tmi-'1w" "W B 9 METER SYSTEM URGED TO CHECK WATER SHORTAGE f Only Way to Solve Menac ing Problem, Declares Chief Davis COUNGTLS WILL ACT Effect of Water Meter on Householders of City COMPULSORY Installation of meters in city asked by Chief Davis to check enormous waste' of Altered water. Legislation authorizing Water Bureau to compel installation of meters and urging increase in rates will bo introduced in Councils this Plan said to be favored by Mayor Smith and Director Datesmarw Water furnished in Philadelphia at four cents for 1000 gallons, meter rate, which is cheaper than in any other city in United States. Yet water cost3 city eight cents per 1000 gallons. Cost of water to tenant much less with meter than without as a rule. Cost of meter installation $11 to 516 will be paid by tenant or owner. At present time 45,000 meters now used in city under optional installa tion system. A general compulsory .Installation of wa ter meters throughout the c ty would prove an effective step In preventing a shortage of water In Philadelphia, according to Chlot Carleton E. Davis, of the Bureau ot Water. , legislation which will give the bureau authority to compel the Installation of meters will be Introduced Into Councils In tho fall by tho Finance Committee, of which Joseph P. CJaftnoy Is chairman. Chief Davis Mid. Tho plan Is said to be heartily fa vored by both Mayor Smith and Director Salesman. With water meters Installed In every building In the city. Chief Davis said, an Individual responsibility could be fixed on ach property; an effective check would be secured for the enormous waste which la directly responsible for the shortage, ' and one of the keys to the solution of the water problem In this city would bo found. Water meters can be Installed In houses at a cost of from $11 to JIB, Chief Davis explained. This sum will be paid by the property owner or tenant. Under the present system It Is optional with the consumer whether or not a meter shall be Installed. "Wo must take the bull by the horns and put In meters virtually everywhere," he aald. "At present there are not more than 45,000 water meters used In the 360,000 establishments In this city. These are mostly In private housca, where they do the least good as far as checking waste is con cerned. They should bo Installed In every factory, mill, business and apartment bouse where the waste Is much greater in Volume. BEHIND OTHER CITIES. "Philadelphia Is behind other cities in this matter. Reports Bhow that 98 per cent of the houses In Cleveland havo water meters, Boston has GO per cent and New Torljj. 30 per cent aqd the percentage Is Increasing." The Water Bureau now charges a min imum of 5 per year for metered water. This entitles the consumer to 125,000 gal lons of water per year, or more than 342 gallons per day. For water In excess of this the charge Is 4 cents per 1000 gallons, which Is the city's standard meter rate. This Is lower than the rate charged by any other metered city. A comparison of the metered rates In Philadelphia and other cities may bo seen In the following table: Ter 1000 gallons Philadelphia v 4 cent Cleveland 6 cents Milwaukee U cents C'hlcaco 8 cents lllnneapolla o cents fit. I'aul , cents Cincinnati 10 cents New York 13 cents Other metered cities have what Is known as a sliding scale in which wholesale rates are allowed for large consumers. The meter rates in these cities are: Detroit, from 3 to 23 cents for 1000 gallons; Balti more, 8 to 10 cents; St. Louis, 8 to 25 cents; Boston, 10 to 18 cents, and Pittsburgh, 10 to 18 cents. "Water in Philadelphia is given away at half price," Chief Davis said. "Even In the case of Cleveland, where the rate is only 5 cents, the minimum rate for each meter is much higher than our minimum rate of 5 In Philadelphia. The average dwelling in this city uses only from J3 to ?4 (worth of water each year at the present rate of 4 cents, but the minimum charge Is $5 a year, no matter how much is used as long as It does not exceed the 125,000 gallons allowed each year, "The three Independent or private water companies charge itCre than the city Water Bureau. The Holmesburg Water Company rates are 10 per cent higher than those of the city; the rates of the Overbrook Com pany are 20 cents with a minimum meter rate of 15.- The Springfield Consolidated Water Company charges 40 cents for 1000 gallons with an annual minimum rate of 118." The Springfield Consolidated Water Com pany rates are given as follows: Annual mln- Rate for Imum rate. 100U saltans, Consump tion allowed. 