javEarryo EEPaEB-PHiLAPiaLPHiA. thttrsday, mabch u, iois.
START ON SUBWAY
NOT DEPENDENT ON
p. r. t:s consent
Supporters of D i r e c t o r
Taylor's Plan Find
Clause in Agreement of
1907 Making 90-day No
tice Unnecessary.
City Solicitor Ryan's Opinion a
Blow at Purpose of Organi
zation to Delay Work Until
Close of the Blankenburg
Administration.
A clause In the 1W7 contract between
tlio city and tho Philadelphia llapid
Transit Company, which rakes a serious
doubt as to tho right of tho
transit company to demand
loo days' notice from tho De
partment of City Transit bo
fore tho city begins construc
tion work on tho Broad street
ubway was brought to light today.
Bhould It be definitely shown that Di
rector Taylor Is not required to give tho
V. It. T. 90 days' notice before atart
inff tho work under Uroad street, thn
actual construction of tho high-speed sys
tem can begin threo months earlier than
expected.
Supporters of Director Taylor, who liavo
consulted counsel, today declared they
wore prepared to show that the transit
company has nnlved Its right to mile for
any notice under tho conditions In tho
clause. They also cited an opinion of
the City Solicitor, which further sup
ports their position.
In Republican Organization circles It
has boon rumored that It is tho Intention
of Councils' leaders to utIIUo tho 00-day
clause to continue their program of de
lay. A tho 90 days' notico must bo given
from tho dato tho enabling ordlnanco is
passed, all transit Improvements on this
basis might well bo held up until tho
end of the Blankenburg Administration.
ORGANIZATION CLAIMS.
Tho section of the agreement upon
which tho Organization bases Its claim
that the V. It. T. must bo given 00 days,
reads:
In enso at any tlmo in the tutura
Councils shall either of Its own Initia
tive or upon petition of any of tho
citizens determine that now llncH nt
surface, elevated or underground rail
way should be constructed within the
city. It shall by ordlnanco determine
the route of such line, and the terms
and conditions under which It shall be
built, financed and operated, and tne
company shall have 90 days aftor the
passago of such ordinance to take
such corporate action as may bo nec
essary1 to accept the same, certified
copies Tif which action shall be duly
filed with the Mayor within said pe
riod of SO days; but If the company
shall fall to accept the said plan within
ald period of 00 days, or shall re
ject the same within said t line, or,
after accepting the earno shnll fall to
enter upon the work In good faith and
prosecute the same as required In sucn
ordinance, then the city may offer
the right to construct and operate
said road under said terms and con
ditions to such other persons, com
pany or corporation as may be win
ing to undertake the same.
Against this clause, however, the sup
porters of Director Taylor point to tho
clause under paragraph 7 In the contract
Jn which it Is provided that the company,
upon the execution of the contract, shall
-relinquish to the city all HgMs to the
construction of the Broad street subway,
and that upon the constructton.of.tho llhe
ninn n th nnenitlon of the subway and
tha construction work around City Hall
shall be agreed upon by a Board of Arbi
tration. CITV SOLICITOR'S OPINION.
The City Solicitor In an opinion to Direc
tor Cooke, July 22, 1912. further said:
"There Is no contract In existence be
tween that company (tho Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company) or any other
company which. In my opinion, restricts
the right or the city to build a subway
under Broad street or any part thereof."
As the 90-day clause would work as a
restriction, the advocates of the Taylor
plan declare this ruling of tho City Solici
tor means that the clause Is not operative
as far as the Broad street line Is con
cerned.
The part of the 1007 agreement by which
It Is declared tho company has waived Its
right to ask 00 days' notice follows:
The company as the owner of all the
capital stock of the Market Street
Elevated Passenger Railway Company,
In which company Is vested the right
to build a subway on Broad Street and
an elevated railway to Frank ford, docs
hereby convenant and agree that the
said Market Street Elevated Passenger
Railway Company will surrender and
release to the city the right to build
said subway on Broad street, which
surrender the city does hereby accept;
and the franchise to construct said
elevated railway to Frankford Is here
by extended to three (3) years from the
first day of June. 1007; Provided, how
ever, that the building and financing
of said road shall be under and nh.
Ject to all the conditions in paragraph
three hereof: And. provided further,
that In case a subway on Broad street
should hereafter be constructed
either by the city or by any other cor
poration, tho company shall make ar
rangements relating to the construc
tion and operation of the same around
or under the City Hall, as may be
agreed upon by a Board of Arbitration,
one of whom shall we appointed by the
city, one by the company and the
third by the two so appointed: and
the decision of any two shall be bind
ing and conclusive upen both parties.
iWBtuA
V PLAN "J
GERMANS EXPEL CIVILIANS
Thirty Thousand Sent From Invaded
French Territory to Switzerland,
GENEVA, March H.-Thlrty thousand
civilian. JnhHbltanu of French territory
EnM by lhl Gnan are being ex
Thi 2, ush Bw,""-Inl In lots of 600.
