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E S. TO FIGHT FOR
JUST TO ALL, SAYS WILSON
president Replies to
f .ling in Address to
m
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Chancellor's Basis Unacceptable
Nationalities Must Not Be
credited Balance of Power U. S. Ready to Be
Shown if Its Suggestions Are Not Best I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.
President Wilson today appeared before Congress in joint session
find replied to the recent addresses of the Geimnn Foreign Minister,
fConnt von Hcrtlinp;, and Count Czernin, the Austro-IIungnrinn Premier. '
The United States will not turn
& rrinrinle." ho said, but will use its
Yfpt the world from autocracy. The
' peace must be predicated upon justice to an peoples.
Tho contrast in the attitude taken by Count Czernin, the Austrian
Foreign Minister, and that of tho German Chancellor, Von llcrtling, was
i pointed out, the President declaring
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Clements 01 peace uuu uiu jiul. UUVIIipi, IU UUALUIU 111U1U.
imA .annnf furti Imrlr In Ihi. Iimiti iMcli fount. HcrHim nrnnnseu "
. v .ouio.. . .. "- .- r ,....,.....,
'he declared. "America is ready to be shown that the hcttlcmcnts she
Ifhis suggested arc not the best. However, she cannot see her way to
peace until the causes of this war are removed."
THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Tho President spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
On the eighth of January I had the honor of addressing you on the
iMects of the war as our people
of Great Britain had spoken in similar terms on the fifth of January.
To these addresses the German Chancellor replied on the twenty-fourth
' and Count Zzernin for Austria on tho same day. It is gratifying to
.hhave our desire so promptly realized that all exchanges of view on this
great matter should bo made in the hearing of all the world. '
I Count Czcrmn's reply, wliicli is
dt tnc eicnin oi January, ih uuura
lav statement n sufficiently encouraging npproach to the views of his
tiwn Government to justify him in believing that it furnishes a basis
ifor a more detailed discussion of purposes by the two Governments. Ho
v is represented to have intimated that the views he was expressing had
, been communicated to mo before
ot the time ho was uttering them; but in this, I am sure, he was misun
derstood. I had received no intimation of what ho intended to say.
There was, of course, no reason why
.vith me. I am quite content to be
iikiitijinc'h
.Of course, Von ilertllng's reply
fonfuslng. It. Is full of equivocal phrases and leads It Is not clear where.
it is certainly In n very different
I ilWlrent,' of n" onI'Ofclto purpose. It confirms, I ant mrry to say, rattier
1'JitWtfl removes, tho unfortunate impression mado by what wo had lcatncd of
IClti'wnfercnccs at Urost-UtoVKk. 1IIh discussion and acceptance of our Ken
.?' ral'tirnielntrs irjid blm to no nractlcal conclusions. Ho refuses to apply them
OtHthelubstantlvo items which must
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ilo accepts, ho says, tho principle of public diplomacy, but he appear to
iut that It bo confined, at uii.vnite In tills case, to generalities and that tho
wreral particular questions of territory anil hotrrrignly, Iho several ipies.
lins upon hoso hcttlemcnt must depend tho acceptance 'r peace by the
twenty-three States nov engaged In lluv war, must bo discussed anil settled,
'not In Kencral counsel, but sirtrrally by tho nations most immediately con
cerned by Interest or neighborhood,
He nercca that the seas should bo free, but looks askance at any limita
tion to that freedom by International action in tho Interest ot thu common
U order. He Miould without lObervo bo
between nation and nation, for that could In no way Iinpcdo tho ambitions of
tho military party with whom ho seems
It "Neither docs ho rnlso objection to a limitation of armaments. That mat
t,...Ml 1m .tnttlflil it l4.nl tin .1.I..1.B 1,. Ilin r-mimt .m.ll,t,1U ntlll.l, .1,1,..,
i.. uiu tn; ni'iuit ui iicmii iiu i.iiiiix, i-v uiu i.i.uiiuniii' luiiuiiiuin ii,iiv.i. .unci
If follow the war. IJut tho Cermau colonies, ho demands, must bo returned
without debate. Ho wilt dlhctiss with
rtuanla what disposition shall bo made ot tho peoples and tho lands of tho
f Ilaltlo prolnccs; with no ono but tho Government of Franco tho 'condltfons'
under which French territory shall ho evacuated, and only with Austria
' what shall bo dono with Poland. In tho determination of all questions tiffect-
i Ine tho Balkan States ho defers, as I
.and with recard to tho airrcement to
fTurkUU people of tho present Ottoman
themselves. After a settlement all around effected In this fashion, by Indl.
f.'dual barter and concession, ho would havo no objection, if I correctly in-
terpret his statement, to a league of nations which would undertake to hold
rjjlhe new balance of power steady against external disttnbapce.
