nMnuvi"' 'swsjumh r? EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATtntD'V, J Y il tni5 I V. SHIPPINGMEN TO DENY LIBELS AGAINST PORT Rkn Concerted Action to Refute Statements of In terests Antagonistic to Philadelphia. Shipping men of Philadelphia are plan ning1 concerted Action to refute statements put out by antagonistic Interests, which Keek to deny that this port has great natural and mechanical advantages Hint Blve ft pre-emlncnco as a commercial centre. The port of Philadelphia, say shippers, la beyond a doubt the second greatest port Of the United States. It Is surpassed only Pork. It compares favorably with teat ports of the world. In some It Is superior to Now York ..l '" ..'p'.r'?r 1. , ... ?,.. .W New York, Vlie sreatest retooct The metropolis docs not have the mR ntflcent shipyards that bIvo the Dela ware diver undisputed rlKht to the title 0f "The Clyde of America." These ynrds ijast year turned out one-third of the total . tonnage of ships constructed In tills coun try, and pne of these atds turned out rnorc work than any other single shlp bulldlnc company. Neither New York or nny other North Atlantic port has a belt line railroad whlc.li enables cargoes to be transferred directly to or from the freight cars stand ing1 on the piers, as Is the general prac tice at this port. None can boast of bet ter ore discharging devices, coal loading machinery or grain handling facilities. ItEPOIlT BRANDED AS LIB: One disadvantage of the port Is the ptesont condition of Its channel, and this ib rapidly being overcome- by the work of United States engineers. It Is the only thing enemies of the port can now use Xi hamper Its Improvement, ns evinced by the erroneous report that the navy collier Prottius hnd grounded near Port Richmond on November 6 when outwaid bohpd with a cargo of coal for the Gov ernment, The pilot who took tho vessel to sea brands this as a falsehood. The t'nlted States Government spent Sli,90?,'.3S.7I on the channel up to tho close of tho fiscal year ending June, 1311. The present rivers and harbors bill, to bo nctyU jon In the near future by Congress, contains an appropriation of Sl.OOOOM for the continuance of the 33-foot channel pioicct, Which Is now more than 21 per tent, completed. This money Is Impera tively needed to prevent the work from sliding back, according to tho report ot Colon! Zlnn, In chnr.e of It. Seventeen transatlantic steamship lines do a freight or passenger business, or both, to and from here to dozens of for eign pdrta. The sailings for a year total nearly 5C0. With the enormous trnmp ,3teamRhlp business nearly 1, 600,000.0(0 Worth of rqerchundlso Is handled an nually. The custom receipts for tho last 10 years averaged about J20.000.000 a year. In 1013. a year undisturbed by war, more than 73,00(1 Immigrants entered thu coun try throtigh -this portt. In the same year, which has to be used as a normal basis, due to the abnormal conditions caused by the war In tho last five months of 1914. there arrived at this port a total of BOOS vessels, of 10.35S.3S0 tons, ol a total of Hi vessels a nay, in- i V'H".e v..,,u.,jo tuiu iiwiiuiiyu ine num- bet of vessels sailing In the same period j r ll gr Wfb f This photograph, autographed by Billy Sunday and reproduced in beautiful photogravure, 10x15 inches, will be cent free on receipt of the attached coupon. No undertaking of Billy Sunday has matched In importance his Philadelphia campaign. Becausu of the intense interest in it the Public Ledger and Evening Ledger have arranged to cover every detail of Sunday's activities. K Sunday's sermons will be printed in full every day, All of the articles will be generously illus trated. The Public Ledger and Evening Ledger will give the clearest and fullest conception of what the Billy Sunday -ampaign means. Pin a dollar bill to the coupon below and tend it in. The paper will be served to you without .delay wherever you rcsjde and this beautiful photogravure, especially suitable for friming, will be mailed to you. BILLY SUNDAY Subscription Blank wblic Ledger Company; Independence Square, Philadelphia, Enclosed find One Dollar for which tend m com bination number I Public, Ledger Daily only fesr 9 weeks f Public Ledger Daily and Sunday for 6 weeks 3 Public Ledger Daily and Evening Ledger for 0 weeks i Evening Ledger Dally for 10 weeks S Evening Ledger and Sunday Ledger for 9 weeks Nam Addrtai ttf Sn4 rtyj?ttanec $&ifm was SS70, of n total of IM'0,871 tons, or a similar pet- day average. tMPIlOVBMENT8 ItAFIDIr MADE. The work of Improving the facilities of tho pott Is progressing rapidly, and no other port df this country ha shown greater advancement In this work than Philadelphia In tho last two years. The most rapid coal loading device In the country wag constructed on the Green wich coal piers. Twenty-five cars can bo emptied Into the holds ot vessels by thli machine In an hour In normal weather. In freezing weather this total Is slightly decreased by the time necessary to thaw the coal by running It through the thaw. Inn house. Adjacent to the dumper tho railroad yard has n, storage cnpaclty for 1500 cars. The