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BLANKENBURG'SRULE
PRAISED BY PROBER
l OF DISCHARGE CASES
Caro Used in Most of Them,
Says Chairman Sowers, of
Councils' Inquiry
Committee
EX-DIRECTOR COOKE FAIR
One Instance Found of Man Who Bo.
fusetfto" a Spy and Lost
His Job
An thB reault of Investigation of more
than 1000 complaint, Common Councilman
Clinton A. Bower, of the 20th Ward,
chairman of the committee recently ap
pointed by Councils to examine Into the
charges of unjust removals of cllv em
ployes under the Ulankcnburg adminis
tration, said today that the general trend
of tho Inquiry wai to reflect high credit
upon tho Into administration for Its ac
curacy and care In making most of tho
discharges of which complaints had hecn
made,
"Np one, questions the thorough honrstv
and high motlvos of Mr. Ulankcnburg,"
said Mr. SowerB, "whatever wo might
think of his judgment at time. Uvery
one) Is llablo to err, nnd wo believe thero
was actual Injustice dono in somo In
stances. Dut most of tho cases so far re
ported to us show that tho department
heads took care to specify clearly tho
grounds upon which tho discharge was
made, nnd their grncrul prnctlco was to
look Into tho evldenco with care.
"Whero this was dono wo have, of
course, no jurisdiction. Kvcn though no
might differ ns to tho ovldcnce, we can
not blamo a. department head whero the
facts show that ho had substantial rea
sons for his Judgment.
SAFETV HKAD VAIH.
"I will go further, nnd say that while
our Investigation so far has been con
fined mostly to tho Department of Pub
lic Works, thero has not been the slight
est evidence shown to reflect directly or
Indirectly upon Director Cooko In the ef
fective and Impnrtlal dlschnrgo of his
official duties. Wo must say that ho
seems to have been fair to his subor
dinates as well ni strict nnd vigilant In
protecting tho city. 1 was surprised to
find In looking through the records of
his department that In 13)0 detailed cases,
only 46 of the discharges were for politi
cal activity. I was under tho Impression
thero had been many more removals for
this cause.
"Of cdursc, n few cases of Injustice may
have escaped Director Cooke's notice.
What merit there mny be In some of the
complaints wo have decided to probe a
llttlo deeper Into would seem to nffect
bureau chiefs or assistants who may hac
been hasty or prejudiced. Where there
ore many removals some cases of this
kind arp bound to occur.
"Wo are trying to review the ovldcnce
in a spirit of fairness to nil concerned,
and do not mean to blamo any official
who tried to do his duty.
"To clto two or three Instances of tho
kind of dismissals wo hnvc been led to
question and expect to repot t to Councils
In detail, there Is one Instance of li man
who was ordered to net ns a spy upon tho
polltleaUactlvitlcs of his fellow employes
and gtVen a sum of money for expenses.
He returtjed this money to his superior,
with the statement that ho could not do
this Kind of work. Ho was shortly after
discharged for MlBobodlence,' nnd wo
think this unjustified, ns there was noth
ing to Bhow that ho was not properly per
forming tho worlc for which ho was em
ployed. AN INDUCEMENT TO QUIT.
"In-, another Inttnnce, n man -whn had
becrr 'frequently told lie 'must resign,' was
finally, paid a month's salary In advanco
as aft Inducement to quit, nnd another
man, at once, put to w.ork In hjs place.
Tlicso facts; as alleged, constltuta'b-fraud
on the city.
"Wo havo not accepted any of tho com
plaints at faco value, but in some In
stances, as whero a woman stenographer
has alleged her discharge to bo due to her
refusal to accept attentions from tho
office, chief for whom sho was working,
wa have felt Justified In going carefully
into tho acts."
