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EVENING PUBLIC LEJ)U.EK-PmLADELlJLIIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13, LUIS
13
bUbblF OF THE STREET !PILESREMAIN PILES, ' German and Austrian troops JERSEY GAS RATES Peace Confab Off, DYE INTERESTS PLAN
CLASH IN BATTLE ON EAST FRONT KISE IN 3 COUNTIES ' lreaict 0l8lieviKi
MARKET CALMT.V WTTWSTArns
Vt T?T AAH f1? TTClTTTTTimTXT nrnrv
i-ujjv kjv jlioUIJCjIIINIj JKUIVIUJKS
Prices Remain Firm in Face oi" Conditions
That Long Ago Would Have Produced
Semi-Panic Gossip of the Street
TN THE fact of .Itoqufctln now ft on, every mutrtor ami of rumblings
t 'J?nl rfB .."'"" ,,OW" f ,nan' '" ,UBlr," ' "" "lln""l8-
trator, prices on the Mock market remain firm. It la only n short tlmo
slnco any ono of a dozen happenlncs of tli lat nvo or pIx .lays would
have been cnouBh to create a deration nmountlnu almost to a seinl-
panic. I. rom Great Urltnln comes tho news of a pending shako-un amoi.fr
thoso directly In charge of tho war activities, with another threatened
clianBo of horses vM.lle croaMne tho stream, l'rom Austria wo hear of
threatened revolution In tho cauo of neacc. Hu-ski U still chaotic;
Ccrmany believed to bo secthlnR Internally, but no news escapes: Turkey
on tho vcrgo of collapse, her navy virtually destroyed and her army
dcscrtlnKi nncry accusations with Waormia ictorts at our own seat of
Kovernmcnt, and In splto of all thto prices of stocks show up llrm.
Uhy? Somo say because tho stocks nrc being held by their owners
and aro not comlnz out; thero Is no rolllnK power today, where only a
short tlmo ago thero was no buylns power. No ono believes today, as
they did a few weeks since, that 'somcthltiB was fjolnp to happen." And
yet others say prices aro firm because romctlilnn Is RoIiib to huppen."
and that something, they nss-crt. Is an emly peace.
There is no doubt In any one's mind who Is watching tho stock
maiket that those who are supposed to havo control teo peace fast ap
proaching. The complete IndllTerciicu of tho trading clement to domestlo
happcninBS Is taken to show how the wind Is blowing.
And yet thcic Is a big clement who hold an entirely different opinion
and who say we aro in for u Ion, hard war. It is evident, however,
that thoso holding that opinion are not In control of tho market.
Wabash-Pittsburyh Terminal's Large Earnings
Among tho short-IIno roads which may or may not eventually bo
taken under Government control, public attention is being drawn to tho
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Hallway, which is (.bowing unusual earn
ings during the last twelve months. This company succeeded tho 'Wabash
Pittsburgh Terminal Hallway t'ompjny. which went Into tho hands of a.
receiver In 190S, and subsequently was reorganized under ono of tho
most drastic reorganizations ever known, the first mortgago bonds being
virtually wiped out.
Tho road opciates front Pittsburgh to Mingo Junction, In Ohio, near
Btcubcnvllle, and In passing through ono of tho finest coal districts In
the I'nltcd States makes connection with several trunk systems. It is
said tho company owns tome 10,000 acres of valuable coal land In tho
vicinity of Pittsburgh, with veins of tho well-known Pittsburgh vein
coal ranging in thickness from seven to eight feet. It Is reported that
tho road has earned its full G per cent dividend and that tho Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal and Hallroad Company, whoso capital stock is nil owned
by tho railroad, has earned almost $810,000.
Exodus of Chinese Coolies From Canada
A well-known downtown banker said jesterday that ho was In con
versation with a gentleman from Montreal, who told him that tho
number of Chinese coolies who were passing through Canada via Montreal
to England and France was simply enormous.
"Doth of theso countries need such labor very badly and aro for
tunato in having such n reservoir from which to druw," ho remarked.
Next Liberty Loan May Be Five-Year -ly.s
Prom a reliable source It was stated yesterday that whllo tho exact
date of tho next Liberty Loan had not been decided upon, It had kku
decided that It would not bo a -I per cent tax-freo loan, and tho indica
tions pointed very strongly to u PA per cent Ihe-yenr loan.
Should this bo finally decided upon tho present Liberty -Is would
not be exchangeable for thoso of tho new Issue, as tho Liberty -Is, while
exchangeable for nny subsequent Issuo carrying u higher interest rate,
aro nlso only exchangeable for bonds having a similar maturity. The
8'4 per cent Liberty Honds of tho first Issuo would, however, bo exchange
able. If this information is correct it oidently Is not generally known,
as tho effect on tho 3V.s would havo been moro favorable than It was
shortly before tho closo of tho market.
Thoso In chargo of the arrangements being mado for tho next Liberty
Loan campaign In tho fotmcr headquarters In tho Liberty Dulldlng
aro whipping a completo organization into shape. Tho territory covered
will bo tho territory included in tho third Federal Heservo dWtrlet. As
ono of thoso In chargo bald yesterday, "Wo aro simply organizing a great
big bond house for tho Government and our activities will not bo con
fined by any mean3 to Liberty Loans. Already wo aro pushing thu
certificates of indebtedness, both for tho payment of taxes and in prepa
ration for tho next Liberty Loan.
