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GARRISON'S ACT
FAILS TO DISTURB
Chiefs of Both Parties
Think Resignation Will
Have No Political Effect
REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT
The resignation of Secretary of War
Uhdlcy M. Garrison wlK hnvo llttlo or
no effect on tho political aspect of the
1518 presidential campaign ns far ns New
Jersey, Garrison's unlive State, Is con
cerned, according to Democratic and Re
publican lenders of that State.
It Is unanimously asserted by men
prominent In both pnrtlcs thnt Secretary
Garrison hns no following In New c.tr
acy strong enough to cause a split In tho
Vote of the Democratic purty. He Is no
politician, they claim, nor has ho ever
protended to exert a political Influenco
In his home Slate. Furthermore, It Is
the consensus of opinion that he Is sin
cere In his nssertlon that ho would not
accept tho position of Governor or New
Jersey If tho certificate of election were
handed him "on a silver platter."
Republican leaders of New .Jersey claim
that Secretary Garrison's resignation car
ries no weight In the nntlonnl field of pol
itics for tho simple reason that the rtntl
WJlson sentiment there has Krown so
strong that tho President will be de
feated by a 33,000 majority next Novem
ber. This assertion Is based on tho Gen
eral Assembly average vote Inst year,
when the Republican majority was 31.605.
As President Wilson carried tho Stato
with 178,239 votes, ns ngalnst 143,410 Pro
gressiva and SS.SM Itepubllcnn votes, it Is
declared his Influence has wnned so de
cidedly that there is no hopo for Demo
cratic recuperation.
New Jersey Democrats, on the other
hand, While ndmittlng thnt tho Republi
cans linvn irnlned ntrenctll 111 the Past
three years, claim that tho President's
"home State" will rally to his support In
tho next Presidential election because of
their pride In having a New Jersey man
as Chief Executive- of tho United States.
They also assert that It will bo unneces
sary for him to appoint u Now Jersey
Democrat to succeed Garrison, because
tho lntter has no following which will
take offense nt the Wilson-Garrison split.
AS DEVLIN SEES IT.
Tho nttltudc of the temocrntlc leaders
Is perhaps oest Illustrated by Prosecutor
Martin P. Devlin, of Trenton, one of tho
most lnlluentlal party organizers of the
State, who summarizes the situation as
follows:
"I do not believe that the Democratic
party In this State will bo harmed In any
way by Secretary Garrison's resignation,
because the reasons given for Ills action
are not of a character to bring any detri
mental criticism on the Administration.
"President Wilson's re-election will
depend solely upon tho view the peoplo
of this country take toward his economic
policies and his methods of. dealing with
tho foreign nations now engaged In war
fare. As for Secretary Garrison's resig
nation, tho people of Now Jersey and tho
people of the t'nlted States do not caro
a rap who comprises tho Cabinet If It
Is n good and efficient one.
"It has been suggested that the Presi
dent should nppolnt a Now Jersey Demo
crat toiflll the Cabinet vacancy If ho is
to maintain his strength In this State,
but. In view of the fact that a difference
of opinion Is tho only reason advanced
for Secretary Garrison's resignation, the
Democrats of New Jersey will havo no
ground for being offended.
"The appointment of a Democrat from
this State would only be of great value
If thoro were a man who had had a pow
erful political machine at his command,
but there is no such man In Now Jersey
at present. Since this Is the case, there
Is no reason why a New Jersey man
should be given preference In the ap
pointment. I have never known any one
to bo defeated because ho failed to ap
point this man or that man to offlce.
"Of Sceretnry Garrison I will say this:
He Is practically unknown as a politician.
He Is known ns a lawyer and a judge,
and It was becauso of this that he was
originally appointed to his place In tho
Cabinet. That appointment was with
out significance In national politics, nnd
his resignation Is also without slgnltl
cance In thut field."
KATZENUACH'S VIEW.
Frank S. Kntzenbach, one-time candi
date for Govornor of Now Jersey, and
also a power In the Democratic party,
asserts that Secretary Garrison's nctlon
was such a surprise thnt there has as
yet been no time to come to definite con
clusions as to what the results will bo.
"Seemingly there Is little reason to be
lieve that the national situation will be
altered by the action," ho said. "Secre
tary Garrison never was a politician,
nor has ho figured In politics of this
State to any extent."
This Is also the attitude taken by John
P. Dullard. State librarian and a Demo
cratic leader; by IV. B. flutler. Assistant
Prosecutor of the Camden DUtrlct Court,
and by many others who have figured
from time to time in the organization
and activities of the Democratic party.
TV. T. HEAD'S OPINION.
The attitude of Republican leaders of
New Jersey 1b perhaps best expressed by
Senator William T. Read, who has recently
been elected State Treasurer. When
questioned in his office In Camden he
said of the situation:
"My personal opinion Is that Secretary
Garrison has merely acted as do members
of the British Cabinet when their propa
ganda Is not approved by the people or
the Cabinet. They resign, not through
pique, but because they feel they are no
longer valuable to the Government.