Upon a series of charts which havo
been prepared for the use of the commit
tee there Is a detailed analysis of' 1393
discharges 'made under Director Cooko
while he was at tho head of tho Depart
mont of public Works. These chnrts show
extreme caro In tho specification of
charges. It was also noteworthy that
nearly two-thirds of nil tho discharges
were of day laborers SID In this class
and of this number 405 were discharged
for "lack of funds" and 130 for "lack of
work" this laBt a sufficient proof ot econ
omy for tho city.
Among the other reasons carefully
specified were "reduction of price," "0;
"poor service," 3t; "neglect of duty," 12:
"unbusinesslike methods," G; "failure to
report for work," 22; "Intoxication," 20;
"Incompetency," 43; "political nctlvlty,"
if; "absence without lenve," 41; "sum
mary discharges," 102; "resignations," 203.
Tho committee has held three sittings,
and expects to have sufficient evidence to
present, a summary ot Its work at tho ses
sion of Councils on Thursday.
STABBED FOB KISSING BBIDE
General Fight Marks Polish Wedding
at Chester
CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 14. When sev
eral guests nt a Polish wedding yester
day undertook to claim the privilege of
kissing the bride before the bridegroom
was in humor 4o. grant them the right, a
general fight took place, during which
Stanley Hudson and Michael Fritz were
stabbed in their backs, heads and breasts,
and are now In the Chester Hospital In a
serious condition.
According to custom, the Polish brldo
permits; each guest to kiss her as a con
tribution plate Is passed around and a
sum of money collected for the bride.
The collection had not come up to the
mark when Hudson and Fritz attempted
to kiss the. young wife.
PLAN AID FOB SCHOOL
Delaware Reformatory in Bad Shape
Because of Lack of Funds
WILMINGTON, Feb. U.-Aa a result
of a condition of affairs at the Ferris
Industrial School for Boys, a. reformat' .y
Institution In this State, due to the lack
of necessary funds for the trustees to do
things which ought to be done, It Is prob.
able that a determined fight will be made
tq nelR the Institution.
Recently there was an epldemlo ot ty
phoid fever at the school, and after an
Investigation the State Board ot Health
ascertained that the cause was the de
fective water ystem of the place. The
niaiwjfers of the Institution admitted that
the waiter system was not what It should
b but: said they were absolutely without
lUHd with which to make the changes.
JSaTort to Aid Flowers Causes Fire
An." attempt to thaw out torn of the
Afttsies and roses shivering In tb cold of
! gienhous4 resulted in a "ie this
aiorr.ltu Jn the chimney, of the power
mpt sWplylns the greenhouses of Robert
Cmr ji,jflvrta.t. at SOth and Market streets.
, i.it ws made to crowd on full
ii th boilers, with the result that
aitrept ui the chimneys of the fur-
ij . 4,1., set lire to the soot The dam-
!,.- - iu)tt.i4 Jo the chimney and
t,fcr abaut fSS.
Mtt tt ! SKj-llllliB THII'U
,. . U II U ;. t. Wturf At
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. President Wilson today formally an
nounced his candidacy for re-election. He wrote to Secretary of State
Hildcbrand, of Ohio, announcing his assent to the placing of his name on
the primary ballots of that State.
The letter reads:
My Dear Sir I am inclosing you a letter, the occasion of
Which I dnrc say will be quite obvious. Friends in Ohio have
called my attention to Section 40134 of the General Code of Ohio
as amended in 1914 with regard to primary elections, and have
requested that I indicate my willingness to have my name used.
I, accordingly, take the liberty of sending you the inclosed letter
ns formal permission under the stntute.
The "inclosed letter" reads ns follows:
Honorable Chnrlcs Q. Hildcbrand,
Secretary of Stntc, Columbus, O.
My dear sir While I am entirely unwilling to enter into nny
contest for the presidential nomination of the Democratic purty,
I am willing to permit the use of my name that the Democrats
in Ohio may make known their preference in regard to that
nomination. In order, therefore, to satisfy tho technical require
ment of the stntute of the State of Ohio, I hereby consent to the
use of my name ns n candidate for the Presidency by any candi
date who seeks to be elected a delegate to the National Democratic
Convention, which is to assemble in June next.
