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VOL. ;V.-NO. 118
STRIKES SWEEP GERMANYi"
SOCIALISTS UNITE
),000 Quit Work in
merit Extends to Other Cities Labor
Meetings Sternly Barred
eidemann Joins With Minority Leaders in Direct-
ring Workmen's Council of
sion" to Be Organized by Agitators
BERNE, Jan. 2!.
REOne hundred thousand workmen were striking in Berlin
Ifenday, according to copies of the Frankfurter Zcitung
lich arrived here today. The
re no processions, no demonstrations ana me city was
Merly and quiet.
Rumors were circulated here
i the east front had shot some
ported that there were disturbances among sailors of the
crman fleet at Kiel. No direct
yj? Berlin's strike is growing hourly.
ffVi.l-l . IV S 1 II 1
Krtinciai (umis. jJiwiAiK iuu iiuuiuurL; are now nuccicu. 111 iicriiii a
frkmen's council of 500 has been formed.
fey This information came today in
Itrlin.
A demand has been presented to
rman trade unions for the following
li? First. An answer bv the (ierman
Premier Lloyd George to British trade unions.
Second. A statement on German
Third. Direct representation of
tee negotiations in proportion to
teresfs.
fe Fourth. No further postponement
E$ The Workmen's Council, the dispatches repotted, is to be represented
won "onfinn nnmni iceim" rnmnneoil nf ixm mnn nMjl it'nmnti
If HVVIVll VUIIIIIIIIUIIMI VVI4lIUl.ll VI
15 Doctor Haase,.Ledcbour, Dittman,
id Doctor Braun, all Socialists of
luncil.
German Under Secretary for the
ihlbited all labor meetings and announced he would not negotiate with
leers. He declared, however, that
ilchstag members of the Socialist parties.
Philip Scheidemann, majority Socialist party leader, with Doctor
;se, leader of the independent Socialists, and two workmen, formally
Id Wallrolf of tho formation of the
t nil -negotiations relative to the
workmen.
Berlin reported that "it was "not
to this."
t firm licnn i n rtn can1 litr 4lm flnrrr
t,BMlin's strikers at 40,000. Another,
' UllIIIUlV.il lltkOilLLa 1 V Lllti V1V.11IIUII LVIICIUl V klltlll kh 11 VIIV ItUIIIUVl i
!,.. .-! i.- !.- ...... -.-
hw kiiu tumi iiwiiiiuuL men uui tit
hundreds were joining every hour."
ht
It Is of tremendous .-Isnltlcance that
Jorlty Socialist leader, lias joined
se I.cdebour and IJlttmauu. Tor
rman Socialist paitles aie unlled.
'the German Govcniment's policy has
W that he was merely a tool of the
It was Scheidemann who conceived
R.Soclallsts of the vvoild to discuss peace a confetenco which was exposed
tthe outset as a bcheme to tvvNt Socialist sentiment Into support of ficr-
ny by "plantltiB" u majority of German Socialists In the convention.
ft Scheidemann, as late as last summer, was named by the Kaiser to bead
"nlchstas commltteo consldcrlim- constitutional uforms, Indicating' the
overnment rcllcu upon Him as "i-aie..
Last week, however, Scheldeiiunn
Inge of heart. IJIsuatclics eiuoted bun
Dor Heitllns for the conduct of tho
CTho German ninjotlty .Socialists have
tvernment although iirofcsslps radical
We as consistently opposed cveiy move
lUnce that precipitated the Cabinet
lAISER'S government alarmed
AS INDUSTRIAL UNREST SPREADS
v-viKTi'imAM. .Ian. 30. ' dorff a free hand In dealing with the
Seething Industrial and political unrest
oughout Germany, when is now
ikid by a rapid growth ot tho na-
Snal strike movement. Is causing tho
ui Government genuine ,.. ,
Vtji' "l.'.'f" TL'rj,
paiimii iiuiuier cmuiuii ......
B.000 workers vvero idle n Germany, j
The walkout spread to factories en-i
(ted on war work, and tho supply of
unltlons and airplanes Is seriously
Impered In some districts.
nVtrTeVagltuwrraiid secret t
. .. -. .. --U lula.1 tMAn. '
lemblles. It is reported tliat auo.p . ,
itman. editor of vorwacrtn. c n.ei or-
. j-t , enx a kta nnn wan
his paper threatened 1
lenslon unless It ceases
its attacks
Mi 1 the army leaders.
nner telegiams trom a uin -.
h.j .i, ..i nr.somn of the leaueis
Bh Indepejident Socialist party, while
mlngs were Bcrveu upon oums.
LL '''Zst drasVlc "nwn.
