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IV.-NO. 150 PRICE TWO CENTJ& PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918 CoMIlOnT, 1918, It TBI rciUO LlNtl COUMXt 1i, '" T ir ".,.,' . , US if putrlt K COOR TO WALTON BLOCK CHANGE MAJORITY RULE Lependenta in Councils KBelieve uonuouci i,m Get Lcfeal upimo" &nj, IN MAYOR'S HANDS i...t.(- imrisiuu unviu" 1..lnrr P.ltV 3 inanccs lj invu'"o - f statutes Overridden by Vare Councilmen TO ORDINANCE shall be JN passed except by a two thirds iolc of both Councils and upntcd by the Mayor shin ,y extra compensation to any onblic officer, servant, iv,-., " i.n. after uprVICCS uent or cHnuu-" -- hTc been rendered or contract made, nor providing for the pay mwtof any claim against the city Hthout previous authority by law, ind sny officer drawing any war rant or passing any voucher for the same shall be guilty of a mis demeanor, and on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding $3000 and an imprison ment not exceeding one year." Act of Assembly, May 23, 1871. Rule 26. Na bill making a ipecial or additional"appropria tlon, or a transfer in any appro prlation already made, shall bo passed except after reference to nd report from the Committee on Finance, and then only by a rote of two-thirds of all the mem bers elected in each branch of Councils." Proceedings of City Councils. It- Controller John SI. Walton li trio man Keountcd upon by Independents In Uoun- dl to block the organization efforts to I iolllfy the fortyyears-old rule requiring ft two-thirds majority for tbc passage of Innsnclat measures. Although tlio Con- Urolltr declines lu discuss tbo matter. tilJent K. D. Gleason, of Common flricIL declares lie believes Jlr. Wal- Vwlll refer tlio matter to City Solicitor Connelly. Harry J. Trainer. Third Ward, and iCPenrosa leader In Select Councils, i tUa afternoon said: "In my judgment fW City Comptroller will refuse to Countersign warrants unuer any ci mc f Items ofUho ordinance I believe ho' ifoll be Informed by thol City Solicitor htliit he has no legal right to pay money . I'lnrf.r thin I. Ill ll 'l, U .tfaiin Ia .v. tUn Mr Clxtfnr-v rthoutd suddenly discover an old act (which he says reduces to mere scraps of paper, rules of Councils governing tlio nBteil ofi two-third volo to nass flnanco JaaUera.i L'i. 'rh.A riill. ItnTCitfi' 'knA 111. frlnnil. Ifchive abided by as long 'as they have ?btcn In Councils. So far as anv court ,4clslon Is concerned, there H no need ? for theiri on our nart. as tlio burden of L$ proof will bo on tbo other side. ir. -., i... . i.. ..,.. i. ., y ii v-iy uiuroiier vvuuuu uutrs na i .'tMnk he will do In the event of the Mayor signing It will bo up to the Mayor ana? his friends to mandamus tbo city lor the $100,000 they want for the food vconaervatlon. Thus they will have to O lo court to test the legality of the action of their friends." I AWAITS MAYOR'S SIQN'ATURi: Reports to the effect that Independent ;m,mb(Srs of Councils would carry the wjinroeriy Immediately Into the courts ereeet at rest by tbo action of Doctor Oleason In signing tho bill In dlspulo, 0 that It could- go at one to Major wrjth for his signature. The Major Ming In Atlantic! Cllv llin lilll mm- lint. BJ'l,lJr, remain unslgneil until Mondaj-. kar Jnnh t r..rf.... ..t...i .... Ijnnance Committee, when asked if ho Hal heard lhat legal proceedings wero vmonipiatea, tnia that Ho would wel come any such inovo to ascertain the aj" "" oi councils- rule ana the t Z otl the subJect' Chairman Gaffney 5 ,itnat to hls certain knowledgo ;-.iur jiawin it, varo vas not ac- winiM m adanca with tho Intention Coubclls to eet asld.0 the Iong.stand la rule. Varedsalcl"lne CounclIa' ac'ln, Senator f .V a? and is entirely a councllmanln natter. I knew nothlnir ulmnt it ,Mnot discussed with mo by the Mayer ft,1"? ine cl8c' You ca" Kiy tor me n,L . .. cn,lr9 .confldcnco In Mr. uaiiney's Judgment." Ki!iibe,lef ??as P"sea by Comm fCouncllman Francis V. Burcli. 