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PERPLEXED BY FIVE
IT MAY BE HOT IN THE CITY, BUT OLD OCEAN IS ONLY AN HOUR AWAY
COST OP WAR FOR FIVE
MONTHS WOUtD BUILD
20 TRANSIT SYSTEMS
SERIOUS PROBLEMS 1
National Defense, German'''
Submarine War, British
Philadelphia Could Prac
tically Rebuild City Out
of French $1,280,600,000
Budget, and Still Have
Plenty Left Over.
Blockade, Mexican Crisis J
and Haitian Situation 'i
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WHAT $1,280,600,000 WILL
BUY IN PHILADELPHIA
One tiso (otirtncr cor for every man,
woman and Child in tho city.
Or one titOt house for each of Us
UO.Ofit) families,
Or pay for all proposed Improve'
mtnts, buy the Ueht and tntntporta
lion companies and leave enough to
run tha city for ten year to tome.
Or permit U,ltt Liberty Bell funk
ets at tiBfiOo per trip.
Announcement has Just been made In
Pari that the war cost France exactly
$l,!S0,60O.000 dutlng the first Ave months.
A mathematician sot down today and
figured out what" Philadelphia and Ua
boople could do with that amount. He
round:
Thors are In round numbers, 1,700,000
men, women and children In this city.
That eum would provide each and every
tno of them with about 5763.26. enough
io keep the average family of five In food
and clothes for one year. Or, figuring
en five to the family, of which there are
tome SiO.OOO, each household'H larder would
be increased to over J3S00. It would give
tverv man, woman and child In the Stato
pt Pennsylvania, population estimated
at 8.000,000, about 160 apiece to spend.
It costs about J40.000.00 to run the city
of Philadelphia, according to City Statis
tician Edward J. Cattcll. The Tayl-r
rapid transit improvements, subways
ttnd elevated wilt cost to build, equip and
run about JS3.O0O.000. Parkway improve
ments will total J18.O00.C00, while build
ing new parks and erecting buildings
along tho Parkway will cost $25,000,000, it
Is estimated. Proposed new municipal
dOckB will cost $20,000,000 and to build a
new sewage disposal system Ko.OOO.WJO
should be added.
The United Gas Improvement Com
pany, tho Philadelphia Electric Company
and tho Rapid Transit Company nro
capitalized at $55,502,950, $25,000,000 and
$30,000,000, respectively. Assuming that
these three companies could be purr
chased at $160,000,000 by the city, and add
ing this sum to the total estimated cost
ot city Improvements, etc.. above, you
would only have to spend slightly over
one-fourth of the IU50.H00.000 or $347,000,000
to pay for them, and there would still
$13,600,000 waiting Idly to bo put to work.
With this vast sum the Councllmonlc
Committee could take tho Liberty Bell to
the coABt tome 41,159 times at the present
rate of $23,000 per Junket, but even if tho
return trip could bo made In one day
It would take the committee about 122
years to do it.
BECKER ELECTROCUTED
AT 5:53 THIS MORNING
Continued from rose One
anv pretenso at being one. He was an
ordinary human being, and perhaps tnat
Is why I loved him so."
BECKER BRAVE TO END.
Becker never lost his nerve. At the
vary last moment tho only evidence or
emotion was a slight trembling of the
voice. He seemed to be tho cooust man
In the dearth chamber as he took his seat
in the death chair In whloh ho had been
strapped 13 years ago as a Joke. Three
shocks were administered.
There were 20 witnesses In the death
chamber, soated upon two long benches
In the grim, bare room. Directly in front
of these benches Is the death chair. At
6.43 o'clock the little green door swung
open noiselessly. There was a gasp as
Becker, erect and calni. stood upon the
threshold. In his right hand ha carried
a crucifix, which was grasped so tightly
that the knuckles were white.
Behind Becker stood his spiritual ad
vlser, the Rev. Father Cashln, the Ro
man Cathollcxehaplaln at Sing Sing, and
the Rev. Father Curry. Following the
priests wsb Deputy Warden Charles H.
Johnson, who came In with Becker at tho
doomed man's request.
BECKER'B LAST MINUTES.
Becker's lips moved and he murmured
s6 quietly that ho could barely be heard:
' "Have mercy On us."
This was repeated time after time. Half
way to the chair Beoker was heard to
say:
"Jesus, most humble I give you mv
heart and soul."
Becker stopped In front of tho chair.
He aquared his shoulders and. without
moving his feet, glanced at it over his
shoulder,
"I believe in my God," muttered the
condemned man. "I love Thee with my
Whole heart." .... ,
Aa Becker raised both his arms to al
low a. strop to be placed around his waist,
ha Intoned softly;
'Jesus have mercy on us. Have mercy
on us, dear Jeeus."
