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THE WEATHER
and colder! unsettled tomorrow.
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ITORM HOLDS ENTIRE COAST,
CANADA TO VIRGINIA. IN GRASP;
24 MORE HOURS OF SNOWFALL
.unM Dparlfrt-te
ocal Weainermuii . --.-.-
Slight Precipitation loaay.
Mercury to Drop
O)000 LOADS OF SNOW
ARE DUIvlrtu iniu otvitno
Ly Morning Traffic Delayed.
i i i- lMnllr ?llh
Many nave w ""-
urban Trains uaie
,Tl as Philadelphia had begun to
S tod" out ot the worst storm tic -
Is ib"
More bnow began to
K "" ;.-
I iftu of tornoon
rtfflC UU" " ...
He forecast" here sniu, ."""""V
v,TriiEht and that it would bo in-
rnuttent. ,,, ,..
,Ihe temperature ur ii o ciuc ui
mis "' ... Tnmnrrnw brisk
Est winds may bring lower tem
K k hit tomorrow morning will
ClOUd.V. WHOWCU VJ uvu.,b
it- nfroftinnn.
I.. .i r.n ff( vrmnlrinr1 nf SHOW
K avVbeon dumped into ;f?.
Kmcipal street cleaning brigades
j muu. I Tr.n,,,. nf tho Street
eitroc Bureau, has a force of more
id 2500 men and S30 teams at work.
But traveling still is difficult.
Mnsands of personss,wcro delayed in
.!-. i- ,,-nrl- nirnin todav. The I .
D '".,, .ll.nlnlm vncnnnsihilit V
' .!. .!. .. Tl.n tracks nw cleaned.
ber sav, but trolley car traflic is heltrl
.lie to trust their vehicles in the banked
now bordering tne iracKs.
Both the Pennsylvania and Reading
tolhray svstems are having trouble in
inning rioe to scucuuie. yioggeu
liitches and united snow are given as
iit reason.
Eight Indies of Snow
A frifli more than cieht inches of
dow and sleet fell dmiug the two days
'storming. The fall, he said, is about
iMlhr divided between the snow and
he Meet. About two inches o sleet
HI during the night.
I The streets and pavements arc slip-
cry. The woodblock paving on Mur-
rt street is a particularly trcaenerous
ootinz for horses and persons crossing
t. The snow and sleet covers a sheet
flee. '
The temperature will continue to
mint during the afternoon. The low
it temperature tonight is placed at
iboot thirty degrees by the prognostica-
ir.
Several persons slipped and received
linor injuries during the night and this
tiorning, Firemen working at several
res found the difficulty of their work
nbanced by the weather. A fine rain
ml sleet stuck tojhe ladders and other
nparatus. and made their use dangcr-
m. The two deaths reported the first
ii; of the storm are the only fatalities
a far on record.
Horses fell on the sleet-teovercd
Wets'. The cruelty picvention organ-
iatiom are being kept busy answering
alls (o assist in cases where the anl
ials received injuries, or tho drivers
ire unable to get them to their feet.
:? Koads Impassable
Suburban roads arc almost imnaksn-
ile. In most of the outlying sections
h( schools will hold no sessions until
bev storm conditions nrn nvercnmp
Elllk, mail ntid other deliveries are late
r. are not being made. '
The railroads also are affected bv the
lorm conditions. Slinncrv vails nml
Jrlftini snow make runnine- nn schpfl-
lie almost impossible, but both the
JWjIvanla and the Philadelphia and
fJeaaing companies leport that condi-
ions win be better today than yes-
erday.
'In manV seclinns nf Ihp filr nni..
Sieularly in the dountnwii biiMnoss ilis.
net, automobiles and motortrucks are
aims a hard time to navigate. Trol
ej ear traffic is held up when the
wm or nuioniomis get .stuck in the
!s, nan ay on the track aud partly
Traffic patiolmcn find their work in
'Jeo, for in almost everv case the
tailed machines ny in the traffic
'7 until the patrolmen, car crew
Mothers help push the machines from
n track.
Chauffeurs Arc Obstinate
Utothcr impediment to trolley traf
l. ,le.f,lsul ot drivers and chauf
iv 1 ,dr";T thpi,1- vehicles from tho
nii.H. - l' Co- ls working every
irailable sweeper.
0BmiiOrriin;'! trol!cy lino is l't f
?, l0n- ,l:!ghtt',cn-inch dritt "Ions
Jnn'?1 clean"s in the central sec
iMW lmve made " S-
i: ns tS, AMh ,ana earl"se collec
Cu4 7h anly bavo ,been abandoned
SataslLUT usual'y. working at
Camd.n na,ro b,usy rcn'ving snow-.
