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EVENING LEDGKR-PmLADELFHlA, THURSDAY, FEBETXABY 25, 1915,
U. S. MAY DECLARE
. FOOD EMBARGO TO
PROTECT VESSELS
Possible Drastic Action to
End Submarine Warfare
and Insure Safety to
Neutral Commerce Hint
ed in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.
America may call hunger as her ntly to
bring England and Germany to their
knees In their submarine warare, now
threatening United Btatea commerce.
"uch was the unconfirmed hint In of
ficial circles today. Sponsors for the sub
Station declared the President would lay
an airtight embargo on exportation of
foodstutTs to both the Allien and Germany.
Unless all parties Involved ylold to
America's latist suggestions.
In this connection It was recalled that
the President has recently been urged
strongly to tako such a stop, regardless
of the war zone situation. Mayor Mlt
chel, of New York, and others asserted
this Is needed for domestic reasons; henco
It could be applied on that pretext with
out drawing t'no United States Into the
European conflict. At the same time Its
effect. It was believed, would bo that
both- Great Britain and Germany would
hastily grant American demands, giving
absolute Immunity to American ships.
Moreover, peace advocates held that in
addition to forcing Immunity for Ameri
can commerce. America's hand In a
hunger war would hasten nn end of Eu
rope's bitter struggle, for they Insisted
Europe cannot bnttlo without America's
foodstuff s.
Some ofllclals, howover, profess to be
lieve stringent action by this Government
would bo necessary. They saw a ray of
light In overnight developments abroad.
England has presented to her allies the
American request for some agreement
whereby food can be shipped into Ger
many with Us distribution supervised by
American ofllclals. Germany, too, was
reported willing to relax Its submarine
warfare under the terms of America's
proposals.
While the Allies' unanimous consent Is
necessary to complete the foodstuffs
agreement, officials here believed that this
Ultimately will come.
"Whether or not tho United States food
stuffs embargo hint was Inspired wbb not
known, but authorities admitted that the
more suggestion may strike fear to tho
Allies' hearts and force them to yield.
The State Department today announced
that no advices had been received from
either Ambassador Pago at London, or
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin concerning
the United States proposals to England
and Germany.
Foreign Interference with messages was
suspected as one of the causes of delay.
GERMANY SENDS TRAWLERS
TO PLANT NORTH SEA MINES
LONDON, Feb. 25.
Germany's submarine war against
British shipping has entered a new phase.
It is reported that Germany Is sending a
flotilla of trawlers Into the North Sea to
plant mines up and down the British
coast.
Among the latest victims of the "bread
war" Is the steamship Harpallon. A Bel
gian steamship Is reported In distress oft
the Spanish coast. The Harpallon, bound
froih London to Newport News, Va., with
a cargo of coal, was sunk off Beachy
Head and there Is little doubt that sho
waa torpedoed by a German submarine.
Three Chinese members of her crew were
killed.
RECEIVER FOR FINANCE CO.
New Jersey Corporation Under Scru
tiny of tho Court.
A receiver was appointed today by Vice
Chancellor Backes, of Jersey City, for the
American Finance and Securities Com
pany, a New Jersey corporation with
offices in the Drexel Building, this city,
and Jn Jersey City, and with a capital
stock given at 15,000.000. Malcolm G.
Buchanan, of Jersey City, was the re
ceiver, named.
The complaint was made by Alfred S.
Wright, a stockholder, with offices at 1118
Chestnut street. He charges a deficit of
t901.7S8, Instead of a surplus of (5,992.551,
bb Bhown by tho company's report of De
tember 31, 1913. The loaning of money to
companies alleged to be Insolvent, no In
come except from Its securities, extrava
gance In the officials' salaries and the
sale of stocks on fictitious basis are tome
of tho allegations made by the petitioner.
"GRANDPOP" DIETZ DIES
Octogenarian, Friend of "Kiddies,"
Breathes His Last.
The laughter of tho children in Pale
thorp street was silenced when they heard
of the death today of their old friend,
George Dictz. He was affectionately
known as "Grandpop," and was 80 years
old. His body waa found on a couch in
the dining room of his home, 2153 North
Palelhorp street, by his brother, David
J)tz who fn 75 years old.
The brother bad a premonition that
soil. ,Ui. ii. as uiong when he saw the
table was not set for breakfast. For
nearly twoscorp years the older brother
cooked the morning meal and was usually
pouring out the coffee as Ddvid came
down stairs. But this morning George
was still wrapped In the blankets on the
couch. He slept down stairs because he
suffered from heart trouble.
David called him in vain. Then he
raised his head, and while something told
him George was dead, he'could not realize
the worst, With a cry, he staggered to
the street and told a neighbor to sum
mon Dr A. A. Apple, fn the meantime.
eim noping tnat ma brother might be
alive, he tried to revive him, but in vain.
Death had actually sealed his lips.
The physician told David that George
waa dead. The two brothers were highly
esteemed In the neighborhood. They
always had a stick of candy or a piece
of cuko for nearly every child they passed.