An attendant, who adjusted the plate
strap which was fastened wth tho metal
against tho skin, was affected so greatly
that his hands trembled and he dropped,
it In an Instant, however, he had re.
covered himself and all was ready for
the ratal shock,
PRONOUNCED DEAD.
When U was ready, a roan whoso
Identity was not revealed pushed tno
switch. It was decided to give Becker
anothtr shock, for he was a. strong mart
and hard to kill. Two mora shocks were
flven in quiok succession before Dr. R.
L'. Pharr, the prison physician, allowed
tho body, now a lifeless corpse, to bo re
moved from the chair.
Preparations were at one made to snip
the body to Mrs. Beoker In New York.
PECKER'S DEATH MARKS END
OF POLITICAL CROOKEDNESS
The electrocution of former Lieutenant
Chart Becker at Sing Sing today is the
epilogue of a drama in which criminal
end. p61Mal factors wero combined, lor
the dtath of the former police offlaer.
known 'or many years as the dandy, the
on vivant of tho force. beeause of the
scrupulousness he exerelsad tn his dress,
marks not only the eulmUaUan of a
crime, but emphaalaes the failure an tha
prt of crooks, gamble, grafters and Jn
ompeunts to gtt hold o tha municipal
4miuUttM of New York elty. as -empiidaal
la the election and highly suc
cessful administration of Mayor John
Purrey Mvttbel In fact. Backer' dsatn
my be regarded as tha death of Tweed
juid Tamnwny Hail politics In Nw York.
The man for whose death Becker wa
nut to death today was Herman Rosas
Thai famous in tbe uaderworld of New
taik. wbo had aeeusad the raid leader of
yM HoaeaUHU puNMw Mi
4rai story U aflM" form sod tha
ftEite Jy Mwnu4 to east
das rusiruit .US4sy Wfciunau
a.- t !i '".rai.,1 Jury
4E i 51 a i-iock Mi th meratng at im M,
tbm im Hrfc Jt.WI to o to
,. i ..( i tf.fium a art.' aito Rto -
, . awt Saf lN
" . . -.j .t. S)hjX
MRS. BECKER WILL EXPOSE
PLOT AGAINST HUSBAND
As soon ae her hueband was elec
trocuted, Mre. Becker gave out
this statement at her home, in New
York:
"I shall never rest until I have
exposed the methods used to con
vict my husband. Whether he was
guilty or innocent, there was no
justification for the means employ
ed to convict him. In all the ten
years of our married life I never
had occasion, once, to regret I was
his wife. I would rather have lost
all the other members of my
family, dear as they are to me,
than Charlie.
"He was not an angel he never
made any pretense at being one.
He was an ordinary human being
and perhaps that is why I loved
him so."
Metropole, In West 43d street. Just enst
of Broadway.
The next day. July 17, Shapiro and
Llbby, ownerB of the gray automobile in
which the murderers of Rosenthal es
caped, were arrested. They said that a
gambler named Jack Rose had hired tho
car and that Shapiro had driven it.
"Brldglo" Webber was also arrested that
day and 'released on boll.
On July 18, Jack Rose, who had been
hiding In Harry Pollok's houso since tho
murder, wont to police headquarters and
surrendered himself to Second Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty. He was
placed under arrest, charged with
murder.
Rose admitted the next day that h
had hired the car and collected four gun
men, members of "Big Jack" Zcllg's
gang, who had shot Rosenthal.
Webber was rearrested on July 21 and
charged with murder. Sam Paul was
also arrested for murder, but was later
released, Jack Sullivan was taken Into
custody as -a material witness In tho
case. Harry Vallon surrendered himself
tho next day and was charged with mur
der. On that same day, July 22, tho District
Attorney named tho gunmen who slew
Rosenthal "Gyp the Blood" Horowitz,
"Lefty Louie" Rosenborg, "Whltoy
Lewis" Seldenschner and "Dago Frank"
Olroflci.
"Dago Frank" was tho first of the
gunmen captured. Ho was taken on
July 25. Shapiro and Llbby had mean
while told the District Attorney all they
knew about tho murder. Their stories
Implicated Rose, Webber. Vallon and
Sam Schepps.
Llbby was released as soon ns It was
established that ho had no guilty knowl
edge of the murder, and Shapiro was
held until after the trial of the gunmen.
On July 26 Jock Sullivan, who was
being held ns a material witness, was In
dicted for murder.
