-final Euentng public ffieiaer 1 v .- 3 W fc'?.. T i- -' x ra. 7, ' 1 VOL. IV. NO. 152 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 19i8 CorinioiiT, mis. rt 'iir. Puruc Lrnat... Coiitant PRICE TWO CENT Hfl t'fi IjjOVERNORCHOICE LEFTBYVAKE1U .CITY COMMITTEE 0(ly Meets Soon to Decide Which uanuiuau: iu Indorse 4by" ISSUE LOOMS UP Ipalmer Says the Democrats B'witl Plcdce Their Candidate Bto Prohibition Amendment 3i ' f'f" senator Vnre. whin "sl"J ,oan' lf lift. Philadelphia Republican ..rgan.su- lit: "Sw. ; ciu; O'Nel, feJJLbrnatorlal nomination, said jinr v..- ., commi. hhU was entirely i - -"- - , iinw w ..,.., ,. m nipot In tut! t it The comniii"- . JUr future- perhaps v.""'" ' , vc,ckS' i.,i- n slate for Governor. Lleuten toielect a slate 1,,1-rn.il At- Tfv Comiimi' " fif.t Governor .-ccrcimj " b . 1 '. ...!.. office" Mitchell Palmer Democratic nation &A1" ectnan from Pennsylvania. fe"?WolV Glared the Dc.no. Bio ....... ,., i!nl'nrnor UOUII1 ir llcrttte 5n .L nntlnnal prohibition i rB.l VlISh"n-'SS "" i iC o. hli y to Wartlncton. Rhoufjo. ,mwernir J. Denny KilnA-'Z attack ui on htm for HailnB come SjA,"?"Jiwiin,,. sld: "Denny Feems aut tor l"'"" ' . rt (,... I tliouislit Jbewm' , ," ," vo Komc .nhl- ISeTln worEinB out .. ProhlMtlon fSMon. Tic Mem. to want It all r'-.amconcer,;eJ.f.rc lrvl)Odv, Democrats aim mi. " "- ; K!'!?. i. ' t. I, a moral ami economic HMa people, not aatimiea . ...- SI)".. .i.. hair i.i'lsonauy muuc .." IjpMMN.i," -. u.-idne to nio- j tM liquor ""?'""", i,.ir nttI1 ailvan- mopoiiM.i- "" - ,r,h. UMproiMu..... . ;. ;--,,. ,.... Ute and to nac u .. "."- :V Senator crniil refused to uenno wran . Sprou reiuseu i i byBl!?l..l- h.nrss ThlnL 4 1.. Mnl til' ? il" ' .. .. l....lnn,U Iktwrentlv was directed to tho fact that ftSNln '" declared by hl Political enc- niin from tne nquor .......- arXtZTS, conv; y tne Revml.5t. Wnihim A, Sunday ,u .now ., wwcd no was i eh-. .- -. dtfoclcat the market price. ..,.., LiKr'-lA. a. ,,i M further that tho Ftt Time., a dally.publltton ln f:Ch8teT. would, also aeciare oi i"- i".,.! vi- t. future. "Sv. :.n Tn control of the' !? feme. J,aTmortyHn. I jnt wifcj-ciiMw ";''".. wnr lAnrtara rm most 01 mo mruuBenv ..... .--.---K city, Members of tho comm tee to, the n vvniscuiu nnu" ." . J Mff-votes to the'candldates selected It tht meetlnB of the committee, ine OHtlnx is scheduled to bo open to nevvs ...,.n ,n.l ihn selection of a ticket iKiimatter of committee-member votes. K-.oKn n. K. Scott. Consressman-at.! ;lu'nd Varc candidate for the lie-J unbllcan nomination for Lieutenant VfloYtrnor. Is certain of favorable uc jrtlon by the committee. Secretary of TMtfi.l AfTalru. I'rtlll liuui:ii 10 - t. .,.a ina tb nunmltteo's Indorse- KiJnsnt for renomlnatlon. Bcsond this the Iff situation Is obscure, i?' The placing of responsibility of se j' tlectlnsr the ticket upon the ward leaders l' v.Jlt..Aa ...iii irpuntiv (.trenuthen the r UICIIIpCltC-0 .11.. ..-.i -- "-- .vote In this city for the ticket, which &I receives the backing of the members of P V. the committee. ' "DBYS" JIOST KNCOURAGHD fh Corplng upon the very heels of tho an- ,jrnouncement or senator opruui umi -Vilronjly favors piohlbltlon, and that he ."lit..-. 1l .!. ..n.llaa .inA .;inillHnteH JW1VKU Kll VI III; iailiro ...... ......... it Will h fnr It 'Mr P:ltnlel-'K Statement drives tlie "drj-'s" u distinct feeling of be i'earlty.. They, however, are Keeping In ,mInO (hat the members of tho two houses of the Legislature are tho ones who win decide 'the fate of the Amendment. '"We Welcome all converts to tho fold," uld Mr. Palmer, thus" claiming the i amendpient as primarily a Democratic &tiiu hv vlrtiiA nf r'iTn.rww. u hleh liassed ?th jtmendment, being Democratic. He continued: nc. "The Democratic party In PennsM- .Tunia win naturally be ror tno nnienu- fJ,Jnint. onil tha riainrrnlln linmlnp.e for Governor will bo unqualifiedly pledged for IU1 He then averted that when ,'the candidates tire alt