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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918
PRICE TWO CENXa:
tofTStOHT lilts lit lilt folic Lftttlt COIiriM
assa-Mris- i i .. v ', v j t c. I-,- -' -r- " :: . ' -vo Ti . , . '-"-,,'-
Kugnmg yiupuc mcuger
f.L
$ c
RUSSIAN ARMY
CALLED ON TO
FIGHT INVADER
Resistance to Death
Ordered in Proclama
tion to Troops
1$ HUNS DEMAND SLAV
CAPITAL AS SURETY
Great Teuton Fleet He
ported at Reval Troops
Arc Landed
TROTSKY READY TO QUIT
'
Invaders Occupy Entire North-
ern Russian Front, While De
fenders Retreat in Disorder
W 1 nvnnv ivi.. !.
n Ml Uussians aro called on to tie-
fend tlic fatherland to the death
e against "lc (erman inasion
A -, .!.... :....-.! :.. Tnlr
in a
proclamatioii issued in Pclroj;rad
and signed by Premier I.cninc and
Kiisicn Krilcnko. continantler-in
cliief of. the Uolhhoik armies
e;0.
diers are ordered to destroy rail
roads and prouMons and to compel
the bourgeoisie to dig trencher) under
penally of death.
German has demanded occupation
of I'clrograd as a guarantee of its
peace treat with Itussia and a
lliirt-car trade agreement, accord
ing lo 11 dispatch front I'ctrograd
dated Thursela, recehed here toela.
A great German fleet of forty-lie. c
warships is reported to hac reached
Itetal. (icrman troops hate been
lauded, and the Daily News's I'ol
shetik correspondent telegraphs (hat
I.eou Trotsk, the Ilolsheeik Foreign
Minister, probably will resign.
Uy JOSEPH SUAT'I.KN
prvrnooKAn, ivii. ."
' u Germans haeo occiiplcel tho cnth-o
1 hern portion of the r.iifslan front 1
1 10 Russians aio retreating In dltorder ,
'.as lin cat airy 13 being rushed north-
e a-d.
'Tiio people's commlsrarlea hate or
I'ared fiusslan force) to reacuato lln
tand. (.This !a acccMcd as meaning that the
lioleheelkl. In concentrating their forces
Wo rv-iltt'the Teuton -Invasion,' line1
cUndoucd their attempt to conquer flio
h4l,
rw republic of rinland, which has been
ting for Its Independence 1
nuyslan forces are oeacuatliig 1'skofi
ard I'lotHe
I'ho capture of Minsk gracl cn
'.nsers Ilamcl nnd Mohlleff, where huse
'jpnllcs of ammunition and foodstuffs
t e &toicd
1'iie Vustriansj weie ltpoilcd to luiec '
t lei. i.io. n.i ni. I
-"---- - , 1
"tvkoff 1 I.IO mile,, otiiliu,Kt nf Mini
wtitalcn the Uiga-r-trograd Uallwae
. Is ntmill Ihn liilr.tene- .inli.f ,,i.l l
,2, ,t i in ,,1'r'nn' Point and Is
re lb in tna uilhrt lieeond olmat
.oje winch the lleiniuns weie lepoi ted
I eVrierelue lleilm OITle IhI Mnleineiit
1 Vtk Is about Kte miles northwst
I itcliKk e.ipltnl uf the pioelnc" where
Itu isiati armin weie reporled to be
Ck
V
ikiiliiitin,; iindti Ouer.il Itoueh-
'l'MUIi 'Murk l l.'." links pouth-
of itebd .Mohlleff is fifty mile-
cf Xltcli'li and 100 miles rnrt nf
yd, Hame! Is 135 miles southwest
'Itelisk l.ufk anil Dubiio are cities
dh.nia botli ii ihort dlrtance wet
h Kowio w
( e r vi I'd
ilU'h the eli'i mans nlread
td exiturcd )
v OLSU HV IK I COUNT OX
GERMAN REVOLUTION .
I.nN'DON, lVh .-'
(in p ojitc s coimiiissarlc), (Holshevlk
iMlnlktr) ) liuvc Issued n proclnnntlon
eieelailng the ugieed lo n peuee with
the C'eiitial I'oivcis, with enoimous con
cessions, u men tha eountrj from final
cshaustlon and the tevolution froui mill
according til ,liHt,.1lehp4 rrftli1 in,!.,.
e CMed Thur'das
..v Lviii, , i, rrt ll l c 1IU IIIV ,UUH1 ,11."-
t'Pt the conditions "until tho German
r. volution chances them."
I Tho German eiov eminent Is not has
tening its repl), tho nnlnlstij pointed
Clt. hfC.lllsn II Is iielilentte nlnvln,- ,i
V stlzo us mans Impoitniit positions iu
femlble
The commissaries dcclaie the are
firmly convinced tho German wnil.ets
will ilso against any attempt to stllle
the IlusNlan revolution.
'Tho sovlots und army organizations
should devote all tbeh efforts to te
crcatlng the uim," tiio proclamation
concluded.
