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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918
CortmaiiT, 1B1. nt the rrnuc I.rwnx couriNt
PRICE TWOtCENTS',
ACE.FORCES
ARDATWORK
UPON AUSTRIA
K
pressure Brought to
; Bear From Withm
and Without
i
V
positive action
EXl'xSCTUU SUUIS
Pan-German Domination
& Seriously Endangered
by Ally's Situation
Jawait IIERTLING'S word
PLittle Hope in Washington
IfThat Chancellor Will IMeet
I f Wilson's Demands
AMSTERDAM, Feb. II.
"The Amcricnns arc coming, and
lit is useless for Germany to hide
from that fact," the Breslauer oiks
witht warned lis readers, according
I' to copies of that newspaper here to-
day. "They Arc Coming" is the
title of the warning.
"Ah n certain nerccntanc of pro-
jrlsion ships are torpedoed," the
Article said, "so may a certain pcr-
1'l.Btatre nf the American troon
ifrinsports be torpedoed.
' ."The Americans can he pro.
ijbloned as well as the British troops
h France. It is better to look things
jfluircly in the face than to practice
pleasing self-deception."
,1 WASHINGTON. Feb 11
f Intensive pressure from w'thln and
without Is being brought to com . Aus-
, Iris-Hungary to negotiate peice Tho
situation witnin me nun empires n
WCh, officials here slid todiy, that a
totltlvc step toward that end will cause
io surprise In the near fntuie. Confi
dential official and diplomatic nuviccs
irtuchlng here today from Swiss sources
lynflrmed this Mew. officials leruscu
iniDiaCK IO IHSCUSH WlC'Se CllSlUC'lie").
la even going ho far as to deny
ivvledge of them. However, It Is b
wn fact thut aurll nnril has reached
' and now Is In possession of the
'Ident and Secretary I mining.
The pressure Is many fold The Aus
n people themselves arc urging peace
border to Keen the empire Intact,
isnlrary Is seething with revolutionary
Mttlment. Increased becirusc of the
JiMerlmr attitude of Germany and
iPRphand that Hungarian units, rc
ItRhw from the eastern front, be tent
te re-enforce tho German lines In the
JWtV. The Influenco of the neutral
countries, especially Switzerland and
Spain, now Is being exerted on Aus
trla to take advantage of the opening
accorded by President Wilson's latest nd.
ijress Then, In addition, there Is tho
povyerful Vatican Influence, always on
Ike Bide of peace, which reaches direct
to the Aery Innermost elides of tho
JAustrlan court.
Officials of thn Governmvnt whoo
poaltlona for many ears hao mule
.them the Intimates of Europeans pir-
llcularly Austilans and Germans said
Itoiay the only chance of the I'reshUnt
"Tfalllng to obtain a peace with Austrli
Jijr In Austria's belief the President was
nly blultlnit about the war
A Jt Is clc ir enousli to our American
j
Conlinufd nn 1'aire I lrrn ( olurnti Tlirei-
I:
;F1RE IN RESTAURANT?
PROPRIETOR SAYS NO
'.John Mitchell, Disagieeing With Po-
'i lice and Firemen. Laments Loss
l.'f nf Ptnnwn nM.l "!,.
wi wibmo !! VJUI1I
nrilAPA n a n fl lie! .,l,rli, li, lli
.iVtfl.hl'n a! Ilin foululiriin! nt ff.H, tll-
. ehfll nt thn until lipnnt rnrni I ,f sllv-
, tttnth and tllace streets. Mitchell
luimi i Know 11 nniii louay, not ueiug
notified by either the police or flro dc-
llUrtmanlS nrt.l Iia ur(u l!i .. . .. It
ri ....,, ,.,,., ,iv vjn Hit, u ui I1U 1 1 1 C
.other than In the Btove, which probably
Jjrooked.
f Patrolman Watts, of tho Fifteenth
jind Vine streets stntlon, sas he saw
n , wi ,,,u ,,i,,i,i nm.
voi. about midnight and turned In, an
lomiiii. riremeu tamo anu put out tho
Mr, which, WattB sas, was In the stove
Yflt,V.ll a.. . n t.A ..!.!... ... . , ..
I-.., v., v., .ujd n vouiuii e nee? vvuere tnero
UIibJ !. -u.. . ...
m uvcii any nro or even smoKe, unless
Jit was from the fumes of the (5 worth
ISM cljars ho sas arc missing from tho
' now CP.RP.
if He also s.id that fifty cents worth of
K'wltig gum was taken nnd thlnku
f,liiybe tho friction of the firemen's or
li jaws may nnva unused a
KIH.IB cmohe uiso.
Ut I?Dlle H.av thsrn wnu a Urn SrllAl,All
nTT'there wasn't, except in the stove.