iilcdged to the " atnendment It will then bo un to the t',tople(to decide whom they consider the Kibert friend of -prohibition. Sneaking of l.iMr. McCormlck, he jsald his co-leader Is Continued on l'ate Four. Column Two I1 MRS. DE SAULLES GETS BOY ' New York, March 11. The troubles of ,in. uianca uo sauiics. vvtuow oi inu t.Vl football alar she killed -last sum- ,ptr t his home In Westbury. ramo to n.M end here todav so far as her son Is 1 fonoofned, when an order was Issued I.' from Surrogate's Court giving full cus Kf tody jot the boy to her. Tho Nassau UCotinty Trust Company was placed In ltbarg of little Jack'H iiroperty. i Mm. le Saullcs went to Oullfoinla i HlOrllV nftur linn tir'finlttnl of ft obartre 5 of murder and Is believed to bo there iHOVY, I ii - . . j . . .. i 1 Hot SnrmirH ICesuns Vminr n,(.v -.. ...i.... JKimauS, Rami,'.... 7 to 10 1 Io S cut i Caro. 10S, Uodrl. . . EOmtra , J02. Iiovvsn s t 5 L.t.TlnnM 11? 1R IKlECONb ncfi. r.'4 fnrlonmi: I ?1 Lrt?;'lurgone, 109. l-BeUron ... T.to 1 a to S ven IKVuiiy. vu. VVIIU8..1 ..... a 10.1 n 10 5 to.1 1 v ItUnlld- lnfl llvrn- B to 1 LVTIna, lrfia i..v pE WEATHER , i rOREOABT ' ' ' itVlrt'ladephCa ojid vMititv; Fair tytUohtlu warmer tonfjhftWfA Joic- js icmperaluro ooout S3 deorca,- s-wmav partly cloudil and murh Wyictl oentle toutherlu tvinds. r I ... . t OMtAWARK R1VBR TIDE CIIANOES f 1 CllFKTMIW. rnvvn 'fter.U.'M a.m.lllllh water.lS:33 p.m. iter. Til a.ro.lLow water. T:50 Km WWPEBATVRB AT EACH HOUR l!" 101 11 is 1 2 ' 1 I iTi! i-B 2 132 135 136 1ST 137 I3R RUJliEajie i r t w Ar 'w-n. 'w. - ' ' fr. . . .- 4Bf H DR. ELIZABETH HAER She was sentenced today to hcrvu ninety days in Moya mensing Prison and pay a fine 01 ouu by Judge Thompson, United States District Court, for conspiring to violate tho draft law. TWO SOCIALISTS JAILED AS DRAFT OBJECTORS Chiulns P. SIimiIt Hm .v Mn..i i and Dr. ElizabetT, Baer Ninety . Days May Appeal r nnlcted of cvimplilnir to lolatc tin draft l.i w, 1,'liarleH ! Sclienk. and Dr. l.llzabetli Uacr. both nt whom wen arristPil In n raid by Federal uKcntH. made nt tlio Socialist Hook .store. Arch street near .lunlp'r. lnt .luly, erc jenttnccil today by .ludKP Thompson. In the United state Comt Scicm ns ,Klen u cenlmce of kIx ntonths In the Trenton Stale renlten tlary Doutor Haer wan lined S0i) and a Kcntence nf nlnttv daH In MoyametislnK rilMin. Hinry John Nelson, uho ap peaml for the defendant, made a mo tion that they be releamd on ball pend ing a nferi.nci between himself and Morilx Hlllqult. .Vcw York attorney and a Socialist leader, as to whether a'n ap peal would bo taken to hue tho hen- truce reverseu nolll Doctm linth Doctor Haer and Kchenk were "S". rrleasrrl on tholr orltilnal ball. , which was J 10.000 for Schenk nnil ) jor , iioctor, uaer aianv Social- y.avv lor Doctor Haer JIanv Social mm ere in court vvnen sentence was ronou LEFT ALONE ALL NIGHT IN SALOON. ,r TO nio jvj i uuo lj i , "...." c.wm vu...p Tlfl TT rr 1 TI! li wneii Jie r mas nimauu Locked Up With Bottles It Is sejdom In this life that a man gets all that he mlgnt wish or dream for, but such was the joyful lot of James llannn. who- says he works cm j ,ho Vn ocl re cstato at Ambler. Ho was up In the saloon of Barton 1. Conners, Magnolia and Illttenhouso streets, from lato Saturday night until this morning alone among the bottles I Arraigned befoie Magistrate Kumocl; In tho Gennantovvn station, ho explained he had left the barroom Saturduy night for a. few moments nun rell asleep In nn anteroom. When he awoke, he says, tho saloon was closed, and ho was afraid to try to inalio his way out for fear of being thought a burglar. So he loaned upon the bar and "pon dered," to ue his own words. His "pm derlng" didn't get him much further out of the saloon, although, the police say, It did get him somo liquid Ideas. So ho went back to sleep again. Ho woke up this morning when tho salooti porter came to clean up, and was, he savs, swept out Into the stiect, where