EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1910.
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VOLUNTEER ARM BILL
SUPPORTERS IN SENATE
HURL 'BACK HOME' CRY
Steering Committee, Aroused
Over Tangle, Considers Plan
l to "Ditch" Measure for
r Sugar Ropealer
HAY TAKE ACTION TODAY
Military Affairs Members Oppose
Cummins' Plan for National Guard
Section of General Staff
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WSIIINGTON, April 6 "Pork bar
rel" U Mfl largo In today's fight -In the
Senate War tho Chamberlain army bill
Supporters of tho Federal volunteer army
rilan openly charged tho opposition with
being Influenced by considerations 'back
homo."
Tho opposition to tho Federal volunteer
nrmy has como chiefly from tho National
Guard supporters Tho Guard has been
maintaining a commltteo In Washington to
fight tho Federal xoluntccr army plan on
tho ground that It eentually will drive
tho National lluard out of existence. Tho
motion to kill tho oluntccr nrmy wai
scheduled to come to n voto today and
tho Military Affairs Committee met early
to dovlso plans to offer tho strongest re
Hlstanco to tho final nss.iult against It. Tho
commltteo had hopes but not entire con
fidence that tho opposition would bo de
feated, Tho debate over tho army bill has de
veloped unexpected opposition oxer tho
National Guard Issue So entangled has
become tho question that It may bo many
days before tho bill can Anally bo otcd
upon. In tho meanwhile tho Senato Steer
ing Commltteo Is considering whether to
temporarily "ditch" tho army bill to mako
vay for tho frco sugar ropealer, which
must bo passed beforo May 1. Unless there
Is material progress on tho army bill to
day, tho Steering Commltteo will net.
Tho Military Affairs Commltteo also was
trying today to frame a plan of action to
knock out tho Cummins amendment estab
lishing a national guard section of tho
uoneral Staff. This nmendment Is ex
itremely distasteful to tho General Staff.
STRIKE TIES UP WAR GRAIN
!Port Richmond Stevedores Demand
Moro Pay and Quit
Moro than 8001 tons of grain, con
Ctgncd to Huroprfl nro being held up to
day by a strike of Etocdores at tho Phil
adelphia and Heading Railway grain de
lators nt Port Richmond. Seenty men,
loading tho steamship Angola, from Glas
Bow, left tho cssel tlfls morning when
their demand for BO cents an hour for
''trimming" grain was refused
Another strike, Independent of tho Poit
Richmond strike, was called this morn
ing when 35 longshoremen, employed by
tho American I,lne, "walked out" at Plur
E3, at tho foot of Washington avenue.
Their places wero quickly filled. Tho
ntrlko was called because, tho union but
ton was not recognized.
Tho Port Richmond strikers were em
ployed by Murphy, Cook & Co., with of
fices In tho Bourse. According to D. J.
Murphy, an agreement was reached last
tilght whereby tho men wero to receive 35
cents an hour for general stevedoring and
40 cents an hour for "trimming" grain In
tho hold of tho ship. Tho pay of nil tho
stevedores at Port Richmond Is said to bo
35 cents nn hour. Joseph Green is tho
leader and spokesman for tho strikers.
who will hold a mcotlng today.
PLAN PLAYGROUND WORK
Recreation Teachers Meet at Lunch
eon and Outline Summer Duties
Moro than GO teachers and Instructors,
representing all tho recreation centres of
the city, assembled today for a confer
ence at tho end of tho winter season to
preparo for tho warm weather work soon
to begin at tho playgrounds. Tho ses
sion was held at tho Athletic Recreation
Centre, 26th and Master Btrcets. Be
tween courses thero was a program of
nesthctlc dancing, club swinging and other
acrobatics. After tho lunch the partici
pants played games of "tag," "klck-the-wlcky"
and enjoyed other frolics of their
childhood. Tho commltteo In chargo was
composed of J. P. Carroll, of tho Klng
,sesslng Centre ; T. C, Jacobus, Athletic
Recreation Centre, and M, G. Fall, of Starr
Garden.
WIFE WHO TOOK POISON SUED
Suicide Attempt Led to Discovery of
Alleged Faithlessness
Mrs. Marjorle Anna Warner, who tried
to commit suicide at 236 North 12th street
last September, Is tho defendant In a
Olvorco suit brought In New York. Gcorgo
N. Griffin Is named as corespondent. The
petition alleges that Grlflln nnd Mrs. War
ner lived at tho 12th street address as
Mr, and Mrs. Warner from August 15
to November 20, 1915.
The police records here disclose the
fact of tho suicide attempt. Poison was
used and Policeman Rodgors, of tho 11th
nnd Winter streets station, had the woman
taken to the Hahnemann Hospital. Mrs.
Mary Nickels, tho landlady, could throw
no light on the reason for the attempt. It
jvas thus that Mr. Warner discovered his
wife's alleged unfaithfulness.
Boys Ride as Tramps to Baltimore
Flvo young Philadelphia boys, who ex
pected to ride home In the most approved
adventurous style on, the brakebeams of
a freight train, were held by the Balti
more police today until their parents could
arrange to bring them back. The boys
did make their way to Baltimore on the
brakebeams, but they had barely arrived
when railroad detectives picked them up.