43,000 nllons 71,428 i-allons 169,060 gallons 400,000 gallons 1,000,000 gallons lis 4i cents 25 Ml 35 cents 3M cents J (Ml 0O .3 cents 20 cents In the opinion of Chief Davis, the mini mum meter rate should average 110 for 125,000 gallons per year. The Water Bu reau has recommended that fair charges for Philadelphia would be 12 cents, 8 cents and 4 cents for 1000 gallons, for domestic. Intermediate and manufacturing rates. It costs the city 8 cents to furnish 1000 gallons of water; thus at the present rate H Is being ''given away" at half price, ac cording to Chief Davis. The special committee on water meters and rates, of which Mr. Gaffney is chair man. Is considering the raising of water rates, and legislation to that effect also Will ba Introduced in Councils this fall. According to Chief Davis, the city loses from 87 to 110 on each meter that is In stalled. The fixture rates make the returns to the city much larger. For basins and sinks In dwellings and apartment houses, tho city gets SI for each at the fixture rate; for each bath In private or apartment aousa the city gets $3, and in hotels, clubs, or .hospitals, $8. There are many various fixture charges, which make the water charges mount UP, and the returns to the city are thus much larger than where meters are used, "Without meters." Chief DavU explained, "there U little incentive to save water. One may be careful, but another Is careless, and all the overhead supervision in the world will do no real food. "Water meters cannot be installed throughout Philadelphia in a hurry, it may take several years to get the system per iected. But tba work should be started as soon as possible, It stands to reason that persona will not waste water when they JMve to pay for t in proportion to the aajsuat used any wore than they waste gas r e4ctriu light heedlessly, "WKhout meters, selfish or careless per sons U mot caret how much yiittr they wasU. TW do rpt think or reaiu that slitht lajk how a faucet allowed to Mo a4 iimti watur la oaa day to untr vri tewiiiu.3." 2 News at a Glance IfAimisnuno, Aits. 80. In an opinion handed down by the Attorney General's Department to James R. Roderick, chief of tho Bureau of Mines, the department holds that the section of the act of .1911 which provides that all holes In bituminous ftilnes shall be fired when all workmen are out of the mines, except the shot flrcrs nnd other designated by the foreman to protect property, applies to all mines In the bituminous district. lIAIWU.snUIUl, Ana-, 30. Small's I.tftl lathe Handbook, Issued each year at the Capitol, will be bff tho press and ready for distribution about the middle of September. LANCASTER. Pa., Auir. 30. Catharine, tho 4-year-old daughter of George Painter, was severely burned on the body last eve ning, white playing with matches. The mother wrapped the child In a strip of carpet, extinguishing the flame. IIARRIsntmn, Aug. SO. The New York and Pennsylvania Company, which operates paper mills nt Lock Itnven and Johnson burg, hns filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission against the New ork Central Railroad Company, alleging that tits proposed Increased rate for carrying bituminous coal from the mines In Hawk Run district to tho Bald tingle Junction, to be transferred to the Pennsylvania lines, Is unjust and unreasonable. ATLANTIC CIT, N. J Aug. 30. Heryl C. Kendrlck, an aviator here, will attempt tomorrow to ettabllsh a record for a flight from Atlantic City to Now York and return. Kendrlck plans to leave early In the morn ing nnd expects to make the trip up the coast to Sandy Hook and thenco to Man hattan nt 109th street nnd the North River In two hours, with one stop nt Seasldo Park en route for fuel. He will nttend a meeting of the New York Flying Club before start ing on his return trip. SnV YORK, Aug. 30, -Countess von Ilcrnstorff arrived late yesterday from Ber lin on the Scandinavian-American liner Frederick VIII to Join her husband, the German Ambassador, who went to meet her on the United StatCB cuttir Calumet. Tho Countess said sho was going to Rye for a few days nnd would then go to Washington nnd visit friends she had not seen since tho beginning of tho war. NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Advances In pay of 9218 employes In transportation service, Including all classes from car cleaners to superintendents, and totaling (650,000 an nually, havo been announced by the Brook lyn Rapid Transit Company, to take ef fect on Friday. The Increases were sanc tioned by the directors of the company as a reward to employes for not Joining the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway employes In the recont surfneo car strikes. HAliniSUUItO, Aug. 30. Auditor Gen eral Powell, adjutant of the Tenth Regi ment of the National Guard now at the Mexican border, has returned to the Capitol on a 30-day furlough. He will spend the next two weeks nt his department. He returned to find warrants of his de partment awaiting payment nt the State Treasury to tho amount of 81,500,000 in excess of the available funds of tho State. JOHNSTOWN. Ta., Aug. 30. Fifty dele gates representing all except two of the 29 third class cities of the State are nt tho seventeenth annual convention of the League of Third Class Cities. INJURIES RECEIVED when struck by an automobile whllo playing In front of her home may cost the life of Elizabeth Robin son, 12 years old, of 415 North Forty-second street. Leo Mngec, 20 years old, of 125 North. Yewdall street, who drove the car, was arraigned before Magistrate Hurris today and held for a further hearing. The girl Is In