, Unde l aho 1, in the grasp of the
d ehlnvnr,! In?1nufc'"-ing concerns
PMa, are ffi- 1'ko ' l0se in rhiludol
n find it extremely hard to get to
E. f".iR' ScrvIco Improve.
" of ilSthlorn,!ns 'J was Bald at the
' "omJan b .I"1 l0U(,s and the trac-
iM.7J !,at, th, "uaIity of the
tleS v,'l P Iai'sc,y dePnl't
''? morn ,;yi? tbo Bt,orra during the
Ml I ift Ta Kv available
p,wid ,ll U,on tuo trpeks, it
lb the 'Btlv i'he H'K was prewed
'We coudftion a Simm fho ""t favor
morlilnl.W,U b bttcr tban yts
? nls?lV!!n!.ho river ,vas virtually at
Hording ..", ", .tlleir docks to
,nc"i seas tCfir Hit"? and tho rauu
grapes. at pilcd UP Just outside
8 ? ftvn? an? ajWt at anchor
""S' and riiarb0r,, broke their
wtt "J them m!" adlj' damaged.
" blenore ?d ' iBr.!!!hoo,,er Carles
0 ana Ilauppagm, and the
VOtlMntm,! -
vn rUIrf, su column iw
All Northeast Hit by Storm.
Heavy Damage in Places
"'ttoowf all Reported
a' Different Places
Sl-i?!:,aiist inches.
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Dhenanni ,. B1 mciies.
lli..,5i?5oaJ. I'n.. four fWi
L'arriah,! av..fo."ceii inches.
,ttW(bVhu,lS!lni
riV
In Philadelphia
Moro than 2300 men and 800 teams
being used by street cleaning bureau
to dig city out of worst storm tie-up
blnco 1017.
CO.OOO wagon loads of, snow and Ice
already dumped into seweijs.
Streets slippery uud offer treacher
ous footing to people and horses.
Many persons injured.
Thousnnds of persons delayed in
reaching work, but P. It. T. reports
conditions will soon approximate nor
mal, llailroad companies are recov
ering, though several New York
Philudolphin trains were annulled.
1 Many wagons and automobiles stuck
in snow banks alongside of car tracks.
Elsewhere
From Canadian border to central
Virginia and from Atlantic coast to
upper Ohio A alley, ull northeast today
suffered in storm's grip.
Washington forecast today Is snow
will fall foi twenty-four hours more.
Few curs running on surface and
elevated lines in New York city to
day. All public utilities threatened
by coal shortage. Estimates o prop
erty damage beyond .$2,000,000. Ves
sels in distress. Itnilroad conditions
slightly improved. '
New Englund slowly recovering.
Thirty trains stalled last n'fiht, ships
held in Boston harbor.
l'art of Atlantic City's boardwalk
smashed. Longport seawall broken.'
Capo May suffered severely. Heho
both, Del., cottages razed.
Damage estimated at 300,000
caused ut Ocean City, Md.
One hundred uud four persons
aboard the wrecked steamer Princess
Anne in grave dnuger at Itockaway.
HENLOPEN LIGHI '
SWAYS N STORM
Ancient and Famous Beacon
Tower Tottering Under As
saults of Wind and Wave
BEACH COTTAGES WRECKED
The lower end of Behobotb Beach,
Delaware's only seashore resort, is
strewn with wrecked cottages today and
the famous Capo Henlopen lighthouse is
threatened with destruction, the result
of the worst storm ever experienced at
the resort. The total damage so far is
estimated at $125,000.
Pounding seas and heavy winds ruined
the 535.000 bulkhead, built three years
ago at Itchoboth Beach, ripped up the
entire boardwalk, tore away the, porches
of many cottages, and for u time seemed
about to wipe out the entire cottage col
ony. At the lower end of the resort, known
as Dewey Beach, about twenty-five cot
tages were torn from their foundations
and washed out to sea. Only four cot
tages were standing this morning as the
seas and winds moderated.
For n hundred years the Cape Hen
lopen light house has held aloft its
beacon for incoming mariners. Today
its foundations are almost washed away.
Residents there fear that another heavy
sea will cause the tower to topple into
the bay.
All the cottages at the upper end of
the beach withstood the battering of
wind and waves but one, that of Harry
L. Cooper, who lives at Denton, Mary
land. His cottage is a wreck.
The summer residences of Oeorge W.
McCullough, Wilmington, and Mrs. T.
C. Itodel, of Baltimore, were badly dam
aged. The porches of nearly all the
noithend cottages were wrecked.
The Rehoboth Beach life-saving sta
tion stqp.d firm for nearly ten hours, then
partly collapsed,' ns did the summer
house of the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. The
entire veranda of the Bell Haven Hotel
was washed away.
