T,r A) 4 b t i&. IS, I. I ? s IS K. if MS It wa Ift r- r IVv . If- ill M" t DANIELS WANTS J- Iff. ' 250,000 INNAyY Asks House Committee to Provide for Increase in Personnel ADVISES WARTIME PAY Would Transfer 1000 Officers of Reserve Force to Regular Service By the Associated Press Washington, Dec. 31. Secretary Daniels asked the House Naval Affairs Committee today to provide for a tem porary Increased naval personnel of 2B0, (!0p men for the year beginning next 'July, leaving the question of a permanent peacetime personnel to be determined lifter a detailed study of complements for ships to be made during the summer under the direction of Admiral Benson. He also sought authority to transfer 1000 officers from the reserve force to the permanent naval establishment Sir. Daniels also asked the commlttco to write Into the new appropriation bill a provision making permanent the war time pay Increases for enlisted men. $8 to 1S Increase This would give Increases of $6 to $15 a month over the pre-war scale, making the pay range from ?3G to J51 a month. "Without this It will be difficult to keep 250,000 nien to man the navy." explained the Secretary. "The shipping board and outside merchant ships pay about J75 n month. Before the war the riavy men were the worst underpaid In h& world" The Secretary proposed" legislation that would not change the present tem porary force of 244,203, except to per rill the use of enough men of the naval reserve force to make 350.000 men after the present flying corps of 10,000 Is re traced to 2Q0O men. The -present strength Includes 181,485 enlisted men, 24,000 apprentice seamen 14,000 trade-school pupils, 10,000 In the flying corps and 14,718 In the hospital corps. Would Retain S3, 000 Reserves This force would 'bo reduced to the Permanent authorised strength of 143, 655, within six. months after the signing qf a peace treaty, but Mr. Daniels said temporary Increase should be authorized to Include 60,000 temporary regulars and 53,000 of the reserves for operating transports or adding to tho number needed for the regular navy. Tin. rMrv nfflrM nmnnBi1 fnrtrano. fer to the regular establishment would rank from ensign to lieutenant, and their addition, with 4C0 ensign to bo graduated from tho Annapolis Academy next June and COO In June, 1920, will provide the 2000 additional officers nec essary In the permanent establishment by July, 1D20. Can Ilrlni 20,000 Hack Monthly , With the fourteen battleships and ten cruisers which' have been converted Into transports, .Secretary Daniels said, 20, 000 men would be brought back monthly. While these vessels nro not as comfort able, an transports, the Secretary said, their utlllxatlon kept many soldiers from waiting Blx weeks for other shipping fa- ijjAMVeis. alone was urged by tho Secretary. He recommended an amendment that would withdraw all application of seniority In fnaklng promotions, and further sug gested that officers In each grade should select men for promotion to successive grades Instead of having selections made by a single board. He also asked that one month's pay be given navy men as a gratuity when they are discharged from Be'rvlce. Mattress Saves Wife of Judge Continued from I'aie One was no Are, though the house was filled with smoke. "I cannot see why they should chooso me. I am the last oie ever to express any opposition to tho oppressed." Mrs. von Moschzlsker said: "I awoke at tho sound of a terrific explosion. I was on my way downstairs, believing tt to be an explosion of uomo sort In the street, Downstairs the hall was tilled with dust, and I, believing It to be smoke, rushed upstairs and shouted fire through the telephone. "Slug marks were on the walls, celling iin,Y flftra rt Vn flea itnwv T. tnn- t(t LP.nN nf thn front mnm flpm lthr rl. V stroyed or badly damaged. K ST Took Children to Library r"the nurses had taken the children to the" library. Justice von Moschzlsker alia cheerfully. talking to his two daugh ters, who were unaware of the danger that fated them." Despite his strenuous night. Jus tice von Moschzlsker was cheerful, and said, It might have been worse. "I don't know why they should have selected ma as the object cl their atten tions," he exclaimed. "Neither can 1 Understand why the persons responsible for this outrage are so bitter toward the courts generally, 30 far as I am concerned, I would be the lastman to oppress any one." VMany windows In the block on Da ,"CsJ(cey street "frQrn, Twcnty-drst to Twenty-second-street- -were shattered, Only one residence, .