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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
BUSINESS NOTES

Representatives OF Government agen-
cles and the principal building trades,
meeting in Washington to develop uni
iorm methods OF procedure I'm disDos-
ing Of surplus stocks OF building ma
terial found, the war industries board
announced today, that with the excep-
tlon OF lumber Government holdings
were very small and could not affect
market conditions. They emphasized, the
board said, that Government agencies
would not dispose of surplus material In
such way as to- disturb the market, and
that large part of this was being alb.
ments.
The manufacturers and producers OF
building materials at the conference
the boards announcement stated, "wer,
very much surprised at the small stock
OF surplus material I'm the possesSion OF
the Government, and were very much
pleased and thoroughly satisfied with the
manner in which the Government was
arranging for disposal of this material"
For the first time in "a number of
Npears an independent ticket has been
named by members of the New York
'oHee and Sugar Exchange to run
against the regular ticket named by the
nominating committee at the election 20
pc held on next Thursday. Members
OF the exchange say 1t Is not because
OF any dissatisfaction with the work of
''N hitl WI Nlf regular TICKET, Dut tnat
the exchange members believe new and
young blood is needed 10 handle the
problems that will confront the eN-
Change during the reconstruction period.
Ihe men named on the regular ticket
nave nearly all served as officers for
years
Imports OF American shoes into Chile
are 80 per cent Of foreign footwear, com.
pared with less than 90 per cent prior
| 10 AUGUST. 1914 Thn
| ooth the headway made before the wal
| ana the concentrated demand on Amer
iCan manufacturers since the war as is
| indicated BY United states Bureau ot
| Foreign and Domestic Commerce. whicl
feels 1t is directly up to the manufac
| turers whether they will continue tC
increase this business
! The Kennecott -Bonanza and Jumb,
| mines were in continuous operation
! through 1918, except when the Bonanza
! mine was shut down for two weeks be
cause the tram had been carried ava,
ny snowslides, according to the United
! from the Jumbo mine were curtaied fo
six weeks from the same cause. Th,
| production Of both mines was reduced
| throughout the year by scarcity Of labor
! the mines being operated from March
to October / with approx imately a .
per cent crew.
The Public Utilities Commission -
New Jersey has refused the petition q
New York Telephone Company to merE
with the New York Telephone. Delawar
and Atlantic Telephone company of Nev
Jersey.
The New York Central Railroad en-
bargo is extended. effective Immediately
, to prohibit the acceptance of shipment
of livestock originating at stations wes
or the Niagara frontier or from con
| meeting lines at Niagara frontier sta
ton, or west. except when authorize,
ny q. H. ingalls,, traffic manager. %
Chicago.
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Berlin, Friday. Jan. H. by A. P) --
The city Hall az Spandau was the scene
his morning of heavy fighting between
IioNernment troops ana the Spartacans.
The building was attacked with light
artillery and machnc-gun fire az :
O'Clock and then stormed. The sparta
cans offered stubborn resistance. but
after heavy hand grenade lombard
mcut they were overwhelmed aud their
leaders captured. Herr Picser. who was
the ringleadcr of the Liebknecht forces
in Spandau. was summarily executed in
the court Of the postofIice building.
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GIANT METEOR EXPLODES
Western Maryland Sees Stellar Body
Flash Earthward

Baltimore, Nd. Jan. l3.-(By A. P.)-
All Of western Maryland from Baltimore
city to the Blue Ridge mountains was
brilliantly illuminated shortly after 6
o'clock last evening by a giant meteor,
the flash terminating In an explosion
which startled residents of Hagerstown.
Frederick City, Westminster and other
town and shook the signal towers on
the railroads near those towns.
The meteor descendea TO within hun
ipg 40 some scie tist cbsrverss and ex-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
FINDS HER HUSBAND SHOT
Man in Hospital Following Alleged Sui
eide Attempt

Louis Rigitapo, sos Kenilworth street,
shot himself through the head early this
morning. according to the police. but
will recover lie is in the Pennsylvania
Hospital under police guard.
Rigitano, who Is thirty-fiye years old,
lives at the Kenilworth street address
with his wife and two children. Mrs.
Rigitano told the police she heard a shot
- o'clock this morning and found
her husband unconscious IN. q hrst floor
koon. A revolver was clasped In one
Hcnd. She said sfie knows no reason for
~ SlIsEed atempt At s'Aieldss
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Proclaim Republic in Bremen

