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BATTALION CHI1CF BURNED
One tmm was Wiled and lt other
tajttred when the bwnftHr root of the
(Maker City Wast Comhy. t to J"
West Tort street saved In l" night They
wer standing on th roof fighting flames
that same ss through a hole. The roof
had bn weakened, It I believed, by the
tin fit ether firemen working underneath.
Frank Fredericks, a ladderman of Truck
Company No. 1, 1MI "Went Cambria
tree, died on the way to tho Episcopal
Hospital. Battalion Chief Harry Ervln.
M7 rarrteh etreet Buffered burn on the
face and arms. The ether eeven firemen
eeeaped with only alight bruises and some
suffering from smoke.
They wore Kdwerd Peacock, thirty-five
years eld, S7 North Sydenham etreet;
JiArn a raster, truck No. 3, Btcond and
Xorrls streets; Lieutenant Devlne. of
engine company No. lit Hoeeman Jnmea
Parker, engine company No. t; Klla
Mllson. hoteman of engine company No.
I J Harry Hammer, hoeeman of engine com
pany No. J: 'William Kramer, hoeeman of
angina company No. Si.
iNJurtKD will iticcovun
At tho hoepltala today It was said that
none of them wai dangerouely Injured and
al will recova? In a few day. Battalion
Chief Krrln, tha moet eerlouely Injured,
who waa taken to the Wtmcn's Homeo
pathic Hospital, will he taken home In a
few daya, It waa aald there today.
Tho flames started In the factory, a one
story frame building In which 1000 bales of
cotton were etored, and spread to a two
atory otfloe building In front They were
discovered t.bout o'olook by a passerby
who. smelled tha smoke and turned In an
alarm. The two buildings were In flamos,
by the time the flra companies arrived.
ROOF OtVES WAT.
Aa tha firemen worked tha weakened roof
Cavo way and toppled, hurling Its occu
eants Into the dense smoke and flames of
the factory. Several of .the firemen aaw
their comrades carried Into tha Inferno and
started the work of rescue. While one
squad fought Ita way through the flames
mm th street the members of another
lowered themselves by the means of lad
ders from the office. The two squads bat
tled through tho smoke until they roscued
the chief, Fredericks and Peacock, all of
whom were unconscious whero they fell.
With two firemen carrying each senseless
comrade, the fight to the open air followed.
In this battle several of the rescuers were
overcome, and It required another relief
squad to fight Ita way to the Imprisoned
firemen before the work of rescue was com
pleted. There wero no ambulances on hand
when the suffocated firemen were brought
from the building, and the Injured were sent
to the hospitals In patrol wagons, VPn the
arrival of Fredericks at the hospital the
physicians said he was lifeless before he
had been carried from the factory.
Fredericks1!! widow was prostrated when
aha learned of her husband's death, and
neighbors cared for her, They have no
children. Fredericks has been a member
of the Fire Bureau for fifteen years, and
' was transferred but two weeks ago to
Truck, No, It,
TEUTON ARMY FLUNG
BACK IN TRANSYLVANIA
Centlaved from ruse On
eeeded In' making their" way Into the north
east 'isomer of thd village,"
kKeJvTe? tho' CermahiJ could consolidate
tasTrUneW posHjoti the French launched
; eawntai'-attaclcs. pressing the Teutons back
tothlr original lines.
'- LONDON, Oct 14. With Uie heights
u overlooking Rapaume firmly in their grip,
THV rtriti.h nr mililnri direct mish for tha'
& town. The low rldgo which blooked the wny
-t w t napaumv uiiyruaviive jiimi un ,w
.mounted SI several poinip, nnu, uimiuubii
severe flighting will come before, the town Is
won. many obstacles have been cleared.
Advancing northwest or uueuecourt ana
between Guedecourt and Les Bpeufs, Halg's
troops are now ready to begin the attack
en Le Traaloy, the sol fortification separat
ing the British from tne uetnune roaa. inis
village la heavily romnea, uui. me posses
sion of the I6w heights to the west lightens
the task of assault oonsiaersniy.
A record number of trench raids four
teen In all have been made In tha Tpran
and Axmentlerea seotor. Advices from the
front state that these enterprises, carried on
constantly, are demoralizing the German
nerve In equal degree, with the Intense bom
bardment Th greatest Allied effort is being made
where the line swings southward near the
Paronne-Bapaume road. The Immediate
objective of this drive Is, Baltly. Here the,
French attneked six. tiroes, but wero unable
to advance, Berlin reports. There (a no In
dleatton of such heavy fighting In the Paris
statement.
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GERMANY'S LUSITAMA WAXNING
CHARLEI S. HUGHES, RcpuMican eandldt for TtfUmt, in hU Le
vllle gpeech em Thursekty, deeUnd ha wouM have prevented the tlnklnjf
of the LwlUnla, If he had bee President at that tme, by making It plain
to Germany that ha would break off diplomatic relations If ahe earned out
her implied threat, published through the German Embassy the week before
tha Lusitanla sailed. Thl threat, which was contained in an advertisement
printed In many American napers, had almost rone pawe ratmory qi uio
ordinary cltleen until Mr. Hughes's words recalled It. The bold manner in
wM, ( nrmn finvommnnt declared its nolicy of "frlKhtfulneis" is made
plain by tho text of tho advertisement, which follows:
NOTICE!
