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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEll-imiLADEJAUIIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1018
MAN UKEAKS QUARANTINE
imallpox Victim Fined for Traveling
to Home In Hcllefonto
liKLLHFOKTK, 1'a . Jan 22 WII
ilnrn cfiicckcim-ant. of Pleasant (lap.
was fined Hull anil cost by justice
WILSON WANTS
GRIP ON PRICES
FRENCH LINES HIT
BY TEUTON RAIDS
Berlin Reports Successful
Forays Near Rheims
and in Avgonne
f' -.ii
REPULSE HAIG'S THRUST JSSSi IhTniavVnmm nn00llr'n, hj OFFERS BILL TO HOUSE
was nneu iuu nnii com oy juvini . . ,. ., ,
rtoodrlmr. of thin nlaee. for breaking DeniailUS AUtllOl'ltV lO
tlw (juarantlno lawn ' . . .
Uontrol i oou ana Kaw
Materials
.Sch.cckuncnst. who contracted vntall
ox nt Akron, O . iislrihmI from tin. i"
lntlon houe In Hint uaie and ranw t6
jJciieio.He, Koine fruin nere in tlic home
of Inn lktrinm h aiitnmobllc An ioii
an he retovnrrd he whh arrested nnd
Artillery Maintains Increased
Activity at Many Points
on Western Front '
m:nu,Jan. :j
Successes along the Trench front
northwest of Khelms ami In the Anronnn
fcy Oerninr, reconnotterlne forces are an
nounced by the arm headquarter
There has been sonn-what nctlvc ar
tillery fighting In l'landcrs and below
Lens and at points In the Chimpanne
nnd Verdun regions A llrltlsh thrust
south of Vendhulllo was benten off and
come prisoners taken b the Germnns
The German statement say
"Front of Crown Trlnco Huptirecht
Northeast and east of Yores nnd on the
front from Lens to L'pehy the Increased
artillery activity was maintained Mouth
of Vendhulllo, while warding off it llrlt
IMi attack, some prisoners were tilctn
"Front of tho German Crown Prince
There was artillery actlMty In Isolated
fetors In the Champacnc and on both
banks of tho House Northwest of
Rheims Jn tho Arponne our rcconnolter
Ihk detnehments wero sucessful In minor
c ntcrprlseS,"
LONDON, Jan a: The War Utllec
has given out the following
"About Vamunl hill, south eet of
Port Amelia, In South Aprica, our troop
are In contact with the enem In tin.
Mw-embcmtarlca are.i our column In
Nassaland has occupied Luvnmlmla
lloma. In the ancle formed by the con
fluence of the Luvambula nnd Lujcnda
divers, xne enemy a witnarawal north
MILUAMtiPOltT. Pa. Jan ii ' , ... ., , . . ,,
.luiiuieu Ui 1V..U.11 hu.o been imw"! t oou Situation Declared Lx-
lo mihiiiiiox. no n rtstilt of conitiiK into
oomiict with J I Winner, a clerk In
tne leiiimwvnm.i hnllroad jarilm iHci'h
ollke at llait'ju. Winner h.ts bicn 111
for lltucn daK, but remained at hl
desk until Maturdav when In consulted
a nnysmnn ami t I id ho n id pniiili-
pox All church" rnl ei n l ii Hit .
inwi lime Inen ilowtd I
tremely Serious German
Papers Offended by Critics
TURK CRUISERS DRIVEN
INTO BRITISH MINES
English Save 172 of Foe's Sea
men 178 of Own Sailors
Missing
LONDON. Jan. 2J
Tho llrltlsh tewcucd oni bundled
and ecventv two numbers of tho crew
ot tlit Turkish ciulcr Mldullu, for
merely the Oemnn lircsliu utter tin.
nctloti bitvvein ISiltlsh nnd Turkish
forces nt tho cntiiinc t" tho Dai di
nettes. In which the Mldullu una Mink
Ot tho total of 310 nun on tlio Hilt
Ish monitor Km! in nnd tho pim.il
monltoi M 2 lost In tho action thero
aro nt present t ported 13 1 survivors,
the announcunent btate"
Ho th the lbesliu nnd tho ciuher
Sultan Scllm the foimu Oeimin Uoe
ben the other Turkish vehel engaged,
wcip mlnel, the stattmtnt adds The
ward Is being hastened by the destruc-1 Reuben Is now belns continuouslj
tlon of his brldees bv flood ' bo n bed bv Ililtltili ulicinft In the liar-
.. ! low of the strait uhriosho stranded
nftit she lilt the mine.
