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VOL. IV. NO. 124
IREAT DRIVE
ON U. S. LINE
IS EXPECTED
tuns Believed Prepar
ing Heavy Onslaught
Against Sammees
IAIDS AND SHELLING
GROW IN VIOLENCE
Lmericans uonncienuy
Await Test of Strength
in First Big Battle
fHEIR NERVES TESTED
Dyes of Whole World Centered
on Pershings Sector as
Thrilling Events Impend
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0.
Under almost ceaseless fire from
Ihe German guns, American troops
holding; a section of the battle front
In Lorraine arc preparing for a Gcr-
nan assault of great magnitude.
The repeated raids against Amcr-
tan lines since discovery of Pcr-
bhing's troops in front-line trenches
about January 20, indicate, military
leaders believe, that the Germans
fare testing out the strength of the
force preliminary to a heavy assault.
Successive German raids on Jan-
luavy liu, 21 ami 'JU, apparently
llaunchcd to identify troops in the
American sector, resulted in
five
lAmcricans being killed and ten
Iwounded. There followed a period
I . , ,, ...
oi general jiausc, iiresumuuiy wiihu
reports of results were forwarded
to German headquarters. During
cessation of attack a heavy fire was
dropped continuously on the Amer
ican trenches.
Then on January 27 the nssults
were resumed in greater violence
and with heavier artillery and bar-rage-firo
preparation, three Amer
icans being killed and sixteen
wounded n action during the en
suing days.
All of the Germans' war weapons
were thrown into this fire, gas shells
included, with the evident intention
of testing the American nerve tinder
stress.
Every raid was repulsed by the
Americans and tho barrage was an
swered gun for gun.
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"",""B'i "" mism mai Jiang over
No Jinn's Land there will bo ever-ln-creasing
numbers of Americans thrown
iiuo mo nauto against the Kaiser and j
inc eyes or tno whole world today arc
centered on the sector held by Per
shing's men as the nrst"gro(t" stroke
against them Is awaltid. Already there
havo como from tho front stories of
tho bravery of Americans under fire
stories of soldiers fighting with their
fists to resist capture after their guns
had been rendered useless. And since
the American troops took over their bit
of the battle front, almost dally cas
ualties have reached n total t ii,t
I dead and twenty-six wounded In action
I whoso names will bo Inscribed on tho
nation's honor roll.
The first blc battle Is mmlnn- ,.o
linllltaiy olllcials hero believe.
I. S. GUNS DRIVE BACK
ffPYrMr1 UT11 Atnxtn,
..,v. nun tlMlllfl&lM
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WITII THH A.MHIHCAX ArtMv iv
FIIANCK. Feb. C Throughout Tucsda'v
auernoon, lierinan airmen repeatedly i
.,,.-., i,, iikiil ii- xx-av inrniiirii n . ff
barrage fronv American hlgh-anglo guns
in mm nui xvnni -xvas going on btTrTT
the Amclcan lines. They xveu driven
back every time by the shi-nnn..i i,.
peppered the clouds.
This nexv success for the Am-rt--n
i Buhners has aroused much elation
Taking advantage of thn rinri,,
xveather, airmen darted throturh th.
tky along the American sector nil day.
A-.u .,.-! iiiuu in.tiiL-H iirm irieuTo cross
the American lines, hut xx-ero drlxen back
by our guns. Several other Oerman
flyers then renexved the attempt with the
same result.
Tuesday afternoon xvas marked by the
constant "plooey!" of the anti-aircraft
guns all along tho American sector of
the front Dozens of xvhlto and black
puffs of smoko from burbtlnir alir.-im,i
ehells wero seen against tho blue of the
sky.
The nrtlllcry activity on both sides
on Tuesday xx-as confined largely to
counter battery xvork.
The enemy again fired a large number
of saB shells at one of our batteries
but without any result. '
Sunset on Tuesday brought n lull, tho
Buns suddenly subsiding Into silence
An enemy patrol early Tuesday morn
ins attempted to establish a connect'on
with tho American telephone xvlrcs to
listen to thn, conversation passing over
them, but xvcre driven back bv tho Are
from American machine guns. '
SAMMEES DASH TO SAFETY
, Facing death from their own artll
Jery, u handful of Sammees, trapped by
an American barrage near th' Ho-v
trenches last night, dashed through the,
rain of shells back to tho safety of the
American lines.,
It is sometimes necessary to risk sac
rificing a fexv to sax-e many. On Mon
day night the handful, of Sammees.
forming a patrol, was lnx-estlrr.itin ..
I 'damage done to the German trench
xvires Dy aunaiy nignt's bombardment
,An American rocket signal from an ad
jacent sector, suddenly called for n bar
rage. The rain of death started Imme
dtly . ' v
' The little patrpl xvas up agalntt it
(the men facing death from their own
I "5
r.t-,..-to i . jr.-!" ..J "J1 - -ri -
k ' k. m'r- '" - $&$$'$. W jlS-::lv -S
FIRE ON TROLLEY CAR
IS PUT OUT WITH SNOW,
Passengers Sit Quietly While Crew
Extinguishes Flames Which
Envelop Front Platform
Passengers who were In the midst of
cursing the weather early this morning
stopped to blcrs It when they found that
the snow by the sides of the ttollry
tracks could bo used to pu out what
might haxe been u dangerous fire on the
!nr that brought them to town.