They also urged the little ones to go to
school and to be good.
Since their sister died, many years ago,
the men lived alone.
U, G. L CHANGES METHODS
Responds Promptly to Requests of
Department of Justice.
Samuel T. Bodlne, president of the
United Gaa Improvement Company, said
today that he and officials of the com
pany were making changes In the opera
tion of tho company which had been crlt
iotsed recently by the Government. Sev
ural months ago the Department of Jus
tice, in Washington, threatened suit
gainst tha U. O. I on the ground that
the Sherman antitrust act had been vio
lated "It la our desire to comply In every
particular with the Attorney General's
Interpretation of the law." said Mr. Bo
disc "I was In Washington three week
ago. and learned; that the crux of th ease
w'U, tha operation of street lighting com
fiAAlM in which we are Interested. Aa a
rult af this Interview we. were given
t.iiu to adjust this, question, and we are
4ate? Ui W how,"
IFfcfw m Fae Cop't'rHigJrtlal
WAsWIMBTOtS, Fib. Jti-Seeretarr of
kvy Pald teisy irigned tha order for
."SiHi-t-! of ftv men. alleged to havo
w tuvivf3 M the rtfceflt ncploetoa
j,rtt tb l'ii!td States oruloer Ban
. iu ta low wator, wMeh wit aev-
FLOWER-LADEN BOOTH IS ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF THE WOMAN
From left to right arc Mrs. II. M. Lowry, Mrs. Willlnm Dorr and Miss Josephine Shurron, who are ready to supply customers with cut flowers,
plants and bulbs from their counter in the New Century Drawing Room, 124 South 12th street. The bazaar will no open today and tomorrow in
aid of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association. Literature, dolls, domestic articles, farm and garden seeds and tools and good things to
cat arc also on sale.
SUFFRAGE BIG BAZAAR
FIRST CAMPAIGN MOVE
Continued from Tone One
V Etrum, of Chicago, will speak In the
auditorium of tho club. While In this
city Mrs. Rocsslng will be the guest of
Miss Llda Stokes Adams, 1921 Green
street.
All the energy and all tho Ingenuity of
tho entire association have been com
pressed Into one concentrated effort to
Are this first gun of tho campaign for
"Votes for Pennsylvania women" with
such telling effect that all the rest will
bo oaBy. The friendly rivalry shown by
the nine associations In decorating their
booths only has added to the successful
ensemble.
"Say, Ann, how does this little vanity
bag look hanging up here7" Mrs. ndward
Troth, chairman of the booth devoted to
domestic articles, put the question to a
youthful enthusiast helping her ,and both
surveyed tho effect with critical eye.
At the next table Miss M. N. Stewart,
In a flowery garden apron and picture
sunshade hat, was busily engaged ar
ranging little suffrage flower pots and
baskets in artistic positions, while the
cheerful sound of Mrs. Howard Rattay
beating mayonnaise with vigorous suf
frage blows In a .salad bowl made the
welkin ring with a sound characterized
to force the masculine visitor to sit down
and wait a while for the dinner gong.
On the south side of the hall a bevy
of pretty college girls, with Miss Ruth
Reedor, In charge, put out candles and
confections to tempt tho unwary, and In
a nearby corner Dr. Helstand Moore sat
In her Garden of Eden, more wily than
the sorpent of old In luring visitors to eat
of tho luscious apples she had to sell.
Said Eva to Adam, as sho cams through tha
gata.
"Tell me, dear Adam, la my hat on straight?"
Said Adam to Eve, aa her hat ho eapled:
"My dear Other Half. It's all on ono aldo."
"Your aide," she replied, "for I'm aure you
will noto
My aide doesn't count, for I haen't the vote."
Clever little yellow and white signs
everywhere flaunt their blithe messages.
"Women always have had such winning
ways," says one, "they cA't be beaten
now." And another at the farm and gar
den booth:
"Plant a garden with Woman's Votes
and watch It grow!"
If all the little packages of variegated
seeds of strictly yellow flowers that were
purchased this morning are planted and
blossom forth this spring, Pennsylvania
is going to bo the most "suffrage" of all
the campaign States this year Ever
loyal advocate of "votes for women" not
only has pledged her own garden to the
cause, but also has agreed to Influence
her neighbor. The seeds have been so
chosen that It will be possible to have a
succession of yellow bloom from early
spring until late fall, when the suffragists
hope to lead their cause to victory.
This afternoon, Mrs. George Foulke,
State agriculturist, will give freo advice
on all farm and dairy subjects and will
outline the best methods of making the
Keystone State bloom for suffrage this
year.
Tonight Mrs. Rocsslng will accept the
suffrage poster done In oil by a cele
brated local artist. Copies of the poster
will be struck oft by the thousands for
use fjftoughout the State In the cam
palgiW"' Fifty thousand dollars is needed to ob
tain 110,000 offered by an anonymous
donor nnd the bazaar Is expected to pro
duce the major part of this sum. For
months suffragists have been begging and
borrowing and practically everything up
for sale was given by persons Interested
In the cause.
