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SOLUM TAKESraflL COUNT STRIKERS ARE ORDERED TO RESUME WORK; NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION BEING PLANNED! Italy May Spoil German Plan for Big Drive in Hunger, Kaiser's Ally in Bringing Strikers to Time Government Orders Rations Reduced (o Strikers Socialist Member of Reichstag Arrested When Attempting to Address Workingmen Threats oW5avE VENICE I I sf SOMITES and Force Have Not Berlin Pessimistic Over The. arrow shows the location of the new Italian drive where General Diaz's men have forged ahead a mile between Asiago and the Brenta River If the Italians' blows continue with success they probably will spoil thd German plan for a powerful drive against the French or British on the wesl Litovsk Separate Peace front in the spring. BOLSHEVIK AUTHORITIES U. to Control Niagara Power Special Staff Dispatch. WASHINGTON.

D. Feb. 2. Niagara Falls great electric power plants.will.be the next industry to be brought under the control of the federal governnient in brdetf to speed up the war program. PLOT IX FAVOR Bv Associated ONE YEAR OF RUTHLESS WARFARE brings this answer from Sir Eric Geddes.

admiralty: i "The submarine is held." C( The conditions which made it necessary for the President to take control of the Niagara electric power for the federal government The rapid expansion of many important war plants which require electric power, the embargo placed by the Canadian government on the sale of electricity generated in Canada to American plants and the. -J impossibility of regulating or cutting off the use of electric current by non-essential industries except through definite federal control. nouncement conies the disclosure by military and financial leaders expected th. Britain to her knees in six months and end SINKING OF MERCHANT SHIPPINO level maintained before the policy of effect on February 1. 1917.

Sir Eric Geddo no change in the situation but for the bet complete defeat of the U-boats soon it is noi more shins, he savs, and he believes that United States and Great Britain will THE AMSTERDAM HANDELSF.LAD ness was decided upon the German naval a "SULLY" WAS NOTED CHAMPION OF PRIZE RING Dropped Dead at His Home in Arlington, Near Boston Today After Great Career in the Roped Arena He Became an Ardent Advocate of Temp erance, Acquiring Fame as a Lecturer. Associated Press. ABINGTON, Feb. 2. Sullivan, formerly the worfdPs heavyweight champion.

died at his home here today. His death was sudden and unexpected. Sullivan, who was 59 years of age. had lived on a tarm here for the last ten years. He was taken ill with heart trouble three weeks ago.

but his health quickly improved and he went to Boston yesterday. This morning he arose as usual 2nd. pUnnctkanother visit to the city, but during the forenoon had an attack of the old trouble from which he failed to rally. He died at noon. Sullivan's wife died some months ago.

His Notable Oarrrr. John Laurence Sullivan was on of the most picturesque characters in the history of prize-fisrhting. For more than ten years, from the time he defeated Paddy Ryan in 1SS2. in a bare Inuekle fiurht under the London Prize Ring Rules, until he was defeated by James J. Corbett.

in 1S92. his personality and methods of fighting completely dominated sporting circles in the United States. In the annuals of nusrlllsm in this country two notahle distinctions were iiis; be w.is the last chamDion under the London Prize Rinu Rules and he was the first native born American to succeed to the World's championship. Tt was largely throueh his achievements that the championship title was made a prize of sreat monetary value. In the early days of his career.

$1,000 a side was looked on as a great sum. He received onlv $53 for the fisrht that made him a national character in fisticuffs and won him rizht to cha-llenge Paddy Ryan for championship. Continued in 6th Column, Page 2. BUFFALO MAN KILLED. ROCHESTER.

Kt Phillips, rears old. af X. 7 Kellogg Street. Buffalo, who wa injured by a fall nt the plant of th. Tool Work, died at St.

Mary's Hospital last niztat. Phillips was at work on an addition to th Gleason plant when ho stepped backward, slipped and fell thronsrh a (ikvltsht 45 feet below. GREAT BKAK SPRING WATER. COc per case of 0 class stoppered bottles. DIED.

CROSSMAN To Buffalo. February 1. Charles W. Crotmman. hnsband of Martha McDonald, father of Edward Hazel M.

Crossman and Mrs. John Baldwin. Funeral from the fatnilv renidence. No. 51S South Division Street.

Sunday afternoon at o'clock, and from St. Joseph's Chnrch, Perrv. N. Mondar mornlnir at 9 o'clock Burial at Perry, N. Y.

Friends are invited to attend. 2 TANNER In this city. 3t. iniS. Frank Tanner.