Bcspectfully yours,
WOODBOW WILSON.
The letters were mailed today. They were made public at the White
House without comment.
LANDREGAN, OLD-TIME
NEWSPAPERMAN, DIES
Falls at His Desk in "Morgue."
Was Noted as Po
lice Reporter
Predcrick W. I.andrcgnn, old-time iwws
pnperman, died today. He was SO jenra
old Mr. I.andregnn fell dead nt bis desk
In tho library of lhi ISxcnlng Uullctln,
where he was employed.
Mr. Iviiidregnn was nt one time one of
tho best-known newspapermen In tho city.
Ho lived to see the methods of hli liuil
ncsi revolutionized. He was a "pollco
reporter" when the position was consid
ered nbout tho most Important on tho
staff ot u newspaper. Newspapers mado
news of crime more Important than any
other news. Political, social. Industrial
and flnanclnl news was collected nnd
written In routine fashion, but Into tho
news of crime was put all tho spirit, color
nnd Imagination that Is now usnnlly given
to ever thing cxivpt unusual crimes.
When Mr. Inndregnn wm n young man
It was the Police Headquarters at City
Hall anil the "Reporters' Room," nt tho
top of the building, that beckoned to
those who would make a name for them
selves In the anonymous columns of news
papers a name that would be known only
to other newspapermen. Tho men who
were sent to that work lmd to be as
skilled as nowadays tho Washington cor
respondents hnvc to be skilled. The pub
lip "wnntcil crime," and "crime" had to
be well done.
It was on the Item, a newspaper that
went Its wny some years ago, that Mr.
I.andregan first worked. The Item made
a great featuie of every sensational Inci
dent, specializing in murders and hang
ings with Krcnt detnll, even more than lis
contemporaries Uld. Tho coips of pollco
reporters were of the fn voted few who
had access to thp lurid scenes of homicide
and the chamber of honors at Moya
mcnslng horo men were hanged. It
wns theirs to describe the Inst breakfast1)
of murderers, men who, like II. II.
Holmes, hnd charmed the city with their
atrocities and whoso merited deaths hud
to be told to the most minute degree.
But In sgjte of those false Ideals of tho
times nnd the need of satisfying morbid
cariosities that hnd to be filled by Mr.
lnndregnn nnd his nssoclntos of the "Re
porters' Room," ho kept entirely free
from whnt would be a debasing Influence
to most men. He never becamo cynical,
but remained always gentle nnd kindly,
rising above the "horrors" through which
he hnd to pass, and living to sec those
"horrors" reduced to routine and per
functory mention In tho newspapers.
Mr. handregan wan for many years
pollco reporter for tho Hvcnlng Telegraph,
nnd wrote for the Sunday Transcript. Ho
became city editor of the Hvenlng Star,
and later a reporter for the livening
Times nnd tho Evening Bulletin. It wns
by a grim turn of fortune, recalling tho
work of his early years, that he was to
die In the "Morgue" of a newspaper office,
for the libraries of ncwspnpcis, where are
kept the material for obituaries of prom
inent men, to be used upon their deaths,
arc called "Morgues "
Mr. I,nndicg.tn llcd at 928 South St.
Rernard street. Ho Is surlcd by n
widow nnd two daughters.
WANT SECRETARY WILSON
TO RUN FOR THE SENATE
Representatives Steele and Dewalt
Confer With President
WASHINGTON, Kcb. H.-Reprcsenta-tlves
Harry J. Steele and Arthur G. De
walt, two of the six Democratic members
of the House from Pennsylvania, had a
brief talk with President Wilson today
about tho situation In Pennsylvania. It
Is believed that, as the result of this
and other confeiencea Pennsylvania Dem
ocrats have had with Mr. Wilson, tho
effort to Induco Secretary of Jjibor Wil
son to be a candidate- for the United
States Senute In Pennsylvania will bo
revived.
