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WIFE OF MURDERER
4ND SUICIDE REFUSES
TO BURY HIS BODY
Marital Affection Over
taxed by Disclosure of
St. Clair's Relations
With Victim of His
Crime
TRANSIT BUTTONS I'Ol'ULAK
Demand Produces Supply of Thous
ands of Emblems.
Additional thousands of transit buttons
havo been ordered by Director Taylor to
supply the Beemlngly never-ending do
mnnd. High and low, rich and poor, the citi
zens nro making fresh Inroads on tho
stock that wni gathered for them. Smooth
alpaca contn and even tattered garments
In surprising numbers bear tho little hluo
and yellow emblems In tho lapel. "For
tho Transit Plan" "greets ono at every
turn.
CONGRESS PREPARING
TO ADJOURN FINALLY
All Thought of Extra Session
Abandoned Three Appro
priation Bills Pending.
Coroner Knight Receives Let
ter, in Which Woman Says
She Has No Interest in Fu
neral of Her Husband Mrs.
Hall's Body Claimed.
The new buttons mav bo obtnlned nt
the Ledger Building, 6th and Cheitnut
streets, and at Ledger Central, Broad nnd
Chestnut streets.
WASHINGTON, March 3. Congress'
I clutch was thrown lato high speed today
DOPE USERS SEEK
CURE AT BLOCKLEY
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Mrdor, sulcido and Infidelity proved
too severs a test of the marital affec
tions of Mrs, Charles C. fit. Clair, who
asked Coroner Knight today to dispose
of the body of her husband who killed
himself on Monday after murdering Mrs.
Edna Potter Hnll In tho Hotel Windsor.
Coroner McKnlght received a letter from
tho wife of tho dead man through un
official of tho Coronor'a ofllco In New
York, stntlng In effect that sbo had no
interest In tho funeral of tho principal
In the sensational double crime.
Tho communication, which was signed
by L. queBldo for Mrs. St. Clair, read bb
follows:
"As Mrs, St. Clair has decided not to
remove her husband's body from tho
Philadelphia Morgue, but to allow It to
be burled by tho authorities, It will not
bo necessary for her to go to Philadel
phia. Wo phoned you about It th.'n after
noon." A short tlmo after the letter was le
celvcd hero A. B. Stein, a half-brother
of the murdered woman, went to the
Morgue and Identified tho body of Mrn.
Hall. Ho made arrangements with tho
Undertaking firm of J. Lewis Good &
Sons, 921 Spruce street, to have tho
murdered woman a body shipped to
Waterbury, where she will bo burled from
tho home of her paronts, Mr. nnd Mrs.
F. II, Potter, of Glenn street, that city.
Tho final chapter in tho tragedy will
tako placo tomorrow wh"n tho Coroner
will hold an Inquest for tho formnllty of
fixing tho responsibility for the crime.
Thero will be llttlo to Introduce as evl
denco at tho proceedings. Only ono cent
was found In tho apartment where tho
murder and sulcido took placo. In tho
two cheap travollng bags brought to the
hotel by tho couple there was nothing be
yond evidence of tho deep Infatuation of
tho man and woman for each other.
One bag contained a new bnndolr cap,
a new girdle and several pairs of silk
stockings. In tho other were a few of
St. Clair's belongings and the revolver
with which ho killed himself and Ills
companion. Tho weapon Is of .32 calibre,
evidently purchased In this city. Three
bullets had been fired, two of which St.
Clalr sent Into his own brain to mako
certain of self-destruction, although thero
Is evidence that he lost his nerve after
murdorlng Mrs. Hall and delayed his own
end for at least an hour after his llrst
crime.
With the revolver was a now box con
taining 50 cartridges and a bottlo of oil,
with directions for using tho revolver. A
email watch, still ticking when found,
lay alongside the revolver. Under a
soiled shirt the Coroner's aids also found
a. program for a burlesque show now play
in this city, which tho couple apparently
attended before the murder and sulcido
was discovered.
DCSDlto thfl f.lnf thnf iUn n.,.t..lii
showed the dead woman's rclutlve Mrs.
Hall's last note, which was pieced to
gether and indicated her Infatuation for
tha man who murdered her. Stein, who
also lives In Woodbury, holds u the be
lief that the woman, who was 21 years
,Tti "re io tills city by St. Clair
Thirteen Men and Two Women
Addicted to Cocaine and
Heroin Enter Hospital.
Thirteen men nnd two women, driven to
seek a euro for the drug habit by tho en
forcement of tho Harrison drug act
which cut off their supply of cocalno and
lioroln, found their way during tho night
to the now drug ward, opened Monday
nt Hlockley to caro for such cases. To
day thero are 28 men and two women Iti
tho dru? ward, tho largest numbor ever
assembled to take a drug euro at a Phila
delphia Hospital. Most of tho victims
weio Bent to Blookley hy Lieutenant
Smiley, of tho 11th and Winter streetn
station, in tho heart of tho Tenderloin
and tho haven of the drug users. Since
tho drug prohibition went on they have
fluno to tho polico station In a state of
pltlablo nervousness and begged to be
tent to tho cure, a part of which is the
administration of diminishing quantities
of cocaine. Tho sudden stoppage of tho
supply of drugs would bo fatal to many
of the habitual "rakers" In the Tender
loin, they say.
During the early evening five men and
a woman called at tho 11th and Winter
streets station to ask to bo allowed to
Uko the cure. Tho woman was Annio
Norton, 20 years old, of 1MD Palmer street.
