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RAISE EMPLOYES'
.Three Firms in Philadel-
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lia and One in Camden
Announce Increases
Bid BOOM IN SHIPYARDS
Reports, of prosperity have taken tang
Iblo form In wnge Increases of moro than
&0,(XX) by tho William Cramp & Sons
Ship 'and Engine. Building Company, tho
I. P. Morris Company, the New York
Shipbuilding Company and the Unltimore
ant Ohio Ilallroad, coincident with re
ports of wage Increases in other cities.
Tho largest tncrcaso Is at Cramps',
where more than 4000 workers were
granted "raises" of 10 per cent. In tho
hourly wago rates, the new scalo to go
Into effect February 28.
The Increase announced by the Haiti
moro and Ohio Itnltrond, effective Feb
ruary 1, amounts to 1 per cent, an hour
In the wages of machinists, numbering
several thousand men. Tho ndvnnco will
bo received by all machinists on the sys
tem whoso hourly wngo varies accord
ing to locations and working conditions.
STIUKR IN CAMDKN.
At the plant of the New York Ship
building Company. Camden, n strike was
. In part responsible for tho Incrcaso
granted the workmen there. One hun
dred and fifty plate and nngle shop
helpers went on n strike for ti few hours.
In which time their wages wero Increased
from $3.64 to JI0.0S a week. Kitty other
min In the same department nre now on
a. strike, but the dilllculty will be set
tled, It Is expected. Five hundred "bolt-Ing-up"
men walked out n few days ngo
and received more pay, and machinists.
who threatened to strike, received a .'
per cent. Increase, the company olllclals
realizing that skilled labor for shlpbuild
Ing Is becoming scarce.
At Cramps' tho same "boom" spirit
prevails. Notices nnnounrlng the Increase
arc posted in the yards.
Officials of the company explained that,
aftcf several lean years, the Cramp
company now had on Its books work
' -that would keep the entire plant going
at capacity for the next two years. As
the compnny Is earning laige profits,
the management thought that It wns no
moro than Just that the emplo.vei should
also share In the prosperity of the com
pany. For tho last ear and a half there ha
been an unusuoll heavy demand for new
tonnage nnd the Cramp company has
received many contracts. So large was
tho volume of Hilt work that the com
pany Is now spending about Sl.S.'iO.uOO le
orvranlzlng Its yards and orectlng new
shlpways. traveling cranes and buildings.
As all the yards along the Delaware ner
nre rushed with work nnd clamoring for
labor. It Is thought that the voluntary
wage Increase by thc Cramp rompany
( wns given to their men to keep them
from ucccptlng employment In other
yards.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Seven hundred
employes of the Tyler Tube and Pipe
Company plant here huvo been given a
10 per cent. Increase In wages. All em
ployes are nffectcd except those doing
piecework. The advance In creases of
company's payroll about $."m,000 annually.
'LEAVE YOUR PAJAMAS
HOME POOR RICHARD
CLUB TELLS 'AD' MEN
Intimation of Message Is That
Delegates Will Be Too Busy
to Sleep During June Con
vention Here
ANNOUNCE BIG PROGRAM
. "Leave your pajamas at home."
This Is the advice the Poor Kit-hurt
. Club Is sending to advertising men ai
over tho country in Its Invitations to at
tend the annual convention of the As
sociated Advertising Clubs of the World
in this city, June 25 to 30.
The advice is not to be taken literally
It Is a symbol. It is to Indicate that the
Philadelphia advertising men will show
the visitors such a good time when they
tret here that they will have no time to
sleep.
Announcement of the detailed program
for the convention was made today at the
weekly luncheon of the Poor Richard
Club, held in the clubhouse on South
Camac street, by Irvln F. Paschal!, chair
man of the Publicity Committee.
It is expected that 10,000 persons will
attend the convention and every "ad" ex
pert who Is a regular attendant at all the
cessions of the convention will have a
special degree conferred on him by tho
Poor Richard men. It will not be a col
lege degree, but the men here say it will
be -more significant.
The degree will be known as "H. K."
The letters stand for "Detter Knowledge"
and there will bo regular ceremonies on
Thursday afternoon of the convention
week at which the degrees will be con
ferred. It was announced today that prizes
would be awarded to students In the
architectural school of the University of
Pennsylcanla tor the best posters adver
tising this city and the advertising con
vention. The best designs submitted will
be sent all over the country for distribu
tion. The convention will open on Sunday
with services In churches, In which the
delegates will participate. One of the big
events of the week will take place Mon
day night. It will be a pageant in Broad
street. In which the development of ad
vertising In Philadelphia will be shown
through floats and banners. Following
the parade a cabaret show will be held In
tu hotel.
'Business sessions will be held In the
Commercial Museum at the University of
Pennsylvania. On Tuesday of the con
vention week the delegates will be
escorted- to the navy yurd at League
Island, where they will witness special
drills and maneuvers. In the evening the
navy yard will be especially lighted for
their benefit.
