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THE.C0ST TO CITY
OF HOUSING EVILS
IJJtipporters of Tenement Law
Say They Are Opposed in
Demand for Appropriation
by Politicians and Land
, lords.
Dealh, duo to Insanitary conditions In
fcoiises of tho Mums, which' social work-
g$erscaU "death vaults." ended the lives
oflSOO person In 181Jn lots of lives at
the' rate of ono evory two hours.
Deaths from these causes are occurring
dally, according to tho Philadelphia Ilous.
itig Commission1, while Councils neslect
to make the appropriations asked for to
conduct tho Division of Housing and
Sanitation.
One year and four months havo aono
by since the act creating tho division was
passed by tho Legislature and signed by
Governor Toner,
- Every nttomnl to get Councils to grant
tho appropriations has fnllcd. The fata
at tho net now rests with tho Ftnnnca
Commltteo of Councils, of which John 1.
Connelly Is chairman.
Despite the statement of property own
era that no "death vaults" or Insanitary
houses exist In Philadelphia, It became
known today that 4502 complaints against
landlords hnd been received by the Phila
delphia Housing Commission. Tho com-
l plalnta camo from women and men con
nected with hospitals and civic bodies,
and from physicians.
Out of the 4502 complaints tiled, Bernard
1, Newman, secretary of tho Philadelphia
Housing Commission, of which Director
N. Norrls, of tho Department of Docks nnd
Ferries. Is president, aald only about 20
per cent, were corrected.
-Men nnd women who have been closely
. following tho actions of Councils In this
matter expressed tho opinion today that
there were two vital reasons for tho ap
propriations being held up:
I. The fear of certain politicians that
they will lono control of Important patron
ago consisting of rich berths In tho Health
Department.
i. The opposition of a real estato syn
dicate controlling houses In tho slums
based on their objection to spending largo
uurna on Improvements.
Secretary Nowman, who has been actlvo
In getting ovldcnco of tenement house
violations, said today that there was no
city In the country where the mortality
in the slums waa great na It la In tho
slums of this city.
Noted sociologists, working In conjunc
tion with Mr. Newman, said that In the
SSth Word a person had a splendid chanco
of reaching the age of '0, because most of
the dwellings In that ward were sanitary.
But In tho 10th Ward they declared that
a. human being had only Ilvo chances In
ten of living to three score and ten In
tho rickety, dark and nithy tenement.
there
Harry Levin, president of the Interna
tional Tenement Owners' Association.
which haB 167 members, with much prop
erty In the 7th Ward, of which 8elect
Councilman Charles- Segor Is leader, de
nied today that Insanitary conditions ex
isted. Ho said that counsel had been
engaged to tight the appropriations nnd
eventually havo the act repealed.
Tho International Tenement Owners'
Association Is not Incorporated. There
are only two officers In tho association.
Levin Is the president and Isaac Paul Is
the secretary. To become a member It
Is necessary to pay $3 as entrance fee.
Then thero are payments of $1 a year
for" each property owned by a member.
Levin denounced the new act as too
drastic. He said that under the now act
property owners had to pay $1 for each
Toom besides tho regular taxes.
' "The laws are too severe on us," he
said, "We arc ready to give our tepants
sanitary quarters, but we can't tolerata
this new drastic measure. All our
profits are eaten up If we should start
to put In new plumbing and make other
Improvements required by tho new law,"
Secretary Newman, when Informed
that Levin had stated that he objected
to paying- $1 for every room as a tax.
aid;
"That Is not so. The law says plainly
that $1 shall be paid for every apart
ment. The law was carefully drafted
and every phase was gone Into before It
waa presented to the Assembly, as we
didn't desire to take advantage of the
property owners.
"There Is only one solution In this
great problem, and that Is for Councils
to grant the appropriations asked. If
)thei appropriations are granted It will
mean the establishment of a department
-which will enable the city to keep a
tjharp watch on violators."
POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITS
NOW GO TO NATIONAL BANKS
State Institutions Retain Funds Al
ready Placed, However.
The Postal Savings Bank In the Fed
eral Building will In the future deposit
Us receipts In only national banks which
have complied with the quallncatlons of
the "Federal reserve act, and not In Stat
bank as In the past.
Though no additional funds will be de
posited In State banks hereafter, those
Which were deposited In them before the
reserve act went Into effect will not be
withdrawn Immediately, but will be left
. on deposit Indefinitely.
The national banks In Philadelphia
which have complied with the necessary
requisites and have received postal sav
ings deposits. Including the amounts of
such, are?
Hank ot North America
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earn Exchange National Bank...
Farmer and Mech, Hat. Hank...
First National Bank
Glrsrd National Bank
Vanayunk National Uank
KaUonat Sank of Oerrtuntown, .
National Bank of Northern IJb..