Pennsylvania Democrats are anxious to
have Secretary Wilson to lead the fight,
believing that his candidacy, nlthough
conceded to be a forlorn hope In protec
tive Pennsylvania, will bo beneficial to
the candldatea for Congress.
Skating on Lake in Lansdowne
Skaters thronged Or I filth Tark Lake,
Lansdowne, today, tho first lake to re
spond sufficiently to the near-zero weather
to permit skating. The Falrmount Park
lakes and Hunting Park Lake will be
opened later In the day, it Is expected.
"Foot and Mouth" Ban Lifted
HAItniSBimo, Feb. II Announce
ment was made this morning by the State
Livestock Sanitary Hoard that It would
admit cattle from Chicago free from such
quarantine restrictions bb wore Imposed
against the foot and mouth disease which
caused so much havoc. The quarantine
will be retained against a number ot Cen
tral Illinois counties.
(Rich &chard&!i m a n a c
EVENING LEPgEH-paiLADljILHlA, itfoyg, ' BpBBr
GIRL AT DEATH'S DOOR
FROM YOUTH'S BULLET
Sweethearts at Hanover, Pa.,
Believed to Have Entered
Into a Suicide Pact
HANOVER, Pa , Kcb l4.-Kdna H f Is
dying In the West Side sanitarium In
York from a bullet wound In her temple.
She was shot by her youthful sweet
heart, who In turn shot nnd killed him
self. To her mother nnd to physicians
the girl declined to disclose the circum
stances bnck of tho shooting scene that
occurred enrly yesterday morning In the
little parlor of her home.
Tho boy wooer wns Karly Miller, 17
yrais old. To nil Intents the young couple
decided to die together. They locked
themselves In the parlor of the Hoffman
home.
They had spent tho evening together.
When Lovl Hoffman, tho girl's father, re
tired for the night he heard them laugh
ing nnd talking. As he dr. iped off to
sleep the girl was playing on the piano
nnd the boy was softly singing. Hoffman
next was awakened by two shots In rapid
mircesslon.
The shots attracted neighbors. It te
(tuircd some time before Hoffman could
break down the parlor door. Tho boy
was dead and the girl uncousiloiis.
The two had been bov and girl school
sweethearts. II eh I ml tho tragedy. It Is
said, lies t. Btory of n Jealous rUnl
Anonymous letters were sold to have been
sent young Miller. His sister tells how
he hnd said Saturday night bcfoic going
to the gill's house that he had got a
letter, "and was going to find out " The j
anonymous letters were said to luvo con- ,
tallied such expressions as "the girl Is
making n fool of you" nnd "hei mother Is )
opposed to the match." ,
ODOR OF BURNING SAUSAGE
SAVES FAMILY FROM FIRE
Grocer Smells It and Ho and
Rescue Their Children
Wife
The fumes of burning sausago greeted
the nostrils ot Harry Jacobs ns he lay In
bed over his grocery nt Darlcn nnd Wolf
streets nnd listened to the wlnf winds
of February. Frosted window panes nnd
creaking signs nlso emphasized tho fnct
It was zero time.'1 His"' palate anticipated
a healthy breakfnst of buckwheat cakes
and snusage, so he lay back for a few
more winks. Rut suddenly Jacobs dis
covered thnt his wlfo wns MM In bed
Then ho wondered who was conking break
fast. He was In deep thought when an
other delicious odor, that of frying ba
nanns. greeted him.
Jacobs was at loss to account for the
cooking In tho kitchen when a cloud of
smoke puffed under the bedroom door.
For n moment he thought It was the
vapor duo to the Intense cold Then ho
opened the door nnd n tongue of flnme
leaped through the hallway.
He realized that the tempting breakfast
was being cooked by the fire. Jacobs
aroused his wife, nnd Kroping their way
through smoke and ll.ime tn the other
rooms, they rescued their three children
while the flames were creeping toward
the children's hedrnoni
The firemen i-nine when the family
reached tho street The fire, which was
ot unknown origin, caused 500 damage.
