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;NEW ITALIAN GAIN)
HAVKlNmUsY,
Lines Advanced as Far as
, Head of Telago, East of
Asiago
CRUSH FOE'S ATTACK
Austrian Attempt to Recap
ture Monte tli Vnl Bellas
Easily Repelled
PARIS, Feb. 2.
A Trench raid directed njrnlnst
German positions In Mortlcr Wood
resulted in ths takins of several
enemy positions, tlio War Office an
nounced today. In the vicinity of
Burn-lc-IIaut there Mas slight ar-tlllerying.-
LONDON, Feb. 2.
Southeast of Armcnticres, on the
Franco-Belgian frontier, the British
raided German trenches during the
night, capturing some prisoners, the
War Office announced at noon. Near
I'asschcndaelc, on the west Flanders
front, the Germans tried to raid a
British trench, but were drhen off.
AMSTERDAM.'Fcb. 2j.
All shipping has been forbidden
to clear from Butch ports. It is un
derstood that the seizure is feared
of vessels bound for America pend
ing the settlement of questions now
under discussion with Germany.
LONDON. I'cb. 2. Tim Italian", by a
sudden r-ttack nt dawn advanced their
lines, ns far a tho head of the Telago
Valley, cast of Aslago, the Home War
Oftlce a-.nnurces. This represents a con
siderable giln In Ilia region beyond
Monte ell Val Delia, tlic dominating
height near the head of the l'renzcln
Valley which Hcneral niaz's troops won
In tlielr three-day offensive earlier In the
week.
, Th' iitrini made n deteimlned of
foit to dislodge the Italians from Monte
rtl Vnl Helta, hut were unable to reach
tli 'nei y trcnehes, the Home statement
paid. No further reactions wcio at
tempted by tho .Aiitrlan"'.
With their main defensive line now
anchored on 'the strateRlc position of
Col del noso and Monte dl Val Uclla
between Aslago and the llrenta, and
the bastion of Toinba. between the
Drcnta and the Plnvc. In the hands of
the French, the Italians and their allien
now face the eneniv from n line easily
defended and powerfully foi titled. Uc
fore the Austrlnns can again threaten
the main approaches to tho Venetian
p'nlns they mut tctako the heights
. wrested fiom them In the midwinter
actions of tho French and Italians. They
have received n setbick In their cam
paign which It may take them weeks to
overcome when spilng opeiatlons become
possible.
Potter Censures
Seizure of Coal
Continued from Tune One
If tho Government were to leturu the
S'i.OOO .miner taKin In the draft the
statement leads, production would bo
materially Increased. Deji1to this han
dicap. It continues, yctct day's produc
tion was 10 tier cent greater tban on
any day of 1J17.
Only two carloads of mal arrlwd In
Camden In the last twenty-four hours.
The contents weie dlsti United to HOO
needy families. In Haft Camden, each
getting a halt ton. An order closing
all stores at B o'cloik, eceit Saturday,
when they may leiualn open until 10
o'clock, and closing all saloons at 10
o'clock. Is expected to be Issued by the
New Jersey administration In a few
flays.
THE BHIDE WON
Drew Lots to Set the Day for Wed
ding nnd Mere Man Wa3 Second
Fiddlo
Diawlns lots Is the new fad In choos
ing tho day of )our marriage.
This fad was originated by Miss lleba
Hutchinson, of 101 IVun stieet. Camden,
and Lewis .1, Yapp, also of Camden, an
eniplove In the Philadelphia Navy Yaid.
For the last few da)s both were .en
gaged In the difficult problem of setting
"tha day," One chose one day and the
other another.
At last the brldo sugge'ted that they
diaw lots. Placing Into a hat two strips
of paper, one deciding on a car from1
next Monday, and tho other on next
Monday, they diew their lot. The bride
won. and both arc now busily engaged
making preparations for their marrlago
next Monday.
Too evremony will take place at the
homo of the brldes parents, oiij Pcnn
utreet, Tho rtcv. ,1, ), Vosburgh. pastor
of the North Baptist Church of Camden,
will unite them.
EXPECT RUSH TO REGISTER
The reglatrntlon commissioners expect
a big rush of voteis desiring to register
on April 17, the registration day for
tho spring primary, and accordingly,
have announced that on that day regis
trars will sit from 7 to 10 o'clock In the
morning and from 4 to 10 o'clock In
the evening, '
Independents estimated that between
30.000 and EO.OOO Independent voters
were not registered for the last election
and that this resulted In the defeat of
! , tie party. An effort will be-, made to gej
cici- irciruu reuiwiereu ior ine coming
election. The registrars will also have
much work to do In connection with
changing the registration of persons
from one parly to another If there In nn
Independent ticket.
It Is also rtated that persons who
voted for more than two.thlrds of the
Town Meeting party ticket at the full
election will be challenged when they
Attempt to vote next spring.
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' Boy's Heel Crushed in Lift
A careless backward step cost the loss
of the right heel of Jack J -a tan, tdx
teen yearn old, of 05 Moyamenslng
avenue. The boy; was assisting hla fu
tlier. who was employed by A. II. lllck
ley &.S011, 620 North Second, strevt. Ho
Was1 running u fnflght elevator". He
stepped backward as the, lift was ascend
ing. Ills right' heel was crushed against
j tho wall. He was taken to the Itoose-
Ii t Hospital by the patrol crew qf the
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tlon.
- fl..t -.In. DwAa Pna Vl-tltu
,iv 1 uiitiuiu-i cair-s uuo i ft-tiui
; (Tftario 'Jarauer, rorty-aix years oia,
srai 1 found overcome by gas In bis room
MJhe Jionie of John niessliiK, ItNt North
iwemiein, street, wnn wnom lie Doarueci
tile' police believe h-satteipptc"d suicide.
1, theysay tbe)f7puna tne erncKs of
iraywi ancre vvinuowa niuneci wnn
fr 'A'nysicifns ai ine vvomeoe
Heopatule, llosptal.. where Ju, was
M; sav IhatyflardnerM life was saved
; fie'iit-oiBUj action of Sergeant tihafe
..efi. -, ihp wunvivvie. uu c?ca
Litr-to t4.'-r1iWiipp1lecl the puP
S'1,'TMrifu v ,fv. p
Iiii8siaii8 Evacuate
More of Battle Line
AMHTintDAM, l'oh. 2.
Herman var correspondent re
port that the portions of tho Itus
slan fiout which have been entirely
cvncuatccl nre growing In extent.
Tho lrcnc!icinro falling to nieces.
f The posts which wero iipcel for wire
entanglements nro being burned ns
firewood, Tho disbanding of some
military units Is in progress eoutli
of the 1'rliet teflon.
Artlllernien nro felling tlielr
lioisos. the cot respondent says.
.Soldiers guarding the roml to t.utzU
no longer dcfnnml passports, but
icqulio the payment of a toll of
twenty rubles for every vehicle.
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Sammees Check
New German Raid
Continued from Pace One
sniper post In a ruined farmhouse re
cently, chaslnir tho sharpshooters out
with a hall of "seventy-fives" niter n
patrol located the enemy nesti Three
other patrols were responsible for the
elimination of th.-eo hidden Herman machine-gun
positions. Two were blown
up nnd the third evacuated by the Her
mans under heavy fire. A lone Teuton
sniper. .cleverly hidden just outside, the
(lei mans' b.irbed-vv Iro entanglements,
was spotted and forced to lice to hi
tl-MlCll.