In this State was never formidable, nnd I
believe he Is sincere In asserting that he
Is now to abandon politics as a career.
In any event, the Republicans of New
Jersey are not ularinecl over the situa
tion In any way. for from present Indi
cations they will carry the State In the
next residential election by a majority
Of from 25,000 to 23,000."
TV. V.. BROWN CONFIDENT
William D. Drown. secretary of the Re
publican County Committee of Camden,
expressed hla opinion as follows:
"There are only five Democratic coun
ties In New Jersey Hudson, Warren,
Hunterdon, Sussex and Monmouth and
the Garrison Influence In these counties
is by no means strong enough to exert
an Influence one way or another. The
lower House In this State is overwhelm
ingly Republican, and there Is a Repub
lican majority of five In the Senate, so
It is evident that there Is llttlo cause for
rrorrylnif about the slight influence this
matter might have on the situation. The
Democratic party will have dlfflculty
enough without any action by Secretary
Garrison to further a party split."
Justice Charles Grant Garrison, of the
Supreme Court, spoke of his brother's
resignation and of tho resulting situation
as follows when seen at his home in
MerchantYllie last night;
"I have formed no opinion on the mat
ter and I' really know less of the circum
stances than almost any one else with
whom I have talked on the subject. I
received my first Information of the mat
ter from a Philadelphia newspaper, and
all 1 have learned since has been from
the papers.
"I do not know my brothers plans, but
1 s possible he will resume the practice
of law In Jersey City or In Trenton. As
to the political situation resulting from
bis action I have no Ideas whatever as
19 what effect the resignation will have,"
Woodbury Students Hold Debate
AMSTERDAM, Feb. IS -The marriage
v,r Prince Joachim, son of the Kaiser,
hug been flied fur March 11, according to
ivriin. dispatches. No elaborate csUbru
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OPERATION SAVES CHILD
Surgery Makes Little Stomach Func
tion Properly
A Utile baby who was starving because
of a stomach aflllctlon Is well and taking
nourishment today nt the National Stom
ach Hospital. 1BIB North 16th street, Just
like nil other little babies.
It Is due to a dlflicult operation the
first successful one of Its kind In Phila
delphia performed by Dr. .Mitchell P.
Warmuth, chief surgeon of the hospital
The child. Dorothy Frank, whose
parents live nt 17S West Columbia ave
nue, starved for two weeks bocnttsc Its
stomach was unable lo hold fond. Doctor
Warmuth performed tho dellcnlo operation
of severing the stomnch from Iho Intes
tines, removing nn obstruction and sewing
tho organs together again. Since tho
oneratlon Dorothy has been gaining In
weight nt tho rate of two ounces n day.
Three babies In the Frank family died at
birth.
PROFIT IN COAL TRADE
MEAGRE, SAYS DEALER
IN STRIKE ARGUMENT
President Warrinor, of Lehigh
Company, Gives Figures
Showing Production Costs
Make Prices So High
FREIGHT BIGGEST ITEM
Coal Production Cost
From Miner lo Consumer
Figuring iit nf roiil per Ion from the
time nf mining until It renrlien lie run.
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.Miitcriiils of nil kind, rn.mll.i,
mrx, ilrprrrliitlnn or iiml liinilo
nnd riiulpinrnl, iidnihiMriitlon c-pi'ii-rH
nnd nrrlilnit Indemnities. . .(Ill
l,UKtf on small nlzch of lonl colli
ut IfiH tbnn rest nf production. . .!
Operators profit ;
TrilliJiortnlloil rust I..V
ltrtnlfrri eprnrM mill iirolll ''.In
tW to consumer .M
Tlirw llmires are haunt on llgtirrh of
it long ton of 2240 pounds) the miTiigr
for i ton of 2001) pound- would lie n
cost to the ranmunrr of SI!. .10.
S. D. Wnrrlner, picsldent of the r.ehlgh
Coal and Navigation Company and chair
man of the Executive Committee of op
erators, which moots on February "1 In
New York city to confer with the miners'
committee on their demands, under thicnt
of strike, today made a statement which,
he says, shows' that the high cost of
coal Is not duo to an excessive profit by
tho operators.
In the figures Mr. Wnrrlner presents
he offers the following table of Items thnt
make up the price of coal when It reaches
the consumer.
PRODUCTION COST.
This Is the tuble:
Cost lo ronsumrrs, per tnn A7.1!3
HKTAIMN'J COST I A'-'nltAOIJ) I'KIt TON.
Kent or otflec nnd v nf. IlKhtmiKe.
handling f ynl, brcikiiKP, cirtni-,
inlmlnlxtrntlnn expensei ami retulloiH'
profit, per ton ". $2. ir
TftANSPOIlTATIONrOST (AVEIIAUK) I'HIl
Freight from Lrhlsh anil Schuylkill re-
clon to New York harbor, per ton $l.."."
I'ltODPCTlON COST (AYEAOl:i I'KIt TON.
