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ISWISS FEARFUL
OF INVASION BY
GERMAN FORCE
i
pitfle Republic Threat-
,enea wiui r uuj uj.
Belgium
,t HINDENBURG LAYS PLANS
RMay Hurl Great Force Against
lit. French Right Flank, Disre-
W' carding Neutrality
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(CcPvrloM, lilt, lv the United Press)
.i fiTotr'tT Kivlt.zirlnnd. Feb. 13.
l . ..-.. T)..l:,,. a Ru-lf-zerln'mpH
Alter jpeiB'"1" " ""
tarn next i
Hlndenbure is mossing troops
against the French right flank with
vit stores of ammunition with
many guns.
7( flip neoDie nere are trcniui;
ft. whether the treaty of 1815 will be
t the next "scrap of paper."
$ Germans in Zurich are openly
l boasting tnat lAiuenuuru vuum
1 smash the Swiss army in forty-eight
; -hours.
ft PRUSSIANS BRAG OK POWER
f The Prussians, while gorging them
& selves on tlttto republics, brae they
'ft could occupy this city mo um ......
f. They declare Switzerland's 1600 ma
I rhino guns, sixteen' six-Inch cannon,
!,.' .i.i,. h!iterles of three-Inch field guns
w . H .v nf ammunition are In-
ij. ana pmnn m.uv . - -
lufflclent to cause muen trouoic.
IT They say thero aro only 100,000
fe troops under colors, and that of these
if. out 45,000 are on the German border,
which could bo swept aside mid France
entered before 'the remainder of the
Swiss could be mobilized.
The consensus of opinion of persons
j, I hae
talked to Is that If Hlndenburg
r .. . . t,.. i,.A.ian,i i
'does not attempt to cross Switzerland In 1
'. in effort to turn the Trench Hank It will
V be because he considers It strategically
i ,
INVASION FULLY I'l.ANNHD
t am told tho Ocrmaiis Iih,vo planned
the Imaslon to the last detail; even
kkeleton gocrnments for the cantons
(Swiss Stitos) exist.
At the trial of a number of suspected
ples lit Veey documents placed In
evidence named a ce.rtaln tailor as the
' Mayor Qt a toi upon Prussian occu-
patlon.
tx- Today Switzerland la struggling at-
tantly not only to maintain us neuiran
fi Wltlfor Independence Itself,
fjjrnmn agents are threatening the
tunch republic with reolutlon, hop
In he reolutlon wlll.spread Into Italy
nl France. The Prussians boast the
rii,msn im1a ar. Vittr rllfirlntlned
'V than the rest of the world; that It
'rolutlonary docirlncg are scattered
.oroadcast .other nations will wticvumb.
"while Ocrmany wll remain unscathed.
rrtUSSIAN ACIKNTS AT WORK
' Switzerland Ms swarmlns with agents
. of tho rrmslan war purty, niKcusslng
' the question of what the Russian Bol
i shelk movement lould have hoped to
' eeomplsh In wltierland. France. Italy.
J Kngland and een America, the cele-
brated Journal do flenec declared:
j "A great reolutlonary wae, coming
f from tho Orient and crosilng rjermany.
Is now swirling nt the foot of the Alps.
Concerted, methodical Internationalist
agitators are gronlng In other cities.
These tend to prnoke by lolencc a
', riutlon which, from Switzerland,
f would gain neighboring-countries."
( The paper Is one of the most BUbstan
Jf Hal In Hurope. The warning was
prompted by sensational deelopmentH
k. .if ih. Ijb, fur url.M (hrnlielinnt (!fr
ijjiwan Switzerland.
jef Labor troubles are Inireaslng. Purely
f political siriRBS imc aivvauy uuuurrcii.
It j, Others are brewing. I hid told they are
tj,ill Inspired by "foreigners not belong
) lng. to Allied countries."
4 LABORITHS" DKMANDS
Iff 'The latest menace came from tho rad
j, leal Laborltea, foreign-Jed, In the shape
w' oi an uiiimaiupi iu uic i.vj.ciiiiiicni, ur
ft manding withdrawal of certain war
h! meaiures, Immediate release and In
t demnlflcatlon of deserters who are forced
R tn work and comnleto demobilization of
I'J1 'the armv by May 1.
The Laborltes declared that If within
forty-eight hours after the ultimatum
Contlnned on Taae FlTe, Column One
BIG .APPROPRIATION BILL
Urgent Deficiency Measure in House
.Calls for More Than f 1,000,000,000
i WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The largest
wr'iJUttiiuii mil Ul CIIW Jlivacill noaiuil
will be presented to the House tomorrow.
V, It Is the urgent deficiency bill, carrying
appronrlntlons of more than $1,000,000,-
',000 to meet' expenses of running the
7 'war machine up til) July i not taicen
f crt of In tho regular appropriation bills.
'. The estimates submitted to the appro-
y pristloni' committee totalled Il,600.oqp,-
M 'o!o
: ibl. i
vvt uw. llio conimiuco ifrtrvu vil ovv,-
,000 as not absolutely necessary at
(, ini line, cnairman nneney saw uiuay
(' hi expectd the' bill to bo pasntd before
,t Halurday night.