Thj Kanimccs enjoy this fighting.
That 1 know. 1'scoited by the coin
mandlng ouicer, t visited tho American
seitoi where the boche trench raid of
Wednesday occurred, standing In ths
moonlight nt u spot tltty-flve yards fioni
the boche front line" nnd nbout thlily
ards from the listening post that was
raided nnd lslonlng the communicating
trench leading lo tho post Pc-ieencd by
enemy fire.
Wc entered n devastated village,
where the sector's commander was quar
tered In an Improvised -room, threo sides
of which were lough boards. In one
remnant of tho house thre was a mar
ble mantelpiece. We left nt 9 o'clock
In the night and walked twelve kilo
meters through tho trenches, the com
mander guiding us. Wc passed vigilant
Sanimees often, each challenging the of
ficer nnd forcing him to be recognized.
At one spot via encountered a pollu's
grave unearthed shortly previous by a
boche shell, which disiuptcd the eios
nnd cockade.
wiiinu: sammiils wnw: slain
We found the trenches to bo ancient
nnd In very bad condition; In places thy
were nnKle cjeep III mud, and In others
the doughbovs, wearing hip lubber
boots, stood In water. Often we heai.l
and saw a, swift stream running be
side the duckboard flooring where the
latter was visible: In other p'aces
ciuinbllng the enrth. Duo to Uoche
domliiancy of tile complete line from
a certain he'ght. wc were compelled In
one Instance to retrace our steps to
avoid a gieat crater caused by a Hoche
shell an hour before. An oflleer pointed
to where another gleat crater maiked
wlirie thiec Americans were hilled re
cuitlv. At a' point beyond this the
trenches were Impossible; therefore,
wo weie compelled to go "over tbn top"
Inside, ever inuild), open giouud and
through ruined woods, each man of the
party thirty janN behind the man
picccdlns him.
After emerging from the woods we
le-enlered the tienches. but were com
pelled to leave again later, di.e to the
condition of n point where the boche pe.
rloJIcally sweeps the spot with machine
gun lire, having estimated the lango
desp to the Invisibility.
Twenty minutes arterwarrt Tie heard
shots, fab! nn officer, "That's where
we Just passed."
He nulled. We made a safe return
to the commander's headnmrterH!
lliencn w hid n thiee-mllo walk on a
road often shelled to outside fie danger
zone nt S o'clock In the morning.
Costello Guilty
in Second Degree
Continued frem I'aie One "
recommendation for jnercy William G,
Kler, the youthful prisoner's attorney,
tool: advantage of this to point nut that
Costello bad not Intended to commit mur
der when he came to this city with the
gang and that heretofore he had borne
a good reputation. Assistant District AN
torncy Taulanc disputed Costello's char
acter and produced a New York police
man who testified that he had been ar
rested In connection with a burglary.
ltefore passing sentence. Judge Ilal
drlg" sa'd:
"I think the verdict was fair. Ton
probable- did not Intend to kill, but
vou and the others came her to do n
very wrong act. Now you must ruffer
the consequences. Of course, you should
not be given as heavy a sentence ns that
Inflicted on Masela, I will take Into
consideration the reconiniendatloq for
mercy and sentence jou to the Eastern
Penitentiary for a term of from eight
to' twelve yenrs."
Costello bowed to the Judge and mut
teied'soniethlng Inaudible,
' Five other members of the gang are
awaiting trial.
The trial of Ma)or Smith, who Is
under ball on charges of malfeasance In
ofP.ce and contempt of court growing
out the case, Is expected to come up
within two months.
Others under ball on murder con
spiracy charges Include Samuel a. .Ma
loney. former harbormaster and Phila
delphia, manager of the Val O'Fanell
Detective Agency; James I, Clark and
Mltchacl J. Sullivan, detectives In hi
employ; Common Councilman Isaac
Deutsch. Vare leader of the Fifth Ward;
Police Lieutenant David Dennett and
five policemen.
fART ACADEMY AWARDS
Leopold Seyffert's 'Portrait of Kreis
ler Receives Beck Medal
t'rlllrlam ht Academy of the Jflne Arts
exhibit on page 1
Awards of'tlie l3th annual exhibition
of the Pennsylvania' Academy of the
I ?lne Arts, which opens to the public
tomorrow, are announced as folio
W.S!
Beck gold 'hiedat to Leopold Syffert Ibr
his. portrait of Fritz Kretsler; Mary
c.1,1. ..-1- Mi CAHA . 11.1. . ..
.."ti" i"i.ci ui f.vuv. iu eicien I. Jic
Carthy, for her "Farms In Hill Coun
try"; Temple gold medal, to Oeorge
Lults for hi painting "Houston Street":
Wldener Memorial gold medal, to Albert
Laessle, the Philadelphia sculptor, for
his "Penguins"
The Stotetbury and the Llpplncott
prlre.e have da jet not been awarded,
due to the absence of the thirty paint
ings from Hostori,; which failed to arrive
owing to the recent rail congestion. Clem
en,t 11, Newbold.vwho Is tho chairman qf
the exhibition committee, announced
tha t 4ev-i. iHlAa civtlll ki k vbcm -.- i ?i
oon as. the pictures arrive -and are
hyng.
Two Hurt When Trolley Hits"Auto
boudkntownI a, j, i-'b 2. a
Public Service trolley car struck the
aulo of (leorge Anderson while. It, I wan
bucking Into SudanV garage hre(today.
Injuring Oeorgo Anderson In the 'bead
arid ArchlbaM Kafe.whi; w iii'tn
ailte.' Umrvtnwry,to Ukej mj-iiml
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Shipyard Probe
Laid to Politics
Continued from Pate One
tho understanding that the former was
to furnish this "know how" In tlio mat"
ter of yard and other Incidental con
struction work, the lart-r to furnish
tho "know how" In the matter of ship
construction and Its administration. This
compnny was capitalized nt $2000.
At tills hnrl nf II.A Infu.i Inn I. ..
Imlle!llet elinl VnV A V'..l..li. i..
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Is president of the Nnllonnl City Hank,
.New vork, Is cnnlrmnn of the bnard nf
,lleln ef III. Anrln ll..r.i" .V,
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mentloned bv Senator Johnson in the
mentioned bv Senator Johnson In the
course of the Hog Island probe. The
Inferences VhVh this connecllon Is sup-
po-ed to establish Is nccordlng to the of-1
flelal Interviewed, that Mr. Vanderllp
furnishes the "connecting link" to "men
higher up." for the Identity of whom the
senatorial committee Is now sea-clung erts declared. "There must be
t$h?XlaXX r,!Un1dferS.,1and !hc m1 ,s .'"
there was no reason why there should
not bo the utmost candor In all state'
ments Issued from the International of'
flcei
In this icspect It was emphatically
declared mat a mistuKe naci iieon made
I., not iiiihii.hi.io- nnn-mi.i. . .n,.i.
from time to lime as to the progress of
work at llog Island and of the admin
istration of tho affairs of both the
American International Shipbuilding
Corporation nnd the Kmergeney Fleet
Corpoiatlon. .It waH even hinted that the
present probe would have been fore
stilled bad this policy been cairled out.
