EVENING iEDGR PHIEAPBLPHIA, MONDAY,
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MVB DONE NO WRONG
SAYS MAYOR, OF BOND
COMPANY CONNECTION
JEJxetiUtiVe Declares He Could
Have Concealed Position
;, Prom Public, but Did
No So Choo&e
ORDERS LISTS PREPARED
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Y Mayor 'Spilth IJ today, speaking of
his detention of hla stock holdltiRS In th
Thomas B. Smith Bonding Company, thnt
Ms was having his directors and depart
mental heads prepare Hats of all city of
ftclalB bonded y tho company, of which
ho was presfdehfc tip Until a few months
affo
The Mayor has taken the poaltlon that,
had he chosen to withhold from the pub
lic his connection With the bonding com
pany, which, as agent for the National
Surety Company, does more city bonding
than any other nh concern, he could not
only have resigned his $10,000 place as
president but could have transferred his
stock to ln outsider to hold for him dur
lng his four-year term as Mayor. The
fact thnt ha resigned from tho active man
agement of the concern, he asserts, shows
hjs desire to hjdo nothing from the public.
fiwits of "vuAns of lajioiv
In discussing tho bonding situation, tho
Mayor said, "I am perfectly willing that
e,very opo should know of my business In
terests. ! very one knew that I was pres
ident of tho Thomas D. Smith Company
when I was candidate for Mayor. I spent
the best part of my life making that
company a success. I resigned the pres
idency, hut surely no sane person expected
mo to give up my holdings In the company,
the fruits of years of hard labor, simply
because I was going to take a temporary
oinco In tho government of the city of
Philadelphia.
"I doubt very mucn whether any of
the firms which have been bonded by
the Kattotutl Surety Company slnco I havo
been Mayor were Influenced by my pres
ence In office. Xn.fact, In the list of con
tractors already published, there are few,
If any1, who havo not been doing business
with tho Thomas B. Smith Company for
years, long before I had any hopes of be
coming Mayor.
"Do you think." continued the Mayor,
"that If 1 supposed I was going to bo at
tacked, for deliberate and wilful wrong
dolncuind was at the time bent on law
breaking for proflt. I would not have
adopted methods to safeguard mytiolf
from vfrltlclsm? Wns It not entirely
feasible for mo to havo transferred my
Btock, to be held In nnother namo, for my
Interests. I did no such thing That would
have savored of turning sharp corners
and had It become known I could justly
havo been criticised I cannot see that I
como rvlthln tho law I feel certain that I
havo dono no wrong."
COMMISSIONS 30 PEIl CENT.
In explaining tho bonding business, the
Mayor said that although the Thomas II.
Smith Company, of which It Ib by far the
heaviest stockholder, has written bonds
for moro than ?I,000.000 since last Decem
ber the amount that actually came Intp
the concern becnuso of that business wns
comparatively small. Ho said that the
Smith Company's commissions on premi
ums from the National Surety Company
vero 30 per cent.
Frequently, he declared, business comes
In through surety brokers -who must bo
paid a commission of 15 per cent This
leaves IB per cent, on such business for
tho Smith Company. Out of thin, tho
Mayor explained, olllce rent, salaries and
other expenses must, bo met. This ex
planation was made by the Mayor be
cause he felt that tho public might con
fuse tho amount of the bonds written
with the actual return to the Smith
Company.
Scltct Councllmon Harry J. Trainer
and Charles Seger, at a recent meeting i
of tht Finance Committee, attacked the
custom of forcing small clerks and low
salaried officeholders, who handle none
of the city's money, to give bonds. Coun
cilman Trainer Is expected to Introduco
In Councils. In the near future, bills re
pealing ordinances requiring tho general
bonding of small placeholders and cer
tain classes of municipal pontractore.
MISS BESSIE STRAUSS
Who Is distributing mntzoths
among the poor Jews of tho city
that thoy may observe the Pnss-
ovcr properly.
GIVES MATZOTH TO TOOR
Divorces Granted Today
Court of Common Pleas No 5 granted
the following divorces today:
Bertha Hay llorrln from Edward Morris
. Wlllan Viola Wilson Miller from Jarvis
Henry Miller.