She had been lMng 111 tho Tenderloin two
yeais. sho said, and took to using drugs
after her husband divorced her and her
only child died.
All those who appeared before Lieuten
ant Smiley last night said that the Har
rison net had put the price of tho availa
ble supply of drug to prohibitive heights,
and that only persona with money could
buy It now. Thoiefore, they said, tho best
thing they could do was to try the Block
ley cure.
Lieutenant Smiley summoned tho dis
trict surgeon, Dr. John Kgau, who has
been called In to examine drug users since
tho Harrison act drove them to seek tho
cure. Dr. Egun certified that those who
applied at the police station wero ad
dieted to drugs and then produced affi
davits, which all Wero required to sign.
These set forth that the signers bound
themselves to remain at Blockley as long
as It was necessary to effect a cure.
They signed willingly, though with
shaking lingers, and this morning wero
taken to the drug ward. Tho five men,
the llrst to apply last night, wero Wil
liam Meade, i!3 North 7th street; Walter
Harris, 921 South 12th street; John
O'Toole, 210 Noith !Hh street; Harry
Bishop, 0"i Itace street, and James Wil
liams, 217 North 9th street.
toward final adjournment at noon Thurs
day. All thought of an extra session wan
abandoned. Fate of threo big appropria
tion bills, rural credits nnd tho ship pur
chase measure hung In tho balance
Both sides mado great strides toward
cleaning up their calendars.
President Wilson facilitated mattors by
Blgnlng four big appropriation bills.
Itemalnlng for final disposition before
adjournment were tho army, postofllce,
agricultural, rivers and harbors, Indian
nnd general deficiency appropriation bills.
Conferees struggled toward a coinpio
mlsp on rural credits.
Tho ship purchase bill was stranded In
tho Senate, with fallmo alim M certain
Doadlocki on tho agriculture and post
o'llco appropriation measures threatened
their failure, too, with necessity for emer
gency resolutions to provide funds.
i ne conrerenre report on the leglilntlvo
appropriation bill was accepted by tho
House. Tho bill allows tho customary
20 cents n mllo for members coming to
and going from tho session of Congress.
Tho Itouso provision which was elimi
nated called for actual traveling expenses.
A Senate resolution extending tho
thnnks of Congress to Ambassador Nnon,
of Argentina; Ambassador Do Gama of
Brazil, and Ambassador Suarez, of Chill,
who acted as mediators In tho Niagara
Falls conference In the difficulties between
tho United States and MpxIco luBt year,
was passed by tho House today. Tho
resolution provides that tho President
shall present ench of tho three Ambassa
dors with a gold medal appropriately Inscribed.
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STEGLER MAY PLEAD GUILTY
IN PASSPORT FRAUD CASE
JOSEPHINE WOOD
Girl of 7 years, who was born and
died under Christian Science
treatment. Chnrrrcs of criminal
negligence hnve been preferred
against her pnrents nnd ngnlnst
tho womnn healer who was called
in boforo her dentil,
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
DEFENDS HER ACTIONS
BISHOP RHINELANDER
ACCUSED BY PARISH
His Wife Considers Damage Suits for
False Arrest.
NEW YORK. March 3. Richard Peter
Stegler, under indictment charged with
having fraudulently obtained a United
States passport, repeated in detail yester
day the story Of his alleged dealings with
Capt. Boy-Ed, naval attache of the Gor
man Embassy, to Assistant United Stutcs
District Attorney Roger B. Wood. It Is
said on good authority that Stegler may
change his plea of not guilty to ono of
guilty. If ho does, his wholo story of his
alleged dealings with tho German naval
attache will bo made public.
Mrs. Stegler, wife of tho prisoner, has
not yet decided what nction sho will take
against tho reporters for the New York
Stnats-Zcltung, who, after luring her to
a hotel, had her arrested thero on a
trumped-up charge of nssault.
Woman Whose Child Patient
Died Declares She Tried to
Conform to Law.
WONDERFUL WAR PICTURES
'Her parents are nrostratrrl iit m,v,,.,u
to eee her burled," ho said today. "Her
father Is nearly SO years old and 13 a
veteran of the Civil War."
Stein verified the details already ob
tained previously by the Coroner's offi
cials relative to Mrs. Hall's career, but
brought out tho additional fact that his
half-sister exerted a powerful fascina
tion for men whom she met.
According to Stein, seven years ago,
when his half-sister was IS years old, sho
left her home In Woodbury to Join a mu
sical comedy troupe as a chorus girl. Sho
was tho Idol of her parents. Shortly nfter
icuYiiji, noma ior me nrst time she mar
ried A. L. Nlckerson, pianist of the thea
trical organization. After tho ceremony.
Harry Hall, a childhood acquaintance and
ehool chum, continued to write to her.
Nlckerson Intercepted several of the com
munications and a divorce resulted.
Hall, whose ring was found on her body
here, then, according to Stein, threatened
suicide If she did not mnrry him, and the
pair were made man and wife In New
York. After this ceremony, St Clalr
who had before met Mrs. Hall, attempted
suicide and subsequently Influenced her
to accompany him to this city for tho
purpose, according to the police, of kill
ing her and himself.
St. Clair's body will probably be burled
In Potter's Field. Beyond the Identifica
tion of A. TV. Page, of this city, no fur
ther effort has been made to Identify the
dead man as "Kid" St. Clalr, former mll
dlewelght prize fighter, lunchroom pro
prietor and chauffeur.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, March 3.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
seys Fair tonight and Thursday; mod
crate north winds.
