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155
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918
CortnintiT. 1018, rt TiiBPtntio I.rrorn Centrist
PRICETWO CENTS
' I,
Kvrimi
1" . M
i
. MPS
Iroul SHIFTS !
In ROADS ISSUE,
f SAYS GOVERNOR
v,tar Held Up Money
fond Now Urges more
l Mileage, Charge
ES 'INTERESTS' SERVED
f
ubernatorial Candidate As
jls Executive ana assui-.s
Ke Ih i rr01
n .
.i. -t fi lull Ifi Aft
Mother move in my -"""-'
fcbMs being exchangcu o' -"-I
Brumbaugh and Senator Sproul,
,At. for the gubernatorial nom-
r.rbya.Inriirum.Many Inadequacies Al-
I a. ,li iI.a CahhIai
fc-ho deciarea . - -"
...Mit.faced on the rona lax qurs-
'...a i. rone In urging that the pro
I " .. . i,..nn r .a
.1 to .Increaso mo miioHv "- -
ift road si stem is at" "-
rho,'ernor Brumbaugh's attack again i
fc..n- Snroul's address nn tlio road ,
ilor Sprouit
Un was callol
to
the Senator
JnUon this afternoon.
lie salil he
Svintentlon of n.aUlng a wrangling
nsillfn. .. . ..
r! ' m attending to my innamao.
fni. '! m not B0l,,s l" "ransle
ilhe Coernor.
L. nmernort tatcmeiH. to which
iter Sproul replied a nboNC as
"Spr'oul Is (iuotcd as salnB In his
S.i Chester county fp-i-u "- -
" Tarflnir mileage to the present
Ky system glvfng as his reason
"'" .i. nvrwnai of road
ivin. '-- , .,.
t In this way tno cxpvn "l ' "
auction and maintenance would be
fLj( matter for the
" 1 ... ..a trinlntenanL-o wwiu "--.
. i nurueneum
i.-" said the Governor.
ivt ihrea leara I have declared u
?'.'. .i hn mileage Is now I
"""V .?"...; , Is cannot bo built
'w money which Sproul and his
.Mill "i""1 . . , ...,,1,1 nt nrovldc
lUtlvo as necessary taxes
1 "!!..inns for any purpose and the
W!iK- ilnder such control would not
"?? .ii... nennrtment tho funds
V.i.1 VnV nroner maintenance and
Bml" .. .' - .v.a tvmnnv needed
ir a .mail i - " ? "- -' add to
5KTo.s to add to fl,e cost upon
I State.
Iiln He Served huerni inii-rrB.
hiil's record here siio"" -KS.
iadlnc factor In pmcntlng
w." -" . " ..... .n,i,ma rpcenne
aUon thai vvouiu m. -
tw,.a mirnoses lie wricu Dl...
fefre.ua not the .people
Till DreleDBe iu iwh -
ilSpldby Increasing the mileage for
RUhs. ago he favored a tax of a
Umon all reai-esiaio ' - -
Fwithaxlng'ln mind such a tac.
Koutn he personally declared t to De
P?K'...-u. mnnev to give the
w7r! I4 .- . 1. voAnflnt to
'avelopment. but he as definitely
Itany tax upon tuii
purpose. .
Moreover, when I personally """
to favor a reuucnon 01 nnj.
r a.... hkWms to tlio end UHl "
Eute-i fund should be adequate to. tlio
MBle'i expectations and not uiv ...
I'fotllih effort to maintain more miles
MS the funds maao posHiun-, "--Itrtd
that I was right: that when tho
Hied Sproul road bill was up iuu
. mnt unfair political scramblo
1 add all sorts of roads to tho t'tate s
Ikue and he could not. prevent n.
I aW declared that the present mile
iltoo great, and that no woum wo
. it ro.info.l hut that tho nine
mowi" In the counties would not dare
I Hong on a plan to cut out unnecea-
wctlons, and no woum. no t,jiu,
nit political suicide If ho openly
rocated It. . t ,
Jft we havo'a man bidding publicly
lftT .1 & 1.n titmCDlt
' omce on an issue mat " iii.....
miitrf nnil his insincerity In this
I bat one of several reatons why he
BUM not be nominated by me ne-
Mlcan party. This Is no time to
tnnot to deceive.
Iftbt people understand and they are
Mir to act "
'
! Dproui AtiflaiiM uovernur
;,8nator Sproul today renewed his as-
rtkm that Governor Urumnaugn nas
r told a deliberate untruth or has
en la error with regard to "time,
ce and fact."
f"Th Senator was taken to task by the
ivernor for coming out on '.ho prohlbl-
1 platform. The Governor accused the
ator of bad faith, asserting that
a they enoke from the same table at
banquet In 1015 he and not Sproul
WWed prohibition.
