ER PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, APRIL 7 1916.
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SUFFRAGISTS
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BOOST BY ADVERTISING,
FRUIT MEN'S SLOGAN
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JSmith Says Commission
i Must See Contract Is
P Fair to City
POO MUCH FOR TWINING
Responsibility of Operating
Agreement More Than In-
dividual Can Bear
Mayor Smith wants no question to nrlso
ns to tho honesty of any ngroemont that
may bo mailo with tho Itnpld Transit
Company regarding the lease of tho pro
posed high-speed lines, tho Mayor B-ld to
day. This is his reason, ho added, for desir
ing a commission of reputable men to
net with Director Twining In nil mat
ters relatlvo to an operating agreement
with tho company.
When questioned nbout the powers and
duties of tho Transit Commission ho In
tends appointing, tho Mayor Bald,
"I want them to tnko up tho matter of
tho lcaso with tho Itnpld Transit Com
pany. 1 don't wnnt any doubt In any ono's
mind ns to tho lease, and for that reason
I want a commission composed of re
putable men to net with Director Twining
In nil conferences held relatlvo to an oper
ntlng agreement with tho Philadelphia
Rapid Trnnslt It Is too Important a
project for tho department nlono to handlo
find to bo responsible for.
WOULD DISAIOI SUSPICION.
"I want no question to nrlso ns to tho
honesty of nny agreement which may bo
entered Into. All of the engineering prob
lems, can bo met by tho department, but
Director Twining needs help In tho matter
of tho lease."
Asked If ho thought that the walls under
City Halt would need shoring up oven If
It were not planned to talto tho subway
Under tho building, tho Mayor replied:
"I don't think tho bad condition of tho
(foundation of City Halt would over liavo
endangered tho building whon packed
round by tho earth, but when this sup
port Is gone conditions nro different. Theso
emergency engineering questions nro up to
tho department. I have heard nothing as
yet from tho Keystone Construction Com
pany, and ns I will not bo hero this aft
ernoon or tomorrow, I nm not likely to
licar anything beforo Monday."
Tho basis upon which tho Keystone
Btato Construction Company will offer to
rcsumo work qn tho Droad street subway
nnd tho Island station under City Hall Is
being considered today by ofllcers of tho
' company In conference with underpin
ning engineers of New York. Tho de
cision nnd tcrmB under which tho com
pany will propose to continue work will
do made public on Monday or Tuesday.
Tho statement Vnrly noxt week from
Senator McN'Ichol's company wilt be
handed to the Mayor In reply to tho order
to resumo work Immediately, which was
glcn by Trnnslt Dlrcctoi Twining late
jostcrday nfternoon nt a conference in
the Mayor's ofllco of the Mayor, City So
licitor Connolly, Director Twining, Senator
McNlchol nnd J. II. Loucliclm, president
of tho Keystone concern.
Tho engineering difficulties of the work,
tho legal phases of tho contract, and tho
questions of responsibility for damage to
City Hall, and tho probable cost of tho
additional work wera discussed nt tho con
ference. Senator McNlchol Indicated that
no new contract will havo to be drawn
to cover tho continuance of work. The
contract drawn by former Director Tay
lor, ho said, was as fair as nny could be
nnd provides for ovcry contingency.
DIFFICULTIES UNUSUAL.
The Senator made It plain that unusual
difficulties wero being faced nnd that tho
doplorablo condition of tho City Hall foun
dations was causing the gravest concern
to his engineers Tho probability that tho
walls will havo to bo rebuilt, was Indicated,
by the Senator, but ho Indicated nt tho
Eamo tlmo It will bo posslblo to do nil
necessary work under tho terms of the
present contract.
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Dealer Who Made History at
Flower Show Points Way
to Big Business
Mrs. Alice S. Burko (at wheel) nnd Miss Null Richardson, who nrc starting a 15,000 cross-country
tour, wero mot in this city today by members of the Woman Suffrage party. The picture shows them
leaving New York.