SIX MORE SAMMEES DEAD
h General Pershlnt? Notifies Washinc-
KJt toil nt Further flssllnltiei
t& .WASHINOTON. Feb. 13 Six deaths
Ittnong ihe'Amertcan expeditionary forceaJ
Ij.ii riniicQ ncrv - ririruricu iruiw-
K,sTam from Qerieral Pershlnr today. The
k,aa;
KPJUY4T1S FRANK ORKEN, Ferrldale.
iaHVATIl WILLIAM noqKRS. R. V.
3y 'D. !. BUnhelm. a C.
,EROEANT KKNT S. IMTCHIH. gun-
i ,ii9l wouna. ?uui rori I'epnsyivHnia
"VratMet. Indlanannlls. Ind.
f JJtlVATK. JAMKS S. BRUMLKV. Fay-
.,;.ttwvlll ,'r.nn
I' RIVATK 'BWfr HOWAn, rallroid
GROUNDHOG MISTAKEN;
ROBINS ARE ON THE JOB
Mild Weather to Continue, Says
Weatherman, 'Mid Signs of
Early Spring
It begins to look as If Hr'cr Ground,
hog made n serious mistake on February
2 when he crnwled back Into Ills llttlo
hole In the ground Just because Old Sol'
reflected his shadow. For the last Tour
days the ancient superstition of the
groundhog und his fix weeks of extra
severe winter weather has been shat
tered, It has been so warm, and ns Mr
ahend as the Philadelphia forecaster
can see. It Is to contlnuo warm
Ileal springtime weather Is due' To stay
awhile, at least, for the first heralds of
the gentle senson have made their way
as far north as the suburbs of Phila
delphia, On the Main Line this morning
commuters reported the first robin and
tho first whlppoorwlll,.
To support the arrival of the warm
weather heralds the weatherman said
today nnd tomorrow would continue to
be fair and warm, with the highest tem
peratures about tho same as yesterday's
high point of 53.
LUGGING SCHOOL BOOKS
DANGER TO CHILDHOOD
Campaign Begun to Stop Practice
and Overcome Tendency to
Round Shoulders
A campaign to prevent public-school
children from canning more hooks tlmn
they actually need to nnd from theli
homes and between clnssrcoms Is being
Inaugurated by William Stecher, dlrectoi
of physical education. TIiIh was begun
today In the Edward T. Steel rubllc.
School, Sixteenth nnd Cayuga streets.
"A child delights In carrying a num
ber of bookB and ns many other posses
sions ns can bo lugged around," said
one of the physical directors. 'This re
sults In children becoming round-shnul.
dercd. Wo aro launching a campaign
to stop this practice. Each teacher Is
to see that oory child In the class
carries only the books that are abso
lutely necessary."
LIMIT SUGAR PRICE
TO 8 1-2 CENTS POUND
Maximum for Eggs G7 Cents May
Fluctuate Up to Marks Set by
Jay Cooke I
Prices for eggs and sugir may fluitu-
axe in me lucurc, nui not nesomi U7
tenia it unreu lur kb uiiu a 'ft vein
nd for HUfari or 9 cclt) ,.,., q
s tho latest mandate of County V
ueiiin m'i-ii iui kko iiu o - leiilfl ill
This
'ood
( Administrator Jay Cooke and he sas
that It's going to be llcd up to from
now on,
Hawaiian sugars are vlrtuallv eff the
market The prices quoted by tho fond
administration are on Cuban sugars,
which, with the Louisiana products, will
from now on constitute the bulk of the
sugar supply of the country.
JOHN D. ASKS POUR DEPUTIES
Needed to Protect Pocantico Hills
Home, He Tells Sheriff
NKW TORK. Feb. 13. iJohir D.
Rockefeller has Asked for four special
deputy Hherlffs to guard his gro-unds
and tho home of his son, John II. Rocke
feller, Jr.. at Pocantico Hills.
B. M. Kills, superintendent for Mr.
Rockefeller, has advised Sheriff Nosslter
that the deputies are needed to protect
the grounds and keep trespassers away.
Sheriff Wlescndanger assigned Mr.
Rockefeller four commissions as special
deputies three jears ago. These ex
pired with Mr Wlesendanger's letlrc
ment from odlce sit weeks ago.
Sheriff Nosslter will appoint the dep
uties ac hnon as Mr. Kills nominates four
subordinates, for the commissions.
"POLAR BEARS" PLAN DIP
Polict$ien to Take Plunge Into
Ocean's Icy Waters
Policemen Thomas Hradley and"Jolin
Lawler, the two "polar bears" of the
Fifteenth and Locust streets station,
are making plans to take n plunge In
the Icy waters of tho Atlantic, and for
that purpose will Journey to Atlantic
City on Sunday. They expect to be In
tho water bright and early Monday
morning,
It Is the boast of each man that he
has never had a cold or been seriously
III during many jears of service on the
force.