"MIi:i: AN1 TATIUOTISM"
Touching on the matter of the pres
ence on the pa) rolls of both the Ameri
can liiterniitlnn.il shipbuilding Company
nnd the Cnlted Stites Covernment of
many emplojei .f K.one A: Webstet,
explanation was furthcoming that these
men were retained In the organization
of tho new company because they could
belter expedite the work of the new
organization. More would be used. It
wns pointed out, If they could be spared
from theso old companies
Tho policies which have been dom
inating the work of the American Inter
national Shipbuilding Corporation were
defined ns being "speed nnd Patriotism."
with emphasis on the "speed." And '
for the flist time, the personal or hu
man element of the alleged probe wbb
brought out. It being declared that many
of the high as well as the lesser ofllceis
and cmplo.ves of the cori oration have
sons "over there." It was remarked
that It would be little shoit of criminal
to nccuse these men of Irving to del
building of sh'ps or of deliberate mis
management nf the affilis of any com
pany building ships when this would
Imperil tho lives of their own relat'ves. I
Commenting on the effect the sena
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loriai prone win uuve nn ntior. It via
sald that It was bound to be adverse
Thero has been no dlstuibauc-o of the
Uog Island labor iltu.Uloii as )ct. It was
said.
.MAY CIIA.Vill IIOCSINH FI.AN
The testimony nt Washington tegnrd
Ing tho affalis of the shipbuilding Cm-
porutlon has had little If nnv effect on
ine pian- inr ine colony of Houses for
Hog Island wotkmen. It Is cx-neclcd
that thecompleted platin will be lead)' comfoit, but they nre falling shorter Hut, successful or not, be was a despei
for public announcement curly next land shorter of this stand crd as tho bur-I ate fighting man, mid there are still a
week nnd that the work will go for-'den of the conflict weighs more and gi eat many snlpei s like :;Im In the Hci-
wnrei jusi ns lapieny ns nniei.il fed tape
will pi null
J Ilogeis Flanncry. of the housing
committee of the llnifigincy Fleet Cor
poration, has been in confeu-nce with
officials of the Hog Island company, the
cioverument ana me city for several
days past, working out the details of
the bousing program, and It Is expec ted
that the necessary legislation to enable
the cltv to Improve ths streets leading
to the Fortieth Ward slto will be pushed
through without delay. Councils will
probably make tho needed uppiopil-1
atlons next week
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i.ouiiuuii uicuue necuon ai w nat Is
consldeied a leason.cble price may lead
to changing the p'.ms for the colony to
the extent! that some of the houses will
I be elected across the .Sclui) Iklll lllver
In the vicinity of the Tcnrose Ferry road Sboitnge of funds and the firm hand
Dliector of I'ubllo Woiks IJatesninn is of the Teuton Hovernment on food sup
authority for the statement, that while plies will serve to block a geyieral and
mo preliminary plans for tho housing
me ready, the details have not been
positively decided and mo subject to
chnnge at any time.
Licenced at Elkton to AVed
- I1LKTON. Mil. Feb. 2. Mairlage li
censes were Issued hero today to Charles
II. Wortheni and llvelyn M, Swain.
Joseph Beaumont nnd Anna A. Stewart,
all of Philadelphia ; Krnot J. Welnhold
and Henrietta L. Fisher, Camden; Leioy
It. Slmiwon and Dorothy A. Kelber.
Schuylkill Haven; David D. .Susniund
and Helen M. Burton, Atlantic City;
Howard A. Iliselbllt, Chester, and Kill
Loper, ,M Illi I lie. N. J., and Samuel J.
C.reely and Illlen Price. Paulsboro, N. J.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Iloivard 8. Kane, l.ll H Mt St.. and Anna
IJ. Horsey. 1SJII N'. 1.1th st.
Imrles V. I.leli 1221 V numlolpli st . and
I. Id I. l'..trtiiiin nil! K ,t,i. ..
i.iiri v .iiunyan, lloeiveii. V a.
and llinma
Charles Iloirmaii, NVw York citj, and Asnes
. H. Heetl Niv York city.
iv. i-aiisi. jajii .vijinton st.
James f.'. Dultv. tl'nit Walnut st.
A. Usrber. .Tin Walnut st.
and Ida
Charles A. Itlley, 1 1 00 H SUrslmll st.
.i ... '"" .""ii-iimh ni,, ana
nmer-Vt'VKe'if-Vv:!: and Lucy I
,..?'-.i!.aV.:1"-!?-,-fci!!n,..?''v.. -.
and
l.uivanl VV. lolinson. Mlllsboro riel.
and
Hflrah .1. Ilarnbrai. 1?"0 rat.A. .,
Lemvpoil Johnnon 20 lioper Bl,, and Annie
.i.vjiiiu.i, nn niics fl
John N, Vounff. 2011 F'rankford ai
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,Lr.v.Yi V-0.111''-1- fJ.v- Diamond 'Jt. I
uirnaro i. inran. lion? Ilreenway av
Cdlth Klbt lehous. 2114 N, llotll at,
ave,, and
i.niirr ,t. iiiiim, i.iic iieno at,,
Ilarsust. tato Heno at.
Kdnard Ciillen 1700 rarlton at..
roKderli. Roll! lllnhi,t.l .t
and Bessie
nd Jennie
Ik; Pegal. nto VV Indiana ave.. and Fannie
Ilrotzky, 2221 u. Wllltama at.
Lenla It, Iienrenhafer. lus'i Marsaret st
anil laabelle It. SchafTer. 2023 Wllmot at
Clmrles St. Vanaant. Ilenaalem. p. an.i
U Harah A. Aahworth, Ilenaalem. Pa.
1-aul urllch. I'ottnxllle. I'a and Man- Mo
lleehan Shenandoah. I',i. Jlc
Patrick Dillon,, BT44 spruce at., and Anna
Frank. ii H. 6ill at. n
Jamea j:. Jonea. I3UO 8. Paxon st.. and
Mary J. Selfrldee, ISIO H, ntat at.
Harry K. Iiuuden. Out H. loth st. and
Jeanelte II. Snjder. 4010 Ludlow it.
Loula Itnt-panort. 12.'7 Walnut at,, and
Piumy If. VVelaa. 170T Columbia' ave.
Lowell A, Caton Allentown Pa,, and Queen
V. Muaalele, Allentnun. I'49
I-ealle Warrl JJ24 Jlay at., and Frances
Jlorion. I.t;. Marltoe at
Krneet Tranipcildl. 2S03 roplar at,, and
Anna Sehaefer. 25S i:. Olrard ave,
Prsnk E. WnlfUlll. 2411 8. Opal at,, and
Kiiima K. Kueel. ir..'3 N. Lawrence at,
Hoer r. Do Train cju-u Lane Sta p. n
It., and Katherlno )l, Doujhtrly. 4127
lUrhmonrt at.
Charles F, Uatea. SS33 Thompaon at., and
Miriam M. Klanton. .1124 Media, at.
Itan-lall B. llara. New York city, and Itoae
I. sichnarz, 170o Arch at.
Herbert XVjati, in.'ii Kllaworth at,, and
ltaellel Huaaell. 1417 Naudaln ,
LTamea M. Votta. 2231 S. lBtli at., and Ther'.
r. Bruno. 1123 H. tllh at.
ueorce vviunauer. 2U7 i cuar at., and fdrah
Btout. SS2K 13. Iluizard at. '
Leo It. Ward'. JI2JI N. I3tn at,, and Clara
L I. Jodnar.,3331 N. l.VlhJat.
