TfL -1 1 EVENING PUBLIC "JitiPGER- FEBRUARY 7, ' 1918 .'." MILD WEATHER AIDS N. Y. CONDUCTORETTES ELfVVE OWN READING ROOM i DhnemrL'1! mfc crrAMn lift' FREIGHT SITUATION K'CvlvV"' '& OPERATION A SUCCESS ttTNKIRS Congestion of Rnilrond Traf- fit Greatly Relieved by the Rise in Temperature ! Last Bulletins From Colonel's ' ALL FIRES LITTLE FIRES ,,i, A m fefllfcE t rfci in "T at i -: s..m,i a m? ; rmtnrn ..kj,A tMMKv .,-.!. j-. j; , : wmr4& ijm&M&;iCh?Mmmzzr;mmim hV, 'M I 15, 20 Annual Dividends After paying for Itself In 3 to 5 years, Globe Sprinkler System returns dividend of 20tf annually In re duced Insurance premiums. It pays , to have Qlobo fire protection. In vestigate Its possibilities: . GLOBE AUTOMATIC SNUNKLERCO. 1033 Waihlnaton Ave. DIcMiuon 631 BiygajjnitlClobaSprlnliUrt I FLOODS NEW DANGER j WD All RflArtC fW IT 0' IlAILIlUillO Ur U. IJ. . . Melting Snow o..,ii: Streams May Hamper Transportation System COAL SITUATION ACUTE Crucial Weeks of Winter Just Ahead, Fuel Administrator Garfield Warns WASHINGTON, Ueb. 7. Floods arc tho latest menace the na tlonal rallruids face. With warmer weather spreading over tho" snow-piled Kast, railroad men feared severe damage by raging torrents from the melting snow today. Mines may h i flooded In somo regions and trnn'spoit.i. tlon hampered almost as seriously as It ' has been by the recent blizzards. Fuel Administrator Onrfleld lias taken ihl nosslhllltv Into account In his re. fusal to lift the Monday .closing order In such capes. until weather conditions becomo nounal. It has now been brought to the atteu Tempcratures of to degrees above and tlon of the fuel ndmlnlstintor that con higher were causing rapid melting .t , sumcrs having contracts for the puiehaso the deep snowdrifts which lay over tnnii. nnds of miles of tracks. Mountain streams and creeks arc swelling hourly, many already breaking over their banks. Track beds nrc soggy In many places and derailments almost Inevitable. Hope was seen In tho situation be cause of the sudden relaxation In the pressing clamor for coal which at tended the three tlny cf bitter cold jusi put. Fuel Administrator (iaifleld, however, warned that the crucial weeks of the winter lay Just ahead. The disastrous effect of the recent blizzard will be felt for perhaps two weeks, ho de- , flared. Immediate recovery from the . most appalling conditions In the hl-- h tory of railroading cannot be effected K Instantly, be warned, nnd the nation must realize that the most critical days i are yet to come. f Freight movement was virtually at ,f a Ftandbtlll for twenty-four hours, Ini- lilllltUlrtlCiy IIIKIIUUB 11 Mil: It-lMlll III &wlirmer weather, regional Director A, II. .Smith, of New York, reported to fJIrcc- . tor General McAdoo. Such roads as were j? able to operate at all could only move j" from 5 to 25 per cent of the normal ton- nage. Trains wero burled In the snow and engines frozen. WANT SCHIEDT REINSTATED Entire Franklin . and Marshall Stu dent Body Signs Petition LANCASTER. Pa.. Feb. Mudfnt body of Franklin and Marshall College has signed it petition which will be presented to the faculty, probably to morrow, demanding the reinstatement oj, Prof. Richard Schledt, tho scientist, who resigned last week to tako effect at the end of tho year. Trofessor Schledt had been accused of rro-Gcrman utterances, and his res ignation followed. Tho faculty later an nounced that his resignation would be I.., "'I """.:...:' ...." :,'"." ' , ' Korea of the alumni rose In his defense. ! "VICTORY" PASTRY NOW Pies and "Sinkers" Must Contain I imru Less wncat, Bays Hoover A WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. "Victory f pes" and "victory doughtnuts" are the J 'latest additions to Hoover's llttlo war . family. They must contain nt least rf II 1-3 per cent nonwheat flour. ix Hoover originally banned doughnuts -j and pies on wheatless days, but devotees j-, of tho American lunch counter pastries j. complained that the sacrifice was too f. great. So Hooverlzed pies and "sinkers" f can be served on wheatless days pro- I vlded the same victory recipes arc used v throughout the entire week as well. 174 FEET OF SAUSAGES Product From Five Hogs Would Be Envy of Germans MARVSVILLK, Pa., Feb. 7 Three enormous stusages, totaling 174 feet In lentth, were the unusual product of a butchering at Blaln, this county. These enormous snakcllke lengths of meat were made at tho home of Charles K. Gutshall, In Jackson township, when nve hoga were butchered. Two of tho sausages were sixty-two ICet In lenirth nnrl tlm thlrri tn!u1,t an K even half hundred. Not one of the three .. m-v, emtio iirenK in ll, William A. -- - -. ...... ..iv ,,, ii, it liiiaiu Johnston, of Blaln, was the butcher. CONVICTED OF MURDER K.-i SeCQnrl.ripfna Vawli Annt4 I -b.v i wuin iHuiiiak J' Slayer of Former Best Man SUNBUnV. ra Feb. 7. Anthony V- COlOPnhn. nf t'iilnmn.,1 ...n .... i,-., -r K niurder In the second degree by a Jury &. In tho Northumberland County court to fa! y' 'rV He Shot nnd tflllnrt Anlln AvmdI'i II.a bst m nt his wedding, on December Pi vlt Pleaded an attack on his Hvi " " jMiiiucmion lor mo crime. Two Dte in $100,000 Fire . EAST LlVKnpnor. n .. vv, i p.,, Hrsc-na perbjhed and damage estimated it lloo. ana we. nanBBj i ., .i. ...l,,. &1 - T . --mou i n iiiu WHICH H dtroyed the plant of the Adamante m l orcelaln ('ompany here today, Tho Rtempany was working on Government K contracts. V Clernr ;! TIi. U-I, 6L . ;voat5;Suit3, Dresses fc r BTTI.E DISTI.NCTiyn MODEI AM. Villi KinllltiB clilen overhead nml n uprlnR.lllcp warmth In tlio nlr. rAilrond men today arc Icnnlnc hnrk in tii.ir I onico chubs unit laUliiK tliliiRK rnsv, KlvliiR little worry to such thine: ns frclKht roiiKrftllmi and dolayeil piu.?cn- 1 Ker Kclipdules. The weather innti In with them, for the lime helne; ut least, and I they nrc fecKiiit better th.iti they hnvc , for n. Ioiir time, I "I'reluht tnovliiK KalWactorlly and pnweriBcr ecliedules almost normal,'1 wan the report from tliu ollk-ea of the J'enn- I fylvaiila Italtrond. Two Kiiownlldes were reported cm the Wllllamtport division, lone near Hyncr and tlio other east of . Hltehle, which delayed trains for a mat ter of an hour or so, hut they were i quickly deposed nf and trains arc acaln KohiR through on regular hcIiciHiIpk, Temperatures rancliiR from 32 to 43 prevail oer the atern section of the IT. .l,-.l H. .... m. i. mien miuc. una meaiiH mill trains held up on sidetracks: and In yards arc being pulled thlouch to destination. Hut ll fltun (tlnriMn ! .....tit...- ... .... .. t iiipii niuiiin tllitl iiicuiiik PIIIIW JUKI ice ' lM lll,,,,n ,0 1)rl1" "" llo(I" t any time. Kir PrciautloiiM arc bchiR taken to protect brldRCH and iIkIiIr of way. The datiRer to railroad traflle from ab normal weather conditions Is not vet i.. " .....v."-;.:.. " ""- " " ovi;iiiiik "n, iful me unproerupni over the con w .iti.. .,.. jiuuiin uii prevailed a rew days ago Is so crcat that a Rcneral optimistic tone prevails In railroad circles. DR. GARFIELD EXPLAINS WAGE INCREASE ORDER Says Haiso Granted Miners Docs Not Affect Contracts Made Previously The fulled States fuel administration I has Issued the following statement : On October 2G, 1917, the United States fuel administrator, II. A. Ciarlleld, wrote a letter to the President of the United Stntps In tefcrcncc to a propoxed In crease In the whkcm of mine workers In bituminous fields. On October 27, 1017, tho 1'icsldcnt of the United States Is sued an order Riantlm? an