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C niiC fchhhtcter In. plcturesqlto Qermantown
v tm4 Iila !oncr-etdudd life ended In the
" Tilly picturesque. Heft homestead, at
1122 Qermantown avenue, where In years
... fcgene hla grandfather, Qeorero Heft, con.
iticted the historic Buttonball HoteH the
UttonbaU tree, from which the hostelry
teak name, still stands, but Its branches
enst -(heir reverent shade over a now ex
tinct family. For "Willie" Heft, reduced
(by illness from a man of 250 pounds to a
mere shadow, was the one falling survivor
ran, old and respected Qermantown house.
By his death Saturday the Heft estate,
ne of the largest properties on Qerman
town avenue, passes to Mrs. Charles Smith,
i nleco, of Greene street and Chctten ave
nue. It had long been held In trust, for
William De Bourbon Heft for more thnn
SO years had been Incapable of managing
his worldly alfalra. With William Mub
grave, his attendant for 32 years, ho had
Jived alone In that palatial mansion with
( Its wealth of rare furniture, or had rambled
among the well-kept walks and flower" beds
that extended from Qermantown avenue
1 back more than 600 feet to Qrecne street.
He had not been beyond Its limits for the
greater part of that long period, and his
condition was such that the presence of
"visitors was Hot appreciated.
The funeral services,' which will be hold
In the parlor of the old Heft mansion
Wednesday, will draw thither many persons
who n6ver before had more than an ex
terior View of the famous landmark.
Heft lntermont will be made In the family
Vault In North Iaurel Hill Cemetery after
the religious exercises, conducted by the
Rev. Luther De Yoe, pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Qermantown avenuo and
Queen lane, are over. The last of the Hefts
will then rest with his fathers and the last
, ohapter In a troubled life will have been
written.
For the 84 years which comprised "Wil
lie" Heft's earthly Bpan Buffered nn early,
Incurable blight' Son of Casper Heft, a
prosperous merchant of Civil War days, .10
was born and lived all his days In the
house wherein ho now lies dead. Old Qer
mantown residents today recalled the ro
mantic but tragic events that made that
residence e! virtual Imprisonment. In his
youth "Willie" fell In lovo with and mar
ried a young woman whoso parentage was
never rightly established, but who, as a
foundling, was taken In and adopted by
a prominent family, neighbors of the Hefts.
The marriage was subsequently annulled
and the divorced wife drifted to Camden,
where she became the wife of a butcher
named Wenkenback. This shock proved
severe to young Heft, but a greater was to
coma:
Some years after her second marriage the
young woman was found murdered and her
body was concealed In a lonely wood out
Bldo of Camden. The husband was accused
and tried for the crlmo. Dut to' "Willie"
Heft," the rude shattering of his romance
B.nd the cruel death of his Bwcetheart fur
nished a. purden too heavy for his reaBon to
bear. Gradually his mental faculties suc
. eambcd,- and though the 'deaths of his
father and brother George placed him in
possession of one of' the finest homes In
Qermantown, he never enjoyed Its ownership.--
His latter days, the -majority of his
lyoarsv were spent in Inner darkness amid
the brightest of outward surroundings,
Latterly, 'his mental weakness Induced his
physical decay, and he was no longer able
to wander among the flowers or to rest In
the shade 6f the old buttonball tree. Ho
had been bedridden nearly a week when the
end came last Saturday.
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IVEBtsra mmBr1?mij&m&mA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 191&
AUTO KULS CHILD
ON WAY TO HOSPITAL'
TO VISIT MOTHER
Physician's Machine Strikes Lit
tle Girl Near Institution.
49th Victim of Motor
Fatalities
TEN PERSONS INJURED
C0UNCILMENT0W0RK
ON LOAN REPORT TODAY
Committee Will Also Listen to
Address on Finance
Reform
The preparation of a report upon the
transit and port and general municipal
loans will occupy the attention o members
of Councils' Finance Committee this after
noon, and at tho same time new methods of
raising funds to meet municipal demands
of tho future will ho dtecussed. City finan
ciers have heard much of tho plan of taxa
tion adopted by Houston, Tex., and with
n view to obtaining first-hand Information
will bo addressed by J. J, Pastorlza,
Finance and Tax Commissioners of the
Texas city for three successive terms.
That the $67,100,000 transit nnd port
loan and the $47,425,000 general Improve
ment loan will both bo reported favorably
to Councils nt Wednesday's mooting Is a
foregono conclusion, as every member of
the Finance Committee has already voted
favorably for both measures. Tho fact that
tho voters, by an overwhelming majority,
have given approval to the measures makes
any other action by tho committee Impossible.