Pan-tlerman element,
pressing the labor a gltatkm. The
i-Cermans want tne v;"v"""- J '-
Von Hindenburg ana you """"' - i"
PIRIT OF REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
SEEN AS FRUIT OF BOLSJlViK sunu
By J. 'VY. T. MASON
XRW YOrtlC. Jan. 30.
lie Invitation ot the Bolshexlkl to the
rman worklngmen to revolt against
(Kaiser's Imperialist government lias
i Itu first serious success.
he fcrmatlon of n worklngmen a
ell In Germany, demandlne the rignt
WKotlato .with the dovernment, Is
Ho the Influence of tho Oerman
ocracy. When worklngmen In a
iMitocratlo country like Germany
.ntral committees and Insist that
be recognlied by the uovernraeni
okesmen for labor, tint is me uu-
of revolution.
extent to vrhleh tho revslulMP
kcarrra dfpends- on the detci-
taB.-of the leaders and the spirit
t """" w.
E
, .
Berlin, and Move-
500 "Action Commis
newspaper declared there
today that German soldiers.
of their olhcers. It was also
confirmation was obtainable.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 30.
The movement is spreading to
n- .J I.. i ,!..
dispatches filed late last night in
the Imperial Government by
concessions:
Government to the sneech made
war aims in the west.
the working class interests in the
the representation of capitalistic
of I'russian franchise reforms.
11.11 lilt. 11 11111 llUIIIVilt
Philip Schcidcmnnn, Doctor Ebcrt
varying degrees, have joined the
Intciior von Wallrolf, formally
he would receive a delegation of
Workmen's Council and demanded
strike be held in the presence of
known whether Wallrolf would"
nn f inn ant ncfimn (nrl inn tiiirnliAf
apparently filed early this morning,
rr.nnn rri. r.- .!! I
io,vvi;, iiiu iiini nifa.iugf utuattu i
I
Philip Kuheldeiiiuiin. the fleimun
with the (ierman Jllnmlty Leaders
the first time it appears' that the
Uctctnfore Sthcldeniann's subservience
been so marked us to rube the stixpl-
Government.
tho idea of a Stockholm coufetence
apparently cxpoilcnced a violent
as making u bitter assault on Chan-
Uiest - Lltovsk peace negotiations
consistently supported the- ocrman
beliefs. The minority Socialists .
of the Junkers. It was their per-
crisis over Chancellor Ilcthmanu-Iloll-
Socialists nnd (.tilkeii-
ur. numi .-oo. ' ;'. .. l
Majoilty Socialist party, has beei , ro.
fused perm ss on is, w ; '"""; :'
, . , .. ,,, ', alow lhe
mee?l,,g to assemble.
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Tlio .- ",,'"'..
iiik m iciuho ii " " ''""'-',,:
iB throughout tlio country u'ltlt cod I-
tloni iccome iiuh-.i. -" ''' -
''"?", "V "'"' r , ZSXZ c Z
1 pany in Berlin aro out. The htriUers
nga.ns. the food shortage, but vve.e dls-
n tnnill P( TO IIO.U it uci lumnttuun
perse u '." . .,,., ,
.v.u , '""rr":., n . .,
Hirui'K auu inm i---
vere workinir in
U.. !. Dim. '
UUL 111" ikun-
slans had too much fear ot tho Oerman
soldiers. .... . t-i i
Workmen In nnr.il factories at Kiel (
nnd Bremen iuu hoik anu kiiiui.i hu
called ashore from warships In tho har
bor to guard tlio plants. The strikers
grew . ... .. - - no;Lworler8
Zt "Ilolshevlkl, o..wardr Dockworkers
at l.amburg -I, h' lh
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To predict Is unnecessary! latlur must
tho developments speak for themselves.
The fact Is Important, however, that
tho anti-governmental move In Germany
Is both economical nnd political The
worklngmen are striking, not only for
higher wages, but also as ,a protest
against continuing the war o ceallie
Pan-aerman ambitions. A union of alms
uch as these Is always, In Itself, a sign
cf revolution.
Tlie key to the Immediate development
of events In Germany Is undoubtedly nt
Uiest-Lltovsk. Nothing could have bap.
pened to give more strength to Trotsky's
position than the German strikes com
ing on the eve of the leopenlng of peace
negotiations vlth Russia. Trotsky's pres.
tlEo has been enormously Increased. He
thst the wniklng people oficrete structure opposite the entrance of
can claim
loeirmw "ro Indorsing lilm and rejpu.Jtho
41iUng-thelFoWB'nKiUA.torv
uentraj public ffieftger
IN FIGHT
Tirpitz Would Keep
Grip Upon Belgium
LONDON, .tan. 30.
TN AN interview with the Hcrlin
correspondent of the Nicuvve
Itottcrdamsche Courant, Admiral
Mii Tirpitz demands the mili
tary occupation of Belgium and
submarine bases in that country.
Von Tirpitz pictured a world di
vided into opposing camps, com
prising Continental Europe on the
one hand, England and America
on the other.