0t t on the . CWUnneJ en I'aie nflctn. Column iour P0LICB PALS DIE TOGETHER Thomas Nicholson nnd n. r.nr-aA Atkinson Both Succumb It . A S?: i?-Sf"!S?aX ni" tra. former id "Th,. kt. iS -nraa AtKlnson. ,.TAcnls Nicholson, e ithtv vum Rl "-. urpwn street, also a former i home, lumarrow irom j cnotjon dleo) in the noosovelt Hos . He nad been In the Dclien a. C?.lSd..".Ea!r?,lman '" 79 nnd was fn,,th time, to the old Twenty- QAnd Rrnurn tlraala ,III-H ,i.i.J. .Teslfned from the police force May ifliu'non acerunt of physical dls- Uiy, lie WBI A VAUran rf 4U r,l..i. r' Before jolnlnr thn nnll Hn,vi. Mfllcholson was a nreman for twelve r- i LABV.SEVERELY SCALDED : o-Year-01d Boy Falls Into a Tub of Hot Water ;o-ar-ohifconrad Idleson. of BJ34 BHP'J 5.vnue, g In the University Bllal-ffcierelv .ealded an the bodv. anion la said to be orltleal.v (, vi -.....- - r. ---v " - . 'i iv Kit WW UUlQf WlMtAU,. ELEVEN DEAD, ' 46 INJURED IN LONDON RAID; Two Enemy Planes Kcach ru.,i .....i ..... ....,.. ul illlll Liop nuniua. I Favored by Aurora Boroalis ! LONDON', Mnrch S i:iccn persons wero hilled and forty six Injured In nn enemy nlrplano raid over London last night. Lord French an nounced today. Ho added that It was feared six other wero utlll burled In tlio wreckage. Two enemy airplane?, of a fleet of eCIl or eight, succeeded In reaching the city, It wnn anted. These dropped Kexernl homba. Tnn other planes, com ing up tho Thames rttiiiry, were turned back before reaching London Othcis crossed i:tSe, dropping bombs southwest, northwest mid north of Lon don. Seeral houres wero demolished. When upas of tho approaching ma chines; wan flashed to tho capital the danger signal was sounded and tho peo ple took refugo In tho bombproofs. In tho meantime tbo Urltlsh scout ma chines went up and tho hlgh-nnglo can non wero turned loos ag.iln.st the uld era. FRESHMEN GIRLS WIN BIG SWIMMING MEET Defeat Upper Classes in Water Tourney at Swarthmore College- SWAirniMOn.;, m , Mnrrh s. In tlio blj: annual Mnnicn'n Interring swim nt Swarthmore ToIIcko tho fast frefh nan tram procd supcrlnr tc tlio nata tnrs of tho other three olatscs by l.il1 tiifT 2S poInU to 17 from tho nearest rompctltnrn. Tho junior team rlalmoi? pcoond place. Tho yearling daughters of Neptune uero ehamploned by MIhho Walton and Purdy. whe renred high. Miss Turdv Hon tho dUon by nn exhibition of un usual praeo and t-MII. .Summaries: 20-arl 4lnrtion bv Kurtx nntnr fr orid. ItlfharHoon, pnphntiinro thlrI, alton, frhmiti. T Inif. H .Vi nmml. HncK crawl Won li ruhntinK Junior, srforiJ, I'unlv. frrvhmnn. third, ItobertB brphonmrp Time, I HftornI iral for fnrni Won by Wnlter frfh irnn Mruml ttlrh.irilon, sophonmro; thlri! tlo between Kurtz, entor, anil riilinpstock Junior Ml anl dah Won bv Itlrhimlon. popho. niorp ticrontl, S niter, frpuhman, third, YttuTifT, juninr 1 Imp, '! " ." netori'la 1'luiitfv fr (Hntnncp Won bv JJrlsxs. tunior, nT(mtl lonnclly frnhman, tliluJ, lib hard-on. nnphoirorn. fltanrf 41 feet l"tinrj (llhiff Won b runl, frrphmaii sciond, Yotinir, juninr, third llrlffRi, juninr. IIpI Won bv frpbhinpti, FecotiU. nopho moron, third, fenlr. GERMANY GETS PATH TOlF,nS!1A ATfJUAMltiTAM luuaiA, AiuniUNiaiAN Direct Communication With For merly Barred Regions Estab lished via Russia by Berlin t .Irf)NDON. March 8. Separate trea ties between Oermnny and Ilul.i reuu lntlnB their economlo nnd legal telatlons will pljrtly bo published , Berlin seniloffclal aeency learns that by the establishment of free transit Germany has obtained direct commer cial connection. lti ItuxHln, with I'eisl.i and AfKhanlstan, from which It hitherto has been barred. Not only Is fiermany to have a. I'lear route through HulKarla and Uobrudja to ronstuuza, across the lllaek Sea to Datum and on lo the Verslan frontier, but slio also linltts llunuinla shall allow tho passago of German