VT-AnrVOSTOK P.IAKI71 The Goeben nnd tho tlrcslau. the
lUaillUOlUll ITimiLiO . statement explains, had tmeiced from
nnntirnnn mn I k T l ttnnn the Dardinclks snda mornltiK to
PROTEST TO JAPANESE, TKXZX r? ,r&.
Ian unl tin Hiii.il) monltoi had been
.... , ...... i sunk the Huslaii was forced Into d
Arrival of Warship in Harbor British mine field
uno uotuun iie.meu ai iuii Hpecti to
waul the Dard niellos, utrlklnc a mine
neat the tntr.ince.
Turkl-h iKstiojeis comlnR to the
nssistance of the Hresluu were on
Killed bj llrltlsh destrojers and driven
olT.
ViMount liroomc, cominandct of the
monitor It iiclan. Is nmonj; thoo
WASHINGTON, Jun 22
I'll sit nutocratlc powers for tho
I I'tesldent are Knnted In u draft of n
bill Klvtiig liltn liroacl powcro to lx
piices of foods and other piodtKtu,
which was placed befote members of
tho Douse Asrlcultuie Committee li'
I'Ksldent Wilson, ultli tho tcquest
thnt It bo proB'cd. foi passiRC
Amons tlio-o culled to tlto Whlto
I Houo wero Ilcprcsentatle Lecr,
. South Carolina, chilrrmm of tho com-
SEEK ANTLMUNITION PLOT
Scent Conspiracy to Lure Labor
Awny From du Vent Plants
WILMINGTON, Del. Jan 25 De
lartment of Justice olllclala aro search
np fialem Count), N J. for tho Initl
:4lors of reports tleslRned to drlo labor
wnv from tho ilu Pont powdir plants
heee leportn are to the effect that tho
iu Pent munition factories hae been,
.aken oxer b tho Government and will
e operlted by It tinder a. reduced wngo
.ale The reirarts ImVn nticd unret
moiiB tho powder workers In splto of
ne tact that the Governinin'. has not
aken such action and, it Is bollixed,
till not do so
The authorities nro woiklnp on tho
heorv th it theso tumors nil cinulited
,i llirm n p.olHiRanda, to Inn if. iu with
ho tilliput of munitions far it Is
niii. in pineneo f,atntrcd b the In
isliuators poniis to a plot to lure libor
iwav
AZIONI DI ARTIGLIERIA
DAL BRENTA AL PIAVE
Le Battcrie -Italiane Conccn-
trano il Fuoco sulle
Linee Nemicho
ATTACCO DI SORPRESA
In Austria-UnRhcrla gli Sciopcranf
Chlcdono l'linmcdiata 'Conclu-
siono dclla Pace
Without Permission Basis
of Complaint
mlttco: Heprcscntntlves Lee Georgia,
I Candler Mlsblsslppl, Democrats, and
Hntigcn Iowa, and McLauehlln Mich-
Iftan Hcpuhllcans. They were told by
tho President that lie believed a sit-
uitlon had arisen that necessitated
immediate legislation to provldo thee
poweis.
Mr. Lever left tlio Whlto Houe
with tho President's "opv In hturty Us
pulsions and If f.itlsflcd with it ho
w'll Introduce It tod.iv.
It Is ini'ip'-stnn'l thnt tho mas'tre
vl "Ive the l'rtslrtent tlimii"li nnv
iTpnpv thnt be miv deslnnte h'n'"ct
"itlinritv to IK prices, without speclfv
'n" the ptod'icts
In his ad'ress to Co""rP s nt tli
inc'ilM'- rif this scssiiM th P'-o'-ldent
-ave noep of his Intention 'n isk fn
'ich ii'itbn'H1 U Is re-rnr-Vd bv o'M.