Ih Governor said In Ills statement
teenator Sproul, following the ban-
taiked him when he would "cut out
d I ed nrohlblllon stuff."
iSenator Sproul denied this yesterday.
nil the Governor evidently had the
ttmr pie by the ear." The Governor
Wned with the assertion that he was
' Wlilnformed. for he nut tho state-
at down In his diary at tho time.
wr Sprout promises to speak
fly on tho sublect when he has
governor Brumbaugh's latest ut-
Mcea.
tht Qovernor's first reply to Sprout's
"" mat he was mistaken, was to
affect that Senator Sprout's memory
gilCeatlnutd on re Four, Column Heven
fATE OF FOUR SENTENCED
)IERS STILL IN DOUBT
fieves Not Granted Men Faclnir
Death Penalty, for Sleeping,
'V on Post
PfeMigUii, March U. The cases of
L i fiLcan soldiers under death sen-
L,, -.-....fc. nunc dicci'iiib uu iuni,
J"1' under consideration by the War
i ra nave not oeen re
ft ? still In the Judge advo-
I f unr,Kn'-Jci,""2e.?l..a" ''?.e. "
LlivV..L ".-.' vl ll wtt0 " Of
nf ,he War Department today.
i i.V """"' " "ot reviewea ino
JW89.970 In City Treasury
-j wnKiy report of City Treasurer
M ..S'lk1.1"" Io92.89.50 was re-
.;: ,-('" io paymeiiia loiaieu
'Ml..' hl Including the sinking
L2!H!?'.the Rmount in tha Treaa-
mCr""u ai .U5D, 1178.57.
SPROUL-BRUMBAUGH "WAR? NEWS
Governor's Guns Senator's Shots
Governor Brumbaugh accuses Senator Spioul declares for pio-
Spioul of bail faith on the prohlbl. hlbltlon and attacks the conduct of
tlon Issuo and says the Senator tlio Highway Department, declaring
wanted to know when ho would It had been abused.
"cut out this d d prohibition Ho denies having asked Governor
Bu"." Tfiumbaugli when "will ou cut out
Governor, In next Interview, dc this d d prohibition stuff," say.
clarcs Senator Sprout did nsk him Ing the Oovcinor was wrong as to
when ho would cut out the piohlbl- time, place and fact.
Hon stuff and he noted It In his
illniy at the time.
In his latest attack ho shifts to
the road Issue, declaring that Sena,
tor Spiout lcveiscd himself and fa
vol s tho wrong plan on roads.
HOT SHOT FIRED i
AT P. R.T. SERVICE
1 -. . J T .. T . - - 1
lugeu at nearing jaeiore -
- -..., ,,
Commission
EQUIPMENT LESSENED APPEALED TO PRESIDENT
The 1'hlln.l'clphla Itnplil Transit, Com- j v.,rtlmn Sundnv woilc "under the
piny w.is attacked fiom all angle to. Rulie of patrlotlnni .is denounced to.
day at a hearlnij hefore Iho Public day , HioH.x T T JIutchler secie
Kenlco 1'ommlM.ion In City Hall to tary of the Philadelphia and Ponnsvl
consider complaint" against Inadequate I ,anl.i Sabbath Association In an ad-
sen Ice,
Charges that the oohipa was nig
Baldly In providing rars and other
equipment In spite of plentiful dividends
and In the face of a rapidly growing
population were mingled with complaints
of lick of cars, crowded cars, oars
falling to stop, poor ventilation, dirty
cars, broken-down cars and dlswourtcsv
of conductors Witnesses appeared from
nil parts of the city to testify
Tho complainants In the else are tho
Citv nf PhltnrffflnMn Tnltn.l Tti,Df.,nca
,,:,. - ;. ""'""""".
' oci mon, .xnrtu I'nuarlelphla
Iiuslness Men's Association ami William
If. Robinson, a tatinycr. The hearing Is
i - msines's ien h j
the result of a resolution adopted re-
:. ,--..,., .., ...--.. ...........,,, .
cenny by councils which provided that
the grievances of all should bo heard
at once.
Commissioners Alney, Ilvan. Hilling,
A corn nnil nreclu nrn Klttlnc nl llio
hearing. The city Is represented bv CItv
Solicitor Connelly, while C Oscar
Keasley and IMvvln M. Abbott represent
the business organizations
Thomas i: Mitten, president of the
Rapid Transit Company, was an Inter
ested observer. Kills Ames Iiallard,
special counsel for the compiny, cross
questioned witnesses whenever their
statements appeared to be unreasonable
Mr Abbott caused much surprlso
when he announced that an ordinance
was passed seven jears ago by Coun
cils which permitted cars of the company
to pass by street Intersections without
coming to a full stop. lie said that this
was the real cause of the trouble
In questioning those who complained
against (he Sixtieth street line Mr. Bal
lard sought to show that Inadequate
service -was due to tho fact that tho
company could not obtain proper equip
ment to make repairs! and put tho line
In satisfactory condition. lie asked nu
merous witnesses If It was not truo that
tho train per vice which paralleled this
line was also handicapped In arIous
ways during the extreme cold spell.
No ew t'nrs Mure 19PJ
N'ot a car purchased slnco 1913 Is the
record of the P It T , according to
statistics presented by Mr Beasley, who
accused tho company of sacrlllclng pas
sengers welfare for tho sako of divi
dends. "Moro dividends, more passen
gers', less equipment," was the P. It T.
slognn, ho said. Ho disputed tho com
pany's claim that while tho number of
passengers carried slnco 1911 has In
creased 41 per cent the seating capacity
finiUniird on I'nce Light, Column Two
ACQUITTED IN STABBING
OF WIFE'S ADMIRER
Couitroom Moved by John R. K.
