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SLAVS RATIFY
BERLIN PEACE;
JAPAN TO .ACT
v
Soviet Congress Ac
cepts German Treaty,
'Washington Learns
FUTONS TO RECEIVE
13) FREE HAND KAST
W
jSerious Situation Ban
ishes Hope of Early
Ending of War
BIDES TIME
Wealthy Provinces
Yielded by Russia
tfndcr the peace terms accepted
by tho riolsheilkl, Hussla must
lire up Poland, Couilnnd, LIonla,
Esthonla and the Ukraine. In
Ala Minor the HusMans mc com
pelted to retire fiom Armenia and
to cede to the Tuiks the rtusslun
districts of Batoutn, Kara and 13r
(run. Jlussia must i enounce all claims
to the occupied teriltoilcs In Eu
rope! Germany and Austio-Hun-'frry
to decide tho fate of these le
dons In ngi cement 'ttlth their pop
Nations. Ilic lluE&inn ami must
be demobilized and Ilusslan Mai
ships Arc to be dts irmed.
V, I'ctrosrau, .u.ircn u.
t Tn-fntv thousand tusualtlcs li.ivc ,
TmnllKl from the lll ar uhlcli lias
broken out in l iiriiesian ncineen uie
J.SoiIcts anil the iialhes, anordltiK tu
- dlspitchts reteued lirrc toua). i lerrc
Wtles are being fought.
LThe news from 'Washington that the
KBolsheuk consiess at .aioscow lias
i-auncQ uje iiuhso ouriiiiiit yc im
, treaty piobabv will liastcn action
, la the Par East. The action of the I
VBolct3 has Increased the anletyl
l'er the Siberian bltuatlon. '
t.has atready been rcpoitcd tint l
! AuitroOerrrian piisoncrs of war I
jtmsphclng oiganlzed ln SlbciJa,
rtns gravo possibility mat tucy
L Bajf Bios e on Vladivostok.
Ra House oi commons a. .i. uai-i
Pfmlr, the Ciltlsli Porelcn Secietaiy,.
!hai announced that EnBltnd has
Ubstjhlte faith In the Iojaltv of'
l'Jpan to cau out any piomise she
'mikes.
WitklilnKton, Maicll lu
tJAn offlcial report that the Russian
Irt Congress In fcsslop at Jtoscow
Hi ratlfleil tho German-made peace
naty reached here todav It caused !
appointment In ofllclat circles, al-
(touth It had been hneiully accented
lit tills action would come, Inasmuch
I the malorlli of the So let Congress t
flu pacifist In lcanlncs.
lulu the absence of an nrtk'ul lenoit
llrom Ambassador I'rancis olllclals early I
rtrasea to discuss tho situation. It was
RCceDted. hnuncpr. tlint it h.ni KPtlotil
Ifcrci3ea the dangei of Japanese inter-
fenuon In Siberia. It also has greatlj
nmpllcated the general war situation
loming as It does on th heels of the
hrman occunanev of Odessa.
I'Ttie deelopmenlB of tho last month
i surope hao been of far more Im-
lance than anjtlilnu which has pie
led them In the wotbl um. oIHolals
IJ today, The entile complexion of
war situation lias been changed and
H iecesitv for the Unlte.l States
Printing Into lilac picrv nniipi. of poprtr
iteerJ son 1st mole ImpeiatHe than
nn.
P Mot 1 lucrunt MoIhIIoii
rP nioe of tierinanr and Russia
viain
flaVrhtnelanjC"l!
hai done In following out her
no
MP of paper' policies, and theie Is
...'. ""' u,llteJ states and
' J-ukClue nor to pntlrplv i rnli npi-
Why fore, of ... 7 .," " i", ,
Pfthe, odlcials who are directing the '
m' "usgestlon of an early peace
,tS i ,."" W.K .Gt Dcaco "ns dlsap-
troni wabltlncton xvar. and
ar, U H, outiooK. d todays .
i9vIa "unwii.v, ntiu lUUtl El
P"'? J1;01" JIoscow simply hae con
Pil'll tn s
En.. ' .
ErJ..S2, from 5'oscow that the ma-
u iril?L"1F.llet'e.,mal'eace treaty
I , VOL. IV.-NO.
4
tokio
rui ii..."e,n"nB m lts character,-" , " ,. , , ., . .
S4 little Hiimrii.,. if Bi...t.. A.rtii!it. lnd resulted from the strike of
S'f1 belief ot the Administiation
'(tiomaiio oniclals here that the
Rl&U nrnnntrti.t.ln 1....1 ., 1... .
, .-;, ",, itttu tiuiio ns wont
i Although- under ,tho pioposedl
Iftreaty-KussLi ticrnmiu iiitin icttti
JJa Qerman assal State, oniclals
! pet bellexe It will be all easj
i ,4 vjcrmany mere in tho future,
treat mass nt tut nnodnn .iAni.
JMy will hardly accept the German
"TitAiiuii tn.r la .-... .
t fftt. tu " iiJ SCI 1AI1I 1U CUIIIC.
' the present It Is assumed thaf
"wny.win he .i.i. , ,.-i, , ., ,
RWfltViay In western Itussla. leaving
-v.tii ui eastern Jtussla to develop
I 1116 COlnlntr tiAola
t-tiie action of tho Soviet In nc
r Peace from rinfmnnn'u i,Ma
fult In an early announcement
nltn Jan.in'n mllltari. -.nllti.
y9lrMM;'3 sertaln hero today. He-
Ii 7, ,,, uipioniauo circles over-
"vstcaiea mat Paris. London and
V i11"" In .their decjslon that
I,11.0, r.usslana accept Germany's
ate, then lmmptllntp mtm.irt. nfiinn
f?n,and China would probably be
Xfjr'. 'lo ever, It Is considered
f"i oaiore any actual occupancy
Parian tprrllnrt, tuli.. tnn- IS.
firs wr 17' .?"'.-. '""r:.v"
LlKlT. . """ ' Ullltl! ttllllUUItCQ-
int Japan' Intentions are entirely
M by nlln-t. ..t .i-i
that "'.t" yi cu-iiic;at3ntaiiuil
int Jbere will be po permanent
VlOn Of Ilim-lnn l-rrltnr.
