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POSTSCRIPT
EDITION
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EDITION
VOL. IV. NO. 112
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20, 1018
roptnaiiT 1D1S iir tut 1'olic I.tnaut Count
PRICE TWO CENTS
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M'ADOO BARS
UNESSENTIAL
R. R. FREIGHT
Embargo Proclaimed,
Exempting Food,
Fuel, War Supplies
NECESSARY TO AID
BUILDING OF SHIPS
Garfield Requested Action.
Di'astic Steps Demanded
to End Congestion
APPLIES TO THE EAST
Order Affects P. R. R., B. and
0. and P. and R. Must Clear
Out Jammed Harbors
WASHINGTON, Jun. 23.
Diicctor General of Railroads Me-1
Adoo today acceded to Fuel Admin-1
istrator Garfield's request for an
embargo on freight to relievo the
coal shortage. He issued an order
barring all freight except fuel, food
niul war supplies from the Pennsyl
vania Railroad east of Pittsburgh,
the Baltimore and Ohio east of the
Ohio River and all of the lines of
tht Philadelphia and Reading.
A statement issued by the di
lector general said that the primary
purpose of the order was to correct
conditions in New England and New
Yoik harbor caused by the cold
weather, which has interf erred with
tram movement across the Alle
gheny Mountains.
"This embargo is a tempoiaiy
one," Mr. McAdoo said. "It should
labt but a few days if the weather
model ates."
MIIPUI 1LDINC. CIHSIS
Complete shutdown of steel ship
building plants seem Inevitable soon
unless the rallruads iclleve the shoitagc
in ship plates, ollklalb admit
Ono thousand tars of plates virtunllj
all of which hao been In transit since
December 20 nnd before, aro stoi in
bound Traco of hundreds of the cars
has been lost b trnlllo men ot tho Ship
ping Hoard. Mo inwhllo steel bupplles
In the construction sards aro diminishing
rapldljV - .
In nearly all of tho seventeen ship
building yards, whore steel Bhlps nre
under construction, some men nro ldlo as
a result ot cold and lack of material.
Tho shipping program Is far behind
schedule and new- elelass In obtaining
tonnage mean moro dllllcultles In Keep
ing up tho stream of troops and sup
plies to tho wai zone, It was explained
MAY MAKK THOUSANDS IDI.i:
cn.n,,ii ei.n ninntu ltt. forced tn suspend
operation, tho thousands of cmplovcs will
be Idle, with tho Government pas lug tho
bill, officials said I
In theso circumstances, the fuel ad
ministration has directly appealed to I
McAdoo to call for a general cmbirgo
on all freight shipment aside from tli it I
of vital war supplies and fuel
Although tho priorities svctlon of the
Garfield order covering preferential!
coal shipments is still effective and will j
remain so until utheiwlse ordeied, no
great headnas can be mado unless the
rails are lellcted of thousands of cars
of unessential Height. Administrate! I
Garfield believes.
r.nii,iie,i ttA w rnther lodav brought
with It rcpoits of critical suffering In
many communities and a situation at
some points worse than that which ex
isted before tho Garfield order went
Into effect flvo days ago. Tho only
marked relief was that accorded ships
at several port" Bunkering was ma
terially IncicnEcd during tho industilal
suspension
si:k AXoTiuni i-dvy holiday
Tuither suspensl m orelu aro In pros,
pect. It Is pointed out that Washing
ton's Birthday fulls on l'rlday, l'ebiu
ary 22. with Saturday n half holldas .
and Sundas and Monday worklosH dajs
anshow Urgent renuests tn Industrs
and business to closo entirely on these
four days would win to glvo another
Ineathlng spell at what is usually the
bad wevther zenith in tho East.
Also Lincoln's Birthday falls on
Tuesday. February 12. and a four-day
suspension might be brought about then
with less nnnosance than tho recent one.
It Is suggested Both ot thtse dates nro
being considered as timely for launching
another general coal restriction older.
Tho railroad administration Is wait
ing for an expression from the country.
If the demand Is Insistent though. Di
rector General McAdoo mas take drabtlo
steps Immediately to pull tho railroad
ssstem out fiom under tho mass of
freight piled nt every point
Addition of 200 locomotives from
Baldwin shops within thirty dass will
help tho situation, the lalroad admin
istration declnrcd. Theso locomotives
were built for European service, but
cannot bo shipped now because ot lack
of. tonnage and will bo drafted Into
domestic, service until they can be sent
abroad.
It a complete freight embargo Is not
ordered, partial embargoes nnd general
JIveision of freight to enable coul to
be rushed through to necessary points
will be put Into effect. Passenger serv
ice may be taken from bomo lines en
tirely and the trackage and rolling
stock devoted to freight needs. Such
action would acomnllsli much on roads
situated as the Pennsylvania, which
feeds large Industrial centers.
IIAMPURHD BY WHATHKIt
Weather continued to hamper tho Na
tional TUillroad today, but Director Gen
eral McAdoo declared that ho was Con
fident ot success In the fuco of hcuvy
odds.
Zoning of 'co-l shipments In accordance
with the Peabgdy plan whereby coal
would be held for consumption In the
Mr laity where It Is mined U a probable
tep. Elimination of cross-hauling is
Of tug planned under McAdoo's direction
It wus admitted by the director gen
eral today that eastern railroads were
Continued on I'M Thirteen. Co-lamo T-ice
GERMANS
CLASH
Kaiser's Troops Mow Down Dual Mon
archy's Soldiers in Attempt to Stop
Fraternization With Russians
Women Lead Famished Peace Mobs in Vienna Social
ists in Direct Touch "With Bolsheviki Strikers
Returning, Government Insists
j Stockholm, Jan. 23.
