TL PORT PLANS HERE Q.K.'D BY HURLEY Indorses the Construction of More Modern Piers on Delaware ASKS PRIORITY WORK II. N. Hurley, chairman of llio Viilled Ftntes Shinning Hoard. Is favorably In clined toward tlio pica ot Plioclor George S. Webster, nr llio Department c( Wharves, Docks mid Ferric, to cnlarsc , the excellent conditions that n,iv m- vnll In the port of Philadelphia. Director WetiUcr lias nppealcil to tlio TTnltctl .States Shipping Board for prior ity certificates for materials for new pIcrB to lio built ntong the Delaware ntver. Tlio city now lian mailable be tffwn $S,000,000 nml $8,000,000 for tlio erection of piers. This Ih exclusive ot tlio money now under contract for the McKcnn street pier, now hearing coin pldtlon. The money Is part of u hnnd Issue authorized by tho otcis of Phll.i clclphla In 1310. Tho money now available will odd lit least rdx modern piers for tho linndlhiK of ocean liners of the l.ugcst t)pos., This will add to the illicitly law ca pacity of this poit. It will gho .iililcd reasons for tho shipping of foreign car- I goes through I'lillatlelphla lnste.nl of bj tho longer anil tnoie otpcnsie mule through Nov York mid other ports. ' ul'imi ui:st pii'iik The piers will ho the otpial tit the other municipal piers now In uso along tho Delaware. These piers hale proied so cfTlclciit that tho tpiailci master's i corps has taken one of them over for i evluslie shipment tit ainiy supplies. , When the pioposllltm nf gruu'lng pri ority teillllt'.itp.t fur m.itctlnls ! r ihtsc piers lias brought heforo Mr. Hurl v his flist tiueslloii was: "Where will the ninney come from ' When lohl that It hail ahead) hi u pint Mul by the city uf riilladclpiil.i, lo said: "Tli.it Is line. Theio Is no doubt lh.it we need nil the shipping fuelll'los tl at we can possibly ;et. The more pier la cllltles and harbor facilities Mnt wo haie In tho 1 'nltcd Slates the oistor it will be to Ret the shipments iibm.nl. Wi lled! nil that ie tan get. I am .lad tu hear that I'hll.ulclphl.i has this nichcy niniiahlc. "The question iff these prlmlt) teltll! cntcs has not jet been buniKlit olliclull) before iik Director Webster toot; -the matter up Sillh ldvartl V "."airy, tlliee lor of operations for tho s-hlpplng lioanl If It .docs not luteifere with any opera tlons ot the I'ulted States Goi eminent, I cannot ree why these piiorlty ccitlfl rates should not bo Issued to Phllatlel phla to co on with the Rood work of adding to tlio shipping facilities of tho country in the time when tho war C.1II3 for nil wo can get " Iilrector Webster a;ll loda that the McKe.ui street pier Is more than two. thirds completed. When piiorlty ceitlll catos are Issued fur the 1nalfil.1l Iho mnalnder will bo rushed, nther ducks for which certlllcates aiv desired arc planned for Purler, Wolf, Cheuy and Kenllworth (treels other pici't 11 ro planned at Allegheny aiciiuo and Colum bia, ai tunc. T",e plain for all thoi-e pit rs uie leady fur npeia'lous ill the Dcpattinent ot Whanes. Docks and Forties, Oppidan of the iler In tlii- spilng will leaic the city fuo to go ahead with il work-, pipilded piiorlty certlllcates fur ma tt rials aio Kiantctl by that time. BUSINESS SCIENCE CLUB SPEAKERS FOR FREE ZON Prominent speakers at the dinner ot the Hushes Science flub, at tho llelle. vue-Stiatfoid Iat nlRiit, stroiiRly urRed tho Chtabl slinicnt uf a tree zone at this port In order that Philadelphia may take athanliiRo of the creation of llio million fjros tonnaRp of Alucilcaii ship. phiR and llio c online tuuisrer of tho money market to th.s countiy. Other ndinntuRes of tho frco poit dwelt on weio the necessity for icilslou ot tho I'ulted States nalR.itlou laws, tho creation of favoiabie I1ikiiicI.i1 con ditions fur cstabl.shliiR new shlipliiK. and tlio cxtenson uf pier, lallroad and warelmuso facilities lieie. It was shown by .cut Re V. Pproule, secretary of the I'oimiiWsioiit'rs of Navl Baton, that this country has been pay. Iiir ftuelRii shlppiiiR tine thousand mil lions of dollais ecry t.ir to tany Its exports nml Imports He uNo laid stiess 011 the nettl fur llniiuclnu lcpu table r tlzens who wished to build ships to take caio of this tl.itle. Ho said that in 1 tiropo banks did this exeluslicly. takhiR njorlK.iKes on tho ship Itpplf and that one bank hi IhiRland hcmt failed to pay lis stockholding less than 20 per cent dlildenils. , CITY TO REGISTER 10,000 MALE ALIENS Recording of Finger Prints, Photo graphs and Histories Will Begin Monday Registration of male (iemian aliens will begin In Philadelphia Monday morn ing und it Is expected tha l'000 Her mans hi this city will bo required to leglster. t'nder the law women ale not icqulred to register A complete sjstein of Identlllcatlon Is Included lu tho icgistratlou plan, Finger prints, pliotoraphs and histories Of tht, llies of all ihosn Iniolred aro icqulrcd, Supcrlntendeiit of Police Itobluson is i, i barge an niperior registration oilleei for Philadelphia, and lieutenants have been appointed to havo charge of the woik In thoiailous precincts, INery police ttatbli will bo a leglstratlon center and twill bo open for this pur poso f i om C o'clock In the morning to 8 o'clock In tho cicnlng. Perietal agents have a complete list of thoso ictiulrctl to register, and will tnka uctlon against those who do not comply with tho law next