Increase amounting to forty-rhe cents per ton of coal mudo before .Migtist si, 1017, i nt prices below tho rrrsldcnt s prices, I have been notified that this letter and ' this order put upon them the obligation to add to the price named In such con tracts, the fotty-llvc-cent Increase speci fied 111 this order of tho President, al though the contracts contained no pro. vision for a varlntlon In price to corre spond with changes In wage scale. This Is not correct. Neither Ibis executive order nor Mr. Garfield's letter In any 1 degrees lessens oraffects tho obligation I of the vendor named in contracts which contain no such clause, to make deliver ies under these contracts at the prices I named therein. TRY TO TRACE STOCK OF KOERTING CONCERN Federal Authorities Hunt Do La Vcrgnc Company Holdings of Fischer's Relative Federal authorities are seeking to ills coyer what became of the fi3 per cent of' the stock In the l)c La Vcrgnc Com pany sold to the Cramp Shipbuilding Company recently and which Is said to have been owned by Adolph Koertlng. the father-in-law of Adalbert K. Fischer, recently nrretted by Federal authorities, Koertlng, who Is known as the "Car-" negle of Germany," was a member of the firm of Schuttc & Koertlng. of which Fischer was the president, and also own . The entire i c(1 fl5 l)cr ,.ct of the He La Vcrgnc Com pany. When Allen Property Administra tor Palmer was ordered to seize nllen I German properties in this country the I l)e La Vcigne Company was sold Im 1 mediately to tlio Cramp corporation. Thirty-live per cent of the stock was 1 owned by Americans and was not turned ' over. Neither was the money Koertlng , received for his shares, and the authori ties arc seeking It. It Is supposed that by now It Is In Germany, aiding that Government In its war alms. yZZVti!" In' New Jersey Is said to bu more than half a million dollars. RAiD QN PACKERS LEGAL, U. S. ATTORNEY CLAIMS Fight Is Continued Before Judge Landis May Go to Su ' premo Court CHICAGO; Feb. 7. Tho legal battle over tho Federal Trade Commission's seizures of evidence In probing the al leged packers combine continued In Fed eral Court hero today. Charles F. Clyne, United States District Attorney, open ing the commission's defense, upheld the warrant undT which vaults of Henry Vceder, attorney for Swift & Co., were raided Clyns mid Francis j. iieney, special counsel for tho commission, had not ex ceeded his authority In seizing the papers and contended that tlie espionage law, under wli'ch the warrant was Issued, was con.ttllutlonal. Packers Intimated they would ta'u the case to the Supreme Court If Judge Lan dis decided against them. Plana to Americanize Aliens A national program for Americanizing friendly aliens in tlio United States and counteracting the effect of German pro poganda was announced by 11. H. Wheat on. chief of the division of Immigrant education, at the meeting ot the Phila delphia Foundrymcn's Association. HOmiyeim it ajJ'HJAUKU) VJIVJZMl SJi iWXZX.'i233&BE!FKl V i i I I I i, Dine and Dance at this exceptionally refined hostelry. The standards of our music; food, dancing and sociability are far above the average. t II Dancing and Special i -tJ MubIc Every Evening S i mil 1 Ki .lIBHi Should the P. li. T. import tho iden room for the conductorcttcs such the proper thing. Over in Brooklyn the conductorcttcs have got the 17T?T?P lM?T?nUlM I?mTC TT PAPTV 11L,L'1 lvlJi w 11UU DAVE LANE SUGGESTS TO EDITORS Venerable Republican Organization Leader Throws Verbal Grenades at Newspaper EiTorts to Purify Politics and to Better Transit Service It wns with the tlgor and spirit of a youthful Sammee going "over the top" that Pavld II. Lane, octogenarian politi cian and political sage, tluctv bombs and hind