he found the pave no harder than the floor he had been sleeping on. So ho stayed there. That is, he did until a patrolman came along nnd rudely awakened him. Ho was allowed to go with 11 warning and no further clmrgcs were made against him. ALEXANDER IN ST. PAUL; WON'T GO TO WEEGHMAN "Knows My Terms and Can Conic After Me," Says Holdout Hurler St, Paul, Minn. March 11 "Weegh man knows my tonus and ho knows whero to get me. There is no need of my going, to Chicago." This was the answer made here today by Grover Alexander to a telegram from President Charles Wceghmau, of the Chicago Cubs, asking lilm to come to Ciilcago for a personal talk. Alexander said ho would pay no at tention to the telegram and would not go to California with the Cubs unless Weeghman comes "through" with tho $10,000 bonus he has demanded. MORAN TURNS DOWN CHANCE TO BOX DBMPSEY;RoMevclt UnabIc t0 See Former Sec Allantn, fia March 11. Frank Moron will Intern his "Maiy Ann" for tho duration of the war. The Pittsburgh battler refused a ten-round bout with Jack Dempsey for Atlanta on Jdarch 20. stating his duties ns boxing Instructor at Camp Wadsworth at Spartanburg were too onerous. "To fight nt top speed a man must bo mentally lit ns well ns physically." Morati said. "I attribute my knockout by Fulton to the worries of iooklnne after th thousand wortles of an In structor." , , In the meantime n search for nn op ponent for Jack Dempsey continues. Five Escape Lawrence County Jail New t'sulle. r.. "arch 11. Five prisoners, ono of them held on a charge of murder, escaped from the Lawrence County Jail -today. They sawed their way out of the cells und made their way to the root through an alrshoft. Farmersvllle Assault Victim Dies Lancaster. I'n.. March 11. Joseph llupn. a prominent farmer or Janners vllle and former auditor ahd school director of his township, died today from the effects of an assault on the night of February 8. Adam Henry Is In Jail awaiting trial for felonious as snult upon Bupp. This charge, will be changed to murder. ki of Pictures Tody iiMlililmfiiifiifiiMra JAPAN AND CHINA ' BOTH PREPARING SIBERIAN ACTION 'Bill for Mobilization of War Industries Intro duced at Tokio PEKIN VOTES MONEY i Mikado Rushes Intervention Preliminaries While Await ing Approval by U. S. Washington, March 11. (nnllrinntinn of Leon Trotslij's rcslcnatloit from the poit 0f Fnrclcn .Minister of the Itolshevlli (ioernnient reathed the Klate Dcpprtinctit toila I In a SliKlihohn rahlrerant. I Tnkln, March II I War measure were taken toilay both I here n'iul at I kn i A 1" i ? i . u i 1 1 k f.T the mobilization nnil iriiiiMili 'i nf e. r Inilil'trles and the comcriplioii of labor um ntrndueed ! In th.' J.iiuiii. I ! ' Meannhllp wo d kn nfiKil fiom 1'ekln ili.it tin fhliip-e I'ablmt has voted (.".nOD.Dnn io difiny the expenses f an ixn'illilnna'x force of 40,000 sol- "" er In S'ibi'l.i After a i jnf.Tenee of prninlnn 1W" i.iiiuu ti, lintju. i, i.!m rpnnrteil loo1 that llaibln had bre nmade a temporary headquaileif of the provisional Siberian Kovriiiiicnt mid that Crlnce I. ort wlis mentlonnil for premier The first tneetliiK of tin forelsn nd vlsoiy council of .lapan since the Uu slan Hltuatlon became acute was awaited with Intense interest Some definite news of Japan's policy Is hoped for At present the air is full of talk of inoblli 7atlon, but the censorship Is moht strict and olllcl.ils are silent , Intervention in Siberia l approver. here, but America Is hcs-ltatltiK. not vvlshliiK to run the risk of Incurring Kusslau hostility, nccordliiR to bcliei in Toltlo The Allies are necotlntlnK now "; "",-- ",.,. to whether '"" -..