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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918
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WILSON TELLS
U.S. ATTITUDE
INWORLDWAR
Won't Infringe on Terri
tory or Independence
of Any Nation
DEMANDS LIKE PLEDGES
Statements in Letter Designed
to Combat German Propa
" ganda in South America
NHW YORK, Jan. 28.
Tlio Unltld States "will In no case bo
aggressor against cither tlio political In
dependence or the teriltorlnl Integrity
of, any other Statu or nation," declared
1'resldent Wilson In a letter mnda public
today with his consent.
"At tho same time," ho continued,
'plie Is proposing and Insisting upon
similar pledges from till tho nations of
tho world who havo Its pencil at heart
and aro willing to assoclato themselves
for tho maintenance or that peace.
"Tho cry stiength uf her appeal In
this dliertlon tonics from tlm fact that
sho Is willing to bind herdelf mid slvo
pledges of the utmost solemnity for
her own good faith and dlslntcicsted
ness." Tho letter was nddrcsicd to ltoy W.
Howard, president of the I'nlted lros,
on the eve of his departure for South
America. It was In reply to a letter in
which Howard called attention to tlm
widespread efforts stilt being made by
German propagandists In South America
to misinterpret the purpose of tho 1'iesl
dent In urging other American republics
to Join In the fight "to niako tho world
bafe for demociacy."
It Is the 1'iesldent's opinion that tho
Herman propagandist In South America
has about exhausted his effectiveness
and that slowly but surely a rlcar under
Handing of the true, attltudo and pur
poses of the United States Is becoming
general In tho southern republics.
Tho President's letter In full follows:
THE WHITI HOUSE
WASHINGTON", Jan. 1C, 1D18.
Sly Dear Howard:
Thank jou for your letter of tho
12th.
' I do not know what reply to make
to tho llrst question jour letter pro
pounds. Certainly I never had any
thing In mind In regaid to co-operation
among neutrals which would bo
Particularly advantageous to tho
I'nlted States. My thought was only
to unite tho opinion of tho world so
far as I could In protecting against
the flagrant violations of right nnd
of International Justice which had
been committed. At no stage of this
distressing war have I ever cnter-
' mined the slightest Idea of making
any combination for tho special bene
fit of the United States. My thought
has been merely the establishment of
International Justice and humane deal
Kftl and,- the safeguarding of uni
versal Interests.
With regard to tho question wliether
tho war and tlio participation of tho
United States In It has served to
strengthen the common bond between
the democracies of tho Western Hemi
sphere I will say that 1 think it
has. I think that thoughtful men lu
all the democracies of that hemlspheie
are beginning to see the real purposo
nnd character of tho United States.
Sho Is offering In every pioposat that
sho makes to gle the most sncicd
pledges! on her own part that sho
will In no cas.0 bo tho aggressor
against either tho political Independ
ence or the territorial integrity- of
any other state or nation, at the
same time that she Is proposing and
Insisting upon similar pledges from
all tho nations of tho -world who have
Its peaco at heart and aro willing to
associate themselves for tho main
tenance of that peace. Tho very
strength of her appeal In this direc
tion comes from the fact that sho
Is willing to bind herself and give
Pledges cf the utmost Holemnlty for
her own good faith and disinterested
ness. If this Is understood thero
rould be no question of fear or sus
picion.
. i am very much Interested to learn
of your proposed return to Latin
America, and I wish you bon voy
age with tho greatest heartlnest.
CordlallJ' nnd sincerely yours,
WOODHOW WILSON".
The letter Is particularly significant
fit this time because It Is known that
for several months tho Covernment has
been cognizant of tho Insidious efforts
of the Gorman agents In South America.
The Germans maintained, an effective
organization throughout the continent,
which for a long tlmo tho United Stales
had no effective means of combating.
The Improvement In the situation h
attributed to tho policy of tho United
States in seeking nothing for Itself
except what It asks for oery other de
mocracy In the world. That tho real
alms and objectives of this country havo
finally been mado clear is attributed to
a large extent to the Improved ex
change of news between tho northern
and southern continents, tho lower cable
rates and the efforts of tho Ccrrftnlt'eo
on Publlo Information. Tho South
.American diplomats at Washington, In
clone touch with tho actions and poli
cies of the United States, aro paid to
have contributed materially to estab
lishing, tho better understanding.
Back the President, Says Bryan
WrtMINOTON. Del.. Jan. IS, "We
should stand back of tho President nnd
tho Government and gho them our sup
port" declared .William Jennings Jlryan
in a long speech on the war In Oraro
Methodist Kplscop.il Church last night.
He urged food conservation and sup
port for tho activities of the V, M. C. A.,
the Knights of Columbus and other or
ganizations. THEWEAT-HER
FOKVptilCl1
' for riiUadctnhla and vlclnltv Vart-
R lu. claudu tonight and "Wednesday:
iliahtlu polder innight, uitU lowest
S - icmpcramrc aoottt t(t aegrccs; genue
m irM.
mostly northtcesU
J.KNGTIl 01' ll.VV
Hun rlnes.. 7:13 a.m. I Hun sets,,, SiUp.ni.
