B&v$w$s
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If
YOR THROUGH
BOTHERING WITH
POLITICAL FOES
f --- ?
iwltl Push Improvement
Pinna, Ignoring Seger and
Trainer, He Says
EVENING MDaEE-PJEHLADBtPfll TUESDAY, KAY 28, 1916.
NIGtiT BLAZE MJJtNS SKIRT FACTORY BUILDING ON SOUTH THIRD STREET
fOk BUSINESS METHODS
brands Tax Bate Increase nnd
Declares He Has Peo
ple's Confidence
K
Mayor Smith today outlined his plans for
Hfehlrw iha transit and general loan bills
ftrofh Councils In order that bonds may
tM Bold and appropriations mnde for the
taMty great municipal Improvements de
pehdent upon the legislation Great Blrcss
Was laid by the Mayor on the fact that anil
administration members of Councils can ex
pect nothing from him and that, fit the
future, they will be Ignored and their efforts
Ik obstructing legislation outvoted. Speak
Ins of the frequently-mentioned Increase in
the tax rate predicted to follow a favorable
Vts on the loans, tho Mayor saldi
tno tax rate bugaboo Is not worrying
me. I dont care what Seger and Trainer
do or ear. Suoh pullbacks In Councils won't
Wiake any headway with mo or the people
by yelling tax rato lncrcnee. I nm going to
Mire this city a, business administration nnd
the people can depend' upon It that affairs
Will bo conducted along straight business
tines. Tho splitting of tho general loan Is
good business and If It Increases tho tax
rato six cents it also oaves paying Interest
ter 10 years on maintenance Items and old
bills that wero Incurred In Borne caBes,
efore I took omce."
THINKS PEOPLE WITH HIST.
The Mayor made It apparent that he Is
Bow certain that he has the confidence of
the voters and that he does not fear. In
file slightest degree any moves that may
fce made In either branch of Councils to
delay or even defeat his constructive cam
paign of municipal Improvements. In no
previous Interviews has the Mayor takon the
stand ha did today, when ho declared he
cared nothing for Seger or Trainer nnd
meant to Ignoro them.
In response to questions as to his future
eourse relative to legislation and possible
opposition In Councils, the Mayor said:
,"I have my plans for future undertak
ings and pullbacks will, be Ignored. Any
Councilman who opposes a business Ad
ministration or who attompts to go against
progressive legislation will b held re
sponsible by his constituents ind by the
people of the city generally. The. old scaro
bout the tax, rato Increase seems to bo
all that Is left for them to herp upon. This
will not gain them anything, aa I niean
business and our plans have been carefully
Worked out along business lines.
"I am dally In consultation with men best
fitted to aid the city in Its big undertake
Inge. Take the transit situation. I am
Dot trying' out questions of comlsslons or
councllmanlo committees In tho newspa
per J' am working quietly with men who
can aid me, and when my plans are com
plete they will be announced In duo course
of time. The plan , to split the general
loan Into two parU was lone ago considered.
Tou did not hear me talking about It. You
learned of It In the finance chamber. That
Is a. sample of what we are doing In our
tffort to get the city running as a business
iropoBltlon. Joo Gartner Is a level-headed
Jiaii, and the plan' to split the loan had his
approval. If he says It will raise tho tax
rate 6 cents, then he knows what he Is
Acting.
This tax rate Increase talk has been,
V.-1 , hl ... .. , , .. 7
zuusi jwfjuior wiin me puioocKs, ana wiey
use) It at every' opportunity. I have ray
plans for -raising revenue and for proyld-t
lng- for' the city's needs and deficits, but
I am not talking about that matter until
tho proper time arrives. The people can
rest assured that this will not be a wasteful
administration, If I can prevent It "Wo
Will ha,ve to epond a lot of money for the
Improvements planned, but it will be money
well and carefully spent. I believe the
administration has the city behind It and
that it Is now understood by all that no
charges will be Imposed whero they can be
avoided.'1
DOESN'T CARE TO ARGUE.
"I see no reason why I should enter Into
any controversy with Trainer or Seger as
to the-tox rate tior do I Intend to do bo. I
don't core what they say. If they will not
h?Ip, they certainly cannot hinder us. Busi
ness is the keynote of my Ideas and a busi
ness basis for all the Improvement work Is
being quietly worked out by men thoroughly
capable to handle the proposition. If the
men who are attempting to hamper the Ad
ministration think they will gain anything
by It, let them go ahead. Anything they
etart will be finished In Councils. I do not
mean to take a hand In Councllmanlo trou
bles lother than to see that any obstruction
methods come to nothing.
"I do not mean to run away for any
lengthy vacations this summer and mean to
be right on the job to see that the Improve
ments now planned or under way are not
hampered or hindered. The tax rate ques
tion will be settled at the right time, but
now It can only be raised with a view to
causing trouble. The people can rest cer
tain that no unnecessary tax will be placed
upon them and that the present tax rate
talk has been Btarted with the sole object
f causing agitation In Councils,"
TRANSIT LOAN APPROVED.