Hitler hostility is springing up between the German ami Austro
I ,IunRarian S(,,(lit'rs " Il? rat-tern front, and nctti.il lighting has broken,
'out, it wan reported from I'etrogr.ul today.
V f!n-n..... ..... .. -- I ... , . .. ..... .
, .,,........ ,,,,, nuc ut-u 111 iry ut snip 1110 wholesale rraternizntion
between the Austro-Hungarians and the Iiussimis. Whui the- Germans
tried to clear the Kusbinn trenches of Austro-Hungarians and the Aiislro.
Hungarian trenches of Russians, tliey were tired upon. V battle with
artillery developed, in which a number or men were killed.
The same dispatch added that the Bolshevik Government at IVtrograd
is gaining power and that Bolshevik influence has led to a strong revo
lutionary movement in Itumania.
IlCKNi:, Jan. 23.
Women led many of the famished mobs in Austro-Hungariau in
dustrial communities where rioting has occurred in connection with the
general strike, according to information from the frontier todav.
The Austrian socialists are becoming more active, and there are
indications that they are in direct communication with the Russian llol
sheviki. Travelers arriving from the frontier todaj said that there is no doubt
that the successful Holshevlk counter-revolution in Russia has exerted
widespread influence upon the Austrian working classes.
"Bread and peace" is now the national demand of the Austro
Hungarians. An unconfirmed report was received todaj that soldiers fired upon a
band of rioters in Vienna, who were inarching through the streets with
red flags and banners inscribed with such phrases as "Give Vs Peace" and
"Long Live Trotsky."
One- mob that tried to approach Emperor Charles's palace in Vienna
was driven off, and later the military guard around the trrounds was
strengthened.
The Austrian Government declares the situation is righting itself
and that the workmen, satisfied with the- promised reform and higher
wages, are returning to their places. '
Pressure is being brought to bear upon Hungary to release some of
her store or cereals to relieve the food situation in Austria. Hungarj is
reported to have a surplus or grain, but has hoarded it, flatly refusing
to release anj part of it for Germany or Austria.
A copy of the socialist newspaperVorwaerts, of Merlin, was received
here today containing a long article upon the Austrian situation. The
Vorwacrts calls it a "grave economic crisis containing far-reaching
possibilities."
DEMOCRATIC UPRISING IN AUSTRIA
GENUINE, LONDON NOW BELIEVES
LONDON, Jan. -J
1'ho Austilnu Mtiilco tioubles aio genuine, neeoiillng to conviction ex
pressed In authoiltatlvc elides today, l'list suspicion licie that they were
"stage managed" by tho Government Itself was dissipating taptdlj.
Aeeoieling to tho most authentic news icachlng lieic, tho gcneinl movo
ment In Unipcror Cliailes's monaichj Is duo to tlio public's w catlings with
tho war, to wldcspicail dissatisfaction with Teutonic manipulations at Hicbt
LItovsk and to luci easing scarelts of food
Tho public's longing for pcaio lias been iccentls accentuated by tho boldlj
democratic war alms pioclnlmed bv President WlWou ami Piemicr I.lojd
George. Tho plain cltlzemj of the dual mount chy. leading theso terms,' can
find llttlo in them to suppoit tho fiantlc picas of the German Junkers and
mllltuilsts that the Allies seek to divide the Contial implies ami that the
main aim of Germinv'n enemies Is conquest.
The widespread giowth of this soit of public feeling. In tho opinion of
well Infoimed oillelals, Is bound to make icsumptlon of the lircst-Lltuisk peace
negotiations n ticklish matter for the Ccntial Powers.
'Of actual news developments In connection with the strikes, the Austilan
censoishlp toela peiinlttcil only tho most fi.igmentuis icports. Kuaiigli caki
tlnougli, howevci. to Indlcnto a spiead of tins industrial tlu-up to Plague,
Ilrtinn and other cities.
Copies of tho Vienna Arbcltcr Zcltung, iccelvcd in Switzerland, contain
uppcals to woikcis to allow icsumptlon of railway trallle, but tlio'cdltoilal
frankly exults in the success achieved by thu Ktilkeis
"Wo hopo the Government tindci stands," the edltoilal asset Ud, "that tho
THINK EXTRA GUARDS
FOILED HARBOR PLOTS
City Oflichils Trace Garage
Fires, Also, to Alien Enemy
Conspiracy
i:ncmy plots against shipping, which
tho authorities feared would lesult In
blowing up piers, ships, munition plants,
vvaiehouses nnd railroad terminals, aro
believed to have been checked by plac
ing cvtra guards nt danger points
In addition. It Is believed that derma n
ngents mas bo lespouslble for a number
of large garage fins hi the central see
...... .... ..... in elm tnul lh.ee months
lion ui i" . " v,,w . ,. ,
III which moiu than 200 automobiles havn
been destrosed Deputy 1'lre Marshal
.-.,, ..,... i r.n,iiiiniin- nn lniestlua-
IJUIUIillt-i " vw. .-...,,
tioa today and expects to uuest ono man
who Is believed to navo set urn iu euu
. i.n i.iiv,un fiiiiiii.t.ix 's irataue. at
e.utriivit .-.i'. . -
Tw ents -second and Arch streets, .Mon
day night. Thlrty-tnreo irucus w uc
btiosed Tho extra guards placed along tho
Delaware water front consist of sol
diers, seamen and customs guards.