The cold area In the upper lake region
expauded rapidly eastward to the coait
.at night, although the crest of the area
moved slowly and is over Lake Superior
this morning. The temperatures are gen
erally from 8 to 12 degrees below the nor
rnal throughout tho northeastern portion
of tho country, and promise to remain so
during tho next SO hours, Jt Is slightly
warmer )n the Southern States, the rise
averaging- about 6 degrees, which has re
stored seasonable conditions In those dis
tricts, Tho southwestern disturbance has
caused general precipitation in the plains
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CwitintKMl from 1'ngn One
prospered wonderfully and an JSOOO chapel
has been built. From a struggling parish
we hae grown Into a strong body. Mr.
Ithodes has endeared himself to us as a
congregation, and It seems to us that ho
Is the embodiment of all that ono could
wish for In a minister."
Tho Bishop llrst requested Mr. Ithodes
to discontinue seeing Howard and Doctor
Yerkes in a personal Interview on Feb
ruary 4. When piested for a reason ho
is said to have replied that tho request
was sufllclont reason. Since then Doctor
Hmhaidt has acted as tho Bishop's emis
sary. On February 19 he addressed a let
ter to tho young minister notifying him
that although his appointment did not
expiro until May 31, his dismissal was
to take effect April 1.
"On April 1, 1915," this letter said, "an
additional check covering your salary
for the remaining two months will be
given you, and the Bishop wishes you
to consider yourself free from duty after
April I, to use your holiday In an effort
to secure work elsewhere, In which effort
ho hopes you will bo successful."
Although Mr. Ithodes Is only 26 years
old. his hair Is turning gray at the tem
ples, and members of his congregation
say this Is the result of recent worries.
His congregation Is backing him In the
controversy, turning out In record-breaking
numbers on the two Sundays fol
lowing tho news that he had been dis
missed. A native of Providence. It. I.. wher hn
Is well connected, he came to Philadel
phia two years ago as an assistant curate.
He Is a graduate of tho Theological Sem
inary at Nashotah, Wis.
CHATtC-KS TAMPKniNO WITH MAIL
Tho letter which Howard says was
tampered with was written to him by the
Itev. Irving A. McQrew, curate of tho
nplphany Chapel of the Church of St.
Luko and tho nplphany, 13th and Spruce
streets. The Bishop notified him that he
had tho letter.
Besides the Bishop and Doctor Em
'nardt, the postal Inspectors Interviewed
Bowlund F. Phllbrook. a student In the
Philadelphia Divinity School, who found
tho letter. Tho contents were a rebuke
to Howard for alleged misconduct and
derogatory remarks about the Bishop nt
a musicals at the Church of the Advo
cate, 18th and Diamond streets, on tho
night of December 9, 19H.
Evening Ledper's "Movies" Coming to
the Forrest Theatre.
Beginning with next Monday afternoon,
the Forrest Thcatro will show tho most
remarkable war pictures ever exhibited.
They wero taken on tho battlefields of
Kuropo and have just arrived pictures of
bloody carnage pictures of daring deeds
and bravo men.
Theflo moving pictures excel anything
over before shown to tho public. They
ureuino me spirit of war, they aro tho
Incarnation of tho antithesis of civiliza
tion. Vividly thoy portray charges Into
the withering firo of the enemy; wonder
fully they show tho stupendous conflict
now raging In Europe.
iuu miruiuici uursis; mere is an
armored train In action; 11 of Germany's
great 42-centimetro guns are spewing
forth their hall of death; tho trenches aro
shown; thero Is a charge of COO and only
32 return! It Is tho last word In moving
pictures.
Tho pictures which will be shown every
afternoon nt 2 and 3:30 o'clock and every
evening at 8 and fl-30, will be brought to
this city by tho Evening Lnnacn.
JOSEPH F. M. BALDI ILL
Prominent Local Italian Business
Man Seriously Sick in Italy.
Chevalier Joseph F. M. Baldl, a mem
ber of tho firms of C. C. A. Baldl & Co.,
and C. C. A Baldl & Bros., and a brother
of Chevalier C. C. A. Baldl, head of tho
Italian colony In this city. Is sufferinir
from typhoid pneumonia at tho family
homestead In Castlenuovo, Cllcnta, Italy,
according to cablegrams and letters re
ceived here today. His condition beeamo
so alarming a week ago that specialists
from Naples wero summoned to his bed
side. Mr. Baldl left this city In December In
response to a request from his mother
that one of her sons living In this city
be nt her bedside, as sho was about to
undergo a serious operation. Mrs. Baldl,
who Is SO years old, went under tho knife,
and her son was a gicat comfort to her
during her serious Illness,
Gen. Wood Denies Bishop's Charge
WASHINGTON, March 3. - General
Leonnrd Wood, commanding the Depart
ment of the Eat with headquarters at
Governor's Island, N. Y., wired Secre
tary of War Garrison today, characteriz
ing ns an "audacious misstatement," the
chnrge made by Bishop David II. Greer,
of New York, that ho had been active
In the propaganda for the organization of
an American legion composed of former
army and navy men.
"Every Christian Sclcnco render and
practitioner In this city Is eager to con
form wlt'n tho law and summon a phy
sician when It Is ascertained that tho
patient Is nffllcted with a contnglous
disease, such as mumps or measles.
