-'i5'i; "ffltf' 1 uenmg public Bfeiicjer NIGHT EXTRA EXTRA sy 1 n t '. V'-fcl Wia VOL. IV. NO. 122 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918 COITtllOIlT, 101?, BT TUB PrattC LttKJE COtiriNT PRICE TWO GENf J 1 .ft" ", . " BERLIN CHIEFS DISCUSS PLAN TO END CRISIS Ludendorff, Kuehl- mann and Czernin Confer at Capital STRIKES ON WANE THROUGHOUT EMPIRE Death Threat of Military Authorities Feces Work ers Back to Plants NEW TRIESTE WALKOUT Socialist Gets Six Months' Sentence at First Court Martial of Agitators AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4. Austrian Foreign Minister Czer jiin, German Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann and Quartermaster General Ludendorff were duo to ar rive in Berlin today to participate U a scries of deliberations on politi cal and economic conditions. This meeting was regarded here as part of tho plan for co-operation of military and political officials in the Central Powers to put down the general strike. It was reported from the frontier that tho German mili tary authorities at a conference on Sunday had decided to treat all agi tators who attempt to prevent strikers from returning to work to day as traitors. Tho general strike seems to bo wan ing, according to German newspapers received here today. Tnousands of workers wero reported to have re turned to tho factories Sunday, al though in isolated scctlorv somo more email walkouts wero described. DEATH THREAT EFFECTIVE A copy of tho Vosslscho Zeltung rc-J eclved hero declared that on Sunday right strike leaders counseled re sumption, of work in tho face or tho death threat by military officials. In t Magdeburg-, Ludwlgshaven and Bros- lau. it was sail, the strikers rollowed this advice and flocked back to the factories. "Conditions are normal" in Essen, tho newspapers said. Tho Vorwaerts. describing the first military court-martial of strlko agita tors In Moablt, a suburb of Berlin, snld the building was heavily guarded by troops and that citizens wero excluded. The first caso called vvns that of Hclnrlch Schultze. an Independent So cialist. Ho iccelvcd six months' Im prisonment for distributing o:rlke lit rrature. In Cologne the president of tho la bor organization attended a strlko meeting to convey tho demands oi me Imperial Chancellor. After a short debate tho strikers decided to return to work. WANES IN EASTERN SAXONY The Lokal Anzelger declared that in eastern Saxony "tho strlko Is waning." Half tho employes of tho Krupp plant who struck have returned to work. A partial strike occurred in the Gotha airplane factory at Dusseldorf. Many small, Isolated strikes are said to have ended. Tho Cologne Gazetto carried a state ment from tho management of Krupps aylng that only 400 of Its employes quit work. The Tageblatt reported a new strlko at Jena, a third ot the workers there quitting. Efforts of the conservative press to Show that British agents are foment ing the strike are regarded here as feeble. Dock and factory workers at Trieste, the Austrian naval base, who walked out last week only to return within a few days, have struck again, it was reported here today. Several corps of German soldiers homo on leave are said to have been among thoso formontlng tho strikes in Germany. They have been recalled to the front. , DISOBEY ORDERS There were socialistic manifestations In Berlin and the Industrial suburbs on Sunday despite the order of the Gov ernment prohibiting public gatherings and processions, according to meagci advices from the frontier. They Indi cate that there wero clashes between the military police' and the strikers, but no Details were forthcoming. The cutdown of rations for the fami lies of strikers has aroused the working classes to a high pitch of anger. A number of strikers who protested against this procedure were arrested. Socialist members of the -Reichstag Continued on Tax Four, Culnuin Peien A Qamera Trip Down the "Clyde of America" to Bog Island and Chester Sea the Full Pace of PJ,,t ', vJwphs'Jn this Edition of the , '"Euening public BxDncr r f,jf Memorial Section t -. .'.'