The radio conTpass station at Cape
Henlopen is under four feet of water
and boats are being used to go between
tho station and Lewes, Del. There bus
been no report from the Bethany Beach
radio compas station, u few miles
down the coast from Cape Henlopen.
Captain B. B. Dorry, lighthouse in
spector for this district, left this city
at 7 o'clock this morning to view the
Henlopen light and direct efforts to
buttress it against further assaults of
tho waves.
Havoc Wrought Along Atlantic
Seaboard by Wind and
Heavy Snowfall
NEW YOBK TRAFFIC HALTS;
SITUATION THERE GRAVE
Millions of Dollars Damage
Done Many Vessels Are
in Distress
By fho Associated Press
Washington, Feb. C The East Is
staggering under the severe snow and
wind storm which began Wednesday and
continued through last night. Great
damage has been done, land and sea
travel hampered and lives imperiled.
Another twenty-four hours of snow
and high winds along the Atlantic
coast, from Maryland to Maine, was
forecast today by tho Weather Bureau.
The peak of the storm is now in New
England, whero the heaviest fall of
snow in the East this winter twenty
Inches was recorded in places. Tho
fall continued general from the Cana
dian border to central Virginia and
covered a path as far west as the up
per Ohio Valley.
Damage resulting from the storm
has been heavy. High tides, heavy
seas and high winds have wrought
havoc at Atlantic coast resorts from
Carolina to New England, places
damaged including Atlantic City,
Coney Island, Ocean City, Maryland,
Ocean- View and Buckroe Beach, Vir
ginia, add Wrightcville Beach, North
Carolina.
Shippirig also has suffered severely,'
many vessels being in distress all along
the coast.
t Railroad traffic has been seriously
interfered with, reports to the rail
road administration showing passenger
trains far behind schedule and in many
sections freight trains blocked.
At the weather bureau it was said
that the center of the storm had moved
so rloso to land that it is possible now
to locate it as a short distance south -castof
Nantucket, Mass. The storm is
moving northeastward and, it was said,
will move n little morn rnnlrllv flmn It
has.
There has been no marked cold at
any point in the storm area, it was
said at the weather bureau, tempera
tures eenornllv bpinj? nnlv n liffln hnlnn.
the freezing point.
New York, Feb. n. (By A. P.)
The gule and unusually high tides which
have lashed the north Atlantic coast
for the last two days, acepmpanied by
a'blizzard which blanketed most orthe
territory with snow and ice, had sub
sided somewhat today, leaving n trail of
destruction and suffering in their wake.
Estimates of the property damage run
well beyond the $2,000,000 murk, A
number of vessels were reported in dis
tress and several Long Island Sound
steamboats were prisoners in ice jams.
The wireless station nt New York nnlicn
Lhcadquartors already has received
messages from thirty-nine ships at sea
asking for the location.
Shore Resorts Hani lilt
Points along the New Jersey coast.
especially Atlantic City and Seabright.
were hardest hit. Houses were washed
into the sea and towns partially inun
dated. Reports along the Long Island
shore near New York also were heavily
damaged.
Railroad traffic improved during the
day, although trains are still behind in
their schedules.
With the' exception of the subway,
New York's entire transit system was
badly crippled as a result of the storm.
Only n few cars were running on the
surface and elevated lines.
Discarded storage battery cars which
formerly ran over the now abandoned
crosstown routes in lower Manhattan
were pulled out and pressed into serv
ice on the lower east side. Third-rail
cars were prevented from running in
this section because of the irp.nnpkmi
channel rails. A man of seventy was
touna aeau in a snow bank in Brooklyn.
The block, Consolidated and Curb
Exchanges opened nt 10 o'clock this
morning and adjourned immediately un
til lOlM o'clock because of tllf. trnffir.
delays encountered by members in reach
ing ineir oiuces.
rsew lork was slow to recover from
tho blow denlt by the storm king.
The streets are piled high with snow
drifts. A shortage of snow shovclers
and the threatened strike of tho few
Continued on Paeo Six, Column One
'NOTHING HEROIC ABOUT ME
DECLARES MRS. SPIKER
"Wife Who Came to Aid of Husband's Siveetheart and Her
Baby Says She Is Only Doing Her Best Not
Condoning Misdeeds
Iu a Btaff Correspondent
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 0. "There's
nothing heroic about it. I'm just try
ing to do my host. I'm not condoning
misdeeds merely trying to remedy as
best I can tho wrong done. And I
shall keep on trying to do my best."
That was the way Mrs. l'crley Spikcr
expressed herself today concerning her
attitudo in tho tangle that includes her
husband, bis English sweetheart nnd
their buby, und Spiker's brother, Guy
Spiker, who has offered to marry Emily
Knowles, the English girl.
