- -fcs'SpIf- -" , T- EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916. SVINING SEEKS TO LOP OFF $1,500,000 FROM SUBWAY TO ELEVATED If. i Pron.trinr? Tieciuest to jjircuiu VT" . : .. n,.f Councils lor i niui UiJ. .... ; Annrnnrintion to Ex- pedite Work llEANS BIQfAIN IN TIME '.. ... ., of lmvins tho Frankford Pu t,d line In operation by Ibo end of Kfcyate d lln. ' f Glty Trnnslt K. ,1 preparing a romiert to Councils t' approximately $1,600,000 :d strcot subway bo transferred I to ,he Kunkford eUnnte.l lino In order that i.k. riMlnlnB mcIIom ma bo placed I...... -nnttact promptly. fnm.(-lls last June appropriated $3,- M0 000 or ork on the KrnnMoi.1 "I," at v. .... t nn w H iiiwi. itw. .... W"" between iMHowhlll street and S..... .iVt will reiiulro almost tba entire amount of this npp.oprlntlm.. Tho entire tZ , from Front nnd Aich streets to HhUn street, exclude of equipment. jimw " .-. iw.rt unn n,,,. in fill cost licmi-v" ".vv,v . -. 000,000. .,......!, iiin now loan bill Introduced In ("ounclls yesterday Includes an Item of MS 000.000 for transit woik. money under ihli I loan will not bo available until late 1 August or cnrl In September. Kor this L" .- CnmiolN will be ntked to pl.ico iiinroxlmately $l,B00.00lt nt the Imme a late disposal of Director Twining to ! continue woik on the KiiinUfrrit line. The cost of tho fhe-mlle blK l-speed sur ' face line, which will scro tin 36th Ward, ! BuRtleton and the City 1'iirnw at Hyberry, is to bo home under tho $35. 000,000 tran ' .It ltm In the new loan, and nono of tho I1.50U.UUU now ruuKi'i "'i' " wnw- iw. that purpose The cost of t'lls lino, ns i.mlnir that It will le cotibttucted on ' rrivate right of wny. tho laud to be given I to tho city. Is estimated at $1,100,000, Tin. Sl.7li0.000 contract of tho Keystone I State Construction Company for work on the Broad street subway under City Hall I would rcduco the amount available for transfer to Jl,30O,00O. The proposed changes In tho plans at City Hall, how eur. It Is believed, will deduct almost 1200.000 from the amount of t'lc KovHtone contract, so that approximately $1,500,000 r should bo available If Councils Grant tbo request of Director Twining. 1 Former Transit Director Taylor during l tio last few weeks of his term made tt request for a similar transfer for the Frankford work, but no action was taken. Work on the steel superstructure of the Frankford elevated, between Ctllowhtll and Unity streets, is scheduled to begin on April 1, and according to tho contiact the work Is to bo completed by October 1 of the present year. Tho greater part of the steel girders and supported and other parts to be used on the woik have been prepared and assembled by tho Jlc-Cllntlc-Mnrshall Company, which holds the contract. In order to expedite tho construction work, inspectors from the City Transit Depaitmont hao already parsed upon the steel parts and tho work, therefore, can begin without delay. The total cost of the steel superstructure for t.ils sec tion will bo S1,71G,400. The concrctn track floor and the stations still remain to bo contracted for. Work on the 4000-foot section of the Frankford line, from Unity stteet uoiih to Dyre street, will also be begun within a few weeks. Senator Edwin JI Vare holdi the contract for tho construction of the concrcto foundation pillart. and tho American Bridge Company has tho con tractor tho steel superstructure. Two parts of the Frankford line still remain to bo placed under contract the section from Pyre street northeast to Khawn street, and the short section from SCallourhill south to the southern terminus. It will he Impossible for Director Twin ing to complete plans for this fatter' t-ee-, tlon until tho method of operation of tho line haa been determined Should an operating ngreement with tho Philadel phia Itapld Transit Company be ratified. it is planned to connect the line with tho present Market Street Subway at Front and Arch stieets. Hut should the city be forced to accept an Independent operating companj different terminal plans will have to he made i The repoit of Director Trtlnlnc on 'tttad plans for the Uroad street sub- way under City Hall Is being rushed to completion this morning and will be ready tor presentation to the Mayor this nfter noon. It will bo made public In full detail Immediately afterward. 