E SPORTS EXTRA EVENING BArf iuB yyiV'Stwyw LEDGER SPORTS EXTRA VOL. I KO. 1 PHIIjADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914. -j PRICE ONE CENT MAYOR IN MESSAGE ECHOES DEMAND OF PEOPLE FOR REFORM GULF STREAM AND SPONSOR WHO CHRISTENED THE SHIP TODAY Necessity of Providing Funds for Transit Development and South Philadelphia Improvements Are Espe cially Emphasized. Mayor Blankrnburg's third nntmai message, submitted to Councils tbi nftcrnoon, brought to the attention t the legislative bodies the demands f the people for great municipal lmpr ments. Necessity of prn-vldlne funds for tl- -beginning of transit development n"t for the elimination of grade crossings n South Philadelphia Is particular em phasized. "The financial problems of the ot. urn peculiarly the province of your honorable bodies, and I ask for them your early and careful ntlentlon." says the Mayor In his J argument for the great civic betterments. ! "The improvements which seemed Im portant Inst autumn and winter are even , more urgently needed now, nnd public opinion demands that prAmpt action be taken to provide for them. 'Public Improvements of the greatest Importance to the city were Included In the JS.SOWWi loan, authorized by popular vote at the election In November, 1913, and the Jll.W1" loan whose submission to a special election was provided for by a later ordinance nf -ounells. ' "These particular loans were prevented by a decision of the Supreme Court, which has. however, made clear that the larger part of these amounts can now be borrowed under n proper ordinance." Mayor Blankenbure points out the splendid condition of Philadelphia's finan cial credit In connection with the nota tion of municipal Iimnx "It is not known that any other American city was able to float four per cent, bonds at par last jear," he says. WANTS WASTE AIUJA KECUAIMKD Realization of the plan to transform Pouth Philadelphia below Oregon avenue from a waste area to an Important In di!tiial. commercial and residential part of the city by the elimination of rail road grade crossings Is declared by the Major to occupy the place of first im ' portance among the achievements of his JL.d.minlstratlon In 1313. Tt means the realization of improvc ri'ins which have been talked of for more titan a score of years." he says. "It includes the completion of tlir Belt L,!ne system and the transfer of the terminals of a gieat railroad from a point on the Delaware, where the development of South Philadelphia was held In cheek, to a point contiguous to League Island, adding a new value to this great naval station. "It also includes the acquisition by the city of a wntet; front that will enable us to build a dozen or more jrO-foot piers for the accommodation of large steam hips, and thus we may realize the hope to restore Philadelphia to its former posi tion as one of the great seaports of the world." Muyor Blankenburg calls attention to the economies In floating loans, effected through the efforts of his administration by navlng an act passed by the Legisla ture making it possible for bonds of an authorized loan to be t.nld only when the money is actual1)' needed, thus effect ing savings in Interest and sinking fund charges. All of the Mayor's request! for appropriations were referred to thi Fi nance Committee. COUNCILS SCOItED FOR INACTIVITY. Councils are scored by tho Mayor for failure to co-operate with him in an effort to put the city's finances on a sound basis. "I entered office determined as far as lay In my power to put the finances of the city In such shape that the 'pay-as-you-go' act could be honestly obeyed and there would be no excuse for paying current ex penses ont of borrowed money," he says. "My efforts were not Feconded by Coun cils and as a result, the old unsound sys tem of resorting to loans to pay current expenses still exists. "Appropriations have been mad In n haphazard way and regardless of tho law. Actual requirements for the year have been ignored and sometimes the original appropriations In the annual budget have not amounted to one-quarter of the money needd. "The city's Income has been Inadequate for Its wants, largely owing to the fact, as a cursory Investigation showed, that the assessment of real estate was un Just and inequitable. A readjustment of assessments seemed Imperative before the city could be placed In proper financial condition." Efforts of the Mayor to have more equitable assessments made In many in stances are declared by him to have been accomplished to some extent In the 1911 assessments. The Mayor points out that failure of John P. Connelly, Charles Seger and Harry J. Trainer