CHANCELLOR'S BASIS IMPOSSIIJLK
f It must bo evident to every ono
-' wrought In tho opinion and temper of
j-peaco worth tho Inllnito acrlllces of theso years of lragir.il Minering, can
. possibly bo arrlvcl at In any suili fashion. Tho method the Ucrman Chan
' rellor propoten Is tho method of tho Congress oC Vienna. V cannot and
will not return to thai. What Is at Malio now Is tho pearo ot tho world.
What wo are .striving for is a new International order based upon broad ami
universal principles of right and Justice
j "is it posslblo that (Jount'von llcrtling docs not sco mat, does not grasp
;'It, Is In fact living In his thought In a
Tqrgotten tho Reichstag resolutions of
.i&noro them? They apoko of tho conditions of a general peace, not of na.
ttonal aggrandizement or ot arrangements between Stato and State
IV
4V, PROBLEMS
iti. Tli tiAnAA nriliA ii n.1,1 ?niiiifld
;tvi:rai prouicms 10 illicit 1 auvencu
fc. . ... V . l-.l
I'.', of course, do not mean that tho
kj&CCeDLnnpA nf nnv vini-tlniil.ii- unt tf HUtrcrpstlnnM nM tn thn w.iv In whin, thnsn
''Problems aro to bo dealt with, 1 mean
,f'a.l'iaTect the whole world; that unless
H;flsh and unbiased Justice, with a Icw to tho wishes, tho natural cornice.
Qloas, the radical aspirations, tlio security and tho praco of mind of the
ippeoples invohed, no permanent pcaco will havo been attained. They cannot
,.w discussed separately or in corners.
Mparato interest from which tho opinion of tho world may bo shut out.
IC Whatever affects tho peace affects mankind, and nothing settled by military
I tore, If settled wrong, Is settled at all.
; "is Count von Hcrtllng not awaro that ho w speaking in mo court of
'mankind, that all tho awakened nations of tho woild now sit in Judgment
l('on what every public jr.an, ot whatever
' H.fllA, .i i. . . .
I, --wiiity wnicu uas sprcaa to every region ul uiu nuimi .iv,....,.,, uw
gluttons of July themselves frankly accepted tho decisions of that court. Thero
Rfcnall be no annexations, no contributions, no punltlvo damages. Peoples aro
Bt to bo handed about front ono sovereignty to another by an International
t,elerencc, or an understanding .between rivals anil antagonism. .-National
IWirallons must be respected; peoples
uwqr'Djr their own consent. 'Kclf-dctcrmlnatlou' Is not a mere pnrase. it Is
fan Impcratlvo prlnclplo of action which statcsmen-w 111 henceforth ignore at
ftnelr nArit "
yis IVe cannot havo general peaco for
WU8 or a peace conference. It cannot hp pieced togcllicr out of individual
PnaerMandlnirK belwcon nnwnrfiii States. All tho narUrs to this War must
y! In the settlement of ,eterj' Issue nuynhrro Involved In It; because, what
?,'nrd Htrrkliijr is n peace Ihut e can all pnlto to guaranleo and maintain.
it ci'ti? Ittm.of It mutt bo Hiitimltlcd
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,. '.gf!v W i, , i
Czernin and Hert-
Congress-German
Bartered to Bolster Up Dis
back "from a course chosen upon
entire strength for the emancipation
President insisted that a permanent
that the former saw tho fundamental
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conceive them. The Prime Minister
irth,
directed ciueiiy to my own auure.ss j
in u iuj umiuij mt. vi uwg m
hand antl that 1 was aware ot tnem
ho should communicate privately
one of his public audience.
Jiisfi.Y vAuuu i
Is, I must say, very vague and very
tone from that of Count Czernin, and
consttluto tho body of any Dual fettle-
nnllftn n t. rl nf 111 (ftl"ll II t Ifttl fl ! rmillkrt.
clad to bco economic barriers removed
constralnul to keep on terms.
no ono but tho lenrcscnttitlvPH of
understand him, to Austria and Turkey;
bo entered Into concernlnc tho non-
Kmplre, to tho Turkish authorities
who" understands what this war has
tho world that no general peace, no
no incro.praco of shreds and patches.
world dead and gone? Has ho utterly
tho 10th of July, or does ho deliberately
MUST 131! MUT
linnil Mm liikf wnflllllnnt nf i.arll nf llm
in mi- rcecia miurcss in uiu i-imgrcss.