and Atislro-lluiiKarlan forces throUBh Moldavia and llcssarubla to Odessa. ITALIANS BOMB POLA AS VENICE REPRISAL Fifteen Airplanes Return to Base After Raid, Washington Is Officially Informed WASHINGTON, Mnrch S In repilsal for the recent bombardment ut Venice fifteen Italian hjdroairplanes raided tho Austrian base at Tola, according to an ofllclal cablegram from Homo this afternoon. All of tho plants returned to their Italian baso in safety, It was stilted. During the most lecent raid over Venice, tho dltp.itch added, two enemy airplanes, which seemed ,to bo Intent on destroying the bridge oer the lllalto. were struck by the Italian antl-alreraft guns nnd fell In the Adriatic. On tho fol .owing day Italian planes successfully bombed the cnem's hangar nt Molta Ul I,lcnsM and IMrcnzo. GERMANS' WEST DRIVE IMMINENT, IS REPORT Italian Officials in Washington Get Woid From Switzerland; Allies Ready WASHINGTON, March S. The Ger man offensUo on tho west front la nbout to begin, according to ndlees "la Switzerland ' reaching Italian oiilci.ua hero this afternoon. Theo reports say that the Central Powers hao com pleted all of thelr.mllltary arrangements OfllclnH here declared tint they believed tho Entente front would hold at ocry point. Driver Held for Manslaughter James Itlzzo, twenty-seven ears old. 1127 South Seventh street, accused of manslaughter, was held In J1000 ball for court by ltecorder Stackhoute, In Camden, this afternoon. A truck ho was driving ran over and killed William Duttou, four years old1, Hro.idway and Jackson street. Camden, yesterday. President Signs Civil Rights Bill WASHINGTON. March 8. President Wilson this alternoon signed the soldiers and sailors' civil rights bill, which will protect American lighters from action In the courts while they aro at the front. Hot Springs Results i'.i.ut ninl li mile! Adlll. ll. VillUm... 3tol Oto5 l,to2 Mauler JlcClrath. JtO. .,.,. rtuvnen. US. U'lllry..., i to 5 Tlmf. 1:14 4-r. Harry lan. 100 - Xl.frv Lali. !Ol. Willi 3 to J T Co 111 tjavelh. lisl t'olllni - lo 1 Time. HIT 4-3. Havana Results I'inST HACK. .. furlnnzi; r5.nnl0,!J,1...Mr. 3 t 1 CI to B 3 to .1 M.r" .MU.'Hufh.i.n ..... 4 to 3 I jo a Laudator. IIS. Orwtb... .s 3 to 1 Ttnwj'IKl I-"-. ... i MKCdNn JIACU. C turloni . . ..... Tnden.aiii Ul. Prom. Tins jw u . y, a lMl.ll,' "iiiii' 'M'ty-T vi CHH(v MV "..'.; s ' :- ''- AT HOG ISLAND , Between 1000 and 3000 Walk Out After Dis pute on Overtime SCORE ARE ARRESTED Demand "Double .Time Instead t of Time and Half Bowles Sees Settlement WASHINGTON', March 8. The Mrikc or carpenters at the Hog Islniul hip urds lias been settled on, ordern rich to Admiral Francis Bowles late today, the shipping hoard announced. Hetupcn 1000 nnil 3000 lilpliuildei8 I at the Hob Island i.int of the Anicrli'iin Intel national KlilnliulldltiR C'oiporatlun nnllfd In a walkout tud.iy. The strlKers, nioitl) ondorlicis, dc ninnd tlielr old iia nf double llnio for overtime work Instead of the new tclied-1 ule uf time nnd n lialf In effect tills morninc. Tliey nre members of tlie l'lilladelphl.i DlMrlet Council of tlif L'nlted Hrotlierliood of Carpenters and Joiners. Hear Admiral l'ratu'li T. Howie? ni itl'tant innnnRpr of tlie I2mcrj5cnc Kleet Corporation, dlrcctliiB operation of tlie Goxernment-controlleil Milpjard, paid Hilt afternoon that tlio trouble was temporary and would be adjusted fatls--faetorlly bolli liero nnd In WiichliiKton A fonferenee between ileltR.ites of tlie brotherhood nnd rrprcFPiitatlC4 of tli"4 KmcrBency Fleet Corporation anil olll claN of the American International re sulted 111 n deadloiU i.irly tlilw afternoon at the crrporatlon'M olllce, llroad .mil Cherry slreeti. The chief point nt Issue wan a differ ence of pay amuinitlnc to fifteen mln Iiles. The workers demanded an bom's pa for fhe thirty uilnuteH' woiU before S a in . for which they iecele furty-flc minutes' pay under tlio new rates. Another inference, was railed late this afternoon, pending wonl from Wnshlncton. Hos Island ndlelals said the) wero powerless to Krant the de e wero powerless to Krant the de- imis for u ciianfo in waBe schedules i deredby ,bo i:n,erKe,,cy i-eet Co,.; ma crd por. 