They aro Michael Breslin, son of John J.
Breslln, an attorney, of 6337 De Lancey
street; Newman Brophy, of 5212 Rodman
street; John Salerno and William Stod
ham, of 78 Avenue F, and Herbert Wehr
weln, of 4645 Paschall avenue.
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A locomotive with a. 36-foot smoke- &HXfcVJM!ti$P
stack Is being med In this city foe the Tin Wl iflgrVr
compression of hay for tho Allied armies
of Europe. This plant, the first of Its
kind. Is at 31st nnd Walnut streets, be
side tho Schuylkill River bridge. It went
Into operation about a week ago nnd has
been working constantly since. Orders
for 50,000 tons of Jiay to feed tho horses
of tho Allied armies have been received
by tho owner of tho plant, John H. Irvln,
of New York. When tho slto was first se
lected, five BO-horsepowcr engines wero
purchased nt 11000 a piece. Tho Phila
delphia Electric Company agreed to fur
nish tho necessary curlcnt. When tho
machinery had been adjusted nnd tho
plant was ready for operation, tho elec
tric company Informed Mr. Irvln that, be
causo of engineering difficulties, It could
not furnish tho power Mr. Irwin faced
nn emergency He could Instal rtcam
npparatus, but no boilers were available,
So he negotiated with tho Pennsylvania
Railroad and bought a 27-year-old loco
motive of an obsoleto typo and engaged
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"HEIGH-HO! FOR A HUSBAND," LATEST
SONG HIT OF GIRLS AT BRYN MAWR
Tells of Lovelorn Lass "Who Yearns for a Mate and Will
Have One, "Yea, Even Though He Be
Young or Old"
Tho maiden of today, especially tho
Bryn Manr maid, Is Just ns flcklo as In tho
past. Mothers complain that tho daughter
who has many pleasures often Is nt loss
to know Just what sho wants. In other
words, tho worries because sho has nothing
to worry about. Sho ycntni for rom.mco
bocauso life Is so matter of fact.
If theso were tho days of chivalry when
men fought with sword3 for tho smllo of a
fair maid all would perhaps bo different.
But with tho high cost of food and gaso
line uppermost in his mind tho avcrago
man's brain Is too much taken up with
mathematics to bother about any other
kindi of figures, even though they bo
feminine.
Tho lack of romance and tho fickleness
of woman, therefore, was taken up as a
timely theme by tho fair students at Bryn
Manr. As their latest addition to tho new
collcgo Bong book they havo selected
tho song," Heigh Ho for a Husband."
It tells tho story of an 18-yoar-old love
lorn girl, who fcadly yearns for a hus
band. Sho will havo ono. yea, even though
ho be old or young. It seems tho best
sho could attract was an old man. Sho
gave him the "onco over" and decided
ho wouldn't do, and finally asked her
mother to help her out. But It seems
tho youths wero an Indifferent lot and so
her heart beat In vain
Finally the love-sick girl figures out that
married life Is not what' Its cracked up
to bo and decided to stay an old maid.
STORY IN RHYMH
Here is tho story as unfolded In rhyme:
HEiaii-no! ron a husband.
There was a maid tho other doyt
Slshed soro. God wot." And sho saw.
All wives might havo their way.
Hut maidens they might not.
rull eighteen years havo p-iiil,
Since I. poor soul, waa born.
And l( I chance to illo a maid,
Apollo Is forsworn.
cironus.
"Helgh-ho! for a husband.
Hclgh-ho! for a husband "
Htlll this was ner song.
'I will hao a husband,
Ilo he old or jounu.
An ancient suitor to her came.
Ills beard was almost gray:
'lho ho was old and sho was young,
Hho would no longer stay.
Hut to her mother went this mala.
And told her by and by.
That sho h husband needs must hao
And still this was her cry:
have a husband,
IVrlte or call or our into
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Looking Into Your Own
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A Series of
Eye Talks
Our Next Talk Wed., April IS
By Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr.
T Is welt recognized
by physicians that
abnormal fatigue Is
ono of the ereatest of
predlsposlnc causes of
disease, whether men
tal or physical.
The result, even In
normal eyes, of con
stant use In under or over
lighted rooms for long hours U
to cause nervous fatigue, which
eventually Is bound to end dis
astrously unless corrected at
first Indication of trouble.
If It happens that you are
compelled to work under such
conditions, then you will do
well to pay particular attention
to your sight.
At the first sign of trouble,
go at once to an Oculist. He
will advise you as to the proper
relief necessary.
If glasses are required then
have his prescription filled by
an Optician thoroughly qualified
for IIIS work.
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"Helgh-ho! for a husband,
Helgh-ho! for a husband "
Mill thl was her song.
"I will tmo n liUHb.uu!, has a husband,
Ilo ho old or soung."
"A wedded life, nh, well-a-day.
It Is a hapless lot!
Young mildH rrm marry, bo they gay.
Young lcn, nun may not.
"A twcUo-month Is too lone to bear
Thli sorrv joke," sho said.
"Slnro wives they miy not htia their will,
'TIs best to dlo a maid "
cnonus.