I'nlllcrv rnst. tier ton
matciy JI.HU. nialcrlnlH of nil kind,
royalty, taxes, depreciation of ro.il
lauds anil equipment, ntlmlnltratlon
fixpensen nnd nidilcnt Indemnities, per
ton J2. 10
Iores on Bmall sizes of coal, foM nt less
thnn cost ot produrtlan. per ton n.-,
Operators' earnings, available for retuin
on tnveitment, uverngen. per ton (latent
reports of United Htate Ccntmn hIioar
less) M
Total . $7.1!3
For lonn ton or 2210 pounds or JII..-.0 Hveinge
cost per ton ot 2000 pounds.
FREIGHT COST FIXKD.
The cost of transportation, which makes
up nearly one-third of the cost of coal
In the retail market Is determined by law,
Mr. Wnrrlner says.
"Those who iiucstlon this Item " he
says, "should realize that the making of
freight rates on coal, as well as on every
other commodity In tho United States, Is
In the hands of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which has full power to
raise, lower or conllrm existing freight
rates. On April 1. of this year, an order
of tho Interstate Commerco Commission
becomes effective, establishing a compre
hensive schedule of freight rate on
anthracite coal throughout the entire sec
tion of the I'nlted States bounded by tho
Mississippi. Ohio nnd Potomac Rivers
and the Atlnntle Ocean."
As to the Increase usked In wages, tho
statement suys:
"The anthracite industry as a whole Is
now conducted on as low a margin of
profit as Is possible If the operators aro
to continue to serve the public.
"Among other demands, the miners ask
for an Increat-e of 20 per cent, in wages.
The cost of this one demand alone to the
iinthrucltn Industry will be $:3,O00.(i0O an
nually, which Is approximately twlcn the
total profits made by tho operators, ns
stated by the latest report of the United
States Bureau of tho Census."
Mr. Warrinor Bums up the situation In
this maniifr:
"Tho situation is much llko that of the
butcher who buys his beef on the mIiIm'
for id cents a pound. Ho sells his t-holeu
cuts at 30 .cents a pound, less deslrablo
cuts nt -0 cents a pound and brisUet and
shin bono at 9 cents a pound. His profits
are obtained from the choicer cuts. The
anthracite operator gets from K cents to
$3.75 per ton Tor his conl. selling V per
cent, of his output below the cost of pio
ductlon. lie cannot get mure for his small
sizes, because they are In competltlun
with bituminous coal for steam pur
poses." BOY IiADLY HURT
IN DIVE IN POOL
Continued from I'uue One
land went over to the shallow end where
the dentil Is but four feet.
When he dived Into the shallow water
to return to his companions the buy
struck his head on the bottom of the pool
and waB rendered helpless. Hurko Wll
ford, a Merlon boy, saw England In tho
water, and realized that something was
wrong. lie called to the others, and to
gether they pulled the boy out of tho
pool before he could drown.
Dr. Phillip Bishop, physical! Instructor
at the school, was summoned. He sent
for an ambulance, which took the In
jured boy to the Rryn Mawr Hospital.
Dr. John II. Gibbon and Dr. Francis T.
Stewart, prominent surgeons in this city,
and Dr. J. Packard 1-alrd, ot Devon, aro
attending the boy.
The BWlmmlng pool fa considered per
fectly safe, and it Is doubtful that any
changes will be made, the case being
purely an accident.
"I would say that perhaps 150,000
boys have been In the pool without, re
ceiving any injury," said Dr. Edward M.
Wilson, principal of the school today. "It
was an unavoidable accident," Mr. Wil
son also spoke very highly of young Eng
land. The boy's father was formerly a
member of the England and Walton Com
pany. Will Protect Prisoners
Injured prisoners In an Intoxicated con
dition, who are taken to hospitals, treated
and returned to police stations for head
ings, must be examined hereafter by a
district police surgeon, who shall take
whatever action he deems necessary. A
general order to this effect has been sent
out by Superintendent Robinson.
Serious results might folloy, he adds,
the neglect to give such prisoners atten
tion; when sent back to the stations, es
pecially those suffering from injuries to
i tbe bead.
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Hero nro reproductions of lllma showing "close-up" views of the Ocrmnn Emperor and Field Jlnrslial von
Hindenliurnr, which were prohibited by the State Bo ard of Censors from being shown in tho German wnr
pictures, "With von HindenbUrp at the Front," at tho Chestnut Street Opera House. The board, not
trusting a mixed audience, ruled that the close views would tend "to debase nnd corrupt public morals,
by inciting a demonstration and, perhaps, a riot.
CENSORS BAR FILM
OF THE KAISER AS BAD
FOR CITY'S MORALS
"Close-Up" Pictures of German
Emperor and the Redoubt
able Von Hindenburg
Eliminated
GUARD AGAINST RIOTS
The Kaiser nnd Field Marshal vim
Hindenburg, slated to bo stars of the
"cast" nt the Chestnut Street Opera
House, have terminated their engage
ments. Tho Pennsylvania Slate Hoard of Cen
sors has cut 7.1 feet nf film (-bowing the
flennan Empcrnr "I'lnso up" and also
eliminated Field Mar-dial von lllndenliurg
frrom the Herman wnr pictures. "With
von lllndenbiirtr at tho Front." now ap
pearing nt Hint playhouse, under the law
prohibiting seems that aro "tutciilcglnus,
obscene, Indecent or Immoral or tend lo
debase or corrupt public morals."