PEHWAUE K1VKR T1IIR tllANMES
' CJIKSTKUT HTnUBT
I Hail water ".M a.m. I Hlch water .tilt p.m.
low Rter.lU:lt " ia I Low watcr,lU;S7 p.m.
TBMrKBATUBr: AT KAC11 Hul'K
If a I a tin 111 1 12 I 1
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fa tasla1? ioli la j-
Today's Installment of
Governor Pennypacker'a
) r 'Autobiography
JWttjt'BJt FOONW N TAOB 4
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It STEAMBOATS SWEPT
AWAY BY ICE ON OHIO
Great Gorco Catches Ships, Dashing
Them to Ruin nt 1'n-
ducnli, Ky.
I'AOUCAir, Ky., Jan. 29. Vouilccti
stenmboats wcro swept down tho Ohio
Itlver today when hugo Ico gorges nbuvo
I'aducah broko and tho fields of Ico
caught tho vessels and toro them from
their moorings.
Many of tho boats swept past this
city In the grasp of Ico tloes from
Metropolis, Ills., say that the boat
passod thero In bad bhapc. Two of
them were reported Jammed In the Ico
and standing on edge.
Among thn boats swept nwny wero
packets of tho Kiiglc line nnd tlio
Cumberland and Tetinesxeo River line.
TOWN IN AUSTRALIA
WIPED OUT BY STORM!
Heavy Loss of Life Reported in.
Mnckny TorrenttaLBownpour
in Rhodesia ' '
LONDON", Jan. IS. Tho town of , -
Mackay, Queensland, Aiiitrnlla, hai boon
submerged and It Is feared the loss of
lug to a incwige from KrliOxmc. This!
re)Kiit wnn reccUrd by wlrelest from a J
steamship In the harbor, the only means
of communication with tho town.
There havo been reports tho l.it few ,
dajs of :i great disaster at Mnckny, a
town of SOOO Inhabitants, owing to n
cyelono nnd rain, but details havo been
unobtainable btcauso all wlro communl
cation has been destroyed.
FORTY LOST ON FREIGHTER
French Vessel Sunk Within Sight of
Marseilles
l'AIllS', Jan. 29. In the sinking of the
French frc-lRhlcr nromo nn.Itlio trawler ,
lerOlllHll. Vllll.11 nil'l Mlltn u""W
3 within hlght of Marseilles, forty llcs
wero lost. Tho Dromo first c.iine into
mntnet with u mine, and tho Kerbllian
shortly uf forward struck another.
Alatnrs later illscotcrcil other mines
In this region, wMch Immcdlntel was
swept.
Available Milpplng lecoids do not con
tain a steamship of the name of Drome.
There Is, howcer, a easel of 323C tons
named I.a Drome. This esscl was built
In Ncwcastlo In 1000 and Is owned by
the French line.
KAISEH LEADS AS SLAYEIt
Foremost Exterminator of Human
Life nnd Gamo
WASHINGTON", Jan. 29. AdWccs
reaching the I'nlted States Forest Serv
lco show that Kmpcror William of Ger
many up to 1908 had killed C1.730
pieces of game.
"According to one German forestry
Journal," tho Forest Service says, "the
Kaiser In 1908 killed 1995 pieces of wild
game. Including seventy Btags, elk and
roe"bBcK.""At"4hSf time" he' ha"d"Bl9t!gh
tcrcd a total of G 1,730 pieces of gamo,
more than 4000 of which werostags,
and was the leading exterminator of
wild llfo In tho world. As a slaughteier
of men, women and children slnco 1914,
however, ho has been the foremost ex
terminator of human life In all history."
REV. THOMAS ARMOUR DIES
Veteran Baptist Pastor Victim of
Pneumonia at Norristown
NOrtniSTOWN. PJa.. Jan. 29. The
P.ev. Thomas Armour died In his eighty
fourth year today at tho home of his
son, tho Ilev. Tllomas A. Armour, pastor
ofOonshoho'ckcn Methodist Church, ire
was 111 only a few dan with pneumonl.
Porn In Toronto, Canada, lie was a
pastor of the Baptist Church for many
jears, retiring ten years ago when pastor
of Bcrwyn Haptlst Church. For tw enty
tlio years ho was chaplain of Baker
Post, G. A. Jt, Philadelphia, while ho
served as pastor of a church there.
In addition to his son, ne is surviveu
by a daughter, tho wfo of Commander
John A. Wanwrlght. Untcd States Navy.
A sister Is tho wife .of Itev. Jacob K.
Hughes, pastor of Old St. Georges
Methodist Church, Philadelphia.
LONDON BUTCHERS IN RIOT
Retailers Storm Market for Share of
Scotch Mutton
LONDON, Jnn. 29. Itetoll butchers,
,.,.,.. f tvlitm have been unable to
Umen their shops for tho last fortnight
on nccouni oi mo mmt, .'.:
stormed tho Smlthdeld Market to get
their dmra of larga consignments of
Sootrii lnuiion hiuhi " ""
U.fore tho meat could bo unloaded re
tailers virtually took possession of the
LtTh'o police restored order and one
cafiaia was served to each retailer.