week, FORTY NEW POLICEMEN Thirteen Firemen Also Added to City's Payroll Today Municipal appointments today Includ ed the addition of foity patrolmen to the city forces and thirteen firemen. This does not ijuito bring the police force up to the needed (luota, but they nro being appointed as fRt as suitable "men curl bo found, It was said today. Mrs. II. 11. Itugdon, of 120 South Thirty-fourth street, was npirolntcd first assistant In tho antitoxin laboratory of the llurenu of Health ut a salary of $1000 a year, while (Jeorgo I'eters, of 2514 Hast Yoik street, was appointed a machinist's helper In tho Ilurenu o( Water, at 13.60 a nay. ADOPTS DAUGHTER, FORTY Fargo, at 71, Rewards Housekeeper for Faithful Service SKW YOIHi!. Feb. 2. Miss Jano Fllr tbtth Oeraty. forty years old. Is today the adopted daughter ot wcaitny sioru mer Fargo, formerly connected with tho WellH-Farfn Kxhresa Company. Legal adoption of Miss Qeraty Is Cargo's Idea of recompensing a faithful hausekeeDor who has nerved him fort "jjtarp.. Ho la jeventy-fou? years old. L H "t-ii..)jil.j.jwiiiiiw Minirlinfr' Wimn1frr .' I 1 5 Hlto" " jm mm-1 I m 1 i I 4lK " ...jiHI ? l iHt & jfB j4ln ffiV- I 1 Iff 6- ENTER high school TWELVE Miirgnrvl Price (top) ami Mi nerva R. Roscboro, who will enter the West Philadelphia Utah School for Girls net Mon day, will bo the youngest pupils ever enrolled in that institution. TWO YOUNGEST GIRLS IN CITY HIGH SCHOOL Twelve-Year-Olds Will Break Records Next Holiday in West Philadelphia Monday mornhiR will see em idled In the West Philadelphia IIIrIi School for liirls the jouiiRC-t two pupils cur .id-, ml ted to that or probabl.v anv oilier similarly Ri.ultd nhool hi the countiy. The Rills ale Mlniria It. P.osehoio, .iRcd twelic. uf 'y Walnut f-licet, and) MaiRJiel Pi lie. ot fil!' North 1'oilli'th sticet. ulm Is some months youiiRtr. The two children ale chums and both Rind uated this wtek (ruin tlio .Mm tun Me Mlthail Public School. Mlnena Is Ihe" d.iURlitcr of Mr. and Mrs. Plillo ,M llosiborti and MarRatets father Is the Itec. li. W. Price, pa-tor ot tho Mautu.i ltiptit L'huich Hoth Rlrls stinted to school in the klndeiRartcn, MaiRaiet in Patcrsou, N. J., and Mill mil at tho Jtodnoy kindersnrtcn In this city. Hoth Riatluated from public i-chool at the same time, both "sklpplnR" two or three Rrades at a time, so fat did they pi ijri ess ahead uf llio other pupils MntRatct was handicapped in liei scholastic prtiRrcs liy her f.unilj's molnR frpin place to place as- her father was called to different churches In various pari. i of the i:.ist, but Mlnerva'i. haiiilltap, tine of Illness some jenis aRO, was tin lied Into an aid, as her mother t.iURht her tlurliii,' licr imualesci lice, and when she icturned tu public! school slit) was far ahead of the otlicis. The two chums work together and help each oilier and theie Is mucii filentlly iiiai bdwctn Hum. Thoy havo innppiil out their e.iietis and botii Intend tn be liaihcis and will enter the normal m hool aftir passhiR throiiRh liiRh scliool SLIGHT DECREASE SHOWN IN WEEK'S DEATH LIST Total of 7oti, Against 7U8 for .Plc viotis Week, anil Xo Conta uious Outbreaks The iinl.1) icpoit of the lluie.ui nf Health lotl.ij showed a total nt 7fii; deaths for the week, us compaied lo (iS'J for the Lcirie-poiidliiK week of last year. Tho deaths fnr last week were 7CS. No cases nf nutbieak nf lontaglous disease! ale lepnrtrd. There Was a slight deciease In deaths m ,ul. monla, the total for the week being HE Tho causes of death this week weie: Tjjhul.l f, v. r .IteaMhtl T Si'.irlel finer '..".I;!!" 1 11 linDplmr toti(ih ' i lilnlilherU iind ijnui ii llltltlt'lut i.'t littler tlildemk .llsiHSes . .'. .' 'J Tultrrriiluiilii ct Ih.. luims ...,. s, TuiH-rtulnslH iii' iniiliiH ' , tllher furins it lulu-n ulnsln ('tuner and other mullKnaiit Yun'iori! ! ". :r. hlinplo iiioniniih's .. . -"'""is..., .,, Almlil-xj Hmi ' flenllin e,f tirniii '.'. "1 iiruiinle iIIwihoh ur th,r heart . m Aiule binmSliN :S hrilllll, l,rm, hltlu I'll, timniilii . . ' ollrnt hiiiiiietinii tiia . . . . '. ', ' ' c'linr iiiikmhi'h nr lhe rfNolrutiirv , lelll (tub.ltul.isa exefipil) ' IJIseiiaea eif lhe slullluth (cancer" vuirr iMHTiieriti act nit ins or lirtunniiev miu inner 7 ('nmienliHl tkhllli) iin.l mairuriaution' '. '. '. "il Seinlltl ,,.w . " iiiimiiiiki .. ;; ' :! All other lulent deaths n Suit 1,1,' -D All oilier tlltieutifii i!!!!!i!.l ps Tolul . . T-JU SHOOTING VICTIM BETTER Sailor's Assnilant Says Saloon Fra cas Was Climax to Feud Tlie condition of Adolph Brown, a seaman, who was snot in u k.iIooii ut Second, and Pino streets uh the climax of a feud of six months' standing, Is leported lmproicil at tho Pennsylianhi Hospital today. His alleged iissallant. I Alfred Uergcruian, who says bin homo AT iiiairhf'H nml enirrlils (under two stars) lo I tho heaiy tax. Hut records show' that iVnrinsll'ruuion''-''''' ' ? nation's s.ne,e di.nkers n.o going C'lrrhoaitt of the Ihnr !!'