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NATION ASKED I
BRUMBAUGH ON
gflTH APPOINTMENT
K-, t
li Morris Puts Scries of
ELJtlons to Governor Re
Sin? Action in Putting I
lr t-- nn Pnmmtssinn
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UyORALTY DEAL DENIED
F .ncn tetter. asklnR for an expla
W ,,n .(ic appointment of former
"" .... Thomas 1. nmun 10 me pubi
PC,r. vlce Commissioner, Has been
Tnovernr nrumbnunh by Harrison
to Govern-" ...l rrtt n
tV"'jr.r!S the most prominent of tho In-
L-knt nepuDMcnim i.. ......-,,
"... i. rnlln attention to Mr.
iK.. rt In bondlns companies,
inds the Governor that he ap
5Mm at the request of the Varcs.
PS,n ks If tho nppolntment Is "for
?Md of the people"
Ertcrrl' letter follows:
t ' i. d.. i,i 1 srvlpn Commission of
Slvanla Is Intended to bo n safe
5V. .h. , Itlicns of the State. Thus
EitlMns view It. whether tho poll
L'T -h helped to create It so In-
It or not.
judiciary Is picked out for us by
Influences, who profit by the power
.. t.u v.a Ttl.lnftf. Tlllfr th
ngn UBO Willi i .. . ..
Z nt the Public Service Commls-
T-.noolnted by the Governor, who.
w has noble Ideals of democracy nnd
...- ..nnt. mill nnnnlnt 11n
MrTCS in iivujiio. "" -"" -
men to moso omcca.
Si. vou consider that you have ful-
Et appointment?
Wou know that the business of your
llsinll' l the seeKinB ui uuico which
IrL.i -olr him that he has the
f the iranir upon him, nnd that
Tt, the choice of men who are In
Utal not lor nuuie bu.viui;, uui iui
Et You acknowledge that you were
Grained to appoint him by recom
"Vil.i.,,. from the Varcs. who were
ICaMftl by the tlntlln Commission nnd
ETjre notoriously sclf-seeklntt nnd op-
ELZet of the city's business.
Ft-nT rou also know whether ho has .if
LjMloni with bonding companies In por
Ci tone such measuro as Barnes, of
Crork, whose brand of patriotism
Bo you know whether he could ulve a
vote in me i-uun ociviue v.wi""'n-
Ltfjuhen the sinister Interests of cor-
UMtUonS. lOr wmcil no "no umiu ui 10
ib vnti aonrove of a member of the
ec Strvtce Commission having such
tments to bias? ,
UDo ou feel sure that your latest ap
Maiment will rise above similar motives?
SAnd lastly, as your lntcst appoint
JJy, bv your own admission, owes his
jfcee to the Vnres. do you feel sure
tint when the Interests of powerful cor
pwitionn allied with that Vare-Iety of
ift dtmand n favoring vote of tho
PoMli' Berv'ce Commission, that your
ltwl tppolntment would vote for th?
ml of Ihc people, na against the gain
tt tbf corporations?
fa' "HAnniSON S. MORRIS.
"Jiraestown, R. I."
j The fornial statement made by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh In which he gave Mr.
smith a "dean bill of health" by prais
ing ,hli qualifications for the post, was
tejirded u Inconclusive In political cir
clet today. It left the Organization
BM)frltr J'tuatlon the maze that It was
Wore.
flwtrnor Brumbaugh did not discuss
en that passed between him and
Ith at the time of Smith's ap
nt. In which the Vnre Indorsement
f"?"
JMk wns nubllclv acknowledged and
kllMch Mr. Smith promised that he
Mil tot run for Mayor of Philadelphia,
fci with the "full approval" of the
Itnnior, He dismissed charges that
tenjwen made that he was a party to
khamc-up of the Organization bosses
kfHa Smith the Republican candidate
teMnyor after he hod been given a
fUrilflcate of chnracter" by belnc nn-
Wrtfd to the commission, with the fol
llwfet statement:
tp?t luggcstlon that I nm a party to
4 Kal In the Mnvnrnltv nltuntlnn In inn
jwd to merit consideration."
