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RAILROADS "PUT
'UT UP TO WILSON"
Give Him Free Rein
in Legislative
Remedies
OPERATION COST IS CITED
'Take Roads Out of Politics,"
Lawyer Tells Congressional
Probe Comtnitteo
-j-VVASHtN'OTON. N'ov. 21. President WIN
Aegrhwlll be' nlven a. free rein by tho rail-
trjoaiis ot tno country in wnrKinst i icsin
lallvo remedies for Industi lal disputes,
'Railroad exocuthes nro convinced llio only
tiffin who can nccoinllMi wlmt tlicy licllovo
thft Industrial world demands nlunK this lino
1 tho President
It was learned today nsstirnneen to tins
L, cucui unva coma uuni ntiiru.iu iuir.
$r Tho reasons nrn twofold, First, it has
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,Wotne Known tno roans, ciovtnniff inoir cn-
' Ufa tlmo to oombiitliiK the rnnsllhilltili-,-.
ijlllr of Hie Atlnmson elKlil-luiur law. have
(tot considered formulation f n plan which
"', -9JHiI meet tho nnnrovnl of (ho hrot'icr
f hoods.
Second, the road executives liellevo the
1'resldent, In view ot recent events, ran ho
denended on bv themselves, the brother
hoods and the nubile to put forth a fcaslhlo
nlnn that will eliminate tho strikes to
Which transportation systems now nro sub
jected, and which would bo .supported by all
parties concerned,
' SUHKH DlH-'t.N'lTK PLAN
It was admitted today that, after fre
tiucnt' conferences of tho railroad executive
to) formulate somo dcflnlto plan of ellmlim
Inb utrlkes and lockouts, It was decided to
, Mut tho wholq UiliiR up to Wilson." In
this connection! It was explained that tho
executives have reached tho conclusion that
any puch plnn submitted by them could
not hb regarded "the best and moat satis
factory.4' since It mlBht bo looked upon as
' a meusuro constructed "In submission to
tno acknowledged power of labor and Tern-im-m1
with threat of HtrlUoby tho work
ers.".' "-- j
.Alfred P. Thorn, chalrmari ot tno counsel
for tho railroads' advisory committee told
tho jfowlands Joint committee on Intcrstato
commcrco that the railroads ot the Unltid
States must havo Jl.liOO.OOO.Ouu a yijnr If
they are. to handle tho commcrco of tho na
tion properly. Ho said they needed J$l,25u,
000,000 annually for Increasing- facllltlca to
keep pace with the Kiowth ut commerce
anil $2D0,00O.O0O a year to refund imiturlnft
Indebtedness.
''Tulio tho Vallroads out of politic." was
tho demand voiced by Mr. Thorn, us he con
tinued his' opening statement for tlui rail
roads beforo tho committee. Tho railroad
lawyer asserted that, whllo thu. railroads
themselves had been reformed, so fur as
participation In political elections waH con
cerned, they were still under "political
management."
"Tho biff railroad problem confronting
this, country," ho said; '"will never bu solved
I until these jrroat transportation fncllltlcs,
essentially business organizations, are- re-,
moved fron the realm of politics, and rcRU
lutod on sound business principles. It can
not bo solved whllo conditions allow any,
politician 10 uase ms wnoio puunr mc on
ft reputation for fighting railroads."
PL.KA KOR UKFOKM
Tito railroad argument for u complete
reform In the present system ot railroad
regulation was 'continued and elaborated
by3Ii Thorn. -Ho pointed out that not only
are roads regulated from a political vlcw
' point by political organizations, but that
Jtbero.woro forty'-nlno soparato (Jovernmerit
agencies in tho various states ana the lcu
bra I Qovernment Itself, each .prescribing a
lllfferont standard otyconduct for tho roai(s,
"Tho principal of Rovornpient ?egiila.
Uon,"' ho said, "Is Insopnniblo frphi ,'tho
railroads because of their very nature as
public utilities. Hut this, prlnclplu should
bo properly applied. It nilst .safeguard tho
public against abuses, nrnl . yet It must
leave tho railroads In a financial, condition
Which will attract tmonoy for expansion.
It should bo as free as possible. ram poll
tics." J.
FEDERATION OF LABOR
FOR FOOD EMBARGO
Voles in Favor of Prohibition of
Exports Until Prices Be
ll- come Normal
'bALTIMOHK, Md.. Nov. 2f.Tho Amor
cun Federation of Labor convention today
declared Itself by unanimous voto for an
embargo on tho exportation ot wheat nnd
other foodstuffs "until prices, nro restored
to normal."
