EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1916:
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PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCILS
JIMEY BILL PASSES
DESPITE VIGOROUS
OPERATORS'PROTESTS
Owners of Cars Fear Elim
ination of Business by
Councils' Cut, Which Will
Become Effective 10 Days
After Being Signed by
Mayor.
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Provisions of Dill
Passed by Councils
The Jitney Hill makes the follow
ing regulations:
A fee of $50.
A bond of $6500.
A five-cent fare from City Hall
to League Island.
A five-cent fare from City Hall
to Olney avenue,
A five-cent fare from City Hall
to 33d and Diamond streets.
A five-cent fare from Delaware
avenue to the County Line on Mar
ket street.
Bill becomes operative ten days
after signed by the Mayor.
Legislation which the Jitney operators
believe will ultimately drlvo them out
o( business was passed this nfternoon by
both branches of Councils. Desplto the
pleas sent by two Jitney organisations and
thnt of Common Councilman William R.
Horn, of the M Ward, both branches of
Councils passed the Jitney ordinances as
originally framed nlth the exception of
some alteration In the routes, The bill be
comes operative 10 days after being signed
by the Mayor.
Ths fee of M and the bond of f2500 re
main There la some modification In the 6-cent
zones which are provided for as follows:
A 6-cent far,o from City Hall to League
Inland A B-cent fare from City Hall to
Olney avenue, and the same rate from
City Hall to 33d and Diamond streets, and
from Delaware avenue to the County Lino
On Market street.
Th Jitney men who crowded the gallery
In the lower chamber dcclaio that the or
dinandi would put them out of business,
Inasmuch as taxlcabs are allowed to
charge almost 60 times ns much to cany
passengers the samo distances.
Communications wero received from the
Jitney Auto Servlco and from'the Indi
vidual Drivers' Association protesting
against tho conditions of tlie ordinance,
which thev declared onerous.
As soon as Robert Smith, who presided,
ordered the bill read, Mr. Horn Jumped to
his feet. "There Is no reason for tho
J25O0 bond," he declared. "The Jitney Is
the poor man's bus. When a. man owns
his auto or drives a taxlcab he Is not
bonded, and we shouldn't throttle the
poor man's conveyance."
There were no other speeches on the
bill and It was passed by a vote of 51
to 17.
In Bel oct Council the measure was
passed by a vote of 26 to 5. Louis Hutt,
of the 29th Ward. Introduced the amend
ment which provided for the route men
tioned above.
There was no debate. Those who op
posed tho bill were William Huston. 36th
Ward; Sheldon Potter, !2d Ward: D. 8.
Greenwood, 37th Ward: G. D. Davis, 21th
Ward, and Edwin Bolleau, 32d Ward.
P. R. T.'S WISHES OBSERVED
The stringent regulation of th,e Jitney's,
is said, was requested by the Rapid
transit Company, which declared that
re had been an alarming decrease In
business since the Jitneys became
Jlar.
fe will Immediately organize for a
campaign to obtain Mayor Blnnkenburg's
veto,'" said G. S. Winner, president of
the Jitney Auto Service Company, after
the passage of the bill, "It is not'a law
of regulation but of elimination. We will
make It a political Issue In the fall cam
paign. The methods used were simply
knockout methods aimed to put the Jit
rieys out of business. We have much
confidence In City Solicitor Ryan and
believe that he will consider the ordi
nance unconstitutional and will advise
the Mayor to veto It on those grounds."
"STEAM ROLLER METHODS."
"Such steam-roller methods will not
go," declared Richard Costello, president
of the Philadelphia Jitney Association,
emphatically. 'The bill will be made the
political Issue of the coming campaign.
We have hundreds of thousands of cltl-
sens behind the movement. The ordinance
would put the Jitneys out of business and
the people will not stand for that.
"Ono of the first steps to bo taken will
be to bring every possible pressure to bear
on Mayor Blankenburg to veto the ordi
nance The Jitney men hope that he will
do so
I believe the action today was largely
the result of the division between the Jlt
jiey men themselves. If all had consoli
dated Into one organization tho ordinance
would not have paused."
Crowds of Jitney men who attended the
sessions declared that the ordinance was
passed entirely through the Influence of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company,
Many officials and employes of the com
pany were in the galleries, they said, and
seemed as Interested spectators as the
Jitney owners. The Jitney men openly as
ert that the Rapid Transit Company will
not run them out of business If they can
prevent h
Councilmans Briefs
The expenditure of ITS.OOO by the De
partment of Wharves, Docks and Ferries
tor deepenlnr the channel of the Dela
ware River between Busquehanna avenue
and Cambria street was authorized In
an ordinance reported favorably by the
Finance Committee. This money was
provided by the Legislature at the last
session.