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ito ooom lor coionei aneiuon i'ouer
rtne independent nomination for
r gained considerable strength last
. when the Washington Party Com-
it of the 46th Ward, bv a vote of
LfoJl Indorsed him. The 46th Ward
ijh tecond largest Independent wnrd
i Ike citv.
Toa Indorsement nf Pnttop tvnn n hlnwr
.the friends of Director Porter. Com-
i Councilman Harry Shaw, who Is
of the chief Porter boomers, Is Wash-
n rarty City Committeeman from
ward and led the opposition to the
T Indorsement. The lcht for Potter
led by MactatrntA rtnhrr fnrwin.
Washington Party Commlttco of
-a ward, which failed to take any
w on the Mayoralty at Its meeting
Thursday, will Inilnna lllrAnfnr Pnr.
iIMyor at a meeting to be held
Ie Director. The 11th Ward Corn-
Indorsed Director Porter last
howdown" of the Varo and the
ChOl ltrn7th I- mt lmn,AK.hlA fr
2Jt'n of the Republican City Com-
. iu do nem early next week. The
Itttion leaders said today that
C bUt miltlnA YiiiBfnAaa i...U I.a
Ltti1 K.. tUI ...
& JL'I when ,ho ward committeemen
E
2 "n- of nomination papers for the
SMiaa w """-iyi iuuri ucnen now
.??.,. ,uao "aymond MacNellle.
&, waiter Foulkrod, is believed In
u . "r.c,e, l be a "preparedness"
ZT on the part of the Penrose-Mc-JM
Action. Judge MncNellle will
r" P ,or election and will be bitterly
gjjT" '" case of a factional fight.
Bjt United Ttnllnnw nviith..!...! xrnM.
."mTb- p?lltcal Association Indorsed
t nnator "'chard V. Parley ror
BV Commissioner last night.
bS1ENDS UON't UNDERSTAND.
UZ?'J Smith appointment wag first
BMu. .' " .,crno wrumDaugn sent a
ivU hl city from Maine, where
riii i ""'" "' vacation, asKing ms
"",""a juagmeni until mo
Jw understood." Today they are
!ng that ih- m- - ..j.J1...i
j. - j- - " u nut unucisiaiiu
ST oout the nppolntment any bet
lTkkV;ef dld before th Qovernor
& !?SLto th Utem.nt had
h mllh bom for Mayor.
r- pre camp, it was said today
""ian viiuam 8. Vare will
"nro-e-McNIchol faction guess-
tikn v momeni. lie will nie
77 supers on August 31, It was
iUt maklng any statement -e-
IV 'lit fmalttnn T
poin cd out today tha should
' Philadelphia Congressman do
could pot withdraw from the
IT fBi a, ...... . ...... .
IPPllnB the Vare strength, and
"i e win be a candidate
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J;V,1,.,U Mar"", of the Court
WOn Plana M a i. ... i.i .
-McMchol candidate with which
i ino Vares. Ills nam Is helnir
y. handed aiound by the Pen
lihol workers. Senator Mc.
""Id "Hl numo ha been d!
ur six monlha'i Th. v.... ...
' Mscum the POH.1W1H" of Jude
- w iuu awnM ftuKiUiU.
new trolley route causes protest
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Tho heavy arrows show tho present route of the Passyunk avenue
car line. The thin arrows desljrnate the proposed line planned by
the transit company, to ro into effect September 5. The BridcsburR
line will be extended to run down 22d street to Snyder avenue.
Passes will be issued from the new route to the BridesburR line.
BULGARIA TO FIGHT
ON ALLIES' SIDE
Servia Accedes to Demand for
Macedonia German Diplo
macy Foiled
LONDON. Aug. 21.
Servia has acceded to tho demands of
the Allies for the cession of certain
Macedonian territory to Bulgaria, ac
cording to dispatches from Rome and
Athens, and Bulgaria's entrance Into the
war on the side of the Allies, which
has been delaed pending the conclusion
of these negotiations, It Is expected will
b announced shortly.