"lals o' the v-'nl"lst-iiHnn is ncr-es.
-ii'v to 'Ua' vi lt'i Iron teel oil cotton
i"d other raw nnleMiN for war blip
dies an will as with fnod botn fir
ho armv and nivv nid for the u lblle
Some time n" the f'h.imbei of Cum
meice o' the t "lilted Suites co'vlucte'
i rpfp-i'Miltim fi"d nn overwhelm! i"
malorltv of Its cmitlt'ient commercial
ni "anlr'itlons Indorsed a pliti foi
-Iiln-r complete ii'lec tlxinv powers to
n board or commission under the Pres.
Ident It Is understood that this plan
was ciipf'Ulv considered In diaftlng
tho Ic?lslntlon pioposcd.
TOKIO. Jan 22
Tho Municipal Assembly of Vladivos
tok today protested to tho Japanr e
Government against tho arrival of a
Jananeso warshlo in the hatbor with- i saved, according to the Hvenlnc News,
out previous notification or riqucM for l Viscount Ilroome wns chief benctlclarj
permission from the ltut-slan aulhoi- undei the will or the l ite i;arl Kiti.ii-' ,
itles The protest snld that suth aitlon entt. of whom ho was u nephew and I Pioceeils of lloneeal Societv't, 1'uT
mlsht Impair tho friendly relations of I Is hell to the title . . .. p, . ,. .. ,
BALL TO AID DFPEXDEN1S
the two countries
Tho Japanese consul at Vladlvostoik
was Instructed to notlf tho Kusel ins
that tho visit of the warsnlp vvas onlj j
to protect Japanese subjects and Intel
csts and that there would bo no Inte -ferenco
In the Internal affairs of Ituyela
Tho Americaii regulation stopping the
vlsclng of passports of all persons trav
eling to the United btatcs who uro not
American cltlrens has caused much ex
citement hero .especially among tho
shipping companlis
Thousands of passengers. Including
nrvny emigrants, are detained and do
'not know w'hen they can resume their
Journey It Is cvpected that tho ruling
will bo changed Koon
"WOLVES" CAUSE CHAOS
Union town Kejjion Alaimeil Over
Attacks on Cnttlu and Autoists
L MuM o N l'.i . Jan ii bar
ton imvuslilp, this eount, Is niotiMd ns
the r lit of attacks on (attle and stock
und an uutoiuob le pirtv bv a supposed
paik cf wolves, but Count I'ouimlsslonei
Hush snld llrt tcports appirentl weie
ox-gg ntcd, though tattle and bheep hid
si'ffTod from atUcks b Nome animals
Wild lcports vveio circulate! that
German agents hid hauled tho vvolvis
I Into the cotintv In an iiutomoblli, tr Ji
BIG FIELD IN TRADE
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Total in 1917 More Than
Double in Value Any Year
Preceding War
NIJW YOIIK, Jan :.'.
Trado of the Culled States with
South Amcr'ca In 1M7 was two nnd a
half times greater than In nny 5 ear pre
ceding tho war A compilation bv the
Notional Clly Hank sluws that the Im
ports from South America In 1317 ag.
gregitd $57B,0OOOU0 In round flguics,
compared with JPIJOOOOOO In 1913, und
that the exports to South America ex
ceeded $100,000 000, compared with
1117,000,000 In J9J0 and $91,000,000 In
1914.
South America's Importing power de
clined sharply Immediately followlrg tho
beginning of the war. Her tot ii Im
ports from all parts cf tho world In
1911, the vcar preceding tho war, ag
gregated slightly more than $1 000,000.
000, while In 101-1 they wero but little
inoic than JC0OOOO0OO nnd have shown
but very slight Increases during the w-n
Tho bank's llguies show tho total Im
ports of Sou'h Amer i.i In 1!IC as about
JbSO 000.000, ngaliiht more than $t,000
000,000 in 1911, and that the total ini
poits of that continent In 1917 approxi
mate $050,000,000 This Indicates that
thlscounti Is now supplv lug more thin
10 per cent of the Imports of f-outh
America, ngalnyt less than 15 per cent
In 1913, the ytar preceding the war
Tho Cnlted .States 'h also taking a
much larger share of tho exports of
South America than former!) In tbe
I ear 1913, Immediately preceding the
war, onlv about .0 per cint ot the ex
ports ot that continent c ime to Iho
Cnlted Statis, while the litest avallablo
llguies cf South American exports for
1917 indicate th it we ate now receiving
ifully 10 pei cent irf her expoits Iho
PublUlicd and Distributed Under
Permit No. 341
Authorized by the act of Octo
ber 0, 1017, on file at tho Post
ofllco of Philadelphia, Pa.