COCA COLA LOSES ITS
FIGHT IN SUPREME COURT
Long Legal Controversy Ended
by Decision That Preparation
Is Misbranded
fc
HUGHES VS. FIELD
IS FORESHADOWED
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Continued from Fax One
two men are the only figures who command
nation-wide strength, the other candidates
finding support only in their own State or
nearby territory,
FAVORITE SONS WEAK.
The "favorite son" strength is not solid.
It cannot be controlled by the "favorite
son" himself to be placed In a combination
to. defeat the leading candidate. It Is be
cause of this condition that one of the
"favorite sons," now among the leaders
with instructed delegates, proposes to de
clare for Hughes. He has found that all
his delegates are favorable to Hughes and
cannot be employed by himself against the
Justice.
The Bhadow of Theodore Hoosevelt still
hangs heavy over the Chicago convention.
But it is admitted by political wiseacres
hero that many of the old-line leaders, al
though hating Hughes, will throw their sup
port to" him should the Roosevelt boom at
any time seem to be getting seriously
formidable.
In the face of the claims made of great
ly Increasing strength on the part of the
Roosevelt movement, the "show me" polit
ical leaders here insist that most of It Is
troth and iuss." They declare that the
Cplonel and his friends already have con
ceded 'that he cannot be nominated and
that h now Is planning his future move
ments, so that he will be In position to have
nn actual say In the make-up of the ticket
and the writing of the chief planks of the
platform.
HUGHES NOW IN LEAD.
There is hardly a question in the minds
of. ny of the political leaders here that
If the convention were to be held this week
1 Justice Hughes would be named on the sec
end or third ballot.
It Js also believed hera that if he nomi
nation comes unsolicited, it will be accepted
an Justice Hughes will make his campaign
far election on his own platform, which he
will announce In person.
That the Democratlo leaders feel certain
that Justice Hughes is to get the Repub
lican nomination was indicated today, when
Senators and Representatives' of that po-
juica. laiui uegan discussing candidates to
succeed him. as it is taken for granted If
nominated he will resign as Justice and
make a real fight for election to the presi
dency before tho people. In this connection
Ui friends of Secretary of the Interior
sFwaklla K. Lane were again very much In
evidence today Bounding his praises as "ex
i -.. aint-Bunnie Court timber."
WASHINGTON. May 22. The Govern
ment today won an Important legal victory
when the Supreme Court of tho United
States reversed a declBlon of the United
States Circuit Court of Appenls In the long
legal controversy as to whether Coca Cola
comes under the ban of the Federal pure
food law,
The high court's opinion wns read by
Justice Hughes, and was adverse to the
Coca Cola Company's contentions.
The Coca Cola case originated In Chat
tanooga, when the Government seized 40
barrels and 20 kegs of Coca Cola on the
ground that It was adulterated and mis
branded. The charge of adulteration was
based on the fact that Coca Cola contains
caffeine. Injurious to the health of children
and nervous persons. The charge of mis
branding was based on tho fact that while
there are two such substances having trade
names as cocoa and cola. Coca Cola vir
tually contains neither coca nor cola. These
articles are present In Coca Cola In the
ratio of one part to 37,000 parts of the
drink.
According to the Coco-Cola Company Its
product contains sugar, water, caffeine,
glycerine, lime Juice and other flavoring
matters. As used by the consumer, ahout
one ounce of syrup Is taken in a glass,
mixed with about bcven ounces of car
bonated water, so that In the average drink
tho consumer gets 1.21 grains of caffeine.
In the manufacture of the syrup, certain ex
tracts from the leaves of the coca shrub and
the nut kernels of the cola tree were used
for the purpose of obtaining a flavor.
The Government maintained that the
pure-food law forbids the suggestive and
misleading names of known articles,
whether used In combination or not, and
whether the deception bo about the article
itself or Its Ingredients The Government
contended that If coca-cola may be sold
without containing a material amount of
either coca and cola, then "chocolate
vanilla" syrup may be sold without con
taining either chocolate or vanilla.
Laura Chedt, 2 years and 6 months old,
started out from her home, 304 Federal
street, this afternoon, to visit her mother,
who Is a patient In Mt. Slnal Hospital,
She was carried Into the Institution dead
a few minutes later, 49th victim of auto
mobile fatalities since January I.
The machine which killed tho little girl
on her errand of mercy was the property
of Dr. Louis Fisher, of 1322 South 5th
street, an Interne at thp Institution Into
which he carried the crushed body of the
little victim, and tho accident occurred at
tho door of the hospital at Gth and Wilder
streets.