Funeral will take place from the residence of his brother, A. R. Tanner, No. IrtH Dupont Street. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Burial at convenience of family. ELLIS In Buffalo. January SI, 101 Thomas S. Kllis, husband of Lucinda Ellis, father of Pr. George Howard Jesse E.

and Florence F. Ellis. Funeral, from the family residence. No. 376 Glen-wood Avenue.

Monday morninsr at 9 o'clock and from St. Nicholas' Church at 10 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Lodge No. 15, B.

of L. E. 2 Suddenly, Nora B. Meta (nee Desmond), wife of Roland FI. Metis, daoph-ter of Daniel Desmond, sister of Frank Edward P.

Fnneral from the famllT residence. No. 40 Kuoerl Avenue, Monday morning at 8 A. M. and from St.

Teresa'a Chnrch at 9 A. M. Friends are Inrlted to attend. Oswego. N.

papers please copy. Auto service. Its Place yon orders for flowers with ron. No 44Q Main Str-et. 35TH YEAR, NO.

15. LATE JOHN L. SULLIVAN. OIL INDUSTRY TO BE PLACED UNDER CONTROL By Associated Press. WASHIXTO.V, Feb.

2. The government today took the final steps toward taking over administration of the fuel oil industry. By Presidential proclamation to be Issued soon, the industry will be placed under the fuel administration and be conducted viider license. GRIM REAPER NEW YORK. Feb.

Leander Ricl dramatic editor and critic and author, died today at his bme here, aged years. He ireneral manaser for William A. i y' theatrical productions. "Mr. Richardson was credited with beinir the first man to introduce theatrical news into the news columns of Boston.

Chicago and New York daily papers. He was editor of the New York Dramatic New, lSni to and wrote three novels and six plays. He was born in Cincinnati. IN MEMORIAM. RE1NHARDT In lovinjr memory of Anna Maria Reinhardt.

who passed away February 131G. We think of our dear mother and our hearts are sad with pain. Oh. this earth would be Heaven could we hear her voire asrain: Just two years asro she left us, how we miss "her lovins face. But she left ns to remember none on earth can take her place.

SON AND DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN. If in need "of flowca try Schocnhut. 332 William Street. Bot 'phones. 'JMW "'Ulll.

DIED. MARENCOVICK In this city, February 2. 191S. Nicholas, husband of the lnte Barbara Mareneovick, nee Reiland. and father of Rev.

John A. of French Creek, N. George Edward. Marv and Richartl Mareneovick and Mrs. K.

J. Sherlock, aged 7S years. Funeral from family residence. No. 2S2 Cedar Street, Tuesday morning at o'clock, and from St.

Mary's Church at 0 :30 o'clock. Friends are invited attend. 2t4 MERCIAN In Buffalo. N. February 1.

1918. Bridget Ellen (nee Levis), wife of Patrick J. Meegan. mother of Loretta Harold C. Timothy John William Margaret.

Joseph P. and Samuel H. Meegan. sister of Mrs. Joseph Shee-han and Mrs.

Timothy Murray. The fnneral will take place from the family residence. No. 104 O'Connell Avenne. Monday morning at 8 o'clock, and from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chnrch at 8 o'clock.

Friends are Invited to attend. BTTGMAN In Buffalo. N. February I. 1918.

Matilda Bugman (nee Bollow), wife of Henry Bugman, mother of Mrs. A. Cohen. Ada and Gertrude' Bugman. The fnneral will take place from the family residence.

No. 59 Charlotte Avenne, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and from St. Peter's Church, Hickory and Genesee Streets, at 2:30. Friends.are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Pan-American Review.

I O. T. and Delaware Council. Degree of Anto service. i -t3 Pretty Chilly for Fig Leaves This Is true in more ways than one.

The women of Xew Vorfc. now that they have the votes, have demanded that some of the "Mother Eve" costumes he driven from the New York stage. Mayor Dylan has promised to help them. Read the htehly Illustrated, highly sensational article in The Sunday TIMES. FEATURE MAGAZINE TOMORROW.

IK suited financiers and business men and it marine was the only means of defeating fir. "firm neace." Little weight was attached PORTER NORTON, WIDELY-KNOWN LAWYER, IS DEAD Death Follows Closely Demise of Clarence M. Bushnell, His Former Law Partner. LONG A MEMBER OF BAR Senior Member of Law Firm of Norton, Penny and Nye. Was Sixty-five Years Old.