the Presbyterian Hospital. LONDON, Aug. 30. The 'Norwegian steamship Isdalen. formerly the Tyr, ot 2200 tons, has been sunk, says a dispatch from Chrlstlanla. BERLIN, Aug. 30. An official statement Issued by the Austro-Hungarlan Admiralty says: "Lieutenant Konyovlc on August 2C .attacked with two other naval planes n group of hostile patrol steamships In the Ionian Sea. The naval planes were violently shelled by the vessels, but returned un harmed," LONDON, Aug, 30. "The rise In the price of cotton," says a Rcuter's Alexan dria, Egypt, correspondent, "threatens a serious disturbance here. The Bourse has decided not to allow dealings In cotton at any price h'gher than 823 until September 20, thus constituting a special moratorium. It Is understood that this decision Is due to the uncomfortable position of Jobbers who have been selling short In anticipation of a fall In the price of the staple, and are now unable to meet their losses." THAI.IU:, Ireland, Aug. 30. rollce and soldiers havo seized the machinery nnd plant where the newspapers Nubalner, Kerryman and Liberator were published. The authorities acted under a warrant Is sued by General Sir John Maxwell, com mander of the forces In Ireland, charging the newspapers with publishing on August 19 an article calculated to cause disaffec tion. WAHIIINOTON, Aug. 30. Information that Mexico will Introduce before the In ternational Commission evidence alleging American outrages along the border by both civilians and soldiers has reached the State Department. Clerks are compiling evidence for counter-claims and for the regulation ot wits jieAicuu cuurisea. aium evidence will be sent to Portsmouth for the use of the American commissioners, and several State Department clerks and stenog raphers will be sent along to assist them. MEXICO NATIONALIZES PROPERTY OF CHURCH Carranza Revives Decree of 1859 Reserves Right to Close Places of Worship MKXICO CITY. Aug. 30. General Car ranza. in a decree made public today, an nounced the nationalization of property of the Catholic Church In Mexico. The churches will be nominally controlled by the clergy. The Government, however, re seres the right to police them and prevent them from being used for any purposes other than prescribed by law. The Gov ernment also reserves the right to dis continue their use as places of worship after one year's services. In taking this step the first chief de clared he was only reviving the decree pro mulgated In 1869. The new order Involves all property nationalized under the Juarez law and loaned to the Catholic Church or other religious bodies or ceded after the promulgation of the decree. The Depart ment of Finance will take charge of the property and see that It Is cared for. The Department of Gobernaclon will control the opening of new churches. Only the chief executive of the republic Is empowered by the decree to control the use of Catholic property for any public servlci. This provision was mede to pre vent local municipal officers from Invading church property. The local municipal authorities are specifically warned not to transgress. Clerk Accused of Embezzlement Manipulation of his accounts and the em bezzlement from time to time of amounts aggregating 1373 belonging to his employ. ere. Shtppard & Myers, shoe dealers. IIS North Eighth, street, are charged against Charles O'Brien, Audubon, N J, a clerk for tba firm. O'Brien, in Central Station yesterday was put under 1890 ball for a further hearing on Friday. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, FRIGAR LAWYERS OPEN BATTLE FOR CLIENT'S LIBERTY Ask Boland Slayer's Re lease on Bail Inquest Delayed MISS SYKES IN COURT Ellis D Frlgar, self-confessed slayer of Edward Boland. Miss Amanda SykeB, his fiancee, figuratively nt his side, began his fight for freedom today. Through his at torneys ho appealed to Judge Monaghan, of Common Pleas Court No. 6, for release on ball until a Jury should decide what pun ishment he deserved for shooting Boland In defense of his betrothed nnd himself Through n misunderstanding between the Coroner nnd the District Attorney's olllce, the Inquest which hnd been announced for this morning was not held. It probably will be called next Tuesday. The Coroner explained that no one had discussed with him any plans for nn early Inquest and that If they had he certainly would not call It because the case deserved "a thor ough Investigation first." "There Is no reason for such haste," said Coroner Knight "In other cases Inquests have not been held for n week and longer nflcr tho death I nm In no hurry to con duct this Inquest. If Mr. Frlgar Is released on ball before tho Inquest It will surprise mo more than anybody else In Philadelphia. It has never been dono before." Nevertheless, the attorneys for Frlgar went before Judge Monaghan nt 10 o'clock and nppealed for their client's release on ball. Attorney William Clark Mason, who Is assisting Attorney Franklin Spencer Kdmonds, explained to the Judge the mis understanding about the Inquest and naked that the hearing be called. While Frlgnr's nttorneys