GARFIELD AGAIN DELAYS
Report He Will Revoko Monday Or
der Late Today
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Fuel Ad
ministrator (lartleld's formal order dls
continuing heatlesa Mondajs was again
deferred today,
'it was said at the odlces of tho ad
ministration that the announcement
probably would be forthcoming late this
afternoon.
UNCLE SAM TO RAISE PAY
Horizontal Increases for All Gov
ernment Employes in Prospect
" i
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 Horizontal
Increases In pay for all Oovernment em
ployes will bo carried In a bill soon to
bo drafted by tho House appropriation
committee, Chairman Sherley said today.
Tho Increases will probably range from
10 to 20 per cent.
Tho mounting cost of living has
caused many representatives to Intro
duce bills granting Increases to the em
ploves of various departments during tho
present session. These -bills will be
combined.
ROOSEVELT PROGRESSING
Condition Continues to Improve.
Doctors Are Cheered
NKW VORK, Feb. U. Colonel Roose
velt's condition continues to Improve,
His physicians today said they were
gieatly cheered over the progress he
Is making.
A bulletin Issued from the Roosevelt
Hospital this afternoon said; "Doctors
Martin and Duel report very satisfactory
progress for Colonel Roosevolt. He Is,
of course, weak, but, on the whole,
his condition Is most satisfactory,','
, . . -
U. S.- TRANSPORT F.IX1ATED
ATIiANTlf CITV. Feb. IS A United
States transport, which vent aahoro
yesterday In tho fog pear, tbo north end
of Beach Haven, waa floated this morn,-
Tho transport vvasvpulled fron the
sand bar ,by , tvyoiu whloh . warn
AUSTRIANS MAY RENOUNCE
TEUTON JUNKERS TO MEET
UNITED STATES' DEMANDS
President Will Make Peace With Dual
Monarchy Only in Case People Break
With German Militarists
Possibility of Separate Pact With Vienna Strong,
Washington Believes, and Wilson's Address
Is Considered Invitation to Masses of
Kaiser's Ally
Hy JOHN H. HEARLEY
ROME, Feb. 13.
Pope Benedict welcomes President Wilson's latest address to the
enemy and the world as "nourishing the peace seed, which Is already
sprouting," it was learned in Vatican circles today.
The Vatican bcllccs the responsibility has now been hquarely put
up to German militarism, which must answer the President's declarations.
The Pope confidently expects early replies, especially from Austrian
Foreign Minister Czernin.
By ROBERT J. BENDER
t'ultrii rft Staff Corrrivontlrnt
lUopurlghl, ISIS, bu the United TrrnJ
WASHINGTON, Feb. la.
Peace between the United States and Austria can come only when
the Austrian people break with the German Junkers.
Possibility of such peace is stronp.
To drive home the former statement while convinced of the lattci
one, President Wilson made his momentous address to Concrcss, the
United Press can state semiofficially today.
The President wants the Austrian people to know that this is not a
I swashbucklinc nation. His address
feeling spreading throughout tho world and at tho same time to Bcrve
notice on the German Junkers that America is not gulled by the vagaries
of Von Hcrtling.
In seeking a definite interpretation of the President's message, tho
United Press sought also to clear up
fundamentally a peace or war message. It was both.
The President is more than ever determined to wage the war to .1
successful termination, but all times he is prepared to meet the Teuton
peoples in negotiations for peace.
A separate peace with Austria' can come if she will break with
Germany.
The Picsidcnt has not backed down ftom his original stand in peace.
He will not deal with the German
break away from tho absoluto control of Von Hindenburg nnd Ludcudorff.
They need not dethrone their Kaiser, who is regarded by the President
as a tool in the hands of the militarists, but they must inaugurate
electoral reforms such as will nssurc this Government's dealing with the
people of Germany, not thc'Junkers.
There must be no armistice with the German military party a
peace that merely would allow It to prepare for another war. Strong
arm rnethods in Germany must yield to democratization.
As for details of the other bases for peace, the President is willing
to be shown if his views aro not the most practicable.
I'NDI.R TWO FIRKS '
The IJerman-controlled Austrian iov-
eminent Is under two fires the ilemandu
of tho people for peace and the demands
of the Herman Junkers for continuation
of the war. That the people in the end
will win is the conviction of tbo Presi
dent.
Tho (iermaii militarists must even
tually bieak under tho destruction of
their false pioml-es. They ridiculed the
American niniv but that was before
they saw that this country Is preparing,
not for 11 eai's expedition, but for a
war that will last Indefinitely to win
her alms. The Austrian peoplo after
AMERICAN GUNS
SCORE TRIUMPH
Violent Night Bombardment
o Enemy's Lines Accom
plishes Purpose
WITH TUP. AMKR1CAN ARMY IN
FRANCK. Feb. 12 (Delayed).
American artillery triumphed oxer
the Germans In the gun duel which
began with jesterday's (biood-red sunset
and continued until today's dawn.
It Is not yet permissible to announce
tho object of the American firing, but
tho bombardment entirely accomplished
Its purpose.