Scott's Plea1 for Man Deserted
by Spouse for Boaider
An outburst of cheering today greeted
tho acquittal of Walter J. Wilson on
charges of manslaughter and murder be
fore Judge Henry, In tho Couit of Over
and Terminer this afternoon. The trial
resulted from the fatal stabbing of John
Messersmlth, on November 15, 1917, at
'J'J20 Cambridge street.
It appeared that Wilson and his wife
had formerly lived on North Collcgo
avenue. Messersmlth vvns a boarder In
their homo. He was employed at night
and slept at home In the day time, while
Wilson was at work. Wilson finally be
enmo suspicious of MesserMnlth's fa
miliarity with his wife and he ordered
tho objectionable boarder to move A
quariel ensued between Wilson and
his wife, which ended In the couple
separating. ,
Some, thno later Wilson tlaced his
wife to the house on Cambridge street,
where he discovered she was living with
Messersmlth. Ho went to the house to
persuade his wife to return to him.
and vvhllo he was there Messersmlth
ordered him out and made an attack
on him with a blackjack It was then
Hint WIImiii htabbed Ills apsallant with
a brendknlfe.
When the Jury nnnounced their -verdict
there was a demonstration, specta
tors lumping on the chairs and cheering
the verdict. This outburst from the
audience was as unexpected as It vvns
sudden, but the court oltlcers promptly
restored order.
GERMANS TAKE CITIZENS
FROM NEUTRAL SHIP
Americans and Biitons, Sailing From
Finland, Captured To Be
Interned
Morkholm, March 14, A number of
American and British citizens1, sailing
from Finland on a neutral vessel, were
captured by Germans, according to dis
patches receded here today.
Thoso of military nge will be taken
to Germany, It was said, where they will
be Interned.
BRITISH SEAPLANES WIN
Engage Five of the Enemy's Craft,
Destroying Two
London, March 14. Two British sea
planes encountering five enemy aircraft
over the southern part of the North Sea
Tuesday attacked them and after an
hour's engagement destroyed one ami
drove another downward Into the water,
the Admiralty announced today.
The British machines returned safely
to thtlr base.
Told of Governor's assertion that
he had i evened himself on the road
Issue, he asseits that he Is not go
ing to wrangle with Governor ISium-baugh,
METHODISTS FLAY
SUNDAY WORK
Day Desecrated in Ship
. .
and Stee P ant. Suva
Coilfernnpp Snpsilrnr
dress before the second day's Rcsslon of
me joist annuii meeting of the Phila
delphia Conference of the Methodist"
Hplscopal Church. In the Simpson Me
morl.it Church, Kensington avenue imd
Cambrli street.
Heportcd w holes Ho deseciatlon and
abuse of the Sabbath by plants working
on war orders has been brought to the
attention of President Wilson with Hie
result that It had been eliminated In
some Instances, asserted the Itcv. Mr.
Mutchler
The Sabbath Is being desecrated by
! Steel mills, tbo Hod- T.t .1,1..,
the
yard and other plnnts under tho guise
of patriotism." declared the secretary.
"So flnrrant has It become that the
matt-r h i been taken up vvllh the
I'resMnnt Tn sme cases Sunday work
has been ,!.,,. n,iy ull Manufnc.
Hirers aro encouraging workmen to
desecrate the Sabbath hy offering ,lou.
bio piy for Sunday work, an induce
ment that keeps tho men from church
where they should be on Sunday"
o . .; ,:;:"'"", " n,u ' 'Went
ing legislation allow lnir k,,,i,.. i..--
ball,
rcported .ib, no
Aggressive action hy tho elerev In
was'uredv1?!,3 rJ1 S,'lto of ""m
was urged by the Rev rr. John O. Wll-
i,Hct8ineb.ntemlCnt,0f the Ce""-"1 '"
trlct, In his annual report.
EnHge In Politics
"One caustic reply was received bir
a pasiir who wrote to a Congressman
asking his support of the prohibition
amendment." said the Ilev Dr. Wilson
"The Congressman wrotn that ministers
should stick to the gospel and not med
dle In politics. Now. If Congress has
tho right to criticize tlio Administration,
the members of tho church have the
right to crltlclzo the actions of Con
gress. Tho attitude of tho average, poli
tician Is To perdition with tho church
nnd tho clergy.' "
Tho Bc Dr. Wilson urged reglstra-
...u.,o, Luiiucris jin.i n.h .. i.-
Contlnued on l'age 1 lve. Cnlnmn Iwo
PRESIDENT HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
IN TRAFFIC JAM
Almost Run Down by Moving
Van When Crossing Street
in Washington
Wnhhlngtnn, March 11,
President Wilson hael a narrcvv escape
from being run down by a moving an
this afternoon. Crossing Fifteenth
siren, just uiu-uu ui ino inrco pccrei
service men, ho was momentarily caught I
In n tmftr. Ifim. A nrnpe.atnn nt 41, i
moving -ans was lumbering along, the
first one In tho line almcst grazing the
Executive.