." m l ' -- a5SSSSg5a,!SAMMRKS WIN Mrs. Rosina Hastlo Learns efWininnrii iTTimAir Death in France While Healing ' Firat Note From "Over Then" As Mrs. Rosina Hastlo, 111 Vast Luray Btrect, happily read a litter trom 1 licr non, William M. Hastle, ti Prince I with Company C ot the Klxfti United' CffitAa fnfrlnfter, (.lift rrnlli! n L.1a. gram from the War Dcpartmcii Infirm-; Ing her of her son's death frcm pneu- I monla on January 30, The letter, which was dated f ecember 30 was tho first word sho hadreceh?ed from him since he sailed f)r "over there" on November 2D. As si ran to tell cno of her daughters that pill was "well and happy" tho telegram fame. Hustle, who was thlrty-for years old, served with tho old SccoH R'gl mont of tho Pennsylvania Katlonal Guard beforo he enlisted In thtregular ' army at tho outbreak of tho irtr. He was with tho Second on tho Mexican border, nervine as mess sergeant, Ho Is survived by a widow, twjnaugn- ters, his mother and two sisters, M'ADOO COMMANDEERS SIX RAILROAD PIERS j Takes Over Wharves of Lines With Terminals on Jersey Sidoto Facilitato Loading ,- K WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Railways Director McAdoo today Commandeered tho piers of six railways with terminals on the New Jersey side of Now York har bor. Tho action was taken to facilitate ship loading by eliminating unnecessary I llnlit.H... VA Va1 Vfiulf bUh AT tYin I lighterage to the New York sldo of the ' harbor. Tho six railways havo thirteen piers and these will accommodate ap proximately twenty-five bhlps. The New York Central has four piers nt Wwhiwlipn that will mm fnr nine ' or ten vessels; the Erie, four piers at Weehawkcn, three nf which aio allotted to Belgian roller steamers. leaving nc commodatlons for ono other vessel; tho Delaware, Lackawanna nnd Western has two piers at Hobokcn, for three steamers; the Lehigh Valley has one pier for four vessels at Constable Hook ; tho Central Railroad ot New Jersey has ono pier for two vessels at Jersey City. Tho American dock at St. George, Statcn Island, controlled by the Balti more nnd Ohio, also was commandeered. SEES DISCRIMINATION IN FUEL-SAVING ORDER Pastor Objects to Closing Churches on Sunday While "Movies" Are Permitted to Remain Open ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 4. The Rev. Henry Merle Mellen, pastor of tho First Presbyterian Church, one of tho wealth iest In tho city, wants to know how It ! that moving picture theatres and proprietors of vaudeville shows manage to get coal enough to run wldo open on Sunday, In violation of State laws, when churches constantly are being urged by coal administrators either to omit or comblno their services1 In the Interest of fuel saving. , j. The Row Mr. Mellen dropped a shell Into tho ranks of tho Insurgent amuse ment men by declaring that If tho Stale and Government aro willing to permit the movies to use fuel on Sundays they should not embarrass tho churches. "I haven't any fault to find with the local fuel administrators, who presum ably are Carrying out faithfully their orders from Washington." he said, "but thero must be something wrong with the regulations. If the movies can run on Sunday then the churches should bo permitted to do business regularly nnd not hamper tho cause of God." Tho city Ministerial Union will de mand an explanation. HIGn WINDS DUE Warm Wave Came, but Soon Gave Way to More Winter Storm warnings were displayed by the Philadelphia Weather Bureau and by others all the way from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport, Me., on orders from Washington. Forecaster Bliss said tho storm will not be severe here. The warning Is for tho benefit of shipping and It refers only to wind. High winds aro on the way from the Great Lakes; somo of them are here now. In fact. Small ships should stay near shore. The weather Is expected to remain fair. Philadelphia's long-looked-for warm wave has come and gone. It lasted Just about a half day, sending the mercury up to a high point or 37 degrees, the highest afternoon temperature lecorded this 'year. Since midnight, however, when a cold wave from 'Canada that Is duo to linger for several days nrrlved the tempera ture haB steadily fallen. At noon today ihn