Traveler t'nfenrffno- to embark on the Atlantie voyage are re
minded that a elate of war exists between Germany and her alliee
and Great Britain and her alliee; that the tone of war ineludee ad
jacent to the Dritith Inlet; that, in accordance v)ith the formal notice
given by the Imperial German Government, vnselt flying the flag
of Great Britain or any of her aUiee are liable to deetruction in those
water t, and that travelers eailing in the war tone on ehipe of Great
Britain or her alike do eo at their own riek. '
r IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY.
Washington, D, C, April St, 191S,
1'ltANK FUEUEUICKS
Ladderman of Truck Company No.
12, who lost his life in tho Arc at
tho Quaker City Waste Company,
013 West York street.
News at a Glance
FRIGHT KILLS WOMAN
AS VOLLEYS CRASH IN
BAYONNE STRIKE RIOT
Workman's Relative Scared to
Death When Polico Repel
Attack Preparing to
Search Home
fJVKACUHi:, N. Y., Oft. 1. 11. J. Ml
lle, of Jersey City, traveling representative
of a ten company, felt dead today at Nor
wich. N. Y while waiting for a train to
tako htm to Karlvllle.
Tlin.NTON, Oet. 14. Mjrtery that canard
a sensation about the finding of the body
of James O. Tomllnson, thirty-six years
old, nn artist, In his studio, at 20 East
Btato atreet this city, late yesterday, was
cleared today, when County Physician
Scammell, after an autopsy, said there were
no suloldal Indications surrounding the case
and that death waa aue o a enronia con
dition of the heart
WAH1IISOTOX, Oct. 14. 1'lre hearings
on a tentatlvo draft of regulations for ad
ministration of the new Federal grain
standards act wilt be held during the next
two weeks by officials of tha Agricultural
Department's oillco of markets and rural
organization.
riSNI.AND, N. C, Oct. 14. The 1'enland
Clay Company has been chartered with a
capital of 1(0,000 to develop kaolin deposits
In this State. It Is understood here that a
process has been perfected to counteract
the pressure of Iron In North Carolina
kaolin, so that the clay can be utilised In
tha manufacture of pure white porcelain.
SlIKNISArOLIfl, Minn., Oct. 14. The
estate of the lato Thomas I Shevlln. lum
berman and former Yale football star. Is
appraised at I2.189.C75, In tho report of the
executors filed In probote court.
AtLlANCU, O., Oct. It. 1'lre carlr to
day damaged three business blocks on East
Main street routing from their beds a score
of tenants In apartments upstairs. The loss
may reach 60,000.
I.ANCAHTKB. Ta., Oct. 14. A stable In
the rear of the Church of Ood parsonage, at
Maytowif, was destroyod last night by an
Incendiary fire. The parsonage was also
destroyed.
J.ANCABTKn, Pa Oct. It. A table be
longing to William Hallman, a Lancaster
cattle dealer, was destroyed here last night
-by fire, two valuable horses .perishing In
tho flames.
EQUALIZATION IN TAX
RATE CITED AS MEANS
TO MEET NEWER NEEDS
ASSESSORS SHE TAX
SLUMP, NOT BOOST, IN
EQUALIZATION PLANS
Members of Board Oppose
Mayor's Scheme for Revision,
Declaring It Would Mean
Guess Work Only
PAST FAILURES CITED
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE AGAIN
ON THE OFFENSIVE ALONG THE
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I 't Carpathian Mountains.
is ,'. ThiWar Offlce reported today that a
1 ' Russian attaok north of Klrllbaba was re
J , iHilsed 'by the Austro-Hungarlana with
trvnafiM.
GENERAL CADORNA ADVANCES
FARTHER ON CARSO FRONT IN
! THIRD DAY OF FIERCE BATTLE
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ROMH, Oct 14, Along th whole eight
Mile battltfront en the Carso Plateau th
Italian have advanced, a a result of the
third day ofHha big new battle, the 'War
OJKce announced, today. It waa added that
Oeneral CMUkraa'a forces bow are facing
Um Austrian seaeetd 11m,
STATE DEMOCRATS OFF
FOR SHADOW LAWN
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Continued from Fase One
of the Democratic Club of Harrlebur?,
which left that city at 7 o'clock this morn-
Inf.
'Other delegations from Heading, Allen
town, Mauch Chunk, Ilethlehem, Lebanon,
Tyrone, Lock Haven, Itoyersford, Doyer
town and other places left early this morn
ing. Two organisations of Philadelphia wom
en also have prepared to make the trip, and
sDocIal attention Is being paid to their ac
commodation. Tho Ladles' Democratic
Club will send about twenty representatives,
beaded by Catherine Curtlss Wagcr-Smlth
and Margaret Klingel Smith. Mrs. Anna
M. Orme and Mrs. W. Horace iioskins are
among the Democratic Club women who
will go.