All night long the sky nickered and
flared as tho gun flailhes danced like
wlll-o'the-wlsps up and down the hori
zon. No Man's Land was continuously al
most as light as day. with myriads of
star shells and green, orange, yellow
and red rockets shooting up from the
Roche trenches in anticipation of an In
fantry onslaught.
There was little Infantry action during
tho night and today. There was routine
patrolling and sniping, but no clashes oc-
CUThe "unusually good visibility prevail
ing today brought out numerous Allied
and enemy airplanes. The sky was
periodically broken out with black and
white ahell puffs. ....,
An Omaha reserve lieutenant dined
comfortably at the offlcera' club tonight,
after a narrow escape from death or
capture during 'a daylight raid over tho
Metx Industrial region. The Omaha
officer and numerous other Americans,
flying with a French squadron, encoun.
tere stiff opposition from enemy air-
Plhes , ...
The Nebraskan turned hla machine
gun on a Boche, who returned tho fire.
Tho Nebrarkan'a machine waa literally
riddled and Its gas tank was punctured.
But ho dropped hie bombs and returned
to hie own lines.
"I think I'm going to like thla bomblnr
game." he said, then aBked for a second
helplrig of Ice cream.
British and French Liners Safe.
AN ATLANTIC .PORT., Fev( 13 A
British liner nd a French, liner docked
. .Li. ..ri' Inil.vf . Ulu Ann HAnun
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1918
was designed to answer the peace
doubt as to whether or not it was I
Junkers. The German people must
j i"" i-rrhiurni mane ins msi war aims
spee. h to Congress demanded strongly
tho throwing off of tho Junker Inter
ference. For a time It looked as If they
would vein. Czernin wavered hetween
tho crossfire and then yielded oncp
more tn tho tiermans
But once again tho President has
stiuok out to show the Austrian the
futility or their alliance. And his mes
Mge might have been shortened to read
"Break away from tlermanv and the
democracy o America win receive sou
Stand by Germany and jou must take
(onllnued on I'ato rite, C'alunin ne 1
GERMAN FIRM'S CASH
SEIZED BY GARBARINO
Rai(1 on Schutte Koerting Co.
Take $50,000 in Fischer
Home
Armed with search warr.tnts, two
squads of agents of the Department of
Justice,' under Frank L. Garbarlno, tn.
day searched the homo of Mrs. Adalbert
Fischer, at 6001 Wlssahlrkon avenue,
In Gerniantown, and the plant of the
Schuette-Koertlng 'Company, at Twelfth
and Thompson streets and seized papers
that Garbarlno says prove beyond a
doubt that the plant and tho homo were
owned by Germany and that all monies
had been sent there to Koerting. In the
home of Fischer tho agents nlso found
and helzed (50,000 in gold.
It is expected, said Gabarlno today,
that the home, plant nnd casli will be
turned over to the alien property admin
istrator, A, Mitchell Palmer.
Federal authorities today said that
the law firm of Prltchard, Saul, Bayard
& Kvans, In the Land Title Building,
was acting as counsel for Mrs. Fischer
and that they were busily engaged In
transferring stocks held In her and
Fischer's names to other ostensible own
ers. While no woman can be interned as
the law now stands. If the wife of
Fischer can be held on any civil charge
or If she or the other members of the
firm of Schutte-Koortlng Company have
violated any civil law, they will be
arrested at once.
Curfew Law Now in BoTdentown
BORDBNTOWN, N. J.. Feb. 13. The
City Commissioners of Bordentnwn at
their meeting last night passed the cur
few ordinance for Bordentown on Its
third reading, prohibiting children under
sixteen years of ago from being on the
streets at night after 9 o'clock, unless
accompanied by parents or their guard
ians, $50,000 Fire Loss in Shenandoah
rOTTSVILLC, Pa, Fob, 13 flre
entailing a loss of J50.000 deetriyed'a
large warehouse and Ha Contents of flour,
hay and grain on West Coal, street. Shen
andoahr today, belonging to Convllle
Broe, of Shenandoah. It" la believed
crossed wlrea was the origin.
TJ -
RUMANIANS WILL
BATTLE TILL END;
GERMANY DEFIED
Teuton Ultimatum De
; manding .Immediate
i Peace -Is Ignored
TRUST IN THE ALLIES
I
(Though Surrounded by Foes,
Troops Occupy Bessarabia.
Disarm 300,000 Slavs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Rumania
has Ignored (lcrmaii)'s twenty-four-hour
ultimatum "to conclude Immediate
k ace "
Arrordlns t a message dashed by
wireless from Jasey to Salonlca and re
lajcil by cable lodu to IT. Constnntln
AngnUri'.i, Rumanian Minister here, Ru
mania has "disdainfully Ignored" cr
mnn'n thriut and "will sunlxe or per
ish with tho Allied cause."
With Teuton dlUsloim on one side,
the llnlshelkl on the other, and many
miles away from a friendly force, King
Ferdinand's plucky nation Is fighting
harder today than ecr before, accord
ing to oflklnt dlputches received here.
