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CQL HOUSE REPORTS
ON JOURNEY; CLOSETED
FOR HOURS WITH CHIEF
President Wilson's Calendar of
Engagements Set Aside for
Discussion of Conditions
Abroad
LANSING NOT PRESENT
A WASHINGTON, March .
fWhether the United States can tender
luJ good offices In an endeavor to end the
Kuropean wnr wns Bciuarely before Pres
ident Wilson today. . His special envoy.
Colonel E. M. House, who reached Now
York yesterday on the Rotterdam, re
torted at length on his observations
abroad. For hours the President and the
.man who admittedly Is closed to him than
nny other Individual threshed out the
general situation.
Tho muter calendar of Presidential en
gagements was halted. Outside, In the
corridors, men had fixed appointments to
meet the President waited whllo the en
tire situation confronting tho nuropenti
belligerents wa presented nt first hand by
"tho man who never talks."
Colonel Itouso when nslted to outllno his
plan simply retorted that his "lips were
healed Ho declared that the result of
Tits trip abroad was "perfectly satisfac
tory' 'to himself, but, In rcsponso to In
ouMen aa to what actualy was accom
plished, said :
"Tho President must answer that ques
tion." Probably not In tho recent history of
the United States has such elaborate pre
cautions been taken to prevent any Infor
intlon rogaidlnir the report of Colonel
IIoubo becomlntr public property as was
taken today, Tho conference was limited
entirely to tho President nnd his special
.Ambassador, even Secretary of State Lan
sing was not on hand So far as could bo
learned, desplto the fact that Colonet
House mado his trip .nhrond as a special
representative df the President nnd tho
Secretary of State, the latter was not In
vited to bo present to hear the report.
Kxnctly what took pkico was known
only to tho President and his friend Thcro
were a number of outstanding fncts, how
ever, that hold tho attention of tho men
moot closely Identified with the Admin
istration. They realized fully that In his
conference with tho Senate and Hbuso
leaders tho President within the last three
weeks has emphasized that the danger of
European entanglements becomes grenter
dally because of tho increased Ill-feeling
between the" belligerents. And ho has made
It very plain that so far as tho United
Stutes Is concorned, It would lead the way
toward a peace program hhould thero bo
the slightest evldenco anywhere that such
action would bo successful.
TWO CABARET CAFES,
NOW UNDER BAN, FAIL
IN NEW LICENSE PLEA
Court Refuses Liquor Permit to
Whitey's Place and Roessel's.
Fewer Applications Are
Made This Year
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GRANTS WOMAN'S APPEAL
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T--W wel
T-tw well-known cabaret restaurant")
were rufused a renewal of liquor licenses,
previously revoked, by tha License Court
In tho opening session today. As n result,
Whitey's Place, 32d and Market streets,
mid Itoessel's, on the southeast eornncr of
Eth and Thompson streets, will be liquor
less for another dry spell.
The Hecensc of Whitey's place was
revoked last September on the complaint
of various persons, who thought that tho
cabaret and other features of the cafe
Wero too rowdy. Application was made
today by Leopold Levy. It was refused
when Albert H. Lndner, Jr., a lawyer.
Bald thjit Whitey's placo cast a reflection
on all other saloons In the city, and that
oven other saloonkeepers were opposed
to It.
P. Clarence GIbboney, of the Law and
Order Society, testified against Roessols,
when Julius Kromhagen. proprietor, tried
to have the license, revoked In March,
1916, renewed. GIbboney thought It was
a bad precedent to renew licenses thnt
had been revoked, especially In the case
of such a notorious cafe as ho said Krom
hagen'a had been, Judges Marian and
Davis, who heard the applicators' retused
to renew the license. Glbh ney bald this
saloon had been run -- 35 years and
that It ha(l-JKeu 10 rowdy features and
"fait csdretB" only when it failed to get
bustne4 In a legitimate way.
Nr particular eagerness by Judges Bar
tMt and Davis to grant new liquor li
censes was apparent today. Thero were
1908 retail and 414 wholesale license ap
plications. Of the retail applications only
96 were new. which Is a smaller number
than usual. It was said.