Adoption of tho resolution lo this effect
followed severnl heated upeeclien ull favor
ing tho embargo,
"The motto of tho profiteers." shouted
Delegate- Joseph Cannon, of Now York,
"seems to bo, not 'America llrst,' but 'Stnrvo
America first'!"
The resolution nx adopted dcclured the
American Federation of Labor urged upon
President Wilson iyid Congress "tho neee
slty; of placing an embargo' upon tho ex-
portutton of wheat and other foodstuffs, as
fur as; our International legal or treaty
rights will permit, until prices uro restored
to normal"
. Tho federation again vigorously de
, olarel Itself aglnst any und ull kinds of
. 'compulsory arbitration.
,vs ilen Individually and collectively have
a. right to stop work any day or any tlmo
i$ A tree democracy and their right Is tiat
) uriil, legal. Inalienable and never should
b surrendered ; laws that violate this i Ight
nra reactionary, unconstitutional and dan
gerous to the stability of demoenitlo gov
rnment," 'the federation declared by reso.
lutlon.
While the action was aimed directly at
the. Colorado law, for enforced Investiga
tion of labor disputes, one clauso specifi
cally directs organized labor to oppose any
effort to enact Federal legislation of the
fa,ns kind.
Demand for an Immediate firobe of tho
recent sensational rise In nrlcas of nn
J... Jitlnt. paper from about ?2 to 6 per hun-
nrw pounas was mauo In a resolution of
fered by tho delegates of the allied printing
trades unions.
, Piofranchbwment of the workers In Porto
TV9B, u proposed by the Jones bill, which
.li,a parsed the House and Is before the
TjaatP was denounced In a renort unani.
--' '"?H,' adopted. The convention called upon
2WMfMent Wilson and Congress to preserve
T-Wjl suKrage rlgnts ot tie, seventy per cont
tHha voters In tf-a Island threatened by
4$d bill
4, oemmlttee was authorized, under a
rriutiuu Introduced by the clgannakers'
sMKetes, to Ktudy the subot at co-opera-ttaJH.
)h production and distribution of goods
OH tfc lines of the European so-operative
wvewrit A report is to be made to nest
4fW"e convention.
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FREDERICK W. FLEITZ
FRED W. FLEITZ DIES;
WAS POLITICAL POWER
Contlnuftl frnm 1'nce tine
succeeding sessloni anil until 1807, wheu
ho declined a reappointment.
Mr. Fleltx began the practice of law at
Wellaboro In 188!l. He looked about for a
moro Ideal location, and finally headed for
Hrrnntim. For n year or two his limited
resources iniidn ll m enssnry.. for him to gut
along with desk space In tho ollleo of the
Into John H. Jones. Later he formed n
partnership with ox-Judge J. W. Carpenter.
It continued until his death.
About tile tlmo Mr. Kleltz arrived In
Scmntou the Into Congressman William
Council wns tho recognized Hcpiibllcan
loader In his end of thu tftate. Mr. Flelts:
asMoclated himself with Mr. Council. Tho
latter saw In thu young man from Tioga
the mnklngs of a clever, clear-bended, fear
less, resourceful lieutenant. It did not oc
cur to him that later on the mnntlo of
leadership would rest on Fllltz.
Mr. Floltz'H nppolntmeit at Harrlshurg
brought him In close touch with tho lead
ers of his party In the Ktntc. They took
a liking to hint. Just as Congressman Con
noil had done. In 1800 they mndo him
president of the'Htato League ot Itcpubll
cau Clubs. He was re-elected 111 1000. In
190.1 Mr. Fleltz was named deputy attor
ney general by Governor .William A. Stone.
Ho was tho joungest man ever appointed
to this post, flovornor Pennypacker re
appointed him. In 1003, and ho was con
tinued In ollleo when Governor Stuart went
In. in 1907.- He could havo remained there
during tho administration of Governor
Tcner, but Flc'ltz's law practlco nnd his
,vurlcd business Interests had grown to
much nronortioiiH that he had to devoto his
'Juntfro tlnio to' them. Ho served for n
'tlmo as a member of tho State water supply
commission.