Tul.rt.v ,l'u"ln'1 P" through Geneva
"?'., Tfley wre eMtn from Lille
and Sfaub.uge, and consisted of very old
Mople and children under ten ytttZ
h.rt.0 th rrenclt children said they
Vr.f. Te were sent across the
Frencfc frontier by the flwlsa authority,
Judgment Against Railroad Affirmed
TRENTON, n j.. Uarcn SJJSS bu
4tfm Court today affirmed the Judgment
? obtained In the Atlantic effi
Circuit Court by Mr. Joanna IwUnd
at Wnwood, Atlantic County, agalast the
AttasUe City and Seashore Rallroid (Lm
l4MHhu injuries sustained when ahewas
TJ?. y lr,a whli erMh& th!
4am a track. r the Unwood at'
t, Artt u, im. She tU4a tot Mqi
Mt IWtowi vvowt of 3OO0. H, Imaband
ti4 M W.m t ox 1mm t IH m(oa
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
"DRY" ARMY JUBILANT
IN BELIEF OF VICTORY
Court Cannot Fail, They
Declare, to Throw Out
224 Applications for Li
censes Opposed by
Blanket Remonstrance.
Montgomery County will bo "dry" for
tho next year If the boup executed by
the N0-Llconso campaign yesterday Is
sustained by the court, A blanket remon
strance haa been filed against all the !2t
nppllcntlons for licenses on tho ground
that the advertising was defective, and In
Violation of nn net of Assembly.
Tho "dry" forces are Jubilant todav nnd
assert that the court cannot fall to throw
out all tho applications. They point to
tho action of the courts In Tioga County,
where the case was somowhat analogous
to this 0110 In Montgomery County. TU
liquor Interests profess to see no danger
In tho rltuatlon and say that there was
no Illegality In the advertising and that
licenses will bo granted as usual.
Tho case revolves about the provision
of tho act of May 13, 18S7 This decrees
that nil licenses must be ndvertlscd three
times in two nowspapers designated by
the court and that the advertisement mint
appear "not less than IB nor moro than
25 days" before the tlmo sot by tho court
for tho opening of tho hearings, In tho
general uttack made yesterday by Georgo
Wnnger, attorney for the "dry" Inter
ests, It Is declared that tho first advertise
ment of tho llccnso was made 27 days
before the date set for hearings.
LIQUOR INTERESTS' DISPENSE.
It Is pointed out by attorneys repre
senting tho liquor Interests that whllothn
first Insertion occurred 27 days before tho
dato set for the opening of tho hearings,
four Insertions of tho list wero ordered,
Instead of three, as required by law.
They assert, therefore, that threo Inser
tions, as required by law, were published
In accordance with tho act of Assembly,
tho first not more than 28, and tho last
not less than 15, days beforo tho opening
of tho court.
It will be contended by tho legal rep
resentatives of tho licensees that tho first
Insertion enn he disregarded and that thn
remaining three Insertions are In strict
accord with the letter of tho law. Tho
first advcrtlsomont, thoy will contend, was
merely a superfluous notification to the
public and need not Invalidate the legal
requirements.
Tho genernl belief among those lawyers
whose Interests aro on neither side Is
that tho court will not sustain tho ex
ceptlons filed In tho No-Ltccnse Cam
paign. They point out that the Mont
gomery County Court already has ruled
that there may be what appears to bo nn
Illegality, and yet the case can bo legally
sustained.
ANOTHER ANGLE OF ATTACIC.
In addition to the general assault upon
the entire number of applications for
licenses, no less than 73 era attacked,
also because of the Insufficiency of the
petitions for a re-grant. It Is alleged that
specific violations of the act of the As
sembly has been made In ench case, and
that, therefote, the court has no Jurisdic
tion and cannot, under the law, henr such
applications. It is stated further that re
cent rulings of tho Supreme and Supeilor
Courts sustain this contention.
It is clear that, no matter what the
outcome, the action of tho "dry" in
terests has stirred the county as It has
not been stlried for many yeais. Even
while the liquor Interests profess to treat
the matter with Indifference, there Is
grave apprehension that tho growing sen
timent against the saloon may be felt by
the court, and the halr-spllttlug decision
that will be handed down may bo against
the applicants. This would mean the
closing of some of tho oldost and most
widely known hotels In and nbout Norrts
town, and tho discontinuance of many
automobile road houses.
NO-LICENSE LEAGUE FILES
HILLS OF PARTICULARS
Specific Offenses Charged Against
Montgomery County Applicants.
NOItniSTOWN, To., March ll.-BIIIs of
particulars wero filed In court todny
by counsel for the No-License Lcaguo to
the remonstrances filed against Wilson
Freed, of the Palm Hotel, In Upper Han
over; Charles Schncebell, Pcrkloinen
Heights Hotel, Upper Hanover, and John
It. Wood, Eagle Hotel. Pennsburg.
It Is alleged that Schneebeli sold liquor
to four minors, who nro named, and to a
number of persons of known Intemperato
habits, two of whom are named.
