BYENINO- LEDfl-EB PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, .TANTTARY 27, 1916.
CLARK OPPOSES
WILSON'S PLANS
TO GET REVENUE
Speaker Aims to Eliminate
"Onerous Stamp
Taxes"
W WOULD LEVY ON INCOMES
Champ Clark's Views
on Revenue Crisis
Opposes stamp taxes nnd onerous
direct excise taxes.
Favors tax on profits of muni
tions manufacturers. ,
Favors large increase in income
tax rates.
Sees no necessity for tariff re
vision at this time.
Must fix definite revenue pro
gram after preparedness expendi
tures are-dctermincd upon.
WASHINGTON. Jnn 27. - Speaker
Champ Clark will oppose tho special ex
clse taxes suggested In Piesldent Wilson.
Ho will seek thr revision of the war rev
enue law to ellminnte stamp taxes tin
proposes nn increased Income ta on
ivar-munltlon profits to meet tho needs
of tho depleted Federal Treasury.
The. Speaker today made clear his views
on the revenue ( rlsis confronting the Ad
ministration, In the following statement"
"I cannot favor the Imposition of fu
ture stamp tucs or btiidcnso'nio excise
taxes to meet the needs of the trensuiv
t this time or In the ne.ir future Stamp
taxes are onerous at best and should ho
resorted to only us an emergency m"ai
ure. I believe tho present war tux law
should bo revised and that many of the
stump taxes which It Imposes should bo
eliminated."
"Under tho recent decision of the Su
preme Court upholding tho Income tax
that law becomes available as a means
qt raising additional ieenue without
making Its piov.siona especially btir
. densome to nnv one class of oltlirens
Through tho Incline ta we lan raise u
largo part of the money we need for
various purposes. An increase In the
Income tux rates and a gcneinl rear
rangement of the clitnrlllcntlon of Incomes
under the Income tux la'v would produce
a largo amount of revenue and would
not und'ih burden any one.
"Then, I believe the rrnpobnl to levy a
tax on the manufacture! s of war muni
tions who are shipping vast nunntltles
of their products nbinad should be fuvoi
ably considered These munition manu
facturers aie making Inrgo profits nut
of the present Increased Hade In their
out out Thev urn piobablv the moat pios
ptrous people In the country todav I
am convinced that they should bear their
.share of Inei cased taxation Seveial
methods of laving thee munition makers
have been sliggcytcd. and 1 believe a fair
nd equitable scheme of raising levenue
through tnMiv them can vetv easily he
ovolved. A ta on their output or a tn
on their profits would be readllv col
lected and would produce the needed
funds.
"At present 1 can see no necessity foi
considering n revision of the tariff, either
In general or as regards special Individual
schedules of tho law. The I'tiderwood
tariff law seems to be doing what was
expected of it, and for the present, at
least, It should be left alone.
'Of course wo ore not in a position
to settle upon a definite detailed revenue
program until we have gained some def
inite Idea as to what the cost of the
Government for the ear will be This we
cannot have until the various appropria
tion bills have taken form, and we know
what expendituies are to be proposed for
Increased national defense "
"JUSTICE," SAYS WILSON,
IS AIM IN MEXICO
Continued from I'hbi Our
the clergy. When tho Chief executive
arrived the entire assemblage arose and
accorded him a generous welcome. The
Rev. Dr F. KM ward Young, pastoi of the
Bedford Presbyteiian Church, of Brook
lyn, presided The Rev. Father William
B. Martin, of St Patrick's Cathedral.
New York, opened the meeting with an
Invocation. He said that he, as a deputy
of Cardinal Farley, was authorised to
state that the Catholics are supporting
every move for peace The Rev. Pr.
Nehemlah Doyntnn. pastor of tho Clinton
Avenue Congregational Church, wel
comed the President.
The President capitulated to the suf
fragists soon after his arrival in thp city.
After standing pat and refusing to see
n. delegation of members of tho Congres
sional 1'nlon who sought his support for
a constitutional nmendment granting sui
frage to women the Kxecutlvc consented
to see the stiff i agists.
Several messages parted between the
women leaders and Secretary Tumulty.
Tho latter finally sent for .Mrs. Amos
PInchot nnd Informed her that President
Wilson "would see thn ladies when it whb
convenient for them."
"Now Is the time, ' .Mrs PInchot said,
and tho women were ushered Into the
presence of the chief.
Tho women weie with the President for
about seven minutes In receiving them
the Executive first apologized Tor keep
ing them waiting As at the former hear
ing, ha turned down tho amendment prop
osition, saying that it vvnb a matter for
the States and not for the Federal Gov
erpmont. "I am convinced," ho said, "thut a mat
ter of this kind should he worked out
State by State. It Is my opinion that
there Is the best und most 4-olld way I
see no reason for discouragement on the
part of you ladies who have worked so
rurd for suffrage But it Is a State Uue.
J am not against suffrage. That fact
was demonstrated when I indorsed It In
my own State, New Jersey
"My mind, on this suffrage question. Is
still unchanged I plan to have confer
ences with the leaders cf my party on
this question I have not done so because
biff matteis of great Importance that can
hot wait forced me to put It off. I want
to assure you again that I have not for
gotten my promise nor shall I forget It."
