Cuenincj public POSTSCRIPT EDITION POSTSCRIPT EDITION -- m VOL. IV. NO. 113 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 21. 1918 Cor r in I01S lit tiic !'c ii I rixirn rnvir.Nt PRICE TWO CENTS EVOLT SWEEPS VIENNA, WHERE THREE FIREMEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN DISASTROUS SCHOOL FIRE THREE KILLED . gfgsmcasn3wi-a8waw.& "v U PETROGRAD REPORT SAYS UNDER WALLS I j i , m 1 Uprising in Austrian Capital and Naming of Provisional Cabinet Announced in Wireless to Bolsheviki Garrison Mutinies and Refuses to Fire on Mobs De stroying Property, Geneva Learns 200,000 Still on Strike, Belated Dis patches Assert By JOSEPH SHAPLEN l'RTKOGKAD, Jan. 21. A wireless message received by the llolshcviki today announced a revolution in Vienna. The dispatch was received by Smolny Institute, headquarters of the Trotsky.F.ciiinc (iov crnment. It declared that the revolutionists have named a provisional cabinet. Under Foreign Minister Nolotsky made the messaRc public. He declared the report as received visional ministry nor any further details than the bare mention of the revolution. LONDON, Jan. 21. Revolutionary disorders are occurring in Vienna and the spirit of rc Tolt is spreading, according to a wireless message from Petrograd which was picked up here today. Up to 10:15 o'clock today there was no confirmation here from any source of the Petrograd reports. For several days there have been reports of riols in the Austro-Hun-garian industrial centers and the unrest has been growing. Although the Austian Government asserts that the general strike has been settled by a compromise, the regulations govcrninc; public meetings and the press have been tightened. .All political literature, except the pamphlets issued by the so-called Patriotic party, has been suppressed and mass-meetings in Vienna are being broken up at the point of the bayonet. The German militarists arc exerting powerful influence upon the Austro-Hungarian Government, urging drastic steps to check the unrest. GENEVA, Jan. 21. A mutiny has broken out in the Vienna garrison and the soldiers re fused to fire on mobs that wcre-destrojing property, according to informa tion from the frontier today. I It was reported that numerous food shops were pillaged and that anarchists were openly defying the authorities. Austrian Socialist leaders arc the extremists of their party," according to delayed messages received today from Vienna. The dispatch reported 200,000 .Viennese still striking. .At Budapest i the strike partially continues. WASHIXliTO.V, Jan. 24. 3?he Stato Department official reports hart carried nothing up to 8:30 o'clock today on tho Smolny Institute wireless rcpoils of i evolution In Vienna. Tho American Government, Informed of tho United 1'icss dispatches from Petrograd reporting tho wirelessed information received there, sought Imme diately to get official reports from Its foreign ofllccs. NEXT BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRIA, RUSSIANS PREDICT STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2-1. The Bolshevik Government is greatly encouraged over the agitations which have developed in the Austrian empire, nnd the prediction was openly made in Petrograd that "the next Bolshevik regime will bo cstub lishd in the Dual Monarchy." The Russian soldiers have been distributing literature among the Austro-Hungarian troops ever sinco the armistice went into eircct on the eastern front, and the influence of this propaganda is already making itself felt. The Germans have tried vainly to stop the increasing friendliness HERBERT B. KNOX DIES;! WAS MASTER BUILDER! Reared Many Huge Structures Throughout U. S. Ill Many Weeks at Home Hiuert It. Knox, a master builder vvldoly known for hW vvorK tliroughout ttm United States, died Uit. nlglit at his residence. 