-. , situation compels an ex- Edition Into Siberia and whether Japan sIkiiiIi! net alone or Jointly with military i forces of other allied countiles. It ,.!.. -. .....1 .. InmnnrnrV lie.Lll o,,aVers,f 'tie nrmlslenai Siberian fJoverninent, Is n Jlanchurlnn town at u . Junction of the Siberian railway vvherc ' one branch runs to fori rtruiur uim China and the other to Vladivostok, It (diitlniiril on Time 1'lve. t'olmnn Threa PLENTY OF SUGAR NOW VnU ATLANTIC SEABOARD 1 -w-- -- Refiners Have Ample Supply Com- ing Retail Price of $.087 Named , 1. ..r ...., rt.. m. , entire Atlantic seaboard for the next f' mrniihi Is assured Arrangement have bee made bj big suja? Interests to Import 250.000 Ions of the raw prod- uct from Cuba each month, so long as the supply there lasts. This announcement was made today b an olllclal of the Kranklln Sugar lie- annual meeTlnof The o.Uclalsnlrsales! men "f the Kranklln company nt the AMoreUth"n ton.000 tons of ,aw sugar and goes hand In band with It. District have been held In Cuba for several Attorney Kane said the first step in Jffl ufSr. "V. e1"sa.rU1Heceentv, Protecting soldiers and sal.ois ,s ,u pre nrraiigenients were completed hy llie,nrt t)0 sale of bottled liquors, which sugar interests and the necessary ships ,.i,i.ii. Shipments will soon reach Philadelphia, New York. Iloston, New Orleans and other ports on the At'antlc seahoaid and'h- distributed among the various refineries. LLOYD GEORGE LAUDS EDITORS AS OFFICIALS British Premier Defends Govern ment's Relations With News paper Owners London, March 11, "Journalists and newspaper owners are holding high of .1 1.. .iprv meat Allied country." . .. -.-...I -.,.,...- .liMaroil In it,, ouseof Common tl ds afternoon dls- cSB. ..relation, of the Govern- '" " i "on as' iZra Northcllffo and I.orf Itotlrmere were appointed they gave 1111 111 . uitrawn '""": I papers. lioui are men 01 ctqniu,uu ability." Northcllffe has been appointed Direc tor of Propaganda, lille Botliermero Is head of the Air Ministry, "NcTthcllffc has made a special study of conditions In many countries," I.loyd Ueoigo said. "Tho Government Is grate, ful that he has undertaken the work to which ho has bee,n assigned " He vigorously denied that any c.f his Muff had Inspired the press attacks on British admirals and generals. Uotli MEYER FUNERAL TOMORROW retary Buried ' iiokIuii, .March 11. Tho funeral of Oeorge von U Meyer, former Secretary of the Navy, who died in his home here Saturday night, will take place In St. Paul's Cathedral ut 1 o'clock tomorrow. Ulnhop Wllllafti Iawrence will officiate. It vv as hoped that Colonel Boosevelt woulr attend, but bis physician declined to allow him toNnake the trip after his recent Illness. Mastbaum Memorial Services , Memorial services will bo held to night and toyiorrow for the late Stan ley v Mastbaum, moving picture exhlb. Itor. at the home of his mother. 1822 North llroad street. More than 0000 persons attended the funeral services yesterday ut the Mastbaum home, 415 Heuth Uroud street Severn! hundred telegrams -were lecelved by the family expressing regret of persons In all parts of the country. l'ivc-Uay-Old Chicks Mailable ' Wmhlnnlon, March 11. Five-day-old chicks may be sent through th malls beginning March. 16, under) orders Is sued todav by Postmaster General Bur lestn. They must be sent by parcel post, but without Insurance or C. O. D. nrlvlleges. and only when they can be delivered within seventy-two hours from ths time of mailing. and, Eery jefferson hospital unit pays full military honors to fpa9flare?WW'3 :- h, iixii mv s mm wtmm w m?jkim ? .- :tbbbbbk ' v ... abbbbw 'nn b&bi -&&r. 1 sn ... hi rTJBau '.'b stow" obvl7. jimnm a mmirBv?' l.bbv bbb i n BkBBBV eOO1 ECMfigHK P jflwaHnft sdJfelcV niB H RA'HIPxsHbMbIbbL "!ft Su fcjj-j aeVxfa '0$?)8&f e40$raK fivn. -L sVvScoFwt HHbvbhHbHbW JKBBBUlVHBHr & r bbbHHm ' grnmjgmmmaKmmm-mMMmf ittttBiiiiiiaBi oan&A&VHHaHHBWK m M H Private Kenneth Ellis, of Haddonficld. N. .1., a nicmhcr of .lelTei'Min llospual Unit Ntimncr Thirty cifilit, who died tit the Univeislty Hospital from pneumonia, was laid to rest with full military honors this nftenoon at Hnildonllold. Tho photoRrnph shows the impressive bcime at Holy Trinity Church. Nineteenth and Walnut stieets, as Private Ellis's body was