"Wo havo divided tho third Federal district Into fifty subdlstricts,"
he said. "Each district has Its chairman and each chairman n secretary.
Each chairman appoints his own committees nnd tho committees ap
point their lieutenants. Wo aro going to reach every farmer In every
out-of-the-way location and every other location, and every worker
In every city nnd town and small community In a way they havo never
been reached before.
"These certificates of indebtedness nto Intended to relievo tho strain
on banks when pcoplo come to pay their taxes on Juno 5. Instead of
thousands of checks being drawn on tho banks on that dutc, wo aro
urging bankers to get their customers who will pay Income nnd war
taxes to invest In tlicso certificates right along, and instead of drawing
checks on Juno 5 all they havo to do is turn In these certificates. Tho
last Issuo of ?400,000,000 aro exclusively to rcllovo tho strain In paying
for tho next issuo of Liberty Bonds; tho previous Issuo Is exclusively to
icllcvo tho btraln In tho payment of taxes"
Status of Railroad Securities
When Director General McAdoo In n statement announced thut tho
Government is not to bo expected to tako care of tho maturing obliga
tions of tho railroads it Is said that tho news camo as a shock to somo
railroad security holders, -who wero under tho impression that this was
ono of the principal reasons for Federal control. Any ono who had read
tho "questionnaire" which was sent to ofllcIal3 of tho roads a few days
after they wero taken over could hardly havo foimed that opinion, as
ono of theso requested Information in detail as to theso maturities and
also wanted information as to how It was proposed to meet theso ma
turities. It was notlceablo that Mr. McAdoo's statement that tho Govern
ment is not to provldo for them had no effect whatever on railroad
becurltlcs, so It would appear that thero Is really no disappointment among
tho shareholders over this matter. Somo maintain that In tho end.
If tho railroads aro to bo returned after having served their purpose
under Government control, they will bo better off to do their own
financiering, as under such circumstances tho necessary Incrcaso lit
rates to restore tho n..lroads' credit Is moro likely to bo granted. It was
also the opinion of somo bankers and other financiers that by tho rail
roads financing themselves there was a much better chance for them
being returned to their owners after tho war than If tho Government
were permitted to put large amounts Into them. Most of thoo who ex
pressed themselves In this way were aUo of tho opinion that tho Gov
ernment's guaranteo of their earnings would be found sulllclent to cnablo
even tho weakest roads to meet their own financing.
Government Return on Railroad Obligations
Clifford Thorne. counsel for the shippers, argued beforo tho House
Interstato Commerce Commlttco on Monday that tho btandard return
under the pending railroad bill to any carrier paying 5 per cent or moro
should bo confined to a payment of Interest and dividend obligations in
addition to a guarantee to keep tho properties in eood condition, main
tain their credit and build necossary, Improvements.
Mr. Thome would have tho surplus above dividends divided equally
between tho railroads and tho Government. Tills, ho contended, will
furnish a fund for building ot Improvements on tho railroad property
and provide a reserve to tako caro of tho weaker lines. "Tho stockholder,"
ho added, "should bo content If tho Government slves him a Government
bond for his railroad stock whllo tho war lasts."
Tho prevailing opinion umoug bankers nnd brokers is that tho let
tinkering that Is done to tho Administration railroad bill tho bettor.
SO MUST BE DRIVEN
. ( oni IiiihiI fro-n l'nte tine
LvtMl 11 Pile-Driver DoeSIl't will of the workers Is a ihjvvu xvhlrli it annul lontvKi vutlmut endangeiliiK
Convince Hog Island Fore- ""clf
in -m Thru Mnv tin pnl! i M' Lllvcnoff' Bolshowk AtnbasHd,.v to fiteut llrltiiln. in his speech before
hu.ii imj .mi) lit 1 OILS , the Lubor Congress at Nottingham, declared. "We can already hear tne rum-
Mings or a storm In Austria fiom the lesults at P.reM-Litovsk."
. . . ' funnnllon : m-n inllttnry movoH and
U. S. MOVING TO WEAN ' further lo-ordlnation of war work will
AUSTRIA FROM KAISER i' ,,lal"w0 ,n ,ho '.ter.lllel eonfrr-
etice son to nivtt In Pari
Utilitj Commission Allows
"Service Charge" of Twenty-live
Cents a Month
It would rwr-m hard to get humor out
of a Hog Island Job thee polar il.ljs.
nor would one expeit u buneh of piles
to be funny. Let u i-co.
A few days nun an tmrlnccr who Is '
chief Inspector on otio ot tho great ship- I .."..
way groups at Hog Island, cried fn I WASlll.GTJ., Jan. 23.
tlentorluit tones: I Aiiii-il..i Is prrwdng on cnfrR.eally
"Get mora pil on this Job. Where with Its trunk nnd oin UTort to wean
ore tho piles? How can a man drlc Austria from militarist Uennany.
piles when there are no piles to drlvr? I l.'noournifvd by the open revolt wlth'.n
If 1 get on this Job tomorrow morntiw ' Aurtrla, tho American publicity cam
and find no piles there, will be lilies of ' imlgners put on added pressure today
trouble around here for somebody and It to Keep aiio this new spirit nnd to on
won't bo me." -ncf A-tstrla that sho Is saeriflclng
When ho arrived the next nmmiiig be bernelf It. alu attempt to further the
found an umarlng array of poles about I tlrtumn t (uniatiy's mllltiirs -mail mat.-elshty-fhc
feet In length, bugo at the tri".