In tho meantime the Gorman tidal
ave Is moving forward from ltonl tho
Hussion naval base on the Gulf of rin
land, on a rrosccnt-shaped line COO miles
long, extending to Unvno, tho-ltUHslun
fortress tn the southern end of the lino
which vvub oaptuied with much boot)'.
rctrograu wus tun oDjcctivc ami ucrinan I
forces were npprn.ichlng Pekoff, only 180
miles from thq Ilolsheeik capital
The German urmles In tho new Inva
sion of Itusshe are commanded by Gen
erals ton I'.lchhorn und Von l.lnslngen
The great stoics taken by tho Geimans
announced jesterdu), with capture of
neurly 10,000 otllcers and -men, show
that the Russian forces are not In need
of supplies so much as tniy need a
directing force.
I, n.il.l ,( ,m Ulirilllnn llAI... it
t !.enn Trotsksv Holshevlk I'orelgn Mln
Xister. was forped to ieulgn. It was his
;t tote that decided the council of ccin-
inlrslonarles should accept tho German
Ueaeo terms, after tho Uerniaifti threat
ened resumption of war If Iho lirest
't I.ltovsk terms were not accepted. Petio-
rrari ,llanl.liu n.1ii ln,l 1sa t A,1 n u i.a
: of indtcnatlou vuy spread I nc acalut
lioitity.
fc GERMANS COMPELLED
hlO MOVE WITH CAUTION
Uy J. W. T. MASON
NHW YOllIf, 1'tli. 'ii.
ton tllndeutiurir eolltluues to sll w
great caution In his HiiksIhii ni'iR'nf
-nr.d b apparently dotoin 'neel (j moiil
i-' I unlluurel ein 1'iiff Hie. ( uhimii l
HOLLWEG BUYS
LIBERTY BONDS
WITH U. S. CASH
Fovnicr German Chancellor's
Texas Caretaker Requests
Income Bo So Invested
WASHINGTON', Feb ::
Koimoi Chancellor on llelhmann
Hollweg has sub-crlbcrt to American I
Liberty bond
The caretaker of the ct-ChiineclIoi s
real estate holdings In Waco, Tex , ln
nked that the total Income fiom the
property approximate 75.ft00 a scai
bo converted Into the bonds, which
aro being used to fight the Kaisci
In Btntlnc this todav, ollVlalj of the
alien propertj cintodlun's olllce here
declared tome of the runnel already haSj
i ha been turned Into bond" It I us
iiunied thit tho caretaker acted on in-1
tructlons from llollncs himself
YiCTORY BREAD OR NONE
That Is the Ultimntum
of Entire Countty
for Ilakcis
After
N'cst Sunday
WAhlllNOrON. Teh J. i,l liu
Vicior buad or none In tho United
states after nett Sundis
Telegrams sent out by tho food ad
mlnlEtratlon toda to nil Stito admlm
tratoiH oidrred rigid rnforccment of
tho 20 per rent 1
"You II like It though llnndieds of
bakers hac wired IIooer tliej alreadv
hao pl.tred lctor tirend on the mar
ket and tint It Ins been enthusiastically
rccelcd
Tiillure of absolute compliant 0 with
tho new regulation this food adminis
tration warned toda would mean .1
serious demoinllatlou of tho tJoicrn-
'unii j vlllllt, H1.1M1 jUKIiiin
LIFE OF ARCHH1SHOP
IS RELIEVED ERRING
l'l elate Nested Well Labt Night, hut
T,ittlc Hope for Kccovcry
Is Felt
i lilusliop Prendergaht, w ho ji 1 I een
ill two months at tho anhleplECopil resi
dence, was reported this morning to be
In a s.eilous condition although he tc:t-
ed easil during tho night.
Marmlng heart svmptoms developed
late jesterdaj, and though somewhat Im
pioted this morning the aged prelato Is
believed to hate little chance for re
i overs I'cplti Ills lcmarl.ieblo eltalltj
tho Infirmities of ago hate rrotod a big
handicap
GERMAN RECRUITS MUTINY '
I
Shoot Down Officers In TJelgian I
Camp Offenders Tut to Death
AMSTCUDAM, I'ob :: German re
cruits In n camp ret Hetcrloo, llelglum
(thhty miles east of Brussels), mutinied
and Khot soteral olllccra after one of
the latter had, sabered a soldier. It was
icported from tho frontier.
number of tho mutineers nro said
fo havo be.yii court-martialed and shot.
THREE CAMDEN HOMES
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
rnnnlies Dtivcn Out Into Cold by
Succession of Kuily Morn
ing Fires
Tluce flies ilroec the occupants of as
mane Camden homes Into the cold this
morning between 1 and ii o clock anil
tauved. property damage amounting to
nuout jisnn
'J he families or jfnio Stork
and
'lmrlos narl l.'S and t"3 North Twentj-
"r,t ttfet .lWoko about 3 1u O clOPK tO
,, tIl0 r,ar ,,orton, of 1)0tl, ,0Usc8
,llP liefore (Iretnen had extinguished
the tires damage to tho amount of about
I 1 30(1 had been done Kardls had tho
"remen it turned to their qua! tern when
unothei alarm called them to tho homo
or Weslev Million, J3I: Walnut street
wheio an overheated stovo had set fire
lo tlie Intel lor of the living loom. The
d image wni nbout $200
U. S. TROOPeS IN NEW SECTOR?
Sammeo's Ksploit Hints of Amcti
cans in Chcmin-dcs-Oamcs
District
win ii Tin: a.mi:iuca. aii.mius i.