A southbound car on Houte 23 caught
lire at Gcrmntitoxvn avenue and Hunting
Park avenue, thin morning and flames
coon enveloped the platform and front
Pll.l nt 111., raf Kiiaknnr.rd ,.,. nilntlta
fn their (fats and the crew nroecedd to
put' tho fire out In a few inomentH by
throwlnB snoxv on tho blaze. The lire
department wan not called out
"NEW DEVICES"
DOOM U-BOATS
American Anti-Submarine
Campaign Successful,
London States
I TORPEDOES UTILIZED
I
I '
1 LONDON, Feb. G. i
America has inaugurated a unique
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aiui-suomunm iiii,uKi, ""'Y,
successful. it WnS aUtllOritatlVelv
state.l tnrlnv
XT J.,,!." n., I.nln,, cn.l l I
this American drive to sweep tho
U-boats from the seas, it with de
clared. Guns and torpedoes also are being
utilized.
Just what these "new
il U c.- ' are
remains a military secrit.
The use of torpedoes against subma-
'lines, however, Is suniethliiR new.' II'
'Is possible this may lefei to Ihe Ham-i
niond wlrelesM-ronliolIcd torpedo.
' the iiouso Naval committee that a new ,
( antl-l'-l.oat Hunter bad been developed j
which was "the most effective yet." lie
.-nmrt iinvu nn iinri-i:ir iiiiiii'im iiiiii
niW,,,, lhnt llmny nr(, Mne Lonslniclid
! I" this country. Ho declared that they
were a cross nciwi'en a orsuii.r .inn a
submarine chaser.
The London lcpoit that they are being
nicy .in iicniK
used "Willi success'' Indicates that this
country, the father of the submailiie In
vention, may now have developed Ihe
means of defeating the Allies' greatest
obstacle to victory today. '
Daniels himself has recently tcfused I
to comment In any way on how many
t'-boats a ro being bagged. While ic
ports of American victories oxer the '
oubsea seaxent;ers huxo been published'1
in tno pasi, it mis ncen weeus since any
ofllclal comment has been forthcoming
on the subject. Hecently Daniels Indl-
catcd there might not be further com-
ment for some time.
ll lias ncen Known lor wrens mai
flculty In a weapon to meet It
COURT SCOKES LAHOK
Discharges Worker Arrested for As
sault Kept Waiting for Pay
A tongue-lashlng xvas administered to.
day by Magistrate lmber, In tno Sec
ond and Christian streets police station,
to Louis Krast'idoie, pioprletor of a la
bor bureau at "lin South Klghth street,
when Krascadoio caused the arrest of
Jlax Stelnhart, olio of the lahoters xvho
had found xvork through Krascadore.
AVIth llfty or one hundred others. Stein-
hart had been standing outslilc l-rasca.
dorc's ofiieo on Saturdav night, xvalting
to no pain on. xx nen rrascauorc came
out nml urged them to wait still longer,
Stelnhnit assaulted him, I-'rascadore said,
and he therefore had him arrested.
'Von ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Krascadore." said Magistrate lmber. "I
havo been repeatedly Informed that you
keep men xvho are slarxlng and freez
ing xvalting for daxs for their pay.
Haxen't you any pity tor tnein: mi not
arguing xxlth you i m simpiy uoiuying
you that you must reform your xvays and I
treat them like Human neuiKs itiursys-
tern has boon dlsgr-H-eful." i
Stelnhart xx-as dismissed,
.
A-
TAKES FATAL PLUNGE
AT SCHUYLKILL BRIDGE
Hundreds See Suicide's Body I
Hang1 on Ice a Moment,
Then Disappear
An unidentified man climbed over the
rail of tho Market street brldgo oxcr
the Schuylkill Illvcr shortly after noon
today, poised himself for n moment on
tho edge of the bridge and then leaped
to tho thickly Ice-coated water beloxx.
The force of his fall broko the Ice and
for several minutes lie hung unco'nsclous
on the edge of an Ice cake, hU face
and head leaning forxvnrd and the lower
part of bin hody In tho water, while a
hundred or more persons looked on horror-stricken
and vainly endeavored to
render hhn assistance. Then the body
slipped Into tho water and xva-i sxvept
downstream Ky the current.
There Is no cluo whatever to the
identity of the man. James drancy, 207
Lynnxvood avenue, Ardinore, and James
Stewart, 1318 South Twenty-ninth street,
xx-ero tho only persons near him at the
tlmo that ho leaped from tho' bridge.
Nothing' about the man's actions hud
served to attract their attention prior
fo his climbing over the mil. Both men
ran to him xvlth tho hjme of restraining
him when they saw xyhat ho xvas about
to doas did also a negro, but they xvcre
too late, and In tho excitement of the
moment they xvere unable to observe
tho man closely enough to give any
coherent description of hhn.