TIIENTOV. -In" -"I
lleeuti!' of tho abnormally high -j-t
of operation, tho Public Utility C'otn-
t itnt. mini from I'jfe One
in tin In nxei the L'krnin .m lttul.i Ho ,M
nt l'olt.i.i nd occupation of that city
lv the Itvtl Uimnl mi the south
T kialnlan front furtli. r hlKhhoo have
leen ttglstcred. Novognrod -iverk
raptured, and piogrees uinde toward
Ilai linuu-h. The t'kralnlntis are retreat
ing. A decleho lMttlu Is exjieeled
Hinrtly. Th UotiOtcUkl lme already
, taken Knriitt, Aehllrna and Troitsk,
TO PROTECT TRADE
Manufacturers nnd Dealers
Seek to Guard Against Ger
man Competition After War
minion has granted prmlrlun to mo (lllt f reipct to Hie memory of Krt-
New Jersey Oaa Company to Impuae a tln'a Minis ( aesnntlny. whose fu-
CO lZ' HOUSE TO RETURN"
monthly service charge of twentj-flvc
cents on each customer nnd lis charge
TO EUROPE, IS REPORT" - net a lliuisand cubic feet for nil
gas consumed. The company odci-him
NHW VullK. Juu -3. In a number of municipalities In 'am-
NHW YOHIC Jan. Si.
A meeting of dyestuff manufactur
ers and dealers was held In the
f'hemlsts Club for the purpose ot
forming an organization by which tho"
dje manufacturers of this country can
protect themselves against German com
petition nftcr tho war, raise the ln-
butt nnd without bark.
"Suffering telegraph juile," he jelled.
"Who Is the comedian around here, t '
can't drive thoso things. Tho whole I
bunch Is condemned."
And so speeding-up c.icd on this
That Ibe strlko In Austria nnd the
peace longing aro pcnulno Is undoubted
here A liter can ottlclals knw before
they nttepmted their publicity cam
paign that Autrla was the weak link
in tne Teuton chain, nml they knew, too,
Vt tuliingti'ti t' sputih tn the Amer
ican Ml
' I'reililent Wlln n In making iinpnrn
thun to suul Colonel I St. Ilouso tn
Htiropc again ni his iierMinal enxov.
"The lenortcd Mvnna r.t and eco
nrnnlc illsturbanees throughout Auxti ia-llu-igary
are genuine, according t' State
lit partment oIUcuiIh.
The resignation of tho Austrian
Cab.net bended bv Or. n Ke)"dler. Is
nerals are toda. Hie Dolnhevlkl Ooviin-
mi'iit iNistnoned n sihedtlled deinonetrs
tlon at Hie Winter Palaue and inohiy
ItlitltUte.
Thi HoUhevIk Oovernment has been ,itr,. . ut-i, i..t nf rffli-lmcr hv
lnf..niMNl that th. gcitenil ,s,ee .trlke ' ,,um,,ral,al,on .,, lnako urqvBlon for
den. Cumberland. tH.ueester and Sa.em lZrZlZ I Protecting customers against un.crupu-
""ti.. . . ... . i . m,..- t, so ' Ii'layea dispatches from Hre.t-I.lt- '0" -lytmen who sell dyes that do not
The nminany proi).."d to rltars Jl B0 mik ,,,, rif a rormni ,,rotet to the come up to their ramplen.
net a thousand mblc feet, except In n. e .-unieiees tiy Oenernl Hoffman. In Incidentally, they put themselve3
ineiaiiu and ljmuis inwnnup. wnerc , miiuii lie in-eiKrui no would tie com-
the charge hits been ft.
In Vlneland nnd Ijimlls township tho
Citizens' Has Company alc onerntes.
niung nt tne rate or Ji a ttiousnnil
cubic feet. The New .tersev Company In
another tietltlnn oiked that ttilt rule be
nntli on IMVirit na fr.filBtnir membership
.. .,. .. 1.1..1....... .. -......... .......... ' - .. .v
I'l lien li imiiii inu .i-iintiii fuiioni'-- . ., , , a, u.. .t..A
Lion on prisoner!, of war from Pctrograd. '" ",,,r "ew oclatlon to any dye
where It r- negotiating, if the soviet ex- i compnny that is not headed by an
in. !! in iil.-iro i;rinnti iilllror ttrlKtitir ri l nuian ' " v w-
n the nmo lorl as iirhain nittlkra
TvirHrMil.iY irntitt until n ninn Iilirhp UhlMi.it 1m m iimlof fiil nn.t n. ,! ( lit'Hovcil to ludlrnt tho rKiKtitiip (if n
............ .-.- - - -. , " " ....r:. .w. .,,. ..IIIVHUU , -- ;.."..-" .. '. r.t-.l .. .!.. ifc la- ..!-..-..-
t-nfH Hin., in, i.th ii !. .ijLi.. . - I ninviimrm in i nrnw tiir tti nun en iiim-i.i niita,rpi inu. in.ii in in.iiiiiriuiiicc
....I . .uiV lr.oiiu iiuui hit wmiiMni ". - ....... ..,,,,-,.;,,,-.,.
arrived on thu scene,
"Why are thoso drivers Idle," ho dc-, neighbor.