Tho President, by cool nnd nctlve
maneuvering, managed to leeep clear and
reached tho other side of the street In
safety. He was said to be on his way
to tho shipping board office.
'ARCHIE' ROOSEVELT GOT
WAR CROSS FOR HEROISM
French Government Bestowed Honor
for Brilliant Leadership Under
Heavy Bocne Fire
Vtlth the American Army In I'rienr".
March 14. Tho French Government
bestowed the much-coveted "Croix de
auerro" on young Captain "Archie"
Iloosevelt for the great courage and
decisive leadership he dlsplajed during
a heavy Herman bombardment.
The son of Colonel Iloosevelt was
stationed with his men northwest of
Toul when a particularly heavy artillery
tire was concentrated on tho American
trenches by the enemy. Fearing that
a raid would follow, he Kept his men
on guard and remained until the safety
of all was assured from the hall of
death.
ARRESTED BV HIS "FRIEND"
,T T, . M, , ,, t
Ncw-Found Chum of Alleged Dope
Dealer Is U. S. Agent
"Chumming," w ith Italph Oyler, a spe
cial agent pf the United States Revenue
Department, led to the arrest of Benja
min Sheupard, of 822 North I.leventh
street, accused cf being a dealer In nar
cotio tiTugs. Sheppard was held uruler
1760 ball for court by United States
Commissioner Kdmunds, In tho Federal
Building today.
The revenue agent, dressed In old
clothes, made friends with the man,.
ane Inst night arrested gheppard after
he had seen him give to people packages
believed to contain drugs. When ar
rested the prisoner had three bottles and
live "decks'' of what Is believed tc bo
heroin In hs possession.
RUSSIAN CHIEFS ,
READY TO MEET
GERMAN TERMS
I Soviets' Acceptance
j Peace Pact Today
! Thought Certain
of
ALLIED NATIONS WAIT
Trotsky May Organize Army
to Fight Teutons Alone,
Francis Cables
I'riroeraii, .March It.
Ititifltntlnii of the (icrtu.in dictated
peace with Immediate pmi.iratlons
for a rcwiliitlonary war Inrliidrit Is
ii loresnnn (niiriiision nen uie l'.in
Solet Concrc-SH nnneiics at Moscow
today, in Ww of (he iiiiiprniiilse ef
fected hy the various factions.
The CoiiRress nNn lll deride nn a
permanent diauqe of the c.ipitnl from
i cirortrnil.
About 3000 ileletrntes. Iiii Inillnir
wk""iil aH,ei"i,S' SOl'll,r, nl1'1 CV
,
Vt'n.lilnitlon, March II '
I.eon Trotsk. former rtoMir-Wk Prime
Minister. Is talking of organizing nn
nrmv "under Iron discipline' to fight tho
Germans, evidently believing renewal or
war on the Germans s unavoidable.
unt was the uport of Amhaiitnr
Francis, at Vologda, sent the State lie-
lurtmeiit overnight lie said Trotskv
was reported to he very curious about,
Ll,LK'.1rrh" K,,,"a.!10" "",1 verv sensitive
over the leport that anv nf the Allies,
contemplated entering Siberia
T,he authorities legard the message as
slgnlflcnnt. In view of Trotskv's split
with Lenlne, who Is trvlng to head off
cpposltlon to the German". Prnncls's
message did not Indicate with whom
Trotsky haif been talking, but said tho
rt marks were credited to him as of th
10th or 11th
The Information from Francis Indl-
!.-!. I .. ."
cates that the P.in-Sov let Congress w ill
not ue nine to escape trouble, even If It
accepts Gcriinn peace.
Deepett Interest was evinced every
where In Washington todaj In the meet
ing of the HussIih Pan-Soviet Congress,
scheduled after postponement to nssem.
bio In Moscow There was a wide di
vision of opinion as to the action that
will be taken Many olllclals believe
the congress will ratlrv the German
Imposed peace pact The base thl
belief on the effect that the eapturo of
Odessa, with Its vast supplies and the
Imminent capture of Petrograd, will
have upon tho delegates. Other olllclals,
nnd theso lncluejo many closo to Presi
dent Wilson, hope that tho pact will be
rejected Tho Soviet will have before
It as-surances from tho President that
the United States intends to safeguard
the Interests of I.ussla and from the
executive committee of the American
Federation of Labor lhat organized la
bor In tho United States Is ready to do
all that It can to aid the llusslan peo
ples. How effective theso assurances
will be officials, here could not forecast
They hoped, however, that they would do
some good.
Tho taking cf Odessa, while long dls-
Contlntieil nn Vase Tour. Column Threo
HUNS RAID FLANDERS
LINES; BEATEN BACK
British Also Strike, Entering,
Enemy Trenches Near
E?phy
- I
WAR,' ACTIVITY GROWS
i
London, March 14.
An enemy raid north of tho Ypres
Staden Railway was repulsed, Field
Marshal Ilalg reported today.
Southwest of Kpehy raiders entered
enemy trenches and brought back one
prisoner. .
There was mutual artlllerylng south ,
west of Camhral. Hostile artlllerylng
Increared In the neighborhood of Xeuve-1
Chuppcllo and Fauculssart.