thermometer registered 14 degroes. It will get still colder, dropping to about 10 degrees during tne nignt. PUNCHB0ARD GAME UNDER MAYOR'S BAN Director Wilson and Superin- tendent Robinson Told to Break Up Gambling Mayor Smith today summoned to his otnee Director of Public Safety Wilson and Superintendent of Police Roblvon and gave stern and emphatic orders that henceforth and from now on such In famous Instruments of vice as punch hoards In clgnr stores, whereljy devotees of tho Princess Nicotine are prrustomed to taking a chance on gett' ) a fle dollar box of cigars for tile snail sum of a dime are to feel tho heavy hand of the law. All such devices and all and sundry other devices which Involve In their operation the slightest element of uncertainty or risk are to be confiscated wherever found. The ordc- of the Mayor Is understood to have resulted from the fact that In the past the police havo been Inclined to look with a' lenient eye on the punch hoards and r&nTng devices so common In elgar stores and other places where men habitually congregate. Boards havo been returned to the owner after a vig orous kick to the ward leader. Now Mayor Smith says they must absolutely and positively stop,, and that he means It. " Grand Jury Sworn In Before Judge ThOmas P, I'lnletter, In Quarter Sessions Court, the Grand Jury fnr tho February term of court, was 'sworn In today. Tho Judge appointed Oscar w, wan,, a aeaurner. or aeis Coily ejreat, terwtw, tkt btr. M I K VI V II II IK V WITH BIG GUNS D e lli 0 M S h Gei'mail De- fenses by Terrific Rain of Projectiles HUNS FORCED TO FLEE Five Thousand Shells Fired in Twenty Minutes ArrW- cans Lose Only Two Dead By HENRI BAZIN Btaff Cnrrrnoitdrnt Kvtnuta J'liMtc T,rdocr uffi the Amtrican Armu la France WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE FIELD, Feb. 4. Today jaw tho American troops work ing cool and unconcerned among tho shell-pitted roads and battered ruins ns If In the quiet of their own towns and Mllngc3 In tho good old U S. A. Yet a few hours earlier a rain of German hlgh-exploslve shells nnd shrap nel killed two Sammecs and wounded sixteen In a fierce duel of cannon that Justly may bo called America's first ar , y of ,ha wlr tho Sammecs won their first artllle-j uul with tho Germans was the opIMon today of high ofllcers who witnessed tho de struction wi ought Saturday night on the Teuton lines thrco dugouts demolished, together with part of tho first-line trenches, and great lanes churned open , .,. hnr,ea.wlro rntancements. Tho Germans suffered hcay lotsc. It Is believed certain. (V RMANS FORCED TO FLUE The general In command took mo to an observation post, whero through long rango field grasses wo could bee tho fitnl marks our artillery left on the German defenses. So lrllo was our cannonade that In places the Germans deserted their front-lino trenches, un able to endure tho heavy toll of dead and wounded. Great gaps showed In tho enemy barbcd-wlre entanglements and trenches today, witness to tho ac curacy of our fire The Amerlenn gun hurled more thnn .1000 shell. Into the German trenches In twenty minute. lonr guns nf one battery ulonr sent 380 projectile rreair..lng across u Man's I. nnd In that time.' The first Run was tired sixteen Kernndi after tho barrage was railed for. Feverishly keeping pace with our gun ner's output of destruction, tho Ger mans used up moro shells during the bombardment than, they havo fired on this sector In months. Rut It was not able that, whereas tho Sammecs" fire wiped out part of tho Bocho defenses, tho Airlerlcan trenches wero not ma terially damaged; tho destruction was In villages In the rear of the American lines. DEBRIS FOUND IN VILLAOES Debris-filled streets and walls caved In or pitted with great holes attested to the violence ot tho bombardment at tho headquarters of a certain regiment on this Lorraine front. A call on n colonel revealed tho front of his dugout In an orchard to bo full of holes re sembling new-mado wells. Exploding shells threw it fresh pile of rock from a nearby church wall that was knocked down by tho explosions. Through all this hall of steel, stone and splinters of wood, tho colonel