Both the Kaiser nnd the hero of Tan
nenburg are permitted to appear In tho
group pictured, but the "closo tips" have
been stricken from the film.
Fearing a riot, the hourf. exercised what
it considers strict neutrality. Whut, It ar
gued In Its deliberations, would happen
If an enthusiastic German, overcome by
the sight of Ills hero peering fioni u
largo screen, should shout "llnch der
Knlser!" nnd an uuappreclatlve English
man should tell him to sit down? What, it
urgucd further, would happen If there
were CO Germans and t0 Englishmen In
the house'.' A riot, It concluded, und riots
corrupt public morals.
King George of Englniul, General Joffre,
the Czar, even the ruler of San .Marino,
at war with Austiln, probably would re
ceive lllio treatment, the board hastened
to make clear. Any pictures that tend
to nronse deninnstrullous nt variance with
.strict lieutinllty uio censored.
Tin- Germaji war plctuies. which were
taken on the Itusslnn wnr front by Wil
bur II. Durborough, of this city, nre In
! reels, running S.W feet. They were
sanctioned by the German Government,
which censored about -KM) feet of the Hint
before Durborough wus allowed to leave
Germany with it.
PUSTEH8 CONFISCATED, TOO.
But the German Government did not
dt cam that it would have the Pennsyl
vania censors to reckon with. The cen
sors not only eliminated the views which
might ptovoke a demonstration, but also
put tho ban on uiloinlug telegraph poles
mill shop windows with 2-by-3-foot post
ers of the Kuiser, Intended to advertise,
the show, whii'h opened a four weeks'
engagement at the theatre last Monday.
The posters would be misleading, It was
ruled, Inasmuch as the Kuiser was pre
vented from filling his engagement.
A spirited argument over this phase of
thi' riMiMirshlp followed between William
D. Itussell, who Is producing the pictures,
mid J. Louis Breitlnger, chief censor, who
is censoring them. Russell maintained
that tho posters did not misrepresent the
pictures, its tho Kaiser actually tines ap
pear at Intervals, flitting across tho land
scape la automobiles and reviewing his
troops. But the result was that no posters
of the Kaiser appeared on the streets, for
they He confiscated In heaps In the man
ager's ofliea of the Chestnut Street Opera
House,
CKNSOIIS TONE KAISEU'S UETItEAT
Tho "Kuiser" portion of tho film under
went the flri-l grilling three weeks ago,
when the pictures were left with the
Censorship Hoard while Ilussell was ar
ranging for the engagement of the thea
tre. The "close-up" vfews of the German
ruler were frowned upon und just before
the opening of the shuw nu Monday the
management of the theatre received a
certificate from tho censors, it was dated
January 50.
Tho mj stlc words which called the
Kaiser to retreat from the "movie" lime
light read:
"H No. 9. Eliminate showing of the
photographs of Von Hindenburg and the
Kaiser."
Shocked, the managers read further, the
reason for tho elimination:
"If such eliminations or changes are
not made, the same (the film) Is not ap
proved in accoruaiice witn the provisions
as nre sacrilegious, obscene, indecent or '
Immoial, or tend in the Judgment of tho i
board to debase or corrupt public mor- i
uls." " The certificate was signed by Mr. I
Rrtttlnger.-chalrman, and Ellis P. Ober-
holtzer, secretaiy.
Probably arguing that It was just if
men with names of such Teutonic tinge
could censor the Kaiser, Ilussell elided
the Kaiser and von Hindenburg, although
he stated that he did not think they
were unneutral that Is, the pictures, not
the Kaiser or his right-hand man.
The pictures wero shown in Chicago
without corrupting or debasing morals,
It was said, and later In Dayton, O. So
successful were they that the producers,
the American Show Print Company, de.
elded to try them In the East.
Jliss Cuyler Slowly Recovering
Miss Cornelia E. Cuyler today is slowly
recovering from the Injuries she received
when she was struck by an automobile
of George Wharton Pepper, the lawyer,
at Broad and Chestnut streets yesterday
afternoon. She is In the care of a phy
sician at her home. 2213 De Lancey street.
and her condition Is still serious because
of her age S3 years. Miss Cuyler Is au J
aunt of T. DeWitt Cuyler, C Stuant Pt-
urson and Theodore CUjfer Patterson.
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MOVE TO DISMISS
LEHIGH VALLEY SUIT
Government Asks Court to Re
fuse Injunction Against En
forcement of Panama Act
Counsel for the Government presented
n motion to dismiss tho Lehigh Valley
Ilnilroad Company's suit, In the Fnltcd
Slates Circuit Court of Appeals today,
before Judges Ilufflngton, McPhcrson nnd
Woolley, sitting as District Judges. The
company seeks u preliminary Injunction
to restrain the enforcement of an older
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
under the Pnnninn Cannl act.