Ninth Kallooal Bank ,
XoriiiKtsitrn National Bank
- na -National Bank
SBSthwark National Bank
na naiuw, cwaa..
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a State banks, saving banks and trust
mpanles in Philadelphia, that were re
ceiving pestal savings funds until they
were qualified by the Federal Reserve
Saalc taw, and the amounts on deposit In
each, fellow: v
AJdtos TruM Couiiiaay !
CMttr&l Truat and Oaring Co 9.W.S
CfcaltaM Trust CamjMnr 1.4J8.ST
it iari-e uuar. an Tr. to.... js.ua.uk
WBkfori fVuat Cammag 4,5iu
itDM ArUu TUts arul Tr, Co. 9.M&M
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COMMUTERS PLAN
FOR FARE PROTEST
Continued from Pare One
and! plan of the protest. Ho will then
Introduce William Hancock, president of
the United Business Men's Association,
who will preside.
The action of the Now Jersey Public
Utilities Commission yesterday In Order
Ing the suspension of the proposed ad
vance In passenger fares by the steam
railroads until March IS, and setting De
cember 22 as a date for an Initial hearing,
has spurred tho leaders of the New Jersey
fight to concerted action.
Plans aro being made to form all
the protesting bodies Into ono central
organization, following the Idea launched
by the Transportation Committee of the
United Business Men's Association here
yesterday, In behalf of the Pennsylvania
committer. It Is likely that a nvfetlng
will be called In Camden early next week,
when all tho New Jersey organizations
now In the fight will be asked to sond
delegates to perfect plans for carrying on
n united right.
The Idea of forming n. central body of
Protestants received great Impetus last
night at a meeting of commuters from
all towns along tho Beading Main Lino nt
Oak Lane. It was unanimously resolved
to co-operate with tho United Business
Men's Association In centralizing tho
campaign.
There Is aomo tincaslriess among Penn
sylvania commutcrn on account of tho
seeming Inclination of the Public Service
Commission to shift tho responsibility to
tho shoulders of tho Interstate Commerce
Commission, which first made the sugges
tion to the railroads that they increase
passenger rates.
As tho Stnto Commission has adjourned
for two weeks, tho protest will havo tlmo
to take dennlto shape by the tlmo tho
Increase goes Into effect. Plans will also
be perfected for taking the matlry Into
the courts cither hers or In Dauphin
County to obtain an Injunction restrain
ing the railroads from putting tho In
crease Into operation until the Scrvlco
Commission has given n hearing.
Tho Now Jersey Public Utilities Com
mission In notifying the commuters yes
terday of Its Intention to hear their pro
tests mado It plain that their rules would
affect only Intrastate tickets. Tho com
muters understand tho commission to
moan that they will have to carry the
V.llt tn ,1... Intn.ltnl. f n .h ,.,.,, fln.Mul..
l,,lll. MS ,iiu ,... a, ,,.u vullllllviVU .UHlllliei-
slon before the question of an increase
tn tickets for Interstate, travel can bo
settled.
The closely drawn lines between tho
authority of the Public Utilities Commis
sion and tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission, particularly In New Jersey, whero
the greater part of the commutation la
either to Philadelphia or New York.
points without the State, hns caused tho
commuters much uneasiness. Many of
the tickets from points In Now Jersey
are printed "To Philadelphia or Cam
den," and until It ban been determined
which will bo the final authority in ruling
on such tickets the commuters are not
assured that tho decision of the Public
Utilities Commission yesterday will mean
much to them.
Wlltlnm Carey Marshall nnd Edward
West, of Camden, attorneys for the
South Jersey Commuters' Association, in
explaining tho position of tho commuters
on tho order suspending the proposed
faro Increase, said today: "We havo not
seen the text of tho order and know
only what Alfred N. Barber, sccretnrv
of the commission, telephoned to James
L. Polk, secretary of our association. In
this Mr. Borber snld tho suspension was
for the purpose of nn Inquiry as to the
necessity of Increased revenue to tho
railroads Involved In the Increases.
"This suspension will be of little value
to the commuters of Nov Jersey, because
It nffcctn only Intrastate tickets, the
commission, of course, having no juris
diction over rates outside of tho State.
There are only two commutation tickets
now Bold to Camden. These are the
monthly ticket nnd the fnmily or DO-trip
tlckot. Tho 100-trlp ticket that la so
greatly desired Is sold only to Philadel
phia, although two years ago the Pub
lic Utility Commission ordered the rail
roads to sell all styles of commutation
tickets to Camden. If the commission
enforces that order now tho 100-trlp
ticket can be purchased to Camden pend
ing final action by the commission.
