!
LONDON'S LIGHTS
NOW DARKENED
BY WAjTS HAND
I Amazing Change Wrought
jn.Few Months by Zep
pelins TOMMY ANIONS' HUMOR
"darkness of land nt nightfall is
nprmlHnjr, And the poverty, tool
Outside the Customs stand n
Bfoup of unkempt women, Imtless
nnd coatlcss, wrapped in big shawls
and shivering with cold
apparently quite content with their
fate. Such hllnrity from the
Tommies I Such singing of tho
new wnrHme ditties! "Tippcrnry"
is quite dead now, but others have
arisen to take its place." Ellen
Adair.
By ELLEN ADAlIt
Written Specially for Kiknimi I.Klmitn
LONDON1, Fob. H. Tho Knglnnd of
today Is a vastly different place from tho
England of only a few months ago. The
"tvnr, with all Its dangers, seem Infinitely
nearer, and all over tho country the havoc
of the Zeppelins has redoubted anxiety,
Whllo tho heavy taxation of prlvnto In
comes has Impoverished all. Consequent
soaring' of food prlctH does not mend mat
tern, nor do the lonfr lists of hilled and
wounded with which tho papers are dally
filled,' Not a single home In England to
day but has In some way been badly hit!
The darkness of the land at nightfall Is
perfectly appalling. And the poverty, too!
Arrival In Liverpool 13 a rovelatlon No
town lit the whole of the British Isles
owns such poor ,as Liverpool. Uutsldu
tho Customs, In the railway station, stood
a group of unkempt women, hatless and
coatless. wrapped In big shawls, and
shivering with cold. Tho hair of one
hung limply down her back, her skirts
were tattered and torn, and her feet stuck
boldly through the remnants of whnt had
onco been boots I Deplorable poerty
yet there they were In the Icy station
(English stations, llko EnirllRli hotoln.
I v boast of no propor heating), apparently
ft quite contented with their fate.
They were awaiting a troop train which
presently glided In, the windows crammed
with khaki-clad figures. Such hilarity
from tho Tommies 1 Such singing of the
new war-time ditties 1 "Tlppernry" Is
quite dead now and burled In oblivion,
but others have arisen to take Its place.
From several carriages rose a plaintive
song, sung In a soft minor key:
We're little children, mild anil meek:
We only eel lt bob a week;
I'll -,.-a a.... .....,. ..... ..
-.. iiiuio ,,w uii. uiu inure vo may
It makes no difference to our pay!
f Sung to a hymn tune. In varying raucous
I voices, the effect of this was peculiar.
Along the railway line In the training
camps the raw recruits were singing tho
same thing very fast or very slowly, ac
cording to tho nature of their work:
Wash wo In tho water that
babv In.
luu washed tho
And I hall lie whiter than tlio whltewmh on
th wall.
In traveling by train tho regulations
for drawing every blind down and shut
ting oilt every possible chink of light
from the sight of "hostile aircraft" are
ten times as stringent as before. The
glass ef the doorways la dyed a deep and
melancholy bluc-hlack and, -taken In con
Junction" "vltli the semldarkneKR nt !i
focal stations, it Is a hard matter to dis-
1 cover wnen one has reached one's destina
tion. FLEEING FROM ZEPPELINS.
En route from Liverpool to Loudon, the
train Jerked to a sudden standatllt, and
excited murmuring arose among the pas
; eengers. "Zeppelins?" Yes, of course And
safer that the train should stand perfectly
stlll, we were told. But tho driver changed
his mind. With another stupendous Jerk.
the train sot off at highest speed for the
nearest tunnel, seven miles ahead. Such
a magnificent race for shelter and safety
and such swaying und bumping and gen
eral thrills! Life In wav time certainly has
Ita exhilarations.
When at last London was reached, tho
big terminus was crammed with every
kind of uniform. Offlcera of tho Iloyal Fly
ing Corps and of the Royal Naval Air
Service mingled with Gordon Highland'
era, dragoons, cavalrymen, lancers, olll
ccra of the famous "Dlo Hards" and Inls
klllings, while recruiting pipers who had
iurea tne very scum of the city Int othe
rnnku were making harsh music that re
sounded above the noise of the Incoming
trains, knowing full well that If they
stopped the Inspiring strains the new re
crults would show strong tendencies to
sneak off tho way they came!
A crowd was uwaltlng tho arrival of
a Red Cross train filled with wounded.
In the front portion of it wero parlor
cars -where the semlconvalescent sat, chat
ting and playing cards, arms and heads
and leg's carefully bandaged, clutches
propped against the tahlcs, but apparently
still able, to enjoy life. The serious cases
occupied the greater part of the train and
Jay in hapimocks suspended from the roof.
PATHOS, TFAP.S. SMILES.
A pretty girl disentangled herself from
the crowd -on the platform and rushed
forward to meet a tall young man who
was being helped out of the Red Cross
train, Halfway toward him. she paused
aghast, "aring"' as If she had seen an
iiPPOrly . Then I noticed that onn of
f.L Jil. s was gone! Throwing her arms
il . the young man. the girl cried
aXt her heart would break. The man
he was very young and very good-looking
-tried to comfort her, but his face
kept twitching all the time, and not a
single word could he say.
Then Me led her to a little bench, the
slrl still clinging to him, and the last
I saw of them they were sitting hand
tn hands, tears running down both their
faces, yet sufficiently recovered to smile
through their tears. These are
everyday scenes (u London railway sta
tions, and so commonplace that no one
ever remarks them.
At night a great darkness falls over
the city. Shops close early, and lights
re extinguished. Traffic, however, con
itinuea much the same. The crossing of
r.Uif). streets Is extraordinarily dangerous.
