f EVOKING I.EBGEB PHIIiADBIiPHIA, FRIDAY, rAPRlI3 21, 1916. 0 i' HMWa n ii. riimiini -. ". v. s. not ready FOR WAR; NAVY - IS NdW FOURTH dwtntry Ill-Prepared to tTndertake Oversea Ex pedition at Present IS TROUBLES OF FLEET 'Shortage of Men In Army and Lack 6t Field Artil' lery Shown Bv a Staff Correipondtnt VrAStUltaTOtf, April 21 With a navy fourth In strength among the nations of the world, according to Prestdont Wilson, and nft army standing below 10 others nven In times of peace, the United States la loss prepared for war than gome of tho smallest countries of the world, Swlt wsrlanfl has a, peace strength half as targe again an the regular army of the United State, Including the Philippine Scouts. In a speech, delivered at Cleveland early In the present year. President "Wilson said. In speaking of the navy of the United States: "Tou have been told that It, Is the sec ond In strength In the world. I am sorry to say that experts do not agree with those who tell you that. Reckoning by Its nctual strength, I believe It to be one of the most efllclcnt navies In the wcrld, but Its. strength ranks fourth, not second. And you must reckon with the fact that IL..1S necessary tnat tuat snouiu Do our first arm of defense. "Do you know tho sweep of the coast from the canal to Alaska? It is nearly one-fourth of the circumference of the earth. Do you think that a navy that ranks fourth Is suOldentT" Since the outbreak of the European war It has been impossible to get ac curate Information as to Increases In the navies of 'the belligerent countries, but It Is stated by United Statos officers that the Increases have been Bufllclent to re duce this country from third to fourth place. Ah'.offlctal publication of the Oftlco of Naval Intelligence, the United StateB Navy, gives the latest avallablo figures as follows: i TVARSHIP TONNAOE. Relative order of warship tonnage, July 1. 1914: Preeent order (tonnage completed: Nation. Tonnage. 2,158,280 051,713 Great Britain Germany ... un Tnltrd States 70.1.1 S3 France I. nn3'I;S Japan R1D,840 As would be thn case If vessels now build. inr. wer completed: Nation: Great Britain Oerraany Tonnare. 2.718.7110 1,S04,(I4II ..:..; HOO.OIB 81)4,889 .., U0O.U1G France United. States . Japan -., DREADNOuairra and battle cruisers. July l. 1014. Building or Nation. Built, authortaed. Total. England 20 17 4tl Oermany; 17 11 28 United States 8 7 IB Franca 3 0 12 Japan S u a TUB UNITED STATE3 NAVY ON JULY 1. 10IS- Bullt. Type of vessel. No. Tons. Bulldtnr. No. Toni. 7 213.800 Battlesnips tareaa- noucht typo). ...... 8 189.030 Battleships (predread- nmuhtj t S3 300.283 Coast-defense vessels: 4 12,1100 Battle cruisers . ... 0 .s..,. Armored cruisers ... 10 140,040 Cruisers- .h .'.4'. 15 . 70,01:3. .lorpeaoDoai- oeiiroy- era ................ B7 Torpedoboats v. n Submarine 30 41.417 11 1,032. . 22 12.192 I-Total ton . 779.039; . . 228.092 Total tons -built ani,butldlnc Estimated. 006.028 THREE BUILDHfG PROGRAMS. The following tablo shows the building program recommended "by Secretary of .the ,$avy Daniels and the programs rec ommended by the' general board of the nayy, giving the tatter's first and second plans: General General Board Board Secretary of of , Daniel's Navy's Navy's plan. first second plan. plan. 4 3 ?T 22 Dreadnoughts , .; 2 Battle cruisers . - . Submarines ..,- 30 Destroyers ......IS Sundrlen 7 28 10 ii 10 Appropriation necessary for coming year to $i carry out above plans: ' Secretary Daniel's plan.. (Seneral board a Tllan No. 1..... ...iST.003,000 ...lia.OSO.BST I OAnifBl hoarrl'a nlan No. :!... .. 82.70! ' (Extract from tho testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Reber. United States Army, before the Committee on Military Affairs of tbe House of Representatives. January 18, 1IUB.1 Colonel. Heber. snesjtlns of aeroplanes under . array control. We havo actually In our pos session lp tnat the Government owns today, Wehavet six under orders, etc. (Extract from rie resort of, tbe Secretary f the Navy. December 1. 1010.1 , There aye now la the service IS aeroplanes and 13 aeronautic motors. Ily the first of tho next year at least 16 new aeroplanes and a- number of new motors will be delivered, etc. Extract from the testimony of Captain Mark Bristol, United States Navy, commanding , the Aviation Bervtee of the. United States - Navy, before the Committee on Naval Af fairs of tbe Ilousa of JleoresentaUves," Decem ber a. 191. . Representative Brownlns Captain. I wish you would tail us how the aircraft equipment of the various nations campare. ' Captain Bristol At the beginning? of this war our best Information gave, approximately. VZ.DUU jnranee 3 qiriginies ana 4uu aeroplanes i itus t sia, 19 niruioiea inn nv Britain. O dlrifflblea and 18 mflalbles and 80o aeroplanes! Qreut v ainaiDies ana uu aeroptanea; xtat rlttm., 3 duisiblea and 100 aeroplanea; Servla. if) airoplaOMI Oermany, 40 dirigibles and lOuU aeroplanes: Austria. 8 dirigibles and 4im aero planes; and tbe United States, S3 aeroplanes. Fifteen troubles op navy. The followlne resume from the report of Admiral P, S", Fletcher, commander In . chief of the Atlantic fleet, submitted Au gust 15, 391G, shows 15 troubles of the Seet; (a) Shortage of officers. M fihortaae of men. cl Iici; of fast armored ships and fast light Hum.. . to xumiiaiwna or rooomry ana eea-going miiee of euiHHarines. t.