Serious strikes are reported to
he in progress throughout Ger
many. In Hcrlin and suburban
towns 'JO.OOO workers are said to
hae quit work.
Various large manufacturies
engaged in the manufacture of
war supplies, especially airplanes,
are affected. Independent So
cialists are reported to have taken
an active part in the calling of
the strike.
The German Go eminent has
decided to order the arrest of six
leaders of this party.
ITALIAN AIRMEN
AID BIG PLUNGE
Twelve Enemy Fliers
Downed, While Infantry
Pierces Foe's Line
l.-)00 TEUTONS . T A K E N
LONDON", .Inn. HO
In a imwciful offensive action tl
Kalians have, smashed In the Austrian
! lines on tlio Aslago Plateau and c.ip-
' tilled moro thin 1300 piloners Hast of
(lie Aslago Ilasln General Wax's troopi
i stoimcd a herlcf of strong heights, pene
trated the enemy's position at several
points and clung to their g.-llns In the
face of lo!ent counter-attacks by Aus
tilan re-enfoi cements, Home officially le
ports. '
I Simultaneously with the Infanliy of
fensive the Italian airmen conducted '
'.... .il.n.lin rati rlrlv. flliniA tllrt C-mA.
,, LtlMI)U l' ......... ..., ..-.-,,
"f n,e b!,ul' '"'"'" "n "" ,-
cmy niaclilne., and tlirouglioui uio ac-
'
tlon retaining mastery of the air, a nee-1
esary factor In tlio Bcneral .scheme of
operations.
Tho attack centered hi the reslon of
Col del Itosso and tho Kienela Val
ley, down which the Auslrlans drove
last fall to a point perilously cloe to
the cdB" of tho A'enetlan Plain. Ilc
tvvecu Monte lll'cmol nnd tho l'renzela
X'nlley and about midway between
Anlago nnd the Ilrenta P.lver tho battle
lino takes a whin curve to tho t-oilth-watd,
the tip of this salient testing on
P.osso 11111 ami Monte dt Val Ilella.
It was these positions, strongly held
by
the enemy, which tho Italians flrst
stormed. In an effort to sllco oft the
apex of the t-allent. Hetllu if ports
that tho attackers gained a foothold
,, jfonto Dl Val Ilella, but were later
)mried back in a
counter thrust by the
Austrian.
At other points In the line of attack,
which was about three miles In length,
the Italians were successful In break
ing through the opposing positions, the
(Ierman communique admits, but were
defeated In constant attempts to rush
their reserves forward nnd widen the
breaches. The statement deciares that
toe Italian losses were extremely heavy,
including 3C0 prisoners taken by the
Austrlans.
Tho success of the Italians In their
Initial blow on tho Aslago Plateau,
warning of which had been given by the
Intense artillery bombardment of the
previous night, was such that tho enemy
r..iln.,.l .. v... ii,. , .
Continued on
UZ" -"-.-
GERMANS LOSE EIGHT
PLANES TO BRITISH
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neavy vermi r IgnunK Oil XV ur
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Kront U11U KCDUlSC 01
Trench Raid Reportcu
LONDON, Jan, 30.
Heavy neilal fighting nloug tho 'Ilrit-
Jsh front, In which eight German ma
chines were shot down, .was reported In
the otnclal statement of the War OITlco
today. Three British planes aro miss
Ing. South of tho 3carpe Itlver (Arras
front) the Germans tried to raid a Brit.
Isli Krench during the night, but were
driven off.
British troops attacked a German post
northeast of Havrlncourt, killing some
of the garrison and taking other pris
oners. Other patrol engagements took place
In tho Bullecourt sector, where the Brit
ish penetrated a German trench. Inflict
ing casualties and capturing a machine
gun.
(Both Havrlncourt nnd Bullecourt are
on the Arrns-Cambral front. Illavrln.
court lies about eight miles southwest
of Canibral, while Bullecourt is about
thirteen miles due west of Canibral.
Both were the scenes of violent fighting
In the battles which began on the Canv
bral front on November 10.)
Ship Companies in New Building
The Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Shipbuilding Companies, at Gloucester
City, have taken possession of their
new olllee building, a three-story con.
old rare track and between
tho
BlftXlta.Of. , iJsWS.COipaiUeH, .
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 110, 1918
I
S YjS din T
aasssV
lie Kkf
jq 1
- - aer Max i Wm
V. S. ENVOY THKKATBNKU
Dovid It. Francis. American
Ambassador to Russia, whose
photograph appears above at
the top, has been warned by
Finnish Anarchists that he will
lie held personally responsible
for tho life and liberty of Alex
ander licrkmnn in the United
States. ISerUman's photograph
and that of Kmnia Coldmuu,
both of whom face prison sen
tences for conspiracy agninst
the draft law, also appear above.