Copenhagen. Jan. ia Socialist re-
pubic Is said to have been proclaimed
N Bremen, In Stuttgart Spartacans
nave occupied the town hall after sew
eral hours street fighting. Fighting is
reported in Hagen between minority So
cialsts and citizens who had volunteered
TO light for the Government
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Repel Reds at Dresden

Dresden. Germany. Friday. Jan. 10
BY a. P.h-SpartaCan forces attempted
70 capture the plant of the Dresde II
Nolkszeitung today. but were repulsed
WIN hcaNN machine-gun and hand
grenade ftre. The clash resulted in the
death OF twenty persons and the wound
ing of several scores The Spartacan
leader. Rhuele. was taken prisoner.
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Sporis Writers to Hold Banouc,

st q meeting of til" board Of governors
Of the Philadelphia sporting Writer'S Asso-
CiBttou held yesterday IT was decided to
hold the annual banquet Wednesday night
February ~ The dinner will be held at
the Hotel Walton Applications for tickets
may be made with Louis y. Goldsmith.
room iOt Wld"urr RuildinG
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

= sn,cal match has been arranged ho'
tween Wclker Cochran, challenger Of willie
Hoppe. and Young Jake Schacfcr. % h'
played at Rational Recreation. BroUkNn
January -, 80 and ~ afternoon and oven
ing They will play 200 points each SeS
sion making total for the match Of lso'
points
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

Middleto~p. Conn, Jan. ~. Edward "
Tominson of Elizabeth, y, J., member
Of the Junior class at Wesleyan, who has
Iust returned from the service. has been q 70
pointed captain of the varsity basketball Il
team for the coming season.
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Golf Tourney Starts Today

Pinehurst. y. G.. Jan. lathe qualify
Ing round Of the advertising golfers tournnf
ment Will be played on the cha mpicnsniy
course at Pinehurst today. and three diyl-
sions each comprising thirty-two. players.
will qualify for match play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

Detroit. Jan. "a --WelNer cochran; ths
New York hillardist. earned ths
light to plpy Willie Hoppe here last night
hy defeating Jake Schaefer. Jr. of San
Francisco. by Il count Of 1900 10 3S55
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
Would Raise Credit Embargo

by this procedure of utilizing the securities of
merchants their normal
a method he
securities
Allies will
a
additional thereby help
in begins
10
| have said
by he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
New York shin

New York ship eleven proved on SATURDAY
that Il had on" Of tn" best teams in fhc
Shipyard League and promises to give Mrr-
chant Oh" II tho hardest games uf the sea-
:, f. when II faces them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
VORW .4ERTS REUON
AFTER BIG Battle
BY JOSEPH A. HERRINGS
" iretess to Epening Public Ledger
Copyright 1919. bv Public Ledger Co.
and Ncc York Times Co.


Berlin, Jan. II via Copenhagen, Jan.
l3).-Toward > o'clock this evening
street fighting became very general,
the Spartacans throwing grenades at
the troops and guards stationed at
street corners.
They will suddenly fire from the
roofs of houses or from windows at
the crowds in the streets. Most of the
street lamps having been shot 10
pieces, darkness favors these uu.
pleasant surprises, which are keeping
the soldiers constantly on the run and
creating panic among the public.
There is method in this madness.
the purpose being to distract the at.
tention of the government soldiers and
prevent concerted action on police
headquarters and other Spartacan
fortresses.
The Government soldiers are eX.
tremely irritated and are handling the
SpartaCans serevely when caught. A
| company of loyal soldiers marched
along kurfuerstenstrasse this after.
! noon. A Spartacan got among them
and tried to dissuade some of them.
! He was driven away, but when caught
| again was shot down in the street.
| While the EVENING LEDGER cor.
| respondent was writing these lines at
Kempinske's, a large restaurant, IL
| was suddenly darkened and the doors
were locked. From both the Leipziger.
/ strasse and Krausenstrasse we hear
! the tack-a-tack of machine guns. Loyal
troops and Spartacans are fighting
each other in the streets from the
windows and roofs.
VOrwaerts Is Retaken
This morning. a whole week after
the Spartacans had taken possession
of the Vorwaerts building. 1t was re-
captured by Government troops, after
an extremely desperate battle. At the
same time the truce agreed upon with
the Spartacans occupying the other
newspaper buildings ceased, the Gov
ernment troops renewing the attack
which is still progressing.
| The Vorwaerts building is situated
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Profanity on the part Of several uf she
players ON tn, Hog Island toam was noticed
by the various spectators. This kind Of stuff
does more harm to tn" soccer game than
good The :eIms mHIt remember decisions
rendered by tn" referee must he abdcl by.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