Tha Pennsylvania Woman's Woodrow
WUson League, which recently opened head
quarters at IS 17 Chestnut atreet also will
send delegates.
Ilefore leaving for Shadow Lawn today
to hear the President speak, the executive
commute of the Democratic State Commit
tee met nt Ilellevue-Stratford, and effected
some .fusion plans for certain State Sena
torial candidates.
Announcement was made that lr( the Thir
teenth District Lancaster County, James D.
Jeffries, Democratic candidate, would with
draw In favor of Joseph II, Long-, Washing,
ton party, In the Seventeenth District, Le
banon County and part of Lancaster County,
Newton Jackson, Democrat withdraws In
favor of 13. W, Qarber, Washington party,
but Mr. Qarber declares himself to be a
Democratic candldata In return for the
fusion support. In the Twenty-fifth DIs
trlst Tioga Countyl Harry M. Sherwood,
Democrat withdraw In favor of William It
Longatreet Washington party, but who also,
like Mr, Oartier, become a Democratic can.
didst e.
MORE TROUBLE TODAY
IJAYONNfc. N. J., Oct. U. Ctvll warfare
again flared up here early today, after
twelve hours of calm. At threo separate
points battles were fought betweeh police
and strike sympathisers. Th crack of re
volvera and rifles again Is the predominant
noise In this strife-torn town.
Mrs. Stephen Popp. fifty yVMd',
. -i-i. v..M t, rtnit,. anterad her house
to search for veapons, She Is the ;""'
woman to fall virtlm to th oil strike, and
hers Is the fourth dsth. Mrs. Popp was
tha mother-in-law of Btephen P"n- ""
rested In oonnectlon with the strike
As she opened her door early today to
the polico, who had formed a strong rdo"
about th house, a mob of a thousand riot
ers gathered, surrounding the offloer. Tne
police opened a volley trmttMrtWL guns
nto th throng. At the first $f Ir
Popp clutched at her heart and fell back on
the floor, dead.
Grave fears are felt by the police i for
what may happen today at the funeral o
Mrs. Sophie Karak. who was shot .dead
Wednesday night whll e watching riots from
the window of her home.. The atrllwrB
charge that the fatal shot was i fired by a
Policeman. A force of HO policemen has
Formed airing around th. hous. where the
funeral Is to take place A dead line In
cludes two house on either tfde. A"
male lodgers Jiavo Deen Dru.v ."
houses.
The signal for th resumption of rioting
was on attempt oy i ""!""" ," -T ,h.
nany to send out three oil wagons from the
company's plant, relying on tho urnm
of the police that the situation was well
In hand. Bayonne firemen dressed In polico
uniforms guarded the wagons.
A mob of a thousand strikers threw Itself
In tho path of the wagons
The firemen shot over the rioters heads
without result. Then they aimed lower
ud ".hot to kill. Th. rioter, cut the har
ness of the first wagon, tho anlmala dashing
in a wild gallop up the street, having the
vehicle stranded. More than 800 shots
were exchanged before the strikers finally
Snipers' fired from the police from roofa
and hurled bottles and bricks at them. -
5000 MORE STANDARD. OIL
MEN STRIKE AT TWO PLANTS
Linden nnd Bayway Factories See Big
Walkout
ELIZABETH, N."Z"oct. 1. Nearly a
thousand men are on strike at the Linden
plant of the Standard Oil Company of New
'"our thouiand employes of the Standard
Oil Plant at Bayway, near Elisabeth were
expected to quit work this afternoon.
Boilermakers and still cleaners already
have gone out demanding a twenty per
cent Increase In wages for men earning
lees than $3 a day. and a thirty per cent
Increase for those earning less than 2 a
day, the same demand, mad by the Bay-
onn Btruers.
ARTILLERYMEN, HOME,
WELCOMED BY CMIDEN
Thousands Greet Border-Bronzed
Battery B Five Men
Missing
Prof. E. M. Patterson, U. of P.
Lecturer, Declares Public De
mands for More Comforts
Cause of Increased
Burden '
DIRECT TAXATION GROWS
Governmental, Stat Bnd municipal revenue-raising
methods and the form's and
sources of taxation were analyzed and
explained today In a lecture delivered at
the University of Pennsylvania by E. M.
Patterson, assistant professor of economics,
Wharton Bchool of Finance and Cdmmerco.
The leoture, entitled, "Why Taxes Are Ills
Ine." opened the free pubtto Saturday after
noon series.
The lecturer Introduced local Illustrations
and many of his remarka bor pointedly
upon the pending plans of City Councils
and the revision of Philadelphia's tax rate.
Professor Patterson spoke as follows:
"The cost of government In the United
States Is higher thsn most of us realize. If
we should dlvldo the cost of maintaining
the Federal Oovernment and the State
government and the Philadelphia city gov
ernment by the number of Individuals
within the Jurisdiction of each we would
find that the Federal burden In 1913 was
19.81 pr capita, the Pennsylvania State
burden 33.71 and the city of Philadelphia
$:e.G4, a total of over 340 per capita, or
3200 per family.
In other communities the burden Is still
heavier, amounting In New York city to
over 303 per capita, or $S1S per family.
