EVENING LEPftER-PHlLAPEtPBXA, WEBNE8DAY, . JtTLY 28, 1913; - - ,. . II.' .1 I In. .1.1 1H ir-llllll 1 " '..I J ' ' -, '"'' .. . .,,-..,. 1 11 lMllMIIM.il. llllliiHll)WIW..iHIWlilll'i JOHN WANAMAKER QUITS CHAIRMANSHIP . OF SECURITY LEAGUE Merchant Resigns Post, Saying "$100,000,000 Speech" May Compromise Organization if He Re tains Prominent Position. ENDOFJMEVSSEEN IN PACTIONAL FIGHT Unless Associations Got To gether Injunction Will Be Re moved and Business Sus pended. SWIMMING POOL CONVERTED INTO WAR HOSPITAL tysmey i--T-wmF.wmmmmmmmmm 4&-..- . wm ENGLAND CAN'T TEMPT ! i tmnntn .i lit a nutAtiavst JllUtUtltlsllV ,VlW4iTJWw iTollowInK the storm of protest aroused over hi "liundred-bllllon-doilar peace speech," JohnWunamaker has resigned thn chulrmnnshlp of (ho Philadelphia braneli of the National Security league. The res ignation was accepted at a meeting of the.Executlye and Membership Commit tee at the Union League, after Mr, Wnn amaker had delivered an address explain ing that the wide publicity of the peace ptch had tended to confuse tho real Issue before the league and might em barrass the progress of the organltatlon. Mr. Wanamnker did not resign his mem bership In the league, however, and'prpm Ued to support it morally and financially, as well as to do his utmost to further any plan to safeguard this country from at tack. In explaining his address of IftRt Thursday at the Racquet Club, Mr, Wan amaker dented that his Idea In wishing a. practical embargo on arms and ammuni tions shipped to Europe was Intended as a, pro-German utterance, It being his sole desire to stop the greatest slaughter known In the history of the world. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Wanamaker aid: "I fear I may have been misunderstood In the speech I made whon I accepted the office of honorary chairman of this league. Boms persons were so over whelmed by the flguro of a hundred billions that they couldn't see anythlnr else. It l an enormous sum, but It Isn't too much to pledge to bring honorable peace out of this awful war. "This nation Isn't going to pay that sum or any sum to any Powsr on earth, But this nation can put its vast credit to the extent of a hundred billions, If neces cary, at the service of peace, to help the warring nations get together with an as surance that a settlement can be made, and that the devastated countries can gp to work to rs.sstakllsh their agriculture and Industries and commerce and pay oft their war debt. Unless some such assur ance be given, any peace negotiations would bo utile and the devastation or war would go on needlessly for months after the belligerents themselves wanted peace. "That was the meaning of my hundred billion dollar speech. My only thought was peace for these afflicted countries. "And I believe that tho people of this nation after thinking It over will sco that Bomo such move would give a tremendous Impetus to peace nt this time." Mr. Wanamaker also showed that the falsing of $100,000,000,000 for such a, pur chase would not bo an Impossibility by submitting a letter from Pavid S, Beach, of Bridgeport, Conn., who has formulated th World's Liquidating and Refunding Company, a concern operating on an In surance basis. The latter assured Mr. "Wanamaker that the sum referred to could be raised by the people of this country through the new concern. Following Mr. Wannmaker'e resigna tion from the chairmanship of the Nation Al Security League, Colonel Theodore E. vwiedershelm was elected to the office ftnd George Wharton Pepper was elected Vice chairman. Robert Morris was chosen as secretary; Arthur K, NewbolJ. treas urer, and Percy H. Clark, chairman of the Membership Committee. Tho elec tion to the Executive Committee resulted as follows: Charles Blddle, J. Campbell GUmore and Isaac W. Roberts. The local committee wllj have representatives on the General Executive Committee of the Rational Securl(,y League. The Jitney situation Is rapidly reaching a climax. The fight over the Injunction against the ordinance Is nothing com pared to the fights now raging In the ranks of the Jltneymen. Two associations are battling for the premiere place. Any move that one makes for the good of the Jitney la promptly counteracted by the other. Not only are the two