Port ttlchmond coal piers are alto equipped with fast loading de vices. At Olranl Point the Pennsylvania Itall road has constructed a reinforced con crete and steel grain elevator at the cost of $1,200,000. It has a capacity for 1,100,009 bushels of grain, which can bo trans ferred to vessels faster than at any other port In America, four hundred tons of ore can be taken In an hour from tho two new ore utitoaders erected nt the same point by the same concern. ItCCOrdS UHSUrnARgpd hllV hn tniwln by the ore-unloading device owned by the jiruuii,- itauuay in port HIclitnund This ?.rt ? ,hABEe,"t ''"Porting port of leBdJ n,te About ono-slsth ot i, tflvv Proa"ct required bv sugar re- Mners passes through Phlladelnhls. Unlimited possibilities for Hie himlnvus of tho port will nccrue from the opening of tho Panama Canal, according to the prediction of piomlnent shipping men. Kour big steamship companies have al roady established direct services to and from the Pacific coast. Moro are contem plating similar service. GHKAT POltTS PAR PROM SEA. It Is true, aa Jealous rivals of tho port declare, that the city la located 88 miles from the sea. But this In no way re tarded the growth of Hamburg, the great est port of the world, which Is located 60 miles from the mouth of the Elbe. Lon don, on the Thames, is 60 mites 'from tho sea; Liverpool, on the Mersey, 15 miles from tho sea; Antwerp, on the Scheldt, in 60 miles from tho sea. New York Is an- proached tluough only 25 miles of buoyed channel. Tho total water frontage of the city Is 37 miles, 20 miles on the Delaware and 17 miles on tho Schuylkill. There aro 267 wharves and St Individual sections of Im proved bulkhead at the poit, furnishing space for 100 vessels at one lime. Moro than n half hundred big piers, capable of accommodating large trans atlantic liners, are available. The city owns live of these nil-modern pleis, and has two more nearlng completion, with 1'lnin drawn for the erection of three others In the near future. Whilo the location of the city so far from tho sea may be looked upon as a disadvantage, it has its advnntges, ln a3 much as it places the municipality In the heart of the manufacturing centre of Pennsylvania and close to the largest coal-mlnlng fields of the world. Another advantage of the port of Phila delphia which no other American port has is the navy's fiesh-water station at tho Philadelphia Navy Yard. Hereto of the Government's largest warship?' can bo nciu in reserve, without nny danger ot salt water corroding the hulls. It is recognized ns the navy's foremost repair yard, and preparations are under way to enable It to construct big battleships on Hip vvavs now being elected for the con struction of a naval collier. The 9iQ acres of giounds made It pos sible for the Navy Department to estab- lish hero a training school for marines uncnu.ueu at any oincr place In tho United States. yU,tUA , 'Vo M fJlt (! . ? gtot convenient for you. BABY SAVING CAMPAIGN HAS SAVED 100,000 Mrs, Frederic Schoff Reports Splen did Work of Mothers Congress, ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. It). The splen did results ot the nation-wide campaign of education for the benefit ot bablei has resulted In the saving of 100,000 lives, Mrs Prcderlc HchofT, president of tho National Mothers' Congress, reported to the Executive Committee of that body, In session here. This, she mplalned, was made possible by the establishment In Washington a year ago of the Home Ed ucation Division of tho United States Department of Education, with herself ns Its head. Without funds of Its own, except ns provided by tho mothers' or ganization, Congress having failed to make an appropriation, the division worked, through the National Puhllo Health Bureau and tho Department of Education. Tho sum of J1B.000 Is urgently needed to conduct the work for the ensuing year. Kuntls and clothing are also need ed to enable the Mothers' Congress to forward Its share of the relief work In Belgium. Vast quantities' of movlslons nnd clothing have already been sent abroad through tho American Commis sion for Relief In Belgium, of which Wal ter nines Page. Ambassador to Great Britain, Is the head. Coworkers or Mrs Sehoft at the con ference Include Mrs Geoige K John roit. tiatlonnl auditor, nnd Mrs. William T C'atter. national vice president, both of PhlHdelphla: Mrs. A. If. Reeve, Moorcslown N. J, national vice chair man of the country life department, and Mrs. II. W. Mpplncott, Philadelphia, chairman of tho national child wclfnre magazine work. "HELLO, NARBERTH!"2A. M. JOKER INVITES LYNCHING "Is the Electric Llcrht BurnlnrjP" "Yep" "let It Burn." Some one has been arousing residents In Overbrook, Narborth and other plnces along tho Main Line at 2:30 o'clock In the morning by telephone calls. The persistent caller Is usually more Industrious when the mornings aro especi ally told and miserable. And ho Is patient. Tho victim first hears a normal tinkle of tho bell. Ho turns over In bed. The bell rings again: this time longer. Finally the clatter Is continuous, showing thai tho operator, too, Is mad about It. Any man who has n conscience then will get out of bed. He gropes his way downstairs, grabs the receiver, and hisses n "hello." Then the following dialogue takes place: "Is this Narberth 0127" "Yep." "This 13 the Philadelphia Electric Light Company," "Well, what of It?" 