The allegation against Wood Is that
Wood himself "Is a person of known In
temperate habits, of violent temper and
of foul and abusive language, and that he
permits, oncourages and authorizes his
wife to serve Intoxicating liquors in the
barroom and to carry on suggestive and
profane conversation with patrons of his
bar." In addition, It Is alleged Wood
"sold Intoxicating liquors during the past
year to three persona of known Intem
perate habits, who are named, and to one
or more minors."
The allegations against Freed are that
ho sold liquors to three minors who nre
named, and to threo persons named, of
known Intemperate habits.
The court has been asked to have the
No-License League furnish a bill of par
ticulars, setting forfn in what respect
the applicant for the Eagleville Hotel, In
Lower Providence township. Is not a f)t
person to be Intrusted with a license.
The applicant Is Darius Kline.
The court announced today that the
License Court schedule had been pre
pared after the attorney for the remon
strances had been consulted, and that It
was subject to chango for the conven
ience of the court and counsel, or for
unexpected developments that might
arise in the course of the hearings. It
is understood that testimony will be
produced by the remonstrants In all the
hearings listed for the first week and
those scheduled for the second Monday.
It Is not expected that testimony will be
offered against those listed for Tuesday,
Marrti 23, and subsequent days, with the
exception of new applications, which are
scheduled for Friday, March 24.
WORKMAN HURT IN FAlk
A fall of only four feet In a, pit in the
Public Service Corporation's car shops
In Camden today may cost the life of
Lucas Klucarli, 33 years old, EC31 Tulip
street, of this city. ICtucariz Is In the
Cooper Hospital suffering from contu
sions of the side, fractured ribs, abra
sions of the scalp and a broken arm, lie
was preparing, with other laborers, to en
ter one of the pits to repair the mechan
ism of a street car when he slipped and
fell. The pit la four feet deep.
Wants Mortgage Record Expunged
The estate of Bernard Corr has peti
tioned Court of Common Pleas No. 2 to
order Recorder of Deeds Tustln to ex
punge from his records the mortgage
satisfaction for the property at 2413 Selt
zer street, owned by Annie E. Avll. The
estate held mortgages on several proper
tie In BelUer street and recently, when
No Mil was punbasd by Percy B. Tur
ner and the Incumbrance paid, a mistake
was made In enterlmt satisfaction, credit
being given to No. 261J.
Physicians Hear Lecture
Several hundred members attended the
annual meeting of tbt Alalia Omega
Alpha HeBorary Medical Society and the
Tluah llsdloal Society In the medical
laboratory of th University of Pennsyl
vania U &lght. Prof. It- P. Beoaley. of
the l'mviiiUy ol Chicago, delivered a
lecture on tb thyroid gland.
THE. HINt3B.
COOLIC MAT
MAYO SERENE AS PAST
IS PROBED IN SCANDAL
Enmeshed in Skein of Three
A 1 1 e e e d Marriages and
"Love" Match, He Is Amused
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March U.-New
depths of mystory, reaching from tho
grave to tho mnrrlago altar, woro probed
today In tho amazing lovo tanglo of Vlr
glnlus Mayo, millionaire radiator manu
facturer. Mayo Is nppnicntly enmeshed In the
skein of ut least three alleged marriages
and one "love marriage," tho latter to
"Mrs. Dudlej," of Brooklyn. He Is
serene and llttlo perturbed under tho
feminine fire, prone to look on tho dis
closures as almost amusing.
Eventa In the matrimonial quadrangle
moved swlftiy. Mayo has utterly repudi
ated the marital claims of Mrs. Floronco
Weeks Mayo, of Scranton, Pa,, who In
Rlsta ho was a widower when ho married
her at Dlnghamton, N. Y In J800. From
Scranton camo reiteration of charges that
Mayo was mourned as dead for 10 years.
The presont wife of Mayo here also
was threatening divorce proceedings to
day.
The pall of death was raised when
Frank H. Cook fathor of Lillian Cook,
Mayo's stenographer, who took her Ufa
last week, premised a personal investiga
tion todny of reports that the body burled
Tuesday was not that of his daughter,
P.ackd by doubts and parplcxities, Cook
Insists that tho body bore only faint re
smlitnnce to his daughtor. He Is op
posed, however, to exhuming tho body
until after further Investigation here.
"They didn't send her clothes homo,"
he said. "Thi hair wnsn't the same and
tho faco wasn't tho same. There was
Just a kind of expression around the fore
head and cvoh thnt at first made us ac
cept tho bodv ai our daughter."
Authorities of threo States today wero
planning a triangular investigation with
Mnyo ns the hub. f tho Scrnnton Mrs.
Mayo as the hub. If the Scranton Mrs.
Is sub'ect to serious ehnrges.
Probahlo action of Lois Waterbury, tho
"Mrp. Dudley" of Brooklyn, wns nnothor
source of doubt. So for sho has remained
loyal 1o Mnyo.