TTnmlnrlfnl flinf fclift la flin c.tiAnfr nn
discussions the country over, Mr. Spiker
is uiuKiug iirepariuions 10 receive ner
husband's ''war brido" as her uew sister-in-law.
Still Has Faith in Husband
"Indeed, I have not lost faith in my
husband," she said as she paused in
tho midst of housework to discuss the
case. 'I bavo no fear hu will bo un
true In tho future. It was only war
conditions that influenced him to make
n mistake. If ho had been home It
would never linve happened.
"It is bo foolish for people to mnrvel
ut my btand lu tho case, No true wife
could do anything else. Borne say they
sea bow I could sympathize with Miss
KjiowIcs, but they don't nee how I rould
forgive my husbond. I can't express
it," she shrugged her shoulders in n
sort of hopeless gesture,- "but to me
that was tho easiest of all. AVhy, noth
ing in tho world could come between
my husband nnd mo. Wo understand
nnd lovo each other as few married
people do."
With dust cap covering her light hair
and a blue-checked apron over (shirt
waist and skirt. Mrs. Spiker stood talk
ing In the vestibule of her home. 8033
East Baltimore btreeb, for several min
utes before she. led the way Into the
house.
Outwardly tho house ls just like all
the others in the block. Tho only thiug
to relieve the mondtony of red brick on
either side crT tho street is the llttlo
church at the corner, overbhadowing the
Spiker home. Tho weight of snow had
been shoveled from tho thrco stone steps
leading to tho front door, which Mrs.
Spiker herself opened. In the tiny
vestibule, witb Its green tile and Its
paler green calcimine decorated with
lilies, the woman presented a kindly
figure.
Perley Told of "Affair"
"Perley told me about tho affair os
soon as he came back from England,"
sho said, as, she led the way to tbo
fVnllriMif en Tag Tw, Column Tlcrca
MAIL AIRPLANE WRECKED
MOOR
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LEADERS
IS
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HAVE VO C
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DECLARES
DEVEUN
"I'm Independent in Practice as
Well as Theory," 34th' Ward
Councilman Says
Two of Uncle Sam's aviators weie fighting their way to New YorU In the
teeth of yesterday's gale when their engine went dead. The pilot landed
in a tree-top near Swarthmore, as shown in this photograph. Both men
escaped unhurt and tho mail was forwarded by train
BOY'S QUICK wrr
SAVES 4 FROM GAS
Charles Murphy Seeks Aid and
Helps Rescue Mother
and Kin
BLAME LEAKING MAIN
The quick wit of a boy last night
saved his mother and brother and two
sisters from death when a leaking pipe
filled tho house at 307 Federal street
with gas.
Charles Murnbr. thirteen years old,
was on the second floor wlipu he awoke
nnd smellcd the fumes. Although be felt
ill he groped his way to a gas fixture
and found the cocks were closed prop
-crlv: - ' '"
Recalling that gas from leaking street
mains had caused a number of deaths
in this city, the boy dressed hastily and
ran out to tbo snow-heaped street.
The boy met Patrolman Hoffman, of
tho Seventh and Carpenter streets sta
tion, and asked for help. Boy nnd blue
coat ran back to the house and open
ing windows on the first floor before
ascending to tne upper noor.
Mrs. Mary Murphy und her three
other children, Margaret, Francis and
Dorothy, were found and rushed to
Mount Sinai Hospital.
Physicians at the hospital worked dil
igently over the four, nnd early this
morning all showed signs of recovery.
Investigation as to the cause of the
leak is being made by the police.
STUARD SUCCEEDS HARLAN
Former Governor of Virginia Ap
pointed Commerce Commissioner
Washington, Feb. (!. Former Gov
ernor Henry C. Stuurt, of Virginia,
was nominated today by President
Wilson as a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to succeed
.Tallies S. Harlan, of Indiana, whose
term hns expired.
Louis Titus, an attorney of San
Francisco, vas nominated to bo a
member of the Shipping Board.
This is former Governor Stuart's
second appointment to n federal office
since his term as governor of Virginia
expired. lie was named a member of
the federal meat commission in April,
101S. Before being elected governor,
Mr. Stuart wus a member of the Vir
ginia shite railroad commission. lie
is a native1 Virginian, having been born
at Wyhheville, January 18, 1855. At
the graduation from Emory aud Henry
College ho took a law course at the
University of Virginia which gave him
the LL.D. degree in 1013. His busi
ness connections have included the
Stunrt Land und Cattle1 Co., the Buck
horuo Iron anil Improvement Co., and
tho Firbt Nutionul Bank of Lebanon,
Vn. He hus been u delegate to Demo
cratic national conventions and wus a
membeT of the Virginin constitutional
convention. He was elected governor
of Virginia in 1014, his term expiring
in 1018.
