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SOVIETS VOTE
TO REPUDIATE
RUSSIAN DEBT
Bolshevik Leaders Su
preme in Workmen's
Congress
STEAM HOLUSK USED ,
ON LONELY MINORITY t
Proposal for Holy Revolu
tionary War on Teutons
Voted Down
J.EN1NE IN FULL CONTROL
Predicts Complete Defeal of
Kaledincs and Ukrainian
Rada's Revolt
rETKOGRAD, Jnn. 2."., II p. m.
(delayed), a in London, Jan. 20.
Tlio AU-Rusiian Congress of
Soviets, called into being by the
Bolshovikl as the law giving body of
Russia, today announced its ap
proval of a. repudiation of nil of
Pimln's ilpVits. 'l'hn decision, how-
over, hai not yet been officially nc-1
....! i. d.r. rninn.Trnidv fine'
ernment.
Tlio Bolshevik steam roller is su
preme in the soviet gntiiering. At
today's second session there was
never any doubt as to the over
whelming Uolshcvik strength. There
was a lone group of about seventy
five opponents, whose main activity
was in demanding the immediate
consideration of the peace negotia
tions at Urest-Litovsk, in icw of
the critical results of those confer
ences, the disintegration of the army
and internal troubles. The group
was regularly voted down.
One proposal fostered by the
minority was the immediate dec
laration of a holy revolutionary war
nrainst. tlin rVntr.il Emnires. The
Bolsheviki declined to accept such a
suggestion and held the convention
to the slated order of business.
Nlkelnl Lenlne. In a long speech, re
viewed the Bolshevik administration,
and predicted the complete defeat of
General Kaledlnet and the t kralnlvn
Ttsda's revolt He raid both,move
were doomed to die out nc tho result
of a revolutionary movement from
within tho l kralne and the Don
Delcgato Sverdloff re-rend tho co
called 'right of man' resolution which
was 1 ejected bv the Constituent As
semblv's antl-IJolshevIk majority. Tho
Bolshevik delegates greeted If with up
roarlous upplaure, particularly Its
proclamation of n. riulan republic.
It was noticeable, that I.cnlno spoke
fltmly as a compMo victor over the
Afenshlvlkl. but he took pains to
ridicule thw minority's cry that ho was
a dictator.
Announcement was made today that
Dumas, tho French Socialist. Is to confer
with foreign Minister Trotsky on fc'atur
da) Trom conversations with Soviet dele
gates from all parts of Ilusla there
teemed to be a general belief that tlio
people. tlieniEe'veif. through an Intricate
network ef city and provincial Soviets
and co.operatlvo organizations, weio j
reeking to solvo Kussla's problems and
wtro not In the least concerned as to
who actually lules in Pctrograd. Tlio
people of Russia, judging from tho Soviet
delegites. will accept Pctiograus uo
cress and orders when itvy fit local
needs uthervviso they will not bo ac
cepted America should underfland that
Russia Is now trying to build a gov
ernment from the bottom up. Tho form
of this structure Is not ilear. One
thing appears certain, however, nnd that
Is that no central authority w 111 bo able
to dictate. It can only Inspire tho peoplo
to do the building themselves.
In other words, It appears most llkcl
that there will soon bo a new state of
dictatorship In Russia, but tlio peasantry
and t. e workmen will bo tho dictators.
FAMILY OVERCOME
BY ESCAPING GAS
Man and Wife nnd Their Two Chil-
dren Prostrated by Fumes
From Leaking Tubo
Norman Stenbaugh. his wiro and two
children were overcome by Illuminating
eas in their home. 2117 Stella btrect.
early today All are under the care of
a phslelan at their home.
Nhortl after S o'clock Mrs. f'airle
Hteu'iuuBh was awakened by the cough
ing of her flvc-weeks-old baby, Umma
She arose, Intending to go over to the
child's crib In a far corner of tho room.
The, gas, which was escaping from a
leaking tube attached to a small stove,
overcome her. Sho fell. The nolsa of
her fall awakened Stenbaugh
Although weak from tho fumes, lis
threw open nil tho windows after awak
ening his ten-year-old son, Norman, Jr.
Running Into tho street, ho summoned a
passing automoblllst, and the pair car
ried the f:as victims to the first floor.