122 Went I'psal Btreet, t Cermantown. Mr. Knox, who was I ferty-nlno years old, l.ad been sick since J the early part of December, t. llr Knox was president and treasurer fef lhJ Charles HcCaul Company, bulld T era, with otllccs at 1715 b'ansom street. 'Z' 17. U..1 , An.. .n.l ...11. lin nn. cern for the lust seventeen years and was known as ono of tho real master builders of this bectlon. . He had con structed bulldlnea of monumental denlKn In nil .... .. ,1.. T..lla.l claA. rtinrtnp r.. ll 1'4I la Ul IIIO HIH '.v .....o them belnc many Federal postofllce uuiiuings, v, The concern of which ne was pies- 4 ldent Is at present constructing the I Hamilton County court house at CIn I clnnatl. ft., n la nnn.nno Ktructure de ' lned by tie Philadelphia architectural firm of nankin, KVIlosr & Crane. Al though the Charles McCaul Company -abmltted the best bid for the work, the award of the contract to an "out sider" was bitterly contested In tho courts by Cincinnati concerns which had made bids and the litigation was only recently won by Mr. Knox. Mr, Knox Is survived by his widow 4nd a son, Herbert H. Knox, Jr., a re Ctnt graduate of Cornell University, win was commlnaloned a second lieu tenant In the Coast Artillery In Novem ber and assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe. Va . Inst month. Mr. Knox was a member of the Man Ufsuturrrn' Club and other organiza tions. Arrangements for his funeral "ave not o yet been announced. Half Closes Prison to Save Coal SVNDUnY, I-a., Jan. 21. To conservo leal, tvn though without Doctor Gar- ttld'r or0r. Warden Barr. 6f the North- timberland County jail, has closed ono r.aif of the nrlson.. It Is built In two ' eparat wings, and tlu nlnity-flve In i males were doubled up on the north side. L Tb Warden flfiirM (hut Iia will nave Rthe covnty at lat fifty ton- of J7 coal i'-vrics wo Y.-(ater, t did not give the names of the pro ; COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21. "experiencing difficulty in controlling Contlnufd on Tme loeirn. Column Tlirei CAR CONGESTION jjjg ABATES All Collieries in Wilkes- Barre District Working Under Full Steam OUTPUT EXCEEDS NORMAL WILKIW IIAIIKK, Jan. '.'I Itallnny coiiRestlon has been relieved to tho extent that tho iinthrailte mines aro now rocclvliiB cars n ureutcr num. bor tfiSn tliey'have for several months For months mlnera have complained 'that lack of ears was reducing produc tion and forcing them Into idleness n few hours per day. All collieries, with I me exception ot tno Keystone, wneru 400 miners have been on itiiko all vvoclc, are working under a full head of steam Much extra time Is worked In and about I the mines In getting mine cars from tin1 chambers to the bieakers and the speed up production plans means that extra hours must bo worked If the gangways of tho mines aro to bo free of conges tion. Transportation facilities are such that coal goecs rapidly every day from tho breaker yards to the main line and with main lines and hidings cleared here coal Is well nn Its way to market within twelve hours after It has left tho breaker. Cdal production Just at present Is far In excess of normal. So lone as cam can be obtained this increased produc tion can be malntalntd. Mlno workers have had to battle against ttm elements In the laBl nvo weeks, but weather con d.tlons have not been allowed to In terfere with operations. . Oarlleld's orders are not hampered In Contlnufd en Tare Eleven Column Three Prussian General Ousted AMSTERDAM, Jan. it. General Lowenfeld, of the Prussian Guard, has been retired, according to advices froir Berlin. ' New Deputy Provost Marshal Gen. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, Colonel Hugh 8 Johnson national army, was today designated Deputy Provost Mar shal General, by order of President Wilson, Austrian Eruption Near, Reports Assert T EVOLUTION has broken out in Vienna according to wire less dispatches received by the Bolsheviki at Petrograd. The revolutionists have already named a provisional cabinet, ac cording to this report. Neither Londni. nor Washing ton has any confirmation of the Petrograd statement, but Geneva has it report from the frontier of a mutiny of the Vienna garrUon, which refused to fire on mobs that were destrojing property. Delayed dispatches from Vienna, via Copenhagen, declare 200,000 persons in that city were still on strike, and ustrian so socialist leaders were "experienc ing difficult in controlling the ex tremists of their pari." CITY PK0BING FREIGHT JAM IN NEW YORK Webster and Hasskavl Investigating" Condi tions on Docks There WILL I'LEAD FOll USE OK THIS l'ORT IN WAR lilrvitin Ci-nrge S Webster. ! ih-nniiiiii'iit nf Wharves, Dmks .mi t-Yrilcs. mill .V-sMniil Pirn tor J.isi p'. l Il.issk.ul witil I" New Amk tln mninlng I" lnv.MlK.ilf iiinillllims In thai poll. This 1h picparalory lo Loins 1 -fnro A. 11. Smith, assistant tn ltallr.Mil liluetor iSeiitT.iI MeAdoo, tho proiswl tlnn of using the poi t of Philadelphia ' I cet munitions and supplies to Ihirnp" mid relieving tho eastern railroad tangle. ' Tin. IHicctor mid his assistant wen to havo eonfcired today with .Mr. Smith in New York, lit III 1110 MSI llllliwu . .Mr. .Smith vviih called to AVasiungion I A tlmo fur tho cunlcrenco will probablj ho set tod.iy. Tho trip tmlai of tho two ..lll.i.ilM I from this elty "III place thrm In u biUei I position tn lay tholr eiiso b'f..ro Mr Smith when the cnnfetinie In held. Tho I will go thiiiniighly lulu "II Hie eondl 1 lions Mirrouiidlng shipping through lh , limit of Now Yoik. Tlu-y will look Int.. tho piers, whim mo itportod in ho llllcd I 'to ov inlawing with freight waiting fin ' 'movement Tlu-y will look Into tho pier facilities fr handling freight; tho con -Millions arising fiom odorm! llghtcr- iiko; tho fnellllKs for coaling hips the umber of ships lying Lie fr hjUc of 'mat and all such conditions coming to, ! "'This' wmP.aeo tl. Philadelphia of nclals 111 a p...IUon where they can go before .Mr. Smith and Bo him 'Ir8t 'imnd Lnowledgo of just what I h.ip .cnlng In New York and what 13 hap pening In tho Prt of Philadelphia. i 77 ships -oai.i:p unixi: Kcpoits have shown that seventj-s.-ven ships weir ...a led in the irt Philadelphia during Hie live di- mis nen-loii undi r the C.nllflil onlei i:igliiv-ono ships lemnlnid in tho liar hor bieauso of laek or .o.u in i en., of Unit peilod At the nuin lime, fi.. . Continued on Pace Linen. oluniii Tu TWO KILLED, 15 HURT WHEN CAR HITS SLEIGH Party Returning From Trip in Country in Crossing Acci dent Near Ilarrisburg MAItr.IsmiM. Jan. 21 ! Tun ciils were Killed und llftecn oth" I perron-, were Injuicil at I o'clock tin morning: when n suburban street c.u struck a tlelnhlnK parly near 1'axtanp tin co miles cat-t nr Hanitburg. Thus, killed weie: miss iiounuT.Y nnovi:, Hummels- town. , M jiih AUiii soucir.T, Humme-lstown l'Al'I. MAHTIV, 19, fanner, near Hum- mclbtown. internal injuries. f'Aimi. lmiuiMiLi:. i. Hummcls-llummels- town, fractured lttt lets. iti:iii:cA hi'Tfi.irri:, town fiactuieil light nun. I'ltAMi VtlTH. 16 Huniinclstnvvn. head injuiles. . AI..MITV IIITZ, 15, Iluinmelktuun, head Injuiles and lompound fracluro ot right arm. j. 