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lATHER DATA
ON PLAN FOR
L'.nAn nnirm
LADlm liair l
'State Organizations
Begin Wide Investi
gation of Subject
QUESTIONNAIRES FOR
: ALL MANUFACTURERS
Lconscription of Workmen
J Advocated to Eliminate
Shipyard Strikes
redistribute supply
coNsciurTiov or i.aiioh
Tin Committee on Public Safety of
fllie Commonwealth of Pennnjlv anla
'?idJ tli Philadelphia Chamber of Com-
I. hate united In nn Investigation
Il'u hotr the necessity of conscription
I laoor 111 i ci.iij.miiim.
(oetlonnalres are to be Rrnl to em
'' of labor throughout the Mate
I- M. ,.... .. !.. llnftnnlH.
nrtUlU III.,,, .lice UI'IIIIIIUII FI
' will be followed un by lnTetliratlnn
t "Jl And remedies for labor trouble.
I? le of women In men's place In tn
, line special attention.
." Tho necessity of conscrlnllnir labor
'Ut tho war Industries of Pennsylvania
t. la the subject of an Investigation that
', ia been started by a joint committee
i,lrom me l'ennsuvania committeo or
'IMMIe Safety and tho Philadelphia
'Chamber of Commerce.
i The work Is In tho hands of n commit-
trlet of six members, two each from tho
I, Industrial and educational committee!) of
i we (.namoer 01 commerce and tnc I'om
Lralttee on Chilian b'enloo and Labor of
. tlie Public Safety Committee.
I; ine nm step in tno inv cstigatlon will
yt the sending out of a qucstloniialie to
"Ail ,k .....r......... - ,. ..
an mo iimiiuiuiiiii c-i e iiiii tiiipiuer oi
labor throuchout tho State Tho nuf.
. tlonnalre in nou In nrennratlnn nml rl1t
? be ready for tnallltiB within n j-hort time.
'.The coinmltteo has worked for hceral
, ireeks hi compiling1 the questions and It
jssam to coicr eery pnase or tno labor
tquestlon that could posNlbly arise.
) many coNrnnnN'cc-j
it Ths completed form of the nuctlon-
Mire Is the result of many conferences
Lwlth emp'.ojera and with educators
nhroushout the city and .State. Kdu
f.tttors ero called In on tho points In-
k.nllliin. till.l Inline nml r.lli., ah..!!....
KV TJtltmna Irnm tlmnn .i.ihb Iamb n 1.. .!,,
; v,u,ti ,,uiii meno ,u.akiiiinuiiCH Will
rte a foundation for n complete lnes-
gatlon and remedlil campaign for
bor problems that arc confrcntlnff mu-
tlpn manufactureni, ehlpbulldera and
other lines oflnuustry d rectlv and
directly Tonnei-tedS wlil helnimr im
sited States wln"iha war through their
fact.
first purpose It to fjnd out If 'there
Is a scarcity of labor In the State.
latlon cf the answers to the oues-
Teltt HhnU ttlRt evntlv- trhnt oliao
"Jefiibor Is plentiful nncf what class Is
Meded, Jt will (.how If a redistribution
f.of'labor would end tho difficulties now
Hid to be conf routine tht cmplojers cf
tabor.
SEEK COMPLRTU DATA
,i Answers to tho questionnaires will
'how the number of employes needed to
( run A. nlAnt in rnnnnltv ih niimlMi ,
Wesent emplojcd, the number needed
,to rain 100 per cent efficiency In pro
duction, the Ulndit rf labor cmplojed,
i'the lines of trada In which men aro
t',terce and the lines In which they aro
kcnltntlfnl
Sf
cj v. v tug iiivak iiiijiii lutti 4utnuuilH
tto that of how women can be used to
'fill the places of men. liach employer
VM be asked If he can use women for
such a purpose. If the answer is "les."
1 lnvestlcatlon will then be made to what
J extent women 'an bo emplojcd where
f ".. u,u rva,i... ,j,tya nan tucii ij'j
M!(n to obtain women to fill tho nlaces
Vfor which men cannot bo found.
H Ernest T. Trigs, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said this morn.
t 1st that his organization would watt
until after returns from the question
naires had been rteched beforo placlnir
itself on record as to tho necessity of
'conscription of labor.
r "Jt would be unwise," ho said, "for
the Chamber, at this time, to take anv
S stand In regard to tho labor situation.
' Cenllnped on Tase Tour. Column Three
,NAVAL BATTLE BELIEVED
!J4 Tn it kw -nicvr wnnnurn
R' London Newspaper Gets Dispatch
From Gothenburg, Which Is Near
Cm-.. f T..11 3 1.1 L
n utcnu ui iiuiiunu iui,'iii5Cincni.
IXJNDON-. Fob. 1C Bellof that a
Ha s.al enuasement has occurred Is ex-
K pressed In a dispatch received In Stock-
r.noim from Gothenburs and forwarded to
inuie .iiorrunE i-osi, 111c uispatcu re-
l.?.hnpta Oii, ,(KftV.TU nt mnrwr 1imll& m
' .yMfcuu KV & U1PIIIJ
t Cfothenburer Ih on tho west coast of
rfiweaen. It Is nar tho Hkncerrak, one
Lof the bodies of water connectlnir the
f North and Jtaltlc beas. fceeral lights
'have taken placo In this vicinity, Tho
Elwttlo of Jutland was fought there.