grenades at newspapers, progrcs sltes, civic organizations and everybody who has adtanced Ideas for reforming the Republican party In Pennsylvania. An 'editorial printed In the Kvbsiso Punur I.ntxnin the forepart of this week became accidentally or otherwise the il i m. i ... it, raw iik i ea leu pmisan concilium, i """ " sector upon which Mr. Lane threw 1 Is i whu ))CleV(s flrm,. tl.lt , Ercilt moK. verbal gicnades and bombs. To tills cdl- rcss f our country from I860 to -the torlnl bearing tho caption "Republican- present day. morally, financially arid edti- Ism Demands Militant Leadership." Mr Lane took vigoious exception. And he whs voluble. "The I'vnsiNO I.Knc.nn editorial advo cating the elimination of certain Repub lican leaders niailc me mad clean through." snld Mr. Lane nt tlie outset. (Tho Republican i-age adopted more pic turesque adjectives to explain himself, but that Is neither here nor there.) "Whv Is It." he continued, "such - . . i.n i-..-..tfn nanera anil persons as "- i-. i..- " V..-.'.- v...." i.i.w t ho Renub - ,r.rn; ',..',; tenuhllcan Organlzan. tlon Three years and then ask the Or- canlzatlon to go along Willi mom in mo fourth year I can't understand. 1 pic sumo they will answer bacK now. as thev always have done, that It Is on Ihu principle of reform that they have act ed. To h 1 with leformers or, at least, with their theory. "For example, your edlloilal writers, who seem never to be practical men, fire nwav harum-scarum at ic miii. " nu tmii inn rrpNi rv ut nvn . i . I.. ilAnlflln the people do not get adequato service, j and the editorial writers again gct, wrathy and wonder and rave why7 "JIAKK FIGHT WITHIN PARTY" , Mr. Lane was quite wrougnt up "j . ", " , ' ,, 1--..1 ,,iUCbt his his time, and i fter ho hw caught ms breath his Ir i er lewer as ed ' party by pliminatlng the Pcnrosc- are controversy. ".Make your fight wllhln tho parly, promptly came back Mr. Lane. "Strive to Improve the Rapid Transit, not to de stroy it. If thero are a number of sue ceslvc catastrophes on tho Pennsylvania Railroad, there is a quick way to stop future accidents. Just stop all motlte. power on the Pennsylvania Railroad and you kill and malm no more. "That's the drastic and probably quickest way. but from the Public view nolnt isn't It better to seek out tho i eal p"ts and rectify them-Ieav Ing the. Pennsylvania Railroad to, do the, Galvanized Boat Pumps, I...P-.BerKr Co.. M N. M St. JfQin 9VW Mtufnwm www Fl!AYER-$350 BELLA 1129 Chestnut AIhsis Ilependable FovntmnPen? WefitUiePoint .r ... to your Hand rmm& Mr itrAim AUwmtmmtw m OW W.CNidiol, r$ 1A1C For Water mans Pens lUlOOHElS'rNUT Hie1 crimes and commb-skms of tlio Rapid -ttveeu ntct on. en,-, . Transit Co"',an'H,pnIon1c and these ' for the public good-then It k my hope Is engendered among the I enplc and these itppuhllcans get to- people get on Juries and thesojures re,, aM successful candidate -ler outlandish, outrageous tcidlcts. and Jj primaries." the Rapid Transit has to Nra.ai.ta. - tthe . lay .rim. n H ' Jij"rirri"i"Wlwt'l'ri1""'.i. J"Jm fbil S Janover Twelfth and Arch SU. CUIUDB M. MOHR. MJrr (fn(ranc en ttth SU of hiiinp; women to put some "pop hns been provided by tho Brooklyn looked upon as regulars. " in x nxv x x , j public service for which It was cha tcred? "Now, why doesn't the KvcMNn I'm" , ' urm" . ""',' ";u iinn Mrcets nicic , ,. ,. ' , ., ., ,, , ,, l was part of a dollar bill In his hum! ut Lf.nai,ii nnd the other so-called lie-,,,,,,, ,,, cl(ltllllK wa smoldering, sbow publlcaiiR apply the same rule to hoi, lat the f)ts ., ,)t.cll roi, nt great party to which they profess to be. . ln.. ,1.n. 1.. .., .!.. - nv...1l.,.,, !.. ClOSP r.!!M. long that Is, to strive to eradlcato the minor evils hut not to destroy