SPEAKER BECOMES EXCITED.
Mrs, Tiffany Dyer starti 1 the speech
making for the women. She became so
excited, however( after the preliminary
remarks that she gave it up Mrs. Henry
Bruere, wife of the New York City Cham
Derlaln. followed.
"We have come to ask you to sponsor
Suffrage," she said. "We are Insisting
pjwii the granting of our demands for the
Amendment of the Constitution to en
franchise women It Is logical and just."
Mrs Mary Beard, wife of Profewsor
Beard, of Columbia, was the last speaker
"No defense plan." she said, "is a real
gnu which does not Include the mobiliza
tion of women This U a. wonderful op
portunity for you and your party to be
iral leaders in this movement to enfran
chise the women of the United States "
Thn President arrived In New York at
t u clock He will make thre speeches
Uefiy he returns (a Washington. His
sturaiHtui campaign, for defense will be
l&ijiWjhey at the dinner of the Rstlioed
UuVlOtof Association at tbe Waldorf to-
!! WtUteui- Secretary Tuniu'ty und
Vt-tar (IrayMa accompanied the Chief
:U-um U New York The prty wu
;vt with- aotte UnuMdUtelv upon arm-
x itxfl vtvux U tli Waldorf, wherv tbey
riy- Pritimt I prvuar4ie :ech
-.sivf. .he r'!rid mta at lh Wttllorf
, tar .'ii.lowsd u noolhoi' adJra-4 tta-
, i , Hot,ij fwtwie ttiiA of Trad
s vwica,
JAIL HIS WELCOME HOME
Cynwyd Man's Arrest on Embezzle
ment ChnrRO Follows Return
From Cuba
For two venrs detectives have been
trying In vain to arrest a man whom
they finally captured not 10 minute after
ho had reached home from n tilp to Cuba
Me Is William llenrther, .IS years old. of
Cj nwyd. He Is accused of false pre
tensc nnd larrenv He was arreted on
the steps of his handsome liomi- at Cvn
vvyd Inst tilsht
Hentllicr, who Is said ( bo a piomntcr.
Is accused In the nllldavlt for his nr-
rest of lmvlnjr defrauiled Seville smith.
2110 North Hrond stteel. or 1125 Smith, ,
who Is nil Inventor, Interested n Toledo
rnilrond nre.ldent In tho snrltig of 1911. !
I he suy, in a smoke consuming nnd fuel
saving device Fearing thai he coulil not
present his own claims to advantage, he
says, he cngnged Hrnrther to make the
trl and paid him the sum nr Jli for hi"
expenses. Smith chnrges that Hearlhet
never made the trip and refused nn ac
counting. Smith swoie out a warrant, but ,
everv time in the past two car.s that de
tectives went tn the Menrtehr home thev
were told that .Mr Hearthcr was travel- i
Ing It Is said
Recently Detective Itlih obtained the
passenger list nf a ship hound for New
York ftom f'tilm and In nci Ident discov
ered llenrther s mime. The arrest fol
lowed on llearthrrs return tn Cxnwvd
lie was held under $1 u bill for a futther
hearing novl Wednesday
KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATED HERE
Interned Germans Give Benefit
Play at Titrnjremeindo in
Honor of Occasion
The 57th blrthdnv of llmporor William
of Oormnnv wilt be celebrated todav nt
the Philadelphia Ttirngemclnde, Hrond
ntieet and Columbia nvenuc
I'ttder the auspices of the officers of
the Interned nnrmnn "h'pr, the Prinz Os
kar and tho Uhuellu, with the co-operation
of the Fnlted Orgnnl.ttlon of War
Votemns, a festival, lasting trom " In
the afternoon until after the distribution
of pi Izcs, will commemorate the day.
In the afternoon a concert with special
numbeis compoj-ed for the occasion Is
offered t" the united societies of (Herman
Amei.cuns whn will gather nt the hall
"Die Dleke Herthn," the nickname for
the .42-contlmetre howitzers, will be eu
logized In song bv Mrs. Nlesen. Dances
of special Interest by Mnrtochcn Klump,
Virginia H.iker and Cntharitie f'ountry
man comp'ete tho afternoon's progiam
In the evening a pattern of the Herman
war flag will be icady to be tilled In with
nails. For the old nails that go lo make
the crown of the (Jermaii eagle, a dollar
will be chaiged. The white spaces or tho
flng will be made of silver nails at JO
cents each The red and black of the flag
will consist or coloicd nulls, hold nt 2.',
cents apiece For each n ill u certificate
will bo given as a souvenir.
The officers of the Internet! ships will
give a three-act plnv, "The Iron Cross "
At the end of the progiam. "Ormnntn"
will be represented lij lire lledwlg
Honncs-nppel, wire of the editor of the
Philadelphia Gorman Gazette.
During the program the audience may
visit a bazaar with many stalls. Fancy
work, linens and furniture will be sold
there A' cabaret will siipplv amusement
to those who seek variety, and there will
be a menagerie of animals made of fruit
and vegetables.