to sign the report of the advisory committee on municipal finances, which, he asserts, would have established modern methods of assess ment. Is responsible for preventing the submission of the report to Councils. .As a result of this lack of cooperation on the part of the men whom the Mayor declares, voted for the report, the old schemes of assessment prevail. VICIOL'S SYSTEM OF OFFICE HOLD ING. Tho practice of office holders serving in Councils Is declared by the Mayor to be against all good Government policy. "Th vicious character of this practice, it seems to me, should be recognized with out any argument by everybody who has the real Interests of the city at heart." he says. Many of Jhe office holders of the county occupying places In Councils are declared by the Mayor to represent a political ma chine and to taKe orders not from a con stituency of taxpayers but from the men who placed them In office. "Men who have no ostensible means of support except the salary of a position conferred upon them by a political boss should never be allowed to hold teats In Councils," the Mayor asserts. The Mayor voices his resentment In his report cf the interferences of Councils with the members of his cabinet In abol ishing he office of Assistant Director of tba Department of Public Safety 'dyisytst&U ISA MISS" ItSAfS !&. TH SPOSa? ' HrTi$KSHBTfcJ-, i o 1 oJoKJi Hii!iiiisii8P9-""""' DcLtiWAXF o BIG OIL TANKER GULF STREAM JOINS MERCHANT MARINE JUVENILE COURT BILL DISAPPOINTED MAYOR Launched Today at Yards of the New York Shipbuild ing Company in Cam- ien. The Oulf Stream, an oil tanker, went drwn the ways at the New York Ship building Company's yards shortly after noon today In a manner that character izes what she was built for. Tho Gulf Stream will never be one of those dolled up ocean liners with grey hound speed nnd a press agent's staff. She will just toto oil for the Gulf Oil Company. The scheduled time for the Gulf Stream to plunge into the full tide of tho Dela ware river was set at 12:13 o'clock. At t: o'clock mos,t of the stays had been cut awav Only a fow remained. Mls.s N.s- Refuses to Snnction Condemnation of Site for New Building. An echo of the old fight between the Mayor and the Municipal Court was heard again today when His Honor le turned to councils with his veto an ordi nance "providing for the condemnation of premises situated at the northeast corner of 21st and Race streets, for use of the Municipal Court for Juvenile and other purposes." Mayor Blankenburg based his objections to the ordinance on the ground that It contained no authoritative statement as to the kind of building which It was pro posed to erect on the site, or the use to which it should be put. "If it is Intended to relieve the Mu nicipal Court." said the Mayor, "because of scattered quarters now provided for It In City Hall, there are other ways In which Increased accommodations could bo secured for them there at much less pub lic expense than would bo Involved in the piesent ordinance. If the Board of Pub lic Education would, as they easily could, surrender the space they are still "occupy ing in the City Hall, part of which Is used only rarely, eight additional rooms would be made available. "I suggest that the needs of the Mu nicipal Court, both for Juvenile nnd other purposes, should be made the subject of more careful study and planning, and If MAYOR ASKS $50,000 FOR HIRING OF STREET LABORERS Urges Councils to Appropriate Money So Many May Be Re-employed. An appropriation of $30,000 to enable tho Bureau of Highways to re-employ a num ber of men who have been thrown out of work through the lack of funds, was urged upon Councils today In n special message from Mayor Blnnkenbiirg. For the past six weeks the men have been without work, nnd It was Impossible for the Bureau of Highways to employ them although there was plenty of work to be done. Dilatory tactics on the part of Councils are held responsible for this situation. In his message to Councils the Mayor Included a letter from Director of the Department of Public Works Cooke which explained the situation. The letter stated during tho past six weeks 443' men had to be lnld off because of the lack of funds. It was pointed out that because of the apparent carelessness or heedlessness of Councils the streets of Philadelphia were suffering from the lack of proper atten tion, nnd In addition to this It was Im possible for the Highwny Bureau to got the full value out of the work already done. In his letter to Mayor Blankenburg urging that ho ask Councils to appro priate the money, Director Cooke suld. "Tho repair work cannot be done