Guards at Hog Island, the Sun Ship
building plant, Pcnn Seaboaul Steel
Company. Chester shipbuilding Coin
nans', the partially completed Waterside
Station, a subsidiary of tho Philadelphia
Kleetrlo Company, nnd several wartime
Industrials of lesser Importance now
number thlco as many as before the
far-reaching plot was dlscovcied by
Federal agents.
llarago fires and tho losses In each
aro as follows: Adams Hxpicss Coni-imns-'s
garage. T cuts -second and laid
low etreetB. October 23. 100 trucks;
Beam-Fletcher Company. Thirtieth and
Olrnrd avenue, December 29, nlno trucks
and J3000 vvor.tli of airplane parts for
League Island! Quaker City Tuxlc.vb
garage, Twelfth and Vino stieets. sixty
trucks used at Hog Island ships aid, and
American Impress Company garage.
Twenty-second and Are1i streets, thirty
three trucks.
AND AUSTRIANS
ON EASTERN FRONT
( ciMliiliinl nn I.ijcc Tlilrtri'ii, ( nlumn iuur
BOY BANDITS' CAREER"
CUT SHORT BY COPS
Desperate Robbers Turn Out
to Be Youthful Poolroom
Graduates
itivn: noi. ".NT p
t H ii lun.inrv if lint l,a...
iIIIk riililird lite VI 1. 1 I'lillmlrlpliht
rliitln Kcneert store.
II m. in., .Ijinuur.t .'.I Puller start i.ii
tin li.tiil.
lli:0 p. ., .Iiiiiiiurt J I Vllrcril
Imnilil eiipturrd it t -ltl).lri. mill
Market strrets.
H ii. in.. .Iiinu.irt II lie Id ttillii.ut
hull Ii) MucMrute ""rrl- .it llilrlj
ei ond ill.il VVoi.illaiiil at).. tie. hIiiIIuii,
!) a. in., .Iii.iuur.t i I "VIukbi'iI" ut
tll Hull fur I(iikiii khIIitj.
III ii. in. Mtcutril Ii) (it) Hull
puller.
Amount of liimlt Eulhrrril S33I.
Two rather sad luuklng bus nulo
batnlltB aio peering tlnougli tlio cell
doors at City Hall todis. Thero is
nothing of dellauco In their demeanor.
Ono would baldly believe they wcic
the samo pair accused of holding up
tho managers ot live groceiles of the
American Stores Company in West Phil
adelphia jestcrelas".
Thu raids, mado In less than nn hour
In a speedy uutomobllei, netted tho
Souths 1531, the police say
Although moie than a dozen witness
es Identified the souths as the bandits,
wliu entered the stores with drawn ic-
volveis and robbed tho cash registers,
I the alleged hold up men affected amaze-
. mint at n hearing befuio Magistrate
' Harris at tho Tlilrty-scsond street and
I Woodland avenuo police station
The prisoners are Ilaymond lley, alias
"Chicken." of Market below Sixty-first
street, nnd I toy King, nineteen ears
old, who sajs he lives wherever he
happens to be Ills home, when he is
CoDlluuril ou l'ufe 1'stir, loluma Two
Teutonic Allies at Odds
as Attstrians Cry for Peace
"KMGHTING between Geiman and
Austrian troops has bioken
out at points on the enst front,
Petrograd advices via Stockholm,
nsort.
German troops have been em
ployed to stop the fraternization
of Austrian and Russian soldiers,
nnd artillery battles have ensued.
Although Vienna declnios the
strikers, satisfied with promises of
reform, nro returning to work,
advices bv wav of Heme declaro
Austnan Socinlists, encouraged by
tho liolshcviki's success in Russia,
are glowing bolder.
Mobs, in somo cases led by
women, have paiaded the stieets
of Vienna demanding peace, and
have tiled to uppmach Kmperor
Cliailes's palace. One band of
Hotels was bred on bv tioop, it
is lepoitcd.
Tho Gcimun Socialist paper
Vorwueits ehainctc-iics the Aus
ti inn situation ns "u grave eco
nomic ensis containing far-reaching
possibilities.
Hoth London nnd Washington
believe the Austrian revolt offers
onpoi Utilities to wenn the Dunl
Monarchy from militarist Germany.
PEACE CONFAB
OFF, PREDICT
BOLSHEVIKI
Served Merely to Unmask
Imperial Greed of
Germany
I 1
' REDS OCCUPY POLTAVA
y JOSKPII SHAI'LEN
PHTROGRAD, Jan. .LI.
Hi caking off of all pence negotia-
tiens at Ricst-Litovsk wus foietust
in all Bolsheviki newspaper organs
today. Their unanimity would np-
i pear to indicate this piediction came
frcm nuthoriutive ciiclcs.
-JIhenolslievakU'iewi UiaU-tho
only good accomplished by the
negotiations has been to unmask the
leal impeiialistic natuic of the
enemy's demands. According to
comment here nothing more can
possibly be expected from the dis
cussions. Roth the Piavda and tho Isvestm
today bitteily assailed Geiman
Foreign Minister Kuehlmanr.'s
"tieacheious dual policy."