'""'I"1' ,, . ,, m1 ,1, i, ' l,ut ") pointed out todny that Atner-
".o pllen to ilrlie." nnsuereil Inn In- i. ,,.,, i' .,,, ,,, ,,, ,.'",,
"Pon't ..u know you can't smii for ,' ul l l" LOI,u'al
anything at Hog Island. Let 'cm fpllt. Ill"s,i ll'fy emphaslied that, as pre
and drhe more on tn;i of them, but get dieted In ventcrday'n dliipatelics. Teuton
them Into the ground. Piles nrc plies, I uominaiion is nireauy naung a calm
joke. WoUUl result In unfair eoiniJCtitlcn with
"Turkey has off. red a separate p. nee ' u,c Nfw Jeisey Company.
to tho Husslan annv nf th Caucasus , .. '" "'Is I1U"1 Uie board said
ami nnnounied n riadlness tn begin
m-Kotlatlons w.id the eomniand-lnililef
of the llussliin forces.
and that's the end of that.
And so t.ae pile drivers started up
merrily, and ono bj- one theso mighty
stick disappeared Into the muck, break
Ing nnd splitting ns they went, others
I going In on ton where tho first failed
I of their purpose
' When about one-half of thesu de-
, nuiled tnon.iri'hs of the forest had f.uKd
i from !ow to tho accompaniment of lusty
i oaths and mueli travail, a man still
I higher tn rushed upon thesecne, a glint
1 nkln to murder In his eje.
"What In the name of all that ts
i holy ore you doing with tny pet tele
phone poles, my very bestest best tele
phone poles, for vvhlih I havo patiently
waited for t.iree long necks, anil vvntin
came by express In prlv-nto cars from
tho far We-t?'
"I thought they must bo pets the way
they klilieil about going Into tho ground,"
said the Inspector. "I am sorrj-. but
I don't believe j-ou will get more than
half jour pets. I don't think I can
get these pile drivers to play at numblety
peg
"Oh. vi ell," s-.iid tho pad one, I gues-
It Is all right, anjlioiv. If wo keep things
speeded up, but It Ii lough to have one's
own pet poles u-nl In such a low -down
I manner."
I It doon not necessarily follow that
Jut and reasonable rate to bn rhnrged
for guH by two competing rirmmmlei
j.t..i. .!... .1... unH.n .....i.MH.. r..m .lie
..III .1 tl .- . I k ,. . PU1'I,I l,.ft ,1, .-..III,- It'lllll'IV lllllll 4ll"
"M" ui'iMieiiri. ironi niocKiioiin fepent sources should be the same,
.intioitiui tlormanv has glvni notice of I
a plan to tonsult Ktvedrn nnd other I ,, . .,-nnn n- . n i
kvunriimtHi, ..,,..!. ...... (.els S-o.OOO Heart Halm
. -...--.. . ...........u. ,u, UUI1. !..- ,.(, ,lllJUl ..till I
anil that tho Austrian premet under ' phases of tho Urrct-Lltuvxl; pence ncgo- A verdict for $J3.iuio damiigei vui
Gcrmanj' tsumb has succeeded tem-' hitlons. aw irdcd by a Jury in tho Camden circuit
porarly In quieting much of tho ilia- I i foregoing developments were in- '""urt to Mrs Wllhelinhui Powell agaluM
uirn.inco wiiicu swept the Central Km-1 copied In high administration circles M'1"4 Maty Shaw. 0141 Wa'ton nvemi. .
as iviilcnce that the cuhrslve stivnirlh ' niinne'i ,ua ior nil
of tho Central louets Is rapidly dls
InUKrutlng. "The iiturn uf Colonel HoUfe to
Kurope U desirll"d to show tho White
liesp.to this tendency t.. put u the oveij dlplomaile udvutitnge In tho In-
-w.il. uii-ni iis iiuvfi ineiess u gen- , terest f ai e.
The Huislan dclegntlon. It vvns assert-
id. had lodged complaint to Kuehhnntm
nml Ciernln that Central Povteiu nes.
pa'n r nivounls of the nrgotl.itluns omit
tnl Trotsl.J's ilerliirntlon. In which ho
id iinuiii'cd the ievers.il of (Kisltlon by
Cernviny on the principle accepted by
the Huslamt liecenibrr !5
Th.' protest. It vvns Mated "had
pointed out that Mich suppression by
the Herman tlovernment of this dec.
backed
American capital. The Ivsuo was partly
ono of patriotism and partly to shut out
what many ct tbose present look upon as
an Insidious attempt on the part of Ger
many to disrupt the growing Industry
here, so that Germany will find it easy
to recapture lost ground after the war.