The, transit loan of 167,100,000 Is ap
proved by the Finance Committee and will
be reported to Councils tomorrow. The
117,426,000 general loan, under the Qoffney
plan,, will be spilt Into two unequal partB.
The first loan, which will e for general
Improvements, will be. In round figures,
J5,iB5,000. This will be sold as 30-year
bonds; the Becond loan will in round fig
ures be 14,970,000. Bonds for this loan
"Will be sold for five years. This loan
covers the maintenance Items for 1916 and
eflclenoy bills Incurred In previous years.
Chairman Oaffney said that a sinking
und of 23 per cent, will have to be pro
vided, which means an Increase of six cents
in the tax rate. These three loans total
$114,625,000, the amount voted on May 16.
Thp change waa made to prevent paying
interest charges on maintenance and de
ficiency Items for 30 years. The suggestion
.has the approval of the Law Department
ef the city and of the Mayor.
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GOVERNOR LOCKS HORNS
WITH PENROSE IN FIGHT
TO LEAD DELEGATION
Continues to Claim 44 of 76 Dele
gates and Will Wage Bat
tle for the Chairmanship
RIVALS LINE UP FORCES
Governor Brumbaugh personally will op
pose Senator Ponroso for chairman of the
Pennsylvania delegation to the Repub
lican National Convention This wns an
nounced today In Iiarrlsburg In the course
of a statement in which tho supporters of
tho Governor's campaign against tho senior
Senator continued to maintain that they
havo elected Ai of the 70 candidates.
Ab viewed by the Penroeo peoplo, tho
Benlor Senator's one nmbitlon now is to go
to the national councils of the party with
the Indorsement of Pennsylvania as State
leader, and they regard him as an actlvo
candldato for National Committeeman
The Brumbaugh fight will bo concentrated
between now and the convention to pro
ent his election as chairman of the dele
gation, which almost invariably carries
with It tho honor of being national com
mitteeman Strenuous efforts are being
mado by tho antl-Ponrose forces to line up
their full strength ngalnBt Senator Pen
rose and prevent his election when tho
delegation holds Its caucus In Chicago just
Dcroro tno opening of tho comention
The Brumbaugh people are urging the
election of the Governor, because Governor
Brumbaugh received the highest voto for
delegate at large to tho comention They
contend that this is a recognition of his
leadership.
VOTE IN GO COUNTIES.
Fifty counties have been heard from In
tho Republican delegate at large contest,
The unpledged delegates contlnuo to hold
the lead, the later figures making no change
In tho standing.
Tho vote as tallied stands:
Jr., Philadelphia; 100,348:
PittBbursh. 175.417;
PRUDEN NOT PRUDENT IN HIS
SOCIABLE GOSSIP WITH DETECTIVE
His Display of Watches, Neckties, Pipes and Keys Starts
Him Back to Asylum by Way of
(Police Station
Jomos Prudcn Is not prudent. Hence
hlB name does not fit him to a T. But
ho Is veracious, as beflts a namesako of
the 'Truthful James" of WoBtorn lyric.
When Pruden, aocostod by District Dotec
tlve Thornton at 33d and Chestnut streets
Hst night, replied that ho had plenty of
time on his hands, ho proved his "remark
by producing sir watches from his bulging
pockets and exhibited them to Thornton. As
further attestation of his sociability Pruden
dlsplayod seven pipes and offered a bunch
of keys to tho officer Nino necktlos of
various patterns furnlshod added proof of
Pruden's freedom of taste and selection
Thornton, sociable In turn, suggested that
timo which hung heavily on ono's hands
on a rainy night might pass more pleas
antly within doors, and conducted Pruden
to the pollco station at 3 2d street and 'Wood
land aenuo. Thero Pruden's Imprudence
manifested Itself. Ho admitted that he had
escaped last Saturday from tho New Jersey
Stato Insnno Asylum at Morris Plains, and
had dlsplayod his wealth to Thornton, not
knowing tho latter was a pollco ofllcer. Ho
left tho Institution, ho sntd, bocauso his wife
nnd daughter hadn't answered his letters,
and he Intended to look them up and ascer
tain tho reason for their dereliction. Ho
hadn't heard from them during tho ton
years ho has lived nt Morris Plains, ho said,
although, like himself, they had plenty of
time- on their hands
Magistrate Harris sent Prudon to City
Hall this morning to await tho coming of
omciais trom tho wow Jersey Institution.