In the days of chivalry when knlghta
wooed maidens fair they stood beneath
balcony boudoirs of their Inamoratas and
dispensed romantic arias to tell their
heart story to the ones who listened
rapturously within. And then when
Cupid's story had been heard, the fair
lady appeared at the balcony window
and dropped a rose from her hair, which
waa caught and kissed by the ardent
Romeo below.
This was probably In the mind of
Thomas Stanley, of 809 North 7th street,
when he took his accordion outside and
played beneath the wlndoV of Julia
Kattavo, who lives in the same house.
Instead of a rose, however, she dropped
a bucket of dirty water and it damp,
ened the spirit of Thomas; also his accor
dion. Happiness gave place to wrath, and
Thomas burst into tha house and
"handed" Julia a black eye. She still had
this aa "documentary evidence" when she
made charges against Thomas In the Cen
tral Police Court, And all thoughts of
romance left him when he was held In
$500 ball for court by Magistrate Ren
shaw. A system of alternating meals was
adopted by John Leer and Charles Worth,
panhandlers par excellence, and It worked
to perfection until the police inter
fered. The men figured that ona good
meal a day w better than three skimpy
meals, bo when the touching waa slow
they polled their financial Interests. This
assured n of the partners of at least a
good meal onco s day For instance. If
tho combined effort of the firm brought
only a quarter for dinner tho entire pro-
i.eds were twrnetj over to Worth. AU the i
l-WDGsy fiowetMi lor supper w gives to '
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pouajeiws
GOURMffiBBHI
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EMERGENCY AID'S NEED
OF MONEY URGENT
Committee's Relief Work Ham
pered by Falling Off of Con
tributionsTotal $90,000.
Unless citizens of Philadelphia loosen
tho strings of their purses and give more
freely to tho Self-sacrifice Fund than
thoy have been doing during tho last
week, several thousand of tho city's poor
and destitute will have to go unaided by
tho Home Relief Division of tho Emer
gency Aid Committee. Already there are
more names of persons needing help on
the records of the division than It can
adequately supply with tho present limit
ed funds. Contributions have fallen off
and only a few small amounts continue to
come In, and these mostly through tho
chutes or by mall.
The fund approximates tho $W,000 mark,
but has not yet passed that sum. With
a little more than $10,000 to be raised,
members of tho committee In charge are
anxious to complete the fund this week
In order that they can go along with
tho relief work unhampered by money
scarcity. Thousands of dollars are being
spent by them monthly to relievo tho
poor nnd additional funds are urgently
needed.
Several distressing cases were unearthed
recently. In each case the husband was
suffering from consumption and his fam
ily left without funds and In want. Tho
children were without sufficient clothing
and food, while the mothers virtually
denied themselves to clothe and feed their
naked nnd hungry youngsters. An Inves
tigation was made, tho cases found
worthy and aid was Immediately given.
There nre hundreds of such cases yet to
be found, and It Is mainly to help such
that more funds are required,
TAFT "OUT OF POLITICS"
Once Had "Remote" Connection.
"More Remote" in Future.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 25.-Ex-Presldent
Taft today told school superintendents
attending the National Education Asso
ciation Convention that he has no inten
tion of returning to politics.
"I had a remote connection with pol
itics at Washington," ho said. "Tho con
nection w'U bo more remote in the
future."
Want Gas Ordinance Passed
Mnyor Blankenburg was notified today
by Thomns L. Hodge, secretary of tho
Qermantown and Chestnut Hill Improve
ment Association, that a resolution was
adopted by the board of directors of the
association urging Councils to pass the
"gasollne-to-gns"' ordinance that has been
In the Finance Committee for almost a
j ear.
Hasty Motorist Hurts Pedestrian
On the way to the bedside of his wife
who Is 111 at the University Hospital, C.
L. Gllllland, of 63S9 Drexel road, ran
down and serious Injured Joseph Hever
son, 150 North 63d street Gllllland told
tho police the man stepped in front of his
machine suddenly, at (3d and Race
Btreets. The motorist was released on his
own recognizance.
OKIES
Leer. There wero times fortunately when
the harvest permitted of both enjoying
meals together, but these wero few and
far between. Both men were carrying on
a desperate campaign for breakfast when
they were arrested by Policeman Miller,
He caught Worth "panhandling" on
Westmoreland street, and grabbing blm
by the neck, mad the prisoner cun with
htm until he captured Leer,
Both were taken to the Park and Le
high avenues station. Leer said that when
he used to live he lived In Cheyenne.
Wyo., and Worth said that he called Al
lentotvp his home. The partners were
obliged to change their addresses tern
porartly, however, as Magistrate Emely
.ept them to Jail for five days.