"Some tlmo ago the Public Utility Com
mission ordered the Pennsylvania Rail
road to sell round-trip tickets to Cam
den, the tickets at that time all being
good to Philadelphia. This order was
made so as to give the commission au
thority over the rates of fare to Cam
den, Then the railroad company hit upon
the plan to print the destination on nil
round-trip tickets as 'Camden or Phila
delphia.' This was done, and the price
to Philadelphia has been pnld since then
by passengers who did not deslro to go
across the river. We do not believe the
printing of 'Philadelphia' on these tickets
will take them from under the Jurisdiction
of the Public utility Commission. How
over that may be, we are going to
enter complaint at once before tho In
terstate Commerce Commission.' Wo will
give the railroads that swore they could
not tell the Commission what It cost to
transport a ton of coal from the mines
a chance to tell how they arrive at the
various commutation rates of faro. The
United Kallroads of New Jersey, which
is the Pennsylvania system in this State,
has been paying its stockholders 10 per
cent, for many years. They raise the
pretense to being compelled by tho In
terstate Commerce Commission to make
passenger traffic pay for Itself. They
must be made to prove that It does not.
We contend that It does, nnd that the
commuter must not bo mado a victim of
Its bookkeeping methods before those
methods are thoroughly gone Into," '
WALNUT PRAISES MAYOR S
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
Xaw Never Beally Effective Till
Present Administration Came In.
"Mayor Blankenburgs attitude In re
gard to appointments to salaried mu
nicipal ottlces has been the most distinc
tive feature of the government of Phila
delphia In the last three years," said T.
Henry Walnut, secretary of the Civil
Service Iteform Association of Pennsyl
vania, who spoka on "Civil Service, Its
Needs and Its Object" at & meeting of
tha Ushers' Association of St. Paul's
Presbyterian Church, tn Walnut Hall, last
night.
"There has been no question tn local
politics which has created more dlsous
ton than the so-called reform In the
civil service. The law under which the
reform was Inaugurated dates back to
1906. but Us real effectiveness became
manifest only under the Blankenburg ad
ministration. "Men appointed to office through Influ
ence, and Who held positions through in
fluence, may be reached through Influ
ence, They aro not the men on whom
the city can rely for Impartiality In the
distribution of contracts or the enforce
ment of laws."
SAILOR'S BODY ON WAY HOME
Bast Camden Man Bled Aboard Bat
tleablp at Vera Crms,
The tody of Andrew Priestly, of Bast
Camden, who died reeently in Vera Cruz,
whore he was stationed on board the
UalUd State bA.UIr.ihlp Texas, will be
ant to Camden for burial. Mrs. Mary
Priestly, the young sailor's mother, re
ceived word to that effect from the Navy
Dprtent yWiday. No mention has
beea w4e of the cause of 3ath, but
rumors that be h4 been killed by ait
xpbko en the Texas were quickly de
nied by Secretory Pauub. who decimal
accident bad occurred on the skip.
Frtestly was yw old- He lived
forrusrly at M Alberta, street. Bast Cam
den The sedlar sweeaUy b&d wrvttew
Iwam ilut ba eXBce4e4 to oaJ Tbanlta-
jslvtug with aUsmaW'
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 19l.
STARS FOR
HALF-WIT ADMITS
STRANGLING BOY
Continued from Pago One
ndlacnnt to the deserted culvert whero the
body was found. After the first hour"o
grilling, however, Bshelman changed his
story, according to reports of tho ques
tioning. Then he said ho had pushed the
body into n drain under the floor of tho
culvert. This was what the murderer had
done, so far as detectives can learn.
Kshelman showed a detailed knowledge
of tho culvert and the neighborhood. Ho
even described tho spot on which the
body lay and its position, according to
reports. In view of the fact that some
of tho newspaper photographs of tho
sceno marked nn X outside tho culvert
or In the wrong place. Kshelman's exact
knowledge of tho position of tho body
did as much as anything else to convlce
tho detectives ho was the man they havo
been seeking.
THOUGHT HARMLESS AT "MISSION.
At the Inasmuch Mission Kshelman was
known as the slowest, laziest man thero.
Managers of the mission thought him
mentally weak. He had lived at tho mis
sion off and on for a month. At times
he disappeared to return tn a day or two
without telling where he had been.
J. M. Mortimer, tho day clerk at the
mission, snm tociay mat no remomDereu
Esholman spent Wednesday night, the
night of the murder, nt tho mission, that
ho was out nil (lay Thursday and that
ne returned lnursiiay nrtornoon ami
niuyeu uiilll jeaiurutty xnurnillt. i nut
was the last seen of, him.
"He was harmless enouuh, wr thought."
said aeorge Brown, the dormitory man-
nger. "The man was weakmlnded. Some-
times he would stand for an hour in
the hall, gazing about oblivious to evory-
thing. Ho talked with difficulty. It wns
hard for him to collect his thoughts. We
never could learn whero he lived before
he came to us and while he wns hore he
snlil very little to any one."