OCCtlPV Hi:SKARAI!IA I
Rumanian troops, tho cable rtntcd,
hao crossed the itixer pruth and now
occupy the entire Russian province of
umarat.u. win, i, recently deciami its
Independence. Rolhhcvlk ttoo.s have
been defeated ln several battles mid
uTZIlyTirZl'
slonal government.
Rumanian Interven- .
Hon came after Ilessarabl.i bad appealed '
for assistance tn check the ravages of
Russian troops which were pillaging tho
country and destroying military supplies.
One force of 300.000 Russians, for
meily under command of Oeneral
Tcherh.itc hoff, bavo been driven across
the Dniester, where they were disarmed
0Ured(
by tho Fkralnlaus, tno uispaicn
de-
llesvarnm.i nas nccnnio ii
Ru-
inanlan protectorate with the approval
of Ukraine.
Tjtie Rumanian (situation, while scriin.
has Improved -.omowhat since the (iov
einnient decided to continue In tho world
war Arrival nf (Sernmni's ultlmctum
on the heels of 1'kralnlan peace, threw
the country Into dci-pondeiic.v. The Min
istry, rather than suffer the humiliation
of submitting to dishonorable peace, re-
signed.
Public sentiment then came Into action
and. backed by tho wholehearted support
of the nation, the (lovernment hurled Its
defiance Into tho faca of tho Knlser.
Whcther'Rumanla can withstand a do
lerilllned, offensive by th" Central Pow
ers Is' problematical," military ""crlllcs
ngiee. The civilian populace Is now ex
isting on one bread ration per week, to
dav's cable decloied. livers thing Is
iiiiik
elven ungrudgingly lo tho army
Whose
various '
morale Is high In splto of Its prec
position.
FAITH IN VICTORY"
Tho linveinnient and people decided
Irrevocably tn cast the din with full
btmiLlAfti-n nf ItH tTiiiRnrniences. The
former unintentional bettaal of tho Al-1
lies, a mistake which forced the evarua-
Hon or seven-eignins 111 inc country up
foro the advancing Austro-fiernian
legions, has not dampened Rumania's
faith In ultimate triumph, Rumanian
statesmen heio sav.
Diplomatic' Washington was prepared
to see Rumania conclude a separate
peace even before I'kralne surrendered.
With tho coupe of the social revolution-
Ism 111 South Russia and the consumma
Hon of tho Ukraine-German peace pact!ncIlty mentioned by George J. Baldwin
ICC Iilini-UILUicn, .Miii, ,,,. n wi,,.-t
was expected momentarily. Today's
1 dispatches seemed almost Incredible,
RAIN l'LOODS BUFFALO
Rowboals Uscd seei-vr.
men nescuca v rom ice r ioc
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Feb. 13 Rain and
melting snow flooded more than a square
mile of the city The water In mora
than twents streets floated furnltut
i around on the first floor of hundreds
of homes and row boats became tho c nl
means of transpottatlon. i
At Woodland Beach early today nearly, . , , ,, . .
100 fishermen were rescued from nn Ice I 'ST LOUIS. Mo lct. 13
flofe which had broken looso from the. John T Adams, cf Iowa, today an.'
sciith shore of Lake Krle, Five of the, nounced his withdrawal from the con.
fishermen, who were adrift on n smaller . , , . ., , .,. i,,.i,ii..
floe, were brought la by tho coast cunroi'"1 for "-'balrnian of tho Republican
In ,i powerboat,
AVIATOR EXPECTED TO UIE
Son of General March, Injured Yes.
terday, in Serious Condition
FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 13 Tlio!1"1' J"st wtlHt le1 to " withdrawal of
death of Lieutenant Peyton C. March. '"J"'" ?"?, not d,'1Ul.8"1 , ., ,. , .
t- ii,.,a i... ...i.rH,,. ..,.,.. ciJ I Hnvs Is the candidate of the Pcrklns-
Jr., Injured late jesterday when his
airplane crashed a thousand feet to
earth, waa expected momentarily today,
according to base hospital authorities at
Hicks Field. His skull was crushed.
Mrs. John Mllllken, of Washington,
D. C, was reported en route to the bed.
side. Lieutenant March Is the son of
Major General Peyton C, March, who Is
to become chief of staff.
REPORT SHIP TORPEDOED
U-Boat Lands Thirty-seven
Sur-
vivors of Oferino at Canary Islands
MADRID, Feb. 13. The stenmshlp
Oferino has been torpedoed, It was re
ported hero today. Thirty-seven sur
vivors aro said to have been towed by
tho submarine and landed at the Canary
Islands.
Lloyd's has no records of such a ves
sel. The dispatch did not give her na
tionality. Two City Appointments
City appolnlments. today Include. Wil
liam E. Staff 0511 York road, teacher.
Board of Recreation, f 1000, and Thomas
J, Bolden 1106 Fitzwater street, clerk.