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peace of tho wot Id depends upon tho
only that thoso pioblcms, each and
they aro dealt with in a. tplrlt of un.
Noilo of them constitutes u private or
It will presently havo tq bo reopened.
nation, may bay on tho Issues of a
.. ,1. n.1.1, n-lin Ifnl.iliu, rrr ..n..n
may now bo dominated and governed
tho asking or b"y tho mcro arrange.
to the common Judgment, whether,
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(,"onltiiiiJ qi Vate it, t'olumii Tn
PEACE
President Lays Down
Worlds Peace Jiasis
1 That rach part of the final
settlement must be based
upon the essential justice of that
particular case and upon such ad
justments as arc ino.st likely to
bring a peace that will be per
mancnt. O That peoples and provinces
" arc not to be bartered about
from sovereignty to Ri)creignty
as If they were mere chattels and
pawns' in a game, even the great
game, now forever discredited, of
the balance of power, but that
O Every territorial settlement
involved in this war must be
made in the interest and for the
benefit of the populations con
cerned and not as a part of any
mere adjustment or compromise
of claims amongst rival States;
and
A That all well-defined national
aspirations hhall be accorded
the utmost satisfaction that can
be accorded them without intro
ducing new or perpetuating old
elements of discord and antagon
ism that would be likely in time
to break the peace of Europe and
consequently of the world.
A general peace erected upon
such foundations can be discussed.
vyipt' (HTTP riTV'C VIPR '
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IS ORDER TO U. S. JURY
jiuge Thompson Tells New
Panel to Go After Those
Responsible
WANT MEN "HIGHER UP"
Tho Federal Ornnd Jury today was
ordered to bring to Justice tho pen-ons
responsible for tlio Mlo of lntnlcants
to men iu national uniform and for tho
malntenanco ot disorderly houses within
a flvc-mllc radius of military and naval
posts.
Aroused by lc conditions existing
dcsplto congressional legislation nnd
presidential pioclaiiMtion, Federal of-flclals-
here, to-operating with tlio police,
hao decided-on arrest nnd prosecution
of ilolatgrs nf tho Federal laws de
signed to safeguard tho ilg'xtlng clTI
clcney of tlio American forces.
Judgo Thompson, In tho United States
Dlstilct Court, today dlreeted tho In
coming Crand Jury to m.iko exlinustlo
InveHtlg.Uinii anil to fix reponslblllty
for violation of Iho laws against selling
liquor to nun Iu uidfntm and keeping
disorderly resorts within tlio lhe-mllo
zone.
AFTER "JIIIN- llKIIIIIIl ur"
At tlio hamo tlmo Fulled Mates Dis
trict Attorney Kane, warning of drastic
action, Indicated that ho Is aftor "men
hlnIlPl till' than tlio "mluritvili!. ,.,..
tures" runners nnd solictors whn
mvo liecn unostiil for lolatliic tho tur.
Keilcral l.iwtf.
Virtual elimination of Urn illcs 01
lco ami ivoc.itlon nf tho lloenscM oi
offemlfriB f.iloons was threatened liy tlia
federal inoe,
Thiw Ian h were inactoil for tho pro
tection f our hoys and youiiK mm who
nr) In tho ppnlci'.'' h.ild Judt-o Thomp
son, "nespllo ny i-arncst efforts, tho
liovcrnmcnt iiRontH hao found It ex
ceedingly dlfllcult to break up these ne-
Continued on Tuen .-efn Column One
SIR EVARISTE LE BLANC
SERIOUSLY ILL HERE !
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in
University Hospital, Where- Opera
tion Was I'erfoimetl
It became Known today that Sir Hvar
isto I.d nlanc, Lieutenant Coiernor of
Quebec, la 111 In tho rnlverslly Hospital
and his undcrgono an operation of u
fcerlous nature, Tho distinguished patient
arrived at tho hospital with I.ady l.o
lilana on January 18 and tho operation
was performed shortly afterward by Ur.