'Ts there an electric light In front of jctir dooi?" "Ypp." "Would you kindly see if It Is burning?" "alt a minute" (business of victim In pajamas stumbling toward window nnd looking out nnd returning to phono) "Yes, tho light's still burning." "All right, let It bum." James Regan, of Wayne, wos the first one called by tho Industrious 'phone artist. Noiman Jcfferles, of Narberth, also received a 'phono visit. Switching Into this city, M. W. Taylor, a theatrical manager, was another. , There aro at least a dozen vlctlnia nightly. ALLEGED COCAINE DEN RAIDED; ARREST ONE Drug Distributing: Paraphernalia Captured by Detectives, An early mornlns raid on nn alleRCd co calno den at 130 Winter street, within a s(unrc Df the 11th and Winter streets station, today, resulted In the arrest of a man whom the police suspect as a co caine peddler and tho capture of a quan tity oi pouuer, uiiicli the police believe Is cocaine. The man arrested is Ueoige Mori Is, 2S jeais old. He witn held under JWJ ball for a further hearing next Sntuidny by Slaslstr.ite Tracy. Durlne the Interim the police will tnke tho "find" In the Wlntei street house to the city chemist to usceitaln whether It Is cocaine or heroin. With caps pulled down aver their faces Special Policemen Rellly nnd McFar land, of the nth and Winter streets stn tlon. knocked on the door of the Winter htreet house and wcro admitted by a youtiK woman. A search of the house, nccordlns to the police, resulted In tho dlfeiovery of a laipj quantity of powder, which !: believed to be cocaine, several sinles nd mixers and other apparatus ordinal lly used by drus peddlers. MAWUrACTUREK EAPS PROBE Academic Theories Mean Smokeless Chimneys, He Says. 'Academic theoiles which still leave ismolce!cs rhlmne.13 and silent machinery can hnv no pluce In the minds of vigor ous ami piactlcal men who nie after this om- dollnlte icsu't, a chanco to work mid J a chanco to live up to the level of a de tent standard." This st.ilrment -was made today In a letter to Secretary or Commerce Itedfleld by C. F. Williams, president of the Man ufacturers' Association, of Montgomety County. In connection with the invebtlfsn tlun of conditions In that county beliitf conducted by D. M. Barclay, a Govern ment Investigator. Mr. B.irclu today Is conferring with W. W. Finn, secretary of the association. Tho latter declares conditions in the .Sihu.ilMIl Valley aro not at nil peculiar. Tho fcuinfi Investigation elsewhere in u district of tho came kind would bring the same results, according to Mr. Finn. MORNING SUNDAY SERVICES In all probability "Billy Sunday will begin to preach three geimons every week-day, as well as on Sunday, next TuebdA'. Owing to the Inability of many persons to gain admittance to the ser vices, he said this morning that he ex pected to preach In the morning ns well as the afternoon and evening, and thut he would probably begin to preach the morning sermons next week. Jf there are tervlcc In the tabenmclu In the morn JiiU they wll begin abot 10 o'clock. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES John IV. HbrlTler. H'.'l Alvll l . and MirlU) . U -VVlllhtBu, 301U HaverSta av. WaH UfAy. W N, IIom t.. ami Sofia Kp. t'alliww lei. Jfifi itaJliin t. Aiiilrot AiidrcUiwkl .".27t) huaenuint St., ad Anita. Maunluiui. 32T0 Eajwhuot ft. Mlk roca! lie: Oermantonn at.. ,. -JSV"' . MrK.S" end Mary st , and Laurx. SKI I'hrUllan l Mkb4fl UraivuUliUoli'i MM UaW JOMttfa jMnuilawlx awv.gsid t Ffdtrlck ichrfciUMr T HIO AMU m ft., and Jiigt Styu 123 PiBdal m.. si Watyll Kruck. lift DoiUftn t jeaais 11 wcirwry, aai w 3Zd a4 Wykteoa and Mar l'lEbtu. .ilUfi l'rlullla b Ataundtr Crtiiiucto, Kl B rtniucto, 1 B. )Un )Lan4oJph u , and AnaitLula. Morbaalk 031 5. RaiuiALbh .1 waYtt Fdrick" 7r rtfif nW im m either I. Dfimu. ti!8 N CurUiU WIUIan J. SfckoU, lit Ut Yt . aad ar uud K McDougall IT0O muit !. Anjlrjt UiWL 3 . Xwcrioia St. and Abu Hrs.t MM X. Lvraaea ml. VtUlaoe it fcaM Balk K y k,' n.wuW Sw Toxk, K T t-i ea U Uwli "JIM hartal at and Helen ad MUmls 9B4 aua ') at UNION TRACTION MEN FOLLOW ELKINS Continued from Pate One of this company adhere to ths Idea that old methods will prevalt and will blook ahythlng Inimical to tho wishes of cer tain men. That day has passed. Methods have changed. It Is folly to assume thai Philadelphia will permit atly Interests to block sttcb sreally needed facilities "ilnpld Transit on Director Taylor'x basis Is Inevitable. Thoro-nre tv.o alter natives for Union Traction stockholders. The nrst Is to assent to the plan. "Director Taylor advocates the pajment of 6 per cent, on tho additional capital Invested by Union Traction stockholders. Nntuially, tho city roiltd not uuarmit'fl this. Uonrater. tho Onion Traction stock holders would have a much more vnluablo property backed by the strength of tho moral support of the city. Perhaps tncy might eventually