K pointed out bere today that with
VJr ' accepted aermany'a peace
p. Pie danger to Japan from the r-
'Cuitlae4 tn r six, C-lumn Twa
AUSTRIA RAILWAY
WORKERS QUIT;
PLANTS CLOSED
Strikers on Northwestern Line
Disobey Military Order
to Return
( nprnlingrn, Mat ill 1,"
A new strike Is under wa In AliHtili
It was learned here todav
I Austrian Morl.ejs on the .irthwest.
ern llallua. the Ftrdlunnd -Northern
nnd several other iallwas have struck
according to the t.okil Anrelgtr, of
I Ilcrlln
Tho movement is glowing AIot cf
tho fictoilis In Florlsdoiff have closed
Tho mllltaii oidertd the "trlkcts to
ictiiin hut lhe iefucd
MITTEN ADMITS
BAD CAR SERVICE
AT OPEN HEARING
' Head of P. R. T. Justifies
Many Complaints and
Explains Cause
TELLS OF DIFFICULTIES
Mitten's Explanation
of Bad Trolley Set vice
lJemoiallzatioti lesulted fiom the
itiiUe of sevei.il c.us ago
A laiKe numbei of the corn
piuj's cmploMH weie diaftotl to
go tu wai.
PifU pn cent of the tmplocs
weie atti acted b corpoiatlons
which offcicd moic lucintle Jobs.
JI.iii of the ens had to be um
h gtecn men.
Cai ciiulpmcut woie out and
could not be leplaced on .iccuiint
of fielght congestion.
Ordeis fur supplltt dtiiing the
wai weie held up, as all fnctoiiis
had to gic piecedence to wai
okIci.
Quest lonlnc; of Thomas K. .Mitten,
president or llin l'lilladelpliia ltapl',1
Transit ('onip.ins, li Conimjssloner
II J no' today brought out the follow
ing' factsT-"-
tTrnler its tontrjcl wllh the til
the company Is obligated to expend
each sear 13 per tent of Its cross
Income for iiiaiiiteiiante and renew
mU. In l!ll? IIiIh umountril 1o II,
3 1,000.
'I lie amount spent b Hie t onii.un
for liLilnteiuiHe was S',00.0U0 .mil
for renewals SiSO.tOt. I'or irs
bought In former .tears on the in
stallment pi ui Sin.OOO was ex
pended. Tho total amount which
the compaii) wn obligated to penil
on maintenance and renewals was
not reached bj Sl.'iO.'.Gttt.
In rcplv to a question as lo the
phi-leal taluatlon of the proper I
cf the I. It. T.. ashed t'oiniuls.
sioner I, ill with a lev to tlcln
mining the toinpani's ability to
coiuplj with ail older the toniinls
slcn might p iss, Mr. .Mitten said
that lie rould not tell within two or
three million dollars wliat that al
uillon Is.
Admitting that the people of Philadel
phia bale suffeied fiom Inadequite
nolle strtlce for months past, tint tho
organization of the Philadelphia Itipld
Transit Compan has been badly de
moralized and that then; Is Justlco In
the uumeious complaints tint hate been
lodged with the Public !seilce Commis
sion b pations of the lines Thomas 13.
Mitten, piesldent of tie companj, today
took the st.uid In the healing befoio the
commission and undeitook to explain
the causes which had led up lo pieent
conditions and the eflorts that a, c being
nnde to hnproie the scnlce
"13cithlng tonaideied, I think It Is
remarkable that wo hae been able to
. ....... .. ....
10 ns ,,e" as wc "-,c au.nmco up,
tllls "ai Jl1' Jll"enB defenso to the
complaints which uae teen meu.
Jii. Mitten went into the history ofiof 1010 South llalley street and tumid
.. ,. , ,. .. ,
.,1... irinmr inniTiiinv ..iiti'P 11 imi i. , r. i
" " , T , "! "'ponce
, -iitiaut;ii.iii in .. ... ,uiu e.i.itbu w. i
Its affairs. At mat time, up ;am, there ,
nas gicat dlssatlsfaitlon 'llth the sen-
, n lcmmt ot , demoralization '
motormeii and conductors. His first ef.
fort. He sintiti. uau ueen 10 rencic hip i
nrADniA ,iirtntr the 'np.tl. lintlm.' ntnl
jm.--,.. -.-....o -- .-- - , -
with that end in lew tho company bad
nurehascd 1500 new cars, adopting the
policy of putting on moio cars at tlio j
rush times and cutting down tho nuin-
oer wncn iraicj mis uuu. i
The Improvement In the fcivIco at i
that time, Mr. Mitten said, hud been
marked, and for scleral cars. or up I
Until lull, II 11 no KUiiLTtuiy euilMue-teu
that tho Btrcct car Bervlco of Phlladel- ,
pbla was second.to that of no largo city
n America.
Theh came the war, and with It the
taking away of a large number ot tho
company's cniploes by the draft and
by the men being attracted to more
lUeraino imeitiwito .um ..1...111..., ,.u
said, tho corporation had lost fully 50
per cent of lt employes and It was
necessary to fill their places with "green"1
men, ComplalntH of incivility on tho
part of motormen nnd conductors he at
tributed to tho parge percentage ot In
experienced men It had been necessary
to employ.
Added to the dcinorajlratlon thus oc
casloned. Mr. Mitten said, there had
been a general wearing out of equlu
picnt, which It had been Impossible to
icplice on account of the fie'ght con
gestion prevailing throughout tho coun
try and the fact that all factories weie
forced to give precedence to war ordeis.
At one time during the severe weather
oMastaw Inter, he admitted, there had
Continual vu fas Tw, Column Keren
N
LANK ACCUShl) UY KEAItPUl.