Olllclal IMsluiikl ii ports diimed
t ontinuril on I'lice llilrlien, (uliimn Sr.on
FREE PORT CLAIMS
Chumpions City's Commercial
Advancement Before Tariff
Commissioners
Director Oeorge S Webster, nf the
Department of Wi atus Docks and For
ties, nud John Meigs, funnel I nsslHti.nl
diicctor of that dcpaitineut, lion rcpio
seutlng tho Philadelphia lluanl uf Trade
wero among tho men who presented
tho vims of Philadelphia s business In
teicsls today to tho I ruled Slates Tai
Iff I'ouimlsslon In icgard In llio ml
visibility of congressional authorization
of tho "fiei one' ssstem fm seaports
in tills eouiitrs.
OtheiH who addiesid tlio i ommla.
sloueis, William Kent and IMward P.
("ostigau today vtcro Nathan T. I'ol
well, pKsldent of tho Miiiiufactiircis'
I'lub, IMuartl .1. Cntlel. c It j stutistlian;
In 'William I' Wllbun, illrcclnr of tho
iVimmerc al Museums; William IL
Tuckei, secretnis' of the Hoard uf Tindu;
lohn M Zurn, ot tho Chamber of e'oni
nicroe, and A. H Ford, Alexnndci t"
Ferguson and Samuel T. Kur, of the
lloaid of Trade.
A sioie of buslncHa men, rtpreseiitlng
llu leading trado organizations of the
cits', appeared before tho commission
when It opened Its hearings vtstudas
In the Iluaid of Trado looms In the
lionise llulldlug. nnd with fen exi op
tions they e-xpiesseel unqualified support
of tho plan The "fico zon ' sv stein
eonteinplates the islabllshnicnt of amis
In neaboaid i It it h hi which Unpolled
Koods destined for ic-cxpoit mas be
handled flee of e ustoms duties or up
pralsal It was asserted sesteidas that
to establish tho svstem heio ould bring
abqut the doubling of the port's business
In a brief time Philadelphia was said
to bo pceullails udiplcd for buch a
PS fctera
U1ULS HIDK HEIDB IN HVDi:
Sisters, Gooil Americans, Say Teu
tonic Name Injures Them
Ni:W YOHK Jan 23 Kleanor lttlth
von der llelde and her slstei, IMna
Krloda von der llelde. have Induced
Supreme e'niirt Justice Uljur to change
their surname to Hsdo Kleanor Is
twents-fnur and Kdna is twents-slx
they live at 10 St Nicholas teriaee
and aro stenographers.
They said In theli petitions that they
wcio born In New Yoik of American
burn patents; that their grandfathers
wcie American citizens and fought on
the Union side In the Civil War.
i;acli sister coinplalniHl that she Is
"looked upon with suspicion, which has
actually manifested Itself by prevent
ing her from holding the position ot
stenographer and secretars' which, by
lrnKini of experience and skill, she would
otherwise hold"
HARMONYPLEA
MAY HALT WAR
CABINET FIGHT
Wavering D e m o c r a t s
Whipped Into Line to
Support President
TALK OF COMPROMISE
Roosevelt's Presence Serves to
Consolidate Administration
Sentiment in Senate
I WASHINGTON". Jan. 23.
I I'nder tho lash that "without htrmo'ny
i tho wir will be lost," Democratic lead
I era nro whipping Into lino pirtl' legis
late wavering on tho Chamberlain
war cablni-t ' bill.
Tod iv It appealed liki-lv tlmt tin
storm vvhlili has brukon bitwein the
Whlli lloust and t'oiiKress on tl, im is.
ure mas' be tempered with conipiomlsc.
The iircsenii of Theodoro Itoocvelt on
tho bittliBrouud has dollo much tu con
sollduto the Dunocrits back of l'usi
I dent WHvoh'h wishes on the pending
j legislation 'I here was even talk of n
' get-togotlui ' lnntlllg shorilv bctweni
the l'lesldent and Cliambciltin
The telling argument nd allied by the
Democrats is that u bill as uptignint
j as this one Is to tho Admlnlstiatloii would
I if passu! hiinper war offoitH even
tlinugli nn rllU lent measure liseir
Jleantline. however Cli.iinberlaln 1
prrpnred fop i rnl (IrIiI linked bs
litters of MildlrrK motliiis ,,n,i fatliiTK
concerning i imp londlilons, m inert with
I data on whn was legardid is inlslead
Iiib Miinti testiiminv of Sicictary of
Wui llaku, i liambiiliiln proposes to go I 'V(
ahead with his war-cablmt Mil mwi ' Aw
I his cnmpulsory training livv. Popular
support of theso moiauiea grew, despite
i In Administration's very strenuous ef
loiis to kill them, ii irtlcularly tho war-
cnmni t inn.
riuiiT on Tojioimow
The light ill develop In earnest to
morrow over refeienco of tho war cabl
in I bill rb uimmltttic Senator Swan--on
for tlin Adnilnlstratlon, will try to
have It sent back to both tho Military
mid Naval Committees Wero It sent
bark to the Military Commlttfo ilone
action on it would bo favorable. 'Willi
the ilotililo rcfercnui 11 would bo caught
in the Jim. henio If .swmison wins the
bill ni.i die
hwnnsoiiK move to nfu It will be tin
signal foi tliainbcilalii tu go over tl
..7. ...."V: .",..'" ... '.s '"'", .'