Th.it not all tho dyemakers, mainly
somn of the larger manufacturers, are
Joining In tho movement for standardiza
tion and registration of djea was evi
dent nt once. These larger manufactur
ers who havo now n firm grip on the
Ing effect on the Austrian population
plres. Second, they cautioned that tho
fieedom granted tho press In getting
out the Austrian news might Indicate
patt of ii cunning scheme to lull the
Hntento uid Amcilca Into a full heto
ot rceuritj.
titration had mlided public opinion In developing Industry want to Impose their
Herman '
Wcntz Made (Joc'linls Aid
TVnlel It WcuU. a roal np rntor vv Itli
ofllees In tho Laud Title Hulldlng. bus
the nffetlliitis of the plaintiff's husband, been rlaecd In charge of tho fuel und
William Powell, n contraeior of tii an forngn division of the ijinrtei muster's
L'Uy. N J In p.iitiuent. under Uetiri.il Cioethals
own standards and tho smaller makers
reel that it Is best for all dye Interests,
both largo and spuill, to get together
for mutuul protection. Th'H opposition
was mcntlffnid by II. Gatdner McKer
row. uf 11 F. Drew & Co.. Inc., who did
much to bring about the convention,
when bo ppoke nt tho opening of the
meeting.
soft :
er.il kitUficltoii over tho trend within
tlm I eiiluil Umpires. The (firman poli
UU.un nro h.ivlnb nil unpleasant time
over the Uiest-LUovsk I'onfeienco; Aus
tria Is pressing against annexation und
dlisatllled over tho Teuton nttltiulo at
the conference, and food lomllllons are
worse than ever before.
Adv. i es here show, however, that Ger
many Is desparately Keeping her pcoplo
In line to tide over tho food illlllcultles,
encouraging them with the thouitht that
ir .i. ... . .. ... . " v..
u iiu-j ii.ish ins spring mey win havo representative of the
ii(.-!ii sioiKH oi loon. tile tin in)
"Colonel House will kiep the Ptcsl-1
dent neturately Informed on the po i
lllli.il situation. IIo also will contluuo
his work with th Inter-allled war coun-
ell, whlih was organized to co-ord nalo i
tho military strength of tho L'ntctito
Powers and Putted Mates.
"Confeieiiees me now being held at
the White House to select the otliLr i
members of the new mission to Hurope. I
u is sain to havo been decided that i
vuiiro .vicvormicK win go again us tho
war adnilnistra-
Tho tlmo Is lino for prisslnir the
polltn. il as well as the military of
fensive, authorities saji
Tho political dilve Is under the ill
reitlon of the Committee on Pulillo In-
PRESIDENT'S MEDIATOIIS
TAKE UP PACKERS' CASE
M'Adoo Embargo
Bars Nonessentials
Continued from Piue tine
badly overtaxed Hut It was iiulliutedi
that the railroad ndmlnistiiitlon would
make as few i hangex as possible, fearing .
wlde-pre.id dlssatlsf.it Hon If the trani-
portnllon hjstim vveio ultered tot
grcntlv. It vius iiilniltliil. however, that
cVmdltlons may force i.idleal action ei-po-1
daily If weather njiidltioni do not le
tiiru to normal nt mice.
nr i mnn 11 4 lriMH TICK'
sll Ml rliniiYii iivvoiiu )tl.
MANY RIG COLLIERIES ' . "". vnUo" ,a,"a ,1'"r,1 M?cr' "':
i totnejH for tho paiklng Industries, and
" " "', n ' Frank P. Walsh, couicel for tho union
POTTS IUUU, 1 a., Jan. .3. . Worlcifc, aio waging bitter war. Counsel
A water fanilno has tied up several i for tho "big live" unitends tho Industry
big collieries In Pennsylvania's nnthra- !i elfect has fultllled Its iigrnmelit. Mr.
vtalsh proioses a new ugreemenl. which
clto Held. i10 eninlnverii elnlni lit o vlrtonl ileimimt
for a "lIosciI shop," and furthermore
Walsh has asked that this agreement
ho tuhmltted to nibltratlon bj Seiretary
Wilson and n toinnilttee seletted by the
Council of National Uefense. llesult of
this coiifereuco will bo communicated to
President Wilson, who lias deferred tho
"Ualiibrldgo Colby and chairman Hur-lej-,
of thu shipping board, havo been
nsktd to m'Ici t a representative for that
body. H. 11. Stevens K understood to
be their i hoice. '
ARMED THUG ATTACKS
YOUNG CAMDEN WOMAN
Joint Hearing of KerucsenUitives of I Slabbed Twice bv Assailant A'tcr
Employers ami lirokers Who ' Udnp; Held Up on Street
Allege violation oi Agreement .
Jlonul, twenty-two
Kiithcriun
AM1IM,HI., J.ui ;3 Seoi-et.irj old, of S00 Locust street. Cnmdil
ii i,.ioiir i iimiii .inn uitiiiuers oi llie '
Piesldent'H iixdlutlou and eonelll.itlon
comnilssloii today held a joint hearing
nt tho lig.il lept csciit.ith.es of tho five
big packing Industries and tho union
workeis. who allege tho patkers violated
the iiililtiutltni agreement of Decent-
clto field. About a dozen other rol
leries aro on tho verge of a shut-down
tor tho same reason. Tho scarcity of
water has crippled tho ptoductlon of
coal tc.'lously sinco the severe cold tit
in.
If all tho nihiis aro compelled to bus-' union men's ieiUet for Government
pend, an appallng coal famine Is In ownership of the picking industries, un
prospect, with corresponding suffering of til ho has more dellnlto understanding
consunurs in Philadelphia nnd else-. of the icl.itlons between tho unions and
where. the heads of tlio paiklng tlrm.