'miomah suTt'i.irri:. i fractuied pelvis and other injuries. AKCIIIi: plIirrKK, llomerstown, frac tured pelvis. MAUUAIIIIT t'Ahsi;i 1G. Hunimels town, unconscious and extent of In juries unknown. Ilcsldes those seriously Injured Jiio following arc still In the Harrlsburg Hospital. Beatrice Zeltcrs, 23. Hummelstown Ksther Miller, 14, Hummelstown 1 Kdlth libersole 17, Hummelstown; Vlvvlan Mumma, IS, HarrUburg. Nearly overy one of the tight memb ers of tho party who were not taken to the' hospital suffered Injuries of n minor nature. They are William Grill, IB; Ruth Swope, 14; nuisel Zelters, 10; Herman Horsst, 18 j Carrol libersole, 10 ; Russel Milter, 1C ; Llta Alwelne und Ksther Alwelne, The party, occupjing a four-horsa sleigh, was on Its way home to Hutn-mels-town, after a trip Into the country south of Ilarrisburg, and was driving on the tracks of the Ilarrisburg Railways Company when struck by a car carry ing Heading Railway men to thq yards at Rutherford. Nobody on the oar was Injured. p m ' SE' T QUICK NEWS A IxgsmaFf "fwWumf ff mayor hears v fcToutfewanBgat A tulllUK wall at tho George llrook-. l'ulilir Sehool Fifty-.ovontli street and Havorroiil avi-niu kilU-.' Iliroe liremt'ii and injuii I i-lovun othcis mi -iiTious-ly that tlitv are in in West I'liiladelphin llomcopatlm- Hospital One more ileatli h ixpoctcd. Thi1 cro on thi upnor photograph indtrtiti". tho -pot vvhoro tin- lircnK:i weti' crushed. Tho iron fence, al.-o shown prevented them from ' makiiiK their escape when they saw their daiiKer, so thai they ' were caught like rats in n trap. Tho loss in this second mysterious school lire within two weeks is placed at S2()0,(10i). Seventeen I liundied itdditiunal pupils are thrown out ol school. I LAYM'MICHAEL'S HALT ARBITRARY '' SUICIDE T0W0RRY COAL DIVERSION Judge Says Son Recently Gariield Order Means Big Suffered Two Attacks of Nervous Breakdown GOES TO NEW YORK L1KUT. CHAS. McMICIIAEL Son of Judgo C'hurlo3 I). Me Michacl. of Common Pleas Court No. !l, who killed himself In a Now York hotel Inst night. JudHo Charles I) MiMkhnci, I'reslduil Judge ot Court of Common Pleas No 3, whojo boii. Lieutenant Charles l'revuxl McMlchael. of tho medical lereivo coriis, lT. 8. A, stationed at Allentowii, torn niltted Milclde latt evcnlnu lu New YoiK today left for that elty to claim tho body. Judce McMlchael was nccomanled h.v Cornelius Hag-Barty, Jr., an attorney nf this city and a friend of the McMlchael family. They left on an 11 o'clock train from Hroad Street Station. Karller in tlio day, Judeo McMlchael had como up from Atlujitlo City He went to tho shore tecently to tecupcratu from a.overo cold Ho hcaid of hit) Hon's trjKlc death at midnight hut eve ning; and Immediately made arrange ments to go to New York. "Illnets nnd worry over his ailment must havo boon tlio rcat.on for my bon's act," Bald Judge McMlchael; "my sou VUltod us on Chrlalmas i:vo aud at that time ho seemed to ho full of en tliuilasin about hl work in the medical " 1 ! 1 I. mUiuhI A I'm Xlettii, Ciluusn ;U 1 llSiifcilrlili VjjJflPjPJJHjPJjPJJns3 Victory for City's Demands WILL KEEP FUEL IIEUE 7000 C'AKS OK COAL IIKI.I) lleri'V what caused Director (riu-ral .MrAdon to cluip oft tral lic on the IVnnsyh.'iiiin under Ihf innsi drastic cmliarKii in the hi (orv of iuericaii ruilroadini;: In the Mlooun district loaded ciirh have been piling Ui to jjft mi (he track scales ;tt 'I'jnine ever since .Novenilier 2, until There are now 7000 cars in Hut one poiket east of the Allegheny Mountains. Sonic ol' the cars have actually heeii there since Nov cin der 1. Seven thousand curs occupy forty-two miles of lineal