-vhefm only show the dimmest of
"tights, and frequently none at all.
FAt Plccsulllly Circus a seething roar of
raffle risest out of the darkness! At that
cite point, eight different thoroughfares
meet, and hundreds of motorpuses, taxis,
Ivato cars, vans, motortrucks, etc., rush
Iq u never-ceasing stream, till long
sr midnight It Is so dark that aa one
"-Sn(Ja on the edge of the pavement, pray-
Ids fer courage to plunge Into the Stygian
vortex, obe cannot distinguish bystander
a yard away The only landmark la a faint
green glimmer. luUf shaded with black,
which, indicates the entrance to the Criter
ion restaurant.
A ftiogle dancing firefly of light may
fiarald the approach of 11 motorbua or a
bleycle. Store likely it beralda the ap-
ptoauilt of a hundred motorbuses, like
st Juggernauts, In crossing the wide
irH. oaa cnngt be guided by sight, but
trly by the shouts and imprecations of
hi drivers, the hooting- of horns and the
re4 wf wb4t!e. It Is a roaring Inferno
blackaMa and danger, from 7 at night
ward.
Moat strinffeoc rulM have come Into
19 with ffgard tu Intoxicating- drinks.
i a? treating" bill ttefeara Honest Jelm
.u asklua a friend hM tn the
. iviaI ew Thr ' W4 thing to I
m Au ar m
i3&m$mm&dM& & .' w' 'M." .. v
KLLL'N ADAIR
the England of today as a Utile Invi
tation to a glass of the best Scotch, and
when young Captain Dash, of the lile
Hards, takes his Host IJIrC Into tho
lounge of tho Savoy or tho Itltz. thai
fair maiden has to nay for her llltln
cocktail herself, with llir- hcndwaltcr
standing over her to kco Hint she really
produces her own purse ami that Captain
Dash Isn't slipping the money under the
table Into her dainty hand
It la only at slated brief periods of the
day tho most Impossible times, too that
anything stimulating can be piocttted at
all. At nights In the Waldorf and the
Carlton and tho night clubs. It Is Ktrango
to sco tho Oltded Vouth of London homo
on leave solemnly sipping lemonade, as
If no such thing as a highball had ever
existed.
Yes war-tlmo transformations 1110 so
numerous that one can count them by
he thousand hi London anil nil over Eng
land. SEEK TO END EMBARGO
More Than 100, Employing
Thousands of Men, at Work
on Freight Congestion
More than 100 leading concprns of the
city aro engaged today In a conceited ef
fort to smash tho frelgir jam which ha.i
resulted In the most serlotta enihaigo In
the history of Philadelphia Tho work
Is being directed by tho Commercial Traffic
Managers' Arsoclatlon of Philadelphia. A
force of several thousand freight handlers
and (.cores of motor trucks and teams are
haul at work In Pennsylvania Railroad
freight jnrds all over the city unloading
cars.
The aim of the .association Is to cut
down by one-half within 48 hours the
number of cars, 11,000 or more, which
are stalled on sidings In Philadelphia. W
G. Grieves, president of Iho association,
said today that If tho number of stalled
cars was cut down by BO per cent, the
blockade would bo broken. Failure to lift
the blockade In 48 hours, he said, would
result In the absolute cutting off of coal
and steel and other raw materials from
the city.
Among tho concerns that responded to
day to the appeal of the association are
the S. L. Allen Company, manufacturers
of agricultural Inbtrunvnts ; the llarher
Asphalt Company, the Scott Paper Com
pany, the Baldwin L"c ntlve Woiks and
the .1. (J. Brill Car Works.
Manufacturing plants In Tacony have
combined todny In an effort to brtak the
congestion in that section. They havo
several hundred men at work unloading
cars and aro employing auto trucks and
teams. Those concerns aro the Henry
Dlsston Saw Works, Dclauey & Co., man
ufacturers of gluo; the Philadelphia
Forgo Company, Quaker City Rubber
Company, Ross Crucible Company, Ull
lendger & Sons, glass manufacturers; II.
II. Barton & Co.. manufacturers of Kami
paper; Krben-Hardlng Company, worsted
manufacturers, und tho l.ardner'8 Point
pumping station.
Joboph Biles, traffic manager of tho
Dlsston plant, said today that his com
pany had more than SO cars of coal and
steel tied up In the Jam. 'The industries
of this city," he said, "cannot act too
quickly In an effoit to relievo tho situa
tion. In 10 days' time, If tho embargo Is
not iiiteu, I'tiuuuelphln will faco n dis
astrous Industrial tie-up. Incoming cars
are adding to tho Jam dally, and wo havo
got to make a big hole In the congestion
If wo are to escape a tie-up of many
weeks."
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad announced
this afternoon that 16S0 stalled cars had
been unloaded yesterday, but that 10,45"
were still stalled, unloaded. In tho 1080
unloaded thero were 50,000 tons of fiolght,
and If this ratio wero applied to tho
10.450 cars. It would mean that there Is
now about 300,000 tona of freight Hailed.
"MOTHER" MAGILL'S FUNKKAL
Nephew and Grandsons Will Act as
Pallbearers
A special wish of tho late Mrs. Anne
Kllzabeth Magill, familiarly known as
"Mother" Magill, the 108-year-old woman
who died a few days ago at the home of
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Benjamin Mor
ris Magill, 3059 North 16th street, has
been carried out" In the selection of pall
bearers for her funeral. It was her wish
that her nephew and grandsons should
be chosen to lower her body Into the
grave.
The pallbearers are Vllllam D. Magill.
J. M. Barton Magill, John B. Magill and
William G. Wledersum, Mrs. Masill's
grandsons; Clifford K Cassel. a nephew,
and Kdward Egle. a son-in-law.