FINN ANARCHISTS
WARN U.S. ENVOY i
.. .
Threaten tO liOKl V lcWdS
Responsible for Berk
man's "Life and
Liberty"
ULTIMATUM DELIVERED
RO.MK. Jan. .'
The Kuhslan terrorists' committee
at Zurich has passed the sentence of
death on Nicholai I.cnine, ForeiRii
Minister Trotsky, Minister Hala-
V A u. nlkilH IFnlc1tn-ll.-i
uonoii anu iweiuj uuisi .....-.....o..
accordinc to Uispatcnes rcceocu
here today. The committee is com
posed of women.
By JOSEpTTsHAPLEN
PKTItOOilAD, Jan. 2 (delayed).
An ultimatum declaring the Ameiicati
Ambassador "would bo held personally
responsible' for tho life, anil liberty of j
Alexander lleikman," was forwarded to J
David It Francis by the nnatchlst i
group of sailors and workmen at Ilel
slngforcs today.
Tho Russian terrorists have been
deeply Interested In the piosecutlon in
the, t'nlted States ot Derkman and
Kmma floldmaii, tho two American
"red" leaders, for conspiracy to defeat
the conscription law.
WASHINGTON, J.rti. 30 Tho anar
chist threat to bold I'liltcd States Am
bassador 1'rnncls nt Petrograd respon-
' slblo for tho life and liberty of Alex-
under Berkman, Jailed for combating
the draft law. Is confirmed In ofllclal dls
I patches to this Government.
I What action will bo taken In the case
I has not been determined. Inquiries of
I the Bolshevlkl Government In Petrograd
I (It Is pointed out It was not tho Bol
i slievlkl who registered the threat against
Francis) to determine whether such ac
tion Is countenancej by the Lenlne-Trot-sky
reglmo are lield probable,
Meantime word from Francis explain
ing tho exact situation In Petrograd is
awaited with Interest nnd concern.
It has been known for some time that
Francis's safety was jeopatdlzcd some
what by the activities la this country
against Berkman and the recent arrests
ot I. XX'. AX'. leaders following raids on
their headouartiTs. Berkman is x-ery
well known In Russia, some of his lm-
Continued on Tate Five. Column Two
FISHING BOAT DMVEN HOME
Blizzard and Hurricane Damage
Schooner on Profitless Trip
ATLANTIC CITV, Jan. 20. A hur
ricane followed by a blizzard destroyed
all of the trawl lines and other gear of
the stanch fishing schooner Annie May,
Captain Henry Steelman, and sent the
craft careening home without a single
flsli in Its hold and with deck and rig
ging sheathed In Ice after a run of 120
miles to the deep sea lulling mounds.
The only thine the Annie May picked
up as a result of a profitless run was
several snarKs, to ue useu ior nan, nnu
theso were thrown overboard when tho
temperature fell to zero apd giest seas
I smashing over the schooner sent her
I racing to poet and safety through a
viijr aaayalajpa.,. . . f , .,. .
CITY WINS ITS
FIGHT TO HAVE
U. S. USE PORT
Director Webster Is Told
Facilities Here Will Be
Utilized
HOME l-'OK NEW PI.KKT
Shipping Koiirtl. Jlan Agrees
to Tnko Advantage of
Wharves
U. S. Now Plans to Use
Port of Philadelphia
pillI.ADKI.IMUA port wins rcc
(igiiitiou.
I'licilities will be full) utilied
during war.
Will serve 1'nilcd State troops
in Trance and allies.
Plans now being pushed.
Will be home port of hundreds
of .ships.
This means bright future, both
during and after the war.
riilladelphla li.i" mm li.tlile
r. i
recognition a a vvmld h.ii
Hi exceptional f.ii Ilitlei for li.indlliiK
supplies mill I Ili.it tlieiii on Khlp v
to he Iillll7.eil to the fullt"i ,'ti nt in
oveie.i ti.illli to oiec I ihe n 1 of the
Xuiprlr.ui ann in flame. Hi.. Allied
armies and the people nf the Allied
nation
i
Follow Iiir the lonfitrnce of IMieetor
Ueortte S. Welislir, of the Dep.ii tinent
of W'haiw, Hoik and lVnle. in
WasliliiKlon with IMunnl 1". ("airy, dl
lector of fipenitlon of the fidted State
Shlpplns iliiaiil. ,-uhies the announce
nieni lod.iv that aiiaiiKomenm IooMiik
tOHai,! tills end neie nallf,utoillj en
tered Into.