SriUNG-KICE BUHIEO
U. S. and French Officials and J. P.
Morgan at Funeral in Ottawa
itt 6TTAWA.Ont., Feb. 10. Funeral
Ksenlcts for former Ambassador Cecil
IjRnnw.lllna nlm rlt,l hfrn llitu ...,.
Hl ,,IA-,(VV .... -.. .o.v ,.,, nceK,
were htld today In St. Uartliolomeiv's
.Anillean Church, representatives 0f
itn United States nnd French Qovem.
menu and members of the staff of the
British embassy at Washington attended.
,J Plerpont Morgan, banker, u warm
personal friend of the dead ambassador,
alto was among tho mourners.
' WASIJINOTON'. Feb. 10 President
ITjIsop today attended the memorial
ftrvlcea of the British embassy for the
ale Sir Cecil Sprlng-Illcc, former llrlt.
iih Amasador to this country, who
Q-"mOoVnly Thursday morning. The
un,lji.l, 7j lipid fit Kr- Allmn'a Mt.nKAl
la,AVhlpton.
H .. w . ...VH.. a h.,iMvi
;'Kerela:
'Berelary of State Lansing today ret
aria n, caoitaTHm ironi Anuur James
ur, BrltUh Pecretary of State for
ilgn Atfalrs. expressing Ills appre-
'v .. ...-...w H iiicaas;e
wny or ins aem oi Blr Cecil
b'T 'T JtJJ' rjtrAtMaL
U-BOAT ATTACKS
DOVER; ONE CHILD
KILLED BY SHELL
Three lien and Women and
Three Children Injured in j
Brief Bombardment !
LONDON. Tcb. 18.
An enemy kubmarlno bombarded
Dover this morning, killing a child and
Injuring tlireo men nnd women and
three children. Ixrd Trench, Director of
Homo Defense, nnnounced today.
Tho U-boat appeared off Docr at 1
o'clock. The bombardment lasted only
thrco or four minutes, In which time
about thirty shells wcro fired. Social
..HUv nwu Diifiituy uauiuDcu,
Tho submarlno attack follows by
about twenty-four hours tho German
destroyer raid on Ilritlsli tubmarlne
patrols in tho Straits of Docr, which
resulted In tho Elnkltig of a trawler and
seven "drifter"." Uoth tho submarine
and the destroyers aro bcllccd to hae
operated from German naal bases on
Hie Belgian coast.
BERLIN' (Ia Indon), l'eb 1
Tlio destruction of "strong forces
puardlng tho English Channel" was re
ported today by tho Gcunan oftlclal
statement,
"Thursday night German torpedo
boats, commanded by Captain Helnlckc,
surprised and attacked strong forces
suardlng tho English Channel," tire
statement sas 'Tito forces consisted
of a laigo guardsldp, numerous armed
u-iiiii ooais ana seerai moiorooais, i
which wcro forced to i;lo battle Ihe'emoon
major part wcro destroed.
AVo suffered
no losses nnd no damage.
SHIPYARD HOUSING
BILL AGREED UPON
Conferees Accept $50,000,000 Mcas- WASHINGTON, Feb. 1C.
ure Substantially as Passed i The Department of Labor this
by House afternoon detailed commissioner J.
L. Hughes as the joint representative
Washington-, rcb. ic-Thc thip.lof thc dcpartment and the shippins
jard housing bill today was agreed to by j,oarj lo ork amonfc the strikers at
tho Senate and llouso conferees sub- gtaten Island and other points in the
siamiauy ns it pasted tho House
Tho mcasuro appropriates $30,000,000,
with which tho Government purposes
providing housing facilities for shipyard
labor. Lack ot such facilities has bren
given as ono of the principal causes cf
labor shortage at theso jards.
lVT T C3XT A Tl 3T T 1 inn
jJIjU QiS)i- nEilEi, IIAIJLIA i
ON COAL TRAINS BEGIN
Pivo Raiders Arrested by Policeman
Aro Sent to Houso of
Correction
The approach of another cold .pell
caused n, coal raid today on cars on tho
Philadelphia nnd Heading Hallway at
American and Diamond streets.
l'lvo of tho raiders wcro arrested by
Special Policeman Green. They wcro
Anrirr illrnrh. .Tnnpnh Mtal An.4.H...
Mallei, Albert Chuslc'c and Curontza.
Canfow, nil of Second and Diamond
streets. They wcro tent to tho Hmio I
of Correction for thirty dajjj by llagls
trato Glenn.
WAGE IJ00ST l'OR TRAINMEN
Railway Brotherhood Heuds Look
for Incrcaso in March
rLIJVl.LAXn, O, I'ch 10 Hallroad
brotherhood lieads here bolleve that In
creases In wages will bo granted to all
empiojes of railroads by March 1,
"A wago Increaso is virtually cer
tain," laid Timothy Rhea, acting presi
dent of tho Brotherhood cf Locomotive
firemen and L'nglnemen.