by contract. It must be done by city employes under the direction of the High way Bureau. Furthermore, 'j Is abso lutely Impossible for the city or any other employer to build up nnd maintain a competent corps of employes If they nre not given fairly steady employment, or handled In reasonable nrcordance with presont-dny standards. I dare wiv that no employer in Philadelphia treats his employes any worse than uc are forced to trent the rmplove of th- Highwny Bureau In the matter of steadiness of employment. This year has been no ex ception to the genernl nile. Part of our original appropriation was made avail able quite late In the year and the year was hardly hnlf over before we worn forced to begin laying off men. At the present tlmo on HO miles of city streets wo have only handful of men nt work only enough to repair dnngerous holes." BUUY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER sle Haig. daughter of Robert Halg, rep resentatlve of the Lloyd's Shipping Regis- I quarters nre to be provided for the court trv of this city, with Mrs. William Q. I outside the city Hall It should be done In Pnrt. Mrs. F. G. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. mil 1 1 in i n ii i 9Kfck..i. -"1"- ird at .Ai., m T George A. Smith, Dr. nnd Mrs. Leslie Mulford. Miss Mary Christie. Miss Ucssli Dykes. Mr. nnd Mrs. James Kennedy and George F. Sproulo nnd other guests i cllmoed to the staging under the bow of the big vessel. Workmen slung Medges , for a few minutes and the big ship be. ' Can Its glide. Miss HniK swung a gaily decorated bot tle of champagne at the disappearing bow of the ship- She struck the steel plates harder than most sponsors do. Workmen who were standing below to catch the spilled wine were disappointed. The wine drenched every one within SU feet of the stand nnd still thern was not a drop to drink. It fell In a drizzle. Then Miss Hnlg named tho ship nnd wished it good luck and all that sort of thing if she did the proper thing. Her lips moved, but no one heard what she reallj did say. She took n last glance nt the disappearing ship nnd made a movement as if she was nbout to toss a bis bouquet of roses she held on her arm afttr it, but changed her mind. She snuggled the roses under her chin, held her hand out for congratulations and then started for the luncheon party given In the yard in her honor. tempting to restrict by certain quallflca tions the office of Assltant Director of the Department of Health and Charities. That action tht Mayor declares to be exactly the same as If 'Councils had at tempted to dictate whom he should qp point as members of his cabinet, or con trol absolutely the appointing power conferred on him by the charter of the city. I.ACDS RRCF.VT LEGISLATION. Gratification Is expressed by the Mayor on the legislation secured .t the last I,eg. islature inferring on Philadelphia wider powers that make possible greater de velopnient of her industrial possibilities. He commends the law that will restrict tne opeiatluns uf loan sharks In the city and the law that ftubllhed u bureau to insure proper weights and measures In Philadelphia. ttepoils of th- directors of the munici pal departments accompany the annual message of the Mayor outlining the pro gieswlve stride tnat have been made during the year toward a greater Philadelphia. connection with n study of the needs of nil tho courts. This may lead to .1 re newMl consideration of the erection of a Hall of Justice." 2015 GERMAN CASUALTIES BKHLIN iby way of Copenhagen) Sept. IT. Tho twenty-fourth German casualty list given out today given a total of tftl.1 killed, wounded or missing. Mrs. Sara Graff Newlin Strnngled Child nnd Herself. Union IIIU Cemetery was the csene of a double burial this afternoon In tho funeral of Mrs. Sara Grnff Newlin nnd her S-yenr-old daughter, Elizabeth, of Chodds Ford, Pa., who were found strangled near Ellzabethtoivn. N. V.. last Satuiday. The Itev. W. Harry Graff, former rec tor of the Holy Comforter Momniial Episcopal Church, and the Itev. Thomas Tnylore. rector of the Kennett Square Episcopal Church, conducted the funeral sirvlces, attended only by a fow rela ttves. That Mrs. Newlin strnngled her daughter and herself Is the veidlct reached by Coroner's Jury. MSTMlWtfSr. IS H'fSr MEGHMY M. tf fc MiNur sr cHWHurfr PROPOSED AUTO BUS LINE A petition for a franchise to operate double-deck gaso-electrlc cars will be put before Common Council today. The project has been hailed by traction men interested in the Taylor rapid transit plan as b scheme to gve an excuse for delaying action on subway. Officers of the United Traction Improve. ment Company," the