were holding tho conference In the Coroner's olllce, his flanceo sat on a bench outside. Her mother sat on her right nnd John Frlgar, father of tho prisoner, sat at her left, Sho chatted with thorn until presently they were Joined by William Hatrlck, her cousin. While waiting there, a policeman en tered the door nnd brought Miss Sykcs a note. It was from Frlgar, who had spent the night In a cell nnd had not seen her slnco they wcro In court together yesterday. Miss Sykcs rend tho note and, smiling, folded it and tucked it In her white silk waist. About twenty witnesses who had ap peared to testify at tho Inquest were in tho room. They were dismissed by tho Coroner after being served with sum monses to appear at the hearing. Miss Sykes went with her mother and the father of Frlgar to the Common Pleas Court. They chose a seat In the fourth row, Miss Sykes sitting near the aisle, where she could see all the witnesses as they took the stand nnd her fiance as ho sat back of the lawyers. BROUGHTON ON STAND. Walter M Broughton, 4658 Canton street, who was with Boland when he was shot, was the first witness called to the stand. His first testimony was an Identifi cation of the scene where the shooting oc curred. He was shown photographs of that part of Hairpin Turn In Nclll drive. As Broughton looked at the photographs, he turned them toward tho light. Frlgar, who was sitting behind his attorneys at the table before the bar, moved In his seat so that he could see t em. Broughton was questioned by Assistant District Attorney James Gay Gordon. Frl gar eyed him closely and Miss Sykes, back among the spectators, leaned over, resting her elbow on her knee, her chin In her pnhn and watched tho witness. Broughton, In answer to Gordon's ques tions, first outlined tho events leading up to the shooting. He answered questions about the spots on the scene, where he Btood, where the automobile was, where Boland was. He said that Frlgar was In the auto mobile and standing up when he shot. Frigar's statement to the police after he had surrendered himself was that ho was out of the car fixing its engine, which had stalled. "Where was the man when the shots were fired?" asked the attorney, "He was in the machine," answered Broughton. "Are you sure?" "Yes," asserted Broughton, "I am positive of that." Miss Sykcs appeared Interested In this testimony. She had been relaxed, leaning back on the court bench, her right arm limp over Its back. Once or twice she had yawned. She sat up when Broughton said that her fiance was In the car with her. A detective passed down the aisle with the photographs which Broughton had been looking at. The crowd watched the pic tures as they passed. Then they looked at Miss Sykes. She, too, was trying to get a glimpse of the photographs. SAYS "LARK" WAS PLANNED. Broughton snld he had left his home early the Tuesday night of the shooting and had met his friends at 7:30 o'clock at the bridge over the Schuylkill at Ridge avenue. He said that they had there discussed "going out on a lark." "What do you mean." asked Attorney Gordon, "by a lark?" "We planed to play a Joke on Martin Plnyard." "What kind of a Joke?" "We were going to play ghost. We thought It would be a good Joke." Before they started, the witness said, Boland, the victim, went to his home and got a sheet. At a saloon near the Falls of Schuylkill he obtained a bottle of beer. After Broughton had testified, Martin Sadler, 22 years i)d, 155 Arnold street, another of Boland's companions, was called to the stand, Ills testimony corroborated Boland's. It has been learned that Frlgar. the morning after the shooting, went home and packed his trunk, planning to return Im mediately to Tamplco. Mex. The night of the shooting. It was tald, he spent at the home of a brother-in-law, Austin Sharp less, at Concordvltle, Delaware County, five miles beyond his own home. He drove to his own home the next morn ing and told his mother. Mrs John Frlgar. She pleaded with him to give himself up and confess the murder to the police. FALL WEATHER TO COXTIXUE Low Temperature, With Cloudy Skies, Promised for Day After Chilly Night The very fine edge-of-autumn weathei will continue today, Moderate temperatures, a little warmer than those of yesterday, will prevail, accord. Ing to the weather bureau, and the sky will be partly cloudy The workday began with a temperature of 67 degrees at 8 o'clock, after a cool night that was remindful of October to sleepers with light covering. WILLS ADMITTED TO PROBATE John Overn Left Estate Valued at $12,000 Wills admitted1 to probate today were those of John Overn, 1108 Diamond street, which in private Bequests disposes or property valued at IlZ.000; Anna M. Murphy, 22; South Broad street, 114,300; Martin C. Pearce. who died in the University Hos pital, IU.J00. and John Huber, 33 West Sulus street, $11)00. An inventory of the personal property of the estate of Mary Lewis places the value of the -property at ll5.0H.ei, COUNTESS VON BEJRNSTORPF ARRIVES , . TvisssHSissssssssssssRlv slssssssssslPI!lssssslssssHfsssssiJH fflff 1 