These costs are constantly Increasing, and
as a result our taxes contlnuo to rise.
Whether the taxes are to be considered
high, however, Is to be determined not by
an examination of the absolute amount
but by comparing tha amount of taxes paid
with tha Income of the taxpayer and also by
ascertaining what Is received by him In
return for his taxes. A tax that Is high
In absolute amount may thus be low when
compared with his ' Income, and with the,
services rendered by the Oovernment In
return for the tax.
3s
VIJ0NNA. Oet H.Itallan attacks
Mralnst the AuMro-HamarUss, southeast
at Oorlala, are kwtng "their force, the War
OAoe reported today, Up until yeuterday
ta Acbtiac (a that region vraa -very heavy,
ah report Bays
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rtb Italian Infantry, uBort4 by Br.
sBUsrt. attaka the AlWtro'Huoaarian" Pol-Ml-W
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PARKER ROASTS ROOSEVELT;
URGES WILSON'S ELECTION
Would Rather Realize He Is Duped
Than Be Duped Aga,In
NBW YORK, Oct ) Jhn . Parker,
Progressive candidate for Vic President
In a pecli at th lllltmore Hotel this after
noon, took a bitter" fling at Colonel Theo
dore Koosevelt and urged th re-election or
President Wilson.
The reception at which the speech waa
made was a notification meeting, as Mr.
Parker had never been officially Informed
of hi nomination. Progressive wer
presant from different parts of the country,
Mr, Parker aald he did not seek th
nomination, adding;
"I do not In th slight degree regret,
my aetlon and infinitely prerer to nave
been on of tho who were duped by over
oeefldetM rather than be put In th posi
tion of violating a sacred trust andagain'
work arm-in-arm with rata bitterly de
uiuut n 1(11 a guUty of tnoat of th
oolitic crime on the calendar, an4 aa
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ar of Amerioa.
. "JiMg a I Ae, ta every State where w
have a tiekH, I w$ evwy Progreseive ta
step uk l'k a nwm and vol It aad la the
(Mat whr w have been betrayed by
lersaer lar; ana by the who weakly
aarry met Mif orders I, antral to every
thlnhlac ,maa ana woman lntarU4 1 the
aaatoreal weltara at ur eouBU-y, deveUd
W talr faaeUy aa4 raelr iutur. to Vt
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Camden opened Its arms. In welcome to
day to Its crack Battery B. New Jersey
Field Artillery, which returned at noon from
the Mexican border.
A parade this afternoon through flag
....,. ,,i in,ia will be followed by a pub
lie reception at the Third Regiment Armory,
at which Governor James F. Fielder, Mayor
Charles II. Bills and other prominent spealc
- win ih.nV tha sruardsraen for their ser
vice. Patriotic organlzatlona and military
command marched with Captain 8. O.
Barnard's sunburned soldiers to tha airs of
six band In th parade, which w given
under the auspice of the councllmanlo ol.
dlara' relief commute. General John A.
Mather, Jr., was chief marshal.
When the guardsmen detrained It wa
found that five who left Douglas. Art,
Tuesday with the detachment of 140 were
missing. They wer Corporal Darling and
Private Kavanaugh, who missed th train
at Helen. N, M., and PrlvaU Barr. Payne
nil Cohan, who wandered away at Wayoka,
Kan. They are supposed to b on their
way home.
Th four Pullman leepera, eleven box.
car and four "gondolas," which conveyed
the men and their equipment home, also
contained a menagerie consisting of two
Mexican burros, ten dogs, a oat, several
snakes, First Lieutenant Samuel English's
horsa and Private Tomlln's goat Th baW
tery horse were left In Douglas.
Several thousand person, flocked to th
train, which was welcomed by Mayor Bill,
Director John Prentice, of th Camden
County Board of Freeholder Charles' M,
Curry, secretary or, in .noara or xraa,
and other members of th reception com
mittee, The guardsmen will report at their
armory dally until mustered out of the
Federal orvlea.
BeU WIaa In Mad .
MBW-YORK. Oct. H-'Wa4row WIImm
will ejuvr bttaennhwaMi t( bfol U
aoroaat Peamaatatt vote," waa tke attlo.
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UULQAR PREMIER SEES PEACE
WITH PEF1AT OF RUMANIA
TwtatOe 'Allies Well AMe to Resist
Their Enewles
PARIS, Oet 14 -"One Rumania 1 de
feated tka yaad to saa wtH be wU eci,"
nMV. Halslvlf. Preeater at JMffarta,
ta aa totervUw' eaat was tUjrad here
?Ta Wnteal wa to H ee? Tar.
key and Bulgltla aad tltu baatea th end
of th war, but tha Ovvaan aUte ar,wH
aal to tett tbalr alM."
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CAUSM OF INCREASES
'Tax Increase In recent years have been
In part real and In part apparent. The
real Increases have been due to numerous
causes, among the most Important of which
are the following:
"First. The general rise In prices which
has added to all governmental expenses.
"Second. Dishonest use ,of public funds,
as Illustrated1 by the letting of contracts to
favored bidders, t"porR,-barrol" appropria
tions, etc These are probably worse in
smaller governmental units than in the
large ones, but are being gradually les
sened everywhere.