'William I., llulihcon, president of the brotherhood, lefu.icd today to com ment on the strike. nicordliiB to u dis patch rroin Washington. IJIIH ISIS Ol Hie lulled States Shli.nlnc Hoard soucht an , expression fiom hlni as to the demand IIc a IltlotC(1 halnff llc ncw nothing abi.ut the w.ilknut Odlclals feared tlio walkout this time will mean that the enllro new wage scale fixed by the Shipbuilding Uibor Adjustment Board for the rastern ship yards will huc to be reconsidered. Nearly a score of iifrrstirclfbratrtef,-l hood agents and sinners wero reporieu it the shipyard this afternoon. Among the prisoners, who liter wero loleased. bv tbo unipuny guards, was U. K, Smith. business agent for tho Chester dlstilct council. i Members of tho workers' council I quoted Hog Island odlclals us saying i tlio strike was hampering the construc tion of tbo shins. No siaiemeni couiu ,n obtained from officers of tho corpora- i tlon. all Inquiries being referred to Ad-j mlriil ttouleS The discontented workers threatened that HOOD men would bo out by tonight. The strike Includes carpenters. Joiners, shipwrights, caulkers, piledrlvers nnd wharf and c?ock builders, and their work Involves sevcial thousand laborers help ing In rush Tdcrs for ships to help win tho war. Admit. il Bowles discounted the. extent of tho walk-out or Its Importance. "It Is a strike of a small number of machinists and pllo drlveis, according to mv Information." ho said "I under stand there nre no carpenters In It. Tlio workmen b claim of juuu sinners is a gross exaggeration. I look upon It as a temporary mat- C'onllnuril on Pace Fifteen. Column reirn New City Appointments City appointments, todav im-ludi I,ouls M. Uoldeii. riOLT, Woodland ludo Dr. mil nve- nuc. iissisiaiu iin'uiuai iiiPiit'Lior. iiureau of Health, salary J1I00: llcubeu I,, Krltz 940 South I'.ixon street. Inspectcr, itureiu of Hlglivvajs. JIC0O; William I. Ktackhouse, 2020 Kast Cumberland Mtcct. apprentice, nepanmeiit of city ries'eroV'lr-n-na.. Kuhn and o,i,r were as treet in.uhlnlst. Iliireau of . slgnid to Investigate. Later ll Hall Transit. i ,rl.i,tl.t bl Health a oay. mill jiuium .ueizgrr, n Nortli Maishall street, appicntlce. Bureau of Survejs, J180 a year. PHILADELPHIAN HELD AS POSSIBLE HUN SPY 0. R. Kuehnc, Jr., Ordnance Bureau Checker, Caught With Munitions Reports Oswald 11. Kuehnc, Jr., wjio says he lives In Locust street near Thirty-second street, was arrested by Department of Justice officials at Washington today on suspicion of being a spy. Ho was released In $2000 ball. "I think they will find my boy has done nothing." said tho mother, at tho homo In Locust street, this afternoon. She added that she feared that ar. en velone she received recently, containing money, nlsht- navo l""' licr e" under 'suspicion. It was a Properly stamped envelope, the mother explained, but the War Department print was covered w Mi heavy pencil marks. Mrs Kuehne explained that her hus hand had been In this country for wenty-seven years and that the boy was brought up under American In fluences. Ho worked, nt the Krankford ArVcnal before golns to Washington. Young Kuehne was a graduate of Central Hlsh School and. being bucccss ful In gettlnB University of rennsyl van"cho larshlP from the city, took the coUetc 'course, He has the distinction nt finishing tbo.course, which Is a four veu" period. In' three years. The boy la Just past twenty-one years. Kuehne, employed as a checker In the Ordnance Bureau, was arrested Just as he was apparently ready to leave with .,.. nn munitions output In his valise. It-Is also said he removed a conflden.. ..T - " -ir-' Rescue of Survivors From