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WASTE OF WATER
BECOMES SERIOUS
MENACE TO CITY
Chief Davis Warns of Ap
proaching Shortage Due
to Carelesssness
100,000,000 GALLONS DAILY
lOOfiQO.000 Gallons of Water
Wasted Daily in City
SHORTAGE of water threatens
Philadelphia.
Estimated almost 100,000,000 Rat
ions tiro wasted dally, onc-thlrd of
total supply.
Waste means dlscoiriort, suffer
ing, Increase of fire risk and possibly
disease.
Hpuso-to-house inspection Is de
clared failure by Chief Davis of
Bureau of Water.
Pltomctcr used by Inspectors to
locatp leak in any block.
Aquaphono, or water telephone,
used by inspectors to hear leak in
any house pipo at night.
Remedies used to stop waste in
clude summons, $5 fine, with shut
ting off of water as last resort.
Chief Carleton E. Davis, of tho Bureau
of Water, today announced that Philadel
phia i facing- a further shortage of Its
water supply, the effects of which might
easily assume the most stupendous and
gigantic proportions. Tho shortage Is
caused to a great extent by almost wanton
carelessness and waste. It Is estimated
that almost 100.000.000 gallons of water are
wasted In Philadelphia dally, nearly one
third of tho total supply.
The compulsory Installation of water
meters, for certain classes of consumers,
will bo provided for In an ordlnanco to bo
Introduced In Councils. This Is recom
mended by the 'Water Durcau as a measure
t. 1 rovent wasto. Under this regulation the
city could determine- In what cases tho
meters should be Installed.
Chtof Davis deplored tho magnltudo of
the waste and the personal discomfort. If
not suffering, that It entailed In some sec
tions of the city. Under hla direction a
mighty effort Is being made to have the
wasto remedied and tho danger forestalled.
This vast volume of water Is wasted,
Chief Davis explained. In factories, mills,
business, apartment and private houses and
other places. Thore are at least 350,000
soparato establishments In this city and
spigots nra left open, water Is allowed to
flow In spme cases all night, fixtures leak
and through millions of openings little drops
of water make a mighty ocean of wasto.
DANGER IN WATEIt SHORTAGE.
Direct or coming results of the shortage
and waste Chief Davis mentions as follows:
1. Great personal discomfort In certain
sections of the city. Where the pressure la
low water does not reach tho second and
third floors.
2. The flro risk Is greatly Increased In
some sections.
3. Tho possibility of spread of disease
through drains that are not washed out.
4. Tax rates will jump If the waste Is not
stopped, as new waterworks and vast re
pairs will bo necessary.
"Tho work of Inspecting from house to
house," Chief Davis said, "has been a. fail
ure to a certain extent. In fact. It has
proved to be a Herculean task of the first
order. There are 360,000 separate establlbh
ments In this city, and It Is almost Impossi
ble to make a thorough Inspection of the
city. One man cannot Inspect more than
60 houses In a day and we have perhaps 40
men doing that work at present. In all,
however, two or three Inspections are neces
sary, "Household wasto la of two kinds. The
fixtures are left open through the careless,
ness of persons In the house or else the
fixtures are faulty and leak of themselves."
The remedies and penalties applied by
the Water Bureau were given as follows:
First, notice when Inspection Is made if
faulty fixtures or leaks are found.
Second, more Imperative notice upon sec
ond Inspection If leaks ore not remedied.
Third, summons and fine of 5 allowed by
Councils for delinquents.
Fourth, the shutting off the water as .a
last resort
In their effort to locate leaks and care
less householders, Inspectors are armed
with two unusual Instruments. One, the
pltomtter, can be Inserted Into a main pipe
to determine when the flow Into any street
Is greater than It ehquld be. This instru
ment will locate any important leak In any
block.
SCHOOL OPENS OCT. 2;.
FIVE MORE DEATHS
Continued (rem Face One
of the disease, have promised to do all In
their power to help the health authorities.
More than 500 students are In different
parts cf the State on vacations and will not
be permitted to return until the disease Is
checked.
The ether deaths reported today are:
CAnSTEN anOT3KIS. 2 years old. 183T South
Lee strict.
RATMOKD SOWEOEZ. 3 months old, 2039 Pop-
far atrMt
WILX.IAU KINCJ
a months aid, leaa oru
sirvau
HTMAN mrrOEIt, It months old, 718 Morris
street.
The five deaths reported today make a
total of 137 deaths In this city since the
epidemic began and a total of 1S5 cses.
Tho only new case discovered today
was that of Francis Cratty, 10 months old,
of 1533 Rowan street. He was taken ill
pn August 37,
11 CHILDREN SENT TO WYNNEFIELD.
Eleven children were sent today to the
Wynnefleld Hospital. Nona of these cases
Is very serious and there is every Indica
tion that all will recover. Mora funds are
required to care for the children sent to
this institution. Mrs. J, Willis Martin has
mad an urgent appeal for funds.
Many persons did not contribute. It is
believed, because they were under the im
pression that substantial sums were de
sired. Mrs. Martin says that any sum, no
matter how small, will be greatly appreci
ated and urges all who have the welfare of
the children at heart to respond.
Three nW cases of Infantile paralysis were
reported In Camden today. The victims
are; Anna. May Perclval, 14 months, 2013
South- Tenth street ; Peter Stalltskt, i years,
1S4T Ferry avenue, and Frank Peel, I years
Old. 1731 Broadway.
