Wfngrfffi'n! i vttfft -f siflS j,.- . t'tt fF IN A NCI AX, EDITION . ;a "jS X.'tn 'v r 1 f;uenmcj public UMicjet . t . v NIGHT EXTRA M.' ; u K EX?m; K-. j 1 ii 5,.- i "'ffi V T-' - PJ CnM I VK . k v t f.U l a f'V i I K l B 'f X V '. VOL. IV. NO. 142 FIVE SAMMEES DIE,61 INJURED IN GAS ATTACK ....-.. Deadly Vapor Spread Through Trenches in Night Assault NEW BOCHE THICK INCREASES LOSSES ., Americans at l'Mrsl De ceived as to Nature of Two Bombardments I INJURED SUFFER AGONY Perfect Discipline Maintained by Pershing's Men Cut Wires Delay Barrage LONDON', Tcb. 7. Artillery aclitity and raids were reported by llic Britisli V,ar Office lodaj. llic t.ernans tried to raltIIHogall ag Knocked 1mconsclous for t Lilotsk. The reply came back British trenches in the sectors of I time, but recoxered and started a search H ' v"; .. ii . ts. r. u in n I of the plant. Under R machine he found . 1 lie advance must continue. ermellcs, St. Qucntin and Bulle- a bundle, which he picked up and hurled Tho Bermaiw ntlnllr r. J.i rmirt but cer where were renulsed , as far as he could. As the mlsflle ttruck lnc ucrmans evidentlj are deter court, nut cxerjwncrc were repulsed.. fXpIod(,d tf.arlng up the noorlnB and ' mined to occupj Petrograd and are There was a hcaty artillery duel in breaking about thirty windows. , u . ,, 2 ,, .. . the Yprcs sector of the west Flanders front. PARIS. Pcb. 27. Tun irnniT fierman r.ilils worn rn. -- pulsed in tne Uiemln-des-Uames region (where American troops arc aming 111c 1 rencnj, tuc oinciai com muniquc btatcd todaj. In the Champagne region, the Germans twice attempted raids aftir 1 violent bombardments south of Butte-du-Mesnil (where American artillery is located), but were thrown back. There was mutual artillerjing around Cheppy wood and Avocourt '.n ui. UiU I,., .n.iiiv l. a Hu's'an before the applicant had troops, headed by executive commit Nancy was bombed bj enemv air-lreachfd his majority, makfnehm, tech-1 ' . ' J,.,l. . , men. There were some victims. By HENRI BAZIN Utaff CorrrtpotKtent Eirnina ruhho Ledger with ttiei American Armu in fratrct ntlX THH AMERICAN ARMY l.V TIIK KlfJI.n, rob. 20 (delased). Slnco their occupation of the Toul sec tor by thf Americans, the first boche til attack occurred last night. A total of seventj-flve shells wero launched with itwo intervals, the first attack comlns at 1:32. the second at 1:45 o'clock this morning. The shells contained Vosgene I11U l.mUHMtS KOQl WIUI UIV VAVtV.V4. of 25 per cent of them, which were charged with high explolves. Five Americans were killed and sixty-one aro suffering In hospitals. The gas shells in a short time pro duced an effect of fused chemicals during those few seconds required for the hasty adjusting of gas masks. The gas shells j were fired from trench mortar mlnner-. ' werfers 1 (flame-throwers), the objective I being the American trenches, and were I tnence carried pejond me r - n- es by a wind favorable o te country is Michael Dud., former mem esus a wind lavorame 10 me . feer o the iMtll Depot Brigade, who ns purpose. .. na 1ltla.l In rranw a ub aen. N'ewa trenchei Germa Discipline among tho Americans waslf nuda's death reached Little Penn to- penect. tiio Mill numDer gassea was probably due to the new boche trick of firing loud-eoundlng gas shells. Such shells, as a rule, have been less noisy, and probably our men were at first de cell ed as to the nature of the attack. BOCHES, SEVERELY PUNISHED Officers, phoning for barrage fire, found the wires had been out and sent up rockets as a signal to the artillery In the rear. In response an American barrage sent over 1460 shells In the course of an hour, with what must have been great damago to the boche front Jlneg The gassed men are all doing well, and all are expected to recover. Both vosgene and chlorine gas ctrose irrita tion of the bronchial tubes, which con stantly increases. Death, when it cornea, Is due to heartstraln. Those slightly gassed are sure of recovery it they lie down at once and relax completely. Men who have been gassed are long coming back to normal condition in hospital. I saw the patients In the hospital, lying Inert, their faces yellowed. Those killed died in dugouts where they had taken refuge. The effects of the attack were apparent In our trenches two seconds after the sound of the shells gave the warning to put on masks. For all to do, so In that period of time would be virtually impossible. ' Let every American who reads this realize the murderous, paroarous, in. , human methods of boche warfare I ' lEVV9VT.VAIAVa AMOVO VICTIMS id The first victims Included boys from wassacnuseus jeiiuayiium, .win. Carolina. Indiana. Kentucky, New Jer sey, Tennessee, Rhode Island, Ohio, New York, Washington and Arkansas. Tho attack came suddenly after an ait-day rain. The' clouds had parted and the moon- was shining brightly in the trenches. Stillness prevailed. Suddenly there was a huge flare from the German trenches as the