, For years nnd until the primary last
wring Mr. Floltz was a Penroso man,
Whon Ciovijrnor Hrumbaugh announced his
willingness. II.) stand as a candldato for
tho presidency, Mr. Flcltz was ono of the,
first to 'corno liut for tho Governor. Ho
ussumod personal charge of the Hrumbaugh
campaign In tlio northeastern tier, and was
a member ot the Governor's advisory board
In tho State while proclaiming hjs friend
ship for Govenytr -Brumbaugh, Mr. Flcltas
did not hesitate ,to say lie bcllovbd the
Governor had no, clianco of winning at
Chicago. Flcltz favored Hooscvcll for the
nomination. Four years 'ago ho was for
Tuft. Since tho primary, ho distributed
thu tlrumbnugli patronage In his end of the
State.
A year ngo bo vvim chief counsel for the
Philadelphia Hlectrlo Company, when Its
rntrwvcro beforo tho Public Servlco Hoard
for readjustment. Tho litigation waa
amicably settled, bul not until ho had put
In several hard muntlm of holld work on
tho Issue. Ho was ouo of counso'l fur the
coal companies when the ltoncy anthraclto
lux law was successfully attacked In tho
Supremo Couit, n year ago.
Mr Flcltz was president of the Anthra
clto Trust Company. Scranton; a director
in thn Scrnnloi) Savings and Diino llnuk,
a director of tho Scrnnton Llfo Insurance
Company and general counsel for thu same
concern. Willi State Senator William C.
Sprout, of Chester, lie was associated In tho
appla-grnwiiig Industry, .Messrs. Flcltz nnd
Hpioul owning largo orchards In Wyoming
and Cumberland counties. Ho wuh u di
rector of tho Taylor Huspltul Association
at Taylor, Pa., ami was on tho board of
trustees of Htato Hospital, this city. Ho
wns counsel for tint Hoard of fleglstratton
Commissioners in Scranton nt the tlmo of
his death.
Mr. Fleltz was married In 1891 to Miss
Clam A. Mitchell, daughter of Hon. John
1, Mitchell, former United States Senator
from Pennsylvania, and later n member of
tho Superior Court of Pennsylvania She
survives. Them a,ro no children.
ABYSSINIA QUELLS .MOSLEMS
Overthrow of Emperor by Mother Fol
lowed Conversion of Father
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Abyssinia, one
of the oldest Christian countries In tho
world, has put down another attempt to
bring it under tho sway of Mohammedan
Ism. Details reaching here today tt rough offi
cial sources ot tho revolution fought out
on tho African plateau show that the over
throw of tho young Kmporor. Lldq Jeasu,
by his mother, Ouizero Zeodltu, followed the
Kmperor's conversion by his father to Mos
lcmUni and efforts to change the national
religion.
I'hiladelphians to Sail for Europe
The American liner New York will ball
front New York tomorrow for Liverpool
with the following Phlludelphlans on board:
Miss Sarah Glnty. Miss Annlo Itouue, Miss
Kllen Ituane, Mrs.'K A. Klsler, Fred J,
Elsler and Josephine K Klsler.
Miss Rankin's Campaign Cost $687
HKLBNA. Mont., Nov. 24. Miss Jeannette
Itankln, of Mlswjula, who was elected to
Congress on the Republican ticket Novem
ber T, sper' M 8 7.70 on "her campaign,
according to aer expense account on file
yesterday at the office of the Secretary of
State.
Congdon Estate Worth $25,000,000
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. U The estate
of Chester A. Congdon, Republican national
committeeman -from Minnesota, who died
Monday, has ben estimated at 25,000,
040. Mr- Cengdon's estate consists largely
of ore lands. Ills funeral will be held
today.
, Iron Money for Scandinavia
. OOPSNHAOBN, Nov. 24 The National
TU'ende, says that as a result of negotiations
bstween Deanwrk, Sweden and Norway iron
money Is shortly to be Issued in place of
oia,li copper oin. These coins have been
sjM4 from Rtetes from England, but the
; of tjMNM rscsntty wss stopped owing
to ttM JJruJIj btit that torg quautitlM of
I skiallilMi sk 1 1, ill1 'Him iaigyfciMhlWTr-- ir"MlM'hr " r1"?m irti n-.jrii" ht i aMCjuri Mi n mi an ii inmian nil sfrr iMftofr r wnrMiMliiiM MtatmrtHaMKfTff "ai "l"ft1"1 iiM.aii.iijaBiaas
H0PLEY DIVORCE JURY
DISAGREES; iNEW TRIAL
Couple Meet, However, and
Reconciliation Is Believed
Probable
MEDIA, Fa,, Nov. 24. The Hopley di
vorce nctlon, one of the most sensational
that Delaware County has had In years,
ended In a disagreement this morning, when
nt 10t3S o'clock tho Jury reported that It
was unable to agree, ll was discharged by
Judge Johnson. This mnkes a new trial
necessary. f
Tho Jury had been out since 3:12 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Mony ballotH wero
taken between that time nnd midnight last
night, when the men retired, and they were
hard nt It again this morning before eight
o'clock.