I'P.ANCi:, l'eb. 22. I
n American soldier Captured a, lone '
German In h shell hole shortly bcfoie
das break and after disarming tho man,
brought him Into camp
The American soldier was In the
rheniln-des-Daines district shoitly be
fore dasbrenk when ho became lost
After cnpturlng his man, tho American
waited for das break before bringing his
prisoner Into the American lines.
This is the flist mention made In dis
patches fiom I'rante of American sol
diers being In the Chemln-des-Dames
district Tho fhemln'-des-Dames, a road
south of Laon, was the scene of heavy
lighting In the successful Trench, drive
last euinmet.
WASHINGTON, Teh . Official
Washington was deeply Interested today
In the reported e'apturo of a German tol
ellcr In ii fhell hole In the C'hemln-des-names
district, but tho War Department
had nothing to add to tho press report.
The fact, however, that General Per
shing's center permitted the cabling of
the nnnountement that the Americans
now are fighting In this noted battle
sectoi was considered significant
SMALL FRY WIN OUT
Little lliotliets Heat Hig Urothcis in
Oyster Saloon Fiacas
'I wo little brothers "beat up' two big
Inotheis in a light that followed an ar
gument as to whether oi not a Mana
5 unk oyster saloon was an ouster saloon
(Note One of the little brothers was a
former prizefighter)
Iho Mc pair Wesley and Pat Id
Kreder, Weft Manas unk argued oter
the matter In'the o)sler cafe of tho little
fellows Hairs and Clarence Lehman,
101 Leveling i-trect according to testi
mony before Magistrate Price todas',
Wesley Kreuer tens lai.en in or, Tim
oths,,n Hospital, Clarence Lehman, an
et-puglllst, and his brother were arrest
ed and Ik Id today fur further hearing.
It'a the U. S. Employment Service
The l.'nlted States Kmplo.vmcnt Bert
loo Is the new designation for the Fed
mil Hmplosment Service, which has
been conducted under tho Bureau of 1m
flg"atlon. 1 he Philadelphia office has
"T.. .Anew! to 150 South Third street.
lie! e Henry .el" '"gcr. a former
'FlVi ,""",S","" '" '
U.S. GUNS WORK.
HAVOC TO FOE
Enemy's Lines Pounded in
t.,.. r,.,i c rr.
iiiic-nat; i-'iiv;! ui nuiivy
Cannon
AIRPLANES DIRECT FIRE
Gemiail Artillery Re-OnforCCel j
and Now Outnumber Amer
icans Along Sector
I.ONI)0.. I'd). :-'.
A lartje enemy party raided two
posts In t lie neighborhood nl tlic
Yprcs-Koulers railway early last
ni'lit, taking a ten llrilisli prison
ers, I ield .llarishal llaig reported 1
tuda).
An attempted client raid on lid- f
r?ian nosltloif, near Mcrcl.cm was re-
pulsed by artlllcrj and machine
guns.
'I lie llritisli line on tlic west todnv
estends from the eicitiit, of lhciflllI(n, nr (rl , ,., no(,lv lini
North Sea to the neighborhood of
the Oisp Khcr. Haig'. lorccs har
thus extended their holdings through
taking oter a tonsidcrahlc sector
held b the 1'rrneli south of St.
(lurntin. Ki'ipt for the Trench
sector near the coast and the 1W-1
gian sector, the llritisli now occup
the entire front from
the Oisc.
the coast to
r.vms. ieh. j j.
Kussiau eoluntecrs and l'olish
legionaries, quartered in the ame
town, entrained for the Irnnt toda.1
headed be a niilitar baud. Their
attitude toward each other war, most
harmonious.
with Tin: AMi:i:ie . ei:n
I.N
I nNCi:. 1 eb .! fdel.oedl.
Ileaee exchanje of artlleiv the ein
llnued todi'y on the meilcan front
. Ill 11 bilsk fight this afternoon mci
lcan gum pounded Herman positions
i doing considerable dimago behind the
inemy lino" as well as destro Ing i' re
' enta(5lemeni
Atnerletn an-plano nhscnci? woikng
I 'n fv,nlllnetlnn elllh llie nrlillerx rltri r
' ellent work. The liifientrj Is aolng Its
"'srsTrSS:.
fenlng operations of Ilia (Jermans from
eaptleo balloons alroedy nro Immune
Irom. uir-3icHiica, rcsuieiiiif irtini mi
Incessant tugging of the gas bag upon
tho haee&er.