mlne-throw-ers were discharged. Then came the detonations of high explosives, vvUh the quick spread of deadly gases. Three officers ran into a dugout and closed the curtain 'so tight they nar rowly escaped death through asphyxia- Hon from the charcoal fire. They were taken to a hospital, but their condition U not serious. T)iree men were killed and nine over come In tuts sector a!6ne during the first attack. When the j gas came over the men endeavored "to adjust their gas masks. Those who were not quick enough wero soon gasplns; for breath, These wero. carried to a hospital, A child couldnot look more helpless than ihi theseA Americans., Their huge chests K raised and. lowered the covers as they !.,. fought for breath. As their breathing r,pw Jovjdor and more difficult, and ' Ceatlnued on Fas Hit, Column Two 5, ',' ' 'i :' FlnnJ TUatrnTH ThlrH nf I)m (NORRtRTOWK. Feb. 2T.-Wlth the ynoiiiif. o , rno filSfl wnicr III ilia 'ChuylkW Rivtr this, morning It was pund thet ane-thlrd' of the tfwede ri nam; or-aooui vnree nunureu icci liU UUUSHED TODEATH BEHIND TRUCK INVTREKT 'tRUC cr Coup uoiiorshntcr Caught Uetworn Auto and Concrete Mixer When Driver a tops i . . . . . inrtn v.ar.Al vsflt....l stii..... JSG2 .South Eleventh jirui .!.VA..i.iJ , to death between a rtotortruek aW a I heavy concrete mlxcrint BroatAand Shlink streets. In nnn rt .1... MA.. .?......' liar accldmts brought U, the attention I of the police recently cnvon I The boywas roller' skating last nigM and "hunc on" to the-rear of the truck He did not notice that it wss drawing hcavv eoncrelo raUff. At Broad and bliunic streets the driver stopped the muck sunneniv. ine mixer rolled up and crushed tho boy between tho two machines. A piWtic -uitolst rntVd the .boy to the Methodist Hospital, yhcrn ne nas ulrove nway Immediately after the accl pronouiiceu nean. inevtrucK driver dent His Identity, howovir, la known nnd Ills arrest Is expected odaj. PLOT TO BLOW UP SHIPYARD DEFEATED Guard at Ncuburgh Plant rinds nonius, but conspirator Escapes NEWBURGH. X. Y Feb 27 At I tempt was made today to blow up the (compressor In the plant of thevNew. ourgn snips aras company nere. inn oo Ject appirentlv being to delay the work on fleet The 'riot was defeated by the nIkIHikp of William Hogan. a guard Iloran saw a, man working at tho compressor and thought him a workman of tho plant denly. straightened .up, struck the pianl . j ' HERE'S A FINE PROBLEM FOR NATIONALITY SHARPS iviuwnii a..x. - ,..,, i Hm i, iprmanv. I'nipnis lisiriail. Russlan Subject, Lfed France and jj g what js jjc 7 .....-..,! - i -.. irtk-nA. stv, n r?i rt. upon to make decisions In registration ?inX10 , 'TZ. SnOTt rf an- thropologs and social iclatlons as would nave aenca me craui 01 ";' "" application from one alien showed Ids rfHod w6asf0"bor.V of Austrian parents while thev were sojourning in Gr- manv. After moving to Switzerland I his father died and his mother married I nlcallv ft Russian sumect. ins lamuy , moved into Russia, he stajed in Swit zerland, then moved to France and ftnal ls came to America t hat is he? AnAih.p nnnllrflnt was turned DO in the Marshall Islands. Missionaries I termed him a wild man. He lived on an island In the Microneslan group The Kaiser established a protectorate over th Island; after the war started. England drove, the Germans off, and tho man rromleed allegiance to King George He was brought to America, by missionaries, and the Department of Justice held that he need not reg ister. pTRCT MEADE SOLDIER ' IS KILLED IN ACTION Michael Duda, of Bridgeport, Pa., Went to France Six Weeks Ago. News of His Death Bu a Staff Correapindent CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md . Feb. Tim first Camn Meade soldier to make tne sunreme Bacrmcu ir una da) and oppoflto tne soiaier s name on . the roster of the depot brlgado has been .lt,n Tvllli1 in France ' Duda camo to Camp Meade from his homo In Bridgeport, Pa , in the early part of ovemocr ana was -stni m France six weeks ago. In France he was assigned to an engineer organiza tion Although several deaths have oc curred at Camp Meade, Duda is the first soldier of tho camp to lose hl3 life in action. CAPTAIN WILLIAMS DEAD Superintendent of Chester Construc tion Company Began Life as Seaman CHESTER Pa, Feb 27 Captain John J. Williams, superintendent of the Chester Construction Company, died at his home today. A general breakdown caused, his death He was sixty-five sears old and had been a resident for the last thirts-five J ears. Born in Bos ton, and receiving his early education there, he commenced his career as a seaman at the age of twelve. He shipped as a cabin boy on the Tibe. In nine vears he graduated from seaman to cap- tia lator became encaged In subma rine diving and held the distinction of having gone down farther In the myste rious caverns of the deep than any other diver in the country. He was employed on Government work at numerous times and in 1886 went