left his dugout nnd went to an observation post to assuro himself that all was well with his men. The fierce duel of guns began Just ns the sun was setting over the hills, Its blood-red light gleaming In the waste water stretches of No Man's I'.and. A red rocket sent up from tho German lines was the signal for the enemy barrage. So quickly did the Sammees' commander grasp the situation that a counter-signal for tho Yankee barrage wis flashed back to the American artillery and tho Boche gunners by no means "got the Jump on" the Sammees. The roaring explosions of both Ger man and American guns In action broke out almost simultaneously. Tor tho first time In several weeks this sector, noted as ono of tho quietest on tho front, was engulfed In the din of heavy cannonading. FOE CONCENTRATES FIRE Tho German flro gradually Increased la Intensity, picking out n, small ector for a terrific barrage of high explosives and shrapnel Prompt to answer, her It was that tho American gunners i cored their first hits, plowing up wlro en tanglementa and smashing great hole's In tho German fire-lino trenches. Gcr- Contlnned on rate l'oar Column Fire COLD SNAP GREETS HEATLESS HOLIDAY Garfield Discusses Further Conservation With State Fuel Administrators WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 A cold Bnap, following In tho wake of forty-eight hours of warmer weather, again swept the eastern States today as the third and probably last "heat less holiday" wont Into effect. The more serious conditions now exist In the New England States, most other communities east of tho Mississippi af fected by the recent fuel shortage having Improed tomewhat under the closing and embargo orders of Fuel Administra tor Garflcild ind Director General Mc Adoo. Today Garfield met with the State fuel administrators of the New England and other States relativo to determining upon further conservation measures where they are necessary. Tomorrow Oarfleld and Director Gen eral McAdoo will make and co-ordinate a plan for dispensing entirely with the heatless holiday. Following this meet ing announcement of the dato for gen eral abandonment of the heat embargo is expected. It Is probablo that heatless day wlU bo stopped In some sections of tho country' before It Is stopped In others. Doctor aarfletd believes no repetition of the workless and heatless day order will be necevaary. The conservation ac complished In those days already Im posed, the embargo on nonessential freight ahlpments and the approach of warn wring weather, he believes, will pn I !, . PHILADELPHIA POLICE BEGIN REGISTRATION OF GERMAN RS7WCrVlsMBMr 'MHBHiiMF ' "'---, iTrriani tmL' JS'r " .i'i i i UiKmiMH9nlHI mp-V tt S i a t Ii7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7 JKMl7il7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7i7B7BaR3ii7flMfeiV3Hw ? ? .$; J5S bk. i .HTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTiTAMk '.iiasi' k 'TtTBITiTiTHKSIiTiTiTiTiTV v M sm'HSrli:JmtS xjmlMWt5m& P. LiW .. . H ,? w 'r-i"rtrgr:grs'is.i.-jg3gya:K aa?m;;&'a?'r; sHBL" 'Si. H' m iMiiHHK x mmm .sMiw- . . v tk im- it HHHhtttf' ' m i ' "fe flK jBHaH " isiKiikW' X ' , fes:s..v.xvrym??? Hundreds of enemy aliens are lined up at the city's forty-two fioiice stations awaiting their turn to be registered by tho police icutenants. deputized as assistant registrars. The photographs illustrate the work of registration as carried out nt the Seventh District Police Station, Third street and Fairmount nvenuc, under the supervision of Lieutenant John F. Stickel, assisted by House Sergeant Harry II. Himeback. An enemy alien is shown having his linger prints recorded. The experience, which is a new one to him, causes him curiously to examine his fingers after registration is complete. ALIENS, ASHAMED, REGISTER TODAY Woebegone Men, Some Half Citizens, Appear J at Police Station ALL REGRET POSITION GERMANS SHOULD REAI1 THIS Mole Germans fourteen years old and oer, not completely nntarallied citizens of the United States, mut register any dny this wek between (1 n. m. and K p. in. In Philadelphia and other cltlea (of more tlinu SOflO Inhabitant) police dl'trlrt In which alien