Neither Brown nor Mortimer noticed
any change in jssneiman niter Wednesday
night. He seemed to take :io mor In
terest In his companions that he was ac
customed to. They hnd not seen him
reading the newspapers and no one heard
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IDEAL TRIPS BY MOTOR OVER
GOOD ROADS IN NEW JERSEY
Thick Pine Woods an Unfailing Joy, Small Game Abun
dant and No Toll Annoyances.
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PHILADELPHIA
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HAMMOHTOM
AUTO ONE-DAY MERRY
There are any number of Instructive
and Interesting automobile tripe that can
be made comfortably from Philadelphia
by motor Jn a day. Atlantlo City, Trenton,
Princeton, Lakewood and a. host of other
places are within easy reaeh on tho Jer
sey side, and there are many points of
Interest In Pennsylvania, and Delaware
that are accessible to the "one-day motor
ist." New Jersey appears to be- the favorite
resort of Philadelphia motorists. Though
delayed slightly by the ferry serriee,
motorists say that in' Jersey, at least, they
are not bothered by road tolls and that
the wuls there are much better than In
Pennsylvania. Car owners also say that
In New Jersey they seldom meet polks
traps. The scenery may not comparo
with that of Pennsylvania, they say, but
Um reads, at least, are level.
The thick pine woods la Jersey delight
the motor enthusiast. Small gem abounds
In some sections and many of the streams
are weH stocked witn inn-
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dfartani-e of aovroiHteiy IW uiiu. X
few oiiiv out IrotR Cawdeal tUs tte
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At top, from left to right, arc
Frances Starr and Ethel Barry
more. Below, May de Sousa.
him apeak of tho Kraft muricr. Ili had
no piuperty but the rugged clothes ho
wore.
FAMILY HEARS OF CONFESSION.
Albert Kraft's grandparents and his lit
tle brother nnd aunt wero having break
fact In thi Fallon street home today
when they heard of EBhelman's con
fession. Mr. and Mrs. Kraft had left
an hour before to nrrango with nn under
taker for tha funeral, which will he held
jionfiay afternoon
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Mr"' 3lQry A- Milllken, tho boy s grnnd-
! mother, who lives with her husband,
Frank Milllken, nt 523 North Eighth
street, Cnmden, was discussing tho mur
der nnd the chances of a capture when
the bearer of the news arrived. She
shrieked and there was an uproar In
the little room. Eleven-year-old Norwood,
tho dead boy's brother, was the only
Hllent member of tho family. He had
covered his face with his hands and
v.-as weeping quietly.
"I'm glad they found him." Mrs. MII-
j uken repeated, rocking to nnd fro. "I
I ),0po the man pays for this. He has
i broken my daughter's heart
Mrs, Kraft has been seriously HI from
shock ever since Thursday morning when
she learned the boy found under tho
culvert was her son.
- GO - ROUND IN JERSEY
are In good condition and dangerous turns
are few and far between.
The route includes Crown's Mills, the
well-known winter resorti Lakehurst,
Toms River, Forked River. Manahawken,
Pleasant Mills, Tuckerton, which la only
a few miles from the coast; Green Bank,
Pleasant Mills, Herlln and Magnolia. The
return la msda through Camden, and the
trip can be made In six or seven hours If
necessary, Utea permitting.
Automobile suppllas can be bought along
the route and there are good hotels and
road inns et Toms River, Forked River,
Berlin and other town.
Th routs la s fellows:
JJIlta
latv. Town.
4 Caoulin (rbd by PaoBsvlvaala Rail,
read larry): through UareSaBtvmi,
tgrMbora, Vlwntowa. PamfcajtSn,
tl.t Brown's MllUv-te '
lfl.a Lakchvrit-to
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CHARITABLE AGAIN
CALLED ON TO AID
STARVING BELGIANS
$10,000 More Required to
Send Thanksgiving Ship
Away Wilh Complete
Cargo Next Wednesday.
Contributions for the stnrvlnir BelBlans
reached tho $103,000 mark today, and now
only $10,000 remains to bo collected to sond
tho Orn off "Wednesday. City and Stnto
nllke have barkened to tho call from
ncrosa the waters for food to keep allva
helpless women and children, nnd to
day Is expected to bo a "red letter" day.
All night stevedores labored at Chester
unloading tho cargo of gypsum brought
from South America, so that tho Orn
might hasten on to Us duty of cnrrylng
aid to Btarving humanity.
Tho day started with n rush In the
Lincoln Building- headquarters with tho
tnsk of raising tho fund on the last lap.
It Is nssurred the Orn will sail, but If
the entire sum Is obtained by tonight,
tho commltteo will have two days In
which to purchase the food and hnve It
safely stored away In tho hold of the
blir Norwegian ship.