PERSHING REPORTS 4 DEATHS
Natural Causes Assigned in Cases
Cabled Today
w VS1IINQTOK, Jan. 2?. Four deaths
from natural causes were cabled by
Genera" Pershing to tho Vt Depart
ment today nfl follows:
Private Hiram Murray, Ardmore,
Sgeant John r. Kelley, South Bos-
'"p'rlt'cfnay M. Waples, Nokomls. JU.
Vrlvato Floyd It. Do Camp, It. F. D.
5, Dayton, O.
CAMP WORKMEN KILLED
Three Die When Train Hits Auto at
Lunenburp, Mass.
FlTCnmnta. Mass., Jan. 29. Three
vvorkme.li employed by F. T. Ley. tho
Cainn Dovens contractor, wcro kl led
today nnd two others were, hurt when
their automobile was struck by a llg t
englno on. tho Boston and Malno Itall
road crossing at Lunenburg depot.
It was first reported hero that tho
'victims of tho accident were soldiers.
Jacob Baum DieSuddenly
Jacob Baum, a weUsjSiown dealer In
laces ana t.lmmlngffn this city and
vw York, died suddenly of heart dls
eae, ot his home. 627 South street to
day He was a member of the SInrons
and many other large fraternities, both
here and in New York; He is survived
y, widow, Mrs, Ina Baum. a eon,
a daughter, six sisters and one brother.
e, .as been a recent -ot this city hnd
New orK iur, v , " t - --
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LONDON TWICE
Two Aircraft Attacks on
British Capital Within
Four Hours,
ONE PLANE SHOT DOWN
GENEVA, Jan. 20.
The headquarters of the German ,
;row irjcp at Thc,cs lns hct. ,
bombarded by Ilritish airmen, ac
cording t" information rcceiu-cl here
today.
LONDON', Jan. :t.
icrman all craft bombed London ia ?:.
today for the second time within four
hours.
Tho laldlng planes reie "-.ivagely at
tacked by llrltlsh airmen jind by high
nngle batteries, and one of tlio machines i
111 file first n1liM.liii- t..imi.ltmi i, m wlw.l ! T l r, fl n ff
in nip nrst ntincki g Mimulioii was sliot,T,w Kuwirni' nf Snnnsnrsi fif
down hi Kssex whllo trlng to m.iku Its
way to this city.
Viscount French, rominniidi-r-lii-tlilef
of- tho homo defciisis, anniiuin-id that
(tho tlrst squadron was sighted over tlm
I Kst and KcntUh loasts about S o'clock
i and the wonl was rnmicdlatrly Hashed
I IO 1.OIHI011,
IntV Vmt e '.V'n'.C'n",?.?.'.
men of tint high angln batteries began
to comb the sky with their seaivlillchts.
Some of tlm hostllo motilities were
turned back, but others succeeded In
reaching London," and shortly nfter 9
o'clock the thunder of the guns In the
London suburbs announced that tho
raiders had .been sighted. ..Homo potnba
were "dropped. " "
Tho people began scurrying to cover
as soon ns tho alarm was sounded.
many taking lefugo In the subway and
ottieis in tho Goternment-bullt bomb
proofs.
The Poyal Geogrtiihlc.il Society was
holding a meeting, presided over by
General Smuts, when announcement of
tho laid was made. Tho suggestion was
mado that the members take tcfugo In
tho basement of tho building, but there
but thero were loud cries of protest.
While the thunder of tho anti-aircraft
guns echoed In the ears or tho audience.
General Smuts calmly went on with his
address, and tho bursts of applause
showed that ho was getting undivided
attention,
Tho second squadron of hostile ma
chines mado Its appearance over tho
capital shortly before 1 o'clock.
LUFBERRY PREDICTS
GREAT AIR OPERATIONS
WITH THH FP.KNCH AP.MIIIS IN
TIIK FiKLD. Jan. 29.
Airplanes capable of n ipeed of two
Continued on Pare P.letrn Column Three
PROBERS DIP INTO
a diuv a id di a mo
Baker's Statement Checks
Agitation to Reorganize
War Government
COMPROMISE IS AWAITED
WASHINGTON", Jan. 20. ,
Secretary of War llaker's astounding
stntement of American preparedness be-1
foro tho Senato Military Committee has
given boino pauso to the strong aglta-
tlon for complete reorganization of tho i
war government.
Hut his lack of Information on some
details and suspicion? held by tho com
mittee of Inaccuracies In others led to
resumption of the military piobe today
with the aviation service as un objective
Appai ently t)io fight for a "war cab
inet" and a' Minister of Munitions
launched bv Senator Chamberlain tit in
statu tiuo. Ilellef was stronger today I
that vvliuo cnambcrJaln will continue
to press for tho measures a compromise
will bo reached later In view of llaker's
recent sweeping changes In tho character
of his war administration. Appointment
of Kdward It- StetllulUN to co-ordinate
production, purchase and distribution of
army pupplies has nut with wide con
gressional favor.