1'ranklin K. Lane (aboc). Soc
ietal y of the Intel lor, has denied
tho charge of Assistant Attorney
General Piancis J. Kc.iiful (be
low) that he "violated the
statutes of his administiation"
by protecting fraudulent claim
ants to Goveinmen' oil lands.
ixmnmimm a i-rn
LANE DENIES LAND
JUGGLING CHARGE
Aiding Fraudulent Oil
Claims, Says Assistant
Attorney General
BITTER CLASH RESULTS
nshliiltl M itch I'
"iliaip iknlal was undo tod n by sCl .
retarv of the Interloi PrinKllii K l.sne
to thiigei 1i sslhtant ttirnci ;en
eial Prands ,1 Keal fill tint he filki
to sifeguaid Hip Interests of the public
and had Molited the ctatules In his
adinliibtiatlon ot the public lands The
icult has been tn bring Into sharp out
line He filctlon wiiYh l ng bis exlbted
belwtrn th" Inteiloi Oepailmenl and
.he licpaitmeut of lustlce
' Kcarful In testlf.ilnc befo'e the IIoujo
Publlo Lands Committee In effect made
tho broad charge that feeretarv r.ane or hevbli begsn Iip snt bis army foi
was piolectlng fiaudulent clalnnnls to J.1 0""J,' " '"', llH best l0 'Wermlnnte
KJoiernnent oil Hnds thrtuRh riitering- 'to"" ba.g.Un will, the 'leuton- was
agietmeii's with thee men tint haired tint Hulgarli should h.ip the Dobudji
piocruHon b the Ucpiitmeiit of .Ips- .southein Seili.i and creel, Maccdonbv
tke nnd fuilhei. that wln the oil-
leasing bill was iincleil mc i-tciptan
Inteiultd tonnUe there ugi cements pn.
maiunt allowing the tl ilmauts to i i ipe
with tho fruits of iheli fi audit This
testlmoni has nt ct been made public
but will he sbouly
1 nil Denial from I nne
ocictar l.ancs nnsne was A de
tailed denial Inahimuh as Keiiful ban
the support of toine lltnTal titceon
(he cvmttovtrsi thus rtaited wll bete
r.u-icnehlnjr consequeucet
Tho fundament il dllllculti i tint
lnstiad of passing a peimanent loasiiig
bill foui jeirs ago when the proposal
was first niadt, Congiuss adopted a tcm
poi.il ptpedlfii spiritin Line ex
plained tod i ' ugiist "3, 1JH, it
i passed a tempoian ttlltf act umUl
which the spcretai of tln Interior was
authoilred to make operating agiec
ments with nil men who weie at wotk
. on the lands In I'allfoinla and onilnB
wlthiliiMii fioin publlt tntrj b Presi
dent Taft In 1910 This it lief act which
'had as Iti pui pose' keeping the oil wells
In operation to prottnt damage through
disuse was Intended to be In elfptt tmlj
until the next se-slon of I'ongress when
(onllniirtl nn I'ise sl, ( olumn lliree
TIN MODEL OF U-BOAT
SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES
rifty-Pound "Submarine" Home to
City on Shoulders
of Cops
x ,i model lepresenting i.e..n..i
submailne mid weighing about flft
pounds was tal in toda from the cellar
. t tii TV,ipri nutimtitipi 1,1 the
u , . , ,. ..i . .. .....w.,.. v .. -
I'll,.
house at the llalley Micet ad-
,irCss Is occupied tn Victor llersehoft
who told the police of the Twentieth and
1'ederal slrects station of tho pie-emc
ot tho modM in ins cenai
tin..t.nrt nT,i tim tmiifn iimi n,iiii
nalMC(1 'Wlnnlger whose present
Hereabouts be dldn t know ma lift
.... ,.t 1.. .i. -tln. ln. -nni-ni..
tnC niouei 111 1111 ecu.tt tm civitesitii
eeifirai months ago
in.m,,, snuier nmi itit. pnt o
t,ie celnl, and placing the model on
tllcr si,0ulders, carried It to the de-
tecllio bureau tenter It was sent noun
to the 1'ederal Ilulldlng
ARKANSAS RANK HELD UI'
o"l Ai,.i o,-nn TT.ino.
Robbers Sccuicd About -o00, Using
uas l er as sinciu 11 ucuviay
wlnOuii. rk Mnich 15 Tho Hank
of Inblow was htld up and lobbed of
f,om J. 000 lo ?.'500 by two unmasked
men loin ine eiliereu lliu uani inivn
no one uu; casnier iv um was present,
In leailng thoy uso thu cashier as a
shield until thev reached theli horses
a block away from the bank. They
rcleised inn as they mounted and
rode away to the mountains
I danced In F.lkfon tn Wed
""' ""-" .. . I
Klktnn, Mil,. Slarth 15 Six coupleo -
.,-!, ... t. iibtn,t r,tttr m,i titiu
morning and obtained marriage IIcciims.
They were Robert P. Dale Klchardron
Park. Del. ann avuiieite -minimi, im-Jare
mlngton; William llanucn. Atlantle
City, and Dehua Wren, Camden : Otis
Smith and Lavlnla 13arley, Cllttou
Heights. Pa ; Joseph Ilammlll, (llouces
ter. and Irnia F. Price. Camden;
Louis 1'. Chambeia and Helen ?Ilck,
Mount Holly, X. J.; James Caruso and
Marie Walker, lllchardeon Park.
PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15. 1918
KING FERDINAND
PROPOSES PEACE
Willi AMK1LA
Bulgaria Offers to Desert
Germany for Allies if
Conceded Territory
DIPLOMATS SKEPTICAL
Monarch's Previous Duplicity
Makes Statesmen Fearful
of "Double Crossing"
asliiiijjtoti, Mnich. I".