&ek of aircraft. Lac)c of radio direction finder. JB- S fop f recent overhaul of battleships. Necessity of niatotttlnlns; full comple- satits' In. active- shtpa o( tbe , i) Nf of aodltjonal min vsfsels. ... ' noei. ilng and sweeping f Desirability of raoctllztnr ships ta re serve annually with the active fleet. ik. cei oi Dstue urgei practice at lone rtifNecsalty for Increassd facilities at fleet rendeavous. . (in) Provision for division commanders for mining division, and auxiliary dlvlstoa. (nt Provision for mora speed In design of flhtns craft Intended to operate with the lai TCaed Df astl-alreraft mine. : -- " a ,IJ,V T,,t,B,-Y. .A., V. a. ARMY JUNE SU,, lslj. Existed' I3ffiilr. Total. )0O.3sl I21M03 ilBSSZUKSth":: '18 ""MS flfatjmat QuaraJ, 8t705 180,898 brsa total . .. 18.B0 S21.B05 -J5.408 ' f'lncliiercif SSS1 foliated men of the Hospital -ei Quwrtsrmastera Corps. tBxUaci from the report, of the Secretary Wax. Hsvecibsr 16. 1B14.J , l"or tM purpose cf Information the follow &s tali la presented, showtwc the area. vmuiaUMf &4 military resources on a peaca mb4 war footliw of other nation la. com, jrfssrj wits, ours . . (jtod ferns of various countries. Total . trained Poind, Peace war tlon. strength, strength. Otrniiuy Wane fit.S03.4Z3 620.000 4.000,000 :ilBM.'p3.200 J,a08,'o0 ,&J:o -RC. KrflVlV Arla4ltui& 8-J illl sm.300 soo.eod 2fS,n0U 1.200.Qtio sio.ooo 2.000.000 2S0 000 l,30O.C0t Jmn - . M,3,SJH Wfay . S.T8i8TS :o,uou x.soo.ooo o!33 lf,S03,W 11S.DOO 800,000 2TS.60A .-i, iititUnJ 3 711 Bit JJ6, ooo IS UlN) S,oa t: rac. .1 4TlHt 400.000 160.000 T,T f (J kUI . sa ?st i' &T.7CJ tsss.lja fKii3aPmSitSk rmut ' tfmmt Wi i.itwtw Briwrfwr. &m- K- :-i ,. ' His rroTM- JCTtt rmfi S (Si ' bf nwt M WH SMIIIerr) amnitrnttlftn on bnd and under manu facture ( t,S00. of which 481,000 hare been completed." ,. Note Eorefcean report, h ,58,n2 that as many e 1000 rounds of fleld-artillery ammunition are eometlm's tired. In a nnal dv by a (Ingle an. The Chief of Btaft, United States Atmy, In Ms annual report, November IB, 1914, stated that as an aeeumn latlon.in anticipation of war. we need 11.7B0, 850 rounds of fleld-erttllerr ammunition. BltOnTAHS OF FIELD ARTlLLKnY, Ritraet from table presented by llrlgadler General William Croater, Chief of Ordnance, tmtted States Army, before Committee on Mil itary Affairs. Houee of representatives, Jan uary s, 1H1B1 Jll 'otal batteries field attlllery completed. 178. Mntla l,.h 1lftr Aitfa nt 4 IMina. this means that we have only 704 neld sune completed. The Chief of Btaff, United States Army, , In his annual report, November ,1ft, 1914. stated that as an accumulation In antici pation of war, we need 2834 field guns (ex clutlre of slant suns). ENEMV COULD LAND. The following letter from Admiral George Dewey to Representative Augus tus P. Gardner purports to show that n landing on United States soil could be effected by an enemy! OFFICE) OF THE ADMIRAL OP THE NAVY, WASIUNOTON, December 10. IKIB. Hon. A. P. Gardner, Home of Itepresentstfves, Weahlngton. D. C. Dear Mr. Qardnert I bea- to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of December 0 aeklne me to write you setting' forth mv views on the Question of the possibility of 'large hostile forces landlnr on our coast, and Invltlne my attention to an article my Krlo Fisher Wood, which appeared 111 the Century last month. Tho part of tho Atlantic coast mentioned In Mr. wood's article extends from Gastport. .Mo., to Cap Henry, Vs., and In this nren we have permanent defense, on the Penobscot and Kennebeo IMvrs, at Portland, Portsmouth, IJoston. and Nw IleJforil harbors; at Narra- fansett Bay: at the eastern entrance to Lonn sland Sound: at the entrance to New Tork harbor: on thn Delaware Ither! nt Baltimore: on the upper Potomao lllver, and at Hampton Roads. Of these defenses only those at Port land, Narrasaniett Bity. entrance to Lon Island Sound, and the entrance to New York rrotect the coast, tho others are solely harbor defenses. It Is true that larse hostile force can land on the open coast wherever the transports can set within reasonable distance of the, shore, and etneclAllv art vhn thte lanrfln ! flav- ered by the nunflre of the naval escort, even though the landing- be opposed by troops! the most recent example of this Is the landing; of the Allied troops on the Ualllnoll Peninsula. We have similar examples In our own history, as the lending of Hcott'a army near Vera Crui, the landings near Port PIsher, and the landlnr of Hhafler's army on the south const of Cuba, from uasipon. ate., to uape iicnry, .va., there are hut ery few places where larKe ships cannot approach with safety to within two miles of tho coast, and tho extent of this shore line that Is too precipitous or too ragged to maks a landing Impracllcablo Is small. The only farce-that can prevent such a landing Is a navy of our own stronc enough to prevent such an expedition from reaching- our coast. Jn sarins that a hostile expedition can tana upon our coast at will, outside the ranee of our coast-defense guns. I mean that It Is physi cally possible, and with no very ureat diffi culty. I do not mean that such a force could accomplish Its object by Iandlnir anywhere on tho peninsulas of Mains nor on tho sand dunes of New Jersey, Delaware.' Maryland or Virginia, with Inland waters between them and the mainland. They will prefer to land where there an .railroads and good roads leading to their objective, which would prob ably be ono of our large cities. Such places are numerous along the coast of Massachu setts, both shores of Massachusetts Bay, the eastern end and south shore of Long Island and in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. A landing- place sheltered from the force of thn sea would greatly facilitate the dis embarkation of a hostile force, but Is not a vital necessity; such sheltered places are too numerous to name, but among them are Frenchman's Bay, Penobscot flay. Blue Hill Bay, Sheepscott II Ivor. Casco Bay. In Maine; Ilockport. Gloucester. Baiem, Plymouth, Prov Incston. Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, In ATKRiinrhuanttit' Ifeirt Pnn-1 Ilav. and then to tho southward Delaware) and Chesapeake llnjs. Only the navy can proont landings at those places, and that navy must be strong enough to defeat the enemy! and should we have such a navy the enemy would not attempt an In vasion as Ionic as It remained In existence. Our main defonse and protection from In vasion must therefore always rost with the navy, which must ever remain our first and boat lino of defense. This defense, unless adeauat. Is Impotent; and, as before stated, artanttamf la Tint rnnrhpil until tho naW la strong enough to meet on equal terms tho navy of the strongest probable adversary. GEORui-: DEivnr. HARD COAL OPERATORS DENY MEN'S DEMANDS Will Split Conference Rather Than Boost Wages 20 Per Cent. NEW TORK, Arrll 21. Having reached a tentative agreement on tho seven lesser demands made by the United Mine Workers In tho nnthraclte field, the operators on the subcommittee, In session at the Union League Club, yesterday completed -what mlBht'be termed an ulti matum on the three cardinal demands that are holding the men and mine owners apart The operators have rejected the argu ments of the union and have made the offers: A 5 per cent, advance in wages. In general terms, In place of 20 per cent, demanded by tho union. An eight-hour day, a reduction of ono hour from tho present working time, at the same bnslo pay, worked out on tho basis of any advance granted at this con ference. No recognition of the union. They are prepared to make a fight on tills proposition, even to a split In the conference. FOftD SENDS TESTIMONIAL CHECKS TO ESTEY EMPLOYES Automobile Manufacturer Pleased TVith New Organ in His Home All the employes of the Philadelphia branch of the Estey Organ Company, 17th and Walnut etreets, 'have received checks as gifts from Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer. The checks were, Included among more than 600 which Air. Ford distributed to all employes of Lthe Estejf Company to show his apprecia tion Tor ine care mm was cxcrcisou in the construction of a mammoth and beautiful organ which was placed In Mr. Ford's new residence in the suburbs of Detroit, Jllch- The checks to tne employes were given In proportion to the salaries paid the men and -women, and ranged from ?5 to J 20. They amounted to several thousand dol lars. Thomas Radley, an erector con nected with the New Tork office of the Estey Company, was presented with a Ford limousine when he had completed the work of Installing the instrument In the Ford mansion. Local employes who received the checks are B. Franklin Watson, sales manager; Park V. llogan, Fred A, Durness. K. P. Harrington. W, F. Sheldon. Afnos Bowers, Harry Allen and Miss Edith Harrison, Miss Harrison is stenographer in the Philadelphia office. The organ Is the finest hoUse Instru ment in the country and may be played With automatic rolls, the same as player pianos. Every modern Improvement was demanded by the manufacturer. It cost him 138,000. CARIUNZISTAS BLOCK U. 8. .FORCE TO SOUTH; CUT IN REAR WASHINGTON. April 21. Conflrrna tion of reports that Carranza troops are being mobilized la the path or General Pershing's forces haa been received at both the State and War Departments. Mexican troops lately stationed at Chi. huahua have been sent to a point south of Pershing's most, advanced troops. Troops which were withdrawn from Sonora Are being held with the apparent purpose of being thrown across the Amer-. lean line somewhere between Casaa. Qrandes and the American frontier General Scott's mission to the border tor consultation with General Funston is now generally known to have been the result of authentic information that Pershing was menaced from the south, and that hla line of communication with the north, was Imperiled. Secret movements of American troops rutte ben tna4s with, an eye to this cmr f f. ? that Wsfl army -officials wsr eonflileaUy atatfu tut. Gtttral prhlr is In a voaitlou to meet iUe went con ttaftasr- MAKEREADYFORSEA, ORDER AT NAVY YARD; SHIPS GET MORE GUNS Grim Fighters at League Island Prepare to Dash Out on Day's Notice CRAMPS TOLD TO HURRY Orders to make ready to sail within 24 hours have been received by the com manders of several battleships at Phila delphia Nnvy Yard, League Island. There Is warlike activity nt tho yard and It Is possible that many of the ships may leave on hurried orders beforo tomorrow night. Tho battleships Kansas and Connecticut, which arrived last Friday from Quanta natno Bay, were scheduled to stay hero for several months for repairs, but word has now been received to attend only to repairs that may be made, quickly. Eight now 12-Inch guns were placed aboard the battleship Michigan and nu merous 4-Inch guns and torpedo tubes were Installed on tho torpedoboat destroy ers. The men nre wonting night nnu aoy and all furloughs have been canceled. The collier Brutus, one of tho largest In tho service, left hero yeBterday for the West coast. Cramps' shipyard has been ordered to rush work on tho destroyers Walnwrlght, Cunningham nnd Nichols. Similar orders have gone to other yards where Uncle Sam's craft are stationed, building or being repaired. The marines and bluejackets at the r navy yard are packed, ready to go at any moment. NAVAL MEN ON LEAVE PALLED TO CHARLESIOWN More Than 30 Warships, a Record Number, Assembled There BOSTON', April 21. Officers and en listed men of the United States Nav ab sent on leave or furlough wera rcta .ilng to the Charlestown Navy Yard today, fol lowing tho receipt of orders from Wash ington. Thirty-odd warships, a record number, aro now nt the yard, every nvallablo berth being tilled. Rear Admiral Baush Is In command of the auxiliary fleet. A11 authorltatlvo statement was received from the navy yard this afternoon, to the effeot that no emergency orders havo been recelvod to get tho ship-- ready for duty. 