associations In a determined fight for the extermina tion of each other, but each la torn and weakened by fights, "revolutions" and general disorder nmong their own mem bers. The present outlook seems to Indicate that there never will be a hearing on the SOth of September, for If tho present trouble is not quelled the associations win crumble. The Jltneymen do not seem to rcallxo that thry have the city to con tend with, and that If thgy do not unite and present a solid front when the com ing battle arrives they will lose. The Auto Service Association, which got tho Injunction through Its counsel, former Mayor Weaver, is having serious troubles of late, go is the Philadelphia Jitney Association. Members have openly re belled at the slx-for-a-quarter strip tick ets, which wero put on the street less than a week urn The majority of the drivers not only'refuso to sell the tickets, but will not take them for fares, This, of course, has aroused the Indignation of tho riding public and the association Is losing many of Its friends. SPECIAL MEETING CALLED. Tho trouble over tho tickets became so serious that a special meeting was called by the board of directors of the Auto Strvlco Association. The meeting ; was held In secret and newspapermen were excluded, was learned, how ever, that nn ultimatum was drawn up to be presented to every Jitney driver In tho city, Including the Philadelphia Jit ney Association and Indeoendents. The Ultimatum stated that n meeting of tho association will be held on Friday at the Parkway Building. It furthermore slated that If every Jttneymon In the clly. Independents and members of rival organizations, did not attend the meeting una como to mrms wun mo Auto service Association, the association would let tho present Injunction lapse, making the or dinance valid and driving the Jitneys ofT the streets. SHMMMWIMMMNMft " " "$? - T " J "" -s mtmmmm' 'I- ,--, &a-M.-v3 f J 1 7 rii H .y i& .- 'hhbi mmm- K,-mrsms. fJUil fm. ivmt mBffffBSBhEi iRBBP ffffBH Wit''- '.'. F ...J JaKLlSaB ', . W i .KimrnXTL-.- ',' 5 'e$?"xm I - w ' ' 'WW4' W i 7Q$M ' "- vV-l3 mwmmmmmm&mMmmmEmzs-. vzsa&Mmsmmm&im&ti This former swimming pool on a private ostat? at Paignton, South Devon, England, is now tho American Women's War Hospital. BRITISH ACTIVITY HERE RAISES NEW QUESTION Department of Justice Studies Labor Recruiting, Though Law Is Silent About It. , THE WEATHER Official Forecast ' WASHINGTON, July 28. For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs day, with probable showers; not much change In temperature; light variable winds. . ' A few scattered showers occurred along the Atlantlp coast during the last SI hours, while rains were quite general over most of the lake region. Showers we also reported over a narrow belt ex tending from the lake region southwest ward to New Mexico and Arizona. Cloudiness Is Increasing over the Atlan tlq Btates and conditions are becoming jnore or less unsettled. Fair weather prevails In the cotton belt this morning. The temperatures a,ro generally season able throughout the country except for a. moderately cool area over the Oakotas. U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin Observations taken at 8 a. m. Eastern time. Low ., ,. last Rain- Veloc. ADllane, Ttx T8 78 .. 8 14 Cloudy Atlantic Cy 14 TO .. 81V 8 Coudy gUrrurclc. N. p..M ,V) .03 81V 4 Clfar Po.ton. Mim-....T ,0 W 4 Clear Burrslo. V T....M 08 ..s S Cloudy Chlcsso. Ill TO TO ,H 8W II Rain iSTfiuu, u, ,,,.w on ,ni HW 12 Rain eaver, col aa sn .OS NB 4 Clear c Aiuinra. la. . .nn n .ih mxi etrolt, Mich. .,,.6B 68 ,28 w "Ultlth. SInn...,S? 48 ,13 gu- slveaton, Ttx... fa SO ,. sw farrUburr. Pa.. .TO 08 v. iatteraa. I?. C..80 T4 hut lelana. Mont... CO CO ,60 8 iuron. S. D MM 77 W aokaonvllU, Fla.M 78 ,18 SB Canaaa Citv. ilo.TB T2 . h" UlavIlle, Xy. ..,T1 T4 . . BW lmpnia, itnn. . .IB in ., H ,tt- Potono , , .M Ml ,, W jv cirieana. ia.K: th .. n few Torlt. If. X. 78 TO . . se . Platta. Nh. ..to en i hki hlilahoma, Okla. .12 T2 .. rnuaaeipnis. I'a. 71 rt SB RAenix. Am. ta ta .iu r titaburgh, Pg...fft M tirtland, Me . ..R An land. Ora . . .80 en :b. Can. ...84 M lMf, mo . . ,78 Paul, Mian ..80 r g4lt Lake, Vlb.,','T Cap Franaltm. . . .M M Bi-fanton. Pa. 84 Ml Tjnoa 78 T4 tTaihlnston T4 as