to Wilmington. N. C. n rAm durlne the blocade In the Rebellion, the ship North Heath." A widow and nine children survive, among them Leo. J., who Is stationed on the United States Petre . He was prominently Identified v; t .he , K .of C. LilKS. ana nic . v.m" w...... BOY COALPICKER SHOT Wounded by Railroad Detective, Re leased by Polico While picking coal In the Pennsylvania Railroad freight yard on the west bank of the Sehujlklll River near the Spring Garden street bridge, the police say, fourteSn-year-old Joseph Felgher y. 428 vara street, was shot in the right arm hv Railroad Detective Krlel. The boy ran to the Garretson Hos. nital where he was arrested by the po Pie,, ofthe Twentieth and Buttonwood Ltreets station He told the police last nliht that this was the second tfmeihe wis shot at In the course of a wVk, Sfd explained his action by saying hU hSme was b.dly In need of coal.- He was released. fiOd DIE AS STAND FALLS WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. More than ..r .'. .ri cruahed and burned to deatrwhen ttoWMd'tjwd .t the .annual apsed'yestefday. Consul General Ander. son notified the'state Department today. No Americans are believed to have been Injured. Socialists Attack Income Tax VILMINOTON, Del. Feb. 2T, The Rooiallst Party. In Wilmington has HOOiaiiBi ":,. L ",-.Vib. .T adopted resolutions cgnderanUiij the Stare Income ux ly. nerejly ex- VSThmjtmv.VSCSSSSi .;:.;r1'e1.TMV,i i,a been eilledloii tho Rlga-Petrograd rallwas) wired PETROGRAD FIXED AS GERMAN GOAL; DEFENSE RUSHED t -Mr i n i t A MM lll.n Vllluf rnnltunn " uuninnm,, Tg Order WllGIl Told . . U TprlTlS Al'P AfPfMltprl xt-lllio .mc .nxt-UptV-U 200,000 REDS TO F I O II T Teutons Hurled Back at Vitebsk and Orsha by Des perate SlaVs , LONDON, Pcb. 2'. Hevolutionarj forces hate cap tured Novo Tcherkask, a wireless dispatch from Petrograd Mated to- idaj. The cadet officers fled. (Novo ! Tcherkask is the capital of the Don Cossack province and is located twenty-fit c miles northeast of Rostov.) PKlltOGKAD, Pel.. 27. , 'I lip German command advancing toward the caplt.il, when Informed I that the Kussians had accepted peace,! ,,,. lUpir ' , JL... .ow OLvnoifc. lu LUV uu tut; i.auiai from the South. Lnthuslasm for the defense of the revolution Rrows hourly. There is a ...... - vuniiam siream oi arraco men leaving for the front Two hundred thousand protelarlats have enrolled The staff at Luga (100 miles outh of Petrograd they would be able to halt the Gurrmns If "iey had reinforcements There iwcio sent Immediately -. .... Ofncers aro eagerly Joining the garrl Wch aro reinvigorated and being organized hurriedly, . icn aeiacnments ot rovomtionarj """ " " uiamreu .... Pskoff, it was semiofficially announced today. Several armored cars aio in cluded, iloscow lias sent 70,000 troops to Bolopoe. By JOSEPH SHAPLEN TETROGRAD. Feb. 27. 'I he aeimans hae been furled hcc.Ii at Vitebsk and also at a point eighteen miles from Orsha. Vitebsk is the capital of the prov ince of that name, 300 miles south of Petrcgrad. Orsha is an important rail way Junction on the Dnieper River, thirty miles south of Vitebsk and fortj four miles north of Mohlleff After fortifying Borlsoft telghty miles west of Orsha and thlrtj -eight miles northeast of Minsk) the Germans advanced toward Orshji. Rurslan forces made a sortie and beat the Germans back eighteen miles out from tho cl! Then, retiring upon the city, the Rus elans blew up a bridge over the Berezina, (where Napoleon suffered heavy losies in November, 1812), and began an or derly evacuation. Germans seeking to occupy Vltsbslc. where the first mobilization for the de- Contlnncd on fuse bix. Column Tbreo I "AMATEURS," LODGE CALLS FUEL CHIEFS Senator Declares Garfield and Assistants Have Made Bad Situation Worse WASHINGTON, Teb. 27. The fuel administration, headed by Doctor Garfield, is composed largely of amateursit has made a bid situation worse and done nothing but harm and It hasn't any reason foreslstlng." This was the scathing indictment delivered In tho Senate today by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, Senator Lodge predicted another sugar famlno of an even worse character un less the present practices of the food administration are discontinued. There was no need of the fuel admin Istratlon; no reason why It should exist ut all," said Senator Lodge, "and the powers, however amiable the purposes of their possessor, might be employed In a way.ss to make a bad situation worse and do-nothing but harni" Senator Lodge made a vigorous piea for glvinc the people the whole truth about the Conduct of the war and strongly defended his right to criticize the Adminisirauon. no uviii. habit of charging dlsloj-alty against critics of the Administration. "I thlrk It would be wise to omit .it.A. nuon the patriotism of other men merely because we differ from them as to the manner in wnicn mo wi i un conducted." said Senator Lodge. "I think we are safe in