Looks like that Nofand"u- shore team Is
too IA Tor the second division Of the Allied
League. II added another victory TO it, long
string on Saturday when II took American
Pulley teams measure.
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Rebel Headquarters
CAPTURED by Ebert
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Continued from Page Ono
entirely after ffty-five shells had been
| into the building by the soldiers.
The attacking party In the final as
saut worked its way forward with hand
grenades and stormed the building from
two sides The number OF Spartacans
| pulled out of hiding places by the troops
and disarmed and locked up Is placed
at more than 800
/ Some of the captured Spartacans be-
gan cheering for Doctor Liebknecht as
1 they were being marched through the
streets but the soldiers shut their
mouths in summary fashion. The SOL
diers. except those left to guard the
building. returned TO their barracks with
bands playing and the men Singing.
while the residents Of the locality around
the Alexanderplatz, who had been living
! In terror of their lives for a week, dur
/ irg which time the Spartacan domina-
tion Of the whole district had been un-
disputed. chcered the victorious troops.
Lose Newspaper Row
! TIE determination OF the revolutionary
! forces to maintain their tenure or the
! bourgeois newspaper offices came to an
I inglorious end during Saturday night
| The Spartacans and Independent So
/ Cialists who were occupying the PAM
where the NossisChe Zeitung, the Morgen'
! post and other journals are printed. be-
, gan TO sneak away over the rooftopS
as soon as darkness fell Soldiers. wher
/ they advanced upon the building. found
| II unoccupied.
The garrison of the Tageblatt office
parleyed for a while with the Govern
ment forces and were finally permittet
to withdraw with their weapons. Late
in the night. however, they were ais
armed and imprisoned by troops whici
were cleaning up the inner city Of Bol
shevist snipers.
Short work was made by the sol
diors Of looters who were caught in th'
act, while civilians found carrNir!
weapons wi,rout permission of the GOV
ternmeni also were stood up against
wall
There are indications that the sparta
cans have begun TO realize the graNit.
Of the situation for them. Their mn
tary leaders have resigned
The TaegisChe Rundschau declare
that the report that Rosa Luxembourg
one of the SpartaCan leaders, had beet
arrested is untrue. The newspaper say
she went t. Hamburg two days ago ii
an automobile. Doctor Liebknecht's sol
is reported to have been arrested las
night when the troops were cleaning oil
the central offices of the Spartacans.
The capture of the Spartacan onc
was effected by the free use Of han'
grenades The soldiers burned in tn
street an immense quantity of Bol
shcviil literature found In the head
quarters.
Co,enbnrcu. Ian. 13-tBy A. PD-
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Soccer Ne,cs and Notes

Manager Clio Bowc was an ardent rooier
ov Tho sidc limos yesterday At the Hog
lgior1- Merchant ~ game.
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tourcllS says. ~ like that man Grove and
,,iIl iccp him on the team Grove was in
seyaral niN-ups with the Merchant team. but
showed some frst.rlnss football
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

New York Ship has q b's match ON It's
bands uoNt sunday. when Il travels 70
rasyaic. y. y. in a Now Jors"v Gun match
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Discuss Plan TO ArOid Fifth Var Loa,

The through this started the
selling Allies Of fifth Liberty Loan called
the Hartman National Bank of York published Saturdays
As {
their bearing
United
lie ais
IF could ourselves other than by issuing another
it q
Government feel there be other
a
is
both
method of that
shape
o.
like this merchant this bank for
told
precisely Why shouldn't
securities should
and that"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
HALT IN RISE OF TEXAS PACIFIC
LAND TRUST is DUE TO TELEGRAM
New York Bank Maintains That None of Large Nations
Will Default War Bonds-Substitute Loan Plan
Pleases-Cossip of the Street