"Tho increapo will uffect dorks and
other ofllco emplocs as well as union
men." said TV. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen.
At tlifl oflice of V. ft. Ftone, president
of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive L'ngi.
necru, it was said tho wago Increases
really went into effect January 1, ahd
tho Government will pay the men tho
dlffcrenco between their present wago
and the new scale from tho first of tho
year.
PICKET 'DEATH LEGION'
WILL KICK AND BITE
Girl Strikers to Organize on
Russian Model as Defense
Against Police ,
Girl thlrtwaUt and dress goods
strikers today began tho formation of
a "Legion of Death," according to ono
nf the clrl pickets, -who i-ald that their
feadere have Iseued orders that they aro
n "kick bite, scratch, fitrlko and pum
mel" policemen who offer any kind of
VlIMcUcts declare that they wilt return
Mow for blow if any of them uro at
redurjng their actIUt.es picket,
and that they will Milt to hurt.
rOUnTKUN GIRLS AIIRUSTHD
Police of tho Kiev enth and Winter
,.. station this morning nrrested
Jtr 1n clrm charged with creating dlH-
.U.rince8 whUo performing picket duties.
After hJS i W foro "l81,ra,t0 O"1'8;
. fh station houo nunied, twelve of
nt tb8 iitJetB wero discharged with
,bM?Suto and warnings.
reprimands ana n
"i r namo a Rha Teld, 816 Mbun
fVl SdM "ned 7.50 on cliargea
SSrS assault -nd battery were
lii.v..- Qgalnst I.llie tinier daio
IrtU streev. , tlie remaining mem-
CambrldBe " of fourteen arrested
bcr oi "- -s T.10 complainant alleges
tbls njorii-nB. b ,en u by Libel MIL
ll,at ,fusal to Join the strikers. Jen
ler on "",'' emploe of Itosenbaum
nlllea,l" Arch street, and asserted that
& I:0,-' Miller attacked her this morning
a'ter tS Suit work in symnathy with
J16 .irlkers. TheWllleerent picket vxas
JJjJcfud bjf ratroluian Burns, of th
Cantlnue' a r Toot, Colamn Two
,riss
CAMCIHt OT BT1H.
HIHHUWS,
7000 SHIPYARD WORKERS
CALLED OUT IN NEW YORK;
WILSON TO ISSUE APPEAL
Workers Insist Action!
Was Forced by Re-!
fusal of Government!
to Consider Demands!
t, 'J i. T I
President lJrepaieS
Definite Pl'ODOSal to '
End Trouble Menac-;
ing Nation
,
Cl'OWdei' Thl'eateilS tO
Revoke Draft Ex
emptions if Walkout
Continues
IVnsfitnrrlnn. IVTi. 1ft TnrrpnhPtt
wages, improved working conditions j
and overtime pay for all shlpjard
workers in the Delaware chain of
ardn, including Philadelphia and
lialtimore workers, will be recom
mended by the Shippipg Hoard wane
adjustment board, it decided this aft-
No reference was made to
(he htriklnjr carpenters but the pres-
'sure of the recommendations was
expected by officials to brine the
i woodworkers into iinc
vicinity of New York harbor. He
will endeavor to prevail upon thc
men to return to work pending the
adjustment of their difficulties by the
"L!!.. l.nn.J I ii i, tniil nr 41 n I
HIlipp.HK uuuiu. At , o.m v i..v
department this afternoon tltat this
is thc only action that it has taken
in the strike.
NEW YORK, l'cb. 16.
The United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners has decided to
ask President Wilson to intervene In
thc strike of shipyard workers en
gaged upon Government contracts.
EDGEWATER, N. J- Feb. 16.
Empiojes of a big shlpvnrd here
returned to their work today after
!..:,. ,,.it.j i ., l.nn tlioip m. ' addressed to Miss Hcdulg Schnod, Zu
having walked out when their cm-. rR1 s,vtzer,anJi Koyln. ..Prtram ln.
plojer 60ered to pay them thc $6.60
naked bv the unions. This scale, he
a8Kca ,,J " u",u""".. ' . """"' ,l
said, would be adjusted to thc
Government scale if thc Government
u j ,..... .,,,,i ,.lil, ,.,
reached an agreement with thc
workers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1G
a a i'A&i :
, S ! Abl as tlio men can DC called j
jCX from their work by agents of
the Maiino Woodvvotkcrs
union,
QilnvnrHa in tlin district of the Dort
r x- . vi. ., l.ninr ,lnn,,,U,l ne
of New iork ure bcint,' denuded of
their woodworkers.
According to John Stuart, secre-
tarv of the union, between 6000, and
7000 men havo laid down their tools.
, . - r i
Uord leceived licro from ash-
ington this afternoon that Provost
Marshal Crovulcr wilt put the
strikers who were granted draft ex
emption into the army unless they
Continued on Pno ne. Column 1'our
ROBERTSON RESIGNS
AS CHIEF OF STAFF
Sir Henry Wilson Will Succeed
to High Position in
British Armies
LONDON", l'cb, 1C Mr 'William Hob
ertson, rhlef of Staff of tlio British
nrnilen. has rctigucd. It was unnounccd
tills afternoon He will bo succeeded
by f-'lr Henry Wilson.
