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$2,465,000 ASKED
OF CONGRESS FOR
DELAWARE RIVER
Secretary McAdoo Urges
Appropriation for Deep
ening Channel
STtiP TOWARD DEFENSE
Daniels Wants $175,000 Spent
on Navy Yard for a Now
Slip
Bi a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-An appropria
tion .of I2,4uO,O0O for continuing the work
of deepening tho channel of the Delaware
Itlver from Philadelphia to the sea, the
largest appropriation ever recommended
for this project, Is contained In the esti
mates of Sect clary McAdoo submitted
to Congress today. This sum Is to bo
used on the project In tho next year.
Jn addition to this amount, tho esti
mates enrry recommendations for 140,009
for deepening the river's channel from
Lnlor street to Trenton and IM.00O for
the same work from Allegheny avenue
to Trenton, or a. total appropriation of
2.4tt,00U.
For the present fiscal car. when there
vn n gient light waged by former Sena
tor Uurtoii njalnst the pork barrel meth
ods In the river and harbor appropria
tions, the Dclawolo ltlvcr appropriation
vnit rfwlllcid ii Jl.O0O.0OU
The estimates tor river nnd harbor
work nre Increased for the coming fiscal
jrnr from t1.0W,000 to UOI.09O.0OO.
It Is gcnetnllv agiced that Important
rlvera mtisi be Improved If the nation
is to be better prepared. The War De
partment estimates carry largo omounts
for forts, but do not mention where theie
forts arc to be built or which ports nre
to be Improved. Knglnecra In the War
Department have mild that Philadelphia,
will be protected by a new lort at I.ewcs.
Del.
Art an evidence that there will bo great
Improvements In the Delaware along the
lino of preparedness. It Is recommended
In the estimates that fSO.000 be expended
for new aids to navigation and that
J7G.O0O be used for tho same purpose nt
Delaware Bay.
UTS.O0O I'OIt NAVY YAIID.
If Secretary Daniels haH his way, the
Philadelphia Navy Yard will be placed In
a position to build one of the battleships.
He recommends thnt ConBress make an
appropriation of U5O.0OO to enlarge the
building slip nt tho yard. In nddltlon, the
recommendation contains an Item of !J,
COO for dredging that will be necessary be
fore an enlarged slip can bo built.
Congress will have to act promptly on
this matter If the Philadelphia yard Is to
receive the contract for building ono of
tho two battleships upon which private
bidders submitted bids in excess of J7.S00,
000. the limit fixed by Congress.
New York Is the only yard now equipped
for battleship building. Secretary Dnnlcls
Is asking appropriations of Congress to
equip both the Philadelphia nnd Marc Is
land yards for battleship work.
CITY VITALLY INTERK8TKD.
Philadelphia Is vitally Interested In the
new projects contemplated In connection
with the expansion In the navy, neces
mry to enrry out the preparedness policy.
By renson of Its location near tho coal
nnd Iron fields, Its great abundance of
skilled lab6r and deep water near nt
hand, experts In the Nnvy Department
have declared that Philadelphia Is among
the first cities to be considered for the
nrmor plant and experimental stations.
A projectile plnnt also Is contcmplntcd
nnd Philadelphia Congressmen aro work
ing for thla too.
In tho estimates an appropriation of
12.211,702 Is recommended for an armor
jilnnt to cost 15,633,107 when completed.
Tho Item for the projectile plnnt li J703,
611. It would coat H.tn,2 when com
pleted. Tho recommendations authorize Presi
dent Wilson to select tho locations for
both these plants us well as for the ex
perimental station Congress probably
will not authorize the President to do this
and, as usual In such cases, will desig
nate the locations.
The experimental station to be used by
tho Hoard of Development and Inven
tion Is to cost U.OCO.OO),
New mall conveyers, to cost J30.000;
lookouts, to cost ITOro, and Improvements
on the mezznnlno floor of the Philadel
phia poslottlce also are recommended In
the estimates submitted today.
GASOLINE GOING UP AGAIN
Atlantic and Gulf Refining Companies
Advance Price to 10 Cents
The price of gasoline la aeroplanlnr
again. The Atlantic and the Gulf refin
ing; companies, of this city, have ad
vanced the price 1 cent to 19 cents a
gallon.