BOY 'FIREBUG' ADMITS
HE SET $15,000 BLAZE
Child Wanted "to Sec Flames
Shoot" "Fun" Caused In
jury to Firemen
MARRIED. HAPPY'; NEWSSTAND
GIRL WIRES SHE ELOPED
Vera Rook, Onco Behind Hotel Stand,
Explains Absenco; Husband Unknown
"Married. Very happy. Will bo home
Boon."
These seven words, telegraphed to this
' city from New York, today revealed that
Miss Vera Hook, of 1331 North Broad
fctreet, who was employed behind tho cigar
nnd newsstand at the New Blnghnm Ho.
I tel. had eloped. The tedegram was re
celved by her aunt. Mrs. Dorothy Drake,
with whom Miss Rook lived.
The secret marrlago took place In New
York yesterday. Just who tho bridegroom
Is nobody knows. Miss Hook, who Is 30
years old, pretty, nnd who was popular
among the guests at the New Bingham,
left the hotel yesterday. She confided
Iter romance to no one, not even to her
jiunt.
"I don't know the man who married my
niece," said Mrs. Drake today, "I am
nnxloua to sea Vera .and her husband,
Mho never spoke to me about getting mar
ried nnd the telegram Is certainly a sur
prise." The telegram was sent from tho
Grand Central Station In New York.
Runaway Balloon Travels 100 Miles
PENSACQLA. Fin., April 7. A big
navy balloon which broke from Its fasten
ings and, galled away unplloted dropped
to tho ground at Argyle, Fla., 100 miles
northeast of here, this afternoon. No
word has been received as to its condition.
A 12-yenr-old schoolboy confessed to
Flro Marshal Klllott this nfternoon that
ho was tho "firebug" who hail kept Ken
sington llrcmcn on tho jump during tho
last few weeks.
"I llko to sec-tho flames shoot," was tho
renson given by llttlo John McArthur, of
1822 North Front street, for starting
blazes th.it caused property loss running
Into thousands of dollars and which re
sulted In sovcro injury to several firemen.
McArthur was taken Into custody this
nfternoon by Assistant Flro Mnrshal Gal
lagher, following senrch for tho causo of
tho flro last night In the building occu
pied by tho Merchants' Wnrchouso Com
pany at Front and Berks streets. Tho loss
was estimated at $15,000.
That, according to tho boy's own state
ment, wns his second flro In ono day. In
tho afternoon, at nbout 4:30 o'clock, an
alarm was sounded from tho box nt IIow
nrd and Berks htrcets, and when firemen
arrived they found a blazo In tho ware
house of Peter Woll, 1900 North Mascher
street Tho flro was extinguished with
ltttlcloss.
McArthur admitted setting this Arc. but
apparently ho was disappointed becauso
his deslro to see tho flames shoot Into tho
nlr had not been satisfied. So, after sup
per, ho said, ho went to tlto Merchants'
Warehouse nnd set another blaze. An
alarm was given from tho snmo box, and
when firemen arrived they found tho flro
had gained such headway that another
alarm wns necessary.
On tho wny to tho flro Ray Williams,
driver of Bnglno No. 23, wns thrown from
his scat when nn nxlo broke A horso
crashed Into a telegraph polo and had to
bo shot. Edward V. Volz was overcomo
by smoke, nnd an nrtery In tho thumb
of William McArthur was cut by broken
glass. AH tho men wero taken to St.
Mary's Hospital,
Henry C. Miller, president of tho Ware
houso Company, behoved sparks from nn
engino on tho railroad nearby had caused
tho flic, but tho number of blazes In that
vicinity recently caused tho flro marshal
to start an Investigation. He Icnrncd that
young McArthur had been been In tho
neighborhood, nnd tho lad was later ar
rested. This afternoon ho was sent to
tho House of Detention nftcr being ex
nmlned by Flro Marshal Elliott.