A tribute to the health of policemen has
been paid by the city doctor, who have
asked permission to extract several ounces
of blood from au, those willing'. There la
jvo compulsion In the matter, and no po
Jlcran must give his blood unless he
wlahsa, They were chosen because they
are the most uniformly healthy and strong
seen, in town. Tho that are willing- to
undergo the flight operation will be sent
(9 their homes and the .fit doctors wilt
itt teem there,
BU FUyer Hit by Ball Dies
W-KsWUNO, W. Vft., Aug. . Alva.
Citrtfci, t yearn U, catcher for an amateur
tMUM, jH4 fcw yeita.y frooi Injuries
wrhnri who truest ) the stoaett by
"SAFEGUARD LIFE) OF THE NATION," SAYS PRESIDENT
IN PLEA TO CONGRESS TO AVERT RAILROAD STRIKE
Continued from tare One
man Adamson, of tho House Interstate
Commerce Committee, and will urge early
action on his proposal.
Republicans manifested opposition early
today and Indicated they would need con
sldetablo time for debate. Nevertheless,
Administration otnclala feel that the entire
program wilt go through within ten days.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPEECH.
Tho President's speech to Congress fol
lows :
"Gentlemen of tho Congress'.
"I have como to yotf to seek your as
sistance In dealing with n very grave situa
tion which has arisen out of the demands
of the employes of tho railroads engaged In
freight scrvlco that they be granted an
eight-hour working day, safeguarded by
payment for an hour and a half of scrvlco
for every hour of work beyond the eigne.
"The matter has been agitated for more
than a year. The public has been made fa
miliar with tho demands of tho men and
tho arguments urged In favor of them, and
ccn more fnmlllnr with the objections of
the railroads nhd their counter-demand that
certain privileges now enjoyed by their men
and certain liases of payment worked out
through many years of contest be recon
sidered, especially In their relation to the
adoption of an eight-hour day. The matter
camo some thrco weeks ago to n final Isstia
nnd resulted In a complete deadlock between
the parties. Tho means provided by law for
the mediation of the controversy failed, and
tho means of arbitration for which the law
provides was rejected. The representatives
of tho railway executives proposed that the
demands of tho men bo submitted In their
entirety to arbitration, along with certain
questions of readjustment as to pay and
cund.tlons of employment, which seems to
them to be cither closely associated with
the demands or to call for reconsideration
on their own merits the men absolutely de
clined arbitration, especially If any of their
established privileges wero by that means
to be drawn again In question.
PEAKS NATIONAL CALAMITY.
"The Inw In the mntter put no compulsion
upon thtfin. The 400,000 men from whom
the demand proceeded had Toted to Htrllce
If thrlr demands nrre refnsed) the rtr'Jie
wn Imminent t It hns since been net for the
fourth of September next... It streets the
men who mm the freight trnlnti on prac
tically every railway In the country.. The
freight service throughout the United States
mint stand still nntll tho'r places are filled,
If, Indeed, It should prove possible to All
them at nil. Cities will he cut off from tholr
lood supplies, the whale commerce of the
nation will be paralysed, men of every sort
and occupation will be thrown out of em
ployment, countless thousands will In all
llk.lhood be brought. It may be, to the very
point of starvation, and a tragical national
calamity brought on, to be added to the
other distresses of the time, because no
basis of accommodation of settlement has
been found.
"Just as soon as It becamo evident that
mediation under tho existing law had failed
and that arbitration had been rendored Im
possible by the attitude of the men, I con
sidered It my duty to tonfer with tho rep
resentatives of both tho railways and the
brotherhoods, and myself offer mediation,
not as an arbitrator, but merely as spokes
man of tho nation. In tho Interest of Justice,
Indeed as a friend of both parties and not
as Judge, only as tho representative of ono
hundred millions of men, women and, chil
dren who would pay the prlco, tho In
calculable price of loss, and suffering
should these few men Insist upon approach
ing and concluding the matters In con
troversy between them merely as employers
and employes rather than ns patriotic citi
zens of the United States looking beforo
and after and accepting tho larger respon
sibility which the public would put upon
them.
FAVORS EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
"It seemed to me, In considering the subject-matter
of the controversy that the
whole spirit of the time and the preponder
ant! evidence of recent economic cxperlcnco
spoke for the olght-hour day. It has been
adjudged by tho thought and experience of
recent years a thing upon which society is
Justified In Insisting as In the Interest of
health, efficiency, contentment and a gen
eral increase of economic vigor. The whole
presumption of modern exptrlsnce would, It
seemed to me, bo In Its favor, whether
there was arbitration or not, and the de
batable points to settle were those which
arose out of the acceptance of the eight
hour day rather than those which affected
It establishment. I, therefore, proposed
that the eight-hour day be adopted by the
railroad managements and put into prac
tice ror tne present as a substitute for the
existing 10-hour basis of pay and service;
that I should appoint, with the permission
of the Congress, a small commission to ob
serve the results of the change, carefully
studying the figures of the altered operat
ing cost, not only, but also the conditions
of labor under which the men worked and
tho operation of their existing agreements
with the railroads, with Instructions to re
port the facts as they found them to the
Congress at the earliest possible day, but
without recommendation; and that, after
the facts had been thus disclosed, an ad
justment should In some orderly manner be
sought of all tho matters now left unad
justed between the railroad managers and
the men.