Jan Bulata, IMS Noble at., and Petruae Dole-
bula, VIS Nobla at,
John Hmlth. 3.'3H Market st and Ida Buih,
27.'( Manton at. .
Lawrence Tarleton. Jr.. Camp Meade, and
Kathryu Mcilowan. Heaver Meadow. p.
Holier t poter, Cheater, Pa., aud KUzabelh
ItylanJ. 1H2J Clirlatlan at.
Qeurn, illliile, Camp Hancock, Ua., and
llolen It. ailllnxham, 712 H. Frailer at.
Sterna Djabelko, IV4.' Hhaniuktn at., and
Huale Muranaki. 1212 Callowhlll lit, '
Edward K. Burin, 2277 Coral at., and Alone
Hilton. 17 W. Bomerae at.
Samuel J. lloblnaon, 2B13 K. Clearfield at..
and Hannah It. llasue, 2613 K, Clearftald.
Oua Schneider. 21-S.! 1'arrlah rt. and Anna
Kibilld. llliS Olive at.
Jamea t). Diamond, suu X. -.-3,1 ,(.,
Clara f, titration, 127 Hilton at, '
Cparlea K. VVnlaon. 1728 N'. 2i'd at..
-and
and
.aary j, nurtc, zvi iviiarcon x,
John Itaiiko. Cheater. r.. and Anna Koirl.
1733 N. Fraclclln at.
John Sh.rldan. I us J ytne at., and Roa'a A.
VJw flf-il !! ar( , 7 alh
Htafan. Jaroazewakt.i-10 Chrlallaq at., and
' ci ltarelnak.,70 rhrlatiiyi.'at, - . J
Otto. I Moratb.vMU TJito',at.. aadilda
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pEDGEfr - PHlEADELrHIA, SATURDAY,
BERLIN STRIKERS
WITH MILITARY PUNISHMENT
Continued from Pate One
tvyc secretly with the Government while posing a, champions of tho
working men. '
Durlnra rlol Thursday at Sp.nd.u. a railway running to factory
was cut by strikers. A policeman was dragged from his horse there nnd
badly beaten according to reports
n-t ..it.- l- .. , . . .
xik biiikc nan cxicnacn to motor
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according to copies of the .Munich Ncueste Nachrlchten received here.
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'"I"- "".i "i-'- iiuurn mri huh icicincu nui iu rccurn to vvoru
until "a victory for the movement has been achieved."
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. "n "mediate meeting of the
i "" "'""vuinic meeting ni tnc Itcicnsi
dltions critically" and "relieve the tensla
. v-....-..i. ti
neWHnaP ' orwaerts. lhe newspaper ret
J of its periodical suspensions by the
..Tl, . .. u. r ,
........... ...u..v .. ...
i u,,ur,,uJ rcicrs io inc general strike.)
Hourgeois parties arc reported to
fearing undue socialistic influence.
The Krupp munitions works nre
-min-rl(.!. ,i,.j,. --i..i i.
Kemioinciai atlt tecs rccch ctl here,
KAISER WIELDS HUNGER WEAPON
TO BREAK SPIRIT OF STRIKERS
ZlT.lr'll, Switzerland, Feb. 2. I supreme war cuureil's pioily veiled
.Hunger will stalk through Cermanj:
todav the Kalsei's ally In bending !i'
slelLliif- Ritlil.rln ,,1 1,'m 11 Ill
11 Tliousande nf women nnd 'hltdivn.
hitiicent vloti.iii o" s ,e 'le'niin mill
tarlsts' deteimliution tn starvo piot.st
lug workers Into submission, will come
under governmental order to reduce
strikers' latlons, effective tcvlny. The
..,. .. ... -... .1....1 I.. ,...11.. .,1 .-t...
..". ". Y """"" '" """""'"''"""IrealslliiB fiom behind Improvised b.iril
.;'.'., . . , .cades. A number of strikers and police
Hack of this kalseilst fanilne li the men vw-re wounded
GERMAN ARMY'S MORALE REPORTED
AT LOWEST EBB SINCE WAR BEGAN
T.ONHON, I'eb. r. I In Italy have all piovcd depiesslng
The moiale of the (leniian army Is at ' 'emetits
a lower ebb todiy than It has been at 1 'J'" , ", ,ro" U "erir.an ami) are
. ... "icreasliijr, according to news fiom Ani-
vny othei tlmo since the war started sterdain. C.ernwn snldl'-is am lender
This opln on was voiced In military
clrcles In tho very face of reports that,1.
nave been circulated for eight weeks
tli.it von llinuenuurg l lemiy tot a
greai minniiy oimnsive on ine wruicin,
f.mi I . ..n.l.tn.il ..'III. tli. ...... I -1.n. .
" cumum.--. ....u .. or.. -uw...i
drive on the high seas.
T'.'ero are numerous causes lo con-
tribute this peholog!cil etiauge In the
I Herman "old'eiy. but those who spoil-
sor tho declaiatlon nuke haste to add
tbat the lighting splilt of the Kaisers
legions Is
still fur fiom being abso-
.lulelv broken.
The Hciman Wnr Omce Is doing Its
best to feed and clothe the Herman
soldiers un to a normal standard of
I mom heavily on (lie resources of tiioiman nt my.
emp l c.
veu the possibility of peace on the-
eastern front has failed to buoy up
tne Hiutlls nt tlie soldiers in Hie west, j
wneie ine ii.triisiiiiis ni w nicer cam- ,
p.ileulng nre Kiuwlng moie and more i
xlgonuis The batteilug lam blows of
, th Ililtlsh and Flench between the
Xmth Sea nnd the Al-nn lllver, the ,
knowledgo that n new nnd powerful
' foe (America) Is placing flesh minim j
.In the field, the distress at home and
the failure of the Austro-Uerman chive
SEES
OF REVOLUTION
WASHINGTON. IVb - i
effective strike movement In Herman)',
Hovel nnient otlhials believed today.
Only desperation, etlried by hunger
and n widespread spirit of revolution,
will bilng about hiifilclent Chios In the
Raisers eniplro to atTect Hie war se- (
rlously. It Is now believed. ,
Behind the closely censored dlp itches
otllclals sought ti- learn whether the ,
stilkei reported sweeping the great In-
dustrlal centers of the Kalsei's empire j
GERMANS LAY REVOLT
PLOT AT ALLIES' DOOR
LONDON. I'eb. 2.
Details of an alleged Anglo-Amerl- f
can plot tn forment revolution aniont
the peoples of tho Central Hmp'aes are
NATION TAKES CONTROL
ncmmi xit in.TrxiTC.frr.v
OF FUEL OIL INDUSTRY,
-- -
rresitlential Proclamation Announc-1
infr Llppnaino- Svatem tn Ho '
. , , ,
Issued Today
WASHINGTON, Veh. 2, I'lesldent
WIItoii will laaue a proclamation thin
afternoon placing the fuel oil Industry
of the country tinder a licensing cystem,
It became known today.
Tho proclamation ,wlll be tbe lesult of
an Investigation conducted during the
last month by OH Director Itcqua. Ills
recommendations were submitted to Fuel
Administrator Harfleld last week and
wero In turn approved by the President.
2300 IN DLOCK VACCINATED
Two Cases of Smalfoox Near Oxford
and Twenty-fourth Cause
Two casta of .smallpox were dUcov
ered by tho o!lce of the Fortieth Dis
trict ntatlon at Tiventy-elghth and Ox
ford streets early this morning and a
quarantine of the. block running fiom
Oxford to Jefferson streets and from
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets
icsulted.
