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THE SUN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1918.
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TELLS HOW P. R. R.
BATTLED WINTER
Elisliii Lee Reports on Worst
Wcnther Handicaps Bond
Ever Knew.
rn.usKs rail employees
Shop Men Hnd to Bo Used ns
Shovellers to Dig Ont
Snow Burled Trains.
TIi -'ton' of Oie worst winter in the
Hitory of railroading Is told In a. report
jal nude to President Samuel Ilea of
ltd Pennsylvania Railroad ly Kllsha
Uf, the road'H acting vice-president In
ttarRf of ovcratlon. It Is a story which
chronicles the heartbreaking experiences
of rallroul men In the sivae period
from niH-Occember to early February
rtci She Pennsylvania, lines ceemed
teullnr!)' afflicted, according to the re
jwrtJ received by the Regional Director
t! Ilallroacl.s, A. H. Hmlth.
Th features of the wenther In the
itn wccfc.i cr so reviewed by Mr. Lee's
report wern riot only record breaking
mM. heacy snowfalls and high winds
i.,,t die unprecedented length of frigid
which give no breathing time to
twoe- and prepare for the next t-mer-f:icy
I" the mountain regions trav
trrnl by the Pennsylvania lines these
ir.rilliioii persisted thromhout the en
l,r ieric-1. Other roads of course suf
f(rd! .'imibr handicaps. i
Ire llnlU Cur Float.
:vrr ti far routh ns Cape Charles,
., wher ordinarily lUtlo trouble Is
iper;nced from enow or cold," the re-
r rt.ites. "Ihero were fifteen days
ji-en It was Impossible: to operate car
;ii across the mouth of the Chesa
jiae to Norfolk on account of the Ice
turir, nnd passenger, mall and express
rrU'o was suspended on three occa
tm At Urenron, Pa., on top of the
AHecliRny Mountains, through which a
j,i;e p-nporllcm of freight for eastern
urrr.:r..i!s must pass, temperatures of IS
i;;r.c.s below laro were reported, with
mil ales and with fcyty Inches of snow
i-i Hie ground.
which did not afflict the railroad men.
Mr, lee mentions frozen ash pans, coat
freezing In cars and on tho wharves,
solidified Into a maDslllte concrete:
froten Journal boxes, solidly frozen road
beds, which Increased the wear and tear
on engines and other rolling stock:
broken main nnd Aide rods of engines,
constant trouhla with hollers, especially
In the mountain divisions, due to the un
avoidable use of water of poor quality,
and frozen switches everywhere, the
riirltadelphla terminal division alone re
porting seventy switch failures In a
single day. '
"On the night of January 27," Mr. Iee
states, "when half a dozen through ex
prets trains were stalled on the top of
tho Alleghany Mountains near Oalllt
r.ln. Pa., with the temperature at zero,
the wind blowing a galo and tho snow
drifting twelve to fifteen- feet deep In
the cuts, Train No. !, the Western Kx
press, with three engines, reached a
point a little less than half a mile west
of nallltzln when It was slopped by the
snow. The seven rear cars were un
coupled and another engine was sent to
pull them back, but by tho time the tun
nel was reached Iho west portnl had
drifted shut nnd It was Impossible to go
further.
fi Knglnrs In 7 V.mptr Coaches.
"Passengevs were taken out of the
trains and hotel accommodations were
provided for them. Tho cars could not
bo moved until 6 o'clock the next after
noon, and then It required five heavy
freight engines to pull tho seven empty
roaches. Meanwhile, the other three
cars which had headed the train, to
gether with the engines which were
pulling the train when It stalled, re
mained In the drifts beyond Oallltiln. a
mile and a half further along. Five
hundred men worked nil night on Jnn
uary 17 nnd nil the next day until mid
afternoon before these threo car and
three engines were dug out and the
tracks were cleared for them to move."
This was a typical Instance of the
work railroad men were railed upon to
do every now nnd then In the Penn
sylvania mountains. Put operation kept
up desplto these staggering difficulties.
Tho acting vice-president, reports with
obvious pride: "
"Desnitc tho conditions which pre
vailed during tho period, 2.773 freight
trains, with n total of 110,4.17 cars, were
moved over the Alleghany Mountains In
January. At the same time all regularly
scheduled passenger trains were repre
sented with very few exceptions occur
ring In tho worst storms, when some
through trains were annulled.