Tha Finance Committee also reported
favorably art ordinance directing the Di
rector of the Department of Wharves,
Docks and Ferries to expend ah Unen
cumbered balance of the $250,000 State ap
propriation of July 3R, 1913, amounting to
117,000, 'and another sum not to exceed
150,000 from the J80.000 State appropria
tion of Juno IB, 191B, for the erection of
wooden bulkheads along tho fichujlklll
River on tho horth side of the Penrose
Ferry bridge
Tlie Finance Committee today reported
favorably on ordinance- transferring nn
Item of $7,080.71 to the Clerks of Councils
to pay bills Irtcui-red by tho Convention
of the American Federation of Labor In
this city last' November. A similar bill
passed some months ngo was vetoed by
the Mayor. Action on this ordinance will
bo taken tomorrow.
' An ordinance appropriating $11,753.42 to
pay the various contractors for removing
the snow from tho city's streets last win
ter was reported favorably by the Fin-
t once Committee.
A transfer bill Drovldln for the trans
fer of $1W,000 among the vaVlous munici
pal departments for expenses of tho cur
rent year was reported favorably by tho
FInanco Committee.
Director Cooke's plea for $10,000 to
finance his fight for lower rates against
the electric, gas and telophone compa
nies was Ignored by the Finance Commit
tee without any explanation being offered.
An additional lieutenant of tho motor
cycle police squad was provided for at
n salary of $1W0 In a bill reported favor
ably by tho Finance Committee.
The sum of $200 toward defraying tho
expenses of the annual meeting of the
American Association for tho Prevention
of Infnnt Mortality In thin city next
November was provided for In nn ordin
ance reported favorably by the FInanco
Committee.
An ordinance authorizing the Coroner to
employ three additional stenographers at
salaries of $1000, $1100 and $1200 respec
tively was reported favorably by tho
FInanco Committee.
HOUSING DIVISION
mKE3HIFT REPORTED
Bill In Councils Admits Major
Part of Director Zlegler's
Requests.
Provision for the establishment of the
long-contested Division of Housing Bnd
Sanitation In tho Department of Healtn
and Charities was made by the Finance
Committee of Councils this afternoon In
an ordinance reported favorably, which
will be acted upon tomorrow,
The division la established In name only,
however, for the major part of the re
quests mado by Director Ziegler arc Ig
nored In the ordinance as approved by
the Finance Committee. It Is provided
that tho existing Divisions of Tenement
House Inspection, Drainage and Sanita
tion shall be merged and alt employes
transferred at their present salaries.
The ordlnanco authorised a transfer of
funds amounting to $10,810 for the estab
lishment of the division. Of this amount,
$7110 Is for additional salaries for the
current year. The additional positions
and the salaries ares
Chief of division, at $3109,
Statistician, at $1200.
Three assistant clerks, at $300.
monographer, at $900.
Five additional Inspectors, at $1000 each.
Two messengers, at H80 each.
Director Ziegler had requested I
Chief of division, at $3J0.
Four supervisors, at $1600.
Registrar, at $2000.
Assistant leglstrar, at $1500.
Draughtsman, at $1200.
Statistician, at $1600.
Chief clerk, at $1600.
ucrearo In assistant Inspectors from K
to t6.
MAYOR ANSWERS
HIS COUNCIL CRITICS
BRIEF CITY-WIDE NEWS
GRAND JURY MAKES MANY RECOMMENDATIONS
In the final presentment of th Grand Jury made this tfternoon to Judge
Patlewon regulation of Jitneys Is recommended. The jurors in their report
dectaro that since the city lias a financial Interest In the Itapld Transit Com.
pany tho city nhould protect that company, and they urge a license fee of
$G0 and a $5000 bond. They also Include In their report a discussion of the
Bale of cheap candles and foods, the cleaning of streets, crime among Negroes
nnd the "undesirable" element of foreigners, unobstructed sdlewalka, the pro
tection of traffic officers from the sun and the relation Of liquor to crime.
They also favor the proposed Convention Hall site and suggest a "substantial"
Increase In pay with more comforts In the Jury room.
BATTAGLIAIMMINENTE
NELMAREADRIATICO?
Gli Alplni Conquistano un
Passo a Sassate cd 1 Grana-
tleri SfidanQ I Cannon!.