On July 29 Rose, Webber and Vallon,
who had been wavering under tho Dis
trict Attorney's "pounding" to get the
"man higher up." turned State's evidence
apd named Lieutenant Charles Becker as
tho real Instigator of tho Rosenthal mur
der. Becker was arrested .shortly before
midnight that night.
"Whltey" Lewis, the second of the gun
men to be arrested, was found hiding In
the Catskllls on August 1 and brought to
New York, accused of murder. Four days
later. August 5, Becker formally pleaded
not guilty before Judge Mulqueen. In tho
Court of General Sessions. Tho next day
Rose gave tho District Attorney a 38-pago
statement of his relations with Becker, In
which he said that he had collected 1180,
000 In graft from gambling and disorderly
resorts for the police lieutenant.
Announcement was made on August 8
that tho District Attorney, after a search
through the banks and safe deposit
vaults of the city, had found different
deposits to Becker's credit aggregating
between $60,000 and $100,000. These dls
cpverles tended to corroborate Rose's
story of graft.
Sam Schepps, who was said to be a
nonaccomplico in tho murder plot, yet
thoroughly acquainted with its ma
chinery, was arrested in Hot- Springs,
Ark., on August 10. Ho returned to New
York voluntarltly to testify in corrobora
tion of Rose, Vallon and Webber.
"Gyp tho Blood" and "Lefty Lpule,"
the two remaining gunmen, wero arrested
on September 14. '
With all the known principals tn the
Rosenthal murder safely behind bars,
Dlstrlot Attorney Whitman brought
Becker to trial before Justice Goff in the
Supreme Court on October 7. On October
24 Becker was found guilty of murdr in
the first degree. On October 30 he was
sentenced to die during the week of De
cember 9, 1912- His case waa appealed
on December 1, however, and tho ap
peal aeted as a stay of execution until
aftor the decision of the Court of Ap
peals. After trial for murder, the four gunmen
were conviotad on November 19, and
shortly afterward they were sentenced tp
die. The gunmen and Becker were all in
carcerated in the deathhouse at Sing Sins'
pending tho review or tneir as py tno
Court f Appeals After tlw gunmen's
trial. Hose. Vallon, Wobber. Babepps and
Suillvan were released.
Llttl of importance occurred in con
nection with the Rosenthal murder caw
during the yw U Ther were motions
(or new trials far both Beoker and the
Bunmea, rumwt of sensational develop-
mnts mat WlTJE . ....-..,-
mnts by 1ft
sporadic hul
nested in tin
to various whu,
about every one con
. On February 31. 1911,
the Court et
is st aside tti Beaktr
verdict spq
nolicesua-
& a isw trial for the .
ludzsa of the court split
i to 1 on ti
daalelan. Judco Werner
ling the, only
lanttRB opinion. Brrors
by Juttloa Goff, the lnaccoptabllity ot
Md failure by the prtMHtlon to eUb
tlah o Jfcet the "Marten oAfraJs'
-tba btatt of th wurdw Mnmy,"
were th priftOtMl lvo br th
eamri for th detlB.
On the same day the court sJBrmed the
rdiet la tho c of the gunmen, speci
fying tbt tbs guilt ot tba auamea was
not contingent iota that of Hsclisr
Aftr wy ol bn ! I
tmn tMhaif. h UH ;unjn lc
t.....u4 4 tJig Slag on the morning A
AU 1
A viow of tho beach and
fore Justlco Snabury In the supreme
Court on May 6, 19H. , , . .
Never before had a person on trial for
tho second time for murder In the first
degree been convicted in New York
County. . ...
But on May 22 Beoker was convicted
n second time and this time tho Court
of Appeals confirmed the verdict.
MRS. BECKER COMFORTLESS
AND ALONE IN NEW YORK HOME
"Widow, Penniless, Plan3 to Teach
Again in Public Schools. 9
NEW YORK. July SO. While Mrs.
Charles Becker lay broken and comfort
lees today In her apartment In the Bronx,
relatives made plans for tho burial of her
husband. hTe body will lie beside their
baby, born after Becker's first convic
tion and killed, physicians said, by the
mother's weakness. Tho strength she
should have given It was absorbed by her
desperate struggles with tho fdto that waa
closing In on her husband. The grave Is
In Woodlawn Cemetery. The funeral will
take place on Monday. The body will ar
rive at the Becker home late this after
noon. , . .
In a few weeks Mrs. Becker Is expected
to resume her placo In the public schools,
where she has been earning her living as
a teacher. All the money and nil the prop
erty, estimated by friends to total $75,000,
that Becker possessed at the time of his
arrest is said to have been used up In
tho fight for him. A heavy mortgage on
tho last remaining bit of property fur
nished the funds that kept the legal battle
up to the very end.
