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EVENING LEDbER-PHlUADELPBlX TUESDAY. MAY 18, 1015:
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irfflS OF JITiNEYS
BWABNO COUNCILS'
ACTION ON TKArau
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falls for o"BCc
land $5000 Bond, Is Op
Led las Too Severe for
Average up'w-
SI
j nnoratnrii In this
ffWr wn.?r?- Vh treat Interest the
Wfe8J'n of Councils In maUInK
W Matlons for tho BovernnKnt
jEW. KBl.taH.ri n ' adopting the
ft ' ii efces Councils wide latitude
ton,bL of the "Jit" nnd may pr.ve
feC Initial movement to disrupt the
t'Jr.rt llm street nnu wwm '-
'h the Vapid Transit Company.
Wlll.l.Mpi..n hppn ntroduced
tEfl ,!i ilcallnB with Hie problem
fo & Ion. The first, which
wffliducca i-y Bc'cct. C""c,ln
iui ".--. ,,. , rv,,.
fiffi. . '"?"," ",n. nation of
Hutt. cm
. propose
mv It t
hnni tO
Mi. propof" " " .:fi iirenso fee.
o protect passengers who
STinlSed n tho jltnoy..-' and
ffilr tuallv Pvent a large num-
B" . .-Iriinrs from contmuinR in mo
fcrTho second ordinance, which
feto,S by Common Councilman
f" i t rmrtney, a member of tno ww
Kite. aSfto assist the police In
.TJ wtulsHons RovcrnlnB the actual
Brtlnf reKuwoii b .
tfrtffle conditions u.lu..
ffii.ii nneratea.
fi r -nt.vftn nppnSRD.
...v oDcrators are opposing tho pas-
IrK. f the Hult ordinance. They point
That It ulrt ,nak0 lmno-islblo l'10
?r.itlnn of tho Jitney Bcrviqc. m.
5,1 the bill are too severe to bo met
HKS. i. onerator. They BUggest a
5rf form of the ordinance and would
Satisfied with a 50 llcenso fee and a
uiM bond. Postcards will bo circulated
& their patrons, to bo nmiiou 10
I mmbers of tno L.aw uraimm -....-toCwklns
that tho Hutt ordinance bo
FbW lew seerc. Councilman Hutt says
JSnm.rf the ordinance only tu protect
tH traveling public and that ho did not
!Alr It to operate ns a means of check
Stlie growing "Jltnoy" business, with
S-conwquent effect on tho clt transit
..i-virntlonS.
fe(lther of theso ordinances has been
ftecussed V the I-aw Committee. It Is
feiMclHl that a meeting or. tno lominiitco
f ii h called the early part of next weelt
llor a discussion of tho ordinances already
Imposed and for suggestions for amend
trants to them. Hutt said today that ho
IWd to be able to present to Councils
11 measure governing tho Jitnejs before
li summer adjournment.
STATISTICS NOW OBTAINABLE.
Statistics cotfbcrnlng tho "Jitney" are
Jut' beginning to ho collected toy tho
emrators. In tho beginning It was Im-
1 pcsslble to estimate the cost of opcra
: L . i, jn...ni..i -..t.i.
Don 1U1U llijuiu liiu uuificimiiujl nun
'oar degree of accuracy. After nioro
Ilia a month's experience, most of tho
f owners of cars hnvo decided that tho
InJaa.d ( n , tr n rtfl. An.1 ln..A
ittermlned to continue In It. Tho es-
ftlmated number of cars In dally opera
tion In this city may bo placed at 750,
ef which about 400 are members of tho
fhlladtlphla Jitney Association. In addl
jfcn to this number there are about 300
additional cars which enter tho business
darui the rush hours and on Sundays.
ke actual cost of operating a "Jitney",
turf on figures supplied by operators
cfnrs that have been In the business
ifece Its Inception In Philadelphia. Is
bsut JIM a day. This figure Is deter'
Efced from tho following calculation:
Per mile.
Tlrt i jo ons
uifollnfl . n ni
Oil ani crriue n nn-
VPerrfditton 0 00(1
ilhla makes a total oncratlnc exnense
ImitiUe of 26-10 cents. Taking 100 miles
IH.the maximum dallv mlloairo of a. "lit.
Mifer." the dally operating expense Is about
Wceordlng to statements made by oper
ri of the cars, the dally revenuo Is
Uja basis for tho figures. This would
waTerage dally Income, provided he op-
Wtted his own car.