Tho oITlclal pre burau announced
tlat nn c.ten.sIon of the fuiic'lonn ot the
pennuiicnt military representntlvo nt
tho Versailles Intel -Allied War Councils
limits tho special powers of the Chief
of Staff. The Government offered Rob
ertson his choice between permanent
representative nt Versailles or his pres
ent position under the new conditions.
Both propositions were refused.
KNGINKiUtS VISIT CITV
Red Cross) 1'ceds -50 Soldiers En
Kouto lo tlio Front
A companj of about 230 soldiers
passed through the city this afternoon
en route to tho front In "No Man's
Land," The aro engineers and will bo
engaged In digging trenches and lajlng
mines, ttc , for tho boj s In khaki at the
The Oak Lane auxiliary of tho Red
Cross. In charge of Mrs. V. S. Newbold,
met the bo), who wero right loyally'
provided with coffee, sandwiches, clga.
rettes and fruit at, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad ttatlon this afternoon as
Jicy halted for a brief whllo In tho city.
Clegg Leads Clcnrvicw Shoot
Hilly Cles vtss lesdlns la th weelclr
hoot of the CUsrvlevr ftun Cub this after.
noSn at cllney. Clees broke ' of hi. 80
UrseU, one better Ih.n Bllber the stcond
mn flhlcl wi Ih rd with . The
Ko1;, wo. otf form on his flr.t 53 tsrc.t..
rniMlns.3. On- ths second round he showed
Rl trn" ibllltr br smssjihw :i at th,M
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1018
Demands of Striking
Shipyard Workers
PIGHT-HOUK DAY between 8
a. m. and 5 p. m.f with a 5
per cent increase for any eight
hour day covering other hours of
thc twentj-four.
Saturday half holidays during
June, July and August.
Double time instead of time and
a half for overtime.
Kntlrc holiday New Year's Day,
Decoration Day, Fourth of July,
Labor Day, Christmas and gen
eral election day, with no work of
any kind on Labor Day, except
to "protect life and property."
Weekly payments, with riot to
exceed three das" wages held
back.
Men sent to work outside of
homo psrts to receive wages,
transportation and expense allow
ance of $2.50 per day from thc
time of leaving home until their
return.
Union agents to have access to
yards at all times.
Grievances to be mediated with
out lockouts or discharge.
Wage ocale of $6.60 a minimum
day for shipwrights, joiners, boat
builders and mill men; $7.10 a
day for caulkero, and $3.25 a day
for laborers and helpers.
Closed shop to be adopted, thc
brotherhood agreeing to furnish
all men wanted.
FISCHER PARTNER
TRACED TO ZURICH
TJt g. Agents Believe He
, .
f, , TVT;i TllOVn ill
Woman's Name
INTERCEPT POSTCARD
A postcard and a letter found anions
the effects seized by tho Inderal au
thorities, from Adalbert Tlscher's home
arid offlces are thought to'ehow that
Ad Koertlng, known to be close, to the
Kaiser, Is getting lila mall and ntiirwer
Inr It under tho namo of Mlks Ilednig
Pchaad, at Zurich, Switzerland.
A postcard signed by Mr. Plsrher
was taken befoio it could bo maibd,
terncd " Other letters wcro found
tlgned 'Hednlg" and coming from
hwltzerland. Mans other letters In
(ierman aro being translated under tho
direction of Frank Onrbarlno, agent of
tho Department of Justice, and It Is
,,,,011(.llt' p0,b,0 tilat these may connect
rischcr with Boy.IM and Von Bcrns-
torfl".
Koertlng bolng well known to be clono
to tho Kaiser, It Is thought that rischcr
jiai therefore by means of theso letters
been In closo touch with tho AVIlholm-
.
, ..i.pj sjtatei District Attorney Kinei
today nald that ho wished to deny mos
emphatically that there wus au thing
'" amo'nR Vlsollor.s mver!, to taci
any one to bellovo that llicro had been
anypi" '0tlyu" thB hutte-Koertin?
'it is thought that Koertlng has been
In direct communication with Plseher by
IlltMIia VI ill" juiiv.ii iimuij- i.tv mu
,.,., nrwnrdC(i on to him In Berlin.
Tho contents of other letters coming
from Zurich nnd signed "Hednlg' Is
Ftlll unknown until tho translations arc
complete.
Tho tlcrman-owncd plants of the
Continued on rase Hie, Column fun
GERMANY BELITTLES
AMERICA'S STRENGTH
I People Told U. g. Can't Send
1 an Army of More Than
200,000 Men
liy HENRI BAZIN
hta'I i orreisoiiifes' Vxmlno 7uti, I cilatr
Willi (Tie Amcrdaii .erniu (n i roce
with thi: AMi:mcAK armv in
Tlin I'lHLD. Tcb. lo (delajcd).