the Ill-Fated Florizel, Ashore i 1 ' - ' : " '- ' ' v SHSfe FJtsVi, 'CLR(w hWfti '"" & - ' i.. J . t "Vi Zh? " "' ' " -' . ' Y v ' J-i''. yiu HMk. tjttku. w,wv.. W " ' i fc - , A' 4sBHMMtfhfiuPBL''?!!r . - cliPIK,,TvsaHCdtf8HlKSHK'V'' v MnflHIHIHHSIIlHHIHIIHHIHIHIHMKiLlllllHfeiM k ti nunt, int rn.itinntil Mini ivrvici After many Willi iittcmpts liad been mndc lo resent' the Mirvivinu pas.senKcr.s nn.l members of tho crew of the lied Cross liner, which was driven ashore in a blizzard on the coast of Newfoundland twenty mi es trom Cape Uacc 'cbrunry 25, the storm subsided and the lifeboats of the rescue ships reached the side of tho Florizel. This, the lirst pliotoRinph of the rescue. show.s boatloads of survivors lieiiiK rowed ashore. The I'lorizel itself is indicated by the ctoss. N Us the reef in the foreground, mmilnr to the one on which the Florizel grounded. CRACKSMAN GETS . $10,000 IN GEMS . . ,-, stroncbox oi Bai'lly Bros., cheatnut strcetf drilled Open During Night ,. - ., TNJfl TRACE Ol' 1 II I h 1 siiinerliiunnn strength and keen -eosn of touch took the place of ex iloslcs, when a clever oiiuksman '-1 lay robbed a bl safe in tho office of 1 flfl V Tiriiv tirothers. manufactuilng Jewel e. 808 Chestnut street, nf dlKniouds and plitinum Jeweli valued nt $10,000. The jobbery, which Is one of tbo many that have occurred -In tbc central p.ut ol the . toolt place Kmietime b( tween last night nnd early today A pair of whit.' cloth glove, n bnuc and i'i heavy steel bar found neiir the ?:""'' ,,,,',i,na ho viewed the the only clues icii ini"'i v "" ' ioUcM combination villi h bill! bem nimox' lorn iii. ...i-. that It wasJlf "'""hl "a,c iw' tbat has uccuired In this vlclnltj In A long time Entrance to the place, which is on the second limn, was gained by opening a icar window after the burglar had climbed a llrc-i-cape. The cracksman Is belleied to have left the I'laco in the same manner Neither tho safo or tlio window sills born any fingerprints. llow long the man was in tho place Is u matter of conjecture. After a hole had been ililllcil 111 tlio combination loik, the pollen believe, tho cracksman pui mu sieei oar uKimi n,l then. li nil Ills strcngtn, nroue me locks and forced open the door The lobbcry was discovered shortly arter 8 o'chAk this morning, when Mar tin llarlly, a member of the llrm. reached the office Tim door leading to the office was linked As ho walked III ho found tho safe, which stands almost live fiet high open and on the floor were imply Jewel Iioncs which had bieu placed In tho safe tho previous 'night Police of the Klfteenlh nnd l,ocusl streets station were notlflcd. Special Detective iiitiiiini iun-. imvi , un ri tonllniinl on 1'ttSe Flrtern. lolunin liie A. C. DRESSERENTERS" MEAD0WBR00KMILE Cornell Star Will Compete Against Ray, Fall, Ryan and Devanncy in Special Event A. C. Hrrsser, Cornell's sl.ir luuner, and the InKriollcgUto eross-country , champion, will start lu the nicciai lnuo race or tlie Medovv brook games to morrow night with Jolo llay, Jack Hynn, hMdlo Kali and Sllke Devanney. Jack Moakley, tho veteran track coach nt Cornell, today asked Samuel Dallas, the Meadowbroolt Club secretary, that his stur nillcr bo placed In tho mllo event, ns Dresser has been run ning In wonderful stjlo all jcar. Tho entrance of Dresser Into this race will assure Jolo Hay, the Chicago filer, of fast pace and a , hard race throughout the entire distance, and It Is likely that Johnny Overton's world's Indoor record of 4:16 will bo smashed, Andy Ward, the National A. A. U. champion sprinter nnd Kddlo Kail, the Western Conference champion mller, ar rived In this city late this afternoon, from the Oreat Lakes Naval Training School In Chicago. i FINDS SIGNATURE GENUINE i Banking Commissioner's Chargo of Forgtry Not Heeded in Verdict YOniC, Pa., March 8. That the signa ture of State Uanklng Commissioner Panlel P. Lafean on a Joint note of $3100, given the Henry Carls estate by Jlobert J, Lewis, the missing Tork law yer, was genuine, was declared by jury .today. -iMr.' Ijifean declared his name im ,..