.rni.ne I, Vi i. i . ,l',",J,"1" "
rnTilninf in' '' ,TII'1B
d ,. .hi .tin - I11" ""'"
: , '"' L,h ''.nl.r 0mI1110"9 arC
Ho also will submit evidence In an
effort to prove! that Sicutnry ltaker In.
ti.. ttn .,
I ??"C.?. ?' U.Bt.'!ki J.,of?'?. .th0 . "M1 ."lar
rTi,rnumacoU
t .. - i
as icasons for the sunnort of his bill
,'h TriX a.nJ P . .V... ' u !Lr
! that the Wir Ue.artnu it is At ..resent
mat me n ir ue inniiem as at present
iilgnnlzeel, lins lailed to meet the slt
I untlon llo and his supportirs argue
this Is tho solo reason thev nre- advocat
ing u clnnge that will eo-ordlnste nnd
ccntr.tllzo authority and provide legil
nutlu.rlt) to get things ilone In the place
nf volunteer udileo and suggestion
HMPHASIS ti" HVItMuNV
Tin Administration fn.ces will lav
eniph.isls on haiiunin .mil on the fact
( iinlinitnl on Pare I our, ( oltinin 1 our
PEACE PRIME SUBJECT '
OF BRITISH LABORITES
. . r, j, n
iillllll.ll vUIUU1U11CU U p U II S
With Great Issues to Be
Threshed Out
NOTTINGHAM, Kngl.md, Jan 23.
The glowing political power of Hbor
was emphasized heio todas when tho
nnminl conference ot the Labor pirty
opened
'llio meeting, which will last threo
davs, took ou added slgniniiuu'o in view
of tho recent appeals of Premier I.loyd
(Icoige to tho woiklng classes nud the
glowing possibility of a Llberal-Libor
coalition government beforo tho end of
tho scar.
Pcaco will tako u prominent part In
tho discussions of tho delegates, nnd
labor's position In the war will be de
bated from overs angle Women dele
gates aro present for tho lit st time
This Is tho most Important labor incit
ing ever held til cheat llrltaln, and rep
resentatives fiom all tho trades unions
aio piescut Tho lurly is to be reor-
gunized and a nett eunstitutiun villi bo
adopted, widening the scope of the parts
...... . .. ...... .... .. .. .
organization to Im ludo all piuducers
"bs hand or brain '
Numerous rc-solutluns had been pre
pared In ndiniuo for debate They pro-1
pose tho following
The election uf 1'nhlnet Members
bs the House of 1 'ominous.
An calls I11ter111tl0n.il conference of
labui lepresenlutlves fiom all coun
tries to discuss peace
Tho ictlienient uf all iiiciubcrs of
the Labor p.uts fimn Cabinet posts
Government suppiisslon of fooil
piollteering 11 ml the punishment uf
profiteers
That the time has now 1111110 for a
gcnei.it pencil bv negotiation
That lepr-pcnlatives of labor sit
nt the pence conference table.
The holding of an Intel national
llboi confe'ince simultaneously with
the general peace conference to seo
that tho Interests of tile working
classes aro protected.
A substltlnl levy on capital
ltcforms ln the Ilritlsh health ad
ministration Workmen's compensation In Lug-
'I ho establishment of an Interna
tional language "so that the workers
of the world eun understand ono an
other without the aid of nn Inter
picter" Ice Bars Way to Oyster Boats
""'7 e"a'or? ""j" h Mipportlng t,llnnt governorship If tho Penrose fac
'. I?"'" ",i1':,,mbcr1"1" ? 'Mr.Brr'iruJ I ln puts forth it limn It means nn open
1I1VALVU, N. J, Jan 23 Maurice 1 nro members of the Tristate Canncrs'
ltlvcr Is covered with fifteen Inches of 1 ABBOclatinn
co from shore 1 to k''. i ' ' Ki eight tongeslion and iniivoM In
"o0? ' 1. he J"c "eM.n0ytc,?MeWoslsJte r! ! '. pioducts that are rc
men. in in effort to relieve the ossler - iulred In the canning bd ness will be
famine, nre longing the bit all es through I come of the featuies to be discussed
tho ice In the creeks. These oysters A banquet villi follow the convention,
are bringing funcy prices. which end. tonight
QUICK
UOLSHEVIKl MAY BID FOR PEACE WITH AUSTRIA
COrENHAonN. Jan 23. If the Bie&t-Lltovsk pence nego
tiations ale bioken off entiiely the Bolshevik govcinment at
I'otiogrnd piobably will make proposals to Austria-Hungary for
a separate peace. The Bolshevik government, relying upon the
vim est prevalent In the dual monarchy. Is confident that peace
with Austria can be negotiated on the basis of no annexations
nor Indemnities.
RIVAL RAIDING PARTIES BATTLE IN WEST
LONDON. Jan. 23. Italding opeiatious constituted the only
activity on tho Blltlsli fiont dulhig the night. The War Office
announced at noon that British ami Geiuiau p.itiols oncounteied
each other In the foicfield boutliwest of St. Quentlii, nud In the
tiehtlng tho British lost sevcial men. South of La Basse c the
Germans tried to laid n British tiench, but vveie driven off.