Ily an order of the commission nmile-
May 7, 1915. the railroad was directed to
divest Itself of the Interest It had In
the Lehigh Valley Trnnsportutlon Com
pany. Its lake line, which operates oil
the Great Lakes between Buffalo and
Chicago, not later thnn December 15, l'Jin.
The Panama Canal act provides that no
inllrond cnu have any Intcresi whatso
ever, either directly or Indirectly, In a
wnter line 111 which It does, or mlKht pos
sibly, compete.
As the railroad company takes tho view
that some time would ellipse before tliciii
would be a final decision, It Instituted
piocccdlngs for a preliminary Injunction
to get released from the order so that It
could operate Its boat line.
Tho motion to dismiss will be heard in
conjunction with the argument of tho
Government's lawyers lu defense of tho
constitutionality of the act and the
validity ot the commission's order.
The suit ot the Lehigh Valley Ilnilroad
Is the fust test- of the constitutionality
of thn net, which was passed nn August
t'J, 1912, and of an order of the com
mission under it. The order of the com
mission affected nine other railroads own
ing or having an Interest in water lines.
$1000 PEARL NECKLACE
STOLEN FROM VISITOR
Thief May Have Followed Wo
man Here From Canada to
Get Jewel ; Other Robberies
A necklace, containing PS pearls and
valued at more than JlOurt, was stolen
last night with other valuable articles
lu n suitcase taken from CIS North 10th
street. The suitcase and necklace wero
the property of Miss Hnttle Wallace, of
Toronto. Can., who Is visiting her sister.
Tho sisters went to tho theatre last night
and when they returned the sultcnsc was
roup. Police of the 10th und Huttonwood
streets station, who are lnvestl"ating,
bellexe tho thief may have followed Miss
Wallace all the way from Cuuada.
Another robbery reported to the police
was that of the display window at the
William II. Wnuanitiker clothing store.
1217 Chestnut street. The door of tho
window was "Jimmied" and all the silk
stockings, handkerchiefs ' and other
urtlcles were gathered up by what was
evidently a dapper thie'.
The apartments of Miss Margaret Tay
lor, ut ftlttenhouse and Morris streets,
were entered Inst night by a thief who
emptied the contents of several diawers
on the lioor and fled with 1253 worth of
Jewell y.
ROEBLING PLANT CLOSED
BY STRIKE OF STOKERS
Refusal of Demand Causes
Suspension of Work on Large
Contract for Allies
THE.NTQN. N. J., Feb. 1;. The big
Itoebllng wire and caole plant In this
city, which employs about 6000 hunds
and which Is now engaged on a targe
order for the Entente Allies In making
steel rods for rifle barrels, is tied up by
a strike of stokers and boiler tenders who
quit work last night because the firm le.
fused to grant their demands for shorter
hours and more wages.
A few weeks ago the same men went
on strike when their demands for an In
crease in pay were turned down by the
company. They were being paid 20 cents
an hour and wanted an Increase of 3 cents
an hour.
After the entire plant was tied up tho
company granted the increase. The men
aaked that they be given an S-hour day
and the same number uf hours for night
work, besides an Increase to 27 cents an
hour. When the night stokers reported
for work last night they found tacked up
a notice that the company could not
reduce the working hours or grant an
Increase.
The stokers Immediately Informed the
bosses that they would not work. As a
result none of the departments was able
to operate because of a lack of steam.
I'hiladelpliiana Become Novices
Four Philadelphia men were Invested
with the habit of the Christian Brothers
and began helr novitiate at the mother
house, Ammendale, Md., this week. They
are John Wall, of St. John the Baptist
Church; Hubert Adams, of St. Agatha's
Church; George Dooley, St. Elizabeth's
Church, and Michael Bones, of St- Pt-
rick's.
VON HINDENBURG
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SCHWAB AND DONNER
IN BATTLE OF BIDS FOR
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL
Bethlehem and Cambria Heads
Fight for 27 Per Cent, of Out
standing Stock Offers
Made Here
DICKER AFFECTS MARKET
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Hcthleheni Steel Corporation, and Wil
liam II. Donner, president of the Cam
bria Steel Company, are fighting for con
trol of the I'ensylvanla Steel Company.
To obtain this control Mr. Schwab nnd
Mr. Pointer aiv competing for the Penn
sylvania Steel slock held by the I'cnu
sylvnula Compauv, cnnttolled by tho
Pennsylvania liallroad. This stock
amounts: to 27 per cent, of tho Pennsyl
vania Steel Company's outstanding cap
italization. The Heading Company,
thinugh the Heading Coal n ml Iron Com
pany, owns about 11 per cent, nf tho
compan.i's shares.
At n conl'eri'iice which was held In the
olllces of Samuel Ilea, picsldent of the
Pennsylvania Hailroad. at Ilrond Street
Station yesterday, It Is understood that
Mr. Schwab liffoied $100 a share for tho
profencd stock and $10 for tho common
stocfl The oqlTer made by Mr. Donner
wns $90 for the preferred and $10 for tha
common, In cash.