The cases were those of David Kutt.
fifty-nine years old, a lodger and "tin
empUed," at 542S Oxford street, and
a man at ISO" Xotth Twenty-fifth -Hreet.
They were reirved to the Municipal
Hospital and City Doctors A, A. Kalrnu
and If, A. Strecker attended tho resi
dents of the VJock., More than a bun
Ired officers from various stations of
the city were sent to .the dle-trlct to
enforce the vaccination of tho people,
many of 'whom objected strenuously to
being vaccinated by city physicians and
Insisted on having It done by their own
dotors, which ii allowed, Between
the hours of 0:30 and :5 a. m, 3500
persons were acchvatcd.
Furniture Company in Trouble
In the suit of William It. Lear against
the Philadelphia Furniture' ftompany,
Judge Monaghan has appointed Thomas
K, coale recfUer for tho defendant. Tlie
application for lhe rece've4,a-"'not op
posed,' Attorney for the JMuiteper was
Fred H tlly Thi uT.(feird the
receiver -to outer. ( 1WH
J IU MO Jiii...l.J,'li'l
. li!,-,nl
...,.- ..rr.i ''- -"iu " '"'". -i cue mo wou.crH in iniiniiion raetorles eves and upparently was about thlit) cellar nf the Ilalg home. Ills son, l)r
eMiected. by the Teuton mailed fist , to strike. The dispatches deelaie theie jeais of age II 1). Halg. Is n prominent dentist. Ills
. -?...1;".'0-!!1' 'J? ,?"' f,, ('enan,was also to be sabotage In the Hei man He greeted us 1 the corridor and other sons ale In the army. I
T. .'."".'..','.'., . inun-,tlon-inai.ing inciusuy. cheeilfiillv Invited us inside bis c-nll -- -
.'.i,n,ra;1lsr.,s;,?;, w-rTOv w - r;,o,1,J" "- A'! -" current .--amine impends
lead to graver events fo, the Kaiser Senator Stone.' Jhal.'m.',,, of 'the S-nite ' "Wliieh do von eo.islde. them, L... ., ," .-....,..
'-w- i'sr
tt-. -- th-cic
l l,-S S'i
THREATENED
here.
.... . '
ana leatncr workers and liuildcrs, ,
I t J ... . . . . . '
........
ui.ii,ii 1 ai, .ukkiivi:
iw.iv,, ... .mi. i.i i. iw
Reichstag to "examine German ani
on IS lirgeo ny tlic .socialist
reappeared Friday follow inir one
Government.
i.. j '....
..w.i, Mi.ti. vi.iiiii aim viLl.cp, ,111-
no civil war. The Government must ,iae1,pV"'.r"..nn,t. '"i"1'";.. Vf
Kainst '- Vaterlanders" (ThU'KJ-. 1" ':
oppose a meeting of the Itcichstag,
operating full swing, nccordlng to
Miireiu - i to massncic tleiinau c'tlzens !n
dlrcrlmlnulely If other methods fall to
put down the stilke.
Several casunltles m elm hi Thurnl u
hi Cbailottenbutg, where lun. 000 strlk
ets paitlclpated In n lite.nl lift. Mounted
police, nrdc-ilng the cinwds to disperse,
were (lied upon. They charged the dem
onstiatlon with diuwn swouls. Oiirnn.
I lrd stieet fighting lesultrd, tho stilkeis
"'" nuci-l
moie readily In battle thin the fnrmei-
'"" ,,Ht " '"""' o1 be forgotten
inder the spur of I'uirslan iPm-I-
plhie. tine Ik still h.ls .f tight hit
(lie Herman
a cotiesmindent nf ib n-illv ir.n
...l.l. . .... .-..... . . '
hiiumi; nom ine eamuini fiont. said
' Fur a haul-bltten
Herman lighting
man, commend ine to the snlpei who
"-ok a pot shot this morning nt a little ,
jpaity nf three who Innocently passed!
"Is lurking place. The village, amid i
vviinse iiilns Ik, vmis lurking, had long I
been given up bv the I. irni.cn iiimy, vet
. this solitary sniper wns still stlcklnir lo
his post, rortunalelv tlic four shots h
nreu did not get home, l'lobcbiv he
was pilnc from n veiv crunued tmsiilnn
Them has undoubted) "been lonie re-
Iaatlnu of the foinier Hteiiwdlsclpllue In
the Herma.i anny. It looks as It the
nmcers weie afraid f punishing the
men sevcieiy. even lor
the irravest ol
offenses.
It Is even more significant that eider,
have been Issued to Herman olllceis not
to have dtwrtem shot when caught, bin
to send them back to Heinianv for lm.
pilronment with haul labor In the coal
mines. Such ol dels weie found on Her
loan nlllceis
NO PROSPECT
IN GERMANY NOW
published by Cologne newspapcis, ac
cording to ,i llerlln dlspitch It Is
serted that Iu vvashlngton on New
Year's Dav 2.'0,OOrt,000 marks (Jt!2,.
300.000) was subset Ibed for this pui
pose. The revolutions view to lie or.
goulzed In Herman)-, Auti la-Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria
The oiganlzatlon, It Is slated, was to
lie under the leadeishlp of Senator
Stone, i:.irl Heading and Viscount North-
cllffc. Jt was to have branches In
neutral capitals sunoundlng Hermany.
Herman-sneaklnc neutrals wero t.i be
sent Into Hoimanv In an effort to In-
l'oielgn Itelatlons Couunlttee. this after
'noon flatly denied the tepoit circulated
,by Ueimany that he was promoting an
I Anglo-American plot to foment a levo-
lutlon In the Teutonic commies.
"The i,toiy li absolutely without foun-
elation," said Senator Stone, "1 never
heard of siieb a th'ng. 1 never had
any conference or rouversatlnu even
eniotely suggesting It."
i
i"KEEP OFF THE TRACK,"
in-lir-iuiii'.nv-i nn,n
BEATON WARNS DRIVERS,
-
Macistrate Fines Diiver for "Dracr-
l-ino-" nirlci-o Avoiino Tni. T1,-.n.
-...-.
ens Further Ptosccutions
Seme of the blame for the many tie.
ups nnd delays on the Philadelphia
Itapld Transit lines lies nt the doors of
the truck drivers who get on tho trolley
tracks in congested dlstilcts and refuse
to get off. This was tho statement made
this morning by Maglstiate Hciton nt
tho Tenth and Buttonwood streets po-
lice station after fining Benjamin Hold-
buig, twenty-three years old, ln.'l Jack.