A shabbily dressed man was playing
cards contentedly In the middle of the car
track on Fourth street. He was so deeply
engrossed In the game that he didn't hear
a clanging bell of a trolley car. Police
man Burke asked him to move.
"Just aa -soon as I play this hand out,"
replied the lone gambler. The "cop"
pulled him from the trook and the car
went by with compliments from the motor.
man.
"Where are you goingT" asked Burke.
"Nowhere," said the stranger, "and I
came from the tame place."
Well, you need a definite address," said
the policeman, and he took the man to
the Fourth and York streets statloa
When brought before Magistrate Olenn
he apologized to him and also to Burke.
"What did you want to play on the car
track for asked the Judge.
"I've been trylnff to get pinched for a
month," said the man. who gave his name
as Frank Boyle, "and no one would take
as Frank Boyle.
mo In." He wJ4 dUcimrged.
T - "
TAYLOR ACCUSES
P. R. T. OFFICIALS
Continued from Pane One
existing Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany In a state of fairness," lie Bald.
"We have not asked them to do any
thing that will reduce their net Income.
Wo have nsked only for their co-operation,
and In return wo havo offered to
protect them against Iosb. This Is abno
lutely fair and equitable to both parties.
"Last May tho officials of tho P. R. T.
and Edward T. Stotesbury personally,
whom you all know Is ono of the con
trolling ofllclals in tho company, agreed
to tho terms of tho agreement outlined
In a number of executive conferences be
tween tbcm and the Department of City
Transit
"Along with the other gentlemen Mr.
Stotesbury pledged himself to sccuro tho
co-operation of tho Union Traction Com
pany. Up to the present time tho co
operation of tho Union Traction Company
has not been secured.
"Furthermore, I tell you publicly that
the existing company Is not trying to aid
tho Deportment of City Transit in secur
ing tho Union Traction Company's co-operation.
"I warn you now that tho men In tho
present system aro oven doing everything
In their power to prevent you from get
ting real rapid transit which tho Depart
ment of City Transit has been planning
and which loyal citizens all over Philadel
phia havo been fighting for.
"It Is my duty to tell you this, for such
Is the actual agreerifent entered Into last
May."
P. R. T. MEN SILENT.
Tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany today ovaded the accusation that
It is back of the illegal Connelly-Scgcr-Costcllo
transit ordinance and that tho
Councllmen who nre obstructing rapid
transit are Its "straw men." No answer
to the charge could bo obtained from tho
company's ofllclals.
E. T. Stotesbury and Thomas E. Mit
ten, president of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, aro out of tho city.
"Mr. Mitten Is tho mouthpiece of tho
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company,"
said W. C. Dunbar, assistant secretary
and treasurer of tho company, at tho
Philadelphia Rapid Transit offlces In tho
Land Title Building, today. "Why ask
me those question," he said, in answer to
interrogations as to whether tho Phila
delphia Rapid Transit Company would
deny the charges or mako a statement,
"When It comes to denying a matter of
this kind or Issuing statements, It is for
the board and the company to handle It."
"I am a deaf and dumb man," he con
tinued. "Talking to me Is Just as though
you were speaking to a deaf mute. The
official mouthpiece of tho Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company Is Mr. Mitten.
You should Interview him."
Tho charge was made last night
by George AV. Norrls, Director of
Wharves, Docks and Ferries, nt the town
meeting In tho Academy of Music, whoro
a declaration of war to the end against
transit hlocknders was made by 2000 men
who brmed Inclement weather to make
a vigorous, city-wide protest ngnlnst tho
obstructionists In Councils
"If the Rapid Transit Company is not
back of the substitute ordinance drafted
by Councils' Finance Committee, why
do not the ofllclals of the company say
so? I challenge them to disavow It,"
said Director Norrls.
"If the officials of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company nre guiltless In
this matter," ho continued, "I now cnll
on them to disown this trick ordlnanco
reported to Councils, and I want them to
say to the public that they desire Coun,
ells to pass the ordinance prepared by
the Department of Transit and intro
duced in Councils.
"If they do not do this," he declared,
"they have no Just cause to complain of
the present growing suspicion that they
are at the bottom of the Councllmanlc
action. Therefore I say to' you men, don't
waste your time fighting straw men; get
to the men higher up."
"On to Councils" was the slogan of the
protest meeting, and It met with an
enthusiastic cheer when It was sounded
by every speaker. When Dr. Philip II.
Moore, the last speaker, called on every
man who would pledge himself to at
tend the meeting of Councils next Thurs
day to stand up, hundreds of men Jumped
to their feet.
A meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Committee of One TliQUtaiiu rj
called today for II o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. The entire transit situation will be
reviewed at that time with Director
Taylor and the future course of action
will bo determined.
The leaders In the transit fight today
began laying piano to keep the Issue
Bquarely befpre, the people. Mass.meet
Ings In every ward In Philadelphia, it was
announced, will be arranged within a. day
or two. These meetings will be held be
fore Councils meet, Thursday of next
week, and should the demand of the peo
ple not be heeded at that time the meet'
Ings will be continued with new vigor.