bcine; carried into the chuich, prior to the funeral service. PRESIDENT MAY MAKE CITY "DRY" Five-Mile Ruling Here Would Close Virtually I All Bars KANE ISSUES WARNING A pioclainatlnn by President Wilson establishing a "drs" 7onc In Philadel phia to protect men In the national uni form from vice may lesult fiom tho 11 liB.il sale of Intoxicants to soldiers and sailors. It was Intimated today by Unit nl states Distilct j,,lflhcr KnIllli Attoi ncv Prancls "Something must be done to stop tho numerous violations of the law foi bid ding tho sale of liquor to men in Gov ernment service," said Mr. Katie, "Should defiance of tho law tontlnue, a proclamation may be Issued at Washing- 1. . .. ......... ton ana tliat prouumuuun 111a? i-umv direct from the President." As commander-in-chief of tho armed forces of tho nation; tho President Is emnowered to establish zones with a iimmiin rrwiitia about military or naval I , , whlc lu) ,toxlent3 may be , . . . , .1 ' sold. Such posts In the city Include tho phii.uielplil.1 Navj Vmil, the Krankford , Arsenals and a bcatter- I ian ntnujiim mnr, .1,,, ' ing of stuehouses and .11 morn h tuat nr() Eltlmtea ns to make tho entire . I city a potential "dry" .one. ' Aaflertlng that "booze" breeds vice I enables tho 'bootleggers' iraue to flourish. Falling In suppression of that trade, I lie said, the next step is to obtain the Issuance of an order fiom tne nccreiary of the Navj closing the talooni within a five-mile radius of the navy jard which would put the ban on liquor sell ing nnd vice In all of South Philadel phia. Mr. Kano announced he would nppcar In the License Court possibly today, hut at any rate this week, to urge that all liquor sold in tho city should bo drunk on tho premises. Ho will also take part In remonstrances against saloons which have been detected selling liquor 10 men 1 In uniform. Special Agent .iiauett, 01 , the Department of Justice who has been f 1 'tnVeK iflr Judges Shoemaker and Wessel. lnJ; ;--. .-rhe Navv Department has been keeping close tabs 011 the situation here." The "dry zone" regulation, If enforced here, would automatically close most of the big hotel bars, a majority of the clubs, and would close n saloons as rar north as Falrmount avenue, a greater portion of West Philadelphia and -....lan nnil ntliev.1 In the vliinttv nf big munition nnd ship plants along tho Major smith today signed the onlln Delaware Blver. nnce which gives tho tlremen and pollce- Tho Navy Depaitment has already inen of the city a small increase In sal established "dry zones" around several I arj Tho appropriation for the police naval camps throughout the country and pajroll has been Increased $107,810 and thero is strong intimation in vvasn- Ington today that similar nellon in Philadelphia may very likely result from tho suggestion of District At torney Kane. TURKS IN RAPID RETREAT Allenby Reports Them lit) Miles Be yond Hit Bombed by Planes London. March 11. General A.llenby imports that the Turks have retired ffiK-SSruST "" l"e Wa'' British airplanes bombaided tho re-. treat ng Turaisn lorccs. uescenuing as, low jis 100 feet from the ground and Inflicting heavy casuallles. v The canture of Hit bv the British was announced only jesterday. The fore-' going dispatch, therefore, gives un ration of the raiudltv of the Turkish re treut. Hit Is on the Buphrntes Illver In Mesopotamia, eighty miles westi of Bagdad. . Legislative Nominations Filed llarrlnbiirg, March It. Nomination papers tiled In the Stale Department were those of the following Assembly candidates; Charles A. Michael, Ilepuh llran. Allegheny County; George C. Waconsellr. Republican, Sqyder, and "orry'L. Kelly, Republican, Butler, ekday . Important Local and World News Events at nil ' uliiiih iFi n K ' Tit m n V 11 ini'i ' V i 1 MAYOR AGAINST I TWO-THIRD RULE Approves Transfer Bill, Putting It Up to Con- troller or Courts ' POINTS TO ACT OF 1871 Maor Smith today approved the $:'5( 000 transfer bill, passed by Coun. ells U.t wick, without a two-third ma jority Ho returned tho bill to rouncils. however, asking the elimination of nn lleiii, piiivldlug for Hilary of 11 band-I masti v. This puts the whole question of the ' legality of the bill up to Conlioller I Walton, who. It Is aid, will consult t'lly Solicitor t'onnelly before countersign- ! Ing anj win rants Issued under authority of the ordinance. ' III tho event of tho City Solicitor de ciding against the legality of the bill, It villi be necessary for Hny beneficiary I V'liitf. 