"Theso results. In tho face of unpre
cedented difficulties, were only accom
plished by the self-sacrifice, loyalty and
devotion to duty or many mousana om
oers and employees of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, who iheerfully performed un
arcustomed and arduous work, and re
peatedly faced hardship, danger and real
suffering In the struggle to keep the lines
open so that tho public and the i;ovcrn-
RIFLES TURNED OUT
AT MAXIMUM RATE
United States Making "More
Than Did Britain After
Years of War.
BARER OUTLINES
NEW AIDS' DUTIES
Functions Cover Activities of
Stcttlnius, Gocthals and
Fosdick.
LARGE STOCK ON HANI)
Cartridges Manufactured on a
SitnilaiScale, Says War
Department.
Washington-, Feb. 23. Seven hundred
thousand army rifles have been produced
In tho United Slates since this country
entered the war, according to a state
ment made public to-day by tho Ord
nance Bureau of the War Department.
During the wee; ending February 3 the
dally production was 7.S05 Hnflelds nnd
1,442 Sprlngftclds, or a total of 9,247
service rifles added to the stock every
day. In addition tho Government re
ceived 13,113 Russian army rifles dur
ing the week, making a total weekly rifle
output of 72,l"i2 weapons of till class.
Figures on the American weapons fell
olT slightly the week ending February 10,
while the output of Russian rifles in
creased, the totnl output for tho week of
all types being 71,192.
Tills production, the statement says. Is
tho greatest ever nrhleved by anv coun
try In a similar period of ten months.
HE MENTIONS NO NAMES
Secretary Says Nominations
Are Questions for Presi
dent to Decide.
WAsiilNUTON', Feb. 13. With the Ad
ministration bill creating two additional
Assistant Secretaries of War before Com
gross, Secretary Raker explained to-day
tho functions to which his new aids
would to nsslgned.
He would not Indicate who ho had In
mind fur Hie rxsts. saving that the nomi
nations were matters for the President
only, but the names unofficially sug
gested Include those of Kdward R.. Stnt
tlnlus, now tiurvejor Ocncral of War
Department pun-liases; MaJ.-Ocn. doe
ihals, acting Quartermaster Uenrral,
and Raymond D, Fosdick, chairman of
tho Commission of Training Camp Ac
tivities. Mr. Raker said that Assistant Secre
tary Crowell would become, the direct
understudy of tho Secretary and assume
thn duties of the head of tho War De
partment In his absence. Tho new Sec
ond Assistant will have supervision of
RUDOLPH
GANZ
Eminent Swiss
Pianist and
Composer
It is four times greater than the RrltUh I nU -industrial and commercial" actlvl
output nrter ten months of war and tlp r ,ne wr Department, noting In
twice ns large as the Urltlsh output after ,10 name of the Secretory on all mat-
two nnd a half vears of war.
- WaJiave to-day," thei statement says,
-a total of 1,300.000 service rifles. Only
about 50 per cent, of tho troops carry
rifles. Wo have in addition 160.000
ler.i of this character nnd supervising
tl.o purchases of all bureaus.
The alMwlutment of Mr. Stettlnlus ns
sfrnnd riKslstant would bo In line with
i Mr. Raker's statement to a Congressional
K-oni December 20 to January 28 the
mnictcr never registered higher j merit might be served,
" degrees above fleering, and that I
' for mi hour or so on four different
'Vr eight days, from Djcembor
making rifles nnd mm Government and
nine private making cartridges.
It I pointed out that the modified
Knfleld rlllo has iwen tooted fully and
I WEATHER HAMPERS YREJfmi. J'X
January I. the thermometer -on-
.n, rerlftcred zero or lower with I Storm's KnTect Reflected In Increase
i mis prevailing, and this was fol- 1 jdr cars.
v ( in iay mroicn, irom .innu- i
J.-iuary 21 Inclusive, on eight
!i the mercury Ftaycd below
M
fno
r Inslan.-rs of this crippling
- reported by Vice-President
Pittsburg division showing a
t lency of 4SS degrees of tern-
, t:ie month of January as
)i -ed w.th January, 1917. On this
' snowfall measured twenty
en . n half Inches ns against nine
... It Irn lie" In January, 1917.