-ul' n ,1. AatAW nh 4t, b,i,.J sws; ;.:;" rSK ISLAVS RETAKE TOWN FROM FOE T , r) t,1, l.i..,-,-, Jambui'g, bS jMiles v rom i Petrogpad, Wrested From I Huns, Bolslicviki bay ,.,.Mr Mm.rr IJI.llll v 111?! 11 KILV SI ILL I IKlMLl llLlil WASHINGTON. March 8. General disapproval of the Kusso- f;cr,a peace terms w expressed in j, ,e S(atc l)C)artmeitt mes- sages from Consul JSummers under date of March 6 said today. He re ported the anarchht movement growing stronger there, and said some people had been killed and wounded by bombs. Ciipi;.MIAi;i:.V, March S. .Tambuig, sixty-eight miles from Pctro grad, was recaptured fioni the Hermans on Tiiesd.i), aiioidlng to an official an-' liouncement madn In Petrogr.ul, a dls- palcli received hern declares. , It is nisi) nnnoiiiiied ill I'elrograd that ' Kiev, tho capital of tho Ukraine, Is still In the hands of tho Uusnlan revolution-, nry troops and has not been occupied by i ' tho Hermans. A previous inessago hay ing Kiev 1 i.id been lost to tlio enemy, tho statement adds, was due to the re-' Lclpt of u wlieless message, which must I have oliglnated fiom enemy sources. I COPL'MIACJIW, March S I The possibility of German operations I against I'elrograd from tho noith was seen today In the llerllii announcement lh.it a peace treaty lias been concluded witli Finland Tho Herman Hoi eminent promised to glvo military aid to 1 'Inland such as was given to I'kralula, nnd already Herman forces may be moving through Kluktiul It Is known that the Aland Islands have been occupied ninl that strong Heiinau naval foiees am lu Fin nish waters It Is reported tli.it the Ilusniaus' Il.illlo Sea fleit has taken lefugn at Kronstadt and Viborg, the latter being I a Finnish port. i Should tho Hermans occupy llclslng fors on tho pretensn of giving aid to the new republican Huvcrnment of Finland, they would bo lu a position I to movo against I'ctrogiad along the llelslngfors-Pctrograd tallunv (The two cities are about 170 mlle-j apart). DANGER FOR GERMANS IN DRIVE INTO GREECE Ry J. W. T. MASON NHW YOItK March 8. New Herman dftlgns for a 6prlug of fensive against tho Allies' position at Salonika would result. If carried out, In throwing Hieeco Into the arms of the Allies for self-protection. The Urceks at piesent urn rluctant to take an active pait In tut. war. A sweep by tho Central Powers. luvvevcr. Into tho Hellenic peninsula, could not be Continued en I'sse Vlfleen, Column Sit WANT TO LICK KAISER, MUST FIGHT SUSPICION Four Dutch Sailors Have Busy Time Denying Teutonic Origin When They Try to Enlist Four yiung Dutch sailors, ragor to enlist In Uncle Ram's fighting forces to help avenge the wrongs done to their country's shipping by tho Kaiser's sub marines, spent a busy time here today trjlng to enlist and denying they were Hermans. Arousing suspicion on every hand by their Teutcnlo features and accent, they finally were Bent to the United States Aiarsnais omce. jnero mey were advised to try again at the army recruiting of. lice, where aliens may be enlisted, the navy ana marina corps mrrmg an non t'ltliena. Tho quartet Josef Verjaus, Dirk Lev ering, Josef de Vrlts and Keodflck Dirk I1IJI arrived at an Atlantic port 'four, feen dava ago. . They liAVe seen sersrieA .(B-Vava. Dutch JSat.Indi. tfcey HirX $", BASKETBALL SCORES CAWDSN HIGH. . . 