Jn reporting to tho Court, the Jury said
thero had been no change In the standing
from the first ballot, and It wns Inter
learned that they stood seven to five for
Mrs, Hopley.
When asked what was the chief difficulty,
thoy declared that thoy werp unable to
ngrco upon anything.
John M llrooninll, one of the attorneys
for Hopley, looks upon tho disagreement ns
only n llttlo less than a victory.
Mr and Mrs. Hopley met Inst evening
In tho corridor of the Court Houso as they
were watting for a verdict of the Jury
Nono ot tho counsel or parties Interested
wns nbout, nnd husband nnd wife shook
hands nnd went Into a room used by
lawyers, whero thoy spent n half-hour nlono
A court officer who stnrted Into tho room
without knowing they were thero found
them engaged In closo conversation. What
this conversation related to they would
not say, except that it was about business
matters.
Hopley had a conversation with his law
yers after this meeting, nnd then spent an
hour or moro looking about town for his
wife, who had loft tho courthouse. lie
was unable to find her nnd returned, soaked
by tho rain. Hopley's lawyers bcllovc that
a reconciliation will bo effected and base
thnlr hope upon this Interview.
Tho trial of tho suit brought by tho
wealthy Mrs. .Mario D. Hopley, of Swarth
moro, against her husband, William A. Hop
Icy, of Uradford, created much Intorcst here,
although Mrs. Hopley was known to com
paratively fow persons In the county. The
courthouse held many spoctntors, and many
bets wore registered upon tho outcome Tho
disagreement means a holding over of tho
case for three months, until the next term
of court, unless a reconciliation Is effected.
VILLA AGAIN HURLS
FORCES ON CHIHUAHUA
4000 Bandits Renew Attack on
North Mexican Capital.
Reach Outskirts
ML PASO, Tex., Nov. 24. Another Ileirc
attack upon Chihuahua City was launched
by Vllllstaa today.
From tho southern and western sides ot
tho northern Mexico capital 4000 bandits
mado a simultaneous assault and at 10
o'clock today tho fighting was still in prog
ress, reports received In Juarez said.
A message from General Trevlno, com
manding tho Chihuahua City garrison, to
Consul General Garcia at Juarez, reported
the renewnl of tho assault.
From the wording of tho message tt was
Inferred Villa had penetrated Into tho out
skirts of tho city.
A codo mesago to mining representatives
hero told of largo bodies of Vllllstas In
position west of Chlhunhua City Inst
night, waiting for daylight. It Is believed
Villa threw these troops upon the city to
day. OIL GUARDED FROM AIR RAIDS
Navy Yard Supplies Going in Under
ground Tanks
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Tho navy Is
preparing to place its fuel oil supply at
various navy yards In underground storng
reservoirs to protect It from attack by
hostllo aircraft.
An estimate of $1,000,000 for additional
storage space of this nature at tho Uu.in
tnunino, Pearl Ilurbor, Ptiget Hound, Sun
Diego, Mare Island and Narragansett Pay
stations was explained to tho House Naval
Affairs Committee by Itcnr Admiral Har
ris, chief of the yards and docks. Tho Mx
stations will havo a total capacity of 88,
000,000 gallons.
Privnte Laboratory for F. I. du Pont
WIIjMINCITO.V. Del., Nov. 24. Frnnclh
I. du Pont, formerly with tha big powder
company nnd one of tho best-known chem
ists In tho country, yesterday took out a
permit to erect a private laboratory on tho
Miller road, near this city, at a coat of
$17,000. This does not Include tho entire
cost of the laboratory, for the greater por
tion ml tho structure Is outside tho city
limits.
NO NEW "CRISIS" SEEN
IN SUBMARINE WAR
Significant Silence, However,
Supplants Pitiless Publicity
in Washington
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. German-
American relations aver a long string of
recent submarine boat attacks uro running
over with possibilities of trouble which,
however, have not yet reached the point
of n, new "crisis."