1 It is understood that as soon as it shall be approved by tho 'Major, tbo Kc) atone State Construction Company will be in ftructed to resume woik on tho under ground operations. STETSON STRIKERS WARNED Must Return to Work Next Monday or Lose Their Jobs All of trie striking emplojes of the John B. Stetson Company who fall to report for work on Monday, March 0, will bo dis missed. Tllo fnllnwlntr lntlwr to this f- fect was sent to each of the strikers today by the firm: I You are officially advised that any i man who Is not at his bench on Monday morning, March 0, and cannot give a Mtlifactoty explanation ror his aotlon, . will bo considered off shop and bis name will be dropped from the payroll. JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY. The Striknrn met nt nri.1 T?Un.o' TIf.ll Kensington avenue and Cumberland street, w araitea a resolution which was sent to -J, Howell Cummlnga, president of the company. The resolution outlined the rmvances of the men generally and ex pressed the hope that the controversy could be settled amicably, ii co'nnilttee composed of Joseph El-"y- "afT Hlldershon, Norman Henry W William Plel wis appointed to take w resolution to Mrcummtt" . pgnmnmniniimiiimiiiHiMnmiimiima A girl who received & be ofc candy regularly from her weekly caller, referred J? nirn ai her winning Candy.dateJ Candy dates 40 cents the Pound, JANAS CANDY SHOP OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT 1 T jm nnn,iiisi i-v w., - l j- e umtiiiwmHmiiitiiinnmnnninia i 2l0 a ?4th st, puuMpU r WATER I IJI IMF "" Jg X., "imm J BOTH PHONES f - .n . . awliiinn I'M STABBED"; VICTM OF JEALOUSY SLAIN Quarrel Over Cigar Factory Girl Ends in Killing of Italian. Murderer Flees "I'm stabbed. Mariano Altadonnn did It." These Inst wordi of Vlncenzo Strazzlerl. 2t years old. of 033 South Rth street, as he fell Into the doorway of the home Of a friend tn die, are giving direction today to the police search for the man who murdered him v Tho victim was found bv Joseph Db monla on hi doorstop, at 017 Percy street, last night, nnd died In the Pennsylvania Hospital a short time later. He had a knife wound 12 Inches long In his ab domen. Members of the murder squad from tho Detective tluictu searched nil night for Mariano Altadonnn. but weio unablo to find him. The search In still going on, nnd the police believe tho man cannot escape them much longer. ' According to tho detective-), tholr Inves tigation sbowrd that Jealousy was tho mo tive of the crlmr It I bcllovcd that both Strnzalcrl and Altadnnna wero Infatuated with a girl who worked In a factory at 12th and Carpenter Btrcets, where they wero employed Attadonna lives on 9th street near Car penter, the police say, and a watch Is being kept on the house, but he has not returned there. Tho murder of Strazzlerl was the cli max to a day of strife. He nnd Atta donna, detectives learned today, minrrcled at noon. The factory whistle announcing tho end of tho lunch hour put "a stop to the argument. The quarrel was resumed In tho wash room of the factory at tho end of the day The detectives learned that Straz zlerl threw a buoljct of water ovor Alta donnn and that ho taunted him about nn appointment he Is said to have had with the young woman for last night. A fight on tho corner of 12th and Car penter streets was Interrupted by the np proacb of a policeman The men fought again when they reached 11th street, nnd again at 10th stieet. Tho police have been unable to trace cither man rrom thro, and It Is not known whether cither of them met the young woman last nlgh The police do not know the exact loca tion where the stabbing occurred. It Is thought that tho murderer lay In wait In an alley for Strazzlerl to pass and then stabbed him without warning. A trail of blood led to 10th ahd Montrose streets 2'i squares from tho homo of Dlomonla, and It