the great oiganlzatlon7 "I am perfectly willing to ngrcc with the I'viINlN'i Puiit.tr I.KiNlKn'n editorial contention that the Republican patty was born for higher purposes -than so caiiouany, nas iiecn uuc m tim i,iin.,r-" and program of the Republican party. And, 1 want these pi Indoles nnd this program continued. .Int. 1 also as firm ly believe that organization Is essential to the carrying out of these -principles, and that If the organization Is dis rupted the party will becomo Impotent. NOT GOOD SPORTS "My principle Is to stand with the organization. I have fought candidates in convention and nt the primaries ami 'lnM. but I .have Invariably supported the successful candidates nt tho gen- eral election. The editorial writers mi so-called re form papers and Individual reformers are not goo'd spoils In their attltudo to waid the primaries year after year, but whine for their own brand of Republican. Ism when it vital year rolls around. "So far as the impending guberna torial campaign Is concerned it Is my hope that there will bo no factional con test at the primaries. Itut, If a fight factions docs ensue ami lac further lllngs nt what ho termed the "vagaries of Philadelphia reformers," but fought shy of announcing the man he would support as candldato for Gov ernor at tho impending May primaries. The Republican philosopher. of Phila delp i a is enjoying unusuany gooa ijih and s ochn(t more vtBOfoUB th, ,10 as ,or ycars. delphia Is enjoying unusually good p To Secretaries and Stenographers The early prejudice aJalmtTheDlclaphone hia diiappeared. The Dictaphone mikei the talk ot ettiaf out lbs daily mall Crcat deal more .pleaaant and profitable for you. iHaWaal -BjaV-H-HliWilBaaaaVH-VHH-HBVMHBH-iVBaaVB HiMaiM mmcTamwE IWuV'IainiMfiMr.l thnl wU It. i, 1'rip.irlnht. ('ul,itin. & I'nrierwi Kill. into its car service, n lending Transit Company would nlso bo "hang" of their jobs and nre POLICE PLAN ARRESTS IN COAL HOX TRAGEDY Leo I'crezcy Believed to Have Been Mortally Wounded in Badger Game A I rests will be made today in con nection wltli the nun tier of I, Peiezey, the police say. Peiezey dletl at the Penn sylvania Hospital nn Tuesday as the re sult of gunshot wounds In the stomach He was found dying In a coal box at netectlves llelsliaw. Mahoney and Hornbergcr. who Investigated the case, say that Peiezey was tho victim of badger game. They have witnesses, it is b.i Id. who can prove that the man was lured Into a house near Twelfth and Rodman streets and robbed. The police bellevo that he showed resistance and was shot during it fight In the house. Several persons In tho neighborhood saw Perezcy stagger from tho house and fall In the coal box, where he was discovered by a policeman. Special Sale Sterling Silverware Silver Platedware (Discontinued Patterns) Reductions Vz and more Beginning February 5tji Hall and Mantel Clocks - Reduced For Technical Letters The Dictaphone "What can The Dictaphone do for a business that requires letters with difficult technical words and expressions?" Many such con cerns were among the first of those to install The Dictaphone. Once installed, The Dictaphone is ready to take a technical letter, an engineering treatise, a lawyer's brief as fast as it can be dictated and with perfect accuracy. Whatever you can talk, The Dictaphone can take. We'll demonstrate The Dictaphone in your office on your work without expense or obli gations to you. Call at 924 Chestnut St. ? d Phone .''V0, Floor Mam 205, on Kt;. Write for llooklrt, "The Alan at the tletk," lloo m 301, (lit Chritnut HI. Id Floor I Ir not a DlcUPhono unlen it ! trade-marked "TIIK JJICTAPIIONi:" Kegibtered, in.tho U. S. and Korccn Bedside Report Him "Rest ing Comfortably" NEW YOIIK, Ken. T. Col. Theodore