Unless she shall find means of liveli
hood lees conspicuous than teaching It Is
expected Mrs. Becker will again take tho
place made for her by tho Board of Edu
cation last year. She proved her capability
as an Instructor and had the affection of
her youthful class, members of the board
said .after sho hod lived down tho curious
stares of tho children,
In any event. It Is known, Mrs. Becker
haB her own living to earn. Her relatives
and Becker's are without money to aid
her. '
"BECKER GOT WHAT HE
DESERVED," SAYS SCHEPPS
Former Witness for Stato Also Ex
presses Sympathy for Mrs. Becker.
NEW YORK. July 30. "Justice has
been moted out and Charles Becker has
got what he deserved."
This statement was made today by
Sam Shepps, one of the four witnesses
for the State, who convicted the ex-lleu-tenant
of police of the murder of Her
man Rosenthal.
"I have no sympathy for Becker, but
I do feel keenly for his brave little wife.
My heart goes out to her. Becker was
a big, strong, bravo fellow, but he was
a murderer at heart. He certainly was
guilty of the death of Herman Rosen
thal. His poor wife, now a widow, made
b. wonderful fight for him. It waa piti
ful; sho believed In him when every ohe
else was against him.
"No matter what mtght be said against
Becker, he died llko a man."
HISTORY OP BEOKER CASE
CHRONOLOQIOA.LLY STATED
Julu H 101t- Rotinlhal puoltolv
accuses .Weutsnanf Oharlet Becker,
noted leader of , the "strong arm tquad"
of gambling raiders, of accepting graft.
July JS. ilossnfftol' affidavit
against Beoker published in a Manhat
tan newspaper. ....
Julv IS. Rosenthal promls to fell
Ms storv to District Attorney Whitman
and the Grand Jury the next day.
July 16. Rosenthal murdered at 1.57
a. tn.. in front of the Metropole, JJrf
street, fust off Broadway, Whitman
hurries to the scene and thwarts' police
efforts to cover up fhs trait,
July 11, Shapiro and Hbby, own
ers of "pray murder ear," arrested.
They sayijack Rose hired the ear.
July IB. Rose surrenders and is
held or murder.
July ti. Bridpte Webber arrested
and is held for murder.
July it. Harry Vallon surrendered
and is held 'for murder. Whitman
names the four ounmstt as actual
killers.
July tS.fDago" Frank arrested,
July J.Rose, Webber and Vallon
turn Btato's evidence, accuse Lieuten
ant Charles Becker of instigating, mur
der, whleh they prooured. Becker ar
retted jutt before midnight.
Aug. l.Whitey" Lewis arrested.
Aug. 1. Becker formally pleads not
guilty.
Aug. 10. Sam pehepp arrested as
toltnsss Hot Springs, Ark., and re
turns voluntarily.
Aug. tl.Jack Hose publishes com
pt( story of murdir. Ua says he col
leeted ItBO.OOO in graft for Becker.
Sept. II "Qvp the Brood" nnd
"Lejtv" Louie arresttd.
Oct. 1rBeoker'a trial begiAs.
Oot. ti- Becker found guilty of
murdsr lit the first- degree.
Oet. 10 Beaker sentenced to die
during unek of December t, lilt put
in Sine Bins dtafft, house,
Nov. 19. Four punmit eorttrtefed of
first degree murder.
Feb. I, HH- Becker's eonvMion
set aside: neut trial ordered. Oun
msn'f east affirmed.
April il.Qunmen electrocuted.
Hay . Busker's second ttM satfsd.
Afay It. Becker ooitvioftd the sec
ond lime.
May tt. Seeker's convietuin ju
ttAned by the Court of Appeals ami
the date of his exeoutian fixed.
June il. The Court of Appeals it
AiM a motto for a rcargumtnt of the
Ml'.
July II. JttM Hughes, of the
Vnitwi State Supreme Cfeurt, denies
Bkft appUttHlen tt 0 rewim of
the cats by a f 1J Qmtrt.
July tl.-rAsinHi' Whitman denies
Meeker's psftaml appeal
My it. Jvsm Fori dmlst
MeeUr's awHtwHm far new trial
JulV I Qu4ror Whitman dei4S
tM last ! of Hre- Bsokv
July to -Sietroout4 Sin? siing
its bathers nt Atlantic City looking
FRESH AUSTRIAN ARMY
HOLDS ITALIANS AT BAY
BEFORE G0RIZIA FORTS
Battle on Carso Plateau,
South of Isonzo Strong
hold, Grows Piercer Dai
lyRome Admits Losb of
Life Is Tremendous.