Is rrgarded as likely that tho crime occurred near there, al though the police fall to understand why tho Injured man should have run all the way to the homo of Dlomonla. Ah Dlomonla and Ncltlo Splno, who also live In tln b mse, opened tho door Strazzlerl tumbled In. They summoned Policeman Connor, of the 2d and Chris tian streets station, who sent the man to tho Pennsylvania Hospital. PARENTS ASK POLICE TO KILL THEIR DEFORMED BABY GIRL Threaten to End Child's Sufferings Themselves DKS MOINES. la.. March 3. Charles Cleveland has asked the police to kill his two-inonths-old baby girl, deformed and mifferlng with frequent convulsions, that her suffering might be ended. "When Clovcland walked Into the office of Chief Crawford ho asked for a doctor to tee his baby. He suggested that the bab bo "put to sleep." The father further declared that ho would have to "do something" himself if i'ip polleo would not When Dr. Guy Cllft, police surgeon, vis ited tho Cleveland homo nt noon the moth er declared the baby had hardly slept sinco it was born ; that It cries continually, and 'often goes Into convulsions. Mrs. Clexeland asked that the baby be taken away before It "drove her crazy." "Jf they don't kill It I am going to kill it myself." she declared, "I've been to naif tbo doctors In Dcs Moines." Mr. Cleveland told newspaper men, "but they wouldn't do anything, I would have dono It myself, but that would hao been murder." Doctor Cllft told the Clovelands their baby could not live long. He refused to take any nctlgn that would "put It to sleep for good." DOWNTOWN PARK PROJECT Fairmount May Be Connected With South Philadelphia Councils Finance Committee will con sider on Tuesday ordinances which pro vide for tbo preliminary steps toward the development of n park which will connect Fairmount Paik with South Philadelphia, The outline provides for a park along a sttlp between 22d street nnd the eastern bank of the Schuylkill lllver from Gray's Ferry road to Fairmount Park. Tho project has been under considera tion for many years and was made the bubject of study as far hack as Mayor lleyburn's Administration. Ono of the ordinances to be "considered by the finan ciers appropriates $7000 to tho Bureau of Surveys to make plans for tho Improve ment of the ground adjacent to the Schuylkill lllver from CallowhIII street southward. The-other ordlnanco author izes a revision by the Buicau of Surveys of the "lines and grades" of streets bo tween 22d street and the Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park to Gray's Ferry road. Laundrymen Enjoy Dinner Tha annual banquet of the Philadelphia Laundrymen's Club was held last night ut the Hotel Adelphla, Among the guests were William Frew Long, of Pittsburgh, president of tha National Iaundrymen'a Association! William Fitch, of La Salle, III., secretary of the national body, and State Senator Harry Washeri), of York ,,f.i- UV 18th or 20th Century Under which are you mentally registered? Here's a test: the drinking of water is a habit old as man. Man drank first to satisfy nature's demand, thirst ; today, some men drink water to promote health, to cleanse the body and absorb the waste. They drink with a purpose and the purpose demands clean, pure water one that willcleanse and notdeposit minerals andorganic substances. Purock Water is made absolutely pure for that man who drinks with a purpose. Purock Water is delivered to offices and homes in sterilized, -sealed glass bogles. Six large bottles or a Bye-gallon demijohn, 40 cents. rirAer a .caw nsft one bottle. If water fails to please, we will, at your request, remove the case and make no charge, SI THE ff i 1 MISS ELEANOR HAGERTY JOHN P. LEONARD ROMANCE BORN AMID PROBLEMS AND LATIN Wedding to Repay Tomorrow Aid Boy Student Volunteered to Girl in School John Leonard, n Chestnut Btrcet cigar merchant, won a Bweetbenrt for himself when, as a boy at the 12. M. Stanton School, 17th nnd Christian etrcots, he as sisted a little girl with hor lessons. To morrow morning ho will marry the same little girl In the Catholic Church of St. Francis