.." " u I It ns strong as eier. &n!a,ur. " Accoidlng to rciold.s compiled at the or the female uenlial nriin nlllce of the Internal lteienue I'ommls- ' ,:err,;tS:,,,,.","1" ",u"-"-'". . . Sinner today II,., o vero approMmatel) Is lu lleldeiueig, ilermany, wiih held btai'.on. According to tho story told to tho police by Ileigerman, he and IJroivn wero born In Norway and together grew to manhood. They drifted apart, travel ing lu different parts of the world. I.ast October they met In Chicago und one day, Hcrgman usserted, Drown nnd two of his friends robbed htm of scleral hundred dollars. Krom that time ho vr ' so ui'T-v'ICtUl has searched for his false friend, and finally found him drlnklnc la tho -saloon last teut without ball by 'Magistrate Jmbcr at ' wuit of Jluglstialejnibernt tho Thirty the Third and Do I.uncey stree.s poiico i fourt" t'u"'l,-t ""t I'tcenth and -LA'liSCJ JUULJLO lilDDtiJWK-i'lilLiUjJiLtPHiA, gAU?UlttAy. MOSQUITOES FLY. 60 MILES FOR BITE So Expert on the "Critters" Tolls New-Jersey Externii- nation Association GOHGAS URGES WORK SurROon General Points Necessity of Snfep;uarilhiK Health of Sol diers In Camp ATLANTIC i-ITV, Keh. 2. William l'. liorR.is, suiKeon Rencnil, I nileil Stntes army, wired to tho New Jersey Mosquito KMerinlnatlou Asso ciation, in annual lomciitlon here, nil earnest plea for iiRRresslic w-.irf.ira to make Jcisoy n musqultulehs Coininou wealth. i.'euer.il tioiRns's mesiMRe treated a "ir In the colli nation because of ie poits Unit Camp .lleirltt, ut 'linally. In PcrRen County, whetc thousandi ff llRhtliiR men ale ntseinbled, Is sur. 1 rouiidetl by laiRe brcedliiR iiniin for aialarlal moMiulloes. It follows: Heeplv Inleieslcd In sour work'. I conildcr uctlilly of mot urRcnl neces 'Ity iind Inip'irtance. Pltam accept btst wlh"s for t.ilccei-1. Tho couifiitlon iiiioptcd a iccommcn- Oil Ion fiom lt Munmlltieon resolutions. Picfrnteil by P.obeit 1' I.'ukIc, of Ueach Haven, tint tho Lenltliture be Iisked to prochle foithwlth 11 Mate appropria tion of SinnOini tu supplement the work 1 beliiR dune by the coast counties lit .1 cost uf seier.il hundred thousand dol- 1 lais .mm. -illy. ' Lin' sini.mr.iis nmir tiii:.m '' Austin llURhes, of the rape May Com mission, outlined a plan for nlltliiK Hi" sallom at Wl-s.ihleknii Ii.irracks. Cape May, and the thousands of soltllei- ' at Ciiuili f)K mid Camp Men lit In M nulto w irf.no b means of u. rump-ilKH of cdiitlon to h" co'itliKted under Y. M C. A auspices The proposal wal piotnptly apprm cd Chairman IhiRle said: "Jersey net tin a nt w I.trcaeclde pep per, pupulallv known as neii' Wc ourIiI to talk mosquitoes all the time tu every body who will II. ten " lIURcne Wlnshlp. sanitary ciiRluec for the (i renter ,n 'York lit partment of Health, said inosiiiliii wiurlorn should not fear the e.upliiK crltlilsm of a skep tical woild New ork 1 ttv spent $150, UOn lat 5 ear in Us extermination cam palkn and h roIhr ,i1i'al .iciely. put thiR In hundreds of tliou".iuiH of feet of dialn.iRe ditches tt eradicate brcedluc. aieas. lie said I he work had been bam pered somewhat hv hlBli-minded per-1 sons who prefer a position to a Jo, and i tirReil the Jerseymen not to wnsto money by puttlnK oil upon drained meadows. Thomas J Headlee, State entomolOKlst ! tor New Jersey, spoke upon "Mosquito i I3IMI Ibution as a l'attor in Jlosqulto Control." He slid: "Wo nius study tlie moMiillu on the ulti to ole ncinv of uiir piobleins. Teit-flce mile migrations aio coin inuii antl forty-mile fllchts take place liber the brood enieritlint Is l.tiKO Hlt.i nille ruclit liaie hetii itcordetl .Mosipil tues hale buartltd ships forty miles (loin tho lie. ii cm laud b'l.HiHTS til' Mi)SQCITUi:.S "Kolllella.n ulilth breed In the silt null Mrs ale ptodlLTlous tiun Itrs. Plights niiiiaientiy are liupelled by netc-slty for food, taklncr millions uf the pests from bii'tdhiK pools lu Ihe neaien town for lefipslmieut upon human subjects. A brood of Attle S.ciiestrls, which lireetl In frish-watei' siMimps, niade their w.i from the ras".ile V.ilhy acioss ,a r.liiKo uf mountains 400 eet hlKh to Oranne. seien miles ,iiia t'iile I'Ipletis movo their bieedlni; places c'.nso to town in older to have foutl handy." "s,..,...,,--t M3RKIb TOWN DH'HTHKHIA IX MontRomiTy County House of De tention I'hiL'uil Umler Quai'iiutinu ii:i:is,TOVN". I'tb 2 Dlphtheihi bioke nut lu the .Montgonifry County House nf I Mention at N'tu rlstnwn today and the Hoard nf Health lias uiiar iintliied the lntttutlon The "lctlin Is lieoigo llunili, u I'nltiied boj. nne nf a family nf four nienlnllj dellcli lit inll' then who were brought , tho attention nt tho .liuenlli. Cm t and were being linn for l'Vehle .Xllnileil lit Spring lit). Ticatnient was glicn Hit, other clilldien in tlio Inslliulloii. four iHtys and a girl, to pieieut a further spread nf the ills ease, as all the chllihen had niiimlcd lu the pl.i.ilnoui The llund) children were admltlcil to the House nf lietentinn nearly two months ago from the Willow Uroie scc- ll'oiv the disease got Into the Institu tion is a in. Men U.S. BEGINS TO SEE DREGS 0F1TS BOOZE Two Years of War-Would Out last Nation's Supply of Liquor by Six Months WASHINGTON. Feb, i. If the win Ii'tw a couplo of jears moio America Is likely to run out of haul liquor In fore It tuns Into national prohibition, statistics showed.' Tilde's only enough left now' to keep up toddles and elbow -bendi is for eighteen months. ..... ... .Ilu.lll ..,. ..inc.. Ill, til ...i. n,.. iimim men frnr Ihict thou- ,o .. unintrlnir dnot tf will closu ns carle as Janu.ir) 1, mill, and that eien I.efnVe then bnoie may go so high that H7 nobody can afford to get full but a mil "'I llonalre. ti Already hundreds of saloons li.no closed