While the automoblllst went for a
physician, Stenbaugh rendered flrst-ald
treatment. When tho doctor arrived ho
revived them sulllclenlly that they did
not havo to go to a hospital. Sten
baugh Is forty-seven years old and his
wife forty-three,
Skating in Park
and on Wissahickon
rPHE Ice Is in good condition for
r skating on all tho lakes in
Falrmount I'srk and also on the
lk8 in Hunting Park. There is
also skating on the Wissahlckon
CHAIN OF FIRE
FOLLOWS NOTE
OF WIDE PLOT
Government Ducks
and Munition Works
Are Destroyed
DAMA(SB 1y FljAMES
EXCEEDS $1,000,000
Many Arrests of Men and
Women as Federal Agents
Seek Spy Incendiaries
VQm ,(, ,,LANTS UIRN
Simultaneous Conlluirrulions
in Newark, Ualtimoru and
Buffalo Under Investigation
VIVi: .Mi.STKKIOU.S HUES
SUtJtJEST GKKMA.S IMAM'
NEWAHK, . .1 ;o eminent
pier properly dcslrovcd with dam
age t plant of Submarine Boat
Corporation, operated lij I'nitrd
States (iov eminent, nnd fleet ol nil
,,arRM '" Newark Ha). Los
eral hundred thousand dollar.
scv-
HAI.TIMOKE, Attf.-Oelln MilK,
near Kllicotl tit, and Hear) II.
Smith Dr.vdock ( onipau.v ; both v'
gaged in (ioverniui'iil wurk. Dam
age between J."00,UOO and $7."i0,000.
Hl'lT.U.O, N. V Mrslliigliousc
Electric and Manufacturing Com
panj plant. Kntire oil deiartinent
lighting flames, Mill bejond control.
AX ATLANTIC l'ORT Vhitc
Star liner Adriatic. Blae in deck
cargo, c.tim uished through timely
discovery without c.stensive damage.
1'ivo fires, nil of hUMiiclous origin,
today damaged (iovcrnmeiit propert.i,
Industrial plants nnd vcstels engaged In
tho manufacture or tr.inspurlstjon
of
Government supplies
Sweeping Investigations
arc belli R
made by l'cderal officials, In conjunction
with local authorltleo, to dctermlii
whether or not tho fires a.ro tlio vvcrk ot
Oerman agents.
Slgnlrlcanca Is attached to the simulta
neous outbreak of tho tires, and their
occurrence clofely follow InR rtcolpt by
President Wilson ot a letter warning
him of a plot, natlon-vvldo In its tcope,
to destioi docks and war plants.
'I his plot, according to tho letter,
was
to cd into effect January :.. ami home
rfiiarili vcro detailed tu stand watch at
different points on that date.
Secret s.ervlco acents arc at work on
the iutpectcd activity uf Miles.
Toda's senes of fires. iiivolvliiR us it
doe, more than .1 million dollars ilam
iko and peril to var niunltlons valued
at several millions, follows so ilosely
upon tho warntnE sent out a fow daj
ueo 'f a viell-oiK.uilzcd plot to de
stro such establishments located alone
the Atlantic seaboard, as to Klvo of
liclnl WnshliiKton conslderabln comcrn.
Tho localities attacked today were:
ewuik, N. J (ioveriunent ) until op
erated by tho nuljuiulno llo.it I'orpora
tlon, and fleet of oil tureen in Newark
Km l.'l.niKs checked b.v uiiiaimie
aftir damage estimated at hundreds
uj 0Uands of dollars. Prowlers teen
ai,out nlo plant lued upon by gOauls.
Moro than twenty
thrco women, under
person", including
arrest by military I
authorities,
Ualtlmore, Jld. Simultaneous fires In
tlio uelki Mills, near r.lllcott e'lt. u.
suburb, and the llenr II. Smith Ury
duck I'onipanj, Curtis fn el, both n
gaged tu (ioMimueut woik. Comhnud
les.T plated at Jjun.nuO to f ? Jfi.OUl'. 'I wo
I uiilliiued on race I our, t olumii l'our
STOTESBURY'S COAL
SEIZED AT AMBLER
Fuel lnltiiidud for Usu in Man
sion Under Construction Dis- ,
tributed to 50 Families
si r.fiv families In Ambler
audi
vicinity, who a week nBO wero almost
without coal and worrjlns because there
appeared to bo no hope of obtalnins
fresh tuppllcs. are warm today because
William Waincr Harper, district fiul
administrator under II. Ik Tjson. Kcd
cial fuel administrator for Moutgomer)
conntv. seized a carload of coal that
of coal that
had been Intended xo l,e.t U,ut ,
Hill homo of 1-dward a. MoIcsdud.i
now under construction
Two carloads of tho precious anthru-
cite about sixty tons wero shipped
to Chestnut Hill to heat tho house by
the George A. Fuller Company, which
i... the building contiact. Haiper.