.QUESTION OF ARBITRATION.
frhese proposals were exactly In line.
It Is Interesting to note, with the position
taken by the Supreme Court of the United
States when appealed to to protect certain
litigants from the financial losses which
they confidently expected If they should
submit to the regulation of their charges
and of their methods of service by public
legislation. The court has held that It
would not undertake to form a Judgment
upon forecasts, but could bass Its action
only upon actual experience; that It must
be supplied with facts, not with calcula
tions and opinions, however scientifically
attempted. To undertake to arbitrate the
question of the adoption of an eight-hour
"day In the light of results merely esti
mated and predicted would be to under
take, an enterprise of conjecture. No wise
man could undertake It, or, If lie did under
take It, could feel assured of his conclu
sion. BROTHERHOODS ACCEPTED PLAN.
"The representative of the brotherhoods
accepted the plan, but the representative
of the railroad declined to accept It. In
the face of what I cannot but regard a
the practical certainty that thy will be
ultimately obliged to accept the eight-hour
day by the concentrated action of organised
labor, backed by the favorable Judgment of
society, the representatives of the railway
management have felt Justified In declining
a peaceful settlement which would engage
all tho force of Justice, public and private,
on their tide to take care of the event.
They fear the hostile Influence of shippers,
who would be opposed to an increase of
freight rates (for which, however, of course,
the public itself would pay) ; they apparent
ly feel no confidence that the Interstate
Commerce Commission could withstand the
objections that would be made. They do
not care to rely upon the friendly assur
ances of the Congress or the President.
They have thought it best that they should
be forced to yield. If they must yield, not
by counsel, put by the suffering of the
country. While ray conference with them
were in progress and when to all outward
appearance those conference had come to a
standstill, tho representative of tb broth
erhoods suddenly acted and set the strike
for the f earth of September,
The railway managers based their de.
elslon to reject my counsel in this matter
upon their conviction that they must, at
any cost to themselves or to the country,
tand. firm for the principle of arbitration
which the men had rejected. I based my
counsel upon the Indisputable fact that
there was no means of obtaining arbitra
tion. The taw supplied none; earnest of
fgrts at mediation, had failed to Influence
the mn In tha least. Tsj staad firm, for th
prlaelpta of arbltratUo. aad yet net ft
arliUr-JUn seetued to me futile and .enter
thlag more than futUe, bscauii It larelrcd
laialeulibl distress ts tag country aad '
EVENING LEDainU-PHIXADBLPHIA, 'JUESPAY, AUGUST 29,
conseenences In some respects worse than
those of war, and tha, In the midst of
peace.
"I yield to no man In firm adherence,
alike of conviction nnd of purpose, to the
principle of arbitration In Industrial ills
potest but matters have eeme to sudden
crisis In this particular dispute nnd the
eanntry had been caught unprovided with
any practicable means of enforcing that
conviction In pracilre (by whose fault We
wilt not now stop to Inquire),
EFFORTS FOR PEACE.
"A situation had to be met whose ele
ments and fixed conditions were Indisput
able, The prnetlcal nnd patriotic course
to pursue, a", It seemed to me, was to
secure Immediate peace by conceding the
one thing In the demands of the men whlrh
society Itself nnd nn.v arbitrators who rep
resented pnblle sentiment were most likely
to approve, nnd Immediately lay the fonndn
Mens for securing arbitration with regard
to eterythtnc rkr Involved. The event
has confirmed tlmt Judgment.
"I was neeklng to compose tho present In
order to safeguard the future, for I wished
an ntmosnhore of peace nnd friendly co
operation In which to tnke counsel with the
representatives of tho nation with regard to
tho best means for providing so far as It
might prove possible to provide against
tho recurrence of such unhappy situations
In the future the best and most practicable
means of securing calm and fair arbitration
of nil Industrial disputes In tha days to
como. This Is assuredly tho best way of
vindicating a principle namely, ha.Ing
failed to innko certain of Its observance In
the present, to make certain of Its ob
servance In the future.
"Hut I could only propose. I rould not
govern the will of others who tnnk nn en
tirely different view of the rlrciimstnnres
of the case, ilio even refused tn ml in It the
circumstances to be what they have turned
nut tn he.
"Hating fnlled to bring the parties tn
this critical controversy to an ncrommodn
tlon, therefore, I tnrn to yau, deeming It
clearly our duty ns public servants tn lene
nothing lindane tlmt we can dp to safe
guard the life nnd Interests of the nation,
1'I.ANH FOIt I.KOIKI.AT10N.
"In the spirit of such a purpose, I earn
estly recommend the following lrgtslntlonl
"First, Immediate provision for the en
largement und administrative reorganisa
tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission
along the lines embodied In the bill recently
passed by the House of ItepresentntUes nnd
now nwaltlnr action by the Henntn: in
order that the commission may be enabled
to deal with the muny great and varlans
uuiios uoir uevoiiing upon u wiwi n prompi
ness nnd thoroughness which are with Its
present constitution and means of 'action
practically Impossible
"Second. The establishment of nn eight
hour day as the legal basis alike) of work
and of wages In the employment of nil rail
road employes who nro nctuaUy engaged In
the work of operating trains In Interstate
transportntlnn,
"Third. The authorisation of the ap
pointment by the President by a small
body of men to observe the actual results
In experience of the adoption of the eight
hour day In rnllway transportation alike
for the men and for the railroads) Its
effects In the mntter of operating costs. In
the application of the existing practices
and agreements to the new condition nnd
tn all other practical aspects, with the pro
vision that the Investigators shall report
their conclusions to the Congress at the
earliest possible date, but without recom
mendation ns to legislative action! In order
that the public may learn from nn un
prejudiced source Just what actual develop
ment have ensned.