&"t' iiit:iii rignuiiiiy suouiii De arm
MltS tO known LllV tllM (rainan nm!
flMulCfi 1IK0I1 llA Ilia nlmra nn.l n...
Bl I I -I". "I" to via,... a HUH bum.
liEArR PiPT rAncva
fjiu
JPOLISH CABINET TO QUIT
Ministry Resigns on, Account of Dis
satisfaction Over Cession of
Territory to Ukraine
It ?.u.nic. Feb. 14 Resignation of the
-on.,, Cabinet, because of dissatlsfac-
bivu wun tne terms of the separate
.so ueivveen Ukraine and the Central
rowers, was officially announced In
PjfMaw dispatches nflay.
arrangement of the Ukrainian boun-
s,i- BaTe me new republic a large
IC6 Of l.,.tln.I. Anna.nll.. .!. ..
L,r - -..v RiMit-'iiiiy ri'Kiiuuu 11a
rnh Keslgnatlon of the Polish mln-
iMvumoiy was tno result or tins.
s,InSDectlntr Plnnf nn Tnv Annonl
Ktho damden County Hoard of Tuxa-
r". uaving concluded tho hearings of
vuccnifr tax. appeals, today Is In
"Wllne the vacant plant formerly oc-
r'vu uy me vvaisiiach Company, na
?.Ancona Prltitlnc Cnmnnnv. Phlla.
Plila, owner of tho Sulldlnir. hnu nn.
$Ua for H0.000 reduction In Uh ns-
r'"ni "n ipo nun, ling nm) a ?5000
Tv)., on riparian went. Tho
W la now aaaesed at ,U0,C0J,
,t
-".
'i- . v,
URGENT DEFICIENCY HILL'
CARRIES $1,107,220,082.20
Hifch Cost of Warring Is Itcflcctcil
in Huge Appropriation for
Dcpaitment
WASHINGTON'. Feb 14 earning
.appropriations of $1,107,120,082 .0, of
Uvhleli $585,G5I,3S8 13 In recommended
for the Wnr Dcpirlmrnt, the gl uit ur-
gent deficiency hilt was reported to the
llouso todiy
Showing tln iver-snirlng rait of ir
ring, the hilt nl(eil $1UUOUO,000 for
ship ra(lurtini nlone
With nn appropriation of $100 000 00(1. I
Kit-in l'tuKiiini in iiie'rc'iisei me storage
and terminal shipping facllltli s along
tlio Atlinlli'' roist Is I lunched 1 lie
plan wis submitted li Gnu ml George
W Goethnls, acting quirtirnmstir gen
oral, nnd was necissiry because of the
largo shipments to American trooiis anil
our allies
M'ADOOATHEAD
OF WATERWAYS
Pleasants Named Manager
of Marine Section of
Transportation
TODAY
TAKEv CONTROL
"
WASHINGTON. IVb 14
Control of all coistwlfe anil like wa
ter transportation was assumed by the
railroad administration tod ij W II
I,. . , , . . I
'feasants was ireatid mating! r of the '
v '"" "' "" !"! " !.''s-
partition under Director General Me-
Adoo ami will have (hiigi) of all (.oast-
wle nnd I.iUe steamship tratllc
DcisantH will woik In co-opiritlon
with the Shipping Hoird anil the War
and Navy Department to io-ordlntti
rail movtment and so far as possllilo
tian-atlantlo shipping with coitwlso
nnd Great Likes tradlc
Greater moviments of coil to New
nngland bv viater Is expected nnd ef-
forts will be made to get vast quantities
ui viMi iii nm .Minunni i,i mo iirf.it
Likes
l'Icisants Is president of the Ocean
Sttamxhlp Companv.
SHIPYARD STRIKE
NOW UNDER WAY
Carpenters and Joiners at
Sparrows Point Plant
Lay Down Tools
OUT - OF -TOWN ORDERS
UAiriMom:, jid . i eb 1 1
rivo hundred taipunters and ship
Joiners emploed at tho Sparrows Point
branch of the Hethlehem Steel L'ompui
and the Haltlmnro Dr.vdocks nnd Ship
building Company have laid down their
tools ln lesponse to orders from out
of town nnd the shipbuilding Industry
here Is virtually piral)zed
Tho Iron workers thicaten to Join the
shlii ciafts nnd this will be another
problem for the rmergency Kleet Cor
poration to hindle Strike is nro hold
ing a meeting and theio will ho a meet
Ing tonight of olilclals of various ship-
building Industries of the 1 istern sea
board nt the I'meison Hotel These of
ficials will hold confi rence with union
leaders The lontentlon at S'pirrows
Point Is tint the men want the same
p.i, elght-two cents an hour, which Is
recelvcel b tho Pacific coast ship-
building workers
I Tho shipping bond nt once endeavored
to get In toueli with the responsible
I labor leaders
The strikes enno when for the first
I time In months not a slnglo j.inl In the
countrv was tied up livery effort will
be made to foue an eaily settlement.