.'e drifts at the entrance to the Gal
'mp.els nt the summit of the
i. ', -.in were fifteen feet deep. The
." lern dhislon, serving Buffalo, re
;e;:f double the snowfall of last year
sr. 1 (.uttered from several ulixzirds, dur
Irc which there was practically no train
rrovement for from twenty-four to sev-ts'y-tno
hours at a stretch. All dlvi
f.on suffered mere or less.
The effect on freight movements of
tho bad weather of Thursday nnd Fri
day began to appear yesterday In re
ports sent from railroad division man
agers to Alfred II. Smith, director of
railroads for the Hast.
Tho report.s showed that on Thursday
there wero more than 41,000 cars "above
normal" lying Idle at different pot.its i'i
,Y000,nUU l!m r "TV", committee that the place of Mr. Stettlnlus
"InaL .? f ,rlne!,;flr.,a ,0t"1 of -Ojoutllr, the Department was one of "growing
?C2 i 'il'f r"les , ., functions." In that connection, however.
Rlfla cartridge production Is on a lt was -eonlled to-dav that recently the
similar scale. sny the statement, show- nan)fl of tj,. rjoclhals hnd been proml
Ing that a total of 7,300.000 was the ncntv ,nPntlonM as an assistant Secre
dally average output In January. t War lu ,ucusp Ions ,,f changes
Summarizing tho work on rifle. It Is ,.. ihe War Department Pnder Gen. I
snonn mat jmio.dpo.oon is being spent foctnas tlu, (junrtfrmastcr' Dcpart
for thoso arms alono nnd that 200 army , -,.., lula i,een m.rganlied and Its work
otflcers, SO.00O men and 10,000 women ctiinrged
are employed on the manufacture, of I T)c thIr, assistant. Mr. Raker said,
rifles nnd cartridge. There are two i w( ,mva dlre(,t HUIwrvlston of all "ticin
(government nnd three private plants . .in, ,.,ii,i e rMtir " That
function Is now exercised very largely
by Mr Fosdick as chairman of the Coin
mission on Training Camp Activities.
Tho position of fourth assistant will
he held by .loiin C. Scotleld, now assist
ant and chief clerk ard ns such. In
charge of administrative matters, not
dlrectlv under the various, bureaus, and i
of the entire clerical personnel or llic
curacy of fire. It Is noted that a regi
ment of i.egro troort made 4 1 out of a
possible .10 score with this weapon at
snort range, although many of tho men drpartmcnt.
WORKER ON U. S. JOB IS HELD.
Accused at Charleston. V. V., of
llcllttlln (he Draft I.nvr.
''inr.LKsvoN W. Va , 1VI). 23. Htr-
hert T'. Reck, foreman of construction
for Iho contracting llrni en-faireil 111 erect-
the Fast, and that on Friday the amount j ii:g the Government projectile plant at
rose to abovo 43,000. On February fi the 1 South Charleston, was taken before John
number stood at mom than 160,000, and T. Thayer. I'nlted States
until two days ago hnd been decreasing .
steadily. Tho increase recorded yester
day Is directly due to bad we.ithei, and
Is expected to disappear In a day or two.
A tabulation of empty cars in the re
gion of Mr. Smith's jurisdiction nhowed
K.105 bound east on Thursday and I. MS
I coming east on Friday. There Is a gen-
, .. . eral decrease In the amount of flood wa-
sbo Men Torn Shoveller.. Ur r(?))t of way R1(fht hur(,rtH,
"9 conditions made It necessary to and ninety-three cars of provisions and
mw shopmen from Indoor work to j dressed beef left Chicago for Atlantic
el snow, break Ice and clear i shipment yesterday.
work that Involved severe!