The Soda correspondent of the Glor
nale d'ltnlla of Rome soyB that the terms
agreed upon give to Bulgaria that part
of Macedonia which she received under
the Servo-Bulgarian treaty of 1912, Bul
garia consenting to the giving to Servia
of the city of Kavala and the districts
of Kavala and Seres.
Both Servia and Bulgaria are to have
the rlsht of Immediate occupancy of the
territories disposed of. Bulgaria, the
correspondent says, renounces forever her
pretensions to Salonlca. Vodlna and
Uskub nnd promises to declare war on
Turkey Immediately.
Financial aid In tho prosecution of the
war Is to be given to Bulgaria by the
Allies, and she nlso Is to receive further
territorial compensation in Turkey. The
agreement provides for the further set
tlement of points In controversy between
Bulgaria and Servia after the war.
General Fltcheff, the Bulgarian Minis
ter of War, has resigned on account of
111 health, according to a dispatch from
Sofia, and has been succeeded by Gen
eral Jecolt.
irinni agreements uiuuuk mo jo.,v.. t
. . tl... nnll'nn
States are delayed 6y the reluctance of
King Constantlne of Greece to make any
territorial concessions. Rome dispatches,
however, express the belief that, like Ser
via, Greece will soon accede to the wishes
of the Entente Powers.
HUGHES NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Justice Tells Ex-Governor Stokes His
Name Must Not Be Considered
NEW YORK. Aug. 21. The letter writ
ten by Charles E. Hughes, Associate
Justice of the Supremo Court of the
United States, to ex-Governor 'E. C.
Stokes, of New Jersey, declining to be
come a candidate for the Presidential
nomination In 1916. was made public
here today. It follows:
"Washington, D. C, May 20, 1915.
"To the Hon. Edward C. 8tokcs, Me
chanics National Bank, Trenton, N. J.:
"My Dear Governor Tour letter of
May 17 has been received. I think that
my recent statement covers the ground.
It Beems to me very clear that, as a mem
ber of tho Supreme Court, I have no
right to be a candidate, either openly or
tacitly. 1 cannot do my work here and
hold an equivocal position before the
country. I must, therefore, ask that no
steps be taken to bring my name before
the country. With cordial regard, I am
very sincerely yours,
"CHARLES E. HUGHES."
MURDERS RICH UNCLE
TO HELP POOR PARENTS
Youth Admits Crime When Man's
Body Is Found in Ashes of Home
BOONE, la., Aug. 21. Elghteen-year-old
Arthur Lumley, of Des Moines, today
confessed, the police say, he murdered
his wealthy uncle while he slept, be
cause his parents In Des Moines were In
want while his uncle was rich.
The youth recently came here to live
with the uncle, Thomas J. Smalley. Yes
terday morning the house was discovered
on fire, and when it was extinguished,
the aged man's body was found In the
ruins. The Coroner's Jury was Just
about to hand down a verdict of suffoca
tion when a blood-stained rock and
Smalley's purse, containing 150, were
found. Suspicion was then directed to
the nephew.
DIES, CRUSHED UNDER WAGON
Farmer, Returning From City,
Thrown Beneath Wheels
Walter S. Bowker, a farmer of River
ton, N. J., was thrown from his wagon
and crushed to death today while re
turning to his home after delivering a
load of produce In this city.
The accident occurred on the Burling
ton pike near the Delalr bridge. Bowker
was .driving a team of mules, and as he
drove near the bridge the team took
fright at a passing Atlantic City train
and ran away, Bowker was thrown from
his seat and the wheels of the wagon
passed over his head.
P. O. S. of A. Closes Carnival
Tho Keystone Commandery, P. O, S. of
A will close Us 10-day carnival at 55th
nnd Spruce streets tonight. The carnival
has been held for the purpose of raising
funds for the athletic meet of the or
ganisation at Reading. Pa. The proceeds,
ta'be turned over to the local organization
tonight, are expected to exceed IW.
More Nominating Petition Filed
HAimiBHUna, Pa., Aug. Jl.-Among
the nominating petitions filed today were
those of William . Wallace, of Law
renco Country, as candidate for Superior
Court Judge, and John A- Elliott. Bear
Kails, for tho lUpubllcan nomination tor
Cmtu 1 th th district.