Dr. Fisher was arrested Immediately
nfter the affair and was sent to City Hall
for a hearing before Magistrate Pennock.'
Ho was operating tho car nt the tlmo and
declnres tho child's death was entirely un
avoidable. No one knows how the child made har
way from her home to Bth and Wilder
streets. Wtlh remarkable Intelligence, she
had mado tho Journey from her home to
Eth street nnd had reached Wilder street,
where the hospital stands, just ns Dr.
Fisher wns backing his car eastward from
Gth street. Ho declares ho did not see the
little girl nnd was unaware of her preseiico
until the Jolt of tho car and the shriek from
beneath It caused him to Investigate. Ho
found tho child under tho body of the ma
chine, tho rear wheels having passed over
her.
Doctor Fisher picked up the tiny body
nnd ran Into tho receiving ward. A glance
showed tho physicians there that death
had resulted Instantly.
Policeman Owens, of the Moyamcnslng
avenuo station house, took Doctor Fisher
Into custody.
Two other names woro lidded today to
tho list of eight persons Injured, three
probably fatally, In automobile and motor
cycle crashes In the last 2i hours. They
are:
NATHAN SCHANBKY. P years old .110 Kali
street, concussion of brain; Mt Slnal Hospital.
JOSEPH HANHATTY, 10 years old. of 30TO
Frankfort avenue; Internal Injuries; Episcopal
Hospital.
Schansky wns found at 4 th and Dickin
son streets at 3 o'clock this morning, nfter
ho had either fallen In stealing n ride or
been struck by tho automobile of Charles
Sonkln. of 729 Emily street. Sonkln was
held In $600 bnll for further henrlng by
Magistrate Baker, at the 3d nnd Dickinson
streets station. Ho was going 40 miles nn
hour, It wns testified.
Hanratty was struck by a coal truck
driven by John T. Corry, of 2076 E. Mon
mouth street, at Westmoreland streot and
Frankford avenue, this morning. Currv
was reieaseu on nis own recognizance by
Magistrate Wrlglcy.
Those Injured yesterday and Inst night
were :
niANK ADAMS. 10 years old, 1134 South 11th
street; fractured Bkull and Internal Injuries;
will probably die, Howard Hospital.
CHARLES NOTE, 21 jears old. 0031 Paschall
aenue; fractured skull and alx broken bs:
may die; Unlerslty Hospital.
HEnMAN SHXISCHMAN. 21 years old. 951
North Bth street: fractures okull. Internal In
juries; will probably die; Mlllvllle, N. J. Hos
ptlal. MRS. ABRAHAM SHMSCHMAN. his mother;
Internally Injured; Mlllvllle Hospital.
ABRAHAM SIILISCIIMAN, badly out and
bruised: Mlllvlllo Hospital.
JOSEPH TRIEND. 22 sears old, 1313 East Firth
fr'.?t:r.oken '.e nnd Possible fracture of the
skull; Episcopal Hospital.
THOMAS TAIT. 24 years old. 6402 Woodland
avenue; broken ankle; University Hospital.
STEPHEN TYSON. 22 years old, Haverford.
fractured nose, dislocated shoulder; Hahne
mann Hospital.
bov iddMjes !nmoMm gate
OWNED BY CITY TO HIS DEATH
Four-Year-old Richard Moyor Drowned
in Do aware
A gate, dividing Penn Treaty Park from
the Columbia avenue wharf on the Dela
ware River, was found to be the cause of
the drowning of 4-year-old Richard c
Moyer, 911 East Columbia avenue, by the
Coroner's Jury today.
The boy, nccordlng to witnesses, untied
the gate and toddled off tho end of the
wharf to the river, where ho met his death.
It was Intimated that the affair could havn
been prevented by the Use of a lock, whffch
would forestall children playing In the park
from opening the gate.
Tho watchman nt tho park brought out
a curious featuro of the accident, when he
told Coroner Knight that half of the gate
came under the supervision of the Bureau
of City Property, the other half being
under tho Department of Wharves, Docks
and Ferries.
"I'll see about that," said the Coroner.
"I'd ndvlse a lock to be put, on the gate.