Tho honor guests of the occasion aro
the (!ei Iran consul. Dr. (3 Stobbe. nnd
the Aiistro-Hungarlan consul, Di. 1J. von
PctcrlTy.
Captains I. Mnnss, of the Prlna Oskar,
P. Muct7ell, of the Rhaetlu. and Albert
Ncumaver, president of the United Oi
gunUatimi of Win Vetcinns, ie ,'t the
head of tho festival, tho proceids of
which will ho given to the widows and
orphans of the men of the German anil
Austi lan-Hungniian fleets The German
Red Cross Is lepresented by Colonel U
llecker.
Prominent Philadclphlans who organ
ized the celeluatlon are
Iluls II Si hmlflt. liitiirnirin I.m fJiorR
Hillzt rolt tho lte (JenrK on Hust-r. 111.
Ilrenneilr th. It F o i:,-n r riir'lih
Jr. tMIx Urt.u John HnlipnaKI I l' Klni
UH rle ll.nr l.lir Jolm 11 llnvrr. Trltz
listen lorlf II Itumnp I'h irlPr Hi olin eho
Ito. iini r- hui hMT'l mill rniinv nilur.
HUGE STEEL MERGER
FAILS TO MATERIALIZE
AFTER MEETING HERE
Nothing Definite Announced by
Cambria Directors Today and
Rumors Say Combine
Plans Are Off
DIVIDENDS DECLARED
Tho meeting nf the directors of the
Cnmhila Steel Company at the com
pany's offices In tho Morris liuilding to
day did not develop nuvthlng on tho pin
posed new steo merger. If an thing did
occur at tho meeting it was not mado
public
William II Donner, president of tho
('ambria Steel Company, after the meet
Ing, said there was nothing to announce
besides tho declaration of tho regular
quarterly dividend and a dividend of 1
per cent, extra on the company's slock.
The financial district wns much sur
prised that nothing developed at tho meet
ing, as It had been generally expected
that something would com out For the
last week or so many rumors hawe been
afloat relative to the progress being made
on the merger plan, some being that the
deal was off, while others were equally
as peislstent that only a few things re
mained to be cleaied up before an an
nouncement could be made.
It is known that J. Leonard Replogle,
representing the new Interests In the com
pany, has options cm large blocks of the
company's stock to go in under any mer
ger of the company with other companies,
and these options, which are at S0 a
share, expire on January 31.
Whether these options have beon exer
cised or not could not be learned today,
nor was there any Information forthcom
ing as to whether they had been extended
bejond January 31. This raised the belief
that there is a possibility of the whole
deal bein gcalled off.
JAILED FOR MILK THEFTS
Young Men Said "It was a Joke," but
Get a Change of Mind
Two men who followed In the wake of
a milk wagon, removing the bottle as fast
as they were deposited on doorsteps along
Moyamenslng avenue near Porter street,
were arrested early today by Policeman
Handforth, of the 4th street and Knjdtr
avenue station
"H was a Joke; we meant no harm," they
tutd, as they surveyed the four quarts of
milk, two dozen rolls and four loaves of
bread which the police sa they took
Magistrate Baker gave them 39 days each
in the county prison. They described
thtnwelvea a Nicholas Ttoealo, a ears
old US McClellan street, ami Harry Mc
Carthy. 26 yeaiit old, V& Emily street.
A Fe-ilile Plan
Wife (.&xlouly)-Ia there no way you
can m far rtla money for vur trip?
)ocrfr Ittiomuili ) None, uoleas X ia '
periMte (&U rwh olu boob be has ap
ptudk-itU-
SHATTERED HOPES SELL CHEAP
AS AUCTION BARES LIFE SECRETS
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Old Straw Hat Masquerades as Bank at Pennsylvania
Railroad Unclaimed Baggage Sale Prohibi
tionist Gets "Half-Pints"
A pviamld of shattered hopes.
It resembled nothing mote alluring.
There was nn ntmnsphrro of genuine des
pair about the old trunks, packages and
baskets offered foi sale todav In Hip
unclaimed baggage sale of the Pennsyl
vania Knllrmil at 1610 Filbert street
Memories of llfos success and fnlluto
were scattered through the pile of
souvenirs The ti links of actresses who
left blasted hopes In far off towns mingled
with those nf salesmen and travelers.
Packages, majhnp wrapped bv some lov
ing mother for a son who was 111 mun.v
inlle.s from home, and huiidieds of non
descript bundles peeped nut among the
pile.
spi:clti,ativi: spiitiT itin:
The usual Huong of auction followers
werp there. Those of speculative splrtt
were as numerous uh the usual junk
doulei who goes on living In hope that
the old hair trunk bought for $1 50 ni.iv
lontnln a bag of gold pieces Hen und
theie In th(. ciowd were several women
In mourning The took a keen Intel est
in the sale, and it was evident that thev
expkCled to pick up some lost article .sent
to a loved ono who was prevented from
claiming It l death.