... tltA nilllUlim lUltltHiv, ,...v..
iearntnt; ot ,ho shjpment. went to rep-
btotesbury nnd the
Kuuer ompany and demanded half tho
coal for the benefit of tho families that
were almost without fuel.
The coal was willingly elven. so while
Mr Harper did seize the coul. tho term
retentatlves 01 .ur.
does not Imply that he met any resist-
Mid Mr. Harper today, "when I told
them the situation was serious and It
"as absolutely necessary that It bo given
UlTl.e Fuller Company Is uslns the rest
nf the coal, about thirty tons, for tho
nurpo-e for which it was original!) I..
Pur?.e . .i .her l no dela) In con-
con -
t ucllonof the inultlnillllonalri house
de??"r Je'niBtllvc. u'fUrthoCVuller Com-
1!tlolaned that the construction of
pany ini had reached such a stage
H'Vifim? v as necessary If tho work
U'au' 'f be continued. l-Ias crlne and
?J ,',Z J 1. 1 colmr on. and tha
interior ...- - -
Continued en faio Two. CdIuuiu Txb
SWORD HELD
ONLY ANSWER
TO HERTLING
Washington Sees Mili
taristic Aims Thinly
Masked in Speech
AUSTRIAN MINISTER
MOKE CONCILIATORY
Rushing of U. S. Forces
Nest Way to Soften
Germany's Tone
AMERICA DETERMINED
p .. j, ,., ,
tusmm for U ar Grows at
Cniiilal as I'laus of Fou
Are Made Clear
WASIUXGTON, Jan. 2.
The United .Stales and her allies
must .aiihwer Count von llertling
with ba.vonct and bomb, according
to the view of must diplomats nnd
;
army men '.odaj.
Wlnle seeing in tlio peace tcin
reply of Hertllng and Czcrtiiu a far
more eoiu'illatory spirit than an
thing heretoftue manifosfed h, the
Teuton, the general thought bore
was that HertlingV conciliation
masked thinly tin- militarist views
of (ieimany. Czernin, on the other
hand, showed symptoms of nervous
ness of the internal problem and
seemed more sincerely desirous of
peace than his colleague.
Hut on the whole, the uuthoi It c f. It
that M longer war preparations iniin be
the nn(r for tho lliuo bolng.
Jlorr llled nnd American for on
the west front, they contended, will
the fuster put more coin Illation Into the
( In man tone.
way i'.vi;i Tovvwnn pkaii:
Armj men In .lose touch with the In
ternal and mll.tnry problems uf Her
many and AurtrU havo felt a Ioiie
whlln that the vvav Is buhic paved for
real peaco negotiations. Th.- still fel
tho same, sajliu; every ttntelnetit, with
nay sou of concession, is a step n.arer
lKnce.
nut they flmic. wlih .Serbian 'oiumU
fcloner' Vesnltch his thoucht, e.ptessd
to tho United Press today : "Tho answer,
If any Is nccetsary, will consist In re
enforclnc th Allied fronts and co
ordlnatliie all our efforts for definite vie.
tory, all talk about peaco now Rneo ex
cluslvel In favor of our enemj '
'Ih.s will ccrtalnt be ono answer.
Washington tone Is more warlike now
than it has been for souk time. The
war prober and the dispute over the
war administration lias broufiht war,
not peaee, dote to home.
Diplomat, In general think tf Austria
wants a peace discussion (is much ns
she indicated through I'zernlii, she her
self ought to mako a deflnlbj niovo In
that direction.
'?.i:it.'i.N upn.ss. 1'husi'i.vth
'iernln gave a hopeful outlook as to
the chance of a bleak In the alignment
between Austria anil Herman)', but olll-
i'I.iIh gleuned no satisfaction from Ilert
I nit;.
M Audro Tanlleu, Pivnch High Com ,
mlssloner, saw no peace In llertling t,
speech. Its refusal to talk about the
cession of Alsace-Lorraine, "S7 per tent
of whoso people speak Herman," brought
from him ail nil ay of llgurcs to show
that much of this pen eutago Is deilved
from Herman olllclaldoni planted In tho
loyt pio luces. i
llo cpioted the Hermans thcnibclvcs to1
show that the) hud looked on Als.uc- '
Lorraine as euem tinltory, and udueii
"Heriuaiiy i.iunot htlp Interprctini,
the principle of nat lnnallticH ns an e
pnssloii of the i.nh light whii h she ac
ktiuwl. dges and ndoi,iir the light of
tuiillnijcd on Piirc I uur, t oliinui 1n
LET LOCOMOTIVES GO
TO PIECES, IS CHARGE
Railroads Severely Criticized
by Commerce Commission.