If any more accidents happen thero from
thin cause, somebody will be arrested."
ktmmm cabmen
WILL CALL ON CHIEF
OF P. ItT. TOMORROW
Flynn, Lnjbor Leader, Notifies
President Mitten That Dele
gation Will Present Em
ployes' Demands
APPEAL TO TROLLEYMEN
SUIT BEGUN TO EN JOIN
CITY FROM PURCHASING
GREENWICH TERMINALS
Taxpayers' Litigation Started to
Halt Abandonement of Rail
way Property on Dela
ware River
CALL CONTRACT INVALID
WILD SCENE MARKS
METHODISTS' SESSION
Conference Refuses to Overturn
Plan to Elect Additional
Officials
SHAM0KIN IS WITHOUT
FUNDS AND MAY DISBAND
Unpaid Players Refuse to Go to
Harrisburg for Penna. State
League Game
! ; WES Of KAILBOAD STATION
, Mii. Rose Feldraan Stricken in P, R. R,
J-y Terminal in New Yprk'
Mr. Rose Feldman. of 111 South 10th
Krett, thU city, fell dead last night In the
)Peaiiiylvpla Railroad terminal In New
York, la view of hundreds of passengers.
ie had gone to the latter city to attend
thu-weddlor of her brother, Max teblanga.
What the ceremonies were over, she bade
hc brother good-by, and, apparently well,
vwit to the station, accompanied by several
Jmig-tteWh She was attacked with heart jJUt
' a (be was about to mount the train
toti. 4. physician at the station, hurried to-
, W slda, hut the died a few minutes later
asty- jtiamu u ourvivea ny tour chll-
jtm 4he stepchildren arid her husband,
MWmii ,reiimiMj,, proprietor of a pottllng
iKFBCfii at sms jjuiwuier crest, tai
fta. wO- decided whether she will he
SHAMOKIN. Pa., May 22. The Pennsyl
vanta State League already has started to
have Its troubles. The game scheduled be
tween Shamokln and Harrisburg for this
afternoon may not be played. The Shamo
kln players refused to leave this city this
morning for' Harrisburg because of unpaid
salaries.
The team has not been drawing well and
the club has been running at a Iobb Blnce
the season opened, and It was rumored here
that the club likely will disband, due to the
weak financial management. Unless the
other clubs In the league come to the rescue,
the local team wljl be disbanded or the
franchise transferred to another city.
Shamokln Is not the ftrst team In the
Pennsylvania State circuit to feel the
weight of the financial burden, for the
Lebanon team was unable to operate In that
city at a, profit, and the franchise was
transferred to Mt, Carmel. where they drew
a large crowd at the first game. A change
may prove profitable to the Shamokln management.
GAS FUSIES KILL WORKER
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. T May 22
Following a wild scene on the floor of the
conference, In which delegates shouted for
recognition and drowned out the voices of
the speakers who were on the platform, the
general conference of the Methodist Eplsco
padl church today refused to overturn the
previous action by which seven general
superintendents and three missionary Bish
ops were determined upon.
At the opening of the session a resolution
wns presented by ex-Governor Frank Han
ley, of Indiana, that tho election of mis
sionary Bishops to Malaysia and Africa be
inaennueiy postponed; that an episcopal
residence be fixed for Africa and a eenprnt
superintendent be assigned; that the pres
ent missionary Bishops be elected general
superintendents.
Opponents of the resolution vigorously
attacked It.
The conference was almost hopelessly in
volved In a confusion of motions nnd
amendments when a motion to lay the
whole matter on the table was adopted by
an overwhelming majority. The conference
afterward considered a part of the reso
lution and voted to postpone Indefinitely the
selection of a missionary Bishop to Malays)
SHATTERED HOPES MIX
WHITE SLAVE PLOT CASE
A. taxpayers' suit attacking tho legality
of the ordinance and contract providing
for tho abandonment of tho Greenwich
railway terminals, on the Delaware River,
and their purchaso by tho city for upward
of 16,000,000 was filed III Common Pleas
Court No. 2 by Mary J. B. Chew, tho Del
awaro River Real Estate Company nnd
other property owners In the 39th Ward.
The Mayor and other city officials and
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Vashlngton
Rallrond, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Schuylkill River East Side Railroad, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and tho Belt
Line are named ns defendants In the suit,
which scks to enjoin tho defendants from
proceeding with the condemnation proceed
ings of the 637 acres Involved or from ex
pending any money on the project. A total
cost o $10,000,000 will result If tho project
Is carried out, the bill states.
In the petition It Is explained that on
February 14, 1914, an ordinance was passed
by Councils authorizing the excoutton of
the contract, which wns made on March 23,
providing that tho Greenwich terminals be
dismantled nnd abandoned, and that the city
purchasa from tho company the real estate,
piers and other appurtenances of tho ter
minals, located between tho east line of
Delaware avenue and tho pier head line
nnd between tho property lino of the Pcnnsy
nnu its subsidiaries, south of Blglcr street.