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21 BANANAS HIS MEAL;
DOCTORS FIX HIM UP
Charles Carrigan, With 15 Left,
Has to Stop Eating His
Favorite Fruit
Enter now Banana-ltls, somewhat akin
to Small-boy-green-apple-ltls save that
tho latter malady generally picks out
youthful victims of Insatiate appetite,
while the subject In the example of the
former that herewith Is trotted forth Is
an adult.
Chnrlcs Carrlgan, 30th and Oxford
streets, is the subject. Physicians at St.
Joseph's Hospital say his pulse Is nearln
normal today and that his bulge is dis
appearing. Charles left home to wander about the
streets of this big city unattended and
with 10 cents In his pocket. Charles likes
bananas. He might be said to have a
mania for them.
At 19th street and Rldge avenue a fruit
dealer was trying to dispose of three
uozen bananas from all old bunches be
fore taking tho bag oft a new one. He
nttached to the three dozen a sign read
ing: "Ten cents for the lot."
Adjusting his spectacles. If he wears
them, Charles examined the sign. Ho then
thrust his hand Intp his pocket and drew
forth a dime. After a careful scrutiny of
this and the bananas he turned the money
over to the fruit dealer and went away
with the bananas.
Three times 12 Is 36. Mark well that
figure.
One hour later Charles appeared In the
hospital dispensary. He said he had ter
rible pains In his midriff.
Physicians found 15 bananas In his
pockets.
Subtract lo from 36 and you have
. .
n, exactly
wre"tJ0oIne eracUr'
And Just that number of bananas had
been stowed nway by Charles, who was
bulging like the famous bear that met
Algy nnd became bulgy, and the bulge
was Algy.
BOY WITH BROKEN ARM HELD
FOR RECKLESS DRIVING OF CAR
Charge Includes Also Violation of
Jitney Ordinance
An accident which occurred when a man
with a broken arm attempted to drive an
automobile on Broad street, resulted In
his being held In $500 ball for court to
day, accused of reckless driving and ope
rating the car In vlolntion of the "Jit
ney" ordinance. Ho Is Stephen Glllen, 18
years old, of 675 North 15th street.
The mishap occurred nt Broad street
and Columbia avenue yesterday, when
Glllen tried to make a short turn. In
order. It Is said, to solicit "Jitney" fares,
and crashed Into a moving van owned by
Arnold Johnson, 1302 North 12th street.
Glllen was arrested by Policeman Wag
ner, of the 19th and Oxford streets sta
tion. When taken before Magistrate Ore
Us today, the accused explained that he
was employed to operate the car by Mrs
E. R. Melrs. of 143 North roth street, and
that the machine had been bought last
Saturday for use as a "Jitney." A few
days after It was bought, he said, his
arm was broken by cranking the ma
chine. Helen Melrs, daughter of the owner of
the enr, was In It when the accident oc
curred yesterday. She was thrown to the
street and sustained a number of cuts
and bruises.
HAS ANOTHER WAR BOOM
Chester Firm, With Big Shell Order,
Buys Patterson Mill
Another war munition factory, already
provided with a contract from the Allies
for 5,000,000 shells, will start operations
within the near future as the result of
the sale by It. O. Scheel, of 2025 North
62d street, of the Patterson Mill at 5th
and Penn streets, Chester, The purchaser
s the Chester Engineering and Ordnance
Company,
A new powder-making company also
has been formed with Ernest du Pont at
Us head, but unlike others. It will not
accept war orders. The new firm Is the
Ball Grain Explosives Company, and its
other officers are JoreplV F. Edwards, vice
president, and S. Mlllen MacSherry, sec
retary and treasurer, both of Wilming
ton. The capital stock Is (750,000 and the
concern was called Into being to fill the
lack of blasting powder for mining and
engineering purposes.