German prisoners captured by the
Trench told American odleers today that
tho German Government Is informing its
peoplo that tho Lnltcd h'tates would bo
unable over to tend" moro than 200,000
troops to l'ranco on account of the sub
marines. These captives, who were Interviewed
by Amerlcin olllccrs, also declared that
vjcium.ij . ..... tIi lle rCS
ent Russian situation. Husala, they saldT
nrawCtl IIS TUIO un lb inilliarV D11pnnl,i
u car ago, to that Its present action
gives no iiuwmiuho " cierniany. Tho
real opponents of tho Kaiser nro Kram-e,
Great Britain. America. Italy nnd Itu
nianla, they said, adding that this fact
has been recognized In Ocrtnany for
some time,
American gunfire today drove off
boche aviators that attempted to pene.
trate behind the Sammees' Hna to drop
bombs. The futllo try for a successful
air raid followed closo on last night's
two-hour bombardment with Ras ..
In which there was only one casualty, a
wounded. Hamniee.
Last night's gas attack caino ui,.n
there was a shift in the wind that fa"
vored the boche design. I pr three hour,
the sammees were compelled to UBe $f
gas mssks. Impatient for the oxpectJa
infantry attack that never came. Durjng
tlllery responded with a vigorous Hr
from 7B. and U-lneh shell. The-".";:
mans also used he&vj artillery.
Ono type of gas shells sent over by
:-;',.. CsaUMW m w "-i-ni x
TROOPS TO STAY
ON EAST FRONT
Germany Countermands
Orders to Transfer
Army to France
STILL WARS ON RUSSIA
Southwestern Slav Republics
Forming Union to Drive Bol-
sheviki From Their States
COPENHAGEN, Feb. lfi.
Warsaw has been placed under
martial law by thc Germans, as a
result of thc high feeling of thc
Polish population against thc Cen
tral Powers, dispatches received
here today declared,
ROME, Feb. 16.
Germany has countermanded her
transfers of troops from the cast to
the vvest front because of failure of
thc Ilrcst-Litovsk peace negotiations,
according to a dispatch from R.issla
published in thc Idea Nazionalc
toda).
LONDON. Feb. 16.
Negotiations at Hkatcrlnosiav to
form a union of nil southwestern re
publics ngnint tho Bolshevlki nro re
ported to havo t cached a successful
conclusion. It was nlso agreed to form
n. Joint m my to clear south Russia
of llolslicvlk troops.
Ton Trotsky dcclaicd Russia's
vvithuraw.il from the war was a real
withdrawal and tho tin owing away of
all ngt cements with her former allies
In leporllng to tho All Russian Work
men's nnd Soldiers' Councils (tho
Soviet), on tho result ot tho Brest
Lltovhk cnnfricnce, nccotdlrnr a.
Russian wireless dispatch tccclved
here.
Tlio Government, M, Trotsky state.",
was reservlnc; for Itself romplcto
ftccdom with icspect to both fides In
tlm war.
Tlio dispitih nays tho Councils ap
pi lived tlm whole policy pf the Brest-
iituvsK delegation
1 "All lnrtlc, including tlio opposl
, Hon groups, recognized," snyM the dlH.
patch, "that the decision taken by tlio
commissioners w.ih tho only correct
and dignified outcome of tho nowly
created liiternatlonil Hltu.ition.
"Tho question of tho possibility of a
German offensive ngalnst Hussli wns
discussed. Nearly all present wcro ot
tho opinion that It wait vciy Improb
able, hut uttered wnrnlups against uu.
limited optimism In this direction, ho-
Continued on Vase lour. Column eten
SIGNAL CORPS MOTOR
MECHANIC DIES OF HURT
Captain Zimmerman Succumbs in
Rase Hospital to Injury SulTered
nt Camp Hancock
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ca , rcb.
1C. Captain A. L. Zimmerman, tdgnal
corps mutoin meehinlc, stationed nt
Camp Hancock, dlid at the. bass hos
pital hero today from Injuries lecelvcd
l'rlday night In n motorcycle collision.
Tho accident occurred on the Mllledge
vllle road, a mile 0r mi from camp
Captain Zimmerman was returning ti
tho camp fiom the cltj on his motor
cjclc, running nt n prtty rapid rato
o fspird. Ho failed to sco a buggy
drlvtn b a negro alieul of him nnd
crashed Into It Tmm behind lln was
hurled Kcvcr.il fet by tho Inipict,
rasserslij nished him to tho Imka hok-
imi.ti. iiiii n titi n.niiun innn uitmia.i ,
fractured cl.till and othir Injuries He
died early this morning
Another traced In thn o-imp occurred
this morning when l"red K. Tov, llrsf
clatn private, 103d l'nglncern, vas
ciushed to death under a heavy army
truck when It turned turl!, ('omp.uilonn
icinoved tho body from beneath tho
truck, but life was extinct. Private
l'o's homo Is In Altoon.i, Pa
'I his Is tho third tragedy at Camp
Hancock In as many das. tho other
ono being tlm death ot Private II. C.
Itothtnberger from an exploding hind
grenade.
FOUR AMERICANS DIE
IN ACTION IN FRANCE
One Wounded, Two Miasinp; as Re
sult of Four Days of
Fiehtinjr
WASHINGTON, Teh 16 Pour
Americans have bet n killed, onu
wounded and two are ruining ns a re
sult of lighting January Ju and I'ebru
aiy S, li and It (ii-ueral Perching re
ported to thu War Dcpaitment tcJay,
Tho dead are
VnivATi: i'i:nniNAxn SAi;r;r.s,
IVbruar' S, 1S2J l.lghtcenth street,
AVaslilngton, ,D f
I'HIVATi: JOHN J WHITi:. I'ebruary
S. general delivers. Bpuorth. la
PHIVATH JAMI NOVASCONI, Pebru-
nry v; Ouraj t'ol.