Winnipeg 88 M 4 rtaln 8 Italn 4 W 4 Cloudy 8 P.aou4y 0 Clear 4 Clear 10 Clear 13 C ear i gfeudy i Clear .. Clear 4 Clear 4 P.Cloudy 8 Cloudy I? Clear 4 cloudy 4 Cleai- 4 Cloudy 4 Clear .4 Cloudy t ftSS"' 14 Cloudy 4 P.ciouily fl Cloudy" 4 Cloudy 8 Clear MUST SHOW GOOD FAITH. The ultimatum stated that the associa tion has already had enough trouble with the strip tickets, and that If tho Jltney men did not back up the association In this movement and support the tickets they would dissolve the Injunction, straighten up their affairs and wthdraw from business. Tho association must file a bond to show good faith to (he courts and for the payment of the trial In case It loses, The bond Is for $2690 and Is due now. The money- has not been raised nor has the security been obtained, said ono of the ofllclals. In the event of tho bond not being filed the Injunction becomes Invalid, say the omclals, and the ordinance will be enforced. Ofllclals of the association said today that If they remove the In junction there won't be a Jitney running after two weeks. Two ofllclals of the Auto Service re signed today. They said they were dls satlsfled with the way the association was being run. Charges of graft and mis appropriation of fundB have been flying back and forth among the officials for some time. A. C. Haupt, the secretary of the organization, leaves when ho straightens out his books. John Darren, the night clerk, jilso resigned, to take effect Saturday. une or the omclals of the association said that since the strip tickets took ef fect the men were not paying their dues, as they had lost oil Interest, He said that approximately 30 out of the 600 mem bers of the association were accepting and selling the tickets. Charges of too much expense were also hurled at tho omclals. The association has a payroll of 13 a week. A booth for tickets, which according to on official wos not needed, was erected In the office at an expense of $6?i. With the dues falling off and ex penses growing, the men say something will have to be. done quickly. The Fhllaldelphlo. Jitney Association, according to reports, is also having trouble. It was reported on good author ity that B. Scott Rlckards. a member nt tho Board of Directors, and President Costello had a serious row. This was denied by Costello, The end of thlB week Is expected to de velop a series of whirlwind event"'. Sev eral meetings of the various associations wilt be held. What action the combined Jitney drivers will take about the ulti matum cannot be surmised, but It Is ex. pected something Interesting will happen. David H. Lane 76 Today David H. Lane, the "Grand Old Man" of Philadelphia Republicanism and chairman- of the Republican City Committee. Is celebrating his 76th birthday anniver sary In Atlantic City today. While, In accordance with his simple tastes, there will be no ceremony to observe the day, his Intlmato friends will assemble for a little dinner party at his summer home tonight. Mr. iyane received a number of floral and other tributes from his politi cal associates and personal friends to day, and messages of congratulation came from hundreds of friends. The Department of Justice began an In quiry Into the legality of recruiting work Ingmen of this city for British munition factories today, coincident with the sail ing from New qYrk "pf thp American llnor Arabic, bearing K Philadelphia metal workers destined to work In England's munition factories and shipyards. United States District Attorney Francis Fisher Kono sold today that the engage ment of workmen by British agents was not p, violation of neutrality, the grounds on which the Department of Justice took action. "While many persons believe that furnishing workmen for British factories violates the spirit of neutrality, the law is silent on that subject," he said. He quoted the sections covering neutrality, which forbid under penalty of heavy line and imprisonment the accepting of "a commission to serve a foreign prince, State, colony, district or nomilR In wnr. by land or sea" or enlistment "as a sol dier or as a marine or seaman." Workmen do not come under this law, he said. 