"Whcnovcr I havo been asked to treat
a sick person who was nflllcted with a
contagious dlscaso I always have request
ed that a physician be called Josephlno
didn't show any signs of dlphthoria until
a few houis before her death. It is too
bad that Josephine Is dead, because she
was a child who possessed n. beautiful
character."
Heartbroken over the death of Josephlno
May Wood, 7 years old, of 1727 North Syd
enham street, who died last Monday of
diphtheria while under Christian Science
treatment, Miss Doiothea J. Wnrmuth, a
Christian Science leader, made this state
ment today in speaking of tho gill's death.
Miss Wnrmuth Is a teacher of languages
und a graduate of the Chicago Unlveisity.
Miss Warmuth and tho child's parents,
Mr. nnd Mis. WUIIam F. Wood, were ar
rested yebtcrday on oidcr of Coroner
Knight, charged with criminal negligence.
They were lclcascd In $1500 ball. Thoy
win nave a Hearing Jlarcli it.
Miss Wnrmuth described today her visit
to the Wood homo a fow days ago. She
denounced some of tho stories which had
been published about her arrest.
"I simply did what any other Christian
Scientist would havo done," she said. "I
was asked to visit tho child by her
parents. When I called at tho houso tho
mother told me that tho girl was suffer
ing from mumps.
"Tho child didn't appear to bo very sick.
I suggested that a physician be called, but
tho mother lofuscd to do so becauso sho
didn't think tho child's condition was seri
ous. Josephlno was running around tho
noueo on febiunry 22. Tho child's condi
tion seemed to Improvo under Christian
bcienco treatment.
"Her throat beeamo healed and her
spirits brightened. Last Monday, how
over, the child's condition became serious
and a physician was summoned. When
the doctor arrived nnd diagnosed tho case
ns diphtheria 1 Immediately left tho
house.
"I havo committed no wrong. What I
did in tho Wood caso Is exactly what f
would havo done in a case whero dear
ones related to mo might havo been
afflicted."
Mis. Wood Is prostrated. She and her
husband came here fiom Bethlehem sev
eral weeks ago. AVhen Josephlno was
born a Christian Science practitioner was
present.
"Wo hold nothing against Miss War
muth," said Mr. Wood today. "When wo
summoned her to our houso wo didn't
realize that our child was bcrlously 111."
Many pupils of tho Joseph Allison Pub
lic School, which Josephine attended,
called today at the Wood homo to sym
puthUo with tho grief-stricken purents.
Tho supervising principal of tho school to
day sent tho following letter to tho pa
rents: My dear Mrs. Wlood:
Word was brought to me today that
your llttlo one had passed lost Mon
dny from your loving enro. T want to
tell you how deeply I sympathlzo with
you. She had not been In our school
very long, but long enough to endear
herself and wo too shall miss her. In
your great loss your only comfort will
bo In the thought that sho Is safe In
heaven.
tho ultimate carrvlnir ennneitv of the sub
way, reducing Its possibility of service to
the people and curtailing Its earning
power.
It Is manifestly Impracticable to de
liver this traffic at only two stations. At
the commencement of operntlon, the
Broad street subway would thus be throt
tled and absolutely prevented from de
velopment to Its ultimate capacity
"It would bo futllo to plan to transfer
passengers who wish to go cast of Broad
street to tho Market street subway or to
the proposed Chestnut street subway due
to spaco conditions of tho uhderground
stations. When trains easthound In throe
Rtibwns reach Broad street, they will not
have discharged sufficient passengers to
mako room for transfer passengers from
tho Broad street line, even wero this
transfer othcrwlso feasible, and thus tho
track capacity of tho cast and west sub
was would bo used for this short-haul
trafllc rather than for the long-dlstanco
high-speed service to West Philadelphia.
LOOP AS TERMINUS.
"Ono Important purpose of tho recom
mended loop Is to provide terminal
facilities for tho four tracks which will
be necessary In North Broad Btroot. By
way of tho loop a part of the North
Bioud street trains can bo turned hack
after discharging their passengers. Mani
festly, tho four tracks In North Bioad
street ennnot bo run Into tracks In South
Hi oiul street, nnd, In view of experlcnco
and present-day understanding of stub
end terminals, it would bo tho utmost
roily to contemplato any similar plan for
tiny part of tho North Broad street serv
ice. Tho city of Now York has spent
millions of dollars on tho Centre street
loop to relievo the stub-end terminal at
tho Manhattan end of tho Brooklyn
Bridge.
"Whilo from a traffic nnd financial
standpoint It would be unwise to build a
line which would not tako peoplo whero
thty wish to go, It would, nt tho same
time, bo manifestly unfair for the city
to Ignoic established business ns now
located and distributed."
bubwnys cannot be built to reach every
trafllo point, hut any system undertaken
by tho city should certnlnly be designed
to reach or servo ns many trafllc ccntera
as possible.
"Furthermore, a two-track delivery
loop, with four tracks on tho west Bldo
thereof In Broad street, will furnish
terminal facilities for tho rccommonded
subway, which will extend northwestward
ly from tho City Hall beneath the Park
way to 29th street, thero connecting with
nn elevated structure over 2Sth street and
Henry nvenuo to Itoxborough.
"To cut out tho delivery loop would bo
to cut out proper delivery facilities not
only for tho Urond streot subway, but
also for tho high-speed line to tho
northwest district, and tho peoplo should
i iderstand this fact.