Bureau of Water. $009
Peter Shields Home From France
Peter Shields, a real estate operator,
of 18J1 Walnut atreet, has returned to
Philadelphia after a visit to Franco on
a special mission for the United State,
Oovernment. me nature or wntcn n
CurjlunitT, mis, nt tii
QUICK
HAYS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Teh. 13. Will H. Hays. Indiana, was
minnluiousljr rlcctctl chairman of tho Bcpubllcan National Com
mittee this afternoon. No other name -was placed betotc the
commit lev.
CITY'S P. R. T. COMPLAINT BEFORE COMMISSION
HAKMSBUHG, 1'eb. 10 Complaint of the city of rbJladel
Thii ucQluit the tervtee of the Philadelphia. Sapid TrjnUtCoai
pjiij v ill bo tai.cn up by tho Fubllc Eerrice Csuuals&ton.Uie
tUlt. ilitiuoun.
KEELS OF 4 STEEL .SOLDIER PARADE
SHIPS SOON TO BE SUCCESS DEPENDS
LAID AT BRISTOL; ON BAKER'S WORD
W Begin Race Between
m , .-,
Two Government-Con-
tl'olletl Yai'ds
ADMIRAL BOWLES HAPPY ,
The keels of four htcel merchant
shlps will bo laid nt the said of the
Merchants' Shipbuilding Corporation, at
Bristol, within a few davs. It was an
nounced today by Rear Admiral Francla
T. Bowles, managing director of tho
lhiiergency Fleet Corporation,
This work, coming close behind the
laving of the llrst keel at the Hog
Island shlinrd of the American Inter
national Shipbuilding Cnriu-iatlon, sig
nalized tlm b-.gHn'np nf n race be
tween Philadelphia's two groat tlovern-
inent'ioiitro'lf .1 ihlpjiirdii to turn out
ships 1 1 v '11 tl - 11".
A glowing tribute to tho lusompllKhcd
facts at Bristol was paid liv Admiral
Bowles, following his lut-pcition of the
plant sestridiis
"It was 11 big Job to lomploto In five
months" h said, "The wmk was credi
table at every point' It makes possible
the laving of four keels within ic very
few dnvs. 1 can give no hi Illu details,
but ovcrstljlng l In roadlnr ja for tho,
actual building of ships."
Admiral Bowles refrained from mak-
ing Invidious comparisons between tho '
results acjiiavcn at jinsioi nmi ttiose
at the mil. h-abused Hog Island yard;
but ho did not deny that Ihere had been
inticli gi'e.iter mogress In tlie I'nner
results mjdaved t Ilrlslol nnd those
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'"'his may be due to the fact that the
Bristol operation was started fltst," he
said. "Perhaps work wa conducted
there under greater advantages."
"Would It not have been better," he
was nsked, "Ir the (ioiernnient had
picked out more Brlstols nnd fewer Hog
Islands?"
o CRVINI
oVKIl SPILLHD MILK
"That," lie replied, "Is n matter of
Judgment There Is no good In talking
about spilled milk (let the ships built
and stop talking Hot bus. That Is
the program Wo will never help things
by threshing over old straw."
Admiral Bowles was asked If there
were not considerable "staging" and
"camouflaging" In tho laving of the first
keel nt Hog Island, which was proml-
nntlnueil on I'sre "eien Column One
ADAMS WITHDRAWS;
HAYS TO LEAD G. 0. P.I
Iowan Will Nominate Indiana
Man for National Chairman,
Insuring Election
.National committee, lie win piato win
II. Hnvs, of Indiana, in nomination this
afternoon This assures tho election of
Haya.
Previous to this announcement back,
ers of both Haya and Adams held a
caucus, Adams was In attendance. Tho
Hltuntlnn was canvassed from all sides.
du Pont contingent and todnv Senator ,
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, Joined his
forces with Perkins and du Pont
Thereafter Hays's stock rose appreci
ably and it became apparent even to
thc-o not on the Inside that Adams could
not win.
Sharges and counter-charges of pro
Germanism flew thick nnd fast In the
I morning hours. The latest fling was at
j Hays Ellas D. Salisbury, of Indlan
anollp. chairman of the Progiessive
State Committee, telegraphed every I
member of tho committee charging that
tno nays jiruKlcBi.o uib." m niuiuim
catered to the German vote,
Salisbury's wire paid:
In Indiana the progressive ptcten
slon of Will 11. Hays Is u Joke. Ho
did not and cannot bring tho pro
gressive vote back. In 1916 the Hays
organ catered to the German vote
and with It carried Indiana, Indiana
progressives will nut approve of audi
practice nnd will never stand for
tho Hays-Ooodrlch-Hemlngway-Keat-Ing
leadership OutBlders may be
fooled by their pretensions, hut the
boy at home kno wthem
Hayn la In Indianapolis, where ho Is
attending to hla duties as chairman of
the Indiana State Council of Defense,
Ilia homo Is at Sullivan, Ind., whore he
practices law. Ho Is about forty years
of ago.