Charles If. Frailer, of 1724 Spruce
stiect. Tlio hospltnl authorities wcro
retlclcnt concerning tho nature of .sir
I'rncst's malady, hut Intimated that a
second operation will shortly havo to be
performed.
Lady Ja Piano also rcfetrcd nil ipies
tloiiM regarding her liuiband'B condition
tn lloctor FrazUr. Tho latter could not '
bo scon, but It was ascertained that tho
patient camo tn Philadelphia by appoint
ment mado through inpdlc.it friends qf
Doctor Frazier in Qiubeo,
CHIEF M'CRTTDDEN QUITS
SERVICE OP THE CITY
Head ot Housing Division Resigns
to Accept Private Em
ployment James F. McCruddcn. Chief nf tho
Division of Housing and .Sanitation, to. !
day tendered his resignation to take
effect nt Iho end of tlio month'. BIr.
McCruddcn leaves the city's employ to
accept a position with tho Aberfojle
Manufacturing Company, of Chester. Ills
salary ns chief of tho dJUslon was '3100
a year.
Mr. McCrudden entered Ihe city scr
vlco In 1901 with Iho Bureau of Sur
veys. In 1001 he was appointed a clerk
In tho Bureau of Flltratlop, was trans
ferred to tho Water Bureau In 1800,
and appointed nuisance Inspector In 1,912
and to the position ho resigned today
In 19IB.
Now Orleans Results '
FirtHT HACK. 0 fur!onsi
Kama. IIS. Connolly. ., 18 to S T to 3 3 too
Dr. Capbell. 107,
HodrfeufZ .,.. ' r... Slot TtoS
Charles C.nnncll, 11:1,
Mice .,...w.,....n. .,,.., ,.,, -no 1
Tlme 1H3 .'- ftTtttiJied Margery, Ji
llcka, Purt. .Uwlii iluu. - t
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1918
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HOG ISLAND'S MENTOR
Admiral U&wlcs, assistant gen
eral manager of tho Emergency
Fleet Corpointion. photographed
in Philadelphia, where ho is mak
ing his headquarters while
speeding up the production of
ships at the Hog Island ship
yard. RUSSIANS OUT
OF WAR; ARMY
DEMOBILIZED
(Trotsky Announces
End of H o s t i 1 i t i e s
Against leiUOllS
FORMAL PEACE PACT
HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED
-i a i j n ti i.
Germans Said to Be Plot -
ting Early Overthrow Of
Bolshevik Regime
RUMANIA THREATENED
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 11.
mt - .11. 1 r
i no nussian hoisiicvik uovern-
mont has clclmitely withdrawn from
the war, ordering complete de
mobilization of Russian forces on all
fronts, it was reported hero today.
Dispatches received from IJrcst
Litovsk declared that Leon Trotsky,
Bolshevik Foreign Minister, while
lef using to sign ii formal peace pact,
asserted that "tho war with the Cen
tral Powers is ended."
Tho dispatch Is ns folk-
The president of tlio nuw,l.m dnlcgn-1
lion at todays (Suiidaj-b) sitting stated
that "Idle Russia was desisting from
slL-nlnc u formal peaeo treaty it de-
I'l.iied the stato of war to he rndtd with
liermany, Austria-Hungary, Tut key and
nuigaria, simultaneously giving orders
for complete demobilization of I'.usslan
foreen on all fronts. '
A dlp.itcli from Vienna bays Hut ne
gotiations between Austro-Hungarlan
and Russian commissions at Pctrograd
resulted on January 31 111 nil agreement
to tho effect that Austr-IIungarlan cl
illlans detained In ltusili and nussian
cl lll.iiis detained In Austria-Hungary of
M-eHled categories shall, as far as they
1eMre, ho repatriated as speedily ns pos-
hll.lo.
Tho speellleil classes include girls,
women and males under sixteen or en or
forty-five, and males between tho ages
of sKtcen and forty-lHn who aro unfit
for inllllniy service j docjor.s and clergy
men regardless of ngo also aro Included
In the agreement.
The icssatloii of hostilities now de
ciared by Ilussla leaves lS.iJSr, squaro
miles ot Itii'tiau territory In Teuton
Contlnnd on Turf lour, ('nluniii Tho
riNH MOTHER AND SON DEAD
Scrnnton Police Think Them Victims
of Suicldo Pact
Pi'ftANTON, Feb. II, Mrs. I'rnncen
Wllkens, sixty years old, and Frank Wll
kens, thlrty-flvo jcars old, u linislcljiii,
mother and son, were found dead today
In their home nt G.1," Adams avenue, this
city.