Blame Labor Shortage
Tho Interstate Coinnierie i unions m.
has sevcrel) criticized Hi. cnetcrn rail
roads for failure to taku proper . arc
of their locomotives duiiug the icni
severe spell of cold weathei liiMlan.-o
have been repotted of N oiiiollii a lefr
on sidetracks In blludiiu snowstonus tu
freeze and become luctpailtaud for
tcrvlco whllo tho entlic country vvi
M r -,,
, om0ala , ,,,,.,
suffering from a lougestlon of fielght
received by rml-
ro.u otllcials III Pliiladelptila toilaj
,c
on
fri
,n)
un
-.oiuiiig 10 pay until a iuu in
vestigation has been made." was the
only expression that lotlld bu obtained
from thoso viho weie asked for a state
ment In regard to the charges. P'rom
uilUIOLI.ll DWM.vr, iiun.'tri, k V,1S
learned that the shortage of labor wquld
i p0 relied on us an alibi for whatever
shoitcomliigH might be shown tu havo
existed In this respect.
"So one outside i:ie sphere of uctuul
railroad operation can appieclate the
difficulties .under vvlilih the rullroads
have lunducted their lines this whiter,'
said a prominent railroad muii today
"'e havo been lalled upon to perform
unheard uf tasks und at tho same time
havo suffered from unpiecedented handl
taps. If there has been any neglect of
railroad cqulpiieut )uu ufay be suro thai
It was because there weio not enough i
men to . take care of It .Self-Interest
1 would have, dictated that we should do
nil Hi our power to protect our own
I '"conslif'necs or freight in Philadelphia
are being urged to tako advantage of
"heatless Monday" next week for the,
purposo of removing fielght awaiting
dsllvery In railroad terminals. There
will not bo the tumo obstacles tu action
Continued on 1'aie lour, Column SU
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, li)18
AUSTRIAN" WORKERS FORM
REVOLUTIONARY SOVIETS
i
New Development in Political and Economic
Unrest at Vienna, Budapest and Warsaw
Reported by Bolshevik Newspapers
I'KiliOviltAI), .Ian. 2? idrl.ijitl). via London, .Inn. 1C.
HoNhcvik newspapers todav printed reports tlial soviet (iraiiiatloiiM ,
liuil been formed 1J the workmen in Vknnn, lludapcM mill Warsaw "fori
revolutionary purpiiM".."
Thi report follows rlnsclj the Cnitcd Press dispatch of Thursdn from
Jusiph Sliaplcn repoitiiii; receipt bj the Smolny IiKtHutr uf wireless reports
Indicating u revolution In Vienna.
The Russian word "soviet" means council, fnder the IttiKsl.in rcvolti
tionnij (iovernment tlicro are 'Vovlcts" of workmen, soldiers, tiensunts, etc.,
nil elected, unci w lio are supposed to represent public opinion of their respec
tivo i lasses '
LONDON. Jan. li.
ihe Vnistcrdam correspondent ol the l', press sas extraordinarv
reports aie current coiircniug a ii'voliitinu in (ierniau.v. 'I here have
llCl'll
rioU,
ruth
iceu rumors of grave disorders in
rs clamoring for peace. He :ils
hlesslj icprcsscd by the police,
wounded.
'Ihe correspondent tulmiti loalirnialioii ot these tumors is impossible,
but thinks it is remarkable no telegrams, either press or commercial,
were received in Holland on Triday direct from Iterlin, all coining in
roundabout unites. one of 'lluir-ilav morning'n Berlin newspapers
have arrived.
HUN POISON PLOT
SHOWN BY DOCTOR
TuUiiiu a ii tl Anthnix
Germs Put in Red Cross
Haiulages
NKWSl'AI'KU
liACIIJ.I ON
mPUI.N'UKICM'. Ill , Jan. :
iihClot-urth of ii prcsumahl.v tterniun
p'.eit to Infect sprliiRlleld mail, lied I'ross
bandages upli tetanus mid antniav
genus w.re iiuide here toila to I nitid
States lditrht AHorney l: t' Iviioit
The revelailonH we,re inado b In, 'al
Ur tl I tin In,'. Htutc pntholoslst.