Tho
Philadelphia
A Reading
Annnimm the removal of their City
Ticket Office from
Streets to the most
City Ticket Office
NewwidenerouiiamBii'nesinui.a.nu
Juniper Streets,
OPEN Fft
TICKETS,
AUetTXrd
FIRE AROUSES SHORE
TO ACTION ON PLAN
FOR BIG WATER PLANT
Mayor to Call City Commission
Meeting to Consider
i Two-Foot Main
Project
RIDDLE TO BUILD BETTER
Fireproof Buildings to Replace Framo
Structures That Fed Flames
on Boardwalk
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 21.-A
huge pipe line, two feet In diameter, with
the sea for n reservoir and glgantlo
pumps ready to deluge nny point on the
beach front that may be attacked by fire
will be Atlantic City's profit from the
blaze that yesterday menaced tho hotel
district while It wiped out $100,000 worth
of property.
Today Mayor Riddle, heaviest loser by
the blaze, will Issue n call for a special
meeting of tho City Commission to tnke
up tho beach front belt lino high pres
sure main project. It Is no new enter
prise. It wns talked of nbout 10 years
ago and seriously discussed last year,
when the cost was placed at close to a
mil. Ion dollars. At that time tho enter
prlfo was shelved temporarily, because
insurance men were not prepared to
guarantee that It would bring an Imme
diate reduction of Insurance rates. There
will bo a utilitarian sldo to the huge salt
water main project. Cottages nnd small
boarding houses may have salt water
baths at a modest cost, the same as the
largo raravansarles. Whnt they. pay for
this service will nearly or quite meet the
running expenses.
RIDDLE OPTIMISTIC.
Mayor Riddle views his loss In an opti
mistic spirit. Ho says tho destruction of
the smalt buildings probably was the
best thing that could have happened, for
ho believes there will arlso from the
ruins more Imposing buildings and greater
attractions In that section than ever
before.
Hotclmcn having declined to consider
his proposition that the site of the lire
bo made an open park, through an ar
rangement whereby he should receive
from those benefited a sum equivalent to
the Interest upon tho value entailed.
Mayor Riddle today took up plans lor
a new structure of much larger and finer
and more permanent character than that
wnlch fell prey to flames.
BIG OFFER TO RIDDLE.
It Is quite possible that the ground will
bo covered with a great hotO structure,
erected through a Joint arrangement be
tween Riddle and George Alien, of Phlla
delphla, owner of the nearby htrana, wnn
has desired a sea frontage for tho Strand
for several years. Ycsteiday, Allen, tt Is
said, offered $223,000 to Itlddte for the half
block of Boardwalk frontage, with tlio
smoking ruins upon It.
Pending working out of the hotel proj
ect, the row of brick stores facing the
Boardwalk between Pennsylvania nnd
Presbyterian avenues, where the fire
raged, will be built so that subsequently
they may be Incorporated Into a hotel
structure, the plans providing for foun
dations capable of bearing a 12-story
building.
Hotel men who have been at war with
him for several years because of his
views on the subject of Sunday observ
ance, have almost forgiven Riddle be
cnuae of the optimism and Initiative he
has shown under the loss of $10,000 he
sustained yesterday. The fire has served
to call attention to the fact that Riddle
ha tho courage of his convictions in ad
vocating a wide-open Sunday at the
shore. If that sort of thing should ever
come to pass and should prove a fail
ure, as many are positive It would, Rid
dle would lose nearly as much as any
individual In the town.
Another benefit arising from the fire
will be the establishment of a thoroughly
organized Rubbish Bureau, an adjunct
of the Fire Department, tho belief pre
vailing In some quarters that a match
dropped Into waste started the blaze.
Not less than 150,000 people last night
and this morning stood as long as the
Boardwalk police would permit and mar
veled that tho big fire was ronfined to
tho frame structures In which It started.
The cincked windows In the seafront
of the Strand, sections of copper coping,
which melted and fell, and the cracked
mirrors, 23 feet back from the Boardwalic
line on the Steeplechase Pier, bore testi
mony to the Intensity of the heat.
FIGHT BLAZE WITH SAND.
It Is now believed that tho saving of
the big Steeplechase, with Us Innumer
able amusement features, was due to
fire fighting with sand. Having had a
similar experience at Coney Island some
years ago, when Luna Park was wiped
out, the management sent a force of em
ployes to the beach. While nne force on
the uppir deck kept streams of water
playing on the Boardwalk und the front
of the pier, the other, below, kept up a
bombardment of sand to prevent the
flames leaping the 60-foot gap under the
Boardwalk. Great credit also is given
the flro department of the Hotel Strand.