The applications were taken up ward by
ward. One of the first of the new ones to
be considered was that of Michael Di
Rocco, who wanted a license for his res
taurant on the northwest corner of 10th
and Catharine streets. He said that he
averaged 100 customers every time the
dinner bell rang.
"ITou don't seem to need a license to help
your business along," said Judge Barratt,
And It was not granted.
"There are enough people In Philadel
phia applying for licenses without our be
ing1 annoyed by applicants that live In
West Cheater," was the excuse given by
the court for refusing to grant a license
to Lulgl TevanI, who wanted to renew the
license that was revoked in the Colonial
Hoter, northwest corner of 7 th and Chris
tlon streets. This is in the heart of the
"blackhand" district of Little Italy, and
many Is the vindictive bullet that has flat
tened against the walls of buildings in
the neighborhood, TevanI damltted that
he had lived In this city only thre emonths.
Among; the licenses granted was one to
John Myer, who has a restaurant at 4 th
and South streets. Myer was arrested
and placed on probation In 1912 for sell
in; a fluid he manufactured in his cellar
without a license. It Is made out of
grapes.
""Is It any relation to Bryan's grape
JufceT" asked Judge Barratt.
No, replied Myr. "It sparkles like
nectar and brings new life."
SMILES IN FACE OF DEATII
Workmap, Mutilated in Fall, Laughs
and Jokes
"Am r going- to die. doctor?"
This and a score of other questions were
asked by Anthony Qulnlan today aa he
laughed and Joked with Doctor Prosser, at
th University Hospital, while the doctor
ud two nurses busied themselves with his
Jnjurioa, Qulnlan had just pitched head
Wt 1& a prick pavement, S5 feet below a
flrotoly, erected In the construction of
m. large bulldlujc at Ludlow east of 31th
jtrHt which will be occupied by the Sup
jpbm auk: Company
' QHluteu was dragging some heavy ma
&i !onK the narrow place and did not
ne noma lea that had formed. After he
.tal! Utu treated at the hospital he lost
mnatnnaa and hU condition is thought
m ! critical These were hU Injuries:
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"READY-MADE" SHIPS
WILL BE OFFERED BY
NEW DELAWARE YARD
European Method of Carrying
Specifications in Catalogue
Will Bo Introduced
Here
GLOUCESTER REJOICES
"Heady-made" ships Can be obtained nt
tho 13,000,000 shipyard, now building, of
the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company,
nt Gloucester, the first compnny In this
country to build ships according to this
plnn.
The difference between the "ready
made" method and tho usual method of
obtaining shlpH Is that tho specifications
for the ready-mnda ship nro on hand. Tho
plnns arc ready. All a customer need do
Is to order ship No so-nnd-no and It will he
ground out, without nny Inhorlous drawing
up of plans. It Is like ordering a rcadv
mado suit.
The new method, which Is In voguo in
Europe, is sain to be the result or a
strong demand for ships, the supply being
limited. More firms wnnt ships than
there nro yards to build thorn Orders
seek the company without solicitation and
It has enough contiacts to keep Its yard
busy for two yenrs, according to Haakon
E. Norbom, tho president.
The compnny, ho explained today, has
what corresponds to tho catalogue of nt)
nutomobllo houso It consists of plans
nnd specifications of tho types of vessels
which tho yard will build. Nono othors
save those listed In tho cntnloguo will
ho undertaken by tho company The cata
logue will not bo distributed, nn most cata
logues are, but will bo open to Interested
persons for examination.
Already work has been started on tho
plnnt to be constructed nt Gloucester. It
Is expected that by August 1 nil will be
In readiness to begin work on tho ves
sels now contracted for. It has been
reported thnt tho plant would cost $0,000,.
000, but Mr. Norbom denied that today.
Ho would not sny what tho co-it would
be, but hinted thnt it might bo ubout half
of that amount.
It Is not gonornlly known who the
financial Interests behind the project nro.
Mr. Norbom refused to say today whether
It was American or Kuropean capital, but
ho said that tho ships now contracted for
were for Norwegian lines. Tho first boats
will bo 0000-ton freighters. Mr. Norbom
Is n Norwegian who has made his home
In this city.