By order of tho President.
A. S. UUBLESON,
Postmaster General.
IIOMA. 52 gennalo
Uallo notlzle glunte dal.n fronte dl
batlaglia e da ouanto ha comunlcatn 11
Comando Supremo ltallano si rllova una
abbastanzn Inlensa nttlvltn' da parte
dellnrtlgllerli si verlflco" lungo In
poslnlonl comprcso tra II flumo IJrcnla
ed II Plave
Lo b merle ltallano tftcttuarono fuochl
contentratl suho Unco nemlchc, devas
tando lo open dl fnrtlflcnzlonc ed tin
pedendo qualslal opcr izionc da parto
dclle fnnterlo austro-ledcsche
Cn vlolento tuoco da parte dcllo bat
terle leutunlihe fu dlretto eontro lo
poslilonl occupato dagll Itallnni u sue!
dl C'ol Caprlle mi ion eslto inolto llml
tato Illpartt Itsllanl d ncurslonc pottrono
con succe8o effettuare una brevo azlone
dl sorpn.ta ad oieldmte dello paslz out
presso Osterla Li pre. e rlusclrono a cat
turaro nlcutil prlglon erl
Pattugllo austro-tedescho tcntarono
dl nvanzare sulle poslilonl tallane a
nord-est dl Monte Asulono c nella Vallo
dl ponto dilla Prlula, ma '1 loro tcnta.
t.vo fu Immcdlataniento rcprcso dal
fuoco degll Itallanl cho le costrinscro
a. rltlrarsl
I.'cco I testo del comunlcato umclah
pubbllcato lirl dal Mlnlslcro delta Guerra
In Iloma
Durante 1 1 glorn ua dl lerl l'attl
vlta' cleU'artlgllerl i fu plu' marcatn
luugo In lime tra II Ilrenta cd I)
Plavc, nve I nontrl tinnonl cffrttin
rono violent I e (oucentri.tl fuoc.li
lontro K linei niinUhu uientio II
fuoco uvverMilo lu dlretto eontro lo
nostre poslzlonl n slid dl CM Cfiir'lo
Iniranto uni tiinola azlono dl tot
pres i 1 i c r' ito d i It i ep e
lo nostre truppo citturarono nlcutil
prlgiuu e I
A nord-st ill Monte Asolone e nolla
vallo dl Pome delli Prlula tcntatlvl
ll pattugllo nenilihc furono Immc
dlatamentc fiubtratl
Cn dlspatclo da Zurlgo annunzla die,
seeondo notlzle fclunte dall'Austrla
Ungherla, gll scloperantl escludono die
la loro rtvoita ueuoa unputaiti ii moiivi i
rlllettentl le condUloni Inuubtrlull ma
die II loro movhnento rivoluzlonarlo i i
Inteso a pteven.io II lirolungamcnto '
total Impoits fiom South incilca i ( dell i giicna eon o scow ill nppllcare le (
1UI7 weto In round terms $573.000 000 "ourino ieuiiini ne ui uiini-sbiuiH- i
against $l.'n,000 0U0 In 1910, SSJ.'.OOO,- ' I.a prlnclpale caub.i dtlla riioluzionc
000 lu 19I'i and $19v.u0O.U0O In 191R eosl' avrebbi usserlto II deputato
In exports to South Aincrba tho In- I socialist i llennei non la uiminu-
n.l ultro cltla' delta Docmla o dclla
Moravls,
Cn dlspacclo glunto da Vienna an
unzla che II Gablnetto austrlaeo ha ras
'gnnte le sue dlmlsslonl o che II conte
on Toggcnburg, Mlnlstro dcll'Interno ha
vulo I'lncarlco dl rlconuorlo
Dlspacct dall.a EMzzera o (UirOliinda
'Icono olio II movlmento rivoluzlonarlo
egll scloperantl In Aunrla ed In
'Tngherla n' nssrclato all.v elomanda per
ia pace hnmedlatn Lo -clopcro R""
ale fu dlchlarato In Iludapest vencrdl
-irso Qucsto tulle lo cltla dell Impere
Vustrlueo fcegulronu I escnjplo ed I sclo
icrantl si nbbandonnrono n dlmcstrn
lonl o dlsordlnl. cho In nualcho punte
'urono gravlsslmt
La sltuazlono del vlverl c la queetlone
'elln pace hunno formato I unlco nrgo-
iianlrt rT.illA il lul.il, I, 1 1 1 nllrt HI V PrillUlirilll' -
alia cnmcia auntrliuu durante la glor