. a-.l-' 'p. This withdrawal had a serious
''it "iion repairs and construction, but
-"1,- t e circumstances. Mr. Lee ,re-
it there was no alternative. Other
p n would have been Imporslble to
Up .ines open at all.
s an Illustration of the hard work
("one hv indoor men under terrific
atv.er conditions It is mentioned that
fhn men at Altoona spent 9,223 ten hour
'a n snow shovelling and switch
'fa- rg This prevented repairs to nine
en igiues, stopped the building of
'.i "v.! no Keel gondola freight cars,
va"-d t!i strengthening of thirty-three
jr ,.' .he same ilasa and Interfered
vi' i other necessary shop work. I nr
" 1' t.-liurg dhlslon reported an nc- The mcssag.
ijjT,,,;, ,IZ Jt cars awaning re
j ' i -ifr rent, nbnve normal.
nio''g imscellar.eous rerultt re
sortpl from the severe cold on all dl
v.i.nns " Mr. I.pe htate", "were air hose
'er.uig, trnins stalling, trains parting
'"ause of broken couplings, hot boxes
'if to Joun.als being stripped off by
.n or ice; broken rails, frozen signals
Mftiial wires and failure of inter
''"'ning plants. Much trouble was cx
'rlentfd by water pcoops freezing up."
uinar shortage was a rcrious draw
SON IS GERMAN PRISONER.
U."...."...1.C., .1,.. 1,...
violating the espionage act preferred by
A. K. Hays, a" special agent for the De
partment of Justice.
It Is charged that Heck made remarjts
in the presence of young men of draft
age tending to hinder the operation of
the selective military service law.
Halifax Trolley Men on Strike.
UAi.irAX, Feb. 23 Mntonnen and con
ductors employed by the Nova SvOtla
Tramway Company went on strike here
to-day. N'ot a iir was taken out of the
barns this morning.
Mr. Raker's purpose Is to transfer to1
his new assistants many matters of de
tail which now handicap him In dealing
with the broad policies It is his duty to
work out. In this connection it wnt.
noted that he has reserved to himself
alo all military questions.
As the second assistant would be di
rectly In charge of nil Industrial and
commercial work and would be clothed
with absolute power. It was ruggested
thU offke might meet the urgency for
n director of munitions ina,nucn
been little complaint about
navy contracts at any time.
Mr. Raker said he wished to name an
assistant In charge of the non-military
life of the soldiers, who would regurd the
human sido of the army particularly
and deal with the soldier as n man. not
ns a military unit. I'nder that offlel.il
would be brought together nil activities
concerned with the entertainment, voca
tional tralnlnc, athletic development and
general environment of the army camp-.
(juestlnr.it relating to the army chapl.iln
service, to the Y M. C A., and other
semi-official welfare agencies would also
be centralized In this office.
Osone Park Mother (Jets f'nrd Prom
(iermnny.
A postcard that has been mi transit
since November from Westphalia. Oer
many, reached Sirs. Anna Seaman at
her home in Ozone Park, I,. I., yester
day. It bore a few words from her son,
a member of tho Klcventh Hnglneers,
who was once reported dead after the
attack on Cambral,
"Taken prisoner Not wounded. Well.
was the first direct word
Mrs. Seaman had from the young sol
dier. Ueyond reporting his capture, the
War Department had sent no news. Mrs.
Seaman had changed her address, but
has notified the Washington authorities
and now expects to lie In more regular
communication with her son. She too't
considerable comfort from the wording
of the message.
Seaman enlisted In April, 1917, at
Fort Totten. and left for France In the
SHEA TO TAKE VACATION.
early fall. He was one of the engln
who were surprised with only their dig
'k In this difficult situation. On the ' glng tools for defence by the Oennan
rreo:i division It was necessary to hire attacking party. Mrs. Seaman Is a
"1 m'v men to maintain an engine ' widow
usf fo-ie of 14D men. In the P.tts-
Irs illstnct per cent, of the entire
ife of freight brakemen ami 41 per
.it of t entire force of firemen have
en i f"he service less than siv months
'ii 1 Monongahela division. In order to
'r s.'i ''les open, it was necessary for
-ifff -.is, assistant supervisor:, and Santiago, Chile, Feb. 23. The Amer
T . i M do laborers' work with pick I lean Ambassador, Joseph H. Shea, will
r"1 -h 1 Many causes contributed to depart soon for a vacation in tho United
' te.iu i. nn of the average tonnage car-i states. Ho called on President San
fl p.r freight train. . fucnte.s and Foreign Minister Perclra to-
e wai" no hott of annoyance i day and took leave of them.