IIWQffirlnil wnrT I WiNUBWMWBkk 'ill sgsssssEsssasas Photo by International Film Service. The Countess and her husband, tho German Ambassador, met in New York yesterday, where the Countess arrived from Berlin on the Scandinavian-American liner Frederick VIII, having been in Europe since tho beginning of the war. FAY, GERMAN ARMY PLOTTER, WALKS OUT OF ATLANTA PRISON Serving Eight-Year Term in Fed eral Penitentiary for "Viola tion of Neutrality, He De ceives Guard and Escapes ANOTHER MAN WITH HIM ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. .10. Federal peni tentiary authorities hero today started In vestigation of the nmazlng escape of Hobert Fay, reputed former German army ofllcer under sentence of eight years for conspiracy in neutrality violation cases. Fay walked out of Atlanta penitentiary yesterday with another prisoner. No report ot Fay's capture had been re ceived early today. Warden Fred Zcrbst promised exhaustive search for him. The main fear of authorities is that he was well supplied with funds either before or Just after his escape and will not need to risk exposure becauso of lack of money. Another prisoner, William Knobloch, walked out with Fay. They had been em ployed on electrical work at the prison. They walked boldly through tho main peni tentiary gate yesterday; tho guard asked where they were going. "To repair somo arc lights outside," Fay replied. They had disappeared beforo the alarm was sounded. No arrest Is expected as the result of the escape. Warden Zcrbst believes J. W Pouncey, guard at the gate, was careless A reward of $100 is offered for informa tion that will lead to tho arrest of either man. Prison officials nro Inclined to believe that Fay and Knobloch were assisted by Germans In Atlanta, who were, waiting out" sldo the pr.son and hurried the fugitives to a hiding place. Lieutenant Fay Is 35 years old. He Is 5 feet 10 li Inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, is partly bald, has light brown hair, blue eyes and fair complexion, and when he es caped was wearing a mustache. He Is a mechanical engineer. Knobloch was convicted In IJaltlmore and was sent to the local prison Mcy 9, 1916, for a sentence of 18 months. He Is a native of New York. Ills father Is a natlvo of Germany and his mother a New Yorker. He Is 5 feet 6?i Inches tall, with a slight stoop. He weighs 134 pounds and has dark brown hair, blue eyes and brown mustache. MERCHANT TOWED TEACHER C. R. Schusslor Gets License to Marry Miss Myra F. Morrison Other Permits Issued Christian R. Schussler, 214 Buckingham nlace. a merchant, today procured a mar riage license to wed Myra F. Morribon, a school teacher, 8031 Frankford avenue. Mr. h'chussler Is 29 years old; Miss Mor rison Is 21 years old. Her father is a phy sician. The Iter. W. It. Murry will per form the marriage ceremony. Other licenses Issued follow: Jarob KraIU. 2321 S. Mildred St., and Minnie Iluchman. 030 Porter it Norman C. Moore, 11814 H-rlan at., and Cathe rlno Talt. 0100 IVtW" . Joaeph 0dn, Jr.. 183') B Allegheny ae . and Dorothy H. T. Ifanaen. iotll E. rickwk-k at. laaae SJeCartney. MH Osase, ae.. and Mar garet nowlanl. 60(17 Angora ae Durel Mader, aino N. 11th St.. and Anna V. Kane 10IU Indiana ave. Qeon. f'C. "&$... W W. Huntingdon .1 . and Seth. a K ' aim Wit N. -3i at John Heattne 1S2I1 N. 13th at., and Anna Pen- M."i'rl"e "bcoUi'i "'ill!) N. 4th at., and Sarah WaUeT W.8rdf W'N, 13th at . and Julia V. Wim.m'T.TWN!1 Howard at., and Minnl. R.ir,UWttlSS!nh.mflB?.,.I.rrt.on .1.. and Nora V. nevltt. saOi Tacony at. Abraham Bllv.rman. 8628 Ma.cher t and J.Bm'J.I,iBM"?A.rn "a'tl.'Vnd Violet A. Jo7hhnaCMVu.?V4W'&.' th at., and Eertha wftflifm "hMwiJ: 'liw'il.rvta. -U and Ida White. 13T Oakdale at. Pawil Ilahtal. 4721 Stile" v... and Anna 8 Stupkea. 4718 Melroaa at. , ... Krancla J. Deal. 1707 Klnaey at., and Catharine JSrWrl0JSrAl'i- Stile. .... and Vie. toryla Solomon. 2388 Orthodox .1. Clinton Rich. Dark Run lane, and 8opnronia P.1rtVco5ttW81.,il. . " H,9 A. uSSPyftbHH' tlT'oMWII .t- hd Ida Jedof. 312 aa.klll at. Ell.worth Heebner. 1120 Leopard at., and Emma l! Mveri i 827 N. Franklin at. Louis J Biebman". 2U3U Wilder t., and Mary A. SUrra. Ill Catharine at. Qeone Augaitlo. 021 N 2d at., and Helen Mar- kullkal, 1025 Summer at. . , Jamei U, Nlewklrke Camden. N. J., and Allc. "'"" ."fl"?"'l,i u Snii. . tt. ltenaricaaou, - s. -. -. Gilbert V. Piatt, 1218 Spruce at.. Lewie. 1708 N. 60th .t Frank H.Davl., 1328 Ontario at . and El.l. and Lillian B. aildner. Aueniowu. -. Au.u.tu. Lee Wllion. 211 Queen at . (Jin., and Ja&VT .JJflKrn.'feS't.t'K .A.P,S"c0&ln, mo&VuKlSN 2d at., and Mary ji LawUr. 2974 Mvlng.ton .t Harvey C Hale. 8101 Woodland ave . and Mar tha Vounde. 7003 Upland at Vincent A Spans 1510 Morris at. and Saollna Dl Vlcenao. 18 8. 1MB t. Harry Lebmau, HtLburu. Po . and Leab Mil ler Pittsburgh. P i Tbomaa Mazulre 2818 Jaaper It , aad 'Ansa M Mcllheny 2089 E Hull at Irwin T. Pollock. US Pembcrton at , and Flor- eoe B cpaiew an a America mneM K Epate Joba Comer. 