ROME, July 30.
Reinforcements received by tho Aus
trians at Qorlzla-on tho Isonto front havo
delayed tho capturo of that stronghold by
tho Italians, but military men predict
that ltB fall Is now only a matter of a few
days.
Tho fighting on Carso plateau, south of
Gorizla, has developed greater Intensity,
with tha Austrlans delivering violent
counter-attacks all along the line.
Tho positions whloh. the Italians had
captured were fiercely shelled, after
which the Austrlans tried to carry them
at the point ot tho bayonet, but the at
tacks failed and the Austrlans left hun
dreds of dead ond wounded upon tho
field.
Bloody fighting Is taking place In front
of the Qorizln bridgehead, where the
Italians suffered considerable losses, ow
ing to the bravery of the troops. The
men advanced with reckless courage in
the teeth of terrtflo machine gunfire.
More guns are being sent to the Isonzo
front to reinforce tho batteries bombard
ing the forts of Gorizla. Tho stiff re
sistance of the Austrlans has proved a
surprise to the Italian General Start.
Near tho frontier ot Tyrol the Italians
are attacking the Austrian positions. Ar
tillery duels are taking placo In tha
mountains. The Italian gUns ara Blowly
reducing tho Austrian fortresses, but they
ara being subjected meanwhile to heavy
fire from the Austrian pieces,
The following official statement was
Issued tonight;
"In the Cordevote Valley we progressed
considerably and occupied the slope de
scending from the Col dl Lona to Pleve
dl Llvlnallongo.
"In the Padola Valley tho enemy ad
vanced, but was repulsed with the loss
of some prisoners.
"On the carnio front tho bombardment
continued against the fortifications. An
other dome of Fort Hensel at Malbor
ghetto was demolished.
"On the Carso plateau yesterday the
enemy displayed great activity. Infantry
forces supported by artillery attempted
to advance and retake the positions lost,
but our troops energetically frustrated
the plan, inflicting heavy losses. Pris
oners taken by us stated that the attack
waa made with fresh troops and that a
whole regiment of Landeschutxen was
annihilated. We continue to advance
slowly. On July 2T and 23 we made 1185
prisoners, of whom ST wero officers."
TROUBLES OF ORDER OF
SPARTA AIRED IN COURT
Fraternal Organization Must
Show That Receiver Is Not
Needed for Its Affaire.
Judge etaake, In the Court of Common
Picas, No. B, today decided that the Order
of Sparta, an incorporated fraternal or
ganization, had become both decadent and
unable to meet its maturing death benefit
certificates, and granted the petition ot
members to compel tho organization to
show cause why its affairs should not be
placed In the hands of a receiver.
The proceedings against the order wero
started by J. R. Taylor. Henry A. New
bold. David B. HaMlnger and David
Balrd, a committee representing several
hundred members, all ot whom have been
In tho membership of the organization
for mora than 35 years, and were, t hero
fore, entitled to exemption from further
payment of dues and assessments in the
mortuary benefit fund.
According to the ovldenoo offered to
day, the finances to meet maturing obli
gations became materially reduced and
last spring, assessments were made
ngalnet the old members In th hope of
saving the order.
The Order of Sparta has approximate
Jooo members, more than 1500 of whom
range In K from CO to U years. Not
withstanding the fact that the order pays
to the person recommending a new num
ber tt more than the order receives for
admission Into membership, less than Vi
new msmbtrs were admitted during the
year Wit
NEW ENGLAND FIRM GRANTS
INCREASE IN MEN'S WAGES
i mi i
Action Taken in Anticipation of
Strike.
N3W HAVSN. Conn-, July 30.-Antl-pitlng
possible dmandi upon them for
increid wagsa or shorter hor, the
WlnnhtiUr Repeating Arms Company of
this ly todsy anaoued a vahutary
reduotlen Of working- Ue from W (wurs
to 4 hours pr wk. bf Using Aurvtu
. all rate for P awt tauir
work ts b luawMd so as Us ylW the
in pay in 4 hours as at pretant In H
Mura.
' , " -.
WHtvttaaibarg THX A4opW Bh4gt
mVTttilsVW, JuAy .-Tbe WuenUfii
$rg Plat baa adteumta. etir paastea
h i4M. A1 M" SoclalUtt. ept
U wnife of " tseuwn, wud K'
m
from the end of tho Stool Pier.
RUSSIANS REPORTED
LEAVING WARSAW
Continued from Vase One
the Russians to advance Intd East Pruscln
and Gallda, it Is explained by the critics,
and while in doing so they rendered great
service to tho western Allies and Inflicted
terrlblo losses on both Austrlans and Ger
mans, they now may give up nil and
more than they gained.