LANDMARKS IN DANGER
AT THIRD STREET FIRE;
WORSHIPERS ALARMED
1200 COAL MINERS STniKE
IN I'ANtHBil GREEK VALLEV
Workers Quit Again After One Day's
Wbrk Following Walkout
POTTSVIMjE, Pa, May 23 After but
one day's work find an Idleness of three
weeks, due to- n strike, 1200 miners are
again out at tne unnn um ""--" i7 1
HeTies of the Lehigh Coal and Navhiatlott
Company, In the Panther Crojk Valley,
When contract miners appeared at noon
yesterday at the bottom of n shaft, to be
hoisted to the surface, tho foreman nformed
hem that that would be e last time they
would be thus favored, and that nohe would
be hoisted until after 3 o'clock, the end of
the eight-hour shift- Hnce. the strlko
today, '
IGNORED UNION CARMEN
TO HOLD MASS-MEETING
Will Submit Situation to Mem
bers Following Rebuff by
' P. R. T. Head,
U. S. BUYS LANn
TO STRENGHTEN
CANAL DEFENSE
Four Times Territory Nh (i
Comprising 7. !
Be Acquired
Several Flee From Historic Si
Joseph's in Willinjj's Alley.
Skirt Factory Damage
Put at $100,000
OWNER NEAR COLLAPSE
. Harry P. Flynri, president of Division
477, Amalgamated Association of Street
nnd Electric Railway employes of Amer
ica, announced today that a mass-meeting
would bo held within 24 hours to consider
the refusal of Thomas D. Mitten, president
of the Philadelphia Hapld Transit Com
pany, to receive tho Qrlovnnco Committee
of tlio association.
Yesterday Klynn notified Mitten that tho
committee would call upon him at 2 o'clock
this nfternoon. Mitten Informed Flynn that
he could not treat with tne committee, as
tho company deals with tho men only
through a co-operatlvo committee. Heads
of the association announced today that
they regarded the situation as sorlous.
They declared that there Is now only two
things that the union can do--redcdo from
its demands upon the Philadelphia Hapld
Transit Company or make an effort to en
force them by taking a vote on a strlko.
It Is expected that this voto will bo taken
at tho next mass-meeting.
EUROPEAN WAR
LES,o.
WAITE STAKES LIFE
AGAINST A MILLION
BRUMBAUGH TO SPEAK
AT GOOD ROADS MEET
Normal Institute and Agricul
tural Experts Will Hear Him
at Reading Tonight
101.330: un
13S.800; un-
1B9.O70:
un-un-un-
HUGHES SENTIMENT STRONG
IN MISSOURI DELEGATION
Leaning- to Roosevelt Unknown Quan-
tity in Discussions
" . V. LOUIS, May 23. When the Missouri
elegat(on to the Republican National Con
wntlon, at Chicago, met here today,
Hughes sentiment was strong. Early ar
, f'.yaJs ventured the opinion that the Su
pfemo Court Justice would receive Mis
souri's votes, though they Mid "one can
MW U1LW
ftooseyelt sentiment was an unknown
Wttntlty in (be early discussions. With
Hie arrival of the delegation, booms of
Vfurtous shapes and sizes made their ap
jxarance. There was avboorn for Charles
Ng4l, a former Secretary of Commerce, as
a vlea presidential candidate.
yorwer Governor Hadley was on the Job
wtrlyv pledging votes that would assure
4m tha chairmanship of the delegation
a. Chicago. He said he was asured of
: wan 7 oi lue ap voies.
Mrcus Hook Pastor Resigns
ABMHtncament lias been made that iha
Ylfrv. Chart A. Engle, pastor of the Mar-
, noec MP Wt v-nurcn, nsut tendered hl
ie jwkms- -4'b, Haw wneu it was to be
i Icmv wa not mentlOMd, but It U
MB, it t J tfc fittun,
F-r
rr
fe''jS
James Elveraon,
unpledged.
Josoch O. Armstrong.
tmnledn-d
E V. Dabcock, Pittsburgh,
pledged
W. Harry Baker, Iiarrlsburg,
Martin 3. Brumbaugh, Philadelphia,
pieaxed.
John Wanamaker. Philadelphia, 158.171
pledged.
Boles Penrose, Philadelphia. 185,010;
pledged
, D. I,. Olllespio. Pittsburgh, 103,421;
pieagea. '
aeorgo T. Oliver. 150,043. unpledged.
Alba B Johnson. Montgomery County, 147.
800. unpledged.
William S Aaron. Altoona. 188,074: pledged.
Guy W. Sloore, Wllkes-Barre, 138,270, un
pledged William E Itlce Warren, 188,704; unpledged.
. Thomas B. Smith, Philadelphia, 133. J50:
pledged
.William J, Burke, Pittsburgh. 132,047:
pledged
James Alcorn. Philadelphia, 181.210; pledged.
A. E Acheson Washington, 120 803, pledged.
W. Freeland Kendrlck, Philadelphia. 124,878:
pladgcd.
Charles M. Clement, Sunbury, 125,080:
pleased
A. W Powell. Pittsburgh. 121.070: pledged
lienrv W Shoemaker. .Tnhnatnum nn ?.
pledged. "'
Oeorgo n Scull. Somerset. 115 771: unpledged.