Funeral services will be held tonight
at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Ben
jamin Morris Magill. Tomorrow tho
body will be taken to New Britain, Bucks
County, where funeral services will be
held In the New Britain Baptist Church.
The Itev. Dr. Davd Spencer will officiate.
Interment will bo In New Britain.
ACCUSE ELOPER OF BIGAMY
Woman Has Bride and Bridegroom
Locked Up in West Chester
An elopement to Wast Chester and a
honeymoon to Boston ended sadly for
Frank II. Qlbson. of 20th and Arch streets,
who Is in Jail at "West Chester today, ac
cused of bigamy for marrying Adallne
Robinson, of Malvern, formerly of 4029
Girard avenue, The girl la n an adjoining
cell
The couple were arrested In Boston
weoiiesuay ana new until constable zra
King, of West Chester, arrived with a
warrant. Uibson waived extradition to
shield his "little girl." as he called his
new bride. lie and the young woman
were committed to the county prison by
Justice of the Peace Ruth, of Malvern,
last night, and he will face the woman
who saya she is his first wife tomorrow-
Russians Escape Across Alps
BOMB. Msreh, 2.-SeveraI Russian
prisoners of war. Interned in Austrian
campe. escaped and made their way
miraculously through the Austrian lines on
the Italian front, .according to dispatches
received here todajr. One of the ttuaaians
waa drowned fording a stream In the Aloa.
The otfws, half dead Iran e.xntumre, mag-1
gerod tnto an ltaltaV. Sflpamymtnu I
s
PVENINQ LBPCHSB l?HILAD32LPjAlAt THURSDAY, MAttOH
MERCURY-WINGED BELL-HOP HERE
SPEEDS MESSAGES TO WAR LEADERS
William Cooper, of Bellevue, Boasts Rewards of Lord
Aberdeen for Landing Notes Aboard Steam
ship Bound for Europe
The bellhop') in (he HellevueStratford
gaaed enviously at tho new suit of clothes
of ono of their number today. Ho re
luctantly d!f.cnrtled It for his uniform.
Hack of the new clothes Is the story of
a reward for an exciting Journey which
landed a bellboy with Important dis
patches to nobles nnd statesmen on n
wharf Just In Unto lo get the letters
aboard a foreign-hound Vesrel. If the ship
had warped out of dock a scant half hour
sooner, or the boy had tarried that long
on his way, the destiny of nations might
have hern charged
Hut this particular bellhop was not tho
oulln.try kind Although he had Hover
been In New York, he did some quick
thinking, anil matlo Ills way lo a tlobokcn
pier ns easily as a Hioadway habltuo
rould have done. Moreover, he left this
rlty at o'clock In the nioiiilng nnd was
icady for work again at 3 o'.Jook that
afleriioon, which was quirk traveling for
anybody.
Tim liiMlho li William Cooper Tho
Header of tin- leitrra. ionic of which worn
itddrrxed to iiiiii who nn guiding tho
Hughs!! nation, win tin- MnrifUla of ,h-t-dcen
and 'IVnmlr Lord and Laily Abcr- .
deen came lo Hip hotel last Hnturday. and
VACCINATE 400 PERSONS
IN WEST PHILADELPHIA
City Doctors Scratch Many
Arms When Negro Minister
Contracts Smallpox
Tin" fourth smallpox (martini Ino estab
lished In this city nine" Sunday was put
Into effect eaily totliv when more than
401) portion- vvet-f vncc'nated by "" phy
sicians appointed bj. t u- Dep'irlment of
Public Health mid Charities In tho section
bounded by Preston, 41st and Spring
Garden streetn and Have-ford avenue.
The cause wtiB the dlrcovery of n fare
of smallpix at 531 Bud'l rtrfet. where
Armstead Duncan, a negro minister, de
veloped the disease, which he contracted
In Wilmington. The quarantine was lifted
shortly after 7 o'clock from all except
one hoitsp.
That HoU3e. JOT I Hnverfoid avenu
tho homo of Walter M. Kcott. president
of the Penn .Smelting and Refining Coin
pauy. flOO Filbert stretr, Is being closely
guard 'd by tho police. Mr. Scott refused
to allow himself or his daughter Allco
to be vaccinated.
Ha Is said to be a leader of tho Apos
tolic Faith Assembly, a divine healing
cult, which meets In the building. Unless
he agrees to vaccination the houso will
be quarantined for il days, the health
officials said.
At the optical case factory of William
Birmingham & Co.. 4054-51! Haverforil
avenup, 50 girl employes hesitated before
entering. Five of them, fearing vaccina
tion, went home.
DENY FfHtEKiN LNFLUENCG IN
IKISII-A3IEKICAX CONVENTION
McLuuRhlin ami McGnrrity Resent
Charge of Now York Hibernians
Petty Jealousy in Irish-American ranks
was tho reason ascribed today by Joseph
McLaughlin, national president nf the An
cient Order of Hibernians, for a resolution
framed by Irish-American socletlp.s in
New- York denouncing Hie convention of
Irish-Americans to bo held In that city
March 4 and R,
,"Tho committee which drafted It repre
sents hut a handful of people," said Mr.
McLaughlin, who denounced tho resolu
tion at headquarters, 1(!19 Chestnut
street. "I can challenge the resolution as
far as our order is concerned. Roderick
J. Kennedy, president of Hie New York
Order of Hibernians. Is one of tho promot
ers of the convention. Personally, I know
that !)0 per cent, of tho men in the order
throughout the country are in absoluto
sympathy with the meeting."