Qn Wednesday the advertising men will
kq to Willow Grove to hear Ylctor Her
bert' orchestra. On Thursday evening,
a marine pageant will be held on the
Schuylkill the f)rst affair of the kind ever
held In this city. On Friday, the dele
gates will go to Atlantic City to frolic
In the, surf and on the Boardwalk.
It was announced today that the cam
paign to obtain 1000 members of the As
ouat; of Poor Itlchard was progressing
rapidly and that already there were 100
new names.
(bert K. (table, of the Poor Itlchard
,w.
. those at the luncheon today learned.
w)y vuh Charleston, S. p., on February
m lo impress on advertising men, wno
wll)vlwve a local convention there, the
advantages of coming to the Philadelphia
Ijfflvcotion In June,
flr. Mocaridge Heads Church Paper
The He v. Vr John Moekrldge, rector
of Si James episcopal Churcb, has been
itpyutnted editor of the Church News, of
th Uiocsis of Pennsylvania, to succeed
Out Rv, Uf Ueorse C. Uarilett. who re-mh14j-
was installed dean of the I'bdadet
vhj IHvW) i School- Id the current U
vnt.JJM Ctuwcb tiwf, Bbijioji JlttJne-
m, -
Fire Toll In Hotels and
Apartments in 12 Years
Not-ember tt, 100.1 l-oiluln-; hone,
John-tonn, rn.i 28 lives lout.
. .Inly 9, 1007222 ChryMIe Mrtet, New
York 20 live lout.
. April II, loin Ilotel do Million, Mn
lone, N. V.I 7 lives lost. ,
December ,1, 1013 Lodging house, Ito--ton
30 Hers lnt.
April 14, 1011 All-Ion Apartments,
nontont 7 Ilm lout,
April 17, 1014 West Mile tenement,
f orkj 12 lire- lout.
.Mine 10, 19U K"t side tenement,
New Vnrkt 8 lives lot.
November o, 1014 Manhattan Inditing
house. New Vnrkt (I lives lout.
December II. loll Vct side tene
ment. New Vnrkt (1 lives lnt.
.innunry zn, 1UI.T 703 Noutli Mrift,
'iiiifMiripniaf t lire iom,
November 2. 1913 North nth sire
tenement, llrnoklyni 13 lives ln-1.
DEFENSE HINGES
ON PLAN TO GET
REVENUE FOR IT
Wilson Emphasized Need of '
Preparedness, but Money
Is Lacking
REAL PROBLEM TO COME
tin a Stnff Corrttipvudrvt
WASHINGTON, Fob. 4-Piesldrnt Wll-
son returned from IiIh first "piepiiredness i
tour" today, satisfied tlrnl his speeches
hud aroused the Middle West, heretofore
InillfTetcnl as to the Adtnlnistintlon's mil
itary program, to thw necessity of iidn
riuate protection against nil Invasion
Those who accompanied the picsldenllnl
party us correspondents said the uuiisi'
was presented forcibly nnd I hat tho op
position would grudunll disappear to
vvaid the chief proposition.
Tlio renl pioblem hus not vet been sot
tied, according to those who followed the
President and ntleinptcd to oniofully ana
lyze the situation. The people nre ron
vlnrcd that this coiititt.v should place it
telf on an equality with the other mili
tary Powers so fur us a nuvv Is con
cerned, but are divided as to what client
the at my should be Increased, mid nbove
all ale opposed to taxation for picpiticd
ness which will place n rtltect tnx upon
tlieinselvr The linpti'sslon gained bv
those who went Into tho Stales rated ns
oppo.si'd to propamine or Indifferent is
that the revenue must bo raised In an
entirely different manner Ihnn has been
ptoposed by tho Administration.
plans to nAist; fi'Nds.
After nil, the ciu of tho situation In
the opinion of those favoilug prepured
ness Is that the people vvlll not suppoit
a taxation S)stcm that , seems to lull
upon them directly. About Hie only plan
that can be devised to raise the revenues
Is lo Issue bonds and Increase the rates
on tho Income tuxe-, or tosort to In
creasing the tariff schedules.
In the opinion of the best observers, the
Administration will have no tiouhlo in '
pussing the pieputedncss piogrjim as few '
Republicans vvlll oppose the monsines. i
The opposition that is of moment Is dl- ,
rectqd entirely against the proposed taxes '
for the program. President Wilton found
on his visit what lias been apparent here
all along, nnd I lint Is Unit the opposition
Is based on the taxes. That ho will set I
out to overcome this opposition by pro
posing home new means of inlMiig the
rcciulted tevemies was suggested todu.v
bj several of lilt advlscis.