Guests had such confidence in the porters
and bellboys, with Frank Off, as chief,
who handled six hose lines, that a card
game, arranged by Mrs. Flank Eaton,
continued, except for a brief Interruption.
Tho Philadelphia colony today accepts,
seriously, the reports that a huge hotel,
a part eventually of the adjoining Strand,
will go up on the site of the burned build
ings. This is not definitely determined,
but plans have been prepared for a row
of handsomo fireproof stores that subse
quently may be Incorporated In a hotel
structure.
Huge electric signs along the wooden
way probably will have to come down.
Yesterday'a fire demonstrated that they
aro a menace of no uncertain kind.
Temporary quarters for flre-evlcted ten
ants will be provided on Steeplechase
Pier.
Workman Injured by Trolley
Jerry Leone, an Italian laborer, was
struck and seriously Injured by a trolley
car at (Ud street and Lansdowne avenue
today. The man alighted from a north
bound car and stepped on the track of
a southbound trolley. He was taken to
the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital, suffering from u concussion of the
brain and Internal Injuries.
Railway
13th and Chestnut
modern equipped
in tne world, in tne
Philadelphia
SALE OF
EARTH TO BE DUG FROM UNDER CITY HALL
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The great pile of earth to bo removed in tho excavation of the Broad
street tube under City Hall would fill tho entire City Hall court yard
almost to tho level of tho fifth floor. Tho City Hall court yard
is 200 feet square.
PASSYUNK AVENUE
PROTESTS AGAINST
LOSING ITS CAR LINE
Merchants Say They'll Give the
Transit Company "The Big
gest Fight of Its
History"
'WOULD RUIN BUSINESS"
The proposed plan of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company to withdraw all
street cars from Passyunk avenue after
September 6 has set South Philadelphia
up In arms. The company Intends to
change Itoute 81 so that the cars will
run down Snyder avenue to the river
front Instead of down Passyunk avenue.
Tho new route will leave the 12 good
business blocks on Passyunk avenue be
tween 6th and 16th streets, and between
South street nnd Snyder avenue. Isolated.
Tho change will nffect more than 60,000
persons nnd 1200 merchants along Pass
yunk avenue.
Members of the Passyunk Avenue Busi
ness Men's Association, backed up by the
United Business Men's Association, de
clared today that the company "would
never do It without the biggest fight of
Its history." The Passyunk avenue line
Is one of the oldest In Philadelphia,
their places of business have virtually
been founded on It, they said, and to Jo
away with It would be a great loss of
money to them.
The company says tt Is for the Improve
ment of Passyunk avenue that they are
making the change. The tracks are to bo
removed from the street and replaced by
wood blocks, thus making a good thor
oughfare. Business will not suffer at all.
according to the company, as the new
route wilt still communicate with Pass
yunk avenue, although Indirectly,
The terminal of the present route Is 32d
street nnd Passyunk avenue, or Point
Breeze. The ther end of the line Is 3d
nnd Dock streets. The terminal of the
new line will be Point Breeze, but the
other end of the line will be Snyder ave
nue nnd Swanson streets. The present
route Is as follows:
Northbound From 3M street and
Passyunk avenue, on Passyunk ave
nue, Snyder avenue, 11th street, Pas
syunk avenue, Dickinson street, Dth
street, Lombard street, 3d street to
3d and Dock streets.
Southbound From 3d and Dock
streets, on Dock street, 2d street,
South street, Passyunk avenue, 10th
street, Tnsker street, Passyunk ave
nue, to 32d nnd Passyunk avenue.
The cars running on the new route will
run down Passyunk avenue from 32d to
Snyder, which cuts In at 16th street. They
will leave Passyunk avenue and run down
Snyder avenue to Swanson street. That
LIHII'UHloH
WHEN, at the beginning of the war, Russia forbade the sale of
spirituous liquors, the act was hailed as having a world-wide
influence for the cause of Prohibition. But note, now that a year has
passed, how the FALLACY has been exploded by FACTS.