Bradley W. Lewis. Wyoming County, 112,007;
John ir. neynolds Bedford 70 050: pledged
Dallas Bumbaugh, Pittsburgh, 83,012 un
pledged '
Oorg T. Welngartner, Jfewcastle, lOS; un-
The missing counties are the following:
Bradford, Berks, Butler, Carbon, Cumber
land, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Law
rence, Montgomery, Potter, Pike, Susque
haima Tioga, Venango, Wayne and Washington.
VOTE FOR SUPREME COimT.
Returns have been received from only 21
of the 67 counties on the contest for the
Supreme Court nomination, but Charles
Palmer, of Cheater, leads by a large mar
gin. The counties heard from so far give-
Palmer. Walling
READING, Pa May 23. Announcement
waa made at the opening session here todav
of tho annual Normal Institutes and spring
meeting of tho State Board of Agriculture
thnt Governor Brumbaugh will make an
address at tonight's good roads meeting,
which will bo a feature of the convention
Tho conentlon Is made up of members
of the State Poultry Society, the Pennsylva
nia Bee Keepers' Association and delegate
elected by tho various county agricultural
societies. Governor Brumbaugh Is ex-of-flclo
president of tho society
Mayor Filbert delivered the address of
welcomo at tho opening session of the con
vention today. It will contlnuo Wednes
day and Thursday, the program being made
up of addresses on good roads, crops,
methods of feeding stock, etc.
SEEKS JAIL TO ESCAPE
DRUG HABIT'S TERRORS
Youth Arrested Twice for Steal
; ing to Buy Dope Begs
for Sentence
NAVAL PREPAREDNESS
BILL CAUSES A SHARP
TUT IN THE HOUSE
Democrats, Bent on Passing it
Before Republican Conven
tion, Accused of Trickery
by Minority Leader Mann
Philip Delia, 17 years old, a self-confessed
drug victim, begged Magistrate Baker to
day to send him to jail. Ho wns arrested
three times within the last ten days, nc
cused of stealing money. The boy -was
captured josterday, according to tho police,
nfter nteallng $45 from tho cash register
of Rosarlo Splno, a grocer, of 1345 South
8th street.
Tho boy admitted that he spent all tho
monej he stole upon drugs. He was pale
and ragged. "I'm tired of it all," he said
"Please send me somewhere so I can't get
tho drugs " Delia said ho was addicted to
tho uso of heroin and cocaine.
One year ago, nccordlng to the police, he
was arrested for peddling drugs to school
children nt 6th and Wharton streets. At
that time ho was held In (10,000 ball by the
Federal authorities and was later released.
Tho youthful prisoner was so cold In the
cell this morning that the turnkey of the
3d and Dickinson streets station provided
htm blankets. He trembled constantly
while plendlng with the Magistrate.
Last week he was held In ?800 ball for
stealing. A few days later ho waB ar
rested and held In J1000 bait. In each case
he managed to get a bondsman. For tho
last robbery the Magistrate fixed the ball
at $2000. Tho boy said ho lived at 1416
Wharton street.
MAKE COUNTER CHARGE
,,,,
,,,
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1634
140 '
804
68 12
1O0O
1866
759
8320
1175
7235
1398
U24
405
111
31"
8923
1040
Philadelphia 43939
Clarion 1077
Juniata ,.,, ,
Monroe ................
Chester
greens ,
entro ,
llutler . .
Northumberland
somerset ,
Luzerne,...,.
l.awreoce , ,
Perry ,.,,
Fulton .,.,,
Cameron , , ,
Dauphin . .,
Washington
Tioga .....
Wyoming , 3T
Blair .,, I; 4628
Totals ,,...,.,. 88587 8ft0
This gives Palmer a lead of more than
25,000 votes, with 46 counties to be heard
from.
Complete returns from 46 counties and
with incomplete figures from the remaining
counties show the following totals in the
contest for the fourth nomination for Re
publican Congress at large:
McLaughlin , ........145,147
Sobel .,,..,,.,,..,., 14 2,78 9
There are 162 districts out of 791 In
Allegheny County still missing; 79 out of
16 In Berks, all of Cambria County, all
of Carbon, nearly all of Lancaster, nearly
all of Lycoming, nearly all of Venango and
a few scattering In other counties.
No Competition in South Dakota
PIERRE, S. P.. May ? 3. Although South
Dakota was voting In a presidential pref
erence primary today, many voters didn't
know It. Senator Cummins, Iowa, Repub
lican, and Woodrow Wilson,, Democrat
were the only candidates. This, of course'
eliminated competition.
WASHINGTON. May !3. Efforts of
Democratic leaders to force consideration
of the naval preparedness bill next week
and pass It before the Reubllcan convention
convenes developed bitter debate In the
House today. Republican Leader Mann de
clared tho plan was a "piece of trickery"
to rush tho bill through without debate, or
to keep Republican Congressmen from at
tending the national convention.