All that Is known Is that he was a
white man, fairly well dressed and that
he carried a pair of gray suede cloves
In his hand, His gloves and hat were
"i';.S ,,, nn the Ice later, hut gave no1
i,.vo. -t' --- - - - - ' -
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both tho army and navy have coin' ; ' ..,, t.-s i,Pt.n ubanged from time to nKcr "' "1P l'niergcncy Vlwl Corpora- I splko was dtlxeii at noon ti nay nno un.
pleted effective means for combating ,',.',. ,' F!l, ' I tlon. who testilled bcfoie Ihe Senate j pavement of South I Vim scpiaic In front
tho t,"-bout which were M be put Into "vcn isn't It about 10 per ,.,,-' Ifnmniercn Commltlec that Commander I of the si.uth eiitranee to City Hall. Tin
operation from tlmo to time In testing, ..,., senator Weeks. I P. 'I.. Heed, lulled states navy, civil , spike, n gold-plated twelxcpenny mill.
their practical worth. At no time have : ..,,, mhlv I should say," said Secre- i""glneer, attached to the I-'leet Corpora- ! about eight Inches long, maiked the cen
ofllclals doubted they would eventiialh- ,,,... ijiir ' , ' """ ""'' "i-nlgnril to Ho- Island, was I ter of the spot cm which a model or tin
teach tho solution of the submarine dlf- I ' Vr ii.,kP'r said be would supply Sena- nw "' two lm'" I'Sponsllile to tlio Cov- I Statue i.f l.lbeity, llfty feet high, will
BAKER TO UNITE
ALL BRANCHES OF !
HEALTH SERVICE!
Complete Reorganization ,
Under General Gorgas '
Is Department Plan
cnrnPTIRV It! nnr'rn
hliUUli 1 Alt! I.") tJUlAAhL)
?
Committee WrilllcleS OVCI Sc
,.f e.-.j... M, ni,i:n X ..
tlot kCbMOIl 11CI1 1'UOllC All-
swera Are Refused
WASHINGTON'. Feb. r..
'ompl'cto reorganization of the army
and navy medical departments and the
Public Health Pen-Ice. to bring the tluee
branches under the general direction of
Surgeon (leneral Gorgas, I.i content
plated, Secretary "f War linker staled
to tho Senate Military Committee today.
Baker favors till" plan, he said, and I
it has been Indorsed by the surgeons ,
Kctiernl of both tho army and navy.
Startling disclosures of sickness and
"' throughout national army and
national guard camps thl.- winter Is be-
Hexed to haxo prompted the proposed
io-orilliiatlnii of the three preat nutlonal
health services.
liaker's revelation of the Impending
, movement waH brought forth under I
Linn .mtlmilni- liv Son.itM lYellinr-'
Inivson as to health conditions nt can-
loniliei UK.
l'relliiKluisen also charged
there Is widespread apprehension over
possibility of malaria and other fever
epidemics at the soutlnrn camps should
next summer prove unusually hot.
"Don't jou think, Mr Secretary," he
said, "that now Is Ihe time ti
nltntlt this?"
have vision i
1,...a. uM li.i ,11,1 I,,,, tft.it t1in lipnltll I
of the camps during tin hot weather Is I ''' 'ntlri' ll(,nd . f today's Interview
now bcinK consldend j pointed most emphatically to nno think.
AHKAP Oh' Sfltl-.Ul'l.i: .lAXl'AUY 1 , llwl ,llcr" '" '" '"' tnstlluted In shlp-Scnatoi-
Weeks, of Mass.it husetts, be- 'n'(1 work what the Admiral fei inert
Kan auesllonliiK tho War Swirlnry by ' "an era of strict Individual rcsponslhllltj.
asking Mr. li.iker anout a magazine urn-
le lecardlng AmeilcaV ability to send
troops to France. He tried to get Mr.
Ilaker to repeat a statement he made 111
prlwiti) comrrsatlon on tirlober I as to
the number of men he expected tn be
sent abroad. Mr. Ilaker couldn't re
member what he said.
Havo you done as much as you an
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' V"';.Y
Weeks.
"I don't remember what I anticipated
then," replied Secretary linker. "Hut
I xvlll say this: that on January 1 we
had more' men In franco than our si bed.
ule called for."
"Poes that Inrlude noncnuibatiuit
troops?" asked Senator Wetks.
"It Includes tho aggregate of com
batant and nniiconibatant troops," re-
,,,,, u.,.r.H1.v tinker.
,v,,ator Weeks waited to know tho
...,. tlull of noncombataiit to comb.it-
, tro(),. Secretary Ilaker snld ho
c,m,( llot Ki4l. tho proportion accurate-
tor Weeks conlldentlally with all
i fomuitlon as to the number of Amei
AGKVr'trnoiii In I'Vance on January 1. Senator
","" ' i ve,.ks agreed.
' Senator Weeks next took up tho ship-
ping situation. He wanted to know Just
' ' ,,
how much tonnage xvns nvallalilo for
r,nv iKK.x Mr. Itakri' said ho didn't
know exactly,
'I have been told that the tonnage for
army uses on February 1 xxas 1 01,000
tons)" said Senator Weeks.