Ni:V yoitlf, 1'eb 11 Milpjard
workers at plants all along the Atlantic
const ure deni indlng 11 general strike
unless their grievances are Immediately
taken up and settled by the shipping
board, according to John Stuart, secrc
tnr of the Jlarlno Wood Workers' Dis
trict Coune II
'The men are being held at work with
great dllllcultv," Stuart declared toda,
"There will have to be an Immediate
concession or tho Impending strike will
stnrt."
Stuart estimated that fifty thousand!
workertc-nre uiglng elr.utlc netlon He
declared that the are dissatisfied be
cause their demands for Increased wages,
made last December, have not been ad
justed despite pledges that they would
be
A thousand members of the Marino
Wood Workers, nt n meeting last night,
voted for a strlko unless the shipping
board takes up t.10 men's grievances at
onco A committee was named to go to
Washington to Iny tho matter before
the shipping bond, the President nnd
President Gompers, of tho American
federation of Labor
MOTORTRUCK STRIKES
TROLLEY; TWO HURT
I Helpers on Adams ExpressCom
1 pany Machine Badly Injured.
Passengers on Car Shaken
A Heavy rtUlllim l.xiursi coiniiuny ,
motortruck, craving Into a well-tllled
...11... ..- .ivi. nil, nn.l e-o,.
Adams Kxnress Comnanv .
streeVs. ieerelV Injured two helper I
a boy and n man
h linn if nn a Hf-nrp, nf '
passengers nnd smashed the oar. The
driver, who was unhurt, was arrested
Tha Injured, taken to St, Joseph's
Hospital, are
APOI.nt MITZKM. fifteen
llniv(ia iiinmi brolipn
soar oM, H34
1111 IPJC
JOHN VOUM1 tnentv-flve inn old, 2111
Nerzrunt sirerti body iii;urif
Several pissengers were bruised nnd
cut by glass when tho tiuck, coming
downgrade on Sixteenth street, shortly
before midnight, bumped Into the car,
Bpllnterlng the woodwork and shattering
windows. Mltzell nnd Young were hurled
to the street. The truck continued down
Sixteenth street until the driver, John
Heber, 3119 North Twenty-second street,
was arrested by Motorcycle Policeman
Koenlg. He was held In 1100 ball by
Magistrate Collins at the Twentieth nnd
Uuttonwood streets station, this morn
ing, to await tho outcome of tha ln
luiles VHNl'S l,rriJl for xctlo. difficult
wort VtniM reflect Pencils r a ntctultjr.
-idv.
$-
1.&
,M
J 7 ti
KAISER INCLINED
TO GIVE HEED TO
WILSON SPEECH
.
n n .
GCl'mail KUlei' SCCS Basis
-fnr Nnirnfint irti
-,. ..vuviuviUH ill
U. S. Terms
EMPIRE IN
DIRE NEED
Official Edicts Against Waste
Extend Even to the
Grave
Dy WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(Copj)loM. J5JS, bu the t mint Vet)
ZI'ltlCH, Hwltrerlind IVb 11
i-rf'Kiucni n uson h hpeecli made a i
deep lmprelon In (lernnnj nnd prob
ably will beir futuio fruit
On the mt reliable .itithorln I leirn
tint the K.ilser himself owtilt derl-ired
WllsonV terms were reTmnible enough
to frrm the bisls for nrgotlitlnn
Wllhelm. however ta without In
fluence I nm told tint, while ononlv
opioul to the (xtremes to which the
' ' ,r Pirl' it leading the empire, he
,dos not murmur, as IllndenburK and
Ludendorff are his ,ibolute masters
As IndUntlmr Gernnnv's thoroiiRh-'
ness, she will no loncer permit iorpes '
to ho burled with their clothes They
must he placed In insteboard colIlns
- " ,...-... .., iririmiiiii lll-
mm,.,, ,ti i ,,, , , , ,
rlipy must he cloibed n piper shrouds
r 10 ,onnil ,nlK,r Ml(,ptll
No woolen intton linen or flnillnr
in iterlal must be wasted In gravis while
woohn, zinc, toppr nd other metal I
ciskets are gciniallv ofblddcn j
An Amerlcm womin. Just leaving
Girnnnv diclans all ordlmry articles)
nre so scarie tint n sile of her worn-
nu' ''lichen utensils brouKht undreamed-
f prlcis Genmn women picking In
'"r home, sought an oppoitmilty to buv j
,,,lns famlllis usuilly throw away in
,,loU"'' Thej brought fancy sums
TIIANSI'OUTATION- IXAniMITATi:
The woman savs tie coil shortage Is '
far moro acute th in outsiders Imagine I
This Is not due to lick of coal, hut to
the labor shortage, plus transnortntlon ,
iiiiiieuiuep me scarcity of cirs caused
i tho military otllclils to reduce trains to I
..... ... . .