King Pcidin.iml of Hulg.ni.i has
sent Jl. SUipkoff. a lonfidcntial
aBcnt, to Uoiuc, Suitzoiljml, tomnkc
n jicaee piopotl to the United
States through Pleasant A. Stowill,
the Ameiican Ambassador there, ac
coiding to infoimation obtained to
day from foieign diplomatic cuclcs.
The piopos.ills understood to be'i.tmned .mil now final bold (he po.
an oiler by liulgaua to desert Gei -
many and join the Allies on condi
tion that the Allies will gu.iiantcc
Ilulgaria continued possession of
rMl'i of Glccce- Rumania and Seibia
si!?,."0 now ln the hamN of hcl
Mlleir diplnmil roiKiilei Kii; fVrdl-
niiiii onn or Ibe most iicoiiplblitd irvnl
double.ttosois of the je and iev..K
,llw In his latctt me ,m attempt to
Uctlnilre the l'mud St ite 1 he di
clr.te that I'eiillnuid In his time bis
diuble-eioixeil ' tei n owned hcul
and rei tinx eminent with whom he
has h.ul nest nations
The fact t i it the lulled hmtes anci '
""lB',lln "l0 "ot ' ar has opened
me waj ioi hcrillnunil to in il.e his pio.
posjm up nude plnillni oicituns in
a nKiie wa onu time iiko to I3nglmr
mil Kraiuc and was smrnpd Ills will
ingness to 'double-cross (Jornnm ie
Kiilted In restrittlip rtipssuics b the
t.'ernnn (inurnment wlilcli foiced Peid
linnds ainii tc ilo some nclinl fighting
against the Uumanliiis I'erdlmnd be
tr.ijrt tin Allle-i cailv in the wir He
piomsp,l s 13dwariltji Hi it b- would
Join the lhp 'Hip Kerbs weip i-e.
tented fiom atnc'.ing the luiadlnr Hul
gars on !be ictiuest of i:ngland
Mr laluanl (3u aihl-ed the .viblan
ioeinmiit that Hie Uu!-3ilan were
coming to the h d of til" "-tih-. M tint
moment K ng rerdlmnd had a dcfenslte
and olTenslie alllanc with !etniaii
and Austria. s soon as th lmatlon
imiik oiistamine nie ualstT's lirotbei
in-lnx. wts iirln lo fie ,a liIm and
at nlc 0)ei Hnip hi cuiiendered a Key
position In (litcce lo tin Hulcais wltb-
out thing a hhot Ills (ottllei wcio
ilclltercd In t bod and Kent Into tntern-
meiit In ileimain
King Peidluand nou pen ps-es what
lip inietcd lie Ins thp Serbli'i allei
of the folaa the Pobiudja wrung fiom
r.umanln and thp (lieek teirlton as fu
as Kotala It Is a gieatei Hulgirla
and the Hulgailii ait ei pitunl
T. R.'S SON GOT HONOR
WHILE UNDER KNIFE
Wan on Operating Table When
Fiench General Came to
Confer War Cross
It lib Hie
nierltHii aruii
I runte,
XI.il eh 10
i iptalli Aichle ltnojeielt rnn o'
coloml Iheodoie Itooseielt leceiitir
Hit 1 lench wai nots 'luisdav foi gal-
"mi '" ,tt'0.,
while Ijlng on an
in tiaeuatlou hos-
opeiaiing i tote in
;'" ll " ITinl-lble to announce lo-
" XMien the I ienc.1 genial and bla
pill ai riled lo confpi the decoiatlon
the optratlon bad Just been finished
White -lobtil doctois and nurses were
htandlng about and the ah was heaiy
with the utu.il hospital smell cf anes
thetics
P.oo'eult was paitli covert tl with a
fheet The gtncral was admitted step-,
nlng beside the tabic ho txpretsfd the
pilde Hie I'ltiich people felt III Inning
a membei or one of America's lllustilous
faniiUes flglitlng with them lie com-
pliinrWd Anhle on his binvtrv and
lauded the valor of nil AineiUans In
the Initio line lit hlsi-ed the captain
on both checks n3 he pinned the war
cross on his chest
Voung P.oosevelt thanl.ca hip uencral
slmpl salng bo did not bellcvo he
aeseneti kucii nouoi ,
Uoosevelt was wounded while with his
men lu ft ircncn on me 10m iroiu
I Ameiican attlllei prepaiatlon for u .
linld was In progress The t.enniuis
nniiirentlv thought the raid was coming
from lloosovelfs ticnc.i and barraged
It. ,
The ralcl wa.s .,e?lh, ' V""01,1"1 ,,rom '
another rector, but during the bombard-
... . i
nieiu a mini "" '".vv"?".''
" comprund fraclu.o of his left
(onllnufil en I'l Mnr, iinjiuu ii.n
ITALY CLOSES FIFTH LOAN
... 1,.,-v, tsi nnnnnnnnn
Subscriptions Kcacll !fI,OUU,UOO,000
and wore is cpccicu
umnr. March 15 Italy has Just
! closed Its fifth national war loan. The
I . . . i -...i.. --nnl...l r. Ann nrtn
SUUSCrlpilons in tll ie-eiit ttivut.uuv,
, .. ti nnonnnnnnv ..lit, '
uv , nru mum ,"':l ,"' ,1 i
rpviiltn In some cities not ei reporieu
Subscriptions from Italians abroad also
are not included. When these reports
rocelieu u is expfiicn inii wio toiai
will be 0,000,000,000 lire (l,.'00,000,.
000).
Italy's war expenses to January 31
amounted to 33,091,000,000 lire (16,611,.
200,000). Nearly 31,000,000,000 lire
(JC, 200, 000,000) was expended for the
army and the remainder for the navy,
i.
U. S. MEN FIRMLY
HOLD HUN LINE ON
4
1 1 NKV ILLKMtl INT
Consolidate Mile and Half
of Trenches Taken in
Broad Daylight
ROCHES ON
DEFENSIVE
Aerial Activity Increases on
American Front Much
Sniping and Grounding
Ullli Ihf tiifrl(iili rint In Iridup,
Mnuli II.