assuming that the Amer'ran people and their representai lives re patriotic. Patriotism 'Is not confined to those who have recently had the good fortune to be appointed to more or lees Important offices here In Washington." Denounclrc the Interference of the fuel administration In cbal distribution. Senator Loe'ge declared "he more reck It' experiment could hsve been at tempted por one better calculated to make the railroad difficulties, to far as coal was concerned, Insuperable." He assailed the fuel administration's price-fixing policy. ...... "The result of U e fuel administration's nollcy was to a'dd to the already enor mous railroad difficulties by creating .,. In distribution and adding to all this suspeii", in, .t.v ,...,, -w ,m"n;,pJ arbitrary price. Ev.n If we . thtv keDt price, down, which this suspense, alarm and. uncertainty due lsure(y guess work, they; brought a. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1918 iSSaasW TisW ' r t sFT ' 4-Sk. 1 ' I j -n.u3l'fv" '" w SiH '23 i- mm i mmwwimmmwk , i . ARC11D1SHOP PRBNDnUOAST TODD DIPS PROBE INTO HOG ISLAND Federal Investigator Looks Over Yard With Admiral Bowles SEES KANE AND STONE HOC. J-LVM ritOULUV linM n v I Ut rnnfrr with tnllcil MMm District Attorney jHan e co nil tonfer wltli tlmtrnt ltfiulr. Third Intfrrosate ( hnrlc .l htonr, of Stone A- Wbter, llotiton, nnl president of th American Inter national Corrtoratton, nf uhlch lite Amrrtcan International Fhtpbulldlne Corporation In a ivubtldlary jjrourth nnounce tltev mar e(tab llftli permanent headquarters In Dilla Urlphla. Fifth Reep resultfj of flrtt da j Inquiry nerret. Following several conferences which etirted somewhat early this moinlug, Georgo Carroll Todd. Assistant Attornes General of the UnltedStates. and Mark Heyman, fpiclalalstant, who were tent here, to aid In the'lnvestlgation of affairs at the Hog Island shlpjard, went to the jard this hfternoon with Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles. A general survey of the ard was made prepara tory to going into further details later There is every lnc!cat!on that the probe into affairs of the jard will be I thorough and deep Assistant Attorney General 'loaa earn no cxpeciea m no here often, and admitted that hn would establMi permanent headquarters In Philadelphia After ronferrlnff with United States District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane I at tho Federal Building, tho Investiga-. torn from Washlngtru visited Admiral 1 Bowles Ht the McTT'al Arts Building- During the conference thes- summoned , Charles A. Stone, president of tho Amer- lean International Corporation, by tele-1 phone Ml. Stone remained about half, "Veavlng ho said that Admiral Bowles wlnhed to do all tho talking In reply , to all question Admlial Bowles and the Continued on Pase Mi, Column One "GREAT UNKNOWN" OF HOUSE ATTACKED Dies Scoron Fuller, Who Called Congress "Barnacle on Ship of State" WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. With every seat tilled for the first time In weeks, the House jelled and ap plauded almost continuously this after- twill 1 J tfl (TB-,lllVS t Q 41 US, Ul XCXilSi HatsiAllnsaH nAiv.eansn I . , T-..I1 w Massachusetts, who called the American Congress "a barnacle on the Ehlp of state" "Anj reflection on this body is a re flection on the people, who sent its mem bers here," Dies shouted. "If It is true inai me majority 01 meso men are nar - nacles, what must be true of the citizen- ship that sent men of that character to Congress?" "In what particular Is this apostle of Iconlclasm fitted to be the critic of the American Congress? Dies inquired. "I ask this question without bitterness. How could I e bitter against a man I never saw cr heard of?' Dies summed up ruller'a career In Congress thus: "lie has never made a eoeecli. he ban Introduced only three bills little fool. lth bills; the chairmen of the commit tees he belongs to do not Know him." The "great unknown" was the title Dies conferred upon the Massachusetts representative, Fuller, who had Jlatened smilingly, occasionally applauding. Jumped to his feet First, there was applause, then tome one shouted; "Who is it?" and the crj was taken up bj the House. Fuller was shouted down "I am making this speech," Dies ex plained, 'because I feet thst something ought to be dope to put a stop to the unjust criticism of thls body. This House possesses more brains and more In telligence than any other legislative bpdy In the world. It Is a legislative body without reproach and that can't be said of any other congress, parliament or chamber of deputies, -- To Test P, R. R. Electric Line A formal testing of the new Phlladel-phla-Chettnut Hill electrification lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad will take place ntxt Sunday, when the company will turn on "the Juice" as a. test for leaks. Between then and April 1 the road will be fully completed. The, line Is fourteen miles long and has been