I. ,' v i - '.'i .,:" ' s' - '" i.r T.rW Euentng public ledger 5 V" POSTSCRIPT EDITION h & RnTTTrSMw, P rf - A M v ?' V MTOL. IV. NO. 119 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918 ?jfl CoriticitT, 19U. tt tri Pcsua Ltoon CeuriRt 'PBI0E TWO CEI ' " ' LlLJLiui DICTATORSHIP THREATENED ton Hindenburg to Jnder Martial Law is Cease, Imperial Government Warns eonle Answer With Ultimatum Demanding Peace, iFood and Reforms Crisis Brought on by Arro gance of Annexationist Party H - : Cnnlcu nf the (tprmantfl. received lierp lnd.iv rieelnri. I lie Rnmin itrike is still growing anil that Under Minister of (lie Interior WnllraiT continues in his refusal to negotiate u AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31. While agitation for a general strike failed at .Munich following a stormy,meeting, it has spread to the munitions and transportation workers in Furth and Nurcmburg, according to copies of jesterdaj's Cologne Volks Zcitung, received here toda). "There is no news of an serious strike norement except in Berlin," declared a semiofficial statement received f rom.the German capital toda). The Vorwacrts received here today contained a declaration of s)mpathy with the strikers signed by emplojcs of the paper and another declaration signed by the editorial staffs disapproving it. An industrial revolt menaces all Nearly 1,000,000 men and women work, are on strike. Newspapers are being suspended meetings nre foibidden and the Impel ial Government is threatening to put the nation under martial law with Von Hindenburg as "dictator" unless the agitations cease. f The threat has been answered by the working classes with an ultimatum demanding peace, food and This, the first real crisis Germany has faced from her own people since the war began, has been brought to a head by the arrogance of the Pan-Germans after they obtained control of the Government's peace policies and the influence of the BolsheviM upon Getman soldieis on the eastern fiont. It has virtually united all of the anti-junker, parties. UNREST CENTERS IN BERLIN The chief ur-iest now centers in Berlin, where the strike is said to be spreading. The Committee of Action, formed by Laborites and Socialists in TOcrlin, is snid to be trying to get f Austrian jacnir lurces to muite u cumiiiun muse iiitiii3i ulc tMU jmjicxiai Governments. Serious distutbane.es have broken burg and Essen, according to information f torn the frontier. P CnU t ahm Vinttn inlrAH 4 tin nlnnn nf. ! uutuicia liutc vurvcii vuc iav.c ur A .uAb Biitinnvtnn Vi iMnnhinn m W.5i,i5'"'J ""I'fviisu u, UWU....C wpreat munitions ana airplane lactones in me districts mosc seriously j refected. " I MANY NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED Amnno- the. Rnrlin nPiusnnnPM snnnrpssei) nrp. thn Tntrelilntf. 1ir i Post and the Vorwaerts. . , ,i, , . ,, , ,, ., Socialists in Berlin held a meeting representation at the peace conference I!.'..:, it rn. iiiii-o. t At Stettin, the principal port ot at attacked food shops. 3 OST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF WAR P -RF.T JF.VFn TMPENDTNO TN OERMANY WASHINOTON, Jan 31. IThe most Important events In the hls- of the war aie believed Impending ay In tho Central V.mplres Withholding official comment on re .rts of great strikes in Germany, np- ilngs against the uoverumeni jii .us- Huncaiy by Czechs and socialists. id destruction of xast amounts of war foplles in both countries, tho State De- tment is utilizing every source to rn the truth behind the Teuton cur- In ot censorship. .Tnai so mucn news ot unrest in i.er- ny Is being allowed to creep over , I. borders Is regarded at once with tlsfactlon and .suspicion by officials h news has been care- (illy guarded. I.lttle Is now reaching Khe outside world from Austria, where ""! '"' i""ii'"" iresmrn u ,v vu.iu .,v.,u '" '".. . Mon has ROUlrllf n nee he pnlnruil Hi, uni. 'ffwal... imlmntnl IS lieilAieil POlllLT ., . . V ..... ,. . ....i n . biii,. r.ii.i.r.11 ii. ii in ,.ui.t, it Is stated conflims the high authority, clearly conflims the I So ernment's Information that events i 7 .OTHER'S HEROISM SAVES TWO AT FIRE Jridgeporf Woman Carries Twin Children to Safety as Dwelling Burns N'OnniSTOWN', Jan, 31. 1 Hushing through flames which en- Honed her, Mrs John llartsnaw, oi dgeport, carried hertwlii sister audi liter, three jeara old, to a piace ot itv last nieiit. when nre was ais- cred (n her home on I'lftli street. ..