1121 Cabot at , aad Mar llabaf- y, e-o t Cataarla it SALE OF MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUE LIKELY TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 1 Delay in Marketing Them Will Hold Up Contracts for Tran sit and Other Work for One Month CONFERENCE TO FIX SUM A start on the construction of tho sub way and elevated line, tho completion of the Parkway, port Improvements, tho Con vention Hall and other municipal Imple ments for which tho pcoplo of tho city voted $114,000,000 last spring has. again been delayed, and It was said nt City Hall today that there was llttlo likelihood of any contracts being awarded this year. The first Issue of the bonds autherlzed at the last election will not bo placed on tho market until November 1 at the earliest. This Is a delay of more than a month over previous plans. City Controller Walton an nounced two weeks ngo that the first sale of bonds would be held beforo October 1, so that contracts for the high-speed lines nnd other Improvements could be awarded late In October. A conference between Mayor Smith and the municipal financiers has been called for tomorrow. Tho date for e salo of tho bonds nnd tho exact nmount to be placed on sale in tho first allotment will bo de termined nt tho conference. It hai been tentatively decided to Bell over tho counter In tho Initial allotment, the largest amount of municipal bonds ever is sued ,by tho city of Philadelphia. Twenty mlllon dollars Is the estimate of the amount of the Initial Issue. ... The first Issue will contain bonds for n start on the construction o( tho Woodland avenue elevated line, for additional work on the Broad street subway nnd for a start on tho other high-speed lines author ized by the voters lust spring. The exact nmount of funds that will be made nallable for transit has not been determined. The city financiers, however, have pointed out that this fact should cause no concern, since under the recent act of the Legislature governing the sale ot mu nicipal bonds for transit and port Improve ments, nfter some transit bonds are sold, even though only $1,000,000 worth are dis posed of, contracts for a reasonable amount of work can be awarded and the work pushed before adltlonal issues of the tran sit bonds are disposed of. The exact amount to be provided for transit, the Parkway. Convention Hall, port and other Improvements will be determined at tomorrow's conference. In addition to Mayor Smith, those who will participate in the conference Include Kdward T. Stotesbury, Contt oiler Walton. City Solicitor Connelly and Chairman Gaff ney. of Councils' finance Committee. November 1 has been made the tentative date for placing the bonds on sale. They will be sold over the counter In the City Treasurer's office, and all will pay 4 per cent, interest, 'ine allotment will contain approximately $5,000,000 to meet the de ficiencies In the city treasury These bonds will be Issued for five years. The Parkway and all other bonds except the transit and port bonds will he 30-year bonds. The tran sit and port bonds will run for SO years. The first Issue, It Is planned, will pro vide sufficient funds to carry on the work of constructing the improvements for 18 months. Nearly $30,000,000 has been asked for bv the heads of the city departments, but estimates will be pared down tomorrow to $20,000,000. The largest single loan floated by the city In the past was $1. 000,000. Jn addition to the tianslt funds, the amount of which is still to be determined, the Initial Issue will provide In the nelgh borhopd of $8,500,000 for the Parkway, funds' for a start In building the convention hall, for the purchase of land In South Philadelphia for port Improvements and for further work at League island Park. MISS WALSH LIFTS TITLE Philadelphia Girl Defeats Mrs. Herold in Ocean City Final OCEAN 'CITr N. J., Auj. SO. His. Phylll. WataC of th. Philadelphia .Country Tlub. de feated Mrs. Robert Herold. of tha Belfleld Country Club, in the flnal round of the women'a alnsiea in th. South J.r.ty tennis championship tournament at thy Ocean City Yacht Club yes terday afternoon In Jwo ot three acta, 4-8, -7, "lira. Herold played clever tennis, placing her shots with remarkable accuracy and maklna many sensational return;. Miss Walsh and Wal ter T. Hw of Swarthmore College, defeated Mra'c. V. Wllki. and Joseph Btopp'iJ th. flnal round of tha mixed double. In two set., 0-1. "sir.. IJ.roW and Ml Walsh, playln together in the doubles, won the title , when they i". f.atod Mr.. Leonard R. Weltel and Mrs. Wil liam C. Tuttle. of Philadelphia, 5 thi eha ience round of play in two sets. 61. -f. Tha summary; shurapo wag'' isesissip sss& Su'ciub!3 nJ&n " Championship women'a doubles nasi round: Ml. Pbylll. W.lsh and Walter T. B.w ii. feated Mr. C. V. W. Wilkla anj Joseph StoppT Championship women's double chailenxe round: Miss Walsh and Mr. Herold defeated Mrs, WiUUm C Tuttle and Mr. Leonard li. WfiUcL 8-1. 