ton street, S3 and costs for this offense,
Holdburg, who dilvcs a big truck for
the American Kxnress fomnany. wan on '
the trolley tracks at Seventeenth street
and llldge avenue, aud only pulled out
to pass a trnlllc cop. He then went back
on the track and "drigged' tho car,
piloted uy james i . Miiiitn, 1831. Lam
bert street, ull tho way down .Market
street, where Kmlth final!,- ciii.a n. I
llceman McFeeters, of the Tenth and tl,c l,ePe
Uuttonwood rtreets station. McFeeters "7
arrested Ooldburg. DENIES QUAItREL ON URIDGE
Magistrate Beaton. In fining Holdburg,
said that he Intended to prosecute all i p,esident of Jersey Branch Says
such cases and fine the offenders every H"'0"' ol "-""- "' ," '
lime they came before him to see If he Only Harmony Prevails
couldn't stop this practice of truck drlv-f Samuel T. French. 303 Market street,
ers "dragging" cars all over the ciovvded ! Camden, president of tho New Jersey
partu of tho city. .branch of the Delaware lllver Bridge and
. . "Tunned Commission, has Issued n slute-
TNKER ALABAMA nv nient denying reports charging that
IPnrP.mVD -V1; nc,mi there Is a lack of harmony and co
LitiUUtU; WAY BE LOST operation between tho members pf tho
Calls for Help Sent Out After Storm
Wrecks Vessel on Atlantic
Coast
AN ATLANTIC TOUT. Feb. 2 The
steamship Alabama, a tanker of the 1
t.t,. nn -i-imnn,. i. i j . '. '
brsaking up today on one of the most .'r-d " no-hlng but harmony pre
dangeroua ledges of the Atlantic coast vailed at the meeting and the best of
Wireless H O S calls from the slilb Junder.jiundU.g exists between the two
were received here earl:-, today apklng commissioners,
for assistance Immediately anil saying! --,-
the vessel might break up at any time , Oil Co. to Increase Common, Stock
The messages said the Alabama was OIL CJTV. Feb. 2, The Oalena Klirii.il
blon op the ledge, , .. i
("" " J-""-" i'l' "uiiimoneu
by wireless; to go to per.BMlstance. but t
"'" f?r lw ."!.; Wmler their
FEBRUARY 2, 1918
Grim Russian Prison
Capital's 'Best Hotel'
lonllntird from Tate One
icdnot .ongag' nfX men who
caused the world war. !'o wus sentenced
I l'fZaS !?
behind tho bars nt .St. I'ctcr ami St.
'nul.
Hiikliom noff is a veiv tin man. wuu
Brny hilr nnd mustache. We found I bn
gray inir null imisinciic. in ivuiiu i
HI pre-erved. despite hi, imprisonment
n iv.l t.toi n rn tint ntilt lU A
and Ills nge "CVelltJ' llVO
"How- do vou find conditions In I'eter
aid Paul under th' present regime?"
. . .
II- was nsi.eil
...... ., -... .,. .. .. i.-
neiier linn unurr ill" i '. ""i-
piled Instantly "It Is ns good as a 111.111
. '.'iiV"'" ,.,";r:'',IU :
ll.e saddle, mild e.tuert
"Conditions bere were the wmst while
mwT JiW. "i,,!.W MtZ f,m "our
'." abl. to.. rrt.1,e '"'"..'.'.'".'...""r
ii'iiu-., .1UII I tin lll.l ii,.'- 'IU",'" .
lormetlv 1
itlsoii
mg uioso
i.itnc books.'
Tho forniei Minister clerl.tnrt tho food
served him was satlsfactniv. Il .
hiblted bt end which wns leilly bettei
than that served to tb genetnl public
Hesldes good meals, h" r.plalncd. he
nnd other prlfoneis got tea time times
dully und wen- p. rinltted to smnkc and
i-noose ineir own won.. i
Si:i:.S NO IlOPi: roil (V.AI11.M i""1"' ,-, -'lx,
., ,ini-i., ..,.. .... ...,i. I 'c regaid Ituni-itilan citizens as rltl-1
--...ii ,a'.,,?"tloli!V ! ",il m'"'"llve7rilH , itHHl.i. Wo shall not touch I
.1 i ..' . nddetl. but personally I , Uumanlan democrats. I ut i hnll ti at the I
thank the diy when the llolshevikl came I leiireseutntlves of lhe Ttiimnni.... i.n..r.i
nto power. 1 am tho go.it of others nrc(,0se ,lM i,0,ai,- t .0 r.u-iunlnn '
tho entile system of ( zarlsni. D.-plte Kenetnls continue to jnovo forwnrd their I
Inv monnrrlilFt ennv li tlnns I iln nnf tie. I
Ilc've Cz.irlsm has a chance of belli,
ii ...-...:..' i".:."r." ..... ,.. .
vived '
Then aftei n pensive moment he con
tinued
The ppectai lo of SuMiomllnoff leiiont
nr.t vas olio to creitn sympathy, Tile
foinier nilntsler offered us cigarettes
and then returned to his woik table, lie
hesitated a moment and then volun-l
teered, with a faint smile- I
"I nin now ato of the proletnilnt. My
tntlro pioperty has been confiscated "
nowNmiAnrni) monauciiist
The cell of Schenur, iinother of tho
iiiniiatchlsts accused with Sul.honillnofr,
"as ne.t visited He was excited and
downhearted, iip)irelieulvo over tho nr-
de.l of his' t, ill. which Is Vino very 1
soon. While In the ell a soldier iruar 1
gu
biiuight us an Invitation to visit M.
ICoIlkoff, who Is suspected of having
cnglneHicd the murder of Kokhshl.ln nnd
Shlugareff, two fotmer Keren1-!.)'
inln-
lslers shot down a foitnlght ago.
We found Knllkoff a man of gigantic
"" wh deep-et. plciclng e)ee. Abso-
Intel' Illiterate, he gave the Impies-
slon of a. strong, healthy animal.
"I called )oti to say thai l inn inno-
cent," he explained, As wc stood In the
corildor we met the Menshevll; (Mini
inallsl) Leader Volslnskl out taking his
constitutional lie passed us proudly
b), refuh'ng to talk.
As wo went on down tho coitldor
we met Avskeutleff, former piovltional
Hovernment leader of tho Social I.evo
lutlonarle-s. He shook bauds ehc-tfully
11 id talked In Herman. As hn left he
called back'
"Adieu until I meet ou at the Ititc-r-intlonal
Socialist congress."
TIIOTSKY'S IPI.AS SCOIl.Vi:!)
NcM vce entered the cell of fnnnei
Foreign Mluter Tereschenko, which Ter
eschenko shared with the foimer pro
visional Minister nf Finance Ili-tnailtsUy,
We found Kereusk)'rt former foiclgn
minister a tall, polished man. with
statesmanlike attitude and pimid, deal
c)es. He Immedlatelv launcbc-d Into n
political discussion. He had jiist icwl
Tiotsky'H seiond speech to the llusslsn
Pan-Soviet, In which the Jlolslwvlk fni
elgu minister levealed the possibility of
a sepaiate peace. Tereyclu-iikn vlnlcntl
attackeil Trotsky's viewpoint
' Ills policy Is absolutely iigalnst I5us
slan Interests," lie cleclaic-d "It Is lllog.
leal and Impractical, A sepaiate peacn
wnulil be a inlsfoituim foi llu'sla nnd
for the entile w oild Itrlidni) baldest
to prevent this.'
Both Teiecbenko and Uernadtsky
weio veiy pessimistic over the future of
Itussla.
In the net cell we found M Purlh
kevitch, ii noted nuti-Semlte leader,
and leputed to be the. nc tu.il slajer nf
the Mad Monk. I'.asputlu He was .1
small, well set up man. with pleiclng
coiiespoiident asked
.. . .ArI. ...,.,
l LTS "''"" O.N ItXSPL'TI.N
"I will put it In one word It.ispu.
U"." ho leplled "The complete over.
throw of the old leglme was necessary
The Czar wan sunounded by women and
children and madmen.