McArthur also confessed to starting n
flro In the Keystone Feed Company's
building. 1009 North Front street, last
Saturday, April Fools' Day, nnd another
blazo at 1801 North Hope street, Tuesday.
Disbrow Funeral Tonight
Funeral services for Gamaliel Disbrow,
veteran railroad man, who died yester
day at the ago of 84 years, will be held
at 7 o'clock tonight from tho home, 3724
Havorford avenue. Interment will take
place tomorrow at South Amboy, N. J.
Disbrow began railroading as a fireman
on the historic "John Bull," a locomotive
which ran between South Amboy, N. J
and Camden, 67 years ago.
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'EASY'TOSUFMAGISTS
"No Danger nt All," Says New
York Pair, Here on Way
to Coast
Two women who do not believe thnt
Just becauso they nro making a lG.OOO-mllo
trip across tho country nnd back again
tt Is necessary to havo a chaperon or nn
escort arrived In this city today nil alono
In a llttlo yellow nutomoblle built for two.
Tho automobile was yellow becauso yellow
Is tho suffrago color and tho women nro
suffragists. The tour they nro making Is
In tho Interest of suffrage, under tho aus
pices of tho American National Suffrago
Association.
Tho women In tho car were Mrs. Alice
S. Burko and Miss Noll Richardson. They
left New York yesterday, stopped In Tren
ton Inst night, nrrlved her shortly before
noon, left nt 3 o'clock, and will spend
tonight In Wilmington. Tomorrow they
will bo off for Italtlmorp nnd Washington
and points between thoro nnd San Fran
cisco through tho South.
Tho car, known officially as tho "Golden
Flyer," has been named the "Yellow Kid."
Mrs. Burko Is driver and mechanician,
and both women aro orators. They will
mako n few hundred speeches before they
get back to New York They addressed
a meeting nt noon today, when tho car,
escorted by two other autombllcs full of
Philadelphia suffragists w(o had gono
out to meet tho "Golden 1 Iyer" on tho
Northeast Boulevard, arrived at tho cast
side of City Hall plaza.
BLOODHOUNDS OUT ON
CLUE TO BANK ROBBERS
Canonsburg Looters Drop Pack
age of Cash Posse and
Hounds on Chase
CANONSBUnO, Pa., April 7. With tho
flrst definite cluo to tho recent location
of tho robbers, who raided tho First Na
tional Bnnk, of Houston, nnd obtnlned
$15,000 yesterday. Constablo Benjamin
Ilnthbono speeded from here today with a
posso of men nnd a bloodhound for Moad
owland, three miles distant. Tho departure
of tho posso followed a message received
by the cashier of tho bank, J. K. McNutt
saying the wrapper of a packago of JD00
In bills had been found near that hamlet.
"Boost nnd build by mean of n greater
volume of ndtcrtlilng of the quality with
n "big wallop' In It" was the keynolo ot
a musing meeting held today at Book
binder's by tho Booster Club of tho fruit
nnd produce dealers of this city.
"Let u- build Philadelphia by boosting
our products," Bald W. Frank Thcrkltd
urtn, whoso ndcrilslng campaign for tho
recent flower show secured nn unprece
dented attendance there. "Fruit and pro
duce dealers," said Mr. Therklldson, "are
probably tho smallest advertisers of any
business men They nro bound nnd
hedged In by a lot of 'unethical ethics'
and traditions that crnmii their business
nnd present Its expansion.
Of particular Importance to the dealers
present was a resolution offered by i:d
ward Kdmunds, chairman ot the Depot
Committee, that, beginning next Tuesday,
tho hour of opening the wholesalo mar
kets bo llxed at 6 a, m. Instead of nt
midnight or Inter, os Is the custom nt pres
ent nnd that no samples bo opened ex
cept In the presence of a posslblo buyer.
Tho resolution was adopted, tt wns tho
feeling of tho dealers that this would pre
ont nny deception In tho matter ot sam
ples shown, nnd would call for regular
hours for selling Instead of tho arbitrary
schedulo ns nt present In vogue.
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