American officers cay thero are three
German cannon massed on this sector
to etery two American guns Tho enemy
has been ra-cnforCed with tome batteries
from tho Russian front, because rome
Krupp eighty-eight millimeter shells
were detected, although tho elKhty-elghts
wore superseded by seecnty-seens on
tho west front genrall)
A two-seated armorod furctago alt
p'nrc again flew on r the American fro.it
lines, nhootlng up cook wagons, hut the
plare eeas d-Ien off by American ma
chine gunners The boeho flow so low
th it the occupints of the craft wore visi
ble It was bclloecd that the low-flying
pllott, were emulating the German re
cently shot down, nicknamed Tamo
mas" and asserted to be Wnlicr llutt,
the cjellst Rult fhot in) the trenches
ulnn- the iront until killed In Decembet
Tho Germans me beslnnlng to show
nc'tleltlea with their trench mortars fc
the first time, hurling eceral winged
toipcdoes known ns "'(1 ing pigs The
did up damage
Seas of mud haee lesulted finm l'ie
rain Plastered Midlers are coming ou'
of the trenches to ret The Woeeio ca
Is eer; sticks, but trantport tomniuui
catlon from bases eeas not hampered as
the roads aro maintained n excellent
(ondltlon
Dae break Thur'day i'eca)ed tint new
I barbed wire before the German treuclie-
had not been strung up as intended a
working part having hcen dlsroecied
during tho night when a barrage was
ordered
LAST MAN'S CLUR
.MEETS, FORTY STRONG
Citil War Vc'terans' Ranks Thinnci
Than at Gathering Last
Year
I'miv (ivil War tctoians inembcis
of Iho Last Mann Hub of the survivors
of tho Second Pennsjltanla Hoav)- Artll-lers-,
met today for the thirteenth annual
Washington Dlrthdas rollcall and thlrts
second annual leunlon Tho mei-tlng
was opened at 10 o'clock In G, A, R
headquarters, lu.'3 Arch street
Their ranks were thinner tlnn at th"
last rollcall, seven members hue Ing died,
and tho severe winter weather causing
half of the eighty survivors of the
famous regiment to remain at their
homes
Thllleen scars ago enn smeieois in
the old regiment formed tho Last Mana.tc, which acted Independent of the
Club and started a fund which will be
divided among tho last three surtltlng
members One hundred and setents'
llvo becamo charter members and put
tsnn I,, .1 bank Slnco then It has
grown to more than 1C00, and there are I
nlnets-flve fewer members Lieutenant
Christian 1' Gramlleh 4313 North Klf-'
tcentli street Is president of tho club
The Hist tin co get the pot. .cheei Uy
said George W. Ward, secretary, loua)
lie!
"nnd I m going to be olio of them
to seventy tears oiu
After rollcall nil the ofilcen of the
club were re-elected "J ho other olficeisi
are I'redeilck llregler vice president i
suigeo'ii, John 11 AI)eis, coloi bearci
lend Crank Wllmlnde. bugler
boiit fortv members of the ladles
nuxlllarr of tho club attended the meet
?"g and Hie luncheon held soon after
In the Quaker Meeting House
WORKS AT 70 FOR COUNTRY
He U a friend nf All Pennell
Vol Too Old to Seite Nation, Says The Lnard of trustees of the rnivei
ri.il Wm- Wteian 'site. It became known toda). did not
Giul Wat etetan "a is u bods m toting to v.ithhoiii
"tm sevent) enrs old. but not ton
ntii tn work, for ins' country," was the
2?im made. 1.)' a Oltl.l War teteran at
tho headquarters oi i,'"' "
Iteserte, 430 wiuener uuiiuihe.
II
enrolled, as a carpenter.
Sixty-four other applications, either n
SoVor by mall, for sli ward tolun-
leer ork have been received
Warehouse Fire Causes $3000 Loss
The contents of tho tnrec-story
brick
building at lisp niswaicr Biicci.
occu-
..i..i ou ii evurehouso by II Kalinan v.
!!,WerT.ieV,ioss isetVffiec, . i'r.1
liirnther vvero destroyed by tire last
cEKTSr?
TURNS TO BLACK
'
Co"!, ,,:)ust
White Stir
face of Change
ful Stream
Tlic Iteil P.lver, Green lllvei, el low
Uiver, blue Danube anil other stream"
of color cognomens Imte nothing on
" -"fhujlklll Illecr. which today af- I
fected a chameleon-like dial se In elude
'running the gamut from .1 rler of
nhltn to a rler of black.
Coil dust washed Into the stream
came, donn In great nuanlltieH thlsmoin
I Ina, transforming tl TrhlteiifM of the
1 Ice-filled currrnt of .1 fen dan ngn
to a dlngv black. The 't iilgmi 11
I coming from the l'nttMllle mining re-
Rlon, as lewed with coctotifness bj
householders needing coil and mote
than one wlli was cpiess?d thai tho
Mould fuol rotild be attained and dried
' wl" l"1 tieceesaiy lo eleir the
met it was estimated
Tho neei (onlluued lo fall liaemg
ineded ilinoit lo noinuil .'torn tin reiotd
breast three fen ilern thin looming,
which 1 one toot aboeo n011n.1l. Thin
fili'Pj a depth of iwo net alioee tint mat
at Jlanaeunk wlibh did 1101 affect opera
1 on of the null-
RUMANIA READY FOR' PARLEY
"cjcc -Negotiations With leutons to
Open Tomouow at Iiucliaiest,
l.s Ucpoit
Wl-.ll ltllM I'eb ' I'ca e nego.
Iiatlone between r.uni.iiii.i and ihc Crn
tial I'oweis wdl be riailrd tomouow,
acroidins 'o icpiiis i..iililng licio t"
daj. The Hum il(lan I uiniei and Ituiiianlan
foreign Minister Aei"iu nip "ild to be
in Ilu'haiest, the foniiu , ipltal of llu
manla whllur Vii-lrlati Toieign Mln
isler Ceinln was lepuiien lo hive sone
a few dae.s ao
PENN MEN
fc.
f I .
l lllWMIi no 'i i i 4B3
e? ' . i i'SjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiK'sjiisl'SlBH . . mi''fii1Slltfflf AlKlitilsTjnsniiiHSliiiK . itBFKVMilililHiiiH
&'3A!&Ul&iZtyrt?iii
-PENN TRUSTEES
SPLIT ON PENNELL
Degree Committee, Mem
bership Secret, Refuses
to Confer Degree
II U It N S
SUSPENDED
Iheie weie two new development
todae In the novv-famoiH us of Hi.