"I think that is an underestimate,"
Continued en I'llKe leirn, Column Two
BISHOP GANNON INSTALLED
ts Second Youngest Catholic Prelate
in United States
l,T I IV Ph.. IVb. 6. lu the tirexoni o nf ,
500 bishops and priests from all p'Jirts
of Pennsylvania, the night Itev. John '
Mark fiannou became tno sccotul young-
est Catholic bishop In tho united States
xxlth duo ceremonies in St. Peter's
cathedral today.
Ho Is made auxiliary bishop of tho
dloccso of l-Irlc to assist the ltlght Itev.
joun i'.. ciiziuauiiee, nmi is appro.icn-
Ing his eightieth jcar, after serving
I more than fotty years as bishop,
THOUSANDS ATTEND
FUNERAL OF JOHN L.
Rich and Poor Joined in Sor
row as Body of Old Gladiator
Is Lowered Into Grave
I10ST0N, Feb, (5,
.Sullivan, tighter all his life,
the funeral of a fighter hero
John Ii.
was given
today.
Ho sleeps now In Culvnry Cemetery,
by the side of his father and mother.
A grave xvas dug for tho old xvarrlor
In the shadow of tho evergreens and
on a slight slope w-liere tho sun xvlll
greet It ex-ery morning.
noston'is silk and Boston's cotton
rubbed shoulders In old St. Paul's Catho
lic Church, as the building was jimmed
at the greatest tribute paid a siortlng
man. Not In this country, nor any
other, did a man renowned as a boxer
ever go to his burial ground with such
a following ns John L. Sullivan.
Tho body of tho old tighter xvas taken
from the home of his sister, Mrs. Annlo
F. Lcnnon. ut H.30. Streets near tho
house xvere Jammed. People camo In
automobiles: they camo In xx-agons and
buggies, and they came on fo4ot. For
blocks uxvay from thohous the streets
xvere lined with automobiles and other
conveyances. Police lines finally xvcre
formed.
From the house to the church Is only
a short distance. Friends of the old
fighter and of the family followed the
coflln on foot over the ley streets and
through tho biting weather. At the
church another crowd was waiting!1
Police had to clear a path before the
coflln could be taken from the hearse to
the door.
Over the entrance a huge service flag
Continued on ran Elextn. Column Nix
OAHKEK or Jr. awwerful
story oi' nt-iiiii-Miw,
very day In
f
X s - .'C I
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,, 1918
RULE OF 'STRICT !
ACCOUNTABILITY' :
FOR HOG ISLAND:
Every Official Will Be'
Held Individually Re- I
sponsible, Bowles Says
tix?Tc
LNDS
LOOSE SPENDING
Bosses Now Quartered in City
Likely to Be Sent to Scene
of Operations
iiowi.i'.s ox tiii: joii
"There will snnn he ii Ionic proeei
slnn nun Ins to ling Inland," mild Ad
miral Hon let, nruly itppollltrd head
of tbt tork n( IIiir l-litnit, tuilt y. In
runnel lion ullli the pilli- he It niini
IllR luuiird nlllcrr anil elfpl'iAe- of lln
Alnrrlriin llltrrniltlnn-ll shlpliilllillnR
Co ttn. t lit ntajii'.i nl mIiimh tmw
ii p nlllr ti llriinil lrrrl nt
Cherry .(rrrl.
"I IiiIi-iiiI ti, Imlil thrne fellti, In nil
Indltliliiiil re,pnnillillll.v for ier.v
rrnl pinl," lie ilerlnreil, "There mti-,1
be it ilrsr anil unlirukrn line of In
tfUliltiiil ri--itinllIUt t Mini iiri-niinl-iililllt.
"I Hint Hull llir Ainrrlrnn Interim
tlinnll ..lilihulliltiiR Corpnrifttliin spent
iipproprlnlliitiH n thry plmrit. TIiIh
lll In rhiiUKril 111 the future."
"There must be an unbroken chain "I
Indlxlilual responsibility
declared Ad-
nihal I'ranrls T. Howies today In com.
mcntiiiR on the pilley which Is In dictate
work at IIor Island and other (lincrn. ,
metit shipyards mer which ho has su
prrine control. "If this Is done, llicii
overy man
will be h."nr." he addeo
i miccliit tly.
i ln, aicountablllty."
'I Iiiiai' learned,'' In ci.ntlnuiil, In
speaking of tho manner In which this
work has been can led on hlthetlo h
the American International Shipbuilding
Corpoiatlun, "that it was the pr.ictlet
of this ccinpany to make estimates nt
what was wanted, after which ap-iio.
prlatlons for the same weio made.
SI'KXT AS THKV I'LHASHD
'"then," he concluded, "they spent
these appropriations as tliey pleased,
.,1 .i.i ...in i ,
..,, nun i,ii , eii.ioKin in mo iiiuire.
"I piopose to cmoel all iippmprla- , , , 1' '
linns and allotment., for everything or-, T" "- 'l""" "' mnchgo.-d-dered
by II o American International hummed laughter and with ferxcui
Shipbuilding evaporation, and heriafter I hopes for an oversubscription to lb"
all such iniist bo aulhorli-ed by inc." I f , , Liberty Lr.an which will.