little more thin sulllelent for the armv's
I needs The rolling stock Is In frightful
I disrepair
i Silver and nickel hive been demone
tized All gold, Including Jcwelr, for
merly ri'iuestid ' In the mini of pitrlot
Ism," Is now dt minded bv the Govern
ment In order to keep up gold coins and
prevent too rapid decline) In thevvalue of
. p iper mone
Tho people no longer expect victory,
tho woman declirei Tho best they hope
1 for Is the exhiustlon of the Allies before
j Germany Is compelled to sue for peace
Tho masses have been' told so often
tint nn offenslvo would bring an hn
i medlito peace tbev are beginning to
feci duped and iingr,
I All Anierlcnii girl, recently arrived
" " - '" ' ""'
(unllniifil on I'mte Heieo, Column l'our
TUNNEL TO ASIA MINOR
Preliminary Woik to Start in April
on Connection With Europe
C0PI:NIIAGI:N'. JVb ll A bill his
been pised b the Turkish Parliament
authorizing prellmlnar work on tho
proposed tunnel from I'uropo to Asia
Minor, ucixtrdlng to tho Constantinople
correspondent of the Vopslcho .cltung 1
The work Is scheduled to be started1
In April I
RADNOR MAN COMMISSIONED j
Cat roll Hodge Appointed First Lieu- j
tenant, Reset ve Militia
Carroll Hodge, of Radnor, Ta . was
todiy appointed first lieutenant of Troop 1
A, Plrst S'HUidron Cavalr.v, PennsIvnnla
P.cscrvi! Mllltla Tho appointment was
announced 111 Harrlsburg Mr. Hodge,
is ono of the m imgi rs of nn electrical
compan In this elt William II. Hart, 1
also of this city, was appointed second
lieutenant of tho s.uno troop.
WOMAN IS ARRESTED
AS HOARDER OF COAL
Riwiin-Vit in This CAt'l Frnm
,., t.i .i..i
Reading to Face Federal
Grand Jury
Ah an example to thoso who do not
abldo by the livv ns lild down by the
Tederal fuil administration, Mrs Kdlth
Grant, of Heading, was brought hero to
day to face n l'cderal Grand Jmy on
the charge of hoirdlng ioaI.
Tho woman was arrested jesterday
nnd held by n magistrate In Heading
for the federal authorities. Sho Is tho
first woman In the State to be held
for coal hoarding
Mrs Grant, according to tho Heading
police, ordered a ton of coal from 11
Heading dealer and said that she had
only one quitter of a ton In her cellar
The driver, who delivered tho roal, said
there was a full ton of coal in tho
I cellar of Mrs Grant's home and re.
fused to deliver tho fuel.
sue proiesie-. ."- "
, VYi. ...si. tn Ilia nolle Iniestl.
nf rlc, t,h" m nroved m ho dr ver's
cation. It Is S.U". Pc' e" "'" ; lno ur" er H
..ful to "' " -
niiiieu .-..c. -" - -..--.--.
iT,,itoii sinus District ,orney Kano
will press the charges against her. She
will be held to convince all consumers
that the law must be obeyed.
REPORT ON TEXTILE STRIKE
U. of P. Professors Investigated
Trouble in Northeast for U. S.
Data gathered by professors of tho
University of Pennsylvania on the tex
tile workers' strike In the northeastern
section of the city will be presented to
the War Department today by Dr. R.
Malcolm Kler, associate professor of In
dustry in the Wharton School.
Dr. J. Russell Smith, head of tha
department of Industry, and Dr. aarl
Miller, of tho department of psychology,
have been associated with Doctor Kler
in the investigation. This committee,
was appointed by the Government to find
a solution of the slrik trouble, ai it
ko ri.inveii large Government contracts.
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sin crxit. SPRING-RICE
Tormer British Ambassador to
tho United States, who died on
his way home ftom his post.