lather ot tne pian, aemea is ivw COUNCILS ASKED TO GRANT FRANCHISE FOR AUTO BUS LINE New Company Plans to Operate 120 Heavy Cars. Damage to Pavements Feared Director Taylor Won't Comment. r" i to "lW 1 n r fa. I CHRtsrMSfi fc ViN An effort to obtain a city franchise for nn omnibus lino onthe principal streets was made today at the meeting of Common Council. For days a story has been current that part of tho program of opposition to the subway proposition was to be a petition for an omnibus line, on tho plea that It would relieve tho need for Improved trnlfic facilities. This, the story ran, would be seized upon as an excuse to delay action on the subway. Walter C. Mclntlre, an electrical con tractor nt 12 North Fifth street. Is the man in charge of the omnibus project. He Is related to George C. Plcrle, of the Board of Registration Commissioners. Tho belief that the scheme may be urged as a substitute for other transit plans Is supported by a statement Issued by Mc lntlre for the United Traction Improve ment Company, which will operate the line. Mclntlre says: "Tho petition for the franchise puts the question of Immediate relief of passenger traffic conditions In the residential sections squarely up to the city government." In the dllVR IVhPM tha nmnltiiiii Una n.ns nothing but a rumur those who heard It said the plan might be used to divert attention from the transit proposition be fore Councils. "Of course, a bus line never would tnko the plnce of a subway," said one man prominently concerned in the subway plans, "but, nt the same time, those op posed to the subway might use it as a pietcxt for delaying action." Mclntlre denied this In a statement to day. He said: "The statement has been made that the franchise asked for by this company will first hnve to be offered to tho present Traction Company. We nre advised by counsel that this Is not true, nnd that tho reference only applies .to electric rail way compnnlcs desiring franchises In this city. A careful reading of the act will mnke this quite clear to anyone, nnd, In addition, there nre Supremo Court de cisions bearing out this position. TAYLOR WON'T COMMENT. Director Taylor, of the City Transit De partment, declined to discuss the plan for an omnibus line. He had not heard a petition for a franchise was to be In troduced. Electricity generated by gasoline motors carried on the cars will be tho motive power for the new bus line. The "United Traction Improvement Company" Is the name of the organization which seeks the franchise. Mclntlre Is the president. According to Mclntlre the organizing officials have visited England, Germany and France to study modern omnibus construction. The United Traction Im provement Company will have 120 cars. Mclntlre says. Each can carry 2S pas sengers nt n sliced of miles an hour The cars will weigh io,300 pounds, but that is not too great n weight for the pavement. Mclntlre asserts. Three routes nro designated In tho petition to Common Council. Route number one will start at Front and Market streets, and will traverse Market, Broad, Diamond, 25th stieets. Allegheny avenue, 27th. Diamond, 33d and Dnuphln st roots. Route number two will start at Front and Mniket streets, and will traverse Maiket, Broad, Porter, 21st, AVolf, 2"d Mllllln, 21th and Christian streets. Routo number three will start at Front nnd Mnrket streets, and will traverse Market, .12(1, Chestnut. 33d, Walnut and 63d streets. PAVING DAMAGE FEARED. William D. Uhler, assistant engineer in the Highwny Bureau, was asked today whether he thought nn omnibus weighing 10,500 pounds would damage paving. Tho bus 'line project was news to Mr. Uhler. 'I hnd not heard that anyone planned to operate a bus line," ho said, "and until I have s-onif details as to tho way the trucks will be built it would be Im posslbln to tell what effect they would nave on the pavement. Somo of the Bald win Locomotive Works trucks are heavier than those proposed for the bus routo nnd Chief Connell Is Investigating now to see how much damage heavy trucks In dict nn the city streets." When the Hughes bus line was running on Broad street the damage to paving was severe. Blueprints showing the construction of the proposed cars were issued today by the traction company. The cars will re temblo those used by the Fifth avenue lino in New York city, but their motive power will be electricity instead of gaso. line. This, according to Mclntlre, will eimlnate tho shock of starting and stop ping noticeable on the New York stages. There will be double lows of cioss teats Inside the stagts and on a top deck winding stairs will lead up from tho rear entrance