AGED MEN, BORN ON SAME DAY,
DIE TOGETHER; SAME DISEASE
End Comes to Two Inmates of Odd
Fellows' Home
Horn on tho same day nnd dying on
tho same day of the samo disease Is the
coincidence in the lUes of'Georgo K.
Drown and Winchester Rord, Inmntes of
tho Odd Fellows Home, at 17th and Tioga
stieetH.
Tho men wero born on May 13, 1S37, and
hno celebrated many birthday anni
versaries together, nrown was a nntle
of Philadelphia and for many years was
In the Jewelry business. Ho was n mem
ber of Spring Garden Lodge No. S9. Rord
was n native of Baltimore and was a
member of North Star Lodge No. 335.
Ho la survived by one son, Hoth deaths
were caused by pneumonia.
Fire Damages Tailor Shop
Fire In a tnllor shop condlucted by
Orloff Brothers, nt 1513 Wayne avenue,
thsl mornltng destroyed several hundred
dollars' worth of suitings that had been
placed In the store earlier In the day.
Abraham Orloff, one of the partners,
was pressing a suit with n gas Iron, when
he noticed that the furnace In the cellar
was getting too hot.
Setting his Iron down and opening a
nearby window to let out the ateam that
had accumulated In the shope, he went
Into the collar. On his return he found
the shop In flames, It Is supposed that
the gas (lame from! the Iron was blown
against some' inflammable material, start
ing tho blaze. Firemen extinguished Die
blaze with little difficulty.
"The merchant who stop
peth advertising when
'trade is dull'," saith
Rich Richard, "is like to
an engineer who shutteth
off the steam when the
locomotive is climbing a
steep grade."
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GARRISON WILL SEEK
NOMINATION AGAINST
WILSON IN ST. LOUIS
Prominent New York Democrat-
Says Resignation Was
Prompted by Plan to
Oppose President
HAS SUPPORT OF MANY
NKW TORlf, Teh ll. Llndlcy M. Gar
rison, who resigned ns Secretary of War
In tho Wilson Cabinet, will bo a candidate
for tho Presidential nomination beforo the
Democratic national convention at St.
Louis In June, nccordlnc to tho statement
of a welt-known New York Democrat.
Known Onrrlson sentiment nmong Dem
ocrats In the Middle West, South nnd
Southwest, who arc nntl-Wllson but not
pro-i rynn, It Is snld hero on nood author
ity caused tho former Chancellor of New
Jersey to (Ult tho President's official
family.
Only a few days before Secretary Onr
rlson electrified ofllelal Washington by
resigning tho war portfolio, ostensibly
becauso tho President favored a rein
forced mllltla Instead of tho continental
nrmy advocated by the Secretary, he re
ceived a voluminous report from a con
fidential adviser Informing him of tho
supposed Garrison leanings In tho "short
grass."
Tho man who made tho report is n New
York business man of high standing,
who Is well known In Washington as a
Democratic lender.
Tho New Yorker went South nnd West
on n business trip. He visited St. Louis,
Kansas City. Atlanta, New Orleans, Llt
tlo Hock, Oklahoma City, Dallas. Galves
ton and other cities In those sections and
Incidentally- Interviewed the State and
county chairmen.
He found, so ho said today, that the
Democrats who were ngalnst President
Wilson for rcnomlnatlon because of tho
women.
.TI.1t PT'
arose and
"You said the second largest single medium. Which is
the first?"
"A magazine," replied the speaker. "The Ladies' Home
Journal. It has a circulation of 1,700,000 copies, and it
is conservative to say that it has four readers to each
copy. It's audience is, thereiore, nearly seven million
women each month."
The speaker was correct, save that a test recently
made of 1,000 subscribers showed the average number
of readers of each copy of the magazine to be five. This
would make a total of 8,500,000 women, or one in every,
three women in the United States.
Why should this one magazine reach the greatest
number of American women of any single agency in the
country? See for yourself. Buy a copy of
The Ladies'
HOME JOURNAL
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--2WgfflW&ti
R. G. RHETT
Former Mayor of Charleston, S.