The few officials of the Administration
who would talk today took 'that view of
the situation. Significant fcjlence, how
ever, lias nearly supplanted pitiless pub
licity. The State Department officially
holds that American affidavits, plus Ber
lin replies to submarine Inquiries, ''have
not made the situation any more serious
than it has been for some time past, but
the hint Is strong that olllclals are appre
hensive that trouble may be only n step
ahead. It Is all ''Intangible," however.
Secretary of State lousing set a new
rule today of talking with no ono outside
his official associates, even for his confi
dential guidance,, on submarine questions.
Both he and President Wilson are keeping
what la perhaps a closer watch on present
developments than they have done at any
time for many months.
Meantime, the few officials who will talk
and who kpow whereof they speak say
they scent no "actual crisis" at the present
moment. But they frankly admit that cer
tain unofficial Indications are that Ger
many has overstepped, and will continue to
do so, on her submarine warfare and on
her pledges. .
Road Supervisors Convicted
LANCASTER. Pa.. Nov. 24. Charles U
nookey. PUIer L. Reese and J. Martin
aood. supervisors of Bart township, charged
with maintaining: a. nuisance in having a,
baa atretcb of road between Green Tree
and Nine Points, were convicted In Quarter
Sessions Court here. The prosecution was
brought at the instance of the Luncailtr
Automobile Club, which, bu begun s cam
paign to have rural iohum Impruved.
VARE TO COLLECT
TWICE FOR DIRT
Sweepings Can Be Sold to
City for League Island
Fill
MAY CLEAN UP $200,000
Director Datesman Failed to Put
Dumping Provision in the
Removal Contract
Plana for Vare Clcan-up
on Municipal Contracts
pONTRACTOR EDWIN II. VAKE
nwnrded street cleaning contract
for 1917 nt figures $238,000 in ad
vance of this year's cstimntc.
Much of the dirt collected is fit for
use nt League Islnnd fill, for which
the city will pay from forty to fifty
cents n cubic ynrd.
League Island improvement con
tracts alvvnys go to Vnre, nnd his bid
for the latest improvement work, in
cluding -401,000 cubic ynrds of fill,
will be submitted next Wcdncsdny.
Contractor Varo to submit new
cstimntcs for nsh rcmovnl of South
Philadelphia. Tho yearly collection
amounts to 325,000 cubic yards. Of
this 150.000 cubic ynrds will be fit
for use in park fill.
Contractor Varo, on landing tho
contracts, will bo paid for collections
nnd will sell to the city the collec
tions made.
Situation made possible by Direc
tor Datcsman's failure to indicate the
park as a dumping ground for col
lections. Through tho neglect of Director Dates
man, of the Department of Public Works,
to Include In street clcunlng nnd nsh re
movnl specifications a provision Hint the
dirt and asheH should be dumped where
needed nt tho l.eaguo Island Park lilt,
.State Senator Kdwln II. Varo, who nlso Is
a city contractor, will soon be In a position
to chargo the city for collections nnd then
sell the dirt and ashes lo tho city for from
forty to fifty cents' n yard of fill. Tills
double profit system, which Is not new In
city contracting, Is expected to result In a
Varo clean-up of approximately $200,000.
, Contractor Varo has been awarded the
street cleaning contract for the southern
portion of thu city at figures $2.18,000 In
ndvanco of those for which ho Is doing tho
work this year. Ills estimates for ash re
moval In tho same districts havo been
turned down, but ho will bo given a second
chance to estimuto on this work when bids
are opened again on December E. The
League Island Park Improvement bids will
bo opened next Wednesday and Contractor
Vare, who has had all of this work In tho
past, Is expected to land tho contract with
out serious opposition.
I.ITTI.U FKAU OF COMPETITION
Contiactor Vnre does not need to fear
competition In getting tho nsh-collcctlou
contract In South Philadelphia. Ho has tho
equipment necessary nnd the organization
which ennblns him to underbid nny one
who would huve the .temerity to oppose
him.' This is also truo of tho I.tugiio
Island Park' Improvement work. .
Mucli of the dirt that .ho will collect' from
tho streets under tho contracts for treet
cleaning can ho used In making tho League
Island Park fill, and for this leitsondio will
bo nllowed to collect twice for handling tho
dirt of the streets. Tho ash situation will
do ine same.