"I was the first openly to attack
Raaputlii In tho Dum.i for coiruptlon
under the old regime Hut. nlaa, my
iiltlclsm and in) warnings e.uue too
Tu,i,kevi.ci, ..., likewise ,. pes-
blmlstlc over the peat-- situation.
"Peace with Heinianv now will mean
the betrayal of P.ussl.i," he ilecl.it oil
"It will mean a new war live or ten
ears hence. The Slavs and the Her
mans cannot lulei side by side. Ono ol
the other mut yield "
lie epieEsed Ills "personal nspect"
for tho ieiman ICalsei, rc-m.uklng, 'The
man Is a devil, but he's u man In com
partson wnn .ar .mciouis" .
"Hussla," ho concluded mournfully,
"Is being split and ruined. 'Our power
Is lost,"
He laughed bitterly as we left,
Darkness had come, over St. Peter
and St. Paul as wc stepped out Inlo the
dim prison church, wheie n lonely sister
knelt over the maiblo gravec of former
Czar?. Her prayers for their souls
went up from the prison they built to
perpetuate their power the prison now.
by strange mprlce of fate, occupied
mostly by those who fought tho Czar, In
" "ame of ,,,c on,e;, but "h, ur?
now themselves called the enemies of
commission.
In his statement M-. Fiench tells of
difference;-! of opinion between Director
Datesman, of the Dep.utmetit of Public
Works of Philadelphia, on the one side,
and William S. Twining and Heoige S.
Webster on the other, re girding the cost
of approaches to the bridge on the Phila-
delDhta jilde of the river, but It Is de
0( company plans to Increase Its r-oni,J
nion stocn irom fii.viiii.iiuu to eSO.ogQ..
000 for the purpose of acqulrlrc add!
tlonal properHes ln'Txai and 'for,Up-J
l-lm .nn"1, litinle ni., i1',,';L"l'l'K,.Mn"i" , UxlWr' vm0M w"h l"''"""1" ""-'U Picmo authorltv to spenk for the Unlt.l-V,. 1
Urn and eiittuie niti being des icd h w federation nf autonomous re states iirniv nnd navv In the offeim ve i, 3
IVbviini trv ioelallsn,'.' trtU'"il K'""""1 " "s not yet fenced, first III meeting the, Oerman on--'-. A
'I'eibni.s" sul-oi Hnoff -,.. , . , n'cnKnl"1 ",0 -t'cllonracl Kovermnent ns slaught-lf the latter ever comes-an-1.? )
able , f0llw the wod MtuitnVT,. WmnW AMn nn.nuWM MrM
'iisuii. niiun Ki.s-L iciuviiiiuivo
. . - .. .".. ' " iuai auurciiv iiiicaiuiis -niiuuiuwii
nm i nil i linn nr tint ---.x .iiniii.,. 'f " i ii -. v
t ,. .''--, -t. .v ,w'ym
! Finnish Troops
Rout Red Guard
( ontlnnril from I'ate One
Hint of 100 1 1 gae the imputation as
approximately 4.10,000 persons, of
whom nearly on-thlrd .were Jews.
LONDON. Feb. J Tho Htvotutlonaiy
Committee) of tho Itluck Ken fleet has ,
resolved to confiscate the triinyporln' be-
longing to r.uinaiila, nccordlng to an lZx-
I .'..., Teletrrnlill illstintell frnm 1'elrn.
J fto
sj I I r . . .
cr.il wiirslilps nave been seized in nines:
Hen harbors
1'imiOtlHAn. Feb. 2 t-n Trot-icy.
Hi, ttoiiheviu 1','relcr-i Minister bus or.
,,ed to nn Intel viewer that ltussin nnd i
I'.umanla 4rc not ut war The r.usslan
icpiuMic ii.i'' itfL iicirr'! war on Jiu
iintittt. but onlj- iMKltfd tin Ilitindiilnti !
mliiUwr. -rhlH nuiy Imply a Unto of
war," Miltl TrntMiy, 'lmt wc ure nnRlntr
tl wav nnlv niraliiKt llio Iltiniiinhiti t
rpiioihN ninl tlio lmurffrolK wh.i dp
itlni-kit tn-r-r-iit Ihiueil.it, -ui.1,-1 1 a. u n .! hi..... I
,)l( ,i,,lloclaic organizations nt ths Jlu-
ih.h).... ... '
iiiiinn 11 ,. l
"We do not make war on the lln-
ill-
in.iiil.vii working claes, whose Inteiestson In Francs-, made this prediction tew'1
iWe as dear to us hh those nf tin woi.k -
lug inaes In Itussb. There will be
fl Ifll.l-Jlllf-ll IfVII . hlljn.tJl'...n..l ..
If t.lffllf II till II llrvlllfli r lll.l tllllnnnlnn 1
(lov. rnment will be furined with 'every
possible moral nnd ma". -rial support that
n"-i'- i
llefeieme lo the position assumed bv
tho iiuibns.idors of tho Allied I'owers I
seems ty show there Is no cause of n.Cubliut member vran Is m ,miwsi'iI '-1
iiupture with l!ussu n nccouut of the
SHARE 3130,000 ESTATE
Will of Park Painter, Churchman
niul Manufacturer, Is Probated
Other Testaments Filed
y
The will nf l'n ik Fainter, pionilm-nt
churchman nnd steel manufnctuiir, who
died Ht the Ilelgravla Ap.utmenls cm
.latiuaiv "4, wns admitted to probate
lmla and letters tesamentary hi tho
est.ito were granted to Iluirnws Sloan
11'" ,et"t.0.1 'W,JM n.,,,r,,?."j "lo' ''.'
""i i n,i' nun iwiir i tiv.vvv,
He devises $1000 u month to hs widow.
1 lll.t H. 1'alnter, dining her life, unci di
rects that the lesldue be divided between
hct and their four daughters, mid upon
their deaths the principal Is to levert
to the giaiidchlldren.
The estate of John Wesley Miller, late
of S32 Wallace stieet. amounting to
1 (13,01)0, Is bequeathed to a son nnd
four daiighteis,
Sara .!. Jluit, who died iccentty Iu
(Iveibionk. leaves nil estate valued lit
$ .,0im. She bequeaths $300 to St.
Mark's, Home for Aged Women, J2O0
to St. Mark's Church as an addition to
the Jubilee endowment, and the irslduc,
after seveial pilvute bequcsti aro satis
tied, to the Hcorge S. Heihmd llndow
ment Fund nf Biii Mawr College,
Jlkhaid Pelt?, n foinier active lie-puhili-aii
politician and fnr seveial ye.ua
n member of ths Public Buildings Com
mission, left nil estate valued nt $30 OOO,
Other wlls probated aro those of Illza
beth Schneider, f.."0 Larchunnd avenue,
$:i.300 ; Horry Allen. 1300 Ninth Fiank
lln stieet. J3100, and William A. Smith,
U'Ol Allengrove street. $2300.
Tho personal pioperty nf the eMato
of Ilnratlo N. Day s appiulsed nt $1 8K..
IHi:."; ISaibaia Schmidt, Si4.:!46 2li;
Annie Ban-, $0280. JC ; Aunlc J. Logan.
3!i!3.5r, and John McDiimiilt. Jiloo
FATALLY HURT IN EXPLOSION
Hinstinp Heater Blows Oft Leg of
-Mcfchuntville Man
(iiailes 15 Hnlg, a piunilnrnt icsldclit
of .vieic-hantvllle. N. J, wns fixing
the steam heater In tlio cellar of his
home, lot Kust Maplo stieet. today,
when It exploded, binning off Ills left
teg at tho kuce nnd thic-o lingeis of his
loft bund.