Se average llfo of a small automobile
as a "jitney" cannot bo given from
fa obtainable In this city. Most of
ttj cars In use from the time tho "Jltnoy"
jqan to crowd tho streets show signs of
T&ar. hilt AM nnl oa.lntial.. n,AJ A
'i. . " ..WW RUIUUili; UlilllUbCUl J.
iWCStem PnclnnAl- ngllmdtnrl ho 1 1 f f n
tTHney" as CO dajs, and based his figures
ftilll behavior of the cars In Western
pes. where they havo been operating
II i3f "1 "t'mate can only be guessed at
iSfUent. but thA mnfnrUv rtf TV,llnalnhln
wiors say mat It Is very much too
for tho cars on the main streets In
6a city.
J other side of tho "Jitney" problem
V$ht i loss of revenuo which the Itapld
nalt Company Is suffering. Conserva-
-piioiaies place this loss at J1EO0 a
wgocfricla.1 admission of tho fact Is made
SJ J'tney Is largely responsible.
IWltOf them Bald "Wa haVA tint iliiitiH
efUCeilIfIes " llnes' because a change
XA. "aracter cannot be made wlth-
ry Permisslnn nr tl.a -n.iit. cA i n
gn. The company, however, has the
Wl to use Its own discretion conccrn-
lm,.ir cura operated during rush
g because or the Inroads of the Jlt-
."11 L.ltllmhK --.,. .
Uj .. ui tttro, siyien as extras
operated during the early morning
W.Vni om 5 to 6:30 In the evening.
Kiii."1 "continued."
fwotber official admitted that the tran
ffffi 121U bB compelled to appeal
r:ttP?ftM'C,,?'c! Commission for per-
tffiUn - V V "''cuu'ea 01 cars op
IPltn.0n..Btree,a near Droad.
ll1Smh' M- ."have played havoc
, . -, tuiiipunieB, wnile they have
yWJ new hiicin.... -.i..
ttirrm tu Z -. lic.iicijr, ailiuus
i(iers. thev hnvo mn n ki .. i.
wbHoSHeL.re!e'ptB..0' ?ur ""P""
K litn. i " v o11"! io unaersiana
SbS!?. Is not a "sponsible carrier.
s l. . L, ?r8 not bonded and there
V m resulatea their business.
r it. T In Kn..M i
Jiraliiu .i. T """"u uy law xo Berve
iVth. The, hor that DubllQ se At to
tja mo trolleys nr nn -ev... in.i..
ti, .JZ'.Xhe 'J"8' craw '"to their
4, and It la K .. . .l U n n.
the tra;t.: : '' .""' "a."
Istrau h. . ""ipany s compel ed to
lHa0 .?ume "umber of cars, minus
tet"i on sunnv hv ,t,.I ... '.
CA6""" O" ...v.riidw
H"c to the company have reached
&X?Jpa' t yt
0f th . :.u '"" ne competi-.
5wolJitaa,,.u .Whher they will
fftto y Sj"IfcJh,r ,03s ot "venue.
Unpt tlik0,?ethlnsf abou which the;
Rrth k.f?r PubCtlon. excepting
mt PerVeotih LT ,s not d"0PPlne oft
Kai il!P b'0 de6ree,
!Kr!..?f'n unseated that one effect
U .r"y 'aM Instead of a
m.-T":"J. "."" J"" "Weo:
i th. ,- auopiea oy the P, B,
t ifUllmelv 3. u. t "' vun
- . - cut iucreica iaro
Bt tit -.. 7 i-.-.o jr in compel'
dn ,;: -. "" ironey ton.
ItbtoSSl" vs fre"' Pdict4
ToSfw.w tt ?? that part
WHICH GOES TO PROVE IT'S AN ILL WIND
THAT ETC.
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"DOP.E7 FIENDS" STEAL SUPPLIES
OF DRUGS FROM DOCTOR'S OFFICE
Two Men at Work in This City on New Scheme of Obtaining
Morphine "Patient" Visits Physician's Home While
He Is Oat and Says He'll Wait.
"Dope fiends," thwarted In their efforts
to obtain opium, cotalno and morphine
from drug stores, owing to tho provisions
of the Harrison act, which makes It a
crime to dispense firugs of this kind with
out n prescription from a doctor, havo
devised a new scheme to gain their sup
plies. Involving the theft of the drugs
from the offices of physicians.
At least two men are at large In this
city engaged In this practice. One of
the men visits a physician, asking for
treatment, learns where he keeps his
drugs and when he will not bo nt home.