Democratic Leader Kltchln reported that
tho country Insists an adequate naal bill
be passed, and does not expect the Re
publican minority to prolong the debate for
a longer period than necessary.
Mann declared President Wilson has told
the Democratic House what he wants and
that the House will meekly obey his wisheB
"It Is a matter of policy with us Dem
ocrats," said Kltchln, "to pass this bill be
fore the Republican convention. If we don't
do It, you folks vlll go out to Chicago and
charge us with falling to fulfill our pledges.
If we cannot get unanimous consent for
the naval bill, we propose to force night
sessions to put It through."
The debate ended without any agreement
and the prospects now are that the Demo
cratic leaders will use the "gag rule."
Demanding "all or nothing," minority
members of the Naval Committee will file
their report tomorrow providing authoriza
tion of a sufficient number of warships and
men to place the American navy in second
place among world Powers.
The report Is being drafted by Repre
sentatives Kelly, Michigan; Butler. Penn
sylvania; Stephens, California; Britten,
Illinois, and Roberts, Massachusetts. It
will also be signed by Farr, Pennsylvania;
Browning, New Jersey, and Mudd, Mary,
land.
They would provide for eight first-line
ships six battle cruisers and two dread
noughts; 60 submarines, is destroyers, a
corresponding number of auxiliary ships and
SQ.OOO addltlpnal men. The committee bill
provides for five battle cruisers, 20 sub.
marines, 13,600 additional men and a rela
tively smaller number of auxiliary ships.
40 Giye Skin to Aid Burned Woman
CLEVELAND, May Forty youna
vromea have submitted to akin grafting
operations. In an attempt to save the Ufa
of Mrs. Jayme A. Bennett, 30 years old
Whp vras'Srrlpusly burned when her clothing
caught fee from an open erate. Ea., J1
fiT WS,4" rf ,n!f "L cuMct- Eh- year never have had a volco In the, manage,.
tn of Uw wlip made th$ sacrifice are I merit of the affairs of J ?e city of
msguM Bayrwi jbmmL " "' iTck tay wt proud. - r
PHILADELPIIIAN FOR MAYOR
Amos P. Brehman Boomed by Ventnor
Friends
VENTNOR CITT, May SJ. This cottage
resort, the summer home of many Phlla
delphlana, who own or lease villas at from
J 1000 to 11000 for a season's occupancy,
U talking pf Amos W Brehman, a. retired
Philadelphlan, for its next Mayor.
Mr. Brehman a few days ago proposed
the erection pf a palatial clubhouse on the
beachfront to meet Ventnor'a needs for more
diversions for Its permanent residents and
summer cottagers. The suggestion met with
popular approval and started a mayoralty
boom, which has gained considerable
strength-
Phlladelphtans and former Fhlladelnhlans
who now live. In Ventnor throughout tho
UNDERTAKERS OPEN
SESSION AT SCRANT0N
Nine County Funeral Directors'
Association Begins Annual
Meeting
SCRANTON, Pa, May 23 Undertakers
from many parts of tho State are hero for
tho annual sessions of the Nino County
Funeral Directors' Association of Pennsyl
vania. The convention opened this after
noon, the delay In getting started"belng due
to the Knights Templar parade.
Prof. H. S. Eckels, of the Philadelphia
Training School of Embalming, Is to ad
dress the undertakers and give a demonstra
tion of tho projectiscope.
Edward Lowrle, State president, of Pitts
burgh, and Charles W Oawler, national
president, of Washington, D. C, are also
to address the convention,
The delegates will be guests of the local
undertakers tonight at a dinner and danco
at the Elks' Club. The business sessions
will be resumed tomorrow.
Mayor Jermyn welcomed the undertakers
to the city.
The officers of the association are N. C.
Honeywell, Luzerne, president: Grant
Moore, Plains, secretary, and C. H. Cutler,
Plttston, treasurer, I, B. Burn, Plttston;
William Snowden, Plttston: P, J. Boyle,
Hazleton; Frank Koplckl, Plains, a,nd Eu
gene A. Cuslck, Scranton, are members of
the Executive Committee.
LIEUTENANT NICHOLLE BURIED
Colleagues in Fire Department Attend
Funeral Ceremony '
The funeral of Lieutenant Theodore
Ntcholle, who for 2S years had been at
tached to Engine Company No. 37 at High
land and Shawnee avenues. Chestnut Hill,
took place this afternoon from his resi
dence, ::a East Brlnghurst street, Oer
mantown. Services were conducted nt
Trinity 7 utheran Church, Oermantown ave
nue and Queen lane, by the Rev, Luther
De Yoe, the pastor They were attended
by the members of Engine Company No. 37,
as well aa the lieutenants of all the com
panies In the Bureau of Fire.
After the services the firemen escorted
the body to Ivy Hill Cemetery, where Inter
ment took place.