Congressmen are beginning lo lieni
ftom the ttip nnd the sttotig opposition
shows evidence of disappearing escept
from n few States of the South, notably
North Carolina' nnd Texas. It Is in the
South that the President must do bis
wurk toward converting his own purl)
to his program
KITCHIN STILL OPPOSES
Representative Claude Kitchin, muloritj
lender, said:
"I cunnot see that tho President has
made any Impression on Congress b.v his
speeches through the West. He bus not
been definite In his talks and has not con
vinced the people opposed to ptepaicdness
on account of the gteat lax burden that
will be necessary for his mliitarv pto
grnm that his taxation measures will not
fall heavily on the masses. I believe that
there will bo more than enough Repub
llcnns to past the preparedness program
in Congress. The troublo will come when
tho revenue measures aie reported .Mote
than thirty Democrats have written to me
that they will not support preparedness
unless n bill Increasing the Income tuN
rate Is added. At least twenty other Dem
ocratic Congressmen have expressed aim.
liar views."
BORAH ASSAILS SPUECHKS.
Senator Hornh, of Idaho:
"President Wilson's speeches lucked
anything concrete nnd I believe Instead of
helping his program they worked against
it. The people wnnt to know Just what is
proposed and this the President failed to
do. Ho must win his own party over to
his program and chlelly to his taxation
system. Tho time passed when the Presi
dent can say to Congres unless 'you grant
this repeal I will not know how to deal
with greater problems.' He has not
r-nough power to jam through legislation
unless bucked by cold logic and fuels."
olivkr for di:fi:nsi:.
Senator Oliver, Penn.t)lvanla: "The
country is waking up to the necessity of
better preparedness and 1 believe the
speeches tho President mads greatly
stimulated the Indifferent people of the
West. There is no doubt about the senti
ment favoring preparedness on u large
scale. The objection Is leveled against
the way the money for the program shall
be raised "
HARMON SUPPORTS PLAN.
Former Governor Judsou Harmon, of
Ohio, announced himself In favor of pre
paredness today in a letter to Representa
tive Allen, of Ohio, which was read today
on the Moor of the House:
"I hope the opposition to preparedness
Is subsiding," the letter ran. "The more
I think of it the more indignant I be
come that unybody with pretensions to
the rank of patriot should oppose the
President's policies In this respect "
DORKML'S WITH WILSON.
Representative V. K. Doremus, of Mich
igan, chairman Democratic National Con
gressional Committee.
"I think President Wilson hus made u
very profound Impression ever) where he
has spoken for preparedness. His speeches
will do much toward crystallizing senti
ment in favor of national defense. I am
for material Increases,"
ALLKN BACKS PRESIDKNT.
Representative A. a. Allen, of Ohio,
one of the majority members of the Ways
and Means Committee which will report
the bill to raise the necessary revenue
for defense: "My city of Cincinnati is
known as 'over the Rhine,' but nine out
of every 10 men there were for prepared
ness even before the President started on
hi trip. I have not had over 10 In two
months against preparedness,"
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Representative Simon D, Feis, of Ohio
'A prominent, Judge of my 'district has
written me, asking: 'Is there any way of
gagging public officials, so they cannot
expos our weaknesses to our enemies.
Recall the President and let Congress
consider our needs In executive session.' "
Representative Patrick II, Kelly, of
Michigan, a Republican member of the
House Naval Affairs Committee "I think
the President's trip will have a goad ef
fect I am for Increasing- the navy as
much as in necessary, according to ex
pert naval officers, tut I nm not In ftivor
of Increasing standing army materially.
Why build two 3-tftl4 fence iftjjtfeid of
olefaHrf
EVENING- LKD-GEK-PlilLADBLPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
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Mr. ami Mrs. Charles P. W. .Schmidt and children, of T..182 Wash
ington avenue, this city, escaped from the burning hotel at Atlantic
City by jumping. Mr. Schmidt, whose portrait appears in the circle,
wns taken to a hospital.
SEVEN DEAD
I'ltntinaed trum 1'uitr One
of the flie-nuked hotel lie was known lo
be n heavy sleeper.
"liridgle" Webot. a bench guard, was
a hero of tragedy. Weber, who In an
I'tliletu and u hardy, devll-inny-eare elinp.
helped several from the hotel, including' a
woman whom be wns compelled to eniry.
When the lire made It Impo.ttlble fm- him
to go back, lip took a position on u ronf
and Instructed several men bow in tench
tho ground by clinging to wires
WOMAN, REAL HEROINE.
. rordlug to both men anil women
thankful for their escape from the tile,
. the teul beioino of rhe tragedy which
T has shocked the city and stinted n'du
I mund for u rigid official Investigation
was .Miss Ella Lawrence, housekeeper of
tho Overbiook
When slio discovered a lire wits raging
in the tear of the hnu- Miss Lawrence
hill I led u small nc','in bellhop, her sole
assistant, to tho top floor of the hotel
with orders to spread itie aim in Thou,
to make certain none should be over
looked, she threw in the lines of her tele
phone switchboard nnd sot ovety tele
phone on iho sleeping floors ringing as
n notice to the sleeping guests
Even then not satislled. Miss Lawieuee
tan the elevator to the top of Hie shaft
alone, and begun a iiiuiid of the occu
pied moms, drumming iipnii tint doors
until she received n tesponse. She wns
pule and gasping for breath when sho
llnally teturued to her post to ftud llumeu
sweeping Into the olllce Firemen forced
her to leave, nnd sho went weeping be
cause nho could do nothing for the un
foitunate persons who begged for help at
the windows.