Several gavlv diessrd girls fastened
their ejes continuously on the trunks and,
from their conversation. It was gatheied
that a bride In the crowd expected to
discover a dainty piece of luggage which
hold her trousseau The trutiK wont
nstr.i no doubt on account of the pranks
of the Joker, who added to the woes of
the newly-wed.
"AUCTION ANNIIV LHADri HIDD1NG
The bidding was spirited. Ono old
woman with a faded umbrella who Is
known as "Auction Annie," tornoicd most
of tho odd-looking packages bv leading
In the high pi Ices. Annie is small, and
In oiiler that she could be noticed In the
crowd she raised an umbrella and put a
handkerchief on top of It Hoi onlj
daiigeiotis rival was a humpback Junk
dealer, who scowled every time that the
"oman heal him to the bargain
As for prizes. One man who bought a
wooden box which contained a last sum
mers straw lint got tho laugh fioni tho
crowd until ho exnmlned tho hat. Nine
teen dollars In bills fell in the palm of
his hand and tho laughers suddenly
silenced. The hut was of good quulty
and many believed that It might have
been worn ny some nenpeiKeu iiumhihi
who vvnb Uing to nine ins true nnuncini
lebources from his vvlfo.
Anothei bidder got a grapehaskct In
which were seven! vomuj In the Inside
pocket of one or the vests was n faded
510 bill. A ver.v beautiful trunk, which
INSURANCE POLICY
MAY AID SOLUTION
OF DARBY MURDER
Victim Had Increased Amount
and Made New Beneficiary
Two Weeks Before
Her Death
INQUEST IS POSTPONED
A search for the heneticlarv of a life
Insurance pollev. which was changed nnd
IncreaFcd hy Mrs. .Mary Davis two weeks
before she met her death, and nn effort
to locate two former housekeepers In tho
CnUin-grove home today are the new de
velopments In the effort to solve the mys
tery of the tragic end of Mrs Davis.
Tho two housekeepers In iiuestlon vis
ited the home of William rolllnsginve In
Darby on the day that his housekeeper.
Mrs. Davis, was found with 'her throat
cut. Chief nf Police Clark, of Darbv, li
compiling a list of housekeepers formerly
employed by Colllnsgrove, and each of
these women when located will be closely
questioned.
CI.UK IN INSL'KANCi: POUIC1KS.
It developed today that Mrs. Davis had
three life Insurance policies, one with
tho Prudentlnl Ufe Insurance Compan
and two with the John Ilnncock Com
pany. It became known today that two
weks before her death Mrs. Davis vis
ited the branch ofllce of the John Han
tock company In Darby, nnd had nn
other person made the beneficiary of one
of her policies She also Increased the
amount of the policy Chief Clark today
visited the brnnch office and asked for
the name of the new beneficiary. Tho
head of the office Is communicating with
the home office for permission to divulge
tho immo to tho police.
District Attorney John B. Hannum was
asked today If he had learned of any
developments in the case, and he replied:
"No."
"Do you still hold to the theory that
Mrs. Davis was a suicide?"
"I have nothing to say."
The day after Mrs. Davis' body was
found Hannum stated, after conference
with detectives in a room over McClure's
saloon In Darby, that Mrs. Davis com
mitted suicide.
"What methods are jou using in clear
ing up this case?" he was asked
"Ask Chief Clark," was the reply
Chief Clark made a trip to Philadel
phia today and asked the aid of Captain
of Detectives Cameron In clearing up the
mystery. Captain Cameron promised that
if any clues developed In Philadelphia
he would put his murder squad Into ac
tion INQUEST IS POSTPONKD.
Coroner Clews today postponed the In
quest Into the death of Mrs Davis from
the latter part of thle week until next
week He said he had done this to await
developments.
Between 10 and 15 witnesses will ap
pear at the Inquest. Including William
Colllnsgrove, who Is expected home from
Chicago tonight with his bride, and
fr.ends and neighbor.
"I have not changed mi opinion," aald
Coroner Clews, "that Mrs. Davis was
murdered I do not wUh to enter Into
any controversy with the suicide theo
rists, but until the money and Jewelry
which vanished from the folllnssrove.
hoiw have been found I shall contlnws
to view it as a murder case."
Queer Grabs at the
P. R. R. Baggage Auction
A straw hat lined with $19.
A grape bnskct full of vests. Ono
vest contained n $10 bill.
Handsome - looking trunk filled
with dishpans nnd intimate femin
ine belongings.
Washboilcr full of cigars, collars
nnd old shoes.
Soap box containing tights,
grease paint and circus posters.
Ilatbox containing, two defunct
apple pies.
Tin tobacco box filled with love
letters.
An old hair trunk containing
picture of an old man and a
daguerreotype.
looked as though It might have belonged
to ii society queen, was adorned with
kitchen utensils and aprons "Some
woman who packed her things quickly
and left her huband," ono man suggest
ed And mnnv agreed.
A pair of faded tights, trimmed with
spinclcs. was In ought to light In another
wooden box bought bv a dalnt.v -looking
girl. In the same packne was si box of
griuse paint wrapped In a clicular an
nouncing that Slg Kuwtell's Circus would
positively appeal at Abingdon, Va., July
11.