His nltcntloii xstis called to the testl- , ' r" " ' ' h , ,
mony of Hear Admiral Kredeilik .'
Harris, xlco president and general man-
eminent for any waste ,,r extravagance I
at Hog Island. Ailmltal llnivlos t-.li.
"crveil In this connecllon that while In
"ils "" r,Pi"- nH " "p exmt degree of
responsibility of Commander lteed, he
i, . ....
" ;"'' " ' "' nung. .tun mat h what
, " " ""-"' " "" 'nunc as i hi
ll'Ollcy.
OH II
KSSHLSTVN APl'DI.VTCD
lb then announced the appnlnlinent
In Commander Hood's place of
Kssel-tyn, of Detroit. .Mich., a noted
conservation expert ami civil end
Mr
Hsselslyu xvlll have an assistant anil
liotli men xvlll bo stationed nt the
Island yards.
Hog
Inferring to Hog Island, the Admiral
xxlth a grim smlU- on his face, remaiktd '
"Tin to xvlll soon be a procession inoxlng
to Hog Island from Philadelphia."
xxniio nc mil n,,t comment on this
statement, It Is understood in i,.r,.
"' f tho employes and olllcials now I
"'"' "rii.tii street unices, the inference
"'"lh """ oi ineso win be as-
siKiieu in Mu.ineis tin mo joir nt nc
Island.
Somo very Interesting dexelop-
nients along this line
lie expected
'touching on the subjiet of in counts
and accounting, the Ailiuli.il uald, "I
propose to keep an account nf nil costs
as well as my limited course xvlll permit, i
Ciinllnlifil mi l'uKr -ir, (nhuiui lour j '
BRITISH INFLICT BIG
DAMAGE AT OSTEND
Two Boclic Planes Shot Down
in Naval Bombardment.
German Raids Repulsed
LO.Vnnv. i..i. n
. . . . . .
vertertw mer, ustenu
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TTpII.Ii ifin I fril-niMi K...l. .i , . . . '
'"'") iLiiim.. mis none in mo Ten-
Inn V.ir.l tllfrt'.
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Txvo Herman airplanes were shot dou..
. .. . "ol "ow
and their occupants killed
Attempted enemy raids xvere icpulsed
in tho neighborhood of Merlcourt and
Avion last night, Fit-Id Marshal Halg
reported today. A fexv German prison
ers xvero taken. There xvas mutual ar
tlllerying in the vicinity of Harglcoint
anil Lens.
Tho Oermans arc stronger on tie
western front noxv than at any tlmo
during the war, but thoy aro numerical
ly Inferior to the Franco-British forces,
Ocncral Maurice, director genii al of
operations, declared In his weekly ln
tcrvloxv today.
"The situation need cause us no anx
iety," he said,
PARIS, Feb. C.
Violent artillery around Fosses xvood
last night was reported by the War
OfUce today. A few prisoners xvere
taken by French patrols near the
WoexTe.
BKHLI.V (via London), Feb.
".Seven enemy nlrplanes were brought
doxvn and one takan captive on the
xvestern front," the War Ofllce declared
today. w., .
:&':n
mmi.'AX'L? . luw. .'"KrKjt-uiHHB-iHirvi.. -
MAYOR DRIVES NAIL WHERE "LIBERTY" WILL STAND
I tt
1 BflNHfi 'i RIIhB
M &1& ntW?3lC -wHeL tnHT mi t JmmSSBsX II3IKaHB3HliCJ
H ... -.I-!- ,.
A dozen memburs of the Liberty Loan executive committee followed the Mayor today in striking
tlw gold-headed nail which indicates the spot wli ere a lifty-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty
will stand in South IVnn Square as an aid in deposing of Philadelphia's share of the forthcoming
lliiid Liberty Loan. In addition to the Mayor, Mrs. Walter Thomson, also a member of the Liberty
Loan executive committee, is shown driving the nail.
"LIBERTY SPIKE" j
IS DRIVEN HOME
Mayor Strikes First Blow
on Golden Nail at City
Hall Entrance
'npuvo
Ul rjiSft
LOAN CAMPAIGN
surpass tne oxersiiosciipuoi .- u.
ceding J.lheity Hond Issues, a golden
stand throughout the loan campaign aim
nt .ii,,..-,. b.iso will be a loom In which
I tho Liberty llntuls xrlll be sold.
A dozen members if the Liberty Loan
evecutlxe committee lr Ihe Third I-Vil
, oral lleserxe District, h d by Mayoi
ISmllh, tool, turns in diixing dnxvn tin.
spike, xvhlle a crowd of soxcr.il hundieii
persons' elbowed around I" gaze nt tin.
eel oniony.