(hat at- 2116 De Lancey street, escaped damage. The street was carpeted with broken glass. A dozen street cleaners swept away the wreckage this morning while Hoorcs of glaziers were busy putting In bw" panes. Qrle window of the French Church of St. Bauveur, Twenty-second and De Lancey streets, was broken and plaster was peeled from the wall, !. Lit the home of Joseph T, Bailey, of the firm of Bailey, Banks and Diddle, 8140 De Lancey street, every window In ' (ha house was broken from the first to thfourth floors. ,Al Allen la Nejshborhood "?!rhree days ago two alien-looking men ' Jpjrulred In the neighborhood of Slxty feurth street and Church road Over kwok. for Judge Gorman's house. The ponce or the Sixty-first and Thompson streets station obtained this tee1 early today. , Vlt Is taken to Indicate that the bomb Jfjitch damaged the homo of nrnest T. Tsjme, president of the Chamber pf Com- xjswee. was really meant for Judge airman. 'tThe Trigg and Gorman residences ad- Jam each other on Sixty-fourth street. a rjorman, who is recovering from monlt, was asleep when the ex- n occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Trlrr Jn tho clty , . Trla-ar sa.li! fnrinv that to hlliNvi1 '"Jkwnb was meant for his neighbor, ".U- - . - ! .1.- . I-. .ifesto, addressed to ''Judires" astwell "hen). Judge Clomian, however, does Wtcve the bomb was Intended for A Wm'i Carag Damaged tdffe's Ihome escaped damages, t V ty tt distant from the , UMMKOist MT.Mcea. y 222" ir-fc "Ghastly Affairs; Mayor's Comment on Explosions Mayor Smith visited tho scenes of tho bombing outrages personally as soon as he had been notified at his homo In Glcnsldo of tho explo sions. "Ghastly affairs," was tho only comment tho Mayor would make. He declined to dlvulgo what steps tho city authorities would tako to prevent a repetition of tho outrages, saylnir ho was "not a liberty to speak." Tho Mayor left his homo late last night, soon after ho had been notified of the explosions, and went by automobile to tho residences bombed. windows of Judge Gorman's garage, how ever, wcro blown out, and a shrapnel slug went through the windshield and curtains of a touring car, then on through tho aluminum body of a llmouslno and burled Itself In tho cushions opposite. Mr. Trigg, seer at his home, said that he had been summoned by tele phone from the city, where ho was with Mrs. Trigg. "My two children, Helen, fifteen, and Krneit, Jr., six, were nslecp on tho second door, on tho west fclde of tho house Tho bomb was placed near a door leading Into tho basement on the east side. "I don't see why a bomb would be aimed at me. It seemR more likely that It was meant for Judge Gorman. The perpetrators of the outrago did not take much pains to learn where our sleeping quarters were If they mennt to injure us. "I am satisfied that tho outrage was part of a campaign of terrorism the l)olshclki have Inaugurated. I am satis fied, however, that It will get them no where." JZxplnfllun Near "I." Portion Tho Trigg house Is built In the shape of an "L." Tho explosion occurred near tho corner of this "L." The bomb dug a shal low hole In the ground, blew out a bit of masonry, tore away the door Jamb, and blew out the windows. Its fo'ce was felt severely in the house, though It did not make a breach In tho walls. Tho basement bathroom was wrecked, and the living and dining rooms on the first floor were severely damaged. Former Mayor Weaver was one of the first to arrive In his automobilo at Mr. Trigg's homo today to see If ho could be of service to his friend. Other neigh bors hurried In and early in tho morn ing the street In front of tho house was lined with automobiles. Dr. Thomas C. Lly. Judgo Gorman's physician, saw him today and said that Mis condition had not been disturbed by the explosion. "Judge Gorman said to me that he be lieved the bomb outrages were an at tempt to Introduce the terrorism of Tlussla Into this country." said Dr. Ely. lllnmes Terrorist "He bcllees that they were Insti gated by 'that force that known no law except Its own will,' and Is satisfied th.it this terrorist element Is responsible for the outrages. Judge Gorman added In canversatlon with me, thnt he knew no reason why the bomb should have been directed at his residence." The .cover of a box that may .have contained the bomb set off at tho apart ment house where Acting Superintend ent of Police Mills lives was found in the basement of the building. It wns about four by bIx Inches in dimensions. All that remained of the bottom of the box wns a splinter of wood to which the hinges were fastened. Acting Superintendent of Police Mills thus described the bomb attack on his home at 1139 North Forty-first street: "Knowing that I had a hard day ahead of mo I had gono homo early to get a rest. 1 had been reading Bolshe vik literature for a while and then had gono to bed about 10 o'clock. I had Just fallen Into a first sound sleep when I suddenly found myself lying In the hallway outside my bedroom covered with fallen plaster and n maBS of splin tered timber. Mills Flung from lied "The shock, wnlch threw my bed on end and flung me