-. - . . . .11111 I aim. i rs, iiarisuavr was on me i.ibi huui he house. She heard the crackling burning wood Going to the foot pf fairway, she discovered a lire ras- li the hallway on the1 second floor, ne children were in a oeurooui. ough the dense smoke and flames (Woman ran fearlessly. Securing the M ones, she made her way down !, Mrs, Hartshavvfhalr was singed ipuiernrlse she was uniiarmeu hkb- the children. Hli'themlcal streams the blaie was ned to the rear of the second floor ft packing boxes fllld w;lth cloth rre badly damaged. The woodwork was charred. ! - Orner, mother of Mrs Jfart CT.' was overcome by shock, and the Wees of a physician were required, r '" . ... . i f .MUNITION WORKERS HURT lr .... i plosion of Detonator at Bcthle- n, Plant Cause of Accident CABTLKJ Del. Jan 31. TWO ft Injured by an exnloslon In one pnsrorni of the Bethlehem Steel 1" Works, squill of this city, late My afternoon. William Press and WRobr,,bothof -Delaware City. slightly hurt, when 'a detonator '." v- '.i v' , .,' If . 1 h tkn to DetHwai Hi'Uh1. n, ajw inir tajSiiU, thr 9&EP wutMAJNS Rule Whole Nation Unless Agitations COl'ENHAC.I N. Jan. .11. with the strikers. copy of the German Socialist organ ' AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31. of Germany today. workers, mostly engaged in war . all over the German empire, public political refoims. into direct communication with the out at Berlin, Kiel, Bremen, Ham- nnllnn l iltcnoilInn TVIlia fIifoo jiirtnc in uioj'vi oitib wva v uuicini titer n tta liAon 4rtisnm mmtirl inA b"", ".- vv.. ,...... u.-.. ...U iii in i i. ' and adopted a lesolution demanding nnd a quick peace along demo- ' 1'russla, women letl Hungry mobs of tremendous Iuioit are transplilng In i the dual monarchy. , Meantime this Government Is keeping i the people of Austrla-.Iungary Informed of events transpiring In the lest of the woild The United States Is blasting the German censorship with nliplanes and other means of lommiinlcntlon with the Austro-Ilungatlans The uniest In Germany Is being inmmunlinled (o the. Iwcikmeii of Austila. and In t.o fir as ls possible the Germans In west-front ttenches are being kept infoimed of con dltlon!, ... AUstil.i onl.,,s ,, ... , . n,A, Austr)an dlmcll,eH 110t on,y unre(,t at leconomo oun(IttIor.. but a sincere mov e- "Jf"' for, ')"leJLe?ta"0"in.,he '"""" "," '-..-".'."";,- ',.""". )?.' n--- .. ...... ...u ..... the reDorted demands r.f German - "'". iwrucuiany lor equal eiectoiii t Continued nn Vt Seven ( oluii.a Two i REVOLUTION IN FINLAND! ARMV TftWKT J I HST ALARMS SWEDISH KINGr"1" WVIMj LUiS1 Gustav Hurries to Stockholm Deal Personally With Situation to I.OXDoV, Jan 31, The revolution I situation In I'inland, Involving the lives of .Swedish subjects and the safety of Swedish Interests, has become so serious that King Gustav has hastened to .Stock. i10im to deal with It personally, accord- tng to repot t received here today. ,, 1C! A n nee iron iviiiiciiv 10 aiiiiuaiLiiJ . Aa pviofiMPD ntf n A HV , U A lUWl V "IIUI Wilmington Police Say He Admitted Giving Fatal Dose to "Cross Child" WILMINGTON. Del. Jan. 31. Ac cording to. the police, 1'dward Jaios lowsll, who was arrested on a charge of poisoning his fourteen-month-old daughter, has confessed giving the child poison He will be artalgned after the postmortem examination. The police say Jaioslowskl said that on hla way home onol'rlday night last he stopped and purchased poison to place In his back yard to kill whatever had been killing Ills chickens. He In duced l.ls wife, he Is alleged to have said, to so to a store while he held the child and gave it poison, , He la said to h.e told th police that he did not like the child, and that It ap parently did not like hhn, because irbe came cross when lie was near, Graduates In Patriotic Program Patriotic exercises will mark tin graduation of thirty-one pupils from the Nathaniel Hawthorne rubllo School, Twelfth and FlUwater fctrt, at. 2 o'rlock lodajv Mlfi Cor'nno B, Arnold, utpervUilnif.priuClfiat. vIU deliver the addtiM t ,tlie ttasiiwlM. of whom twenty-two are W ,' '' i ; v f f. SI KIKE: Vjs.NSrrt 4 LIEUT. COL. KILBOURNE Chief of staff to Genenil Leon ard Wood and injuied with him in the Explosion of a trench moitar last Sunday on the Trench front. Lieutenant Colonel Kilboume's injuries nre more serious than first icported. SEPARATE PEACE AS A LAST RESORT UolslieVlkl Reluctant rn a c Wjj.i.n..) All" . , . but Cannot Resist - (SEEK TO MODIFY TFHM5 . n - -- .. . By jua.ji SHAl'LKN vuim I'm star Coimwuhit I'frrnodnAi), j.in so (ddned). 