FIREMAN'S DARING DEED.
The beioism of Allen Hailiy. oupluin of
Truck A. who scaled the blazing toner
of the Ascension t'htiteh, with a search
light, which he pluvpil upon the walls
n ml windows of the bluzlng hotel, made
It possible for the llremun to savo many
who might otherwise have been lost
Darby's, clothing vvus it tire when mates
discovered his peril. They coated him
with water, which promptly turned to Ice,
.Mayor Riddle declined tiro Investigation
would be as ilgid us is possible to make It. i
Effotts are being mado to llnd and re-
wnid the negro bellboy who run thiotigh
tho hulls sounding nil ulurrn and who kept
his elevator running until the shaft vvus
nllame. '
The llremen ivere unable to save Rita '
Hall, a small bouidlng hojso of two
stotles In the rear of tho Overbiook. '
on Mount Vernon avenue It was de. I
strayed while they fought to stop tho
spread further along Mount Vernon ave
nue. Ql'KSTS AY HOTEL.
Pfnff furnished the police n list or the
guests in tho Oveibrook last night so fnr
as he could recall thorn. The resistor is
said lo have been (lcstro)ed. Tho list
given to tne ponce nnd now
checked up follows:
being
Richard II. Molt, proprietor,
and Mrs
Mott; Charles I chmldt. Philadelphia, Mrs.
Schmidt and two children: Miss Anna
Doughty. John V. Mci'arrvn, Mrs. Mc
Oarren. Aloxander Andrew, Mrs. Andrew,
William Cllroy, Mis M L Muiphy, Miss
M. Murphy, Nicholas Delta)'. Miss Ada
'linger, Ernest V. Jacob, Mrs. Jacob,
George U. Uenckcr, John B. McCoy, Mrs.
Edith V Miller. Thomas Mott, Mrs.
Thomas Molt, Mrs Dora II. Lenhart.
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson and two chll
dren, Mrs. Josephine Garsee, Mrs. ...
Johnson.
Ernest Jacobs, who Is employed at the
Traymore, today furnished a clue tn the
origin of tho blaze
t ennrvt wno Altai) flh (.ivml-'o iiI.a..
I awoke," he said, "and 1 hardly had
-.j 4UUUI ..,. . nnii cMitwnv "licit
lime to seize my cunning mm nee. ino
smoke was sweeping through the hallways
from the rear, and it was our belief that
It had originated In the engine room "
DRESSED AS THEY FLED.
Mr. and Mrs. John F- McCarrcn. Phlla
delphlans, had a thrilling experience.
They saved nothing except the clothing
they gathered up and wrapped about them
as they fled.
At the hospital at noon it was bald that
George Oeucker, the Germantown man,
was at the point of death. He was one
of the engineers for Cramp & Co., who
built the Traymore.
John McCoy, of West Hotoken, another
of the Injured, has a punctured lung and
his condition is serious. .McCoy was the
waterproofing contractor on the Tray
more. Thomas Mott, aged father of Proprietor
Mott, of the hotel, was an Jowun, who
came East with his wife, who also per
ished, to escape the rigors of a Western
winter.
SAW MAN BURN TO DEATH.
Gust and tboe of tb hotel staff were
unable Ibis morning to give any opinion
an to the identity of a ruau who burptdj'
to death, blazing pyr in a window of
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IN ATLANTIC CITY
AS FIRE BURNS HOTEL
the fourth floor of tho hotel, while tlinus
iiutls wiiti lied him from tho street In fas
ciliated impotence.
I'.'ilw.itd Errlngor, n police t-ergeunt. sold
flrcnn n and scores of helpers tried vainly
to ii-sirh the doomed man.
"Every ladder was in tlio ill other win
dows, but even if they had boon mvullnbln
it would have been imnotsihlo lo brine
thorn Inio use. for the entire side of tho I
hotel was a solid sheet of name, tho
sergeant said
The police reigeunt said:
"It vvus Just heroic the wall went down
on tho upper side of the hotel that we
saw him Hist stagger to the window rind
throw up his arms. I guess u thous.ii.d
poisons yelled to him to Jump. 1 know 1
fiuiiiil m.vself shrieking nt the top of my
voice. GUIs in tho Hell Telephone Con
tui!, lust items intuit Vernon avenue,
wute crying. I saw, a man throw up IiIh
aims and ' aid him pray to ..oil to save
liiui.
"Hut ho just stood there, outlined
against Iho tin rues hack of him. Fully
live minute p.issed. and then the ll.imo
caught his clothing. He screamed, but
made no sign of ireognltion of tho yells
lo him to Jump.
"I saw the flic muko its way all over
him Then he crumpled on the window
sills and a few minutes later fell from
sight."