THE Pacific Railway Company
oil bubble which creating such
certificates
that the land repre-
field described
by Albert w number Of Saturday Evening Post
According this telegram the located in wild territory mostly
This the OF
following
Tho Mechanics and Metals National Bank Of New York estimates
1912
their
s27300O0O00 the figures
of the debts that of the will default its war
bonds conhscaion
deliberate
would OF the
period will
be jealous their TO normal business pu
firmly established
will
position and confidence
through the endeavor o Government avoid meeting its just
history
acknowledged
than
sacreness Of their dshonored their credit destroyed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

President John Farrell WAS out lookinc tho
bnvs oNer Mr. FARRELL is ono of the hest
soccer promoters IN this section Of IN" coun-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20

d., 49, 81 Suitors who seldom loft her
These things l.icucnan, ,i,y;,
Nhe" as every one knew ,Lom All ~,
,,.'' Tor moment dreamed of falling in
,''r WIN LADY Of 20 exalted , novi,ior
n"t unconsciously after thai frs,
"ucrIui evening he found himself lonl;
niS forward TO Other meetings wi,h ITO
ne heAf i'mc Tho Evans put into
nv. po lzSlmons as senior officer suc.
Sested 10 Ensign Bill tina, Inc hrinr his
iholher out 10 tea on board
therefore, on one wonderful Sunday az
'c'hooh witness n gay little party drinking
ia on me wicked looking shin Of war
NrS. Vanderbilt wore her famous Sable
"'ap ana a small sable tuTban tina, conld
no' hLhc her pretty chestnut hair Her
GOOD looking son. lowered I'm Inc harl..
ground. az pleased az Punch 10 sec how
iahonsly his mother and his senior officer
were coming on Eli was glad 10 cncour-
age the acquaintance for il means = la,
even TO Vanderbilt, 10 be on friendly
terms with the G. O.
inc tea party ended. but with no sue.
ees,ion from Bill. Mrs. Vanderbilt carried
the c. O. off TO dinner Son Bill was dis
patched to call on some friends the o,hcr
end OF the town.
NO we do not mind being alone" his
mother smilngly explained
Unfortunately. Mrs. Vanderbilt, couId
fo' iali in love and play the heroine of :,
romance without undergoing tircson.
io' OF publicity She knew that she was
tremendously interested in tho vornr lion
tenant She also knew thcrc ni,., no
Twelve 10 fifteen years difference in ,hnir
"EcS' ana mat her great fortune would bc
. tIndrahce. She could not continue nav
'"s MN come 10 her home whore an mo
"ofIo would see else would her buddinp rn.
nance become smirchcd with unkind gossip.
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stroycr have no time 10 spread gossip.
All during December and January tho
millionaire lady and the officer had tea on
board the destroyer, anchored in the bav
not far from Mrs: NanderbiltS home. Her
own speedy motor boat would carry her
from her .wn private dock TO the side Of
The Evans and not ono Of her friends or
ncighbors knew anything about the adj
venture.
There were dinners on board. too. for
the rules Of war were relaxed with the
dawn Of peace. and ono nook guarded by
two lonGnoscd guns became Il veritahe
lovers retreat. II has been whispered that
the commanding officer stationed n sailor
nearby ia keep iniru1crS away.
Tic navy certainly loves a lover,
by the time Fcbruary came round there
vas no doubt that his love had proved too
much for the Scruplcs Of the young officer.
lie did not mind the difference in their
ages. Why, n man In the navy lives twice
as long as Il man on shore, so, by his reck-
oning, he was fifty-four instead OF twenty
seven. This was delightfully."- simple, Of
course. but what he could not forget was
The hugcncss Of his lady's fortune
Even as he spoke words OF love TO her on
board his floating home, he could look
landward and see her Dalatial home frown-
ing down on him. He knew it cost a quar-
Ter OF million to keep it up. He knew
mat Jewels worth an Emperor's ransom
were locked away in strong boxes. that
young Bill was heir to ten millions left by
his late father with Oakland Farms the
magnificent estate three miles ont OF New.
port.
Even as FitZsimOns stammered of his
love he knew that dozen other men we're
paying court TO his lady, men Of her own
social circle, with the same social tradi-
ton and many Of them Of large fortune
Visions OF Williams Burden, Lawrence
Copyright. 1919 by Star Company.
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Lieut.. Paul
Fitzsinons.