CALWAY NIGHT
Dt'UMN, bin ."! Nihlit nidus
N'ovvs was iccelvcd tmlav that ialdei
entered several houses list night and
J. R. K. SCOTT OUT
FOR MXLAIN JOB
Vare's Hand Seen in An-
nouncement of Candi-
dacy Made Today
FORCE SHOWDOWN
The A are, todiv shourd their hind
In tin. Male lieiuilillcan campilgn, when
I tlRj ulloweit It to become known tint ' f' ,ntT rapidly than orlginalls planned w I'rcparo a Hurried statement before
,, ....... .. ,,. I' Is now estlmntid, birring ills lster, tho facts have been fulle &nnn nvmr
Congressman John It K Scult will iuni(llat ,., .,,,co .. ........ snniinees will1,, ., " rml Rono ovr
for the Itepubllcan numluatlon for Lieu-
tenant Governor. The annrunccincnl
shows tint tliov tnteml tn lleht f.n
snows mat tne intenii to ugnt loi
Pisces on the Itepubllcan ticket for their
men
Senator IMuIn II Vnre could not be i
reached early todas' after tho announce
ment was made, but It Is evident It
...... . ,,.. .... .., .i... ...... e...
.ii ,:,;;;, iaiu
their political activities for seven
sears having been the stoimy petrel
of their eaniu
'this aiiiioliiiccincnt smashes Into tho
' Mi.poed Pmino htnto plans in many
''"'''I ' '' Congres-man Scott
V"h not in the slate outlined by Penrose
nun and hrnt out from I'ltthburph ic
centlv follow tnjr tli tllnner to Major
iiuut-utu in litui, no uic j i tit ii ua ill
that slate, which was apparently a feeler.
I UubcocU In fact, no Vine man wan In
iii'uiinimiii ui hut (.iiiiiuiinv. iui inn lieu
' .,,. ' , ., . '",,,""" "'""
, ,l"' ""L''"1. "II "long the lino for evcrs
,i,,u fn.Mi .... I t..n ..... nt. nr.A
",, ," '"" enro,.,' Action suppoit
. nmi il0 ., , nom .,..,., I'nnirressnnii stoit
- .
tliev an. turning ovei in the ares the.
chairmanship of the State Senate nnd
Willi Ii the powei to appoint tho .senate
commltt.tH There are Penroso ndlier-
nnlu ...i,. Iti. m1. w. ,.n...M !.. .. ii,
-"y ...u. . cihiiu m
iikiil - "ii mm inrro mo oiners who
llilin: lie will nerept Ills candldac) as n
l.ninioiis ninneuvcr on tho part ot the
Vares
ni:.rv ron rinnr
Tho announcemciit Is looked upon ns
a move on tlio part of 4ho Vnrcs to
gain places on tlio tieket without a light
ir pn'siino nut witn u light If neies.
.. . I II .1
s.irv n woiini s. em to indlcilc that
this an w lllng to bury tho hatchet
anil "UPPort Mate Senator William e ,
.-.pre.ui.oi iTOvmre i ouiiiy. wno prac-
ii.ai.y ." mo "pen suppoii 01 nenaior
remove nn ittei Kiinernaioriai i.nniun-
lion spiuurs innii
Pittsburgh tlio dav following the llab-
'cock dinner The Scott announcement
iiiav clear up tlio whole Itepubllcin sit
nation or It may mako tlio factional
pot boll over, lesultlng In tho bltteiest
light In tho hlstoiy of tho State.
In Pittsburgh. Seualor Penrose gavo
out two or thiee. statements In vvhlili
ho virtually said bo would glvo the
VnrLS nn cnnslderatinn with icgird to
Ihe Stato ticket, but the latter pail uf
last wiek ho was verj- mild In his state
ments and It was npparint that he was
not anxluils to go out of his was' tn nt
lend tin m.
The announcement of Congressman
Scott s candidal s leaves up in tho air
tlio boom still nd in behalf of State'
Itepresentatlvo Isadora Stern, of faino as
nttl.itil 111 tlin .11 in , ,.,lliii..i Imnlvlntr
Masor Smith mid a number of others as I Till, HAGl U .Tan 22 - Heavs dam
el result of tho imirtlci of Special He- age Is being caused throughout I Jermans
tectlve Oeorgo A Kpplcv In tho l'lfth by floods Advices from llerllu todas
Ward last primary election dav stein suld that a tiemeuduus fnll uf snow has
bad announced tliat ho would run been succeeded by warm weather und
., , . . , rain and that many streams aro out of
tonUnunl on l-imr 1 mir.J cijuinn Ilirrr t,K,r ulllK j,lm,lrt,,H ot ,. ,)f flrm
T ivun pwno Wllivivf land aro under water, bridges have been
IjlIXljll llfjia UVIllMiXU wiisbeil nwav and scores of lniluslrh-s
LIKE THE LUSITANIA'S
Thiity Americans Among 2000 Per
i 1 1 r 1.
I amin Itniiknil tni" Piissne. nn
Nieuvv Amsterdam
AMsTHltl'AM, Jan 23 Auunvmuus
warnings, similar tu those Issued before
' the I.usttania was sunk, havo been ie
I celled lis1 persons who I looked pasasge
' to America on the liner Nieuvv Amster
dam, It was learned todas Among the
1000 persons who took passage on the
liner wero thirty Americans .
Tho last heard of the Nieun Amster
dam sho wus Is lug In a Dutch port nud
Is not known whether or not sho has
sailed A cablegram received on Janu
ins" H said that tho German Guvciiiment
had lefused to grant thu ship u guaran
tee of safets.