Into the hall, for tunately wrenched tho heavy oaken door at the entrance to my room from Us hinges or I should not have been here talking to you. "For a moment I was dazed. Then I realized something serious had hap- pened. I crept Into my room, made my way to the phone, which wns the only thing not disturbed by the shock of the explosion, and called the police of the Thirty-ninth street and Lan caster avenue station. I said. '1 don't know what It Is, but something has happened It's a fire, exploslan or something; but send a patrol wagon to Forty-first street and Glrard avenue." Finds Ilolnlietlk Circulars "Then I employed the tlmo in look ing around through the wreckage of the first floor. It was then that I found some of the Bolshevik literature scattered about In tho debris When I saw Its character I realized really for the first time the seriousness of the situation, and comprehended that If they had blown up my homo they were probably bombing the houses of promi nent persons and probably explosions wero then about to occur In other sec tions of the city. "Immediately I got my office In City Hall on tho wire and Instructed that every police station In the city be noti fied to place guards at tho residences of all prominent persons in their re spective districts, in tnat way I hoped to forestall any repetition of what had occurred at my house. "With other officials I have been re ceiving numerous threats by telephone during the last two weeks, but attached no serious significance to them, The move ment will be put down as quickly as It has arisen, but no steps will be over looked toward giving every one abso lute and effective protection." MRS. WILLIAM. GRAY KNOWLES Wife of Judge Knowlo, of the Municipal Court, whose home is Bt, 21C2 De Lancev place, just oppoiito Juttire von Moichzitker'a house, wsi struck In the head by a piece of shrapnel,' width eama through 1m wi(kw;f iImmt room i '' laaaaaaaaaaaaaHr I JjKJ -t?Haaaaaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.an "ffl-aaaaaaaHII ' 'Vaaaaaaaaaaaar' m " y& I EVENING PUBLIC JUSTICE VON f.&K3XXXJ!XW2'Z Bombs for Mayor and E. T. Stotesbury Continued from Pal? One from detective headquarters are care fully scrutinizing all visitors. Tho man arrested was taken into custody early this morning. He held a closo prisoner. Acting Super intendent Mills refused to be specific concerning his connection with tho case. "I mado the arrest, said Mills, "on a tip I received a half hour after tho explosions. Tho man's actions havo been such during; tho last six months as to lay him open to suspicion. "He will be held incommunicado. No lawyer will get access to him. I hhall recognize no writs to produce him. No one will see him or know his namo until we havo had a chance to investigate further." Lampposts for Holslicvists Chief Cortelyou, after stntinp this afternoon that ho had u list of 1200 , persons suspected or being liolshcvlki, said: "There is a lamppost for every Bolshevist. They will not get tho upper hand here, so far as the Federal Government and this olllce can pre vent." While Chief Cortelyou's men are seeking the bomb planters, the local pollco are tracing the men who printed and disseminated the Incendiary pla cards which were scattered far and wide in the neighborhoods of tho bomb outrages. MRS. KNOWLES HURT BY FLYING SHRAPNEL The only person hurt in the bomb explosions last slsht. Mrs. William Grnv Knowles, suffered a slight injury to tho head. Mrs, Knowles Is the. wife of Judge Knowles, of the Municipal Court, whose homo at 2102 De Lancey street. Just opposite Justice von Moschzisker's house, Sho was struck In the head by a plcco of shrapnel, which came through the window of her room. She fainted from the shock and it was necessary to call a physician. Mrs. Knowles bears only a few scratches to show where the shrapnel hit. Pollco Promptly on Job A few minutes after the first explo sion, which wrecked tho front of the npartment house whero Acting Super intendent Mills lives, the police and detectives departments wero at work Investigating tho outrages. Mills today told of several important de velopments. These developments are: There will bo no Indiscriminate round-up of suspects. The police end detectives havo a list of between thirty and forty anarchists and I. W. V. suspects. These will be nrrested as fast as the police can lo cate them. They are the men who have been at the bottom of such radical disturb ances as the police have been called upon to suppress or prevent during the course of tho War. The police experts felt certain that tho explosions were caused, not by dynamite, but by TNT, a much higher explosive which acts in a different way. Acting Superintendent Mills holds this opinion, which he bases on tho fact that tho forco of each explosion was upward, as Is the case with TNT