lUe In regis tration place i elsewhere he must reg ister nt hl postolllro. Each alien mil ft furnlnh four un mounted photographs of lilmnelf, not larger than 3 by 3 Inchex, on thin paper, with light background. nermann with first American citi zenship papers are required to reg ister. All registrants are to be treated "In a courteous and friendly manner." Tennlty fur failure to register Is Imprisonment "Allen enemies" who llvo In Phila delphia began thW morning to present themselves for registration, as required by tho Government, at tho various pollco stations In the city, the thumb print of nch being taken and four photographs of each being filed. With scarcely an exception they gavo the Impression of being loyal Americans who were "sore" at tho turn of fate which had kept them from becoming fully naturalized before tho war broke out. There aro about 10,000 males In this city who owe nlleglanco to tho Central Powers, of whom about 0000 aro over fourteen years old nnd are therefore ex pected to register as "alien enemies." Registration began early In West Philadelphia, rive men wero at the siitv.flfth street and Woodland avenue pollco station by 8 o'clock, waiting for Lieutenant Ewlng to arrive. Four out of the five worp Liberty Bond buttons. Threo of them wore the Red Cross button which says, "A heart and a dollar are all ou need." Within another hour four more put In their nppearance. Ono of the early arrivals, who did not In the least look like a German, re marked to Lieutenant Ew ng, "Say, L'eutenant, when you get through regis, terlng me, would you mind kicking me off tho front steps Into the snow?" "Why?" asked tho astonished lieu tenant. "Becauso I'm ashamed of myself, said the man. "I've lived heto for years and no ono Imagines that I am not an American citizen. But, ns a matter ot fact, I never took cut citizenship pa. pers. I'm so ashamed of myself I don't want to look anybody In the face." When he .had filled out his registra tion he repeated his plea: "Say, lieu tenant, I still stand good on that. Kick me eft the front steps, It will do me good," Lieutenant Ewlng laughed at tho man's self-abnegation. Another man, seventy years old, who woro a Liberty Bond button In his lapel, actually cried when he entered the sta tion. He was escorted there by on Continued on Palo Foar, Column Mt MAN FALLS TO DEATH Misstep While Cleaning Window Causes Fatal Plunge Christian Oft. sixty years old, 4228 Stiles street, was Instantly killed today when he fell from a windows!!! of his home to the yard. Off was cleaning a window on the second floor when he lost his balance and toppled over. Nelshbrs who saw him fall rushed to his aide and ad ministered "flret-ald" treatment, but It vm too tote. . ht 1-? . V HHa HITCHCOCK FLAYS WARDEPARTMENT Urges Favorable Action pn War Cabinet and tMu- ' nitions Director j BAKER'S EFFORTS FUTILE The Trouble and Remedy, According to Hitchcock rpiIE trouble, according to nitch- cock: War Department has fallen down. Raker's efforts futile. No co-ordination between de partments. Lack of proper directing au thority. The remedy: Cut red tape. Stop delays. Centralize responsibility and authority. Run department on up-to-date business methods. "It's up to us!" he tells Con gress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Declaring that tho War Department Is "bettor equipped with brakes than with motive power" and that chaos olono has icsulted from other departmental work, Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, today re sumed demands In tho Senate for fur ther co-ordination of tho nation's war efforts. Hitchcock's attack camo In tho face of personal nnd urgent demands by President Wilson for less discussion of the war cabinet bill nnd more action on vital legislation. It marked the open ing of a spirited discussion In tho Senato and House over tho Chamberlain meas ures. "The Piesldcnt has nnnounced he does not want the committee, to report the war cabinet bill, and, if pre 'einrts bo ttue, ho objecto even to a discussion of this legislation In tho Seriate," Hitch cock stated "This attltudo on tho part of tho President Is unfortunate, but not alto gethor