platform to the open air deck On the left side nre six cross seats! Divided by an aisle tunning the length nf the car nro four more und one aisle sent. Arrangements will be the same for both decks. MAYOR VETOES BILLS AS UNFAIR OR BADLY DRAWN Measures Include One Plac ing 3 City Squares and Parkway Under Care of Fairmount Park Commis sion. MT. AIRY TO PLAY PHOFS One of tho best games of the season between local teams will be played next Sunday afternoon at Chestnut Hill be- (ween the Chestnut Hill Professionals ond he Ml. Ally nine. This is the second nine of a series of three to decide the bamplonship of the Northeast section if the city. Chestnut Hill winning the first of last Sunday by the s-ore of 7 to 3 .Jnhny Barker will occupy tho box for Chestnut Hill with his In other, Charlie from tho Trenton Til-Statc team on the receiving end. Elmhft Beats Harrisburg Champs HABRISBURG. Sept. 17 -The Harris burg Club, champions of the Tristate league, lost the second game nf the post season series to Klniira, tho j;ew york State League title holders, yesterday by tho score of 2 to 1. The game went 11 Innings- Llmira s victory evens up the icrles. FIRE IN KNITTIN GMILI, Fire hturtlng this afternoon la the -un room of the Royal Ascot Knitting Mill 210 Ashmead street. Germantown was extinguished b employe, before 'it did ' serious damage u . The flames we,e disco ered In a pile of ' of water before the arrival of engines Th damage, according to officials Jf the plant, will not exceed 1W. Among seven measures vetoed by Mayor Blankenburg nnd returned to Councils today was on ordinance de signed to place Washington, Rlttenhouso nnd Logan Squares and tho Parkway In the care of the Fairmount Park Com mission. In signifying his disapproval of this measure, the Mayor said, while there might be Borne advantage In such action, at tho same time It was not n fair pot Icy to select from the large number ot city squares only four nnd place, them under tho care of tho Park Commission for Improvement nd at the same time neglect the others. Flvo of tho remaining acts vetoed by the Mnyor provided: One, for the open ing ot UOth street, Irom Dickinson street to Moore! two, for paying city em ployes during vacations nnd for over time jvork; a fourth was a section of nn ordlnanco providing nn appropriation to the Bureau of Highways for street sprinkling, nnd another was part of a transfer ordinance providing an appro priation of J2500 to pay clerks of Coun ells for "Promoting the Interests of Phil adelphia." VETO OP PARK BILL. in connection with his disapproval ot the ordinance designed to plnce certain grounds under the care of the Park Com mission, Mnyor Blankenburg, In this con nection, wroto to Councils saying! 'Tho ordinance has apparently been somewhat hnstlly drawn. It Includes Washington. Rlttenbouse and Logan squares, but omits Franklin square, the remaining one or the four principal squares near the centre of the city. "If these squares and the Parkway were placed under the Jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission, their police protection would doubtless be put In tho hands of Pnrk guards, and not of city policemen. This would be a most con fusing, expensive and Inefficient arrange ment nnd could hardly fall to lead to doubt nnd trouble as to the respective authority of the two. "The transfer of the custody of these grounds would place the appointment of their superintendents, gardeners, labiTr ers, etc.. In the hands of the Fairmount Park Commission Instead of the city au thorities. This would remove them from the protection of the civil service laws. Their appointment thereafter would be made not with reference to merit, deter mined competitively nfter civil service tests, but solely at the discretion of tho appointing ofilccrs. This would be a dis tinct backward step. Our efforts should be not to restrict the operation ot the merit system. In nn Indirect manner sucii as this, but to extend Its scope nnd make It applicable to an Increasing number of departments." The Mayor vetoed the ordinance pro viding for the opening of 30th street between Dickinson and Moore be cause he said that section of the thor oughfare had not been dedicated to the city and Its opening would cost the pub lic nt least Jfi.COO. Because the street had not been dedicated to the- city, Mayor Blankenburg thought It should not be opened nt public expense. Of the two nets dealing with the pay ment of city employees, one wns an or dinance authorizing directors of various departments to pay regular per diem em ployes for one week's vacation, for legal li'illdnys and for disability or sickness