have a full-paid stock. "In the latter event, the stockholder would receive almost 10 per cent, on the par value of 150. and his stock ought to have a market aluc of somewhero around )S0 or more a share. "The other alternative Is to oppose the plan. Those who do this should realize that the new system Is as sure 'to come at nn thing within reason Is A com plete elevated and subway system could obtain the capital necessary without diffi culty, because such s stems arc profita ble. OPPOSITION ILLOGICAL ' It Is for the Union Traction stock holder to recognize what the effect of 11' . opposition system would be upon the ptcsenl entire transportation scheme. Those who hao given full thought to tills and who lave many fi lends Inter ested In the Pnlon Ti action, property strongly ndvocnte the assent to Director Taylors plan without resenatlon. "Indeed, It Is my bcllf that If the ma jority of Union Traction stockholders were to mnkc known their assent, that Union Traction stock would Immediately bo selling at higher prices. "An Idea similar to that has been com municated to several of our clients who own stock nnd they have without hesi tation nsscnted to Director Taylor's plan." Fred T. Chandler, of Chandler Broth ers Company, said that high-speed llnrs must be built In Philadelphia, and very socn. UNION' TRACTION' S1LUNT. Tho Balfour Interests In tho Union Trnctlon Company, which havo steadily opposed Director Taylor's plans, refused to comment upon Mr. Hlklus' statement today. Robert A. Ilalfour, who represents In the Union Traction Board of DlrcctoiB these interests, which hold 3S.0O0 shares ot stock, li ill. .T. Q. Balfour, his brother, who, with J. M. Fogelsanger, soino time ago presented protests to the board of directors ngalnst the Union Traction Company taking any Action on Director T,ilor's pinna, refused to discuss either Mr. Dlklus' Btntcment, or the probability of these protests being withdrawn In vlow of that statement. Mr. Fogelsanger said that so fur as ho is concerned, he will stand by tho pro tests. Francis Shunk Brown, co-trustco of the Durham estate, which is heavily Interest ed In Union Traction stock, and which has opposed Director Taylor's plans from tho start, refused to discus tho situation, on tho ground th.it ho is only a trustco for a largo timount of tho slock. lie person ally owns only a very small amount of tho stock, he Bald. UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR "KIBOSH" ON PARADE Two University tiustees have denied connection with the movement in op position to Director Tnlor's rapid tran sit program, which found cxpicsslon In the order which prohibited students of the Unlveisltv matching In the tianslt pai ade on Broad street unci take part In the demonstration at the Academy of Music Thursday night. On the day of tho parade, the students who had planned to mnich wcie Informed by "The Pennsylvnulnn," tho olliclnl 01 B.m of the student body, supported b Provost Kdgar I- Smith, that the stu dents' participation In the parade was to be abandoned because "Influential alum ni ' thought that such participation might lniolve tho I'nherslty in a political move. J. n. Mpplncott and Gcoige II. Vruzler, trustees of the University, said the know nothing of alio "Influence" which had caused the nfcrade to be abandoned. That the word which stopped the demonstra tion came from a member of tho board of tiustees to Provost Smith is generally understood today among the students. Though th'-y denied having Influenced Provost Smith to' stop the parade, both Mr. I'i ussier and Mr. Mpplncott said they thought the student body knew too little about transit problems to take a decided stand In a. demonstration for nny par ticular transit program. It was not the university's habit to tako part In parades supporting civic projects, Mr. Mpplncott said. "If the students had wanted to mar.-li in the parade as individuals, I should not myself have found uny ubjcrllnn to that, but I do not think the university should have put its snnctlon on a demonstration of thnt kind. 1 had nothing to do with cinccllns the demonsliutlon, however," tald Mr. Mpplncott. That the completion of the high-speed transit lines would help the university by putting a station near Franklin Klold and cutting down the time It tukes Jo reach tin- campus, w is poll tcl out In Hie I'enn sylvnnlan when it urged thn students to march In the parade. Tho Pennsjlvnnlan took palna to show how the demonstration concerned tho student body befoie It was ordered to change Its colors on tho day of the parade. Those familiar with the situation biia pect Influences aligned with Union Ttac tlon stockholders ns the men w'hoso opin ions inltuenceb the change of attitude on the part of the reunify. vvdan. LOWER PROVIDENCE OPENS MQNTGQMERY'"DRY" FIGHT Township Opposes Granting of Li cense to Eaglesville House, Lower Providence .township, Montgom ery Cotint, la Kft-nneritliig with the Montgomery County No-Mcense League to fight the granting of n license to the KaMcvllle House near Norrlatown, Tho Baptist Church has announced that any member who blgns a petition tu