TROLLEY KILLS GIRL
II
HURRYING
DIRK
motner blames Accident on
Daughter's Anxiety Over
Being Late
WON'T BE GOVERNED BY
CAUCUSES, HE ASSERTS
Weglein Points to Similarity of
Figures of "Charley" Hall
and Develin
Independents 7, Varc,4,
in Finance Committee
This is the political line-up in tho
body which will act upon the Develin
employes amendment:
Cliulrman Francis F. Burch,
Fourth district, Independent.
George Connell, Fourth district,
Independent.
Sigmund J. Gans, Sixth district,
Independent.
Hugh Montgomery, Seventh dis
trict, Independent.
Robert J. Patton, Eighth dis
trict, Independent.
Charles II. Von Tagcn, Sixth
district, Independent.
Alexis J. Limeburncr, Seventh
district, Independent.
Joseph P. Gaffney, First district,
Vnrc.
Isaac D. Hctzell, Third district,
Vare.
AVilliam McCoach, Second dis
trict, Vare.
Simon Walter, Fifth district,
Vare.
GERMANY MAY ASK
FOR WAR
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TRVBUNA
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ONE OTHER IS VICTIM
Marshall Appointed on Schoolshlp
Appointment of Commander W. J,
Marshall ns chief engineer of tho Penn
sylvania schoolshlp Annapolis has been
announced by the Board of Commission
ers of Navigation. The Annapolis is
duo to arrive here about February 15.
Commander Marshall was detailed for
some time at the Philadelphia Navy
Yurd us assistant superintendent of
machinery.
Snoio Driving Deer
to Feed With Cattle
Warren, Pa., Feb. 0, -(By A. P.)
Deep snows throughout this entire
section is driving tho deer from tbo
forests to seek food nnd shelter with
domestic cattle in adjoiuing farms.
One herd of thirteen has been seen a
number of times in tho vicinity of
Kane, and other herds, not so large,
have been reported from other sec
tions. Oil men report that tho mortality
among game birds has been unusual
ly heavy, in spite of their efforts to
feed them. For weeks the ground
has been covered with ice, und It
was impossible for tho birds to ob
tain their usual supplies.
Two young women, each of whom
received injuries in trolley accidents,
died last night at the University Hos
pital. They were Miss Elsie II. Rosier,
thirty years old, of 33 School avenue.
Upper Darby, and Miss Sadie Rohlflng,
nineteen, of 5023 Florence avenue.
, Miss JJoslerf'a denth. isattributed by
her'mother 'to" her anxiety to get to her
work on time. She was a chief oper
ator ofi the Bell Telephone Co. nt the
toll exchange, and had been employed
by the company for twelve years, during
which time she had never been late.
"Elsie was such a steady girl," she
said today. "She was always on time
nnd was especially anxious last night
to get to work. Her work did not be
gin until 10 o'clock, but she left the
house at eight to make sure of getting
there. The accident occured shortly
after and she died onlv two hours uftcr
reaching the hospital."
The accident ordered opposite the
Upper Darby Grammer School, ut the
junction of School avenue nnd West
Chester pike. The ambulance of the
University Hospital made a record run
through the storm to save her life, but
the Tort was unavailing.
Miss Rohlfmg was injured at Forty
second and Chestnut streets, when uu
automobile in which she was riding
was struck by a trolley cur.
The driver of the automobile, Henry
Welter, of Linden avenue. Camden, and
the motormnn of the trolley car, John
Susbin, of Passyunk avenue near Six
teenth, were both committed to jail
without ball to await the action of the
coroner by Magistrate Harris, at a
hearing this morning nt the Thirty-second
btrcct uud Woodland avenue station
house.
TWO BUS LINES PROJECTED
General Thayer Organizing Company
to Operate on Broad Street
Two companies are planning to op
crate motorbus lines along Broad
street and adjoining traffic lanes. Both
will soon present petitions for certifi
cates of public convenience to the Pub
lic Service Corporation.
One of the lines is being organized
by General Russell Thayer. A five-cent
fare for u ride from the navy yard to
uiney avenue along llroad street, with
free transfers out tho Parkway and
other thoroughfares, is planned. The
backers of the second company are not
known.
SON FOUND AFTER 11 YEARS
Relatives Eagerly Await Home-Corn-Ing
of R. R. Squires
Roland R. Squires, of Grueey, Calif.,
will como to this city in the bpring to
see his family for the first time in eleven
years. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Squires,
his parents, 15S North Eighth btreet,
and bis sister, Mrs. A. Manning, same
address, eagerly await his arrival.
The son left home in 1009 to enlist
on a naval training ship. Ho was four,
teen years old. No word was received
from or of him until recently when he
was located through a newspaper ad
vertisement. He has two children; his
wife is dead.