This cannot bo done In a day and It
must be rushed with even two days In
which to work. Food nnd money
promised front-towns and cities throughout
the State, expected' to nrrlvo today, will
swell the sum to $110,000 nnd now It re
mains for Philadelphia to open the flood
gates of Its charity and raise that ad
ditional J5000.
When the cry went forth nt the first
of tho week that 115,000 was needed old
Father Penn came nobly to the front.
Thero Is not one of the committee but
who Is confident the $5000 record of the
past three days will be maintained again
today.
Headquarters In the Lincoln Building
will remain open tomorrow and contribu
tions will be accepted up to Wednesday
morning. Today gifts ranging from 23
cents to S175 were received. The $175 was
tho largest contribution up to this nfter
noon and camo from the Pennsylvania
Society Opposed to Woman Suffrnge.
Sunday schools aro coming to the rescue
with a will. A score of them contributed
money today, which they have been col
lecting for the past ten days. From
throughout the State other contributions
arrived this afternoon.
Shortly nfter noon an old woman hob
bled Into th chcadquarters leanlnn on a
crutch. She carefully laid a package on
the table and said It was all she had
and went out before giving her name.
The package contained two potatoes, care
fully washed and addressed to a "Belgian
widow."
The movement inaugurated In Phila
delphia has been taken up all over the
United States. Cities In the Middle
West, taking their lesson from Father
Penn, have started campaigns. Carloads
of food will soon be coming East from
these cities. Chicago will send a ship
away from Philadelphia. It must not be
said that Philadelphia, the mother of
the movement, faltered in the last min
ute. Falter or not, the ship will sail,
but whether or not It will carry a ca.
paclty cargo remains for the cltlsens to
decide.
The departure of the Orn, like that 'of
tha Thelma. will be a public event. City
ofticials and members of the committee
In charge of the relief fund and othera
will, bo present to watch It depart on Its
mission of mercy, Wednesday at noon Is
the sailing time.
Clergymen of different faiths will speak
and offer prayers for the safe delivery of
the ship Into the hands of Belgium. The
Rev. Russell If. Conwell, of Temple Uni
versity! Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, of
Kepeseth Israel Synagogue; the .Rev,
Henry T, Drumgoole, of the Seminary of
St. Charles Borremeo, and others will
participate.
Tugs and river boats will shriek "bon
voyage" as the Orn slips from her dock
and other craft will "dip" colors as a
mara or esteem, ina master of the Orn,
Captain P. J. Rewnes. is an old mariner.
He is well known tn Philadelphia, hav
ing made frequent trips to this port. He
said he deems It an honor to have his
ship seleetsd for carrying the cargo.
Yale Man's Wife Gets Alimony
NEW HAVBN. Conn,, Nov. St. Pler
pont 8, Foster, wealthy graduate of Yale,
was today ordered, to cay his wife I1&0.000
alimony by the Syperlor Court. His wife
was given wstody of their ehlld. At the
time of tbetr marriage, Foster presented
his wife with a. ito.m home.
OUNABD LINER BAILS
WMW xeK. Nov. iX-Wtth Mi na,,
IJWJsw aboard. Ue uew Cusvard ttaar
TrKMytMjtU sailed today oa hw ftm
Mf tfWM AsMrtca. to Liverpool. The
bOAt eurted a Uar amount of war au-
GOMPBRS WINS
EtGHT-HOVR PIGHT
Contlnnrd from Tare One
whose minds are In tha Hlh. I am sur
prised to hear In the convention of the
American Federation of Labor, which Is
supposed to contain the cream of the In
telligence of the labor movement, some
declare tha legal eight-hour law unsafe
nnd dangerous, if Ihe elght-hrwr law Is
Unsafe then all labor legislation Is Unsafe,
then It Is unsafe to enunciate and pro
claim tho right of labor to organize.
"If the clsht-hour law Is tinsnfn then
there la something wrong with our Gov
ernment, With our executive officers and
with our courts. There Is something
wrong with the present uo of tho po
lltlcal power by the workers, it Is tlmo
that tho workers organize Into a political
party of their own, so that n proper In
terpretation may be obtained upon nny
Inw whloh Sir. Oompers thinks will provo
paternatlstlo and binding upon the labor
movement,''
MITCHELL FAVORS LAW.
John Mitchell, former vice president
of tho American Federation of Labor,
opposed the committee's report.
"We In America," said Mitchell, "seem
to know moro about conditions In Aus
tralia and In other countries, but very
little about conditions In our own coun
try. I am In favor of securing nn eight
hour law by whatever legltimnto methods
we enn, political or economic. If tho re
port of the commltteo is adopted, the
employers will have good reason to say
that we don't want an eight-hour law
when organized labor In tha several
States comes to fight for It.