But there was a
way out-her son
and the Evans.
There was no rea-
: on W h V $ he
should not visit
her son whenever
his ship was in
port. was there?
The office" com
plcment OF q de.
strOyer is small.
NJ RS. Vanderbilt
" o II ] Il naturally
meet II cr sons
s G or officer
whenever she Wis
tied him, and the
rest would be
simple. Also, there
would be no I'M
kind comment as
10 her visits, for
The Gro VS. and Of
iccrG of q de-
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10 be among their guests. This. mark YOU
w?s the very last Of March
But on the third Of April society 81 home
and abroad was thundcrstruck 10 hear Of
Mrs. Nanderbilt's almost secret marriage
10 fitZSimonS.
Naturally with the blooming OF this re.
markable romance fashionable society
everywhere is digging into the past and
recalling tales OF Mrs. Vanderbt's earlier
love story the story that did not turn out
happily When Elsie French was a fifteen.
yearold napper with yellow curls all over
her head. Alfred Vanderbilt eighteen
years old as dark as Elsie was fair, was
her devoted slave.
They went together constantly. even
a that age. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
and Mrs. French knew that a marriage
was bound to occur and no effort was
made to interior. Socially and financially
it was a perfect match.
The divorce al the end OF seven
wrctchcd years OF scand.l and Vanderbilt's
marriage to Mrs. Margaret McKim are a
part Of New York social history. and ii is
needless 10 repeat any OF IL 'lcre When
the Iustana took Alfred Vanderbilt, 10 his
death it was found that he had lef, several
millions in trust to his son. Rill as we'll as
Oakland Farms, and nothing TO his first
wife. She did not want a cent OF his
money as she had large fortune in her
own name.
years ago. During this time she has had at
least twenty suitors. but she never consid-
cred anv of them seriously. not even tho
ardent Count William Won Bcntinck of the
fotsdam Guards, real parsonage in Berlin
society Her tragic experience as the wife
Of Alfred Vanderbilt had apparently cured
Ter Of any desire TO marry second time
Then came the war. and from its out
break in 1914 she devoted herself to Red
Cross relief for the Allied armies. When
the German submarine U-53 popped up in
Newport harbor Mrs. Vanderbilt did her
hest to have it ordered away. When re-
ports OF the U-boat treachery off the coast
came in she was the first woman TO arrive
on the dock to aid the terror stricken
refugees.
For her war work since our entrance
into the war the American Social Science
Association awarded her its patriotic SER
vice medal and the United States Govern
mcnt has recommended her for special
praise
Undoubtedly Mrs. Vanderbilt's war activ.
tiles helped to blind her friends and rela-
lives to her interest in Lieutenant Fitzsim-
ons and made the war-ship counting all
the more possible. On the return OF the
happy bride and bridegroom society will
Guido itself to entertain them Secrecy
will most assuredly not veil the gorgeous
hess of several dinners that are already
being planned for them.
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station.
Il was horn there
he said. Just twenty
seven years ago. Nv
father was medical di-
rector of the station
and our home was
that first little red
brick Gotta Sc" SO by
birth FitZsimons is a
sort OF a Ncwporter.
Lieutenant l''it2-
simons has been called
the handsomest man
in The navy. lie is
;all, broad shouldered
and carries himself as
n son OF Annapolis
should. lie has seen
TWO years OF war ser
vice in the destroyer
tlotilla and is an all
round good fellow. or
course. he comes OF
people who have never
had any money and
whose social life lies
far from Ncwport-New
York society.
There was 70 doubt.
mat first evening.
that III" Young lieu
tenant was deeply i'm
pressed by his charm.
ing hostess and her
elaborate establish
iii'iit. ne penalty
paid by womcl in
Mrs. Nandcrbilt's DO
Sition is that every
one knows all abou,
n @ m. F'iIzsinons
knew that she pos
sessed a huge fortune.
ne knew about her
unhappy domestic life
and her divorce. lie
a $50 knew mat she
was ono Of the most
genuinely philanthro.
Hic women in Tho
world, that she was
K eenly Interested i'm
he navy. and that she
n @.ft o. 49,.