'WAR GAME' AT RIDLEY PREPAREDNESS LESSON "Hostile Armies" of Military College Cadets in 'Battle" for Railways Along River A great "battlo" Is raging today near West Ridley Tark for possession of the Uddystone munition plants and the rail way trunk lines and telegraph wires con necting this city with the South. The n slstent barking of gatling guns and tho cracklo of Infantry lire along a three-mile front startled residents, who had no Idea was as nnywhero In the neighborhood. It really Isn't. But the cadets of the Pennsylvania Military College, at Chester, who form the opposing armies, nope that their war game will teach a lesson that will make It Impossible for war In reality to spread desolation tnrougn tnis rich sec tion. The "battle" being fought today Is the srst of a series of tactical problems designed to show the helpless position fit Pnllauelpma snouiu an enemy rower lanu troops on the undefended New Jersey shore nnd throw them across the Dela ware River. The drive of the "Invaders" Is being led by Lieutenant Carl A Baehr, U .S. A., Government detail at the college. The In vading force, screened by cavalry and equipped with "dynamite" to demolish bridges, advanced toward tin tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads, near West Ridley Park. Field telephone and heliograph corps, with the defenders' Infantry, under Cap tain Brautlga'm, of the college, Hashed signals of the advance and a "battle" de veloped along the railway tracks late this afternoon. The gatling guns of the raid ers did great "execution- among tho op posing Infantry, who fought back fiercely, contesting every foot of the ground, though they were repeatedly charged by the cavalry. ATLANTIC CITY POLICE CHIEF ORDERED OUT OF POLITICS Shore Commissioners Put Curb Workers for Riddle on ATLANTIC CITi. April 21. Chief rf Police Woodruff, a lieutenant of Mayor Riddle and Director of Publlo Safety Bartlett in the city commission contest, was ordered out of politics late yester day by the vote of Commissioners Bacharach, Beyer and Thompson, who head the opposing slate. The resolution makes it a cause for dismissal for any employe of the Police Department to take part In or even attend political meetings or to use hla'influence to persuade voters. Chief Wpodruff has been attending rallies and making speeches, urging tr election of RJddle, Bartlett, Assistant Di rector Lewis B. Glenn. Hilton Seaman and 'Dr. Underwood Cochran. Ninety per rent, of the force has been electioneering actively for the Riddle slate. Yesterday Director Bartlett shifted Bacharach sup porters on the force to backtown posts. Riddle and Bartlett voted against today's resolution. Riddle offered a further resolution for bidding any employe of tha city to have membership In clubs or to take an active part In the warmly contested campaign. tie earn n was aimed at Judge Gasklll, of the City Court, a Bacharach partisan. Director Bartlett protested and Mayor Riddle withdrew hla resolution. Riddle -assailed the beach-front hotel keepers In a campaign publication today. He charges they are against him because he forced the raising of big hotel assess ments. CHOCOLATE-SMEARED FACES BETRAY EASTER ESCAPADE Camden Youngsters Acused of Appropriating- Eggs Unmistakable external evidence of hav ing shared In the destruction of some 31 pounds of Easter eggs, stolen from, a wagon belonging to Benjamin Oseroff, of 1325 Kaighn avenue, Camden, today, con victed six young defendants before Recorder Stackhouse in that city. Con dign punishment followed the court pro ceedings, the Recorder sentencing the chocolate-smeared culprits to undergo washing at the hands of their respective mothers. The latter promised to execute the mandate of the Recorder and to. re imburse Oseroff for his loss. The boys were Frank Demayo, 14 years old, and John Demayo, 12 years old, of 1211,' Lewis street; Albert Cross, 18 years old, pt 11ST Liberty street; JS'ranlc Thomp son, 1$ yearir oldt of 1145 Lsnadowne ave nue;, Tns JJrauor, 14 years old. f J18S HMrtn, vwe, nd VfUUtm gawaskj. U yrf y4 $1 tlth. tU Sycanwr rtrtftt "CMp-kl Tou, Snowi clhtt4 OJl M tb mmntti Wfc the. Recorder WBJ- tmt scy.ua tM sa. AEsssMpm dPgaHssBlMi stP t "Ks-saV ' -aal& .sgaHIIIIIIIIIIIIH 3cm9 fA tigHPriiFi'Hs. Thoto by Cllnedlnst CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Baron Chinda, Japanese Ambas sador at Washington, called upon President Wilson today to dis cuss certain provisions in tho Durdctt immigration bill An nmicablc adjustment was reached, according to a White House state ment. JAPANESE RESENT INCLUSION WITH HINDUS Ambassador Asks President to Have Phrasing of Immigra tion Bill Changed WASHINGTON. April 21. President Wilson was asked today by Viscount Sutcmt Chtnda, the Japanese Ambassador, to havo the phraseology of the Burnett Immigration bill, now beforo tho Senate Immigration Committee, changed so that tho apparent coupling of tho Japanese people with thoso of Hindu nationality would bo eliminated. Tho Ambassador had talked tho matter over with Secre tary Lansing and, at the request of tho latter, asked the Presldont today to take tho matter up with Senator Smith, of South Carolina, chairman of tho commit tee. Tho President Ik expected to ask that tho bill be changed to carry tho language agreed upon In this connection two yearn ago, when a similar proposi tion rnnin un. I It Is understood that the Japanese Am bassador culled the President's attention to the fact that tho Japanese Government had agreed to restrict coolie Immigra tion to the United States at tho time of tho original California Immigration dis pute and protested 'that now to