A gas jet wns open nnd Iho police
nro of tho belief that It wns a suicldo
pact. Tho husband and father, a former
brew master, died seeral years ngo,
leaving n good-sized estate.
Mis. IVilkeus uiiilj her son were both
In poor health.
I
THIS LAST WORKLESS
MONDAY, IS BELIEF
RisitiR Tcmpertuics Confirm Ex
pectation That Garfield Order
. Will Do Rescinded
WASHINGTON". 'Feb. 11 Today is
probably tho last of tho w-orkless Mon
days. Pouthern States, exempted by
Doctor Oartleld last week, plunged Into
wartime activities nt top speed. Trans
portation and fuel shortages generally
have been greatly Improved by warm
weather.
Illslng temperatures throughout; tho
Ilist made It almost certain that the
fuel administration's drastic order would
bo rom-lnded tomorrow. This despite a
reduction In bituminous coal output rei
ported by the Oeologlcal purvey today.
Anthracite, howeier, showed a gain
rAKKKTK&r rKTrJR FI.1NT. n rowerful
..i "f sa(tsman.dp, apueaft today cu
rage 11
ANGRY TEUTON
PEOPLE INSIST
WAR MUST END
Ominous Unrest Grow
ing Daily in Central
Empires
1 MASSES BELIEVE
WILSON SINCERE I
Germany and Austria
Must Yield to Popular
Clamor, Says Observer
! PRIVATIONS AROUSE IRE
Junkcrdom in Last Desperate
Struggle for JInstcry of
Internal Situation
I WIIMnm ridllp FImm, United Trrtt
MntT rnrrrapnndent, who liai been on thn
Imtllr front In Kuropm nlncn the wt
lircnn, nm rrrrutl.r nmlnnrd to mnki
n iTnnnl Intevtlcattan of the nrtun.1
j tntr nr ntTalr In the Central Dmplrr.
ttiroudi th lir.t ponnlhlo nonrcru of ne-
, nirutr Information. Ilia rrport, ealilixl
from 'urlrli, Sultirrlnnd, will nppr.r In
Iho Iltrnlnsr Puhlle I.edirrr In fonr dl-
patrhrn, of whlfli (he follnwlnB Is the
I llrntl
, By WILLIAM THILIP SIMMS
, (Copyrloht. M(, fty tho United rrtis)
ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 11.
I An ominous unrest is growing
tlnily throiiRhout the Central
! Empires.
Germany anil Austria must havel
pcaco or ro under. Tho people of
both countries demand it.
If the Allies stand pat on tho Wil
Kouian program and make a stono
wall of the westeni front the end
of the war is in sight.
This sums up the situation ns seen
fron- Lc.ro nt this time.
, II Jsn't mean that Germany i.i ,
',, ..,.. . , ,. .'
' n the. brink of a revolution. But it
jtloes mean the people arc tired of
i wnl nmI OW050-1 t0 the I'an-Gcrman
They arc angry over tlio privation '
nt homo and tho losses of men folk I
nt tho front. At the sam tlmi.
I they believe President Wilson Is sin-
; cere in his statement of war aims.
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MASSES BEGIN TO SEE LIGHT
Thero Is no doubt that the Ger
man masses aro beginning to see the
light. Only the diplomatic blunders
of the Allies have kept them bound
to the war paity this long.
For instance, Philip Schcidemnnn
eighteen months ago threatened
fonttiitiFd on 1'ac l'lie, Column FItc
-
fflf f UATri I irK'NCI?
lULlLl flUlLiU LILLdTdD,
LIQUOR DEALERS URGE
Association Asks Court to Re-
voko Booze Permit of
Continental
SERVED MINORS, CHARGE
Tho netail Liquor Dealers' Associa
tion nnd tho Law and Order Society
joined today In a flRht for revocation
of tho liquor llcetiFo for the roof garden
.1... ,....! n. 1f..Al VI. itli nnt '
1,1 "" "u"1 """ "" "" , I delphla. New York. Boston and Chicago
Cnostn.it streets, alleging the sale of I , e recomm,nn,d , Con(TW b.
liquor to minors. I abIj. tomorrow by , Jolnt t.ongres.