under construction ' snce September, FINAL HONORS! TO ARCHBISHOP NEXT TUESDAY; Bishop McCort Will Be Celebrant at Pon tifical Requiem BODY TO BE PLACED IN CATHEDRAL CRYPT Priests and Nuns Willi Maintain Vigil Until Public Services Begin SUCCESSOR IS DISCUSSED Dougherty of Buffalo, Mc- Devitt, of Harrisburg, and McCort Named rrangements wero completed today I for the funeral of Archbishop Frender Bast, head of tho dloceso of Fcnnsil- 1 vanla, who died last night at tho archie, plscopal residence, 1725 Race street The funeral wilt take placo next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock with tho lmpres lve ceremony in keeping with his high ofilce of the Church In addition to making arrangements for tho funeral, the nrchdlocesan con suitors, who met todaj at tho Cathc dral rectors , also opened tho late Arch bishop s occlcslastlcil villi In this he I appointed Bishop John J McCort tem porary administrator of the archdiocese ' Archbishop Prendcrgast'a personal testa- I ment will not be opened until after tho j funeral 1 The bodj- will remain In tho nrchle piscopal resldem e until Monday after-1 noon at 2 30 o'clock From now until that time the priests of the various churches and sisters from the convents within tho d!ocee will alternate In maintaining a perpetual vigil BODY TO LIE IN STATE On Monday at 3 30 the body will taken with private rermons to the Cathedral through 11 passageway which leads direct from tho arehlepljcopal resi dence to the church The Archbishop r bodv will lie lu the sanctuary nnd the doors will be open to tho public at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon Begin ning at 7.30 o'clock on Monday night tl)4 office of the dead will be sung and recited by .1 special choir of priests. Bishop McCort will preside and recite the laBt of the nine lessons ofth office. The priests' choir, which will chant the office, will be under the direction of tho R. Dr Janue Bojian, of St Charles Borromeos Seminary at Over brook. The fiueral service will be held at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, at which the first office will be chanted by the priests of tne diocese. Pontifical high mass of requiem will be celebrated bj Bishop McCort The Rev Dr. E J ntzmaurice Chan cellor of the Archdiocese, wttl be assist ant priest Monlgnor 11. T urumcooie, of St Charles Borromeo s Seminars', will 1.0 deacon and Monslgnor Peter Masson. V 1, subdearon The Rev X J Walsh, who was tecretais to the Archbishop, and the Rev Ihotnis r AIcNJlly will be masters of ceremons Tho Rt Rev J r Regis Caucvin, ntmop of Pittsburgh, will preaeh tho fnnllniml nnT-se Thlrleen. ( oliimn To ,,.,,,.,...,, . t xt 1,1m, EX-CONGULbblMAIS ISAAIhl) AS PHO-UbHiHAiN nUKIYbK'. . -. .. a -B.T OT. ..--. . If Iiurtholdt Summoned Mefoic Senate Committee in German-American Alliance Case WASHINGTON'. Feb 27 Former Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri, today was asked to appear Saturdaj be fore the Senate subcommittee Investi gating tho German-American Alliance. I Bartholdt was named bj Gustavus Ohllnger, of Toledo, the first witness at the Inqulrj. Ohllnger read Into the 1 record -a speech attributed to Bartholdt ! .... .-.,. t .. .J.,,....- . .- urging too election " muiu.irs mu'i ing Germanism Bartholdt made, the speech In St, Louis before the German Bundeshor. an organization of singing societies. Just prior to the presidential nominating convention in 1916, accord - 1 .( 1 110111 1 111111 B I lnf, '??,',, E,'h Bartholdt today denied that he made the speech attributed to him when he is alleged to have urged supporting only those candidates for public office who supported the German cause. I am inn per cent .American, ne 1 ,,...,, .., h,. no recollection of ...-uiJ ... the meeting mentioned. I am positive that I never gave any such advice as charged." Kdwln L. Hume, united States Dis trict Attorney at Pittsburgh, also will testify Saturdaj-. The hearings are being concentraiea on .-enuinr 11111 s Dill to dissolve the alliance ' OLXBV UHGES WOOD Son of Former Secretary of State Backs Major General WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Represen tative Richard Olney, a Democrat, of Massachusetts, son of former Secretary of State Olney, today wrote to Secre tary of War Baker, urging the selection of Major General Wood as the next of ficer to receive full rank of general. "The confidence he would inspire and his military genius would be a tremen dous asset In winning the wsr," Mr. Olney wrote. The rank of general l held now only by the Chief of Staff and the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary forces In France, $25,000 FIRE IN GARAGE Automobiles, Motor Vehicles and Funeral Car Are Destroyed Six automobiles, three motortrucks and a funeral car were destroyed by a nre that wrecked the garage ot Patrick Hsrtney, 1901 Morris street, cany today The fire was not discovered until the building was filled with flames, "which were