Ninet It m lioni now iku tlicli
tit Ft fiernnn treni'ic 'I hc (imx M of
t Mlomrtei (iuiul two mllex) of
fionl-llnc iwltloni In t'io linknnlllci
krIoii on the l.mifIUe fionl
'I lii positions wen (KtuplcU In broiit
dajlluhtln Ibe Ainti leans .iftei tiirman
cmh nation (Jcrniin bariaBo Hlei
foited a ultbilriWHl but the iiiimif"
'tiom
'I he ticnclies bac betn conn!ldtUtl
automatle lilies lni bem 1 louuted and
llir- am fulh defendtil The wtio fo
sniishid I, Vniil.ec attlllei flic us to
be imlen.ibV foi Hit buihes but lie
s-.illtht fornix an ctellint addition to
nut lines 'I he nitikins found the
tionchs U polled b wtionK Umbels
'I he hioKeu ones 1m. hi c n leplucil
fie boilies .lie phniiiR ,i ifc dc
fmstio Rime on .ill flouts uhcio the
tie lonfiontliiK mci leans It his bn n
math appiieut In ittent I iliN In ii.
li.Ltatlcni of these i.ilds the rnfni slm.
pi ei.icmtes all fiont posltlo.is and it-
"'es to the ,"ifct oftbori.ti line The
uieiitans an .ilcrt and nitlt and Hit
'"'"1""' tiiiuuic to ten w ncn to e
ped Konit thing
I'onslclpi.iblp m iplnu detelopiug
t'peclnlh on the l.uncMlle fiont 1 he
si inimecs are becoming pionilmt In this
ntt Tiitip Is .ilo Rreiiiillng b.uk ami
foilb Veiltl nctllt is Irn ipisIhb
It Is now peinilsNlblo to htate tint
the tioops In thp i.uneillle irlon who
miide a raid without opposition alp
from Ohio Auluuteers woie tilltd foi
to paitlclpate In the laid s.,, m,im
wnntfd to fco Hi.it onli a few were
elected Nm eai li compani The pit
tlclpants Included hots from Clnuunatl,
Million, Clnletllle, t.'leieland, London
Mansillle Columbus and Dayton
TJip formei fumoiiit Hthlota -iv.ioto
uaino w is deleted In buiulnv dlt
patches Is all es-lissebtll t itchei Ho
Is different looking in a gas mask ni d
tin hat than he was behind a wire mask
and a b isebalUcap
( I he fount-! catthei uftntd lo un
doubudh I' Marl ' t.owdj foiniei
tioflou Ilrait bickstop and hi in of fit
PHI woild seiles IK was Ihu llmt
big leiguei to loluntcci foi aitlio sen
ile lie Pnlisted wit.i .ill Onlo iriiuidil )
(I.rinan dog m now thp inastot of
nn Anient in ionipnn on the Toul fionl
Ilo descited the bocho ti caches it
night nnd rune oei to tho A ne lean
line with tall wagging Il- is being
ftd and pptted nnd the 'iiim'ti are
teaching hbn l.ngllub
GOMPERS ASKS ALLIED
LABOR TO PUSH WAR
Urges Co-operation in Ex
plaining Refusal to Send
Delegates to Confeiencc
Wiishlnitl Mnuli I",
Tint laboi in all Ml ed eouut'-Us must
to-opciatt; in the gigantic tan. In iK
stlol nutoc aev was Hie ines-a".t Piesl
dent sj,Ut; Compels of tin Ann l Kan
rvdnatloii of l.ibir snnt Aithui Mend
ti son llngllsh laboi li itki. and Allifit
ihoiuas I lentil sm allM tod.n
, -, .! I"""'
lipgi.iin was diniatilKd
ib'td (irest itpoits of a
tiompeis cabegiain
to clear up ga
, pi pilous mesike in which In hid dc
ellnul lo send Anifilian npitseiilailus
to the inti i allied confeieiue In London
i I ebiuan JO
'We hope nothing will Inteifiie with
' rnmlilptp itmlprpl.ifi.llnt. ninl pnml it ill
between the vioikeis of Ainirle.i and
the Alllid countries llonipeis stated
Ills pinions message uhlui was
somewhat ccnfulng in Its meaning was
nil ntetpietcd b the laboi men of ling-
I mil nnd I i ante as maintaining the
London a onfcieme was I cutoii inspired
''(Jouipeis lodu ixilalneil the exccutlie
council of Hie Nmeilcan rulcrntlon or
Laboi found It l.npossible to jend lepie.