Those demanding a war cabinet, how
ever. Ktnte tha? If STtelllnttiM um.nA.lu
it will be thrnuirh Hlieep tw.rimi1 fnrr
backed by authority delegated by Uaker,
If ha doesn't get tho pui chasing depart
ment well In hand by thirty days ho
will resign, these .VrnntorH pi edict.
They leaned to the view that ha will
not be nblo to succeed, because ho has
no authority from Congress, nnd because
ho Is approaching only part of the prob
lem, leaving the navy, tl0 "Shipping
llburd and tho Allies as competitors for
tho name things the War Depaitment Is
buying.
Baker's statement that thirty-two Na
tional Guard and National Army camps
are full of men ready to bo sent to
Franco when needed was challenged to
day. Qommltteo membeis will obtain
figures showing hew many men each
dlvUlo Is sliort. They claim Uaker ere
ated tho Impression thirty-two full divi
sions ara available, vv hereon the fact. is.
they assert; that neurJy every National I
1 .-l .1I..I.I ld aUallA uuJfett f )JllAtff I
WITH NAME ON THIS
CORNER STONE
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Thero wcro twenty-three names
on the corncr.stono of City Hnll
whenit was lnid in 1874. Tho
last livintr member of tho group,
Richard. 1'eltz, who.se jiicturo is
shown above, died at his home,
;i70l llarinjr street,-last Satur
ihiy. His funeral will be held
today.
RICHARD PELTZ TO
m rTTIFl mrv llf I
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City Hall Active in Mu
nicipal Affairs
ltkhaiil lVltA last surllor of the
sponsors uf City Hall, will be bulled this
"'"nernno,. after funeral services at his
"ome, 3701 Paling street, v. hero he
died S.itutdiiy.
years old.
Ho was tlghty-rtve,
Mr. Peltz Mas the last man to dlo of
thtt distinguished group of citizens whose
names appeal' on the cornerstone In the
"well" of City Hull. 'Tho death of Peter
A,' linvidener lu 1915 removed 'oil' but'
otio of tho twenty-threo mon whoso
names wero carved on tho stone. This
man Mr. l'eltz also was the last of
a family of eight brothers nnd seven
slitcis.
As n member of the niunclp.il build
Ing commission. Mr. Peltz took part In
tlio cornerstone-laying exercises nt City
Hall, July 4, 1874. Horn In Passyunk
township, July 11, 1832, ho was n life
long ltepubllcau. Ho began his public
carter lu 1854, when ho was appointed
a clerk lu Iho tat odlce. Among the
olllces ho held weio Receiver of Taxes,
Common Councilman from tho Twenty
.lt til. 1UII A V.I.I.L......... I.uill ...U .....rf -
fouith Ward, school director and deputy
Mnrl- nt nnnricr S'esslonq for tuvntv.
clerk of Quarter sessions for twiniv -
Iho jears In charge of llouor licenses.
He retired tvvelvo yeais ago He was a
veteran ot tho Civil War and a mem
ber of tho 1'nlon League. .Mr. l'eltz Is
survived by a son, Samuel Peltz, a
foimcr assistant city rollclter.
Williamsport Hospital Burned
WILLIAMSPOItT, Pa.. Jan. 29. The
Wllllainsport Private Hospital, one of
tho largest Institutions lit tho northern
tier, wns desltosed by Ilro yesterday.
All of the patients wcro rescued. Tho
loss Is $50,000.
winter hardest
IN LAST 98 YEARS
Average Temperature Lowest
Since 1819-20 January
Snowfall Makes Record
Old-Fashioned Winter
Sets Up-to-Date Record
TTEKE, in black and white, is
what old King Winter has
done to Philadelphia this season:
Daily uvcrage temperature for
December and January of 2G.2 de
grees, lowest for ninety-eight
years.
Snowfall of 34.2 inches, a
record with the esreption of the
winter of 1898-99.
Hccord January snowfall of
2l8 inches.
Forty-three days when dally
average temperature remained
hbclow freezing point; average
winter contains but nineteen such
das.
More records may be shattered,
cold will continue and more-snow
may fall tomorrow night.
As all Philadelphia bent its energies
today toward nullifying tho effects of
yesterday's bnowstorm, which tied up
Philadelphia nnd tlio eastern section of
tho country more effectively thari any
Government shutdown order could, the
man who looks after Phtladolphla'H
weather hopes glanced over his records
of past winters.
"Looks llko wo had a llttlo storm," he
mused. "Uuesi I'll see how close It
came to belngu real oae."
And he wnsfsurprUed, but only mildly,
for ho had his suspicions.
Ho learned that this winter season,
with Its many storms, that have serious
y delayed all tralllq as did this storm,
was the. hardest in tho history of the
Philadelphia we&ther bureau. 80 bad
STONE BURIED
PHILADELPHIA.
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POTTER TO SEIZE
COAL IN CRISIS
Drastic Measures
A 1" C
Contemplated by State
Fuel Administrator
TAKE EXCESS SUPPLIES
Action to relievo tho acuto domestic
coal shortage In Philadelphia action
Independent of tho national fuel ad
ministration was taken today by Full
Administrator AVIIllam Potter.