Officials if the Atlantic Refining Com
pany said today that the advance was
madp necessary by the Increased cost of
crude, oil, especially the Pennsylvania
product. They could give no asiurancr
that the price would remain at 10 cents
for any length of time, but that the
steadily Increasing cost of the crude ol
augured a further Increase in the price
of gasoline In tho near future.
FRANKFORD ARSENAL
TO BE THE LARGEST
Increase of 300,000 in Appro
priation Is Asked to Make
Improvements
By a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-An Increase
in this year's appropriation of more than
$300,00) for Frankford Arsenal Is recom
mended In the estimates for next year,
Frankford Arsenal la to be made the
largest Government arsenal, and to do
this additional land la needed and meny
new shops are to be built, according to
the recommendations of the Secretary of
War.
It U proposed to buy It acres of land
running from the arsenal to the Dela
ware River, now owned by tho trustees
of the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania. Tu
obtain this an appropriation of $123,000
Is recommended.
The new project are;
For a ieinral b".' t'UlMlil . . .. $70,000
KUewvn e aruurry ammunition atore
bout -. , .
KxUnrton ot Uutruroiat department
ItUlLiiUff
FtMwlon of ftu 'hep buUdlns
Extension ot artlllrry caxe abop build
Ins l.-iltnilat of led tp bwltdjni . .. .
fee a metal aterenous
for a strohoie far turrtut inanufae-
Fur ll purlia'a at aildUtonai land
fur one Hwcr and xuonecltona
Fer xaraae tor motor trucks...
or the leiutlruciUm cr repair or road,
warka aa4.e ll..... .......
For tucTMiliJrf fartUMea Xur Ore pto-
si.aoa
10.100
M.OUO
X1.0CO
1O.O-J0
si m
41.000
123.UU
7. sua
10.000
10.000
SO.OuO
tacl
TWal .... . .jm.200
TU ArMal lt, year only trce4vd
JliS.Wv, 4. ujiiilu-t $wl,-v revormaendej
yr nui yeai.
"UNCLE JOE" WARMLY GREETED
11V HOUSE COLLEAGUES
Ex-Speaker Cannon's. ''Come Back" a
Feature of the Day's Events
WASHINGTON. Dec. .-"Uncle Joe"
Cannon, foremost among tho "come
backs," didn't appenr on Hie floor of the
lloui until Into. Then there wni a buzz
In the galleries when It wan noted thnt
his usual frayed cigar wns absent. Can
noti took a front seat, directly below tlio
Speaker's rostrum, nnd had a busy few
minutes of t greeting old friends. Later
he adjourned the reception to ft lobby.
Hill, of Connecticut! Longnorth, of
Ol'lo, and MeKlnlcy, of Illinois, other
comebacks, had their own Individual re
ceptions on tho floor and In the lobbies.
But It was upon "Undo Joe" that most
Interest centred. The Illinois tngo was
plainly enjoying himself.
NO POLICE IN POLITICS,
WILSON PROMISES
Prospective Safety Director
Declares Himself in Accord
With Mayor-elect Smith
tly o Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dee. -"! nm In
hearty accord with the policy of Mnvor
Smith as to the complotc elimination of
the pollco and firemen from politics," de
clared William II. Wilson, who will be
Director of Public Safety under the
Mayor-elect.
"Tnls Is the only policy I have worked
out," he added. "I have never seen nny
political advantage of using tho pollco
and llrcmcn In politics. The voter wns
offended bv thrlr activity and I believe
thnt the party which used them lost as
much In Inllurncc In the more residential
sections. This was my view when I wns
a citizen.
"Ah the head of the police and firemen.
It Is now my duty to keep thrm free from
political Influence and nctlvlty. If there
Is one thing thnt I will do It will be to
carry out Major Smith's views on this
subject."
"What about the control of vice?" ho
wpr nsked.
"That Is one of tho hardest problems
tho director of public safety has to com
bat," he replied. "I Intend to study the
matter with the greatest c.irc, nnd what
I do will not be done with nny publicity.
The pollco department should have n
fixed policy on vice, and when that polio
Is arrived at It should be carried out
without any undue comment nnd the
printing of solsesome details In the news
papers," Mr. Wilson concluded by saying ho
would famltlnrlzo himself with his ofllco
before ho could nnnounco nny definite
policies on anything except the keeping
of the police nnd firemen out of politics.
Mr. WIlBon Is taking his new honor with
becoming modesty nnd enjoying tho day
ncro wiin nis legal colleagues, who are
here to bo admitted to the Supreme Court.