For collecting 320.000 cubic yards of
nshes that South Philadelphia produces
yearly, ho will bo pjld as muolrlosii than
the $214,800 In his rejected bid ns bo sees
fit to cut off from tho figures to bo sub
mitted December 6. It Is estimated by
Chief Cnnnell, of tho Highway Ilureau,
that 150,000 cubic yards of tho 491,000 cubic
yards needed to grade I.enguo Island Park
can bo of nshes and rubbish. Director
Datesman expects to pay from forty to fifty
cents for this fill.
This will glvo Contractor Vare moro than
twice enough ushcs from his South Phila
delphia collections to mnko that fill. He
gets the ashes for nothing, Is paid for col
lecting them and then Is paid a second time,
at good prices for fill that prevail In mu
nicipal contracting.
Director Datesman, when nsked why he
did not Include In the nsh-collcctlng specifi
cations for bouthern districts n provision
Hint they should bo dumped nt I.e.iguo Is
land Park, thus saving to the city a largo
proportion of tho cost of the fill, declarod
thai ho could not "prosumo" that ono con
tractor would get both ploces ot work, and
that It Is "not customary" to mako such a
stipulation In nsh collection- nnd street
cleaning contracts. If different contractors
should get tho contracts, ho explained, such
a provision might lead to ull sorts of dllll
cultlea. Unemployed Man Commits Suicide
Worried because he was out of work,
John Sakolol, thirty-five years old, who,
tho police suy, had no home, committed
suicide by shooting himself last night
shortly nfter leaving tho house of a friend,
Stephen Katony, 4676 Umbrla street, Mana
yunk. SKULL-SMASHING TALE
AGITATES COURTROOM
Spectators Shudder at Teiper
Murder Man Held for
Killing Kin
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 2 1. Spectator
stirred uneasily In court whero John F.d
ward Teiper Is on trial for murder toduy us
Deputy Medical IJxamlner Bruco U l
Cook described wttlt tho detail of a surgeon
how the skulls ot Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper und
her son Frederick were "crushed and cracked
like eggshells."
Cook described the uutopuy which followed
the finding of the bodies of the young brick
manufacturer's mother and brother und his
sister Grace unconscious from a blow on
the head beside a stalled automobile.
Dr. Frederick C. Boyle related his visit
to the Teiper home following the tragedy
and repeated the story told then by the
prisoner. Teiper told of his trip to Buffalo
In his roadster In quest of Ico cream nnd
how the machine stalled and was abandoned
midway between Orchard Park and Buf
falo. He told of his meeting the family In
their car and his return to Orchard Park,
how he again accompanied them as far as
his Btalled car on their return to the city.
"He told us that his brother got out und
was fixing the rear light of his mother's
touring car, which was a few feet ahead
of the roadster," said Doctor Boyle. "He
was nt work, he said, on the stalled road
ster. Then he heard a cry of alarm and a
groan like 'Oh, Kd!'
"It was a cold, dark night with mist.
Teiper said that he looked toward the
touring car and saw shadows. Somebody
grabbed him. He said he thought his as
sailant was a negro. He struggled and
fought with the man and then he knew
nothing until he came to. Some person came
along, he said, and he nailed them and
went home."
Queen Liliuokalani Fully Recovered
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 21. Former
Oueen I,illuokala.ul. recently HI. la -muoh
improved, acwdusg to passengers arriving
SIR HIRAM MAXIM DIES;
WAS NOTED INVENTOR
Great Scientist, Born an Amer
ican, Expires in London
After Brief Illness
.ONDO.V, Nov. 21.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, Inventor of
cordite nnd the automatic firearms, died
hero at 2:30 o'clock this morning.
Hlr lllrnm hnd been reported ns seriously
III nt his homo In London for severnl days
past. He was seventy-six years or. nge.
Bir itimm Ktevens Mfitlm wns nn Amcr-
'icnn who won his most distinguished honors
nt tho hands of foreign nations, uorn nt
Sangersvllle, Mo., February 8, 1810, the son
of Isnae Weston nnd Harriet Boston
Stevens Maxim, his education wnn begun In
tho common schools adjacent to hlrf home
Aptitude for scientific knowledge turned his
similes In that direction nnd by nttcndlng
lectures nnd from home study ho ncqulred
the Information that afterward was to de
velop him Into nn Inventor of world-wide
fnme.
ills first employment wns a four-year
apprenticeship nt conrh-hitlldltig which end
ed when be entered n inachlno shop In
Fltehburg. MnRs . where. Inter, ho became
foreman of an Instrument factory. After
this he worked nt the Novelty Iron Works
and Shipbuilding Company In New Ymk
and nt similar factories, meanwhile patent
ing various improvements In stnnm en
gines and putting on tho market nn auto
matic gns machine.