PIHVATU l.OLTIS W STAf'IJIf. I'ebnj-
ar 14, C01 hoctaw street. Oklahoma
CItj.OkIn
Tho mlssln:
I'RIVATi: HOWARD HOBIir.TS, Pebr
ruary 8, S47 West blMeentli htrcet.
New York.
PRIVATi: JOHN A. HILL, January 50,
Beny Ala.
Tho slightly wounded.
l'RIVATR MARSHALL R. TAIINUM,
IVbruary . Inkater, N I).
p. If. R. RKSUMES SCHEDULE
Tlie ' heatlcFs Mondaj " order having
een withdrawn, tlie Pennsjlvanla Ball
road will. un'U further notice, operate
tho usual weekday schedules of.iocal and
suburban trains on Mondays. Freight
stations will alfco be kept open during
the usual hours on Mondaja for han
dling Inbound and outbound freight.
Havana Results
FinST ttACR. threis.j ear-old) nd un.
rlnlmlns. 1 furlonss' "'
HUr l'ama, i"i. lap In. a to I 6 to 5 3 to B
jo, do Vmlei, 102, Col-
linn ,oto2 ewnlto"
Elltsbtth McNaushton. venito.
101, Dwrer ..........lOtol 4 to I 5 to J
llnm. 1.14. Kindle. Ajers. Rehol. Mlltoii
Csinrbell. Droml Proctor nd Itedes ji0V,
"'Second nAcn. e furlono;
Hlshlsnd, Lalf. 101.
Crump. 2 tol 4 to R 3 to h
Mac. JIB. 'Srphr..... B to 6 a to S
Conflacatlon, 94. riullman ...... to fi
Tims ids bcratch.a' Cboetaw.
THIRD HACJ5 , tSVi furlon:
-TApiaviile. BO. Smith . . 3 to b ltfkA n
Jojim. 97. Jlijllman,. ,n, 4 to 1 a to X
. a. 1 itfa l.laB I s
Norlc. JOJ. KlMger,. .... ,
I.- Ii!
CortitianT, 101R. st ini
QUICK
BASKETBALL
TRADES 80 171(1 TKADES 2D 3 017
GEKMANT'K II. . . 18 1-1 153 OK11M ANT'N 2D .. C 8 M
swAimr. l-ncp ,co ai na swahth. high . 27 cs D5
I RANK AtMAlt. . O 018 TUMl'LE 1'REP... 7 0-1(1
GIRARDCOL 31
CATHOLIC HIGH. U
GIRLS'
NARDERTHir.,.. 3 M 17,
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
rotutli irnvnnn mc, Jl-1 mile Oiesks, 110, Cuiiiip, 3 to 5,
1 lo 15, out. won; SpnilsVt, 101, Smith, 7 to 5, 3 to 5, second;
Golden SoUlici, 103, Murphy, 1 to 2, thiid. Time, 1.12.
DENIES START OF RUSSIAN DEMOBILIZATION
AMSTERDAM. Tcb. 10. The ..Wesu- Zcltung,, announces
It lias leceived conflimntiitit that Russian dcniolizatlon Ins not
bcgutij
FORMER MEMbEU OF PARLIAMENT SENT TO PRISON
LONDON, Tcb, 10. Arnold Lupton, f owner member of 1'ai
llauient, today wnb sentenced to blx mouths' Imprisonment for
ilistiibutlon of "political Icntlcts..''
PIEZ HERE FOR HOG ISLAND PROBE
Chailes A. Pica, Bouornl niann;ei and vice president of t'te
Emcigency ricet Corpointion, m lived at the Bellcvue-Stratfoid
Hotel late this nftcmoon to conduct an lnquity into Hog Island
nf fails. He icfusc.il to make any &tatement nt this time.
RUMANIA IN THE WAR TO THE .END
CHICAGO, Teh. 10. Dr. C. Angelescc, Rumaninn Minister
to this couutiy, sald today that "Rumania would continue in the
war to the end, cos.t what it may."
THIRTY-DAY LIMITSTART ANOTHER
ON FLOUR SUPPLYi
Householders Must Re- j
turn All Excess, Food
Administrator Rules
JAIL FOR DELINQUENTS!
I. VTBsT J10I7SB IOOII 111'I.I.Mi
Iliery liouaenlfe In riilUitelphls,
munt renUler all wheat flour, Including-
whole wheat nnd crsliam flour,
In eicem of a thirty-day Mipply.
PurrhBinr of more than forty-nino
pound of wlieitt flour forbidden1.
Leniency ofTerrd to nil liouneholdera
resNterlnci lioardera not i-'illerlnr I
threatened with lino nf s.1000, tno !
earn Impiirionnient. or both,
Tho first step In ascertaining tho
(luantltj of wheat flour stored ln privato
homes nnd an additional guard against
tho hoirder was made today Jay Jay
Cooke, l'cderal food administrator for
Philadelphia, whn ho Issued a flour
supply card to bo filled In by the houae
wife. Lvery patilotlo family Is urged to fill '
out and null one of theso cards to tho
admlnUtratlon n the Bulletin Building.