ORIGIN OF FIRE
The tiro Is believed to huvo started In
Iho basement kitchen of the hotel or tho
boater room. The supposition is that the
engineer attempted tn cope with it single
handed for It was 4.40 before Miss Stokes
uw the rellectlon of tho Humes and tele
phoned mi alaim to the central tire sta
tion. A policeman sounded the Hist box
ulutm. Chief Illuck, of tho Flro Depart
ment, otdeicd n second alarm us soon ns
he arrived, summoning every nviiilablo
truck in tho city.
Thoro wns a icuson, rr people weio
I nppcarlng nt every window cm the Pa-
illlc avenue front or the hotel. The tiro
I had gulrifd such headway befoio they
I had an Inkling of their peril that halls
, were tilled with smoke or cut oft by liio
by tlio time the terrllled guests opened
i tholr floors.
A physician wundeied about in tho
crowds at the lite seene this morning
1 begging ror Information of a woman
whose namo was unknown to him. He
I said he vvus called to attend her at the
I overbrook yesterda). Sho wns virtually
i an invalid. He believes she perished
Tile Overbrook was a live-story struc
ture of frame and brick, the frame sec
tion being u part of one of the earliest
hotels here. Years ago it was known us
the Margate. About 15 yeais ngo O. II.
Guttrldge built a "brick addition to the
PiKlllc nvcnim front and tho Oveibrook
of recent )enrs hud been known us a
flieproof house. '
Absenco of a high wind, Chief ninck, of
the tiro department, admitted this mnrn.
Ing, probably saved tho resort from nnn
of the wrst (Ires In Its hlstorv.
1 Some One U-llt hilVA In avnl.i., .1...
nublie otiiclals and ni-niiRe,i n,iKnn i.
ion why thoro was but one tire-escape
upon the rtve-story structure, three
fourths of It of frame construction.
This was at the extreme tear of the
builuing and was virtually useless, since
the tire, which started In the rear of the
house, had dtlven those trapped In the
upper lloois to the windows on the Pa
cific, avenue nnd Mount Vernon avenuo
fronts of tho hotel.
Thore was no one on duty tn the olllce
of the hotel at the time of the lire, ac
cording to a statement made to the police
mis morning oy i.uwaru
AV. A. Pfnff.
tho clerk. Pfatf said he sometimes slept
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i nnmnnn. wnrn no nnn mm nrs ...
Hb was at the Champion last night.
Champion last night,
WOMAN LEAPED TO NET.
Mrs. Andrew, the aged Philadelphia
woman now In the hospital, saved her
life by leaping Into a lifo net She obeyed
coolly and Implicitly the directions that
were shouted to her from tho street.
Her husband refused at first to Jump,
but after he had been assured his wlfa
wub bafe, followed her In a flying leap
to the taully held net In the street below.
For a time the horrified spectators
feared the aged Philadelphia couple at
the fourth-story window wero doomed to
the turns fate that befell the man burned
to death while frantically signaling for
help. Word that they had landed safely
in the pets brought a roar of Joy from
the crowd.
LOSS PROHABLY $200,000.
Almost nothing was saved from the ho
tel, either by guests or tho hotel manage
ment, the spread of the flames being too
rapid. Police declare that when they
reached the fire with the rlrst of the fire
apparatus flames were shooting skyward
and the whole office floor of the hotel, on
the Pacific avepue level, was enveloped
with Are- Both police and tt re men rushed
Into the office In desperate attempt! to
reach the safe, which contains much pf
I t
Record of Explosions
at Fires at Du Ponts
The du Pont explosions find fires
since April 30J
April 30 Powder mixer, Car
ney's Point, N. J. Six hurt.
Mny 15 Powder stillhouse, Car
ney's Point. Six killed.
June 2G Powder hill, Wayne,
N. J. , .
July in Part of powtlcr plant,
Carney's Point. One killed, three
hurt. , .
August 10 Part of plant at
WilmliiRton.
August 20 Part of plant at
WilminRton, Del. Two killed.
September 20 Part of plant at
Haskell ,N. .T. Fmir killed.
October 1 Part of plant at
Pompton, N. J. One killed.
October 12 Part of plant nt
Pompton, N. .1. Seven burned.
November l.'l Powder mill, His
injT Sun, Del.
November .'10 Greatest explo
sion in history of company, at Hatr
lcv Yard plant, near Wilmington.
illtrty Killed, seven nun.
lunuury iu aeries oi mrci' ca
plosions: Dryintr house, Carney's
Point, three killed. Pullet mill,
Upper HnRley yard, one hurt.
Furnishing mill, Upper Huglcy.
January 28 Seven injured, five
of whom have died, in fires which
destroyed five buildings at the
plants at Carney's Point nnd 180,
000 pountls of powder, with a loss
of between $100,000 nnd $170,000.
tho monc.v and valuables of tho guests.
Hut Ihoy were driven back repeatedly nnd
llnnlly forced to desist.