1 ore," MInUrter Tiotsl-a speech be- fo,a ,he I'an-ovlet Collides was gen- erally regarded toiH ns foreshadowing l sepaiate peace between J!usK and Cenuanv unless a revolutions v m,. I'caval oiturs in the (Vntiai Kmphes Af xha " '"H tl'" tho I'nlted 1'iess was imthorllutlvely Infoimed tli.it the Jills- wans poiic is to proloni,- the iieKotl.i tlons nt Uiest-t.ltovsli as Ions us pos slble, in order to dtaw out new tieriimi pioposltlons and nlso In ordei to stir up a levolutlon in Austrlx. Tiotl and h's collenifues hope to compel a modlfl (Jtlon of Hie (lei ili.iii teiins and pos. slbl to obtain eutr.inee of the Allies Into the negntlitln. Kmphasls was laid on tin decimation tint a separate peace would le slpued only as a Hst Hsort "Wo have done our best for the iaue '? ""nociaiio pence, was the way Trot- r' hd Vo .1,," ' Our ohllSTllo,?- to other peoples have been met. If we nie lompelled to Men a sepirnto peaie theie is not a single honest Kntente worker who can blame us" The I'lavadn. today printed a .stor (li.it It was nimoied n ninntb no-n limi n ..I . V...A....1 In .1.. !.. C ... l ,1 separate peace agreement had been too cluded between the Central Towers "and Itumanla. The lattei. it was stated, had been gianted 'compensations'' In IHs. sarablu. ATTACK ON FRANCIS A TEST FOR BOLSHEVIKl WASHINGTON. Jan 31. The acid test Is being applied to the noisiieviui In the anaichlst threat rontlnurii on 1'sie lour. oliiniu Mi AS FACTORY BURNS $50,000 Blaze in Plant of Downs Manufacturing Co. Under Investigation A niteilous fire In the four-story plant of the Downs Manufacturing Company. Faleth'orpe street above I.e. high avenue, earjy today, destrocd thousands of dollars' worth of turklsh umi.pi.imn ... uvuam ll un H III IHMI.M towels packed for shlnn.eni m n, ,.-.. . . . -.--.r-. V I"UI' lermaster'H depirtment of the United 3idiia niiny, The fire was discovered on the second floor shortly before ; o'clock. Firemen were hampered In their efforts to subdue Hie. flames by frozen fliepluga. which delayed them nearly a half hour In getting streams of water on the blaze. During the height of the fire a sec tfon of the roof fell. Tour m "men of Knglne Company No, 31, Second etieet and Lehigh avenue, were on the lad dcrs near the top floor. All escaped In. Jury but Louis Moe, who was slightly burned on the face and hands He was treated by phslclans at the scene. An Investigation was begun this morn. Ing to determine the origin of the bluze. as 'George T, Downs, president, was Inclined to believe that an Incendiary was responsible. The loss will exceed -.0,000. Postpone P. and W. Rate Hearing The hearing on the complaints brought by suburban residents along the lln of the PhlUdelphla and Western Railway Company, against the Increased I fares recent!) inaugurated, which was to have been held today, has been post poned until Saturday. February , by agreement of counsel for both sides, The CommilwinVMiebel A W5n'-i effi ,Ih gi,J.M'TI Hulldlna; at ;S (felt J i : "v nfSmmmm U S. TRENCH RAIDED; two MEN KILLED Five Other Sammees Potter Considers Divert Wounded in Surprise At- ing Entire Visible Sup tack of Huns ply to Householders . lONBIIKLIEVED CAPTURED , I Germans Take Advantage of Heavy Fojr to Push Assault on American Line By HENRI BAZIN '"" Ji'.'!''!,'"'"."'"", I null" I'ullr luluci amckkw.v rii:i.i iii:AtgiM:rr.us IN rN(i: ,Iau 31. TWO AlllfriClltl KntltlnrM Mpr.i l.lllc.t n, , . u kv fiirn- him tii unlrr rven nrniinil Ilv" vle Hoiimleil ami one cimUJWil III n on ti id In Uik ill ) In lie 51 I7eil ami f 1 lloclie talil nil . itloti of tlio I'lilteil ttlliiitnl iiiiiiiiik lioii-elmlileii IStaU's hiiiij'h tiemleM uulv )rstcnl.i s" f-" vvi have lie 11 alile In lffrp n,n, '.he S- fou.l.t .l.,,.'" '""VX Xf Intel, hut Miienveiwlielineil ly imnilipis , K, , ,,eiv pi ml tint Ii is .i- What Uie (Jumaii lnien vveie cantint lie, piled I ascertained. a the uMliiir nirli. f.llnu. I Tu liiinilml iiilnulM eie sele.l ., , , . , , ., . ItiK thilr uiual custom, iarrle.1 their mien men nan, un ineiu w nen me le- thiouth Ink nf fuel riiliiK .itiinii eni turneil to Iheli tienchei 1'ioin thciploiem stories tohl 1 the Anieili.m, It I, cer-l WIH am.tl.ei lul.l wave on It- vv.iv ,..,.., . . ,, here J ml lant iilKht yloiin vvlilili put tain that at lei-t two (.eiin.ini weie ((. ,,, , llu ,n, t. Mn ,.,... vvoiindeil I tlmi jm at the ilu'i nf Jlonil iv' linvv 'ihe, eiieni hesm the ralil l. tliinvv I storm .Ml 1'i.ltei 1mtn.u1.1nl lie would hie an intense hnnage lire behind an I t.Kr ll.l- nitlo.. Inda It Insullli lent ., ., sii..lle' of mil I.riiuBlil ti the illi merii an lIMenltiK lt, thun iiitlliiK iiffl,,,,,,, lw)1P uffi-iliu the partv orcupvliiK tills post f 10111 the1 He pnlutul nut Hut I'lilladrlplil 1 va Mippottlm; tnuclie. 