Hp denied that tho convention was In
any way Indebted to a foreign Power, as
was intimated in tho lesolutlon drafted
by the Now Yoik Order of Hibernians,
tho New Yoik Municipal Council of the
United Irish League and the Board of
fclrln. ,
"Tile convention is pro-Irish and is in
terested In the fate of no country save
Ireland," ho added.
"Flrht of all, we're Americans today,"
declared Joseph McGarrlty, another Irish
American. "It's a story like that that
necessitates making clear the truth about
Ireland to Americans who get their stories
about Ireland from tho Kngllsh and Hng
llsh sympathizer. Wo realize tho disad
vantage tho Irish are under In getting
their side of tlfe question to tho world,
and wo mean to help our country and the
rebl of the world to learn the truth about
Ireland."
C1TV PAYS ATTORNEY BROWN
$4000 FOR AIMMIAISAIj .1015
Claim in Tax Estimates Case Finally
Settled
Attorney General l-'rancis Sliunk Brown
today received n warrant for $4000 from
City Councils for professional services
rendered a special committee appointed
May 12. 1010, to Investigate the valuation
of taxable realty in Philadelphia.
The committee empowered the Manu
facturers' Appraisal Company, of Cleve
land, O., to make the appraisement and
tho resolution authorized the appointment
of nn attorney. The appraisal company
rendered a bill for $80,000, Fruncis
Shunk Brown, $5224.29 and the throe ex
perts, John Adams, William P. Deakyne
and juipcs Johnbton, $3000.
RICHMOND FORMS A CHURCH
Suspended Rector Organizes
John's Independent Parish
St.
St. John's Independent Protestant Epis
copal Church, the first of a new denomi
nation, saw tho light of day for the first
time today, and the Jlev Ueprge Chalmers
Richmond, suspended rector of Old b't.
John's Protestant Kplscopal Church, 3d
and Brown streets, will preside as blBhop
of the denomination und pastor of the
church.
In a cold, dimly lighted basement room
of Old St. John's Mr, Richmond and 22
gray-haired men and wonien, some of
them life-long members of the church,
last night organized the parish. These
aged members and their families all
vowed that they -would never enter the
church again. They also blamed Bishop
B)ilnelander for the suspension of Mr,
itlohmoud us rector of their parish.
The last piece of coal was shoveled Into
the furnace of the church yesterday after
noon, but the coals were burned out when
the little meeting of Mr. Richmond' fo).
lowers assembled. This morning the
building Is cold and deserted Next un
day it la probable that the Itev Henri M,
O. Huff, who was named mlnlster-ln-charge
last spring, will preach. When he
attempted to do so last June Mr. Rich
mond prevented him from entering the
churqhyard. Hereafter, according to a
statement made by the militant clergy
man, he will devote his time to construc
tive work a a mlnUttr and will make no
further attacks on Bishop Khtnelander
The new congregation wilt meet for the
present iA Eldridge'a Hall. IStX North
Lepan Square.
his Lordship suddenly discovered that ho
did not havo time to send a package
containing about a dozen letters by mall
so they would go by the American Lino
steamship Philadelphia. Tho ship was duo
lo I6nve that day at noon.
Ite considered tho letters Important
enough to send by a special messenger Id
.'ntch the steamship. Cooper, who lias
been a bellhop at tho hotel for years, was
chosen to go on the mission.
rn. A 1....1. !.. r-... , f n,...i
' no a wuiutn mini iiuiii oiuitu niitci
Station landed Iho bellboy-dispatch
hearer In New York at It o'clock. Ho
took tho Hudson tube nnd lenchcd tho
Hobokeu side In a few minutes. A few
morn precious minutes wero then required
to land him nt t'ler 62.
He rushed up tho gangway, but tho
ship's ofllcers refused to receive the pack
ago until the letters had been postmarked
In the ofllcp on the wharf.' Tho letters
were then Ktamped and laken aboard Just
befoic the lines were cast off. One of
tho letleiH wps oaid lo bear tlio addieoo
rim lonl lllgli Chancellor of Ireland
Dublin." and nii'itlfr Iho name Asqilitb.
Hence the reward. Hie amount of which
Cooper refused to( disclose, and tho
clothes.
! U. OF P. PREPAREDNESS
: CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Brisk Recruiting for Pliittaburg
Expected After General
Wood's Address
I'rcrniedncsH advocates nt tho Culver
slty of Pennsylvania opened their cam
paign for recruits to the Plntt'iburg on
eaiupmciit today. Tho 1'ii'verslty sent
about 100 men to the ciynp lust summer,
and It ! the ambition of the piei.aredncus
men to have 1!00 go next summer.
Thero were 1720 young men In tho force
contributed by the various colleges and
universities last summer. It Is believed
that theto will be nearly D000 this year
Tho students' camp will last from July 5
to Augit it 8.
A great burst of recruiting activity Is
expected at Pennsylvania following the ad
dress soon to bo delivered there bv Malor
' General Lconnid Wood. General Wood
was to have spoken for preparedness at
tho time of tho bowl fight, but his visit
was postponed because of tho death of u
student ns a result of that fight.
Tho qualifications for recruits nte that
they be citizens of the United States, in
sound pliyalcal condition nnd with normal
eyesight : that they bp cither college or
unlvorslty undergraduates or members of
the class graduating In June. HJIG, or that
they bo seniors or graduates, under 2t
years of age. of high &chools.
'f military training Is undertaken at
Pennsylvania tho students who havo been
to Platthbutg will become the ofllcers of
tho university regiment.