INCREASE OF HATES.
"Fourth. Explicit approval by the Con
gress of the consideration by the Inter
state Commerce Commission of nn Increase
of freight rates to meet such additional
expenditures by the railroads as may have
been rendered necessary by the adoption
of the eight-hour day and which have not
been offset by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts disclosed
Justify the Increase.
"Fifth. An amendment of the existing
Federal statute which provide for the med
iation, conciliation and arbitration of such
controversies as the present by adding to
It a provision that In case the methods of
accommodation now provided for should fall,
a fall public Investigation of the merits of
every such dispute shall be Instituted and
completed before n strike or lock-out may
lawfully be attempted.
"And, sixth, tho lodgment tn the hand
of the executive of the power, In case of
military necessity, to take control of such
portions and such rolUng stock of the rail
ways of the country as may be required for
military use and to operate them for mili
tary purposes, with authority to draft Into
the military service of the United State
uch train crew and administrative officials
as tho circumstances require for their safe
nnd efficient use.
"This last suggestion I make because we
cannot In any circumstance suffer the nation
to be hampered In the essential matter of
national defense. At the present moment
circumstances render this duty particularly
obvious. Almost the entire military forre
of the nation Is stationed upon the Mexican
border to guard our territory against hostile
raids. It must be supplied, and steadily
sappuea, wiin wnaterer it need for Its
maintenance and efficiency. If It should be
necessary for purposes of national defense
to transfer any portion of It upon short
notice to some other part of the country, for
reasons now unforeseen, ample means of
transportation must be available, and avail
able without delay. The power conferred
In this matter should be carefully and ex
plicitly limited to cases of military necessity,
but In aU such cases It should be clear and
ample.
INTERPRETATION OF LAW.
"There Is only ono thing we should do If
we are true champions of arbitration. We
should make all arbitral awards Judgments
by record of a court of law In order that
their Interpretation and enforcement may
He, not with one of the parties to the arbi
tration, but with an Impartial and author
itative tribunal.
These things I urge upon you, not In
haste or irerely as a means of meeting a
present emergency, but as permanent and
necessary additions to the law of the land,
suggested, Indeed, by circumstances we had
hoped never to see, but Imperative as well
as Just, If such emergencies are to be pre
vented In the future. I feel that no ex
tended argument Is needed to commend
them to jour favorable consideration. They
demonstrate themselves. The time and tho
occasion only give emphasis to their Im
pcrtance. We need them now and we shall
continue to need them."
8.JI0UII DAY NOT "SANCTIONED
BY SOCIETY," RAIL HEADS SAY
Would Mean Confiscation of Proper
ties, Executives Assert
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. Emphatically
taking issue with President Wilson's declar
ation that the eight-hour day "has tha sanc
tion of society," the railroad executives, n
a lengthy statement this afternoon, ex
plained why they have refused to accept
President Wilson's offer of settlement
They say that It would mean confiscation of
their properties. They then give the text pf
their counterrpropoiltiari, (bat all of the
Issues be tubmltted to arbitration, they
recognlxlng the principles of the eight-hour
workday, but not on a ten-hour pay basis,
but Impounding revenues sufficient to make
such payment retroactive should arbitra
tion find they must This counter-proposition
differ only slightly In phraseology from
(he plan originally made, public last
week.
"Wa are unable after the most earnest
consideration," cays the statement, "to
agree with the proposal of the President
that we accept without arbitration the
substitution of an eight-hour day for the
present ten-hour dy In all of the existing
practice and agreement. This la the main
point In controversy and we cannot sur
render It without an opportunity to b
beard In some form of fair arbitration,
We do not assent t the proposition, that
I 'the eight-hour day now Undoubtedly tin
I the sanction of tho judgment of society In
us tavor. we nenevo that society has not
recorucu us juaggment upon the subject"
The statement then Bets forth that tho
differences between tho eight-hour tiny In
the railway nnd business, world has been
explained nnd asserts that the rcoj purpose
of tho brotherhoods Is to "accomplish nn
Increase of wages of approximately as per
cent for the men In railroad freight train
nnd yard service," an trustees for the public
and tho 80 per cent of employes not repre
sented In the brotherhoods. Tha managers
say they cannot nccept the proposition
which Involves! $60,000,000 additional nn
mini expense nnd would absolutely harm
beyond calculation operation of nil rail,
roads. The statement asserts tht alt of
the points In dlsputo arc so Important that
they nro "eminently suitable for tha calm
Investigation nnd decision by the public
through the agency of fnlr arbitration nnd
cannot he disposed of to tho public's satis
faction In any other manner. Tho state
ment then gives the complete text of tho
counter-proposal ns already! given to the
public unofficially.