-nta til venerdl' I deputntl soclalltl
1ecrlscro la sltuazlono cstremamente
sorla o dichlnrarono che I.i paco noil
poteva enero posposta
TWO M FN moDnnS
BITTEN BY ANIMAL
Thirty-Day Muzzline; Ban Ordered
in Coatcsvillc, Pa., After
Attack Is Made
COATHSVILLU Pa. Jan C2 Two
men and posslblv a hundrnl dogs wr-
bitten by a supposed mad dog here.
H C Dond. n brakeman, as ho
was leaving his locomotive, was bitten
on tho lip. nnd later It W Bishop, a
clerk, vvas attacked on tho main street
nnd his glove saved his hand from
being torn Tho victims will take tho
Pasteur treatment
Mavor Swing Isi-ued nil order placing
n bin on dogs for thirty das and to
morrow will arm ten policemen with
shotguns to kill i.ll unmuzzled dogs
running nt largo in the ell
State (lama Projector Wood reported
the case to tlio State Livestock Sanltn.-v
Hoard and an oincer from Harrlaburg
nnlved here tonight and It Is llko'v
that surrounding townships will bo
placed tinder a quarantine
MARINK INSURANCE HATER
Commerco Chamber Committee Colli
Attention to Change in TarHTa
The Transportation Ilurcau of tut
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerco hfti
Issued a tiotlco to ItH members, cnlllnf
attention to tho fact that the tariffs ro
cenlly Issued bv tho Merchants nnt,
Miners' Transportation Company placed
the cost of Insurance, formerly kJB
by tho company, on the owners n w?4l
erty The stntcment snvsi il
"This not only has tho eu-Mt k
creasing tho rates to tho extent of'ffi'
cost of Insurance, but also creatglt
condition wherein uomo shlppen W
consignees, not nwaro that such ehf?
I,"J '"- " "'- ""ciuuo (
Viuo iniirino insurance
Double Marriage for Couple
IinTHLCHKM, Pa. Jan 22 Not nt
igcther sat'slled with their seirct ma',
igo on .September last, bv Alderman
'chael MiNamar.a Mr and Mrs Georgo
Tlngai. were married vesterday In St
'cho'ns s Church, bv tho Ilev Father
viiitidnne The vicro attended by a
'srtrn vitddlng part
Where do we go from here?
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Whether their homes are cold
or not, wise people
who like to dine in comfort or
to dance to zippy music, go
to the
HOTEL COLONNADE
"always warm and jolly"
-"!
i(jn24o
Dependents of th" in. inlmi- ui tho
Donegal Socitj of Ph Ind-lplili who aie
"n tin- counlrv h seivlcn wll' be th" bi up
flc'nrles of th ptoctsils of the tw.nty
elk'h'h iiniiu il ball of tint nicanlatlon.
vvlilih w 11 bo held tonight ut Meuantllc crease oicurs of touise, in u very largo I zlnno dclla razlone ill pane, mu I lavora-
llall i , number of articles, chlellv manufactures
Munie'nal Court Judge and Mrs IJu- In numerous manufactures of Iron
gene C Ilonntwell will be the grand cmi- and hteel, eipeclall those for mining
iluctors of th ball assisted bv Crmcls and electric powei plnnts, the Increases
V. M'Cairon. Cornelius McD-.iTiott. aro large, etpedallj In tho shipment"
Daniel I)pver Owen McKelvev M'chaelto tho Paelllc const of r-outh America
J Daly, lvtct Magee, Di II A McDcr-'
mutt and John P J McLaughl n
tori snno firml nella loro rlsoluzlone
dl prevenlro the lo domando di amies
slono piolunghlno I.a guerra "
Altro notlzlo glunte oggl scgnalano
cho lo sclopero gcneralo si t' cteso a.