About 400 men will bo employed, Mr.
Norbom said. The pcoplo of Gloucester
hall with Joy tho prospect of having the
plant situated there, for It is expected
to be nulto a boom to tho community.
The yard will bo situated not far below
tho plant of tho New York Shipbuilding
Company.
Mr. Norbom said th.it that vicinity was
chosen as the site of tho plant becauso
of tho advantages in harbor facilities and
tho caso of obtaining shipments of steel
nnd other materials Tho yard will cover
IS acres.
LOCOMOTIVE DRIVERS
SUSTAINED BY COURT
Engineers' Brotherhood Wins
Case in Plea of Member
Against Ousting
POTTSVILLK, Pa.. Jtarch 6. Of na
tionwide Interest wns the sustaining by the
court today of the demurrer of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers to the bill
of William II. Ihiglc. u member, to re
strain the brotherhood from ousting Engle
as a member because of alleged violation
of tho law of the brotherhood to refrain
from joining other mutual beneficial as
soclatlons, which ho had done. '
Englo complained that the brotherhood
Is a close corporation and Is In vloUtlon
or the Sherman untl-trust law and fso In
violation of tho United States postal laus.
121 BUILDING LOTS SOLD
West
Philadelphia Operator Buys
Tract on Boulevard
Benjamin it. Hoffman has purchased,
through Wrtlinm H. W. Quick, from Edwin
Wolf th block of ground between 7th nnd
8th pireets, Lindley avenue and Ituscomb
street, containing 124 building lots. The
jailer was represented In the transaction
oy Horace urosKin.
Benjamin It. Hoffman and William II.
W. Quick for years have oporated in
BURGLAR OF THE VELVET FOOT
LIGHTLY LOOTS AS VICTIMS SLEEP
Latest Achievement in Home of Mr. Wrogg, of Walton
Avenue, West Philadelphia, Marked by
Customary Neatness
The police are looking for the burglar
with the velvet foot. He has been so
named because of his stealthy tread. He
Is very considerate regarding the comfort
of others and hates to disturb their rest
during his operations. Furthermore, he
Is neat In his work and does not smash
windowB or mutilate door jambs In mak
ing his nightly visits.
Early today the artlstlo burglar en
tered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wrogg, of 4827 Walton avenue. He ran
sacked the closets and bureau drawers In
their bedroom while the couple slept
peacefully. He pulled the drawers out
quietly and selected a watch and the best
articles, tn maKing an Investigation of
the closet he took only the best of the
clothing, it was veryevdent that he did
not want to offend the occupants of the
house, for he did not slam the doors or
bang anything; around.
The jewelry of Mrs. Wrogg was under
her pillow, It is possible that the polite
burglar knew this, for he didn't disturb
her. She found her jewelry where she
placed It before retiring.
On leaving the house the bruglar closed
the doors carefully behind him so that the
house would be nice and warm. Special
police, who are making an Investigation,
Rich &chardSj.l man
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The first surf bathers of the season took a dip
persons would hnvc preferred n wnrm
BLUE MONDAY BANNER
DAY FOR ACCIDENTS
Figures Show Large Percentage
of Mishaps Occur on First
Day of Week
Monday gets a lot of blame for things
It dosn't deserve A large number of
persona ho nwako with grouches and
then eventually nsscmblo In one building
cannot hope to find sunshine nnd rain
bows lurking around. Naturally, thlng.s
start to go wrong Immediately and con
tinue to do so, because everjhody Is full
of gloom from neck to heels and no ono
has any Inclination tn chnso it. Finally
they look out of tho window nnd declare
that It Is an awful day.
Ono suburban commentator on human
diameter, who has occasion to como In
contact Willi u largo number of people, de
clares thnt most prcons nro blue on ac
count of the laigc quantity of food tliev
cat on Sunday. Ho points to tho fact that
many arise lato on Sunday, and after de
vouring a big brcakfnst squat around In
armchairs until dinner time, when they
again attack a feast, which is nlmust beyond
human cndurnnce.and then Instead of tnk
Ing nny exorcise they dlo Into the Sunday
papers or wander through innumerable
magazines until bedtime or perhaps wics-
tle with a vlctrola.