It U anticipated by tho Petrograd news
papers that tho whole country If evacu
ated will denuded of resources which
might prove valuablo to tho Germans, as
has been done In most of tho territory
heretofore given up,
REFERENCE TO HAGUE
MAY BE GERMAN REPLY
Continued from Tags One
American importers the release of valu
able cargoes of German, Austrian and
other merchandise now being held in neu
tral ports because of tho British block
ade is understood to bo responsible for
Great Britain's notice that she Is send
ing a supplementary nota on. tho block
ade question. .
It Is believed hero tho British noto will
be a formal answer to tho moro or loss
Informal American protests which have
been transmitted through tho Stato De
partment. It Is asserted, however, that
this Government, having exhausted In
formal efforts to obtain tho release of
these cargoes, now is put to tho necessity
of making formal demands of the most
positive character In the hope or re
lieving conditions which are growing
more and more onerous to American ship
ping. That there will bo an Merchant. or
sharp notea within tho next few :'s
Is the belief here. It Is stated that at
RoifcrdH' l"no c'-o'l' wlt h $167(00000
are being htld by order of the British
Government nnd all efforts of a Ameri
can Importers to obtain tho release or
theao goods have ben unavailing.
JITNEY RIVALS UNITE
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Continued from rose One
learned that the committee almost split
on tho question of officers. Each asso
ciation wanted to retain Its present offi
cers as heads of the new body. Finally
tho plan of leaving everything to the
men was adopted.
WILL FILE BOND.
Tho JJ500 bond will be filed this after
noon by the Auto Service Association,
which obtained the injunction, under di
rection ot the United Jitney Association.
Weaver and Drake, attorneys for tho as
sociation, will wire Director of Publlo
Safety George D. Porter that the bond has
been filed and that It will not be neces
sary for the police to enforce the ordi
nance that has been enjoined.
OTHERS TO JOIN.
Tho Bouth and West Philadelphia Jit
ney Associations are Included in the new
merger. About 600 drivers now on the
streets havo been holding out, not know
ing which association to Join, it Is said,
but they are expected to get In line now
that tho merger haB been brought about.
The meeting this morning occupied
about two hours. Mr. Watts was chair
man of tho Philadelphia Jitney Associa
tion contingent and Mr.- Winter of .the
Auto Service Association Committee.
LOGAN MEN PROTEST
AGAINST "GOOD" SALOON
Continued from Fags One
he could avail himself of was the Logan
place. Owing to his difficulty In getting
another place, Watson Bald,, tho T. M.
C. A. had extended his time for vacating
the Germantown avenue place until Sep
tember 1, making this data final.
Among the witnesses heard against the
application was B. J. Lafferty, president
ot the Logan Improvement League, rrnida
up of about 1300 residents ot that sec
tion. Lafferty, speaking on behalf of ihe
league, strongly opposed tha transfer,
telling the Court that the site chosen by
Watson was located near churches and
only a short distance from the proposed
publlo llblary, to which citizens of Logan
hava contributed liberally.
Mr. Glbboney advanced the argument
that tho excellent reputation Watson had
for conducting an upright and thoroughly
good place wa one ot the beat reasons
why he should not bo transferred to
Logan.
"A man," ho said, "who keeps g, good
saloon Is nore dangerous in a community
than a nun who keeps a dive. There are
few drunkaTde wjio took Jhslr first drink
In a disreputable plane. They do It In
the clean, good places."
His own admissions that ho had vir
tually sold his llqupr license at 869-71
North 6th atjeet without tha anct!on of
tha court, and then asking the court to
wnflrm such an Illegal transferf may
port Frederick Sehaweyer his license, ao
oordlng to the rmearks mada by Judge
Staake.
"The oourt oould not psealbly aounten
anaa uoh a transaction," said Judge
Staaka "The revocation of thU Ucnts
Is not before us, and wa will therefore
not oomlder that."
At the meetiaa IfA LJeensa Court to
Marab a rroonWIM fllad against
pshwiXiWa llo y aflghbars, who
aoraplained ot hla cabaret shows. He
retultaptly said he would ((op those,
although thsy wr a graat help to his
business. Daaaite this pwl, it waa
stated, tbs preposad buyer of the Uosnse,
Samuel Slasbaad, started tha eleatrta
Plane playing wfeea w took charge of
tha aalaa In May last. Or advice of
eatuiatl BUbart Mayers, this u again
stopped when the saighbara again, oom-
AecordltkK to Bcbwsyer, on May M ha
utNd to ell hl license to UUutand (or
) Att.tr UM was paid, biaaband took
full charge ar th salaoo- ahwyo. 4ld
h niii acted a n,iicr, bu na i
4e4 by Judge 8k wfc( )? h
eMt tb nan, ta lUi ktyl -
lot Mte ftum. m
U. S. DEMANDS ZAPATA
EXPLAIN NEW OUTRAGE
Attack on American Mail Car
rier Taken Up Insult to
Flag Not Mentioned.