.Mr Jlalg. who Is sixty r.us old
was lusheil to tho HcMiper Hospital,
wheie it Is said tint he cannot live
Neighbors weie greatly excited us the
nose of the exnlnslon wus so irrc
oslon wus so grint; It
shook the c-ntlii. blck and wrecked lhol"'ace In Heiinany
of North Jersey Electric Supply
NKWAHK. N. J . Feb. 2. The Public
Sen Ice Company, supplliig all northern
New .lermy elcctilcal power, will have
to close down unless it receives moro
coal by MomU), It was stated here to
dti) .
The hugo power plant supplies Milp
.irds, munition fnctoiics, street lailwuy
S) stems, homes, business houses vh
tuallv cv eothlng In the north pait of
the State. A shutdown would mean com
plete p.iral)sls of manufacturing ludus
tiy In Ibis section.
IIOWAKU E. ItUCII DIES
Municipnl Stieet Cleanint; Contrac
tor Victim of Heart Disease
llnw.iiil l; lluch. who for some time
hap held the stieet cleaning contract for
the Sixth highway district of the city,
died suddenly this morning of heart dis
ease at his home, 1331 Ninth Marshall
street.
His widow and several children sur
vive him. No arrangements have as
yet been made for Lis funeral.
The Other Half of
Yes, a Coiry-phone call
a jolly phone call,
But that's only on half d'ye
get me?
The other, .old dear,
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I'll be there just at fast as they
let me I
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ALLIES PREPA
tof&w;
tiiWJjA
war uouncu's JKians
rrt
fected to StopPrc
KZi,
German Offehaivfe'-tr-j
CONFIDENT OF Ol
WASHINGTON, tafc-a-H
A slng:e-iiurporcd war machine' fl
hurl back the long threatentdfchtrioa-s)
d.ive on the Western front srliW
.. . (1 ., ... . .. .
""""" J ni" ,,,crL lw Pnnnwu oik -,
"Inuglit with Mipromo oonndenc. atfC
If tho plan now In jirorostf of forrrMt-s i
tlon ata rnrrled Ihrntiirli to tlta stirn
ful cum-luplon looKctl foY, the. offfilY
U Ml tit tut nrft nii-rt frl till ffntii ltt--k Iifcf -,
man inllltarv forces. "'" XUS,,n
..... .... .... . ... '..v .
High otllcers at the wnr college,, -fully !
conversant with all that Is now irMnr '.
d.ii It was In cuimiletn suclr n., hiann
'that (lenenil Illlss. chief of th r)lr 'T
1 ..' ...... t .. t.S.n-..A. .. ...AX- St-l "
1 .1 tj llbjullul III lltil Innltt-O 4tlAk '- "'
that Clenei.il Pershing met WlthUli-lA
Allied War Council at Versailles durliMtrrt''
Ui last few days And in order that,
there shall be no question that thl par-?1
tlclpatloii of the fulled States nsVtWs
complete! and nrdeiit approval ofPrf5- '
dent Wilson, ic-inllltant inemher nf l,l-.77
Cabinet will become n member of thMsMtc
War Council at an early date. " !.
... ... . - vee..vi
colonel tiouso still remains clothe""
with ii.llllnrv ni.d riliil-miril'rn-i .r n-dW
chief nf the orlelnal mission. Hut tin
th.i President In France will liav stii''v i
li-lll Itii.llidM ,-niii.ei til iii.rntlnn lii, ,lt.iftvl
Cnlted Slates. Hrltlsli. 1'ienth, llailanftl'
tiuu uvihiMii iuiv.rp, -j 'v iX
i:ni:my'.s plans known
The War Council sessions now irfffi
. pi ogress at Versailles already have JaJtrt'
: ,. ... ,. .. .... .1- . .' ,a
cm Kiiiuniiiiiiric ui inc concciieu aeien I
slvo nnd offensive pluns which are, conJ'!!ft'
Ildenllally expected to crush the Hef.1'?'
man orr.-nslve along the western ttmitPS
vlien it met last week It had befoie
an enormous mass of inllltarv data dei
lng with the Heiniau and Austrian plans',
rt knew. ..liny t.ttlceis here mv cn.li
wli.it re-enforceineirts the Hermans havevA,,
bi ought fiom the east and what they t
can bring. It already has messed nn-m
the dlposItions to be made; to meet tho- -V
situation resulting from' The t-treiigthetij4''f '
ing ni mo civniian line with Oernianr K'
and Austrian soldiers bioiight fiom the ,
cast. And It has nrrnnged. otficers In- ,
tlmate. several surprises which will. ve
ninl... I.!, d..il... . ..ii. -. .. . A t
". iiin-iri-iiiiK reaaing wnen it Is pos.
muie iu icc mem Uec-Ollle huoirn
I'lUIn tuggestlons, prey Amerlcati,'V'-J
n their charnctei. hae been mid.SSC
to the war council by Oeneraht Blls,s'-i2J
and Pershing. These de-il .n-..i., ..i,i.'W
iiiuiuuy ni anions and un reported tn-ifars ' A
have greatly pleased both tho French" "Sri-A
..., .. T.-.. ......... ...Mi-rua r,
nnd Biltlsh military
evrieris wiin n.r..
In ntteiiilance,
Thei ctmti--!l lu l .i, . J' i
from now ,,,, at fre.pient Intervals toK l
assist tho mllltni y expei ts In even,' way iS.3
It has been repoite-d heie wJ-wKhT
ton from tlm to time that Secretary af itk
niaio 15011. rt Lansing would be sent t..Wll"(
icproient tho Cnlted States, hvl a th ,
council will not con-ider diplomat nrt'? '
incisures for tt long time to coZtavrW
...... V. ... ... .-" i an omclalrf-o
iiuiio i.iimiiai Willi tlie
mi-!.. int.. j . 7 n
mid naval details of the ,-., 'f,tT 5
PLANS WL-I.L PP.i:p.lli;o
It Is violating mi military secret tolir-e ill
say tint th ii,en.llo, behig taken m VI
lanco niof tbe most elaborate In M
or the first time since Hermany m' At
i-ceii ngnting she will meet on the IU
western finnt a war machine., of single- -, ,F
pui pose, wo, king completely In UnlsInV '
mid following a concerted plan V,
All of tho information rcachln- Wash- p
Inglon coiicerulmr lh iilnn-,..is ....p. X
oflenslie Indicates tli.it it villi be tried J , -
during the next month or early In April 'n-I ?'
It Is expected that n il.. t ...m..J'isi- ' 4
out" drives may be Initiated at any time tP V.i
Picllmlnary to tho effoi of the Herman--" Vj
nm.i vuiniiiaiiii in cairv out Hi wn-a tun 'i
of the pan-Himianlsis
,i. ... . " . . ......,- ... j
and
"enforc"1'" 'i
peace with the sword.
'"' "nl" tlilnir which could InterfeielH1'? 4 J
iwmi tne program Is n genuine move for5 -N'J
inn Austri.i i.i ,.jiiv
workeis of those nations. This Is some-,''! vl
thing which the t'nlted States and t!io"rls-a
Lntente ale not considering today,"?- ,J
i neir luiiiis can ior me prosecution nf '"V-i
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iuu ii... iu mi- iiiinu-i rucni mis jear X il
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