An agent ot tho 31-tnil Liquor Deal-, MonB, romm,ttce appo,ntC(, by congress
raio'eoenVVr;'!"''-' Investigate tnor
n visit to tho roof garden, during which, oughly th advantages of the system,
ho said, ho saw liquor sold to many The committee has mado a thorough
young men nnd women who apparently .Investigation of all phases of tho pneu
oTor'tlio irrSf tube .ystern. It Is learned upon
ted on the witness stand that ho was Indisputable mithorlty, nnd Is now ready
only seventeen years old, and sum nis
joung woman companion had told htm
eho wiiH "Just past twenty
n. Clarenr. Olbhoney. head of the
t.., o r.,.r sinM-tv. snucht to show
by cross-examination that Harry Kek-
n n-, e ih license, was merely a
., .a wW..., ,
flaunt bead for tho hotel company, which
flguro head for tho hotel company,
really mado nil tho piotlts.
FL'ItTHKIt LVQUinV ADVJSJCD
Judges Martin and Fliilettcr, ot the
License Couit, refused to pass upon th
plea to revoko tho license, but ordered
the testimony certified to thn new L.
cense Court, which will sit March .
Judges Martin and Flnletter thought th
testimony given called for considerable
further Inquiry Into tho conduct of th
root garden.
Harry M. Campbell, the retail liquor
I
f nntlnurd on I'nur Kour. Column feU
ROOSEVELT'S SURGEONS
PREDICT FULL RECOVERY
Order Absolute Quiet for Colonel,
Who Grits Teeth, but Bears
Painful Convalescence
NEW TOnif, Feb. 11. Colonel 'loose
velt today faced the hardest part of
his convalescence, The doctors have
ordered "absolute quiet and rest" for
tho strenuous one." Wlillo suffering
acute pain, tho Colonel Is reported grit
ting his teeth and bearing It.
Surgeons predict full recovery. They
say no further operation Is necessary,
MrH.Stotesbury oh Navy Commission
-WABHINftTON'. Feb. 11 Mrs. II T.
Htotesbury. of Philadelphia, has been
appointed a member of tho new pavy
commission on tralnlnc samp activities
bj- Secretary Daniels. .
ComiKinT, 1D1,
QUICK
U. S. DIRECTOR OF HOUSING WORK TO BE NAMED
WASHINGTON, Tcb. 11. To rush the output of war
necessities tho appointment of n dlicctor of housing work, with
extensive powers to co-ordinate ,the needs of manufacturing
plan3 with Shipping Hoard, aimy and navy contincts, will he
jnado soon by tho Labor Department. Secretnty of Labor Wilson
has offeicd the appuintiucut to Otto M. lildlltz, a builder nud
engineer, of New ork. f
VARDAMAN ASSAILS HOG ISLAND C0NSTRUCTI01T
WAS1IINOT0N, Feb. 11. Tho consructlon of the IIop;
Island shipyards today was characterized by Senator Vardaman,
of Mississippi, In the Senate as a "long fctory of malfeasance and
infamy on the part of somebody." Tic suggested that "we should
send a few plutocintlc patiiots to the penlenlary."
ITALIANS FRUSTRATE VIOLENT ENEMY THRUSTS
HOME, Feb.. 11. Violent enemy nitlllerylug nud Infantry
thrusts which weie frustrated both eatt and west of Volfieuzela
wag reported by; tho .War Office today.
POOLROOM MAN ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING
WEST CHESTER, Ta., Teh. 11. James Benyman, propile
tor of n poohoom in tho basement of the postoffice nt West
Downlngtown, is under heavy bail on tho charge of selling
liquor without a license, nnd twenty-seven prominent young men
of tho borough aro held as witnesses against him.
FIRE IN CAMP SHERIDAN HOSPITAL; PATIENTS .FLfiE
CABIP SHEIUDa!n, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 11. Twenty
patients were can led ,o safety today when a ward at tho base
hospital hue was destroyed by fire. Destruction ofsovcral of
the buildings was threatened, but soldiers confined the blaze
to tho one ward.
MAIL TUBE PURCHASE i
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. ,
Tho purchaso by the Government of ,
tho pneumatic mall tube system In Thlla-
to inaKo its report reeommondlng the
purc,A0 f th0 tube syste m.