COMPULSORY MEDIATION LAW
IS IIOXDAGK, THAIXMEN SAY
WASHINGTON', Aug. 29.' Bllter de
nunclntlan of tho proposed compulsory
mediation law, modeled nlong linos of the
Canadian law which President Wilson lias
Incorporated In his legislative program to
prevent the threatened railway strike, wns
contained in n statement given put today
by the four heads of tho railway brother
hoods, Messrs. Stone, Carter, Gnrrctson and
Lee, In part the statement says:
"Slnco the abolition of slavory n,p more
effectual mcan.1 has been dovlaod for In
suring' tho bondage of tho working man
than the passage of compulsory Investi
gation acts of tho character of tho Canadian
Industrial disputes net. In 1910 the men
upon SO railroads In eastern territory pre
sented demands for nn Increase of wages.
Tho companies refused to deal concortedly
and It was taken up with tho Individual
ronds. Threo of tho properties wcro
Canadian, so negotiations took placo In tho
United States nnd In Canada, Tho negotia
tions In tho United States Included mediation
and arbitration. On July 19 following
final settlement wns made on all American
roads. On that dato a, strlko took place on
tho Grnnd Trunk, a Canadian property.
This was duo to delays which tho employers
wcro nblo to lnterposo under tho Canadian
law.
"Moreover, tho period of investigation
eternally is utilized by tho employer to In
trench himself In his effort to defeat tho
demands of the men. In consequence of
this attitude dlsrogard for tho men and
Ignoring tho provisions of such laws has
led to placing thousands of men In tho atti
tude of lawbreakers, as tho passage of laws
which lnduco men to open violation thereof
Is a deadly Injury to a nation becauso It
breds universal contempt for tho law.
"In tho prcsont Btrlfe, If such an act
were passed, nit that would bo necessary
would bo for tho power of nttorficy to bo
withdrawn from tho national conforonca
committee of mnnngers by tho Individual
roads and then Immediato necessity for 260
Investigating boards would be created, or,
If only a limited number wcro provided for
men would bo compelled to remain for years
In Involuntary servitudes If they obeyed the
provisions of Buch a law."
News at a Glance
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. Under unarf
lmous consent agreement, tho House today
passed a resolution appropriating 31,000,000
for construction of an International toll
bridge across the Niagara River, with the
American approach at Niagara Falls.
HAItKISBUKO, Aug. 20. James A.
Noecker, Schuylkill Haven, has withdrawn
no a candidate for presidential elector on
the Democratic ticket.
GIBRALTAIl, Aug. 20. The British
schooner Saratoga Springs was burned at
sea, when a leak developed that mado It
impossible to reach port. The crew was
saved.
POTTSVILLE, Po., Aug. 20. After
working but one day, pending a meeting
to act upon an offer of tho mine officials,
the 800 mine workers at No. 10 Colliery
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany, In the Panther Creek Valley, re
fused to return to work this morning, and
tho colliery Is again Idle. Tho miners de
cline to set timber in the mine at the
price paid,
LONDON', Aug. 20. The Norwegian
steamship Rentorla, 1002 tons, has been
sunk. Nineteen members of tho crew wero
saved.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The widow of
Representative William G. Brown. Jr., of
Weat Virginia, known on tho stage as
Izetta Jewell, to whom Brown left many
millions, Is to be given 97500 from the Fed
eral Treasury under the terms of the gen
eral deficiency bill. That Is the amount
customarily appropriated to the relatives
when a Representative or Senator dies.
LANCASTER, l'u., Aug. 20. Historic
Union Presbyterian Church, near Klrk
wood, Is today celebrating it,s hundredth
anniversary. The Rev. Maurice S. White is
the present of a long line of distinguished
ministers of tho church.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. New of the aafe
arrival at Nome, Alaska, of John Borden,
millionaire Chicago sportsman, and his ex
ploring party shipwrecked on the way from
Seattle has been received by lira. Borden
In a cablegram from her husband.
" BOSTON, Aug. 20. Plan for calling a
sympathetic strike to tie up virtually all
Maine's street railway systems were dls-
cussed here by union leaders called together
to receive reports on the situation at Ban
gor, where trolleymen are on strike to
force a recognition of their union.
WINTHBOP, Sle., Aug. 29. In an ad
uress delivered n the home county of
Charles F. Johnson, Senator from Maine,
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ridiculed the
efforts of Republican speakers to "scare"
the voters by talk about "temporary pros
perity" and by prophecies of hard tlmea af
ter the war.
AMHERST, Neva Sootla, Aug. 29. Four
German prisoners of war who escaped from
the prison camp here last week have been
recaptured. Another ran when ordered to
surrender and was killed by the guards.
LONDON, Aug. 20. The British Admir
alty has officially denied a German report
of last week that a British destroyer, aban
doned by her crew and sinking, had been
sighted east of Dogger Bank "No British
destroyer is mlsslpg," the Ttpott declares.
BAST ST- LOUIS, I1L, Aur. 20.. Repre
sentatives of the Entente Allies are now
buying war horses here at the rate of 12Q0
a week and the United States Government
Is buying 800 a week. Since the war began
the Allies' agents here have bought 216.000
horses at an estimated cost of J9,9Q0,000,
NEW YORK, Aug, 2 A strike of rain,
coat makers here virtually was settled after
a conference of union representatives and
manufacturer Jn which nearly all the work
era, demands were granted. Ope thousand
strikers returned to work today.