'Third. Poor accounting methods, which
make for extravagance and dishonesty.
"Fourth. Lack of proper budget systems.
A budget may be defined as 'a comprehen
sive plan for financing any undertaking
submitted by th competent authority for
the consideration of the ultimate money
voting power.' More and more all our gov
ernments are adopting systematlo budget
plans, but the situation Is still very bad.
"Fifth. Orowlng publlo debts, with the
consequent Interest and sinking fund
Charges. These ars now becoming ex
tremely serious In Europe and, although
not so acute, are bad at home. This Is es
pecially true of municipal debts. The Phil
adelphla Bureau of Municipal Kesearch
recently estimated that If our city revenues
continued to Increase as they have been
doing for several year and If our municipal
debt should continue to grow as It has been
growing for several years, by ID'S all of our
revenues would be needed to meet charges
on the debt Philadelphia Is endeavoring
to correct her difficulties. Other cities are
having similar and much worse problems.
"Blxth. Expenditure for military pur
poses. A recent analysis by a competent
accountant showed that In 1916, 3409.000,
000, or over forty-one per cent of our
Federal expenditures wer for war aa dis
tinct from peace functions. Other author
ities have in tha past placed the percentage
ven higher. The United States spends
conaiaeraniy less tor sucn purposes man
tnany other countries.
WASTE IN COVEIINMENT
"Seven. The lack of proper-governmental
organisation. Duplication of positions and
salaries, th scattering of office, conflict of
authority between different departments,
lack of correlation and the absence of power
and responsibility are general. Some com
munities are Improving thl my complete
reorganisation of their governmental struc
ture. "Right The growth of government own
ership. Whether thl movement be wise or
unwjse, It Is at present growing. Increased
ownership and management of pubjlo utili
ties aaas to governmental costs, nut ir prop,
erly conducted yields a corresponding re
turn. If Instead of government ownership
and management we turn to governmental
control through commission pr otherwise
w have an Immediate direct cost for th
support of the work of the commissions, but
advantage may be received Indirectly
through better service and lower prices,
"Nine. Orowlng density of population.
This call for more attention to sanitation,
better police and fir protection, better
streets and roads, etc.
"Tenth. Most Important of all li.the
growing demand for mora comforts and con
venience. Our deatrea and need are con
stantly Insreaalng, and w are demanding
more and more that they be met through
governmental agenale, Thl result In an
Increase of govurnwenUl work, that Is both
intensive and extensive. More' thorough
Derforraanoe. of old funatloaa la laaUtad
upon and new Weld of activity are opened.
up. This 1 so general that H I sometimes
called th law ef the Inoraase of Stat ae
tlTitlea. It. I by far the, 'moat Important
aaus of tax Inerease and furnishes a
strong reason for believing that the la
pre will oonjlnu. , .
IMAGINARY BURDKN8
"Setae ot our ux InetMsn ar aetas;
aaart Tax te wbleb w are ' aii
tamed reus our ratnit tea than new
ssMtTun that ar paid dlreatly. Irritate
tM.BMieti mere than, the paid ladlreetiy,
Tax paid by ethers treat M lee than
these aaM by -e-rsalv. 'TH ' movement
(rem bdirt to direst, faere of taxation
1 a strong on. Reduatlaa ef indirect tax
like th tariff and the substitution lrt whole
or. In part c-t direct te like th taoome
are sound to ltrnie a,' aa vn
:b th total aaoous ef taxes ooHsntad
la tea aaaes. iMfs vm seel fts
la a bnw east mtm way ssm
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Opposition to th proposed plan of amend
ing th system of assessing property In this
city, so aa to separate land value from
building values. Is headed by th member
06 th preient Board of Revision of Taxes,
who contend that Instead of creating from
11,000,000 to 33,000,000 of additional rev
enues It would result In an actuat decree.
The members of the board are a unit In
opposing the scheme of city financiers to
amsnd and readjust values and say that
the present system of assessment Is equit
able and only appears otherwise when cases
of fictitious sales appear or when saWa are
made with the express purpose of creating
values. The Mfcyor and other city offlclals,
they say, have gained a wrong Impression
largely through the fact that the city noto
riously Is forced to pay higher prices for
land than would be the case If It wer sold
to private parties.
Simon Orats, president of the Board of
Itevlston, today declared that to aeparata
land and building values would lead to a
system of guess work on the part of as
sessors that would not tend to benefit the
city, lie admitted that In some Instances
properties were being sold this year well
above the assessment figures, but declared
that In most cases the values were created
because of the peculiar need of th pur
chaser and were not fair enough to uas as
an assessment basis.
Philadelphia's present real estate, valua
tion totals 31,704,000,000, The assessments
UDon which It I baaed were mad In th
fall of 115. The annual report of the
Hoard of Revision will be submitted to Con
troller Walton the latter part of the present
month, and the Increase In values I said to
be so small aa not to figure to any material
extent In the way of increasing revenues
for the city. Municipal financiers who are
discussing legislative enactments altering
tho method of ae;esment believe could they
have put Into effect their plans In time for
1917 the figures wouia ie isrger ay, many
millions of dollars.