PHILADELPHIA'S "DACIA"
LEAVES PORT TOMORROW
England Holds Transfer of Westwego
Was Not Dona Fide.
Philadelphia's Docla, the steamship
Westwego, will leave here tomorrow for
New Orleans to load a cargo of petrolum
for Alexandra. Egypt William J. Conlen,
vice president of the Union Petroleum
fiteanuthlp Company, which purchased
the vessel from a Rumanian company,
declined to ay whether Great Britain's
protest against the legality of the trans
fer to American reglstn had been satis
fied If it has not, the same fate in
store for the Dado, now nearing Eng
land's shores will overUlse the vessel ac
oo'tJAS to shipping jua, ,
SUFFRAGE BAZAAR
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
THREATENS FAMILY
Frantic Children Seek Roof
While Home Is Flaming Fur
nace. Throe young girls, half-suffocated from
smoke, wero marooned on a roof today
when flro cut oft their escape In a threo
story dwelling and store occupied by
Jacob Tlchman, his wlfo and six children
nt tho northwest corner of Sixth nnd Pop
lar streets. Swajlng on their dizzy
perch tho three girls, Jennie, 18; Yotta,
14, and Minnie, 12, were prevailed upon by
neighbors not to Jump and wero finally
rescued by Policeman Smith, of tho
Eighth and Jefferson streets station
house.
The flames which Btarted in the store
on the ground floor, shortly nftor 2
o'clock, spread with such rapidity that
all cscapo was cut off before the members
of tho family wero aware of their peril.
Tho father. Dora, his wife, nnd the other
children were all in bed when the smoke
aroused thejji.
Dora, Minnlo nnd Jcnnlo groped their
way Into the hallway which was filled
with smoke and aroused their parents,
nho had Bella, 4 years old, In their bed.
By tho tlmo they had aroused Joseph,
who Is 21, and Isaac, 11, flames were
roaring up the stairway.
Frantic with fright, tho I girls then
climbed through a trapdoor to the roof
In their night clothing and made their
way to the cornlco edge. They wero at
tho edge of the roof when Policeman
Smith arrived. Ho cried to the girls to
stay where they wero and, after sending
In nn alarm, broke down tho front door.
Neighbors who had begun to crowd
about the house, screaming with terror at
tho plight of the family, found courage
nnd plunged Into the hoUBe after tho
patrolman. He made his way to tho roof
first and. after dragging the daughtora
back to the third floor, carried Mrs. Tlch
man and her baby to tho sidewalk. Joseph
Tlchman conducted two of his sisters to
the street, but Yetta and Jcnnlo fell un
conscious at the stair landing from smoke
and fright.
INSANE MAKE CITY BROOMS
Men Patients at Byberry Employed in
Workshop.
Brooms for nil Philadelphia's municipal
buildings and Institutions will hereafter
be made by Insane patients at Byberry If
plans of Director Zlegler, of the Depart
ment of Health and Charities; reach per
fection. Big changes were made during the last
week at Byberry farm, where Insane men
patients are maintained by the city. One
of the farm buildings was transformed
Into a workshop and broom-making ma
chinery was Installed, Tho equipment
was purchased from the legacy left to tho
Board of City Trusts, years ago, by Mary
Shields for the purpose of providing em
ployment, diversion and entertainment for
the city's Insane. Tho first brooms were
turned out last week and were said to be
of excellent quality.
TERRE IIAUTE'S SCANDAL
Five Candidates Plead Not Guilty to
Election Corruption.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Feb. 25, Roy L.
Shattuck, of Brazil, Ind., Republican can
didate ngnlnst Congressman Ralph W.
Moss In the recent election, today pleaded
not guilty in Federal Court here to the
charge that ho had conspired to corrupt
the election.
Four unsuccessful Republican candi
dates for Vigo County (Terre Haute) of
fices, Indicted with Shattuck, entered the
same plea.
WHITE HOUSE BABY KEEPS
LATE HOURS ON VISIT HERE
Little Francis Sayre, President Wilson's Only Grand
son, Cooes Hello to Broad Street Station Crowds
at. 4.25 A. M.
Just think, of HI The most prominent
baby, If not the most Important baby In
these United States, didn't Bo to bed
until after midnight this morning. Fur
thermore, as it that were not enough
for a night's adventure, he awoke after
four hours' sleep to say a bright "good
morning" and get his diet glimpse of
the Quaker City. What, (a sclenUflo
baby-ralilng coming tor Fond parents,
who bring up their children by schedule,
may uell ask this question,
L' enfant, of course, is French Sayre,
only grandchild of President Wllion. He
passed through Philadelphia In the wee
una' hours this morning and stopped
In Brqad Street Station Ion? enough for
the word to spread that he waa there
and thus give several hundred belated
traveler opportunity to watch aim get
his first gUrapsa of the world beyond
his Washington birthplace. Now ha is
safe in WUUnmetown, Mass., where he
U'to be christened in a day or so, with
his distinguished grandfather as god
father Young Ut. Sayre was safely tucked, by
FATIIEll FAILS TO SUBDUE
DAUGHTER'S Y0UN0 SUITOR
Magistrate Discharges Youth Ac
cused of "Trespassing."