MAYER, PHILLIES' PITCHER, TO WED
James Erskino Mayer, nge 26, pitcher for the Philadelphia ball club, took
out a license today to marry Eleanor Jocher, age 20, of 2740 North Qarnett
street. Mayer gave his address as Atlanta, Go. Rabbi Krftuskopf will per
form the ceremony.
SIGNALS FLASHED FOUR AND ONE-HALF MILES
Signaling between two sections of the Marine Corps wns successfully
carried on this morning between a station on top of tho Land Tltlo Building,
Broad and Chestnut otreetB, and the navy ynrd, a distance of more than
four nnd one-half miles, by means of the army variable field telescope, mado
at the Frankford Arsenal, tho new army pocket binoculars, tho Colt lamp,
wlg-wng nags and tho heliograph.. The experiments wore principally to test
the variable telescope, which magnifies from G to 20 times, and the new
pocket eight-power blnocujars.
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas B. Wood and a detail of two men from tho
Third Signal Company were on tho Land Tltlo Building. At tho navy yard
station the cntlro brigades of signalmen, under Lieutenant W. B, Sullivan,
took part 'in the tests.
John Molltor, who serves as Chief of
the Division of Housing and Sanitation
organized by tho Director of tho Health
Department In IBM, and which Councils
refused to recognize, was given $H01 87
salary for his services In an ordinance
reported favorably by the Finance Com
mittee. Councils today recalled from the Mayor
the ordinance permitting tho Volunteer
Firemen's Association to erect an old
fashioned hrehouso on the Parkway The
ordinance, which was passed by both
chambers, Is rumored to have been re
called because tho Art Jury decided that
It would be Inartistic alongside the pro
posed splendid structures that will be
located on the Parkway.
Director of Public Health and Charities
Ziegler today asked Councils to ap
propriate $5000 for the Improvement of
roads In Byberry Farms and for $1200
for an ambulance-call system for the
Philadelphia Hospital. He pointed out
that during a recent fire at Byberry the
engines had difficulty In reaching the
scene, owing to the heavy mud of the
roads.
Again Calls Attention to Dis
regard of Recommendations
Designed to Benefit City.
CONVENTION HALL BILLS
IGNORED BY COUNCIL
Common Branch Refrains From
Action on Three Pending
Measures.
Convention Hall failed to receive any
consideration in Common Council this aft
ernoon despite the current belief that ac
tion might be forced through the knowl
edge that continued inaction might drive
tho Republican National Convention to
some other city. While an eleventh-hour
reversal was expected no mention was
made of the project.
The plans were cut and dried to
Ignore the convention hall project today
along with a mass of other legislation
almost equally important. Three bills
providing for the hall on as many dif
ferent sites are In committee, and It
Is the Intention of the councllmanlo
leaders to keep them there and thus pre
vent Philadelphia from getting a conven
tion hall for at least a year.
BILL FOR ATHLETIC FIELD
OVERBR00K FREIGHT
YARD BILL PASSED
In Amended Form, Measure
Has Large Majority in Both
Branches.
Common Council, by a. vote of M to i,
and Select Couneil, by a vote of 38 to 3,
passed the Overbrook freight yard or
dinance, after two amendments had been
adopted which grant two of the chief
points demanded by the residents Of the
Overbrook: section- The ordinance, as
passed by Select Council last week, would
allow the Pennsylvania Railroad Cwn
sans to construct the proposed freight
yard by merely paying $100,009 for sewer
relocation and would compel the city to
pay IW.0SO for repaying Upland way
A a result of the bitter opposition of
the verbrook residents the Pennsylva
nia Kailroad agreed to a compromise and
"iiiinuii '"ouncUman CbarlM T Markle,
.. the Mih Ward, moved to amend the
onJtnBi.e so that tbe railroad would have
to ipbv Upland way The amendment
aUo withholds permission to erect a leco
metive repair shop In the yard, which
resident declare would constitute a
mok nuisance
the auurndtutni offered Ittut week and
"W 0 by the railroad eowpeuy, which
Piovi&etf that the railroad should extend
the piopoMd Malvern tunnel joa feet be-
mi vne present plana to Moi rl Park
allowed to aland without change
Winn the utdirutta. r aa amended was
omJ d up tor the fljial iota tha elark tl
r" iu(hv itm M ifDiwum i tkte i vault aa
; to v m i j ur of I ha orlnf.a
ii 'aUJ A lotiu f aisaaon of tut
i Ward and uwt W Pftce of the
u , iiwh a4 Mated that they
, l,t n-vl 'N, (MMuaure Tlie vote,
n-Juic waa anawtiiMsd wia a tu 2.