Lvery householder Is permitted to have
not moro than a thlrtj-day supply of
wheat flour on hand. It shu has, tho
administration asks return of the cteets
quantity to tho dealer from whom it
was bought.
If the ixcess has not been returned,
the person holding it Is required to regis
ter tho saino with tho administration
under penalty of the law The Lever
bill, constituting the food administra
tion, provides u fine of $5000, two years
In prison, or both, for violation of tho
food regulations.
FORM rOR REGISTRATION
The form for registration is as f0j.
Ion st
U, fi I'OOD ADMIVISTllAIION
KJ.OUH KUI'l'l.V OA1UI
fnder tho law. no prhate ioniumr In
Philadelphia fount r l permitted lo purchaio
ln enreia ot fom-nln jvundi of uheat flour
or to havo In his or her bonw moro than
a tlilrt) 'la' suml
Conumr ho have not returned to their
dslr all wheat npur In eaceia of their
requirements for thirty dnia are directed
to restiter1 their boldlim cf wheat Hour In
Continued on I'ase Hie, tnlumn Thrra
Archbishop Prenderjrast Improves
The condition of Ahblshop Prender
gasti who hB been confined to ths arch
(episcopal residence on Vine street for
jth last two weeks suffering with a se
vere, col1" ana the Infirmities of old
'ace. U reported improved today.
mito Lngn CouriNi
NEWS
SCORES
LANSDALE H.
8 1
SHIP AT BRISTOL
Chester Company Lays Its
First Keel at Up-
River Town
END SUNDAY WORK
-iiip rnor.RVM movks svtirii.v
Tho flrnt keel at the 5 ant of the
Cheater Shipbuilding Company, at
Ilrlntol, will bo laid this afternoon,
lleilnnlnr tomorrow there will be
no more Snnday work at Hog leland,
JlrlMol or eirark bh1pardN.
Hear Admiral lion lea sent an ap
peal In VV aehliVKtoii urstng that alllp
fabrleatora he plared In the ftame pri
ority rlaNM fur nil fuel shipments as
the hlibuilders themselves.
There wcro m iny Important develop
ments todiy In tho chlpbuilding cam
paign directed by Rear Admiral Bowles.
After announcing that tho first keel
would bo laid this afternoon at the
Bristol shlpjards of the I'hcster fhlp
bulldlug Company, the Admiral sent an
appeal lo Washington urging that fabrl
ratora and subcontractors be placed Inieffoit ta have tho troops parudo n
the same priority class for oil fuel ship
ments as the shipbuilders themselves.
If this Is not done, nnd theso men sup
plied with oil fuel, our entire program
inu-t fall, ho declared.
OIL SUPPLY F..SKNTJAL
"Tho fuel administration has Issued a
priority order regarding the distribution
of oil," bo tald, "and In this order the
Government shipyards are sixth on tl.o
list and number ono ou all Industrial
activities In contrast with tills the cub
contractors who am working for the
shipbuilders, are eleventh, or next to
last on the, list. The men jngaged In as
sembling the parts are entitled to thc
same consideration us tho shipbuilders
themselves. It would bo Just ns ridicu
lous to say that a retail drug store lias
priority but that tho drug wholesaler
should not,"
Admiral Bowles also nnnounced that,
beginning tomorrow, all Hunday work nt
tho jards under his Jurisdiction, would
stop. Only emergency work, fuch ns
unloading ot cars and other absolutely
Continued on rase Tour, Column Two
N'ewcomb Wina S. 8. White Shoot
' Charlie If. Newcomb. former national
champion and recent n Inner of the mid.
winter handicap ihoot at Plnehuret, N. C.
won the monlnly 8. R. White Club shoot
this afternoon at llolmeiburs Junction,
breaking his BO birds atralsht. There wero
competitors.
The next of th six hlsheet seorera vera!
Thompson. l vV olaencroft. 4Si Pratt, ift
PRICE TWO CENTSJ
MTTJ
YWJ. I K' I MAY a
.Mvvwivilla ii,.
. l"j
TO BEGIN PROBE"
OF HOG ISLA
!.-
Conference With Bowles'
- uw a,j.u. lit II llOUil D MA
"Personal" Inquiiy ,$,
&
DAVIS GATHERING DATA' Jj
Solicitor General Preparinij
Details for Gregory's Scru-'
tiny of Plans
Charles A. Pier, vlco president nnd
general manager of the Emergency Fleet ,
Corporation, Is on his way from Wash
ington to Philadelphia to begin his In
vostlgatlon iif tho American Interna
tlonil Shipbuilding Corporation nnd Its
ship fibrloitlnn project nt Hog Island,
Investigation of which lias been ordered
by President Wilson following severe
criticism of tho American International.
Plei's first move will bo to confer
with Admiral Bowles and ether Govern
ment ofllelals tomorrow morning. At
ho left Washington he refused to say
that his visit would result In tho Gov
ernment's taking tho project out ot th
hands of tho American International.