'Ihe llstenus sent n sutli lein uite straits fm mil tli.it lip roiKels hut because of the heavy the needs of Indii'ti'eH ov.u thife 111 mlst theie vveie not seen The euenn K1Ked ill vwir woil. 111 iv hive to be followed up the buratsc lite hv sendliiK ubi.idln.iled to tin 111 id' f ilninestli aiross a paitv vvnoe (ilieiigtii uinnot be exaillv deternilned It vwis lain enollRli however In nvirvvlielm tl e hand 1 ful of .Simmies at tho post One of the litter v is Mll! and auothir was j wounded I rii:iiii: rnnrr i.v tiikvcii 'ihe r.ildeis linn continued on to the supporting tiench section, where-thi in B.iK'il in. a despei.ite lluhl with the ile femleis lliie t.r the litter IV Is Kilted I four wen uoundtd and one, It Is sup posed, was t.il.en prlsouei, as theii Is one man In the putv missing, 'llm blllaKc (lie Ind i tit the villi! lommunliatlous, and tlio piesenie of the boihes was unknown In the in iln tiemhes until tin v hid hud ptillli lent oppoitunlt to ri'llelt to theli ou Urns "Ihe (iKhtluK listed tweutv inliiutbs Tho attlcK was mideVot a point win re the Ameilcau and (ieimnii tleiuhis nu III closest pioxlinlty, "No Man's Land' ni tnat lHiini ikiiik oniv anoui iiv-iive rd. wld,. It vvasat thUcltot whe.e i 'mini ui-iIi1Ia mriiiiilK la.mjkd unnii i at that lxilnt Ik lux onlv about ltv-lle the rim of his tt .ml. will, a white nP1,m,,,, ,,,,,I,pM '" "' ""e""fcal"11 In his liands, slioutliiB ' Hello" He has-" "JH """ Illy Jumped bach Into Ills shelter when I SIlOKTAiM: ACCIIVI 1' TI!I be fniitwt I hat bis uttilniit at fl.lterulzil-I nt.,.i ... ill. .li.tw. I., dottier eer .... . .. . -.-, Hon was koIiib I" nuet with a hostile , eceptlon 'ii:n.vi:ssi:i:ns stoiiy Desiilblng esteida's att.uk, a Ti n nessei soldlet said 'I was standing in oui listinhiK po'l Just iibnut fortv fut lii.iu a Giiman listening post. Just aftel 1I115ln1.il. when I'rlts- In Ran In till 11 hell loose with his gipis 1 leal lied uflerwaid that the Girnnns had put down ,1 hat rage which h id cut me off from our first-line po sition held hv a plalot.ii Well, the incl.et lasted about fifteen minute." All at once something stiuck me I hid been hit 111 the sboitldei nnd IIiIkIi In fiagmeiits of nil exploding shell I saw four Ilpches dosing on my post and turned loose with 111 v automate- rifle I think two of them weie wounded Then I passed out " One of tho flist men wounded wis a National Gunidsmin from North l)i kotn He now occuplis u lot In t lit hos pital net to the Teuuessiein Asked what had happened, he Kpllid 'I was at a gas station on the first line When the shelling began I peered over the trench parapet and saw figures stealing through the mist toward our position The thought flashed tl rough my brain that they looked like tho ghosts ot tlio corpses out theio In 'in. man's land ' The next niliiute I was knocked unconscious A shell had hit nie on the head '' A iHrd wounded man had been hit 111 the thigh and both legs of a fouifh hid been struck. fii'rci: wiiir.i: it Lsii:t) ' The fighting was fierce while it lasfd and It Is believed that nt least lift I Germans weie in the attacking gioup I 1 1 1.. ..l.nllln.. 1. litrtl. 1....I mu.U.I ..... ' I fir mic-iiinK 111.11 i.i jiinrum iiir raid was so violent that it could be) ueru piauny .11 uriKtiue reauquaiieis All of the advantages of tupogiaph) wheie the laid was made were with the Germans. Ihe valley was ovei looked by the Gentian positions, mid the 1 Igh hills In the icar gave tho enemy a t,w op poitunlty iur obseivatlon upon our tienohes. which weio vhallon nt tils point I'ltnVlOl'S CAhl'ALTIRS Prior to this raid the American foices, bad suffeied some losses from shell flic. sU soldieis having been killed in tills manner In the last ten das. One Iloche shell struck a group of soldiers In one trench section, killing three of them On I another occasion one cook was killed and I another was wounueu wnen a shell struck and demolished a rolling kitchen Two other Sammees have been killed and nine wounded by fragments of shells. All the men thus wounded are certain to recover, HN-HOTKL COOK KILLED One of those thus killed was an In terpreter an ex-cook at the Illackstone Hotel in Chlcligo He was accompan Ing a colonel on an Inspection tojr of the trenches and was blown up by a shell Coniluded en I'ste Setri., Column 'lur QUITS POST IN CITY HALL Miss HacUr Goes to George D. Porter's Oflke Miss Florence Hacker, for twelve j ears confidential clerk and stenographeror the cnlef clerk of the Department of Pub. lis Safety, resigned today to take a sim ilar position with Oeorge D. porter, for mer Director ot Fubllo Safety. Mr. Por ter Is now In the banking business and has an ofTIco in the Wldener llulldlng. Mlsa Hacker, whose home Is at 223 J"ast Sydney stieet. Mount Airy, wac appointed January , Jt)fl, by Colonel Hhll!P, rofterf then Director of Public Kefelv. hhe will be aticceeded W Saul CphVivaiapliS; to the, $up.r.latendut rplrt nti VB a pli?c to i-Hiu irvUGs f-jsll IrVUCrs , The, position ' LACK OF COAL mayparalyze ALL INDUSTRY