KENEF1T FOR AIJINHTON
HOSPITAL ATTENDED MY 501)
Enthusiastic Crowd at Jcnkintown
Aids Maternity Ward Fund
The "vaudovllle cxtraordlnalio" given
nt the Jcnkintown Auditorium last night
to raise funda for the Ablngton Memorial
Hospital maternity ward was ntended by
nn enthusiastic audience of moro than 500
poisons. Tho program Included readings
by "Tom" Daly, of the Evening LBDUEn :
musical selections by a triple quartet from
the ChorlHters' Club; an Interpolation of
a one-act Ilostand piny by Miss Julia
Jlnllaby. of Bcechwood j a piano mono
logue by Miss Jean AVIIson, classic dances
by Miss Myrtle McKeo and MKt Helen
Herr and songs by Augustlno Gnrcla, a
boy soprano.
Between tho numbers (lowers were wold
by girls of tho younger set. They were
Miss Clara DoPny, Miss Slarjorlo Kent.
Mils Doris Wethcrbeo, Miss Helen Nash,
Miss Julia Beck, Mlas Mary Mulford, Miss
Cleanor Jones and Miss Dorothy Mul
ford. Tho patronesses of the entertainment
were .Mrs. Kdgar S. Nash, .Mrs. George
Horace Lnrlmer. Mrs. Cyius II. K. Cur
tis, Mrs. Joseph Ij. Jones, Jr., Mrs. (Jeorgo
A. Ulsasser, Mrs. "W. H. Wolhcnmayer,
Mrs. Harry li DePuy, Mrs. Louis R. Dut
ton. Mrs. Milton IC. Nelffer, Mrs. S. K.
Allman, Mrs. J. Smylic Herkncss, Mrs.
Henry C. Spauldlng, Mrs. Milton V. Bar
Inger. Mrs Alan H. Read, Mrs. Charles
W. Beck. Mrs. Robert Scwell and Mrs.
Marmaduke Tlldcn. Jr.
I'ZAR FERDINAND REPORTED
ILL AT COBURO, UERMANY
Bulgarian Ruler Said to Be Suffering
From Assassin's Wound
,-ii. iv. March 2. Reports from
Amsterdam, Home nnd Zurich received
.i .- i ,u ty tell of the serious Illness of
thu Bulgarian Czar Ferdinand, who Is
.said tu have been taken 111 while en route
home from a trip to Berlin and Vienna.
Ono report said Feidlnnnd Is now in bed
In Coburg, Germany. Rome heard a ru
mor that he had been wounded by n
would-be assassin.
Ferdinand arrived in Germany about
three weeks ago and was tho guest of
the Kaiber at headquarters in Plcss, Slllia.
From rieaa ho went to Coburg to visit
the Grand Duke of rinjio-Coburg-Gotha.
Ho planned to go directly from Coburg to
.Sotla, via Nlsh.
Tho ostensible purpose of the Bulgarian
rulei's visit to Germany was to thank
the Kaiser for naming him a field marshal
In the German army. It was reported
that the real purpose of the visit was to
acquaint the Kaiser with his plans for
making Bulgaria the dominant Power in
the Balkans, by annexation of parts of
Serbia and Albania.
Fire Damages the Hoskins Store
Stock in the William H. Hoskins btore,
stationers, at 904 Chestnut street,' was
damaged to the extent of several thousand
dollars early today when water from the
automatic sprinklers, which wero released
by a Are on the third floor, seeped through
to the second and first doors. The fire
was noticed by a passerby when ho dis
covered the water running Into Chestnut
street, Knglnes responding to the alarm
aroused guests in the continental Hotel,
but there was little to do as the sprinklers
had virtually extinguished the blaze. The
Are Is believed to have cesn started by
liet liquid overflowing from a glue pot,
which was left .on a stove In the factory
on the third Moor. The store was open for
business today as usual.
Paroled Convict Sent Back to Jail
Hornet Haines, who has been on parole
from a seven-year sentence for burglary
must return to prison for breaking ila vow
to the State. Haines was arraigned be.
fore Judge Boyle in the Camden Criminal
Co'irt on the charge pf breanlng into and
robbing the home of Richard Berfulllo,
211 South Sth street. Gloucester. During
the psarlng Haines' police and prison
recoraa were orougni out ana it was dis
covered that he has served several other
smaller terms for burglary while he was
on parole from the seven-year sentence.
Judge Boyle sent him back to prison to
finish his term.
President Commutes Sentence
WASHINGTON. March 2. President
Wilson today commuted to three months
the six months' sentence imposed on
Adolph H. Sehroeder, of Trenton, N. J.,
tor manufacturing oleomargarine without
a license. A fine of $600 also -was remitted.
PRESIDENT THE PIVOT
IN INTERPARTY FIGHT
AMONG NEW YORKERS
Republicans Base Campaign
Against Wilson's Foreign
Policy Democrats for It.
Defense at Issue
TARIFF WILL BE ASSAILED
NEW YoltK. March 2. Issues for the
I fttilntr Pi nulitnnl In I rnlminlml 111 NOW
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vorit were lam uown on immisuiKU"".
lines today, as a result of the Itepublleaii
and Democratic Slate conventions select
ing ilelegatcs-at-targc to the national meet
ings. Tho keynote speeches mid platforms
have resulted In putting tho greatest sires
upon tho Wilson Administration's foreign
policy.
The Democratic view, ns rxprcscil nt
Syracuse, Is vlrtttnlly thai the "pen Is
mlr.htler than lltn swoid" In lite present
I situation. In that President Wilson has
preieiveil pence mm at tne same nine up
held the nation's honor by the dlrertlnrt
of numerous nolca lo the warring Hum
pean Powers.
Tho Republicans will attack Hie Ad
ministration's policy ns Inefficient, nnd
drifting toward war Instead of maintain
ing peace.