An Irate father and a proud youth
glared angrily at each other today In
the oftlce) of Magistrate Pennock, 6609 Ger
mantown avenue. The father waB John
Brough, n builder, of 3 North 6th street,
Oak Lane, and the youth was Harold
Prnntv. is vsnrs old. of 41 Tyson avenue.
Prouty appeared as a prisoner and
Ilrough as prosecutor, but as Magistrate
Pennock found no fault with the youth
he was discharged.
According to the story unfolded at the
hearing, young Prouty gazed one day
Into the eyes of Clare Brough, the 18-year-old
daughter of John Brough, and
was Instantly smitten. Ho started to call
on the girl, but tho father objected.
Undaunted, young Prouty kept on visit
ing the girl of his choice, carefully select
ing hours when the father was not at
home. Yesterday, however, Brough ar
rived beforo Prouty had doparted. Ho
summoned Policeman Cooko nnd ordered
him to arrest tho young man on a char go
nf triumtsalnir. At' the hearing It devel
oped that Prouty had beon admitted by
Miss Brough. and Magistrate Pennock
pointed out sho also should have been ar
rested, whereupon tho young man was
discharged.
CITY NOT TO HELP
FOUND TRAMP'S HOTEL
Board of Education Refuses
Use of Old School Davia
"Puts It Up to Public."
Jeff Davis, hobo promoter of hobo
hotels, this morning camo In contact with
the first obstacle to his plan to establish
a 'Hotel de Gink," which Is to say an
"Inn for Itinerants," In this city, when
President Henry R. Edmunds, of tho
Board of Education, sold "No," flatly nnd
flrrrily, when ho waa asked If the board
would allow tho King of Hoboes to uso
tho old sohool building at 12th and Wood
streets for his projocted hostelry.
The bonlfaco of tho New York "Hotel
do Glnlt," which. Is the flrst of a pro
jected chain of "flop houses," must look
further to find a site for his hostelry.
The 12th and Wood streets building Is for
sale, but a promoter Is scarcely to bo ox
pocted to spend real money In tho enter
prise. If tho City of Brotherly Lovo
wants n. Hotel do Gink It must meet the
orgnnlzcr half way, ho Bays.
"Jeff" has arranged nn audience with
Mr. Wilson, and he will ask him to pur
chase the ground on which the New
York Hotel do Gink stands, as well as
500 acres on Long Island, for a summer
hotel whero guests may develop industry
and grow crops for their own consump
tion. Asks Public Land for Hobo Farm
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 JDff Davis, of
the Hotel Do Gink of New York city, to
day asked President Wilson to repeal tho
vagrnnoy laws and establish a "hobo"
farm on some Government land In Ari
zona or other Western State. Tho Presl
ent referred his caller to Assistant
Secretary of Interior Jones, who Is In
charge of matters relating to public
lands.
"Tho President Is certainly a fine man,"
said Jeff, "and I liked him very much."
AUTO THIEVES ESCAPE ARREST
Found in Stolon Car, They Leap to
Street nnd Dodge Bullets.
An exciting chase In an automobile,
from which several shots wero fired, re
sulted In tho recovery nnd the return to
day of a stolen flve-pnssenger automobile
to Its owner, Miss Blnncho Pattorson, n
Inst year's debutante nnd daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Patterson, South High
land avenue. Morion, Pa.
The car, closely curtained and com
tnlnlng two men, was seen at 19th and
Arch streets yesterday afternoon by De
tectives Hodge and Brown, who called
on the men to halt. In roply they put
on more speed. Tho detectives sprang
on the running board and drew their re
volvers. The machine swerved sharply,
almost throwing the detectives off. When
they pulled back the curtains they found
tho driver's seat empty. Tho car wns still
going fnst and Its former occupants were
seen running. While Hodge stopped tho
car. Brown fired several shots at them
but they escaped.
Demand More Police Protection
The establishment of a "Vigilance Com
mittee," composed of volunteer civilian
policemen and private detectives. Is
urged by West Philadelphia residents
living In the 38th police district. 55th and
Pine streets. The Greater Sherwood Im
provement Association adopted a reso
lution last night calling on all the busi
ness and Improvement associations west
of the Schuylkill River to provide their
own guardians of tho law unless the
Department of Public Safety will afford
this protection to the district.
Cashing of Draft Causes Arrest
Frank J. Gullete, 65 Walnut street,
a traveling salesman, who took a bride
less than a month ago, will be arraigned
at Central Station on Saturday on a
chrge of being a fugitive front Jackson
ville, Fin. Gullette's attorney stated that
his arrest was a mistake and resulted
over a misunderstanding about the cash
ing of a draft for MO In the Florida city.