Ethel Crawford from Matthew n. Crawford.
Itlta Hlckks Harmon from lljron L,. Har
mon Charlotte. M. Price from Clinton F. Price
Margaret K. Moody from Itufui p. Moody.
Mary Violet Kolcomli from William II Hal
comb. llertrara Urban from Catherine Itcbtcca
Urban
Eva Stoklsy- Evana from Frank Evana.
J-ff?'!. SJ; .I'rown from Etta Brown.
Elizabeth T. Oallasher from Thoraaa Gal
lasher i
John Cerulaw from Freda Fenalaw.
Kdward Stiles from Florence SI. Stiles.
Louis lfers from Annie Myera
Kdna fl, Nlver from David M. Nlver.
Mar A.. Ifersojr from Ilernard II. lienor.
I'aulln. Illllnski from Andrew lllllnekl.
?.,0.rr.', '0ltkDf from Esther Polekorf.
Eatell p. Jones from J, Clarence Jones.
PasquaU Tomasulo from Amolnetta Tom
aauio. Vry W. Umbo from Cora Kambo.
John Campbell from Jennie Campbell.
Mauda T Thomas from Clifford E. Thomas.
Girl Distributes 1000 Pounds of
PasBover Food to Destitute Jewish
Families of City
One thousand pounds of matzoth wcro
distributed today by 17-year-old Bessie
Strauss, of 420 South street, nmong desti
tute Jewish families for their use during
the eight-day feast of Passover She
began this custom seven years ngo and
repeated this practical charity ccry year
slnco.
Tho Passover will be ushered In tonight
with a seder or home eervlco and com
memorates the emancipation of the
Israelites from Egyptian bondago under
tho leadership of Moses.
Within tho last few years the price of
matzoth has Increased steadily. This year
the prices rango from 7 to 15 cents per
pound, according tb quality. As the avcr
ugo family consumes nt least 20 pounds
during the eight days, the strain on the
poor man's purse Is apparent.
When Bessie Strauss was 10 years old
sho was sent by her teacher to tho homo
of a clnssmato to learn why tho latter
was absent from school Bosilo found
the girl 111, her family in destitute cir
cumstances, and, although Passover was
only one day off, there was no money to
buy matzoth or other urtlcles of food re
quired for the proper observance of tho
festival She used tho contents of her
savings bonk to buy matzoth for the
family
It then occurred to her that mnny other
families might also be rufferlng Although
sho had been saving money to take a
courso oi music in uurope, she resolved
to contlnuo her musical education In this
-ountry and used the money to buy mat
zoh for suffering Jewish families In tho
southern section of tho city.
MAX SENT TO PRISON'
FOR ANNOYING (JIIILS
Pupils of School in West Philadelphia
Causo Arrest of Tormentor
On tho accusation Of hnvlnir nnnmrfA
beneath the windows of a prlvato school
... Hvw ..., nwi-ci uu unuuyi'U some
girl students by his actions, Philip McCub,
Wff rvan nf an .... Q,.l. . . .
...... v.. biicui iii-w duti, wuh ecnirnceu
today to 30 dnys In tho county prison by
Magistrate Harris, nt the 82d street and
Woodland avenue station
Four girl students testified against Mc
Cue. They are Agnes Ayles, Mnynor
Parker, Edna King nnd Carrie Allison, all
of 3305 Arch street Tho girls testified
that McCuo had appeared under tholr
windows on secral occasions. Yesterday
they notified the police of the 32d street
and Woodland avenue station that he had
appeared again, nnd Policeman Conway
was sent to the bcone. McCue started to
run when ho saw the policeman. Conway
Is stout and a poor runner, and It Is cer
tain that McCue would havo escaped had
not seeral boys Joined In the chase. Tho
boys were right at McCue's heels when
he opened tho kitchen door of a house on
Ludlow street and ran through the house,
much-to the consternation of tho Inmates
The boys tackled McCue on the front
porch and held him until the arrhal of
Policeman Conway.
Magistrate Harris wanted to send the
case to court so that "a stiff" sentence
could bo imposed upon McCue, but the girl
students were reluctant to press It further,
and so the Magistrate settled the matter
with a 30-day sentence.