Councils to Pass on Measure Providing
One for City Employes.
City employes -will be provided with an
athletic field If nn ordinance Introduced
this afternoon by Select Councilman
Harry J. Trainer, of the 3d Ward, receives
final approval.
The bill sets aside a lot belonging to the
municipality, bounded by Clearfield, 27th.
5Sth nnd Chalmer streets, for tha exclu
sive use of attaches of all departments.
Tho plot Is adjacent to an athletic
ground used by the Roman Catholic High
School and the Northeast High School.
The ordinance was placed In tho hands
of the Committee on Property and subse
quently reported favorably. It will be re
turned to Councils tomorrow for further
consideration.
Committee Approves New Square
Councils' Committee on City Property
today approved an ordinance for condem
nation of a tract of land for park pur
noses, bounded by frankford and Colum
bia avene, Sapvlva and Palmer streets.
The plot will be designated Palmer
Square. Another ordinance approved
designates the plot at ith street and Qer.
mantown avenue as Vandegrlft Square.
DOMINION LINER
ARMENIAN TORPEDOED
Continued front Pate One
menlan aa one of the largest of the great
flMt of liners owned by J. Leyland & Co.,
Limited, of Uverpool. 8h displaced SS1S
tons, was (12 feet long a,nd had a. M-foot
beam. She was. built In 1866 at Belfast
And was under British registry from the
port of Liverpool. Shipping records list
her captain aa J. A. Jaoob'on.
With the exception of the Lmitanla, the
Armenian la tba largest llnar yet sunk by
German submarines The Palaba, another
liner to fall victim to the German U-boats,
displaced only MBS tone.
Reports reached here today from Scan
dinavian sources that Germany is plan
ning to inaugurate a, new submarine cam
paign against Brttlsfe ana Preach cargo
ataamers wbtcb are about to leave New
York and other Atlantic port of the
United States laden with lOMnltlone for
the Allies
It Is understood nere that deliveries of
war munitions made in this country are
sckedul4 to Bomraenoe tomorrow and
that many cnamtmltioa-ladn freighters
will eroae tho Atlantic within the nest
few weeks.
In anticipation of the start of tbia
nlghi service Gerniny U reported o
be maaatag thoroughly saoderslsed sub
marine at V UnetRMriWvw so e to be
red to strike aa soon M tsts munitions
bajpln to oiuve-
Mayor Blankonburg In a letter to tho
presidents of Select and Common Council
this afternoon, replied to the scathing
criticism directed against the tone of
several of lili messages on tho floor of
Common Council last week, and in Justi
fying his attltudo again scored the legis
lative bodies for their failure to act on
the long-standing "gasoline to gas ordi
nance." Citing this ordlnanco ns nn ox
nmple ho defended the tono of his com
munications to Councils.
The letter follows:
To the Presidents and Members of the
Select und Common Councils of tho
City of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen Your action regarding
my message of June 21, taking mo to
task for transmitting It to you, calls
for a reply on my part.
Let me cite but one tact jusurying
that message. As early as March E.
19H. an ordlnanco was Introduced au
thorizing tho substitution of gas for
11.000 gasoline lights. I have referred
to this important subject In at least
Fcven messages since that time, the
first of which was sent you on June
18, 1014, but up to dato you have as
signed no reason for the failure to
pass the necessary ordinance
The proposed chance would save the
city approximately $70,000 a year and
would vastly Improve tho lighting.
Your delay has already cost, tho city
about $100,000. The United Gas Im
provement Company haB been ready
to proceed with the work, and even
last fall, when thousands of men were
out of employment, you neglected to
tnke favorable action on this proposi
tion, and thus deprived men who were
anxious for work from an opportunity
of earning a livelihood,
The proposition Is too plain to need
nny further elucidation. You can save
tho city $70,000 a year, -Improve the
lighting very materially, add $100,000
to the value of the Philadelphia gas
works and give employment to many
men now out of work. I again ask
for action. If you further decline the
people of Philadelphia will know upon
whom tho responsibility rests.
Respectfully yours,
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG.