As a ii-Kiilt of thl tonfeienee. Phila
delphia will he the home pot t of
bundled' of ship now hehus constructed
at tho r.meiKeiiL.v l-'leet I'orpoi.Ulon
vaiil. This pi oinle wn kIvcii b the
ShlppInK ltoaul
DIreitor X'eli-tei laid before the ofTI-1
clal. of the Shlpplnc Hoard the tiiitisuat I
I facilities pose.ed by the pi t of Phlla-' the (uiiuii.itidrr in home defmscs.
' delplila for a much" Bieater U'e than is 1 This ImlUated that the (ierinans were
now made of II. The tmiMii I'aiice nfiieilii usIiib their new plan of sendlnir
litlllalns these facilities was paitlcularly '
pressed In view of the ioubcsIIoii and
confusion which lias followed nil ccces-.
i he diversion of tippllc In New- X'oil.. !
-
Hii'lrlcritally. It developeil that all oC the
gulf, nnd Atlantic poit, fioni New
Oileans to lloston. aie to lome Into eiv
Ice to a much larger extent than hereto
fore. IWCILITILS NOT Hi:i.(5 PSIID
"I met Mr. Carry and his nj-slMant.
Mr. Kwlng, by appointment," said Mr.
Webster, "and laid befoie t hem the facts
tccaidliiB the shipping facilities of Phila
delphia. Klguii's were pieseuted by me,
showing tii.it the-e facilities weie not
being used to the extent of which they
vvero tapnble. In f.u t. only about TiO
per cent of the npjclty of the poit of
Philadelphia Is now being iliavvn upon,
whereas the prut of .Vew X'orl.. within
ninety miles ot Philadelphia. I congested
with vesi-ol which aro being compelled
to wait, under lip.it y demuirage
ficriuently. as long a seveial weeks be
fore thev can be loaded.
"Tho Philadelphia pint Is perhaps bet
ter prepared than nnv other at tho pres
ent llino to telleve this congestion. It
( millnuril on face Die, Column Three
KNT.INKKlt HUM' IN" VM.L
Lay All Niuht With Ilroken Leg at
Foot of Stairs
When Thomas Mnr.in, a helpei at the
General File. llxtliiKUishrr ('uinpany at
1132 llace sliect. c.iiue to work this
morning he found tie night engineer,
Lrnest Bauble, llfty-thiee ynars old, of
2500 Seigeant stuet, at the foot of the
stabs lending from tho icllar to the
boiler loom Ills leg was broken and
he was suffeiing Internal Injuries as
well.
Ho said that while going down the
stairs late last night be had f.illetf and
had lain theio alt nlEht. He was taken
to the Hahnemann Hospital in a patml
from tho Hleventh and XVInter sheets
station. Ills condition is serious.
GIRL HAD EIGHT IIUSHANDS
At Thirty-three, Mother of Eighteen-Year-Old
Boy Is Held for Bigamy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. night bus.
bands since she was fourteen ears old
Is tho record ot Mis. Cora Hllen
"Woods" or "Barnes," at thlrty-thiee
the mother of an elBhteen-year-old boy.
And because two of the eight husbands
are living she finds herself today lit u
Washington police cell on a chaise of
bigamy.
Walter Barnes, the "husband befoto
last," .Mrs. "XX'oods" pays, deseiled her
a j ear ngo, two months after their
marriage. She says slio read an ac
count of his death a short time later
and then married Arthur II. Woods, a
Washington Navy Yard employe. .
Laborer Killed by Train on 1. It. It.
John Iloclie, forty years old, n laborer
cmploved by the Pennsylvania Ituiltoid,
was struck by a train at Kensington
avenue late last night and died .before
being admitted to the Frankford Hospl
tal. Hoche, who lives nt 247 North Six.
teenth street, was found shortly after he
was struck by some workmen, who noti
fied the police.
Skating on All Lakes
npiIEItE is skating today on all
the lakes in Eairmount Park,
on the lake in Hunting Park and
on the Wissatiickon Creek.
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CoricioiiT, lots,
QUICK
WILL MOVE FUEL ADMINISTRATION OFFICES
Coal distribution offices will be moved eaily next week to
the Medical Atts Building, 1G01 .Walnut sheet, it was an
nouunccd today. The State fuel ndministiatloii and the Tcderal
Trado Commission, - together with railroad, bituminous and
anthracite operators' lcpresentatlvcs, will occupy quarters on the
hoventh floor. The Philadelphia County coal committee's offices
will be on the thlnl floor.
RUMANIAN PREMIER STEPS DOWN
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30. Resignation of Rumanian Premier
llratlaiio xv.is lepoitcd in llcilln dispatches today, Geueinl
AvciCicu suu'icdt, lilin.
VICTORY LOAF TIME EXTENDED TO FEHRUARY 3
I'lill.ulelphla l.aUds have lei-n notified by the fulled .States Kood Adiulu
Htintlnii that the time for puttlni; nil sale the new Victory l.oaf to bo made
of nn nilmlMiire of wheat flour and cereals- has been extended to lVbiuary 3
to glvf lime In which to piepare the liiRiedlenls that eo Into the new bread.