"The eight-hour law line been enforced
without nny falso or detrimental Inter
pretation to labor In Utah, Colorado,
Montnna, Idaho and Nevada nnd Is en
Joyed by union men nnd nonunion men
as well. I believe that tho American
Fedcrntloti of Labor will make n big
mlstnko If It will declare ngnlnst tho
eight-hour law. It Is wrong to suppose
that tho law will he Interpreted to tho
detriment of labor."
After Delegate T.otils Gnzou had spoken
for tho eight-hour law and Vice Presi
dent nuncan against President Gompers
took the floor.
"I would oppose a lnw for tho ennct
ment for tho regulation of private em
ployment of tabor ns a serious Interfer
ence with the liberties of the people,"
shouted Oompers, "Fools rush In whero
angels fear to trend. Wo have been
asked to go for all tho laws wo can got.
God save the worklngmcn of America
from such n proposition.
"Tho labor movement of America Is
still In Its Infancy nnd only 60 yeara ago
tho throttling arm of the law was taken
off tho workers' throats. Only today,
after many years of struggle, linn It
beon declared that labor Is not a com
modity. "And still, since the passage of the
Clayton anti-trust Inw Federal -Judgo
Anderson, In Indianapolis, has Issued nn
Injunction forbidding tho men of labor
to quit their work. 1 have no doubt
that with the aggressive, militant trade
union movement lie will havo to swal
low his own Injunction. Ho la not tho
first Judgo who had to want mo pianu.
DANCER OF INTERFERENCE.
"Tho danger whloh lurks In tho Inter
ference of any Government In the labor
movement, no matter what the form of
that Government may be, whether It Is
In Australia or any other country, is In
tho shackling of the limbs of labor by
legislative provisions and limitations.
Even In Australia, where there Is a so
called labor government, men have been
dragged through tho streets and lodged In
Jnll for disobeying the minimum wage
law.
"In limiting tho Issuance of InJunctlqns
we' clip tho power of the courts. In
establishing tho eight hour law wo give
them still moro power than they have.
Onco you give a court Jurisdiction over
any matter it will find a way of using
that Jurisdiction to the detriment of labor,
Tho eight-hour day has been enforced
and Introduced In many Industries without
n. strike, and we don't need any law to
introduce It in all tho other Industries.
"I would much rather prefer tho eight
hour law be won by strikes rather than by
luw. A strike strengthens the character
and fighting spirit of the working class.
Legislation weakens It. If wo can got
the eight-hour law for worklngmen you
ylll find the workers will lose interest
in their militant economic organizations,
and without these you cannot enforce
nny lnw,
"I cannot conceive why the United
Mine Workers should want to got by law
what they havo gotten by their economic
organization.
"It Is not so much political statesman
ship that Is required by us. It is the
Industrial, humanitarian statesmanship
which the times demand," concluded Mr.
Gompers.
Throughout his address Mr. Gompers
was being Interrupted by his opponents
by questions, and the dlscusslo'n brought
out sarcastic repartee on both sides.
After tho close of tho session Gormer
went en far as to call Mr. Gompers an
"anarchist" because of his derision and
opposition to) political action as a means
of securing labor legislation.
CITY'S MORTALITY RATE
SHOWS DECREASE FOR WEEK
Twenty-five Xess Deaths Than Dur
ing Preceding Seven Days.
Deaths In Philadelphia this week num.
bered 168, a decrease of 23 under the rec
ord of last week and IS less than during
the corresponding week last year.
Transmissible diseases caused 136 of the
total deaths this week.
Pneumonia took a toll of 10 lives, with
broncho-pneumonia claiming 31, Tuber
culosis caused 13 deaths.
Nineteen new cases of pneumonia de
veloped this week, three cases less than
last week's number. Other new cases
of disease developing In the last seven
day.s are tuberculosis, 81; diphtheria, 70;
scarlet fever, 85; typhoid fever, IB,
The list of deaths from all' causes this
week follows:
sKPft!M All" ? BiL'.h.' .!
,r. ' . ' l' .. urma l la a,
WlinAnlnir miinh , ........i
V.iVCil. r -- -
uiiuuueita
Croup (memlrMn-
out,
Inftutnza lirrlul...
b Diarrhoea ami en.
and overt .
:i Appendicitis
gry;ipla 1 typhlitis
and
,,(,,
uplnal meningitis. 2 Oihr dlieaVes'of '
Tttanua 1 lm..iir... "
Tuberculoma of Clrrhoals nf liver'..!
, 12 Other dlaeawa of"
Tuberculosa men
Insula
nickels ....:....
Syphilis
Cancer of mouth.,.
Cancer of stomach
and liver
Cancer ot Intestines
and peritoneum.
Cancer ot cenltal
organs (female)..
Cancer of Irnn...