PLAN DICKINSON MEMORIAL
Will Remodel Room In West College
to Honor Veterans
Dickinson College has decided upon
its memorial to Dlckinsonians who
served during the war. The memorial Is
to consist of a remodeled room in West
College, formerly used us u chapel, and
adapting it for various collego ac
tivities, The plan is in charge of Bishop Wil
liam F. McDowell, Washington ; Bishop
Joseph F. Berry, Philadelphia: Hon.
Edw. W. Blddlo. Carlisle: William U
..... l '.cock. Aiioonu: .Melville liambrill,
Mlmington; Lcinuel T Appold, Balti
morn! Phnrlpn Tv TJml.Inn r..n.iAn xt
J., and Charles K. Zug, chairman',
In a frank statement of his position
today, Councilman James A. Develin,
who blocked a majority program in
Council, asserted the administration
should consult with Independent leaders
if it wishes the support of Independent
votes.
"Inasmuch ns the administration has
to depend on Independent votes," said
Mr. Develin. "it is foolish to ignore
them. It would only be the part of
wisdom to take them into nccount. The
Independent leaders seem to have been
ignored."
The West Philadelphia councilman,
who yesterday moved an amendment to
the majority salary resolution. mnde it
clear he referred to George W. Coles,
chairman of the Town Meeting party,
and Sheriff Robert E. Lambprton us
the leaders who had been "ignored."
Agrees With Kellly's Charge '
Dcvelin's "assertion", today squares
with a recent utterance of -Horace W.
Reilb, secretary of the Town Meeting
partv. Reilly, who is personal deputy
to Sheriff Lambefton, declared Town
Meeting lenders were not being con
sulted by Mayor Moore.
Develin said he wanted it clearly un
derstood that there was no question of
patronage in his attitude toward the
maioritv resolution referred back to the
finance committee1 along with Develin's
own amendment nnd n sub'-tituto meas
ure of Councilman Charles U. Hall, ,a
Vare lender. ,
He 'has no" candidates for- council
manic jobs. Councilman Declin added.
The only man he sponsored recentlj. he
said, was a Uepublicnn Allinnce fol
lower, whom he succeeded In placing iu
the sheriff's office.
Discussing the administration salary
resolution, Mr. Develin declared it was
one that concerned the couneilmeu only
nnd was not one to bo governed by a'
caucus.
"I thought the measure was an ex
travagant one and voted against it for
that reason," be said. "Every mem
ber of Council should have a fair show
to vote on such measures ns he sees fit
without thought of other influence.
Independent in Practice
"But I want it to be understood
that 1 am nn Independent in practice
as well as theory. I am not to be gov
erned by the result of any caucus if it
is against the best interests of the city
and my constituents. Rather will I
be governed by what I believe to be
right."
Francis F. Burch, chairman of the
finnncc committee of Couucil, said to
day :
"I favor the Develin amendment be
cause it sets forth the minimum num
ber of clerks necessary. I believe the
number of clerks provided in the amend
ment will be ample to carry on the
work. I do not want to see any delay.
The whole matter should be cleaned up
at once."
Richnrd Weglein, president of Coun
cil, expressed optimism today. He said
he hud no fear of u definite split, but
he did take a vigorous whnck at Deve
lin aud Burch for their ideas on econ
omy. "Economy," said he, "is often con
founded with cheapness. And cheap
ness doesn't always mean economy. It
is the most expensive course some
times." Mr. Weglein says it is "a coinci
dence" that the ideas of Charles Hall,
of the Vare forces, nnd of Mr. Develin
on the question of the amount needed
for Council jobs are so similar.
Financial Aspect Uppermost
"Mr. Hall believes the figure should
be S3.".f)S0 and Mr. Develin savs it
should be !?3j,!l00," be observed. "They
both seem to have the financial aspect
Continued on I'nce Tun, Column One
WILSON'S SILENCE
WEAKENS TREATY
Probably Willing to Surrender
Accused Nationals, Berlin
Newspaper Says
SWITZERLAND IS READY
TO ARRANGE PROCEDURE
Teutons All Condemn Entente
Edict Won't Submit, Says
Von Buelow
Democratic Senators Likely to
Defeat Ratification Unless
He Gives Cue
PRESIDENT ANGRY AT GREY
B: CLINTON W. GILBERT
Stuff Correspondent-, rf Hie EenliiE Tubllc
I-rdurr
Washington, Feb. (i. Democrats in
the Senate have hud no sign from the
White House since the Grey letter.
Without n sign that President Wilson
purposes to yield, they are likely to
stick to their position on Article Xuud
defeat ratification of the treaty.
xney orey letter has not changed the
By the Associated Press
Berlin, Feb. 0. The German Gov
ernment probably will be willing to sur
riider its nationals charged with war
crimes to be tried bv a neutral tribunal
if the Entente will riTpp, says the Na
tional Zeitung. The Swiss Government,
the newsnaper says, hns declared its
readiness to arrange such a tribunal.