and not downward, as always happens when dynamite is used. As a precaution against further out rages, pollco guards have bocn placed about tho homes of all prominent men, who might be singled out for the ter rorists' further attempts. Acting Superintendent Mills believes that the dopredatlons wero plotted by terrorists here, Every Precaution Talien He has ordered every precaution taken both to round up the men guilty of last night's explosions and to make it certain that there will be no repetition of tho attacks on tho prominent nnd wealthy. For tho present It Is planned to handle the situation with tho police and detective forces alone. Acting Superintendent Mils does not contem plate asking the aid of tho marines on duty at the navy yard. Every policeman and detective In tho city is on duty, and will remain on duty until there Is no further dan gor. Today, Acting Superintendent Mills held an Important conference with various pollco nnd detcctlvo lieu tenants and captains. One development to be expected dur ing tho day Is the arrest of the proprietors of the printing establish ment where the Inflammatory cir culars found near tho damaged houses were printed. Seek Source of Circulars After a preliminary Investigation, the acting superintendent believes that he Is on the trail of the men who printed and disseminated these cir culars. These circulars, in reality yellow placards, bore the headline: "Tho exploitersthe Judges, the po lice, tho priests and the soldiers." The placards, which were not signed, purported to protest against a denial of the right of "free speech." "We nrn protected by the darkness of the night and the faith in the high est destiny of ourselves and human ity." me yeiiow messages conciuaca. Another looked-for development is the theoretical rcoatrucMH of fir LEDGER PHILADELPHIA", TUESDAY, MOSCHZISKER AND bombs employed. By searching tho ruins of tho houses damaged, the head of the pollco force has got together a dozen fragments. These ho will turn over to an ordnance expert. Threats Against Mills Acting Superintendent Mills con firmed tho rumor that ho has been threatened many times recently. "I bellovo that my homo was being watched last night, and that tho bomb was timed bo that It would go off a few minutes after I had retired." Tho pollco havo confiscated hun dreds of tho circulars which appeared on the streets as mysteriously as If they had been dropped from airplanes a few moments after tho bomb out rages. Theso notices from tho wording and tho typography seem to havo been both written nnd printed by persons wIioho native languago was not English. Tho circulars In sentiment nnd ex pression aro the characteristic effusion of tenorists who are against tho ex isting form of orgunlzed society. Trlfcc Home First Attneked Earnest T. Trigg's home In Overbrook was the first attacked The .explosion there occurred at 10-30 o'clock. Ad joining this house is the homo of mu nlclal court Judge Gorman. There Is a possibility that the bomb which tore out the front of the Trigg residence was really intended for Judge Gorman's house. Tho inflammatory circulars wero scat tered In the neighborhood of all three bomb outrages. The second explosion occurred twenty five minutes later. Acting Superintend ent Mills's home was the object of the second attack. Tho police official lives In a second floor apartment at the Forty-first street address. ' Tho third explosion occurred Just five minutes later. This was at Justice von Moschzisker's home. All three explo sions are decrlbed by the persons whoso windows wero broken by tho shock at terrific. The noise was heard for many Bquarcs. One a Contort Ilomb Apparently one or the three bombs was a contact bomb, thrown by a ter rorist who risked his life In the act. This was tho bomb which smashed the apart ment houso where Acting Superintendent Mills lives. An examination of the premises was' made shortly after the explosion by Captain C. A. Marsh, dynamite expert of the pollco and fire departments. Ho said that undoubtedly it had been a contact bomb, hurled against the door of the house. Tho bombs which blew In tho fronts of tho Trigg and von Moschzlsker resi dences evidently were time bombs, one of them set off by a fuse, the other possibly by a more elaborate clockwork mechanism. Fragments of tho bomb which damaged Mr. Trigg's house were examined by experts. The scrutiny of these pieces Indicated that It was a (sphere of cast Iron, with a hole drilled In It for a tlmo fuse. ( Detonation llrnrd for Mile Justice von Moschzisker's house was damaged by a bomb of extremely high power, Judging from Its effects and the detonation, which was heard for more than a mile. It is believed that It was of the more elaborate type which was used In some of the munition plant outrages during the war. OLD MAN AND WAGON