Jleld for Man's Death After Fight
Frank McQlensey, of 238 Wilder street,
today was hold without ball to await the
action of the Coroner In connection with
the death of Daniel Ragglo. of 3038 North
8 th street The prisoner said that Ragglo
struck him with a plate several weeks ago
and again attacked him last Friday, in
self-defense McQlensey told Magistrate
Baker he struck Ragglo and knocked him
down. His head, struck the curbstone and
he died of his injuries at the Philadelphia
Hospital.
MEMOKLir. PAY .VTEANTIQ CITV
Penosylvanla 'B B, BjMtlaJ train for Broad
Sir Ktatfon PhllAdslDhia. will leavo jm0nH
C Tu0r. ly S, at smf. U. juif.
Landmnrlts wore threatened, two firemen
overcome worshlpcri In n church driven
to tho street and denso smoko, llko asphyxi
ating gns, rolled In volumes for many
blocks, covering almost tho wholo neigh
borhood, when flro damaged tho building
of Pestcoo Brothers & Co, skirt manufac
turers, nt 216-218 South 3d street, to the
extent of 3100,000 last night.
The blazo was discovered a few minutes
before 8 o'clock. In less than an hour tho
flvo-Btory building resemblod a furnnce. The
flames nlso damaged nenrby buildings, espe
cially at 214 South 3d street. Thousands
of persons wero attracted to tho scene, but
the police had little difficulty In keeping
order.
Three alarms wero turnod In. While
scores of firemen battled to confine the
flnmos to tho Pestcoo building, others
played streams of water on nearby struc
tures, over which showers of sparks fell
for more than thrce-qunrtors of nn hour.
Half a dozen worshipers In St. Joseph's
Catholic phurch, Wllllngs alley, between
3d and 4th streets, alarmed at clouds of
smoke which poured through open win
dows, thought tho historic cdlflco was afire,
nnd made their way hurrlondly to the
street Across tho way. In 3d street, stands
at raurs Protestant Episcopal Church,
while tho Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany's old ofllco building Is at 3d street and
Wllllngs nlley.
More than a dozen lines' of hose wero
run through tho court known aB Walnut
place so that firemen could keep tho flames
from spreading to buildings there.
Charles Pestcoe, owner of the building
and of the business, which Is conducted
under tho namo of Pestcoe Brothers, who
arrived whlo tho flro was at Its height,
bpcumo hysterical. Assistant fire marshals
allow td no ono to approach him When ho
had attained a semb'anco 6f calmness he
said ho had left tho building at 7:15 o'clock
to go to his1 home, at 32U Arlington street
The roof of tho building at 314 South
3d street caught fire. Streams of water
were piayea on it, ana the Interior was
flooded. Tho first floor Is occupied by I.
Cohen, electrical supplies; tho second by
tho Empire Embroidery Company and the
Morrison Manufacturing Company, makers
of children's dresses; the third by Charles
Newman, maker of buttonholes, and tho
fourth by I, Krasnov & Son, makers of
children's dresses. The contents of the
building at 220 South 3d street, occupied
by Horace E Roberts & Sons, printers, also
was damaged by water.
Pestcoe, after the fire, was almost In a
state of collapse. He said that the in
surance on tho building and Its contents
was trifling. Ho was taken home by
friends
ROOSEVELT GIVES FINE
'CHARACTER' TO GLOVER
Head of Riggs Bank "Highest
Man in Washington From
Standpoint of Integrity"
WASHINGTON, May 23, "Absolutely
the highest man In Washington from th
standpoint of Integrity and general knowl
edge," was ex-President Roosevelt's char
acterization of C. C. Glover on the witness
stand hero today In the letter's behalf
Glover, head of the Rlggs Bank, is being
tried on a charge of perjury,
Roosevelt seemed to enjoy the court pro
ceedings which partook somewhat of an
ovation for himself. The Colonel strode
Into the courtroom at 9:55 before either
Judge or Jury had arrived. Immediately
behind him waa his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth.
"Around 1013 I understand Mr, Glover
to be either for Wilson or Taft I im ..
vwas against me." said Colonel Roosevelt
He said he had known Glover 20 years
During his Incumbency of the Vice Presi
dency and Presidency, he said, the ac
cualntanqe was Intimate.
"His universal repute was of highest In,
tegrlty, I and my children kept our de
counts In his bank," said Roosevelt.
United States Attorney Laskey objected
when Roosevelt Btarted to tell hie high opln
Ion of Glover, Roosevelt, with his mouth
opening at Intervals, as If he would break
In, glared at Laskey until Justice Siddons
sustained Laskey's objections. Then h
glare turned to the Justice. H8 was for
bidden to tell of his conversation with
Roosevelt tstlfled also as to the general
character of W. J. Flather and Henry h
Flather, codefendants. He eald he hart
known them many years:
Continued from Paire One
E. Peck Jnnunry 20, told the under
taker "there will bo another of thoso
trips soon."
CHARACTER UPHELD.