Kxplalulng that looses would he made
good. Mr. Potter continued plans for
seizure of coal In check tho widespread
sugcring intensified by jcsttiday'ii bliz
zard, llo called upon owners nf hur-
l''lH fll(' '" surrender It and mado n
uiw tlnvi,t tli:it nU ro!" " """a l
six weeks tuipply would bo rclzcd.
Mr. Potter, It Is understood, has asked
ror tllO ll.lCKtng OL tllO l'l'lllls IVllllla
, i n. i.... i , ..!.
I Inntoii In his effoils to sole tho coal
IVIIIIIUI O Ullll IHI fUlliai ltl lit 1 HSU'
I pioblem confroiitlng l'ennsylvanla, the
) greatest eoal-pioduclug Ktato 'n the
' Union.
Members of tlio Federal Tiudo Com
mission, co-operating with Mr. Potter's
olllce, me surveying the local coal supply
with a lew- of seizin,; coal In transit
and excess tons blorcd hi the city.
Ann i.n.vn.1 HiMzr.n
,rlo 300car,oa(H of ,,, con,,gIl(.,, t0
points in other States, but seized, never.
Unless, by Mr. Potter, aro being dls-t-lbuted
today.
A leport that nnothor large consign
ment of coal was being sent down tho
Dctawafimtver wtortay In DarXes" re
sulted In A. W. Vunn.iman, ondrof the
Fulcra I Trade Co'mm'ssloiiers here, hur
rjlng to tho riverfront to learn tlio des
tination of tho coal.
Hecelpts of coal up to midnight ex
ceeded expettntlons, nccordlng to to.
! l,''y',H report l.jr tlia I'ennRytv.wtin Hall
road. More than 11,000 tons of anthra
cito weio received over tho Pennsy's
lines. Of these. 132 c'.irlo.ids wero of
domestic sizes (thirty-one. egg, thirty
nlno nut, thirty-nine, stovo and twenty
threo pea) nnd ninety wcro steam sizes
Cttn broken nnd eighty buckwheat).
Mr. Pottet s statement was as fol-
l.
, lo ,,:. , . , ,. , , ...
coaI '" " inK diverted by tills
' AlImlllistIat 011 i)cf0ro provision Is
mado nnd nssurance received that
full payment will bu given for the
diverted fuel, This announcement Is
made to Insuro owners of fuel lu
transit that they will not suffer finan
cial loss througa ilivct&Ion of coal by
this nlllco
Owners of surplus stock of fuel nro
offered splendid opportunity for pa
triotic service In tellevlng domestic
and urgent lnduspal needs by follow
ing the lead of John Wanamaker, who
two weeks ago allowed the adminis
tration to draw on tho supply In Its
Continued on I'ato Two, Column Two
RED GUARD TAKES
FINNISH CAPITAL
Helsingf ors Captured
After Hot Fight, and
Senate Is Arrested
SEVERAL SWEDES SLAIN
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 29.
Accotding to advices from Fin
land, tho Red Guard has captured
Helsingfors. Tho Finnish Senate, it
is reported, has been placed under
arrest. Sovcral Swedes nro said to
havo been killed nnd hot fighting
took place with tho civil guards
Tho Finnish Government has
lodged a protest with tho Powers
against Bolshevik interference in
the affairs of Finland.
Tro Ilolshevlk guard is holding P.lkl
malt! and other Important Junctions, Rus
sian soldiers are aiding tho Holshcvlkl
and rc-enforccments nre coming from
Potrograd,
Tho Finnish minister In Pctrograd pro
tested to tho Workmen's and Soldiers'
Delegates agalns llusslnn interference
In Finnish affnlrs. Ho received a .reply
that "llubsta'g government, truo t'o its
principles. Is In duty bound to support
tho proletariat In Finland In its buttle
against tho Finnish bourgeoisie." The
Kolshevlk commissioner further asserted
that help had been sent to the guards
and that still mors troops would be dis
patched. The Helsingfors Ilolshevlk organ
Iivestlh, admits that tho Bolshevik
guard has got out of hands; that troops
at various places are beyond control and
that they have been guilty of murdering
and plundering. The newspaper adds
that anarchistic, conditions prevail.
The Finnish Government has sent to
all the rowers that have acknowledged
Finland' Independence a protest against
Russian .Interference in Finnish affelra.
Teiecrnpnio communicqiipa wim r-
QUICK
THREE HUNS MEET DEATH IN RArDlWC PIANI
I0OT30K, 3oa. 29. VJscouat Prcneh reported tt aoon tody
thAt ouo of the enemy alrploae3 attemptijafir to i-ald London
was tJiot dora and itu three occupants were burned to death.
SUMMER'S COMING; 200,000 TONS OF ICE READY
Hcre'H something to look forward to lor tho hot dajs of next nummer.
To meet tho threatening shurtugo of ninti.tl.i1s for making artificial Ice,
farmers iilniii: the rcrkiotncn creek hao cut and stored away nearly 200,000
Ions of lee In n reeord-brcnkliig winter harvest along tlwt stream. Vir-
tnally all of tho Ico -will bo sent to l'hlladelnhlit.