untatliea because llicie was Insulllilmt
time, to leach London aftei the Invlta-
tlon leached this countn
vv a caoieu tiu tael and fintcrnal
greetings and assurance tint tlio Amer-
Cin cop c are united In the nrucirle
for woi Id Justice and freedom (Jomners
explained today In his cable Ills mes-
laso rcad
..nie .mcriean IVdeiatlon ot Labor
II. rn..-l,l f.. llin nnlil. -a.,. . .. I...
u kd iui i un mi ii u iuuiq diiil i uu iv
Its represeutatiiis not for a cablegram
KurbIcti ,,, ,. pre,- Amerle in labor Is ,
. " '
glad to mtct with reiiiesentaHipii Af the
labor movement of the Alllid tountrlcs
but letuses to meet representatives ot
the luboi movement o( enem countries ,
while the ale fighting against democ-
racy and world freedom " '
It was explained at headnuarters heio
that this la?t pluase, also appealing In
i" original icugrani wiiien was nnsun-
uersioou, was seni oecause mere vitro
some leaders In England and France
who wanted representatives of enemy
labor In nt tho conference as well aa
". no . ivi
Allies and the American labor scntl-
mcni was against this
Charles E. Grlgnard, Oil Man, Dead
Charles Kdmund tlrlgnurd, ot Phlla-'am
delphla. manager of the specialty tie-
widely known in the oil Industry. Is The two boards rebuked for having
dend In New York, following a brier I added to the "local respectability" ir a
Illness. He was thlrt-rour years old Hquor-llcensn hotel are the Korelgir MIs
and leaves a widow, a daughter and hla Uona Board and the Board of Home Mia
father. Albert Orlgnard, a New York I '
lithographer, I C.ntlnuea an Tate Mae. Laluan On
Cm 1 1 iiiiit lots, ft Tin
FRENCH BREAK I
ENEMY LINES IN
THUIZY DRIVE
Gea war omc Admits
Losses on Wide Front on
Nauroy Road
llrrlln. Manh 15
ripoit lsued In Herman head
quarters ndiu'ts that strong I'remh do
tachments, inhuming on a wide Jronl
last inning, gained a footliiR In llei-l
m"" Po'ltloni went of Thnl7 on the
nun mud but stjx that l(.i wiro,
rtpuNul (Ihcwiuic
The Htatcnient vm tint the nrtllletv
xaa atle tnt of the Mrute
It nsserl-t that n HtKtiallnK post un the
Itlicinis I'athcih.il a ncaln attle
t iiiKlnn, Maub 15
Hostile ralilci? pf trpulinl In tin
itdKhbor'Miod of p isi hciulat lo and I'oel-
i ipellt In" iiiKlil Plilil Mtrslnl IItIr
irpoilol toda
Vt of Vlllersulhlitn HlltMt lalilr-is
entiled the rrrn: i line- intl tool, n fe
irloner
U. S. WORKERS' SEVEN-HOUR DAY TO LENGTHEN
WASHINGTbN Mnich ID The end of the scver.-lioui ti-1 '
In the executive ilepiituunts of the Goveinnunt wai in pioLpe
this nlteinoon -w lien the House passed the Boilnnd emeu ltn ut
to the lef-ifilatlve bill providing tor an eight-lioui' clay. Kffoiii
by the mtmlieis oftlie "laboi gioup," to limit the opciatlon
the ltilc to the pciiod of the wai, weie unsuccessful. The amen
incnT was n"opted by a votu of 128 to SB.
'HOUSE PASSES $75,000,000 SUPPLY HILL
WASHINGTON, JIlicP. 15. The House this n""rinmi
passed the legislative, ixecutlve and judicial nppiopiiatlou bill
nicrtabccl fiom 00,000.000 to !?75,000,000 because of its action
in sionting highei wages to Goveinment employes.
METHODIST SLAP
AT SPROUL SEEN
Conference Warns
Against Betrayal by Pro-
hibition Converts
. wr t-' .-s.- c- .
CHURCH BODIES REBUKED
Today's Program
i.M.I
s 0 ot i
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nxi i in m'i
I il ,11 ( lllltil
In , ic I!p I
W
111.
lit ion n s 1 1 iiphs i'liuie'1
net i n aesii o, t 111 ntt
i p ii -Pontet octal sciilep In
lb line of the IK l I'l ' M I'0"",0!1
-, ,ii) in Dim i of PhlKJelphli
Lonfnence Iduiaiiuu soeieti
8 p in Joint .i.uilcrir of the
Phil idclphl i I'oiiriiema 'liatt s0.
i el, tilt) Pbiladelphbi i onfeieuca'
1 lutatlon sot'tl and lie I reed
incn'H ld Society
l.VUi: s. ssoi f lu
I l't Mlegien. Sienue Chilli I
,, , ildiespt In toe P.ei Dr
lolm Wnlehoiii siipailiiieudent of
i it Xllslon- lllshop tieiri and
lllslinp James W lltsin-iJ ot PcMii
;'i li in -AddrctS In Ill-hop
Theot'o p s lliudefou o' Deiioi
V 1 P.S s(K I TIOV
i 'i brrti nd sttett t liuicli
. ., lu Vnniiil business meeting
and election oi oitlcctii
f ,, in .suppji fo'.lui ed b entei
taluine'il 1 umiiinc to Melhodlsts lo bewaie
r.i n.lilP.l tonieiis" to piohibltlon 111
of btlateu toiien-. '
the coming elei Hon was Issued toil i b
the Phll.idelpb.li lonfcrenic of the
-i...i....n.t i-nK. .-inil cliuith lu a strong 1
s""""" ,. -.
ltsolullaii adopted
uninlin..usli that
. . ... ..
uigfd 'tieianco of all mamms wun hip
jqUoi traffic and rebuked two Methodist
i,,,i0,.e(i piohlbltnn In bis fight with
' , i-om n'sslonei O N'ell foi
State Hir,nwn t um m
the P.epubllcan nomination foi uovcinoi
Oonimltslonei O.Nell with piohibltlon
B his platform. Is suppoited In eiovei-
nor Hiunibaugb
Hishop Uerr. asked if the lesolution
ind his culogj of Ooictnor urumuauga
slgnin'! that the conference would bac.
Commissioner u .cu irpueu nun inej
did not
v.'o
he t-ald 'These th nas havc
nn nollllcal slgnlllcancj as to candidates i
The members or this conference will go
to the polls and vote lor the men the
think will make tho best legislators and I
..I...I..I.I... nt.,1 llO Will llH HOlllllV.
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i ii i il: c j in luci r .... ...-. ,
bulilnd prohibition
Ho declined to sa which candidate he
fmored.
The resolution Introduced b the P.ev
Dr William Powlck, of Pen Arg)l and
seionded b the llev Or Thompson W
McKlnne. was adopted with a lush at
todJ's session of the 131st nnnual meet-
lug of tho conference, in ine aimpson
Mcmoilal Chuich
Slapping 3o One
"I am slapping at no one, ' said Doc
tor Powlck when asked It Ids' resolution
was aimed at Senator Sproul and If It
meant that the conference would support
Commissioner O .Nell.
nnilssioner u .-sen.