because of high boozo prices and 1 50,000,000 gallons of dlutlllttl liiiini' held In bonded warehouses near the end of .Tunuaiy. The dally dialn on those stocks Is nt a ru to which will aggregate more than lOli.OUO.OOli gallons annually. The threatened exhaustion has not )et caused n decrease hi the withdrawals fiom the warehouses, officials said. PICKING POCKETS CIIAHGED Cop Declares Youth Was Caught Operating at Lobster Ball Paul Or.i)o. of llth and McKean stieets, ntteided tho Lobster Hall at New Audltoiluni Hall, Seventh stieet' and Sir) del- ait'liue, last night. This morning no uitcnucu tho police onyeier uioiiuc, ,,,,,w ,, hah ciuukcu by Policeman uivrn, or llio Thirty seventh district stutlon with picking pockets while ut the ball, , Owen swore Hint ho saw- the jouth putting his hand Into u dancer's pecket uud arrested him,. At court this morning Crayo pleaded not guilty, but It was soon found that ""-!- , , ., . I he has quite an exiensiio ponce record. so ho was held In J300 ball until Mon- day morning; wnen no win oo given a trial, HABITAT OF "JERSEY HUNS" Ss SUSSEX ' PASSAIC WACBCM MnDDI"S Z f"5f S x-Wi-.'Vl X , iZXrUNION ,50MtR3tT-i.. HUNTERDON I fMlDDLE' f I ,lli.-cJ J-A.."an? J K V1 MAP MERCEtf NEW'jERSEY V BURLINGTON CAM 'DEN iLOUCESTEB . . - 1 . j-jj. 1 rcBAND-, 0CEAN LANTIC W V t . - SACTMADSH M050UI1O INFtSTATIOttfNCCOStO Y BOOKCN LINE---' TIOAL MOOVH UMMUNCO B 110AL MM JM PAOTLV 00 COePCXIILV DQAINCO C CAPE MAV ADtA rcAcucAiiv rctto or SALT MABSH MOSOUIlCtS AOtA STICCINPCiTtO BY 5ALT MBttSH MOSOUITCtS FOOD 50 P. C. HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST, 1914 Farm Products Jump 5)5 Per Cent Clothing More Than Doubles WASHINGTON, Kilt, Z. It is tiistliiB tht American people to day Just In per cent more to eat than It did In AtlKU't, lfl I war broke out. Itetall prices on f.iodMtifffi most ecu 1 1 ally consumed in till countiy tdimi Hie follow Ins; Increased on December SI, 1017. oier AiiRiist 1, 1014. according to the Lnllcd fctaten nurcau or i-auur m.i titles. V?,l,,,,r IVr real liifrni-e Per tent Inrrrase . . ."! . till lllllll . . Ill I.CIS lao KnittKt Meilk i'l llMIIrr At! llllk IJ sirloin slrak II tilt, rn.isl Urns nrnmnil 'jj I, !,'.' f,l! simitr l inl I'nrk tliiilis ll.iruii Wholesale prices ceneially hae In t reased 70 per cent itiirliiR the period The Bieatest ijaiii in these Is found hi farm products, which hnco risen !'." per crut, with lutlnl and metal piothicts n. tlose set ond, shocclnc; an Incie.tso of S8 per eenl Clothing was lot; per cent hislier on December 1. wholesale. Lumber and building niateilals half rl-eu .18 per cent and diutrs and theni Icals 130 per tent, l'uel and llRhtlng went up HI per tent during the peilod. I he I'liiieriiiiniil plans tu sti ike di rectl f.t high letnll prices If Cuiigrc.-s Mill pass the tllaslle food bill mull lu be Introduced lu Congress. Following Labor Dure.ill stntMlcs to day showing llilng costs fiuni ii to if. Per cent higher than when Hie war broke , nut. It was learned the new Admlnlstra-1 tlon bill usks plenary powers l? Ilx prices on whateicr protlucts It tlceius net essarj . It promises dhect lellef tn the farm er, wlio has ininplaiiieil that fixing prices on w Ileal has w, ought Injiistlic, lu thai other pioducls for which he has had to pay iiiiiii than ecer farm Implements Included hale not been nftei ted The iieasuies whose pioclsinns h.ilci1'1 been kept carefully secret Is nlnietl at.ie- "' ; - ' ,' ;"''. J" , i ""''' '1K ,,,, censing si s- I talleis the fund ailuiliiislratinn ahe.uly ministration Is knimn In be tlelt rinlneil ! In apply the thick In i.imiMiit it tall profiteering (icneral Wood I.eaics Hospital PAIHS, Keb. :, M.ijnr-Cenci.il Wood, 'who was wounded 111 the light arm b a shell splinter while ilslting toe Amer ican front rettutl). It It tlie hospital here today. City News in Brief The old 111 nail stiect market house propel ly, at 1 71 S tn 17".'l North Ifin.ul stieet, has been sold by Lionel 1'ilcd niatin to John I). Dealer at a price lielltied to be totultb tably In excess of $ioi',oou. A moro elaborate use of iiiovlug pic ture lilnii und lantern slides ns mi aid to text hooks In tlie public si bonis has been adiocatetl by Or. Jnbn P. (lather, supeilntenilent of the public si bonis nf Philadelphia. The co, lespondent In the Philadelphia lloutse oi' tho Pails Chamber of Com merce li.es icoch id a ionimunlc.it Inn from that body e.xpiessng the gratitude of the I'lencli people tnr tho partlclp.i- tlon nf the I'nlttd Stales lu the w,ir Hid i und the actlilt) of the Ameilcaii I'iush In l'liiefpo. Patriotic rallies weie again held 111 many of tho public schools of Philadel phia last night lu the tnutlniiiitlnu of tho campaign to stump out sedition nntl dlslo)alty and Inculcnto a spit it of loyal ty In the )oung people nf the city. Applications were made at the ofllco of tlm llurean of Compulsory l'duea tlon yesterday by lBO child, en to enter Industrial plants hi order lo support sick und dependent parents. News has been receded hero nf the death In action on tho l'iciicli fiont of Dr. Hobert 11 Heath, tlilrty-nlue years old, a graduate of tho Dental Sihool of the X'nlicislly of Penns) li.iula lu the class ot l'Jlii. Lieutenant Colonel Horatio II, Hack ett, son of the former political leader by the same name, ban been piomnted to