Naturally, there Is mutiny from within,
commonly known .is "(hat tired feeling,"
nnd this quickly develops grouch, pessi
mistic gloom, criticism, nnd finally rheu
matism. This condition of humans generally on
Monday probably accounts for tho large
number of accidents on that day. Ac
cording to a icport recently Issued by
John Prlco Jackson, Commissioner of La
bor and Industry, thero were C098 acci
dents In T"ennsylanla during ono month,
nnd of these 1119 occurred on Mondays.
In (he summer time thcro nre more nc
cldeits on Monday than on any other day
Psychologists say that this is due to the
fact that, having a day-and-a-half holiday,
loxtondlng from Saturday noon, workers
nro more opposed to work on Monday than
over. (
Decisions by Supreme Court
Tho Supremo Court met today and
handed down a batch of decisions, among
w hlch were the following orders and Judg
ments: Pr curiam
Wolfe vs. Smith. Appeal from C. P., Arm
strong County. Judgment ulTlrmed.
Pennsylvania Utilities Company va. Lehleh
Navigation Electric Company ct al. Appeal
from C. P., Dauphin County. Appeal dis
missed Commonwealth vs. Penn Mutual Ltfa Insur
ance Company. Appeal from C. P., Daupbln
County. Judgment affirmed.
Jnnen et al vs. Jones et al. Appeal from
C P., Montgomery County. Decree affirmed.
Hobbolatte vs Philadelphia Transit Com
pany Appeal from C. P No 1, Philadelphia.
Judgment affirmed
Heckles ct al. vs Delaware and Hudson Com
pany. C. P. No, B, Philadelphia. Judgment
affirmed
White vs. White.
Judgment affirmed.
C. P. No. -1, Philadelphia,
believe that the Intruder Is the same one
who robbed several other houses in West
Philadelphia during the last two weeks In
which valuables were taken without spoil
ing the rest of the occupants.
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WANTED A willing, refined mother's helper;
reference required. Phone Qermantown U7&0.
OKIIKAN or Swedish air!, general housework,
for apts . family 2. Ph. Chestnut Hill U'J3 J.
WANTKD Olrl to bag coffee. Call Great
Eastern Coffee and Tea Co.. 202 N. -tth at.
HELP WANTED MALK
A MANAOEIt
A highly rated manufacturer, prom
inent In the automobile Industry, has
open for local man of responsibility,
with oftlce. selling; or executive exper
ience, an unusually profitable and ex
clusive connection.
Requires moderate cash capital, to
gether with highest credentials. Ap
pointment by telephone only.
It. W. OVINQTQN,
Hotel Adelpbia. Pfalla.
Other Classified Ada pa rages 16 and
t
The chief difference be.
tween military and adver
tising campaigns is that
one destroys, the other
creates. Permanent busi
ness is the result of con
structive Public Ledger
campaigns.
BATHERS DON'T MIND
I'lioto by International l'llm Hrrvlco.
nt the shore yesterday, though it was a dny when most
fire. They call themselves the "Hygcia Polar Bears."
ground In West Phllndolphln and had
much to do with the development of tho
section west of 16th street. Their pur
chase on the Northcnst IJoulcvnrd Is In
line with others rocently mado thero bv
oporalors and builders who have contrib
uted materially In the Inst 10 or IB yenrs
to tho development of West Philadelphia.
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WEATHER
Daniel Crawford, Jr. another builder, who
ban operated extensively In West Phila
delphia, recently purchased from Uduin
Wolf threo blocks of ground from Wyo
ming nvcnuo to Itusoomb street, between
8th and 9th streets, for n prico oc nbout
$120,000. This trnct adjoins tho block
Just purchnsed by Mr. Huffman.
A woman went to her club and read
a paper that made a big hit. She
acknowledged she got subject and
argument out of the Woman's Club
Department of The Ladies' Home
Journal. But
She jot home late
Nothing daunted, she once more
picked up her Home Journal turned
to the page: "Dishes That I Make in
Ten Minutes" and when her hus
band came home the dinner was
ready! )
So a woman is helped in her outside
interests and on her home side by
i ne jLaa
It's onlylS
''"'Fr'----T'T-r-imintnwTii-
1916.