The actual property loss outside that of
tho Overbiook Is not groat, thanks to
tho desperate work of Atlantic City's ef
ficient tiro department. Twelve companies
under the direction of Chief William J.
Illnck. who learned his business In the
T'lillndelnhlii fire service, stood un-
1 ninchlngly driving back Iho flic when
It seemed that It would be Impossible to
prevent Its spieiul through the clnsolv
I built-up nolghbothood of frame structures
extending along Ml. voinoti nnti ieriiiiciy
avenues tovvuid Atlantic and down both
streets lo the Hourdvvulk. Tho loss In all
prtibnlilllt) vvlll not exceed $21)0,0011. The
later estimate, based upon the statement
of an Insurance man. Is attributed In part
to the fact that the Oveibrook wns an
old building.
PHir.ADELPHIANS ESCAPE
As u rurlhor precaution ngulnst Up
sweeping conllagrutlon Allnntlc City ill
wo)H bus fenrcd, been use it Is a "frame"
low'ii. all electrical currents were turned
rf shortly after the lire started. Thi
greatly simplified the task of llroinen
forced to cut their way through many
wires.
Among those who escaped with cotnp.ir
ntlvely slight InJuiles were Mr. and .Mrs.
i". P W. Schmidt, two children nnd maid,
of SIS4 AVasbington avenue, Philadelphia.
They wero asleep on the third IDnor and
escaped by leaping to a roof below, whore
they were carried on ladders by llremen
to surety. .Mr Smith was cut about the
foot and the maid wns also Injured
Schmidt lisked Ills life to save pnnlc
stricken guests. Ho helped several to
reach the ground, nnti going hack, ills-
covered two llttlo children. Ho tossed
them to llremen upon tho udjoitilng roof
of the Episcopal Chinch of tho Ascension,
and in so doing lost his footing and
plunged I'i feet to Iho ground.
SIX WOMEN ARE IIURMiD
TO DEATH WHEN' FLAMES
SWEEP IM00KI.YX HOUSE
NEW YORK. Feb. 4. .-Six women
were binned to death euily todu.v when
lire deylro)cd the foui-stoiy and base
ment house nt 211 Hancock sticet, one of
tho most fashionable sections of Hiook-13-11.
Tho house was the homo of Mrs. Cnsl
mlr Tng, widow of Caslmlr Tag, who wn.s
president of the German Savings and
Gormaii-Amerlcnii Rank of Riooklyn. It
wns ono of the handsomest houses in the
block.
The dead are:
CAROLINE TAIL SI.
HELEN TAIL ill. .I.HIBhtfr of Mis. Tjb.
HANNAH .SI'AItnt.Y, US, inllsln of .Mrs. TUB.
.MISS JliNNIK F. STEADMAN, .'11. a trulncil
iiuri.e.
ANNIi: CAIN. flL'. tervant.
l.tX.'.n: CAIN. 45. servant.
The flro broke out about 3 o'clock. It
was discovered by Miss Carolina Tag.
She called up her brother. Dr. C. H. Tog,
nnd then the Fire Department. It Is be
lieved that sho then tried to mouse the
others who were In the house. It vvus
the last seen of bet. She was to huvo
been married February 10. v
When tho firemen arrived the bluze.
which slatted on the first floor, was
sweeping through the centre of the
house. Another alarm was turned In.
Policemen Frlcl und Gcrllnger fought
their wny into the house. On tho tlilid
floor they found Mrs. Tug and lescued
her unconscious. Then tho tlames be
came so tierce that the policemen weto
forced to leave the burning house.
After ii hard light the llremen got the
bluze under control. A search of tho
house revealed the bodies of the seven
women. All were In bedrooms on tho
second nnd third Hoots und woic in such
a condition that it vvus difficult to iden
tify thein.
Miss Stcudman had been lu tho Tag
homo onl) one day. She hud been en
gaged only yesterday to nurse ono of the
famll). who wns ill. She was sleeping
on the third floor.
The tiro was caused by defective in
solution. Cusimir Tag died September 21, 1313.
He was 00 years old and left an estate
valued at $1,500,000. He vvus In the to.
bacco business for muny yenrs with his
father before taking up banking.
IMIIIjADKIiPIIIANS IN.IIJ11EI)
IN FIKE AT ATLANTIC CITY
Mr. nnd Mrs. Aloxander Andrew and
George Bencker Victims
Several Philadelphluns were Injured In
the Overbrook Hotel tire in Atlantic City;
none Is listed among the dead or missing.
For a tlmo it was thought that William
Gilroy, a salesman for the Smith, Kline.
& French Company, of this city, was
dead, but he escaped fiom the third floor
clad lu a pair of trousers und an over
coat. i
Charles P. M. Schmidt, of SS42 Wash
ington avenue, with his wife, two children
nnd a maid, were rescued by Fireman
Conover from a perilous situation on the
third floor. All were taken down Udders.