On tho testimony of Dr. Richard W. Mul
ler, formerly Wnlto's personal physician,
tho young dentist went Into the court record
as a "perfect gentloman who could talk
well on nny subject from art to war."
It was also testified that Walto paid
but 25 cents for tho arsenic which tho pros
ecution alleges was to be his agency to the
Peck millions.
Tho testimony offered by Dr. Victor
Vaughn, professor nt tho University of
Michigan, who made tho analysis of Peck's
iscera, and that of Dr.- Otto H. Schultze,
medical aide to the District Attorney, was
given with tho aid of a gruesomo collec
tion of exhibits.
Tho eyes of Mrs. Percy Peck dimmed at
tho gruesomo recital and her .husband
glared half malignantly toward the defend
ant. The glare was not returned.
tiAZES AT "THE FATES."
The witnesses. In addition to Schultzo
nnd Vaughn, were Dr. Stanley Benedict,
Richard H. Tlmmerman, tho druggist who
sold tho nrsenlc; Robert Swnddell, his clerk,
and Undertaker Sprattlcr, of Grand Rapids,
who burled Mrs. Peck. '
When Vaughn started' displaying his col
lection of exhibits, Walte cast his eyes to
the floor and did not lift them once until
after Vaughn had ceased testifying. Then
ho gazed steadfastly at a picture of "The
Fates" back of tho Judgo's bench It Is
throe women. Two are young and fair, tho
ono spins, tho other measures, and tho
third, an ancient crone, clips the "thin spun
thread of life."
Mrs Horton. accompanied by her hus
band, Harry Mack Horton, her attorney
and her sister. Miss Helen Weaver, of Mon
tana, walked Into the courtroom In the mid
dle of tho session and sat down in the
rear. Sho gnzed intently at the back of
Dr. Walte's head. He was not aware of her
presence. She was the centre of a curious
swirl when tho early afternoon recess wns
taken.
WASHINGTON, May Jiir... ..
BlBantld scheme o( protec'mn."?' H.
nama. Canal which Includes th..1 lV
of about four times the , tewitoJwl,,Ul
prising the canal twVglZZ
today. In pursuance of this JH?"
ha been made-necessary, n ttii.J,u
military exnerte. h. .t,.' i' V'Wniea m
havo been successfully bortSwuS V-SP ,1
rope from distances ofmorfthaJ ' A
a triangle or land at the AtlanuakSi
tho canal, embracing several,,0'
acres, already has been taken over fcM
Panama Government. nm
The confidential nnnFi .
fense Committee," made un of C'.V. 3
several Branches of tho amy, aeii,,. ??
a nava ofllcer, ,has convinced th.,, I
uuuionues 01 tno necenaltv w . "I "
. X "1D cantu m be eentfe i-IFJ
of the present 10-mlIe strip ' M,nJ
The "Defonso Committed" ha. '- j.
legislation which will make po8?blMW
The-exclusion of foreigners L .
rltory certain to be i th" theS
operations In case of war. and S, l
It Is proposed to erect defensive ESP
Freedom to the aulhorU Z Tut
canal zone In time of peace to .take ?.i
measures necessary for the nrotirti '
of tho canal, Including $tt
reconnaissances and surveys. Si '
tltm of roads nnd traMs teenX?
tlons), installation of Unes ofTf.l
tlon. selection and prejarauon ofot
feslve positions." ol ?
To facilitate tho dvin... .. ,
S.C0Mt art,1Iary land &?
To provldo unrestricted areas -
troop maneuvers and the remoraiZ
tho reservoirs of Infection laartl.
villages from the proposed zone. .
To insure tho secrecy of every d..
fenslve measure taken to oddoss v.!
tile landing or advance, wttESi. Z
session or destruction of tho -Pinlm.
Canal as its objoct. "
A largo number of military andjimi(
flclals now are In tho field maklnVK
veys preliminary to taking over this nL
tory. ltrn
Under the term's of tho treaty win,
Panama, the United States can tai. ti.u
to uny land tho American tmllltary authorl
ties docm necessary for the protection Sf
tho canal. In return, the United fiw
hns guaranteed the sovereignty of pananT
There are few private owners In th uZ
templated acquisition.
In addition to tho acquiring of mml
times the amount of land originally taku
from Panama for the Canal Zone, the hurt
defensive schome take3 In the acquisition
of Taboga Island, at the Paclflo end. Tali
will be done In order that nn American
fleet, coming out of the canal In line, .could
have an opportunity to form in battle for
mation while tho guns on Taboga Itlaaj
held an opposing fleot out of range. TfcU
Island Is a Panama possession, and will U
acquired on tho plea of Its "necessity u a
means of defense. '.
At tho Atlantic end a triangle contained
between tho Chagres River, the Atlantis
Ocean and Fort Llmon Bay has been taken
over.
LW.W.MOBOFIOOO"0
HOLDS TOWN 2
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Prevent 700 Miners From Going
to Work at Old Forge.