SITUATION MOST ACUTE Two Hundred Carloads Seized During Night Distributed to War-Order Plants I'hllidelphli Industries toil i) f i" complete shuliluwn foi Ink of (oil Willi mi Pottei. Ftdriul fuel iidtuln llniliir fur Peniisv'vaiil t uiinounieil thai tin- (ilmni of the Kill shortage ii h force him tu older even i ir nf mil ami illvntfil tci fiirtv.fniii iiliiiit iIihIiir u,,. )iIk, t, the tli.e.it nf .1 nhutilon 11 mnsuineis With I'hlladilphhi 1iiikkIIiik alonif oil ila-to.ili suppl. ltepieentnllve .1 lanu.loii Jlooie, of th' 1 lt Is iviniled one ihis of liuliistiv to another.' sild Mr I'ottei nainliiK the ilisis In tlio ouler of Iniportnm e as (I) war mill food iiHnts. (.') iIoUiIhk and ilonustlc essentials mid (I) di.tnislti iionistn Mils Most of the 'il.inls an- sIiukkIIuk along Willi ii ilav's Mipplv- of a mixture of soft toil M.ailei and i ulm Ml l'ottei'H own plant, Thomas r.it(ei Jt Sons Company, vvlilili Is wuiKIuk "u linoleum war oiders. has one d.iV siijj ulv. The mutest of Unbelt II, l'oei- ..,,.,, screenliVs were lieliie bv r lli.ads whe, "eal mal uiiiiriwi gi.. nn .... ...... ... ..-...-. -... 1(Xa ,i,P tm, ,,f doiuetli i oal In I'hlla- delphla was begun hi the anlhrailte op m itoiH and'' the tian..)i tatlon tniu. panles, the shortage tliioiiKhoiit this Stnte and cltv Ins been anentualed bv liianv lauses declaied .VIi 1'oltei in Ills statement warning of piesent u.n illtlons aftel ninety Industrial plants thlnughoiit the Stale hid sent uigent apieils for piompt nl.l 'llowevei, tie udinliilstiatloii Ispiepaied to exert evei effoit to piovide for domestic needs To do tills It ma be imessai to close down inanv indusliles In this cltv and Hate Tvloie than iilnetv plants are (.11 the eige of i losing down III ill's State because of fuel shoitage Some nt them ate In Phil ulelphia l'nini this cltv tu Hairi-burg and fiom points to Alloona 1 ills foi Immediate ilellveiles of an thracite nnd bituminous were made on this ollke toda b public utilities and manulacturers 'Olllce buildings inav be (losd on ( ontlniiril on I'ote Sfieil (oblinii Two ship's cook wins . LIFE-SAVING HONOR Philadelphian Commended for Saving Life of Quartermas ter, Washed Overboard WASHINGTON. Jan 31 James Marclla, slm coak aboard the S. S Smith, today was placed on the navy honor roll nv ecreiaiy inu lels Jlarclla, during a heavy storm Ie ceutbei IT. which lulled the ship to an hiil-Io of 65 degrees, leaped Into the ley ocean nnd lescued Chief Quartermaster Robertson, who had been swept ovei- Maiclla's home Is "SO Warnock sheet, Phllndelphiil. Ihiee Ueuleniuts instrumental In ' Robertson's rescue were commended as follows: Richard L Connoll, wauke. gal), j ; J, H, Kellu, Ji , 11C Last Xlc- Mlcken Mieet, Clni Imiatl, O, and T, C. llrnes. Norfolk, Va. KUHIINLE SUES AGAIN Fourth Action Brought Againat Foimcr Atlantic City Mayor ATLANTIC Cm, Jan. 31. Friends clal ally and political antagonist, ad Judged a' bankrupt, when Kuehnle made the former Ma or and the Mary A. Rid die Company, of Penus' Ivanla, ot which he Is tho head, defendants In a fourth nott suit. In former litigations Kuehnle charged Uiai JUUUIO HUH nullum u,i Holes m oilier. in iiimllfv himself os a plaintiff to force Kuehnle imp ma nanwruptcy court. In sues note and Kuelml coiniiiv ...--..- .-. ... . wii . a i '- Kinnia asin nnin Tiisk si sk in i when Riddle retu.eu to ao so. -i KNEMY ALIENS AHRESTED rjvN'CASTER. Ta, Jan. 31 James Terjck, a .Hungarian, has betty arretted I Justice' for not registering for the draft i and foclnflueuclng other foreigner, fI- t lw'or)nien at tjiejopaj factory where uere vy a.t s,,v ". ,,w i'.iuiyhi ui lvvor)nien at tjiejopaj factory wherf , !;:J.:.iTaV..r.,;::.t.v ' r' KoObers uet Away With Italians inmct Heavy Uas-iHrtodT I 'ihe fori -foin plants ielleie.1 w Hh a V'llii'ihlp T nnt nf719 n-ilfioo nlifl Pnnliiv '.', I'lllln,lfIl,l'n have been usel to only ,.,.-!. sni.li si.pplv du.lnc the nlsht lniliide.1 VailUDle LiOOt M U4 IWltieS ailU UapiUl e ';''"'" ,"P-Hy. He declared .ty ! !.'""!' '!!'l!r.: '".:,,..,,.'"!::r",,r"Um",B Walnut Street Nearly 3000 ,?; odtlcuuieXrnnt,,,eItr,Xr'; A IIIHIlin "IMIVIMS Wll 4.l w.. fl-tirlit 3 4? "1 will niiL li?sltule to illxett iu1 fmin ." !" Wk of both smiled over the "carnival capital, but defensive measures piovcd . jn the unofficial history of the u.aii of lltlgallon" between former Mayor too much for them. Tha last previous bureau. nlnet-elght itears arc. -nil Riddle, who is seeking to have Commo. 'd- w 5," liThombs e're'drooied w" llL'ut f"0,ttfa"' 1W,"1'" tc0 twemy.elght! doie" Louis Kuehnle. his old-tlme flnan. , do nE "0 S.,rI& !' ,o re'eover "l" id 47 the face" of" a nwthVr'n .liiu. The" TMeltraaf'i Wb.r than . J.nu.r, oi thls'yVr 7"" g?ve" ?o"h.''AllantiethHaf.aD.p00fsl" fronUrr coireepondent so reports. ,45? Z?