"Thus, If the Broad Street mibwnv were
li.llt without providing for tho delivery
loop. It could not bo operated commer
cially, and tho Increase In tho borrowing
capacity authorized at tho special elec
tion would be so tied up, under tho terms
of the ordlnnnco upon which tho election
Is based, that no future connections for
a delivery loop without grado crossing
could bo arranged for, and no portion ol
tho dellveiy loop could bo built under tho
terms thereof. Furthermore, It would be
essential to build not only a Broad street
subway, but also noithenstcilv and north
wcsteily spurs, thus making six tracks
In North Philadelphia feed Into a four
track subway.
"Mr. Johnson's opinion with relation to
this BUbJect, based on Information whloh
I havo given him, Is ns follows:
" 'The ordinance would bo legally defec
tive, In that It Bpecincally limits tho
Placo of construction and does not ln
cludo such loop.
" 'If tile lncrenso of tho Indebtedness
was authorized by a popular vote for tho
purposes defined In tho ordinance, no por
tion of tho proceeds could bo appro
priated to the construction of such loop
or In and about tho payment of any
extra cost which would bo entailed In
designing tho Broad stret Bubway to
furnish tho connection with such loop.
" 'The ordinance, taken ns a whole,
discloses a purpose to borrow money for
a specific construction, Tho use of tho
money borrowed must bo confined to that
purpose.
" 'If tho general purpose cannot be ac
complished, I would greatly fenr that tho
wholo project would fall. Part of tho pro
posed constiuctlon Is "the necossary
branch lines northeast and northwest
irom Broad street.
" 'It may bo that upon tho theory that
no branch lines northeast or northwest
will bo necesf-ary, the rest of the project
embodied In the ordinance can bo carried
out. There Is considerable doubt about
It, however.
Frankford trains were to bo through
routed to Darby. .
"It Is thus made absolutely clear that
tho ordinance calling for tha special elec
tion should hot specify any routes what
ever, becauso: .
"i. Changes In certain portions or the
roulfs may bo devised by City Councils,
or may bo ordered by tho Public Service
Commission, over which tho City Councils
havo no Control, under tne icrms ui ui
oitllnnnro dinftcd tno loan iuihih rum.,
not be used for tho construction of any
of the facilities, the routes of which may
bo so changed In tho future.
"2. The ordinance eliminates tho do
livery loop nnd any provision therefor; It
provides for no proper delivery facilities
for passengers using tho Broad street
subway. . ,
"3. City Councils should give careful
consideration to the loutes with all of
tho facts relating to location, engineering
problems, traffic problems and cost In
volved, before attempting finally nnd Ir
revocably to fix nnd determine such
routes In a manner which will make their
construction Impracticable and therefore
Impossible by their having been deslg.
nnted In tho ordinance calling tho special
election
TAYLOR ARMS TRANSIT
ARMY FOR FIGHT
President Names Postmaster
WASHINGTON, March l-Presldent
Wilson today nominated Joseph W. Mar
tin to bo postmaster at Washington, Pa.
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"Tonight I have a notion
To put my fret In motion,
So lit up -Uralsht and listen for awhile,
And I'll endeavor to ahow to you
In a ttyle that's somewhat new
Some doe atepa In the good, old Knillah atjle."
These words floated out on Lehigh ave
nue over the heads of fully 200 persons
who were assembled at the junction of
Kensington and Lehigh Avenues. The
crowd was getting target every minute
and clanging trolley gongs mingled with
the laughter and applause of, tha people.
P&llceman Artie heard the racket, and
while he hates to Interfere with happl
new, he bas to enforce tha law. Break
ing through the crowd, he saw that the
excitement was caused by William Evans
and James McClatchen.
"I am the champion Lancashire clog
dancer of tha world," shouted McClatchen
when he saw the policeman.
"Yes," said Evans, "and I have 11000
to back him up right here on the spot"
'You're both too valuable to be at
large." said Artie, as he broke up the
how He took the dancer and tils' backer
to tbe Trenton avenue and Dauphin
street station- Thy entertained the
other prtDer wid Jcept "Jingo," the
poltee HfW df, fw going to sletpp.
lecture on the benefits of temperance,
discharged them.
It Is hard to realize that a man who
carries out ashes for a living has an ar
tistic temperament. Louis Bratcher, a
Negro, can prove that It Is true. After
he had carried the ashes from the home
of Mrs. James Dempsey, of 3413 Chestnut
street, Bratcher wandered Into the hall
way on the first floor. He was attracted
by the large bronze figure of a Greek god,
and, after gazing at It enviously, he em
braced it and carried the figure out under
his coat. The ashman could have stolen
less cumbersome things In the way of sil
verware and vases, but they lacked the
magnetic appeal of the statue.
After getting It home, Bratcher realized
that tbe surroundings of his abode wero
not In keeping with the atmosphere be
longing to a Greek god, so he took him to
a pawnshop, where there were some oil
paintings, brie a brae and other artlstio
things. As Bratcher was leaving the
shop he was arrested by Policeman Peter
eon and taken to the 324 and Woodland
avenue station. He told Magistrate Har
ris that he had such a longing for thinu
of art that he simply couldn't resist them. I
traie Maeeiy told tbe two en
a taey deserved, a Hvn cenUnei
fu8iej'ttk uctt s&etr, and aftr a heia biro in 80o bait tot court.
Continued from Vagi One
does not deliver Its passengers near or
around tills centre, it will not provide
the service required, nnd will therefore
not draw so largo a proportion of tho
trafllc
SYSTEM WOULD FAIL.