It Imcuiuc Miuwn loilny bo had l u
'Miiiilng mi the mi' for nearb a inunih
ilialzlng a small plei e of llerinuli news,
liiliei- on which deadly Brmo wru
found. IteU ro8 workeril liero dls
toveicd tin bit of pupcr In un ant lsi.pt Ic
roll ot cotton a few Uai boforc ChrUt
ma3. It is bellereit-s, immberxit barel""
ngeso sent abioad 'invD LecE 1011
tnmlnnted. llrllet that the toiituiiiinatlou wa in
tentional is contained In the repot t
submitted to tho I lilted fctates lilsnht
Attornei l l'octur Hlalne. 'The large
number of spore-formln? baillli a
served und. r dliect microscopical
animation fuggisls ucli a source,
rcHjrt sav .
ch
ili.
Atilii llackliros: Starts lllitr
An automobile in tho garage of Pot.i
cavanaugli nt -ill ' stroer, Keiiblng
ton. baikthed this morning. Igniting oil
01 tho llooi and i .mslug a fire which
damaged ilv garage to the . MliiI of
$3.r,0 Kigl't i. us in ihn parage wero
saved ' t mill" es unh one i.il. Hie
one vvhli h b.ol.llnil, i dam ig. .1
illKhl
GORKY, SLAV AUTHOR,
WOUNDED BY SHOT
Stray Kullel Slightly Injures
Noted Radical Novelist
in Pelrograd
JIAXIM GORKV
Noted Ktisslun novelist und
revolutionist, reported wounded
in Pctrograd by u struy shot.
Jly JOSEPH SHAPLEN
l'KTUOUIlAD. Jan. 26.
MaIin Oorky, famous novelist, was
slightly wounded by a stray shot today.
i.orky's fi lends did not say exactly how
the Ilusslau writer happened to bo lilt
Mii.xlui Uorky's real namo Is Allckscl
Maxliuuvltch l'leshkov. He was burn
at Nljnl Novgorod March II, 1S6S, ot
humble patents, and as a boy, as ,i ped
dler, si ullery assistant and apprentice.
lie vlsltid the rimed states In 100C
SL.1t.tl.
lioil.y has written a s- ore or more ns-
els He is u social irvoliitleulst and
Iius manly suppuited the llolshevikl.
.... it., mi
HP&?MlSfcSBR
vicia vu juii un unci
Lesilo I'larke. 4350 ilusconi street wiui
todu) uppulnted to the position uf oiler
In the llurcau of AVater The place
carries a alary of 11000.
Berlin during the last two davw. the
reports bread riots, which were
man) men. women and children being
!i'iki:,mi:n savk family
OYtiltlUMK UY S.MOKK
l'nrcutrt l''all Unconscious
Carrying Children Dowi
Stairway
While
A t . i 1 1 1 1 v ol live, overi-oinc liv
was rescued mrly today in a tS.a'" I !.
tliul wricked the home und liilloi' I
of Sxmiioii Miih', 'Jtii'J North s, i
si reel
Sir. nnd Ids wife Ktnulslnwa, 1. i
'III gmi tim -eciiil flottr of the tlir,
M,,,l I'lilldlng. were aroused b.v no .
slinrtl; lHf,.re 3 o'cloik this moi nltn.
Tli. v plekrct up their three Uiiltlitn
Mui. l eui old, Helen, Hire. w.u
old, mid Htanlslown, sixteen months i.M
and ver lushing down tho slalnwn
win n tin v f. II uncouscloti i. I'll. in. n
broke opt ti tlio door and c.irrh d tli. n
on' Tin ,n iolrd ,t llir I
of a ii. !ghb,.i
swuKiran
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fi-rfrtlfnvr"''"-'j' r - 'V
EDWARD W. HOK
'I lie rlmirmun for l'ciin-vlvanin of the Nutiuiinl War Work t'oiincil uf the V. M. ( . A. litis aUniheil
lit-, sii;nntuie to the third million ilollur check tnwnrd the total amount of more than $0,000,000
contributed nnd pledged in this Stnte for the furtherance of" wr work beinc carried on by the
. M. C. A. in the various cantonments of enlisted men at home and abroad. The cheek is made
nut to ( levelund II. 1'odce. national treasurer of Ihe War Work Council of the V. M. ('. A., and in
addition to Air. Iiok'.s signature bears the signal tires of J. M. .Steele, auditor for Pennsylvania, nnd
llrexcl it Co., the treasurers.
$1,000,000 CHECK
GIVEN TO Y. M. C. A.