SPRING-RICE DIES;
EX-ENVOY TO U.S.,
Heart Disease Ends Dis-1
tinguished Career of
British Diplomat
END COMES SUDDENLY
OTTAWV. Out. Teh II
Mr Cicll Sprlng-Itli e, former Hrltlsh
Auibapsidnr to the I'nltcd Mates, who
died lure nrlv lodiv, will be burled In I
Ottiu.1 The funei.il will be held Sat-,
urilav afternoon Sirvlns will be held
.it I'.ldeau II ill and St 11 ithnlomcw '
t'hurch and the Interment will be In I
Hi echwuoiT L'emelerv '
Sir Cull died suildenii- a Govern-,
mi nt Ilou-e about 1 o'clock this morn-'with
. . .. -
Ing from heart diss ise Ills wife and
d uighter were at tho bedside He hail
luen In III lie.itlh On nmi. lime. Ms list
public ippearanco as Hrltlsh Amhis,
suloi being mule at tho Ottawa Cana
dian Club
VA hen the former envo ininplilned
of not feeling well short 1 after mid
night, a phvsleliu was summoned, but
soon after his in rival the patient ex
pired, vli til illy In his sleep
Sprlng-HIco was regarded as a dlplo-
mat of the modem si hool nnd held
down his dlllkult Wn dilngton job with
great tact during the dnjs when tho
Cnlted States was still neutral In tho
war.
WASHINGTON, IVb 11
The following foimal expression of
,,,, ..,, ,.mI1,ii,. u m ulreiliand from tho ard. and to provide ad
. ,,.. sri,,iti.o bv Sicretarv of
state I.mslng toda .
In the nimo of tho President and
of those with whom Sir Cicll whh
brought Into nlllrl.il coutnet, I offer
ou sincere! condole nee It his been
given to few men to rlsn as Sir Ceell
did to the height of .1 greit Interm
tlonal emergeni v mil to become, as he
was, the fortunato medium through
whom two nations grew Into closer
touch anil became sh iters In the great
task which has been Imposed on the
world
The following cable was sent to Mln-
istei of 1'oielgn Affairs Italfour by tho
Secntnr of State
I learn with dup soriou of the
loss which has befallen our Govern
ment In the l.imentnble di ath of the
distinguished diplomat nnd scholar.
Sir Cecil Spring-Kiel Through his
exceptional qu illtics anil strong per
somllt there has grown ,1 moro
ItUlmnte understanding between our
two countries, nnd the Government
of tho t'nlted States Joins with the
llrlllsii Government In mourning the
gn it loss which his been suffered
Accept the tdnoero condolences of the
Government and people of the t'nlted
States us well ns ni own personal
svmp.ith
Inasmuch ns Karl Heading Is spe-
clil Ambassador, Sir Cecil reunlnlng
Hrltlsh Anibassadoi under reeall, an
Continued on I'll I let en. tubulin linn
lYANKEE GUNNERS PLAY
i BIG PART IN BATTLE
UncrrinK AcCUTaCV Com-
,tn,l Tlnnn AtnoviVnn
Indians in Fight
PARIS, I'eb 11.
American batteries lent "veiy effective
support" In cstcrday'B big surprise at
tack by the Trench in tho Clnmpagne
region, tho War Olllco reported today.
lly HENRY WOOD
lulled l'rcas Staff CornspoHdtHt
WITH Till: l'HKNCH AHMIHS IX
THH KIIH.D, l'cb. 14.
Amerlcm artillery played a spectacu
lar role In the big Trench attack In
tho Champagne legion csterda
The ankee gunners, with unerring
accuric laid down n barrago that cut
oft the Geini.ins from tho communica
tion tioiiehes, preventing the Hoihen
from letreating or bringing up re-enforcements
I,atei tho American artillery encircled
the advancing Trench Infantry with a
piotcetlng fire This curtain was main
tained for some tlmo to aid the pollui
In establishing their newly won posi
tions Tho American batteries effectively
destroyed Germ in trenches, wire en
tanglements and fortifications.
The artillery preparation for this
French attack which penetrated to tho
third German line, lasted moro than six
hours The Yankee gunners were work
ing like beavers all this time,
The French communique laBt night
detailed a big raid southwest of Hutte
Mesnll, In the Champagne region. In
.which the German defenses were pen
etrated to the third line. Tho German
statement today admitted the French
"obtained a foothold In -a salient," -and
referred to he raid as a "violent engage
ment," Hutte Mesnll is about twenty-seven
miles east of Rhelms and about fitly;
miles northwest of Xlvray. The latter
Continued on ! Elecn Col am a Two
stH.'fci
,fr,: i-
MITTEN PLEDGES
BEHER SERVICE
FOR NAVY YARD
P. R. T. President Prom
ises Additional Cars and
Other Conveniences
TO RUILD SHELTER SHED
Police Co-operation in Keep
ing Trail's Clear During
Rush Hours Suggested
Appty Navy Efficiency
to P. It. T. Inefficiency
XTAVY DKPAUTMENT officials
A salvaged the "wreck" of the
P. It. T. through the following:
Exacting promise of con
tinuance nf excellent navy jard
service.
Promising repair parts to com
pany, thereb releasing 330
broken-down cars for service.