. . ' re. aDantionmeni or purclu
The entire abandonment or purchase
n ino itovemmeni oi me tuba systems
l " i?"'? ,abn" " r"ur. ot"f
M"0 c tlor? hV hwn "-subject of acute
. Tlk QrlAlhh fl Onrt thraa n -vl
cusloii In Congress for several jcars,
For tho lafct three or four vem-M 1ia
Postnfllce Department hna recommended
to Congress tho abandonment of the
tube systems and the substitution of
automobile surface routes. The depart
ment has held the system was too ex
penslvo and that the work could bo per
formed quicker by automobiles.
Through the combined Influenco of
the members In Congress from States In
which the tubes are located, the efforts
cf the Postofllce Department have been
tfiwarted each time the subject has
como up In Congress.
Tiring of the annual wrangle over
the tibe systems. Congress a year ago
determined to have It settled oneo and
for nil whether the tubes should be
abandoned or purchased or tho present
leases on them continued, nnd appointed
a Joint committee of Congress to In
vestigate nnd report.
Their report has been finished, recom
mending tlie purchase of the tube sys
tems. It has been estimated that the Phila
delphia tube system was worth about a
million dollars.
The citizens and buslne,ss men of
Philadelphia have very heartily favored
the retention of the tube system. Con-
Continued on Tata Ihe. Column Ono
Ship Mac Ashorej Crew Taken Off
AN ATLANTIC POBT, Feb. I J The
steamship Mae, carrying a cargo of cti
Is ashore oft an Atlantic! port today, The
master of .the vessel and twenty-seven
crew members have been taken off by
coast guards.
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NEWS
LARRY EYRE'S SPATS
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Scarlett's
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Interrupted by Chief Justice
AIRED IN LIBEL SUIT
T. Lany Lyre's spats were dragged
Into the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to-
,ay by no less distinguished and skill
ful a dragger than James Scarlet, of
Danville, prosecutor ot the famous liar.
rlsburg Capitol graft cases. Scarlet was
saying some delightfully different things
about Eyre nnd was In a fair way to pro
duce some rhetoric that would make bril
liant nnd pungent pages In the annals of
the august court. But fate and Chief
Justice Brown's notions of what's proper
to be said In ccurt stopped the classic
oritlon Just as Scarlet was about to
open Ills vocabulary or word tank even
wider and, with his hand on the orator
ical lover, wns preparing to "throw her
Into high."
Scarlet paid sonin considerable atten
tion to tho sartorial aspect of the afore
mentioned T. Larry Kyre and described
Ilia Impeccable get-up It one will
pardon tho word with a delicious free
dom that made the gallery smack Its
mental lips for more of tho same stuff.
1VHAT IT WAS ABOUT
rerhaps, before proceeding with the
narrative. It would bo ns well to tell
now thoroughly Interested nnd passion
ately eager render.what it was all about.
In the Chester County political cam
paign of November. 1916, William II,
Berry, former State Treasurer, defeated
randldato for Governor nnd now Col
lector of the Port of Philadelphia, bit
terly opposed T, Larry Lyre's election
on the Bepubllean ticket to the State
Senate from the Nineteenth senatorial
district, which Is co-extenslve with
Chester County. Berry In his speeches
Intimated, at least, that Lyre was Im
plicated In the celebrated Capitol graft.
Lyre sued for 160,000 for libel.
Tho Chester County Judges naturally
Continued on Tate Hie, Column s)Trn
FAVOR STOCK YARD CONTROL
Bill, Approved by Senate Committee,
Would Protect Army From
Contagion
WASHINGTON. Feb. II, The Senate
Military Affairs Committee today favor
ably reported the bill asked by Secretary
Baker, giving control of all stockyards,
corrals and other places where animals
are kept, to the Secretary of Agricul
ture. The purpose; the bill says, Is to pro
tect animals for the army from cons
Uftous diseases,
PRICE TWO CENTS$j
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fKUMHEKKWlLL'V,
BEINBIGPARADEt
All of Philadelphia's 9000
in Camp Meade to
Come Home
CITY WILL PAY EXPENSE
Mayor Talks With Commander
While Councilmcn Look Up'
Cost and Funds
CITY WIM.IXU TO J.T
Til purado itliould b hflil and th
city run rft the neremiary ripen
money from the futiiln of th om
intttre nit niutennnrn nnd rfllff. "
.,.l".l".r?"" ""'I'll 1'. llBtTney, of Coob
cll' l'lnanrr roinmltlrr.
, "ly thou, ht It would he Una
u. '".'5 I'ara.la In Philadel
phia, but nt flrt feared (hat It would
rln thn hrnrtn of tlirlr friend and
relatHe,. I hellr If the narado la
held It win )r r tu ,((
patrlotlr drmonatrntlont iter held
here. Mayor Smith.