It Is stated tho contract provided that the
city "shall pay to tho Pennsylvania Com
panies tho appraised value of the heal es
tate, based upon tho purposes for which the
same Is now used, nnd nn additional sum
equivalent to tho estimated cost of re
placing tho piers and other appurtenances
of the terminals, etc."
PROVISIONS OF CONTRACT.
The bill says no appropriation has ever
been made by Councils and no ordinance
passed defining the character and extent of
the treatment of tho property nfter it should
be so acquired for municipal purposes.
In general, the contract contemplates tho
destruction of the existing terminals, pay
ment In full for the same by tho city as
going-concern values, the erection for the
railroads of new terminal facilities at the
solo cost of the city, Including tho cost of
necessary dredging, and tho purchaso or
condemnation of a vast area of land lying
to the south of the present terminals.
CALLED
Pennsylvanian Overcome in Empty Vat
in War Acid Plant
BINOHAMTON. N, Y., May 32. James
Kelly, of Olyphant, Pa., who for several
weeks had been emplgyed by the Chenango
Chemical Company. Is a poison gas victim.
The company la the only one of Its kind
In the United States, and turns out large
orders of chemicals for the Allies, Bending
$16,000 worth of acids in one cargo,
Kelly undertook to clean a large vat that
hadtcontalned a quantity-of the chemical
recently shipped. After leaving the vat he
was taken suddenly ill and was rushed to
the City Hospital, but after four days he
died. An autopsy showed that death had
been caused by gas fumes. His organs had
been destroyed by the action of the acid.
Ambler District Sunday Schools Meet
WHJTEMARSH. Pa., May 3iTh con.
ventlon of the Ambler Dltrict Sabbath
School Association Is being held In the Zlon
Lutheran Church, Whitemarsh, today. Dele.
Ktlqn aro present from Ambler, North
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an aunt In America whose name Is similar
to Glovanlna Qallo, one of the defendants.
Several months ago, Miss Gallo said, she
received letters from her aunt in Philadel
phia telling of the wonders of America and
urging her to come here for a visit. The
girl says all the letters were written by the
woman defendant, who made use of the
similarity of names. Special .Agent Mat
thews, after making an Investigation, sub.
atantlated her story.
Another letter came early last month,
Miss Gallo said,, and In It was Inclosed a
ticket to Philadelphia. She sailed on the
steamship Caserto, of the Lloyd Itallano
line, and arrived In New York on Mav 2.
-and came to Philadelphia on the same day.
wccoraing to ner story, sne looked for
her aunt when Bhe arrived at Broad
Street Station. She was disappointed, and
was "about to cry out her eyes," as she
said, when Borne one touched her on the
arm, and she recognized Mrs. Gallo, the de
fendant. She had known Mrs. Gallo while
In Italy and welcomed her,
INQUIRES FOR AUNT.
Her first Inquiries were for her aunt, she
Bald, and the defendant then took her in
charge, and said she would gladly take her
to meet her. Miss Gallo said she was
taken tp 1020 South 12th street and told her
aunt would "come before long." Days
passed, Miss Gallo said, and when she found
out she had been deceived, she became al
most hysterical.
Both Mrs. Gallo and Credo then Informed
her, she asserted, that they had sent both
the letters and the money and wanted her
to meet men. In this city.
According to Mr. Dante), her deliverance
was due to a chance meeting between the
woman defendant and Mrs. RafTaele Russo,
916 South street, who had been the girl's
chum In Italy Mrs. Russo, went to the 10th
street house and planned her rescue.
Mrs. Russo told her husband and he In
turn Informed hla brother. Giovanni Man
celll, of 63 Wharton street The girl was
taken away and delivered In safe keeping
to Anlello Mercaldo, of 615 Kimball street.
at coniruuwr uw lucnu ui uer parenxs.
EXCESSIVE.
The total number of municipal piers pro.
posed by tho plan Is excesslvo for tho next
26 years, and will constitute a burden on
teh taxpayers, It Is asserted. The land to
be condemned is more than tho railroads
need, tho petition states.
It Is averred that the city hod no power
to enter into such an agreement. The con
tract places an obligation upon the city
to expend approximately $10,000,000, al
though, aB required by law. the execution
of the agreement was not preceded by an
estimate of the whole cost of the Im
provements. The contract. If valid, would constitute
an Increase of the municipal Indebtedness In
excess of 2 per cent., without a vote of the
people, as required by the Constitution, nnd
would cause the debt of the city to exceed
7 pperp cent, of the assessed valuation of
taxable property.