14 OERMANT'NH...10 GEnMANI'N2D..13 GERMAN'NBES,., 0 822 717 AVIATOR FLYING TO WASHINGTON WILL HALT HERE Lieutenant Geoige Flachahv. of the Flench Hying Squad ion, is malting n flight from New Yoik to Washington today. Ho is scheduled to make a stop at the jnoposed aeiinl mail stn tion, just north of the Philadelphia Nnvy Ynid. The aviator is cairylng a message to officials in Washington ftom Ttench leaders of New York. HELD FOR COURT ON CHARGE OF DRUG USING Accused of having smoking opium and .having an opium "layout" in his possession, William Ross, twenty years old, who have an addiesj, on Ninth street near Sansom, was held under $500 'hall for couit today by United States Commissioner Long iu tho' Tcdeial Building. He was ni rested at the South Ninth street house by.Coloncl WiU.GrcyiDeach, oithe'Iuternrtblieveuue Department, 30.000 LETTERS FROM SAMMEES LOST WITH SHIP WASHINGTON, March S. Thiity thousand leters home, written by American soldiers In Fiatice, weie lost when the steamship 'Andaula, -was sunk off. the coast of IieTanil late in January, ihe Postoffice Department announced this afternoon, he department' makes the announcement to-relieve.relatives and friends of soldiers expecting'leters .written nbout. that tim. CHICAGO "WETS" WIN POINT Election Orders Scrutiny of Petition for Vote CHICAGO, March s The Chicago election commission today ordered a "dry petition" for a vote April 2 to abolish the saloons In Chicago examined for defects and withheld action to put the liquor question on the, ballot until such Investigation Is completed. The. order vvaa a distinct "wet" lc- -V,fci v ii j'-t? nv Off Cape Race &Jiun.&xk&&it&& i&s&zti&l ri -r.t 'u MM:4.M ,"'.rsa LANSDOWNE ....32 KENNETT SCI 7 LIQUID FIRE ATTACK ON U. S. LINES FAILS American Sentries Also Disperse Enemy Patrol on Si. Mihiel Trent k LONDON. March 8. A German at tack with liquid Are on the American forces northeast or toui qn the wt. Mi hiel sector)' was repulsed, according to dispatches received here tcday. ' On the same front. It vu renorted. American Matrl drove o;aH egwuiay.r- )' rfflrt Pm8l: -J a . i DETECTIVE CUM SHORN OF POWEft, rt. 'VS BY SAFETY HEAD f .-? Captain Tate's Authority Reduced by Sweeping fQ Wilson Urder , fi 5&v AUTO SQUAD ABOLSHEB i-. Men Who Ask Rewards for' Recovering Stolen Goods '' ", to lie Dismissed .,, " -r. 'X flfi. s Abolition of the detective auto thleOJ' Sffl squad, curtailment of the power of Ca- -J tain of Detectives Tate and reorgan!M, " tlon of tho entire police department WHlStl soon be made. fw That was announced today bj; Dlrectof,''- Ullnn TI.a nipAnlni. nlan viona It... . I'i any rcquists for reward by a member' of the police bureau for recovering stolenjifft goods or apprehending criminals will i cause instant dismissal. when asked his views on the new por jj lice regulations promulgated today by 4,A ,a District Ilotan said: Director Wilson. District Attorney. - i "I will not put my stamp of approvil, j--fj upon the latest move Inaugurated ttfyyA the Director of Public Safetv until ltX't' shows results. The police department"";?!.; under the new system can be Just as rott $f,f ven as u was unner ine oiu system, ine Ttib Mi.iin.1 .iiiuuicj n vu. vu itiii urvni, & In every particular with. the police dV?'SV it partment that li. It will do everythlnCr ?. ""i I,.,. .. ,..- .. . 15 K S3 the public." frtiijjki The new order, which will co lnt effect tomorrow morning at 8 o'clacWiSHzitm also compels the lieutenant of each dljJM trlct to telephone the station house overy "a hour. Just as a patrolman does now. ' -,,'.(i STATEMENT BY DIRKCTOn in a siHiemeiu cxprnining iiic cnangve -ry': Director Wilson said: tV'j "I have abolished tho detective auto "ijjd squad, I have abollihcd tho so-called j. W sneclal otlleers In every- district and. yv'i divided the city Into five detective tones' pnmnrlalMi fli'n nnllA rflvlalnn, vr.li,Blvtt W nf tlm ffiOli rlllUlfin Jt? fil A w. ... .... ,........ '-.'-i' "The headquarters In each of the five ja?," envisions win ue us ioiiows: W "First Division. Seventh and Car- cs-f penter streets station. t fHfl "Keeond Division, -Tenth and Buttorw&M il nn1 eiriitta ulnllnn 1, id 'i.luI .r" r"v"r, .