Ills confederate calls at this hour, sas
ho will wait for tho doctor, and when
left alone, enters tho private office and
gets awny with what drugs he finds there.
Two complaints have been mado by
phvslclans to the pollca and Federal
.authorities, In one case tho thieves having
.obtained 60 grains of morphine and a
hypodermic appniatus
Dr. James J. Slmklns. of 2002 North
21st street, has reported to the police of
tho 28th district and to the Federal au
thorities, an account of the visits of a
man who represented himself to be Har
ney V. Tarker, 33 years old, of Jackson
ville, Fla. He was neatly dressed and
had good manners. He said he was a
morphine "flend" and thcro was no ques
tion of the truth of this, as he showed
every sign of being an habitual user of
the drug.
He said he wanted to receive the ro
duotlon treatment, by which a certain
amount ot the drug is given as the first
dose, this quantity belpg steadily de
creased to tho vanishing point In the
doses thnt foWow. J v
Although the law would have permitted
the physician to administer this treat
ment, ho was unwilling to do so, par
ticularly because of the suspicious
actions of Parker, who examined every
thing In the office and seemed to be
looking for tho place where the doctor
kept his supply of drugs. He madd re
peated Inquiries as to when he could find
the doctor home and when he nould not
be In and he learned that Doctor Slmklns
would not be in his office on Monday,
May 3.
On the .morning of that day there ar
rived to see the doctor a tall slender man
tParker is short and stout) and said that
Doctor Slmklns had made an appointment
to meet him In his ofllce. He would "wait
for him. He was told to take a seat in
tho reception room. When the phjslcian
returned, the Ialtor had disappeared, and
the desk In the private ofllce had been
forced open. Five hundred one-elghth-graln
morphine capsules had been taken
. Essentially
No other nation enjoys such
progressive business facilities
as Western Union Day and
Night Letters. Conducting
correspondence by telegraph
has jumped American business
methods into world leadership.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
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4$
from tho desk, and a small hypodermic
syringe nnd needlo wcro also mlssin'g.
Doctor Slmklns told Dr. Adolph Cohn,
of 937 North 8th street, of the Incident, and
later heard that ho had received a visit
from a joung man who aiswered to tho
description of Parker, and who asked for
treatment, but spent most of his time
while In tho physician's offlce In studying
the chests and desks and In Inquiries as
to when tho doctor was and was not at
heme. Doctor Cohn, suspecting that this
was Doctor Simian's suspicious patient,
put n Im out.
"K0TT0M DOG" COMES INTO HIS
OWN WITH "HUMANE WEEK"
For Six Days Philadelphians Will
Learn Lessons in Kindness.
Theso are tho golden days for homeless
animals. They are getting a square deai
and a square meal, many of them for
the first tlmo In their lives.
Tho little black dog that goes trot
ting along at your heels In the absurd
make-believe that you are going to tako
him home with you, and who pretends
that jou are only Joking when you shoo
him away from, your heels, actually did
get taken homo today, and tho shock of
finding a master almost gave him heart
disease.
"Humane Week" started yesterday.
Humanltarlanism, wlIch means, accord
ing to somo cynic, being humane to all
living things except human beings. Is
tu be tho leading motive of Philadelphi
ans for the next six dajs, and, of course,
for tho rest of their lives, too, along with
other good habits.
Members of the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruolty to Animals will cany
their campaign today into stores and
factories. The big event of the week
will be the "Just Plain Dog Show" on
Thursday nt Horticultural Hall. Friday
will be "School Children's Day," when
thoro will be exercises In the schools.
Trees will be planted In the public
squares on Saturday and the week will
close on Sunday with sermons advo
cating the work of the humane society.
Local Man Joins Naval Reserve
The honor ot being the first Philadel
phia recruit of tho new United States
Naval Reserve Corps, recently authorized
by Congress, falls to Charles P. Michael,
of 3027 Wclkel street, who enlisted es
terday at tho station, 1413 Filbert street.
Michael served four years In the navy
and was honorably discharged six
years ago.
American
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GRADUATION TONIGHT
OF Y.M.C. A. INSTITUTE
250 Students of Centrnl Branch
to Finish Course Many Get
Scholarships and Prizes.
A class of 2S0 will be graduated to
night at the 9th annual commencement
of tho Educational lnstltuto of the Cen
tral Young Men's Christian Association.