H00VER1SKSLAW
TO BACK HIM UP
Legislation Needed to Will Never Conclude Im
Ueach Unpatriotic perialist Peace, He
Minority
OVEHCONSUMPTION
AIM i
WASIIINUTON, Jan. 20
I Tci Lett Hoover today warned Con
gress that If he Is not given tho power
to enforce food conservation lu the coun
try Congress nlono shall bear tho "gravo
responsibilities" for falluro of tho focd
program.
Voluntary conservation. Hoover said
In a letter to Representative Sydney
Andcrt.cn, of the IIouso Agricultural
Committee, Is Minvvluc wonderful results.
Hut
.&.nXt$rA
vh.. .a.i.i.t bo readied by lerfsla.
unpa
nnd
tlon.
Hocvur declared In his letter he wants
the puwers to enforce the following:
Whealliss and other- "Uis" duyt per
weelt . .
Forbidding USq of foodstuffs In non
food products.
Limitations on food mrvrel In publlo ,
eating places. , . ,,
Control cf distribution that all
classes ami localities may fare ullko
and tint unncc rwuiry consumption
should be pi evented.
Control of viva of foodstuffs In food
manuf icturtiK. with a view to elimi
nating tl 1 wo'it'sl I'lauufne lutes.
Co.itriil of commodities critically
ncce -ii-y jr t' o piodticti'.ii nnd pies
ervatliiu of foodstuffs. In order to pic
vent great lust.es or mllltaty saciiacos.
'While It Is v Itally necessary to regu
late the consumption of food In public
eating places," Hoover wrote Ander
son, "they consume on various estimates
from 12 to 20 per cent of tho total food
stuffs, and If they wero reduced out of
all reason they would not solvo the
problem. Somo method must bo devised
which will cover a much wider area of
consumption.
ATTACK NONUSSKNTIAL T'SKS
should nt-'ot
"It annealed to mo that wo
tack tho nonehiicntlat uses of fooU-turs
and that wo should attack tho points
of unnecessary consumption of food
stuffs. Uy these means we can place
the burden where It belongs on the lux
uries of the! greedy nnd not upon the
poor. This Implies somo further meas
ures of contiol In distribution nnd non
essential ure. If you will give the whole
problem study l believe jou will find
that sumtwhero In tho nation wo con
sumo or destroy over 30 per cent moro
food than we need for health and
strength, and that this margin. If it can
bo eliminated, will supply all Allied de
mands. But wo should not draw It from
that class to which economy and moder
ate uso Is a dally necessity.
"Take, for example, the case of sugar,
tho shortage In which will, we hope, not
exceed 10 per cent. We should ho .able
to accomplish this by tt reduction In the
manufacture of confectionery and sweet
drinks of. say 20 per cent, and these
very manufacturers could . substitute
other things and maintain their volume
of production.
"During tho recent shortage we made
a patriotic appeal to such manufac
turers to reduco their consumption of
sugar by CO per cent, and placed It at
this figure because wc did nijt wish to
destroy the livelihood of 250,000 women
And girls pending fuller supplies of
sugar. I havo specifically before me
tho case of one very large manufac
turer who followed this suggestion Im
pllclty. only to find that aver a score of
manufacturers of Imitation goods sprang
up on all sides, supplied tho trade to
his gieat damage and loss, and we were
powerless to glvo him any protection In
his patilotlo action. Surely It Is better
that the conservation of sugar should
he made in tho luxury trades and that
they should have protection In making
It, than that wo should draw upon house
hold supplies.
LESSONS OF SUGAR SHORTAOH
ine recent experience) witn sugar
also serves to prove the necessity to
have soma further powers In distribu
tion, uunng tnc entire terent sugar
shortige the gross supply amounted to
80 per cent of normal consumption, vet
wo had sporadic famines and privation
ConHnuM on rlw, Column Four
DIDS FARMERS SELL WHEAT
Secretary Patton Tells Them Mar-
keting Now May Prevent Shortage
HARRISBUna, Jan. 29. Secretary ot
Agriculture Patton today called upon
Pennsylvania farmers to market wheat
they hold In their granerles. Market
ing now, hd said, may prevent shortage.
The price fixed for 1917 wheat was
;,"0 a bushel. The farmer cannot
get more, no matter how long he holds
his crop. The lilt price Is )2. Ho can
let all except a. third of tho cereal go.
This third he retains for pluitUrn net
NEWS
TROTSKY RESISTS
ANNEXATION IDEA
Tells Soviets
CZEKNIN 1JACK AT BREST
, AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29.
The strike menace again loomed
high 'today in the general political
and industrial unrest in Germany.
Strikes are makipg headway, in
Hcrlin, according to information
from the frontier, and have spread
to factories turning out war air
planes. An increase in the industrial un
r; r? ,s vr L,chter-
fcWc 1IeMorf and Johanncsthal.
i A number of electrical workers have
gone out.
Owing to the presence of heavy
bodies of troops, the labor troubles
in Westphalia and thp Rhineland
were said to be less serious.
By JOSEPH SHAPLEN
PETROGRAD, Jan. 2D.