Hays haa served his party In Indiana
In humble ns well as Important posi
tions. His first political Job was the
chairmanship of Ills precinct commit
tee, In 1900, Frcmi 1901 to 1908 he was
chairman of the Republican Committee
of hla county. In 1901 ho. waa made a
I'tntic l.rnurn Counsel
NEWS
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Secretary Favors Turnout
t-i -i i i i -n
of Philadelphia Boys,
Woi'd Pl'Om WasllillgtOll
c A R S CAN BE HAD
The Washington's Illrtlulny parade ot
Philadelphia National Army men from
Camp .Meade. Md , en Broad street ap.
prnached reality today.
Kncouraglng news c-am from Wash.
Ington, while Mayor Smith nnd othci
city ofllcl.Us worked on arrangement
for the entertainment of the
troop, I
scheduled nlmost m heduled fur a big, in Hi,, ntllccs. It was said, und It Is be-"blow-cut"
and "send-on"' hero before neved that tho flro was of incendiary
thev arc tianspnrted overseas. i origin.
The matter now n-sls with Kecretnr j .PU-,, vn-vvu v 'n, miniiv
..r cc... ti.l .,.! 1I..HI-.. ullli lllr.ln. r"0 MI.VVS AS TO OKIUI.N
(;P0ral of Railroads MrAdon , and both'
favor the plan propuhed by the I.Etionn, nles that the flio wns duo to an explo
uii'otdlng to todas's wmd ftom tho.slon. Ho seemed anxious tu dispel any
capital Impression th.it.lt was of an Incendiary
The iiupstlnn of whether or not traflie 'origin. He said that his examination
londltloiis will penult tho transporting of the premises indicated the fire started
cit the 312th Field Artillery nnd 31Sth'l " toilet In tho rear hall of tho second
Infantry from I'nmp Meade tn Phlla- floor, next to Dlotzgen's offices, which
delphli for tho parade was put up to run at right angles from the offices oc
Dlreitor Oeneral McAdoo today hy Sec-.eupled hy Sagoisky.
retary Baker The matter was turned
over Immediately to the tiansiioilntlnn
division for 11 report. Olllclals of tho
transportation dlvlson said that warm
weather for the last week has worked
wonders with the traffic conditions and
'that congestion In eastern Pentrayhanla
tnat rongestioii in eastern pennayivaniai
Iliad been relieved to such a degree that '
they conlldently believed transportation
could be furnished for Pennsylvania's
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finest" w Ihout upsetting tho ulans for
expeditious shipments of food, fuel and
war munitions.
DIICISION RKSTH WITH HAKUR
In splto of his (tilery, the decision
about the -nldlcr-ltoy parade appears to
be enllrelv In Hip lian,! nf K,rlurv
Baker. It lests with I1I111 whether he
will penult the men to make the trip
and also whether railroad transportation
means shall be furnished them
One nf Director General McAdoo's as
sistants mado tho significant stntemeut
today following Secretary Baker's In-
nulry of Mr .McAdoo whether transpor
tation could be furnished, th.it If Mr I
Baker should say so the necessary cars
would have to bo furnished regardless of
other railroad conditions.
Thla appeals to take the matter en
tirely out of the hands cf Director Gen- I
Continued on I'ase Hie, Column Two j
ADMIRAL HERE TO SPUR
NAVY YARD TROLLEYS
Peoples Takes Up Plans for
Improved League Island
Service
"Women First" Rule
Applies to Trolleys
rpHE rule of "women first" ap-'
-1- plies to P. It. T. trolley cars
as well as to ships torpedoed by
German U;boatH,. according to a
ruling made today by Magistrate
Harris, .at the Thlrtysecond
-street and -Woodland avenue- po
lice station.
Henry Jackson, a negro, was
sent to jail for five days, accused
of complicating the problem of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company at Eighty - seventh
street and Eastwlck avenue (his
morning by knocking down sev
eral women in his haste to board
a car. Jackson, nicknamed
"Cannon nail," caused the trouble
after he had been compelled to
stand, he said, from 5 to 7:30
a. m. waiting for a car.
Rear Admiral Christian J, Peoples,
who arrived here today to Investlgato
trolley tiansportatlon to tho Philadel
phia Navy Yard, said that ho would try
to icmcdy matters along constructive
lines. He was accompanied from Wash
ington by Louis MclL Howe, transit ex
pert of the Navy- Department.
Rear Admiral Peoples Indicated that
the Navy Department was , Interested
only in transit conditions as they af
fected the navy yard n.nl not in any
other phase of the situation.
Ho had a lengthy commence, with
Michael Francis Doyle, who represents
tho 9000 employes of tho yard, and
later, uccompanled by A Merrltt Tav-
lor, appointed by Secretary Daniels an
special transportation expert
PRICE TWO CENT'
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TIMESUILDIillr;
UH LANDMARIt
IS FIRE-SWH"
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Blaze of Mysterious Otyfitig.
gin wrecKs structure at $5
8th and Chestnut S'ts.Wl
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MAN SLIDES DOWN ROPE
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liirniing escapes 01 Tenants.; ."A
as Flames Eat Up $25;000 f ?J
in Their Rapid Spread.