George, B. Bencker, of the Injured, lives
In this city at 5328 Chew Btreet. He Is
a draftsman and had been doing some
work for the Traymore and made his home
at the Overbrook.
Alexander Andrew, about 60 years old,
an upholsterer, at S North 20th street,
lives at 6143 Christian street, this city
Since December 6 he and his wife and
son, Wllllum Andrew, have been living
at the Overbiook, Atlantic City, where
Andrew was renovating the Brighton Ho
tel. News of his injury visibly affected
Barry Rank, for V years hjs foreman,
who lives at 3G0 North Robinson street.
For 23 years they worked side by side
In a shop at 17th and Market streets. An
drew, who was born In Scotland, has a
married daughter, Mrs. Eugene A. Skil
ton, of Norwood, wife of a member of
Wood & Skllton, lumber dealers, Com
mercial Trust Balding.
Dies Protesting Innocence of Murder
OSSINWQ, N. V.. Feb. t Protesting
his Innocence with hu lost breath. Uiu
seppo Marenel was electrocuted today for
the mu.Jr of a policeman in Brooklyn
two yearn g. '
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LOCATION OF DURNED HOTEL
Tlio map shows tho relation of
tho Overbrook, at Pacific and Mt.
Vernpn avenues, to the Uonrd-
v walk.
COAL STRIKE MAY"
BE AVERTED, SAY
MINE OPERATORS
Representative of Employ
ers Denies Situation
Is Serious
WILLING TO ARBITRATE
The situation that thloiitens ii strike of
the nntlitiiclle miners is not as set Inns
us it seemed Ibis morning, tircotdlng to
the explanation this afternoon by one
of the committee teprosentlng the anthra
cite upeiatois. Nearly all the member of
this committee nre ptesidonts of coal
cotiipatilos they represent. The mini who
guvc the Inter vluw tetpicslrd Hint his
mime be not used. The explanation was
made nt the Instance of the New York
agent who Is hnndllng the advertising to
the public on the pnit of the operators,
lie telephoned to the KVKNINd T.r.noKH
from New York, anil said tho published
statement Hint the operutors bud "re
fund" the miners' demands was wrong.
This statement wns supplemented by the
Interview Willi the member of the ope-
ntoifT committee.
As explained b.v this mini, the minora'
ileum nils huve not been refused, but have
simply been "explained."
"We huvo nm refused the demands."
sold this opoiutor, "and it is unfortunate
that the public should huve been so In
fill mod. Ah yet we do not know olllclnlly
vvliul those ilctiitinils are; we only know
tlieui tliiough publication, and we could
not it-fuse them when they hud not .vet
been fnrmull.v mnde. What we did do
was to explain our side of the demands.
That doesn't mean, however, Hint our
position Is iinnlternble. We muy chango
our minds bovcrul times between now and
February 111, when both sides will meet
In Now York.
"To say that we had .'refused' the de
mands would moan. If the Inlneis per
sisted in them, a strike. Now that Is in
nowise t lie case. The demands have, not
been refused. We want that made plnlp.
We huve simply explulned our position
in light of the demands, sn that the pub
lic may get our side. We want it made
clear that the consumer must pay If tho
demands aio to be met.
"We make the explanation lu our ad
vertisement, nnd we don't say In It that
the demands are lefused. That word
gives entirely the wrong Impresion.
Nothing is nettled; wo expect to got to
gether. It is, Just like a business coire
pondenco. You may write u letter setting
forth )oiir side of a controversy, but that
doesn't mean that you definitely reject the
demands made on you by the other party.
That is why we want the news at title sent
out from New York corrected "
'SOME' SHAKE-UP TODAY
FOR YOU, DETECTIVES!
Director Wilson .Prepares for
Upheaval in Department
This Afternoon
Dlicctnr Wilson said today that there
would bn a shako-up lu certain buicuus
of the Depaitmont of Public Safety. Ho
said there would bo somo slinke-up in
the Detective Iluienu, with u strong ac
cent on tho "notne." Others said It would
be a "tremendous" shake-up; hut the.
"soimj," coming from tlio Director, was
even more explicit.
"Will there be changes nt onco In your
department. Director?" ho was asked.
"When? At this moment?"
"Well, today."
"Toduy?" ho echoed. "Well, yes, to
day. And believe mo It will be some
changes."
"Will the chunges Include changes in
the Detectivo Hutcau?"
"They will," ho said. "Hut us for tho
fuithcr scope of the chunges 1 cannot go
Into that at present."
"Would you call tho chunges u shake
up?" '
"Yes, 1 would uven cull them borne
bhuke-up."
"What time?"
Four o'clock this uftcrnoon," was the
fateful reply of the Director.
Chinese Woman Held for'Killinp;
Testlmony that the hhot, which killed
Margaret Wall, the whito wife of James
Wuh. u Chinese, who was shot on Junuary
2T nt her home, VSi Smith street, vvus
tired accidentally was offered today at a
Coroner's inquest. Dorothy Foy. wife of
tho partner of the dead woman's husband,
w.is held without ball to await the action
of tlio Grand Jury The pistol, the police
say, waa In Mrs. Foya hand when the
shot was tired. James Wah, husband of
tho dead vtomun, and Cltrispea ValaSribez,
u negro woman, were held as material
witnesses.