"HALF PINTS" FOF5 DttMUlU: MAN.
Mnnv of the unall packages contained
old shoes and rubbers An old woman got
a tin washboilcr which was filled with
clgais and old collais and a pair of rub
beis Mnnv believed that thli belonged
to the husband of the wife who had so
huiriedlj packed her ttunk. Mute vl
deiiccs of domestic Jars were found
anions many other packages.
V. vpij demure gentleman In black, who
looked us though he might be the leader
of a piohlbition movement, drew a round
hathojL filled with "half pints" of n well
known brand. lie diopped tho thing on
the slilewnlk with an air of disgust.
Several di Ivors saw that tho package
did not Intcrfeie with traffic.
Theie were nearly SCO packages In the
Mile. Thev brounht from Hi cents up to
ir.n. The big llgiire was uttiactfd by the
better i hiss of ti links, some of which
were woith 10 times the amount when
new The auction was conducted b.v
James V Freeman & Sons. And vci
few were disappoint) d with their grabs
C.0.KRUGER, ONCE HEAD
OF TRANSIT COMPANY,
LEFT LITTLE AT DEATH
Rumors of Great Wealth of Late
Magnate Disproved by Re
port Made to Federal Court
by Creditors
"MOVIES" ARE TO BLAME
Charles O Krugcr, late president of the
Philadelphia Ilnpid Transit Cnmpnn,
died vlrtualb penniless. Instead of the
fabled wealth he was popularl supposed
to have hud at the time of his death, the
SUJ.MO estate he left was more than eaten
up by claims against it. This becamo
known today when a petition was tiled In
the United States District Court this
morning by jecelvers of a contracting
firm asking for authnritj tn accept 0OO
from the Land Title and Trust Company,
administrators of the traction magnate's
estate, In settlement of a claim against
the estate
Judge Thompson granted tho receivers
authority to mako the settlement, subject
to authority being granted by tho Or
phan's Court to the administrators to
consummate the agreement. The peti
tion hinges on a claim the contracting
firm of James ti. Doak .N. Co. held against
an unsuccessful Mamijunk movlng-plc-ture
venture, In which Kruger wus heav
lh interested, along with Albert M.
Greenfield and James J. Spiinger.
Receivers for tho Doak concern have
already obtained Judgment for $11 tm of
tho K.'.Ui') claim, and the MM item
brought up this morning means that re
ceivers are ready to accept u 50-per cent
jasls on the remaining J1S.0O0 due them
The' petition filed, however, states that
the Kruger estate is largely insolvent
and adds that even if the lecelvers ob
tain Judgment for the full amount due
them from the estute they would not
get more than U,H00 or J13.000.
Last month Judge Holly. In the Orphans'
Court at Norrlstown, gianted a petition
presented by Kruger's executors, asking
that they might accept an offer of J27.0O)
in settlement of bonds and mortgages
against the estate totaling H3,6Q). At
that time witnesses showed that Kruger
had been engaged in tlnancing, building
and operating moving picture theatres
and an office building and in connection
therewith executed the, bonds and mort
gages These ventures proved unsuccess
ful and claims were at that time present
ed to the executor arising from the de
ficiency of judgment on the bonds after
the foreclosure of mortgages.
There was also some trouble at the
time of Kruger's death In November, 1911,
his 'body being exhumed because of efforts
of his widow to compel an Insurance com
pany to pay accident policies of $l(,ooo.
She claimed that bis death was due to an
automobile accident, whereas the insur
ance people said the case was directly due
to heart failure.
Striking Lykens Miners Still Out
HARRISBUKG, Jan. S7.-The Lykens
miners who struck because a number of
their fellows had neglected to pay their
union dues are still out. Today they
caught half a dozen of the men. who had
failed to pa up aad pushed theiq about
town in wheelbarrow,
THIS IS WARMEST
JANUARY 27 EVER
RECORDED HERE
Temperature Is G8 Degrees at
2 o'clock More Than Yester
day Further Climb
Likely
RELIEF NOW IN SIGHT
The Citu'a Balmiest
January 27
n n. m , 50
C a, m , o(i
7 n. m nn
8 n. m (ii)
0 n, m oG
10 n. m 58
11 a. m en
Noon , , . (8
1 p. m 1)8
2 p. m 68
Yesterday's high mark, a record
for January 2G, wns C4 decrees at
5 p. m.
I
Totlny broke tho iccord for the warmest
.Innuon J7 In the history of the city,
exceeding the mark set yesterday for the
warmest 26th. The temperature was 68
degrees at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
That tho temperature would climb still
higher wns confidently picdlcted nt the
Weather Itiirenu. As soon as the sun
rose and dispelled the fog (tint lay over
the city it sudden Jump was taken by the
metciiry The thermometer seems bent on
teaching the record set for till Jtinunry
days back In IsOO, when during n pro
tracted warm "spell" tho temperature
reached 72 degrees.