Nothing olllclal hna as yet conic out
with regard lo thu negotiations, but that
llierc Is something In tin- wind Is indi
cated by the nctlon of tin1 Pennsylvania
Steel stock on the Philadelphia Stock
Exchange. Yesterday, for Instance, the
preferred shnrcs sold up $!. while tho
common advanced U, under fairly active
trading.
SCHWAB TItlES AGAIX.
The bidding of Mr. Schwab for the
Pennsylvania Steel shaies lb but a io-nr-wol
of his nt tempts, to- gnln control
of tho company Inst year, while Mr. Don
ner, who Is clmliman of tho board of di
rectors of Pennsylvania Steel, has al
ways been u strong udmlrcr of the com
pany. The Idea which Mr. Schwab lias lu
mind Is to combine the company with
tho Bethlehem Steel Corporation, tho
financial district understands, or to make
the Pennsylvania tin underlying coucorii,
whereby liethlehi'iii would obtain eontiol
of the Murvlntiil Steel Company at Spar
row's Point, Md. Tills would give lletli
lehem shipping facilities und would prove
i valuable asset.
Mr. Donner, on the other hand, the
street lias It, deslit's to combine the Peun
tylvoniu Steel Company with his own
company, the Donner Steel Company.
This belief 1ms become more strniiRei
lnce tho Mldvalo Steel and Ordnance
.'ompany obtained control of tho Cnmbrln
Steel Company on Inst .Monday, bv pay
ing $U a share, thus ending the possibil
ity of a merger of the Cnmbrlu with the
Yoiuigstown Sheet and Tube Company
und the Lackawanna Steel Company,
THE PONNEIt PLAN.
Since the Cnmlirla-Mldvali' deal went
through, tho talk has been more Inslsteni
that such was the cae, and It Is kiiIiI
that Mr. Donner will ictlte fiom tho
Cambria Steel Coiiimn..
Mr. Donner already owns is per cent,
of the capital stock of tho Penus.lvnnia
Steel Company which Is now outstanding-
H obtulned this last October from
the two rullioiiil companies, paying JSI.71
for tho pieferred and S37.20 for the com
nion. In addition to this it Is understood
that Mr. Donner has added to his hold
ings by buying lu the open market.
.MOTHERS PENSIONS PLANS
Miss Helen Glenn and Judge Henry
Neil to Confer
Miss Helen Glenn, State Superintendent
of Mothers' Pensions, arrived this after
noon ut 2 o'clock from llnrrlsburg to hold
it conference at the Bellevue-Stratford
with the "father of the mothers' pensions
bill." Judge Henry Neil, of Chicago, for
merly of Philadelphia, and start u vigor
ous education campaign by the counties
nf the State for the raising of thu neces
sary money to claim the mothers' compen
sation appropriation of JSOO.OOO passed at
the last session of the Legislature. The
Legislature provided that each county
must raise a cretaln fund before availing
Itself of the State appropriation.
In the conference this afternoon she
and Judge Neil will work out plaiiB of
distributing literature to the newspapers
and to influential, public-spirited clUens
containing an appeal to co-operate In the
work. Twenty counties out of the U7 have
already raised their alloted amounts and
already raised their alloed amouns und
children.
Gasoline Thirst Saves Stolen Auto
LANSDALE. Pa.. Feb. U'. Ditched a
few miles from Kulpsvllle and dry of
gasoline, the automobile of Claude
Clymer, stolen a few days ago, was
found yesterday by Chief of Police
Charles Kulp. of Lansdale. The day prev
ious. Chief Kulp recovered the automo
bile belonging to Eli Krupp. which was
stolen from. In front of a local church.
The auto thieves who touk. the Clymer
car tried to purchase gasoline at several
farm houses In the vicinity It Is be
lieved the machines are being stolen by a
gang ot Lansdale youths.
NEGHO, ON UAMPAGE, BlTES
"Billy" and Baseball Bnt Bounced Off
Cnmdcn Offender's Head
The sight of n Zfio-pound Weal Indian
negro gnashing his teeth and waving a
pistol In one hnn.l nnd a hatchet In the
other nreetcd Pollremnn Howard Smith,
or Cnmdcn. curly totlny when he inn
Into a house at 827 Bridge street on hear
ing screams of women. Smith. Who
weighs 109 pounds less, aimed himself in
a flying tackle nt the negro's knees, and
John Wallace, the negro, went down.
They lolled out of the house and Into
the Mi-ecl, where Smith sol his blnck
Jack Into nctlon. It splintered against
Wnllncc's head, and ho sank Ills teeth
In Smith's hand. Policeman Delth rnmc
along nnd swung a baseball lint on nl
lnce. The bat clocked In two places.
Wallace, Smith nnd Wallace's daughter
Mnrv, W. who had been bitten, went
to the Cooper Hospital for treatment.
Wallace was Inter held under $1000 ball,
DEATH OF HUNDREDS
AT CHICAGO BANQUET
WAS POISONER'S AIM
Fanatic Who Plotted Against
Guests at Dinner to Cath
olic Bishop May Be
Caught Today
HIS IDENTITY IS . KNOWN
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Detulls of n sinister
plot by a supposed fnnntlc, whoso In
flamed tnliut Impelled him to attempt
wholesale murder of the guesta nt tho
banquet given Archbishop George V.