CONFIRMS NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, Among nomi
nations confirmed by the Senate today
was that of Collector of Internal Revenue
Fred C. Kerkendall, Wllkes-Barre, Pa
and the following postmasters: Fred P.
Crater, Gladstone, N. J.; Bayard C.
Stavely, Haddonfleld, N. J; Matt Ely,
I Jersey City, N. J, J Frank McMurtry,
I Mendham, N. J.
a Pullman porter and two nurses into a
snug berth in one of tha staterooms of
the "midnight" train from the capital,
tho train that leaves there at 1J:80 a. m.
and reaches proad street at i:U a. nt.
When the train rolled Into the station
Baby Francis rubbed his eye in a dazed,
"please-explaln-to-me" way, and made It
known to Mrs. Bayre that he wanted
to go out and flee the sights. Around
In the station the word was passed
that a distinguished visitor was present.
Trains were quite forgotten, while the
curious thronged to view little Francis.
He smiled and cooed with great cheerful.
rites as the nurse swayed him gently In
her arms, and bade him "smile prettily."
Three minutes later tha train pulled out
on Its way through North Philadelphia to
New York.
Others In the party wera his patents,
Mr- and Mrs. Francis Sayre; Secretary
and Mrs. McAdoo and Miss Wilson.
Francis waa the first distinguished cltuen
of the country, other than Presidents and
ex-Presidents, for whom the state en
trance to the Washington Union Station
has bee thrown opm.
NO LIGHT THROWN
ON HARDING'S ACT
Coroner's Jury Returns? SiM,u
Verdicfc-Mra. Harding, Told. J
on Arrival liere, Collapses.
The Coroner's Jury today returned a
verdict of suicide by gunshot Wounds at
the inquest into the death of Captain Ar
thur Harding, former aide toei.P.M-.
Toft, who shot himself through ii,. u.A
at tho Racquet Club yesterday. in hli i
Instructions to the Jury Coroner McKnlsh''
until Hi vt,1.n. -jl... "-"nigat,,.
... v,,.ucvo wiiumea or no other
verdict but suicide.
Funeral services for the dead officer"!
,. ,.u.u , mo jwavai Hospital this
afternoon. Tho services wem ntt.,'
by Mrs. Hnrdlng and her sister, Mrs. J, J
n. i.Kiucn, lieutenant Colonol L. v. T
Wallor, Cnptaln Thomas Wise, Captn
Bearls and Major' Porter. Following the
services tho body waB shipped to Qulncr
III., Captain Harding's former home. '
No testimony wns produced to throw
....... .. iD luuuvo wnicn prompted Can-
tain Harding to kill himself. Deputy Cor
oner McKcovcr testified that he had found"
tho body In the club with a bullet hole
"io i.euu. .ueain, ho said, had bn'
causod by a eteol-jacketed bullet whlclji
ii.uuu u. uureiy perceptible wound. A ma'
mm irora t,enguo island camo to City
Hall after tho rovolver today.
Whether tho Navy Board of Inqueat un.
covered the reasons for tho suicide o'f '"
Captain Hardlne will nrnt,.M.. ..
learned today when tho board flies Its re-'.
port with Commandant Benson, of th. ,
League Island Navy Yard. After ,- i
vcstlgatlon yesterday bv nmniv n -.. 1
McKeovor, ofllccrs at Lcaguo Island, dl. M
roctcd by Major Harry Leo. bum i-. m
qulry Into tho circumstances of the u. $9
cldo. Thus far no reason has ben rii M
for fTnntnln TTny,1lni,'B ...I.I,. a... ."BK
--- .... .v..,i a auuiua, jniy a
few momenta beforo he shot himself
""i"""' iiiuiuk uuu Deen joKing with M9
Frederick Wagstaff, head valet at thav'H
itacquot ciuo.
Reports that the suicide nf n.ni.in
Harding brought to light for the first'' M
umo nis marnago to Miss Marie Hayden
of Washington, were denied tmlnv v,
captain Thomas Wise, of the Marine
Corps, who Is stationed at Lcaguo Island.
Captain Wise has been an intimate friend
of tho doad man ,for five years.
Mrs. Harding, whq arrived yesterday
from Washington, was In n serious con
dition from shock todny. She learned
of her husband's death only after her
arrival nt Broad Street Station, In a
letter CaDtaln Hnrrilncr rppo!vr1 m,i
fow moments before ho shot himself, shs '
oaiu sue was coming to rniiaclclDMa and t
asked what time ho would meet her,
Captain Wise and Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Danzy. slater and brothor-ln-law of Cap
tain Harding, were nt Broad Street Sta
tion to meet. Sirs. Harding when she ar
rlvcdj vv
Tho y reason advanced thus far for
the sutcldo Is tho condition of Captain
Harding's health. Ho had suffered from
nervous indlegstlon for several days.