unnatural. "The President belongs to the sctioo, of political philosophers who ndhero to the belief that all Important leglslatlot should originate with and bo proposed by tho ixecutlve to tho legislate o body. I cannot subscribe to this schema of government, although It has some ob vious ndantage.i In that It provides leadership, order nnd program. "Since ho became President Mr. Wil son has enforced his views upon Con- Centlnurd on I'oce l'otir. Column Two PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS List Includes J. W. Abcrcrombio as Solicitor of Department of Labor WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. President Wilson this afternoon sent the following nominations to the Senate: John W, Abercromble. of Annlnton, Ala., to be solicitor of the Department of Labor, vice John 11. Densmorp, re signed. Louis II. Mooter, of California, to be surveyor general of California. Wlllard S. Van Deer. of St, Louis. Mo., to be assistant treasurer of tho Uilted States at St. Louis, Mo. (a re appointment). John B. Nash, of Cotton, Masa., to be naval officer of customs In Customs Col lection. District No, 4, with headquam tarn t Beaten, Maao.. (a riwlBtwrt). URGE BAIRD TO SUCCEED HUGHES TRENTON, Feb, 4. A delegation of 110 Camden men today cf.Ucd upon Governor Edge and urged him to appoint David Bnird to succeed the late Senator Hughes. NEW LOAN TO BELGIUM ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON, Feb. -1. A nenw loan of 3,500,000 to Belgium was anuonunced by the Treasury Departmennt today. This brings the Belgium total to $80,000,000. CALLS FOR SIX THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS CAM PSHERMAN, 0 Feb. 4. The War Department today called for 6000 volunteers fiom Camp Sherman to leave here under sealed orders. No intimation was worthcomlng from divi sion headquarters as to tho ultimate destination of the troops. -t 3 .. -. - V. CALAIS BOMBED BY GERMANS PARIS, Feb. 4. Calais was. bombed by German airplanes of the Gotha type, It was officially announced today. "There were no victims and no material damage," the statement asserted. GERMAN THRUSTS GROWING IN VIGOR Actual Attacks Take Place! of Raids and Can- nonades Increase MASSED IN LORRAINE i PARIS, Feb. 4. Activity of the German Infantry and artillery Is Increasing between tho Mo selle River and tho Vosges mountains. Dispatches from tho front show that Germans raids aro now giving way to actual attacks, w hllo artillery duels rage hen tho fog lifts sufficiently for ob servation. Tnu G'crmnns appal cntly havo massed fresh concentrations of both men and guns In that sector. Severe losses wero Inflicted upon the Germans In the nttack north of Burcs on Saturday night. Between 1000 and 1B0O German troops took part In the assault, but were thrown back by the violent flro of the French batteries. The Germans followed up their unsuccess ful attack by a bombardment nnd then by a raid. Tho district between the Moello River nnd the Vosges Includes tho Lorraine front, and tho censor now permits It to be known that It Is a sector of the Lor raine front that American troops aro holding. Bures, mentioned In tho of ficial report of tho Frepch War Of fice, Is near the wene of the first raid on tho American lino early In Novem ber. It lies just north of tho Marno Rhine Canal and Ih lean than two miles from the German border. It was on the American sector of tho Lorraine front that two Americans wero killed Tll0 plan wlll att!iu ,ho production and and nine wounded In in. violent artillery ulrhutlon ot onthrac'L. ?U.el ,? .' y ," f1"-, 7lie ?unlI7 I A report by the police that the furnl for the mob part Is hilly although turo etJ,re f Kahn ft Rosenau. 2737 GU ? SLTTr,0? rard avenue, was open was denied by south of Metz nnd west of fStrassburc, . .- . -.