"Wo would then be building an ex
pensive structure, which would not be
ublo to perform the service required of
it, nnd it would fall of reasonable finan
cial success for this reason.
The North and South Broad street
lines will collect and distribute pas
sengers from 27 stations outsldo of the
business district.
"The delivery loop provides seven sta
tions for the handling of this trafllc with
in the business district,
"Without the loop virtually the entire
delivery district traffic of the Broad street
subway, 10 miles long, and serving more
than 600.000 persons, would have to be
nanuieu in two stations.
"There is not room In Broad street to
provide the track and platform space
necessary for kuch a volume of trafllc.
"The number of passengers discharged
at the two subway stations on Broad
street between Filbert and Walnut
streets, and the congestion thus produced
in stations and street can be understood
by comparing the estimated trafllo In the
early years of operation so delivered at
the single underground platform at these
two stations, namely, 100,000 passengers
each way per day, with the number of
passengers using the numerous platforms
and entrances of the Broad Street Station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which Is
about 40,009 per day in each direction.
"A comparison between the same staT
tlons and Broad Street Station at the
rush hours night and morning would show
much greater congestion at the subway
stations due- to their greater propor
tion of peak load.
"This station congestion would also
have u serious effect on the utility of
OPINION ON FRANKFOItD "L."
"With relntion to the route of tho
Frankford elevnted, which is designated,
Mr. Johnson's opinion Is as follows:
" 'The elevated railroad that, according
to the ordinnnce. Is to bo built, is from
Front nnd Arch streets to Ithawn street,
via Front street, etc. You advise me that
It will be necessary to stop the construc
tion at Bridge street, Frankford, and that
tho extension of threo miles In the coun
try, from that point to Bhawn street,
could not be mado.
" 'There would bo a lack of good faith
In obtaining the popular consent to tho
creation of a loan to build a railway
which the city authorities know ennnot
bo constructed nnd Is not intended, at
me present time, to De constructed.'
"Mr. Johnson further states:
" 'Tho ordinance would bo free from
serious legal objections, which would so
dollno tho proposed construction as to
mako It Impossible to do anything othor
than construct upon tho precise lines In
dicated, unless theso lines ran certainly bo
followed nnd unless it Is Intended, in good
faith, to complete in accordance there
with, upon obtaining, In addition to tho
first appropriation, requisite additional
moneys.'
"Tho people should be Informed that the
building of tho Frankford elevated, as
proposed in the ordinance. Ignores the
claims of the southwestern section of
Philadelphia.
FIltST ORDINANCE EXPLAINED.
"Fourth, The ordinance requested by
tho Department of City Transit calling
for an lncrenso In the Indebtedness of tho
city to the extent of $6,000,000 to bo au
thorized for tlu beginning of transit de
development without any routes being
designated, will place City Councils In a
position to direct the expenditure of that
money In n manner which will cither re
qulro tho existing railway system In tho
city to co-operate with tho city In equip
ping nnd In operating tho recommended
high-speed lines, a3 arranged between tho
olllclals of tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company nnd tho Department of City
Transit under the terms of tho Co
operative Program, which provides for
fico tranofcra between high-speed lines
and Burfaco lines, coupled with tho elimi
nation of tho Illegal and discriminatory
exchango tlckots on a basis which In fair
and arfords reasontiblo protection to tho
existing system, as agreed; or otherwise,
If tho existing system falls to co-operate,
will place City Counclln In a position to
proceed with tho construction of tho
recommended high-speed system regnrd
less of falluro on tho part of tho exist
ing system to co-operntc, and thus tho
city will bo ennbled to Bocuro the equip
ment and operation thereof. If necessary.
ns n last resort, by nn Independent nnd
competitive company.
"These nro nmplo rcanons why an or
dinance, or ordinances, prepared In tho
usual and legal form, calling an election
to nulhorlzo nn lncrenso In the city's In
debtedness to tho extent of KOOO.OO for
the beginning of tho transit development,
Bhould bo passed without specifying any
routes.
"Nono of the loan fund would bo avail
able to tho Department of City Transit
untlt It Is appropriated by City Councils,
or until City Councils tlnally havo fixed
and determined the routes and tho samo
havo been passed and npproved by tho
Public Sorvlco Commission.
"What wo nro asking is absolutely fair
that tho people shall bo given the right
to authorize an lncrenso in tho city's In
debtedness for tho beginning of tho
transit development, and that City Coun
cils shall reservo unto themselves tho
riK"C lO aesignato tile routea rnlhnr (l,n
to nttempt to fix and finally determine
unworkable routes at this time In tho
oloctlon ordlnnnco and thus tlo up tho
Increased Indebtedness which is to bo
authorized in a way which will prevent
Its use.
"Let us work together to havo thin or
dinance amended and passed in tho usual
and legal form. Then tho construction of
real rapid tinnslt will bo assured to tho
citizens of Philadelphia nnd the city will
bo In a position to require tho existing
system to equip nnd operate the clty
owncd lines under fair conditions and
with ndequnte protection to their existing
system, or to secure an independent com
pany to equip and nperato the clty-ownod
lines on a favorable basis."
"PULLBACK" ACCUSED.
Supporters of tho Blankenburg ndmlnla
tratlon declared today that attempts wero
being mado by tho transit "pullbacks"
to becloud tho Issue by ntrlbutlng too
great significance to tho mild tone used
by tho Mayor In his telegram to Mr.