MEXICAN OUTRAGES
TOLD BY AMERICAN
Murder of Negro Family nnd
Attack on Whites'
Described
NllW YOItK, March B. Stories of out
rages committed ngnlnst Americans In
Mexico were brought here today when the
Ward liner Hspernnza Arrived from Me.X'
lean ports. (
"Order and safety are virtually un
known except In or near ccitaln cities,"
raid Chnrlcn B. Hrevvstcr, nf Washington
"I saw many affidavits describing tho
most revolting outrages committed by
Mexican soldiers nnd bandits. One of
these told how nn officer and two soldiers
maracrcd a Texas negro, his wlfo nnd
their daughter nt their homo near Tarn
pIco, Tho rufllatis first attacked tho wonlen
nnd then killed the entire fnmllv
"Uut nt tho homo of William Ward, a
white man, tho Mexicans encountered dis
aster AVnrd nnd his 20-yenr-otd wlfo lived
near tho negro family. Their houso stood
on a superstructure, high above tho
ground to protect It from dampness When
Ward refused tho bandits' damnm! for nd
mlttnnco thoy began firing thtnugh tho
floors. Placing his wife In comparative
safely Ward leaped through n window
with n repenting rifle In his hnnds. Ills
first shot killed tho nlTlccr, his second
fatally wounded one of the soldiers nnd
tlio third killed a second soldier, who, by
this time had been soircd with panic nnd
was running nvvny. Ward thon fled Into
Tamplco with his wlfo nnd wns placed by
tho American Consul upon n tnnkcr bound
for Gnlvcston."
Crazed Italian Held for Murder
Tho crazed Italian who kitted n mnn
nnd wounded five other persons last Sat
urday when ho fired Into a crowd with
a shotgun was committed without ball for
cntirt by Magistrate Pennock nt a hear
ing this morning In Central Station. No
now testimony wns brought out at tire
hearing of the man, Antonio DI Prlmo, of
S31 Washington nvonuo.
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FIANCE ILL, COUPLE'
WED IN A HOSPirJ
Miss Mabql J, Robertson, $1
tive of Philadelphfa Famili
Becomes Bride in New Yorljj
Miss Mabel Joy Itobcrtson, daurtht.
Mr. and Mrs A. Henton IloberbSfS
11 relative of tho Itush, nidgwar
Wayno families of Philadelphia, wSJiA"
Hod In a hospital, it became knoWn''
to James Insleo Coddlnglon, aj n2
(lescendent of William roddlngtoa
Governor of nhodo Island, u,n8lon-
They were married on Friday, tn ,?
Alston's private hospital, In West ei1'
street, New York, whore Mr. Codd n',7.'
ins neen in ror a week. In another ZZ
he would have been itblo to leave bui 7?
couldn't wait, so the wedding that vf
been planned for Now Haven, nt th C!
of tho bride, was called off and lntSJ
tho bridegroom snt up In hta white eot.
.tho hospltnl and smiled through hta fciii
ages us Ulshop Frederick Courtney ..
formed tho ceremony. The bride's par
nnd a few friends were tho only gueehS
Mr. Cuddlngton found It necessrj1
go to tho hospital for an operMlonViJ
his lioso a week before the marrlnc.
scheduled, Complications followed fJ
operation and his Illness proved n
serious thnn expected. Ills fiancee
Jo Now York with her paVcnts from k.
homo In Now Haven and tho cotibla j
elded to have the ceremony performi
thon and there. jj:
Mr. Coddlngton Is tho son of th in
Colonel Clifford Coddlngton. His brlds '
tho dnughtcr of ono of the leading lit!
yers of Connecticut. Sho Is widely icnnS
in Philadelphia. r !S
Salo at 11th nnd Courtlnnd 1
William 13, Ilees has conveyed to Ufar!
Marks, who has conveyed to H, L iSi
Webb, subject to 27 mortgages nggruri)
Ing $70,400, tho same number of bulinV.
lotn on 11th street between Courtland im
Wyoming avenues, Tho lots nre caclf is
by 85 feet, and nro assessed at JEOO tacit
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