MR. ORATZ'S POSITION
In discussing the planned change, Pres
dent Grot said:
It is alt bosh. The men who are ad
vocating a change do not know what
they are asking for. I do not believe
tho city would be a dollar richer If
their plans should go through. Our
present system of assessment Is a fslr
one and the city receives the Income It
Is entitled to. Our large realty dealers
feel now that many of their properties
are assessed too high, and the change
suggested would make the task of th
assessors one of gtirsswork.
What Is to be gained by dividing
land values from building? In cities
where It has been tried the whole thing I
Is guessworlt. We don't want guess- '
work and we do want a continuation of
tio present system. The men who op
pose It do not know, We have made a
study of this work, and I am satisfied,
that no good would result In the pro
posed change. I am very mucn op
posed to any change, and the figures
used In a recent argument are not cor
rect. David N. Fell, Jr., another member of
the board, called attention to the fact that
the Corn Exchange National Bank, In a
statement of recent salts, .pointed out that
a sale of river-front property, In a district
long reported as stagnant, showed 3455,000
received for a property assessed nt only
1260,000. lie explained that tho 3160,000
assessment was but for half the property,
and that the total assessment for th prop.
erty sold was actually 3411,400, Ho ex
plained other Instances of land assessed at
a low figure and held for several times
larger figures a. cases where the owners of
property had placed enlarged values on
their holdings In the hope of having th
Government or other possible purchasers
eventually meet their demands.
Speaking for the board, Mr. Fell aald:
"The scheme to separate land and build
ing values for purposes of assessment Is
not a new one, It has been discussed by
most Mayors and many times by city finan
ciers. Tha Mayors get the Idea that ad
ditional revenues could be hsd from the
fact that the city Is notoriously forced to
pay large prices for the land It purchases.
These cases where the land has been as
sessed as usual often show discrepancies
that give tha city authorities an Idea that
the city could make more revenue by alter
ing the present method of assessment
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PICKED UP BY POLICE
"Tommy," "whose last name is un
known, Is awaiting some one to
come claim mm ai ' '"" ,
being- found by the police of tho
Fourth nnd York streets station.
' POLICE FIND LOST BOY
Await Word From Parents as Bright
Child Enjoys Himself nt
. Station House
Found: On llttl boy. as cut. aaj cute
en be wandortng In th vicinity of Second
and NorrU.tre.te at S:30 last evening. He
answers to the name of Tommy: ha light
Sirty halt and la aa clean as a new pin.
Just at Present he's having tha time of
i. life claying with blocks and fire engine
rtnS.ter Drown in th. station at Fourth
"d York strelteT but the police believe
that he's a normal baby and presently he'll
begin to yowl for his mother. Where la
Unlike most eases of lost children, no
woman haa rushed Into the station house
wlthwltd eye and streaming hair to Inquire.
WheVela my child? and the police ar. won
i ' it .hi. on be a case of desertion.
Considering the desirability of Tommy. It
doesnt Htm possible.
GIBBONEY ACCUSED
AGAIN BY DENNIS
CentlnaeS frm Psr Oae
lenged. What he says really Isn't worth
nl!eter'Mr. Dennis declared that he would
make a publlo statement of his position In
3U controversy which would place at
greater length and clearness his dealings
with Mr. Glbboney.
"There Is not a shred of truth In any
thing that fellow says," was Glbboney'
reply. "Kvery statement is unqualifiedly
false' Ther wa no remonstrance pre
sented; the court never Intimated to me
that the license transfer would be granted;
I never Intimated such a thing to a living
soul: nobody knew how the court would
act until It announced Its decision after
hearing; the whole matter Is a pack of
dirty, miserable lies. You cannot make
that statement too strong for me, and I
want to emphasise that there Is not a
particle of truth In anything that Denns
has said."
Pending the Issuing or Dennis's promised
publlo reply, Overbrook residents opposed
to the license transfer nro proceeding In
their plan to present a petition for the re
opening of the remonstrance before the
next sitting of the License Court
ALLIES' S0MME LOSSES
1,800,000, BERLIN SAYS
Ninety Divisions .Virtually, An-
nihilateti and Withdrawn Frorn
Battle, Statement Asserts
PRAISES PRESENT PLAN
"Any readjustment of valuis such aa (he
one advocated by bankers and city officials
would, In my opinion, result In no Increased
revenues, but might even result In the re
verse. The plan Is one that has been taken
up and discarded from time to time and I
bellevo that no good can come of It
"Our present assessments aru equitable
except n some Instances where sale bra
made to create false values, or flotltlous
values are placed, on lands for reasons best
Suited to th purposes of th owners.
"Owners of realty with whom I have dis
cussed the matter believe that. a. separation
of values would result In a decrease In city
revenues and not an Increase of millions of
dollars such a I claimed for th method
by those who are advocating It Stories' of
big sales get In the newspapers and create
false Impressions, as the readers do riot
know tha circumstances surrounding tha
deals. In my opinion the present system
meets the demands and should be continued."