The model of the siatue of Liberty is
tn be erectdl in the center nf lit nail
street, Just south of the mchxv.i) leading
'lulu City Hall. Stteet cars and Irallle
on South Penn sipiaie will pass between
It and Cltx- Hall. The statue Itself will
be twenty-nine fert high, standing on a
1 pedestal sixte. n feet high and twenty
1 feet sipiare. The pcdotal will contain a
.room llftctn feet niuaie. just beneath
the stntuc, when subscriptions to the
ininv Liberty Loan xv.ll he taken. After
.,,., i r.,,i ... k ..nieieil
Ibis siihscrlPtlon 1 inicnn uie pur
, i, ,v,.r 'f the bund xvlll be g xen a brass
,, wib bis Initials .-tamped nil Its
i,,,,,,! which lie may ililx-o into n xxoniien
n. ,,ih1,1p nf the niilesl.i .
,',.,.,, i ,y xv ndliiK Ma.tway from the
i.ri,. ur tin structure
This ptocess of flilxlug a nail lain
the tablet will be si en by p.isscrsby
iilrmg the strei t and xvlll signify that an
other American Is doing Ills part In pro
vidliui funds xx llli which the democracy
of the world may he cllnehid.
The dad on whli h the next
Iberty
Loan xvlll be Issued nr thn nmnilut of
the issue, has imt yt t men iinnoiiiieui.
Cniltliiiiil on I'line llxe. I'lih.inu lllrrr
SAYS COLD ".SHUUNlv" MKAT
New Kxeuso for Short WciL'ht Wins
I'lecdom for Dealer
A iinlil'ie ecuse for selling short
weight meat was glx-eu lu llecordir
Stnekhouse this morning by I lurry
Drutheis, ill Mt. Vernon avenue, Cam-
i..iniu.iM 111 Mt. Vernon jivomio. Cam-
V v . . ..ii i. i.i .. ..i.
r - "t " ,,, before it could be de-'
ilivered. .
ilnit 111 II 111' F.llll 1 1 III L 1 1 in II ll'il I nil I I II Iv
Jules Kufove, or nat ixaignn avenue,
.....1 M..v Mfll iKlW'ltZ. Of 5-!i Killl-lltl :iX-,'. '
., ii., ., ,,.a........ -
1,u'' t'nmdcn, botn iiihuutm. ciauneii mat
Dintbers sod them lwr sides of beef
ut one weight and xvlien they got It to ,
the store they rouniiin.ii it was under
weight. They went to P.eielvcr nf
Weights Harry Heading, who caused tho
arrest of Druthers.
Itecorder Stnekhouse illseharged
Druthers xvlth tho admonition to seo that
his meat xvas delivered In such a way
that this "shrinkage" would not occur
again.
l'LAN TKUST CO. MKKCKIt
Directors of Txx-o Powerful Institu-
tions to Meet February 21
A special meeting of tho board of .di
rectors of the Ileal Hstato Trust Com
pany xvlll be held Thursday, Fbruary
21, to discuss the proposed merger of
that company and the Guarantee Trust
and Safe Deposit Company.
A consolidation, If effected, xvould
make the new Institution one of tho most
poxverful financial concerns In Phila
delphia, The resources of th.c Ileal
Estate Trust, nccordlng to a statement
us of December 17, 1917, nre 110,737 693,
and those of the Guarantee Trust, 9,.
601,699. The merger xvould make a
trust company with resources In excess
of 120,000,000 -not exceedod by more
than eight trust companies In tbla city,
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ComumiT. 1019.
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QUICK
MIDVALE REPORTS 534,235.503 NET PROFITS IN 1917
The preliminary lcport of the 'lidxnlc Steel niul Ordnance
Company for the year ended December 31, 1017. shows net
profits o $34,235,503 after all deductions, including 37.300.
g70 reserve for Federal taxes. Net pi of Its for 1010 were 932.-914,724.
BACHMAN AND HAYDEN SENTENCED TO TEN MONTHS
i
Clawson Bachman nud Joseph T. Haydcu, of Oerm-intoxvii,
couvictctl last September as principals in the International Gns
aud Electric Company stock swindle, were sentenced totiay to ten
months each in the Bucks County jail at Doylcstown by Juogc
0. B. Dickinson in the Federal Co'urt.
GERMANY PLANS
RUSSIAN ATTACK
Tn Dm-minr! AcconinilPP nf
l
Terms or Teutons March
on Petrograd
CI VI Ii
STRIFE SPREADS
zuiticn, Foil. ii.
(icriiKiny faxors issuance of an
ultimatum lo (he Itiis.'ikiii Maxi
malists. (Icmninliiii: immediate nc
iitatici of I lie Teutonic peace
terms, anil in case of refusal to
march on I'etroferad. This xvas the
belief expressed in diplomatic cir
cles today.
The (icrman (ieneral Staff, I in
pcrial Chancellor llqrtlinK and the
........, ,. iw,li..,.l ,. l,
unanimous fn their determination to
force ittissia's hand at once.
(icrman troops are said lo haxe
been concentrated at stratenic nohits '
on the eastern front for the express
nnmnsn nf u nuirk thrust nt tlm
.
.. . . Il i.. il. a f
uu.Hiun .,..,,. , case u.e arm.st.ce (
is terminated.
CflPFWIT A fIFM Foil It I
.w.......... ...., .ku, ...
fhero has been il miKhtV 'smend '
"- "'a '"--" ""s,iiiy u.uu
of the civil strife within Hlissin in
, aat forty.e Kht hours, and tho I
.. ',
indications today were the the Iiol-
shevik Government will face the i
greatest peril of its existence within
tho next week.