SOUGHT BY POLICE The only clue given the police Imme diately after the series of explosions, other than that of the circulars, -was turned up in the neighborhood of the Von Moschzlsker home. This clue was dlscoverod by Fire Chief Barrett, who was the first to arrive nt Justice von Moschzisker's residence. He was approached by a chauffeur who drives for a family living nearby and told about a mysterious old man, who had Inquired for 2101 De' Lancey street, the Von Moschzlsker address. This old man was driving; a disrep utable looking wagon, apparently filled with Junk. He went to the von Mosch zlsker house after his Inquiry had been answered, and the witness thought had runr the bell and talked with someone tRr. Ad ft Ur of foot tt miM kail i "'tt'm hit r ht nn'iimn M ' t.i i,.!"' .'V'-' ? '""' . '" ' '-J-j. aBiWMHsBaBraiiJK' yPxps&M 'j PfolsssssssiBBssssW ' 4 '- ',Y;-':aaaiaHamW'BHi: i! Ellllill i i'sssWaPPi'-' - t'immKSmSmmsZmKm l I laasaaaWl'llfWMWanWrMBsTl ' ' - ?'jfV'tmtfMatSliKmaKBitMISfmilliymSi!. WBaBatTaaaC-1 VIEWS OF BOMB-DAMAGED HOME ?xwzjrx'8VZJzai&C28i3ZMBmz ti In some manner got tho front door open nnd placed tho bomb lnsldo the vesti bule. The bomb badly damaged tho front walls on the lower floor of the Von MoschUker home and also dam aged two or three houses adjoining, be sides breaking many windows In tho block. C. W. llnlley Home Damaged One of the houses harmed was the home of Charles Wcaer Bailey, of Bailey, Banks & Blddle Company, which is on tho corner next to the Von Moschzlsker home. The lower floor was damaged severely, whjle the houso, occupied by Mrs Thomas Heath, at 2103 Do Lancey street, also suffered. Mrs. Heath said the explosion was tho most terrible detonation that she had ever heard. Pieces of shrapnel, which evidently comprised the bomb or Inrernal machine, penetrated several of the houses adjacent to th2 von Moschzlsker honie. Dr. It. M. Pierce, who lives at 2114 Do La::cev street, had returned from a party Just a few minutes before the ex plosion. Ho said he detected an odor of burning rubber as he passed the Justice's home, but at that tlmo gave scant at tention to It. Ho said also that he had not seen anybody In the vicinity, uhlch lent additional color to the theory that In this case the Infernal machine had been fitted with a time fuse. Mr. and Mrs. Howell Pancoast, 2107 Do Lancey street, and their two chil dren, were nbout to retire when they heard the 'explosion at Von Moschzisk er's. Other homes In Do Lancey street near the scene of this explosion are as fol lows: Judge Charles B. McMlchae), 2039; Miss Marian Boyd. 2105; J. T Manning, J. T. Manning, Jr., 2111; Mrs. Warrington Bulon, 2115; Mm. David C. F. Illvlnus, 2119; the Misses Howell, 2121; Mrs. William W. Cooper. 2123; tho Misses Nowlln. 2129: B. Franklin Haddock, 2131 ; C. F. Zlegler, 2101 : Mlsi Anno II, Smith, 2106; the Hev, Alexan der MacColl, 2108; Mrs. Charles J. Bld dle, 2110; the Itev. C. W. Duane, 2116; Miss Fatty D, Nell!, 2118; Itolivid n. Foulke, 2120; .Miss Mary Sutherland, 2122; William M. Lloyd, Jr., 2124, and Mrs. Murray .Shipley, 2128. Prof. John Bach McMaster, the noted historian, who lives a few doors away, wns at work In his study when ho heard the explosion, but could throw no light on tho outrage. Minister's Home Damased The residence of the nev. Dr. Robert Norwood, at 0407 Overbrook avenuo, was damaged. Norman Smith, his wife and daughter Huth live on the first floor of the apart ment house where Acting Superintendent Mills lives. All of them are ill from In fluenza, and were thrown from their beds, but escaped uninjured. On the third floor, whero Elwood Johnson and bis wife make their home, the force of the explosion hurled them from their beds. Erwln Egendorf, ten years old, nnd his brother Arthur, six, were sleeping In their home at Forty-first Btreet and Glrard avenue, near the scene of the Mills apartment explosion. Every win dow In their home was blown out, and the force of the explosion was so gTcat LOCATION vbi4- m yl fitoWff cw or" erneskVrriflt? 64titCAurcfli, Overbrook 0. 30P.M. AtirAel v This diagram glvet the location of three of the Jiomei which were dam aged by bombs hit night and alio ,1'jo, time M which the explosions occurred, The diagram shew, llw(wile wngo of the terrp.rlHs'ctlvltlji DECEMBER 31, 1918 that It threw both of the children from their beds, although (heir homo Is 200 feet from tho Mills house. Patrolman Andrew Sullivan, of the Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster ave nue police station, said ho had passed tho Mills house a few minutes before the explosion. Ho saw no suspicious persons, he said, and the first thing he knew he heard tho detonation, Imme diately followed by a shower of glass. George Cooper, of 4215 Leldy avenue, also was standing) within a few feet of Sullivan. "The