He Is also cclebrntlng his 3Sth birthday
today.
2 PHILADELPHIA LAWYERS
GUESTS AT WASHINGTON
Given Luncheon After Admission to
Prnctice Bofore Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -Twenty-three
Philadelphia lawyers were admitted to
practlco before the Supreme Court upon
motion of Hepresentatlve Oeorgo S. Gra
ham. Those admitted were:
Franz Ehrllch, Wllllum It. Ferguson,
Frank A. Harrlgnn, Daniel J. Shorn, Wil
liam C. Wilson, Thonins McNIchol, David
Phillips, Judgo llaymond C. MacNclllc,
Albert If. Ladner, William A. Gray,
Francis M. JleAdnms, Alfred Aarons,
Jude-elect Henry N Wcssel, Samuel W
Salus, Harry Felix. William T Connor,
Ilowland C. Evaiw, Edwin S Ward, Jos
eph L. Kun. William H Wilson, Arthur
n. Eaton, Isadore Stern and Henry A.
Mackey.
After the formalities In the House were
over the lawyers were guests of Repre
sentative J. II. K. Scott at a luncheon in
tho Hotel Willnrd. Speeches were made
by Mr. Scott. William H. Wilson. David
Phillips and Congressman Varc nnd Hep
resentatlve Graham.
MURDER CHARGE MADE
AGAINST "LIEUT." FAY
German Bomb Plotters Named
in New Indictments by
Federal Court
NEW YOniC, Dec '.-"Lieutenant"
Ilobort Fay and five other men accused of
conspiring to blow up munitions ships to
day were named In five new Indictments
returned In tho Federal Court, on eof
which charged them with conspiring to
commit murder by attaching bombs to
ships leaving American portB.
Max Breltung, relative of the Michigan
millionaire; Walter Scholi, Fay's brother-in-law;
Dr. Herbert Klenzle. alleged
'brains of the conspiracy, Kngelbcrt
nronkhurst. mining engineer, nnd Paul
Daeche, all of whom were named with l
!.-.. ... II,. Hl lnJlMm.nl. ,. ..!.
j tnu lust 111'ttv.itMk.nvp, nbic (au
formally accused today.
Tlio original Indictments charged only
conspiracy to destroy ship at sea-
The llrst of today's Indictments relteh
ntes the old charge of conspiring to pre
vent shipments of munitions to the Al
lies, The otlior charge are conspiracy
to Injure ships at seu, and conspiracy to
Inlure passengers, by the planting of
bombs on ships. Tho fifth Indictment Is
so constructed as to cover nny unlawful
acts that may have been perpetrated
within the three-mile limit of the Gov
ernment's Jurisdiction.
CALLS FORD TRII" QUIXOTIC
Most of Guests Are National Medioc
rities, Says Preacher
Henry Ford's peace expedition was
characterized at. Quixotic and Ford him
self as being good, genial and amiable.
very much like a Spanish cavalier, by
the IUv. Augustus K. Iiarnett, speaking
last night In the Reformed Episcopal
Church of Our Itedeemer, 16th and Ox
ford streets. He said:
"Henry Ford has been a great success
as a car builder, and he la equally suc
cessful aa a peace sentimentalist. This
trip of the Oscar It irresistibly reminds
me of Don Quixote, Our good, genial,
amiable Henry Ford, with his slogan
'Out of the trenches by Christmas,' re
calls the gallant Spanish knight who
went forth to thrash windmills. Moat
of the persons with Ford are national
mediocrities."
The Rev. Mr. Barnett declared that the
effort for peace I III timed and that the
houss of Ilohenzollern must be com
pletely crushed before there will be
safety for the other nations of the world.
Another Peace Advocate Gone
While A B. Meehan, of Wyndmoor ave
nue. Chestnut Hill, 'was attending church
services yesterday at $he Mt, Airy Prcs-H
byterian Church bis Ford was stolen. The
police are looking for it.
"ttJOO IIAI.TIUOKK AND Itlrri'KN
J.iO M'ABlllNUTON AND ltEllHN
lUltlowr 4 Onto JUllroiJ. BumJay. Doc.
l:to. goailat tralo (rem 24lb A Cfcotnut Btx.