Tho Democratic reply will he Hint the
mnro radical policies advocated by tho
Republicans would lead to certain partici
pation In the Huropean struggle
The Republicans will nttnek President
Wilson's preparedness plans ns Inade
quate. Tho Democrats will oxpress con
tinued confltl'meo In those plans as sulll
clent to guarantee the defense of the
nation without turning to militarism
On the tariff tho Republicans will de
clare that only a stimulated prosperity,
due tu tho extraordinary munition nnd
other exports ns n result of the wnr. has
saved tho country from lluaitclal dlsnstcr.
This Iho Democrats will deny. and. In
addition, will assert that only the fore,
slghtedncss of the Administration In en
acting tho now currency laws nvcrtcd n
panic at tho outbreak of tho war.
MAYOR WILL APPROVE
TRANSIT PLAN CHANGES
Draft of Proposed New Fea
tures Will Be Completed
Today
The engineers of (lie Transit Depait
incnt expect to complete today the draft
of tho proposed changes in the constiuc
tlou of Hie Broad street subway nnd tho
central business loop, so that tho dia
grams and complete plans can be laid
before Mayor .Smith tomororw for bis
formal approval.. .That the Mayor will
indorse tho proposed modifications was as
sured last night when he said that, even
before he hud assumed olllce, ho felt that
somo changes should be made.
In addition to raving tii" city more than
$3,000,000, and Improving operating and
distribution facilities In the central busi
ness district, engineers who have consid
ered the new plans feel that their adoption
will menu a saving of beveral months In
tho time required for the completion of tho
high-speed subway system.
The new plans, It Is said, eliminate vir
tually all features which were regarded as
difficult problems from an engineering and
construction point of view.
Tho modified plans, as they will 1)2 sub
mitted to the Mayor tomorrow, provido
for:
A City Hall subway htatlon nt tho
western sldo of City Hall, instead of
under the building.
A four-track suhna." system on
Broad street south to F.iirmount ave
nue.
A two-track line from that point
around tho western side of City Hail
south to League Island.
A two-track subway distribution
system for tho business district, from
Broad street nt Itldgo and Falrmount
nvenucs, south under Ridge avenuo
to Sth street, soutli on 8th street to
Walnut street, west on Walnut street
to lGth street, north on 16th street to
Arch, where It will connect Willi tho
propo.sed Hoxhoiough-Mnnayunk line.
A series of underground stations
and platforms connecting tho 16th
and Arch streets station, tho City
Hall station of tho nroad street sub
way and tho present lBth and Market
streets station of tho Market street
subway.
That there will bo homo opposition to
mo propoHeu cnunges was indicated today
by President 10. J. Berlct, of tho Wnlnut
Street Business Association. Mr. Bcrlet
said the association was opposed to mov
ing the southern leg of tho loop from
Locust to Walnut street. The association,
ho said, will take steps next week to op
poso tho adoption of part of the proposed
program.
It was learned today that tho State
Public Servico Commission will not be re
quired to pass upon tho modifications to
be made upon the plans for tho Broad
street subway at City Hall. The commis
sion, It was pointed out, approved nle
plans along general lines, and left the de
tails to tho engineers. This will obviate
uny delay In resuming tho construction
work at City Hall us noon us the Mayor
will have formally approved tho changes.
Two Caught Prowling in Store
Policeman Murphy, of tho 20tli and Fed
eral strets station, whllo trying the doors
on his beat eurly today, found one to open
nt his touch, at 1311 Point Breeze avenue,
a department store, run by Adolpli Curson.
The policeman went Inside and heard
voices. Subsequently he arrested John
O'Donnell, 21, who said ho lived at 1911
Wharton street, and Thomas Gillen, 22,
who said ho lived at 2238 Dickinson
street. Murphy said the pair had a lot
of goods packed up ready to take away.
They were held without ball for court by
Magistrate Pennock, In the Central sta
tion. Will Build 27 Houses in Logan
William B. Davenport has (alien title
from Edwin Wolf to a plot of ground on
the east side of 10th Btreet, below Rock
land, Logan, having a frontage of 405 feet
on 10th street with a depth of 86 feet.
The sale was negotiated by Horace Qros
kln. The purchaser will build 2? houses
on the ground, at a cost of about (100,000.
TOO IATE FOB CLASSIFIOATIOir
lUJKINKS.S OITOUTU.MT I KH
WANTED builnex man willing to make an
liiventment and take active part In inanaa.
ment uf goine manufacturing company hav
ing good bunlna, but neudlng- additional
iVJniniviplt,lU2n "count ol new bulnf.
i 308, Ledger Office.
IIKI-1' WANTED IKMAI.l;
COOK and chambereiald and va;trn Two
&r,?,rW,t iW ffr smalt frnnily, Wllmin,
j-Wj-SSl- ll4!7, ledger Qttltf.
COOK Experlenoad lounr white slrl. family
!hrr.' iSi'!?'UaW'S h ta ium.
JLIKI'JL. Wfljv-TKD 3AI.E
"O J WANTKD to learn alllc bueliWH. between
ID and If stare of iiu.
Apply
HHOTHKHS. 101 B 18th.
PALMER
llOOKKKWHU Vptln
-t
niUFI UM uuelitunt
capable, .state age. salary, experience. Hoi
i.) in i. lAinnr urooo.
BRU'KUOrjSRS
ave
Apply 4300 Wliahlcko.i
wblte experienced and At
UUTL.ER gloxle
reiereni-i rruuirea. lie Branca I.etor li.t
and Pme ate mf
Other Ctaulfted 4d en iae noJ js
2 1010
ii ii AiiKiPr.it A VK3S130.000
TO WIDOW AND CHIfjDltEN
Cigar Box Manufacturer's Will Pro
' bated Appraisals
An estate valued at 130,000 Is ills
posed of In private bequests by the will
of Henry II. Shelp. founder and prMl
dent of tho Henry II. Shelp Cigar Box
ihnnv. tvbn illpd tin February 24 nt
his homo at Oak lane nnd York avenue.