Ait Club of Phlladelplni t ivnnell
and ltuiiis el nl In tho eouit of publi
opinion 'I liee weie
I irst The linnor.-ii) degree of dni -tm
of letters which the I nieersliv
of I'ennsslvanla w.ih to confer upon
Joseph Pennell. distinguished nitist
todav was withheld bv tlie degree
committee of the board of tiustees
us a result of n direct w lie 'be
tween tho Art Club and the board nf
trustees, which was hotl) divided on
the question
Second. Charles 31. Bums noted
architect and close friend of All Pen
nell, was suspended bv the Art Club
for ten daes Wednisdae afternoon
following charges lodged with the
house commltteo that Included an ar
nisatlnn of pro.Oermanlsin agilnst
the Civil War navnl veleran
Mcmbersnip or ino uegrcp eoniniii-
board In the decision, Is not on lecoul,
but, according to trustees, Hie members
are
Louis C Madcha, thallium
George Wlnrton Pepper
.Inhn Cadwalader
TJils Is a prltale niattet and the
trustees I believe, need make no public
cnlanatlon, ' Mr. Madeira was quoted
t.ils morning ns saslng
H was 1101 cnnirnipriieii lo givr-.vir.
Pennell tho degree today' Jit. Cad-
walnder paid
'It was never announced
m0iaiv that
the degree would bo
"ivrnnLoCKisG iiir.r.cioii n:'
Members of the Unit ei sit) bond of
tiustees who also arc members of the
Mt Club Hie .1 Ileitram LIppincott. IM
waid T hloleshui), (hailcs L Ilorle,
lr John Cidwnlader and Alorrls I.
I Clo'hler Mr Lipplncolt Is the publisher
of Air Pennell s latest hook of sketches
the degree following .ur i-riiiieu s aurup.t
resignation from Hie trt ciuli under
i..,o- of bating objected too Mronclv
to Urltlsh nillcers In Uniform drinking
liquors In the club
. .i.l.n.Hnn from tlie Alt ('lllh. inll.
.' on members of the Universit)'s
'"",,, body. foumi tha members in
a decided split over tho pennell contro
ivef5 The degree committee, however,
(voted to withhold the honorary sheep-
I skin.
rhe suspension or Air nurns became
oTn .hi. morning ,j .l;;!!;;-
(.ntlnnl nn l'ae l, loluuiii le
SCHOLASTIC GOWN
AND KHAKI MIX
Grim Touch of War in Ob
servance of Univer-'
sity Day
WASHINGTON IS THEME
yjt. fobert FalcoilUl' as Ol'ntOl'
Draws Lesson From First
President's Utterances
'LlniiiMlt I'm the mofi hallowed
leremony In the traditions of tho t'nl-
ntsltS of IMuiejUaii n w in celebrated , ,osliua mid hi" Isinelttes i uituinl (
nl tho Aciiletnj of Music todae with .le'tlc'io from the CnnHntilto iksonIIIis
tl,eeonsch.usne.of the world wat wtlt-K" ', ''"' 7,?i!''M;. U ,.marS"!I":. ,
around the rlty eelth the Ark of tho t
ten oeci ceerj ujpe. t of 11 lor(1 t.6 tj for six (lo. iiiul on Hi
It was noticeable In tin solemnity of seventh rt.ij enconip.istliv tho elty
the proccsileii wtikh. slatting from tho,en times, tho priests blowing on their
t nlon League Anue, w ended Us w.te
with measured trend to tho radcm, In
the shadow of the II ig curried by incm
I tr of tho Glee riuh who headed the
line It eeas notlrnible In tho sight of
' khaki unlfmni ben- and there between
th" fia-hes of r, d put Pi" eellow and
white of the eolltginte gowns
Ii was notn cable loo, in the thought
ful f.iic-i of the uudleiue an nudlence
whlili did not fill tli. MvomJ cnlleij und
eft the top one empt -un nutllence sad
oeiied b Hie ( onscloiif'neps that tiiou--aids
of the I ntetrslt lo hail dem
nnstiatnl the temper of tin Mnerle'anlsm
tbit W.iliini,inn lilincelf stooil for 1
(iillFtment In tin ci Ini ten Ires of eear
It was noticeable, final!). In Hie nil-dret-s
of Mr Hubert Mexonder I'al-
oijei Hie -.iholaily pillsh of which
mild not hciiie lt underllng iiiollf
the neicssiie for wiping out the net man
Idea of eiilline- and in Hie p-ayer of
fered Ii) tllsh in Tliomns J .Garlnhd
(hi Sir llnberl, who Is the president
of the rniecnnti of loionm, e in ion
firid the onle honoiu il.i.e tlnn
of dot' "i of 1 iw - Ii w i' tin i urn
dtgiee whuli it e.Uf- ign tin' In
( uiitlnoe.l oil I'aee lv, ( otunm s,P
MARCH TO ANNUAL
.X
Simeon sees snow,
SMILES SERENELY
Sdiuylkill Seer Silit.s Mx
Stc-rms Succeed Shower So
Softly Sprinkling Sector
MUM. VI ( III IIS riKH'll! ( t
tt l.lt tl.l
Nlilulier nf "iioivfillN prediileil
rebrimrj t s
Nunilier of simuftilN lo dale :
Snowfall hutting nvfriice to dule .ue')
When trlekllnc snow Hakes punctuatid
the llmreilnLf biiii huze eihlrh lmr-n.i
the Scliutlklll todas, . simoon P Moke-
inaeher, the piophel of Srhmlkill Vallee
, ..