be colonel of the 121th field Artllleiy. The election for president of the Phil adelphia Jledleal Club to settle the con troveisy over tho alleged technical de. fects In tho election of Dr. Albeit P itiubaker has been ouleied for I'eb ruary H. Tho Delaware Uav-Ilrowu Shoal gas nml bell buoy No, 7, which was dam aged by Ice and lemoied for repairs, will be replaced ns soon us practicable, and lu the meantime tho station will bo temporarily marked by an unllcihted, second class tall can buoy. Wounded Thief Escapes N'OnniSTOW.V, Pa., Feb. I. Ono of this" burglars who f)tereil tin auto, mobile supply btoro at Harloysvllle was wounded by a ehot from citi zens who were watching, but ho escaped by being carried to an automobile. In which the burglars carne, nnd was hur ried w. 1,, w, x I'lilted Stulcs troops nru colled upon to faco tho Hun not only D30N in l'rnncp, but urc threatened with a llBht to mnlto thlnl part of tho liorld "safe, for ilotnocrnc" down lu Jersey. Wil liam C. tloritas. siir Bcon Rcneral of the T-,,lte,l Ulnlna Armv. '"'"'PN5 .i .tti' '. iWjr I MONMOUTH ' I. i .. ... i .-mi,ii ' oiporai on, ijcturn ino i oiiiiupice om Inn urRed u telent- ,,,,, llf , Son,ltn , WnsliliiRton less war on tho inos- yeHterday In which Mr. Pouell said that qultocs, now liiiown ' labor Rcnenilly was responsible for tha I iIkIh,, li. . I.I..I..ill.tt... Ann.nhnliU as "Jersey Ulltlf, i and nlieady plant hale been sURRested fur the uso of l.'ucle Sam's IlKhtlllir fotces In the "no penco with out iletory" ivnr to bo dccl.il oil iiisnliist the wlnt'ed foe. CONDITION IN I9IV AStAOrOOICINIL PREDICTS RECORD COAL , OUTPUT FOR THIS YEAR Slate Mine Chief Sees Big Production With Proper Car Supply lIAKKISttri'.i'.. Tib : If the i .ir nippl and dlstilbiitlon tun be ni.ilul.ilneil tlllclently this car the enr.l iiinrluelliin ill bulb the anl'.racite when the e.'rcat"nud bltunilnoiis tlbtrltts uf Ihe Mate, will break all iccords. iiccoidltiK tu the ale ini.il report ot" .lames V. Uuderlck, Chief1 ihe Male tienaitment uf Mines. Tlie labor shoilac,.' ot 1917 kept down tho tecurds of list cnr, when 07.r,S5,000 net I tons of anthracite and 170.100,000 tons of blttunlnou.i coal were mined, and It also preicnted the coke output from bhntteilng .ill records of tho paft. Chief Hoderlcl; In his icnort says: "The i. Iter annihilation or paraljzallon of tlio industrial ccuteis of Kurope has placed upuii tho I'nlled Mates th bunlen of siippljlng tho world with movt of the 'necessities ot life oal particularly, tho foundation of nil industrial power and the great retiuisiio lor tiomesiie comiuri. Is the subject of an iniperatlco ilein.inil, not only for the suet essful conduct ot Iho war but for the piulcctlon of the human nice trom the rlgois nf the winter. I'n tier tlie elsllng conditions, with tho ex ti.ionllnary deniaiid for fuel and tho stimulus of extremely high waged, Hie oulluuk in reiuis.chalila Is faiorablo for t reeoitl-breakliig production in 1018, pioiiiled the fir siippl antl car illstrl 1 utlon tan be uiiilnlatned with necessary tllltieney and fuither procldetl that tin lueii can bo kept steadilj at work In stead of Indulging In the loo frttiuent x.ii'.itlini pi rlotli for tho purpose of en Jo.ving their iiiiinlliceut earnings. "The j ear's netliltlea weio hampered somewhat by labor shortages, strikes, disturbances oier wage ccales and by an lnadetuatc car supply.' THIKVKS TAKK HEST SII.K (ict Int. :i Factory WHli Keys Steal ?7000 Wortli and 'Ihe It.'iiney Sacks Cmnpany, in.iiiii- f.u lining silk shirtwaists on tho firth tor of K'l'S Che, ry strict, has six nig closets lu whli h tin, silk Is kept. 'I In best s s kept in ono tins, t, the next best 111 anotl.tr. and so on. OH Usual ind a maxMumi nf ttllcleuci drole up behind the biilldlug with an autniuoblle truck lisr nlglit, lit tlieni- selMs lu will, keys', opened tho clo-ets with kics and went nlf with tho lour best grades nf silk The giosH miii'UiI- of their night's Hoik line 7'ifin woilli nf sill;, hut, nf foiir,-e, the cost r.f gasoline, deprceia- I tlon nf the motoitiiii I, and a few other ' oierlieatl items inu"t come nut of thai. EDGE IS EXPECTED , TO JOIN TOGA RACE Friends Say Governor Will Call Special Election and Be Senatorial Candidate ATLANTIC CITV, Keb. 2. Imernor L'dgo may solvo Now Jer sey's United Stales senatorial piuzlo by calling n special election to fill the i Hughes ineaney nnd enter tho lists as, a candidate. Persons lery close In tho (Joiernor leet.nn lids Is ii fur nir.in llltolv solution nf the delicate pally situation than the appointment nf ex-Ooiernor Stokes, David Ililid. of I'mndeii, or I some ono else to llll the uuexplietl peilod of tho late Senatoi Hughes's term. . The work dole, nm' I "do cut out for linnscu. ins rri.uus Buy. win navo ocen 1 accomplished when the pres.nt bglsla- tlie session closes on or about .Match 1 IJvery ono of the business policies for which tho Cloieriior campaigned and advocated In his Inauguial message has been nr will bo onacted Into law within the next four liteks, It Is con.sldeicd certain. Tho (loieiuor, Ids shoio pnillsaus said, seiernl weeks ago determined to nnounco himself us n candidate for i a: Senator to succeed Senator Hughes In the fall prlmniles shortly after tho close of tho Icglslntllo session With Clovcrnor Ialge the successor of Senator