American Ambassador to
Will Come Home.
Chile
Alfred A.Kohn
Announces the Final Week of thaSemi-Annual
SALE
of Women's Smart Shoes
Coriirting cf exclusive deiijni, incomplete sizei,
but your nze may be obtained among them.
Final Disposal Price
Seven Fifty
borne of these, sold for $18 a pair.
P tutly none re'.umab'e.
a pair.
Special Sacrifice
Ladies' Satin Evening Slippers
CLEARANCE PRICE,
Sites irregular,
A
Two Dollars
505 FIFTH AVENUE, at 42nd Street
CHARGE PATRONS MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THESE SALES, HAVING BILLS RENDERED APRIL 1st.
mq
!5 i68 :es JSfiflh -Arcnuc tp at st m y
Last "Close-Out" Prices
On Remaining Winter Apparel
Rich Fur-Trimmed Wraps
Afternoon and Evening styles of satin, velveteen and chif
fon velvet trimmed with fashionable furs.
Formerly to $ 3 5 0-no w $125-$ 1 45$ 1 65
Gowns and Dresses
Street, Afternoon and Evening styles including many in
very desirable models grouped for prompt disposal.
Formerly to $ 1 75 now $38 & $58
Smart Fur-Trimmed Coats
Fashionable models developed in rich, soft materials
trimmed with luxurious furs
Formerly to $ 1 95 now $55$75-$95
COATS WITHOUT FUR-Formerly to $95-$35 & $45
Magnificent Furs
At Very Great Savings
Beautifully matched Chinchilla Wrap and one of
dark Russian Sable Skins, also Dolman Wrap of
fine Baby Caracul Hudson Seal Nutria and Taupe
Squirrel, trimmed with contrasting Furs, have been
further reduced and are now being offered at very
low prices.
Coatees Stoles and Shoulder Capes of Kolinsky,
Mole, Mink, Hudson Seal, Dyed and Natural Squirrel,
ranging from $60 to $350
Bringing the Great Pianists
To Your Home
The Duo-Art Piano
1111
E publish herewith a most significant letter
from Rudolph Ganz, one of the great
pianists of the present day. In this letter
Mr. Ganz quotes a lady to whom he had
just been introduced. She told him he had been a
very welcome guest in her music-room for several months
though he had never been there in person.
He knew what she meant. She was referring to
her possession the Duo-Art Piano for which he,
in common with the other leading pianists of the
present day, makes the record-rolls.
We invite you to read Mr. Ganz's letter which
here follows:
Gentlemen :
" The oilier tuif I luul the pleasure of meeting u -eell-known society lady who
in the course of conversation told me that I had been a very welcome guest in her
music-room for some months past though I never had been there in person. 1
guessed lanv it may have happened and I guessed right. I simply ashed, ' What
Duo-Art records have you got in your library, Madame?'' because. I am anxious
about being represented in a musical home with the records which 1 consider the
most complete ones. 1 was happy to find that my own compositions, 'Play of the
Waves' and the 1 Minuet t in IT were among the favorites. The latter particu
larly reproduces the graceful rhythm and s-wing and the Duo-Art has succeeded
in bringing out some very sensitive colorings. The 'Country Dance'' of my
young friend and pupil. Ahe. McJ'idyii, seemed to be equally popular with her
guests. Hut no doubt the Sibelius 'Jlomance in DJlnt' which 1 have played all
over the" country and which 1 shall play again on February 1 7th at the Metro
politan Sunday Concert I was Ihe one example where both lyric and dramatic
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"I personally am very proud of this roll and I only can wish that it might be
found in every Duo-Art library where I have the privilege, of being included. "
t Very sincerely,
Such a letter as this can have but
one meaning it tells of the dawning
of a new epoch in music.
In this new epoch the piano-forte
in the home changes completely its
character. From the cold, silent,
handsome piece of furniture, or the
little-used instrument, it becomes
the world's greatest and most elo
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The lady referred to in Mr. Ganz's
letter liad replaced the previous piano
in her music-room with the Duo
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forte character, had she lost by the
exchange. In beauty of appearance,
in excellence of key-board action for
hand-playing, in superb musical
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the gainer.
But greatest of all, she had brought
Rudolph Ganz as a permanent dweller
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