This ordinance authorizing the United
Gas Improvement Company to expend
$000,000 In extending Its mains to save the
city $70,000 a year in cost of gasoline light
ing and remove a type of obsolete lamps
from the city streets, at well as Increase
the ultimate value of the U G. I. prop
erty, reverting to the city, by $500,000 at
least, remained carefully pigeonholed, for
some unexplained reason. In the Finance
Committee, as no action was taken today,
CONVENTION HALL SITE
WOMEN IN STREET FIGHT OVER MAN
Two women antl the man they both clnlmed ns husband created excite
ment today nt 0th and Chestnut streets when they resorted to violence to
decide tho Issue. The troublo started when the older woman caught tho man
with the younger. A hot argument ensued, In which each woman said the
man was her husbnnd. Finally the three resorted to force, antl hatpins, fists
and finger nails were used freely. Mounted Policeman Snyder, of tho Traftlo
Squad, who stopped tho fight, was naked by each of tho three to Jail tho
other two. Ho refused to nrreat any one.
Bill in Council Proposes to Demolish
Itidgwny Library.
A new location has been suggested for
the proposed Convention Hall. Common
Councilman George 3f. Kelly, of tho 26th
Ward, today Introduced an ordlnanco In
Councils calling for the condemnation by
the city of the building and ground of the
IUdgway Library, between Christian and
Carpenter, 13th and Broad streets, and
proposing that the site be used as the
location of the new hall.
The ordinance was referred to the Com
mittee of City Property. The ordinance
calls for the complete demollshment of
tho splendid Ionic building and all other
structures on the ground.
Will Amend Parkway Ordinance
At the suggestion of Mayor Blanken
burff, Councils today withdrew for
amendment an ordinance recently passed
transferrins certain loan balances In the
Department of Public Works for Improve
ment of the Parkway. The ordinance,
which was Introduced at the request of
tha chief of the Bureau of Highways,
limits the expenditure of the mpney to
that part of tho Parkway between 18th
and 17th streets. Director Cooke requested
that the money be made available for use
on any part of the highway. It was for
this reason that the Mayor requested Its
withdrawal.
FLYING BOAT AMERICA
LOST IN TUB NOBTH SEA
Pier Aeroplanai Built for Transatlantic
Flight Wrecked.
LONDON. Juno so.
The great aeroplane America, In which
Squadron Commander Forte, of the BriU
lih navy, Intended to fly across the Atlan.t
tlo, has been lost In the North Sea. JItr
place will be taken by larger maehlnee,
coming from the Curtis plant at Ham
mondsport. The new machines from the Curtlss fap
torie are said to be among the largest
aeroplane ever built. They will be par
ticularly valuable for air raids, having a
great carrying capacity.
Mayor Wants Streets Opened
Prompt aeUon by Councils, to nrovid
for the opeaj-aff of Broad street between
Olney avenue and Grange street, and be
tween Qftk Lane and a pai-at W fxt
nortbwet of Challen venu. wa ra
qiMaU4 by rtt rJUutkenbury lata ftr
i.oon in A UMtby conuuunkatioa. The
Ma for for worded a cony of a. Utter trtm
Ptreetor Cook feowtax the deplorably
conditions at these two points, owing t
the failure of Council to liovid appro
piUUena fox tk seeed vetk.
SKULL FRACTURED IN CLUBROOM FIGHT
A fight In the 4Bth "Ward Young1 Men's Republican Club, at Jasper and
Wlllard streets, resulted In a fractured skull for Joseph Mulholland, 23 years
old, of 1249 Adams avenue, and tho holding today of John Blair, of 4230
Franltford avenue, In $2000 ball for further hearing by Magistrate Campbell,
of the Belgrado and Clearfield streets ntatlon.
Mulholland, who Is In tho Episcopal Hospital, may dlo. Ho nays Blair
struck him, but tho latter maintains he knows nothing about tho cause of
tho Injury. The fight occurred lato last night. Policemen Campbell and
Phillips wero hastily nummonod and found Mulholland lying on tho floor
In a pool of blood. His head had evidently struck a sharp object when he fell
and sovcrnl glasses were broken on tho floor beside him. Members of the
club declared they did not know how tho troublo Btarted.
CHECK FORGER SENTENCED BLAMES WOMEN
Milton L. Morse, 1212 South 63d street, convicted of forging checks to
the amount of nearly $1000, wan sentenced to from two to seven years in
the Stato Prison at Trenton by Judgo Boyle, In tho Camden Criminal Court
today. Young Morso told the Magistrate he never drank or smoked In his
life, but oxpressed n "fondness for tho ladles." Tho money, he said, was
spent on taxlcabs, flowers nnd theatre parties.
UNITED STATES CONTRACT FOR BEMENT-MILES WORKS
The Bcment-Mlles Works, machine tool manufacturers of thl3 city, has
been awarded a contract by the United States Government for a big gun
boring latho, the contract price being about $85,000. This machine will bo
Fent to the Watervliet Arsenal, at Watervllet, N. Y.