'Information concerning the activities of British agents In this city during tholaBt few days was forwarded to Washington today. Tho fact that munition workers aro as necessary to the British Govern ment at tho present time as are soldiers i expected to bear weight. The mysterious "Mister Wallace," who took charge of applicants for positions as .metal workers In England, has disap peared a. silently as ho came. At Ran dolph's Hotel, 23d and SDrlner Garden streets, whore he conducted examinations yesterday, after being requested to leavo Kugler's Hotel, nt 741 Spring Garden street, It was said today that he had re turned to Canada. Several workmen In search of him applied at the omcS of tho Metal Trades Council today for Informa tion as to when he will return. It la not known If there will be further recruiting In this city. BELL TELEPHONE CO. FIGHTS LOWER RATES Attorney Opposes Tentative Plan of Public Service Commission. dlRL SUES FOR HEART BALM Courtship Begun in Russia Has Culmi nation in Court Here. A six-year courtship which 'bogan In Russia ended in a breach of promise suit brought by Anna Rebikor, 721 Mercy street, against Israel Tucker, In the Municipal Count today. Tho girl said she became acquainted with the defendant In SohwarUtenla. Russia, their natlev town, In June, 1909. He followed her to this country, where he continued his love-making, and last December, Miss Rebikor says, proposed and was accepted. July I was fixed for the wedding. She purchased furnlturo and dishes. When the day arrived, she says, Tucker announced that he loved another, Judgo Qllpln ordered Tucker's arrest. Storm Fires Big Oil Tank OLEAN. J. V July SaBxtensive dam age was done In this section early today by a severe storm. A large oil tank at Rlxford was struck by lightning and set fire. The burning oil spread over the countryside, and several houses -wero saved by the rapid construction of dykes. HARRISnURG, July 28.-R. V. Marye, of New York, general counsel for tho Be)j Telcpliuno Cpmpany, resumed before (he Public Service Commission today the argument In tho matter of the tentative uniform telephone rates submitted by tho commission. He devoted most of his time to a discussion and explanation of the testimony regarding plant value and other financial factors, which. It Is the contention of the Bell Company, should figure In determining rates in this State. One of the points he sought to bring out Is that telephone plants, leaving all idea of good will out of consideration, are worth more than the amount that it Would cost to reproduce them. At one point Commissioner l'ennypacker Interrupted to ask how tho commissions tentative rates compare with existing ra,tes of the Bell Companyaln this State, and wob told that the commUslon's rates were so incomplete that the telephone companies do not know how to adjust their rates to them. Tho best they can dp Is to guess at It and on that basis, it la their opinion, tho commission ratos would wipe out the prosent net proiu. Commissioner Pennypacker also asked a number of questions, with a view to getting a direct statement from the tele phone company's attorney on tho Justice and vnluo of the Commission's popula tion basis for vato making. In his opin ion, population is. likely to.be nearest to a corroct method, because It Is Im possible to put It on a basis of county or city lines or unon any other arb trnrv method, To this, Sir, Marye replied that I ii s impossiDie 10 mane any one thlpg the bijsls for telephone rates with any hope of making them equitable. As for the population basis, he called attention to the fact that while the telephone was flrst publicly exhibited In this Btate nt the Centennial Exposition, the State ranks well down tho list In the matter of the use of the telephone In propor tion to population. Sugar Wafers Something different, something new. Crisp, chocolate-flavored confections with the most de licious c.eamy tilling. Cent 55 Tins SSJ NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY .JO.' p.w., bmh ,m. The Tides FOnr HiailMOND. (w water ..,,,.., ,...,,,,. rijh water tiHnarjow .,..,..,,,. ow water trrew 10:Ma.jrf. UUBHTNUT BTRBJH7 WIIAHP. waiar in.ti ?&&& ".::.":::"::: :m z -- l lVWt.Ig, mnox iskAim watar A.fto - an water tomorrow '..'.li:l T.m. "' tmW T:8e.C HHHAMrWATHH. "&twrw -'WBta Observations at Philadelphia a a. u. ee4r an iz ocwatua ... ? 