write a provision of this character Into the bill would bo- an Implied reflection Upon the goodi faith of thor Japanese nation. And tho apparent Inchislon of all the Japanese, people with tho Hindu class, the Ambas sador explained, would be 'a serious af front to tho Japanese. " DRUG KILLS LAD; MANY YOUTHFUL VICTIMS OF HEROIN IN NORTHEAST Boys and Girls Said to Obtain "Dope" at "Hop Corner," Kensington Avenue and Cambria. Street MAN HELD BY CORONER Many boys and girls of the northeast are addicted to tho use of heroin and other drugs. They have a regular place j'to receive this dope, at Kensington ave- i4uo uuu iumuria Hired, wnicn, u is saio, is known as the "hop corner." Such Is tho condition of affalrB in the northeast, according to Ralph Miller, of 3320 North Broad street, who was held without ball by Coroner Knight today to await the action of the Orand Jury' for causing the death of Howard B. Smith, IS years old, of 721 Hast Clearfield street. The boy died at the Samaritan Hospital on April 16, after he had collapsed on the street. ' Miller's rather pallid skin and staring eyes indicate that he was a persistent dope user. In a rather halting voice he ex plained his movements on the night of Smith's death. Miller said he-met Smith uptown and both went downtown to buy heroin. In the Tenderloin they got a note from a man to Isadora dinaberjf, of 803 North 11th street. Miller said. Later the two met Harry Provan, of the Bame address. He telephoned to a man known as "'Louie," and on his promise that Miller and Smith were "alt right," "Louie" gaye them the drug, according to the testimony. Smith then went to Miller's home. He took a quantity of the drug, according to Miller, and then asked for a glass of water. Miller then noticed that Smith was getting weak. The boy turned pale and complained of feeling sick. He started for home, A short distance from the Miller home he collapsed and was taken to the Samaritan Hospital. He died shortly after being admitted. Miller admitted giving heroin to boys up in the northeastern section of the city and said he also gave some to a. girl in that neighborhood. He declared that many used tne drug, wnicn they gat at the "hop corner," Kensington avenue and Cambria street, where the peddlers met the juvenile customers. Ginsberg and Provan were held with out hall as accessories before and after the fact. "Louie," the man who obtained the drug, has not yet been found, but the police. It is said, are on his trail, EASTER EGGS CAUSE, GRIEP Lad Who Wanted Them So Badly Held ir, ?300 Ball A brick, wrapped in a coat, sailed through the window of the Bell store at Belgrade and Dauphin streets last night Three figures crept from the dark shadows, reached through the Jagged crack and slunk away. Not bo Quickly, however, but that Patrolman White, niaklng Ma midnight rounds, saw them and started a merry chase. One was captured. He said he was Walter Smith. 18 years old, of 1022 Bast Berks street, when arraigned this morolnsr before. Magistrate Diets, "Whadde take!" asked the Judge. ?hopUt Easter eggs," sa(4 White, Bjude.' 4M14 Uh kr "X bad to hav souie tuitr jor jsawer. Th. hundred few furttter htariar," boomed. In JuJ "Nextr SKIPPER TAKES LIFE WHEN CREW DESERTS 'AND HE TIRES OF SEA B, a r g e Captain, Almost Stranger to Family for Half Century Before Mast, a Suicide FINDS SAILORS SCARCE t Worry over the desertion of his crew caused Julius Mueller, captain of the Philadelphia and Heading coal barge Cocailco, to commit suicide early today Irf the cabin of the vessel by shooting himself through the right temple. Mueller was 65 years old and had followed the sea for many years. In his younger days, It Is said, he commanded many clipper sailing ships which plied from Atlantic ports. He lived at 240 Byron street, Camden. The Cocallco came Into port yesterday from Bangor, Me., and when the vessel docked at the pier, foot 6t Lehigh nvenue, Port ntchmond, nil of tho crew deserted, Including tho donkeymen and able seamen. The old sea captain was in despair at tho occurrence. Because of the scarcity of labor he knew that It would be difficult to pick up another crew. Early today tho cook on the barge, Oscar Anderson, of 2C26 Blchmond Btreet, this city, found the old sea captain lying In the cabin with a tiny stream of blood trick ling from his right temple, He summoned Detective Ernest Wheatley, of the Phila delphia and Reading police. The body was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital and then to tho Morgue. Mueller Is Biirvlved by n widow and tWo sons, Fred and William Mueller, who live on Byron street, Camden. The llttlo cottago of tho Mueller family Is situated near the waterfront, and almost directly across tho rlvor at tho foot of Lehigh avenuo is moored tho bargo where Captain Mteller ended his life. Mrs. Mueller was overcome with grief when an Evening LcDann. reporter brought her the first nows of her hus band's death. "It can't be true," sho sobbed, "It can't bo true. Why, ho was here for a llttlo wjillo last night and brought me his month's pay. Ho Is working on the bargo today trying to get a crew. Oh, I can't bellevo he Is dead." WASHINGTON TELLS N.G. P. TO BE READY No Member Is Allowed by Or ders to Leave City On a War Footing Members of tho National Guard of Pennsylvania today aro athrlll with ex pectancy because of an order from the War Department at Washington to hold themselves In readiness for any emer gency. Officers of tho National Guard here In terpret tllb order In the light pf a partial mobilization, and today they declare they would not be surprised If Instructions of a more warlike naturo came out of Wash Ington within 48 hours. Under the orders Issued by the War Department, no mem ber of any of the