UNDER the caption of "Difficulties with Prohibition in Russia,"
the Literary Digest has this to say in a recent issue: "The
wave of temperance which swept Russia at the beginning of the war,
after the Czar's ukase forbidding the sale of spirituous liquors, is
rapidly receding. Deprived of the vodka, to which they were so
strongly addicted, the Russian people, we are told by some out
spoken organs of the press of that country, are consuming various
poisonous substitutes, the secret manufacture and sale of which are
assuming considerable proportions throughout the Empire. Cases of
poisoning caused by these drinks are a daily occurrence. Writing in
the Rutski Vratch (Petrograd), Dr. Novoselski gives interesting
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RUSSIAN
CZAR
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ALCOHOLIC
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INCREASE
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DEATHS
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RUSSIA
'TV sun of sobriety has set
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two months drunkenness was really not noticeable. In the villages
the fact that the law came into force at the busy season contributed
largely toward abstinence from drink. In the city isolated cases of
the use of poisonous imitations of alcoholic beverages ended so de
plo.ably that there was a fair prospect of getting rid of incurable
drunkards. The village folk had hardly had time to wear out the
boots in which they marched after the coffin of the "Monopoly"
when tens of thousands of Illicit liquor distilleries, factories of all
kinds of strong drinks, came lato existence.'
( A CCORDING to official data, for the latter part of 19H, thsre
r. were discovered in Vilna government alone, 88 illicit l'.cuor
distilleries, while for the preceding year, there had been discovered
U such places. But in the pla:e of those suppressed new one spring
into existence, and. beside, the manufacture of alcoholic beverages
is being practiced in private dwellings,"
A GAIN and again in this
i Prohibition prohibit; whereas it is a FACT that it mttiy yravMM the lgUl
regulated sale of liquor. And Russia's experience with its vcxik is a mm U pcfartl
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Will Virtually nit nff that antlr 1nctl, nf
Passyunk avenue from 16th street to 5th
In order to make a connection, the trac
tion company has planned to extend the
Brldesburg line, Route 69, south on 2d
street, to Snyder avenue. Passes will bo
Issued from the new Passyunk line north
on the Brldesburg car. Passes will be
Issued from the Passyunk lino north on
13th, 11th, 9th nnd 5th streets, which all
cross Passyunk avenue.
The changing of tho route will not ef
fect persons living nt either end of the
line. Tho service will be Improved, ac
cording to tho company, with better cars
nnd schedules.
The Passyunk line now transfers at 3d
nnd Dock streets, north on tho Brldes
burg line. Tho chnnge In route means
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iimi iMjscnBers win Bet on at za street
nnd Snyder avenue to pass up on the
Brldesburg line. Instead of changing at
3d and Dock streets. Passengers on tho
Brldesburg lino will nlso be transferred
out the new Passyunk line, as parses
will bo given each way.
The Passyunk avenue business men
want the old Passyunk avenue line, which
has passed their doors for the past 50
years, to stay where It Is. They want no
changes, Although customers will be nblo
to reach their establishments for the same
fare, they will be obliged to change cars
nt tho transfer points, and tho merchants
object to this.
"Nobody likes to change cars," said
Theodore Cook, 1742 East Passyunk ave
nue, secretary of the Passyunk Avenue
Business Association. "People will deal
with merchants whose places are ac
cessible without the changing of cars.
The shopper doesn't like to Jump In and
out of crowded cars with an arm full
of bundles, and what's more the Bhoppers
Won't do It. Dllr trnHo olfl, .I,- -..
tlon of our neighbors, will deal with
places they can reach easily."
While the company has not ofllclally
announced that the new route will take
effect September E. the change was ad
mitted at the Jackson street barn to
day. "We won't save a penny by the pro
posed new route," said an official today,
"and all talk about retrenching to In
crease our gross earnings is foolish."
A special meeting of tho businessmen's
association will be held Monday night to
draw up plans. A committee from the
United Business Men's Association will be
present.