contracted while in the employ of the city "This ordinance," na!d the Mayor In a letter, "aside from Its mandatory nature, contains nothing which is not fully pro vided for by the resolution of councils, npproved duly 15, 1913. "While I nm entirely in accord with the principle of the eight-hour working day, this ordinance nppears to me to be very loosely drawn. In the first case, by its broad application, nil workmen and mechanics, those on a per diem list as well ns those upon nn annual salary basis, would be entitled to extra payment for nil overtime work. Again. It has not been prepnied with consideration of the actual working conditions now existing In the departments. In n number of tho bureaus the service Is continuous in shifts. It would manifestly be no greater hardshli. for those in the night shift to work overtime thnn for those in tho day shift, but under this ordinance the first might receive double pay for nil overtime, whereas the second would receive but time and half time. Also, under this ordi nance the work necessarily required of some on Saturdays would call for the payment nf two days' wages for eight hours' work." The Muyor vetoed a section of an ordi nance In appropriations to the Bureau of Highways lor street sprinkling be cause of nn enor which would have du plicated a payment of SI3S2 to James Ir win, a contractor, frir work already paid for In the third highway district. CAUSTIC CRITICISM. Caustic criticism was directed against the section of a trnnsfer ordinance pro- vidlng money to be paid to clerks of Councils for 'promoting the Interests of Philadelphia." This section had the support nf Common PmiMpilirtfin MnrVlu W. Pnnn n nan, ,1.11- can leader In the Eighth Ward. Tho Mayor said the section certainly did not carry sufilcient information as to what methods would be employed by clerks of Councils lit promoting the Interests of -l!!UIl'lllU. He said: "The nnnrnni intirm nf mnnn.. , t,a cleiks of Councils 'for promoting the In terests of the City of Philadelphia Is a ornnnslttnn nn out nf L-BAnli, n.1,1. un , , , . ... ... ,,v..,,,n T,,VI( 41IC plainest buaines principle that U must ovwnc i-nni wu t'HBuai uoservpr as ue servliif? or criticism. It la certainty not able 1)odUs to have conferred upon them i admlnlstrntlvp fun Minna Afan ni.iAn u "" " - - IVfl MHUfl nil- I supervision of the Committee on Finance "Tliarn nlun to ur II 1 1 1 1 - ! an unit in uus appro- priation to indicate its real purpose that v ........utt u vu,ii9iuci ur UI5CUS4 It satisfactorily, t'nofflclal Information, how- ; ever, has reached me that Its purpose was to provide for the purchase of a moving rlcture machine and the employment of , a mechanician to operate it, th ma- I chine to remain the property of the cltv i and to be lent from time to time to vari ous business men's organizations and others for use In conventions In other cities in displaying films advertising Phil adelphia, i If tbl Is a useful way to advertise our city, Hi details can certainly be worked FIRST STEP TAKEN IN FORWARD MARH OF CITY'S ADVANCE .Councils' Finance Committee' . Reapportions Loan and Provides for Start on Sub. way and Abolition of Ex'. change Tickets. 'j 1 The first Btep toward the actual con. st ruction of tho subway nnd clevat.f lines and. the abolition of exchann tickets was taken this afternoon, whea' mo finance committee of Councils r.J uiiijuiiiuncu me new loan so as to n. cludo 'the $500,000 naked by Director' Taii lor for preliminary work in tho transit plan. The draft of tho new loan bill ... '"""""' iraBauKa in common Council at Its special session late this afternoon by John P. Connelly, chairman of Z Finance Committee. ' The reapportionment was madci by th' Subcommlttcco on Appropriations and re. ported to the general Finance Comniltt.. prior to the session of Common Council Drastic cuts In many Items of the ore. posed $lt, 1.0,000 loan that reduce the toUl ol the loan to J11.30O.OOO and that nur result In holding up tho construction of the Municipal Art Museum were made br' the subcommittee. In addition to tht $500,000 for the preliminary transit work. JI0O.OO0 was added for buildings to houss the Juvenile, Domestic Belatlons and Mn. nlclpnl Courtsx Almost coincident with this action by tho councllmanlc subcommittee Mayor Ulnnkenburg sent to Councils a messags' vetoing tho ordinance providing for thi construction of tho buildings for tht three courts named. Tho items cut in the new allotment were: Sedimentation hnsln nt the Tor resdalc filter plant, from $300,000 to 100 000; grading, $300,000 to $MO,000: elimina tion of grade crossings. $l,2u0,000 to $(,. 