TISIKS BUILDING FIRK FACT
OltlOIN In ofnrea of Arm engaged a
Onrernment rontrnct. Mytry.
I'amiern-by nay they heard explosion.1
(Irruimnts of tiulldlnc and Are mar-
shall deny eiplonlon.
l.OHN J2.V.O00.
INKl'KAM'K Vully rotered.
OW.Nini ('. i itumpp. Fifth and
Cherry strreta, leather manufac
turer. Ki:.SO. FUlt FOUR ALARMS
l.nw water preimnro and shortage of,
tlreinen.
i:sr.l'i:.M ('. m.' Wessela slid down
rope In pnjnnias. loadore Nagorakr
and clerks ran fur Uvea after rosea.
Ing 1 00,00(1 worth of diamonds..
Slates from ronf endangered Bre
men. Tower nnd enat wnll tlireat
eneil to fall nt uny moment.
tV siiectacular four-alarm fire swept
tho upper portion of the old Times Build
ing, Hlghth and Chestnut streets, this
morning. Starting at about 8 o'clock In
thp rear of tho second floor whero
Ilugeno UletzKcu has been doing Oov
ernment work on drawing Instruments,
tho fire raced up a dumb waiter shaft and
In less than live minutes tho third, fourth
nnd fifth Moors of tho building' were
blazing.
Much mystery Is amused' by the fact
that the lire started in it plant doing
(Jovcrnment work. Persons passing at
the time flames wero'dltjcovered stated
that they heard an explosion, but It could
not lie verified. No chemicals or other
explosives or Inflammable material wera
Assistant Flic Marshal ( illagher de-
. ncservo uiucer victor crawrora says
",H?-.1w,'e" " arrived in uie nan ot tna VT
building the names were comlns through J
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"pc', "? w ',' - door n" Interior of WJj.
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Llncoln'n JJIMll-
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liager lives hi
sey and drives In every day. but was not
seen about the place until this morning.
Gallagher stated that It seemed to him
tint If uny one wanted lo injure Oov
ernment work he would have fired tha
Illetzgen factory, which Is located In
i,'w Jersey, .111.1 noi 1110 IIUIO omcea
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Ti.NANTS I.OSi: PROPMUTY
The occupants of the building were
as follows:
C M, Wessels, fourth floor, where ho
also lived In a rear apartment. HI)
olllces were a show place of valuable
paintings and objects of art, which
wcie ill deMroyed.
Ihigenn Dietgen. second floor, maker
of drawing Instruments for the Gov
ernment, where the fire was dis
covered Isldor Sagoreky. second floor, a dia
mond merchant, who lost about $3000
In fixtures.
Tho Confectioners' Journal, third
floor, lost furniture and valuable rec'
ords
United Ogir Stores Company,
ground floor, loss slight, mostly from
water
Tim Philadelphia Jewelry Hxchange,
the Philadelphia Shoe Shining Com
pany and ii billiard hall In the base
ment.
TOWER THREATENS TO FALTj
Much concern was caused by tho fact
that the tower surmounting tho build- ?
Intr llutt.,1 rlntirernlili nnil th ClieNtniit .
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street wan aiso saggeu oauiy. r.rnv.ai.
ployetc of the Gtes Candy Store. Sar-''S
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noil-ir. U1K lic rs'iif, ,iiicci,i-.h ajiic-i ji:
writing Machine Company store. Hoi vita
landcr-Fleshman Company and Cuba-W
Junction cigar store, tenants ofCliestj ii
nut street portions of the building, were)' $
ordered out of those establishment!. .'
11.ft.A.-t--A-.1 UllhuAIIIAIllllf tftAtfVI4 .! ft mm u
nf li a iiiltirrl lnuAr hn unnn an thAx
' metal MipportH cooled sufllclently t p r-
jmlt them to work. The firemen did not
kae tho building until after noon.t
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j wreckers from Otto J. Fuchs'n estah- S)
llshment, 130 South Fifteenth street, .m
firemen dircctea a, nign pressure cross: .
lire on the tower but it failed to bring; Q,
.it nown. .ij
r Ocrunants and others who claimed tai'tA
know say that the loss to building and,
I contents will oxcoed the SZS.OOO .esti
mate made by the owner. The upper-j
( litvia .,.. ....... -. n-i -....-j- wVj j4
lower floors are damaged by debrla and V
I wilier. . .
I The klgn on tho Regal Shoo Store 'r
across l;fgnth street at tne southeast-'
corner, caugni nre cany duc was aoon
cxunguisnea. jt,
Tli .. Villi A I n e-t t.VilfV Iu u l'inilivihi.1 J
IVia nlUr surua nwnH hv tf f niimnn ,
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learner koou manuiaciurer, 01 inriii m
ana vnrry Fireis, ana nm aiuevQj 4
estimate.! at -I'io.uoo, Tiie, agent ttjhi
tno uutiuinf? is j. a. i'aueronf oi .iltrS
Boutn I'Uicenin sireet. -'7.
i no rnniniiv uiin wnirn in nanutAT,
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coniinueci on rase nrrp. -oiunfll rwur I -i
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