AIR FOES STRIVE
TO REACH LONDON
German Fliers Buck Cap
ital's Defenses in
Second Raid
KOMKS IX OUTSKIRTS
LONDON, Jan. 30
The M.'ond Oeimati all ntt.uk nKalnst
CiiKland In twcntv-foiir bonis beRan last I
nlRbt and eaily today the neilal invad
rs vveie Fllll ti.vltiB l flKht their way!
throiiKh the London defences to'ieach
the city. I
KollowlnB the double aei l.il ill Ivc
!i?lnt Lonilon mi Monday night, the
I fi-oml attaiK did not smpilc the clt
and thu Riiaid hIoiik lb' oact had le
ilouhliil their vlKllnnce also.
The hostile inichhie wele plsllteil ovir
i:.ev
and Kent shoitly before 10
It was olllclally announced by
nVloi I,
their liuiiibliiK planes out In Kroups 111
hopn of ml-leadlii(- the defendeis.
The battel les of IiIkIi-iiukIp Runs alonK
the iimitlieasleiii i-oafrl lirciui to bail, and
,u bis fleet of Iirlllsli iiliinen bnniedlatc
Iv went aloft to attnel
and drive back
the Get minis.
XX'heii the al.iim va sounded beie the
people quietly took underground shelters
and there way no excitement.
Bombs were dropped In the outskirts
of the city. . '
Tho War Odlce icport, Issued at mid
night, s.ild:
"Hostile airplanes rinssed the coast
of t:ex and Kent about 9.30 p in.
Scmn machines attempted to penMi.ite
Into London about nu hour later."
HEM) FOR CHILD'S DEATH
s the effeit that nil nnlliiacitc not mciiio-
Belicve FieiKht Train on Delaware " I" mloritv i.U;is. nn.r to be slili.ped
,-. . i rn finm tho l.amfotd, 'lamaiuia, lulls-
Avenue Cut Hoy in two imp. Shenandoah, lt C.nnel nnd Sh.i-
inol.in dlstilels. will bo pooled by the
.luhii D.ivl, of Fifth and ltltner f 01Matois and shlppid dlicct to Phlla
stteets. onductor of n fielght train delplila.
whUh ,s supposed ,o have killed Joseph ' Ju", .P-dln gP of slop
Duch, twelve jeais old, of 11. (litis- ,, f,,,, iKM. two latest moves, silo
tlnn klieit. on Delawaio avenue, last hIiiivvii in the railroad tepoits. During
night, was to
ii-iv beM bv MncistiateJ
Cowanl In the- Seventh and caipenter
streets polhe station, to nw.llt the ac
tion of the i in oner.
Tho boy was tepoiled mlsiJug b his
father estirday. Last night, the crew i
of Davis's train found tho bo's sweat-1
er nnd lint on Delaware avenue be
tween Wli.ii Urn and 1'Vdeial htuets. A
seaiili irvcaltd a portion of his hod ,
near t'Vdeial Htieet and the rest near
Mortis stiett. lie had been cut In two.
How tho accident declined Is a Hos
iery to the police ami tialn oltlclals.
None of the i rew bad seen the child In ,
tho vicinity of the ttalu nud his sweater
when it was found was frozen stiff.
ICE STORM EXPECTED,
WITH GLAZED STREETS
Rain to Freeze as It Falls,
Forecast by Weather Jinn
for Tonight
fnsettled weather today, with a
slowly lining teniperatute, will bring
either mine snow or an Ice storm
tonight, the Philadelphia fotecastcr
warned.
The mercury will not rise lo any gieat
extent, being expected to hover slightly
below the freezing point. It Is this that
causes the weatherman to hold to the
possibility of an Ice storm rainfall that
freezes as soon as It hits the streets.
As tbo precipitation will be at least
nn men, a coating or snow or ice is
due lo greet the eyes of Philadelphlans
when they awake tomorrow morning.
Tim norm nil! lm accompanied by
nottheast winds, which Is expected to
nttnln n velocity that may cause some
damag,"
The dally averge temperature for to
diy will lemaln below 31 degrees, nmk
Inu n total of forty-four such days this
season, a lecord In the history of the
Philadelphia weathei bureau. The low.
est point touched by the mercury was 21
degrees at G o'clock this morning. By
noon it had risen 'to C degrees. It wilt
go higher this afternoon and fall to
about 25 degrees during the night.
The official forecast ior eastern renn
rvlvanla and New Jersey Is as follows!