Pllsen, llreux, Ilcehcnborg, Ilrunn, Llnz,
George A Jones vite liiiMiient ot ine nnd state tioopeis wen MimmuiK to
Standard Commercial Tobato tomimnv . hunt ilown both the vvo'ves and tho
uf New York, who left Petrograd on
December 18, has Just arrived here Ho
said today that many Germnn shops
havo been opened In Petrograd and that
many German olllcers In uniform are
seen In the streets of tho clt He spent
two months in southern Hussla, and
when he left the Cossacks were pre
pared for a new campaign against the
llolshevlkl
supposed Geimans but theli
thus far h i been unsuccessful
UUCbt
Honor for Judge Honniwell
Judge Hugcn C llomilnell vvas chosen
president of tho l'hlladclplila ehapter of
the Sons of tin American Involution at
the twentieth annual meeting ot that oi-gaulzatlon
Candidate for .Meanest .Man
NLW lUltK Tar -J III im
IfaniHtun bend nt n ileteetb p ntncv
of that name, has been (.entencod to
i-eivo not less thnn four m"nths or
ii. ire than four vears In prison us pen
nltv for his conviction of detaining sol
d'ers and sailors over their furloughs
sntl then colloetlni' $0 for each fiom
tho Government for their "irrcnds"
T"or the same offense two of his cm
doves now uro borvlng terms of Ave
eirs each
r
Fifth Annual
White Truck Shov
Opens Today
at the
WHITE SALESROOMS
216-220 North Broad Street
?
THE Annual Motor Truck Show being held
January 22 to 26 inclusive has the func
tion of a general truck exposition. A large
assortment of White Trucks recently purchased
by many of Philadelphia's leading truck users
are on exhibition this week before being placed
in service.
This is a yearly opportunity to inspect and
compare the ideas in design and equipment
which have proved most satisfactory to firms
of long motor truck experience.
THE WHITE COMPANY
216-220 North Broad Street
January 22 to 20
10 a. nt. to 8 p. m.
Community Stores
We Serve tt.& You Save
The
Community Store
Sign
at Your Grocer's
is an assurance of
Pure Food Products Fresl
Stock Efficient Service
Reasonable Prices Prompt
Defiveriei and Acceptance of
Telepfone Orders
In your neighborhood there is undoubtedly one
of the
2100 Retail Grocers
who have banded together (without surrendering
the ownership or personal direction of their stores)
in this great COMMUNITY STORE movement
Alongside their own signs you will find the
COMMUNITY STORE sign as shown at the top
of this column. Remember it! Where you see
that sign the store stands for
Service and Economy
It aims to give you every possible convenience.
Your telephone orders will be accepted and as
promptly delivered as if you came in person.
No extra charge is made for this service. It is all a
part of the COMMUNITY STORE PLAN that by
force of numbers enables these yiocers to offer you
every service and economy advantage.
"The COMMUNITY STORE makes buying easy"
The Thrift Car
The times demand full -speed -ahead this
winter. I
This Small Sedan accelerates activity and
protects health.
That it is beautiful and fashionable is sec
ondary to its all-weather utility value. 1
The more you know cars, the more you
appreciate it.
iH sbB'
Appearance, Performance,
fv Comfort, Service and Price
1 Light Four Model 90 Small Sedan
f. o. b. Toledo Tax Free. Price $ubjcct to change without notice.
t
' H. B. Harper President
Overland-Harper Co.
Temporary Salesroom
' 14, 16 & 18 S. 21st St.
t
T.l.pbon.
Locutl 4100
4
Fiitt.4 vu.
J-MfTlIM
Comp to Our Store
HK5BwySwS55555BihJ ' in mih nWBK.
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