cast a glance of r-atlsfaction iilong the
rpilet stream Confident that his pre
diction of eight snow,s fiom I'clirunit
s until the cud of w Intel, Aliinli .1, is
stronger within lilm thin cvci
It Is true that In the nei twenty-nine
da)s to come tliei inut lie sl inoie
snows or one about every four divs to
make Mokemachcre propheet, but t-im-con
Is sanguine Ills long magi pipe
lellc of Hie Mokcmather faui'l) f,,r
tho last son )cirs bore out Hinmn'j
prnphec) 'I his pipe, made of minerals
whose composition Is a seciei flashed
the news that l more mows is a tafc
bet lis opalescent hues kIiowciI ills
tlnrtls si hlulth -lieaks liiterinlngllns
wlih th fugitive colon which , buo
from stem In bowl nd evei urtik
of blue means a eiiowMnim
s hlmeoii sritialted nn un upluinol
b.isket atop .Mnueinaeliei ic . , i h
o'cihahgs tlo lv i he sail i, vvo hi
sta-v' pit with hi" proplucv
i;. I Mole S" lisfoie, ' lm .it leaked
ill this heie talk about rirl si.inn;
lili w!ih git en nut lis erne imvIJs, of
Littleton n Is Jlst puio ariuum cklo ri'i
foshtosh lie calkelated carl) spring on
account of the .pents on his frog
fiog thir most iiniiclslhil crutm in
I ontlniird un I'uee -.le. ohimn rue.
Raise 1'undn for French Jcni,
I'ivo thousand nelsons crowded into
Hie Academe" of Jluslc last night to at-
.,,,.1 Hie lis! Alasnue given bv the I'm.
pie's tellef commltteo of Philadelphia
"Ifuncln .IJthj -"-trUfcc., J
pie's tellef commltteo of Philadelphia to
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i of I ranee, itikp i" cou e ,iuc or iin"f
weie awarddl o the bst masks.
1'- iBHHuSim.BKiKEmBBKKM''BKR
British TAKii city
iSCKNK OF JOSHUA'S CONQUEST!
4,1 1 , . . H.I..1IV.1..I' Ml- ltM 1 n 1 In I
Aiienoy vjapiurcs iNOieu raiesiinc lown, wiiusu uima
Were Once Leveled by Trumpets' Blasts
and Israelite Shouts
I uSIiON. 1'cb :.' '
l.-iuliiii t, .uutnln tioops entered
letliliu nl v .n HiiM iiinrnltig establish
ing tin iiii'ehes on a line betweni .lerl
eho and Wad I Auja an otIIWnl die
inlch fiom tlcmriil Mlenb? declared ti
due-.
Wadl Utjn is a small trlbutaij of the
Itleer Jordan, which tuns nbotit flee
miles north of Jericho .
The Ixmilon ,.ar ulliie annoiitiied
eerterdiv that iicnrr.il Alletih's fnrevs
were within four miles f .terloho on
eVflneitne
HASKETHALL SCORES
NoirniEAsr
OEUMANTOWN ,
.7 at la
7 1118
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR MEN
VirtDJN. Ill,, Vcb. an. l'mir men tvete killed iu a mine
exploUoti at the lloynl collkiy heie .nly today. Twenty-eight
ea-OS of lOedel "Xjilocled
KAISER TO GO TO RIGA AND WARSAW
AMSTriinAM. l'c is SKtlbir Vvilhelm Is t'dtilj to Kljja
Wars', 1' ta, u,.tile,u I cie today.
UNIVERSITY DAY
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' liitrnitipd iioi esinti ot tm nine ii (,t ino tacuitv and atudentr
of the I'niteisitj of I'ciins.shiilii.i made its tvay lrom the Union
League Anne, Iiioad and Spiucc sttects, to tho Academy of Music
this moinmp tvliere the annual Uniter.sity Day cxcrcis.es tveie held.
SAYS LOWER MILK PRICE HUN PLANS UNKNOWN IN
NOW PORTENDS DISASTER RUSSIA. LETTER SHOWS
.Sccirtait of Produceis' r.xcll.tnirc
... ..
,setts Itciluction ould Cause
bhortnire N'e.st Wintci
'I'lieie is m, suiplus of milk in Hie
Pliiladclphii mirket at piesent and auv
deereise in the pi I. r will icsult dis-
nttiiuislv, .Kioidiug lo 1! W llahleston,
secretnrs of Hie Iniersta'c Af UK Pro
duceis' As'oclitlon In i statement Is-
, ,., todav.
Tho dill) stipiil) uf milk ai living .it
the lecelvlng stations is lui nbout ( rpial
in the deniind, he run 'I his Is ini
mbeiated bj In civile I. Miit. of tho
l'ediral food ndmlnlsti.ilioii who places
Hio initlinum exctps of stippl) our de
mand ns "i0i quarts
- Hide pre f.OH.Oiio qu.uts used em Ii
clav in this ills Doctdr King pnliiis mil.
this escrss is a negligible qiiuntlte lie
also savs I' vim seldom runs uh high
,i ."oii'l quarts.