track. They hold .'l.'iO.OOO tons or coal. It will take Ul) trains of lifly cars each to move this nccuniiila lion of ro.il. ith a clearance of half an hour on each of two of tho I'enn svlvania's four tracks, it will lake thirly-live hours to move the jam. Mlov. Mil) cars lo the train and it would take eighteen hours with the same interval lulween trains. This is "fiRncrinir." The practice will doubtless take a week. And there aro some other "nests" like that at Tyrone. Ailiiliui dlviision ol coal fiom liiladelphla to oilier iiillltn was eheeki'd toda by (in uriltr from Nutional fuel Admin strntor ilmlleld Aunouncemi'iit wux nunli by State I'licl Administrator William i 'utter that any older tu divert coal must he placed In tho hands if tin- "MeAUoo'" coin inlttet in that particular tenltury to State fuel administration has power tn which the coal la consigned, that the i illvirt coal In the Statu and that outers i to dh.'it loal outside of the Stato must be K.d by Doctor Uurlhld. I The message, whlih eame from Wakh- ' liigloii, was ngadod as a v If tiny foi- , ' liillad. Iihl.i In Its ptottsts iiHalimt ll 1 version nf icj.il to New Yoil. and S. ! Kiml.ind with the rekult that the i. eo.il shortage Is more acute than bit., the live-day industrial HUspenslon. j A Ihree-eornered conference was held today among Mr Totter and the "Me- ' I Adoo'" committee representatives of coal npcrators and railroad men at the I llellevue-Stratfoid Hotel, A. II Smith Director General McAdoo's aSklstunt In New York, and Medfoid J. llionn. m-w-Ij ujipolniod soft -coal dlstiibutoi for J'ennslvanla, in W'nuliliiRtnn. me eoai snoriugn in rntladelphla to. day two days alter tho five-day ban on industry, prescribed to save coal, ended Contlniml ou I'sie i:ievn, (0luninilTe t'nlnt. wrrlre to linhurl. v. r. Til. from H. A. J. Agt. Lv 1'liili,, 3 -OS p m nu a tu. Arr. rhMhunt, . m, 8A5 n ro UI, . POTTER'S State Fuel Admluistrator Potter's suggestion, that -1000 motortrucks used by the city to lemove tnow bo iliveited to mi load cars, was taktn to Mayor Smith today. WATCHMEN TO GUARD lmuiedtalo appointment of vntcliinen for nil public schools vlll be actetl on followltit; the UrookH School fire, nccoiding to Secretary Dick, of the Donid of Kducntionn, who said It had evtry nppertianco of beinf incendlnry. AUSTRIAN RULER PROMISES POPE TO SEEK PEACE HOME. Jan. 24. Cowmunlcatlonsu relating- to peace are pa&&inu back nnd foith between the Vatican nud Vienna, It vrai. authoritatively stated today It was declined that Emperoi Charles had pledged hini&elf to work foi pence without annexa tions nor indemnities. ITALIANS MAKE SUCCESSFUL SURPRISE ATTACK HOME, J-i'i 2-1 A Tinll pr.ity of Italians m-iua a s,us it&sful biupribe uttail. at Caposile. driving back tho t.icmy from an tiilvnnced pos.t and capturing a quantity of anus nno nininu liltion, totlny'b official statement abetted. I'RINTERS PROFIT BY RAILROAD CURTAILMENT " The printiin; nf T,.00,onu new tiiiiataliU'H by tho I'ennsylvaiila and Hip liillailelphla und Kradim; inilruuds nlonu has been necessitated by tlio cur tailment nf Miuiliiles liruiiKlit alu nit by tin. tal.inn ovei nf the inllni.'iiN of I 111' l .Hlllt I ll) tl.l (i.lM'l nun tit. RAILROAD LAIJOR CHIEFS CALLED TO CAPITAL WASillMITuN'. .Inn Vi. Tin Itnllniail Wiirfi- l'fiiniiiNt.oii 1ms asked Ii' a.l-' i.t nil i uli.Mil IiIhii nri! iiiiatlniiH, liiiiinlliu; the f.jur brntherliunds and ie.ii -i ntiitlvi - ..I' lining inlj . I lalmr, in ntteiiil iifciince In-re tomorrow lo u i.l i nut Hi,iiil;iM In nil t Minsive iiiM'stlu.nliili into l.iilw.iv l.iliur I'linilitlnlis BIG CAMDEN FIE BEGIN BIG ATTACK IALTS WAR WORK $500,000 Loss in Blaze of Mysterious Origin Early Today HUll.mNC IS DESTROYED Km- nf ni)st rkniH origin eail ludav il.Jn ru.M-il the twii-Hini'V bulldtim at tin' coiner of Second and KrU HtrretN, I'utn cl.'ii, iuukIiik a Ins of moro than too, uu, Ihrowlnff tcveral hundred men out I of work and nutting u Rtan to a numtier I of plants engaged In war worh for the ilovernment. The building was .30 feet loug by 1.0 foet wide and nceommoilatcd the follow ing oiuIilii'liiivntH. all or wnii'Ii nmroreo i total loPri. Mo.NTllii.'