POLICEMAN EXONERATED
Policeman Chrlstlnn Tullncr, of tho 3d
street and Knlrmount avenue station, was
absolved of blame today by tho Police
Board of Inquiry for the shooting nnd
killing of John Seffen last July. Tho
question of his reinstatement to the force
was referred to Director Porter. Tullncr
killed Seffen while pursuing a gang of
highwaymen, was convicted of man
slaughter and was subsequently paroled
when It was bIiowii that ScfTen had a
record as a highwayman. Tho case was
argued by John Fow before Captain Harry
Davis, presiding at the ICth and Locust
Rtreets station. Charges of discourtesy
of House Sergeant Owen McAuliffo of tho
12th and Pine streets station, made by
Theran M. Bamberger and Philip Loeb,
two newspaper leporters, were heard and
referred to Director Porter.
Newspaper Encyclopedia Issued
W. C. Pnxson. u Philadelphia news
paperman, has Just Issued "Tho News
paper Uncyclopedla and Fact Book," a
condensed volume of usoful facts, told In
simple English nnd arranged In method
ical manner. The book, which costs only
25 cents and Is for sale ot all newsstands,
contain much useful Information concern
ing Phlludlphlu and this State. A caro
fully complied Index completes a booklet
which should be In tho hands of every
onn who desires to keep abreast of tho
times.
GUY DU MAURIER KILLED
LONDON, March 11. Lieutenant Col
onel Guy L. B. du Maurler, of the French
army, son of the late George du Maurler,
nuthor of "Trilby," has been killed In
battlo. He was the author of the play,
"An englishman's Home," a novel that
described a German Invasion of England,
"Ladleo and uentlemen, I'm the only
harmonica artist that can play grand
opera while standln' on me head."
With this announcement. Edward
Parker produced a harmonica, stood on
his head In the middle of the street and
began a concert. It took place at 8th
and Dauphin streets and quickly at
fractod an audience of at least 100 ad
mirers. Drivers of automobiles and
wagons didn't approve the performance
and told the artist to get off hU head
and get on hla ft o Uiat they could
proceed up the street.
But the sympathy of the audience waa
with the daring upside down musician.
With hla bead atlll stuck to the ground
ha took the harmonica, from 11 mouth
and told those present to stick to the
show, and promised an acrobatic per
formance after the concert.
That settled It for the Indignant team
sters, and progress was stopped until Po
liceman Darford arrived. He "
through the crowd and put Parker right
Bldo up.'Thep ho took him to the 4th
and York streets station.
Parker said that be, waa a stranded per
former and did some flip flopa for the
amusement of Magistrate qienn. Then
he played the "mouth organ," which was
somewhat strained. When lie finished
Magistrate Glenn gave him three month?
In the House or uorreeuon.
No one In Kensington remembers ever
seeing Nelson Bartholomew Myers en
gaged in any kind of employment. Re
gardles of thla fact, the police say,
Mytra 1 at lo to understand why he
ia constantly without money. He roamed
about the streets today demanding coin
In loud tone from persona who raisd.
When they refused, he launahed into a
tirade of denunciation.
Finally. Myers vt to the home ot
hla atetcr. at Coral and Cumberland
tmt. and dweanded. fluiiaolal ataiat-
pnnrTflflrtrai
COURJgfiff
IMPRESSIONS OF THE HAT STYLES OP THE ONCOMING SEASON
PflopAtJW iMapwto 1 dTff
$&i vv 3o3
'rftyW ANOTHER, PrWNG PAH
looks like am tuvtivrm erTUT
COAL. SCUTTLE-
PEACE HATH HEK VICTORIES
IN THE MILLINER'S REALM
Spring Hats Designed With No Thought of War's Stern
Alarums Now the Vogue With Up-to-Date
Women of Fashion.
Thero may have been a time when
spring hats wero moro beautiful; there
may have been a time when they were
moro becoming, but never since the mem
ory ot man runneth backward has there
been a dny when there wns moro diver
sity of styles.
Fashlon-makors assuro us that the
creations which tho milliners havo
turned out this year aro tho logical re
sult of the bloody wars now going on,
but to a mere disinterested observer It
would Beem that thoy haven't stopped at
molding their shapes on gunboats, aero
planes, submarines and such like.
Far from It. Gunboats there nro
aplenty, and clippers and torpedo craft.
too, but sho whoso peaceful soul revolts
In horror nt tho thought of wearing n
military reminder on tho top ot her head
can find solace lr a skillet or a frying pan
or even a coal stuttle for, with their ac
customer sang fruld, the hat-makers
have descended into tho culinary regions
this year and fashioned many of their
most entrancing confections on tho pacific
articles they found there.
SAUCEPAN AND FUYING PAN.
There is, for Instance, a little straw
affair of ngato blinr'whlch resembles fit
shape a Bmall-slzed Inverted saucepan.
Hearing Itself proudly from the back on
u slender wired stem, a single ostrich
feather, emulating a handle, rlseB high
Into the air, Imparting to the wearer an
air ot defiance entirely at variance with
the domestic tendency or the unique crea
tion. Then there Is another which must havo
had the lowly frying pan for Its Inspira
tion. Large and flat and sand-colored,
GIRL BALKS TWO ROBBERS
Phones for Police and Intruders Aro
Caught After Chase.