Death called a second prominent Buffalo lawyer within 15 hours when Porter Norton, senior member of the law firm of Norton, Penney Nye and one of the most prominent lawyers in Buffalo, died at his homo. No. 33 Gates Circle, at 9 o'clock today. Clarence M. Bushnell, former law partner of Mr.

Norton and also one of the most prominent members of the legal call-, ing here, died last night. Mr. Norton's death occurred suddenly in his home as he was coming downstairs to breakfast. Members of the household heard him fall and ran to assist Mr. Norton.

Mrs. Norton was the first at his side and found her husband suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. Dr. Henry C. Buswell was called but medical aid was unavailing ahd death resulted within 15 minutes after Mr.

Norton was seized. In good health until a few weeks ago Mr. Norton was at his office regularly. In the first week in January he attended the annual meeting and banquet of the New York State Bar Association held in New York City, where he contracted a bronchial cold and suffered an attack of ptomaine poisoning. his arrival home he was confined the house, bat hiff recovety.

was looked for ana he was reported in fairly good health during the. past few days. He had planned to return to his office next week. Born in Buffalo July 9, 1853. Mr.

Norton was 64 years old. Forty-four years of his life were spent in the practice of law in Buffalo. He was a son of CharlesD. Norton, former judge of the Surrogate's Court and Collector for the city of Buffalo. His mother was Jeanette Phelps of Canandaigua.

The Norton ancestry dates back to the Revolutionary days, when the Nortons and Phelpses were active in the war of the Revolution. Preceded by his father, an eminent and distinguished lawyer. Porter Norton was educated for the legal profession. He was first educated at the private school of Prof. Briggs and graduated in 1873.

Leaving scuool. he entered the law office of Sprague Gor-ham and in 1875 he was admitted to the bar. Leaving the office of Sprague Gorman, young Norton entered the office of Lewis Gurney and later entered the office of Henry W. Box, who had been attorney for tho street railway system of Buffalo for more than 40 years. On his 26th birthday, July.

1873, Porter Norton married the daughter of S. V. R. "Watson, then head of the street railway company. lie then became a partner with Mr.

Box under the firm name of Box, Norton Bushnell, the nast-named dying last night. Mr. Norton continued as the attorney for the street railway system of Buffalo with the following law firms, named in the- order of their organizations Norton, Penney Sears: Norton. Penney, Spring Moore; Norton, Penney Nye the last named firm being formed January 1, 1918. Porter Norton is survived by his widow, a son.

Porter Norton, a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Norton Streeter, a brother, Charles P. Norton, chancellor of the University of Buffalo, and an aunt. Miss Phelps of Canandaigua. He was a memher of the Buffalo Club, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association and Buffalo Lawyers' Club.

He was a trustee of Deveaux College; Niagara Falls, and a vestryman at Trinity Church. He was a director of the International Railway Company and also director of Murderer Blown to Dynamite By Associated Press. EL PASO. Tex Feb. 2.

After shooting and killing foui persons and dangerously wounding anoLh-' early to-ow TTeiina Alvorrez. i Mexican as himself blawn to piecj by dynamite which was thrown into t.i eman nouse in the MeTian quarter he had tot-on riWa frnm mors 100 city and military police, who attempted to capture him Alvorrez went to tho ho Tie of Trinidad Lucero and b.ran shooting Ghosts in the Trenches Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey in his series of orlsrinal articles for The Sunday TIMES, (no reprint 6tnff) tells some harrowing and some amoslns experiences in the eleventh article which appears tomorrow. It Is entitled. "Jim A Soldier of the Klne." and it is as eood as any of his live, verile chan-. tcrs that have gone before.

READ IT Mr Ground Hog 5au is Sliadow Mr. i Ground shadow today. Hog saw his It wasn't a small shad- ow; nor an i i i net one either. 5 The sun was on the job bright and early and stayed on the job, with no i clouds toJ give the si i chance for Mr. Ground Hog to miss his shadow.

And a result, ac- cordine to the cdod old Indian legend, which has come true any number of times, we will have six weeks more of winter. "Foolishness," said Mr. Cuth- bertson today when reminded of the groundhog legend. "But," he added, "the zero wave will continue several days, with a slight moderation tomorrow." January was the coldest month in the history of, the Buffalo weather bureau, i boasting a mean temperature of 14 degrees. Six degrees below zero on the 13th was the coldest day, the warmest was on the day before when the mercury went un to '40 degrees.