DERLIN, Oct 14,
One million eight hundred thousand fresh
Allied troop's ninety divisions engaged In
three and a half months on' the Somme' had
to be definitely withdrawn from the fighting
because they were virtually annihilated,'
accoraing to me military cnuo or tne semi
official Overseas News Agency, In a review
of the Allied drive on the Somme, tending
to show "the heavy sacrifices paid -by the
English and French for every square yard."
He continues:
"These divisions disappeared completely
from the battle.
"Fifty-five divisions In consequence of the
big losses could engage In combat only
twice, fifteen others three times, and only
on division remained sufficiently Intact to
enter the combat four times."
He asserts that since the beginning of
the Somme offensive' 17S divisions, partly
new, partly reorganized, were thrown
against th German positions on the Somme.
If each division consisted of 20,000 men, the
regulation number, this statement would
mean that 3,560,000 troops were engaged by
the Allies on the Somme.
The writer -quotes a Swiss paper as esti
mating' the Russian losses from June 1 to
October 2 at 76,0000 officers and 922,600
men.
ALLEGED ASSAILANT "
OF CHILD CAPTURED
YCAJIDSHWr
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BROUGHT HERE AS
OF BLACKMAILING
"Sure, I Know Mrs. KHdikbm
Billy Butler," Says Stt-p
mm maligna una JOk
at the Busina(j
CAPTURED IN CHlCj
Two of tha members ef lb
"$1,000,000 btaokmatl gang"H-T
sell, of Doston, and Edward ("Dt) j
nut, ui wuiivi -witcu icoar f re) 1
cago in ine custoaj- or united, Buttt,
haw.
Russell will be held here .for tru'i ;
mhip nn a charrw of h!V-ttt .'T i
was taken .to New Tork a fen; hsartj
nis arrival. lor uji lur alleges u
Both also are accused of having eke
Justice In the kidnaping of Mrs.
ICllpper, of this city. "
The two alleged members of tfc""i
that mulcted 'wealthy persons oet (
sums through threats of white tkH ,
secutlon were in high- spirits. On u i
incjr neiv itiiawauii &wr vummerci I
Inr men and talked with Stat, a
Knox, of Ohio, and many "drumsntrti
sell and Donohu were brought totWj
United States marshal; BnjJ
Stern, private bailiff of Judge Lsmu ,
Detective Sergeant James A. McCarsWl
a nht..n r"S
U, Wll,Mv. A
a nxppnn vntTTir
Russell, who, according to tha
authorities. Is the b;t-dresed prisoner
nrougm nero irom anouier city, It (
lour years cm. it uresses In a
style and while speaking constantly.i
uonanue, who in a graduate of a
medical college, barely spoke two
whll in the United States MartheTi
"Worry? 'Why should X Terry!?,
imssau, vruo. ma Boa OI a WNI'
family living in Aiaine.
Ther have called me a blael
bogus Secret Service man, aad' iraetl
L nava 'never unn arrested DefePt
neither have I ever been convleteC
thl talK mat I am going to ceftfWl
rot I haven't violated th law, aad m
I am not aa shrewd as a Philadelphia j3
yer I know just as much about Owl!
to prove that my pal, "Doc" DontW
mrself are guilty. . ,.
"Of course I know Billy Butler, vkei
now ncrvuiK it ierm in prison ButtSLi
cording to the papers, was the chltTj
uiacKiimmiiK huuk ui wpicn k arn
to ba a member. I never had a chief!
line, nna wnen x neara that I par
In about $1,000,000 graft yearly Iti
laugh so much that I got a stomaek
"All this big noise will soon blow i
nnd It will ba my vindication. Sure. 1 1
Mrs. Kllpper, but I never got a cent I
her. I met her once In Montreal, it
that she was at the same hotel when 1 1
staying. 1 ininit it waa at the,.
Hotel." 4; .
TAKEN TO UAMDEN
According to Russell he haa been
In the automobile business' and 1- i
been a promoter of sporting events fail
ferent parts or the city, lie ai at
IMHB10 uuu uiui 110 uucau i ueiirs in
mony, I'enaing nis trial ne will be
uu In the Camden County Jail. Beferel
taxen 10 uaraaen nis norm race, a
wreathed In smiles when he vn
whether lie nad ever blackmailed
persons. j$
M you nsK that question agin." i
Kusseu, "i win nave to laugh, and
meari that I will have a stomaeh'i
please dpn't s.sk It"
HUNTERS GET LiCENri
It . t.-t, .. . t'M&ljJ
Hundreds Go to City Hftiiaor
Today " " ,
several Hundred men marcbea.es I
Hall today, and heir approach
much wonder- It was learned. b
that their attitude was friendly,;.:
simply sought licenses at the CItr If
urer(i office which' permit them tefj
bear and wild birds in rennsylvtnk,
Although' October 15 is the offieH
of the bear-huntlnc season In this Mai
falls on Sunday, and the eeasori'vUl
actually open until aionuay. -
Dut many of the hunters' hare' I
started on their way, THey may.slet afj
coono nnd squirrels. - "'' H
"WILSON WOMEN" STAGE
RIVAL TO HUGHES RALLY
President's Supporters in Port
land, Ore., Hold Counter-
Demonstration
PORTLAND. Or.. 6ct H. When th
astern women's special train arrived her
for a day's campaign for Charles K, Hughes,
the visitors found extensive preparations
had been made by local women supporter,
of President Wilson to carry na counter
campaign. .