ASKS RELIGIOUS AID I
FOR 12,000,000 YOUTHS
Rev. Dr. R. W. Beach Telia
Presbyterian Clergy That
Many Are Without It
That there are between 11,000,000 and
12,000.000 boys nnd girls of school age
who havo no religious Instruction what
ever, wni tho assertion made today by tho
Rev. Dr. Robert Wells Bench nt tho meet
ing of tho Presbyterian Ministers Associa
tion, held In Westminster Hall, Wither
spoon Building. Doctor Beach Is secre
tary of nellglous Education of tho Pres
byterian Board of Education.
Equally surprising to his hearers was
Doctor Beach's estimate that only 30 per
cent, of tho Presbyterian families In tho
United States hold any kind of family
worship In their homes or attempt any
systematic Instruction of their children In
religious mnlters This latter assertion
evoked protests of "Too high I Too high I"
from Doctor Beach's hearers.
"Then make It 20 per cent.," ho replied
"Twenty per cent. Just think of It."
Doctor Beach's toplo was "Education
In the Local Church" He held It to bo
n. primary responsibility of the church
members to provide religious Instruction
for children "The State," he snld, "takes
caro of training In citizenship It Is the
duty of the church to provide opportunity
for eery chltd to become n Christian
To this end the Instruction In religious
mnttcrs should begin In tho home
"True, there oro 18,000,000 children In
our Sunday schools, but thero are
11,000,000 or 12,000,000 boys and girls
of school nge who hava no religious In
struction wnatever ana it is our duty to
provide for them In the same manner as
the State cares for Its future citizens "
ITALIANS TAKE ADVANCED
POSITION ON CARSO FRONT
Austrinns Compelled to Evacuate
Mountain Trenches Southeast of
Lovico
ROME, April 17. A. statement Issued
by genoral headquarters last night says.
"There was considerable artillery activ
ity and movement of enemy troops In the
one between the Lagartna and Sugann
Valleys. Wo repulsed small attacks
against our positions at Sogllo d'AspIo and
Mltegrobo, on the upper Astlco. In the
Sugana Valley wo compelled the enemy
to evacuate his position at Monte Car
bonllo, southeast of IjOvIco, which wo
maintain under a curtain of ire
"In Carnla there were artillery duels
along a portion of the front from tho
upper Degnno to tho upper But.
"On Mnr.II, Friday night, the enemy di
rected machine gun and rlflo fire ngalnst
positions he had vainly assailed on Thurs
day. "In tho Carso n bold advance of our
Infantry cast of Selz and Monfalcono gave
us possession of now advanced positions.
Wo took 20 prisoners, together with am
munition, bombs and caissons."
AUSTRIAN'S ABANDON
VALONA OFFENSIVE
Activities on Russian and Italian
Fronts Reason for Quitting
noMi:. Anrll 17
Plans for an Austrian offensive against
tho Albanian port of Valona have been
abandoned because of activities along tho
Italian and Russian fronts. It was learned I
here today. I
Tho Austrlans were moving troops J
southward through Albania when tho Itus i
sians and Italians simultaneously attacked
Austrian lines. Tho troop movements
were stopped and pnrt of tho Austrian
fnmfti wpia spnt bunk in thn.Tflnnso. wham
Hi (iv have been seen In notion. t
l Gcnorn, Torro, second In command of
tno' Italian urmj'
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Rubber Found in Coffee Bags
CHRISTIANS, April 17. A large
quantity of rubber was found to bo con
cealed in cofTee bags on board tho Lyn
genfjord, which sailed from New York,
March 17, for Bergen The entire con
signment of 2o0 bags was belzed. The
rubbor was discovered through the burst
ing of one of the bags while tho steamer
was unloading.
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Woman Burned by Gasoline
YORK, Pa.. April 17. Gasoline set lire
to the dress of Mrs. Wilbur E Laumaster
and she was severely burned Sho poured
a basin of gasoline she had used to clean
gloves Into a hole In the ground where
her husband had tossed a lighted match.
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onday, April Seventeenth
HE liberal patronage of our West Philadelphia Service Station, in
Chestnut Street, Thirty-third and Woodland Avenue, and the
number of requests from the North Broad District have prompted
us to build another service station, which will be open to the
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