Obtained agreement from P.
It. T. to erect $12,000 trolley
shed at League Island,
Obtained Major's) promise to
assign extra tr.illic cops to keep
tracks leading to navy jard clear.
Ordend Porter street cars he
tween 7 and 8 o'clock in the morn
ing to run straight through (o
League Island.
The lomml'-sloii sent by Secretary of
the Nnvv Daniels to take the kink" out
of the l'hllulilphli Itapld Transit fom
pin m trolh v Mrvlce to nnd from the
l'hllulilphli nv Yanl so tint the 9000
workeis lti tin vanl slums could ret to
n,,.l f.n, ti .!. n I.a HIM1 111, f I il lis '
task this afttrnoiin with .in Inttrvlew
Mivor Smith, which was attended
ln Thonns 1." Mitten, president of the
,,.,,, ,., . .i
I 1' K T A I. Druinm consulting engl-
. -.---
neer, and other V It T otllclils
After the Interview with the llnvor
lb ir iliniial (hrlstiin Jov Peoplis,
ho id if the lommlssloii, and the othei
members' ixpressul tlieiuselves satis-I
I Med and slid If .ill pirtlis keep their
promises and tin re Is ever reison to i
belli vo the will there will he no mop
trolle troubles so fir us tho naV ,ud
li eonccrneel
Iho agreements are us follows:
The P It T agrees to maintain i
flvc-mlnutc schedule on lloute- 20 to
and from the yard, anil to provide ad-1
dltlonal cars In rush hours; to mulntiln
il Fcvcn-mlnute schedule on lloutu 2 to
I dltlonal ears In iuh hours, to send
1 Koute 2 ears, which have terminated nt
Porter street, clear to the anl, to
provide 11 shelter and prep.iinent sta
tion at tho navy ard, which will save
tho tlmo of pa Ing fares and making
roiitlniiril on I'nte 1 IrvenMoliMiui Three
HOLD MRS. FISCHER
UNDER DETENTION
AND SEIZE SAFE
Wife of Interned German Manufae-
tuicr at I'cdeial Building as
Material Witness
Mis Adilbert K Tlschir, wife of
Adalbert Iv Timelier, head of the firm of)
S'chutto i Koerllng. machinists, who
has been Interned, was bi ought to the
olllee of Trnncls TMur Kane, 1'nltnl
States Dlstrlet Attorne Mrs Thcher
was led Into Mr Kami s olllco by Agents
Carmen and Spate, of the local branch
nf tho llurc.iu of Investlgitlon of tho
Depirtment of Justice. It wis learned
later that Mrs Tlsclu r was being de
tained as ininy witnesses are after
being "invltid' to tomo down to tho
l'cderal Hulldlng
Mrs Tisehci telephoned to her attor
ne s Shortly afterward a sifo tikin
from tho Fischer home, e,!iit XAIssi-'
hlckoii av enue, Gci maiitnvvn, w as hi ought
lo tho ledcrai iiuiuung nj
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of the I'nlt.d States Secret I
Sirvlce Tho safe, which Is about 21
b 12 Inches, was cairled Into tho l'cd
eral Hulldlng by I,angliam on his shoul
ders. It Is said to contain J5U.000 In
gold
Mr Kano said tint tho contents of
the safe ero not known to him, as tho
door was locked. Ho added that If tho
safe was opened It would not bo done un
til Mrs Fischer's nttorncH hid arrived
The safo was found under a pllo of old
clothing.
EDDYSTONE SUSPECT
SILENT DURING GRILL
Man Held at Pottsvillo in Connection
With Blast Refuses Police
Information
POTTSVILU:, Pa, Feb. 11 The at-
tempt to get Information irom Jiaroui
McCool. held here for being Implicated
In the blowing up of the Uddystone um
munltlon plant, during nn hour's grill
ing by the State police this morning,
failed utterly All tho tlmo that ono of
tho most expert cxanjiners or the rorce
was at work McCool was stoical, Ills
eye3 wandered about Iho walls of his
cell, and ho was silent.
Tho pollco expect to round up an al
leged accomplice In a day or so They
havo not given up their belief tint Mc
Cool knows something of tho tragedy.
How to Be an
Effective Soldier
This is xvhat every man in the
National Army wants to know
Lieut. Hector MacQuarrie
tells xvhat is the first essential
in an important article
in Tomorrow's
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The wife of Adnlbcit I'lsdicr, of I ho fitjn of Scnulte and Koerting,
who has been interned, was brought to the oflice of Francis Fisher
Kane today and held as n witness m the case ngninst her husband.
HENNIG ACQUITTED OF TREASON CHARGE
NEW ORpK, Feb. 14. Paul C. H. Hennlg, who has been on
tilnl here on a charge of ticason agalnbt the United States, -was
aequittcd by a jury In United States Judge Chatfleld's Court this
afternoon.