The will, probated today leaves the bulk
of the property to Flla B Shelp, widow
of tho testator nnd lo n son nnd daugli-
"other wills probnted were those of
William H. Collum, 2515 North road
street. J 15.700! Margaret B. Hinltti. 2 5
North 50th street. $33,725; Klla O. Rush,
6118 t-oeusl ntrcet. $111,300; Rebecca
MrCaugh. 3162 North Broad street. $7000;
Mary J. Itoctip, zi.' uovern un-nm-. ."""
jpna Kris, 1914 Patten street. $4000;
Hllznbetli Hrockcrmnn. 2rt Frtlnnoiint
nvemic, $3000. and Kmllls Tcnionc, 73S
Hotilh fllli street. $2000.
The personal effects of Virginia C. Tart
tcr, have been appraised at $J.1,755; Mary
H Whltaker. $23.0(3.00; Henry U Hmv
man. $22,386.43; Jennie T. Crycr.
$5340 50; Valeria Walton. $5226.58; Henry
(Hazier. $1570.86; Ida T llutkhart,
$4 1. '5 52. and Andrew Htoop, $306n
SQUADRON 0E ORATORS
TO URGE U. S.
Security League Plans
Wide Campaign for
1 Preparedness
City-
A clly-widc campaign of spccch-mnklng
lo nrouse enthusiasm for adequate
national defense measures among the peo
ple of all Philadelphia Is being planned
by the Speakers' Bureau of the Philadel
phia Branch of the National Security
League. The campaign will start In about
two weeks.
More than 100 speakers will bo enrolled
by the bureau. They will ho Instructed
In Hie gospel of preparedness, nnd fur
nished with nil tho statistics, facts and
even their speeches, If they want them.
Tho managers of tho campaign will tnem
selves arrange no meetings, but will con
flne themselves to sending speakers to
wherever a body of persons congregates.
The object of tho campaign Is to
arouse tho people of the city to the needs
of the country In the matter of defense.
Few people, say those who have Inspired
the campaign, havo nny Idea of tho ex
tent to which the country Is lacking In
means of support.
Politics will be avoided by nil the
speakers. 11 is said that no ono will be
nttacked. there will bo no such thing as
putting the blame on tho Administration,
and there will bo strict observation of
neutrality. But the Kpcakcrs will point
lo Kngland's experience In tho war as an
indication of the need for preparedness
In tho United States.
Preparations for the campaign have
been carried on for two mouths by the
speakers' bureau, of which George Went
worth Carr Is chairman. Of the 100 or
moro men, 25 will come from the debating
council of the University of Pennsylvania,
which has offered to help In the campaign
to this extent. .Men connected with religi
ous organizations, fraternal orders and
any other bodies will be used If they have
ability ns speakers.
It Is planned to address hundreds of
meetings during tho campaign. No limit
has been set to the length of the cam
paign, but It Is thmvht that It will con
tinue five or six weeks.
The speakers will endeavor to Invade
banquets, church organizations, meetings
of business men's associations, and both
men's and women's clubs. An effort will
be made to Interest both sexes tn tho
movement for adequate preparedness.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD (SIJtL WHO
DIED OF IIURNS BURIED
Friends and Schoolmates Send Many
Flowers for "Toots"
A dreary procession tinder a gloomy
sky today marked the funernl of 5-ycar-old
Kllen May Brown, who was
burned to death Monday whllo "minding"
nor llltlo sister.
It vvas not nn ordinary funeral, for
In the procession rode James Brown, tho
child's father, who was disfigured for
life when he made a vain effort to save
tho child's life. And there were flowers
fiom all tho neighborhood for "Toots,"
ns the little girl was known. Adults and
Kllen May's schoolmates at tho Bache
School sent many flowers.
"God bless papa, God bless mamma
Uod bless grandma 1 can't pray any
more."
This prayer, murmured by tho little
girl ns she died holding the burned hands
of her father, were repeated at the grave
in Hillside Cemetery.
55 Suits of Clothes Found in Car
Beading Railway ofllclals havo E5 suits
of clothes they don't know what to do
with. AVhilo unloading a car of rye at the
Port Richmond elevators workmen dis
covered the suits hidden In the grain. The
shipment came from tho West In a Santa
Fo freight car, and the ofllclals of tho
Heading, who took charge of the fine
coats, vests and trousers, believe the
articles were stolen and placed In the
grain while tho car was standing on a
.sidetrack In Duluth, Minn,
Holds Tailor Accused of Keeping Suits
Phillip Kallnsky, who conducts a tailor
ing establishment at 1210 Filbert street,
was held in $B0O bail for court by Mag
Istrate Pennock. nt the Central Station to
day, accused of the larceny as bailee of
two suits of clothes belonging to Harry
C. Turner, of 1100 Market Btreet. Turner
said he took the, clothes to the tailor to
have them repaired, nnd the lattor denied
having them, despite the fact Turner said
ho saw the clothes hanging In the de
fendant's store,
Kent Mills to Go Under Hammer
Announcement has been made that the
property of tie Thomas Kent.Manufao
turlng Company, at Clifton Heights
pledged as collateral security for Indebted
nesa due to Charles J, Webb, of tills cltv
will be sold at public auction to Le held
at the plant on March IT. Thelproperty
to be offered consists of the Ruifnyrneade
worsted mill, the Union and IlJckbourne
woo en mills. Ii sU-acre tract h ground
In the borough of Cljftpn Heights, stocks
w., ,..,.., mavcwuia aim uncombieted con.