I have two sons In France." ho said,1
In iturouuciug mc rcsoiuiiuii, -anu i
am conccrncu lor mcir rait-ij, iiui i
less concerned because of Qerman
ijUiiPt than becaute of liquor,"
mi slon booi ds foi haling held meetings sum see nt to nppeai xttonuis Charles Pltl.bureli, . Mafch. IB Maim k Pi
mi slon hob ti - u Wesle and II lloidon McCoueh. the.lc01i mln., ,.,.. AM"n,V .", . IJ1 rJ
In a litiuui -license hotel f .tpreientlng I3clman peuonall. I ,.' n vBi" . , ", a" ", JIf n0nM h'i A
coining on the l.eW ot lllilion Hen s Bnd tho ,n attornes tep.csentlng the '" '' .'"V", J T SUSP1n2W?.J
itidoLCimnt of Cioierimr H.umbaiuh as la.ge holelkeepers In the cltj asked nLV'uM.tt
lo ' loblbltion liatlc, ot ,be s.ate that .he Mite -- renn" ffif Tck'soVi'inln-tbr
, resolution was Interpreted as .. -1-P St'ianVe llSrrn'" " ' "" ' ileiat'.waflnTh'Trf
. tttdia spn.ilr.p stnuul who iCCPllli , .lutltrp Wesspl was nnrHpiilirli pn-t- Mateis weie pxneptpil t.t t-Anh K-iVit falJi
I'll tic I.ri.icn Cowrixi
HOG ISLAND PLOT '
SUSPECTS CAUGHT
in CHESTER NET
Gcrmun nnd RuMtan Snld t0
Have Predicted an Ex
plosion at Shipyard
( tipster, Vn , Mrdi 1"
Stanlei l.otknvltz. of 1-4 J Vnnkook
street, nnd Martin Pushkofkl, of 1 18n
Wltlitan street, both of Cnmdtli, N .1,
en held without ball foi a furthri
bearliu? 'tod i by .MaRlstiate Ilirrj
follow Ins tbrli anct at the Sun Slilp
liullillnB Compinj. Thc i.n bellreil
to be hnpllintcd In the plot tn blow up
the Hoc Mam! fblpjard"
!.ocl..iltr It en tilted with tlie flate
inent tint lhe II cot bloned up it
nindf to a number of worKincn lie foi
mei' woiKei! n' the llililwln I.oiomotlo
Worl.s and the IIok Iplind rd mid
w is dlf-charRci! from both pl.irrs he
ifcUM! of HU-pkloUR nit.on
HOTEL CABARETS
PLAN HARD FIGHT ,
License Court
Gl'ailtS
Time to Prepare Defense
of Business
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APPEAL" SEEWS CERTAIN
-
. - , . . . . , ,
n exit ii'lon of lime was granted by
tlie l.iense CouiT foi hotclkeeners to
prtpaie a defense tgilnst the tonten
tcm of the Philadelphia lleiall l.Itpioi
li-.. i a .i... .. ,
'v ihif i--w;i i irun, inui lilifs'lj it in
tin
I i lotels whtie 1 ipioi Is sold Is
illcgil
The piopiletois aie inepiiiug to waga
j "i b'ttei bgal fljht, nnd It ti probable
l tint an appeal to the Superloi Court
I will be made hi tho-o who lose their
licenses on ctouir of tiinductlng
cabaiets, if Hi? ,i0 030 tilcm
ludgcs Mitieinikcr and Xtsel line
c'i irh announetd theli dettiiiilnillon
to icftiso a renewal ot an license where
dancing oi lubsnt atti ictlons au ton
linued In older thai the Issui befort
Hid ioiiiI ti 111 In tleai -eut, and hot
plouded In othei quthtlti'iM Altonie)
IMllllam Itopti and Xell Homier.
i iiiiam u iiopi i
counsel and ptecldcnl itspcttlitl of Hie
I.'iiuoi le.ileis Association. lodav
agieitl to withdraw n pet'tlon askliii:
.... .--- -
for Iho leioeallon of the license inui
b Ham l I3c!inin at the Continental
Hotel, N'lnth nnd Chestnut Mrtcts on
the hioiiml that he sold llouoi to minors
and pfiinltteil ilanelug and picsent
....I ... ....I.t .1 . 1 .!... ... ., ... ....
lemoiiKliance abklng that icnewnl
reiuseu 011 111c nne Biounu mat likinan
Mated the law in iciinittln- dintlin,
m (,i( K)nn 1()on ,UP kmokulll
Utpitjis weie cold
. .
.. Mue- r-, 1 -,.
.,...,, ,., , .,.,
t uisi" aii,"!i , ttnc , tl 111,113 1 I 11 LC
nM, lh(1 fulm a lmMs f() n) .,,,, nt to
thp Superloi Court should the dpfeittd
1 ne uiKitt Hiiitni ui tins leiiioiiiriiuce
phatb In his dtclaiatlons against the
PeimitHng of dancing wlieic lluuois arc
so)J Attoine X'esle refeirtd to the
numbei of v ears dineliig lml been per-
milled nnd Mil prnlous license courts
had lefusul to tule ng-ilnst such at-
tractions
'The meio fact that previous license
( uiillnuril un I'nir sv, ( uluinii Hup
.EX-SENATOR BAILEY'S
NA1MR TN PAfKRP PPnTJl?
Hcncy A&ks if Texan Reptcsented
jrcat Men t ,,,,,. pinn,i:n
"'SUS i'Jtll CIWCI, IICiUlllllT
Immn.iliK 11... Il n. 1
itiiMiuiu. , jjuusu i numemuer
l hli iico, March 15 Former Senator
Joseph 13 Ilallti, of Texas, was named
today in the Federal Tiado Commis
sion's Investigation df the Chicago pack
ing lndustr, which was resumed by
Attorne Francis Hency Dalle ' name
was mentioned In lonnectlon wllh
Ilene's questions as to the packers' cot
Ion seed oil business In Ttxaa.