Air Halih'ihlon savs In Ii i statement
" furthci lediiellim In the price nf
milk now -when pinJuctloil cc,n are
Hill lucre'iihlng nnd Hie laboi pioblem is
even inoie nc uie- will result Inevitable
In s slinitugo ncl w In ei uiitl ic c ptisc
ilium b.ndslilp to the c nisuniei ll tnkc
over two veils to i I mid an uihsjuuir
sunnl) of wiiii'u.oim in ik upce the
mlllJngviieiils lave been iUug iteied
our ell) urn unit is cm oasllv c ui
table expanses nod iiuiejrt value of
diet lis Iiii'Ic-hhIus, c insuiiiptloii of milk
111 place of drinks which am valtiiklcsK ns
food nnd Ii) using ninrc mill, in tlie look
ing" Hi cad mat now he baked in loaves of
twelve ounces ttudu a ruling Issuni to.
die he Unwind lleln 1'ideiiil food ad
ministrator fin Peiiiis)lvanln. 1 nclcr
previous niliiigs It was not lawful to
mike Ioumh of hsri than a full pound
This new loaf mu lie bilked i-lngl.v, or
u twin form It Is Hiihlect to lhe s ime
Milci us now upplv o all bieud-mai.liig
The prlee ehirged should be relative!)
iwrr Hun tint nf the full-nizcil loaves.
of JBRicno:
-
1 1 limpet When Hie lat enclltllne
ii'im h hid been undo the Israelites
shouted In unison and tho walls of the
r i fell III ruins Thereupon, Uie be-
Migeis itished Into the olty aivd put
nil the Inhabitants to death, with the ,
. xrentloii of Itahiib. who had hidden I
.loi'iiuas messengers from tho Cananh
Itcs 'I ho iieinuiit of this manifestation by
God which is recoidid In the sKth
chapter of lnshui, beginning with the
tevelfth terse, ic ids ns follows
And .Inslitiii lose earle In the muniiiiu
und the piifst" too'c up the urk of
Jehovah nd the seven pilots bear,
tug the fee en trum"'ts of laina' horti
before the arl. of Jehovnh went on eon
tlnualiv ami blew- the tiumpds: and
the nrmed men went liofoic thcin. und
( nnllnurtl oit Vt wti, (oluma One
NOltTHEAbT SD ..
GEUMANIOWN 2D.
1017
A 7
EXERCISES
Youiiir Philadelphia Woman. Wntiner
.. ... . "
I torn Wat .one Six Weeks Aj;o,
Sna Nothinp; About Diite
'I hose living in n,e eastern pari of
i llushi si weeks ago apparentlv at that
, time weie In Ignoranet that Gennanv
wis prcpailngto Invade Cosfack Land '
, ncpcidlnir iii .i inii.,. m,i...i i i..i
I . - ..... " . ...u. ,
1. Iluchliol, sutiervlslng Intpccior of
housing of tho Division of Housing and
Sanitation fiom Atlss Anna J Haines,
i eoung Phliadolphln woman. Tlie let
tei from Allss Halnei a iormcr Inspu
toi of the tenement house division of tht
I, in call of Health, was mailed from An
dreevka n small cits In P.uss'a, located
several bundled miles from .Minsk
which his Iici.li raptured by tin Ger
mans Mlse Haines with Allss N'anc) P.abb,
nlsu u former luspectoi In the tenement
loupe illci.lon of the liureau of Health
niiriiiii i iiuriiiMiniif ill i mi llfiiMliM
lire attached to tho Prlends' Kecnnstruc-'
tlnn I'nlt 'lhe letter, which leached1,,,,,, rll1
VI, Itiu hlml fniliic inftU. r... ,,..,n,lA.. puu '"
of Tiotskv, the Holshevlk!, or anj thing
tint the Germans weie prejiarlng to take
possession of Kusslan cities, Uoth)oung
women went to Ilus'la last June
CARS JAM CHESTNUT STREET
Tiafllc Tied Up Fifteen Minutes as
Axle Breaks
I lie f 1 out axle of art eastbound irolles
nn. Koute 31, broke down at Klghth ,
and Chestnut streets while thousands I
vvero on their way downtown this morn
ing, causing trolley traffic to bo tied up
foi fifteen minutes. i
1 he incident hupponed as the car erts '
turning. Into Chestnut street from Ulghlli
sticct. As the car calne to a sudden
stup many passengers holding on to the
simps weie badly shaken
MAYOR'S BONDING; ,
m r,A1IO m, A,
w. riLd in A!,;..