four troops, of cavalry or Infantry In this dUtrlct may .leave' Philadelphia without special permission .from, the commanding officer,. Command ing 'officers .have been Instructed not to grant such permission unless tne militia men show that It Is absolutely necessary for them to make a vlBlt outside the city. That the Instructions from Washington have virtually pluced tho militiamen on a strict war footing was shown today by an olllcer, when ho explained that If any militiamen violated orders relating to leaves of absence he would be arrested nnd court-martialed. The War Depart ment has Issued similar orders to the mllltla of New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and several other States. Preparation for any emergency con tinued quietly but effectively today In Philadelphia. Officers of the cavalry are searching the city for horses, and other officers aro spending the1 day looking over equipment and gathering data on ammuni tion and supplies. ELOPERS, ONLY 17 STARVE WHILE TOO PROUD TO ASK AID They Will Probably Bo Married To day and Get Work, Too NEW YORK. April 21. It is not al ways true that when bills como in the door love flies out of the window, Philip Muller and Ella Le Fee, each 17, have disproved the old theory. It took the police and, the Children's Society to sep arate them, although they were starving. They eloped from Schenectady on April 7. Philip had saved 110 and with his slender capital they came to New York to get work and make a fortune. The world loked roseate to the sweethearts. The boy and girl took, a room at 243 East 80th street. Philip sought work so he could earn money enough to get a marriage license. He did not And it. The boy and girl were slowly starving to death, but were too proud to appeal to any one. Their landlady told the Children's Society, In Yorkvllle Court yesterday the two wept as they protested that they loved each other fnd could get along somehow If they were set free. Ella was taken to the society's rooms, where she will be cared for. The boy was held on a charge of ab duction for further examination today. If the parents consent the children will be married "today, Then an effort will "be made to get work for Philip, WOMAN DROWNS IIERSELF Suicide Attributed to Mentality Weakened NORRISTOWN, Pa,, April 21, Sallle Landls, 35 years old, daughter of John Land is, a retired farmer of Souderton, flung herself Into the mill pond of Qod ahall'a grist mill on Tuesday and her body was not discovered until late last night by the mlllowner, Charles Oodshall, Miss Landls was employed In Zendt's clothing factory; was said to be consid ered weak-minded: bad no love affairs to cause her to end her life, and the only cause deduced Is her weakened mentality. Her body lay at the bottom, close to the Bhore. SOCIETY GETS PENN DEED One of FJve Valuable Documents Pre sented by Historian A deed from William Penn la Included among five rare historical documents which have been presented to the Penn sylvania Historical Society by Barry Bulk ley, of Washington, historian, author and lecturer, The deed from Penn is dated July 25, 1812, six months after Charles II deeded Pennsylvania, to its founder. The deed 1 for a large tract of land from William Penn to William Tbrattje, of Salop, County of Salop. Another document of Interest ta the marriage .certificate of Robert Saly, et Cool-Clut, County of Wexford. Jrtlndi ar.d Jane Duckett, of Ireland. Tb mar riage too. j?lac April I, if M. and Ut crtjficato 1 iiimi by II witaetm. 56TH STREET CAR LINE Private Interests Will Finance Project if Transit Company Fails to Do So j 4 The" proposed crosslown car line on Bth street will Ms financed by private capital If the Philadelphia Itapld Transit Com pany refuses to construct the line as part of Its 8yst6m. This was announced today by John N. McQarvey, 4818 Trinity place, a builder and chairman of the Transporta tion Committee of tho Allied Business Men's Association. Mr. McQarvey eald that he himself and two frlonds would nuance tho project, should the step become necessary. i West Philadelphia Is determined to have the E6th street lino ond making every ef fort to gain It from the transit company. An ordinance making It obligatory that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company give an answer within 90 days (If the measuro Is passed) has been proposed by Select Councilman Bacon, authorizing the construction of the line. If tho company does not accept the proposition- the fran chise to the street will bo forfeited. The ordinance Is In tho hands of the Street Hallway Committee and, It Is said, wilt receive a. favorable report. A meeting to start a campaign to make the P. II. T. build the line wilt be held to night by the association at S2d and Spruce streets. ART TEACHERS ADVISED TO INTRODUCE MODERN METHODS IN COLLEGE Students Should Understand Difference Between Real and Faddish Systems, Says Co lumbia University Pro fessor URGE HIGHER STANDARDS Art for higher education nnd higher education for art was the slogan sounded by John Plckard, president of the Col lege Arts Association, In opening the an nual convention. Mr. Plckard, who comes from Columbia, Mo., nlso declared that "tho field of art Is as wide as life and no little coterie has a monopoly In wisdom " Anything commercial. Vicious or ugly, ho added, Is our common enemy. Provost Smith, on the part of tl!b Uni versity, wolcomed the delegates, who will hold sessions today and tomorrow. He urged a continuance of art education In tho colleges along broad lines. Not only should tho students bo Instructed In art, he held, but they should be grounded in llteraturo and allied subjects. "Tho horlton of the art student," said tho Provost, "can bo broadened by chemistry, In