George Brown and Joseph Laws owe
their rapture to prompt action by 12-year-old
Florence Bateman. duughter of Wil
liam Batcman, a Frajikford manufacturer.
The little grl discovered the men ran
sacking her home, nt Orthodox street and
Asylum pike, and telephoned to tho 15th
district station house. A trolley car, pa
trol and automobile figured In the pursuit
after the inttuders which followed.
They were arraigned before Magistrate
Carson and held under J2000 ball each on
a churgn of attempting to steal $500 worth
ot valuables. The prisoners gavo the
police the hardest chase they have had
tn"bomo time before they were captured
yesterday, with tho assistance of a
barbed-wlro fence. Surprised in tho Bate
man home, they dashed out the back
door and were losing the police when thoy
ran Into the fence which surrounds Green
wood Cemetery.
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MQNICLES
once while pounding on the front door.
The woman, who has feared her brother
for years, collapsed on hearing his voice
and neighbors summoned Policeman
Wunner, Hq subdued Myers with a little
shaking up and took him to the Trenton
avenue and Dauphin streets station,
When brought before Magistrate Me
cleary the prisoner recovered his temper
somewhat, and started a speech advocat
ing a distribution of money to all well
meaning qltlzena. He let loose what he
believed to be a flow of rhetorical gems,
but the oration was too much for the
juase.
"You aro about the most useless speci
men we have "ever had before the court,"
he said, "and If you want to live at the
expense of the city, I'll give you a
chance to do so at the House of Cor
rection for one year."
Thla Is the biggest sentence doled out
at the police station for some time and
the copa present nodded their approval,
William Allen Kelly shook 'nands with
lUmnelf and -took the congratulation of
all the policemen at the 21st District no
tice station today on regaining conicious
nesa and 'rinding that two automobiles
and o street car had failed to Injure him
when he waa knocked down at 33d and
Market streets.
Kelly, who said he lived at the Hanover
Hotel, was walking across Market street
when an automobile bumped him Into the
path of a street car. The car. running
slowly, pushed him aside and proceeded
on Its way, but Kelly found himself al
most under the wheel of a delivery truck.
After a severe bumping he picked him
elf up and walked to the Hi street and
Woodland avenue station. There he col
lapsed, after telling the house aergeant
ha mut bav suffered internal Injuries.
Several pollotmen examined him' but
found only a few bruises Kelly "revived
Qutekiy when told he was unhurt
XrioTir in MAta 1 I B
with a crown no higher than a diminutive
L skillet, It looks llko nothing so much
as tne sanara ucsort wun two isolated
pink roses, waving llko palm trees, a
grateful oasis, on tho left sldo.
Speaking of hats, It was a busy man
of affairs who was hastening up Chest
nut street, on nn Important mission
bent, t'no other day. Bearing down upon
htm, smiling triumphantly, appeared a
female figure, strangoly reminiscent of
some ono ho had known somewhere.
"How do you llko It?" she asked him
blithely when thoy met, turning proudly,
now to this sldo and now to that.
With a start, ho recognized tho wife
of his heart, rfno who or!y that morn
ing had poured his coffeo for htm.
"But what havo you done to your
self?" ho nsked her alarmedly, "You
havo a peaked, not to say underfed ap
pearance. Did anything happen?"
HEB ADORABLE NEW HAT.
"It's my now hat," sho replied Jubilantly.
"Isn't It just ndorable?"
And discretion being tho better part of
valor, ho took her In for a chocolate
soda and llBtoned to an effusive disquisi
tion on tho variety and fascination ot the
now spring bonnets.
But whether tho critical man person
likes them or not, tho fact remains that
the discriminating woman is euro to be
ablo to find what she wants tills season,
Thoro aro hats which made one look llko
llttlo Bo-Peep, and hats which make one
look llko Harry Lauder; hats resembling
Chinese coolies and hats In tho shape like
a cuff box; huts military and hats
peaceable.
March winds may blow nnd we may
havo snow, but the milliner sprouting
has begun on Chestnut street, and It wilt
tako more than a Jack Frost blizzard
to nip tho Interesting display In the
bud. Tho spring hat In all its phas Is
hero for good.
CONTRACTS TO COST
$825,000 APPROVED
Mayor Sanctions 48 Projects
Which Will Furnish Work
for City's Unemployed.
Mayor Blankenburg today signed 43
contracts for municipal work that will
aggiegato almost ?S25,000 In cost nnd with
in the next few weeks provide relief for
tho unemployed In Philadelphia.
Director Cooke, of tho Department of
Public Works, under whoso supervision
moat of tho work will be performed, was
with tho Mayor when ho affixed his sig
nature to the documents.
Tho largest contract was for J39O,00O,
let to Snare & Trlest, contracting firm,
for construction of a 100,000,000-gallon sed
imentation basin at the Torresdale filtra
tion plant.