't " mindanuy.tiiiUyv.tlius carrj iiik me wnoiu controversy, into court. MAYOK'S MKSHAGK OS' II! M. In .'tf'iuofs.igo to Councils this after- noon Major Smith said: "I am returning '" J,)U heicvvltli Common Counc 1 ord - ,liln.0 x. , , IuV(. , ,,, ordlnauic vvllh the exception of ilu Hem which piovldes JloOu for the salary of n bandmasler, fi 0111 which m approval w ,,,,,,,,, Tllu rei,ll(.H t,10 ,lllloullt , (J traui-fprroil The bill was approved by a majority of .he ,, mbe, s electe,, to each branch, and for that reason 1 have npvriivril all the Items ixcept the one refeiied to. fiom whUh f have withheld my approval because It apparently come? under Sutloll ,1 uf the act of 1S74. "A Mile of Councils In the case, Joint tule No. L'ti, i.innot alter the lequllc meiits nf tile acts of Assembly. "My action is ba"ed on sections 4 nnd B of the act of May 23, 1871, which, in pal t, are as follows: "Section 1 Hveiy bill shall bo read at length ill inch branch All amend ments madt tiiereto shall be pi luted for tin) uso uf tho' members before the limit vote Is taken oil the bill, and no bill shall become a law .upon the same day on which It was Introduced or reported On Its filial passage the vote shall bo tnkfii by ayes and navs and tho names of tlie persons voting for and against the same be euteted oil the Journal and 11 majoiltv of the members elected Io 1 ..IIP! ach branch be ltcoiueil thereon as ..,,, lti) f,txor Kmlol. ,..U1 No ordnance Khali be passed, except by two-thirds vote of 10th Councils ami approved ny tne Major, giving any ivti.i compensation Cnnllnned on 1'iiKe I'lve, Column One POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PAYROLL BILL SIGNED Inciciif-ed Salaries for Members the Two Departments Made Effective of I 1110 lire ngiueis uinouin incit.isru ion,- 000. Tlie 111 range iiients provide for an In crease of ?00 to $10o a year to oillclals and hosemen In tho fire department. Policemen of less than a jear service are Increased front $2.50 to fj per day, while older men get $3.50 Instead of $3. TWO-MAN REVOLUTION QUENCHED BY RAINFALL - Alleged Treason Conspirators Ar- " Aft Attempt to Burn Bridges Failb Oklahoma ell,. March ll.-Fleral I oillclals here today arrested Orvillo 11 Knrlght and Louis Pickens both of Dills Countj-, the former 11 county schoul teacher, on Indlctmeiits charging them indl-jwlth conspiring to start an armed revo- lutlon agnlnst the United States, The two-man revolt was to begin with burning railroad bridges in Kills County In an effort to blockade transportation, according to the authorities, but a heavy rain caipe suddenly and made useless the straw collected to kindle the fires. Enrlght Is believed to have been asso ciated with William Madison Hicks, president of the so-called People's Peace League, under Indictment 011 a disloyalty charge. BASKETBALL SCORES w. PHILA. sd. . . GEKMANT'NaD. 817 410 CHICAGO WOMEN LEAD IN NATIONAL BOWLING CINCINNATI, March 11. Mrs. Boy Acker and Mrs. Jncl: Reilly, of Chicago, took the lead in the doubles of the Woinen's Nntlonnl Bowling Association tournament here today when they led the first bquad to roll in the tourney with a score 0 1013, $50,000 FIRE IN WALLER COMPANY GRANARY The of unknown uiigin late this afternoon caubed $50,000 claninge to the stock and granary of the Walter Millis Coin pan, hiity-sccond and Master stieets. U. S. WINS 840,000.000 MAIL FIGHT WITH ROADS WASHINGTON. Mnich 11. The Government