which aro many" facts useful to tho student In art or architecture. While there nre Borne members of our. faculties and student bodies who would drop chemistry In the art course, I be llevo tho art student should learn many things which In themselves are not direct ly art. We should mix in order to obtain a broader point of view nnd I look for ward to tho day when our architectural schools will develop Into schools of nrt. "I ask you if you do not bellevo that our training should be a broad one. I would hate to seo our department of archi tecture separated from our University. Boys In the making ought not to be sep arated from students In other lines. There la a tendency to specialize. This may be all right after a foundation has been laid, but I ask If It would not bo better first to lay a basis In literature, science and other affiliated subjects before we graduate our students as artists." " Report of the Committee on In'tlga 'tlcrn of Art Education- In .American Col leges and Universities was presented by HolmesSmlth, chairman. John Frederick Lewis, as president of the Academy of tho Fine Arts, welcomed the delegates to Philadelphia as the rep resentative of that Institution. About 300 men and women are participating In the convention. Establishment by the Federal Govern ment of a department to care for the arts and culture of the nation was advocated by Frederick Dlelman, of the College of the City of New York. Mr. Dlelman spoke during a symposium this afternoon on the question: "What does Instruction In art aa found in the college A. B. course offer to the future nrtlst?" Tho speaker held that the college at present was not doing what it should in the matter of art. The tendency, he said, was toward a diminution in the amount of cultural subjects and an increasing ten dency in what are regarded as practical subjects. "Art," he declared, "has a definite place In the college curriculum and should be recognized as one of the greatest educa tional functions. Recognition of the beau tiful brings fuller and fuller life .to man. Tho college has a function In teaching the significance of art to the layman. Both faculty and student Bhould be ac quainted wlthtthe meaning and significance of art. It Is not the function of 'a college to make an artist; the best it can do is to lay the groundwork and foundation." The speaker admitted that whether or not the artist requires a college education remained an open question. He cited sev eral instances of admittedly great artists who were not college graduates. Miss Cecilia Beaux, artist, opposed some of the views advanced. She asserted that many young persons devoted themselves to art not because of any('parilcular apti tude, but because they were fascinated by it. If all art students were nut Into the college courses, she he!d they would be diverted by the manifold Influences of their other studies. Beside this, she argued, the process of acquiring many studies was bad, for any persons, and espe cially so for art Btudents, many of whom, by constitution and temperament, are not equal to the demands of a full college course. AUTO MECHANIC WANTED Civil Service Commission Will Hold Examination for Garage Head Examinations have been announced by the Civil Service Commission of the Fed eral uuuaing ror ine position or enter mechanician of the new postofflce garage, at 20th and Market streets, where all the automobile delivery wagons are housed. The position pays from $1200 to $1500 a. year. The applicant must be able to manage and Instf-uct the heaters, oilers and mechanicians and to give specifications on the material handled there. He must have had two years' shop experience in operat ing and setting up electric and gasoline ve hicles, and one year's experience in super vising mechanicians. Woman Offers Girls Wedding Fees CHICAGO, April 21. Mrs. L. Brackett Bishop, wealthy society woman, who last week spept pnly S3 centa ft day for her meals In an attempt to prove that amount la sufficient for the board of a working girl. Is advancing another theory In a unique way. Mrs. Bishop contends that love and marriage are the two 'things needed to make a girt happy, .and hu announced that he will pay the cost of the marriage license, the flowers, tbe minister's fee and will provide a church wedding for every working girl and man who wish to marry. TRAIN BANDIT GETS fWO NEW ORLEANa La.. April 31 A bandit early today held up a pisenter train an tiA Louisiana-Red River Rail way mud escaped, with roonjy and Jewelry femonstins io StftHf. An vxprtMi pMiBgr reilsted and wan that, Be will il. POOR RICHARD fflAD CONFmENT Of RAISING BIG FUND FOR AD MEN Richard A. Foley Undaunted by, City Solicitor's Objection to Councils $25,000 Appropriation; PHILADELPHIA NO 'PIKER' "I do not believe that the city of Phlla delphta will go on record ns being n 'piker' t I don't bellevo the city officials will allow It, nnd 1 don't bellevo the cltU ens will allow it." This was tho StaloJ. ment of Rlchnrd A. Foley nt the Poori Richard Club today, In referring to the! action of City Solicitor Connolly In ndvla mg uuy uomroiicr ivaiton noi 10 cuunver sign tho warrant providing for the ox pendlture of 136,000 from the' city treasurr toward the flhanclng of the big ftd convn tlon to be held In Philadelphia In June, Other speakers. Including Richard II, I Durbln, president of the ol'or Richard 1 Club, expressed their Indignation at that .holding up of the fund appropriated by ) Councils. They declared that the Poor ) Richard Club would "put tho convention J through," no matter If the city withheld Its aid. Other items held up- by Con-' nelly's decision aro one of $18,000 for the , golden Jubilee of tho Patriotic Order S6ns of America, and $2500 for the nnuat