grant the license will be dropped from Its 10IU. The li'dglovlllo House had tn licence revoked by the courts two years ago. Charles Whitby hold the license. Lower Providence's notion Is the open ing gun of the county campaign, and Hcoren or meetings have lieea phtunad throughout the cognty (or the next (wo weeks. CEMENT MEN WIN CASE Interstate Commerce Commission's Bullng Upheld by Court. The lullng of the Interstate Commerce Cooimlaaion that the cement market at Jersey City, although It was not a com plainant. wm prejudiced and discrimi nated against by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company tq tb Im position of a rate of ?1 a ton on cemeat shlppU from F.varuvllle. tn the Lehigh district, was sustained, by Judge Woolley, of the United States District Court, In an opinion rendered today. JutWe Woolley direct the enforcement of the Comiol!o' order that the rail way cunpau reclnd iu 11 at rate, and Mtubhsb one cunfornuibl to a nire com uvtnlye laal (or the Alleniown PeiiUnJ am-xt f. mi'Kio the origin. ct.ni-l-t .mi CAMDEN BOY SCOUTS PLAN TO RAISE $3000 FUND Parade and Mass-meeting Tonight Will Start Campaign. A ten.day campaign for funds to equip tho Camden Boy Scouts 'will be ushered In this evening with n parade and mass meeting In Camden of every Boy Scout In that city and tho surrounding towns. Major Kills will be escorted from his home to tho Broadway Methodist Epis copal Church, whore he will make an address. The Bev. Dr. John Handle', the pastor, and other prominent citizens will speak. Five hundred unirormeu uoy Scouts will be lit the procession, rifteen troops ot Catndcli boys, aug mented by a Boy Scout brass band from Trenton and troops from Colllngswood, alaiicester, Woodbury and lladdonfleld, will form at the Court Hojise at 7 o'clock. The parade will march down Broadway to 6th and Spruce BlreotS, where Mayor Gills will address the scouts. He will then Join the parade, which will march to tho church. A concert will be given by tho Trenton band. The campaign, which will end Jahuary IS, will he marked by similar demonstra tions Wednesday and Saturday, when re quests will be made to business men, churches, lodges and other organizations for contributions. The fund collected will be applied to the equipping of a Camden City Boy' Scout Band of 60 pieces and establishing a council headquarters for nil tho troops. Fitly boys have pledged themselves to raise 525 each for the banil fund, ami II li expected that voluntary inntilbutlons will swell the pioceeds to about "KM). Tho band, which will be led bv tho Hev. William Stone, pastor of the Knighn Avenue Methodist Epis copal Church, will bo a municipal organ-' lzatlon, nt tho disposal of the playgrounds nnd tho various departments of the city government Mayor Ellis and tho City Council have given their approval to the movement. Several hundred dollars nl- rcady havo been received by the commit tee, which. Is composed of Dr. John U. Doran, chairman; George A. Frey, Treas ui cr of Camden, treasurer, and the Bev. Mr. Stone. CATS LAUGH AT SPILLED MILK Cnmden Runaway Gives Causo for Folino Rejoicing1. Many cats In Camden enjoyed a treat, tho driver of an Ice wagon was shaken up nnd his hoise turned a complete somer sault today, becauso another horse, at tached to a milk wagon of the Garden City Dairies, 3d and Derkcly streets, saw a piece of paper fluttering down the street. While the driver was delivering milk in a houso nt 2d and Pearl streets the horse ran away, spilling milk bottles from the wagon nt every leap. It ran a dis tance of eight blocks, narrowly grazing trolley curs and vehicles and spreading terror among the noonday crowds on Federal street At Bth stieet the runaway stopped when It struck an Ice wagon. The driver, Charles- B. Oler, 321 Vino street, Camden, wns thrown to tin- mound and his horso turned a somersault, re ceiving serious Injurlei. Tho milk wagon was wrecked, hurling showeis of milk In all directions. After tho wreckage was cleared the cats enme out. CHINESE BURNING IN AIR ROUSES BROADWAY CROWD Wild Shrieks Informs Spectators That Celestial Was Alive. NKW YORK, Jan. 1C They arc used to lurid signs on Broadway, so "lobstcr dom" did not get excited when It spied a Chlneso In nativo costumo dangling CO feet In the nlr from an electric sign. "A now advertising scheme," said tho "wise" ones. Suddenly tho Oriental began emit ting shrieks. A Chinese slipper, accurate ly hurled, struck a red-nosed man right on the head. As he looked up, flames begun licking at' the costumo of the hu man sign. Firemen brought the excited Chinese, a cook In a chop suey houso, down a ladder nnd found he wns badly burned. LEAPS TO HIS DEATH FROM HIGH PARAPET Suicide Dives From Bridge After Struggle With Would-be Savior. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Freeing himself nfter n desperate struggle from the clutches of a man who tried to stop him, John Schlater plunged to death from the top of the stone parapet on Washington bridge toduy. Fiank K. Mike, ciosylnij the bridge nt the time, grasped the man's cont. The two struggled and then Schlater succeed ed In freeing himself. ZIEGLER AWARDS CONTRACTS Work Soon to Stnrt on Home for the Indigent. Contracts were awarded today by Direc tor Zlegler, of thu Department of Health nnd Chailties, for tho power plant to be built ut tho Home for the Indigent at Holmesburg. Tho contracts were given as fallows: Constructlpn of building, W. W. Austlne & Co.. J50.537; plumbing, Monday & Co., J20SO: mcchunlcnl equipment. Including en gines, boilers and ateamflttlm;, Monday Kt Co , J73,S9; coal conveyor, Monday & Co , J1ST5. This la a total of Jl31.K)t. Con tracts were1 not ki anted for a ventilating syatem or electric Installations, however The lowest bids on there aro UC0 fnf tho former and IIO.Si'S for the latter. This would bring the total to mote than J1C5C00, which ts 113,000 more than tho amount appropriated for the bujldlng of the plant. Tlioe contracts will not be granted until more money has been appropriated. THREE SAVED IN FIRE Mother and Children Assisted to Street In Blaze. Mis. Lena Gotmer and her two chil dren were rescued with difficulty this morning, when- their home at 13 Chris tian street was wept by (Ire. The blaze originated in a store conducted by Mr. Gotmer. The family occupies the sec- onq noor. a pedestrian taw smoke and nanier'conSng ""To TlZ T. kawakened the family and, forming a plat- lorrn oi a large coal box and a papklug ii-i" wiv eerynnng was still run box he found In front of the store, nlmf along smoothly, It became known climbed, up to the second story and car ' lni,t Senator Kline had Informed him rled the children to the street. Mrs. Got mer was led down a smoke-filled back stairway. Her jiusband was out of the house at the time of the lire. THAW'S MOTHER VISITS HIM Slayer of White Has Only Four Davb ! of I4berty, , MANCHB8TSR N ll Jan.-16.-. With I ayfta'KVIte" ! a visit today from his mother. Mr- 5. I ! Anliii fVii u . Ti frfrv. Ma. L t -vjywji MAn, vt tt9WI4jKI, WHO arFJVed Uero Ujit ntfb,t. By the decision of the UnJUd States Supreme Court he must H PWrendered to the New York autboritie on January 80 It Is botleved that habeas corpus pre ceedtnea will be started. Immediately attar he surrenders himself. 5Q.O0O Texan Horses for Allies SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Jan J.-Forty thousand cavalry mount and. IU.QDQ ar tillery horses are to b vJ4 to the Allied lowr by dealer of tb gtte euB trarts tuivlujf jut bees signed Th, Br: tiipnflt .nfsimg oi iSn h it , i I . , ! ' I ! I I TESS1E, CAT, PLAYS WITH FIRE Sets Curtain Ablaza and Has Fiery Funeral. The hearts of many Utile girls and boys who live near 163 Gladstone street, wcro widened today by the death of Teesle, n black Angorn cat, Tcsslo was killed In n fire. For cars she had been the pet of children ns well as grown-up persons. A box of matches on a chair on the Mist floor ot tho home of Samuel Zacker, at 153. was ovetturned today by Tcssle. The cat played with the matches. Several were Ignited. A lace curtain near an open window caught fire. Asteep In one of tho rooms on the same floor were Mary, 12 years oldi Harry, 10 years old, and Alloc, 6 years old, of tho Zacker clan. It was Mary who brought Tcsslo to the house 8 years ago. Sho found the fluffy kitten In an empty ash can In South Philadelphia. The three children tried to savo Tcssle. They were unsuccessful. When thoy reached tho burning lace curtain the cat waa dead. The loss Is Inestimable J20O and Tcssle. EVERY TIME GERMANS LOSE THIS MAN BEATS HIS WIFE Belgian Woman Has Hor German Husband Locked Up. NKW YOIIK. .Ian 16 Franz Kuhti, captain of the grain barge Hammond, was locked up In West New Vork yes terday becaiiho his wife, a prolly Belgian woman, complained that ever since the war started their little liomp In West Now York had been a. battleground, and her husband, who Is very much pro Gorman, beat her whenovor he rend that the Germnns hnd Buttered a defeat. The pair have been married a year. They came to this country at the out break of tho war, when popular feeling ran high against the Germans In Belgium. Mrs. Kulin told tho police thnt her own people In Belgium hnd disowned hor be cause oho had married a German. "But I loved him moro than I loved my country," tho little, bruised woman sobbed, "He wb a good man until the Germans wero stopped In their attempt to reach Paris. Whon he henrd that hlH countrymen had been driven back by the French he became violent nnd beat me. He has been beating me ever since when ever the Germans have lost a battle, and thnt has been quite frequently of late," slio said, exhibiting her bruises and cuts. RAILROAD TO SPEND $650,000 Pennsylvania Announces Extensive Improvements Near Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH. Pa, Jan. lC.