Battle planes fill the air along the
west front, Sausage balloons aro up
"alnR "Bca,h mlnUtely "",chlng tho
""fntirfVont Is In a state of fev
crlshness The wonderful tprlng-lllie
weather la speeding up inn worn in nil
departments Slpns aio not lacking of
Intense activity by tho enemy, whoso
forces arc constantly growing.
The nlrmen on both sides aro busy
night and daythe British bomblntf
military works along tho Germans' lines,
tho latter hovering over Paris and open
towns, murdering women nnd children.
The Brlll.tf. biought down seventy
nine enemy planes In tho first ten das
In March Airdromes, barracks, rail
way stations, transport columns and
marching troops have been bombed.
As nn example of the airman's dally
job, one dived toward a running enemy,
Inn elera InS mree cars kv t 1 Immhs. i
Tho engine was uncoupled nnd raced
northward. Tho piano followed close to
the ground, raking the engine crew with
Its mactilno gun
A careful compilation shows that the
British havo dropped ten bombs to the
enemy's one 'n the zone ejT operations.
Havana Results
rmsT BACK S mile
lmmen.e. lli'i. Crump .. even 2 to r, ., ,.
I'lll Vtlley. 114 KlecBcr Mon .'I to :.
Milton CnmilH-!l 114, HI- a to 3
Time, 1 (IJ 2..1. . ,
HHL'O.MJ HACK, furlonBi: ,
nettirton, 114 t'olllni.. 5 to 2 even 1 to 2
Marco Polo lu3.IluUm.li 2 to 1 even
Mvcncnll, 1U3 Wlnulloia even
Time. 1 (it 4.S .
THIll IMtAL'K. .1 furloneai
V IQIfl, 11,. IIUIIIU.ll V.CI, ,U .111 t
i.uuic. ioj. einusei mn i to-.-
.in-, iui i.iiiirr . .. ........ ,u .,
Time, l.uii4-jl.
Hot Springs Results
I.aSo7n-!: I Jb.n.0ng,! . I -Prtment In the Philadelphia Ho'spUal.
on ......... 7 to 5 3 ton .toBThen she served with marked nullity In
Canon Bridie. 101. Trolia ... . to 1 s jo s Judge Brown's Court of Domestic Be
Tlmo. 1:14 ".3.
KKCONI) HACK.
mil-:
Msrsa Mou.e. 10s, Willi. 4 to S
fllr-en (Iran. 10.',
2 to 3 1 to il
5 to 2 even
3 to 1
Iloilrlautl
Harry llorgoyne, 101
Aioicawurin ,,...
Tim. lll.l 1.1.
Tlimn BACK. flW furloni-:
Onh-lla V. lull. VMIIlna. 7 to 1 S to 2 even
Kalhrvn tlray. Ilia.
ialhryn eiray, mil, i.ik- ,.,,, a 10 o imn
lnnoctnt ln-, 10.', Hanile..,.
Time, 1:00 2-u.
a to I
SLAV BLACK SEA I
- FLEET MENACED
BY FOE'S DRIVE!
Advance Prom Odessa
Upon Sebastopol Is j
Now Expected
READY TO RUSH (.RAIN
Teutons to Devote Efforts to'
Organizing Lines of Sup
plies From Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Mnich 14.
The Germans, having seized
Odessa and tho wheat countty of
lower Ukraine, ill now advance in'
the direction of Sebastopol, military
experts believed todny. That poll
is the base of the Russian Black Sea
fleet, and its captuie would Rive Ger-
mnnv nossesslnn nf n niimhci of.
KOoJ flKhtinB 'P'' nml mnko Tcu-
ton domination of tho Black Sea
nhsolntp
' , , '
The Kusvinn situation has been oc-1
cupying tho very seiious attention
, , . ,, .
of American ofliccrs. Its cilect on
many phases of the w.ir will be
.,,i :. : -n,,i
tremendous, it is realised,
(!erniin's Initial efforts. oIlleerH hcie
SllJ wH, ,, devoted to organizing lines
, ., , , , . . , .,
of supplies fiom the I kralii" wheat belt.
All all-water unite liom Odessi to liel-
,.m,l,. ..,, llm IV.i.ml,,. Is mi tn tin. fno
now, and they can lie cxpoctid to push
the rt organization of rail lines In the
L'kralmi with utmost cnugy.
Mtiv l.iihnr A viillnhl.
Once having Insuied n How of food-
stuffs from occupltd territory, they proh-
nbl will turn theli attention to tho con
scrlptlon of labor In Itus.la There may
bo i e petition of the policy carried out
In Belgium, but the belief here Is that
Icnt of labor can be obtained In Hus
sla at eompiiatlvels low wagts. Thou
sands of llusslan workmen will not ob
ject to going to Germany, whero the
will be assured of better llvlns condi
tions than in chaotic and half-Mnrvlng
Hussl.i.
The effect of such an Influx of Slav
labor on tho I.uropcan man-power hit
uatlon will be great, It Is slid livery
Russian laborer will relievo .1 German
now engaged In-munitions making or
other woik for service In tho army.
In tho meantime German 'n plunder
policy In the Ne.vr Hist Is having the i
effect of stllllenlng the war spirit of.
the Allies, whllo at the same time It Ik
encountering tho opposition of the Ger
man people themselves.