MtUes, A. IL, OOtB BC. Station, S,U A. U,
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1917 EXPENSE BILL
OF U.S. A BILLION
AND A QUARTER
McAdoo's Estimate to Con
gress $9 for Each Per
son in Country
BIG INCREASE OVER 1916
Preparedness Plans Take Up
Large Part of the Vast
Sum Needed
WHAT THE UNITED STATES
EXPECTS TO SPEND IN 1917
l.eglliille Department esti
mates l3.IO,IOI.jt
i:irrutle Ilepartmfnt ililfl.OSO.no
"Male Department (1,152, 10K. JO
Trenntiry 1.11, Sli. (142.00
Independent ofllces .... J,W,2IU.rtt
DIMTlrt of Cnlumhln ... . f 0,!).'0,.'Vl!,.1t
Unr Department 213,013.043.31
l'n nit mil Cnnnl 27.833,404.13
Xnir Depnrtment .... 230,477,011.24
Interior 311,031, S70. 17
l'nitonlre 1,770,400.00
I'n'lnl sen Ire, pnynhte from
rrcelpts 3I0,14,B79.0
l'otnl deficiency s.000,000.00
Agriculture 20,703,080.00
Commerce 13,430,133.00
l.nlxir 4,00.1,270.73
IllMlee 11,029,011.00
Tolnl 1017 estimates . .t,2S3,M7,B08.18
ToIrI 1010 nproprlntlans. 1,113,004,101.33
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The Govern
ment of the United States wants a billion
nnd a quarter dollars for running ex
penses in 1917.
TIiIj estimate today was transmitted to
Congress by Secrctnry of tho Treasury
McAdoo.
The total reaches the tremendous sum
of l,a5,s;7,S03.16.
Deducting tho sinking fund of 160,727,000
put away for the redemption of bonds
and the estimated postal receipts of $316,
361,870, tho Administration's estimate of
the cost of running the Government Is
W,763,020,1G In 1917.
This Is nearly JO for every man, woman
and child In the' United States.
The cstlmntcs arc an Increase of f 167,
831, 101.61 over 1916 appropriations. In
ci eases In the War and Navy Depart
ments account for JHC.SJ'.aj.Di of thlr
amount.
The European war, entailing new work,
wns directly responsible for a large part
of the Increase In tho Stuto Department
estimates.
Details of the defense program nre
shown In tho War and Navy Depart
ment's estimates, ns follous:
War Department: Pay of the army In
creased from $19,366,732 to $63,700,307; sup
plies, service mid transportation, from
IIS.462,679 to?56,3S2,702; medical department,
trom Ji'JO.iiOO to J1.1W.1C0; engineering
equipment, from J IS, W0 to 660,O00; ord
nance stores, 1100,000 to V7.381.000; manu
facture of arms, from J250.0OO to (1,012.
533, oidnamo stores and supplies, from
$1,000,000 to 44.7J7.5lO; automatic machine
rifles, from HI0,6u0 to 41,1(0, CO"); armored
motorcars, from $50,000 to $150,000; for
encampments nnd mllltlu. maneuvers,
from J1VI.O0O tu $1,390,000.
An Increase from $6,060,078 to $23,305,
121 Is shown In the coast nnd other de
fease f'Jrtilicatlons, somo of the Items
being:
Guns and mortar batteries, new, and the
modernizing of older emplacements, In
creased from $65o,00O to $2,611,500; caso
ments, galleries, etc., for submarine
mines, from $31,000 to $234,060; alteration
nnd maintenance of sencoast artillery,
from $3,390,000 to $12,567,500; tests of new
ordnance, from $15 000 to $301,000; building
of arsenals, from $653,000 to $1,842,350; bar
incus nnd qiinrtcis for scacoast defense,
from $23,000 to $473,160.
New works Include:
Sites for fortifications nnd sencoast de
fenses, $1,;7,000; armament for fortifica
tions. $2,183,300; ammunition, $2,711,000; sea
coast defense cannon, $1,704,500; ammuni
tion $3,000,000.
Totals for Canal Zone fnrtlllcntlona
show an Increase from $2,639,048 to IS,
234.100. For the first year's work on the navy
building progrnm, for tho hulls, outfits
nnd machliury of two battleships, two
battle cruisers, three scout cruisers, 15
destrojers. two gunboats, ono hospital
ship nnd one fuel oil ship, an estimate
of $27,617,000 Is mode. For the hulli nnd
outfits for the llrst year's expenditure for j
the torpedoboat flotilla of five fleet sub- I
marines nnd 25 coast submarines, $7,675,000
is estimated.