force of the explosion nearly knocked mo down," he said. "It could have been heard for several blocks. A trolley car was almost directly In front of Captain Mills's home at tho time. Every window wns knocked out and sev eral women passengers fainted. There was great excitement, and If nny one was running from the house whero the explosloq occurred, he easily could havo lost himself among those, who Jumped from the trolley car," LOSE $24,000 IN JEWELS Pullman Porter on Atlantic City Express Indicted New York, Dec. 31. (By A. P.) Jewelry valued nt $24,000 was stolen from Mrs, Maude Hackett, of this city, and Mrs. AValdo Newcomer, of 106 Mon ument street, Baltimore, while they were riding between New York and Atlantic City on the Atlantic City 'express, it was learned today when Mercer Morso and Charles G. Sampson, the latter a Pullman porter on the train, wero In dicted chnrged with larceny. In both Instances, the Indictments state, the Jewels were Intrusted to Sampson for safekeeping. MrB. New comer lost 16000 worth and Mrs. Hackett $18, 000 worth. Jewelry valued at $30,000 was found In Morse's home, but only several pieces of It have been Identified as belonging to .Mrj. Newcomer. One diamond pin belonging to Mrs. Hackett was recov ered from a pawn shop. Tho prisoners were held In $10,000 ball after pleading not guilty. RAIL CHIEF HERE SUNDAY Committee Will Present Plan for Return of Lines The standing committee of tho As sociation of Hallway Executives In ses sion In New York today, decided upon a general meeting of heads of member roads next Sunday morning nt tho Beilevue-Stratford Hotel, this city. The committee will attend the meet ing, having adopted today a' tentative plan for tiro return of the railroads to private operation which will be submit ted to the general meeting. It was not the Intentlop, it was said, to make" the plan public until formally presented to Congress early In January, Woman Shot in Heel by Admirer Blanche Martin, thirty years old. 214 Pine Btreet, Camden. Is in the Cooper uospuai, wamuwi. wmi n uuuei wound In her right heel, na the result of a quarrel with an admirer near her home today. The latter, said by tho police to be Samuel B, Dell,- Locust and Line street b, Camden, fled after the shooting and Is believed to be hiding somewhere In this city. Tho woman's condition Is not serious. OF HOMES DAMAGED Si. 5Ss. 1 IOJ5S8M iO ' -JLJr Li Protective League Leads Raid Tonight Continued from Page One up three homes last tflght emphnBlzes the need for the existence of the Amer ican Protective League. Such people should bo kept under watch by loyat American citizens." Socialist Adflser Aroused Henry John Nelson, legal adviser of the Socialist party In Philadelphia, de plored tho bomb outrages and blamed them on tho Bolshevlkl. "They nro due to Bolshevism In Phil adelphia," he said. ';Thla Is a big and growing element here. It Is also a very vicious clement. It Is largly Husslan In' composition. "These peoplo believe that tho Bol shevlkl movement In Itussla Is a second French revolution. They think It Is -the greatest event of the day. They look on Lenlno nnd Trotsky as saviors of the world. "This Bolshevik element has been driven Into cellars. The leaders aro making capital of tho repressive meas ures exercised against them by the police to pose as martyrs to their Ignorant fol lowers, "If they met In the open', their state ments would be laughed down. The So clallsts havo tried to reason with these Bolshevists, but they are not open to reason." . Nlihtlj- Meetings Held Meetings havo been held every night for more than two weeks at tho Russian Auditorium, Eighth street and Fair mount avenue, in a vicinity that has long been a center of anarchism In America. Sessions starting at 7 o'clock In the evening have lasted until 3, 4 nnd 5 o'clock In the morning. At times the meetings have been tumultuous. The nusslan Auditorium Is tho head quarters of the "Deputies of Russlnn Soviets, Working Colony of Philadel phia and Vicinity." Ostensibly, It Is a Socialist organization, all of Us members being of Russian origin. Some of them aro American citizens, but most have come to this country recently from Rus sla. Bolshevik tendencies nro strong among Its members, although they"deny that they aro connected with the Bol shevlkl. They say the yare Socialists. Residents of the vicinity today ex pressed fear of the members of the or ganization, and after they had told of all night meetings and noisy debates, begged that their names not bo used. They expressed fear of possible conse quences. Members of this central soviet had a prominent place In the mass meeting held at the Metropolitan Opera House Just after the nrmlstlce as signed. Al though this mnBs meeting wns advertised as a gathering of Socialists to celebrate the return of peace and the