Another contract, for $237,000, let to the
Arthur McMullIn Company, will provide
for tho massive concrete bridge, 3J0 feet
wide nnd 103 feet In span, to carry South
Broad street over the railroad right of
wax near the entrance to League Island
Navy Yard.
Ono contract wor J38.600 will place
cargo doors on piers 33 and V), South
Wharves, and effect other Improvements
to thoBe structures under the supervision
of the Department of Wharves, Dooks
and Ferrler,
A 133.000 contract to Joseph Perna for
relocation of sewer In the central part
of tho city under the $500,0 appropriation
made recently by Councils to prepare for
the central delivery loop of the transit
system, also was signed. That work will
be under direction of the Transit Depart
ment. Twenty-four of the remaining contracts
were for construction of small lines of
branch sewers upqe.r the Survey Bureau
Other small contracts signed today were
for grading and paving of streets and
similar municipal work.
ACCUSED TWICE IN ONE DAY
Frederick Clark, of 5930 Norwood street,
after being arrested on the charge of
stealing surveying Instruments from a
contractor today, was sued by his wife
for nonsupport. Clark, according to the
police, stole the Instruments from Bernard
J. McKonna, a contractor of S939 North
Judson street He said MeKenna failed
to carry out a contract with hint and ad
mitted, the police aay, that he pawned the
Instruments, He waa held In 1500 ball
for court by Magistrate Pennocfc
Good Friday Uy Be Legal IIolId.ay
DOVEIt. Del.. March It-Good Friday
will be a legal holiday hereafter if flov.
cruor Miller signs tu Qornuey WU which
mnw vy iHt ious ijy. Ten dls
tenting votea wero caat. Baptlsta pro
tested agatnat th bill, en the ground tbat
It brought Stata and Chun-h intn i2a
! a. reUUOiUW,
Tnr. stout
LADY WHO MrKTA
THE " TIPPBP.AP.V'
g!l)etSr
BREADWINNER IN JAIL,
FAMILY IN DIRE NEED
Laborer Resorts to Theft to
Eke Out Meagre Income and
Is Arrested.
Up until ycaterdny John McCaffrey was
completing his eighth year as a day la
borer In tho employ of tho Pennsylvania
Jlallfoad. Today this record was wiped
off tho slato and ho Is In a cell nt Moya
menslng prison whllo his wlfo and flvo
young children are facing starvation and
eviction from their squalid homo at 4813
Merlon avenue. John haltingly admitted
beforo Magistrate Boylo that ho was
guilty of a chargo of Btcallng a brass
vnlvo valued at V and went to jail In de
fault of $100 ball.
Tho thoft of tho valve Is John's first
criminal offense A day laborer's wagos
will support a man and his wlfo if thoy
know how to manago such an Income.
But tho snmo amount of money will not
go fra toward feeding a badly nourished
mother and flvo children, ono an Infant
in months old. All of this has been In
John's mind for somo tlmo pnst, particu
larly ns two ot his children and his
wlfo havo becomo mcro Bhadows of what
they should be.
Mrs. McCaffrey was brought to tho door
at the summons of a neighbor this morn
ing to learn that tho only breadwinner
of tho family was now In Jail. Sho ac
cepted the news silently. Behind 'nor
stood her 13-ycar-old daughtor, Mary.
John, 11; Catharine, six; Anna, two years
old, and tho baby, 15 months, wero In tho
kitchen,
Mary has often acted as tho "llttlo
John 11; Catharlno, G; Anna, 2 years
was strong enough to go out to work to
help Increase tho weekly Income.
"But thnt was beforo the baby was
born," said Mary today. "Mamma hasn't
been strong for a long tlmo now. Wo
never havo enough to eat."
Mary vouchs-fed tho Information that
two meals of bread had been tho dally
menu at the McCaffrey homo for somo
tlmo past. At night this was often aug
mented by a plato of soup. None of tho
children who are old enough go to school.
They haven't nny clothes to wear.
When Mary was scon sho had on a
makeshift dress evidently tho former
property of her mother. It was soiled
and much torn. John nnd Catherine woro
much less than tholr older sister. Coal
Is unknown In tho house nnd meat has
been unheard of there nil winter. With
her emaciated body showing through tho
crude covering she had pinned over it.
Mnry showed tho condition of tho place
called homo by tho McCaffreys.
A wretched bed, a few broken chairs
and a mendod table constituted the furni
ture. A fire burnod feebly In the kitchen
range. Mary said sho didn't "know what
thpy would do now with 'Pop' In Jail,"
but her manner Indicated her conviction
that things could not bo much worso than
they havo been all winter.
OLYMPICS IIV STADIUM
CITY'S "GREATEST AD"
Continued from Pace One
pledged their efforts to swing tho com
mittee Into line to select this city.
Doctor MacKcnzIo said: "It will be a
tremendous thing If wo can get tho
games for Philadelphia. I will do all I
can to help."
University f Pennsylvania officials pro
pose tho formation ot a committee of
Penn alumni to assist In tho project of
bringing the International nthletlo carni
val hero, Alvln Kraenzleln, the famous
athlete who was selected by the German
Government to train its Olymplo repre
sentatives, could bo counted on, It was
said, to help In the project.