Cancer of other or
1 Acuta Nephritis.,; T
1 llrlsht's Ulwaso. . j.i
7 Ulwases or probata 1
3 Puerperal hem-
orrhag-a
5 Puerperal sept'tV
B Puerperal convui.' ' '
slons
2rnrr?"''
uansrtne
UBSDMlH nreana 1 Uw. .......,. '.'-'
.... ,ajS2&
,iout m I'rtaiature With in
Anemia chlorosis, a Congenital ditilitV i
Alaohelim 1 puir dlaaasu r
niabetM ' .7. ..'.:;: . P5.atuV. "ffi
Locomotor
w nana. 1 sallty I
log o brain. 1 Soju LlXl?
Apiiwy
Boiienu
Paralyi
General
Inaasa
Fetteardltla
Endocaritltl
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iiaart
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Dlfeaau or artariu ta i,B!riJ7 .
EwbelUm and Iniuid
laroraaeais 2 Wfihlos
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PROPERTY DEMAND
HELPS VALUES ON
SPRINGGARDEN ST.
Thoroughfare West of 18th'
Street Experiences Boon as
Residential Section From
Parkway.
Spring Garden street, between 18th allf
23d streets, stands In a position unequalea
by nny street lending to Fnlrmount ParK
In that tho taking UP by the lty of so
much property to tho " "?"?
the demand for locations upon this broad
thoroughfare.
The section under consideration went
through a very dull period prior to 190T.
About that tlmo the lines of : the : P
west of Lognn square'wero announced.
From 1008 values fluctuated on , ihjA
could bo called a rising average, but are
still WW In comparison to values conn;
dently expected In the next few ";
Dissatisfaction with tho final arrange
ment of the lines of the $
rapidly passed tvway nnd owners of prop
erty are becoming reconciled. Those in
Its path nro willing to transfer to tho
city at a fair price their hold nes- while,
others who abut upon It, or lie nr to
It, aro making plans to adapt such
reAlty to new conditions. .
All this. It can bo readily seen, w 1L
benefit to a very large degree property
near Its lines.
HOW VALUES COMPARE. ,
Interesting sales on this thoroughfare
S;reb?s.3si'"a?$3rKW
lf'-Sci. ADr'llMStnno'prowrty .old for.. 12,600,
in
1B10.- November .i'-'' .'.'5n r.l-
otrnitt.
IWS-VS1 i It.tV f fit - sssesse.1
.t,nM lAt (t hV
IT 7'4 ffet. sssessen
by T. II. Downs lo
MIMxi), was sold
tfnniferre.l to Antonio wnj;i
nlternl Into a cnurcn lor ni)".. .- ,
..uresyl'en J .- '.V !,X aklinr
Harden,
23 by 10.1 feet. oM for .;." iJifja
From 20th to 21t streets, the aoutlj
sldo contains a row of three-story brick
dwellings with white marblo fronts up
to tho second story and neat grass plots.
On the north sldo the dwellings are not
uniforms, but nro attractive and well kopti
Satisfactory conditions nro seen to 23d
street, where Spring Garden atrcct joses
Its identity In tho Parkway. Salea In
this section follow:
11)10. September 20-2010 Spring Gar- '
ilcn street. 21.11 by U4.8 feet........ $3,000
1001. April 21 North eldo Spring Gnr-
len ilreel, -ii.u leei chbi -u o.iw.,
? .1 hv !L, feet
0,500
0,000
lnit. April 22-2100 Spring
Garden
1011, November o-Southweat corner ,.
ilst and Spring Garden streets, 20.(1
bv IIS feet ".000
1012. October 1 Southwest earner 20th
and Sprlnn Garden streets, William
F. Head to Kvan O. JladKer .... la.OOp
nvan (1. Badger transferred to Indus- .
trial Insurance Company for 15,000
1011, January 24-2117 Spring Garden
dtreet, lot 22..1 by 05 feet, John J.
Whlto to Clnrcnco Pennington 746a,
Samo property waa previously sold
October r. WW, by H. T. Freeman &
Co. for 10700.
1014. February It 2028 Spring Gar
street, Orphans' Court fjale Kstato
Ilnchel n. Johns to Albert Wolf, lot
SO by 100 feet, assessed 10,OOO. ... . . 18,000
1014. July 212217 Sprlnn Garden otrect,
rternard Crosnn to Peter l". Kerr
nan. assessed $5200... ............. ...4,400
Ono advantage of Spring Garden street
is Its broad sweep from FalrmoUnt Paik
on the west to Broad street on tho" ei
Property can bo bought todny upon
Spring Garden street, west of 21st street,
at reasonable prices for good frontago
and depth. This part should bo developed
into high-class residences, ouch ns dre
found between 17th and 20th streets.