-:""":... . . . r',i-ri liuru division, .Mnciectitn ana u- s 3t, ford streets station. . ?", "Fourth Division, Front and Wert- jai moreittim streets siation. ifiSi-J "Fifth Division. Flfty-IUth and PInVCtS streets station. - , SJi ( "A detectlvo serxeant will be tn-i'ii cnarge or encn zone, acting in oob.i, Junction with the captain of the dlviS?a.fl Ion. He will have under him alt Be:"?JV,'f rlftl nfflfipri now In lh rilvlklnn mautJH Vv '. Plemented - by .a, number ot acting- Mtll&'Z tctves how attached to central ha4.H'.id TTin vnn trrn -vfT ttirt',(,i:i?'i'fi fl 'The First nuislon will be In chifrrS'.? nf li0ttt1 tt Ascaatil ToimK flimliniMW "iAv, who will have twenty-tlire act.nSa tACtllAa Ullrl llrn inllnrniNiU .mIIavw. -l. 1 A under his charge, "i "The Second Division will be in .,1R charge of Detective Sergeant Joseph, 'vS Coogan, who will have twenty-seven ai3.i acting detectives and two motortrvelB VAy'fi policemen under him. "Detective Sergeant Richard DoyU wi nave c narcs or tim Ti, ni nivuinn trrv with twenty-three acting detectives and. W" Inn iniilnn.1 Ma ,ill..am. ... 1.1 . 't'.1 ... ...w.... v ... jFi.ii.iinrii iiiiuci null. fl-- "Detective Sergeant Hugh Ayre with, iHcuiy-one men ana two motorcycle t, policemen under his direction, will be la 4N charge of the fourth division. ': -iieiecuvo Kergeant John Stucker wilUf have charge of the fifth division. MeVr will dlreit eighteen uctlng detectlvtt'sV aild two motorcycle policemen. w, SKKUIJA.VJ'S KUHI'O.NSIBLE ' fj.,,5 ..i,..j -..,.. -. . ,,i... .. JilS 15 winter W.1111U111 i tin- ,-i xiiy rtHU willy bo twenty-nve detectives cxeluslveKof tho murder snuad. The detectlvn nee." irenritH will he held rexnntiMlhl fnr ,hU conditions In their divisions with tne.dIaH M tlnct understanding that any laek'ofii'fis effort means instant dismissal. "ifew "If uny acting defective under thfcUL. nAFnatiivt foltu In tin 111 a 1iilf t t If r Wa(i -t back to tho street In uniform In twntXXr Si m i c ri,i- i,-, A,it,. Aii....-tAwLy3 . 3 IUUI IIUUIII, lllia III nuniPU ICHCVCQUBVjL 2 t.nll.i llAiilanniilo nf rnanr -nallill Ita JIt . vH 'VI O ihuh,iiiiiiu ui. bujiutiiitiiiit ' if .'' c fc their district. .fc "Lieutenants must patrol the dUtrlefil? !.. ,1 bAu I., .l. ...lit. !.. ,1,' in Ulliiuiiii mm c in mutn Willi w- Htuflnn linusp every hour. Street itrrv! ccantH will perform tho duties of formetV S .In I.. a Tl uvuf ni rf mania I nffiiuae & 1IUI II in. .... U).... .nvuirt: acting as messenger boya for lleutenaptf gU 1,1111 i.AdCft M vt C i CREDIT TO W1IOM CREDIT IS Djmfiifl "Any demand or request ny a memoer nf Hia nnllcA hilreall fnr A reward fni-thM, apprchelslon" of a criminal or tw.fgv. ifflS covery of goods means lnimedlate,fct5r'rr'S missal. Every man gets credit foKH ? v-S work ho performs. Jvo man will be,.j .lened to nlaln clothes duty by a lit tenant vvlthuut permission of the suei) ; J inlenuent ci pouco. t . i'TIipm will tin a sneelal nnusii at ......!. nll,A 111 ,l,tf Aattrl J.. P. ' keep close watch qn uuto thieves,-. a Hg tf they will be equipped to pursue thentt. , j II ilmai r? I ' "All v'ersons arrested by detectM (, in Caen UIVISIOII will irtciYO UFHIWH vvi by niaglstraies cuieciauy aasignea ; ' ...... Jl. I. Inn '-T. . II1UV uiusiv". .n Director Wilson, ivou)a mKO nop iher edimnent except to say that' hejt asked Councils for ap approprlaUejkJj PUI IU" J"I51" w-v..wv j.. ..?. years ago nui couiu noi kci m mf "I have now put the hew eyst order." he saw, -ny rearrange the forces at nana. . The .shake-up In the police bur lows the numerous complaints.. automobile metis auring recemv and the existence or crimp gene THE WEATHffi :v FOIIECAST tyi For iVitiaaeipma ana riciniijf fonlohf. folloucd by tncrcailng. ncss Saluraa; tioiciy ruing n ittre. irith ".' ioniuM 8 decreet: oenitbioulherlu vu -. i.K.MiTH nr. u.y' bun rl', 0-1 .m,qu setvi: 1IELAWAXB IVKB 1IOK t CB8TNtn"8THI!!BT Jlleh wtr, Pt..m.Htt Water, )TKrmAtjm.fiT m t, I B .,' H iF'i .:' 'MfM j&.i j ..( .9 .1- .- T 'vj- fc,W., n-m ' tf-x
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