do Sales, 47th street and Spring field avenue. Tho bride will be Miss Eleanor Hagcrty, secretary to Miss Anna AV. Williams, su pervisor of public kindergartens. Miss Hngerty Is tho daughter of John Hagcrty nnd lives nt 014 South 47th street. Sho was 12 years old when she first met Leonard. Sho was then n bashful wln- ,some youngster, who ranked high in her claBS In every branch of study. But In spite of her aptitude, sho frequently needed help in solving problems in Inter est, In naming tho various bones of tho body and locating tho Aslatc capitals on fiFTo mnp. Leonard volunteered his aid. When tho lad first bent over to act as hor un ofllclal teacher he was Involving himself In a romance. As he grew older and sho attended high school ho was as willing to help lier with her Latin ns ho had been when she studied arithmetic. In tho meantime ho entered commercial fields, while Miss Hagerty adhered to academic pursuits. Shortly after her appointment to a position with the Board of Education their engagement wai rumored, but denied by Miss Hngerty, as well as by hor friends. Tho ceremony will tako placo at 9 o'clock, after which a wedding breakfast will be held at tho bride's home. Mr. Leonard now lives at 22d and Wallace streets. After the honeymoon the couplo will reside at B8th street and Bclmar ter race. HUNT GLOUCESTER MAN Acted Strangely After Fiancee Jilted Him, the Police Say The police havo been asked to look for Horry Walz. of 720 Powell street, Gloucester, N". J who disappeared a month ago, after acting In a demented manner. He had been employed as a blacksmith at the -New York Shipbuild ing Company's yards Last August be was Jilted by .his fiancee, who married another man, and sinco then tho young man has at times become violent and threatened members of his family. He was sent to tho Blackwood Asylum for four months and was sent homo as cured, but almost Immediately be came violent again. Walz's father Is a silk dyer of Glouces ter, and his sister. Miss Sophie Walz. lives at 2413 North Park avenue. Sho asked tho Philadelphia police to look for her brother. He la 5 feet 7 Inches In height, weighs 165 pounds, has light brown hair, gray eyes, Is smooth shaven and wears a bluo sack suit, black overcoat, black derby, black buttoned shoes and has a diamond ring. He has a double nail on his left ihumb, If you will make a trial of this laundry, you will under stand why we advertise its advantage 10 frequently. Our excellent work, our service and our prices are more satisfactory than you .would think possible. Neptune Laundry 1501 COLUMBIA AVE "IffandrAavtlhctc&V GALVANIZED COPPER AND ZINC SHEETS L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d St. Bell, Harhet SH Keystone, Aafn 1000 DlCIPlIv I 1 XM I IS. te r w PHILADELPHIANS OFF TO NEW YORK TO HELP MAKE ERIN A NATION Delegates and Others From This City Numbering 3000 Will Respond to Slogan, "Ireland Shall Be Free" PLEA FOR INDEPENDENCE Prominent I'hlladelphinni wilt attend tho national rtuifrronee of Americans of, Irish blood whliii will open tomorrow morning nt tin- Hotel Aslor, New York city. Among the delegates from this city will be Pioressor Hubert Kills Thompson, prlnclpnl of the Cential High School; Monslgnor Hugh T. Henry, president of tho Boys' Catholic High School; Moiulgnor Gerald P Coghlan. Judsi- Hounlwoll, Reg ister of Wills James It Hheehan, nnd Jo seph McLaughlin, national president of thf Ancient Older of Hlbo"nUiiu Tie object of the conference Is tn bring together the Iilsh associations nnd those of Irish blood not afllllatcil with any organisation and to prepare for united action. Tho delegates will meet to the rhythm of "Old Ireland Shall He Free" nnd "A Nation Once Again " Tho Intention of the convention Is to formuhil" n plan lo secuio for Ireland the Independence of a small nation When tho heralded Congress of Nations meets nfter tho close of the war to discuss In ternational affairs, the Irish people mean to bo readv to present the clntnis of Ire land at tho tribunal and to nsk that its rights to Independence bo recognized. That' America