AH of Philadelphia National Array
men at Camp SIcade, Md., will bo
brought hack for tho hlff parado and
final dend-off hefora they nre taken oyaf
aeas to the battlellno In France.
nvery blessed ono of tho ("elected tol
dler and not only two or three rtfl
ments, as flrot planned will bo In th?
Ion lino of ollve-drab fighters marchlnr
down Broad street If the city, which to
day officially Rot under the plan, finds
It humanly possible to bring this about.
Jlayor Smith talked over the lone
distance telephone this morning with
Brigadier General TV. J. Nicholson, com
mander nt the Maryland cantonment,
and told him that the city was doing
Hn best with plans to bring the "boys"
home and entertain them.
At tho sanio tlmo Select Councilman
Hetzell, of tho Eighteenth Ward, chalr.
man of Councils' Committee on 3us
tenance and Itcllef of Phlladelphlans In
Federal service, was getting data from
the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio Xtallroads as to schedules and cost.
CITV "VILIi PAY COST
The city will put up tho money, ac
cording to plans evolved today at a con
ference called by the Jlayor. The Mayor
called Into consulatlon Chairman Het
zell and Charles B. Hall, secretary of
the committee, and Joseph P. daffney,
chairman of Councils' Finance Com
mittee. Tho expense, estimated at about
$10,000, Is to be paid for out of the
'500,000 appropriation at tho disposal
of the commlttco on sustenance and re
lief. ,
"If any troops aro to be broujht'baok,
all will be brought back." was the, e-.
xlslon after the conference. Originally
only the 312tli Field Artillery and Slttli
Infantry were thought of because they
are alIrPhlladelphta units; then the
304th Knglneers were added, becauscJSO
per cent of the members are Phlladel
phlans, and the other 10 per cent are
residents of the Main l.lne. This plan
would have brought home about 6000
troops. Xow the Invitation Is extended
to nil the 8000 or 9000 selected men In
camp, not only tho three regiments, but
tho Phlladelphlans lettered among tho
other thirty-nine units I". the rump. An
nil-Philadelphia negro command Is In
cluded. many iiKAUTa r;r.ADiu:xnD
Tho decision to bring bark all the
soldiers nt Cnnip Meado caused great
rejoicing among boldlers' loxed ones, whr,
felt disappointed that only tho men ot
m
thrco regiments should bo Invited. Hx.
f .1.0 mvi.at.on to meiudo .1,
(4 iiiinuricuiit r- uihiiki tutu IIIi)VTlI
TIKI I - l nli In 'a ilmftArl man ln..nt...A
(tiring i"i oniy ii voupio vi inousnnq
tnoro men, hut It mado thousands nnrt
thousands of additional hearts here glaa
u,n4 lien ii I i'i, int.- nuiu oujjiui I ul inV
fity to me plan.
A meeting of Iho Committee on Sus
tenance nnd Belief will bo called by
Chairman Hetzell ns soon as data are
gathered on Ihe project. "
With unanimity of oplnlbn among city
officials and camp authorities as to the'
nhNolute dolrahlllty ot the parade, ten- .
tntlve plans became rosier and rosier.
MAYOR BEHIND PIAN
Major .Smith, who at first declined to
lend support to the scheme on th
ground that It would wring the hearts
of the fi lends of the boys nnd perhaps
tip off Germany of the earlly sailing of
the soldiers, declares that he Is nd
longer opposed and that If it Is carried"
out h believes It will result In one
of the greatest patriotic demonstrations
ever held in Philadelphia.
Joseph r. Gaffncy, chairman of Coun
cils' Finance Committee, this morning
declared himself heart and soul in the,
movement and expressc1 ths oplnlo'tlf
that tho best way to at tho necessary
expense money would be for It to come
from the Sustenance and Belief Commlti
tee.
In discussing the scheme Chairman
Gaffney, who Is the Slayor's" closest ad
visor, said: "I believe all city officials
now favor the plan and there should be
no difficulty In getting the necessary
money. Charles P, Hall, chief clerk of
Select Council, could make the necessary
arrangements to get the money, ana, '
there seems to be no good reason why
the boys should not be brought home'
for n final v lalt nnd parade before lenv
Ing for the front. I for one am heartily
in favor of the plan, which, now that 'It
Is generally understood, will meet with
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