Know "north, snow or Ice storm south,
portion tonight and Thursday, little
change In temperature I-northeast wind
fcmillBBW i tkmmfmtmmmm
II lfciilillW I I,
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nw
i - V -
rt Tm feme LiMn CowriKt
NEWS
SEE COAL RELIEF
IN POOLING PLAN
Garfield Announces Ar
! rangement After Visit
From Congressmen
OI'EUATOUS AGREE TO IT
Seveial new developments III the
pfilladelplil.i mil situation, which Is
still nt a must acute stage, clvo prom
ise that domestic consumers and Indus- .
tiles will soon lecelve relief tluough I
Cie.itly Increased shipment.
After hearing tteminu" ideas for re-I
lief fioni u delegation of PennsjlvanU I
('oiiBiesiiieii, headed by .1. Hampton
Mooie, who called on National Fuel
Admliilstiator (.larflcld nt the request of
Stale Controller XX'lIllam Potter, Doctor
Ginflrld announced that large niilhra-i
rite piodueiis held a meeting and piom-1
Hed to exett Miccl.il efforts to supply i
I'hll.idelphla with coal. Ho also an
iiouiiccd, the. diversion to Mr. Potter's
olllee of 2eo cars from congestion on
the llaltimoie and Ohio Railroad for
movement via the Philadelphia and
Heading.
In addition to these 200 eatlu.ul. Mr.
Pi.ttir thin vveik seized nno e.n loads In
I transit without tho approval of Doctor
ilni Ibid
XX'ltb cvhlciue. ot all understanding
hetuien Washington and himself, Mr.
Potter .ipp.ii i ntly continued plans for
selzuin of io.il not consigned to points
In Pennsylvania
The output cf tlfty-slx collieries not
Included In pilorlly oiders may b rtl
v cited rxiluslvPly for the relief of
Philadelphia and Us subutb This ad
ditional hoped-for tellef Is expected to
lesult as wion ,i an anthi.iclte pooling
sv-Mcin agreed upon lieie at a conference
of coal opera tori and l.illioad olllclals,
Is put Into iffect.
PLAN TO IIIILP CITX-
The pooling .igt cement, It I said, is to
the last twi-nli-four hours ii.oini mini
I of family size coal nnd 4880 tons or
I steam sizes itmlied the city, in addi
tion manv cars of bituminous arrived.
These shipments, coming utter tho big
snowstorm of Moinbiy, which caused con-
i slderablo delay on all iailro.nU through
out th eastern section of the lounlry,
'mused optlmbni In the ofllces ot the
Phlladilphla fuel committee Belief was
e.xptessed that these shipments would
continue and soon bo exciedcd If this
tonnage keeps up, Philadelphia will soon
be In a fair position as to coal.
Order to co.ll dealets not to deliver
coal oiitsldo of tho city were issued
today by Francis A. Lewis, chairman
fonllnuftl on fate Pile. Column One
U. S. SENATOR HUGHES,
OF NEW JERSEY, DIES
Long Illness Terminates Fa
tally to State's Senior Rep
resentative in Upper House
TltHNTON. Jan 30.
fulled States .Senator William
Hughes, senior .Senator from New Jer
sey, died In Mercer Hospital here today
after a long Illness,
l Senator lluzheH lias kpruwl In Ilia
House of Representatives und the Senate
lor more man twelve ears. He was
one of the so-called "labor group," being
himself a "union card man" through his
former emplovment ns a weaver. lie has
alwaya been a stanch Democrat and
was one of the most popular in Congress
with his colleagues of both parties.
Hughes serud In the Spanlsh-Amer-lean
war as a member of the Second
Nivv Jersey Volunteers.
CHILp BURNS TO DEATH
Father Injured Slightly in Attempt
ing to Savo Girl
Four-year-ola Jennie Collch is dead
In the Polyclinic Hospital from burns
received late jtsttrday afternoon: when
her dress caurht fire as she played
anour tne Kitruen siove, -
The child's ttther, who was In the next
room at the time, tried to save her. He
rolled her In a rue to extinguish lhe
flames, but the little git! was burned
all over the Tx4y,
xnesiatutr was Mmt-btri.4
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P'OSTOT
EDITION
PIUCE TWO CENTS
i ii ii iui u' I'livi'-n;;
I BBB '. . M. '
of hog island:
CTIDC 01?TATr-
OllllO OEilMIE.1
Committee Learns
Shipyard Building Is
Away Above A. I.
S. C. Estimate
FLEET CORPORATION'S
COUNSEL SUMMONED
t i ,.. , . ?;
uuiioris onow increase or - Mmk
n? a Pat- Ponf f T;,r . hm
ing Piles
COMMISSION CONTRACT
Company Is to' Get $6,000,000
Profit for Construction of.
Seventy Vessels i
Actual Costs Vastly
More Than Estimates
QOMPAIMSOXS of the costs
estimated by the American
International Shipbuilding Cor
poration and the actual costs, as
figured by Chairman Picz, of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, are
shown below:
l.-llmalr-i! total lnl nr
llur ll.iinl yard liy
A. I. .. c.
nmnilt,m to A. I. s. ('.
sb'O to be hullt ....