For reserve munitions $3,000,000 la es
timated. "Toward the erection and equipment of
a plant for the manufacture of armor
plate on a site to be selected by the
President to cost when completed
not to exceed $6,C35 107 " there Is cstl
mntd for 1917 $2..'tl.702. For a projectile
,,Iant to cost .": ' " , ,j. IU J7i,e
L Jit ..irtVi-meii . '"ere
'CI USHIO I.UJ.OII.
There is further provided a naval flying
corp to he composed of 150 odtcers ami
student flyers nnd 3.W enlisted men ap
pointed, commanded, enlisted and distrib
uted In the various grades ami ratings
of the uav.
FIVE NAVY YARD BILLS
INTRODUCED BY VARE
Plan Equipment for Battleship
Building, Armor Plant and
Other Improvements
Bu a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Dec. C-IIepresentatlve
Vnre today Introduced live bills to pro.
vide for the enlargement of the Phila
delphia Navy Yard along lines to eiulp
it for battleship building and an armor
plant and other buildings.
One bill calls for an appropriation of
?a.O0.tXQ for nn armor-plate plant, and
authorize the Secretary of Navy to
select the Philadelphia yard for its loca
tion. For a drydock the bill carries an p-.
proprlatlon of $4,000,000.
For the experimental laboratory an ap
propriation of'$5,ftO,000 Is carried.
To enlarge the present ehlpwaya and
equip the jard for battleship work, Mr.
Varc'a but has an appropriation of
$113 000.
The fifth bill calls for an Iron foundry
and site to cost $000,000.
HANSCOM'S j
Fancy Chocolates and
Mixtures, 25c & 35c lb.
Lustre Candies,
20c & 25c lb.
UJJ Market W.
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CAROLINE COKSEVIKI
She shot Edwnrd T. Trutner
three times on account of alleged
insults proffered nt her home, nt
707 Buttonwood street.
SHOT BV SWEETHEART
Wounded in Jealous Quarrel
Mnn
Slightly Improved
There was slight Improvement today In
tho condition of Edwnrd Trutner, of 131
Jefferson street, who Is In the Oerman
Hospltnl suffering from bullet wounds
Inflicted by Caroline Coksovlkl. his former
sweethenrt, during a qunrrcl.
The woman had n hearing before Mag
istrate Ucaton in the Central Police Stn
tlon today and was held without ball to
nwalt the result of Trutncr'a Injuries. Ac
coidlng to her testimony today tho man
wronged her seven years ago In Poland,
followed her to this country a yenr ago
nnd hns recently been attempting to farco
his attentions on her again.
Trutner. with a number of friends, at
tended n party jestcrdny on Uuttonwood
street near 7th. The Coltsevlkl woman,
who was among the guests, Ignored Trut
ner In the general merrymaking. This
aroused his wrath nnd she says he called
her names. She left the house and, ac
cording to tho police, returning with a
revolver, shot Trutner whllo ho wns lying
on a couch. Ho attempted to walk up to
his home, but collapsed on the street and
was taken to the hospltnl.
NEW CABINET? WHO ARE
THEY? MERCHANTS ASK
Few Business Men Know Citi
zens Mayor-elect Smith Has
Selected for Advisers
Along the political rlnlto they may know
all about the men who make up the
cabinet of the Mayor-elect, but along the
business rlnlto It Is a different matter.
Most of the men who will be directors or
assistant directors when "Tom" Smith
becomes Mayor Smith Janunry 1 are un
known to the average business man on
Chestnut street.
This was demonstrated by a canvass of
avernge business meji 'by n reporter for
tho Evenino l.EDfirtn. 6tfy- irV'StTirtcd1
out with no definite plan 'iihd dropped In
on various business men as mood directed.
Ho did not know whether they wero Re
publican or Democratic, organization men
or Independents, whether they were In
terested In politics or not He wanted io
know what they thought of the men Mr.
Smith had announced ns his directors, but
he did not find out.
The directors nnd assistant directors
wero promlm-nt enough for every morn
ing newspaper In the city to have their
photographs on flies. But they were not
fo prominent that any of the business
men Interviewed knew anything of their
ability, directly or even by reputation.
The only man commented upon was
George S. Webster, named as Director of
Wharves, Docks nnd Ferries.