"Wo will never conclude an an
nexationist, imperialist peace," was
tlio message to the Pnn.Knvlpt f!nn-
cress delivered todav bv I,oroitrni,"trI0 to ralBa tno health standard of'
gress ueitvercu touay oy i oreign .(h!) country to m)cy the rulcs nn(J rec.
Minister Trotsky.
Tho congress was also advised by
nn official statement from Smolny
Instituto that twenty regiments of
Don Cossacks had joined a revolt
against General Kalcdines, Hetman
of tho Cossacks.
LONDON, .Tnn. 29.
Socialist opposition has defeated tho
Government's liono of obtaining a voto
con,1,enco in "lo Reichstag.
lino ivcicnstttg is not now in hcs
eIoii, tlio recent Clerman declarations
Coutlnoed on Face 1'tve. Column Turr
BIG ITALIAN ATTACK
LAUNCHED IN NORTH
Desperate Fighting Between
Brenta and Asiago Reported
by Berlin
HURLIN (via Amsterdam), Jan. 29.
Violent figlilli.g occurred between the
,Ulago and tho Drenta on tho Italian
front, following attacks launched by tho
Italians, the War Offlco announced to
day. Dispatches from Ilerlln last night re
ported the beginning of a violent can
nonade in northern itaiy, coupled witn
unusual activity on the part of Italian
raiding parties. These activities evi
dently were tho prelude to the attack
reported In today's dispatch. No word
has yet necn received irom Home as
to what gains tho Italians may have
made.
The nttaclt was made at a point where
tho invaders jiro nearest tho plnlns. The
Italians have been pursuing lately the
jwllcy of gradually driving the enemy
back from vantage points he had won
In tho fall campaign! thus rendering
tho position of Italy in.oro sccuro.
LONDON, Jan. 39.
A raiding patrol which set out from
tho British lines northeast of Vpres on
Sunday night to httack a. German posi
tion has not returned, tho War Office
reported today.
Tho Hermans tried to raid a British"
trench In the sector of Arleux (south of
Lens), bulwero driven off.
In tho Jlonchy district (Arras front),
German artillery was active all night.
PARIS, Jan. 29. Three American
aviators have beejn killed while training
on Italian xoll, said a dispatch from
Koggla today. They were Lieutenant
William Cheney, Lieutenant Oliver Sher
wood nnd padet George. Reach. Thfc
Americans wero burled with military
honors, Italian, French, British, and
American soldiers taking part.
Tho War Ofilco announcement last
night ravs:
"In Champagne we carried out tvra
raids on the German trcnchesA Our de
tachments penetrated uc far at tlm
third enemv line, brtmrtnir hark r,fU-
oners, one of them an officer, and one
macjiino gun, r) . "!
- oere. was q.uiie JIY,eiy BW
on Bom siaaa in Aunoein tnc
GOALLESS
RIVALS WAR
-
WeatherandLack of.
Increase, City's 'Pi
mqiila Mortality
f.jt?
j
' NATION'S HEALTH WANJK'
li
- - -1 i rf r,
Physicians Told That WJf
ning of World Confllctl)'.
ncnd.M nil Hnmo Rnntnf )-,
. rlV, S
vi ri
Itck of fuel nnd tho weather fornrfcr J
combination responsible in part for PMfc
adelphla'n Increased. mortality, dedltrCft j
.. .....,.r .uurai, i,irecior oi jTjpqr
Health and Charities, today, nddrewhk'
meeting of tho Civic Club, held nf,'tfc
Art Alliance Hulldlng. "-''
Pneumonia and diphtheria khow anri
crease.. In .Philadelphia, as nrrestlntfMM? "9
casualty lists sent back from the battil .- 'I
I fields, was another statement voiced ,fy '9
in Physician-speaker In a revIeiroV i"' '
I numinous uniavornine xo ncaun nrousm.,..
about by tho. -nctlto part played" bf J''. ,
Tliltf,,ln1t1.lti In fhi. fn, liaiimnU '.
mortality Jlgures for 1017 exceeded Jlhsjie;
of' tho preceding year by 1191, paUf','
Krusen asserted. I'Sk''
Doctor Krusen ndvnnced m crltljl
oi ino luei numinihiraiion inr inc niarm.j :,
Inc conditions ho nuoted. Other Cta-?v .
trlbutlng factors, he said, wero.
cv-
A. lack of doctors, duo tO.the facl thVir ,
24 per cent of them here., some tn&jKMft
- .. . : .. .J.'...'.
in tho city, nie serving In tho army., - 'I
llecauso nourishing foodstuffs, partlo- ,) ;i
ulnrly eggs and milk, have gone beyond X "i
tho reach of many persons' pocket- ."jl
books. n'e W
llecauso children are suffering for the '4
lack of attention since many nwrej p i
mothers nro employed outmue or tnei,,?,
nome man mor ucioro. ?n1'
Hecauso many tcrsons who formerly t"
..i. IL..I..1 ... ,nt aI.i..IIi.h l.n.a .ft . . A
CU111I IMUlt'U IV IUVUI wmilHvn ,l,w .,,-
verted their money to war funds. ..",
And finally because of a large 10-
iranau t,i tlm fnrtflnf? ttontllnllott afid'J
thei negroes, who need medical attea-Tw ,
.1.... ..., Mn-n. .., I, "if ".