Hughes, President K McCran, president of tho Senate, would become acting (lovernor for tho balance of the l'dgo term. This might clear tho way for another South Jerseyman for Gov ernor In 1919. CIIAItGI' or ASSAULT OX COP Policeman Arrests Six-Footer After Hough nnd Tumble Argument Policeman Schweitzer began to think ho would eiuallfy as John :ruccest,or as tho woild's champion patient man, but he lost whatever chance ho had to day when ho waded Into Michael Tourtal, a six-footer weighing something above SIS pounds. Schweitzer, who says that Tourtal has been "pestering" hlni for days, locked the man up this morning nt tho Fourth mid York streets station after a rough-jnd-tumble tight nt Mnschcr and Dauphin streets. Tourtal, who will havo a hearing tomorrow on a charge ot assault and battery, lliea at 2211 Orlanna street -fv JPJtiBKtJAKY 'I 1,018 LEADERS DENY LABOR DELAYS SHIPBUILDING Incfllclcncy of Eflleicney Ex perts Pointed to as One Cause CONTRADICT STEEL MAN Workct'3 Patriotic as Any, Declares Unionist, nml Wlllintr to Push U. S. Work lbpieteiitatlies nf labor olR.ml.itlons In I'hll.ulelplil.i look exceptions today to , statements made by J. W. Powell. ito -. " niii'uiiiiuiuh .. The Blst or Jir. I'onnll s lcmari.s was , ,rahIlllt m iri,ator Wadsworth. l'.epub that labor, in tu.Ked only by tomineit'l.il ,,.ini llf -y. York, members ot the Tiiln. assumed dictatorial .ittltudo and I jttry Ooiiuulttec, today were pre that Ihe worklnpmeii were dohiK 1! i paretl to loosn the-lr lotiilarilineiit Jlon wtnlv nine than In normal times. IIo , ,,,V alJ TUl.M.lV respectliely. In spllo i ailed upon labor to bo patriotic John Walt, business manager of Ihe I'attermnkcrs' Association, which has hcadiiu,ittirn lu the Parkway Ilulldlng, said the teal cause of the delay was duo lu "so-i nllcd elllclency exin'rts." "If somo uf these rvneris wnillil deioto more llmo lo ie.il enieltncy und less to trying to I make goats of tlie worklnKiilcn theio iiould be iiituli more progress In Oov eiiiineut work generall.c," ho commented. "Tho tinuble," taltl Watt. "Is that the men do not begin at the foundation i f things. They do not pay any atten tion to the housing or transportation ..millions, which the workmen must en- hue, and then add no end or unreason able regulations, which aro almost mi. if sslhle to abide bj , I,, inniiv Instances executive posh nous ai" fillet by amateurs. Conditions, at the Philadelphia Naiy Yard makrt a good example of ;hls mrt of efficiency. lu charge, of llio nlnr.ift dlilsloii there, tbev h.no placed a man "ho is a wool maiiufnctuier. and t understand ho Is an expert. Tlio most Inetllt lent system 1 ccr heard of ma be found at Oio n.iiy said" Watt said he had complained lo See. I retary li.inlcls about tho system there main inuiilhs ago. but tetelied no reply "As a striking illustration of condi tions lit the yard, ' he added, "I cite this t condition' few dajH ago COO men weie lot Led out for an hour because, they weie a tew minutes latt thiougn i,aj tmlle.i erlcc. In this easo alone the limcrnmeiit lost 1,00 hours' time in fact, tho loss w.i3 really greater than that, for a large number of the men became Indignant and did not repurt for work nt all, but remained off for the i day. It Is next to Impossible for them to i each the jnrd on the minute on account of the deplorable transit facili ties, and during the last few weeks'the cold spell and rtoims hale added to the dlilleultles." "Many of the men travel long dis tances In order to bo on time and jet tbej aro held up through the Inefficiency uf tho car scstcm. Then after their effort they are locked out although those In charge of tho nay jartl must cerlalnlj know that lateness in I chart ing to work t.iutiot be helped." 'The same thing uppllcs tu some of the new shipbuilding plants. At the old established plants the conditions are muic leasonable." Among others who denied tlie state ments made bj' Powell was W. T. Allen secit'tarj' and treasurer of tho Phila dolpiiU riHrlct: t'mmcu nf V, fj llrntherhood ot Ciirpenters. Ibis r. ganlratlon h.i- 10,000 members In l'hll - are'ciigige!!'",; the VZumZZihZ" W P"ll,1,U"d,"e lndus- Tl, ,. !,..! t ...-.! !... j.t, The asset tloif of Powell that "laboi has come to bellexc It can get au.ithing It uants," and was Indifferent tc, th cause of the count!), was lintrue, i'aid i Allen. The shlpbulldeis In his organization. ho uiid, weie now working for flftv- eight tents an bom An agreement has been made with the Master Hullders nt PhlladelphU and l.'eiiii.iiitowii, ho added ' f.u- secetllc- rents nil linllr l,e-liu,le 1 Mav 1. and if tho shliibullding lonccros will pay the same llgiirc iho men will wink; for them. nil iiciount of the increased cost ot 111 lug." said Allen, "the men must gel as much as they call, and llko others they wink while they can obtain the I most Inr their services. Wo are per I fertly willing to abide by tlio decision of the Wage Adjustment lioanl, with jwht.1'1 we eiiiiffiit-d last week. We have a membership of SO.nuO in Penns)laiiin 'and can luing innn.t shipbuilders here fiom all tedious. FINED 1'OR SHORT WEIGHT I i Palmyra Coal Dealer Says Driver! Put Up Load nriU.INfiTON. N .!.. I'tb . Magis trate .Smith, mi prnsccutlnii bv the State Attorney tieneral. gain u hearing ' tn I'. A. Welkniau, a J'.ilni r.i dealer, j charged