9-3, 191G. City News in Brief A COLLISION with motorenr totUy knocked Kugene Erickson, 16 years , old, or 1920 Westmoreland street, from his bicycle, at Sixteenth street and Columbia nvenue. The boy Is suffering from bruises and lncer nllons. He was taken to St. Joseph s Hos pital. The driver of the automobile, Hor ace Fornnacy, 20 years old, of 2817 Som erset street, was arrested. HIS LIKINO for a fine raior nnd the desire to have plenty of small change In his pockets led to the downfall, yesterday, of Angclo Serrante, nllas Dcmaroe, 21 years old, 1176 South Twelfth street. He was held In $400 ball for court today by Magis trate Costello at the East Olrard avenue station. Acting Detective Knapp, who placed the man under arrest last night, snld that Serrante obtained a position nt tho barber shop of William Pinto, 812 Last Olrard avenue, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning and failed to return afttr lunch, taking with him a razor. The contents of tho cash register, nmountlng to $6.36, also aro rnlsslng. . C. M. IJ. CADWALADRIt, of Camp lllll, a well-known society man and clubman, was criticized severely and fined $13.60 by Chief Hallowed, of the Cheltenham police, and Magistrate Hellcrman nt the Ogontz police station house on tho charge of reck less driving through niltlrra Park. Tim po lice would not nllow Cadwalnder to take ills car awny nfter tho hearing, but a friend who was with him droo tho machine, ac companied by a policeman, out of tho town ship limits. SUHPICIOUS ACTIONS of Krancl. Schechel around Simpson Memorial Pres byterian Church, Frankford avenuo and Cambria street, caused his arrest by Po liceman Phillips. When Schechel was searched nt tho Belgrade and Clearfield streets Btatlon n vlarcontnlnlng "dope" was found on him, the police say. Ho was sent to the County Prison for 10 days by Magis trate Wrlglcy. LOADRl) WITH 21,000 bunches of ba nanas, tho steamship Banan, commanded by Captain Amundsen, arrived In Phila delphia yesterday. Tho ship was loaded at Tela, Honduras, and consigned to the United Fruit Company here, nnd Is the first cargo of bananas to arrive nt this port In many months. P.occnt terrific storms In the West Indies damaged tho crops and the ships wero forced to go elsowhere for their car goes. TIIADDRUB JL DALY, 4R 17 year. old, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. T. M. Daly, of 607 South Broad street, is in St. Joseph's Hospital recovering from an operation for appendicitis. He wnB brought to i'nna delphla yesterday from tho Daly summer homo at Ventnor, N. J. His father Is president of tho Contlnental-Equltablo Trust Company of Philadelphia. NEQIIO OIIILH mny he imported from the South to work In knitting mills by mem bers of tho National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers, according to a statement Issued by C, B, Carter, sec retary of tho association, i2S Chestnut street. FENTtOSI? CRITICISM of the Philadel phia Custom House service was answered by Collector of tho Port Berry today. He declared that never In tho history of this port has tho Custom Houso been managed In a moro buslness-liko and cfllclent man ner. To refute Senator Penroso's allega tions, ho called attention to his annual re port filed on August 21, which shows that tho total value of all Imports In the district amounted to $05,801,176, which when com pared with $73,948,013, tho figures for the previous fiscal year, shows an Increase of $22,853,162. Tho total receipts from all sources were $16,121,733, an Incrense over the previous year of $3,062,842. The total coat of collecting theso receipts was $0,032 to the dollar, as against $0,042 for tho pre vious year, or a decrease of one cent on every dollar collected. The total value of the exports for tho fiscal year 1916 was $90,616,621, while In the last fiscal year the value of exports reached a total of $197, 008,8.14. MAN HUNTING through the Tenderloin thlB morning. In which two policemen omptied their revolvers nt an alleged robber, resulted In the arrest of Louis Daniels on the charge of robbing a drunken man. Magistrate Collins held the prisoner under $1000 ball for a further hearing on the testimony of Patrolmen McCabe and Mc Intyre. Tho nddress given by the man at 1322 Vino street was found to be fictitious. CITY HALL appointment today Included: Joseph H. Thorpe, 4416 Pechln street, bacteriologist. Bureau of Water, sa'cry, $1600 a year; William II. Lindsey, 1612 Arrott street, tracer, Bureau of Surveys, $720. and Martlne A. Buckwalter, 3140 Euclid avenue, clerk, Bureau of Highways, $720. THE 1IODY of (ieorge McKenna, 0 years old, of 2617 Wharton street, who was drowned in the Schuylkill niver off Wash ington avenue on Monday, was recovered by the crew of the police launch Margaret today. The boy was In wading with home companions and stepped Into a deep hole. He sank before aid could reach him. ItOIIKHT FLY.VN, of 1224 North Fiftieth street, while working on a building opera tion at Fifty-fifth and Jefferson streets was struck by a steam shovel. He suffered a broken left leg and ankle and cuts and bruises. He was taken to the West Phila delphia Homeopathic Hospital. VIOLET LETTS, 10 year, old, who has been living with her uncle, Egbert Steln hower. of 1037 Callowhlll