bursting from It on all aides, and ,i,.h.i that could be daneiwae to save one of the automobllesj The cause ef the fire. Is unknown. . The, damage Is Constant, 1P1J, t ins rcme Limta CoitriNi BURNED BY ACID, WHILE FIGHTING FIRE Seven men weie burned by acids while fighting ft blaze today in the plant of Geoip,o W. Blnbon Company, Blnbon street nnd Hunting Pnik avenue mnmifactmcis of oil cloth. The men vveie all lucmbeis of n file bilgade ninlntnlned nt the plant. They wcie taken to the Snmntltnn Hospital In a patrol wagon of the Qeimnntown anil Lycoming avenue station. One of the men was so seilouBly bullied, nccoidlng to Hie police, that he wllldlc. NEW JERSEY"SENATE PASSES BOXING BILL TB.F.NTON, Tob 27. By a vote of It to 4. the Senate tills nftcinoon passed the Hut ley bill for a State boxtug commission. The object of the mensuio Is to allow professional bouts of eight 1 omuls with eight-ounce gloves. It will now go to the Governor for his sigimtuie bofote It becomes a law. SEVEN STATES ONLY j BAR TO "DRY" NATION1 Ratification of Prohibition j Question of Reserves' Activi Amcndnienl by That Num.- ' ties Is Raised in Many bcr Js Needed 20 ARE COUNTED SOLID National Prohibition Depends on Wet States A SURVEY of the present status in regard to national prohi bition is thus Mimmarlcd: Stairs having ratified the amendment . 7 States (drj) counted on to stand fast 22 Wet States . 19 Wot States needed to insure dry nation '. . Of the wet States hut six will vote on the national amendment this j ear. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Seven wet States now bar the way to national prohibition Submitted to the Mates bj Congress early this session, the national amend ment tu tho foiiilltutlon already had been ratified bv seven .State Legisla tures. Tent-to dry States which have not jet aUed are counted sure td line up a eolld twents nl"o States in favor of a drinkleVs America. Remaining aro nineteen wet States, seven of which comerttd to prohibition would mean the necessarj thlrtj -ilx, or three-fourths majorlts Prohibition forces alre-idj are claim ing eleven of these wet States. Teiis, Florida, Delaware, Minnesota, Wjomlng, .Nevida, Ohio, Mtsi-ourl, Mas saehusetts, v. crmont and Louisiana Of the seven States which nlready have Indorsed the amendment two wet States Mars land and Kentucks the point nut ImiA canltulatrd A drv America, however Is Impossible this sear slme but seven Legislature nr ,i,ia t tn act will be In session Pry leaders meantime am laslng the I The only answer on the surface of lines of a tremendous propaganda thlnga seems to be Broad street pa throughout the nlmteen wet Mates for rades early ratification In 1519, when fortj- Still another question sked is who nn 1-eirlslatureH will go Into session In to determine an emcrgenc when the Tim drive will Ket right down to per- sonalltles nnd the lusuc will be "jrrlcd hack to the public Mate political leaders will be subject to searching in- ,,.,,! ti,,ir records M-eed" and I their constltufiits constant! posted as to their Hand Adverse action 15 'rK an" 'e" Ittlng .Vlabania Arizona Arkansas. Colorado, 'Georgia. Idaho. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas 'Maine. Michigan, Nebraska, New Harnp - 'i.i-a vu Mexico. North Carolina. Okla- ,.-. --- - ---- - - noma. Oregon South Dakota. Tennessee. Continued oil Tase Mj. Column fe.en GAS KILLS FATHER AND TWO BABIES Mother Dying in Hospital. Tragedy Discovered by Children's Grandmother Thomas Foglletta, 25 jears old, of 722 South Marshall street, and his two children. Jessie, seven months old, and Madeline, three jears old, were asphyxi ated by illuminating gas as tney slept this morning Foglletta's wife, Mar garet. 22 years old, Is dying In the Pennsylvania Hospital. When the Fogllettas. who occupy the whole house at the Marshall street ad dress, did not get up at their usual hour, the mother of Thomas went upstairs to see what was wrong. The children had been ill of the measles for some days and their grandmother was worried. She found the door locked and smelt gas. She put her shoulder to the door and broke It down and found the four per sons unconscious across the beds. She ru downstairs with the two children and called Antonio v, aierlo. who drives a motortruck for Nicholas Tessalano, of (It Fttrwater street Valerlo drove with the two children (o the Pennsylvania Hospital, where the children 'were pronounced dead. Drlv. tnr back to the house he carried Fogll etta and his wife to the hospital alto, where it was found that Foglletta was dta) and, his wife pear death. It Is said that she will not recover The cause of the accident is not known.. H is"thought the gas might have 'been left turned on during the ntihl'and went out tinder reduced Jerses. whose Legislatures are sitting empnauo wii.