with selling slioit-welght coal, 1 It. was testllled that there was a alxtji: i live-pound shoitago In u quarter-tun I load. , Welkmnn entcted a plea of nou Milt I und paid a .10 fine, but declared he was not In the nfllco when the load , I was inailo up, antl t lint tho ijrlicr had I undertaken to weiglv tlio cnai. OX STATE MEDICAL HOAKD , Dr. W. M. Hillo-pis Xamcd to Suc ceed Late Dr. D. P. Maddux Dr. IVIlllam M. Hlllegas, a prominent bhydclaii I lllllned tl) of riilladelphla, has been hucceed the late Iir 1 I' Maddux us a member nf tho Slate .Medi cal Hoard lir. Hllltgns Is a gi.idii.ite nf the Hahnemann Medical College, of I'lilladel- I phla: a member nf the bo.ud of trustees nf the Hnniiopathlo State Medical So- cltty; on tho staff of the West 1'blla- iM.,Ma Homeopathic Hospital; n niem- ,,,,,. nf lll0 state and National Ilonito- ,,,,i sincletles. ihe PhihnlehihU Aih. letlc Club anil stands high in his pn- fctslou In this city. Mother Seeks Lost Haby NHW YOItK, I'Vb. 2. The seaich for Lillian Hosner, the three-year-old child who disappeared from in front of her ! homo four days ago, Is being continued Mrs. Hllen A. O'lirudy Fifth Dep uty t'ollco roininlsisoner, made a, per sonal visit to tho basement homo of tho Hosner family, where the asked many, questions i LiiiRclbach Talks on Ilussia j Dr. William I. Ltngclbach, professor' of modern I'uropean history nt the . Unlicrslty of Penns) lvanla, will go n' public lecture In Houston Hall this after noon on "Itussla und the Revolution." Doctor I.lngelbaeh has tinveled exten sliely In Itussla and has made a specialty of tho study of Itussla and her Institution. I ADVERTISING MAN Retail store experience, forceful copy writer, producing adds with punch, seeks immediate connec tion with good house medium and better class trade. Specialist in women's wear copy. Box A 5, Ledger Office. ; Ar ' , -' v,-fwmt rr . r j- , .x'j.i. , m - .wu f" J. i ' J " j TiTHIMjMadiH!! "TALKLESS CONGRESS? PLEA STIRS HOSTILITY Senntc Leaders Balk at Presi dent's Efforts to Stop "War Cabinet" Discussion COFFIN TESTIFIES Aircraft Production lloanl's Head to lJe Questioned by Committee WASHINGTON'. 1'eb. 2f riesldeiit Wilson's appeal for u "talk icss Conciress" met with sharp opposi tion today, It appeared posslblo thai, InMead of tpilethiK tho ilrumflro In some tiuarters for the "ivur cabinet" hill, tho President may haio stirred up tho ar tillery. Univiln- ltd. li, A..1.. lltMimernt. nf s.,a of tho I'lesltlenCs nUltiule. Senator Weeks, ltepubllcaii, of Massachusetts, aNo may speak later. "It's a ease llko that nf tho nnclent gentleman wlm commanded llio tide to recede," dcelartd Senator Hitchcock. "Wo haio been getting Increasing cildenco eien the last few days nf the lack uf to-ordlnatlon antl central responsibility In the War In partment and ivc proposo tn present these, na well us tho niasn ot other matters to tho Senate. Chairman Chamberlain, director gen eral of the attack, declined to discuss irtlors to Administration Senators, He declared that tho Military Affairs Com mlttco would continue Its Inicstlgatlon, l.oweier. Tho war-cabinet measure will not bo voted upon In committee for pome dajs jet, It was Indicated. "After hearing tho old"nce of the last lew day.-) oim could hardly say that the bill was losing any gtound,'' de clared Chambeilaln The cnintiiltteo today resumed Its hear ings, wltli Howard Colin, head of tho aircraft pioduetlon board, before It. Coflln was questioned as to llio shortage of spruce, which. It was dccl.it cd, wis materially Interfering with tho nilatlon program. Next week tho committee will take up the subject of army cantonments. This will complete the Investigation, ft was declared STATE WATER BOARD ISSUES FLOOD WARNING Heavy Snowfall and Thick Ice Make Rivers Dangerous if Thaw Conies iiAnnisounn, rei. :. b'luod warnings wero Issued bj' the Statu Water Supplj Commission totlaj as n result of the heavy snoicfall all over tho fc'tato mid tho thick Ico on all streams, some of which aro frozen al most to tho bottom. "Since December s," says Hie bulle tin, "tho accumulated snowfall at llar- j rlMiurg. for example, has be,,, cnoiiuous. j or tho ctiulialent of six" Inches nt water. 1 piob.ibly all of which leimiiiiM on the ( 1"" "' '"" f"" ' nW ""'I ' Should an Inccaro. of temperature 1.i-lnr ultrlilntl fltiil I Olli lllllfl I tlinU. nn brine sudden and continued thaw, ac eompanlcd by rainfall of a couple of Inches, tho possibility or floods would b-coino a certainly, and the ilKistori of former jcars would bo tepeated, per haps on a larger scale The melting of this snow would quicKiy swell all stieam", mean me ice ina. cocers iiieni. cimso goiges and lnuiidatlons, with re- SUlUUlt loSS lf life. M itlespi CIlll lll'StrUC- tlon of prcpeity and losa nf Industry I Militant loss of llfell widespiead tlesliuc tlon nf proper!) and Ins or industry i lining to pitinlliiig cliuuiusluuces the I commission suggests that all local or ( municipal authorities in tlie .Stale be I pit paled to aveit, so far as possible, all pi deniable human suffering ami plop etc damage that might otherwise bo, oct.isl'.ned li ilood, as the inndlttnns loilild aceuiate fotccasts nf tli,r stages with an digrce of cei taint) I Somewhere in the Ea)t I U a man wlm roiiltl uie mv servlerit. I 1 inn tnenly-fniir. niiirrletl, full nf I "pep." ii n tl tint nshumrd lo tnrklt, l any t loss of tier!,, 1 tun lirimfnl I .it ntiilllit. a futr stiuri, nf lirutns I nntl u reputation for sllrl.