000,000; main sewers, $300,000 to $2OOCC0 bridges. $400,000 to $300,000; Fairmount Pnrk. $300,000 to $:00,000; Art Museum. SI.0C0.OJO to $SOO,000; Parkway. $1,000,000 to $SUO,Oou; mandamus fund, $!,0no,00O to MW.VW. Action Is expected to be taken by Coun cils this nftcrnoon to appropriate $272,CM from a surplus of $107, 140.6.1 held by the Sinking Fund Commission to the Depart ment of Health and Chnrltles for necet sary work at tho Home for the I"eebl Minded at Byberry nnd for the Home for the Indigent at Holmesburg. This ap propriation will be In addition to th $1,060,000 to that department provided for In the proposed loan and to be used for the Philadelphia Hospital. There was considerable discussion ore. ceding the subcommittee meeting about I a plan nccreaitcd to Councllmanlc leaden to cut tho payroll of tho Transit Depart ment. It was said that Councils plannel to trnnsfer $155,000 from Director Taylor"! unexpended salary appropriation as part ot tho $27:1,000 asked by Dr. Harte for tht completion of work at Byberry, Holmei- burg and lor repairs at the Municipal Hospital. The appropriation to the Transit Depart', ment for salaries this year was J210,ta and on August 1 there wns a balanwcf J133.31C.S7. The transit payroll that mint! was $11,417.43, leaving a balance of'jlt!,i 929.39. Councils, It was said, figure thai only $53,000 would be needed for the rfij of the year, leaving a balance of approx imately $G3,000. On the other hand, it has been said that In view of tho universal protest against the original nttitudo of Councllrnanle lead ers, they have been ordered to keep handa oft the Transit Department for the present. INCURABLY ILL, WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE IN PARK "Life Not Worth the Struggle," Final Note of Suicide. Miss Dinah Pinkeusoii. 30 years old, ol 3S4 Pennsgrove street, committed sulcHa hy drinking a large fiiantlty of poison in Fairmount Park curly this mornlni Within a stone's throw of a guard house. The young woman was identified late this afternoon by her brother. Samuel Plnkentoii, who conducts n grocery store at 1203 South Second street. Aecnrrtlnir to the brother, his sister had been downhearted for some time. and her act boro out her statement tnai sbo would soon end nil her troubles. She had been suffering from an liur able disease for almost a year and Ml only recently moved to the Pcnisrove strtet nddrcss in older to gel i'" " the fresh air of Fairmount P.nk. The young woman had become kno us an every-day visitor to tlicpuik to IM many guards about the Smith MnorU district. This morning when Purksuara Scott Marted on his first round he on coveted the body close to a clump bushes. Beside the tody wsw fouiM while envelope, which had sciibbleo It; "I-lfe Is not worth the ttugslf- want my body cremated." . The empty bottle, which hnd 'n,1'al"" add, lay nearby. The place w hi.-h tM woman picked to end her life is of the most frequented In the park. c iwar the Intersection of list !' a"J Lansdowne drive, within a fe ft1 " the street. It Is thought that tne V"'T.. picked this location in order that J" body would soon be found nftei .-r uea PLAUSIBLE STRANGER CHEATS CONFIDING GROCER Pretends to Represent Children' Home and Gets $12 Change for Bad Check. C. Bocchiono. who conducts 11 K ''' store nt 3117 North 29th btrct. 1 " ,., i ....... ,.... ,i nt the i'e fj- 111 I...OII CO .. .o.. -- ... .. .. , ihi Bti-tini:er. u. scuemiiig 01 a l- " ,, ,1 uavp me name 01 iiiuiih .- 1 ,v. represented himself us chairman .ol ,. Purchasing Committee of the "" Homo for Destitute Cliliunn street and Allegheny avenue. The psemlo McMullin told a at V plaui talo and ordered fs woitn 01 b1"""::, UUU irui- rlea l? ,haU " be dellvcied at the Home. ... .. . .. ..1. 1, s.... t'll 111 I'UyilltMll il VUCL-IV ' . , ,,. U- -. Hiuau - himself and payable at Anirclcan Trust Company . at -WITH Blll'VlS. , ... -el Hocchlno gave the strange - "' , nui i'j - tan" In return for the check, and the man's departure the Se"" ,,,,. the institution, with ""' "t0. uiicK lioill llli iiiaiiiuuuii. -.0. ment that they hud not ui.lci.'l a cries front Bocchh nc '1 he hurried to the bank and u crr i" tuid '" the cheek was valueless, us ni ulD,.f.,1.t ton as McMuUlu can Id m ",,. Hi.,. q...,i ...i.,.,. ........a 111 the1'-1'. borliuod wcio approaihcd J l! dler. but were not deceived t'J l"V, .,,,,. SnAi.lal 1r.llA,... Vl.ltti-,rtll S' 1 ' .Inn. L. .mi. 1- ni.,..i. . ,!.' I n.Ul...,,l . !. ....... I.,,, lilt ihH " ' noon had been unable it flrd r of the confidence man. Vrt. 1 it-iii mih'ihTiinw'rrr"" "f fflFAT u.'HB
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