Stoteebury.
Friends of the Mayor said ho had ln-
foimcd them he did not caro to enter
Into a personal controversy with Mr.
Stotesbury at this ttmo becauso if ho
did so he would only satisfy thoso who
"wanted to draw 'a red herring' acrosas
the trail "
According to these Informants, thera
aro two things which tho administration
la anxious to have Stotesbury commit
himself to. One Is whether ho favors tho
fake transit ordinance Introduced by
Councils two weeks ago In placo of tho
Taylor plans, nnd again whether ho
still maintains tho position ho announced
last iMay when, with the Rapid Transit
directors, ho gavo his approval to Di
rector Taylor's project, provided co
operation on the part of tho Union Trac
tion ofllclals could be obtained.
Senator Varo arrived this morning from
Florida, but Senator McNIchol is not
expected until the latter part of the
week.
Director Norrla nlso returned to his
office for the first tlmo since Mr. Stotes
bury publicly denied the Insinuations
mado against tho Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company by tho city official at
tho Academy of Music, February 21.
After the meeting of tho members of the
Mayor's Cabinet, Director Norrls was
nsked what his opinion was relative to tho
Interchange of telegrams between Mr.
Stotesbury and Mayor Blankenburg, and
what he thought of charges made by the
traction magnate that the directors had
made slanderous statements at the Acad
emy of Music meeting.
Director Norrls declined to discuss tho
muttor. "I have nothing to say today, at
any rate," ho declared. Questioned fur
ther, ho refused to say whether he would
JERSEY METHODIST
MINISTERS INDORSE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Give Enthusiastic Response
to Mrs, Fechert's Appeal
for Support of Move
ment to Defeat Liquor
Men at Polls.
"Billy" Sunday's Methods
Praised by Entire Body of
Delegates to 79th Annual
Conference Which Opens at
Atlantic City.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 3.-Tho New
Jorsoy Methodist Episcopal Conference,
with great enthusiasm, Indorsed woman
BUffrngo today, Voting to do everything
possible to align the church members of
tho Stnto for equal franchise. Mrs, E. J.
Fcchcrt, of Plnlnflcld, president of the
New Jcrsoy Suffrngo Association, had
nuked tho pastors to nupport suffrage.
"Tho Liquor Dealers' Association of this
Stato has ordered lta followers to defeat
our cause," Mrs, Fcchcrt wrote. "Can
wo depend upon tho help of tho good peo
plo of New Jersey?"
"Sho caul" a dozen pastors shouted,
nnd n resolution of indorsement was
adopted.
An allusion to "Billy" Sunday by Dr.
W. D. Kelly, of New York, an "tho man
who came from tho baseball field,"
brought tho ministers to their feet.
"If any mnu can mako good and save
souls," ho said, "I say lot him go ahead.
It makes no difference what eccentricities
ho may havo."
Tho Now Yorker predicted, with irony,
that tho "400" might jet produce an even
gollst "to savo tho peto of society,"
"Wo aro with this man Sunday to a
man horse, foot and gune," declared tho
Rev. J, Morgun Read, ono of tile militant
leaders of Methodism In Now Jersey. "Wo
don't caio whether he Is a Methodlat
or n Presbyterian, for ho Is a man of Uod
and dragging souls out of tho mile."
"Wo thank God for tho rovlval spirit
now sweeping tho land," said tho Rev.
Ceorgo L. Dobbins, who has had somo
of tho most Important pastorates In the
Conference. "Religion la iccelvlng an up
lift of unpainlleled proportions, and now
agonclcs nro working tor tho spread of
tho Gospel."
Organization of tho Confetenco was ef
fected immediately nfter tho memorial
service, with Bishop Theodore S. Hender
son, 01 Chuttunoogu, in tho chair, and
nearly 300 Now Jeiisey pastors got down
to business tit once. '
Tho Rov. M. E. Snyder, educational
secretary, was mado secretary of con
fetenco; Walter L, Shaw, Hammonton,
statistical secretary, and D. C. Bobb,
Asbury Park, treasurer.
DICKINSON MEN'S REUNION.
Tho greater part of tho opening day was
devoted to preliminary work. Tho an
niversary of tho Women's Homo Mission
ary Society was celebrated this aftre
noon with an address by tho Rov. J.
Arthur Edwards, South Dakota, on work
upon tho frontier. A reunion of alumni
and friends of Dickinson College was held
at the Hotol Denis, tho speaker being
the Rev. J. M. Read, acting president.
Pentecostal services wero conducted in the
Central M. E. Church this afternoon, with
a sermon by the Rov. Thompson W. Mc
Klnnoy, Coatcsvllle, Pa.
Domlnlen, young and old, Interested in
promotions In tho shake-up to como when
appointments aro announced In tho clos
ing hours of tho session next Tuesday,
listened today with great attention to
a pionounccmcnt of Bishop Hendorson
respecting tho relationship and duties of
pastois nnd people.
Touching upon tho poor salaries paid
by omo congregations constantly clam
oring '3r tho most effectivo nastors nvn.il.
able, Ishop Henderson said:
"If somo peoplo didn't pray any better
than they pay God would never hear
them. Congregations, to qualify them
selves for respectful consideration, should
pralso up, pay up, pray up and push up.
I never know the right kind of a man to
bo hurt by praise. If he Isn't the very
best man, praise him enough and I'll
move him nnd glvo you another man. But
praying will not help congregations a
wholo lot unless thoy also pay well. The
great trouble in many churches Is that
too many of tho members aro Icaners,
when they ought to be lifters."