6outhat 4 ia'tlaa, ay ... CteaB TOffkatattaB Uat -It houra. . iJZil p'lf) teii.iwrs.mire tqaflL,r ;; Hafi4fm mama aa-la IX Almanac of the Pay Ask for the Heppe Victor Choice (U new Victor selections go on sale today us the August Victor ilat. As usual, we- hnvp selectee; our chojeo of tho JO best numbers, JJy asking for tho Hoppo choice you can 'Have much time mi inconvenience. We Invito all Victor owners to our Victor department to Wr our pholce Qt the new August records. Remember, wo do not sell our demon strating records, but glvo you psrftct, nw records. C. J. Heppe & Son I!l7;1IL.ohMtnBt Bt r Sixth & Thompson Bt. fivm --"-"- ua riiw -. . ,T. , . Hl DR. WESCOTT IN TILT brother of lfew Jersoy Official Apolo gizes to Highway Head. TRENTON, N. J July 2S.-Motor Vehi cle Commissioner William t,. Dill today ordered Dr. William Wcscott, of Berlin, N. J., brother of Attorney General' John W. Wcscott, out bf his ofllce when tho man became abusive and threatened the commissioner, charging that his depart ment was persecuting UBers of tho White Horse plko In South Jersoy. Later Doctor Wcscott npologtzed. At the tlmo of the trouble he was In terceding In behalf of a friend who was up before Commissioner Llpplncott, ac cused of violating tho motor vehicle laws. Minister nnd Schoolteacher Marry LANCASTER, Pa., July 28.-The Rev. Paul Schaffncr, Hummelstown, a recoct graduate of tho Lancaster Reformed incoiogicai seminary, and zuug Sarah II. Swords, Lancaster, a publls school teach er, were married today at tho First Re formed Church, by the Rev. W. Stuart Ctamer. They will leave at once for Japan to engage In Reformed Church missionary work. Continued from rage One worker averaged sllfthtly in excess of 10 week, accordion to matlstlcs. The Phil ndeljthlA worker averaged M week. The figures tor thto city are based on the wages paid per hour. Those techni cally classed as machinists received from tm cents to cents an hour. Tool makors, classified as Jlg-andflxlure mepi and die-makers, received from 36 to 40 cenbi and from 0 to to cents an hour, according to the specialization re quired by their work. To this Is added the premium for overtime work, generally one and a half and two times the regular rate. Since the jsreat demand for munition In England, the wages now being paid, according to the-offer outdo workmen1 of this city by British agents, are 19 cents an hour, which, figuring 61 hours a week, makes a weekly wage of $10.46, or about the samo as before tho war. Added to this are the Government bonus and tho premlifms for overtime work. Since the war began many plants In this city are reported to have Increased their wages. The Remington Arms Company recently Is reported to have engaged a largo num ber of men, machinists and toolmakers, at 60 centls an hour, with a $l-a-day bonus and other premiums. Other plants aro reputed to be paying 4S cents regularly. TJie cost of Hvlnar In unsland. accord ing to statistics. Is approximately half thpt of Philadelphia. Tho money which tho workman In the City of Brotherly Love spends for the necessities of life woujd support two workmen In "England. But the British mechanic does not live half, as well as his equal In this city, tho standard of living being conversely In the same ratio as the cost of living. In no city In England do thJ workmen own as many homes as do the workmen of Philadelphia, who have made of this community a "City of Homes." Philadelphia presents a seeming para dox' In that its workmen aro tho most poorly paid In tho country and yet tho most prosperous In the world. The say ing bank deposits per capita in this city exceed those of any other city, Bordentown Man a Candidate BORDENTOWN, N. J July .-Har-old B. Wells, City Solicitor of Borden town, has announced himself as p. candi date for the RcDUbllcan nnmlnnilnn tr fltato Senator from Burlington County. Mr. Wells Is a graduote of Princeton Uni versity and has practiced law for a num. bcr of years here. He will have Senator Blanchard H. White as his chief opponent. V. 8. AND P. R, T. COMPROMISE Transit Company Gets $10,000 Mof( for Conveying Letter Carriers. 