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Nm orpfTissiTr ;ss
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BfcWT
!appam expected
TO REMAIN LONC
TIME IN IIS. POR'
May Be "Maritime Guest
Ft i 1 Yi 1 a - .. .,
Tin lima oi war In
ternment Papers Due
ALL BRITONS 'OFF SHI
NORFOLK, Vn Ptb. 4. A win
less dispatch received here at rioon n
ports Hint a French cruiser had ai
rived nlT the Virplnln Capes and wt
pntrolinp; there (o prevent the Appa,
from escaping from Newport News.
NBWVOttT XKIVS, Vn . I, 4"
The Hiltlsli liner Appam Ucrman rr2
was today prepared to remain an Ii
definite tnatlllmu guest or tho L'niti
States
F'onnul Internment orders wore &
peeled from Washington todav, ti
Appam wtis mndo snug nnd fast wh
anchors nt how and stern us If (,,
captors planned a long stay.
Most of the 400 British pasengors an
crow of the Appam and other Hrltl
ships sunlt by the mysterious Germs
raider Moevvc or Tonga, hud left llami
ton ltoads.
All the Hiltons were free lo no; so Wet
the (let mans, providing they took the
prlzo nlotiff, I,egnlly, the Germans wet
as free to leavo port as the Hrlton
ph.vslcully there wero some dlfllcultles.
Chief of the latter was the cordon' r
Hrltlsh crulseis reported outside tho twl
capes, gttnrdlng the entrance to Hnmpto
ltoads.
Most of the Appam's pnsseng. .-a nn
crew were todny en loute to New Yor
or other ports to tnko pnssnge ubroac
Tho Hrltlsh Government Is paving mot
of the expenses. An Old Dominion lint
ftom Norfolk Inst night took out moi
of the Ilrltons, New York bound
The legal complications facing th,
Appam herself today principally involve
possible pi if-cout I piociedlngs. i;(
Hrltlsh owners nre expected soon to fil
n claim, slatting the piUc-court ma
chlnery. I'rinco von llntzfcldt, Gcrmar
Htnbuss.v counselor, is lemnlnlng here t
handle the legal proceedings lu behalf 0'
the Gorman Government.
On board the Appam toda.v the 40 Gr
mans, with wives of three or tlinsc wlV
wero once prlroners on Hie ship, hart so!
chnrgo. Captain Hnrrlson, the Urlllsi
commander, is remaining here ut th.
Kngllsli owner's orders, but Is nt a hotel
t'roin (he German enslgtl (lapping he;
masthead to the englun room, whore Gtr
man stokers keep up a low tire, the Ap
pam wns German controlled thioughoul
IIUITISII FI10.M APPAM SPEED J
HY MNI2U TO NEW YORK
- .3
Sir Edward Mcrivventhor to Urgi
Finn Blockade of Germany 1
KTHAMSIllP .IMPFHUSON AT SEA
(bv wlteless vln Noifolki. Feb. I The
Old Dominion llnet .lorfer.on Is speedlni
U) the const today in nn effort to reach
New York tonight und land 221 passen
gers and ntllcers of the British Hlilppwh
were tnken across tho Atlantic on ths
liner Appam. jj
In the first cabin of the .lefferson ui
129 pusscngets, including Sir UdwnrdanJ
I.ndy Meilvvcthci'. Sir Kdwuid, Kngllsli
Governor of (Sierra I. cone, declined an IS
vitntion to visit tlio lltltlsh Ambassador
nt Washington because he Is anxious U
tench Loudon tit the earliest jiosslbll
moment.
At the British capital Kir Kdvv.trd iH
confer with Arthur .1. Helfour. First Url
of tlio Admlniltv, and urge that Or6fl
Htltaln establish a firm blockade of OiM
many. The British ofilclnl believes thafj
the roidor which cuptuied the Appiif
escaped from Kiel. M
Assassin Still at LnrRC 'p
The mm who yesterda) shot and killel
Ferdinand Thelollo, 13 )eurs old, m
Goodman street, at Stb street and Klilnj
Sun lane, is still at largo. The police iaf
he is Suvla C.udiwalu. M0 Marshal
Mrcet, and a rigid search Is being cog
ducted for him. 1
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Chuich. ut IS :iii o'clock Interment at "-a,
remoter). Hi'llnbotli, Del ,nfn!
Slli:i).KHII. On Feriniarv V I'eV
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friends arc invited 10 nttoud the tunerw, ?J
Munuuy moriilnn m T ' inloik foati
laio re.-l.leme ".in West I'oulter utreet, 0
muntuuii Solemn Ittquiein Musi t '
V'lneent Church. Oermun'ovvn, ' a
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