Webster's the only mnn I know any
thing about," said Charles If. Humbly,
proprietor of n Jewelry store ot 916 Chest
nut street. "Ilf'a a. good man nnd ho'a
held a city Job for n long time."
That wns tho only comment on an In
dividual. Mr. Hambly said he thought
every one should withhold Judgment on
Mr. .Smith's actions until he had a chance
to get started.
George W. Jncoby, proprietor of a hab-
erdashery at 620 Chestnut Btreet, knew
none of those named, explaining that he
Is a resident of Lnnsdowne and not a
voter in Philadelphia, but he expressed
the belief that Mr. Smith would make an
excellent Mayor.
"It doesn't look to me as If he was
taking orders from nny one," he said. "I
think he's nn able man and Is going to
be Independent."
Daniel Ostrow, proprietor of n cigar
store nt 702 Chestnut street, didn't know
the men, but he snld It looked to him ns
If Mr. Smith had given McNIchol and
Penrose nn "awful wallop."
Frank J. Curry, who hits a photo
graphic supply shop nt 811 Chestnut
street, snld the men Mr. Smith selected
were strangers to him, but he hnped the
new administration would give Its. atten
tion to some of the matters most needed
by business men In his locality. He
thinks tho streets should be kept cleaner
nnd that transit facilities should be bet
ter, pjrtlcularly that there should be
more cars,
William Curry, trunks, Ul2 Chestnut
street, was piled high with work.
"I'm so busy tending to the Christmas
trade that I haven't had time to think
about the new Cabinet," he snld. 1 his
sentiment was echoed by his competitor,
George B. Rains, at 1023 Chestnut street,
and by many others up and down the
street.
PRICE 935,00
BERLIN REFUSES
TO CALL BOY-ED
HOME, U. S. HEARS
Germany Will Demand
Reasons for Recall of At
taches Before Acting
SETS NEW PRECEDENT
Heretofore Only Merc Request
Necessary to Have Foreign
Envoys Recalled
WASHINGTON, Deo. 6.
The report was current In official cir
cles hero this afternoon that Germany
has replied to tho Blnte Department's de
mand for tho recall of Captain Boy-Kd.
naval attache, nnd Captain von Papen.
military attache, by requesting n reason
for such action. It Is Understood that
Germany has tnken the position that sho
cannot recall the officers unless tho
United States can show that they havo
violated tho laws of this country.
This action Is declared by ofllclnls to
be without precedent. Heretofore when
a nation has made It known that tho
envoys of another arc persona non grata,
the envoys havo always been withdrawn
without further parleying. Ofllclals
would not discuss tho report, nor Indl
cnto what action this Government will
take.
Confidential advices received here from
Iierlln Indicate that tho demand for the
recall of Captains Boy-Ed nnd Von Pa
pen has created a bitter feeling through
out Gcrmnny. It Is said that the deci
sion of the Oerman Foreign Ofllce to de
mand nn explanation of tho United
States was reached after carcfut consid
eration hud been given to public feeling.
Gcrmnny Is understood to make tho
charge that most of the evidence against
Captains von Papen and Doy-Ed wns
manufactured by Urltlsh secret agents In
this country. Tho reason Gorrmny
wants the charges against the attaches
mado public Is that sho may then have
nn opportunity to prove that British
agents hove been active In this country.
If the United States should refuse to
mako public tho evldenco on which It
based Its request for the recall of the at
taches, It was said that Germany may
send homo the American mllltnry and
naval attaches In Berlin.
ASK DIVINE GUIDANCE
FOR THE PRESIDENT
Two Members of Society of
Friends OfFer Prayer on
Visit to White House
WASHINGTON. Dec. G. Whllo scores
of people wnltcd In lino to shnke hands
with President Wilson this mornlngl
James Henderson and William G. Speer,
representing the Society of Friends of
Eastern Ohio, bowed their heads and,
stnndlng before the President, prayed ho
would allow tho Higher Power to deter
mine the destinies of this country.
"Whllo the people linva raised the Pres
ident to n mighty office, a higher power
than the mere lr dividual should be left
to settle the tutatlorj of Whether this
country i.hoiifd -lay Itself open to the
hdrrors 'ofdYtMr,'' 'said Henderson In his
prayer.
At tho conclusion the President thanked
the two men nnd the line passed on.