State War Council Turns
Over More of $l,2:sr,00l)
Fund
Another million-dollar check on tho
JC.2nr..U0D fund raised by Vcnnsjlvanln
for the war work council of tho VoutiR
Rlen'si Christian Association was sinned
vesttidaj by IMward W. link, editor of '
the Ladies' Homo Journal, chairman for ,
reiuiMjIvanU of tho war work council.
The ihe. k bears also the sih'natutts of
Joi.ph Al. Steele, auditor, and Drexel j
t. ' . treasurer for 1'cnnsjlvanU t.f
ii, e war work council.
lb. (hcelt is lu fuvur of Clevclund II.
Doug'. C Mew ork, national treasurer'
of Hie AVar AVork Council.
Ibis check and others that havo been i
ifml vUll bo drawn represent tho re-
. c. . ,
tho Stato for
suits of tho RTcat drive in mo hiato ior
funds to aid tho V. SI. c. A. in us
wos fur tho soldieis In p'rance and on
iiu wn tu France
In the nation 3.ri,000,000 was sought
und tin- ten-day drlvo last Jovcmbcr
nrodueeil J12.000.0ll0. Tho goal III the
State was 53.&00.000 und 16.:35.u00 wa'i ,
contributed ur pledged, of which JJ.'JOtf,
000 was In 1'hlladclphla and Montgom- I
cr. Dueks. Delaware and Chester
I'mmiles. l'cnusilvunU txecodcil Its
'quota by a. greater per cent than any'
I other Ktato In tho LTnlon. I
I or the total for the State of JC,23;,000
the sum of J3.230.U00 has so far been
paid to tho treasurer. AVhenover a
full million Is on hand a check fur that
amount Is sent to the national tteas
urer. A'esterda)'s check vvu's the third,
tho first having been sent a month ugo
and tho second two weeks ugo.
HOV HMNDE1) UY AIK HIl'LE
Accidental Injury Destroys Sight ot
CJiild's Right Eyo
V iiioiiu ill's careless pleasure by bojs
Willi an air rlllo in the elreets, resulted
In Thomas hlrolll. .eight-years old, of
I 2213 houtli Clarion street, being uiiiiueu
'or "l,-
Die uoy is in si. ,viik e jivc-
I"1"1
Last evening whllu on errand foi his
mother, Thomas passed tlio corner ot
IHPIliJ-wo'ii' , w.v.... c.... ..
. .. -w. 1 .....I I'l.l,.,,, LI...I. A
isinall ih I from an air rule urucK me
,!. In ihe right e)e Ills rlsttr Agnes
took lilm to the hospital, whero It was
fund that the right of his right eve
aB destroyed
v
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WILL SOON LIFT FREIGHT EMBARGO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, Tho fielght embargo leccntly
placed by nallmad Diiector McAdoo on the lines of the Pennsyl
vania, Baltimore and Ohio niul the Beading; Hallways, may be
lifted within a few days. This was Indicated at the office of
tho director today, when lepoits of a gcneial cleat Ing tip of
freight congestion and freer movements of coal were iccctvcd.
SERIOUS FIRE IN CANADIAN TOWN
OTTAWA, Out., Jan. 20. Travelers ailvtnr- here early
today report that n serious flro was In piogregs at Peteiboxo, a
largo jiinnufncturlng town, one hundred nitlcs northeast of To
ronto. The town of Lindsay, twcnty-flvo miles distant, hud sent
aid during the night to help fight tho flnmes, All whes aie
down and details nto meager.
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SIGNING SI. 000,000 CHECK
WILSON'S COM) KEEPS HIM IN WHITE HOUSE
v ArilllNUToV Jan. lit!. 1'ioslilc lit V INiui was still confined tu tlio AVIille I
Ilouso today b) the cuhl whlcli jcitrulay compellcil him tu cancel all uugngc
! inents, including I In' Cabinet hireling. Ills condition was Kulllcleutl) iui
i proviil today to periult him to do some work, but It limy be several tl.i before i
I he Venturis mil.
NOTED RR1TONS ON LAHOR iMISSION TO U. S.
l.iiMxi.V, .lull 20. Tho liiltlsh labor delcntluii wlilcli will shortly visit I
tho t'nltoil States is I'oiiiposrd of .Air. Appleton, of the licnerul Federation of
Trades; Mr. Walker, of tlio Sttcl Smelters, C. Ditlicun, .At. 1, representing '
tho AVorktrs' I nlon; illi.iui Tliuine, .AI. 1', of tlio National Workers, and
William JIomiOh, secritury. All aie pioinliient In tho labor world.