Forrest Opening Postpone
Mr. S. F. Nixon announces that the open
ing of tha season at the 'Forrest Theater
will be on Monday evening. September 11,
Instead of Monday, September 4. the date
formerly announced, Hlaw A Erlanger'e
company, numbering To, and. all the par
aphernalia of "Llttlt Mini Springtime'' will
arrive In thla city next Tuesday, accom
panied by Mr. Erlanger, who wit remain
here for the BnUhlng rxhear&als, which will
be given at tha Forrest Thtftter next week.
City News in Brief
llU'HARI) YVATKIS'ft, 60 years old, of
63 Emily street. Is In the Polyclinic Hospital
with. a fractured leg nnd possible, Internal
Injuries, tho result of falling from an nuto
mobile ho was driving on Gray's Ferry
road last night. According to the police,
the man, who Is subject to heart trouble,
became unconscious while driving the car
nnd fel from the machine.
RtClllnil ntl.KV, 1 years oluVof 1 1 1ft
Bellevuo street, It in the Samaritan Hos
pital, recovering from Injuries received,
when ho was struck by a locomotive on tho
Reading Rnllway tracks nbovo the Alle
gheny avenue crossing yeslcrdny. The boy
ran from behind n string of freight cars
to got a ball. Ho wns struck n glancing
blpw by the pilot nnd thrown h consider
able distance.
snvniiAr. rnu.Ai)i:i.rmA cathoiio
charities become beneficiaries because of the
Interpretation of a priest's will by tho Or
phans' Court yesterday In Pottsvltle. St.
John's, Orphan Asylum gits $1000! tho
Little Sisters of the Poor get a llko nmount
nnd so does the Orphans' Home for Girls,
Tho will wns that of the lato Rov. J. P.
Muldowny, pastor of St. Ambrose's Church,
Schuylkill Haven.
FOLLOWING THE hearing of testimony
.before Assistant District Attorney Jnmes
Gay Gordon. Jr.. In the enso of the murder
of John Bojanawskl, n hnkcr In tho north
eastern section of the city, Stephen and
John Clcslack wcru both admitted to hall
today. Tho Assistant District Attorney
ruled that the testimony of Mrs. Clcslack
against the two men was weak.
THE PORTRAITS of Hannah Callow
hill, tho Bocond wlfo of William Pcnn,
and Granville Pcnn. his grandson, pur
chased at the Head sale In London last
month, have been received by tho Histori
cal Society of Pennsylvania. The portrait
of tho second Mrs. Penn 1.1 a small can
vas, and thero does not appear to bo any
Information concerning tho painter. Tho
other painting measures 6 by 8 feet, and
is by R. Mclnnes, a British painter, In
1837.
A THIEF who rllmhed on the roof nnd
later entered the homo of Dr. Walter J.
Freeman, 1823 Spruco street, through a
fourth-story window, took jewelry nnd
clothing valued at $30. Tho robbery, com
mitted during the absence of the family,
was reported to tho police today. Maurice
Gross, of Twenty-second nnd Race streets.
found that hla automobile had been stolen
when ho prepared to drive a friend to her
homo Inst evening after attondlng a per
formance In a theater near Eighth and
Walnut streets.
"ALL GIRLS of PhlladelpIUa are ward
In my court," said Judge Raymond Mnc
Nclllo In criticizing a clergyman who pro
tested he didn't know a certain American
girl waB a ward of tho Municipal Court
when ho married her on July 21 to a China
man. Judge MacNcllle called tho clergyman
to court nnd severely rebuked him. Tho
name of the man waB not mado public.
CHILDREN ARE believed to have, turned
In a false alarm of fire from Baynton and
Rlttenhouse streets, Gcrmantown, this aft
ernoon. CHIEF DAVIS, of the Water Bureau, has
advocated the compulsory Installation of
meters to prevent waste. A bill providing
for such action will bo Introduced In Coun
cils. Such legislation, Chlof Davis said,
would glvo tho Water Bureau authority to
decldo what classes of consumers shall bo
compelled to Install meters.
JOHN II. BUNCH, general freight and
passenger ngont of tho Alaska Steamship
Company, who has been negotiating with
tho Chamber of Commerce with a view to
establishing a direct water lino between
Seattle and Philadelphia, wires the Cham
ber of Commorce that tha scrvlco will be
established as planned, and that ho will
leave Seattle next week to visit Philadel
phia to engage a freight agent and to
make wharfage arrangements. He will
make his headquarters at the Chamber of
Commerce.
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY roods are
unsurpassed by tha roads of any county In
New York, Pennsylvania or New Jersey,
according to George E. Datcsman, Director
of tho Department of Public Works, and
Chief William H. Connell, of the Bureau
of Highways, who have Just returned from
a trip of Inspection of road conditions In
the three States. The State roads In New
York aro superior to those In the other
two States, they say.
THE MUNICIPAL BAND concerts thla
year, which started on May 15 and at
which the open-air dancing was a feature.
were attended by 271,600 persons, without
one accident and only four arrests, accord
ing to a report submitted to Superintendent
Robinson by Sergeant Theodore S. Fenn,
who has charge of the police arrangements.
There were 6E concerts with dancing in 51
different locations.
A RESOLUTION urging President Wil
son to uphold the principle of arbitration
in the dlBpute between tho railroads and
the trainmen has been adopted by the board
of directors of the Manufacturers' Club.
The resolution, signed by President Nathan
T. Folwell nnd Secretary Elmer P. Welsel,
was forwarded to the President, Pennsyl
vania members of Congress and the Na
tional Conference Committee of Railways.
