths
With Napkins to Match
Bleached Irish Linen, in floral designs
$5.00 Table Cloths, 70x70 inches $3.90
$625 Table Cloths, 70x88 inches $190
$6.00 Napkins, 22-inch now $1.90 dozen
800 Dozen Napkins
Good linen damask, in vari
ous handsome patterns. Priced
by the dozen
$4.50 Napkins, 21-ln, $3.50
$6.00 Napkins, 22-in., $1.80
$9.00 "Napkins, 21-inn $7.00
$1.50 White
In tliis notable lot are 1G00 yards of tho most desirable medium-weight, soft shrunken-finish Suit
fnrr T.inpn. nnn vnrrl vHHn nf ! titan tttn mamit..iiifl. ..iMA .. ,n,o . X , q
... , , .. ,.., ...... ... uimunwu b ywtK aur ivio i.iu a yara.
Irish Linen Pillow Cases now S2.90 a pair
, Threo hundred pairs of flno
to-oay to sen at lesa xnan $3.00 a
S ill Strawbridge & Clothier SI il
Three hundred production cicrkf, not
more than I800 a eat
i Two hundred clerks qualified In statis
tics or accounting", 11100 to J1800 a jcat
One, hundred statisticians. J1S00 u
j ear.
One hundred multlKrapli operAtors
(men nnd women), $1000 to 11200 a
jear-,
AUTOMOBILE TRUCKS
BURN IN GARAGE FIRE
Blaze in American Express Co.
'Building Causes Loss of
$200,000
The garage of the American Ilxprcss
Company, at Twtnty-secoid and Arch
streets,. was badly damaged bv fire last
night and fortv-slr of the flftv nutomo
bile trucks stored In the bulldog wero
.'. M. ...- i .i inAA nnn
uesiroyeu, ine loss was nuuui i.-iu v
The fire which' started near tho gaso-
p; tank was discovered by emp'oves
(Who endeavored to eVsulsh '' with
luckets of water Finding that this
coujd not be dono they set themselves
to the task of iesculng as many of the
ir.achlnesSs possible, and managed to
pull four trucks out of me uumung
Policeman .Callahan, of the Twentieth
district turned In the alarm
The bu'ldtng was owned by li M
Harris n real cstnte nnerator Ancar
A Cdgerton, who conduct a motortruck
service, were owners of a number of
the cars which weie destlojed
FOOD LADEN AUTOTRUCK
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
I Much Excitement Attends Backfiring
of Stalled Apparatus
on Street
A backfire from a stalled nutotiucl.
laden with groe cries nt Twcntv -sixth and
lngeisoll streets i-atly today, eomblned
with an cxiltod ii.esserb), caused eight
lire romp mien, a hospital ambulance and
the police of two districts to congicgato
ut that corner
When the got thero thev found tho
mined bod of nn autotruck belonging
io tho Hell rood Compans, of Twcnty-i-ccond
street and Indiana avenue Tho
driver was missing nnd has not been
-eon since
de Chine,
Satin Superior, 36 inches wide now $2,00'
of. this lovely Silk.
Black, white and
special importance to-day will
2200 linen Scarfs
Some with linen centre and
laco edge, others richly em
broidered nnd finished "with
buttonholo scalloped edge.
Three sizes for bureau chif
fonier and dressing table
$L50to$225ScarfB, $1.20
Irish Dress Linen -now
hemstitched Pillow Cases, size 22Jx30 Inches. Could not be boughl
pair.
NEW CLUES SOUGHT
IN BENZ "MYSTERY!
Politicnl Dopesters WatCM
Witn interest Smith-Wilson
Contest Over Bodyguard
.
iviltloal dopesters nro walehlng r
mucli Interest the silent contest
lift.ti T.ttiwi, Sfimlli fiti.1 t.lu 1,l...