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I.uMiO.W .Iuu. 20. Activil) mi
largclv i.inlliied to patrul ngagMiienls Foutliwest uf Cutnbral, which resulted
In ,i few pilsoncrs, tlic War Olllce muiuuiicctl today.
NO CURTAILMENT OK PASSENGER TRAFFIC
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. No urtiilliiirnt of passenger trains on railroads
Is in immediate prospect. It was announced ut tho office uf Diiector (Jcncral
.McAtloo that eonUltlons nr iml thought to bo so retloui respecting
freight coiigcstlun as they were several vvcoks aso, nni.it reduction of passcn-
I gcr traillc Is not now thought nocrsHnr.v .
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TRAIN STRIKES WAGON;
DRIVER'S NOSE IS RROKEN
Second Collision in Week ut tilouccs-
ter Urnda Crossing on Shoro
Electric Hontl
Twict within
week vehicles eiuss-
ing tiaeks at illoucester havo been
struck und demolished b) electric trahis
and tho lives of the drivers linpei lied.
Strangcl) enough, of tho thrco men In-
volved in theso accidents, not uno vvas
killed, the most scrlouB Injuries received
being
u
sprained wrist and fractured
spi.unei
nose.
Tho latest victim of u lolllslo.i at this
place Is Joseph Melson, of 032 North
Fourth street, Camden, who Is being
given treatment at tho AVest Jersey Ho
meopathic Hospital for u fracture of
tho noso and badly sprained wrlt. lie
was fortunate enough to iscupe with
these minor Injuries when u wagon
which he was driving was struck und
demolished by u AVest Jersey and Sea
shore electric train ut a Ulourestcr
grade crowing
Several da)s ago two other Camden
residents were hurled to tlm ground
from a wagon which they were driving
I across u grade crossing at tlloucester.
Xcttber was injured 'ihe norse draw-
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xember n uiiin iiaiiuu atanger, or uiou-
ce ter City, vvai killed at u Gloucester
I grade rronlng when his motorcar was
struck bv nil electric Irulu Suit has been
entered bv his con for $10,004 damages.
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! AMERICAN SHIP, U-BOAT
VICTIM, FIGHTS TO LAST
Ovvaseo, Torpedoed, llluzes Away at
Submarine in Darkness.
Crow Saved
AVASIIINUTON. Jan 20. - lllazlug
away with Its guns at un unseen enem)
tho Amcrieaa steamship Owaecu tank,
fighting, nn the night ut December 10.
tho victim uf a Herman submarine
In tho blackness which blanketed the
, ocean the American gunners got no
i ""!'"' "i e-.siai. m siuou ny ineir
guns tiring where the enemy was thought
to no until mo waves enveloped tho ship.
Tho Navy licpartme today made
publican official account of the tragedy
by tho ship's commander.
A torpedo struck the hold of Dm i.
sel at 11:30, blew off the hatches, and i
niuuntati, of ilsme rose from the ship.
went inrougn.iitio another hold. A
und when the small boats had pulled
nwu) "they looked, In the lurid light,
llko small bo)s plujlng about u bun
lire." AVlrelese apparatus was wrecked bv
tho explosion. Men weie blown four!
feet Into the air from the decTv Ilut all
I tho crew war saved beforo the vessel
ufiamu and lurching from end rb end
sunu uuu me sa
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t ST:nm 1TKII SKKVICK to finehunl,
N. ( . Tlc-fta from Heaboard Aunt. I.vo.
Phlla S-SA 1 U Arriva l'lnhrt 8 IMXt -mo.slng
lui BaliOrvl OOct 123 Chestnut.
" A
PRICE TWO CENTS K
49 CARLOADS "
OF SOFT COAL
SHIPPED HERE
t
Bituminous Fuel to
Relieve Shortage
in Homes
HEING DISTRIBUTED
AMONG DEALERS
Only Alternative to Pre
vent Suffering for Rest'"
of Winter
12500-TON SHIPMENT
j Plan Ih to Aid Situution by
Mixing With Anthracite
in Furnaces
Tho first of a rcrles of soft coal ship
ments designed to -relieve the domestic
hard coal shortage was distributed to
the coal jards today.
Forty-nine carloads of bltumlnoVis
i oal couipored tlio first fuel relief train
ihat the I'enns) lvanla Kallroad rushsd
i.i lMilladelphla. The long train pufed
into tlin riftj -second and Jefferson
sircets freight ards late last nlIvt
and before da) light It had been spill
up cars going to dealers In every sec
tion of the ell)
About 2300 tons wero In the cargo.