today won a 40,000,000 decision when the United States Court of Claims uilcd it was Justified in 1007 in re-establishing a division of seven days instendof blx in estimating the dally mail welglit on which was based tlie compensation to the railroads. JACK PICKF0RD, FILM STAR, JOINS AVIATION CORPS LOS ANGELES, March 11. Jack Pickford, of the ''movies,'" is on his way to war today. Although not yet of draft age, he cnlUtcd in tlie aviation corps and staited for New ork to begin tiaining. HOTEL CABARET MUST CO, REPEATS COURT Question of Public Morals, De clares Judge Wessel at Li cense Hearing Judfco W'costl, In tho License Court todaj-, relteiated his opinion that the cubaret 01 Hie big hotel should bo dealt with Just tjiu same its that uf the small saloon. ItSvas due so an assertion made by him on Fildaj that remonstrances were mada against the hotel and saloon cabarets by tho Philadelphia Betall Liquor Dealers' Association. Judge Wes sel said: "There are a great number of decisions against the practice of pei mlttltig dancing In the Eamo room where ,, ,, .y It is n-imclliin of niil.ll,, "'l1'"1 ls hoUh " w 'ine.iion or puwio morals, not 11 question of personal likes or dislikes." He made this declaration utter listen lug to a complaint against the Conti nental Hotel, against which u lemon stranco was made by the liquor dealers' association. The license Is held by Harry A Kckniun. The court held the matter under udvseinent.. TJie court's ruling will be one of the most Important rendered In a license court 'for several years pat. lit will either mean the stopping of dancing In the cafes of all the large hotels, as Continued en l'a Vive, Column Mi dead comrade GERMANT'N 1ST . 0 WEST PHILA. 1ST. 13 514 0 10 PRICE OF ICE GOES UP; GOOD-BY DIME CHUNK Smallest Piece Householder Can Buy After April 1 Will Cost 13 Cents Following announcement of a reduc tion In1 the price of coal came another today of an advance In the price of Ice. Coal goes down thirty cents n ton nnd he goes up fifty rents a ton. Ico manufacturers today denied em phatically that there hao oceq any meet ing to llx prices on Ice for the hot weather season For dome time past ico has been bring ing $3.60 a ton at wholesale. Today It went to $4, or an advance of nearly 15 per cent. The manufacturers' Justify the advance on the ground of the high price of coal, which has Just been reduced In price; the shortage of labor and the Increased cost ot machinery and of various chemicals which enter Into the manu factum of Ice. Scarcity and high cost of ammonia, In particular, are given as one of the reasons for the necessity of advancing the price ot ice. Ammonia, which Is one of the chief elements entering Into the manufacture of artificial ice, is needed lit the manufacture of nr muni tions, and It Is said that there la a like lihood of the Government commandeer ing the sources of manufacture of this chemical In order that there nuv n- .... I Interference with the making of high explosives nun minn to wage war on the'Hun. as Clicked. by ti "Wj.X'y "m U. S. RAIDERS AGAIN ENEMY LUNfil . fi vmi V j Successful Attacl Made This MnrnWk J North of Toul ' til SAMMEES UNAIDED Mstih1! BY FRENCH TROO&Mi 'Assault Follows Close'mS After Yesterday's Vic-HP .J IUUQ iJApiUll; vm DUGOUTS .... 7J1 kmi . SHnad -...wuiuilUV i SfjSI AmoricHns Go Over Top After 'wl Ifi ATilll.f.ir, T4 . jrA, uuira ui. iutciiau . Bombardment With the American Army in thaVl iviu, iiiurcil 11. .V Trnnna 1,1,;.. V. A ! ll l.inM U...L tor north nf Tn1 m.j. - m..t aj I . ., .,,uc auvKmumu yfa iiuu iiKuiiisi, tne tiocnes early thav morninp. This was the first ex.ft'iJi clusively American ,, ...... vrj ram wiinOO(ii(p ..... j, t4 "t-jpublUJl y This attack followed close orf tU Fjk tinfilo nf .. - r tlfJa ..wo ui ,, succcssiut f ranecKti'va American raid in the Lorraine sctW'$-l last night. , - ijS Tho American raiders went over 3w the top nfter forty-five minutes vot,Jii artillery preparation. They