triumph of Socialism In foreign lands, the tono of the assembly was Bolshevik. Trotzky Cheered The names of Trotzky and Lenlnc, the Russian Bolshevists who surrender ed to Germany, wero wildly cheered and applauded every time they wero mentioned. When speakers referred to triumphs of Bolshevism In Russia thero were equally loud outbursts. At such times banners of Socialist locals were display ed and waved. Not an American flag appeared In the room. When tho police refused to permit tho meeting to begin unless the Stars and Stripes wero displayed, bunt ing was arranged around the speakers' stand to form red and white stripes and a few white stars wero placed In a bluo field. The "Star Spangled Banner" wns played as one of the requirements of tho police nnd although everyono stood, there was only perfunctory, applause. A few minutes later when tho "Red" hymn, the anthem of Socialists. and I5ol shevlsts, was played, there was an up roar of shouting nnd handclapplng. A red flag, the emblem alike of So cialists, Bolshevists, terrorists and anarchists, was displayed at the open ing of tho meeting, but the police com pelled tho men on the stage to take It down. Anart-IiyV lllgli Priestess The red flag also was displayed on the Russian auditorium the day tho armlstlco was signed, but tho police had It taken down. A week ago Sunday there was a fac tional fight at a meeting of the central soviet, said to have arisen as a result of a disagreement between Lithuanian and Ukrainian delegates. Tho pollco were called In to stop the disorder. Agents of tho American Protective League, aiding tho Department of Jus tice, have nttcndod meetings of the eovlet, nnd their reports are filled with references to Bolshevism. These agents have reported to the league chiefs that most of the delegates are followers of Russian Bolshevik leaders and that they preach Bolshevism In their speeches. In this central soviet organization are combined about twenty labor bodies of Bolshevik and' Socialistic tendencies. The organization Is made up-of representa tives, one for each fifteen members In the labor guilds. A few doors from the Philadelphia Soviet headquarters Is the former home and school for anarchy of the late Vol tatrlne de Cleyre, tho high priestess of Russian anarchism In America and bosom friend of Emma Goldman, who formed a small colony of anarchists In the Eighth street and Falrmount avenuo neighborhood. Many young Russians who fled to this country from czarlsm got their first per verted view of America In this old school room of Voltalrlne do Cleyre. AEOLUS BRINGS 2900 MEN Transport's Passengers Nearly All Wounded or Massed Newnort News. Vn.. Dec. 31. nv A. P.) The transport Aeolus arrived here tbday from France with 2900 officers and men, moat of whom had been wounded or gassea. Althougb thero were not many stret.'.her cases, only a few of tho men were In condition to ask for leave of absence Many of them are from New York and New England. l)ard-PhlIcr Engagement Mr. nnd Mrs. G'eorgo W, Bard. Vif Reading, announce tho engagement of their daughter. Miss Marguerite Bard, and Mr. George Phlller, Jr.. son of MrB. Georgn Stanley Phlller, of 1811 Do Lan cey Place. BY BOMBS A MtrA,lS. cur 'flllt,, IDDDODDGC" ltekkncvorJiK3$o iHE DPI i Hum. 'i a iii LL MOSCHZISKER B0M1T1 MADE BY MUNITIONER Machine Meant to Kill Justice. Well Constructed Others Different The bomb which damaged th'e home of Justice von Moschzlsker, 2101 De Lancey street and many others In the block. Is believed to havo been made by a rriu nltlon worker. It had 'an extra heavy charge and was so placed that Its damage would 'be the greatest, tho police Bay. Alt tho houses on the south sldoxof Do Lancey street suffered from the back fire of the bomb. The walls of the home of Judge William Qray Knowles, Just opposite, were peppered with small bits of metal which Imbedded themselves In the bricks from tho first to the cccond story. Some of the metal was blown Inside the house. One extra largo piece of steel went through a front window and lodged In the rear wall of the dining room. Three different kinds of bomb? were used by tho terrorists, as far as explo sive experts attached to the Police and "Ire Departments can determine from a brief examination of fragments found following the explosions. OFFICIALS' HOMES GUARDED Police Protect Residences of Gov ernor, Muyor -and Judges Police guards havo been placed around tho homes of prominent men to protect them from possible further bomb nt tackBi Among tho homes so guarded are those of Mayor Smith, District Attorney Rotan, Senator Penrose, the Vares, all Congressmen and Judges of the Com mon Pleas and Municipal Courts. Extra precaution against possible at tacks on tho homes of Governor Brum baugh, Judges and other officials living In Germantown were, taken by tho police. Lieutenant