O.Nf.A' ALTi:ilNATIVn
t se of bituminous coal ns domestic,
ru.'l for the remainder of tho wlntr
is the i nly alternative, Mr 1'otter said
toila). It should bo mixed with hard
'oal by housewives, ho said
Tho decision to provide soft coal was
leached b) .Air. 1'otter and Krnncls A
lwls. i halrmaii of the Philadelphia
oal uiinnilttee, In n conference with
railroad officials and cual operators nftet
Hie small daily receipts uf anthracite
mil the division of .Vutlonal Fuel Ad-
inlnNtiator fiarHeld to divert hard cout
i.i New I'.ngland made It npparent that
the situation hero would become Ue.v
pi rule.
Willi the city Inning tO.OOO tons 'Of
i-nal a da), said Mr Putter, only betwoen
T"u and S000 tons are being rrcelveo;
il.ilh. lie advocated making up Ui
dlfferemo by using soft coal
1'ivinn coai. kh:lu f
Tne division of the country's hltuml''
nous coal fields Into twenty districts a
the first Bteu toward instituting n rAns
Ujstem uf coal iJUtrlbutlou Is under 'aV-.
"V MHBiiiiiniun, tsneii cneciec my
moto may facilitate the ahlpnPAtsi Of
bliumlnous to I'hlladelphla "fytt" In
regarded as the logical solution of the
Ml'e needs because of the large qUan
titles produced.
The use of the coft coat tn tho homeii
t Hie cliv will mean a big favlnff In
ml bills It will retail to householders
it about two dollars a ton less thantbe
! lured sizes of anthracite. Several
d. n I Milnled out, however, that trrfci
h .'ii' I -jinewhat equalized by the
i -d ihai tlm excessive heat generated In
ib combustion uf soft coal burns out
furnace grates in about six weeks to
i wo months. A new grate foats about
inn dollar.
" ih:.i.i:i;s noosr vi..
.- rral I'hlladelphla dealers are en
IhUHlastl'X over the prospect of soft ccal
being used for domestic consumption,
'I hey pulnUd out that It will bo a sue
.ess, as the great percentage of coat
used In the AVest Is bliumlnous Chicago
bui ns sixty per cent of soft eal.
'I'ndei stand." explained Mr. Iewjs.
"tho use of bituminous does not mean
that efforts will bo slackened to bring
anthracite tn this city It will simply be
un expedient to relieve suffering while,
iinthiaeltu Is coming In; In other words,
ued tu piece out anthracite shortage. I
believe thut householders can burn bitu
minous to goud advantage In Jhelr
grates "
llltumiiious can be delivered to fhlla,
delphla from the central Pennsylvania,
fields for M.4S a ton. Allowing J2.&0
gnus margin to ictall dealers, the soft
oal could bo placed In cellars for -To?8
a ton. It wasn't explained how Ure
longer hauls of soft loal can be accopie
.ll- , ..1 ii hall ilnrit Kdll't Ivd 1 1 M I r Ii t llV&
vilshed when coal cant be brought here
from tho nearb) anthracite nelds.
In explaining the use of bituminous
coal for household consumption n pronir
Inent dealer said the fire should be start.
,d with the larger lumps and h bed elgh
to ten inchfs maintained In stoves, tbe
bed snould come tn tho top He urged
the mixing uf buckwheat or pea unthra
. He w 1th the soft coal, saying battel?
results would be obtained. But He
fulled to explain how the mixing can b?
accomplished when there Is no anthrs.
cite on hand to mix. ,
Tho mild weather of tho last few dajfrf
lias done much to relieve conditions at
the mines, according to leports from
up-State No collieries are really cloned,
the reports state. Coul movements hate
ulso linpruved. due to the inlld weathr.
Tlm Importance; of coal In the xyar
Mill bo Impressed upon un audience
the Lighthouse tonight by Herbert If
Scott, of tho Ilrltlsh 'Anracs," who Avas
Continued an l'ate lour, Column Tbr
THE WEATHER
FOltUCAST
1'ur i'itludclphiu nnd victnttv. Sun
or rati fonloif; tUghtly colder,
fount fempcrafurc atiouf 25 degtA
tiundav anow, follou-cd lu clearing i
colder; Increasing north and norlhca
trind.
I.K.SGTU OF4.VV
Sun ri Till) s.m.lSun sets, S 10 p.av I
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