-. .... ..... ... tn. the two fnrtrcspea defending Germany's western frontier. PfEARLY THREE MILLION GERMANS NOW IN WEST WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Feb. 4. The Germans to date have concentrated between 180 and 190 divisions (2,700,000 to 2,850,000 men) on the western front In prepara tion for the expected spring offensive. Since the Allies' dnvo last April the maximum of tho German concentration on tho western front consisted of only 1S5 divisions until the Russlnn armistice permitted the Increase to tho present strength. Ono hundred and fifteen divisions al ready nro on the lines, while the re maining sixty to seventy-five are held In reserve, presumably for the purpose ot rushing Into s surprise offenslva or checking the AllUs, should the Germans leave to them tueJiaitiauve MUlIt, t - "l i.,iiri,tt , ,JXi' aiAit. v. SUBJECTS TODAY zsvzxn&i ;CITY COAL SUPPLY 50,000 TONS SHY Third "Heatless Monday" Finds Philadelphia Almost Fuelless, Too ORDER MAY BE CHANGED Philadelphia, Industrially dead today the third coal saving Monday holiday Is 50,000 tons short of domestic needs. There Is ono slight change In today's ban on normal activities. In addition to theatres and moving picture houses remaining open, dance halls, skating rinks, billiard roomn and concert halls have tho same privilege. Today, however, may prove to bo the last of the "workless dayi,," as William Potter, Pennsylvania fuel administrator, and fuel officials of twelve other eastern States aro In conference In Washington, discussing tho results ot tho closing order. Whatever conclusion they reach, will be made known to Doctor Garfield, na tional administrator, cither tonight or tomorrow, As he has said consideration Is being given the many protests sup plementing thoso of Philadelphia mer chants, It Is believed the order will be t evoked, If tho State administrators favor such action. HAS CONSTRUCTIVE PLAN In addition to discussing the closing order at tho conference, Mr. Potter plans to Introduce a constructive plan for coal regulation throughout 1918. This plan was perfected at several conferences held In Philadelphia during the last week .ni'.'nf n.nn,i .n nn,i .,.... by Mr. Potter and his advisory com i ,.., i. rm "Wo are not doing business," it was said. "Some of us were In the store this morning balancing the ledger, but we were ot open and we burned no fuel whatever. We had made Inquiries as to whether or not we could make deliv eries today and were informed that we could not." Coal mining and shipments were slow because of a temperature of 3 decrees above zero, but a "great clean-out" of loaded cars yesterday for Philadelphia was reported irom uaxieton touay. Efforts -at moving coal Into tho city during the last week fell far below all expectations, and although the Anthra- Contlnned on Tate Four, Column four New York Sees Parade of Troops NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-yrhreo thousand soldiers, numbers f toe Thirty-eighth Infantry, part of "the metropolitan dlvl slon, paraded down Fifth avenue today. The men were underarm and proved what tour montn o intensive tralnin Pi we pruur nave oono- iswwa mrmnf . WMtmm'H-wm'.i.H, m PRUNING K WILL BE USED, K AT HOG ISLAND f4 High Salaries to Be Ctit' QVirl Vtivnfll1M1rt T nKnw ' oim uuiciiiuuuo uauui Dispensed With tlMttT -n rrtn nnnrtjt i llUHLida 1U ULUHIiAni'?I, MiimlixK nf Cl,!n.,.nn 1XH1I 1 "iVti Reduced to 32 in Interest v3 of Efficiency A complete shake-up of the organlza- f tlon nnd plans of the American Inter- , national Shipbuilding Corporation, In cluding the pruning down of salaries considered exorbitant, the throwing Into tho discard of several thousand cm plojes believed to be superfluous nnd the curtailment of the elaborate program ot construction originally projected Is fore casted as a result of tho disclosures, made In tho Investigation made by the ' Senate Commltteo on Commerce Into the operations of tho Hog Islnnd shipbuild ers. Admit. il Bowles, assistant general manager of tho Emergency Fleet Cor poration, has announced that sweeping changes nre to bo made in the arrange ments for the Hog Island shipyards. In the first place It has definitely been de cided that the plans contemplated by the contract between the Government and tho American International Company aro too elaborto for clllclenyc and that op erations conducted on a smaller scale will bo productlvo of better results. In stead of fifty ways, as planned, -there arc to be thirty-two, nnd the construc tion of theso will