In conclusion, the bill states that the
city Is without 'ready money to carry out
Its part of tho contract, and is about to
borrow $10,000,000 for the purpose of mak
ing the payments necessary under the agree
ment. The complainants In the suit are Mary
J. B. Chew, Martha M. Brown, Edward
Hoopes, Joseph A. Janney, Jr Joseph A.
Stelnmetz, Charles C, Harrison, Andrew
J. Toland and the Delaware River Real Es
tate Company, a corporation.
Harry F. Flynn, president of Division 477
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Eleotrlo Railway Employes of America, to
,day sent by special delivery to Thomas E.
Mitten, president of the Philadelphia Rnpld
Transit Company, notice that representa
tives of the Amalgamated Association would
seek an Interview at which to present the
domands of their members. Flynn, In hla
letter, suggests tomorrow afternoon nt 2
o'clock, and Mr. Mitten's office on the Land
Title Building as the time and place for the
meeting.
"Written on a letterhead of the Amalga
mated Asslclatlon, Undy the caption "Free
dom Through Organisation," Flynn's re
quest reads:
Thomas E. Mitten, President Philadel
phia Rapid Transit Company. Land
Title Building:
Sir t hereby Inform yod. In accord
ance with Instruction received from a
mas9-mcctlng of the employes of the
Philadelphia Rnpld Transit Company,
held on May 17, laid, that a committee
of members of Division 477, of tho
Amalgamated Association of Street nnd
Electric Rallwny Employes of America
will appear at your office on Tuesday,
May 23, 1916, at 2 p. m., accompanied
by the International officers of tho
aforesaid association, to present tho
grievances of the employes for which
redress Is sought
Trusting It will bo convenient for you
to meet this committee at the afore
mentioned time, I am, yours In busi
ness, HARRY F. FLYNN,
President.
Circulars were distributed today at all
the carbarns throughout tho city notifying
tho carmen that the result of the com
mltteo's call upon President Mitten would
be announced at a future mass-meeting.
A further address to tho street car men
of Philadelphia was Issued today by Divi
sion 477. It sets forth thnt tho street
car men have at inat been nroused to their
needs. Proof of this was the attendance
of 3000 at the two meetings of Division
477 held on Wednesday evening. May 17.
"It was a grand reunion and Is the be
ginning of the establishment of better
wages and working conditions of the Phila
delphia street car men. Your success Is
before us oven with alt the opposition of
other meetings called to prevent you from
bettering your condition. Applications are
rolling In and do not be one of the last to
send in youra, but get behind your fellow
workers for better conditions,"
The address was signed by Edward
Keenan, president Central Labor Union;
Joseph M. Ritchie, organizer American
Federation of Labor, and Harry F. Flynn,
president Division 477. Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Street and. Electric Railway Em
ployes of America.
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JOHN MURDOCK CLARKE
WILL HEAD NEW PENN SENIORS
John Murdock Clarke, Pennsylvanian
Editor, President for Next Year
John Murdock Clarke, of Pittsburgh, It
was announced today, has been elected
president of the senior class for the coming
year of the University of Pennsylvania. He
Is nn editor of the Pennsylvanian, chair
man of tho Eaglesmere Commltteo nnd will
bo president of the Christian Association
next yenr. He Is a membor of Phi Beta
Kappa Honorary Society, tho Phi Kappa
Beta Junior Society and tho Kappa Sigma
fraternity nnd was recently olocted to tho
Sphinx Senior Society. Ho entered tho Uni
versity from tho Allegheny High School In
Pittsburgh nnd In his first year was a mem
ber of the freshman basketball squad ns
well as an associate editor of tho Pennsyl
vanian, while during the last year he has
served In the capacity of managing editor.
He was chalrmnn of the Junior Woelt Com
mittee nnd a member of the Undergradu
ates and Class Executive Committees.
Spencer Sweet Shannon, of Saxton, Pa
assistant manager of the track tenm, and
"Walter Yust, of Philadelphia, cdltor-ln-chief
of tho Pennsylvanian, wero tho other
candidates for the presidency.
CITIZENS OPPOSE PLAN
TO SETTLE CLAY CASE
Many Protests Received Against
$40,000 Compromise
Proposal
JONAH-WHALE STORY
TRUE, PREACHER SAYS
"If Incredible, Other Miracles
Are Not Credible," Rev. E. E.
Holmes Tells Methodists
Labor Assooinfw nZu" W
paiffnatTodav'Tm"!0
, row Exposition r
ASSAILSJRESENT? METHOD!
An oi.... . '
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peopie, nas been made by ih p.X, "
cation and Child i .'" tt..