j Itoosevelt underwent nn operation for , fistula In Hooscvelt Hospital lato yes- terday the second In less than n week. Last night tho follow Inj; bulletin was Issued : "The operation proved successful. No . unpleasant results. Patient leptlngl comfortably. Hesplratlon normal," , A second bulletin Rave tho first au-1 thentlo Information regarding the exact ; naturo and cause of the trouble. It ' also was decidedly reassuring and went , a long way toward dissipating the ap nrehenslons of the Colonel's host of friends nnd admirers. It said: "Colonel Itoosevelt was suffering from nn abscess which was the result of an Infection contracted In Ilrnzll some yeara ago. This developed Into it fistula, which wns successfully treated by opera tion. There I no reason to expect fur ther complluitions." TIip second bulletin was signed by Dr. Walton Martin, of 151 llnst Slxty-lhlrd , street, the colonel's regular physlclnn . and the performer of the superficial op-1 eratlon nt the colonel's homo In Oyster j Hay several days ago unctnr .Martin I was assisted III the more serious opera- tlon jpsterd.iy by Dr. Arthur It. Duel. S" ' Kast Fifty-set cntli street, an eye and ear specialist. ' Shows German Port Features Port and terminal facilities were dis cussed last night by Dr. K. ft. Mac I'lwcc, of Columbia Unlterslty, In n. lee-' tine at the l'.nglneers' Club which was' Illustrated with lantern slides shotting tho modernity of the ports of Germany. Conservation (The Watchword) If w pr to uln this war, wi mint ronrrf our rfKfuircM, t'nnnrrvntlnn of fabrics n tixt lit Importance to ronnerA- tlmi of food. You van rl our Mt by having nnr vparlnc npparrl and hou. hold ;iriUI"5 rrJuvuHf.l .y flfitnlnff ami dlnc at little rx penac. I'lionf Will nut fiSM Primo Dye Works Cleaners and Dyers Wholeiala S ReUII BIO;'-1 "...I3"' st" 211 M. mill strut JL 1T2 Q) Countrlea XHIRD A growing the news spreads of Perry's Limited-Period J Drive on Finest Over coats and Finest Suits at Special Prices! Our $45 Overcoats are selling for $32,$33,$34, $36; our $40 Overcoats are selling for $28, $29, $30, $31; our $35 Over coats are selling for $24, $25, $26; our $30 Over coats are selling for $22, $23, $24; our $25 Over coats are selling for $18, $19, $20, $21! Our $45 Suits are selling for $39 & $40; our $40 Suits are selling for $34 & $35; our $35 Suits are selling for $25,$27,$28, $29; our $30 Suits are selling for $23,$24,$25; our $25 Suits are selling for $18, $19, $20, $21! I This is the most inspiring Sale we have offered our public in a long time, because Overcoats like these and Suits like these will not be ob tainable for a long time at anything like the original prices on which the cuts are made in this Limited-Period Drive! J Men who admire and like to wear Fine Clothes will visit this sale and lay in a supply for next, season! f It will pay you to buy two or three Suits and an Overcoat, put them away in cam phor, and forget about them till next winter ! Stock up and Buy! $25 Overcoats $30 Overcoats $35 Overcoats . . . $40 Overcoats . . . $45 Overcoats . . . $25 Suits $30 Suits $35 Suits va( el,- tpxr uuua $45 Suits FERRY & 16th & Chestnut 8$$ DAY$ arid J? stronger, a&"$ ..H8,H9,20,21 .$22, 23, $24.00 .$24, $25, $26.00 .$28,$29,$30,$31 .$32,$33,$34,$36 $18,$1 9,$20,$21 $23, $24, $25.00 rtJ h $25,$27,$28,$2 M sii nn e aa5-1 I'UT.UU JJ,JJJl- $39.00 - $40.00; i f i il r M (JO., "Nj;b: IT. w Al M 1 eg '"J M Rudhart-Hampton Co. a . .....,. hi ii "! r. --12Q4WW5Ut.t ; ' 'S'St'L"'!SA' t -''"."- ,J31v- ? fr$4"' ',?' . J-.t".- , 1.. V !ift-itAUt. .--"- I I .- : ' -' ' v ' , .-, 1 - . M - '-If-I ili" V y - " ' ' F. ,. ...' X -A' vv ,' kV y- ... ,k, v ,1?f , ! ?Avi O ,- - Hi' Hi..' "" urn:; y-'a'i .'.l-Ju.i. ui... .'-. ufcn