William A. Elvldge. of the Germantown polfco station, Immediately uetaucti two well-armed policemen to each of the following homes: Judge Edward A. Anderson, Mermaid lano and Navahoo street ; Judgo William C. Ferguson, whose home Is opposite that of Judge Anderson, Mermaid lane ; Judge J. Willis Murtln, Bethlehehi pke t Governor Brumbaugh, 256 West Walnut lane; Judge Gilbert C. Cassldy, West Cheltcn avenuo; E. T. Stotesbury, West Tulpehocken street and Wayne nvenuc. DECRY WORK OF BOMBERS Prominent Men Think Outrages Backed by Only Few Depredations of tho supposed anar chists who attempted the destruction of the homes of prominent men here last night wero characterized today by Charles Plez, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corpoaatlon, as the "work of men of diseased minds, In flamed by the reign of terror In Russia and Germany." N Demands of the bombers, as set forth In tho yellow circulars they left on the scene of tho explosions, he called "preposterous." Mr, Plez said he did not believe there was a strong organization behind the anarchists, nor that there wl), be any organized outbreak of a similar nature In other cities. "There Is no reason to get panicky," said Peter O. Knight, vice president and general counsel of the American Inter national Shipbuilding Corporation. "The people In this country have no reason to revolt, and can revolt onl- against themselves, because the Government here Is essentially a Government of the people. For thnt reason, there need be no fear of a general flocking to the standard of the Bolshevlkl. Our people hne more Intelligence, and adhere to higher Ideals than do thoso In other na tions wher the Reds have Inaugurated , a rule of chaos. .... "J "link It unfortunate for the belief to gei abroad that thero Is a large or ganization about to make war on the S Government. There will always- bo dis satisfied minds, and criminal minds, ready to commit depredations, but In America a Red revolution Is Impossible," WREATH ESCAPES BOMB Shrapnel Leaves Xmas Decoration Un touched at Von Mosclmsker Home In Us wild flights through the homes of many Do Lancey street residents fly ing shrapnel from the bomb left at tho homo of Justice von Moschzlsker spared a few articles here and there. While every vestige of glass was blown from the front window of the Jus tice's home. 2101 De Lnncey street, a little ChrlstmnB wreath was untouched. Not even a leaf was disturbed by the shock. KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Lancaster Man Victim in Collision Vith Train; 3 Others Injured York. !.. Dec. 31. Harold Arnold. of Lancaster, suffered a fatal fracture of the skull and Charles Bowman and Robert Austin, also of Lancaster, and1 Richard' Drummond, of Philadelphia, , were Injured slightly early today when an automobilo In which they wore rid ing to York crashed Into a freight trnln at the Stony Brook crossing, near here. Tho automobile, a new $3100 sedan, belonging to Dr. C. Ferry, of Lancas ter, which was taken out of a Lancas ter gnrage without the owner's consent, was wrecked, the caboose of thVtraln was damaged' and a watchman's house overturned, Three-Ycar-Old Girl Burned at Bonfire Dorothy Cook, three years old, 451 Hnnih nmadwav. Gloucester, was badly burned about the body last night when her clothes ignited from a bonfire In a, vacant lot near her home. A stranger passing in on automobile saw her pre dicament, extinguished the flames and carried her home. She will recover. DKAT1IH ClOOD. Ute. 80. .MARY P.. daughter of the lata Isaac ana Kllsabeth Oood. Fu- Rernl and Int. at Frlendr' llurrlns around, ew CUrden. Ta.. Thar;., noon. lUmalns may be viewed at 431 H. 4th at., Colwyn. I'm . wd., 7 to 0 p. m, .. ,. Jtatmitf,' Dec. SO. at .Valley Harm. Chtl tn mils. !.. , BOI'HIA BTAIUt, -wlfa of Frederick W, Morrla. Jr., and daushtar of Mary Hharplesa Htarr and tho late Kdward Htarr. Funeral aervlcrs will lis held at the Church ot the Itedm;r. liryn Mawr, Thurs.. S p. m. Train leaving llroad Btreet station a:lB P. m, will be mut . Havtrford. COIIMN, suddenly, at the Clinton. UeoJ Hervlces and Int. at Richmond, Vs. LOST ANI FOUNH rOCKETUOOK Loaf In Automat, pooketb'k with name & ad. In It. Mb, rew, ( ret'd to ltoyal llnsravlns Co.. 814 Walnut st, HELP WANTKP MALM cniVEna fop. milk waoon Good permanent positions for hon est,' reliable men! 193 txr week while learnlnsi sood huetlers and experlcnred men can make from 140 to loo per wek, AHDOTT'H AI-WKHNEY DAIRIES, Slat and C'heatnut ata. SEB CUAB, MCQOWEI.L, . i ' L w ' i in ml I1ECOMU a competent electrician) new dajr couree In practical leclieltytQminnce Jan S. IU0. PU ayrJen Irjultu.Jirpiid a ArJM (tordw Wit wr 4V,"1"', - i '4 TO 4 i . 'I XI V' Vj fcwawjjl 51 R N. o J. Mars " .:.. -p 11 J fi nDo.:
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