WASHINGTON, July SO. Urgent repre
sentations have been mods by the Btato
Department to tho Zapatista Government
In lloxloo City, It was learned today, de
manding an explanation of tho assault
upon Allen Mallory, an American mall
carrier, whoso automobile was stopped
between Puebla and Mexico City, Mallory,
together with a Chilian and two Span
lards, who accompanied htm, wero ar
rested by Zapatistas.
Details of tho representations wero not
mado public, but punishment of the guilty
parties, It is believed, was demanded. Tho
Incldont of tho American flag, which was
torn from the automobile and trampled,
was not taken up, It was stated.
The United States has no Intention of
making the famine situation in Mexico
City a pretext for a decisive move to
ond the anarchy existing in Mexico. This
was tho situation outlined by Secretary
of State Lansing. He said the demand
on General Carranza and tho convention
Government In that city that railway
communication from Vera Cruz to tho
capital bo reopened was a "purely hu
manitarian step."
He declared It had nothing to do with
the general program for settlement of
tho Mexican factional war which the) de
partment has In mind. Secretary Lan
sing bluntly dented that the department is
considering sending food supplies to
Mexico City under an American military
guard.
General Pablo Gonzales, at tho head of
tho Carranza army which marched out
of Mexico City July 18, la expected by
tho Carranza Government to re-enter tho
capital today, according to a Stato De
partment dlspdtch from Vera Cruz.
Villa Guadloupe, ono of the suburbs ot
Mexico City, was reported occupied by
Gonzales yesterday. Qonzales .declared h6
had retaken Pachuca, after six hours'
fighting at that place, and that the Villa
flying column of cavalry under Genoral
Flerro was routed.
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
MEXICO WITH LANSING
Executive Fully Informed Over Tele
phone as to Situation.
CORNISH, N. H.. July So.-President
Wilson conferred with Secretary of Stato
Xanslng by telephone on tha Mexican sit
uation and other State affairs today.
Secretary Lansing's plans to have direct
communication between Vera Cruz and
Mexico City reopened havo tho full in
dorsement of the President.
A full statement on tho Mexican sltua
Hon may bs issued from Washington
within a few days.
RUSSIANS INSIST ALLIES
BEGIN ATTACK IN WEST
Continued from Face One
nelles, which will smash the Turks and
allow munitions and provisions to reach
her so that Grand Duke Nicholas
armies, which "have been bearing the
brunt of the titanic struggle, may re
sume the offensive and crumble up tho
Germanic allies In the East.
Attention Is directed here to the faot
that while Russia Is fighting more than
3,(00,000 men, the German force, estimated
at only 1,2W,000, has produced a situa
tion resembling a stalemate In France
and Flanders.
The effect of Russia's significant state
ment is expected to be to make the
shirkers here realize that, as Lloyd
George said In a speech yesterday, "the
situation is serious, even perilous"; and
that Britain will bo forced, as France Is
doing, to put forth all her strength to
win the final victory which Asqulth nnd
Lloyd-George both Insist Is certain It the
workers ot the land rally to support tha
country la its great llfe-and-death strug
gle. PARIS, July SO. A sensation was caused
in Paris today by an article published In
the Echo de Paris, which is in effect a
call upon Russia to send men to fight
with the allies In tha western theatre. It
was written by General Cnerflls, one of
the ablest military critics of France.
"Wa can manufacture more guns than
we have men to use them," pays General
Cherflls. "Then why should not Russia
send us while the White Sea is open two
or three corps of its army without horses,
without arms and without cannon?
"They would be armed and equipped in
Franca and fight psslda our troops. The
announcement ot such reinforcement
would have a moral force. The point
where these reinforcements would be
used Is the only secret that the censor
needs guard."
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WASHINGTON, July Jo.
Before tho Administration today w
five gravo problems!
National defense.
The German-American situation.
Tho Anglo-American Situation.
Tho Mexican puztle.
HAUL
In tho Middle West, It was admitted,
unexpected opposition wad developing Jo
the President's army arid navy expan
sion program. Nevertheless, data was
being gathered concerning the capacity
of America's privato arms, ammunltleh
and ohlpbulldlng plants.