Polish troops are reported to have
captured Mohilev and have arrested
Ensign Krylcnko, the Dolshovik
commander-in-chief, with his entire
staff.
Mohilev has been tho seat of Bolshe
xlk army headquarters. ,lt Is the capital
of a gox-eirnmcnt ot the samo name and
Is eighty-five miles southwest of Smo
lensk and 400 miles south of Petrograd.
It lies on tho Dnelpcr Hlx-er and has a
population of about 50,000.
An army of nearly half million armed
men Is In the Held against the BolBhe
vlkl In southern Itussla. It Is composed
of Poles, Ukrainians, Don Cossacks, Ru
manians and Tartars.
Hard fighting Is reported from Rebas
topol, the chief Crimean port on the
Black Sea, Tartar troops that had cap
tured, Yalta, thlrty-txvo miles southwest
Coallaoed on Tag Fire, Cilaoui Oae
y '" ..4.
nt tiik l'lntio Lcpota CouriNt
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NEWS
INTERN FISCHER
. AS ALIEN ENEMY
rim-inm-i SnKioof Tnrlinfnrl
"'"""" uwj-iv iimix.i,i.u
mi Qmiirrrvliiin Plinrcro
OH smuggling Uliaige,
Taken to Gloucester
FOR DURATION OF WAR
Ad.ilheit L". Fischer, nf CHOI Wisi
hit kon axenue. tiernmiittmn. a Herman'
subject xi ho played u conspicuous parti
in alleged xlnlatloii nf the neutrality
l.uxs befnie the entiame of the Fulled ,
States Into tin war and xvho Is iioxv
under Indictment on lucharge of having , are forced to xvalt from fifteen minutes Jbt3&
niiigghd a number of chronometers Intuitu an hour before they can bo accom. iP2r-J9
tin- city from the interned Herman
ttiiinei Prince Hltel Freilerlch xvas i
. ., ... 1..I.. ..,,ut,t,. fl u nil tllt, ...in,,,,,
i. ik -ii Hi,,- ..,-...,., ..- .... ........ . ... ,,,,, ,
tntl-iv by ii lb puty i niieii states marshal
mid bun led m (ilmieester City, N. J i
wlieie be will be Interned for the dura-
"" d the war.
The an est nf F'clioi xx-as
effr-clert i
very quietly, and the utmost secrecy sur. I J"al ""-'iais oi me company themselves
I'ltmiW tho'aetliuit nf tho Department nt "avo """'llted to be "rotten," a storm
lusllco in taking hhn Into custody. "f Protest came from all sections over
........... i. i..,.i i. .,i,,.. '.the suffering and Ion Hrinv.
X III'IIIT hi ii'l ii'" n,', "'th huu.j in
1 .11 .. ...1.1, .It l.,l III. ,. 1.1.
internment could not bo ler-ed, as .m. '
Ilfisiiu" lltn ninvii rr-ii Mi iu iii.i
! ' r l?!,,1? :
; 111:1 ii iiij ruiiriiii in ..,.....!., nix iiiui i
- ., nflmlitlnir lhnt Vlrh
' . . . .
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nrret followed the receipt of Instruct
.ml l...nn nlMTIPII
tiniH'froni Attorney (leneral Hregory, i
I .!.. k.'n,',nl Clri'leA mWl lin.'a linn,.
HIM llllll .-.-''' .--.... .., ....,,
heeplnc i elnP watch on his movements
... ,nntbs Ho was arrested nt
i.i.
utile,, this morning In tho plant ot
" selmtt.. t
Twelfth and Thru
, , ,,r(.(ir,,t
Koertlng Company,
hompinn streets, of xvhlch
Fl-cher Is xvell reinf inhered by reason
OI 1US aCllX'lllt'S 111 ,-IIIIIiei.lHHI Willi UCI'
man lirntirnrnnda Just prior tn the en
trance of this country Into the xvar nn'd
the charge, that he xvas Involved In lh
"inuggllng of chronometers from tho In
tel nrrl German raider Prims Kltel Fried
rich. The conm-iny. of xvhlch he Is
preldent. Is irgaged In the manufac
ture of machinery and engines and xx-as
Identified with German Interests In this
country up to the tlmo that xvar xvas
declared by tho United States. His
firm has had contracts on United States
battleships and other Government ves
sels Fischer Is said to bo related to the
famous Krupp family, of Hssen, manu
facturcrs of munitions for thf German
Government nnd to be a reserx-e officer
of the German nrmy.
Accuse Ash Wagon Drivers
The Chester Avenuo Improvement As
socl.xtlon has protested to Director of
Public Works Datesman against the
alleged practice of ash wagon -drivers
In extorting sums of money from house
holders for the removal of ashes from
cellars to sidewalks.
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jriviuri ivyu ujsn'i.',v',ffl
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BID DANIELS TAHi
(1VPR TAD TIlUKfrt
Ti
vvommiuee m Washington.' -V
Asks Federal Operation ' 1.
of Two Divisions
WOULD SPEED WAR WORK fc
, Cf
Company Ignores Appeals for l
Better Service Remedy Y
Throilcrri TT. S Tlnmnnrlo 'ST?