Helgh-ho! with a husband,
Helgh-hol with a husband,
What a llfo lead I!
Out upon n husband, such a husband,
Tie, Ilo, flo! (h, Ilo!
STARS I.OSE LUSTRE.
Thh pessimistic tendency, as far as
romance Is concerned, Is also shown by
tho selection of another now number for
tho collego song book It is called 'Tho
Pallid Stars Aro Blurring." Tho very
tltlo shows what might bo expected that
oven tho stars hao lost their lustre; they
don't glitter ns they used to, but look hazy
and tired.
This feeling of ennui nmong tho girls
Is due, many of them think, to tho rather
disappointing spring weather. It's difficult
to think of things that nro bright and
cheery when ono Sees gloomy skies nnd
dead leaves, and even a hesitancy about
tho sprouting grass
Somo rather original stunts wero In
dulged In tho other night nt tho annual
"cut-up" of tho collcgo seniors. The hit
of the affair was a frog-dance by Miss
Larle Mao Klein. Mist Emlllo Thereso
Strauss also made qulto a hit In a run
ning backward stunt.
EXPECT NEW ELECTRIC
SCHEDULE IN THIS CITY
TO BE APPROVED TODAY
Public Service Commission Re
fused to Take Action on
Proposed Rates Last
Night
SECRECY MAINTAINED
No Statement ns to Just What Re
ductions Will Be Mntle Cooko
"Through With Case
HArmiSBunCl, April 6 Tho Public
Service Commission last night declined to
tako action on tho proposed now electrlo
light nnd power rating schedule for Phila
delphia. Announcement that tho commis
sioners would sit in executive seslon to
day to dlspoio of tho matter was mado
after tho commission heard long argu
ments Urging the adoption of the rates
agreed upon by counsct for tho Philadel
phia niectrlc Company and ex-Dlrcctor
Cooke
That the proposed rales, which aro an
18 per cent reduction over tho 1015 sched
ules, will bo approved dually was tho gen
eral opinion hero lato yesterday, although
ono or two commissioners aro slid to bo
not ojenctly satisfied over tho means by
which tho agreement was reached.
Mayor Smith's approval of tho rates
may havo somo Influence with the com
mission, It Is behoved.
COOKE WIIJj NOT CONTEST.
William Draper Lewis, counsel for
Director Cooke for the 18 months tho con
troversy hns been dragging, announced
that whatever tho decision of tho board
might bo tho matter, so far ns ho nnd his
client wero concerned, was settled.
Just as much secrecy concerning what
tho now rntcs aro has been maintained
ns formerly. While tho Bavlng of 1 160,000
a year to tho city is considerable, tho
larger reduction Is In tho rnte3 to prlvato
subscribers. Tho saving to this class
amounts, under tho schedulo proposed, to
betweon 26 nnd 40 per cent.
Tho general rate of 10 nnd 12 cents to
tho Bmall consumer is to bo reduced to 9
cents for tho first kllownt hours used per
month. All current used above that
amount Is to bo charged for n 7-ccnt
rnto until 7t kllownt hours aro consumed,
whon tho rnto Is lowered to B cents.
This means that tho general rate to
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Warerooms, 40 S, 16th Fuctory, Woodbury, N. J.
householders will virtually be 7 cents, with
an additional service charge of 18 cents a
month. In addition tho minimum charge,
which formerly ranged from 1 lo 3 a
month) Is reduced to 75 cents.
The agreed rnto for street arcs fed
by overhead cablei Is reduced from $81
to $71. CO. This rata Is a compromise that
followed a long series of conferences, tho
company holding that tho rata should bo
$85, while tho complntnants fixed $65 as
tho proper figure.
These proposed rates are said to be
lower than In nny largo city In tho Hast.
CONNHMVT TALKS FOR MAYOR.
Ono of tho first moves before tho com
mission yesterday was the Introduction of
John P. Connelly, City Solicitor of Phlla
delphla. Ho said that the proposed ratci
were acceptable to the city authorities and
that Mayor Smith had authorized him to
make tho statement.
All members of the board except for
mer Governor Pennypnckcr Were present.
Frederick W. Flellz, counsel for tho cor
poration, and Mr. Lewis Urged tho com
mission to accept tho rates agreed upon
by alt parties.
Counsel for the company voluntarily
ngrced before tho commission to keep
tho files of tho research work, so that for
tha next four years they may bo mado the
basis for any examination work by nny
complainant who protests against the
rates.
CLEAN STREET CRUSADE ON
Lnnsdalo Official Has Grocery Com
pany Fined for Circularizing
IjANSDALn Pa April 6. "They want
clear! streets, and I will havo them," said
Dr. John N. Jacobs, chairman of the
Street Committee of Borough Council and
former County Controller. Then ho di
rected arrest of officials of tho Chllds
Grocery Company for Uttering the streets
with advertising circulars, nnd a flno was
Imposed.
Doctor Jacobs has been authorized to
cngngo n man to cause tho arrest of any
persons violating tho borough ordlnnnce
relative to scattering circulars and paper
on the streets, and tho man engaged is to
sharo lntho fines imposed.
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