$2'i&&. "i Trust Company In AUgu.t. ISIS. . . , P Ell.' tVVf Lu e says he signed, the. npte to "ac- LONDON, Jan SI, f i,,t m d L .::".".', QUICK BRAINARD HERE TO DISCUSS HOUSING PLANS Owen Brainnrd, of the housing committee of the Emergency Fleet Coiporntion, arrived here today to confer with officials of the American International Shipbuilding Company, Director Datcsman, of Uie SJepartmcnt of Public Works, and other city officials In regal d to the housing plans for Hog Island workmen. RUSSIA BEGINS PETBOQBAD, Jan. 31. Demoblllzatlou of the army daises of. 1001, 1005, 1000 nnd 1007 was ordered today. LAST DAY TO BUY 3 m.. I.. .... . I. .- . . . ...... . ... i.. .... "inn, 111 uie uii nun iiiiidj i uie leiliemuhlp nt J" ''an he iui chased for the low pi lie beKiiti this inoinlnK. The me "rn pi lie iifgan huh mm ill; ienliniliiiiontlifiomimvvi.il. AK' liuuTCNun ic,crlrp'c " OwltiK to the in. slr.ii. us and suspliloiis circumstances surri.unillnB the lUalMli I nil !.! fl.A .xf tl... iru.m ..is. I " , ' ",r ""' " 1..I.H.I1I.HI Hi-, uiiprnirii u. uie iioine evil silu.nl In I'HII ulelphia. BLOW TWO SAFES IN HEART OF CITY FUUNITUKE SMASHED 'lo lue sifes In Mhe olllies. of 'I horn is l: l.ee and Lansil ile A. .Me (ildlli at "I J Walnut stleet, wele slut tried Into i.lries last iiIkIiI at S ! T. 1. . ami Willi iliUs to the estent of sevenl liiin died doll us wue stolen The eait time of the lobbeiy Is Known, l.eiause a larice iloiK stan.llui; on the inaiiUl close to the sife stopped at tint houi named, appaientlv- as a ie- sun or me ueionatioii ur-uies sinasu- i line the doors of the safes, the lot. hers iausul.eil nnd smashed rlltlit ami left,, desks and iiipl.oaiils Kettinc Iheli nt- tentlon. lioois leadliil,' I" the olllies weie Jim ii.i, iriKini). ,.. iiir ,i..i,r ., , v- jii... . ,,,1,,! llm n lobbris, said .Mr, l,ee to-I dai, must have winked foi houis. so i i ...... ii, i. y.m. ii v,., i, ,.,. i lll.'l ..usu i". ...... r. ...... ..... .. ,...,.... whs left undl-tiirbed III the desks In both ' ollli es 'I In einit elent of the loss i.iiiiiul be ileteimlued ns vet l.ee had sevei il bundled dullals' worth nf snap gold and sllvei hi the safe, but had not iheiked up the loss Lansdale said that nothing hut valuable' lusiiianee and real estate papeis were ill his safe, as lie hud anticipated the call of the tobbers for some time and left nothing their ,eo said that at about r, In last evnilug he saw a dark tall man about Ihlity )eats old wlah a black frit hat and un ovruoat lotleilng about the lie savH he went back, but the man went out as he cauie 111 and he did not speak to li i in. thinking he had called for Ml l.nndale, and found hhn nut The two ofllces aie on the ground floor nt 71- Walnut sheet and are In ( ni.llnilr.l un I'me Setrn, ( ol.iinn J nur HUNS RAID PARIS : J( IR ATTACK Several Persons Killed Following First Visit in Months FULL DETAILS LACKING PARIS, Jan. 31, 1 filghtfullness" fiom Dlveitlng theli London, German air raiders attacked i.ar hist night and. It was slated toda, from ,,,. bombs. It was the flist time that Ger man airmen had raised Pm Is In six months in addition to the casualties, damage was done to buildings In the subuibs and ,the city pinper. The iilarni was glvfn shortly before midnight and a heavy flie fiom antl alicraft riiiih was Immediate!) launched, while Intrepid Fiench airmen hittlly climbed skyward In their pursuit planes to drive off the Invaders, last air-raid alarm was given on the lUght of Match 1C-1T, but the raiders German air raids on Pails have been banging up different kinds of rerords' lf,e..uent dmlng the last jear During T, jar It was one of rold and Snow, (he (list two ears of the wai Zeppelins 'fall, showing a dally nverare .m.?.rl weie In the habit of bombing the French lure of 24 deer... .l!E5e-,.m"ra- did not reach the clt On Jauuaiy 'jbese fleur.s !.. ..n 211. K!f. Paris was raided by Zeppelins , J7b,."',nh.'nw mon u'tw eSra for the last time, twent.four persons . wntn e..rai ,,."'",: ', ? being killed and tvvent,-seven liiti.iUn7nSJS.tVJSr AMMTKRDAM, Jan. Il, An aerial attack ot unusual severity 'I'na rni inu ifibt- raim m mien nun. niinnr i ... .-..- -,"--"--'-" .." . witii aviation, was ssuea iasi evening. - .nomuuiE nuBina w-m wiricu uui i Tuesday vigorously against ammunition dumps and airdromes' all day long, while low.fl)lng machines engaged the enemy's irnnim with machlne.KUn fire Kleht hm. tile machines were downed In air flghtr g and four control. An downed, In I jour wr-irjven oovvn out or uwn inuuii i.ainiup iiiu In flsvrves. 