Germnns Benin tn Doubt
Tills condemnation Is finding Its way
even more Into tho German press than
Into tho American. Long otracta from
Teuton papers Just .reaching .here show;,
that tho Germans doubt tho wlselojn of
Continued nn Tare F-i-nte-n. Column Kluht
WILL GO TO ORPHANED
BABIES OF FRANCE
Miss En Frances Hnrris the
"Children's Lady," Gets Red
Cross Billet
MISS ELLA FRANCES HARRIS
Becauso tho wall of tho fatherless
French bnellos strikes closo to her. Miss
nila Frances Harris, "Tho Children's
''ad'." of 4651 Hazel avenue, will sail
-iui".'0 lie, "ecu,
fiho will go as special nttnche of thr
American Bed Cross In Pails, and her
work there, as here, wilt bo among tho
children
Miss Harris Is the first woman worker
In Philadelphia to receive a foreign lied
Cross billet direct from Washington,
"My appointment Is a great Joy, of
course," she said today, "as well as a '
great surprise. How they happened to
know about mo at Washington I can't
Imagine,"
But In this the 'Children's Lady" be
Utiles the all-seeing eye of the Govern
ment powers. Tor several years It has
been keeping wateh on the ?ood work
of Miss Hnrris. first In tho city nnd
later In New York liven beforo tno
Ink -was dry en her Vassar sheepskin.
It found her nppljlng with the flaming
ardor for the Job of children's agent
In the Children's Bureau at City Hall.
Later fthn nriranlr fh . .nil.l ,-.
latlons, as social worker. The appeal of
mo Human nas always appealed In
vincibly to her.
More lhaii 1500 New'York city chil
dren were placed In private homes
tnrougn ntr, agency. It Is estimated.
And now Uncle Earn wants the "Chll
dren's Lady" to nick up the French
orphans In her arms and give them their
lost share of cuddling and crooning,
MHvl
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BASKETBALL SCORES
SOUTH PHIL A.. 23 1041 SOUTH. PHIL. 2D.. 7 12 IP
rRANhTOKDH. 8 1018 rRANKrORD 2D. . . 2 03
GIKLS
MABYLYON. . .'M J.3 16 BEACHWOOD .r .0 0- U
PISSTON'S WINTER HOME ROBBED OF $20,000 IN JEVE TS
THOMASVILLE, Ga.. Match M. Twout'y thousand lol
lais' wolth of Jewels wero Molen rebruar 10 from the uii'.tcr
liutiie hcio of Henry DKstou, of Philadelphia, it was leaiunl
today. Dcttctlvcb wurkiujj on the case Iiad kept the theft beat'.
Tho Jewels wero taken from the looms of Mis. Disston nn'l
flis. VV. H. Di.iyton, n visitoi. 4
BALFOUR ASSURES COMMONS OF JAPAN'S LOYALTY
LONDON, Match 24. Any nbsurancc Japan has given cf
IUisblan integrity will bo fuiflllcdjArthur Balfour, Sccictary
of State for Foreign Affnhs, declared in the House of Commons
thlb afternoon in rtply to a question. Balfour said that Japan
was not moving' tiom selfish or interested motives, but was
'chiivhi;; in pel fee loyilty ty the Allict.
U. S. TO SHOW CONDITIONS IN SALOONS HERE
United States District . Attorney Kane this afternoon tin
liutinccd that he will go before the License Court tomoirow to
divulge infoiinalou that has come to bis department thtough
investigations of saloons. He refused to make known filenames
..f tj,r .,.!.,.. J.,1- .111 !,... afftc.'.'J'i
ZEPPELIN RAIDS
HARTLEPOOL; 5
DIE, 9 INJURED
Four Bombs Dropped in Eng-1
u -fV7 9i it -
I.Midiin, March 14,
I"le pcrtonsj-ono man. one woman
nnd three, children were hilled and i
nine tuJUred at Hartlepool last night by
Ibonibs dropped from a CJerman air
raiaer, acooraing 10 nn ouicmi siaicmeni
Issued today by Lord French, common-!
der-ln-chlef of the 1 ome defenses. .
Four bombs were dropped upon the
city b" the- Oernnii airship. SK houses
were ilcmolitlu-d and thirty others dam
aged by bombs. (
In his Initial report on the attack i
Lord French, commander-in-chief of the
Home Defenses, said that hostile air
ships crossed the coast line between !'
'and 10 o'clock, but at that time It wan
uncertain whether two craft or only one'
i vvns taking part
The official statement uses the term
nlrshlp, presumably referring to a j
Zeppelin iiii-, I" mo miki ..j1'CIIM
raid on l.nglanil within 21 hours. Tucs
day night's rnld, which resulted In tho
death nf one woman by shock, was the
first attempted slnco October, 1317
Hartlepool stands upon a promontory
jutting lnjo the N'orth Sea, nineteen
miles southeast of the city of Durham.
It has a last system of docks and there
are largo Iron foundries and shipyards
located there. It was attacked from
tho sea by a German cruiser fleet In
tho fall of 1014 and heavy damage was
dono by shells.