Ex-Attorney General John C. Bell said
of the new movement:
"It ought to Inspire every one to work
for Philadelphia. It will bo a great
thing to hnve the games In this country,
but a greater thing to have thorn In our
own city." Ho suggested that Franklin
rieid might be tho Olymplo stage by en
larging Its capacity to fo.000.
The Falrmount Park site, north ot the
Olrard avenue bridge and caBt of the
Schuylkill Itlver. was not lost sight ot as
a poslblo location for a municipal stadium.
Mr. Berlet believes In having a clty
bullt "bowl," the usefulness of which
would not end with thla ono enterprise.
He favors the Park as a placo for erect
ing It. because of facilities for handling
vehicular trafflo, which he says are
greater than tho facilities at other sug
gested places. The stadium, he thinks,
will bo necessary If Philadelphia Is to
prevail In tho strong competition which
many cities will offer.
IRATE HUBBY ON ItAMPAGE
' ! II
Does $160 Damage Before His Anger
Ib Appeased,
"Mamie Murray'a Making Mitts for
Matrons," ang James Murray, the
woman's husband, as he walked Into her
sewing room, H North Front street.
However, he sang It not blithely, for
anger gleamed In hla eyes. He picked
up his wife's sewing machine; nnd hurled
It against the sewing table. Then he
turned It over a c,oupla of times and
kicked It until It was out of commission.
A trip to the kitchen revealed a carving
knife which served on his return as a
weapon In an attack on a perfectly In
nocent wardrobe. Ie slashed everything
In rlghu from spats to boudoir caps,
"Something to remember me by," he ob-
vrveu, u im ( en me nouae.
Before Magistrate Glenn this morning.
Mamie Murray estimated the value of
her ruined clothine at 1150. Murrnv waa
held under flOO ball to keep the peace. "I
don't want him around, even If he Is
good-looking," said Mrs. Murray. "I get
along better making dresses when he's
away He's too fiery. W lived apart
for 10 years after our marriage. Then we
decided to try It together again, but he
got Jealous because I went to moving
pictures vlth woman friends, and thl
happened-"
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Destroyers Ordered to New York
WASHINGTON, March ll-8?retary of
the Navy Danlila today ordered the de
stroyer McDougal and Drayton from
Cluantauarao to New York to aid th.Vr,V,
authorities there in maintaining neutrality
The naval yacht Dolphin waa dispatched
Wednesday from Washington to the same
port on, a "ke errand. Th vw! win
be uBdtsf Admiral Usfesr'a cewuwud.
MINISTER ARM
ON GIRL'S CU
The Unv. Wnllm. n - SI
merly of This city SS
nf Af.fnr.lr "A?l
The Hov. Walter n. t.,.
minister, formerly of this tlt
Jersey City, has been uLt&
Bhropc, a 16-year-old girl ef vf
iieiu, in. J., n domcstln ..i Ti
minister'!, home U tmMh
Miss Shropo charged In lh .. 1
which the minister was arrt!S
attacked her twle in ii-?.(,!H
Ing r Btatement made b ?vl'F
tno sin and by two phyiicuV ,'i??
been consu tut. m. ;' n' tSa.
hndor arrest Inst night, and V.V 1
. . " loaay, 2
...... ,,, i ino jersey 011
for about a year, since hs iuut
that chargo his wife has bwn a tei
Invalid nnd was In need nf .2i
tontlon. To care for he, .-Vl
tho enrn nf hla .,.. ..i. ." "i
of his e-year-oM.,
employed tho girl
Sho continued In his emnlo. ijfj
combor 20. when Mrs. JonMl
went to Fiorina. The mlnlsUYVhrjl
his home and the girt went to? 1
cuts. Recently aim h.-nn. ,.,"
slclnn waa called. Sho confeiiui!
day that her mother's suifleS,
correct. Sho asserted the mlnl.l.,v J
tacked her twleo whll. .v. .Ufl
In his house. Her father 5
went to Jorioy City with htadfoSS
obtained tho warrant. "if1
Tho pastor declared that th ?J
simply a "frame-up" and that liiM
noccnt of tho charge. II, ujj?fl
liked the girl nnd never reallr'SS
her In hla homo. He was ur ."
hn vindicated. ""''M
Mr. Jones Is welt known in v.li I
clcs in this city. He was a TfflCB
F. W. Farr, of Bethlehem DMtj.ffil
After compioung tho course ttuid
alx yoars ngo, ho waa ordained Jj
Ust Church. Tho Itov. a. r ,
raster of tho East Baptist ChurtLl
man when ho was at tho dMtiiu'i
Mr. Jones waa at the EaetCtoS
fall and took part In the txtrdsM J
at that tlmo. His mother Urn hi
He loft this city nbout five yttnuJ
accept a call to Scrnnton. LiUriiVj
to a cnurcn in uayonne, jv, j, Jjj
ue uccepicu u. cuii 10 tno JttyrQ
uiiuiuij, niiuju no uua i.vcq iUlW
NEW MURDER MYSTERY 4
rouses new yorkm
Finding of Head nnd Llmbs'Lsiij
Much Speculation.