GOLF BALL KNOCKS PLAYER UNCONSCIOUS
"While playing -golf at the Phllmont Country Club late yesterday, Dr.
Max J. Stern, of 711 North Franklin street, waa struck In the oyo with a ball
nnd knocked unconscious. He was hurried to the Jewish Hospital, where
consciousness was restored after physicians had worked on him for several
hours. It is believed his sight will not bo affected. Doctor Stern, who Is
c. surgeon on the stnff of the Jewish and Mount Slnal Hospitals, has been
connected at various times with tho Polyclinic nnd St. Joseph's Hospitals.
QUICK NEWS
GARRISON SCORES ENTERTAINMENT OF HUERTA
WASHINGTON, June 30. Secretary Garrison today ordered Colonel Mor
gan, of El Prso, not to have any review for General Huerta. Ho has sent
him a letter criticising him for entertaining the ex-dlctator. In his letter he
said:
"I do not consider It proper for any army officer to extend military
courtesies to a man In a position of General Huerta."
ASQUITH DECLINES TO DISCUSS PEACE
LONDON, June 30. Premier Asqulth thlB afternoon refused to be drawn
Into a discussion of peace rumors or the terms upon which England might
agree to a termination of the war. David Mason, Liberal, asked Premier
Asqulth If it would not be possible for him to specify upon what terms Eng
land would be willing to end the war.
JACK ROSE TO PLEAD FOR BECKER
NEW YORK, June 30. The Globe prints a story this afternoon saying
that Jack Rose, tho gambler, whose testimony was mainly -responsible for the
conviction of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, will go to Albany nnd
plead with Governor Whitman for Becker's life. Rose made an offer to Mrs.
Becker, wife of the condemned man, to assist In" saving her husband and It
was gladly accepted,
"I am going to have a heart to heart talk with the Governor and I believe
It will do a lot of good," said Rose.
TIPPING TRUST DIES IN ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Juno 30. At 12:01 tomorrow morning the "Tipping Trust"
in Illinois will be dead. The bill signed by Governor Dunne prohibiting tho
renting of space in hotels and restaurants and the granting of concessions
for checkrooms will become effective at that time. It will also he unlawful
for "the house" to accept tips collected by employes.
TWO MORE NORSE SHIPS TORPEDOED
LONDON, June 30. Two more neutral Bhlps, both of Norwegian na
tionality, have been aunk by German submarines. They were the Cambus
ltenneth, which sailed from Portland, Ore., February 0 for Liverpool, and
the OJeso. Thirteen members of the Cambuskenneth's crew were landed,
nnd eight others, all German subjects, were taken on board the submarine,
which wns the U3B. The GJeeo's crew was landed at North Shields.
TRACTORS AND TRAILERS MUST BE LICENSED
HARRIBHURG, June 30. The State Highway Department gave notice
today that no tractors, traction engines or trailers will be permitted on the
highways of the State without proper license under the newly enacted law,
Officers am Instructed to arrest violators. No hill climbing contests will be
permitted on State highways, according to a, second notice sent out to auto
mobile owners and organizations,
HUERTA'S BONDSMEN HELD Oft CONSPIRACY CHARGE
BL PASO, Tex,, June 30. Frank and Ike Aldert. bondsmen for General
Victorlano Huerta, and General Pascual Orozco, were arrested today together
wljji Marcelo Caraveo, charged with conspiring to aet on foot a miytay ex.
pedltlon againat a friendly power, rne actual charge is that thfty were
plotting another revolution In Mexico. Caraveo's ball was set at $6QQ0 and
that of the Aldert brothers at $4000 each. ,
, GREY BACK AT FOREIGN OFPICE POST
LONDON. June 30. SJr Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, has re.
turned from a oeveral weeks' vacation, necessitated by trouble with hla eye
SWEDEN'S QUBBN DENIES REPORTED SYMPATHY WITH GERMANY
STOCKHOLM, June 30. Quaes Vletrt today authgrlied an oflJaUl de
nial of the etatemant that while 'in Berlin recently she declared she sympa
thized with Germany and "waa willing to 1st the whole world know It." The
statement was printed in the Berliner Tagehlatt and caused the Queen much
ambarrasamant.
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DUTCH UKBf FOR WITBD STATES RAMMED IN IIARBQR.
D0YBM. 5ns"tant Jlune W. The Dutcfe Una? Ntw AmMafOasa. feotMd
for thi UaitaA 8ttM from JtottrJ, bait cvaM up ey tit Brttian 1 ft
Powsa wp rammed by another vesaai while at anchor early today, Vbo
UMft $ INftHa lO'0 WM, wa badly damaged.