-The Penn sylvania lines west will spend a total of fCOO.OOO before May 1 In doubling Its yatd capacity and genernlly Improving facili ties nt Midland, Pa. It Is one of the most extensive Improve ments made In icccnt years, nnd tho first that has been announced since tho Inter state Commerce Commission allowed tho Eastern roads to Increase their freight rates 5 per cent. Tho Crucible Steel Com pany is chiefly bcnoflted. The Pennsylvania has made public in plani fop u new passenger Mntlon in AVII- kuisburff, on which work Is leady to be gin This will represent an expenditure of $150,000. The Wllklnsburg work will bring to completion a tusk of tho Penn sylvania Railroad Company that will reach a total of nearly $3,000,000. MAY NOW LEND DRINKS - Alabama Supreme Court Rules on New "Dry" Law. MOBILU, Ala., Jan. 10. The lending ot whiskey by a man to a friend upon tho understanding that a corresponding quantity is to be returned is not an of fense In a Prohibition State, says the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Tho opinion was written by Justico Richard Reed. The evidence was thut a defendant refused to sell whiskey, but lent about hnlf a pint, which he had left over from Christmas, with the under standing that a like amount would be returned to him. NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Jan. lfi. Aftor n se ries of conferences with Attorney General Gregory. President Wilson today sent to tho Senate tho names of several ap pointees to positions under the Depart ment of Justice. Among them wcro those of E. S. Wertz. to bo United Stntcs At torney for tho Northern District of Ohio; J. T. Amis, to he United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee, nnd J. A. Smlser, to be United States Attorney for the First District of Alaska. PENROSE PUTS PARTY PLEDGES FIRST Continued from I'oge One strong effort Is being made to have W. Harry Ilaker. secretary of the Republi can State Committee, appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth to succeed Robert McAfee. Deputy Attorney General Jesse E. IJ. Cunningham came to Philadelphia with Inttor Brumbaugh from Harrlsburg last nlBht. The Governor-elect said that Cun ningham, who has recently been men tioned as one of the strongest possibili ties to succeed Attorney General John C. Hell, returned with him to see his chief, and that there Is no political significance to his lslt. Speuker Ambler conferred with the Governor-elect this morning regarding House patronace and the Houso commit tees. Doctor Brumbaugh's wishes will be nrrltrt out in numing the committees of the lower branch. In the Senute, however, there Is every Indication that the Influence of the Gov-ernur-elect will not be strong enough to prevent the selection of the "same old stalwarts" as chairmen of the "pickling" and other obnoxious committees. SENATE "SLATI3" UNBROKEN. Senator Charles II. Kline, president pro t'j'n. of the Senate, conferred with Doctor Brumbaugh yesterduy regarding the com mittees as asreed upon by the "Slate' Committee l- ' .!- week. Although aller ,t(e conference the Qovenmr-eltct um.v urn mn seiecica oy tne "Slate " Committee will be appointed chairmen of the Important Senate committees, Tho contest between Senator Buckman, of Bucks', and Senator Kurks, of Jeffer iii. .for chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Appropriations has not been settled us yet. Further House chairman. hlp selections Include Thomas P Mo Nlehol, ejections; Samuel A, Whltaker, S S " W""am U Adam8' JJ V Ration of "" ""'" ,0?r "nnounctja lb- ro..om. endetlou It will make before tha Leein. lature ooncernUigr State appropriations to eliarltablc lnutltuttons. All State iBstitutlone and charities should have first consideration, according to the recommendation. ConeernlnK private institutions accustomed to receive State aid, the aesoolatlon recommends tnat thee Institutions should not receive a terser amount than that recommended by the State Uoaia of Charities, that no new privet institutions be placed on the 14t for State aid, apd that ao approurta tions be nude to livstltuttoua wliloh are prov4 to be unnecMuiy or arjalv in- I rtulaut The asochitljn also aoes on iucod ilui rfn lit-mautsl cuttiog ' ' ( ' CIJ3 YOUNG KNOX'S WIFE" TO EARN LIVING AND SEEK A SEPARATION r i pi w 4 . ueciarcs one Weaned of' Accepting Charity From Former Secretary "When His Son Wouldn't Work. Another chapter has been added ( tho romance bf Philander Chase Knox. Jr., son ot the foimer Secretary of Bui. nnd United States Senator, by th in i pearance In New- York of young Mfi Knox for tho purpose of obtalnlne separation. Mrs. Knox formerly was Ml t.. Boiler, a show girl. The couple ekW ! from Providence, 11. I In March, nu J For some time they lived In this c(t In nrmrtments at 1700 Pino lr., ... - they lived for a time at tho hom of cx-Sccrotury Knox at Valley forge. The path ot romaneo has been a tn thorny one for the young couple, h was while he was a student at the Motrl Heights Preparatory School that younr Knox met and fell In love Willi th u" burn-naireit girl. After a whltlwlni courtship they eloped and traveled voirvJ through throo States before they enuii 'M ceremony. Finally a minister In Burllnt. iu,,, i., uitiicu niv luiiimayii, With Ills bride young Knox hurried to ii father's home tn Washington for the parental blessing But forglveneii was withheld and he was summarily told by his father that, having married i BUlt his fancy, he could get out and'hustlt for himself. Young Knox got a Job selling nutnm biles, but something must havo com ' .......... ...11. l. .