Charges of German manufacture, for
Its spies' benefit, of forgd American
passports, threatened b, fresh controversy
between Washington itnd Berlin. Ger
many's right to sink tho American
freighter Leelanaw was to bo questioned
Immediately, Other differences marked
time.
The British supplement to tho noto on
tho Qrder in Council, It waa confidently
expected, would clear the way for freer
American trade with neutrals and per
haps Improve German-American rela
tions. Tho Stato Department impatiently
awaited reopening of Vera Cruz-Mexico
City communication to relievo tho famine
In the capital and an explanation of the
Zapatista attack on an American, auto
mobtllst and his companions between the
capital and the coast.
American marines held Port-au-PrinCe
and Capo Haltten with prospects for a
long stay, whllo Haiti's Government was
.k -. .aV.1. VihhIh mm4 f apaI rr-rt avb'
pUt UI1 U. BlttUlO UU.B19 UIIU U1S16U"
rights were being secured.
EASTLAND SEIZED
BY GOVERNMENT
Continued from Page Oni"
gressman A. J.- Sabath before Secretary
Redfleld's Inquiry board began Its ses
sions today.
The Inquest which tho Department of
Commerce head Is conducting is onty a
"technical investigation," ob he himself
calls It, for, under tho rules of the de
partment, no member may be placed on
trial In tho manner which Secretary Red
field has adopted. But the secretary has
power to untangle the entire situation,
If it is at all possible,, and, unless he do?i
this, tho United States will take official
notion In an unprecedented way. Other,
things have been Investigated by Con.
gross, but never a shipwreck In Internsl
waters.
While the work of clearing away the
wreckage' to permit divers to retrieve
newly found bodies waB on, the Federal
Grand Jury opened Its Inquiry into tho
cause of the overturning of theTwat.
Chtbf among, the witnesses at the first
session of tho Jury was Captain Adam
Wockler, Harbor Master at Chicago.
Wackier put tha blame for the disaster
up to Cnptaln Pedorson. Ho said he
noticed' tho Eastland listing long before
the vessel went over, and that he had
shouted a warning to Pederson. who waa
on the bridge of the Eaqtland. telling him
he would not open the Clark street
bridge for him until the vessel had
righted herself. . .
Wockler said that 17 minutes elapsed
from tho time the ship began to careen
before, she went over. It was his opin
ion, Weckler sold, that Captain Peder
son could have unloaded all his passen
gers. William H. Hull, vice president and
general manager of the St. Joseph-Chicago
Steamship Company, owner of tho
Eamland. and Walter C. Steele, secretary-treasurer
of the company, will not
be allowed to testify before the Bpeclal
Federal Grand Jury. This was said to
day by United States District Attorney1
CUne. Their testimony before the Fed
eral Inquisitors, in case they were per
mitted to give It, would automatically
render them Immune from Indictment by
this Grand Jury.
More bodies of victims were discov
ered tcday In the hull of the Eastland,
far down in the engine room. How many
corpses He there has not been ascertained,
for they are huddled into a tangled mass
of walersoaked flesh and bones. There
may bo only 10 and there may be as many
as 60. Divers .came upon the. new death
chamber while trying to learn what l
tho best way to raise the wreck of tap
"craay ship."
The bodies are wedged tightly together
between the machinery of the vessel and
the bollerB. How they got there Is a
mystery. The body of a young woman
wob the flrst of this new group to be
lifted out. Her blonde, hair was singed,
and her hand bore marks of burns which
six days in the water had failed to
orase.
Official figures of the dead and missing
were unchanged .today, except for the
new find. To date, 831 bodies have been
identified, and more than M0 are still
missing. Until the divers are able to
recover all the dead women, children ana
men In the engine room, the exact nua
ber ot missing and unidentified cannot be
known. However, the total death jut re
mains at 1M3.
Body No. m, that of "the little feller,".
which lay so long unclaimed in the
morgue, was identified this morning as
that of Willie Novotny, 8 years old. HU
father and mother also went down with
the Eastland, but their bodies have not
been recovered. Th Identification was
made by two playmates of the lad, who
heard of the unknown boy'a body. "Wil
lie's grandmother, Mra. Agnea Martenek,
later confirmed the Identification.
Despite this. Willie's body will bj
burled with the military honors planned
and authorized yeaterday. Every troop
of Boy Scouts in tha olty will be repre
sented In the cortege that follows No.
m to his last resting place.
Outings
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Wednesdays until Sept. 1. Ine. T:MA.M.
Friday Ojalil September 8. toe. 7iOi A. U.
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