"- -- " -rii cciorioi
I'ublio safcts, William 11 Wilson, tfi
most tcccnt act of tlio uulet contest vv;
witnossed jesterdsv when Alajor Smli
sent his personal uodj guard Oeort(
Hem, around to the ofllcc of the dlrn-
to be sworn In as a detective by AH
I iisiuiiL i-'ire-tiur iwny u IJaVls In tfil
uu&eiiie.' ui 1'iie-e.iur iitun liens Wl
wurii hi, iii'-irnv riniiiLf 11 om Ins pnn
fit Ion of iiatrolnmn at S3 .1 a day trH
tho dignity ef u H. Hall dctectlril
at $1800 n jear jm
I It w.im said ,esteidi that DirectX
Wll-nin was asked to elevate Hem, W)J
was an iiliiiik eieiecine veiyi rank
patiolman, but the iliieitm icfuwl
carrv out the Mujni s i -u t, prefer
ring, It was Hild to eluult Jlmmfj
Fox, Hcting det'ctlve, wlm halli fron
tho Fifteenth Waid, In which Mails
iiaiu xieuiun, mo vuru leaner,
attempting to acquire control
I This sttuitlon was not dlcusseit I?
elthei the Major 01 hli Director o
t'uniic naiciy nnu u waf generally aui
posed that Director Wilson had tl
backing of lhe Vines 1cstcrda, hov
! ever, Major Smith vum In consultatlc
. w ttli -enutor lMwIn 11 aic almut II
1 time hu sent liens around to he elevnti
ti full detei tlveslilp The slatement
' made now that thio Im a r served $M
' siiiuii in eiiu iHui mi- jmrcau nnu tha'
i n i an jei m i icv.nen
Credit Men Uine Tonight
, Tho see'ond iiuaiterl) dinner of tin
Philadelphia Assoe latlon of e redlt MeS
will be helil at tlio licllevue-Stratfon
'Hotel ut 6 o clock this evening "Tl
lliriiulinl speakeis win ho Dr J. fl
Holdsworlli, of tlie l.niversit of Pitts
burgh: George Wilson agent of thd
Union Hank of Canada at N'cw YorkJ
nnd a speakci, whose nanio lias besid
withheld who has recn netual serv-lctS
at mo iignung ironc in tramc Dot
tor Holdswortli and Mr Wilson wlS
both di'CUES liaelo acceptaneci
CLOTHIER
$275 Handsome Hudson Seal Coat, now $225
$82.50 Fur-Iincd Motor Coat, fur collar. $60
$500 Caracul Coal, deep self-border $00.00
S265.00 Gray Squirrel Coat, trimmed $223
's32!? Nutria Coat, Jap. mink trimming. S230
$2500 Hudson Hay.Sable Coat now $1800
S300 Natural Hud"Wn Pay Sable Set 210
S135.00 Blended Baum Marten Scarf S90 00
$400.00 Russian Sable Stole. 8 skins $275.00
$120 Black Fox Set. ermine trimming 'Oa
$135 Blended Muskrat Pelerine now $109
Mlo Large Stole of Colden Nutria .$85.00
$125 Kolinsky Cape, long ends; now $85.00
s:eeind I four, 1 llliert Street nnS Centra
10 inches wide now $2.25
$2.00 Italian Black Taffeta now $1.65
$1.50 Satin-stripe Shirting Silks, $1.10
$2.50 Colored & Black Crepe Meteor,S2
$2.00 Pure-dye Black or 'White Crepe
Georgette, 40 inches wide $1.50
newest sprintr shades included.
-- AIslo C. Centra
be the second lot of a special',
Table Cloths and Napkins w'
Towels, Toweling and Dress
800 Yards of Table Damask
With Napkins to Match
Full-blcached double Damask, in handsome
designs. Better see these early
$3.50 Damask, 72-inch $3.00 a yard
$12.00 Napkins, 21-inch $10.00 a dozen
$5J00 Towels at $3.60
$GJ)0 Towels at $W
Theso prices are for one
dozen hemstitched Towels of
union huck first run of n
American mill, and not perfect
weave, nothine to irfinair dure-
bility. Very exceptional values. J
S1.10 a yard
j, AIslca na 15 cnti
t ' yA