CANNEKS HOLD CONVENTION
Delegates From Tlireo States Dis
cuss Troubles of Trade
I'lte hundred 1 aimers from New Jrr
ses, Delaware and Marslaud arrived
here today to attend their annual con
vention, which starts nt J o'clock this
afternoon at the Advlphln Hotel The)
NEWS
RAIDERS ACTIVE
an buoiniiis' at live in I'nuutj Galwns
bilipvcd to be Mnn l'clncrs. forclbls
scbrd nil tin anus thev lould find.
iU. S. RUSHES MEN
IN RECORD TIME
Twice as Many Troops as
Planned Due in France
by June
voTAiir.R ,riiiF.vrcMF.NT
WASHINGTON .Tan. 3.
I Amotion Is sending troops to Kiirnpe
' bo training under Pershing by Juno as
ea,I' estimates jirovlded
TI'ls flKt ll,lH '" l'" ,l'"'urt', members
r tho Scnato b Pichlelciit Wilson uh nn
enmple of tho War Pepirtmcnt's tie-
incinlous work. I nder the elnuini -
sl.mres. the I'res ilent hnlilR. snmn ill a-
!.... ; .. ........,........;
i ntnia ni'ii) iii." .liiuit' nui. tiiu .iiiil
mlst.iko has not been nndo twice '
America now Ins ninro men In Hurope
!'- ."i!. .." .f"r. .'.i1'"
, ,p ,,,,. ')f (rco, BrnMlll ll1H ,,
, inilnlv maliitiiimd. thn number
I .,.. . . .1, .1 l.T. ,..... -1,wl ,.. 1 A..AI
iuim. utitu ii m vxi.vt.iiiu Kiinim i-AjK-vt i-
lonb
.U.V.V1 I Hlllll.VVf .Ulj.V
Will, llmlld transportation facilities.
War and Mix v Depa. (ment authorities
SIANV riCTHTIXO MKN
reel that In this phae of war work n
able and positive accomplishment haH
been done. A fair proportion of actual
ment has furnished In addition a goodls
number of badly needed stovedores, en-
I . . ... ...
I glueers, roresters ana other nonngntlng
fol, C1)
fimuniiallon problems had to be
. ... m.i ' ..i...t .. ,,.
im. .i him .in.. .t.t.ii.-ii mui-i .ii,..,
lighting men. but now the strain In this
,,iiao has been ...nslderably relieved
At first "War liepartmcnt omcers felt
tl...t H.o 1 nl.o.l Rmtes ouirnt ,r tn neml
. . ....
i nnv irnups iimojiii snort or a sear, rnen
, thu Allies In gan tin lr piessuio for iss-
I iholoulcal iffect This lesulted In dls-
patch of the Pershing txpcdltlon and
tlio l'.alnlioM DHislim
rONl'I-K'TINO P.I'tjui-. t'tf
Conflicting iceiuests as tu men and
supplies camo fiom time tu time, but
with culmination of tlio inter-allled con-
f. ex.. ..a Mntn.ial llnliun r. . n. n A i.Jt
ll-l.ll1. v UIUIIt.1 IIUU1L . .-, UIIIIIK'IIVtt It
tl,at transport of men was perhaps the
n,,t rrllB . eil. This proginm has
t.ecn followed as well as shipping and
i supply needs would permit
, 1at. (lf hunker eoal has been
do-
tirrent factoi, but this Is now being ' weather Tho Pennsylvania railroad re
ovcrcomo and the transport service Is ported It costs $20 to unload a single
expected to Improve conslderabls'. car"
Meantime tho War Department is con. Much of the coal listed as received has
sldering vvajs and means of Increasing I been irconslgned to New York and New
tho tinnsport of men. Ono pmn for Ungland. It was iiolnted out.
stowing small groups on every freighter PIgures of arrivals of coal cars yes
vtns abandoned some tinio ago, but terday were not available todas", but tit
mas be lesuirected again to keep tho week ending Monday CGI carloads
to the sihedulo said to havo been out- of household coal camo over the Penn
1 mil by Wilson ssltanla Ilallro.uI as compared with CSS
icailoads for the preceding week.
DISASTROUS FLOOD AFTER, wS.'i.ffi.J-.'phil.1 are wuho".!. j
SNOWFALL IN GERMANY, i 'ZX&SI&A
streets, who made a determined protest
Streams Out of Banks anil Great today to Mr. Totter against A. B. Gary,
Tlimniro SiifTori..l liv Aliinilinn I flKl adinlilstrator for Delaware Counts,
uamng-e biiucreu nj Munition , Tllo coumy onicai 1,0 bald, seized 4sn
I nctorics in Ulune Villley
loUeii compelled to
Kailuay tiitllc In 1
- .- . ... .
shut elown
some dlsttlcts
Is,
services are erlppleU
The greatest il imago to the munitions
..us, ,.,.,-., I..,.-., m 1. . iinino tai-
le. where thousands ot sol. Hers aro n. -
,ll,...(l 1,1 Ol.irllll- !..,. Illn II hull .
plused In clearing away the wreckago
mill Kill iglug property floating in the 1
water I
THREE MORE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS DIE IN ACTION
General I'cishiiiB Sends Monday's
Mortnlity List to the War
Department
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 Three
Amcricaa soldiers were killed ln action
last Monday, General Pershing reported
tu tlio War Department todas They
were Privates Albert Cook, Harry 11,
Varmau ui.il Leo li. lladl, till of the In
fantry Cook's emergency addresH Is glion
as Delbert Coots, f 1 lend, West Almond,
N , Vannan's mother, Mrs, Laura Var
mau. live ut Catawba, W Vu. ; Itadl's
next ot kin Is his brother, Joe lladl, 7;;
Iluugh street, Cleveland, O.