Joseph R. Grundy was selected to repre
sent the club at the Chicago meeting of
manufacturers that Is to discuss the situa
tion today.
PEALS OF laughter schoed from the
Central Police Court In City Hall this
morning when Mrs. Catherine Sadler, of
4fQ I'uray street, was Intently testifying
against her husband George, for having
once come home In an intoxicated condition.
Mrs. Sadler while testifying never turned
to face the man whom she was accusing
until requested to do so by Magistrate Bea
ton, Turning, Mrs. Sadler was amazed to
And that she had been testifying against
one Joseph Josser, of 3165 Germantown ave
nue, who had been taken Into custody by
the police on a charge of breach of ordi
nance for picking rags. For a moment Mrs.
Sadler and the "rag picker" stared at each
other n blank amasement. and then, both
smiling, left the stand. The "rag picker"
was fined and Oeorge Sadler, the husband
of the. accusing woman, was discharged.
ERNEST AUTY, a patrolman attached to
the Front and Westmoreland streets police
station, who, on August i, accidentally shot
and killed George Kline, a, patrolman at
tached to the same police station, was held
to await the action of the Grand Jury this
morning before Coroner Knight. In holding
Auty, Coroner Knight said that his action
could not well be avoided, although all the
(act of the case so far presented tend to
show that the revolver which was In the
hands of Auty was accidentally discharged,
the bullet striking and fatally Injuring
Kline.
A HAPPY honeymoon planned by
Michael Joseph and Miss Berlne Pentl,
who were married at the Polish Catholle
Church In Manayunk, has ben blocked
by the Bureau of Health. They are quart
antlned at the home of Frank Lorak, of
113 Levering street. They went there after
TOO LATE TOW CLASSIFICATION
PPATRH
Invltsd la sttsnd the funrl services on Tue.
dty, at t e, ra.. at his late rosldenn. luitt
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DEMONfTnATOns -r Compttsnrdsmonstrstors
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the ceremony to. attend "fn,",n. '"
thblr honor. The metrimftklnff lasted sev
eral hours, nnd the bride And ' grooni re
mained ovqrnlght at the LorAk ho mo. When
the couple attempted yesterday to stor on
their honeymoon they were stopped bjn
policeman, who Informed them that tho
house was quarantined,
THE ACCUSATION that he broke up
furniture nnd created a disturbance while
his mother lay dead In nn adjoining room
was. made today ngalnst John Frendergast.
of 13S Dudley street, who wns nrrnlgncd
beforo Magistrate Bokcr at the Fourth
Btreot nnd Snyder nvcnuo police station.
Prondcrgnst's father nppcarcd ngnlnst him.
The disturbance occurred Saturday, aftor
Mrs. Prondergast died. Magistrate linker
sentenced him to 'three months In to
county prison.
ROSE RplUNBON, colored, of Ludlow
street near Fifty-fifth, who on August 22
Inflicted Inlurles unon her hdsband Frnnk
during art altercation as a result of which
ho died, was held to await tho action of
the Grand Jury by Coroner Knight this
morning.
HEARINGS IN the Central Police Court
were postponed 'for more than an hour thla
morning, when Magistrate Benton was sub
penned to appear In court In Room C54,
City Hall.
THE PENNSYLVANIA Shipbuilding
Company, at Gloucester, li at work In
darncst today on tho first vessel under con
tract, tho keel of which was laid down
yesterday. Tha plant Is alongside of tho
old racetrack. The keel for another vessel
will he laid in two weeks.
APPROPRIATE CLOSING exerciser for
each of (lie 16 public swimming centers
lias been arranged by Harry R. Allen,
supervisor of swimming. The boys' pro
gram will bo carried out tomorrow and
the girts will hold tholr exercises on Thurs
day. Tho centers, which havo been open
for the last threo months under tha
auspices of the Board of Education, have
been very populnr this year, and reports
show that pinny boys nnd girls have been
taught to BWlm.
THE BRITISH steamship Idomeneus has
arrived here from tha Philippine Islands
with a cargo of sugnr nnd hemp, on her
last lap (i j'f- voyage around tho world. Sho
left Llvctj.uol for Japan last March nnd
continued her voyage to the United States.
Up to the time of her arrival hore bIio
loaded or discharged at 22 ports. Part of
her crew consists of 31 Chinese, who havo
been on the vessel since she left Liverpool.
DISAPPROVAL OF the offer of Miss
Theodora Booth, daughter of General Bal
llngton Booth, who offered herself for Inocu
lation with Infantllo paralysis germs to
aid In tho study of the disease, was ex
pressed by Christopher C. Herron. head
of tho local branch of tho Volunteers of
America, who said It would bo an unneces
sary sacrifice. Ho expressed tho hope that
sho would offer her services In some othor
direction.
BENJAMIN ROESHMAN, conductor of
tho Municipal Band for the last three sea
sons, was presented with a diamond and
sapphlro ring today by the members of his
band. Richard Bodnmer, solo cornctlst,
made tho presentation. Tho band will play
tonight at Sixty-first and Ludlow streets.
THE PENN REALTY and Construction
Company has purchased, through Mastbaum
Brothers & Flolshor, a plot of ground on tho
west sldo of Broad street adjoining the
now Etoro and hall building at the south
west corner of Broad and Ruscomb Dtrcotn,
In Logan.