Mllnilelcln at tho University Club Thurs
day night, wero In tho hands of police
nnd club officials today. Tho 100 prom
inent guests nt the banquet, who became
violently 111 after eating soup, were nil
recovered today.
"There Is no doubt," said N. .1. Do
herty, manager of tho club, "that the
poisoning of tho banquet guests wns the
result of the plot of ti single mnn to kill
the hundreds at tho tables. We know
who the mnn Is and wo have found u
well-equipped laboratory of poisons In his
quarters, Including hundreds of vials of
deadly poison of a dozen varieties. Wo
expect Ills art est today."
Dnhetty also said thnt tho literature
found In the mini's rooms Included nn
atclilstlc propaganda, I. W. Y. pamphlets
and writings by Emma Goldman. Doli-
city spolto of tho literature as it "library
of hate." He saltl the receptacles, In
which tho poison was brought to the
1'nlvcrslty Club kitchen, were found only
partly rmptled. His theory was that tho
prisoner wns Interrupted before he com
pleted his plan and that this accounted
for tbe fact thut on:v part of the guests
became 111 Instead of all of them being
killed.
CHAUFFEUR REVEALS
BAFF MURDER PLOT
Frank Ferrera Implicates Ten
Men in Confession,
Police Say
NEW YOIIIC, Feb. 12.-Frank Ferrera,
ohnut't'ciir of the murder car used when
Ilnrnctt llaff, wculthy poultry dealer, wus
killed, confessed today, according to tho
police, revealing details of a plot rivaling
tho compact exposed by "Jack" ilo.se in
the Itosentlinl murder case.
Ten gunmen were conm-ctcil with Muff's
murder, Ferrera Is said to havo con
fessed, and though they divided a purse
of $1500 offered for putting Daft out of
tho way. the man who admits ho fired
tho shot got only $100. That man Is
Giuseppe Arcollo, now In pilson, who has
also confessed to the murder, accoiding
to tho police. Altogether, according lo
Ferrein's story. $3000 was put up for
Half's murder, but when It became neces
sary for the conspirators to kill two of
their number who wero about to squeal,
the men who did the work wero given
$7o0 out of tho total.
The uiuidcr was planned for August,
I'.lll, tho police assert, hut Half became
uppieliensive and obtained u bodj guard
for .several da.s. Tho slaying occurred
In November, inn.
Seven Indictment.-", probably us eaily
as next week, welp promised by Ihe pollco
today as a result of Ferrern's .story.
YOUTHS PIERCE JAIL
ROOF AND ESCAPE
Four, at Lancaster, Gain Free
dom in Bold and Tedious
"Getaway"
LANCASTEIt. Pa., Feb. 12. Harry L.
Smith, of Dlrd-lii-Hund: Harry Smith and
Hoduey II. Hart. Lancaster, and Albert
Will, California, escaped from the county
prison last night. Two men each occu
pied adjoining cells mi the upper tier,
whence they cut through the brick par
tition with rods torn from their iron beds.
Tile niched brick celling, three feet
thick, wns then pierced, shears enabling
them to cut the tin rooting. Hopes made
from bedclothes enabled the prisoners to
reach the prison yard and by means of a
coal cliulo the top ot tho wall was
gained. Another bedclothes rope enabled
them to descend fiom the wall. They are
still at large. All are oung men.
Hank Teller's Body Found; a Suicide
The body of Jumes H. Carrlgun, assist
ant teller of the Philadelphia National
Dank, who committed suicide Thursday
by jumping into the Schuylkill Hlver, waa
recovered by the police today. The body
was found nt the west end of Glrard
avenue bridge, near the spot where Car
rlgan hut led himself into the water. Car
rlgun was 51 years old nnd lived at 1323
Wallace street. He had been suffering
from lnsfomn'a for ieveral jeara and left
a note giting this as reason for ending
hia life.
tauichiacnardsirrianadH 1
BllJIlf F3Oi i shortly to do 'something
iMrnrMcun pppo
TS2S27 M 'II
rLAiwuu ny All)
CITY'S REVENUE
Heads of Departments and
Finance Committee Chief
to Confer
OFFSET TO DIRECT TAXES
Definite slops lo Increase the cltj'i
nnntinl revenue, through nn Increase
fco charges In city nnd county depart,
ments and a readjustment of the btuestt
other Incidental and miscellaneous sourcu
of Income will bo taken shortly at i
Borlcn of conferences between Joneph p
Gnffney, chairman of Councils' Kn&nci
Committee, nnd the heads nf the depart,
incuts In City Hall. ,
Mr. Gnffney said totlny that he liatl .
plained his plans to City Controller w.i
ton and thnt the conferences would be.
gin ns soon ns arrangements could ti
made with tho department heads. Ud
ward of $1,000,000, It In Imped, will u
added to the annual Income of Phlladd.
phia through tho proposed changes,
PLAN" OF HEAmi'STMENT.