1 Berlin (via London), March 14
Threo nlrplanes of an enemy squadron
filing toward Freiburg were brought
down, thl Berlin War Olllce announced I
today.
BIDS BALFOUR EXPLAIN
DIFFERENCE WITH U. S.
Commons Member Points to Diver
gent Views of President and
Lord Cecil
London. March 14. H M. I.ees Smith,
member of Parliament from Northamp
ton, today elemanuect in ino iiouse oi
Commons that Arthur Balfour. Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex
plain the differences between Lord Uoh
crt Cecil's Intenlew nnd President Wil
son's policy towaril Jnpan
Lord Ilobert Cecil declared that Japan,
being a sovereign State, had the right
to determine Its own actions In regard
to policies directly nffectlng Its welfare.
Ho Intimated ho would not bo surpr.sed
to see Japan defend her Interests In
Siberia.
CARRIER FOR 12 YEARS
HELD AS MAIL ROBBER
, .
Inspectors Testify-They Found $2.50
Decoy Letter in Mount Airy
Man's Pocket
Vnrmin J. Jones, forty-two years old.
a tnnll carrier of 162 Pleasant street.
Ml. Airy, accused of theft fromMhe
malls was held under J1000 ball today
by rnlteel stales commissioner i.a
mnniU In the Federal Bullellng.
The arrest was mnde by postodlco
Inspectors Hawksvvorth nnd McVlckers,
nftr arious comnlalnts by persons re
siding along Jones's route, that letters
containing money had not been delivered,
A decoy letter containing 2.50, the In
spectors testified, was found on Jones
when he was arrested,
Jones had been a mall carrier for
more than twelve ears. He Is married
and has three children.
Woolen Company Raises Wages
lionton. March 14. The American
Woolen Company today announced an
Increase of 10 per cent In wages for op
eratives for all the company's mills, to
take effect .on March !5,
BROWN MAY USE
MANDAMUS WRIT
yareg BeUeve Municipal !
t" Judge Will Insist on
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NEW BURDEN FOR CITY
mon tost of crKEKr
of aiuNirirAi. couiit
Orlirlnnl plnn rnlled for fevrer than
flftv rmploje. ,
l're-ent purU numbers more than
ADO, with nn nnniint expenne for
mnlntrnnnre of more than sino.000.
Jtidtre llronn's lntrtl demaml Is for
218 more empto'en at nn unmiu! tost
of more than 400,000.
The Court U itUo nklnir for liulld
Inir liiiprovenirntM, the employment nf
eifrt, etc., to rout Sll.OllO.
flranil total. If 'ounrlln grant re
eiurstn, mure than $1,000.0(10.
(Irand total, tf Council turn down
fteinund and Juilf-e llrovvn nppolntt.,
will be InrrcnKret hy cont of manela
mils writ), nt the rate of f.T!i tor
rah writ for raah chcIi or the 218 new
cmpIujcN each time paid.
Will Judge Charles Ii. Brown appoint
21S new court emploes and permit the
mandamuslng of city funds to pay their
Kalarles?
That Is the question Vnro followers In
Councils' Finance Committee are asking
In advance of taking up the new de
mands of the Municipal Court for more
helpers.
The President Judgo has the power
to enforce his request to increase
the annual cost of maintaining the
court by more than $200,000 nnd, nt tho
Fame time, to add a burden on the tax
pas ers through the mandamus power.
-ii me event of Councils rejecting
Judgo Brown's request nnd his subse.
uueni exercise or nis appointive powers,
me iiuueu cost ot manuamusmg the city
treasury each month for payments
would be $1,75 for each of the 218 per
sons. This, repeated during the remain
Ing months of the vear. would rpaeh nn
appreciable total
Should Judge Brown take snph n-ilnr,
ho would havo some precedent at his
back, but not to the extent at present
planned. Several times in the n-,e th
courts have appointed additional em-
luujes nna nave increased salaries with
out the consent of Councils. In each
caso tne cost of preemptory writs for
payment has Increased the cost.
Oaffney In 'o Hurry
Chairman Gaffney, of Councils'
Finance Committee, when asked If tho
committee, which Is controlled by the
Vnro faction of the Bepubllcan Organ
Continued on Tate live. Column One
RAILROAD BILL AWAITS"
PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE
Conference Report Adopted by
House, 303 to 25 Already Ap
proved by Senate
Wa-hlnston, March 14. Tho Admin
istration railway bill required only the
signature o: president Wilson this
uuernuun 10 oecomo a law,
Tho conference report on the measure,
aiiinu- uuuincu ujr me senate, was op
urni nrl ir ttia llnn i .
i""". ".- ,. ..wuH milium unanimous
ly. The bllP svaa then Immediately
signed ny speaker. Clark and Vie.
'resident Marshall and sent to the White
Iiouse.
The report was adopted by a vote of
303 to 25, two otlng present The
entire Iowa delegation voted against Its
adoption.
Wants Flags to Shroud Heroes
Wa.lilncton, March 14 Amerlenn
soldiers who gave their lives for their
country will be sent homo In full un.
form, wrapped In the flag. If the War
College adopts new regulations suggest
rd by Proiost Marshal General Crowder.