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CAMDEN COUNTY NW
Urm-iP-h nf Mow .Tm-om, ni..i i
" " , "-"" division!
lor rrepareaness Organised
and Will Co-operate in '
General Movement
ISSUE CALL TO DTJTl
Tho wonion of Cnmdon County h.Tf
organized for preparedness. They havfl
formed the Camden County Clmnin- m is
. .... ... . ... , . in
oi inn icw jersey women's Division fop
rrepareuness.
Nearly nil the women clubs In Cnmn3
County participated In tho formation f!3
the new chapter. Tim new organlsalQ
was planned nlong the lines of tho 5wl
sjivnma Women's Division for National
Prepared nc3. The Camden wn,v.... ';,
suited with Miss Hllzabeth Hill and Mm.
ileorgo Qtilntard Ilorwltz, of PhllaiUl'
piita, nn the details or organization. -'
II was explained that the purpose ',
Hie chapter would bo to wield tho wom.n
of the county Into a bodv nrenartut i -i
111 meeting, quickly nnd Intelligently. 4ni
nnllonnl emergency which might arise .i
Miss Kllzabeth Cooper Hooves, of 'sop
State street, Camden, vvhero the organlzaij
nun HicuLiiiK wtu iiciu last night, wi
elected chairman of the chapter.
Mrs. William T. fiend, wlfo of Stab?
1 1 uiibui rr- meci ncau, was circled Becrt'
iiii-y. 1'ivo iiiuereni. envisions wero orS
Kiioizi-ti iiiiu icaocra cicctcu ns follows! '
Division for social servico work, Mr
Joseph Koobtis, lib nnd Kpruu6 streak
rnmncn; division ror surgical sunnllen)
Mrs. Robert P. Flnloy. .IB West Vfnnt."
street. Mcrchnnlville; division for nlessenli
ger service, .irs. uicnnru &i. I ooper. Ash
man roan, iiauiioniieiti: first nld dltuimr
Mrs. Paul M. Mccrny, .106 Cooper street?
Camden; division for collecting, prepaid
lug nnd distributing food supplied, Mrs.'
inaries u. tiiiimnii, ;w Kings Highway)
IlllUUUUIlClll.
Other departments which arc planned!
have not yet been organized. It Is lllil
that leaders for these divisions will Hal
chosen early next week nt a meeting td bH
nom in tno cooper jiornry.
The formation of thn chapter came as?
the result of a movement started by the 3
Nassau nnd Hnddonflcld chapters of'thel
uaugnters oi tne American devolution,
ICfforta will bo mudo to have the D. A. H,"'
chapters nil over tho Stntc start similar,
movements In their localities, and to brlnel
this about Miss Ueovo tomorrow will ad.,j
urcss tne aiaie uonvonuon or tno a. a. mi
nt Trenton to nsk support.
SUNDAY CONCERTS OPPOSED
IJY SABBATH ASSOCIATION
Councils Asked to Unit Appropriation
for Scries
The Philadelphia Sabbath Association)'
today filed n protest with Councils ngalnstl
the proposed appropriation of city funds'
r..H nA U,m,t., nn.,n. la rt ,!, T)l. tin A .1 .- I
v,, A.vu Muiiuuj lu.ilui ,o it u.u x f.iinuvi'.a
plila orchestra to bo held next winter.
The communication gives the following
reasons against the plan:
First. Such concerts nro a desecration -3
of tho Lord's Day; they tend to break v
down nil reverence for tho day and all
Inclination toward tho worship of God;
they are, therefore, n violation of tho law
of God. J
"Second. It Is manifestly Improper that
Christian people who aro conscientiously
opposed to such concerts should be com
pelled by taxation to finance that which M
they regard as morally wrong. This ba-j(H
cornea a Menous couBiucruuon wnen u jb4
remembered how latge a proportion of the!3
taxpayers of our city are church-going 1
Christian people."
Tho communication, after being read, -was
referred to the special committee ap-,1
pointed to consider the question of ap- j
proving city aid for tho concerts. ,:
CHASED IN THE SNOW
Two Men Charged With Show Cas
Thefts Caught by Police
A chase of several bquares through the
snowstorm over slippery pavements re
sulted In the capture early today of two
men who nre accused by tho police of
holmr reanonslblo for tho numerous thefts
from showctises In the central section of ,
tho cltv.
Speclnl Policeman McDonnld and Tobln, j
oi too iin .nnu jiacu hircuiu builiuu .b
standing In a doorway in plain clothes,
when they noticed two men oyelng an
outdoor showcases In front of tho haber
dashery df HesB & Co., southeast corner of
Hli nnil Mm lint tttreetH. The men taking
advantage" of tho heavy snowstorm, kicked Jwl
l th. f1,iau nnrl nitA.l their nrnlH with ll
choice neckties, shlrtH and other wearing 'S
apparel. Tho "cops ' gave chase, nnauy ,
catching them near Chinatown. They
,.. j..A tfenle rmiitpu !i .Toipoll .TaCOll. 18. '
1201 South Btreet. nnd Morris Cohen, 21. M
704 Washington Square.
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False Keys Cause Suspect's Detention
A bunch of falso keys found on a BuspectrB
vvas ovidenco enough to hold him unoer
$300 ball for u further hearing by Mag
iKtrnto ntenn todav In the 4th und York
streets police station. The prisoner, Harrr-rf
Neuser, 24 years old, of 200 North 0U
street, was urrested yesterday while, the j,
police say, he wns trying to enter with a ,
false key the home of Mrs. Frederick
Lauer, at 2143 Jlanaoipn Btreet, iwu(
tallies with the description of a man who;
according to tho police, haB entered sev
eral houses In that neighborhood recently.
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