SLAYER A RAVING MANIAC,
HIS SISTER DECLARES
Mrs. HullinRS Makes Last Appeal for
E. C. Murphy Condemned to Die
Tomorrow
IMward C. Murphy Is a raving maniac
and, therefore, should not be Bent to the
eleitrlc chair, according to his sister,
Mrr. Hurson D. Huttings, of Hlverton,
N. J., who will make nn 11th hour ap
peal to Governor Fielder, of New Jersey,
tomorrow. Murphy has been sentenced
to die tomorrow night. .
Mrs. Ilulllngs hrts had a, scries of 1...
rowing experiences In her efforts to hiwo
the verdict act aside or tho sentence com
muted. An appeal to the Court of Errors
failed nnd then the case went to the
Hoard of Pardons. Again tho defense
lost. Then efforts to havo the Governor
Intervene were made; but for one reason
or another the sister of Murphy was pre
vented fro n seeing the Governor, while
day after day waa lost.
Last Friday she recelvod a letter from
the chief clerk In the gubernatorial of
fices telling her the Governor was un
willing to have her visit him. Then the
next day it seemed that there had been
a misunderstanding, for she received a
letter ' from Uovernor Fielder himself
saying that he had waited for her on
Friday, .epcctlng to sco her In Trenton
and hear her appeal for her brother, but
she hud not come.
The attorney for Murphy, F. T. Tobln,
wrote tho Governor a long letter today,
asking him to visit Murphy In his cell
and seo for himself whether the man was
sane or not, Mrs, Ilulllngs will plead
with the Governor tomorrow to have tho
man sent to an Insane asylum or else
commute the sentence to life imprison
ment until a mental examination can be
made.
The crime for which Murphy was sen
tenced was the murder of Herman Fish
er, Fisher was shot from ambush. Mur
phy having hidden in the woods near
Taylor's lane, on the way to Moorcstown.
on July 11, 1914.
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FAIL TO CONFIRM REPORT
EXPLOSION PHECEDED FIRE
Market Streot Building Damage
Amounts to $10,000
Fir Bureau ofllclals failed today to find
nny confirmation of the report that an ex
plosion preceded the flro at 435 Market
street Inst night. Kmptoyes of II. I
Worthelmcr, who conducts n Jewelry store
and photographic gallery on tho ground
floor, heard what sounded like an oxplo
slon on the second floor shortly nftcr D
o'clock last night. Flames burst from
the windows immediately after.
The flames were fought for nn hour by
the firemen, but when tho flro was extin
guished It was found thnt tho second,
third, fourth nnd fifth floors had been de
stroyed, while only thn first floor wan un
touched, though damaged by water. The
damage Is about $10,000.
The second floor was occupied by the
Crown Printing Company, tho third nnd
fourth by the Arlington Sample Book
Company and the fifth was unoccupied.
COUNCILS' FINANCIERS '
HAVE SOME EXTENSIVE
'PRUNING' BEFORE THEM
$40,071,158.69 the Estimated
Requirement for City's Ex
penses, but Only $31,827,
088.71 Is Availnble
COMMITTEE IN SESSION
How to cut down $40,071,153.63. the esti
mated requirements for current expenses
of municipal departments In 1916, to the
J3I,S.27,0$,71 avnllable for appropriation,
was tl.c problem faced by members of
Council's Finance Committee when they
met today to go over nnd prune the de
mands of departmental nnd bureau heads.
Tho financial problem Is mado more dif
ficult by tho fact tha tnftcr deducting
lawful obligations which amount to
5,60;,6.'i7.ES from the amount available,
there Is left a net balance for depart
mental needs of only $22,221,430.83, or a
decrenne of $134,704.30 from tho fundB
available for departmental purposes In
1015. The Increase In lawful obligations
arises from nn Increase In payments on
funded debt nnd payments to tho sinking
fund. The totnl demand mado by re
pnrtments for 1018 Is $71,101,330 M of which
$3.1.00.',9ao.73 Is for nnqulsltlon of adltlonal
property and equipment. Many of the
demands nre provided for In tho $00,000,000
loan that will be put to a vote ot tho
people on February S.
The ilnanclers had before them today
the heads of tho county mid city ofllccs
and after each hud outlined his needs the
various oudgcts weto referred to the sub
committee on npproprlntlons. This body
will bold executive sessions dally until
tho bills finally are cut down enough for
llnal p.'issnge.