-.i .." uwmrrn wi. thl J ear. Is anticipated, but drs gen- sir, not even tho Major can call out this ep,.p0s look wth hope o by tho color JS19 would open '' hu. ccutle omc lat lle ha t four wet States to be wh pped Into line much attfntlon t0 the organization The line-up ',1a' "",.,, .. ... except to approve the contract for unl- fitates already having ratified Mis f ' slsslppl. Virginia. Kentucky (wetj i, South lor .,, ilovltt ,, eiUi,in director no Carollna. NorthDakota. Marjland (wet) , hoiy apptarg t0 know c,pt fhat ko and Montana .. .... , "Topsy." he Just ' grew up" into the Job. rrv States counted on to stand fast' .. ' ' . ,.,, n,n,ltt.. in.., .n WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HOME DEFENDERS? Quarters 1200 UNIFORMS BOUGHT What has become of Philadelphia's 'Home Defense Reserve? Many persons I nave askcri tne i.vemvo l'VBLic ledger this question. Has it become defunct? Has the need .for home defense vanished as the war becomes more acute? Have the reserves. 1 organized with to much enthusiasm lastl summer, drifted Into politics, like so mans other Philadelphia enterprises? I Or Is it about to develop Into a small and select dress parade body to show ' off some gauds uniforms Just purpchased bj the city at a cost of J22.500? These are samples of Philadelphia ,curloslts concerning Its much touted I auxiliary police force. Investigation shows that so far the reserve has not gotten Into action this much is certain Though Government 'officials that Is. army and navy men I stationed here have urgently suggested 1 that the Imme defense might be used to guard dangerous points Adjacent to the water front, no response has been forth coming. The explanation la that the reserve was created for no such purpose. a circular lias ;ust neen got out which limit the use of the reserve to ' an emergency which might threaten the lives and property of the citizens of Philadelphia nnd their families, requir ing tho presence of a large part of the uniformed police force In a partlculai sqtlon of tho c!ts." This would atl-i imrviui) r"iiic- inn organisation utmost solely to some safe service while the police are quelling a serious riot. In no case apparentls can the reserve be ev pected to perform precautionary service, In another paragraph of the circular it is distinctly stated that the reserve members "cannot be called as nn or ganization by anj State or Federal offi cer or authorlts. or be required to do military fir political duts by reason of their memhersjilp tn the reserve" In view ot this last restriction many persons are asking whs' to much money is being spent on uniforms, why the Federal Government his been reauested 1 to suppls rifles and whj tho titles of . colonel, lieutenant colonel, adjutant. quartermaster, lntpector, surgeon, geant major, color sergeants, etc.? ser- leservn mas bo aslied to perform real services. M,m of VaUce "W I. Some say tho Major: Captain urn B Mills sass W 11 am B Mills, acting colonel, P. H. D, R , while A mo P. Mow Its, civilian director, T. H D. R.. sass this supreme authority Is vested in no other person than him self. Indeed, the civilian director was emphatic when he declared: "No. , me aeo to reorganize the reserve when ' GeorKe Wentworth Carr, original ' nlier, stepped out. and Mr. Mc or-' .1... L.nnn.l mil n nrt IW r IMnwItv' . . . V.. . ...... .. vai a .An.hA. .. sunny vy .niu.- hi ..v-m . .,..-., ..-, ... tnU) commiuee, gravitated Into the Job I Of civilian director. GERMAN FUGITIVE RECAPTURED IN CITY Officer of Interned Liner Who Fled From Ellis Island Found Here George Mejer, a captain on the In terned German steamship Kaiser Wll helm II, who escaped from Ellis Island about three months ago and had since been In hiding from Federal officers, was discovered last night In a house at 40 Mllbourne street. He was arrested by Agents Vale and Bales, of the Depart ment of Justice squad. v Mejer had been living far some' time past at the Mllbourne street address under an assumed name. He will be held here until orders are received to send him to one of the Internment ctmps maintained by the United States Government Special Agent of the Department of Justice Frank Garbarlno said today that Mover will not be given any htarJnr. but will probably be eent to the German Internment camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Oa. Mr. Garbarlno said that he was work ins on the case Investigating the man ho sheltered Meyer, In order to find out how long Meyer had been here and the Koneral standing of .the mMu'who took him In and shelter 'MtfTlH said that Interesting tv beexpeotee 1 : TJtJTnts' rrmtn 'TtiVrm'.! ,. il j. iutu iiivj jjcivt ig Kit i 7-r -t 30 SAILORS LOST ;(r V-i jU . : t vt iv WHEN NAVAL TUG SINKS OFF COAST WW Ten Survivors of Cherokee Are Brought to League Island PHILADELPHIAN IS SAVED British Ships Rescue Men After Gale Founders Vessel Below Delaware Capes , The United Stales navy tug- Chrok sank on Tuesday In the gale which swept the Atlantic seaboard, foundering off Fenwlck lightship. wemriivu miles south of the Delaware Capes. Ten sur vivors, one