com ference of the African Methodist .Episcopal Church, "If tho city refuses to help," said Mr. Foley, "Philadelphia may lose the grenU est opportunity of Its history for world wide advertising. It 1b up to every mem ber of tho Poor Richard Club to go after the men of political Influence nnd havo this item put through. I don't believe the city will go back on its pledge, but If It docs, we will go the money without the aid of Councils." Mr. Durbln declared that ho hoped that the "legal obstacles" at City Halt would soon be removed. He said: "It is to be hoped that the convention of tho Ad vertising Clubs of tho World will not bo put In the same class ns a conference of tho African Methodist Episcopal Church. If tho legal obstacles aro not removed, and we don't get tho money, wo xwlll put tho convention through anyway. It will then bo squarely up to tho businessmen of Philadelphia. "This convention could bo enslljr financed if every one of tho city's 1.C0O, 000 population would contrlbuto 2 cents, a head. This convention has recolvcd the Indorsement of City Councils, tho Mayor7 nad nil of tho big business organizations. Whllo wo were trying to secure contri butions W. Atleo Burpee and Cyrus H, IC. Curtis wero tho only men who went beyond promises. Others made promises and wo are now trying to collect on these promises." ' It was decided to continue indefinitely the campaign for tho raising of funds :or tho financing of the convention. The to. tnl collected today amounted to (2100, That makoB n grand total of $14,317. Tho Blues today collected $1596, and the Reds, JG05. Richard A. Foley roslgncd as cap. tain of tho Blues, and Rt II. Rohnbaugh was elected to tho vacancy. Contributors of $200 today followp A. B. Klrschbaum nnd Glmbel Bros.; $150, Presbrey Advertising Agency; contrlbu-. tors of $100, Richard A. Foley Advertis ing Agency, Theodoro E. ABh, W, Atlee Burpee & Co., Commercial Trust Com pany, Philadelphia Trust Company and. tho Browsters: contributors of $50 each, Wlnton Motorcar Company, Henry Mlchell & Co., Stephen Green &. Co., McLean, Hodden & Simpers Company, G. Kind & Sons, G. A. Pfelfter and F. Ostendorf, through Lewis H. Schmidt, manager; $25, Quaker City Advertising Agency, t " DIES OF HEART DISEASE Edward Hawkins, Retired Contractor, Suddonly Stricken Edward Hawkins, a retired contractor, died Jh Is afternoon at the home of his son. In-law, Deputy Fire Chief Walter Brown ing, at 692 Carman street, Camden. Mr. Hawkins, who was In his 80th year, had been always in good health until ha com plained at noon today of n pain near his heart. Tho family summoned Dr. George D. Woodward, but ho died beforo the phy sician arrived. Arrangements for the" funeral will bo made lato today. ' For many yenrs Mr. Hawkins conducted a contracting business at .5th and Royden streets. Camden, until several years ago, when he moved to Atlantic City. After the death of his wife, he returned to Camden, where he sinca had lived with his son-in-law. "BRACER" WAS HAIR TONIC Maryland Man Reached for the "Bot tle" and Got Wrong One FREDERICK, Md., April 21. Hair tonlo, the gilt-edged kind that crows hair on bald heads, and which was solicitously purchased by his wife to restock hla head, came within an ace of causing the death of John Manning, of Weverton, who took a large swig of It, believing It was whisky. Manning was found writhing In pan on the floor of hla room by members of the family. A nearby empty bottle of hair tonlo beside him caused the wife to hurry for a physician. j Alaska Republicans Uninstructed SEWARD, Alaska, April 21, Alaska's two delegates to the Republican National Convention, W. A. Gllmore, of Nome, and Lewis P, Shackelford, of Juneau, will go to Chicago uninstructed, the Republican' territorial convention has determined. A motion to Instruct for Roosevelt was de feated. TOO XATF. FOB crJVBBIFlCATION HETJ WAXTHD yg3IAI.E OAltDBNER and rentrel utility men. ?Ihitnut Hill 608. Phon WAITRESS, up., white. Prot.i h.st ref. r. aulred. Phone Cheetnut Hill 61 Fridsy after neon or Saturday morning. HELP WANTKB-MAra BLACKBU1TII and helper, experienced on wasone and automoblls body work. Flu slbbon A Crlep. Ine., Trenton. N. J. "T.Vod'SPoVoiiirtSd'y k."nwyu.t.- gibbon A CrUp. Inc.. Trenton. N. J. BOYS wonted, must b IS: iteady work, sood chance for advancement. Apply factories letter Piano Co.. Letter, Fa, Take Cheater ihort-llno trollty. MAN WANTEDWhlte .Pn for waeher. t January. Avpir jrm. 4ivut ier incurawta, 48th and Woodland ave.. Wilt Phlla. SALESMAN. experienced in . architect and n uppltM, with followlne In and l immedlata trminnt sAiltian. Phona Wal 1828, or M 8IH, Ledger Central. STENOGRAPHER, younir man wanted, one who Is honeat. well recommended and will ing worker. wlth. aome jnaarancs txpar. Call STKNQORAPHBR on Bailth.Premler inai John i Gay Bona. Howard and Norrla ata, Qua w niufc w. iMuw , , B.tyni.y, q m- china. YOU.NO MAN, 8TENOQRAPUBR. with knowl edza of bookkeeping-, rtaldlng- In Frankford dlatrlct; iUte see, references and tlry epcUd. Addreaa P 313. idgr Of Ho SITUATIONS WAKTKP MAI.P JANITOR Colored man wants Job In office or qpartroenta. 734 South 17th, AUTOMOBILES TOB SALE WH1TB. 1M. 7-oaaa. tour cart & H. P.J equipped with Wilting perfect condition, Inanctloo and demon, can i,'uee jtir epriose, m be arrgegea tor. to?. iatr uer.irai. BOARD JVANTPO TWO aKNTLEVIKN deilre board and room la Sermon town, near P.IW P-'. Permanent lefi . an. J 618, Ladter Central. d BCIKES3 OPtfoATPNlTlES mums ft&d auta ausfiiv store, narthweti pgrt at ettyi 10 fi capacity ceotalolsil Bit aji prwowj, smmi ima i ja rw4k; Mg epBqrtuelqr ior rizsi m m, UAiir ocas. Mfcer PmMm4 At am ?mm 17, U u:.i 1 !Sr C-
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