FIRE ON SUGAR SHIP
BOUND FOR EN(JLANl)
NEW VOltlC, Dec. fl. Another sugnr
ship caught fire In Hrle Basin, Brook
Ijn, yesterday afternoon, flames appear
ing in one of the holds of the Urltlsh
freighter T lilnghnm. owned bv tho Unit
Steamship Company of London.
She w.-. lying Inside the breakwater
loading sugar for I'ngland. Tho sugar
was shipped by tho English Sugnr Com
mission. One of the crew saw smoko curling up
from So. 4 hold. The police reported
tho cause of the flro as spontaneous com
bustion, nnd the damage to the ship and
cargo nt nbout $2000. Flro Marshal liro
phy began an Investigation, nnd 'nt" last
nU'lit Captain David Jones of the steam
fchlp usked tho pollco to Investigate, ns
he believed the origin of the the to bo
suspicious.
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VENIZELOS HITS
HARD AT KING IN
BITTER MANIFESTO'
Greek Cabinet Rapped fort
jvioouivnnj x-arnanienta
uj.jug J'JujutiiStlijign.
CALLS ELECTION A FAH(M
"..nl4l.4-!.H mu f fJB
ouimuiuuun, JMijoyea lor-BOl
i ears, nns .become "a
Scrap of Paper
I'AHIS, Dec. 6. Election of a nw
Greek Parliament entirely favoraMt
to King Constantino's pblicy of non?
Intervention appears practically t$
tain in view ot novices from AthcnJ
totiay. v
Athena nttvli-na inAnw h..ji.i .
""' "-" u..j luiuictCO.il
crisis when Vcnizclos nnd his follow?
crs arc compelled to make known tlitif
nttitudc as regards the new Govtrn?
ment elected on iJcccmbcr 19.
I'AKtR. ru .'
The text of a bitter nttack ngalnit u
ureeK uovernmeni ny uieutherlos VeaKfl
7elos, former Premier of Greece, ub
made public here today by Joseph TltwA
nch. the military historian. The numlii
festo was sent by mall to all the ntmM
bera of tho Liberal pnrty, the OorenV
ment refusing to allow it to be sent bri
The manifesto follows
'After Clroeco liaB enjoyed constitution?
nl freedom for 60 years, somo one hu'
seen fit to denrlvo thnan whn rn,,t., ...,
Blznnl nnd Kllkls of their political .b.f
crucs. in iasi i-coruarys election tkt
people had a clear nnd unmistakable er-
diet, but It was useless. Those who, four'
times in the Inst five years, have btn
systematically disavowed by the majority
... mo iii-vjiiu iiuiu KHmn inKcn mo reins
u tjuvm uuiviii imu uicir nnnas. s;
A "8CIIAP OF PAPLIt." 4
"Our constitution hns become nothlii
more than a scrap of paper. -J
"Through successive dissolutions of
Parliament n govcrnmr .tnl system hu
been inaugurated in Greece which only
ua Mti-.tiiiiiK in u juuiiurciucni countri
llko Prussia, where the supreme orrta
ul aiuiu in uiu uiuimrcjl. '
"All opposition nnd concessions Iiim
been unable to deflect the Government!
Hum im uuiimuio ucicrmmation to dlj.
solve the Chamber of Deputies "and hold
a new election at a time when the arnr'
a IHUUUI41-U ana wucn me maintenance
pt tho country on a war footing hoi
that tho Government fears that In mltf
of all it may do It will bo necessary tJ
maKc war io acicnu our territorial ln-J
icsruy.
ELECTION A FAHCK.
"But the Government decided to conltr,
tho right to voto on mobilized men W
aro tin.' I r partisans, excluding oponenU
from the same right. The object .of thlt
political farce Is to obtain n falsilled vote!
rf 4Vin iwnntii fer f tin ntmpnvnt nt Va
shameful noncxecutlon of tho treatyj
tend her frontiers to Nevos, It is Uid
duty of the Liberal pnrty to rcfue til
take part In this fiirec, In order nct'til
give It the appearance of legality. Qv$
party must try to ayoiu oiner aangens
which might follow mi Internal strugtl'i
In the mldit of nn exterior crisis. j
"When the exterior crisis Is terminate!,!
If the disaster Which the Government pil-J
Icy fotcshadows docsn t snrttter our tarcr
In the fiitiiiu or Hellenism me uaaii
party can ugnln take up tho struggle tu.
th defense of our national, constitutional
liberties."
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