WUUVmUr UUWfN STULUAi
Tho police Busnect Jealousy in connec
tion with the thoft of a valuable silk' wed
ding dress, which was stolen from tho
room of Miss Verna Mlddloton, of 103
Main street, Darby, who Is to become a
bride on March C. The dress was the only
thing taken from the house, although"
several other articles of value were In the
same room when It wns entered. Miss
Mlrirllptnn Hava aIia linn no enemlea who
would bo guilty of stealing her weddlny'! 4i
gown, but the police, after an InvestluV -'ri
tlon, believe the theft was the work of''
a dlscruntled suitor. A
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ESCAPES DEATH IN LONG FALI:'T
After plunging from the fourth story of A
U 4 UIIIDjitauiu , , tn t veil, uunuuta Ub .W.M .'
ami Filhei f RtrcetH Inst nlcht. craihlnz m
through a glnss skylight and landing on
a concrete pavement, Frank Brink, a rail
rnod employe, of Darby, is In the Hahne
mann Hospital with nothing worse than
a few lacerations and bruises. i.
Brink was skylarking with another em
ploye near an open window and accl
dnetnlly lost Ills balance.
CITY PAYS MOTHERS PENSIONS
Payments, nmountlng to ' $1607. "we.ro
mado todny by City Treasurer McCoach
to 132 widows and deserted wives, under
thfi net establlshlnc the Mothers' Tension
Fund. The amounts paid are for the
month of February nnd are from the ap
nronrlatlon made by Councils.
Each beneficiary will receive from the '
Commonwealth an amount equal to the
sum paid by the city. There are 60S
children under 14 years of age In the
families to which tho pension funds wer
paid.
Merchant Accused of Arson
NORBISTOWN. Pa.. Feb. 25,-Lewls
Shanfleld, a merchant of Penllyn and Fort ,
Washington, is In jail here, charged with
arson. It Is alleged that he set flre
to a barn last November, when sir cows
and four horses, one of the la iter be
longing to him, were burned.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
For eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey: Fair tonight and Friday; colder
tonight; strong west winds.
The eastern Btorm has moved from cen
tral over Lake Michigan to the southern I
New England coast during the hut JJ
hours. It has Increased In energy andd
has caused general rains In the Atlantlo
States and the Lalte region, rouoveu u,
a moderate drop In temperature, The
temperatures are still generally aubve 1he
-.m.l h.iii(rhmit th nnrtheaatern DOf- ,
tlon of the country, with Indications that j
a furher moderate uecrease tonigiii f
result In seasonable conditions by Friday j
morning.
tl. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
. l ..Ll. !..... th avfltlttfl
eonditiona throuthout th country, E?iSI
In rprt- to tho United fitt Weathtr Ba-'J
TCftU RK O . u, iwi
Low
Btatlon 8 a.m n't. fall, Wlna. Ijr.WejtW
R a Cloud
Atlantla City.... j il
Blamarck. N. D. 30 SO
Ballon. Wau..,. 44 42
Buffalo. N. T... 80 JO
Chicago. III.,... fS ii
CUvefand. O.... 82 32
Denver, Col,,.., 0 28
ia UTtr A T7Aln
! E 4 Kcioudj
,82 B 12 Jtain,
.28 NW SO Clouor
.. KW10 Bnew
as nf ?) Ban
'! NW 8 KC10BJ
me Mointu. i., " fi
;: NW 8 raear
.01 nw e coudy
-nj.trolt. Hfleh 32 SO
Duluth, Minn... 1? 12
Oalveaton, Tex.. M B2
Ilatteraa. N. C . 46 49
Helena, Mont--. 28 4
Huron. S..D--,-.. ?0 20
Jacluonvllle.Fla. 44 41
Xuuai Clty.Mo. 26 26
Louie Me. Ky 84 84
!: E 4 P.Cluj
,68 W 14 Clouar
T. 8W e ciou
! B 4 Cloudy
.' NW 4 Cloudy
I: NW12 Clear
" W 18 Cloud
Mempnie. jenn.. m
v.a OrlAmna. .
48 48
.. BW 4 Cloud?
00 NW 8 fiala ,
VJ- VnrXr- 88 &i
a l.
H. J'Ulte. Keb.. 22 22
Oklahoma, Ok,..
51 42
48 48
32 82
42 42
40 40
82 82
16 18
8a ia
M 60
88 88
0? 82
it 42
U 12
" NE i P.C16U4M
Fhlladelpma ...
Phoenix, Aria.
MtUburgb. Pa
Portland, ale
Portland, Ore
St. Louie. Uo
St Paul. Minn
Salt Lake, Vtah
Ban Francteco
Scrsnton. Pa
.68 NW 18 Ham,
to W 12 Snow
.42 BB 18 Rata .J
15 ffiST. I c w
S,v'f cleaT '
.. a 8 Cleat
.80 N 8 Cloud
.84 NW 8 cba4!f
NW 8 Cloudy .
Tampa,
Weehington
a mtv in cloudy
Winnipeg
. n a pcioBdja
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