IIUII ItllU ll.llllUb ftC, ... , , ,
lt.tf.r lvniMen extiatlnteil nn the P
factors employed by tho Health Depart-tgfo
ment In a superhuman effort to handle jj-j
tl.A ulluntlnn nnrl ilfwlnretl tnut tno.
scarlet fover mortality nt least had '3
shown n, remarkable decrease. t Jn
Dr. James M. Anders, mepiber oM?S
Ponrd of Health, was another FDeaker. w.ft
Ho based his talk upon tho patrlptle'ji';
outy ox every ciiieii iu ncrp iu fw.-'tj
Thn nrtual wtnnlnr of the war. Doctor v" a
Andern nsHertetl was denendent on?the
malntcnnncu of healthy conditions tf
home. ."?
"No nation," ho said, "can maintain k,':
1IH JfSltlUll UII1UIJK -tliU BCHb AJUtu .-4 '
of tho world, mue.1i loss exercise autbef-V)
I... . -,1.-.. .....tnu .....nl. ,&.- .tlll.i. '
liy Ulr otlll-t iintivtiv, iiiulii &v ipwovn
carry on a war with prospects of WSJ-';.
nlng if handicapped uy a race toata
inferior physically, The situation' lA$tgf
country at present i not ret
Unco ' tho national 'physique -ill
lowly and gradually deter lor t
ntr ttiA 1nht renfurv and our noDU
has also recently been depicted 4f-JlM M
most proauciive ciiizens us ira -reswivrn i
of our drnft Iuwh." while nt the saw.
tlmo tho work, per capita amonvtel;',
stay-nt-homes has been liicrcascel.-v Jwl;i
"if tbRA thlriffirba true. It becomesft'
the patriotic duty of nil cltlrens te X-.a
.. . . - . -- ' txt. jt
ulat ons ot mo departments oi nenun, TJ
so ns to lender them effective against J a
and finally to keep their own bodies, in jfl
a ni conuiciuu. t , g
"Wa may assumo that the ph. J steal .iirJ
fitness of the men now undergoing mill- ,
tnrv training In our camps has beea' -1
and will be further Improved, but It, Is $1
ClfUitll) llllfU,,nilk ,(,rtk ,11.1 M,.wav v
nealtli oi tno btay-ae-nomes tie similarly .;
tmnrnved lii nil nosslble wnvs. In order.', '
that the home defense will prove, atk JJ
PHILADELPHIA SOLDIER. i.l
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Private Henry Gconnp:, Selected'lpg'j
First Call, Succumbs at . fe
Camp Hancock , j$
Privato Henry Geortng, twcnty-fWeW
years om, uiea iasi sunuay ainmwfl ati-J 15
inn., TTaMrtAlr nt hinnihlnl lt1llmnnlaV', v43
TT van um nt I'Vajik Georrlnr? a vet-l?,
eran of the Civil War, with whotn,e.j 1
lived at 314S North Twenty-fifth BtreeC'jjSi
this city. "?5d
Tounc ueorlng went to the camp wit.Hi;
tlm first draft and was taken 111 Eat-T
urday and his father was notified. iKia
sister, Mrs. nnur ncneyier, went uowno, 1
at once, but arrived too late to see'herJ
brother before his death. The body wtH-vr
bo bought to this city at-once. Wj;
In his letters homo ueorglmr ea.!;
that he was very well content with, 011? i
nnnrtlttnna nt the ramn and that thA.'j
boys wero treated hplendldly. fty,.
' x.v a
DYNAMITE GIRL IS HELD. .
, .;viv
Confesses to Transportln Exjfi
Blvo Bail Fixed at $20,00V,
k i' "'
CHICAGO, Jan. 59. Llpda Josrfh
youngstown, O., girl arrested htn'-om, '
rylng n grip containing; dynamite,' vn'
fcesed when arraigned today, ThVomj
room was cleared vriiile alio told she
storj'. "'
After the Interview the only Info
tlon made publlo was (hat tho girt )
Her nama was ,reaiiy J.inaa .joise, i
sue wns permueei to write to.iier l
nt Youngstown, and that sho wa. i
ing to take her punlsbment'.JfCjp
Tvltnout implicating irjenjR.u;i
In :0,000 bail and sent back to ttoJ
Amanda Moleskv, -, the Mw(
another charge, ald pilsaJoUe i
clays ago proposed tha they (attoejtj
siitnti wun a jiaut wttian
KEEP HOME FOLKS
Red Cross ' Writers .-WillV
Relatives oi Sick Soldi
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WASHINaTON, Jail,'. 9, Rwm I
of sick soldiers' in. army oammt hv
countrj- are to bo-Kpt Informed jn
tali as to iheir lcondtUcn. i? "'"' 4-iJ
In rcsoonte to a rMUatfcy-8eali
Raker, the lted CreW lnus agreed t
tend to thl iwnntry t JHMtpltaj I
nation servicer in operation, tn .
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