NEW YOUK, March llThsib'taJ
tcctlves In tho city were ruihedUfci
lyn today In an effort to solve Ufi-3
mystery that developed from tl fjM
oc mo iicau ami nmDS gi a twit
sower mere. ;j t
Tho head was found In the wc
10th avenue and 45th street Tin
suited In a further search of the nn
and the limbs round a block &lr,:
Tho torso lias not yet been lo4l
tho search tor It Is being mitatitei
The arms found In the sewer hsle
cut Into threo pieces each Thft-iM
tninic tno murticr victim .may bivihi
Hutus A. Dunham, a Brooklyn coiV-J
whose torso was round in a nc;i
How Year's Day.
FAST EXPRESS KILLS MAS
Pennsy Train on Ambojr Jfi
Crushes Bewildered Pedejma.1
A farmer on his way to the flelJni
killed by the Camden express treat
ton at 7:30 this morning at thi Cs
at Fish-house, a small way lUttall
miles from Camden, ,on tha.AB
Division of the PennsylvanIa,HifJrai
Tho train, which Is due at Ctsiel
7:M. was coin? CO miles on hour. M
tho cnvlneer saw a man abpartstjlH
n.iucicu, akuuumb vil ttie w,."!
whlstlo shrieked a warning analUP
Jerked up so violently that the ptncM
wero thrown from their self. WJ
man, who was dazed, was 'trucM
aecapuatea. ',sj
Tho body, which was manriii Km
recognition, was placed In the fei&fl
c- and brought Into Camaen,,wwi
was turned over to Coroner KeWtJ
Bchroeder. The man was t IttL
years old. Coroner Schroeder li fW
Inquiries In Delalr, a few miles (raj
scene of tho accident, In hopo,oll&3W
Ing the body. J I
SCARE CURES HICCOUGH
NEW YORK. March 1.-Bj2ft
son, a merchant of Netcong. !
to hiccough six days ago. The WW
followed an attack of JaundlcM
Unablo to sleep, Wilson IWMJM
.. rxi.-. nhiielMntis wors Cta
unuy 4i(vr; imjioww(q ir oAB
treat him.
Tney ffavo m
r1i I Vi Im f 11 MM V Hi nrlS tO
lnugh and sad stories calculated
tears. Notnins Drougnv "'""-jd;
Wilson, utterly wom out, "iuw
get to sleep Monaay mani, "TO
slept the bed shook uner hW S
waa racked with hiccoughs. , IB
nhnnV n vlOlr-ltly WM 1IU"I
frightened and leaped out He ao
hiccoughed. Apparently fright m
as a cure.
THE WEATHBl
Official Forecast -j
-. . n-nnavlvnllta '
1'Ur CUBIC! H tni,., -J
Jersey: Fair tonight and FrlWr
to moderate northwest winds.
The low pressure area Ww.'rTi
vailed over the Newfoundlin.0 f
durins the last several days mW
tlcally stationary, but lias !
Intensity nnd pressures bJ,
slightly In the Atlantic Statea, Tjr
of the western hlgli pressure K
mains over tho plains fctatei. WJ
been no decided changes In Uf??g
during the last 21 hours, but tMfg
tendency has been toward slltthtlf
weather, although readings are J;
low normal In the plains S'" 1
IT. S. Wither Bureau BllI!S
Tho following table sho thi 2&!
dltlons throughout the country. L,
TtDona to th United State" Wet"''5
i- .' :. - - " - . Mi--' - sf
si i a. ni. ipgny.
station. Junii't fall V'M I'T-Sa
.Abilene. Tex. ,. .18 a SH ,i'ga
Atlantis City.. .
UUmarclc. N. I.
s be '? m
si aa kw !
jioeioB. iu
Iluruio, N
(ThbNlffO- 111.
Y.. so so NW 1
. 32 32 . NW I
OevtUnd, O. .
Banter, Colo. .
Dea Moines, la.
Detroit, Mich. ,
iDuluOi. Mlnu
dilvutpn, Tex.
lUtteras, N C
lleltoa, Mont. .
Huron, & .. .
JackseavlUe, fU.
Kansas City. Mo
UwlavtUe. Ky
Mmphio. 1'enu.
New Orleau .
New York . .
36 32 W V
" SO NW .
W 30 NW
2 II N
41 41 N ?
44 U
s s
- 'i
Hi 48
111 M
so :s
.13 31
BO 41
81 tO
1
wW
N t'laue, mo
II Jll
Okianotr-a
nuu 32 s:
so i
42
h ot
Wtt.bursli. Pt
Pa .
aa
!!
Portland,
Urn.
an
IS
ao
is
Si
s
l'ortuuo
orr
iwswe.
fan
LpiliM, Mo.
mm.
Minn 1
ut, i'ih :u
Han rf8.i Uco fQ
Baraetea, f ;'
Tamp r9
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