Premier Bauer's conference with
party leaders tomorrow will probably
determine whether the national Assem
bly will be caled to consider the extradi
tion situation.
Persons well informed denv the ex
istence of a governmental crisis and the
Prussian cabinet has unanimously in
dorsed the national cabinet's attitude,
which is unaltered. This may be regard
ed us n symptom of the snirit in which
the Entente demands are being met, all
prominent politicians condemning tho
allied edict.
A member of the government is quoted
by the prss as saying:
"The government is still endeavoring
to find a way out by further negotia
tions." It is believed that the government
will attempt to obtain a modification of
tln peace treaty rejecting extradition.
Democratic attitude, always nrovidinc
that it has not moved the President, and (This proposed modification mav nro
it has stiffened the Republicans. Lvery-1 vide for trial bv a neutral tribunal as
thing that the British envoy lias donei suppled in the National Zeitung.)
privately nnd nubliclv hns oncniirnireil I Tf ii- ;u n,iui,rnc.r.,i ;t ...in t t ..,.!,
the Republicans, while knowledge that fold it arms and let events take their
the British Government does not object own course, according to prevalent
to the Lodge leservatious has not in any opinion. Alreadv it is reported, the
way weakened the Democratic opposi- German airmen detained to nccompany
The Republicans now feel that their
political position is unassailable. They
have offered n compromise. They have
conferred and consulted with the Dem
ocrats. And their program of reser
vations does not wreck the league or
-oreais tne heart ot the world."'
Indeed, the heart of the world w left
quite undisturbed by the Republican
reservations and is onlv in danger of
beiug broken by Mr. Wilson's extreme
"no-reservation" policy. Having this
consciousness, the Republicans nre now
more unyielding than over over the
Lodge version of Article X.
There is a worm, however, in the
fruit of Republican satisfaction. Mau
rice Low. in u dispatch yesterday to
tne London ot. discloses
the Entente commission of control have
refused to perform their duties.
Von Buelow Defiant
Field Marshal von Buelow told the
Lnlciil Anzeiger today that Germans
whose names are on the list of those
whose extradition is demanded by the
Allies "only did their dutv to the
Fatherland" nnd that extradition was
ignominy to which "no German would
voluntarily submit."
The field marshal declared he would
never place himself at the disposal ot
the Entente nations, and expressed tho
belief that most of the commanders
named in the allied list would take
the same view.
It is understood that meetings of
annv and navy commanders were held
tins worm. ' .. T..,. - i :. s
it ,i. -rt , . i i ii. i .; wu .'"ii". i. nun ji, u uuuuimuuMy
He describes the Grey letter as "w 'bi..j..i n... ! .. .i.. i.,.
meant but ill advised." He thiuks its t,v,n nin.. t n. vnm ,,,. ,n
entirely compatible with Germau honor
resentment.
Wilson Could Claim
publication was the kind of interna -
iiouu me lining wnicn can ouiy cause an,i tmt no one lnlIS, voilluc..lr,v snr.
' render.
Alibi ' Legal objections should be lodged
The Prei,le,,r mnv euiiv !, i. "KmnM orders lor the arrest ony ot
position, if the league is defeated, that
he refused to bo drhen by English pros
sure into ucceptiug alterations to the
league covenant which would weaken
it, that Kurope never cared for the
the commander, it was decided at thesn
meetings. The government has issued
to the press a proclamation reiternting
i its opposition to the extradition de
, maud and declaring it cannot be fulfilled
1L. I 11.11. .11 llltt1 I !! Ir f'Uf-HM Tt r 111 . .. . . -
league, ull along seeking to sap it's ,.f . I ' " oranv other government.
Z" JV i, ''1 Z" ''.i0.'" ?."n , rirst Army in 115, who demanded
nnmes
deaths have
the British repented them iu conjunc
tion with .Mr. Lodge m Washington.
I do not say that this would be a
higlrfy ingenuous argument, but it is a
perfectly possible campaign argument.
Aud the PreMilent, if lie chooses to take
the treaty to the stump, will probably
ussert that relutioiis betweeu Europe
iiiiil the Republicans did not begiu upon
Lord Grey's arrival in Washington, but
continued throughout the pence nego
tiations at Paris, to the great detriment
of his efforts there.
In other words, the worm iu the
apple of Republican satisfaction is that
if they are .cleared of the load of Euro
pean objections to their league policy
ny l rancp. and deueral Utto von
Below, wanted bj Italy.