When dawn came tho cltv wns wrapped
In n balmy atmosphere as much like the
conventional January dawn as black Is
llko white Tho teinpcrotllio was ."if! de
grees at S a. tn. nnd Iinil dropped back
tn i5 at S n. in, but soon recoveicd and
went upward with Increasing momentum.
Hut the warm "spell" will be short
lived, the weather man warned A told
wave which is cutting up nil soils of
capers out West Is heading eastward and
wilt reach Philadelphia in a few days.
It Is expected. Put It will not coino be
fore tiny after tomorrow, the weather
man said. In strange contrast to our
temperature, he cited one Instance of 51
degrees below zero In Montana, witli a
gradual reduction in points eastward.
The forecast for today Is generally
cloudy nnd unsettled tonight and tomor
row, and also warm.
"Today probably will be warmer than
yesterdav," said the Weather Man.
"There Is little chance of the tempetatuic
going down
That moans that Philadelphia will enjoy
() the tinusunl spectacle of seeing the
mercury ns high as !, at least. And
this In tho month which should have a
mean average tcmpei.iturc of n llttlo
more thnn 12 degrees' That Is whv men
In light overcoats swelter on the streets,
vests become buidensome to their weur
eis. collars nre wilting and gloves arc
unspeakable.
CHINESE PARTNERS'
WIVES, ONE WHITE, ONE
BLACK; ONE SHOT DEAD
Scuffle on Second Floor Over
Restaurant at 1233 South
Street Results in a
Tragedy
WOMAN GRABBED PISTOL
A Chinaman tojed with a loaded re
volver on the second floor of the Chinese
restaurant at I2PJ South street nt the
lunch hour today. Men nnd women of
three taces became neivou3 us they eyed
the weapon whirling ubout on the linger
of Joe Walt.
There was a hubbub of demands, oaths
and cries uttvied by the white women,
negro women, Chinamen, negro boys and
men who surioiindcil the two central llg
ures In the quarrel. Walt and his Chinese
partners ncgin wife, Doiothj Foy.
Doiothy grabbed the tovolver. "It'll
go oft If you piny with It that way," she
said.
'Gimme, gimme, gimme inn" back,'
shrieked Wah, nnd he clutched the negro
womans' hand In a yellow hand that
gripped like n vise. Tho revolver did go
off and the bullet struck tho white vvifo
of Wall In tho mouth, killing her In
stantly. Tho woman was -Margaret Wah.- Khe
was also known as Mrs. Hugh Walls, for
Jo With, though unquestionably Chinese
and nothing else, evidently desttes fcinno
to know him by the Engllhh nuine of
Hugh Walls. Margaret was 23 years old.
She lived over the lestnurant with Willi,
nnd so did the negro wife of John Foy,
Wnh's Chinese partner Dorothy Foy.
Tho two partners were very well-to-do
men, or at least Wah Is Not only does
he conduct the Chinese chop Biiey res
taurant, but also, in partnership with an
other Chlnamun, runs the Chinese res
taurant nt 16th nnd Market streets.
IJKIDGE CLUB ENLISTS
Women's Work Expands Vernon
Park Will Be Recruiting Station
A miniature Kngllsh rectuitlng scene
will be depicted today, when a recruiting
rall in tho t-ampalgn of tho Pcnnsyl
vunla Women's Division for National
Preparedness is held ut the Sites and
Ilellcs Dullding, Vernon Park. Mrs. Mnry
Spencer Mlackford, organizer of the wom
en's preparedaess movement, will make
an appeal for "recruits."
Unusual Ideas aro beginning to crop out
in the campaign, in which pledges of
money, automobiles and homes continued
today to be offered In case of emergency.
A bridge club at Ilryn Mawr Is being
transformed Into a chapter of the divi
sion. A chapter, composed of debutantes,
Is being organized by Misa C. I). Mad
dock, the members of which ute to give
up dancing and dining during Lent to
make surgical supplies. A "railroad"
chapter has been registered Four full
columns of 100 women each have beep
formed in Gormantown, It was announced
by Mrs. Francis Howard Williams, chair
man of the Army and Navy Jtellef Chap
ter of Germantown, at the headquarters
In the Wldener liuilding.
TOO LATE FOB CLASSIFICATION
IIEI.I WANTKIl 31AI.B
EXTKAOniJINARY OPf'OnTCNlTY
A Urcs corporation, placing on tho market
mv hlrh grade specialty, reauirti tho r
yicca of five Mltiwien or VblladlphU district
uitb oxpjtrtencc Tho nuiihlne U the ban
utloa or the cntur . so wondorful as to
defy description U ha no compatltton Don
but nlcheat grade men will b accepted and
unieas you can present credentials a to our
abUtty aod character do not make applies
lion reniuooratUw IrUtly commUalou
bebf with aatUaLtory drawing; account
Today's War Developments
The war zone in the Orient hns
extended to southern Arnbin,
where 20,000 British troorW nre de
fending the seaport of Aden im
portant in connection with the
Suez Cnnnl against heavy as
saults by Turks nnd Arabs.
London fears for tho snfety of
the belenjittorod troops at Kilt, in
Mesopotamia. The relief column
is 23, not ns earlier stated, (5 miles
from its goal, it is officially ad
mitted. A large Turkish force in
tervenes between tho two British
nrmics.