When the Hughes mass-meeting was la
full swing la th Weventh Street Theater,
thl afternoon the Wilson women turned
their speakers loose en the downtown etreet'
corner.
Jusb when th women's speetal Is pulliag
out of th Union Depot tonight, the Wltoon
brigade wll. start an automobile parade 'of
100 women, traversing all downtown ther
OUtMares. '
QstgsfAN SOCIALISTS IN RANKS
WANT CONQUERED LANiM KKPT
Leaps Into Brandywine, but
Eludes Pursuers Only for
Short Time, -
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COATESVILLH, Pa,, Oct 14,-,-A middle
sged foreigner, whom the police-suspect of
having Attacked five-year-old Mary Valosky
and left her In a critical condition, Is' locked
up In the county Jail at West Chester. He
was captured after a long chase, In which
ii nianagBu 10 eiuuo nis pursuers for a
time when he swam the Urandyw'lne at
Downlngtown. As soon as the tittle girl's
condition permits she will, be taken to West
Chester to se IC she can Identify the man?
The man, whose name Is withheld by the
poUce, haa been under suspicion since last
Tueaday, han the ctolia told the police her
assailant waa white. Trailed to Downlng
town, .seven miles from here, ha rv th.
P.tlc?i. ";,'"? ,B.tB at n,ht y Plunging
Into tho Brandywine. had donnd an
other suit of clothes when caught several
hours later.
The man stoutly ntalatalna 'hu !.
Tear of mob violence prompted -th nolle
v -w wcuims, uio uuvi l0ai anouier suspect
a big negrp, was picked up at Ardmore
brought here and locked up two day' ago'
He le still In Jail, y "0,
Another Murder Suspect Csejefl
Another Italian Implicated In ttti.s
of Henry Rider, who was killed 01
ber 6 near Atelon, N. J., In an ap
hold-uri. was arrested last nlsht '
gltlva . warrant from New Jerseys!
lOtllVGB, U4UJi U11U. WC,Vfc.fc.",
his name as Carmen Bottigua, tsi
years p)d, of Eleventh and MeKeas
He whs held without ball for si
hearing on October IS by Magletftl
ton In Central. Station this morsts
lahan testified that the other four, I
In the case gavo him informatics J
to -this man's arrest
TOO TATE FOB CIA8MTO
DEATHS '
14, at 1818 PoS
TITilAT.r. iW
lamia CItr N, J.. MARY MiLLT
?f Naw York city, and dauirhtar jot Wj
trooka Orubb and Mary lirooki Qn. m
4UlA-n VI UIb;ibi
CIlllIIfA.N. Oct,
mahia 'I'., wire o
ttr of late Ueors
tlvea anit frlanda
a. m., llecter and
tnaaa Af rnufm. at
a. III. 1,11, Di. Aiaiiuv.. TH'. m 1
8COTT. 6ot.. 11. ULA11A O. SOptfJ
ttr of Charles D. and Merry. .See"",
Kalatlves and friends Invited, I" r
II.. 0.r, n w n.Mntl1 ri
t'Mirli -' fftltij anrt Phsatnut StS.L
Fernwood Cm, TterAslna may tx'T
, IS.' at ComboVS
fnvind to tuatrS
rayttta n.-. 1
Bi. Msttoew'i
11F.LP WANTED MAUL
SBRLIK, Oet 14. Oarauui BaaUlUlfr
baek freta the aarrers ef ta treaeb, win
never ooaesat.to th Svaeuatlan of Tteek
mad BavkeUn terrKenr for whloh thay mU
the prise hi Meed, tit sooUUet awar
Die Citok deelare.
Die Oloeka dteagrees with Pbillp SoheUe
.AnD. SviatWt adr, who dokud in a
JUIohatax anaechtaat Kraae could see Mr
oil and that ot" Belsrius. tread sow c
OMUksa aotdter 'ttl-ut saisiltms; aaetMr
drso or M0o w em mmmwommea pa
New Yerk Jaurnsl PrJee, Up
NBW TORK,, Oet 14-The wise of th
Kew York Wvenlng Jpurnal la Phlladetohl:
Baltimore, Waahlagton and la othTeltlea
WtM the wetrwolltair' sea. will, h two
sent a eopy bigiaajng next MiadiJT- Th.
fcrenlng Journal has been selling A t,
eat a eoey In the s4ae naiaad.
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Kew Tetk and th natr-u ZT1L.1?
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MlswtaV BT 8fWt fcy faUt
1Sarfe.U balas; mad by the telle tar
Jamas .Meatsfrue, eievVn yirsold of satS
Morris JtiSrwU dllkJS Wedwii!
Jaavla h teik f4 freea ,hls stvLa- kST
Ha nu a au !..... . J.T. TH as.
MACHINE, BlfOP TOOLCBIB ATIj
rata i cents tr hour. 6 ?. I
lira and half for
apply Da .Laval' B
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