After a thorough Investigation of tp
possible means of Increasing tho cltyi
I'ncomo from sources other than direct
taxes, Mr, GafTnoy will recommend t.
tlon by Councils. A general Increase In
the wnter-metor rates, which will jlj
the city nearly $300,000 annually, la uj
first change proposed by tho flnanr
chairman. A spcclnl counellmanlc com
mittee is conducting nu Investigation Into
the equity of existing rates and the
charges for water rents.
The City Controller, it Is untlerBtood
favors Increasing the Income of the cltj
from Incidental nnd miscellaneous sourcei
before steps are tnken to Increase tie
general tax rate. About one-half of the
city's present Income Is derived from
soutces other thnn direct taxes, although
It will not be possible to make Incrcajei
from all these sources,
This general readjustment, finance com
n.lttcemen say, will precede any move to
increase the city's tax rate for 1317. Until
the approximate amount which may tie
added to Philadelphia's Income by such
changes Is known, they point out, It lll
bo impossible to glvo attention to an In-
ctense in the tax rate, for tho deficit to
be made up will not bo known.
MAYOR STUDIES PROBLEM.
Mayor Smith said today In dlscuulnj
the city's financial probl.ms: "Tho whole
thing Is a matter of bookkeeping and eeU
ting additional revenue. Ways nnd meani
for the latter arc now being discussed," i
The Mnyor. however, declined to atiti
what steps would be taken for raising aJ. 1
dltlonal revenue.
"The subject Is not such a dlflicult one d
ns some believe." he added, "and the l
Flnmico Committee, tho City Controller i
and myself arc making nn exhaustive '
Biuu.v ut iiiu iiii.iut.im iituuiciiis ul ine enjr, m
and i am certain mai nil ino proDiemi
will bo solved."
Mnyor Smith was then asked If he
would favor the uppolntment of a com
mission to make a thorough Inquiry Into
tho problem of additional revenue for cur
rent expenses nnd for Interest nnd sink- i
lug fund charges on loans. J
"I would not," replied the Muor, "fori'
tho present Finance Committee of Coun
cils Is composed of ablo men, well ablf
to handle the situation."
INCREASE: IN" 1917
It Is generally accepted In political
circles that there will be some Increase lo
191". To support this belief it is pointed, '
nui mat me piuseni uiiemuiit, uf"".,
. .. ... ,.-. ,m in 1. &.. -"i
wtucn mi' cuy inces mi iiu m ti"tj
$1,000,000 and ?G,C00,O00. Tho readjdst-n
ment In fee charges and other incidental
sources of revenue plnnned by Finance'
Chairman Gaffuey cannot be hoped to .
yield moro thnn 51,000.000 or ji.ww.ww a;
most. The difference, therefore, will have
to bo met by n tax increase.
ST. CVRS MAY LEAVE TODAY:
DESTINATION IS MYSTERY
Consult With Private Detectives.
"Getaway" Plans Rumored
Activity displayed around the suite of
Mr. and .Mrs. Jean Harald Edward St.
Cvr. In the IScllevuc-Strntford today, iyid
the "fussing" over their 17 trunks, lo-
..altine tcitl, ttic tiollMllIniF 1111 Of tllO S10,-
000 automobile, gave rise to the report ,
that they would leave l-nuaueipnia u
this afternoon.
Atlantic City, Bermuda and Havana are
all reported ns destinations.
Roth the alleged former chorus mea
nnd his wife, who Wns the widow ol
"Sllont" Smith, held nn hour's conference
this morning with two private detective',
and, It Is said, planned their "getaway
bii ns to be uninterrupted and unnues-
Honed. . ,. .
Robert Von Si'nwemm, of New or.
who, before St. Cyr's Beeond marriage,
was his inseparable companion, calea
on the St. Cyis today. Ho slipped by un
would-be Interviewers und went upstairs.
He carried a big package.
A florist this morning delivered a huge
bouquet of violets to Mrs. St. Dx
I fond or them und the order w..s piacea
by her husbuiid. ..
Neither Mrs. St. Cyr nor her youthful
husband mndo nny comment on the
ment issued yesterday by their aWinnK
,..,... t L..4n..ni.iAl.i ,i,l l.nttls s. l&'iv
ill New York. The statement was a u- u
ninl of tin. published stories regaruinK
Cyr's Identity.
ESCAPE SMOKE IN NIGHTIES"
Union Suit Catches Fire and Drivei
Ten to Street
Ten persons were driven to the street m
In their night clothes when thick mU
from clothes burning In the kitchen fflW
the home or uyniaii ves, --:u,
sueoi. ear v th la morning. '- : -
wife und Ave young children. r.
Mrs, Abram.IvaU, boarder , .ndtiwW
child were an ioicbu """, hou
smoke. The flames burned anay a non
lu the kitchen celling.
i
I llie Kiicueii ceuuis. . .ult
The lire started when a long union wifc
part of the family wash '" "" 'gbt
hanging In the kitchen to dry. caw"
tire. The rest of the wash was burnw
so that the family Is stranded I "1th WJ
few pieces of the more Intimate aw
of dress.
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