.Xiliinl (i,.t to lleit-tntirr
.11 of i.einnil cronn of
w n . , ,
IMIniutril l.v iiirlKirui
tlon ... ,
Xilll.il fi.-t ..r pllrs to
Oerrnilirr .11
IMhniitril ,y , nrpitra-
J 1 ,000,000.00
(l,0(MI,0OO,(N
70
SS,;3J.7(1
1I.X.I3I.7I
."113,10.1.00
Tld
I nn Imrriise of Ht per rent!
89.SS0.OO
l.rililiinr rosl
jao.o.in.is
l.stlliMteil h
(Inn
i oriMirs-
leiniNirnri ronilt ih-I
l.(lni.Keit lot i uir-
loirntloit ....
(Irlirltiallv Invested In klie
l inrmriitlon. , . i,
(ornomtlon'a rstlmatisl
rp.t r () 7.1011.1011
snlns . ., ...
Ciinnrulloii' rstlmii'let)
i"t of 70 SOOO-ton
s'llns ,
nt.noo.no
S3,ftt)I.IR
lOu.OOO.OO
S.000,000.00
33,000,090.00
t.ivoo.min.nA
I III fee to iooidhiiv-
The trail of hundreds of thousands of
''," ''tT-fPendltiirps-at tho Hog Island
on iK 11.' '" ',,,""""J,,r nf SM.OIIO tseh I ,if
"".n,-".r,,,,l;,;''h,,l,1';:h",, nnu " - mi
ruiiiuuiiuiiiK yarns in exces of tho ....
American International Hhlphulldlng Cor- "" 'fS
poi.illons own estlmates-i-vvlll bo fol- . iffif
low r l lniln. U llOn tl.A Cnnn.A .
i omnilttce lesumes Its Inquiry at XX'ash-'
lngtou.
That the cost would be welt, over 100
per cent In ndvamo of tho estlmntes was
announced bv Manager Picz, of the
Hmergency Fleet Corporation, nnd the
Ameilrai) International Shipbuilding Cor
poiatlon today said that, their report
Issued today will show that tho stirring
tii of thu matter Is duo to politics, the
spirit of iiiucki.iklng nnd general atmos.
phere of things in XX'ashlngton.
Joseph P. Cotton, general counsel for
tho RnicrgVncy Fleet Corporation, has
been summoned to furnish tho commlt
teo with all details ot the' corporation's
loutiacts.
Senator Johnson, ot California, wants
to know from him to what extent Frank,
A. Vanderllp, of thu National City Bank.
New York; the XX". A, Hurrhnan Inter
ests and the steel interests vvero in
volved in the foi niatlon of the Interna
tional Corporation, which was organized,
the commlllee has been told, for the
purpose of taking contracts, wjicn 'he
mammoth shipping program vvos decided
upon
CONTRACT ON AGKNCV BASIS
The contract with tho International
company was let on tho agency bails,
under which .tho Government w:m
mum tne yam at an estimated cost of
JSi.uuu.uou, rurnlEh all material and
pay all labor charges. The company
was to get a commission, elected nt
about' JC.oiiO.OOO, for building seventy
ships In these yards, for furnishing the
knowledge and tho executive organiza
tion. P.eports from Manager Plez. of the
Fleet Corporation, submitted nt the
committee's rec,uest and mado j ubllo
today, showed that tho cost of com
pleting tho work begun would be 100
per cent over the'estlmatu
'Just a few comparisons will show
the trend of the cost,"-s4is Plez's re
port "The completed work on the sec
ond group of ways has thus far cbst
t28fi,71i2.TG, against an estimated cost
ot $HE,12L71,
"The. cost ot driving 16,252 plies up
to December 31 was $513,163, ngalnst
an estimated cost of $89,386, an Increase
of 674 per cent.
'The cost of grading 102,000 cubla
yards up to December 31 was $90,056.13,
as ngalnst nn estimated cost of $31,000.
'Temporary roads thus far constructed
have cost $238,801.48, as against an est!-
mated cost of $100,000. i,
iiiji, jivioi 1uuuj.n iunx Jul'
"It Is certain that the tqtal cost ot ,f -
1ia ..lint i-ntiiTilptil nn Ilia nF.t.nl hi.. ..0.a
lim ,..-... ........ --l'iiii'H -J- -J
nnu at mis raie oi cosi win exceed the
original esiimaie uy more man iuo per jj
lent, but setting aside the question of tt
cost, which in this great crisis is after bM
Continued on Pace Two'. Column Thr' ,
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THE WEATHER
FORECAST ' 4, "a
ror rhUadclphla and vtcMlvFalr id
today, .note- or rain ot nlgh't or to-
viorrow.
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