Pennsylvania, one of ho JSSth H:
Philadelphia Today and nJl l i &
ion, , circulars which taiTVW?
time has now come "fnr i etl tyM lk 4
ward toward a mora efitelenlYS 4 CM
m n strniinn t VLr",clent school . JH
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rnm;mw..7',lll,!M of the rC.'.1!
Placebo hoard bjftjj
rSS'WSWmasJ
fern of public .duSSoS'ffi'ila
In the welfare of child worwJ$?li
t.o7Sf. -.?. ribiloaffi
more than 35 years nc KSl Id ,l1
tho development of the system ? .J'iWMS
Instruction In the city an, K th? W
I'9nn"yIVanla chd borCr'Hl
meJ0tof0t1otaLoSonlTrrrfs:,
enTK AXA
of a larger measure of vocational iSli'1!
the compulsory education Taw! medW
SDect on. e nsson for t,i...'iV.n?.e?ll?l h-
school code, the Bureau of Vocatl".7n.u 4
ancc, a State Denartmm VT lI 3
Industry, continuation schools ? M1-1
child labor law. Franklin N. Br.r$j
prcsiuent. its vice presidents "
Rudolph Blankenburg; Mrs. FSLfe
uay, Mrs. Jasper Y. Brlnton, Chir , B fi
win Fox, Francis B. Blddle uAiSJStS
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FIRE BLOCKS TRAFFIC
Much Excitement Mark Blaze at 13th
and Arch Streets
Traffic was blocked for nearly half an
hour and excitement was there aplenty
when Are was discovered shortly after 7
a, m. today In the St. George Building, at
the. southwest corner of 13th and Arch
streets. The building Is a nine-story struc
ture; smoke was Been coming from the
eighth floor by a passerby, who notified
Policeman Hunt, of the 11th and Winter
streets station, who turned In an alarm.
The fire was In the Eclipse Cloak Com
pany's plant. It soon was under control,
The owners as yet have made no estimate of
the damage, hut probably It will not
amount to more than a few hundred
dollars. ,
EPIIRA'IBI SMJGG CELEBRATES
HIS NINETIETH BIRTHDAY
Grandfather of Speaker Ambler Holds
Family Reception
Ephralm Slugg, grandfather of Charles
A. Ambler, Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, is celebrating his 90th birthday
today In the presence of his children, grand
children and great-grandchildren, at his
home In Huntingdon Valley, near, Beth
ayres. Mr. Slugg Is also the grandfather of nay.
mond Ambler, ex-postmaster at Ablngton;
of H. S. Ambler, Jr., of this cltyf George
Ambler, Frank Ambler. Dr, Jesse (Ambler
and Mrs. Grace Nlblock, of Seapoose, Ore.
JTOO LATBFOB CLASSIFICATION
BOAUDINO
CHESTER AVE.. 4124 3lnU and com. lurn.
rjyi.gdfloorijummerratt.Jrlns;78l)TW.
Residents of all sections of tho city be
sloged John J. Conroy, chairman of the Law
Committee of Councils, by telephono today,
urging him not to agree to the proposition
to compromise the suit of tho cltv ni?nlnt
Henry Clay, exDlrector of Public Safety,
and the contracting firm of John R. "Wig
gins & Co., accused of conspiracy to de
fraud In tho erection of police stations and
flrehouses.
Mr. Conroy said that his telephone was
busy even before he arrived at his offices
In the Stephen Glrard Building. Those who
Bpoke to him or his clerks represented them
selves as officers of business men's asso
ciations of various Sections of the city. They
were most emphatic In stating their views
ot tne question.
The Bureau of Municipal Research has
offered its services In providing the Law
Committee with any needed Information. A
communication Bent to Mr. Conroy by F. P,
Gruenberg, director of the bureau, an
nounces that this organization has no spe
cial Interest In the matter of compromising
the case, but, as a matter of general policy,
will be glad to aid In a proper settlement.
John P. Connelly's predecessor In the
office of City Solicitor Insists that 140,000,
the sum offered by the defendants, Is a far
too small amount. Mr, Conroy has an
nounced his Intention of arranging a public
hearing In the matter. He requested citi
zens who communicated with him today
to Btate their ioplnlons In writing that they
might be considered at this hearing, the
date of which has not yet been determined
One point which will have an Important
bearing on the decision of the Law Com
mittee will be whether Mr. Connelly con
sulted with the District Attorney's office be
fore suggesting to Councils the proposed
compromise settlement. According to Mr
Connelly he interviewed Joseph H. Taulane'
Assistant District Attorney, before he com
municated with Councils,
It was Mr. Taulane who prosecuted Clay
and his alleged fellow conspirators when
the criminal suit was In progress. The de-
enaanis were at nrst convicted, but ac
quitted after a second trial. Mr. Taulane
would not discuss the matter when seen to
day at his office In City Hall,
If tho story of Jonah nnd tho fish Is In
credible, then tho story of the fiery furnace,
the raising of Lazarus and other miracles
are not credible, and one cannot escape the
conviction that the critics feel that God Is
In n tight place nnd it's up to them to help
Him out, was tho concluding statement of
the Rev. Dr. E. E. Helms of Calvary M. E.