street, started yesterday for Ogden, Utah, where her par ents live. The girl was properly "tagged" so that conductors might aid lie enroute. Stelnhower is a. lieutenant In the fire de partment. WHILE ASS,ISTINO In the construction of an addition to the plant ot the Barret Manufacturing Company, In Frankford, Michael Manowttch, 27 years old. of 4712 .Stlles stret, a laborer, was struck by a 4 -Inch cash-Iron pipe. Ills skull was fractured and he died, ' THE llOUY of Henry T. Darlington, a pri vate In Company O, Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, who died Monday morning In the base hospital at i.l l'aso following b,ii opet -ntlon for appendicitis, will he shipped East for burial, Mr, Darlington was 25 years old and was a son of the late E. Dillwyn Darlington, of Doylestown, Pa, At the time the National Guard was called out he was an employe of the electrical department of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, Lebanon. Pa. He was an athlete of much note, He Is survived by his mother. Mrs. Kate 8. Darlington; a sister. Miss Hatha, rlne, and a brother, Hlllborn, all of Doyles town. THE CORONER will render a verdict to day In the case of Sarah Welford, 40 years old, ot 114 Falrmount avenue, who was seized with an epileptic fit and was drowned In the bathing pool of a Turkish bath estab lishment, at 916 North Second street, yes- TOO LATE run, CLASSIFICATION Al-ARTilKXTK rt'BXlSIIKn Atlantis Cltr WANTED. t Atlantic City, after 8ept. I. at, tractive, modern furnished apartment- cn! trail located, ail.ronv.. M487tt3sJr' Cent. HBLP WANTFJFKMALE "" OIRI-a. over 10. fr labeling. wrapplnTTnd ftnlshlna- medic n.s llxnt workj exBeriencid .S3 Urnex.!ApplyJUBJV..h1ntoVriv. ni BTENOTjKAFHER wanted, ezperleiicedf BelflnV ,?.1 frankf?jd ." M xSISjr "Z7 - "-KIP WANTED M-liV LABORERS WANTED. 2Jo PER'lioiln -,-FLY M NORTH 15TH gTREET. B' AP" BOY for central ortlce work, must' hit. ,s !.VohJt.''t, " " "&"&," Xt DEATHS WARD. OttAuaust 29. laia7EL Inv-T, .- sH.g.;.r,A-rf .y'd m rsuiisi wsn tt.avsa ff .nawss .'ft' it residence, iso n 18th i flfllJ,.? "V vat. Automobile funeral. ' tnnejjt prt- aii z tv m .-;irr."- terday Tho woman n. ," . .""-- ' uel Bershad, tho bronri6tor",J5r!a,by.SSIn. k --- .o 11 lfifcU,.. . -. ' " "less. of'irorto'"";!- litU!. "K "V'W-itcond and 33M o..tv.,, vi.uio ennrge or Bellini- fl.,!"1" candy unfit for food, stein ifcom,0el yesterday with several other iZfiL'F food agents, led by Special a!??. b We aimmers. Tho officers seized Jtobn samples of dirty and wormy nn,Uvmb( ! were being sold nt email candy hlV FRESH OFF the tir... .... 3 breezy llttlo Items concerning n,ilU,,t tho organization. La8t JtnUu'nrV,,1btrs 'I Walnut Street nnd VlclnUy t?.lnM v organ ol mo wainut street Buslne.. c'1 n, has made Its first appearan ' A . a fmir.nnira It.,.. . ...r. .,a"Ce. Tki . elation paper weekly to keep members posted ' Is being done for their mutual w?f hu THE IIOnl!VI!t.T .. North Fifth street, will open FridavT. V 3 service department under tha i.f?,?cll A not onW ln7sYia7ne,',;. Into the hospital nnd the dlSeSM'i will also endeavor to give constructlv. ' munlty service, """ Com, COI.OMir. .IAHKO t golfing with Judge John M, pVtK ' tllfi inn Air rmi r.,..V i,ull from tho. tco fairly Into tlweun .! of a hundred ynrds. After the ivi,.. V been congratulated for hM BouSta1 fprmnnce ho went quietly ahead ana u,', tho Judge by n. scoro of 96-106. 1 '""'"" ""uvJi la person. i ii street at 927 South Fourth str ,r today. The loss, however, was esllmf.I, at oniy iu. NEWLY DESIUNEI) dimes, no... $ nml lmlf dnllnrH will h. .".. .9"''n: latlon within tho next two weeks S' lug to word received from the United St Ji irensury ucpnrimem. Forty thauuM dimes will bo Issued. Tho deal.. T? 'I now dlmo nnd half dollar Is Adolnh I IS Welman, nnd the qunrter was desimM '2 Herman MacNclll. piw '7'f A PROSPECTIVE TENANT who ... $fl Inspecting n vacant building at a..vv ' Btroet yesterday notified the police of Uw Eleventh nnd Winter streets station It,.' J . ho found a kit of burglnr tools In the build f Ing and tho beginning of a passageway' ai which thloves evidently had started to cut 'JI? inroutsn mo .vim in urucr to make an enlr into tho fur shop ot Itywlck & Gettelm. of 934 Arch street. Prepare Now for Your Fall Pleasures tm ilo 1 he long evenings are w rapidly approaching, when we must sit indoors;-,j They need not be gloomy, and devoid of entertain ment. A good time for all the family is assured with this beautiful PLAYER PIANO $ 375 Full-size piano, with f uU i 88-note, up-to-date aclor 1 Well made and handsomelja finished. Bench, scarf, ye,i tuning and 12 rolls or mm free. F. A. North Co. 1306 Chestnut Street Plcaaa send me a complete descrip tion of your 1375 P'ayano. , details of eaiiy-payment p'""1. wiuwv. Hue cat w ,.,,. Name K,,.,, Address " " i-o-i r-M.im Onau Evenings n ,.. m. WF.ST I'HILA.I " ,", lie. KK "tflN UTON , 844 K.nl',a 4" XOlimSTOWNl US W. Mai tH ttjtspit H IBaJ; (llNLrJal 1 , I '. offlsinir ' K ffl 1 'T'SffiR ' '5. v' T
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