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 6.
While minor strike riots raged,
here today the St. Louis Chamber of
Commerce took steps to have Rail.
road Director McAdoo take over im
mediately operation of the street
car sstem as an emergency war
measure.
A cominitte'e f xvorkmen from the
League Island .Vavy Yard Is In Wash
.ngton today to demand of Secretary ot
Ihe .Vavy Daniels that the Federal Gov
ernment lake oxer the Twelfth and
Thirteenth street lines and tho Fifteenth
and Sixteenth street lines of the r. It.
T, so that the cries of the xvorkmen at
the yard against tho totally Inadequate
I service now being given shall not be In
vain.
With thousands of navy yard xx-ork-
, men crying out against the service that
makes them late to xvork and late home
i and seriously rctluces the etllclency of
I the yard the nrnsnoct tliciir -,.
today or Federal action to rescue nt least
a part of the street car system from Its
state of collapse.
The navy yard xvorkers yesterday
Joined lu th popular clamor for decent
car serxlce, but their protest apparently
has a better chance of accomplishing
some Improvement, since the United
States (lovernment is Interested.
The men at the navy yard want Sec
letary Daniels to excrclso his poxver as
chief of tho United Slates navy to re
store order from tho chaos Into xvhlch
the street ear system has fallen.' They
declare such nctlon xvlll bo Impcratlvs
unless there Is speedy action by the
Philadelphia llapld Transit Company
Itself.
One of the higher officials nt the Navy
Yard even went so for as to say that
tho war conditions demanded the Gov
ernment tako hold of tho trolley service'
and improve Chatters or compel better
service it once.
IIo complained that olllcials. of thn
transit company did not mak a.
straightforward attempt to "help things'
in man fashion." He said numerous
complaints have been Bent to tho com-
Danx. UIIL no rPHiiltu hinl onm,. ffn .v.. u.
. ... . ..... ...... ..w.i.u ..will MIT i.-liit
promises of relief. ' SJ
A committee appointed 'by '.tha' 2,
xvorkers, after thoroughly discussing the " '7$$
defects of tho service, decided to send W
a protest lo Washington. With the cold
xveather, tho company's alleged scrvict
has taken tho final count, not only on
tho lines communicating with the navy
yard, but throughout tho city.
At tho samo tfmo Admiral Tappan,
commandant of the yard, has complained
lo Mayor Smith nbout tho poor service
and asked that ho compel tho transit
company to Improve it.
NAVY WORK HAMPnrtED
In the protest that Is to be sent to
tho Federal Government, the nax-y yard
xvorkers xvlll not only detail the hard
ships they urn forced to undergo be
cause of tho poor service, but they xvlll
nlo point out that navy xvork Is ser
iously hampered nt the Island.
In the last fexv days several hundred
ir.cn havo been late In reporting for
work Others rather than lose an hour
or more time, for which they are docked.
remalued out the entire day.
.xt tno rush hour in tho mornln. It
1H !v ,:mmon occurrence to see care,
i,m(iod wUI. between IDO and 175 xvork-
men, speed past corners thronged with
men xvalting to board cars for tho navy
yard. Other men. living at the extreme
end of the city, are unable to board any
of Ihe filled cars, and If they desire to
report for xvork must xvalk tho two
miles over the xvlnd-sxvept Southern
Boulevard. One hour from Market
stteet to tho yard has become a dally
schedule.
Not only Is tho service thus congested
In thu mornings, but when the various
shifts oult xvork fnr in. ,i.. i,....-.. ...
modated In cars. fiyTI
As trolley riders fnrj n Vlij-Js
(in utt-n.,, .,....... l-Mi-.. . . .. . ?jtl
.... ....t vu, ,,,.-1.-., liiiiicu io me bone .il
iy the zero xveather. manv ran ih 'i,?1
could easily have accommodated thm '"W?
refused to stop. Their Indignation atiri w,1
....n.. ... " ";" over mis treatment," iMfl
,,.n'1 ,1,p latest collapse of the servloe &&H
fltlCtlf lit tirl-iltA (inn .. 1. . , . . . ' "t ( 3
ll,,.oo t.w... . , At
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......... .-., t,,v,,n uewum ona nnn ntitM
.,"'""",. J,.-T.'n. ne Protests agalnn
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Xlat T iZZt
n. .. .. . . .
' re8mcn W1"e. of the P. H, T. Com-, h t
nanv. a letter dfrorMnc otni - t.- -tj?
'. 7 ' .V --" "x.vmiwu III LIIM w. y
dep.orab.e condition of the service ana '-&;,
ronthiurd on rate Fire. Coinm. isZ &'i
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Skating on Lakes
Gustlne Lake, In Falrmount Park, an- iv
the lake In Hunting Park are open u f&'t'
skaters today.
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THE WEATHER
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For Philadelphia and vicinity: Part-J'
III cloudy and xcarmer tonight &&,
7Viirs(Iaj, telffc lowest temperat'urdSf
about 30
tdnrfj.
dcorccs: nentli' nulyJivl
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