Is Ignorant of tho longing of Ireland for Independence and that proper means bo taken to mnko known the con ditions nnd sentiment of tho Irish race Is another plank In the Irish platform Not that tho Irishmen are less American, or pro-German In any way, but that In tho present situation, iicinnti necus me neip of nil those wiio havo como Emerald Isle. from the ITALY WILL MAINTAIN PEACE WITH GERMANY Inspired Editorial Declares In terventionists Will Fail . to Force Break ROME. March 3. An Inspired editorial In tho Glornale d'ltalia today says that thoso who hope to see Italy dcclaro war against Germany nrc doomed to disappointment. Tho edi torial Is regarded as the Government's an swer to tho Interventionists In Parliament, who aro trying to overthrow tho Salandra Cabinet because of Its foreign policy, "Tho Interventionists forget tho origin of the motives which put Italy In this war," says the Glornalo d'ltalia. "France fully appreciates tho reasons why we havo not and probably never will declare war on Germany. As tho situation stands now. tho military and economic resources of tho country aro being taxed to tho utmost by the war on tho Austro-Itnllan front nnd tho defense of Valona (Avlona), Albania." Albania." Old Woman Knocked Down by Auto A GO-year-oId woman was knocked down nnd seriously Injured today when an autotruck skidded at tho corner of Broad street and Montgomery avenue. Tho woman, Mrs. Mary A. Powell, of 1846 North Camac street, was crossing tho street when tho rear end of tho skidding truck struclc, her. The driver, J. Penrose, of 1811 North ICth Htreet, picked the wo itii i i mid rushed her to St. Joseph's Hospital. Penroso, who is employed by the Vim Motoitiuck Company, will bo nr lalgned before Magistrate Watson, nt tho 20th and Berks streets station. Thitly-fiie ccnli tha j .' o.'y,.' rs. V S"1 Hxg t fa soup otvtJxq epiovLTa gfl WM K:T: 11 M SV WmW 55v Y:?E& wNSI sagas'" 'M?!L iTjv w5owwnur Sixv. viM 1 l"tlBL PHILADELPHIA MINT CHANGES APPROVED House Votes to Drop Assistant Superintendent and Add As sistant Bookkeeper llu a Staff Corrmponttent WASHINGTON, March 3 During con sideration of the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bills for the next fiscal year, the House of Representatives today approved that part of tho measuio which provides for dropping an assistant superintendent In tho Philadelphia Mint, nnd the adding of an assistant bookkeeper nt a malerlnlly lower salary. When Hie Item was reached tho Re publican leader, James II. Mnnn. asked the Democrats In chat go of tho bill whether next year, after tho assistant bookkeeper had been placed on tho rolls, there would be demand for re-establish-mciit of tho assistant superlnlcndency. He was told that the change proposed in tho present bill had been recommended to tho Appropriations Committee by tho Treas ury Depaitmont Mr. Mann said: "The learned gentleman from Pennsyl vania, .Mr Moore, ought to bo nllvo to such changes In the Philadelphia Mint." Representative J. Hampton Mooro le pllcd: "I will say to the gentlemnn from Illi nois that the members from Philadelphia are allvo to all changes. This Is nn ad ministration of changes. Wo havo seen changes of party policy, changes on Pan ama Canal tolls, changes on peaco and preparedness, changes on everything but the Trensury of the United States," Tho House approved an Item of $295. 000 for snlnrlcs for employes of tho Phil adelphia Mint, and $91,000 for machinery nnd equipment. Creditors Get 25 Per Cent. Dividend The distribution of a 2B per cent, divi dend to creditors of the John II. Dialogue Shipbuilding Company was announced to day by K. Conrad Ott, referee In bank ruptcy, nt Camden. This brings the total distribution to 30 per cent, nnd It was stated that a further dividend of 20 or 25 per cent, will bo paid as soon ns a techni cality arising over Mrs. Dialogue's rights In Kalghn's Point property, rocently pur chased by tho Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Is cleared up. Thieves Rob Mullica Hill Store Thieves equipped with a buggy stolen from the stable of C. S. Walker, a farmer, of Swedesboro, N. J., raided the general merchandise storo of C. AV. Elklnton, nt Mullica Hill, Camden County, early today, and escaped with $100 worth of clothing and other goods by catching a train at Mt. Kphralm, presumably for Camden. The horso and buggy wero found at Mt. Kphralm today by tho Camden County authorities, who are looking for tho men. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewels, Goldware, Silverware qo2 Chestnut Street Stationer) (yur 'next-best" advertisement is our kitchen Words cannot compete with taste. Nothing can advertise Franco-American Soups so well as Franco-American Soups. Their quality "speaks" from every spoonful announces that rare, fine touch of the culinary expert so prized by those with whom eating achieves the distinction of an Art. It would be something less than truth to -dismiss the kitchens where these soups are made simply by calling them "model." In every detail, to be sure, they are modern, scrupulously sanitary, scientific. But visitors who come here detect more than this. One called it "Enthusiasm"; another, "Conscience." And a third said: "In the Franco-American vocabulary there is no such word as 'Inferior'!" Merely heat befoie lenlng At the belter flora , quart Franco - mencan ;&!& after the recipes oj formerly superintendent of H.7d.7in(f Gaorda of et u? give you, a taste of our P0ST0FFICE ROBBED OF ONLY A FEW CENTS Thieves Get Small Return After Blowing Safe nt Rid ley Park CHKSTKR, Pa, March 1. Thieves early today blew the door oft tho safe In (ho Ridley Park postoftlce, but secured only a few cents for their tiouble, as Postmaster R L Mifflin for yeais hnii been taking precautions against a pos sible burglary. Hntrnnce was gained by prying a rear window. Postmaster Mlftlln keeps his reset ve supply of stamps In a vault In tho First National Hank of Darby, nnd what stock lie carries ho night ly takes home, together with his re ceipts Postal savings aro sent to Phila delphia every night. While the postofllce Is In tho heart of the hoiough and opposite tho r.tlhoad sta tion, no one seems to have heard the ex plosion, nnd this leads to the belief that the robbers wero professionals The post ofllco was tobbed 15 years ago. HUSBASl) ENDS LIFE; WIFE HURT IX (US EXPLOSION Woman Hurled Through Wall When She Enters Room With Lighted Lamp LANCASTKfl. Pa., March 3 When Mrs William Lcbcgern, of this city, en teral her bedroom last night with a lighted lamp, nn explosion of gas oc cut red, which hurled her through tho wall. She dropped Into tho yard, badly Injured Her husband was found dead In bed, with tho gas Jets turned on. Tho Coroner gave a verdict of suicide. Lebegern was n well-known butcher. Three Killed in Train Crash NKW YORK, March 3. Three persons wero killed when a New York Central freight train crashed Into tho rear end of a passenger train at Albany today. Ono person was Injured and ono Is miss ing. Distinctive Ideas Men's Furnishings ONLY OJflJ STOKE 1018 Chestnut St. jozair . jjA w SMfifr-yZXiW- .i iV" T Twenty telectlont Soups A OF PARIS of ihe palace Greece. , quality" It's our 1916 Spring Kimono Sleeve Overcoat! m A m 'CM Perry's "KIMONO-SIjICEVE" COAT A Spring model a man can slip Into and know tt Is the embodiment of ease and utile, flack drapes beauti fully; sleeves set Into tho natural shoulders. Little -or no lining. A nvragcer Spring Overcont. Made for Comfort Possessed of Style t We often wonder why and how it is that our Overcoats fit so per fectly around the neck and shoulders. Plenty of room, yet not space enough to slip a knife blade inside of or under their collar! And these new Kimono sleeves ! Deeply cut, but not b a S S y spacious, but snug; unfelt, yet famil iar, as they "cuddle doon" against your side! $15, $18, $20, $25 for Spring Suit or Spring Overcoat Perry&Co. "N. B. t." 16th & Chestnut Sts --1 itnwHi'wiiHMnittTiiiniiiiriffiw WK. WEW&IOIB iSOTlCKS i r iSi"'" mi...mm m., . .. A -... . V 'T-,. n qj3 mi inng jMM'tt but ' 1 1 I in yffiflMfflaMmWfllttlM a n n ' r rwu wu'-rvf crturii rv-"- 'luujxyj. II flBtjt wit.