pene- J trated tho German trenches and i..s-a! turned successfully. According to first jeports, there were no prison- "V? crs, as the trenches and dugouts hat, i riopn flpmnllcViofl nn,l 41.,. ni.K t 'a --! v..u...u, Hu me uyuiica umM Wlllirliiurn in llini- .Anu II. " v tucii ivui lines, s ,r :3 ine iiriiuery Domoardment started Ji; at 5:30 a. m. The heavy, grun,sjMi guns and rear organizations, whflv$H the lighter pieces swept the trenclw smashing dugouts and other' AtV'. fenses. tV!rfe Under cover of a lmrrno-o tli,rlii!T3 '?, mnn wire was blown up by AmerleiifM! engineers. The infuntry then 'wmHivs over the ton. -m'4 f,?S The artillery preparation vs3f-J 1 1 rely as successful as the bomfekri- r''J jiieiiu u ween- ago. 'me iniaBtry" made the trip across No Man'.s"I and returned, practically ffeVjj enemy shell-fire. , r:igi Staff CorreinoittlL'Ht .-ifiitnn PfilJi.. TmJlZm vJSU .. Ilk ,1. 1...... . ..... .. ... ., . .r , u .... ,i.i Aiiiiiiiuii rfir.iitf if, f roncc 1 Willi lite American Armies In the Field VUrrb II. V A cnlrililnpil Priirii.n.Amsi.tnAn .!, .m. - . .- ...... -.....v.imi .ntu ut German treriches In another new sector : in Lorraine was carried out successfully' . last night, great damage being don? and 'i'if a few prisoners being captured, -?! The enemy's third-line trenches weref, zr:: ..j& inree groups or nammees, comprWIOgjlj (deleted) companies of InfantrrWra accompanied by twice their number, of J&M Vpanntl U'Ont ''nvae Via nn nia .Lh- i-54ifl l.n..n f .. ,nln ,.... 1(.I-itr2i uuuia ui m tciimu uuiibko ironi inBS:!; Allied guns, beginning at 5:05 o'clock fat fix tne aiternonn. two oi tnese emnnn f.;s ' - :- ;; tered the boche first and second lines; one group plunging onward Into the tHlrd fA line of tlie hostile positions. JrC5 GRKAT DAMAGE INFLICTED fflttM The French nnd American rttUnVtifp'! found the enemy trenches virtiiaUjrJ evacuated, with only scatterlngv-reiiai-.'' rV, mice opposing them. The artillery hJ i?X cane the Job. The damage Infllctedoi ( ' K the boche trench units was enprmoiMtV-, ' Carefully constructed works were pile r A nf wreckage and dirt. Out of this caiP; li fused tangle ot wooti ana sou me raw.vii. rr. brought nacK a lew prisoners; ,tne? v la number being small because tne Dcohe," was forced to flee under the terrlfhi,Dar4' i lace leveled against his defenses; t.iA f. The enemy casualties were conshtyr, l nui.. vnnn. tliun tlineia et lt i. j K'Jl Ui'l Mini" ... ...W..X wt (., w..w.w. trPAoli nti.l AmprWn fnre i .. . The uttltude of courage and sni displayed by the Americans caused presslons of great admiration front'! French commands Willi wnom ine linns ure tntinlng oft their war tral The American commander was offlel congratulated upon the behavior' of 1 troops. s jj CITKD FOR.BBAVBBy '),. Many of the participants Iti'tbeMM' were cited for the Freuoli croU:l guerre and several also vyere rewitW mended for the new service cro?, , The raid was coincident with anlun. . precednted, enterprise carried' out lait nicnt in tne sector norm or Toul,". v h'cli three Americans stealtv y oral nl lino ine enemy s secona, line traM under great peril and 'broughtlS ..limlilu Infnrmntlnn. ", The heroes of the AcMevcme&ff Lieutenant iieorge a. nnepara, Ci Arned Forsberg and Private Farmer, who gained the enytabl tlnctton ot being mentioned. In., t ders and who doubtless will rei new service cross for dlstlnaj work. si.VsUI rrl.A Irln lf, nur lnnliM.'lu,yJ ,1 I.. -K7a Xfor.a T .n f.,. SCOUllllK '" -".. a a. nlaht. The Yankee spirit of took them to the edge o( the, barbed-wire entanglements, w: walletf. listening in the .darki boldly, yet carefully, crawled ti wires and Into the first Hi enem They found It half-full o Avoiding tne nmo, iney crept tner into um yv,iiiu, owvnu u trencn vtss ory una property r-rawllnr along the chickboin I the inree cout auaueniy turtrtlKO m ,wi,vim us Caiitlnne4.ee M Ifew.C "7i Q ypm TS. S-B
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