bo under the personal tupcrvlslon of Admiral Bowles. It Ii also announced that Admiral Bowles will lop off moro than a third of tho employes now engaged In work at Hog Island. These employes now num ber about 17,000, and It Is stated that this number will be reduced to 10,000 as ono of the first step toward reorgan izing and readjusting tho work of the corporation. LABOR FLOCKED TO HOG ISLAND The reckless nnd Indiscriminate em ployment of labor with little regard fo the amount of wages asked Is said to havo been one of tho most serious of the offenses of tho American Inter national Shipbuilding Corporation. Ac cording to Industrial experts, this h bad the efTAct of causlnff labor to (lock- -- - -- . -- -- -,T , tt TTn-TslanrL lenvliur htcr firinlnvers In...' .Jfl . .......-. .. . .-, ?. Philadelphia and the surrounding coun try without the necessary help to put through Government work of equal Im portance with that being dono at Hog Island. Fancy salaries are also to go, accord ing to tho announcement that has been made. Just what ofllclals are to suffer cuts and what the extent of these cuts nie to bo has not been given out, but it Is definitely stated that when the work of reorganization Is completed, salaries will more nearly represent the" actual value of services performed than they havo In the past. Officials of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation In Philadelphia, continue reticent regarding tho testi mony before tho Senato committee and the criticism contained In the report of General Manager PIcz, but from authori tative rourccs It Is learned that the de fense of the corporation before the com mltteo will bo the desire of Government officials to subordinate all other consid erations to that of speeding up. HIGH COST DUE TO SPEED It Is declared that under ordinary cir cumstances much time would havo been taken to permit of exhaustive surveys of the land on which the yards nre to be built In order to be sure that It con formed In the smallest particular to uie engineering requirements of the situa tion. Government officials, they claim, did not want to lose thH valuable time from the actual work of building ships and urged that tho work of "Installing the plant" bo begun at once without re" gard to cost. It Is said to be the con tention of the corporation that this in sistent demand for speed was responsi ble for excessive costs and for tho de moralization criticized by General Man ager I'lez In his report which brought on the Investigation. Hearings In the Hog Island mattar will be resumed In Washington today, and Joseph P. Cotton, formerly counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who had an active part In the negotia tions which led up to the making of the contract for the erection of the ship yards, wilt bo the principal If not the only witness of tho day. It Is not known when the officials ot the American Ship building Corporation will be called be fore the committee. Clash Over Coal; Boy Stabbed In an argument over the division of coal taken from a freight car on a siding j HI Aincrnuil nucc. i. ...ifiiiauiitci jr nvo nue, the pollco Bay, Harry Lynch, fifteen jeurs old, Third street and Columbia avenue. The police are looking for da Angelo, American street and Columbia avenue. The police are loklng for da Angelo. THE WEATHER FOIWOA8T ror i 'HwaueipMK unc vicinuu; raw "-f1 onrl coWcr fonlohf, with Jow$st tem-'i vcraturc ooour iu aegreea; Tueatuw j air and cotiflrtMcd coldi moderataK northxccit xcinds. "X-1 I.KNOTH OF DAV , - 3' Sun rises., 7.08 a.m.lSun sets,, 6j;p,i, "' L DELAWABE RIVER TIDK CHAK6M Ixw water. 1:0J a.m.ltjow wat. 3:10 p.m. i Hlnh water :4S a.m. Klth water 7:10. .sa. TEMrKKATt'KKAT BACK Uavm'Xra I 9 1 1 JO U U I II S I 8 I. ,4' IH lit i 17 fit U 117 17 IU ,1G 1 rcl " Today's Installmertof ' Governor Penniiimdm Autobiormfit$: , will k row aw Tcmm , i jt - . i. iW-1 H'i, & 'M 1 MM si a I "m k is i V 2.w. ..-.&;V.&&.$1 ,:--VV w.. M.,9i&&iU flV ,! .,Hl MTk, w.,7ir,VV5f-i i ft ' JtLm.. ,rm iiiTi'foiYgt'i.-fci' v 'jilt 4l ujiKabk Z', m CS8KHIH --i ij ' l. t . 'rr' -is.w MiimG&rvnwfv
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