Thousands of loaded coal cars still
remain In railroad classification yards veirL-iipiTi'ii
and on sidings. Tho congestion, how- IliiUlJ AS V 11' fc-UlvA I lilt
ever, Is being gradually cleared Thero
Is not sulllclent ical in storage or In Magistrate Harris Wishes He Could
car to cover the needs of any length ... . . ., .
psrlod If tho mines must stop work. ("ve Accused Man Trouncing .
''"water Is a vital fa. tor in the opera- I wl'en policemen of tho Fifty-fifth and
..... ...t' ,, ii ,?L r; iinlbinr. I Plue stiects Mutloti tetlfle.l beforo
tho breakers, where foreign substances
are remov
steam
J I .us
, w as
attacked bj an unknown man l.ito ln-t
night while on her wnj- home,
Mio fought desjicratcly and llndlng
that she was getting tho best of him,
tho assailant drew a long knlfo ami
stabbed her In tho left kldo and lowir
lip. indicting wounds that aro raid to
be serious.
She was takon to Cooper Hospital.
MIsb Monul said tho man was not one
of her acquaintance, but sho gavo a
good description of film. Tho police e.
pect to nrrcst him beforo night.
VALUK OF PUBLICITY
Mr. Abbott, of the Maddison Domes-
tic Thesaurus Corporation,
Makes It Evident
".Settle:" cried Mr. Abbott, 'b'ettlo a
case that will bo discussed in every
town thioUKhout tho length und breadth
of the Hrltksh Islands! Tako down our
G0O.C0U posters before tho country ha
had a chance to tall, about them ! -My j
very dear sirs! l.et mo tell jou that
the .Miuldlson Domestic ThesuuuiH Coi-,
por.itlon Is going to fight this Injunction
to tho House of Uotds My ih.it time,
however It goes, this existence of in '
company and Its goods will have bein
rubbed pretty thoroughly into the ion-
hoisting engines ami
Alni'lelr.ite Itiirelu tutu ll.mlpl Knlllv.m
ters, wliere lereign suosinnees i - ;
red from ioal. and to generate forty-two-, ears-old. onestog,, sttei-t
. ... . .... i. ' be low Cedar avenue, beat his fra 1 wife
111 mo inner ihiuuidi ':.... . ".-.,.... .i' ...... ,.".. I .. l.,Un.. ..t . u.i.i.i .i..-.
nil reiei.ll uccintolin, loo juubu iiciu v,-.... ... ... ..,,. i......i ii.iiiuu, nun i i
him In f COO ball tor couit.
.Sullivan is nioi. i tlinti sic feet la
helKhth and weighs :oil pounds. Ills
wife is a foot shorter and welnhs only
UU poundi "Kven at my age," Hatrls
said, "I think I could lick jou I never
saw a wlfo-bcnter I .-ouldu't IIck yet,
operates pumps.
fans.
Zero weather, sheatlng tlio mountains
and vallcjs of tho anthracite but In Ico
nnd snow, has frozen reservohs and
also streams from which water Is drawn
for bteam put poses, lleports receiveu
In Pottsville, "the gateway io tuu nn
-ii .. . .. nA l..ll...i 1 it eh 1n
thraclte fields," hourly empuasuo ine " - ',"" - - :-
Lravi v of tho situation. law navo me the privilege of ordering
The Buck .Mountain and Park Place pcoplo out of this room for then I
cou.er.c" of the Ueh.gh Valley Coal M"Jr?7?'&
"',r "J - Tack rt water wa led into a cell. Magistrate Harris
' ,."m;,i. nbniit Shenandoah havo mado sure that ho stujed thero In do
i closed for tho same reason Shenandoah fault of ball.
I also faces having us iirinniiis n.'i iu. .
! off. as tho reservoir and pipes feedlg i
It to Shenandoah aro frozen,
PIANO DltOPS ON HIS FOOT
I "Nearly every colliery in r-cnuyiiwu
l County has been obi ged to thut down a
I day or two at a time owing to tho Inabil
ity to obtain water," said a mining au
1 thorlty here. ....,,,, ,
I It Is evident the Philadelphia nnd
Heading Coal and Iron Company, a sub.
sidlary of thu Philadelphia and Heading
Hallway, which principally supplies
! Philadelphia its domestlo coal, views tha
I water scarcity with gcnulno alarm.
WEST PHILADELPHIA
1 PROTESTS COAL ORDER
WASHINGTON'. Jan,
of the Manufacturers'
:3. A pctltlo
Association
Instrument Is Broken, but Cunulen
Workmurt Goes Buck to Wotk
"Music bath charms." said John Mal
let, thlrtv-eUht ytars old. of 813 Market
btrect, Camden, today when, whllo ho
was cngagid at his daily occupation of
piano moving, a heavy plami dropped
nn him without doing mote than tear
ing Ids overalls and slightly lacerating
Ids leg nnd foot.