Church, West Philadelphia, In a paper on
"Jonah nnd the Whale Historic, Not Al
legoric," which he read this morning be
fore the weekly meeting of Methodist Epis
copal ministers nt 19th and Arch Btreets.
"God always adopts His method to our
manner," said Dr. Helms. "He always
brings His plan down to our plane. The
Chaldeans found everything by searching
the stars; the Egyptians through magic, the
followers of Baal through fire, as nre-wor-shlpers.
The ten plagues of Egypt were
ten successive strokes at ten Egyptian
deities. Nebuchadnezzar behoved in
dreams. Joseph used a divining cup, an
Egyptian heathen vessel, and the people of
Nlnevah, tho capital of the Assyrian Em
pire religiously worshiped Dagon, the fish
god part man and part fish.
"Bringing His plan down to their plane,"
continued Dr. Helms, "God sent a message
to them out of tho sea to warn them of
threatened danger or Impending doom."
As most of the leading members were ab
sent at the General Conference, at Sara
toga Springs, N. Y., discussion of the paper
was postponed. ,
Next week tho meeting will be devoted
to hearing the men who visited tho General
Conference and viewed It from the "outside."
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, Continuous MubIo at
The Garden on the Roof I
Hotel Adelphia
v.uojr unu omiortable In"
. Any Weather
POrileeCnnnnv.ronndnfe0,tVIc,
DANSANT
300 feet above the stn
"""' "Jm noon till
- - iu.
Mrs. Isabelle D. Peirsol Dead
Mrs. Isabelle Donaldson Peirsol, wife, of
Wlnfleld Scott Peirsol, secretary and treas
urer ot the Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania, died yesterday at her home
In Atlantic City, Besides her husband
Mrs. Peirsol Is survived by a daughter,
Constance Donaldson Peirsol, and a son,
Wlnfleld Scott Peirsol, Jr.
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51 CtCl Allantta City, WIM,'
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Itla City, Stona Harbor, Anglam ,
Sundayaand Mamorlal Day, May39
AtUntlo City - . 7J0U
All Other Resort . 7.M44
E9Tueday.'May SO. MemorUrPiy.
aa additional train will leave WUdwood
Crest 0.22 K, on which special II. 00
excursion tickets as wrU ai tlckeu
sold at regular fares will be accepted;
From Broao street station
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TOO LATE TOft CLASSIFICATION
DEATHS
ABlIJIKADjjjOn M.,r j L joie. Williamson
nf
Lehman Aahmead. ared 82,
HURT, On May .31. loitt. jTk
Pslhl vino
09 r-.-.r-"'T"w
at south liuwr'iiiTr :s--:"',Bl pr.vai
funeral aerv ce at 2018 Walnut : .iV...r,0;5:
$8:rmn,p.,,., 4liw?- .hdUnr.C.hd.yf
atfves and friends are lnvltea u ittmd ??'
eral aervlcea on Thursday afiarnnn," ..un.:
o'clock, mt her lata ; reild.nc 614 H If. Ji
lane. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. ' rt
"Kf-P-WANTED-yEMALE
ciimwynsE. to assist with chiidn- :
required. Phone Ovcrbroolc I,V aren '"
STENOQBAPHBR and lelopnWoMrator- at.tl
eap.. ate I live references, n ?T i iSLi JfL
HELP WANTED-Mjt.m
BOYS flood opportunity for a brliht i.. "
PSiSSr. tlh " WMhin,tQT ni
Cheatnut at.
BOOMS FOB BENT
MT. VEKNON. 1BSI 2d and 3d floor rmi.. fur
nlsbadi faualneaa women only; private family.
SITUATIONS JVANTED MALK
A BTUDENT will help at aoda fountain In ov-
wna-. j og, iwi., ww,.
AUCTIONS
THOMAS B, LOVATT & SONS
AUCT1QNBEB8. 230 SOUTH .EIGHTH BT. '
McGARBY'S
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VyHILE one
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time personal appearance.
is a tig factor eitKer for or against success'Ptt
millionaires can afford to dress uoorly.
tReadyfor-Service Suits for Men in ? j
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