PLOT BARED
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HOG ISLAND
st,
Large Quantities of?V
Dynamite Found in
Ship Plant
SENATE PROBERS
TOLD OP DISCOVERYM?
Witness Explains Why
Number of Guards Had 'f$M
to Be Irti-rpnsflrl .-riwM.
U. h. AGENTS INVESTIGATE ' ,,
Head of Industrial Relations' a P
department Testifies Regard- u
ing Housing Problems
Big German Plot Here;.
Trap Set for Arrests
I'hlladelphlnns cm expect. In
the near future, the greatest Ger"
man plot sensation of the war
according to Trank L. Garbarlno'
special asent of tlio Department
of Justice. He 8ns the trap Is -etr
and the time virtually rlpo for ar
rests. "I havo had my men after 'tho'
Plotters for months," he saj.8. "and
we aro about to eivo. them a good
ripping." T)l3 g he wou,d s
Bu a Staff Correspondent
AVashington, March 14.
Evidence of a plot to destroy the
plant of the American International
bhipbuildinp; Corporation at Hog
Island was revealed today before the
senatorial investigating committee.
Hidden in different places in the
Hog Island shipyards recently, it was
sworn, 245 pounds of dynamite
was discovered
fcuincient to cripple the entire plant
L - wlWM,the "tart,fa- tesmon,
"l "- -"uusmat Keiations De.
partment at Hog Island, today be-l
shfnvnrrfa
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iiocuvery 01 ihOKlvniimlt.r. fl
Island was made public bv Ifphn
- iu t-ennrn -nmm hah ...-- .
, ., .. T -...... ..to wiucn ISiR
investiga ing the work and conduetf-sOg
of tho Delaware River shlr.-,n. ' m'i
in justification for the recently in-Vlll
w.tu ,.uIocr oi guards kept oh K v
i.c uyron oi uie American Interna
tional Shipbuilding Corporation.
D.lnuiiillc .Scattered
As Mr. Kennedy recited the details ot
the discovery of the explosives, members
of the Senate .Commerce Committee
leaned over and sought to catch every
w ord i
The dynamite, according to Kennedy,
w as scattered In small quantities Indlf.
ferent areas of tho shipyards Not all
the dynamite was found In one day. In y
stead, Kennedy declared, tho cxplosh ii
were found from time to time. Fre i
quently additional sticks of dynamite fyffi
uio luunu in pinces wine he lnvei- seKJi
titration was irnlni- nn 1 i.ili'l
" ',Vll
To tho question as to how the rtvna. . ta
mite trot there,, '.nn.dv o.l v. -.. $M
unablo to answer. Accordlne tn vn.'5Kil
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neuy, me mailer is now Delng probed t'ir,
by fhe Un ted State3 Secret Servlce.'y
Slnco tho djnamlte was found BOO'ifiS
guards have been put on to watch thuW't?
plant.
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Tvnn.flv nlsn Rnl1 he linil-ratAAil .i.-!. riW
was a shortmge of steel at the Hor.ei'&3u
iBinuu jam .u... , ncit v nteya iiavor fj f (
!... nimnl.loil 1,,,. nnlw ... n l.a.l. 1. .... t . F .1
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ll.l aa Msinn no .Incl Is n.n.M.1.,. . i IV
said. H
Ho described housing conditions and ,
iom oi nis aepanmenxs work in pro- Vvi
viaing sneuer for tne workmen. Bar. iW
racks housing 6000 men have been com. Ji
pleted. Accommodations for 13,000 tJ4V
for rooms In Philadelphia, but this Jiadfs
r '"A.'i
Contlnned on l'ase Mi-"Column TynVa'tt.
WOMAN SPY SUSPECT Ml
hp.i.h AT nnAMn i?APTnas'w
Charged With Supplying GennanVr
With flans of Lamp (Juster and &L
Other Secrets '
Kaiamaioo, Mich.. March 14. It be-,,"-came
known today that the first woman!
snv ausnected had been arrested invtxt
Michigan at Muskegon and taken toft i J
Grand Uaplds for Investigation by Fed-)V, v 5
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erui i.u.iiv,i,.vo. . ..v0 .Mat .iniiii.
woman, wnu imuio .ao wiiiuicia Dy iet.i,i i
officials, has secured for the aerraL ,
Government plans of camp Custer, ant ;
other military secrets. r ' r r
A number of officers at that catnn in .
said to have been victims 'of the woma'!-'
wiles. The alleged spy's effects at a XUfftla
ma zoo rooming nouse nave -"n .ma,
and are balng examined. .',.
Five Wills Are Probata ,M
Aviiia unjumcu ivuaj niuuu- iiiaaaaa
ft, Conraei Aiainson, wno atea rtoen
at tne liuoscvcui. iiuqiiini, icavvinj
rrlatlves an estate valued at t(
i-r-iierlch Moschewltxi 5110 Ifo
street, J6S00; Ilobert L. Welch, Jr,l
Norm Lievenin aimi, iivv; jui
E. Griffith, 1813 North Fifteenth Mr
J3850, ana c.va uuteKunst, isi
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Maryland House Kill SiHrmf
AnnapoU. Aiarcn n. Tne lie.
day killed the uuraetie woman
hill. This bill provided the i
for votes for women at munlctBM i
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