Mallett was hoisting a piano at 508
Albany street. Tho topo broke whllo
tho piano was up threo stories and down
It fell, landing on Slallctt's foot and
tcruplug his leg.
you think.' And then tlieio will be the
llbtl actions, with every bill-sticker In i
the four countries n dit'endiini j
Hullv t.'eo! 1 tell ou gentlemen, Hint i
my only regut in thin whole afialr Is
that this Mr. JelTiej's appearance on the
scene Is not due ti my ovv n forethought
I tell jou. gentlemin that till this ino-l
ment I believed in, self to be possessed
of a bort of gift for procuring publicity, i
but by tho sldo of Madam Chance t
don't know enough to riiinu hi out of I
(ho rnln No, sir No, Sent,r Mcndozn,
you nto not going to settle You mei
going to fight, sir, and the Maddlson '
Doineitlo Thesaurus Corporation la go
ing to light alongside nf you. Have no
fear r.'f tho conseipii.iii.cM to jourself.
Tho vi hole icsnurces of the Maddlson
Domestic Thesaurui Corpoiatlon aio be-j
hind this war; nnd If this Mr. Jeffrey,
this gift of hen v in. should happen to
win a paltry lo.uotl or J;0,oo dam
ages from you, why It Is tlio Maddison
Domestic Thesaurus Curpnratlon that is
going to see jou through" William
Calnc In tho Jntiu.nv Century
.MAUINE HELD l-'QK SHOOTING
Condition of Sistcr-in-Lav, His Vic-'
tlm, Still Is Serious
Frank O'lJrien, twenty-seven eiirs
old. a marine at tho Philadelphia Navy
Follow helpers expected to find his, Yar,i, who on December IS shot his
WILL STUDY AGE PENSIONS
Governor Names Successors to' Jus
tices Who Declined to Serve
f HAimisnuna. Jan. 23. Sopremo
!j ?U,P Justices Walling and Frazor. who
(lCCIIn 1 nnnnlnlmanta n m itiArrlllril tt
W Ut Commission to Study Old-Age
j 4n.,?n. Systems, havo been succeeded
s: if A'v'n C. Splndler. Edgewood. Alio-
r- Aii " lou''y. and Warren IC
LACKAWANNA PAY BOOSTS
Court Clerks and Engineers Get Ad
vances in Salaries
... .... --- , , --n , i !"" ...i. .,..-... - 4t,iu, ,iii, uii I'lvciiiuKi J- niw. ma
West Philadelphia against tho uarlleld , ,e(. ,jroI;cn i rt ,iozen places, but Mallett I sister-in-law. Mrs. Fannie o'llrlen, of
went tight naci; to worn.
That much cannot be said for tho
piano, it will never work again.
DEMAND PAY FOR SHUTDOWN
Silk Mill Employes Strike When Re
quest Is Refused
UltADFOnn, P.i.. Jan :3.Tlie flist
troublo in industrial lines in tills city
as a result of the Uaitlold shutdown
-.lr.t- rnlllrt tOllnl' Vlliell tllfl OnilllolCS llf
the Leon Silk Mill mad a demand for I Cathcart Addresses Eiiginccrh
nay fur tho cnfoiced vacation; tlie de-i ,. ,,.,, , V, ,
mand refused, tho entire night shift I tu by AMI lam L. CatlKart. a
ll-.iicr.il out igraduato of tho United States Naval
waintu oui. I Academy of the cIum of lSIJ. on "The
It is expected that sonie of tho otlur VVur on Land un Hea.. f
manufacturng Plants 111 pay the help I. ,, of AwwlCBn Saciely
for the shutdown period. I nt MKh.n,.n, KnB,nrm. , ,,, ,-,'
eo.il order was presented in tho Hous
by Congressman Cleorgo P. Harrow, villi
represents that section of tho city in
Congress.
Tho petition, signed by FretUrlck
Itees, secrttarj wldcli was also sent to
other members of tlio Philadelphia dele
gation, reads as follows:
"We. the Manufacturers Association
of West Philadelphia, In no degree lack-
lug In tamest paltlotlc desire to glvo
j lull support to our Government und
I wholly unmindful of any loss to our
selves, deplore the Issuing of the ortlti
I of tho fuel administrator directing t
j ilolng of all Industry nnd protest that
Its enforcement will causo deep, wH
spread and irrevocable loss to the Uov
ernmeut In tho disruption of tlio morale
of the united Industries and commer
cial forces now organized to the highest
plane of eiiiclenoy in n high nnd pa
triotic effort t" give the Government Its
vital needs for tho conduct ot tho war."i
1312 South Cutnthcr street, und then
tired a Jiuilet tn his head, vvns held by
Magistrate Imbcr todaj without ball
for court.
O'llrlen was discharged from tho
Polyclinic- Hospital this morning. Ills
slstcr-ln-law Is Mill In a serious con.
anion.
According to the police the Ehootlng
occurred when Mrs. o'lirkn refused to
marry her biotier-ln-law. Mrs. O'llrlen's
busbniid Is In prison serving a sentence
for muider.
' necrs' Club last night.
KCIUNTON. Pa., Jan. 23. qourt
house clerks whose salaries aro not fixed
by law havo each been given an Increase
of ton dollars a month by the salary
board, composed of County Commission
ers Thomas Von Hergcu and Holand
t ..I1...- Unrnon TIlA llflV (if T.