The heaviest snow- fall was on the 15th when 11.5 inches fell in 24 hours. Eighty eight miles an hour on the 12th was he record wind Velocity. iv The month on the wTiole was the severest and most persistent cold one in the weather bureau's history. The ice on Lake Erie extended beyond vision from the 1st to I the 31st, and the average I thickness was 22 inches. TANKE i A- ON ROCKY LEDGE By United Press.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Feb. 2. The steamship Alabama, tanker of the Texas Oil Company, is In immediate danger of breaking up today on one of the most dangerous ledges on the Atlantic coast. Wireless S.

O. S. calls from the ship were received here early today asking for assistance lmme- uiaieiy ana saying ttie vessel may Dreak up at any time. The messages said the Alabama was blown on the ledge. i The nearest vessels were summoned by wireless to go to her assistance, but it was feared ice floes may hinder their progress Five o'Clock Tea I No More for Dutch 4- AMSTERDAM, Fel.

2. Five o'clock tea has ben abolished in Holland. Begin- ning yesterday the govern- ment prohibited the serving of tea in cafes, restaurants, tea rooms, hotels and similar places. This action was taken because stocks of tea were appearing fast and imports had ceased. Steamer Montreal Sunk in Collision Bv Associated PressiCanle.

LONDON, Feb. 2. Thl Steamship Montreal has been sunk in a collision. There was no loss of life and two de stroyers took off the crew. The other vessel in Ithe accident sustained little damage, I There ire two British steamships hamed Montreal.

One, of 8,644 tons. Is owned by the Canadian Pacific Rail-ivay Company and i's port is Londcn. The ether, of tons, is owred by the Canada- Steamship Lines and its port is Montreal. ''-J I There is a French -steamer Montreal of 3,342 tons. Its port is Havre.

I. PARIS A dispatch from Geneva. Switz erland, to the Temps says that the Swiss federal council, at an extraordirfaiy meet ing at which Gen. Ulrtch ille. commander of the army, and his chief of staff were present, considered tne ultimatum tnat tias been issued to the federal council by the labor federation, demanding demobilization of the Swiss army, beginning immediately and terminating not later than May 1st.

The labor ultimatum also demanded that deserters and recalcitrants, as well as men in the anxiliary service, shall be mustered out-immediately and given their unpaid salaries. Two Complete Magazines The Sunday TIMES Is the only paper In Buffalo that eive-j Its read- era two complete Magazine sections EVERY SUNDAY. knows about the-Illustrated Magazine, but just for fun eive a careful look at the FEATURE MAGAZINE section Two complete Detective Novelettes. Fifty-six col- umns oj exclusive features. THE SUNDAY TIMES LEADS THEM ALIi.

ASHORE limited U-boat warfare would result the war. INTEREST IS ADDED TO THE many by the publication in German newspa alleged Anglo-American plot to spread di Powers. The German papers claim that raised in Washington for tho use of West FRANCIS ASSURED TO ALLOWANCE OF SI 5 PER WEEK Bolsheviki Limit Amount Allied Ambassadors May Draw from Russian Banks. TO FORCE RECOGNITION Government Wants Complete Disposal of Russian Money in Bank of England. Bv Associated Press Cable LONDON, Feb.

2. The Bolsheviki government, according to the Petro. grad correspondent of the Times, ha3 adopted another method to compel foreign governments to recognize it The Bolsheviki are refusing to permit British and other foreign embassies and consulates to draw on sums deposited in Russian banks until the Bolsheviki government is allowed to have complete disposal of Russian funds in the Bank of England. WASHINTON, Feb. 2.

Ambassador Francis and members of his staff in Petrograd are assured of 150 rubles per person a week, according to information which has reached the State Department. The ruble is now valued at approximately 10 cents. The ambassador reported to the State Department at the time the banks were closed in Petrograd the difficulty he was having in drawing money that had been placed in one of the banks to his credit and that he was attempting to establish a credit at Vladivostok. No report of any new order by the Bolsheviki government closing credits to Ambassador Francis and other diplomats at the local banks has been reported to the department. PFTROfiRAI) The BolshPviki have cap tured Orenburg, capital of the government of Orenburg.

Deer Run Spring Wjtter, sir hnlf gallon boMle, S-jc. Phone Tupper 35S0-W. 1 Almost a Riot in Bingville If there really wasn't a riot in that quaint little place there will, be one In Buffalo tomorrow when the readers of the Blneville Bugle find out what really did happen. The Bingville Bugle is the funniest humorous department in America today. And like so, many other good things.