Many Beaten'
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SEVEN PRIESTS TO CELEBRATE
2Gth Anniversary of Ordination to Bo
Commemorated
Seven prletts In tho Diocese of Philadel
phia are today celebrating the 26th anni
versary of their ordination. Three of them
are stationed In this city.
They are the Revs. James A. Dalton, rec
tor of tho Church of Our Lady of Mount
Carmelj George F. Michael, assistant at
the Church of St. Leo, Tacony, and Will
iam A. Motley, assistant at the Church of
Our Lady of the Rosary. The other priests
who are celebrating their anniversaries to
day are the Revs. Richard F. Cowley, of
the Church of St. Margaret, Narberth;
Francis Atden Brady, of the Church of the
Nativity B. V. M. Media; John C. Carey,
of tho Church of St-Monlca, Berwyn, nnd
Albert M. Korves, of the Church of St
Joseph, Eaaton.
Negro Accidentally Killed by Companio
John Ward. 18 years old. a negro, of 233s
West York Btreet. was accidentally shot in
tho abdomen by Edward Johnson, 23 year
old, of the same address, and died shortiv
afterward in the Woman's HomeonathiT.
Hospital. The shooting occurred while John!
son was cleaning an old army rifle rii.
trict Detective Richardson, of the 2h .!
York streets police station, heard Ue-hS
and placed Johnson under arreat
Job R. Yost Dead
NORRISTOWN, Pa., May 33 Job r
Yost, treasurer of Montgomery County from
J880 to 1884. died at hfa home in Norrffi
town, aged years. a was tagS
chairman of the. Democratic. County (C
miltee. He was born to Vew JjfiuwS
f
MARK KOHN A SUICIDE
Peddler, Well Known in South Phila
delphia, Dies by Gag
Mark Kohn, a hosiery peddler, of 817
Rltner street, was found dead In the
kitchen of his home this mornlnsr bV his
wife. The gas was turned on and windows
and doors were stuffed with rags.
ICohn, who was 61 years old, was well
known In the southern Dart of th ritv
Relatives can give no reason 'for his act,
although It Is believed he brooded over the
realization that advancing age was maklnir
It difficult for him to attend to business.
SCRANTON. Pa.. May 23. AJMb ol
1000 men, said to be Industrial wprlcett
of tho WorlU, followed by 200 womeaila-,
vaded Old Forge, near here, today, takhf
ossesaion of the town and holding the
peoplo at bay for two hours. They c
ceeded In preventing 700 mine woften
from going to work at the two cqllerlej rf
the Jermyn Coat Company. ,.
A dozen or more mine workers, iWtr W
sympathy with the mob, were badly Mate".
Daniel Stewart, president of a mloera ,Wcal
was Injured by 18 persons, Including aewral
women. He was carried to his pome.
Tho clash came after the Old Forge po
licemen went off duty. The Burgeja. Mar
tin .Memolo, waa In bed when It Up"
Sheriff Phllllpa and the State pollcs-irew
called upon to help In restoring order.
'Normal conditions were restored byjiooa.
The trouble started. It Is said, becauM
the rofusal of Union driver boys to haul eaM
to chambers worked by Industrial worker!
of the World. Members of the JnnutrtU
Workers of the World from all parts otw
valley resented this.
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Negro Bishops Assigned
Among the negro bishops attending the
quadrennial conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, the following
have been assigned for the next lour years
as follows: Frist district, Bishop Evans
Tyree j second. Bishop J. Albert Johnson:
third. Bishop Lev J. Copplnt fifth, Bishop
H. P, Parks; sixth. Bishop Joseph S
Flipper; seventh. Bishop W, D. Chappelle:
eighth, Bishop William H.' Heard? ninth
$&"&& Lee.10th- D'hP C. S.' Smith
llth, Blahop John Hurat; 12th, J, M
Conner, and 16th, Joshua H. Jones.
Announce They Wero Wed Last July
Mrs. Elmer E. McKee, in her apartments,
gratubitlons of her friends today, her mar
riage to Dootor McKee, follpwlng an elope
ment tq Buffalo last July, having Just been
uiuiuuutcu. iouur aicn.ee is now a resident
physician of St, Joseph's Hospital, Reading
Mrs. McKee was Miss Olla M, Cooper, and
was graduated, as a nurse from St. Mary's
Training School in 1913. She ami Doctor
McKee became acquainted Just prior to her
graduation, he having been a member of the
hospital start at that tune.
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modsrn. equipment: no w '"qIW, ,
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every evening-. .t,P.,im. i- rr IB
Held as Pickpocket Suspect
Tony Magle, 280 North Van Pelt street
missed his pocketbook, containing $30 ye!
!efda& ?!" tiiing 01 a 'Wey car' He.
told Policeman Tomllnson. of h rnjl"
and MIdvale avenues station, whd arrested
Joseph Pomer. 8th and Race streets, aa h
was leavwr the car at Hunting; Park ave
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