.ii MUTAI. SIIINdi.i: coMl'ANV VAN AIST1S t'ATTKttN .'AST1N.I '.ijl - vvfiiviiiiii' ft co VVIIIIJ WiiltKH MIX VA1NT UMliiW ' llAIA'ANiziNil CnJl- VY , v.. .,.. IivNY ..."... -- lt:oitili: MVUIts'H JlAiiMN". Sllnl' WILLIAM ilitAVIM'H MACili.MJ Sllup urnv 'kid oiv'il'vvv 1'Hi:hli:ss kh colli' vny ji:iisi:v kii ciivi'VNV The lire was dlwoveied at : 30 o'clock this morning by the night watchman of the i'eiiiess Kid Coinpany, who turned In the ul.irm When the Miemen aiilved they found the water plugs frozen and It was twenty minutes befoie stteains could be biought to pla on the .lames In the iniuntlnie the bu Idlng hud be- , .me a roaring furnace and the llrciuen could only devote their attention to sav- Ijig the ud Joining buildings. KIKKMKK KSCAI'i: D1XATII general alarm was sent In, nnd tlio light to7uv e a big ,rt of the Industrial seV on of Camden was directed peison - any Chief 1'eter Carter. Tho falling of. me of the walls of the building en - dangered the llvesof ascoioof Hremen. who narrowly escaped death In tho .,'.. The Iluby Kid Comliany. the l'cerlcss . esterday proved unavailing both at the Kid Company and the Jersey Kid Com-! Whlto House and Senator Chamber pany are all under tho control of the . Iain's olllee It continued this forenoon, j. It. 1'vans Company of 419 Aich but Chamberlain apparently was not to street Philadelphia. C H lUmmet, vice be deflected, president ot tno company, said that a It was possible that by night a (Jtl- mUbh4 an 1m SUM. .Triiwua 1i COAL-RELIEF PLAN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON WAR CONDUCT 3 enalor Chamberlain Makes Assault on Baker's Methods Today RACKED HY ROOSEVELT VYASHINilTuN, Jan. :'4 Senator Chnmbrlala was to klasli ' Into the lluUer war inaclilnc on the I Senate Hour today Ho proposed to rise to a question of 1 IH-rsonal privilege at the opening of the Senate to nntmer publicly 1'resl- i dent Wilson's oii-t. chargo that ho had ' dUtorttd the Iruth to hatter tlio present ( ntti uiitimiin.iM.mil illMI 11, Oitl'K HIS own bill for a war cabinet or thrte. The burrage direi'tl against the War lieparlinenl through liuiiuberlalii's com- mltteo hud llft.il. lipubllcnns und a I fMV i .,,. rnl were uadj to go over ,lle ,0" '" ,Ulut ,ht'v iliaraiterlzed as an .Tfoi t to lid the War Ivpai'tment of incllleleiio and to speed America's war nark Chamberlain's speech drew enormous I ; thioiiBs. Standing room only was avail- Ma 0,,t ,wf"10 '" " hour, at which I Ii planned to siaak. i l'ltuDDIIl) UY IIOOSUVHlr 1'rndded by Colonel Iloosetclt and stung by the President's open criticism f himself after months of pro-Admin- inirntlon labor, Chahibeilalu planned i x frtl- defense of his own position ftnd ,, KKIesslM, uttaik upon existing con- ,jniolw. , I)Mch marki t,e culmination of j,, (lf d()U,)t nm, OT,cUm on Con. greVs part as to linker's "war work. Senate ohserveis eharacterlied It as per- ""'" " ""i'i 'r-v auocg tne , ' Adn.lnlMiatlon has had to face. It , mniked the open outburst of Congress 'r sheBrlng nf Its power., but It 1 nl doubtful that the iisurgems eould overcome the Administration I'0"'1'- , . i Kfforts to smooth