YOU GET IT- OXIY WITH THE TIMES. organize revolts and strikes in Germany a allies through branches in neutral countrii neutrals sent into Germany. THREATS AND FORCE arc being useil authorities to crush the strikers. Those ilr. have not yet ended the strike movement.

ting only semi-officials statements on the and even these make no claim that the statements report little gain in the strike i Berlin and Altona districts, whore much tured. The police and military have dissol' izations and dispersed meetings of strikers Yet Knded Movement hitcomc of Brest- Coi ierence. BREAK UP EN. KALEDINES OF (i Press by German submarines irst lord of tho British ncident with thin an-newspaper that German r-boats to bring Great lie war. a Dutch lias dropped below tho destruction went into declares he can foresee r.

To bring about the ssary to have ships and the shipbuilders of the emergency. unlimit meet th ivs that before ruthless- pd military leaders con ns agreed that the nub- it Britain and making a the opinion that un-United States entering SITUATION in Ger-iers of the outline of an insion in the Central marks was anization which was to id the countries of he; and German-speaking ly the Gorman military stic measures, however. ie. censorship i to leave derniany ike has onde'l. These lovoment.

except in the ii- material is manufae-ed the workers' irean-but tho semi-official r. horities have broken up oral Kalodines the Cov-as killed, but th'. others ei were imprisoned, on the lighting frontf. of artillerv honi-Italian northern front. in the STRI! an ord no disnrdl the plot to retrieve lost positions WHAT TO GERMANY DOES CAPTURED AIRMEN AM Two the.

1 STEItPAH. Feb. 2. utprrd British airmen, rs of Berlin are, hern sentenced says. a Or an court martini, to ten imprisonment for drop- hostile proclamation in years ping a Germ a.

For additional war news see racre z. strikers is in effect today. This meann thousa nds. are forbidden to assemble meetings or ioin street dcr throat of being shit. huneer to Citizonn In pnbli'-crowds The Sunday Times Features statements declare there has been IN PETROGRAD THE BOLSHEVIK an a counter revolutionary plot in favor of i sack leader.

One r.f the leaders of escaped. Sixty officers and soldiers impl-a THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE ACT4VIT The Americans in France are having their bardments and rifle fire exchanges. On 1 1 1 the Italians have repulsed an Austrian effort west of the Brenta. PORTER NORTON. the Western New York Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

The funeral will be hMd Monday-afternoon. Other funeral arrangements have not yet been made. British Forces in Palestine Advance Bv United Press. WASHINGTON. Fob.

cipc-ditonary force in Palestine have again aRsumed the offensive, official war reports stated tody4 Gen. Allenby's line has been advanced to Anutieh. three miles north of Blreh on the Nabalus road, the cables British forces operating out of Jerusalem have advanced nearly 20 miles to the northward and are starting an encircling movement, presumably intended to render Jericho untenable for the Xurks. Pieces by After Killing Four at her and her two chilrlrtn. The children were instantly icU.ed an'! their mother wounded.

The police chased him for 10 blocks, shooting as they ran. He entered the house in the Mexican tiunrtFr, barricaded himself and then opened fire on the police, killing one policeman and Juan Garcia, deputy tax collector. Four charges of dynamite I were exploded before the building was wrecked and Alvorrez's body hurled high in the air. Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! The Xew Photosrravtire 1 section of The Sunday TIMES, is so far superior to all previous picture sections that there is no comparison. Printed on a new.

press, by a new process, the picture's show a fealty to detail and a remarkable sharpness that was impossible before. IjOCAX WAR PICTURES. THEATRICAL PICTURES. Bv United Press Cable. AMSTERDRAM, Feb.

2. Germany's military machine is in complete control in Berlin today. Imperial Chancellor Hertling is powerless to invoke civil processes. Munition factories are under martial law. Thousands of strikers are feeling th; weight of the military power's attempt to crush the great general strike through hunger and a threat to shoot down any who resist.

Independent Socialists are organizing a national protest against the arrest of Herr Dittmann, a member of the Reichstag. This news came to Amsterdam to day in despatches from the German capital. Meanwhile Berlin issued a semi-official statement, declaring that strike outbreaks had been reduced to scattering disturbances and intimating that the crisis had passed. Chancellor Hertling ndmitten ins lack of power to interfere with the mailed fist in Berlin when he informed Herr Haasre, Reichstag leader, that he could not secure the release of Dittman after the military had seized him. The order reducing rations to I This You Get foij a Nickel Four pages of Comics The Illustrated Sut-Tay Magazine Spring Planting Number A beautifully printed Magazine of 2 pages The Complete Eight Page Feature Magazine with its columns or exclusive Feature articles and fiction The Photogravure section, the only one in Buffalor And Four Complete News Sections.

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