-...I- ,l.. . Ow""v "lull, mill inu uuwt; IIIUL enr, DeC&UM he soon turned to other lines of buslnm. But they, too, failed to bring the succtu ho sought About this time tho elder Mr. Knot, pleased with his son's endeavors, forgarj tho young rouplo and took them to hli handsome, country home nt Valley Fonj to live. Last January young Knox sailed from New Vork to Bermuda, leaving his wife iu the npartments they had been occupjing In Pine street. " Mrs. Knox, when found In a little apart, mrnt on Madison nvonue. New York, r. luctantly admitted she had engaged coun ncl and was preparing to sue for Bepar. iiiii, "it Is true that I have left Mr Knox," she said, "and this time It Is for good, t have been so miserably unhappy that It breaks my heart to oven talk about thi matter. "While the newspapers were prlntlnj stories of my being received by my hoi. bancPs family and entertained, I wu suffering terribly. The whole cause of our tioublo Is money. Ever since our marriage my husband has been declaring ho would go to work to support me, but he never did. Wo wero entirely dependent on tho generosity of his parents for oar support, and It wns horribly humiliating', I could not stand It. "I left my husband, telling him that If he could not work nnd support m llii other men did, I would not live with hlin. Ho begged me to return, and I felt so unhappy I consented. But It was the snmo old story. He promised to go to work and cut out his extravagances, hat as soon as I was back with him, he, took up the old life. Probably his parent! blamed me, but it certainty was not mr fault. "Last Sunday while I was slttlnir In. tho foyer of the Vandorbilt he passed, 1 directly In front of mo without even i seeing me. I am being shadowed by a ,' score oi aotectives; why, I cannot tell. "I soon Icnrned that If I did not accom pany my husband on his escapodes there wcro plenty of others who would. For tho past year we have been living on the charity of his mother. Wo never knew from day to day whether wo were going 10 get a taigo check or be without caih. No love can stand that bort of existence. If my husband and I hadn't loved each other more than Is Oxual, I don't thln our marriage would have lasted as long as it uiu." JERSEY HUNTS FUGITIVE New Jersey guardsmen are beating fh wooas arouna t'rlnceton today in an el- ?n ,n Ann..Mn Tnl... - f . I - n M v.uu,,.j ..uii.ni, win vavuecu iruni nnu gang nt the Rocky Hall Camp. Ihti'i Camden authorities have been asked to keep a lookout, ns Murphy was sentenced In Camden und It Is believed ho may at tempt to return to his old haunts to get funds with which to leave the country. Murphy was sentenced last May to sem 12 years on the charge of attacking I-year-old Elsie Qulgley, of Camden. H pleaded guilty. Woman Struck by Taxicab A taxlcab, driven by Howard Davis, 1!U Gladstone street, struck and severely la- jural Mrs. Clara Meuser, 61 years old, of 812 North leth street, at Ridge avenue and Francis street, this morning. The woman Is In St. Joseph's Hospital. Kef condition Is serious. Davis was arrested. THE WEATHER Official Forecast WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 For Eastern Pennsylvania. Increaslnf cloudiness tonight, warmer in north and v. west portions; Sunday probably rain and warmer; moderate to fresh northeast t southeast winds. a For New Jersey. Fair tonight; Bundif' cloudv nnd wurmpr. with nrobablv rals.' . - .. . . , ...... r.- - - .,, frnlr weather and moderate temper- , tures prevail In the Atlantic States ! morning,' while cloudiness Is Increasing, over the Ohio basin and the Lake region. A disturbance developed over Texas ye terday, and has moved northeastward into the central valleys with rapidly M Cleaslncr eilftr?v Tt Is central over Mlt sourl this morning, and Is causing" IU (tuna atone ine aimsiBgippi jvivcr p snows In the Plains States. A moderate j rise In temperature prevails In the eMt-t ern quadrants of the storm, vvnue a wj- , reupondlng fall is reported west of lu . centre li tho Plains States. U. S. Weather Ilureau Bulletin Obeen?ton made at 8 a. in., (54tera Uei. I.OW 14 last Kuln. Veloc- ,,k n't. fall Wind Ji ita Station. Sa.m Attune. Tex IU 4U . W li "' .Atlantic (!llv 32 N l"r lllwparck. N. O.. ..-' nvv a "BUS NW fc I'I ',. SB r-cwjtf k -ju emit NE IU P ' llOftOU. IM. ...'Hi - lliKato $.'. Y....M as Chit-ago. Ill an S C'levelaud. O.. . SB Ste nmr, Col i '1K Uulow, Is. .& ! Dtlruit, Mkh ...38 -Jtii PuluUL .... W lUlvittou. Tex VJ llJleua. Meat., m iu 'lliueu, g. p... .. i . 1 UaceuonvUle. H..1H fi Isom City, Me.itt :fi BJwWilk. Ky .At 10 ilcrnphlj. Tuu..W U New Ortnaus. La Ot if 10 oo r,l .oi v 1" v "t NF MW 8W I C' .mr i Biinvaf SgflrT-rfr, W NW U ciooaj 8K Scl mt BH IU Bi oK jj i loud N S I ' w NW 8 C CM New York . .St t.' North Platte .. Oklahoma ltiIalpbU pboenli. Arli UUbursb PtritanT U fortUnd On Uuaiwc. Cb Ml jaiy Ua. 81 FaJl Ulna. &tt uk Peak Sd snnutcUeo Sumatau. Pa. . Ttttm.. 4tl4S$ICl 1 IS .HO Si .31 J M a. k It' U' V s3 gs UJ N f r 5 n s s Si 04 SB. 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