Montenegrin officials! have
signed preliminary articles of sur
render, Vicnnn says, nnd disarma
ment is rapidly being completed,
Serbs nnd Montenegrins continue
resistance in Albanin, where Es
satl Pasha is supplementing their
efforts with a large force of irreg
ulars. Austrians drive Italians from
Oslavia bridge head position and
capture 1000 prisoners. Home ad
mits loss of part of trenches.
Paris reports that the Germans
have been forced to give up mine
craters captured by them near
Ncuvillc, in Artois.
British avintors in Belgium and
Trance enguged 27 hostile aero
planes yesterday. Two machines
were destroyed.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
MEN GET HARSH LETTER
Connelly's Clerk Attacks "Un-
seeming Alertness" Krcidcr
Defends Changed Rules
A lettei. ileiiniinelnfT the attitude of tho
Civil Seivlte Itcfoim Assodutlon for Its
"unseemlnK aloitneii" In regard to the
nctlvltles of the new civil ncivlen com
mission, appointed by Mhvoi Smith, was
lecelved b.v Stanley V. Hoot, secictnry
of the lelorni association totln.
The missive, which came front .loiepli
I'liihcitv, a cleik In the City Solicitors
olllci", him uses the refoimers of ndoptiiiR
a "somnolent attitude" lownid the com
mission which has Just ictlrcd. and tc
maths that they did not object to a
chaiiKc of niles olTectctl In nil! without
a public healing, but now combat the
piesont climiKo of rules on that Kroimil.
A copy of the letter was shown to Wil
liam II. Krelder, seeietitry uf the Civil
Service Commission, today.
"The Chariton mule In tho letter ale
collect." he s.ild, "and what is moie nil
this talk about the new commission 'let
ting down tho b.us' to let oiKniiU.ttlon
men Into ofllce Is rot.
Tor Instance we hnvo made It pos
sible for department heads to choose
men finm the lubot lists without dolnf? so
In accordance to the man's position on the
list This Is not to let orsanUntloii
labor In. but lor tho simple pmposo of
mnkliiR It possible to pick men Tor woik
in a cot tain dlstilct who llvo neaibv. If
the department chief bad to choose the
men In older he would h.tve men fioni
(ermnniown nnd Tacon woiklng at
Gray's Kcny "
Jlr. Krelder s-iid the ellslnle lifts had
been cliniiKed fioni tin ee to one-veai
teims because, under the S3 stent of hnv
InK u list hold Rood for the Ioiikci pctlod
It discouniKCd men fioni taking examina
tions when they weie coiitinuall.v met
with tin- Infoi malion tlint theio weie still
scveial names available on a list lofoio
a new examination would be held. .
Ml. Kicliei uKo said the vailous other
rhuiiKcs In the lilies had only been ef
fected foi the good of the services, and
that ulthounh , lequii omenta hud befti
made less severe In icrt.iin dopaitnients,
he was certain the eventual lesults would
piovo tl'io commission tlsht In inaMns
the ihuiiKCU
CAMDEN jfTNEYMEN
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Drivers Hold Meeting and Ap
peal to Public Against
Kates Bill
Camden Jltne drlveih held a nieetln
this afternoon In tho Courthouse to con
sider plans for a uimpalgn nst.tlnsl the
bill now hetoio the Xevv Joisoy l.e-tisln-tuie
aimed at the nickel buses. R. H.
Stark Is tho Icadei of the dilveis
Virtually all the Jltncvs now runniiiK 'n
Cninden weio tod.iy plnsteied with po'tcn.
oui'jlNK tho slounn "Defeat the Kntei
Jitney Hill. It Will Not llosulali It Will
Prohibit Jitneys." Tho Jltne.vs, ns imit.il
weio crowded with pubsc'IIkc'ik, hII if
whom assuted the dilviib of their co
operation and suppoit.
The Kate.) bill Is similar, so the Jltncv
men say. In the iiidlniince passed I15
Councils hero last summer, which diove
every one of ihe ll') jltncvs npuiatini;
In this city from tho alteets A heavy
bond and ,1 zone clau.ie 1110 two points in
the Xiw Jersey bill that lie.u a stum,;
slmlliirltj to tho I'hiladelphla oidiiiinuo
Sume of tho jitney iliivcin said todm
that a bill Is not necessary lo llunw the
Jltuojs out of business. Tho b.i tho
war lias wiped out what piolit.s the,v did
make ut one time, and point lo the fnci
that this ear but 01 licenses weie ibsiied,
as compared to the KS grunted last .veitr,
ns indicative of the Kiouiiu; unpopularity
of the business
Hairy A. Oilfoy, jr., nnd Uooise K.
Kretz, Jr., aro two of the Jltneymen who
blame the whole trouble mi tho war.