'Threes Cof Mr tnai .fMM r I lmiiia tli flAt-moit unnmirln lina In lUUIltll W&K 312 di.rrM 1J j NEWS DEMOBILIZATION WAR STAMPS AT S4.12 ... ,.. .. .....,. . . mki nay on vwncn war sniiiRs mumps i $4 1J, a lush tu buy the Mumps, at price of the stamps will Increase one Tn (!HAn citv wrujnrkT " --. .. - - i ... ... . Kij-w.T a l.nl.l n Al.n..la Ilia IJ ,....! . V "" i - -."., ... ""..... i, ifeiru - f msenr in siippiy kuhhim ior j AUSTRIANS LOSE 20,000 IN BATTLE,'.. ORGANIZE NEW LINES LONDON, Jan. 31 British patrols In the neighbor-) prinon- rielH i , 1 leia hood of l.pehy brought back ers from the German lines, .Marshal Uaig reported toda). North of Lens and in the neighbor hood of l'asscliendaelc he reported i Hostile arunerying. , ItoMK, Jan 3t. Kuoimous losses were Intllcteil upon .1... Ili.l.A.II.M.i.n linnti. I..lll..n .llltf in., .-.uowu-.,. m,i iiui" ..v...... ,.,M Aslago plateau and the Breuta valie bi the Italian offensive on Mondav and uisilay. u ilu-palili fiom the flout to- I ., .. ...i., ..ii...... ... ....i i uij Ml. II JII (IlllllllfMl in iu.iuru.g . pearl 30(n) pilsoneis, tlie Italians In- niele.l lasuiltles istlmatrd fit Iii.m SO,- una to JSdOO ' Ihe defences on Monte Val Uella and In the sectois of Col Dil Rosso and Col Dithele hive been oiganlzrd and held against detri mined lounter attacks, ile llveird b the luvadeis tn force. LONDON, Jan 31 Ihe extent of ltal'e lemarkable mid vv Intel vktorv over the Auslio-Geinians on the yslago sector of the northern fiont grows Willi reielpt of each addi tional repoit on the progress of the offensive. .Munte Vul Uella, In the western end of the 1'retiiela Valley, Is the latest Teuton stiongliold to pass Into Italian hands It was won In an all-day bat tle. Victory crowned Itailun aims after I oiillnnril un I'sie Konr. Column Three wintry record left" AS JANUARY MEMENTO Month Ending Today Cold eat, With One Exception, in Weather Bureau Annals January, Hill, ending today, has been with ot exception (he most severe month In the history of the Philadelphia Weather Hill rail. When February comes to greet Phlla delphla at midnight, It will bring with It a continuance ot this severe weather, At that time the mercury Is expected to hover arnmd the Itj degiee mark and lemaln tlnae for sevei.il das at least. 'Ibis diop In tcmperatuie Is ! to an atmospheric disturbance around tl.. iv. region that Is slowly moving eastward -.,,.. ' " eastward .-, . .,.. iruiperaiuie or 25 degrees ' '!'! J" ,nbfut " 'llet reached, after vvhlcli the. mercur Is scheduled to begin Its descent. January leioids in the weathei bu reau show peculiar figures. For vears Thhl nM eieeeded in.lisi, when ji k 'inches fell ' ' ! " 5,'B I rPli saiIdIiaiiI Mk. K1.t.a ..- . . - lilts "'"'J' Wriod Phlla- dclpblans ihook their overcoats, the iner- " """" " m -ijf u.rrajgfl or 1,0 Hrvvt-A Tha .. . . a.. . ..I . uotn in ana near the c h-vu a.i...... u0,einnt of freight from railroad .Vrf. i- i.MKA. t,...... . ..z' - 'i Is hampered because of the dimculty,of operating teams; and trucks. Railroad otltdala said thtre waa no serious tie-up In lb movement it frelaht to ni' I'hiladelnhlav .Trollsv wn i h.m.JTj la detoyed beoause of?lh litgli'bank otfl snow In the trU. tih' , - IJ mrwrw m mu owni.ques cut wore as; if ll u a r.san m iii, . PORT TO GET; 11 BIG INCREASE Lw IN SHIPMENTS . " , v Hurley Sees Added Use otw Philadelphia by Con- & trol Committee "Kf ' siiRpRisEn at Kv.tir.v.nrKr. .. ...f: Facilities to Be Utilized to Ex-; - nedite Handlincr of Muni- . llnna n-nit QnnnlSaa f fl d - - m ) Hi a 8laff Corrfptxdrnt Jfi fi WAHiu.MJTO, Jan. ii. jvp.v- II X. Hurley, chairman of the Unite, '$ Mlulu. I.lilnitn MnnrA Inil.v lolarilH .4 t Hint the appointment of the conimltteVJ l ') ffl tn ship control will surely nda to thO" H i Milpniem of nmnlCnim nnd other mip- "i." .i.i loioi.KU 1110 port ul j'lii.uui ip.iin. .o Thin committee wan appointed last A ulifht follolvlt.p a eonferenre III Mr. liur1 liflrl leys ufllce. The War and Navy Depart- '3 mania flin AUIah. iIim lorva Mhllintnv In ' -T,. J AVj -.......-, ... ....Mv ,-.... v- g. t(.rfiH ami ,r ,hnnr Hoard weni v!'l ripresented at the tneetlne. a vvae th4r4.i, , railroad administration. -JS I The. lommlttee consists of 1. A. ,B. ?, , rranklln, president of the International itf, I iiuA...iin 11...1... ..i i- i. -!..... 17! 1 ..1T-1 Cjllllll.- lillllir. IVI1U IS iiiuub C1IMI1 fll1tj man nf Ihe . .-iinmlttn. IT. IT Tin vmntin.y T't ... ....... ,,...,, ... ... ...... ....T a,.. ,,ri. Hitii.nin v ...lit, Mfi.nl i, an. , "".' -" ' '"' " .""' ... -r jj.j pointed controller of shipping In the port jfij in .p iiiik. hiiii .-sir i nun mi i.iii nrn. t tc - ;- ----- --.