The estate of William Massey was
awarded J5000 for damage to property on
Cheltenham avenue, 42d Ward, by a Jury;
beforo Judgo Davis. Experts for owner
testified to a damage of from $15,000 to
$18,000. The city admitted a damage 'of
Ktreei. lot nu ity ii" '"'
54000.
BIG MOItTGAGES RECORDED.
Mortgages' wero quite a fcaturo of the
week ending on Friday the following
being recorded:
Loans by Lullillng societies , JS-.'S.-.fO
By Individual 4S8.SOO
Trust companies llu.luo
Loan on Pennsylvania Building l,45O.0U(J
Total liMlisJoJ-
Among the mortgages appeared the
following:
$30,0(0 IS A. Wrlcjht Banknote Company tu
Vict Biilldlnc ond Loan Association, east
sldo Broad street, -H.U feet north of Cum
berland street.
$20.000 It, Kennedy (o Philadelphia Trust
Company on l'i:'."--J7-J3 North llroad street.
.-3.1)00-1). Ur.dsay to l-qultable Guarantee
end Trurt Company, south side Sapsom street
,5.tt feel west Mh street.
$B0,O0 Flfty-threo mortgages, W. II. nileyi
to K. II. Ui-ir, on operation at Itlchmond, HtU
man and Alvecford streets,
J1.4.V1.00O Pennsylvania Building Company,
to Philadelphia Trust Company, northwest
corner 13th ard Chestnut streets,
Rates for mortgages, S 1-10 per cent.
LESSOR.
QUALIFIED FOR HOSEMEN
Forty-eight of Seventy-four Appli
cants Passed Civil Service" Test.
Forty-eight applicants qualified for ap
polntment as hoseman in recent exnmlna
tjons of the Civil Service Commission.
Seventyifour men took tha examina
tion for the post, which pays from. $000.
to $1100 a year. The ellgtblcs are:
Arthur a. Mnlcrs., SO.Ttj
George C, I France., ,, S:i.
John V. Mcllcrltt..... , 03.03
John Callard, Jr 83,
Charles 11. Owen 81.73
I-iwreuce n. Bnyder. - ,,,,,.,.. Sl.fiS
Harry C. Irion ,,...,.. 81.6
William J. Yeagcr 8I.IB
Frank F. Catlbray 81. .
Bay W Wilkinson ,..,. 81,0.
K.lmuivl U Ellasoit ,,, ,,,. 83.73
William darner ...,,.,.....,.... AX7.
Arcaie ii. inuiard si.l
Irto' Prodoahl...,,,,; ..,,.,,,..,.., Kl.
yrcderlck I.lvy... 8283
Itcbert W. Murdoek , , 83.1
Allen a. Lllhgow..,, 82.."
David KasansKy.., ,
Oeorge F. Young.,,,,.
John K. llraker J ,.
Jessa II. Keen..,,.....,.,,,,.,,,,,
James Album ,
Jooiea It. Hundley..,....,.,,,.,.,
Jihn A. Copestake
John T. Ilouter 1... ,,,,,..,..
Jumea I. Ford ...,,,
William J. JonM.!. "'"",..
John 3. Hudak ......,,,..,...
Kriwani P. Austin. Jr
WHIiim ,W. Wardle , . ,
Kuiene A. n Haven...,,,,
Clareuco K. Claris. ,
Charles II. Porter
Otto Merkotfer "
Isadere K. Cosen....,
Harry C. DentasaJi v
Wllllere II. Cyl )
George7 W. lltnw
Edward U Arefaer
Thosnax II. MaoCready
8twait B. IlUJman
Chart J. CalR ,
Jamaa P. gkoa
Clamant StrwUy , . . .
Oeorita R. GanW
Matthew Wfbla, Jr
rr4 8urwld
Jair.a F. Watdla
810.
81.75
811
si:
80.
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Frank Appeals to XT, S, Supreme Cotj
ATiANTA, Oa., Nov. M. Attorneys
wo M. rtn. COOVHUd of the mm
of alary 1'hagan here last year, will
fwi to justice Mmar, of the u
btatea Supreme Court, for a. writ of i
Justice Lamar u tn charge of tbe cu
tn wUet) OeorgU is lusted, and i
cuswnuury thai auilU.itions lot 1
of error shall go mst to the ju
u cnarsw of tha circuit from tar.i. Q
applicants come. In evam Justin i
wouw oscune to Issue the wm
rranb'ii auorims will ak ti
llA?.nSetoSr''8Wj; Anl. Co.-
Itft"0 Jn,?ynlSTiloS"bB,PrlV 'u-Wn "
street. "St 36 10 by DO ft, Calharlno
' i . iloss "to William K. Camblos i who
1, tan
caa appeal tg olhr lustlc ul ti.s
Wkr
vjue w-ourt.
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