"When we slotted in lust, lluy," they
taid, "gasoline was only SV4 cents a Bal
lon; now It Is -1 tents lubber bus
Jumped. Instead of being able to ;;ct
Inner tubes for ?i.l5 we must pay JJ.ii
now One biand of Urea has gone up
from 12 to $16, another has Jumped fiom
$17 to 120. Whcieas wo were foimerly
able to mako $3 to $7 u day profit over and
above our expenses and depreciation and
overhead chaiKcs, wo aro able now to
make but tl or 3.'
Workman Dies of Hemorrhage
William I'vans, a bouso paintei, of 29JI
Butledge avenue, fell unconscious mi the
street today at Frankford and Qirard ave
nues, and died u half hour after being
admitted to St Mary's Hospital. Death
was caubeil by hemorrhage of the lungs
j!lich Ricnardl man acl jl
GUARD AT POLLS
SUFFRAGE'S BIG
NEED FOR 1920
President of Equal Fran-
chise Society Pleads for
Activity Pending
Next Test
ANNUAL REPORT HOPEFUL
Amendment hr wHIlnir In Vm.r,ii,irr"1
lo do m. AIo rni mvnr tn ailil in 11
rncinbersli p nf vilmlevVr VilTrni. ? "ie
lntlon In vVliI, I, ."", l,efnnfffW orMn
Thla sentiment, of imniMn. ....
not so ery far avvnv after all. wa (ha
keynote of the nnnunl ineettnc 0f th
llqual franchise Society, of l'hllndclnhl,
at the Ititz-Crlton todav The -S
exhortation was continued in the nnnual
report or the president, Mrs Wilfred
I.ovvK
"Wc huvo had our light-it ws nf ,
Hunker Mill variety," she m-tm.
times described ns 'morn Rlorlous thnn .
yl.torv.' Pe.sonallv. I would navo'p
feried a plain, unadorned vietm lmi
can he enormously proud thnt 3SVM! vote,
wore cast for the cause in I'ennsvlvanli
even thotiRli 111,011 were unit ncalnst it."
It was not true Mts Ix-wii snld thm
I'hiladelphla had "lost the State" Suf.
fniKP was be.ilcn bv 10.000 outside o
Philadelphia. The city h,id cant almost
one-quarter of tho suffniRe vol" On
man voled "for" to everv one and s
tenths men "nRalnt."
Mrs. Lewis tovlewed the history f ine
c.impalKii. Ainonir the enr activities she
noted the sowing chm, (oiidu-fd liv Miss
Cliita Mlchelbncli. Vi MarcaiPt n ol
lock's clnss In government, the milMcale
nt Mis John Cooke libs' s home Miss
Sarah 15. Lowile'a farm and widen ta
ble und the huge delegation at tho suf
finse parade In May
tJ1e.1t Imporlance whs attached to the
Postolllco pl.i.,-i meeting and lhespce"hcs
and courage of Miss llertlm Supovlu and
Miss Ann-t McCue were highly praised.
Miss Mnry A. Iiiiiiham's loan of a mo
torcar mid the i-ei vices of a chauffeur
mndt' xtieot speaking In many places not
difficult tho car was 11 "life-saver" Mrs
K I!. Hnlllguu had given the phclety two
movable rostrums which also were a
great help.
Miss llvu Smith's assistance to Mlas
Katzensteln In the office work received
I.J...AI..,I,I..M .!.. 1 I ..1 , -!.
i.inhiuuifiii cm- iihm miihrii WIUl laitn-
fully for her Indefatigable nnd uni
versally popular and ever amiable c'll-.f.
To Miss Katzensteln s splendid cfforti
svas credited the success of the maw
meeting at the Academy, with Doctor
Shaw as speaker.
3IEM0UY OF SKEKTEIt KITES
ItREAKS WALL OF SILENCE
RcpicscntativC Farley Scekh Informa
tion About Dcmlly Fcmnlci of Species
WASHINGTON'. Jan. .7 I'm weeks.
Itepiehriitatlve Michael I.'nilev of New
Yoik city, has sat silent In the hf.ir.,i-s of
the House Military AITiiIm Commutes
while his colleagues lncd (piestions (it
witnesses. l'ti ley's oppoi limn v iame
vvfion Surgeon C.cneial (iOia discussed
malailnl fovei.
"ticneial. Isn't It tiue ilia' onlv tho
fern 1I0 mosquito biles."' Farley asked, r
bi caking his long t.llenre
Klvo women spectator abiuptly xtolked'
out when eloigns smllinc.lv au;uprcd)n
the nlllimatlve.
Workman Caught in Machine Dies
A workman In tho Whit taker & l)e
laney Clue Works, Cottm.tn and Mllnor
streets, Tacony, wns so b.idly hurt when
caught In 11 machine todav that he died
nn hour later. Ho wii Joseph nindva,
4(1 years old, of Dyro stieet, I'mnkford.
He was taken to the KinnKford Hospital,
whcio tile Itev I'rnncls Hamilton, of
St Joachim's Chi uh Franklin and
Church htiii'ts, ndmini. teied the last
rites
$325
BALLET
& DAVIS
Mahogany Case
Fine condition. Was
taken in part payment
for Cunningham Play
er.
Easy Terms
lt & Chestnut 5ts
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$I45
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