Un telefframma da Berllno dice che e
Imminent net Mare AdrlatlCo Una batta-
gila navate tra la. flotta nustrlaca che ha
Insclato la sua base til Pola e la flotta
ItAllana, che sccondo 1 tedeschl sarebbe
sUta lndebollta dall'lnvlo dl atcoune navl
al Da.nJa.nelH.
Questa sera ear a tenuto un Impbrtante
conalgllo dt mlnlstrl In segulto at rltorno
dell'on. Salandra dal fronte del flume
Isonio, 'dove egtt dlscusse con II re. Si
dice che questa, sera sara dlscussa la
qulstlona delta parteclpazlone dell'Itolla
nlla campagna dei Dardnnellt.
L'Idea Nazlonale dl Roma dice che
gloved 1' scorso si tenne ad Innsbruck un
conslgllo dl guerra al quale presero
parte II prlndpe Roberto dl Bavlera, l'ar
clduca eredttarlo d'Austrla e pArecchl
genersll tedeschl jd austrlacl, o nl quale
fu declso dl abbandonare l'idea dl dl
fendere la eonca, dl Trento contro l'ln-
v&slono Itallana ed organlzzare Invece la
prima serla reslstenzn. nella ben fortlft
cata conca dl Bolzano, dove le truppe
austrlache resterebbero assat plu vlclne
alia base dl operaztone o correrebbern
mono 11 pencoio a vedersl tagllate le
loro linee dl comunlcazlone .nils loro
spalte.
Telegramml da Mllano dlcono dl nttl dl
grande valore compluti dalla brlgata
Qranatlerl dl Sardegna nelle vlclnanro dl
Monfalcone o da un reparto dl Alplni
nella valle Costeana, dove 1 bravl soldatl
dl montngna conqulstarono un dlmcilla
slmo passo rotolando sassl sul nemlco
dopo esiersl arramplcatl lungo una fune
su per una parete perpendlcolaro dellx
montagna.
(Leggere In a paglna le ultlme e plu'
dettagllate notlzle sulln. guerra, In
Itallano.)
TRANSIT WINS GREAT
VICTORY IN COUNCILS
Continued from Page One
and tho Frankford elevated lines, and
appropriating the money to each specific
project.
Tho first ordinance, appropriating $3,
000,000 to the Broad street line, provided
In part as follows:
"That tho Department of City Transit
be and Is hereby authorized and directed
to enter Into contracts for the construc
tion of n portion of tho elevated railway
to bo established from Front and Arch
streets to Rhawn street via Front Btreet,
Kensington avenue nnd Frankford ave
nuo to Rhann stroet, comprising the sec
tion extending In Front street between
Callowhlll streot and Kensington avenue.
In Kensington avenuo bptween Front
street nnd Frankford avenue and In
Frankford avenue between Kensington
nvenue and Rhawn street, together with
any or all work appurtenant thereto."
The second ordinance, appropriating
$3,000,000 for the Frankford elevated, pro
vided: "That the Department of City Transit
be, and is heTeby authorized and directed
to enter Into contract or contracts for the
construction of a portion of the subway
railway to bo established In Broad street
between League Island and Olney avenue,
with the necessary branch lines northeast
and northwest from Broad street, com
prising the section extending from a point
In Broad street at the north side of the
existing subway structure of the Market
street Elevated Passenger Railway Com
pany, north of City Hall, to a point In
Broad street at the south side of the ex
isting subway structure of the Market
Street Elevated Passenger Railway Com
pany, south of City Hall, and passing
diagonally under the westerly side of City
Hall, together with any or all work ap
purtenant thereto. Including station plat
forms and entrances."
After having laid over one day for
printing, both appropriating ordinances
will be passed by Common nnd Select
Council tomorrow and Blgned 4by the
Mayor before he leaves for his summer
home In the Foconos,
The only step remaining In the prelim
inary procedure will be that to obtain a
certificate of public conveniences approv
ing the work from the Public Service
Commission at Harrlsburg. Director Tay
lor already has taken steps to obtain
this certificate at an early date.
POSTAL OFFICER RESIGNS
C00HE SEES VICTORY
IN ORDER HASTENING
POKTO RATE HEARING
Directs Sarcasm at Elec
tric Company Appraiser
When Commenting on
Ruling Work Must Be
Finished August 2.