W W Borders, general counsel for
Morris & Co. the first witness, said be
fore he took the stand that ho wanted It
understood that ho be Immune from
anything that might tend to Incriminate
him. Besides being genet nl tnunspl r,tr
tlle, Morris, nrm he had also represented t
wiloni & Co iv-inum
1 hen Honey u!(cd Borders It linlipv
hadn't represented the packers when tho
State started prosecutions, charging
their cotton seed oil business was being
conducted ln lestralnt of trade. Borders
said ha dldn t remember, Tlie disap
pearance of a valuable letter lllo deal.
Ing with packcra" activities against the
Borland resolution was explained by-i
Boidera by two robberies ln his office I
early tn January, 1916. . I
PRICE TWO CENTS
25 AMERICANS
v.
M
DEvniirin innn,t
UEI WAIL LIUIl'
FOR BRAVER
Tvfl
3 J5.
Pnlrmnl Hf on A 4-liii TJn-lJr
jncw Honor List ofJ
if rench Government K , I
ROUTED MANY
nnpnMK
uuvow T
Soldiers From Many Seetysvj
nviia ui u. o. cnovea uooi- ?,' j
uuaa ui veterans u
KX
COL. MacAKTIIUR DECORATED
Along with Captain' Thomas
Handy Mid eight other Ameri
can soldiers, he has been cited
for gallantly in nction and
awarded the Trench Coi de
Gucrie.
miMu -i 'o&a ;
Wm aft i JV k I ' (''' 4
i vjAj Xt lH few v i1 JZf"
L i? M Vl :
. -!
it no hip uneriean .xnii In Franre, bt
March II YS-TE
.. .. ..... . . ..... S.'
i went) -me more .inieiicsiis, inciuuin rig
hlcf of .staff Colonel Douglas MacAr- ,3tffl
tliur ami captjin Thomas itantly, nae;
tiAAtl ll.nlllAil ,, 111, tl, T'eMfil, flv '
tie Uuerre for gallantry In nction. ' &Mi
The Americans dccorateti DCiong ip j
hip samp force timt took over a irenco'
iti thp l.nrrnlnp upptor. "'i
t3olpnel PpurIss McAithur Is the cMetT3&3
,t start who recehed a medal ;ior yTj
XTVSXT$b
ohiene personally the methods uapa JWy'5
1 111 til II JlllU tllUIIClJ W PUV.11 xti,HBr Jif&f
,., .i.i.i..,. i.t. nfn ,i,-t ,h lk. of'toSJ
snlilipra In flip rnlnro mlclit bo nreseneildSsy:
and capturing lngle-llanded a Baiarlau Jm8?
onicer ' Tti
tm.llmn nt t li m. 11 ImiinrAil Cn i m Iri t lil I
.umanvi J iii nun """"'s-i "mjiw.i , f -i
Thomas h Hand, aide-de-camp to Col- '
onrl XleAithur who In ordei to get a
better Idea of the effect of artHlery lire. "Tvil
union eu ns-auiung waics oi imaniry
inui Herman lroni-uno positions, ex- j'a
hlbltlng ' a flnp example of coolness and-" tj"!
IllUtll
I'Hptaln 13dward Stellcr. of Iowa, was
decorated for braicr and coolness with
his troop3 during nn engagement with"
the enem
Lieutenant Alexander Terrlll. c(
Port Worth Tex Hiiother of the hon
or tl sold Pis was serlouslv wnonriftrl lr5
during n bombaidment 4&i
Lieutenant Pnllette was decorated' W,j
after au menu attack mid leadlnir ihpnt .1 vTiiS
m a toumei-auaiK which ejected the.v.'f
... . " . ; - .A
Utrmana from a trench they had occu- ('$
nled j-JSs?
. - , n riv
Tho othei men getting the war croas &l,
weie- "AM
Captain Chailes W Aitkin, of Wln-tJ
ffir-.! t I 1 X IliX Iisl til le.4 n .lna.. .. j py?)'1, 1
hcaw fire In .1 demolished terrain fttXKJ
. i 1 "iiu iiin luncii il iJiuiiKi 1 ii nns. - 11 nd
,..1.. .. . -w qJI
pulsing an enemy countei-attack.
euicMaiu ucrnara vnnnor. of Gra
iinlbiuril on Pace SV, (olumn romlis'f"?
n.ooos CLOSC .mixes wMfl
-j!tt
Ohio nn.l Monononbolo UI. xr-11 ftfS.i
.." -w..,.t,u,,b, i,t;i v niicys , ,'ix
" ' --"'fc. H1EI a ii ll i
Affected R. R. Tucks Under Water "
-ici r.
highest nnrk tarlv In the afternoon,
ii
Mii
FINED IOR FAKE NEWS CRYf
Paper Uuycis Fooled by Report ofjif''!
' Lost BattleshiD .4.4 'l
.. . . ..... r-.l,f
i-ues mat au American battleship haas1 jt
been sunk niai the Isthmus ot PanarnaJf t,
mado bl Abraham Krun. a rteahov3iV?
caused considerable excitement today.-Jay hv
the neighborhood of Twenty-fourth
p.eed streets. Those who bought papeflSi''
Jl v
found they contained no mich news' t U.
'A policeman arrested Krup. viho wW
Hnprl SR Kn liv Mnplstrntn lla1rr ' u.
t.
Big Brother Saves
Children From Fir"
ivi
Siyeen cai old Louis Moscow
or o."3 jjuaie stroei, proved nnu
self a nero cany toaay wn
aroused from 6le.t uy the smell'i
sinoho ana nnaing ine iiouho.
Are. he rushed tlnough thoflan
Into an adjoining room and carr
Ida six-year old sister Xawm
safety. Two othor children -,-vm
awakened by their big brother j
Pllntvn l.lni rt flirt Mtrt "t
The little ones, clad In Va
''nightlca." were looked after
nelKhbor8 until the ubsent par
Mr. and Xlna. Moscow rturnfdf
rrtl.n Oa nrltrlnulp.1 lrt 'tt kviuAi
pile stored In the pleeplngv
ments of the family. Ths'to
was damaged to the extent ef i
11000.
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