"We aro not prepared to tako thai
step Just now nt least," ho said. "Wfl
nro conducting an Investigation nnd It
would not bo advisable nor sensible to
tako Judgment and mako a decision bs
foro tho cvldcncn Is In"
Solicitor General John W. Davis, o
tho Pepvrtment of Justice, Is making
tho preliminary preparations for the,
department's Hog Island Investigation,
Attorney General Gregory having gone,
to Mississippi to ntlc.nd the funeral of
his mother. The Investigation wUI not
be actually begun, however, until the
Atorney General hns returned and
gone over tho plans. Mr. Davis J,s
gathering alt tho data available In
Washington and clsewhcro on tho Hog
Isliud case. .
KANi: NOT TO BHOIN PROBR
Mr. Davis llatly denied that United
States Attorney Francis J'lsher Kane, of
Philadelphia, and Frank L. Garbarlno,
special agent in Philadelphia for the,
department, had been Instructed to begjn
nn Investlgitlon. Ho contradicted tho
report that Assistant Attorney George,
Carroll Todd would conduct tho Inves
tigation here.
Whether or not the Scnatn'Conimerce
Committee, which has been Investigating, 'jv
tho Hog Island case, will coma hero to' Sfj
get further facts Is liot decided, ncoord1 ";
ln in SlAnflfM,- IMftl r1,ai nlmlniinil nl Ik. J 4
cpmralttee..who- sold t would not W? iJ
dooideil until tlie ecminttfo'inet'MoneraT??
no bi&iu no uiuuiciit lire roinmitice woulVjr
uscme in rome nero, nenaior varem-
inn. .a inemhpr. unnrfl ffie rnminlltrA tnZZ
m.ii.. nml nntil li nr.iilit ,lirlliAH Mm .J
committee did or not. Later, however, h Iffc'
H.idl lm linyl IIioiiitIiI ll nepr nml rnllli4 d.4
do as the committee decided. 1.
Admiral BowlcfH Is ready with much,
data for Pitz.
When questioned as to tho Investiga
tion nt Hi'ti Island he declined to dis
cuss the matter. Ho said that Genaral
Manager PIcjs. of tho l.mergency IJSeet
Corporation, would arrive hero toi4(ht
and confer with hhn tomorrow.
Tho housing program for employes of
tho shlpjard Is still moro or less "un
In tho air." Nobody seems to know
just how many houses will be built or
when tho actual work of construction
will begin.
COM TAN V. WRLCOMES PROBE
Charles A Stone, president of tht
American International Shipbuilding
Corporation, is emoted as stating that
il.. ..t.. ..-.. a it r.lA.i,iind Itlrt 4rVtn I lalf tt
lll U'-lI'lI "'aT ""VWIIICO ,-i ,.wK,a. v tf
Il . ,. innHAlllanf tlt-tk OtSifl Xt. lit Crlflisla ? VL (i
y place at tlm disposal of the Imestl Ap
pators ail lia uoohi, recurua jinu uuicr .tv
tnrurmaiion in na i05S(.-fB.on mm niajr ?
iheoti' ntit lleTivf rt ttiA frnnsar i inn nf 5-A
the corporation and Its expenditures of air-vr.
tio eminent, money 38i
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SOLDIER PARADE PLAN M
Vl'itl Vnln Rffnrl in Unix Mpnrla
" " w p' Y.T&'VI
Men Here Memorial Day Mc
Atloo Kills Original Plan
II,. o Rlnff CamHnnnAnnl 3tV
u'iciiTvr.Tnv Tvi, te. . '.
,,,.......- ... ...... ,,
i;ffoits to have tlie i'ennsivama troops i
from Camp .vienao paracia 111 i-niiaaoi- ifeyi
nhla on Memorial Day will be niada by ... ivS-l
tho Philadelphia delegation In Congress. JJKJEf.
Tho present sinie oi transportation is, CNi'sb
Mich that no effort will be made to have, f 'Vti
tho decision of Mr. McAdoo. refusing ,J il
cars to bring tho troops nere, reversed;
but the members, from Philadelphia
soe- nn reason why It cannot be held
Memorial Day.
lleiireMntalivn .uciauacn, secretary ?
of the delegation, said: V"V',
"V"e will havo a meeting ot tho del v"
gaiCS 111 .IUJ win in .uu u e-une;cilo
Jieinonai i.m ty(f,K'
After a wee): of sllcnco and delav. DlJ''rf4';
rector General of Railroads WIHIam.O. iVS,
McAdoo has lefused cars to transport.' Vjt
th .".000 Philadelphia selected men tot.
tho city Ho iald tho transportation sit- -rv,
uatlon throughout the eatt prohibited the,' "Jv
"additional uuraen- eir nauung tlu. i t,
troeips. ,.
Mr. McAdoo expressed his views In a Pm
letter to Major General John SI. Blddle," ,'
acting chief of staff. Although the letaOM-""
ter was not mude publje, It I underetoesJViFf V
ho eiipresfed an nblnlon favorablu tJl'JJfSV
such u demonstration at a time when thVji
acute transportation conditions are vtyp?
lleved, It Is nlso understood he Javorsy.
tho parade ror .-iiemoriai uay, or aljpatji;
that time. JfV
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