S'icoy county, and Warren Ii, uer, unu ivuuvum .,.. .. - -Allentown.
wfib wero appointed lby Uoyt Kllsvvorth Davis, mining engineer In
trnor llrumbaugli yesterday ' chargo of coal assessments, has been
boosted from -vu to -uuu u jti
Francis O. Stone, countyroad engineer
will get 1-100 a year, un Increase of
1409.
( vThe Qovernor nlso nnpolnted Jacob D.
x Jvytjlnger West Heading, as a member
the State Uastern Insane Hospital
oocfim n t0 BUcee1 u JlKnr.
10 r.G'J.475 Cotton Bales Ginned
WASHIVOTOV Tnn. .1 The oottnn
report how 10.CS9 IIS bales, counting
round an half bales ginned from the
Krovvth cr 1U17 to .Tanuar" 10 l?'. com
Faculty Tea Club's War Relief
The War Ilellef Class of the Faculty
Tea Club today Issued its annual re
port. The unit, organized In October,
PJI9, Is composed of v. omen members
of families of those connected with
the University of Pennsjlvnnia faculty.
i.nreil with 11 117 7t for 11IT n.,,1 1 ii "10 L-"" "' "l -- - iu.uii.) .
ilitba for 'lVi'fi 10',The present me.ubcishlp Is clghty-two
llnundtolM Included thin ve, ,. and more than IT.000.000 hosplul dress-
and 90.671 for 19U, corarauwe, x '.n t ner llur Juni inn
too L-A!!JirilllLhlli'iIItiv
111:1 ! t ri;ir rKM.T.i:
OPI'.HATOIIH cJtprlene.l soamir. ami fln-
l.hers knit underwear! tho-4 used to power
seu-lwr niuili tuk. n. lultl k-acl wlille Uarnlns
art, ru...ou 11 n i.ioyu. nayne bei iiruiey
UYA.V WANTMlM.VIi:
lUtASTS-IAN wanic.l first . I111 man on
piiiuii Hum uuv inuiiiiar wiiq in,-lrument
inuriui) At-
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To the Holders of Bonds of the
United Traction Company of Pittsburgh
and of the following Corporations:
The Central Traction Company,
The Duquesne Traction Company,
The Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway
Company (General Mortgage),
The Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway
Company (Consolidated Mortgage),
Pitcairn & Wilmerding Street Railway Company,
Pittsburgh, Canonsburg and Washington Railway Company,
Pittsburgh, Crafton and Mansfield Street Railway Company,
Pittsburgh Incline Plane Company,
Pittsburgh and West End Passenger Railway Company,
Second Avenue Traction Company,
United Traction Company of P ittsburgh,
Washington & Canonsburg Railway Company
West End Traction Company,
West Liberty Street Railway Company,
West Liberty and Suburban Street Railway Company.
Default has occurred in the payment of interest coupons maturing January
1, 1918, upon mortgage bonds issued by the above-named corporations. All of
them are included in the street railway system of the Philadelphia Company, operated
through the Pittsburgh Railways.
Defaults of such magnitude indicate a situation requiring prompt and effective
action for the protection of the interests of bondholders. It would seem to be to
the advantage of all that the interests of all bondholders should be represented by
a single agency, which can act with promptness and with a knowledge of the whole
.situation.
The undersigned have accepted the responsibility of ncting as a Committee
for the protection of holders of bonds nlready in default and of such as may be in
default in the near future. For the convenience of bondholders it has been arranged
to have Depositaries in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. All holders of
bonds under which default has occurred are invited to deposit their bonds imme
diately with one of the Depositaries mentioned below. Protective and assignable
receipts will be issued by the Depositary under the provisions of the Deposit Agree
ment, of which copies can be had from the Depositaries on request.
In the meanwhile we advise bondholders not to accept any offer which may
be made from any source to cash dishonored coupons. If such an offer were to be
generally accepted, two consequences would follow First, control of the situation
would thereby be vested at least for the present, in the purchaser of the coupons.
Second, it might ultimately develop that by selling his coupons the bondholder had
sacrificed a part of his principal, because the terms of many of the mortgages
are such that money thus advanced to purchase coupons would be collectible out of
the proceeds of nny foreclosure sale in priority to the principal of the bonds.
Those bondholders who may have received the amount of their
coupons upon the presentation of tho same without their authority to the
Philadelphia Company are urged for the protection of their own intereits to
return the money thus paid to them, and demand return of their coupons
through the Bank or Trust Company through which the collection wno
originally made.
THOMAS S. GATES, Chairman
President, Philadelphia Trust Company
GEORGE H. FRAZIER
of Brown Brothers & Co.
B. HOWELL GRISWOLD, Jr.
of Alexander Brown & Sons
A. A. JACKSON
Vice President, Girard Trust Company
J. RUTHERFORD McALLlSTER
President, Franklin National Bank
JOHN H. MASON
President, Commercial Trust Company
C. S. W. PACKARD
President, The Pennsylvania Company
for Insurances on Lives and Granting
Annuities
A. C. ROBINSON
President, Peoples Savings and Trust
Company of Pittsburgh
PHILADELPHIA TRUST COMPANY, of Philadelphia
PEOPLES SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY, of Pittaburgh
SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST COMPANY, of Baltimore
DEPOSITARIES
Counsel
GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER, of PhUaddphin
WATSON & FREEMAN ) c n. . .
THOMAS PATTERSON of ?"
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