Most of tomorrow will be devoted to
consideration of the conference claimants,
or proposed pension fund plan, under
which It Is proposed to create a budget
of J10O.OOO to be amplified by bequests to
provide a half-pay retirement system
for worn-out pastors.
"DRYS" GAIN FOUlt CITIES
IN VERMONT ELECTIONS
Only 16
Places Go
'Under the recommended program, the I make a statement later In the day or not.
DE BEAUFORT, "SILK HAT
REPORTER," DIES IN BATTLE
Former Husband of Chicago Steel Magnate's Daughter,
and Well Known in This City, Killed
Fighting for France.
HasUU
MJPhMa tfcey rtewrvsA a severe iWtMc i The Judge agieed with th prisoner and tha entire subway b reason of inepeaainn
ine leogtn t,r etgp -ni$ woUQ iut down
Phlladelphlans who came In contact
with newspaper men In years gone by
learned today with Bomewhat of a shock
that Count James Alexander von Mourik
de Beaufort, better known in this city
as the "silk hat reporter," had been killed
lighting for Franco near Nleuport, Bel.
glum. News of the death was contained
today In dispatches from Chicago, where
a friend of tho count received a letter
from the battle front,
Count de Beaufort was at one time the
husband of a daughter of M. H, Killgal
len, of Chicago, a ateel magnate. He won
her by a aeries of sensational exploits In
the way of "making good" in accordance
with the father's dictum. De Beaufort
for almost a year worked In the steel
mills of this city and Chicago by day,
nothing more than a laborer, and moved
In society by night. .
Nearly every Sunday editor In the
country, used pictures of the Count at
one time or another, showing him in
various poses indicating hard labor, al
ways in overalls ends Jumper and always
with a few lines about the romantic
reason fpr the Count's hard work; his
dealro to win the daughter of the steel
magnate.
It was whispered at "various times that
Count de Beaufort only worked hard
getting into his overalls when he had
Induced a newspaper photographer to
come around and see bim, that at other
times he at around, hia exquisite self, picturesque and interesting.
clad In the height of fashion and gazing
at what of the world he could see
through a monocle.
After winning the girl of his tfiolce de
Beaufort stopped working. Later he was
divorced. He then came to this city in
all the regalia of the society man and
became a reporter. Btuecoata at big
ilres or sordid police court hearings were
StupeHed to Bee a man In a full dress
EUlt, wearing a silk hat, a monocle and
a cane Haunter elegantly Into the scene
and start to take notes,
After Philadelphia had become so ac
customed to him that It no longer gasped
at his approach, de Beaufort went to
New York, There his appearance created
even more of a sensation. Soon ha was
niiuwn 10 every policeman in the city
Although foppish In hla clothing, he was
well educated and he gave deep attention
to his work, so that he became In time
an able reporter. Also he was much of
an advertisement to the newspaper em
ploying him and he was always sure of
a lob-
The count went back to his native
Franco at the beginning of the war and
enlisted. Since August, uttlred In the
"" nwuewns or tno soldiers of France,
Out of 24G
"Wet."
BURLINGTON, Vt., March S.-Prohib
Hon gained four cities In the city and
town elections held In this State yester
day. Complete returns give 18 cities and
towns out of 218 "wet" Last year there
were 20 places "wet."
Montpeller, which was "wet" last year,
switched by a narrow margin Into tha
"dry" column, and Bennington reversed
the process by Jolnlng'the "wets." In Bur
lington tho license vote carried the day
by the narrow margin of 25 votes,
Rutland, the second largest city In tha
Btato remained "wet" by throe votes.
Other of the Important nlacos which are
"wet" are St. Albans, Vergennea, Colches
ter, Shoreham, Falrhaven, Brighton and
Isle Lamotte.
Among the towns which went back
Into the "dry" column after being licensed
a year were Waterbury and Swanton.
In Burlington A. S. Drew, Republican,
was elected piayor over Howard S.
Crane by a majority of 816.
BOISU, Idaho, March 3. Governor
Alexander has signed the prohibition bill
making the manufacture or sale of In
toxicating liquors In Idaho unlawful after
January 1, 1916.
DENVER, MarchTlThe Colorado Leg
Islature has completed tho law to en
force the Statewide constitutional prohibi
tion amendment effective on January 1,
1S16, when the Senate nnd House adopted
the report of the Kansas Committee, Tha
measure now goes to the Governor,
SALT LAKE CITY, March 3.-Tho
Wootten Statewide prohibition bill has
now passed the House by a vote of 40 to
S. It passed the Senate about two weeks
ago.
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MISSTEP MAY COST LIFE
A misstep as he was getting on a mov
ing autotruck may cost tbe life of 17-year-old
Edward McGlnley, 121? Buckuell
street, who is in serious condition In St.
Luek's Hospital suffering with concussion
he has been m . in . "t. lra"F.e" the brain and Internal Injuries. Mc-
the millions of.hls countrymen 5 ?miey' wh.. u helper on a delivery
Bring line. At Nliuport. In a thu . XT. - ""' Acker Company,
hn , "?.. a cnarge, a missed hla footins todav as he was ret-
miEsed hla footing today aa he was get-
bullet found him .h . "... VZ'Ii "sea nm rooting today
firmness , Ufa thS i r.,TuE "n. ?n "r yettng some package
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