6481 ENEMY ALIENS IN PHILADELPHIA
Complete returns on. the leglstiatiou of enemy aliens In thi&
city show a total of 64,81.
THIRTEEN MILLION
FOR PORT IN BILL
Urgency Deficiency, Meas-,
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Ule PrOVideS $12,970,000
nv, .w-..v, , ,
J.U1 llUnuve;illcul,o cicie
-tsM. I v-f,i,-,vMfnro uni.v
TO MEET WAR NEEDS
An appropriation nf $12 070 000 for
linpi ovlng tlw port of Philadelphia for
War Department needs w.ih recom
mended todiy whin a 5100,000 000 ap
propriation for tho purchase of land and
erection of bulIdlngH feu army storage
and shinning facilities ns provided ill
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House of Representatives nt Washing
ton A totnl of Jl, 6 1(5,000 nlso Is Included
in the bill for the Trnnkford Arsenal, tho
Phllidclphla Mint and tho Harrlsburg
Postofllce
Major General Gocthils, acting quar
termaster genual, diclarcd In the hear
ing before the Appropriation Committee
that 2,700 000 square feet of llooi spaco
was required foi tho facilities In Phila
delphia and tint J12.970.00O vias needed
to provide foi this
Approprlitlon nf Jl, 110,000 for the
Frnnkford Arsenal, $525,000 fur tho
Philadelphia Mint, nnd $11,000 for tho
postofllce at Harrlsburg are Included
ln the bill
The Trankford Arsenal improvements
I Include a small-arms storehoik-e, ar
tillery coil shop, CNperlmental shop
building, Htorenouses lor special nmmu-
liltlon and a pier and warehouse
Tho Trankford Arsenal receives an
amironrlatlon this yiar flvo times as
laruo ns the appropriation for any other
arsenal In the military establishment,"
Congressman Willi im S Vare, nf Phlla
dclphla, member of the eommltttc, de
clared "Tho appropriation for btorago facil
ities will mako Philadelphia assume the
position It deserves In tho shipment of
munitions abroad "
The hearing of tho subcommittee
shows that Adam Joce, superintendent
of the Philadelphia Mint, uiion being
questioned by Congressman Vare, tes
titled that of 138 men taken for extra
employment 100 were uppolnted without
roference to the civil bervlce lists and
were found "in u number of cases Indi
vidually more elllclent."
Drafted Man Falls Trom Car
MOUNT HOLLY, S J.. Feb 14. Wil
liam Adams, of New Gretna, ls In a seri
ous condition nt the Count" Hospital
here from Injuries received when he fell
while alighting from n trolley car on
Main street here. He landed on his
head and at a late hour had not re
gained consciousness. Physicians fear a
fractured skull Adams was drafted and
was Coming to Mount Holly for examina
tion today.
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FISCHER DETAINED
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1000 GIRLS QUIT;
ARREST PICKETS
Disorder Marks Strike of
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WaiStmakerS 111 NOII-
nvnnn .vnnive i
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CALL WAGES UNFAIR
About 1000 waist, dress and children's
drismakcrs employed In nonunion shops
in the centril part of the city and South
Phllidclphla walked nut today after a
general strike had been voted. The
strike voto was taken at an all-night
meeting nt Carrie!; Hall, Ulghth nnd
Lombard streets
Tho strikers dennnd that their em
ployers recognize the Wnlst, Silk Suit
und Children's Dressmakers' Union,
I-ocil No 13, which Is affiliated with
the American reiteration of Labor,
Six girl pickets, who were parading In
front of tho shirtwaist factory of I.
Schwartz. 718 Chestnut street, weroeath
held In J400 ball by Magistrate Watson
In central station, to keep the peace
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.iu .iwuhk numvii nun iciiMiiru uy
Magistrate Watson, who told them that
tneir actions in inlerfer nc with other
imployes was un-American
The girls gnvo their names as Carrio
Garland negro, twenty years old, 1326
South Garnet street; Mario Hay den,
negro, twenty -one years old, 4027 laid
low street: Hv.l Sokollck. nineteen e.irn
old, 1U15 North Patton Street; Helen
,".r,,ttk nineteen years old, 1526 South
Orkney strict.
Hllzibeth Hobblns.
twenty years old,
1813 North Eighth
street, nnd Anna Gordon, twenty-seven
years old, 4J6 Mifflin street.
CAHRIED KED PLACARDS
Traffic Policeman Hammer, who ar
rested the girls, testified that they cre
ated a disturbance on the street by car
rying red placards on which notices were
printed that a gentrnl strlko had been
called nnd also threatening girls of the
Schwartz plant. Another witness was
Mnrtha Oeberoskl, B12 South Front
street, who testified that she has been
working nt the Schwartz place for three
years and that this morning she was
attacked by some of the girls under
arrest. -.