ALBERT SMITn, 32 years old, a bar
tonder, nt present unemployed, attempted
to commit suicide ithls morning at his
home, 702 Venango stroet, by drinking what
physicians at the Samaritan Hospital say
was poison. His wlfo, who heard Smith
fall to the floor, could glvo the pollco no
reason for the act.
RAYMOND HUMMEL, formerly of B020
Sansom street and now of FottsVUIe, nnd
Miss Lettlo S. Seldel, of Bernharts, near
Reading, were married today In Reading
by tho Rev. Elam J. Snyder. They will
make their home In Pottsvllle. Mr. Hummel
Is n brother-in-law of H. "Vorner, living nt
tho Sansom street address.
AN ITEM of 123,400 for the repair and
construction of a concrete wall on the
Frankford Creek side of the Frnnkford Ar
senal Ib Included In the 214,000,000 defi
ciency bill favorably reported today In tho
House of Representatives, Washington. Tho
wall, pow under construction, will extend
over a quarter of a mile, and is for tho pur
pose of keeping the creek navigable to tho
barges that carry the ammunition from the
arsenal to tho navy yard, League Island.
In the pst great difficulty has been experi
enced In Btopplng tho creek from filling In
and preventing the wharvlng of the barges.
BALTIMORE SERUM SAVES THREE
Doctors, Howover, Attach No Pinal Sig
nificance to First Success
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 29. Serum ob
tained In Baltimore from children who have
recovered from Infantile paralysis has been
administered to three children at the Har
riet Lane Home, Johns Hopkins Hospital,
and their lives have been saved. All threo,
however, bear marks of the disease.
Dr. R. B. Seem, assistant superintend
ent of the hospital, and others there at
tach no final significance to success In
three cases
Elkton Marriage Licenses
ELKTON, Md., Aug. 29. Five of the six
pairs who applied for marriage licenses
in Elkton today were Phlladelphlara. They
Included Harry Reed and Margaret A. Mur
phy; Howard Graham, Jr., .nd Elizabeth
Raleigh; Leon A. Cain and Juaneta Davis
Robert McCrea and qreeta Miller, and"
Frederick Tyas and Emily lies, alt of Phil-adelphla.
Our Fall Importations of Fine
Worsteds and TweefJs
Gentle'mens
H wv
The Gaps ar? Two Dollars and Two Fifty
Tweed Hats, Three Fifty
Jacob Reed's jSons
,.,,K.r426 CHESTNUT STWWr
"Don't tr
to s t o ti
the United!
States mail!ul
may be a tradi-.fi
tion of ours, but!
the Ejaglish searcO
ing parties fisM jfi
tugboats full of blue andtl
white bags from the Oscar 1 J
just tho same, as Arthur Ruhkf I
v, ... ..u Ml lvirKWall1'
in this, week's issue of.,
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lier's
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RECEIVER APPOINTED
FOR BOSTON & MA I
COLLUSION CHARGED!
Action Comes Out Unheralded.?
l'qaerai judge, Accused of In.
timacy With Directors, With
draws From Case
FRAUD IS ALLEGE)!
BOSTON, Aug. 29. James H. ItiuttfS
president of tho Boston nnd Mnlno Railroad,!
todny was named .by Federal Judgo Wllllira
L. Putnnm as temporary Interlocutory r-"
eolver of tho rond.
Tho nctlon camo out of n clear Wv ..-'-J
unprecedented proceedings In the Unlt'l
.qlntn Cnnrf In Vil l m A T.'.-J
lualon and fraud wero mado agW lis '
also mado that Judgo Putnam h-,A ,i!I!
personal relations with Dome of the dl. i
icvtuta,
Former United States District Attorner
Asa P. French mado tho charges by present.
Ing an affidavit of Francis V. Streeter of.
Medford, asking that tho minority jBtock.
holders bo nllowcd to Intervcnn In ,fc ..71
This tlmo the Judgo refused to allow .,
said that if French persisted In filing ths :'
puimiB iiu wuuiu pui xnem Deiorc the DIs.-s
". iiiiu.uBj iui ujiiaiuerauon or thlt
Grand Jury. ,,
Mr. French persisted In what h main ' t
talned were his rights, nnd the Judgs then 9
lunuweu out nis mrcai oy ordering, th ?
papers presented to the United States Dls''
,..v ,,.v..m ,.iu uiu umivu oiaigs urana
JUry, after which Judge Putnam withdrew'
from the case. '
Tho Judge marched from the bench iajSfi
his chamber. Fivo minutes later,' from t&i j
privacy of tho chamber, ho Issued the fot. J5
lnwlntf nnnnllnrnmnt . ' WJ!
"The Court appoints Mr. James Euli .
temnorarv Interlnp.ntnrv rnnlvi.,."
Provlous to leaving the bench, the, Courljfl
three orders: ' ' T
That thq complainants may file , '
order fo.r a temporary Interlocutor! -Sh,
receiver ' 'jij iH
That the Court does not propasgt !rek
si with these .papers op file. . JSw
That tho papers bq sent to thr Du-'Si
irici Attorney ana urana jury. yi
xno last two orders referred to the M'i
uuvu oi iur. oircci, alleging personal ri
tlons of Judgo Putnam with some of the ;
Boston and Maine directors, as present,
uy iur. irencn.
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