"Imitation Ford" Prevents Suicide
W. G. Thompson, who Is remembered
as the young man who posed in this
city as the son of Henry Ford, automo
bile manufacturer, prevented his cell
mate In the Oulfport (Miss.) prison from
committing suicide yesterday. Harry
Lester Is the cellmate, and he attempted
to cut open the arteries in his wrist with
a piece of wire. Thompson was sen
tenced to Jail for passing a forged check
In order to buy an engagement ring. He
was liberated on a similar charge in this
city through the efforts of Henry Ford,
went West and failed to take advantage
of the opportunities offered him by the
manufacturer.
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Facts Versus
Fallacies
FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar
ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument.
figures showing the growth of mortality
Petrorrad.
QAYS he; 'Before prohibition the mortality figures varied and
O changed without definite regularity; after prohibition, they
showed a regular and constant increase. The prohibition measures
weie becoming stricter and stricter; at first the sale of vodka was
forbidden everywhere but at first-class restaurants; then the prohibi
tion was extended also to those restaurants, but with the permission
to sell beer and wine; and lastly there followed a general and com
plete inhibition of the traffic in any and all alcoholic drinks in
general And the mortality from alcoholism increased as those meas
ure:, progressed.'
TN RUSSIA'S western provinces, according
1 Ryetcl., prohibition does not seem to be ver
before it reached the zenith. The first
series of articles it has hn uld tkf u
nm ijg m y -ysj- -ijtM i l ii .-m s
SUBWAY ENGINEERS
FIND WAVE-LIKE ROCK
UNDER THE CITY HALL
Nature of Soil Determined by
Engineers of Director
Taylor's Depart
ment in Tests
TO WORK IN CAISSONS
Approximately 100,000 cubic yards of
earth will have to be excavated for the
construction of the Broad street subway
beneath City Hall. This estimate was
given today by S. M. Swaab, the engineer,
who will have charge of the work for the
Keystone State Construction Company.
The material to be removed varies from
soft loam, directly below the street sur
face, to solid rock at the bottom of the
tube.
The nature nnd quality of the soil has
already been determined by the engineers
of the Department of City Transit, who
have made 10 borings and dug 7 test pits
under City Hall. The deepest boring was
carried down to a depth of 60 feet below
the level of the street and the deepest pit
was dug 15 feet below the basement floor
of City Hall, and 25 feet below the street
level.
The most remarkable discovery made
by the engineers In the borings was the
great variance of depths at which hard
rock Is encountered. At one point di
rectly below tho arch, at the West Mar
ket street entrance to the City Hall, hard
rock was found to be 69 feet below the
street level, whllo 200 feet north of this
point near the northwest corner of the
building, the hard rock depth was found
to be only 40 feet below the surface. In
no two borings was the rock level found
the same.
Directly above tho bed rock was found
a layer of rnlcoy schist (disintegrated
rock) varying In thickness from 1,4 to
Ui feet. Above tho mica schist was
found a gravel bed of such formation
that the engineers believe It was depos
ited there during the glacial period, Be
tween this and tho street level at
varying depths was found sand, clay,
common gravel and loam.
At one point the engineers encountered
a pocket of sand which had every Indi
cation of having been quicksand formerly.
For some reason tho water had all
drained from this place, leaving the
qulck-sund now simply common sand, al
though ground very fine. No other evi
dence of quick-sand formation was found
beneath the City Hall.
The four-foot reinforced concrete walls
of the subway will rest on Bolld bedrock,
no matter nt what depth this may be
found to He. The base of the tube Itself
will he nbout 46 feet below the street
level. In some places where the bedrock
Is higher than this, blasting will be
necessary, but the danger of the blast
ing will be reduced to a minimum as It
will be done In caissons.
As the high-water level of the city
Is about 3S feet below the surface at
City Hall, all excavating below this
depth will have to be carried on In
caissons. The workmen will experience
no great Inconvenience In working In the
caissons, however, as the depth will not
require a heavy nlr pressure.
In digging the test pits It was found
that the foundations of City Hall at no
point, not even beneath the great tower,
rest on the solid rock. The foundations
of the tower are laid 32 feet below the
surface, which Is believed to be ten or
more feeUabove the level of bedrock. At
other points the City Hall foundations
vary from a depth of It to 26 feet.
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