"You girls have no right to Interfere
with working people," said Magistrate
Watson "At a lime when the whole
country is at war you young women
should not create disturbances Your
action today Is un-American and you
folks havo more brass nnd nerve than
ontlnued on I'ase Klerrn. Column Two
THK nUBlNFSB TAREKR OF PKTER
FLINT, a thrllllns story of iltmuihlp,
la continued today on rasa is.
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WILSON OPENS
NEW GRILLING
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OF HOG ISLAND
President Launches,
First Government War
Graft Investigation
SHIPPING BOARD HEAD
ASKED FOR INQUIRY
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Large Sums of NationV
Money Alleged to Have
Enriched Interests,
$0,000,000 IN PROFITS
Baldwin Testimony and Piez
Reports Form Basis of
Impending Probe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.
The first Government investiga
tion of graft charges in war work
was launched today by President
Wilson.
I He sent n letter to Attorney Gen
eral Gretrorv nskine .in immndinta '"I'l
piobe of conditions at the Hog Island
j shipyards, where large sums of Gov
j crnment money are alleged to have
1 been appropriated to private in
terests.
Gregory will co-opernto in the
work with Chairman Hurley, of the
shipping board. It was learned offi
cially that Chairman Hurley asked
j the President to take the action.
I For weeks the work at Hog Island
has been under the searchlight of
the Senate Commeice Committee,
The climax of testimony was 1 cached
when George Baldwin, chairman of
tho American International Corpora
tion, building the yards, admitted
that approximately $6,000,000 In
profits would be forthcoming from
the project,
"Y011 can't keep a corporation alive on
patriotism," ho said when grilled by
Scmtor Johnson, of California.
Baldwin named as the 'big stockhold
ers" in the corporation Frank A. Van
derllp, the firm of Stoilo & Webster and
J. Ogden Armour.
Charles Piez. general manager of the
KmergcnCy Fleet Corporation, started
the oxposo of conditions when he sub
mitted renortit to the Senate Commerce
Committee to show that the Hog Island, JS
yard, originally estimated to cost SSI.- -"J-
000,000, would ctst at tho present rate
of expenditure nearly J50 000.000. Plex
declared that so many workmen vvero
employed that only five or ten out of
every hundred could bo used Ills re
port also showed thnt material had
been purchised In such tremendous
eiuantlties far in advance of any need
for it that the railroad yards near Hog
Island were choked with cars
1'lrc'n report showed sprelflcally that
orlxtnnl milt rout estimates bud ben
exceeded by nrven." hundred per cent,
nnil tint In one Instance, wtirre there
should be no estimate, $01)8,000 bad
been spent,
PAYHOI.L-rADDINO TESTIMONY
Commander Heed, Government Inspeo-
,tor nt the yard, torn the committee iut N l
week that there was much contusion Yil
U the payroll, and that many vvcrkm... Mil
were drawing wages in ecvernl depart" '-
ments, though actually employed in but
ono.
Heed also stated that three publicity
men drawing $833, JC66 nnd $500 a,
month, respectively, were being paid by
tho Government. All they do, It was
stated, Is to Issuo a small monthly pub-,
Ilcntlon
The Senate Committee also learned
that tho Government had accepted all
the estimates of cost of the yard made,.
by tha American International Cor
poration through which tho Government
Is building the plant. The Government
Itself made no Independent estimate.
Testimony also showed that thet
American International Shipbuilding
Corporation, a subsidiary of the Ameri-,
can International Corjioratlon, is actu-.
ally building the yards, though th
Government has no contract with it.
GOVERNMENT PAYS PROFITS J
Tho Government's contract provided
that a 4 per cent fee was to be paid
nn nil shins built in the Merit. Thla fA.
t nns beeI, estimated, would yield tha
corporation $6,000,000 The corporation
ls .furnishing nono of the capital vfor
building the yard, for buying material
r - nnvlnir s.ilnr na or ivmru Th.
I'mergency Tlcet Corporation Is paying, HS
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Admiral Howies told tha
committee that tho corporation fur
nished the technical knowledge and the
organization.
The Sennto committee also developed'
from several sources that the American
I International Shipbuilding Corporation
, l,ml sublet 7S ner cent of the construe-
tlnn on n G ner cent basts. The Gov.
eminent Is paying this fee.
At least one of the subcontractors. It eh
' was shown, Is nn officer of the American "i.M
international Corporation Several Wlt-'l
ncsses told the committee that the workVfi
on the yard was four months behind2;
schedule. TALa
George J. Baldwin, chairman of tbi 4
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