1 The Philadelphia Rapid Transit rol pany and tho Government have com g an Agreement In their dispute over a coB tract for tho transportatlen of Utter car riers, who will no longer be. compelled ft walk to and from their routes or tti other methods of conveyance. A new coS tract has been entered Into at an annus rate of J4,wo per year, an Increase 61 $10,000 over the transportation contract r& cently expired. Five years ago the contract was exe'l cutcd nt $H.000 per year. Upon Its .xrtit tlon the company refused to renew it ai clarlng that investigation showed ' hV shpuld collect $33,000 for this service The company Is said then to have offered ll for $T1,0M, but after another investigationl by both the Government and the com pany, the $:l,000 rate was agreed unon, This contract will run until the end ?,t this llscal year, June 30, 1. GET a whiff of that fragrance! Taste that crisp gingcriness ! Sav Zu Zx to your,'. grocer man I NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY 1 rftMDAMV a H Wl'aaUl a V? 1 THERE'S use or Uneeda Biscuit every day, in every home, in every street, in every town. 'ffl K are uniformly fresh, uniformly gooa. NATIONAL piSCUlf COMPANY JF YOUR shoes have been wrong from childhood, start now to correct deformi ties. There are thousands of happy Men, Women, and Chil dren who wouldn't sell their Ground Gripper Shoes for $25.00. We can prove thisj They are medicine for sick feet deformed by shoe leather used in ill-shaped shoes. JUST ASK ANY DOCTOR OR US (PRONOUNCED GYTING) The Stores of Famous Shoo. 1230 Market 19 S. Hth St. Shoes nnd Stockings for the Family Exclusive Men's Shop Every Foot Professionally Fitted Three Geuting Brothers Supervising dC li Fallacies FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. THE FALLACY of prohibition is very sanely shown by. a recent crticlc entitled "An Englishman's Experience of Temperance Reform' written by Cecil Chesterton. His views are well worth the reading, SAYS Mr, Chesterton; "One dogma common to all schools of Temperance Reformers' in England Is that the way to reduce drunkenness is to reduce the number o! 'facilities for drinking.' It was useless to meet this dogma by an appeal to human experience, an every educated and traveled man knew it. It was useless to point out -that in those places, which, according tc this theory, ought -to be given over to a continual debauch of alcoholism ,fn Paris, where whole streets consist of nothing but a Jong row of facilities': in the small French country tpwns, where theMnqulring tranger Is perplexed as to bow any pf the cafes can pay, since everyone in the town seems to keep one that it vas Just in such plaees that one practically neversaw a drunken man, PROHIBITION FALLACY NO Saloon NO DruDrS&rds WiL.QftJa, . MEiSifiu"fioUMPAean5,00'1Ian civln (from which the S'vH "tlon of America also derfves) have always regarded n,r'en0iirU,""'.f0r a.U the U'a of ,heIr ack on human nature, never attempting to stop the consumption of fermented HHVtL, JJ,ey foJbBd8 m;n, tQ drink healths, but they never Uiought of forbidding them to drink wine or beer, presumably because It had never occurred to them that these things wWeven i luxuries. They regarded them normal to man. ', "WHEREVER restrictive legislation apprc-aehes anywhere i M n"rjhe PnlnVQ! Prohibition, which lalt obvious goal. It invariably tends to nraHnra nntK.. .! ..., ' r. L . m' nr,.. AriT.i,xn i,., I. -!. u ..!.'..' t.ZIt 'I J' J" l""'' ","."" u "" " oes noi sup. r',", Bf ki iwh , iwvi, iwmYB aim iporougwy un wholesome. By treating a normal, human habit as a vice It really o.ten maxes it one.- I U B fi D 1TI l. Tu 2 r " annus yui lousn 01 nAuIlnlSMW?!' n,ot &'' hu. nit" accentuates the H.QT0f PrSWb fao1i in X &. 0 e pACT8 he presents. He jayas "I passed a few dy In 'dry territory, and coiud not for bear to notlee tbe number, size, prominence and luxurious appear ance of the drug stores in everj Pjifon gity J vjslted. I ihk. am that this may be UiPm one of collusions Either these nstftutions do not eWolJy itr the Tale of gddne and sal.voladle, or else Prohibition gois not npSx to impreve X hMUh 9l thO ow whQDi it Is enfweed." "' 4prevc ine I F1 M M . IJL.MHH li jhtKiSTOgl Philadelphia lager Beer Brewers Assoqfatfan iTht r article wiU appe, Saturday, July j,,, 11 I m M,mf ti B Uyiaad tuui sha I) SO- Copymiht, C. J. Hw & Sen, m. oniFinn tiiiuiMniraeg i-i JiT mmw