1
Steam-Heat Coal Cars
HAZLKTON. Pu Jan. 23 The Ia- '
high Valley Coal Company has dlscuv-1
ered a vvuy tu nvold thu delays due to
the freezing ut fuel brought from slopes
to the central breaker ut Ihe Hadetoiw
shaft A steam heating shed has been,
ere ted tbem mid In this the cars are I
kept overnight Similar plants ivlll be I
built ut other mines. 1
CITY SAVED
1 LITTLE FUEL
BY SHUTDOWN
Protests Pour in as(
Industries Resume I
Operations
POTTER ASKS TIME
TO FURNISH FIGURES
Administrator Awaits Re
ply to Appeal Against
Reconsignment
DOMESTIC COAL LACKING
Lewis Admits Situation Is Not
Improving and Empty
Bins Increase
I'liilaelelpliliiH Industrie", gujpendml
during the Federal r.vc-day coal-savlnit
period, lesunied operation today with
llttlo or no fuel benetn visible as n re
sult of the shutdown.
I'rotestR and complaints over shortago
of coal arose as tho snowbound cltyrt
400,000 idle workers leturncd to their
posts
State I'uel Administrator Potter de
manded time when asked for a state'
ment showing how much coal was saved,
bow much Is In the city now and how
"'"'" .Tf? t"roURh tn routc' untIet
nroiest, to .New England and New York.
"" '"'j" "el",er to Washington nor
i ' me' ", ''''cral Fuel Administrator.
rlllH Matcmeut, ho said, ho hoped to
havo out tills afternoon
Thn
uo rucl "dmlnlstratlon s offices!
1 ln "10 Hellcvue-Stratford Hotel wcro full
or rnnfiikl.m tlila .....inM . ... .
. ..... luuinuinu
clamored for coal and aired other griev
ances while Mr Potter and his assUt-
iu,,s struitj " y w ot ,o
8uaon
I Mr- roller, having received no rnltf
n..ln.l..t ...
i i j i Bin u ij ui Rem icieRrani aptwaunif
to Xatinn.il Tn! Ailmliiioimi.,.
I , -
"vSrtT ami &W ri!?? S2? "
",0. ?5"1. C "?
- "'- n4iniiiioimiui iu Biup
,,u , T ' ' "" iu
,,1?tnnco teP'one.
HOUSEH0IJ3 SHOnTAOES
" "l0 m0? Jer,?ua P confro
Ing tho coal directors.
"T.nl 111 .In.HAU.I . . .- .L . . A . . .. I
" " " -ui m inimutipnm
I today Is so serious It cannot bo over-
wimateu," rolel Mr. Potter,
i ri,. .i .. .
,,d i.ii(iiun is hoc iinproving. said
, Pramls A. Lewis, chairman of the Phlhu
i delphla coal committee "The number
of persons who aro without coal is In.
Lr. ....... ,..." .,. .," "0Ut Coal ,s m
. " ,M' Kttv illllC
Improving weather mav untnnirln ilm
1 snarl, ho added
Where Is tho coal saved?" was the
question on every hand as tho figures
previously announced, by the coal ad
ministrator 21,1,000 tons in a rescue
i accumulation did not coinclilo with tho
i wholesale complaint of shortage,
"The publln must tako Into consldera-
tlol. till. ll 1 111 I 11 1 I tf llnlnn.ll.. 1.
' ... ... .,....... v.. UlllU.tUIIlK VUlP,
I wild an attncho of Mr Potter's ofllce,
'' Pteures for arrivals of cars are, ot
J course, larger than thoso of cars un-
loaded The railroads havo been h&ndl.
i capped ln unloading because ot the
tons, or BO per cent, of coal consigned
10 1110 jtunsei sarus
I will not deliver one pound of coal
to Delnwaie County until restitution Is
made, ' declared the coal man.
ItUTAILHRS SAY OUDnn FAILED
Ilctnll coal dealers. Including thoe
selling family coal exclusively, were nl
moBt unanimous in asserting that the
ilvc-das Industrial suspension did pot
Improve tho local fuel situation. Theli
comments were made following Mr
lrt 4 4 am4 .IniAittAiit AclitivlAvia
morrow night has not sufficient coal on
,,anil for ,he ,upp,ln- of lts cusmc
elMcH of 1C Administration -.-111 b,i
, J1Mlllra )n ,ler assertions tliat thn
. - .- .... .MS ...T
Garlleld order railed In Its purpose
The time limit expires this midnight
with little eoal In prospect, according
to dealers The semlblizzard b'tweeu
the cits and the coal fields was blamed
US some 01 mem.
Crean Ilrothers, Eighteenth street ami
('cintlnurd an I'me Pour. Column On
THlTWEATHER
I'OUEOABT
for Philadelphia niul vicinity: Fait
and eoiiKnucd eoM today.
7.KNOTH OP DAY
Sun rlra . 1 IT --m ISun sets BAT P.m.
Iir.LvVWAUK HIVKK T1IIK CHANCES
ClIKSTNUT HTItEBT
Uw water. R'lD a.m.lTitv "ister AXK) n.m.
111. h vvstrr 10 IS u.di. Illlsh vtaler llsao p. in.
ThVII'-IUTt'BK AT ltCl HOUR
i a no in lit 1 1 r 2 1 3 r TS
20 120 21l2t f-8 2T j ""
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