Day and evening classes will bo repre
sented In the exercises, whllo the courses
pursued by tho graduates rnnge from real
estalo law to rhetoric. Vocatlonnl ns
welt as cultural subjects nro Included In
tho curriculum. Tho list of winners of
scholarships and prizes follows:
Thomas W. Evers Accounting schol
arship. Fred TJIddle Ileal estate, piactlco.
II. B. rtandatl Heal cstnto law.
James U. Wclsi Salesmanship
John H. McLaren Advertising.
C. W. Oulilen First prize awarded by
Philadelphia Association of Credit Men,
$25.
Morton Frlck Second prize awarded
by Philadelphia Association of Credit
Men, $2(r-
Thomas "W, Smith Third prlzo award
ed by Philadelphia Association of Credit
Men, $15.
Fred S. Metzter Huslnes law
Carl Stcphony Economics.
Robert J. McKnln Convojnnclng
Alvln C. McFadden Hookkeeplng.
Mtchncl Harrison Shorthand
James O'Connor Shorthand,
Daniel T. McShon Typewriting
George T. Wccr Night prcpnrnlory
S. S. Vnn Sclver Group If.
Henry Snaldman Group II.
Walter White Group I.
Theodore II. Kcrstetter Architectural
engineering.
F. H. Knox Engineering mathematics.
Harry Sauter Estimating.
Fred Durkhnrdt Plan reading and
architectural drawing,
E. It. Deats Chemistry.
William Bauer Vehicle drafting.
Joseph Petzak Carriage Monthly prize.
Walter Walts Carriage Monthly prize.
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WITH WORLD AT WAR
YOUTH GLORIFY PEACE
200,000 Children Celebrating
100th Anniversary of Amity
With Britain in Schools.
Two hundred thousand children of the
Philadelphia public nchools will partici
pate In a cctcbrntlon of Peace Day to
day. While Europe Is In the throes of the
most terrible war of history nnd Amer
icans nro speaking of tho possibility of
this nation becoming Involved In the con
flict, tho gtjpat army of boys nnd girls
will sing nnd speak of tho value nnd
lrtucs of International amity, letters
requesting every principal to work for the
success of tho celebration hno been sent
to tho schools by Superintendent Jacobs
Tho programs In tho schools will vary,
according to tho plans of the faculties.
Special emphasis will bo laid upon the
fact that pcaco between the English
speaking nntlons has existed for a cen
tury. Pamphlets suggesting programs
havo been prepared by various organiza
tions formed lo foster tho prlnclplo of
ntbltratlon.
At many of tho schools a special fea
ture will be the reading of tho Treaty of
Ghent. Kssns written by the pupils
will bo read while the teachers will ex
plain In a simple and Interesting manner
how tho elimination of war Is possible.
Among tho schools where tho exercises
will bo unusually elaborate nro tho
tllalnc. HOth nnd Norrls streets; Clag
horn, 17th street nnd Susquehanna ave
nue; Pastorlus, Woodlawn nnd Spraguo
htrccta, tho Noithwcst, Carlisle and
Unco streets, nnd all the high schools.
Tho nFHomuly halls In which tho cele
brations will take place will be decorated
with cmbems of peace.
A parado of children, organized as
"Crusaders of Peace," will bo a part of
tho cclobratlon nt Swarthmore. An ad
dress wilt be mado by Dr. John A. Filler,
member of tho faculty of Bwarthmoro
College, and a play with peace as a moral
will bo produced by tho Whlttler House
Band
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SEEING FIGHT COSTS MEN $786
Pickpockets Rcnp Rich Hnrveat nt
Olymnia Club.
Watching Joo Hirst trim Joe Heffernan
at the Olympic Athletic Club, Broad and
Kenllworlh streets, lost night, cost three
men $788, according to complaints made
to the police of the 2d and Christian
streets station.
Two men wero held today under $600
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And priced well with
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Chemise, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 upward.
Chemise in Madeira patterns, $1.75
Drawers, plain and scalloped, $1.00
Others in floral designs, straight cut, $1.20
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Gowns, new designs and good quality, round necks, $3.00
Openwork designs and V neck, $3.75
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Corset Covers floral designs, $1.20, $1.75 upward.
Petticoats full length, new width, $1.50 upward.
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A New Yorker who did hot ppaj; at
tho hearing, reported thitt, hH pocket
had been picked of $750. tfhf prisoner
gave their names as Charles Plzano, M
years old, of till nnd Christian streets,
nnd John Jacozzo, 22 year Old. of Ml
Fltzwater street. ft
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