Director Morris L. Cooke, of the De
partment of Public Works, today de
clared that the action of the Public Serv
ice Commission In ordering the Phlla
delphla Electric Company to complete
Its property Inventory by August 3 in
dlcates that a decision In his nght for
lower electric rates will be reached early
this autumn. He believes an order for
a reduction of rates Is inevitable.
In sarcastic vein ho referred to the
Philadelphia Electric Company's delay in
completing Its Inventory up to this time
and asserted thnt tha innni,,! -.. .. ' '
from $17,000,000 to $50,000,000 He contend.
tnat mo actual value Is nearer $28,000,000.
In expressing his gratification at the
action of the commission, Director Cooke
saldi
"It comes as a distinct relief to those
Of tlR WHO Of A lAnMni .. It.. i-e .
, V ." ewvrwtlft tttlBI II1Q City fl
Interests to know that Appraiser JacK
BOH. Of tllA Phllnrl-lnriU rU.M i-
Pany, must have his work finished and
uciu.o me i-uDiic service commission by
the first Monday In August.
"Under tho methods which Professor
Jackson and his associates have devel
oped during the last decade, the matter
of making an Inventory nnd appraisal of
an electric property Is something that can
be carried oo Indefinitely.
"Even In this case, after they had vir
tually completed the Inventory last Jan
uary, tha decision was made to relnven
lory alt meters and four months were
consumed In so doing,
"Unless this halt had been called I sup
pose we would have had a relnventory of
all poles. At this season of the year a re
Inventory of electric fans could have been
utilized for a considerable delay.
"The sum total of the value of the
'property devoted to the public service'
held by the Philadelphia Electric Com
pany, and definitely stipulated by tho
commission, will surely bo an Interest
ing figure as arrived at by Doctor Jack
son.
"It might be J17,000,000, and again It
might be $GO,O0O,0OO. If Doctor Jackson
follows George II. Morse, tho expert who
mado a preliminary valuation for tho
city of Philadelphia, ho .will not go far
above $17,000,000. It Is almost the unani
mous opinion of electrical engineers
familiar with Philadelphia's plant that
a proper Inventory will run somewhere
between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000.
"Those who are familiar with Doctor
Jackson's resourcefulness In these mat
ters anticipate an Inventory of about
$35,000,000. If the effort Is made to have
tho Inventory match outstanding securi
ties of tho company. It will be $50,000,000.
"Tho decision of the Commission to sep
arate the hearings on tho rates paid by
tho city and the rates paid by private
consumers Is a distinct victory for us.
This particular part of our case Is rela
tively simple and as the date of the hear
ing has been fixed for August 10, thera
Is no reason why a decision both as to
typo of arc lamp and the price the city
Is to pay should not be reached early
in the fall.
"The Inevitable cut In these rates will
be by Itself ample Justification for tho
effort which has been made In this case."
Only Ono Award for Damages
In the matter of the regradlng of 8th
street, between Ontario and Tioga, Road
Viewers Roger, Norris, Jr., nnd Grata
heard 11 clalmo of property owners for
damages, but only made one award. This
wan for $215 63 to Frederick Daniel Guen-ther.
SflW
w.
S. Ryan, Superintendent of Mails,
Goes to Washington.
William S. Ryan, superintendent of
malls at the Postofflce, resigned hla po
sition today and will leave tomorrow for
Washington, D, C, where he will take
up the duties as superintendent of the
division of city delivery, directly under
First Assistant Postmaster General P. J.
Roper. Mr. Ryan was appointed to the
service In 1SS6 and served 20 years as a
postal Inspector before he was appointed
to the position which he resigned today.
J. J, Morrison, chief mall clerk of the
division malls, will succeed Mr. Ryan,
having been appointed today by Post
master Thornton. William J, Batterfleld,
assistant postmaster at Toledo, O,, will
succeed Mr, Morrison.
lliSMCTfflStWlTlllWlWIWWI'.all
MaieMa
A Series of
Eye Talks
No. 62
Our Nezt Talk Wed July 7th
By Joseph C Ferguson, Jr.
. AIN In the eyes Is
rone of the com
moner Indications
of eye troubles,
and one that should
never be over
looked.
The degree of pain I
often unimportant in itself,'
since some people are less
sensitive to suffering than
others.
In any case the safe
thing to do Is to consult
an Oculist a physician
skilled In correcting sueh
conditions and who will
prescribe the proper treat
ment In any east, the safe
nly perwanent relief, take
hla preeerlptlon. to an Op
tician whose entire ability
and effort are given to
the om abjeei of filling
prescriptions accurately.
Pincriptlon Optician
6,8 & 10 South" 15th St,
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