- - --.. ""I' ......., , - n j. !.,! of ,, Aj,. shlpplne Board 5 under the appointment made J'ester- Ji duy, these men will liavo supreme con- SJ trol over the dlstilbutlon of tonnaje to if'. the Atlantic aild tlulf ports. The rall-';"j road administration has promised co- Jr!J 'I'viaiioii in Renins me carcoea to me ii i1..Id.iI..1 iui.I. n...l II... 4 . -..i &. 1 .u.iniiui.u ,.,, in Mini lllCIIJIIjr JtlIUaIJT - jl v.'....iinin ..u.v uiiuniij fticcu l V eilVD to tills committee, the nllocallnn nf '? Jj he r i a mo sh os The naw will en. t .'a . . . yi operate In the furnlshlne of convoy jM nun nit- viuiuub jUlll. Kf j -mere Is no reason." he added. "hw the port should not be used, as far as' I, ran see. This matter l ei,ii,K- I the Ship Control Committee now. It has comolite eemtrnt (r il.. -....-.I... It has been uhen complete authority "J" "" lf,,,l''' Jwvlng the ports ,-$. ? Ji ' "." ,'" U wl" "nd "hl" , V to those ports easiest f access for trans. . ' D.V suu.uieni to j;uiope.t All will be done f Villi, HA ... 1.. ... .. V.l ...... .... ,,r w K'uiiR me tmmr rara.. . back to the loadlnir iwlnt as quickly! T -.' possible, wMi "At present there) to cotton shipped fiom the South tn v. ? and iiortliw-n-iirtrtlf'Thla'cbtlotf be sont"to the southern ixirts whr" h t&7 can be hundlod (inlrkei- t.,,i ,. .?Sftea I...II.H l.n... I.n .. .... 171 19,., .! ui.n i.iiu we corn belt for newxr5 'riroes. -XyJt . "Ihe whole plan ot this commltteeU I -K' ' . K., ' " r-".i,.,,t l,0,f,lIe eftlclcney out . Jfi of III available tonnnrp. tm., .it. k..w-i , ., . . .... ...n hub r ,u"B,l,e' "J lellevlng the congestion that1 k Si ',. , , ' '."" ''"" ol -New orlc. targces will he diverted to other porta easier of access from the point of manu facture or protiuction. "f, cannot see how this can do other wise than help Philadelphia. It is close to New York nnd can relieve riuch of the fielght congestion by diverting at that point. These matters, however, now rest In Ihe hands of the committee on shin con tiol They will, without a doubt, go thoioughlv Into the facilities of tho port,' of Philadelphia. They will then make? use of them as best suits the needs of tlft nation Philadelphia, will benefit with out a doubt." A shipping board ofllclals are In clined to look with favor on the advan tages offered by Philadelphia, explained to them bv Director George 8. Webster, of the Department of Wharves, Docks; and Ferries, coupled with Its proximity to New Yolk, which has long been tho big shipping center, and which has been unable to handle the ereatly increased sipping uue to the war, the future of W5 1 Philadelphia's port Is virtually assured. ..aS'a wiui me am or the railroad admin- 'a k .... .. .; .. .. - "" lstiatlon, the committee will divert tu other ports much of the supplies that heretofore haVc clogged New Tork It Is expected that Philadelphia will lie called upon to handle a great quantity of this shipping The plan has et to be approved bv' the British Government and the other allies, but ofllclals have lecelred assur ance from Sir CUnnop Guthrie and Sir Richard Crawford, of the British em bassy, that this would be forthcoming, Mir f!i,iirt-i .. i... i., i . ....- . .r. . .... ....., ,, , rau u, lno Aiues , ny . Sliiniilnv TCnucl In !. irnil.A r,.-. ... ( .7V ...M VH... ... ,,lc uiiiivu acairs, in SY an Interview gianted an Kvbniko run--,i.? uc j.KDOKn correspondent In WashlnS?.!1 ,wi. .cfli.iu... ruiu uie uniisn iinvapn., . ' ,... i, . ...n...... .. . . .' "'.a. i.rnt i nun iiciimiciy planning to makA ..M ffr.nltt ,i.a nf II. ..-., 1 7T. ' i.. .. ii ..I... .... 4 .- in (.-un novum! nun me aciiop omo. attached particular significant o to t decision to dispatch abroad Itivma II. Sevens, vice chairman of lh" '"P ,bo-rd ,an,5Cie.orBf , ofr hoards legal staff, to sit In London 1 Paris as permanent vepresentattves ij the United htatea In shlDDlllr mall The representatives on the other) i win seeic to accomplish the same sought by creation of the control i mlttee. In addition they will n the United Blates In the allocation7 neutral iuiiuhsp ooiainea uy agreea uecneeii me miiep ana neutral tries. . theweatherJ 1'ORKOASV ,." ",T J--- T, . , For PhttadclpMa and.vlMnUui i. u doudv ohd co'drr onlr?ir,aBf, dav. ich lotirit temperature nllul t.X ,li nf lltl ni M ,tZj ... H.......F .n.s. r . .j C iw. .-,. , rt, " ' m jf I.EN0TH f tt4.fl, jjf Sun !(. j 1:12 a oilauu s.t:.i6UT VKLAHAKE KlYlsK nn CWUMi c-hbwtwut wrwtwiy HlshVal.rf If JB.U(teb r 4 Lew wttr.U J5 . lLsFsrr,ll "'i lio riiY'ls I ' i rrfi-T- st l.t m,lWW"'f "" iy: " ;;v.v.fm... , Today'sMufti UQvtriw, fl .j "i"rj '1iJ 7n 9 Stivm .. i m M Jit Ss sf.i 11 it . j ' I'M . i so M n?i. v-o; S Yi Atft "V M ;,
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