C, who has been elected presi
dent of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce.
cotton situation were nevertheless strong
for preparedness nnd wore advocating Mr.
Onrrlson'H candidacy.
The confidential report was forwarded
to Mr. Garrison, so tho New Yorker said,
and whllo there wns no icsponso nnd no
comment, the Secretary of War's resig
nation followed very soon.
City Gets $45,221 Insurance Tax
Completion of tho tabulation of returns
of tho Stntc tax on fire Insurnnco pre
miums on policies written by corpora
tions not chnrtcrcd under Pennsylvania
laws shows that Philadelphia's share of
this tax Is $13,224. Half of thla tax Is re
turned by the Stnto to tho district In
which It wns collected, nnd In most In
stances Is finally turned over to the Ite
llcf Association of the Fire Departments.
,fo3s3$3&tok,-
heus
A woman, in a speech, recently said:
"The General Federation of Women's Clubs is the second
largest single medium in the United States in reaching
the greatest number of women. It reaches two million
At the,:clpse of the speech a. woman in the
asked:
Its onlyl$ cents
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U. S. UNDERSEA BOATS'
WORKING LIMIT 10 DAYS
Would Take 22 K Craft to Do
What Three Germans Did,
Admiral Grant Saya
Bi it Staff Corrttpondcnt
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. That It
would bo Impossible for submarines of tho
United States to operate nt sea for more
thnn 10 days nt n time was tho state
ment made todny by Itenr Admiral Al
bert W. Grant, formerly commandant of
the Philadelphia Navy Yard, now In com
mand of the submarine flotllln. In tho
tlrst place, Admiral Grant said, the sub
marine would have to return to port for
pure, distilled wnter for tho batteries, It
being Impossible to carry enough puro
water to meet the needs.
"Tho question of habltnblllty," said Ad
miral Grant, "Is n most Important one
An efficient crew leading today would re
turn 10 days from now without moro than
25 per cent, of Its efTlclency. The men
must live below In an oil vnpor, tho food
must be cooked below and 20 men must
breathe the same air. liven when tho boat
Is operating on the surface, only one hatch
can bo opened, except In tho smoothest
son. I consider that 10 days Is the limit
of tlmo for which a submarine of our K
class could stay nt Bea ami bo nt fcll effec
le. After a cruise of that length 12 days'
leave ashore would hno to bo given tho
men to recover their health."
Admiral Grant then explained whnt tho
Inrgcr Gormnn submarines havo been
able to accomplish, nnd declared thnt he
favors SOO-ton submntlnes wllh "certain
military charactctistlcs." The American
submarines of tho K-bont class nto of
450 tons displacement.
"Tho German U-boats," ho said, "oper
alcd away from their base nt Heligoland
for 21 days nt n time. It would take 22
of our K-boats to do what thrco of tho
German U-boats did.
"For months the German boats spent 0
days in traveling to and from their oper
ating grounds. They spent 13 days on
Right
1..M .. a... . t -
days, that would allow but on iw1
the operating grounds.'' 0n
Admiral Ornnt saM ih. i.... ,i
rlncs reduced tho question of Ikm!?
materially. "aDllblHtj
AGED NORTHEAST MAN DIES
James Taylor, Widely Known Wr,
Succumbs Suddenly '
James Taylor. 71 years old, h
widely known In tho northeastirn .. M
of tho city, was found dead ?w2,
home, 2208 Kast Martha street hl'
He was discovered In his m v .
daughter Harriet. She notinedVr.
Murdock. of the Trenton avenue '
Dauphin street station, and he inL.Mi
Dr. Gem-go Slnnnmon, of 2201 F?t ?
street, tho district police surgeon nil
Slnnamon pronbunccd the man dea.5i I '
snld ho had succumbed to natural e,n?
Taylor worked at tho weave?i
He was employed by the Hardwlek 1
unRce company, .Marshall strict
Lehigh avenue. "l
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