of them a Fhtladelphlan. and several dead bodies were landed today at. the League Island Navy Tard, from two vessels whlcfS stood by the Cherokee during the hurricane. Thirty men of the Cherokee's company are dead or missing News of the disaster was first made known todsy through a report Issued , by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Fainting with exhaustion from their terrific battle with the seas which over- whelmd the little craft the Cherokee was only HI feet long and of 27 J tons the ten survivors were helped on shore early this morning at the navy yard here and carried to the navy hospital. in halting phrases they told the story of their desperate escape and of the loss ot their thirty companions. Five officers and thirty-five men made up the company of the Cherokee. Ac cording to the latest advices to the Navy Department, neither the commander of the Cherokee nor the other commis sioned officer on board has 3 et been picked up Two warrant officers are also mlszlng. One warrant officer was rescued According t,o this report,1 the other nine survivors aro seamen and mechanics. The official list of the rescued, as made public by Captain Von Bosklrk, censor at the Philadelphia Navy Tard, follows: THE SURVIVORS A. A. MARTIN, boilerman. 43S Car penter street. Philadelphia. Martin's wife Is said to live at thla address. K. 51. HUKNOTT, chief boatswain. T.. r. BARKER, chief mechanic's mate. n. J. if ALL, gunner's mate, second claw. L. F. ACKEllMAN", seaman, second class. rt. J. ROCEK, fireman, second class. J. If. WARMACK, fireman, second das. I. L. OUDGKI.L, fireman, second class, it. T. POVNF.R, fireman, third class. n. T. IIRUMFIEID, electrician, second No addresses were available, with the, exccptlonJofVMartln'D. S. Agoplan. a seaman, second class, whose home Is In New" Britain. Conn, was reported "s hiving escaped the disaster because he had overstsjed his leave. Names ef the dead and the missing are not jet available, hut an official list Is being compiled by the Navj Depart?"' ment and will be made public as soon as possible. Lack of exact Information about the disaster, together with the exact num ber of deid brought by the Aungban, on of the vessels which went to the rescue, has been due to the fabt-thst otnelala of the Philadelphia Navy Tard were told by the Navy Department at Washington, to whom they telephoned for Instructions as to giving out Infor mation locallj. that no information was to bo gveln out until after It had .first been communicated to the navy authori ties at Washington. A complete account of the disaster wao promised within a few hours. BRINGS I,N SURVIVORS Th vessel which brought In the ten survivors Is the British Admiral, a British steamship of 9000 tons. Two bodies wore rescued from the sea by thla vessel The British Admiral reached Reedj Island, at tho mouth of the Dela ware, late last night and came up the rler with all speed. The Aungban was passed by quarantine phsslclans at Mar cus Hook at 11 o'clocx this morning, The Aungban had several bodies on board and was ordered to League Island The ten survivors escaped on the first life raft which was sent out from the Cherokee, when it was seen that she " waa sinking, The British Admiral had been standing bj, but the seas were too heavy to get boats to the navy tug. A second life raft was launched and four men embarked on It. but two of them were swept overboard and the other two bvere dead when the British Admiral nicked un the raft. According to Captain Davles. com-j mander of the British Admiral, who' telephoned a brief report of the disaster to the agents of the vessel after hls.ar--rival here, the gale In which the Chero kee went down was a terrific one The British Admiral, being a 9000-ton steamer, was able to weather the Jiur- . Continued on Pte Two. Column Twe , MANY BURNED IN HONG KONG Hundreds Die When Race Takes Fire Track HONG KONO (via London). Feb.'JT.- Following the collapse of a great bam boo booth at the race course on Tuesday, fire broke out. -t Tne names spread to aajoining place and hundreds were burned to dealt Lth. Drew "Color Line," fa Chars NORRISTOWN. Feb. 27. William Y.nmnrnH. nronrletor ofa. NnrrtilAM restaurant, has been held for courtVbyvkJSi Miristrate Long, to answer made by John pTnson and Julian Loni. ld anDWflr rmrna 'inson and Julian ReiM.. ......a., T.nlfln.Avn a! nnl ' - -1 with food on account of their olorwME J'l they were In Norrtatown attending Juvenile Court, V " j "X jt THE WEATHEKO K urQXB0AeT ausov""1 tir ror Phi ;. TfdjvktUv:' A fteatfrtf w toritfikt iiiisMfr ouoic Hi In 17 W'& ij.. fMfcn ii'-ur ,m ..- ...IV -iW 4 l,4r,WoeniT!.erte.V.l J' ' SlliW.. H's.unM,ii s gaemJeVITAJnstk IHt VsMASM V, CjrtH"KUT 8TBKKT . - ,J wstw.l gfm JMlth irate jjjM & VJ ., a ii rr 4 .til fn the.Brldaeport side of tho rlicjv hm j'J'Vi -v '" u uMTiaH'Jtwar co (ne poupiu. Si 'v' f s A , Wk- - ft . 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