Field Marshal Von Haeseler Head
France dem iU the turning over to
her of the old Held Marshal Count von
Ilfieseler, who stayed ut the headquar
ter.s of the German Crown Prince as an
observer of the war. Concerning this
soldier the Xeitung am Mittag says:
"It is unthinkable that the French
war niinistr, failed to read last jear ot
Ihe death of -I.e Diable de Metz,' once
so feuied by them." (Hneseler's death
was reported in C tober, 1!)10. )
Admiral Ocar tun Ingenohl, former
commander of the (ierm.in high fleet.
MAYOR UPHOLDS MAJORITY'S COTmCTL JOB PROGRAM
Mayor Moore this afternoon -upheld the majority program
of councilmanic employes, emphasizing in particular that a
secretary to the council president is necessary. "It is absurd," he
added, "to ask the president of Council to have his office in his
lint.l' The majority program has been hlocned by Councilman
James A, Develin, an Independent. '
GARAGE ROOF COLLAPSES UNDER ICE, AUTOS WRECKED
Tho roof of the Pelhani Court Garage, Veluaui road aud Quiucy
street, collap&ed toduy from tho weight of ice auel &uow and tell
in on 30 autoujobtlefi t-tored in the building. The lo&b la believed
to be more ttwi $100,000, &. DrutcU, 5V41 Chruttaia 3tr:e.t, tv
the ou-oer of the garage.
B0WD0IN BUILDING BURNED
$50,000 Loss In Destruction of Col
lege Union "Structure
Brunswick. Me., Feb. 0. (By A.
P.) Bowdoin College Union-Building
was destroyed by fire of undetermined
origin today. 1'hc central heating and
lighting plant was located iu the base
ment and the collesc is threatened with
bcrlous inconvenience from the loss.
The bulldinc was a story and n half
brick structure, first used ns a gym
nnsium aud later remodeled for ii union.
The loss was estimated nt more than
$.'0,00(1, portly covered by insurance.
Frozen hydrauts handicapped the firemen,
Whn you think of wrltlnr.
U. S. AIRMEN STILL HELD
Mexico Falls to Issue Orders for Re
lease of Wolf and Usher
Douglas. Ariz., Feb. 0. (By A. P.)
Orders from Mexico City for the re
lease of Lieutenants L. M. Wolf and G.
M. Usher, American uviutors detained
by Mexican uuthoritics ginco their forced
landing across the border lust Monday,
yere awaited today by army officers
along the border.
The two men ure allowed the freedom
of the city by Jsucozuri officials. The
.Mexicau official investigation into the
affair was completed Tuesday It wus
baid that the investigation wuh ordered
by the federal government aud the order
for their release mubt come from Mex
ARMY BILL WAVS ON TREATY
Washington, Feb. II No effort will
be made to call un the nrinv renrirnnl.
y.ntion 1)111 in the Senate until the treaty
of Verbnilb-H has been disposed of,
Chairman Wadtiworth announced today.
ftftnittnt1 Wtirluivnrtt, li.wl tntaA 4a maII
....v. ...- v .ui. .v,'ii4 v -mn
thej may not escape the load of too- ' wh0 is demanded bv Great Britain, ami
Continued on I'bbo Tho, Column Four ' l nptalu von iler 1 lanitz, former! aide-
' f-Hlnn In the Cerinnn et-im n iirfn.. ...l.
i' wanted by Belgium, both are dead.
(Von der l'lanitz is reported killed in
Geneva, Feb. (!. (Hy A. P.) Swiss
federal authorities, it is reported, will
follow the precedent set by Holland iu
dealing w ith demands from the Allies
for the extradition of Germans who arc
in this countr. Former Crown Prince
IJupprecht of Bavaria, us well us beverul
Continued on Vuce Two, Column Five
POST PARCELS BURNED
Backfire Sets Truck Ablaze, Destroy
Ing Few Packages
Several small puckages of parcel post
mail were destroyed when a mail truck
was fired from the backfire of the en
gine nt Forty-first street and Woodland
avenue last night.
John McGnrry, Eighteenth and Chris
tian streets, Ihe driver, did not know
the truck was on fire until a pedestrian
told him. An uutnmobile from tho
postoflicp garage, Forty-third street'1
and Woodlaud acnue, wus passing und
its driver extinguished the blaze with
fire-fighting apparatus he carried.
WAGES RISEJ7 K C. IN YEAR
Department of Labor Statistics Refer
to Average Union Scales
Washington. Feb. (1 (By A p )
Union wage scales in the general trades .
in 11)10, iiv raged 17 per cent higher
than in 101S; and 55 per cent higher
than in ltil.'l according to a Hurnmury
issued today by the Iiureuu of Lubor
btutistics.
The regular hours of lubor per weelc
in 1010 wie 5 per cent. less than iu
1018. Tho figures appl only to pcrwim
employed at time rates, uud not to piece
ivoi kers.
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