-iu.lt-lle-ness that Is set ond to mine. I knim inlierlisliiK. iill around tlrrk, tint take tliiirne or take orders, will telir results nr lire no self, I know siller tan prnthttet tun sell or Iiiim in rmt, I will lr iniy tlilnie that uns-hody eier thouelit of dolnir. A Me innn in h IiIk rnrnnrnllnn sitltl yelerdal ,f)oit are tnti nm Mllnus fnr lis. I will help on no where inr seniles can be fully lipnrrrl tletl.' Present cntnlojers are ,i,v rrfer ente. fc ninre weeklv nml I ntn ,i,n irs. llhn uunlH tit put a live wire tin Ids piitrull within Hie nrt two weeks? Ail'lre ' Kl, In-dter finire Free Lecture on Christian Science By FRANK BELL, PHILADELPHIA Member ut lhe ltminl of l.rrturrfctiln uf (lit Mother Church, The Flrit Ct-Ordi ot Thrift!, NiIrntM, In ltoitii, .Mum., lu be ilclleretl In l ORPHEUM Clielten Avenuo Welt SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, AT 3:30 O'CLOCK J' A Sunday Dollar Dinner Fit for a King The coal problem plus the servant question is gone forgotten since our Sunday $ I dinners have "swept the town. Be a "regular" save your wife Special Mut!e Sunday MZr& vJjBf jaYf""-"-. n- iriNnATiw Prm .v BY ICE GQfti Situation Still .Uncerti Jams Back Up Wit in Ohio River FLOES IN MISSISSH Surfaco Covered for 300 Much Property and Shlpplsgt in Peril CINCINNATI, Feb.',1! Cincinnati has no definite hopo of. relief today. Weather officials dec tho situation uncertain. '1$ ' The big Ico gorges nt Medoo barrtir-) teen miles bctow here, and at'ffoifir Creek. Just beyond that, aro Bolld.Aii,' It will talio additional water preerifrAl ... .. i?t a or a maw- 10 orea iiicm. ! j j Additional prcssuro will mean higher', water In Cincinnati. A drop of t- tenths of an Inch was noticed In-tHinT jt river singo msi iiigiic inis, nowevw, -vj i does not Improvo conditions, as ft fll'- of several feet will ho needed td Ict'slMij water mil out of tho streets and liomMji 1 hi the flood zone In Cincinnati and Mb,'ivl urb... VfkV There seem to bo enough openlns'.ln,,, tfie enpirea ti nsts-nl iA,n,v, ytm.nl rtn .- - .... ... . ... ...in'-;' mo iiiiiow oi mo riccr, ana mis newsy-, tho water x Irtually at a standstill, "fii 'V. Shipping worth millions Is endanterfed";'J by Ico lu tho Mississippi, nccordlngf.'lo'fjj advices received from Memphis, 1'or a dlstnnco of 300 miles, cxtendrsR'fy from Ca ro. III. to Natchez. Miss., ttnil river Is cover with Ice, . il MIIMPHtP, Tcnn, I'eb. I. The Mla-U'a sissippi Jincr from Cairo. HI., l'.to-i.' .Vntchez, Miss., a distance of 300 mllsn. is filled with Ico floes and river nun"?1! today nro battling against ono ot ttbo-',', i most threatening situations in tho bin-, tory ot the river. TH.t.ij tircat damngo to shipping has already.' jj bee ii ilono and millions of dollars' worth,' y ot property, it is ctumaicd, is in oan-.,! Kfi, .sum caau u ecoro oc uif Biewm-'1. una is una n largo numoer ot sniMier craft already havo irono to the bottonuVt ' At Ileum dson'n Landing, fifty milts , . up tho river from Memphis, the most , bcrlous situation exists.' A newlta a1 corcn rentjelritf tlio nnn that hrnlee . & i Thursday night Is forming and rlWi.8 1 mn aro making a flght to keep .thefts I stream etenr. ,n. "C-',J ...'.." . .. . . '" -"H I .Many BieamDoais una Dsrges are pp- -,-.t I cased in H1I3 gorgo and It is feared tjtty ,' I w in no jost. c- ft 8 " I LACK OF EMPTY CARS i' Ai CLOSES 71 W. VA. MINES il . r.i Fuel Controller Reports to Railroad' $ ..... ... .'i i Administrator 7207 Men 'Idle, M Causing Loss of -17,000 Tons j IK t-. ! y . iicto'j; shutdswn of seventy-ono WcsWYIrBlnla ' r& coil mines lu tlio Falrniount and Clarks- iJ burg legions xvas reported today by Kuel Adictnistrator Lawson, of Vest-y1 Virginia, to tuo rauroaa aaminisirauonoii Thls mean!j a losa ot nbout 47.000 Wl for tho Lack of empty coal carv,:5 at tho mic3 wns glxe 0. tn0 clAIM, hi, Only 121 mines were heard trom becauW1 f r0 ronultlollS, but lhe seventyn olnuAil ,-.-,am ?OA? mlnnra fifA Mitt .. .1 closed means 7:07 miners aro idle, i. Mining of bituminous coal depends t ntlrely on the supply 6f empty cart, nt tho mines, coal experts pointed out,, and unles cars are at the mouth of tho mines to lecelio tlfe coal as It Is broughtcUP , i out ot tho shaft mining must stop. ' ?1 ggS SPECIALTIES" m.idi: to okdi:r oi !,. D. UcrKcr Co, 59 N. Second St .Market .5 1 ."Main 400t -s GREY IRON i CASTINGS :; Up to 1500 Pounds. ' , Our iron mixture pecu-' liarly adapted to castings' that are to be machined. Daily Melting ;, Capacity 125 Tons t Your business solicited,, for large or small quan tities. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Abram Cox Stove Co.-; American tSc Dauphin StresUM Philadelphia V nrll 'I'hnne MTK"! liens. :il) rr im. THEATRE of Germantown Avenue .H w sywseaArwsrtfaWw,ys'vJsffaafciM here on Sundays and many a dollar. Every Twelfth and Ards Stfc. CLAUDE 'M. MQIW. f&'Ktrane m " 4 fii tf: JaWwer i m nStl Li 'i i lf.H fSh &2 W) i.- M it.- Mc &&. 4&j&&mdM VM.. . . . eivJ' .' fJI ' .1 Ji'j-.'iu, ft-' VI ite$m& 4. i. V ,1'V . n..b, . VI (& . Aviyc, t&,it..hA ri .TBiJi l!Sf'v vrir ::r& ; uTlI'. Jt-J -: li inivv r irV-y 3 &;
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