out the unheaval J- -. OF FIRE RUIN Many Injured as Shell of George Brooks School Collapses HUItlKD BY DEBRIS LIKE RATS IN TRAP Police Hunt Incendiariea After Second Mysterious School Blaze y LOSS MAY REACH $200,000 Following Destruction of lies ton Buildings, 1700 More Pju pils Are Without Classrooms Death and Big Property Loss in Series of Fires TIME "lire peril" struck Phlla- dolphin last night and early this morning. Two big fires broke out in widely separated sections nf the city. Three firemen are! dead. Twelve others arc badly injured. The property loss is more than a half million dollars. Another bin fire in Camden caused nine firms to shut down. The loss is $500,000. Several thousand men arc thrown out of employment. The fires were: (Jeorp;c ltrooks Public School, rifty-sevciith street nnd Haver ford avenue, three firemen killed, twelve 'njitred. l'ropcrty loss, $200,000. KuildhiK at Second and Erie hlreets, Camden, occupied by pine industrial firms. Loss, $500,000. Shanty adjoining eight-story office building owned by Hale & Kilburn Company, Sixth '.rcct above Market. Valuable blue prints and plans destroyed. J Three firemen a captain, a lleufoB ant and f laddermnn were killed knar 'eleven others bully Injured early today . under a collapsing wall of the Gedrjjo ' llrooks l'ublie School, Fifty-seventh street nnd Hnv erford avenue, which was burned tn n mysterious $200,000 lire that 'deprived 1700 children of classroom fa cilities. , Itlgld investigation b) fire and police nlllclals got under way Immediately, fol loning Insistent reports of Incendiarism oupled with the iceeiit elimination of Cicrman propaganda from textbooks. It , ni the seconn public school lire within j two weeks Tho men were caught like rals In a tiap. The heavy stone wall on tho east 1d of the building fell nt l:3u n. m.. four hours after the flames sprang out of the llrst lloor Twenty firemen were In the yard, playing streams of water on the skeleton of a building when suddn I) the wall clacked and bulged. Tho lire lighters' escape was cut off by an Iron plcki t fe.'e They w ere burled undr u muss of stone The dead me: ' !.ii:iti:nat ii.vunv j. wiutu, tnOtl I lav erford avenue, engine com pally No 41. Instantly Kllleil. CVI'TAIN jMi:s I). HTmV.WKT, 3J23 I'oplar striet, coimnauder of truck company No. fl : died In AYest Phila delphia Homeopathic Hospital, ll(ISl;.M..S JAMIIH POLLOCK, 039" (igdeu street, engine company No, 43) died In West Philadelphia Ilomto , pathlu Hospital. ' The Injuied ale- , vn:sT I'liii.Aiinr.iMiiA homiio- I'ATIIIO IIOM'ITAL I LAIllllMt.VI.VN K.VML'i:!, V. ltOI.I.KK, li.u Preston street. Truck Company No C : fractured skull , serious. I. VIlDTIt.MAN THOMAS U CALll- vvi:ll, Tiuek Company No. 0; com- pound fraetuies of leg and arm, i.l i:i ti:nnt i'iiaki.i:s jdnmmis. Truck Company No. G; cuts and biulscs. ADDIMC.MAS I'. IU INT. CANNON, Truck Company No. 9; twisted back.' internal Injuries. ', vniiKiiviAN w. i ctuir, Unfin Company No. 43; twisted back. I.A.NKIINAU HOHI'ITAI, I.MIIHinMAN JAMKB a KANT, tTUCl ccmpiny No. 1 ; fractured left wrist, bruises. i.Aiiii'.H,vt.N joiin noYLi:, truck company No. 9; fractured right les und right wrist. I.AIIIItlltMA.S II.MIUY l'OOTK, trUClt i'onuany No. 9 : fractured right ankle, rNIVIIItSlTY HOSI'ITAI. IIOSIIMAN JIJINKY A. Mfltnir, t'entluueil on l'ste Two, Column Sljj THE WEATHER FORKCAHT Vail'Mladelphta and vMnltv; Vii settled tonight, tcllC probably taini light snow or rain and wanner; loifrt eat temperature about IS degrees; Fth day partly cloudy; moderate southerly winds, LKNOTII OF 1IAV Sun rlf.. 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