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in juunni JUDO
National Surety Can't Gbt"
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IM CFID1IMV TADCVy
nn,.. it . ft-j.'a
!!' CO
Share Risk
'
(J UAH XTKKI1
mnuu
vc.uui companies to' n
-ex. .1
iU ItltllUIi .'J,
Agreed to Protect City From tM
CniikfiMir.ttn.. fi, ... "Nia
wv..vi.UM ejuai, in ex
cess of ?6,000,000
' .W just
become knout, ihai ii,
lee) .tone .v(al. f'onstiuctlon Compip),
M-uiauon oiganlicd nnd domlnat.il
h) the late Senator James P, McNlchoL
has never "ortlclall)" entered Into a con
tract will, n,e tit) for tlie building of
the suhuac.- links Immediately north and
south of tho city Hall The one link
runs south fiom tho City Hall to Pint
street, and the prlee bid was about
13.070.000. The other Is fiom the Citv
Hll not Hi to ltuttonnood attcet. and
tlie cost to the city ns bid by tho Ke).
stone State CoiuUiuetlon Company wi
aptnothnately J3.000.000, n. total for
ll.o two contrails of more than ?,,.
000 000
'Ilicio contract? weie agieed to by th
late f-'eualor AIcNIchol ard signed by
Iho propet officials of the Ke)btone State
Constt uctlon Company on the one part.
nd assented to by Director of Transit
Twining on the other part, for tho city,
t3 long ago as lat August, And slid
they have nev.tr been "officially" exe
cuted I Behind the aboto brief iccllal ot fact
le Intcrcrtlng details Intel cstlng (o tht
cltizerij and taxpajcrs of tho cllj- ot
Philadelphia
rheso facts sic
1.
The Keystone Male Lonilrur
tlen romniny was low bidder titf
Iwo Important subiray llnki, amount
Int to se.OOO.UUO, anil accepted th
award".
9 The National Surely Company'
ciiaranteed that this work would
o.l the Clt) of Philadelphia dial
Miecllle finm.
) The National Surety Company li
'- required by ordinance to put nr
sood and aufllelent surety within ten
daja or a reanouahte time. It hain't
done ma after fttx month.
J Die National Hurety Company
" l represented here by Thomas E,
sinllli, who In the 3(a) or af Vhllad!-
phla.
These facts glte rle to this speculs
I tiou
Will Tli.ini. II. Smith. Major of
Philadelphia, force Thamai n, Bmlth,
i auent of the National Sorely Company,
to (uinil It suarantr to baek tbj
tvejKtone Htate Coniitrnetlon Company
, In carrying out tt agreement with th
i fit), entered Intel lx month ago? v
l-'ltat and foremost, be it said, and
vllhout teflectlon on tha flnanclat ntancV
ri- of tiio Keystmit) State Construction '
fo'r.pa.ns- M on the. memary of thj hits
senator aicr.lonol, "good nnd cumclsmvv
I Bona nia not ncen ootatnea ror tn
I "official' .-auction of these two contracts,
i and therefore they are lying dormant.
In this very connection, however, a,
most startling situation la discovered
It ii) Bimply this
1 The Mas or of tlie c't) oftriilladelphl
rcprenents a bonding company which
obl'gited Itself to go on the bond of a
contractor If tho conti actor was th
, tuice-sful bidder. Tho contractor turned
out to be the successful bidder nnd ac
cepled and signed the contract. It n.t
develops that tho Major's bonding com
pany cannot carry out the agreement
alone that Is, legalls and has to call
for assist nice from other bondlnt com
panies Other bonding companies hart
declined lo accept cosurels.
Waeii the Kovstone Slate Con
"'ruction i ompany bid on the two con
tracts In question It met all competitors
with a suppssed ' guaranty behind
Hiein and in fact had it, because th
Thomas H Smllli Company of which
lie 3fa0' of the city Is the head,
i-lgncd the guaranty hi behalf of tae
National Hjiets Companv
'Hie legal substance of this proposal
was that 'in tho event of the Key
eiouc State ( onstniction Company being
the low bidder the National Suiety Corn
pane would within a specified period
lieu daes usually) from tho awarding of
the conti act enter into good and Buffi
e ent suiet If on the other hand
the Kev slot e Plate Construction Coin,
pane failed lo enter Into the contisct,
the proposal stipulated that the Nations)
hurety Company would pay to the city
the dlffetence hutwccn tho amount bid
on each contract and the amount tht
the city would hate to pay to hat th
work performed bv other contractors,
the neNt highest bidder to hate th
pieference
Under the terms of those eubway con
i,i..t bids they weie not to be actually
xniered Into until the Public SertlC
''"rl?,:..,0';'
convenience, n ......... ....,. ,
this body the) tveie held up ror settrsl
months
roNinACions sinr.sTEP bids
raking advantage ef this long delsy .
, i ti,e changed conditions due to the
' eear the Philadelphia Subway Construe
I Hon Company, controlled by senator Ed-
win II tatc, aecuncu eo sign a con
..,,., for the subway erection on Broad
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ctreet. uuieonwnou w rluc, nucec. upon cia
"i.,.,. i. ui.- low bidder. 91 IMn.- "e7?
ACIllu ic - '. -- t-,---.- -J,rt0
000
.e . ,iia -nniA um. Mmim. iimiif 11
"w --- F.,
nil nurd on Tat hlx. Clnuiit Four
THE WEATHER
ronucABT
l ui I'lilUulclpMa and ilUiiltv: Falr-W
InJau and tomoirow: not quite to cold.
today: winner loiiiorion-.
l.BMiTii or vk Kja
ii. id a m.iDun acii., a,i3 p.el.
IlKI.tHAnK nltKK TIDK f IIANGMm
I'linarMJT sthekt w ti
laiw water, ." m 'Low water. (S.53 t.t."r.
Hish wttcr.ll Id ,m.llllih water.UielO n,s,LV
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