In It's h- Invented nn Imptoved inenn
desccnt l,ini)i and mndo other Inventions
In this field, somo of whSrli were exhibited
nt the Paris Imposition of 1881. Ho had
gone to lluropc In 1880 and there pro
ceeded to develop his most celebrated In
vention, the Maxim machine gup. Tills
device led him to evolve an automatic
Hvstctn of firearms, which mnkes thn re
coll of the gun serve, ns tho power for
reloading.
More than one hundred International
patents relating to petroleum nnd other
motors were taken out by him. his Inven
tions extending Into the fields of oidnnnca
materials and explosives Cordite, a smoke
less powder, owes Its discovery to his ef
forts. Moro recently Sir Hiram dovnted
much of his tlmn nnd intention to aero
nautics, constructing In 1891 a large-power
lllng machine.
For many years ho wuh n member nf tin
British ordnance firm of Vlclters Sons &
Muxlm. He beenmo a naturalized citizen
of (ire.it Britain, alleging unfair treatment
of Ills Inventions by the United States (lov
crnment. ROBBED MOTHER'S STORE
TO AID RIVAL'S TRADE
Chester Haberdashers Figure in
Novel Suit, Finally Com
promised Clli:.STi:, Pn., Nov. 21. Two rival
owners of adjoining haberdashery estab
lishments figured today In one of the most
unusual cases of store robbery on reconl
here. Tho pcrprotrntor of tho crlmo Is
Charles Cllnslierg, n son of Mrs. IIcsslo
Clnsherg, victim ot the thefts and owner of
a storo In Chester.
Max Herman, who conducts a gents' fur
nishing store next door to Mrs. (Hn.shcrg'H,
11-1 West Third street, was charged with
receiving moro than $800 worth of mer
chandise looted from the rival store.
For nearly six months Mrs. (Jlnsbcrg
marked with alarm the over-Increasing
business of her competitor who sold stand
ard goods nt u price far below tho whole
sale cost. She was perplexed. Regular cus
tomers began to desert her In favor of Her
man, who was doing a rushing business.
loung uinsnerg nrovca a sympaiuic son
and an Herman continued to stage, con
tinuous reduction sales ho appeared deeply
'grieved, but ceased his efforts to nld tho
mother's business.
Tho first clue to the robbery enmo when
Mrs. Clnsherg took an Inventory of her
stock and found It bndly depleted despite
n hit go loss In sales. A complete denoue
ment of thn theft took placo when the
woman proprietress visited another storo
located In the vicinity and by clianco
glanced at the rear of her own establish
ment. Sho saw her son busily engaged
In hurling bundles of iiicrcliaudl--e ovur tlio
fonco to Berinnn, who was carrying them
Into his store.
Prosecution immediately followed and n
search warrant brought to light $200 worth
of goods Identified as tho property nf Mrs.
(linsberg. Her iiamo was still upon snniu
of the bundles.
Bel man and young CilnMieig Joined foices
nnd engaged J. J. Stclscr, a criminal
lawyer, to defend them After considerable
effort a vompronrlso was arranged this
morning beforo Justlco of tlio Peace Berry.
Mrs. lllnsborg was repaid for her losses.
Tho woman storekeeper forgot tho fact
that she wnti heartbroken over the duplicity
of her son nnd luft the lieurlug room with
u hugo bankroll and a broad sinllo
HOTEL (CLERK TESTIFIES
AGAINST MRS. TRIPLETT
Swears He Saw Her Drinking
With Man Who Said She
Was His Wife
NKW YORK, Nov. 24. Joseph F. Buck
Icy, who wns a clerk In a New lluven hotel
last year, testified In tho divorce suit or
tho Ilev. John Triplett, Presbyterian pas
tor of Woodbury, N. J., today that the
minister camo to him nn May 15, 11)16,
whllo Mrs. Triplett was "drinking out ot
highball glasses" with u man in the dining
room und nsked it the hotel permitted un
married persons to occupy rooms.
Buckley told him no, he testified, and
when the man In question paid his bill
Buckley asked him It ho and his companion
wero married.
"Certainly, sho Is my wife," tho man
replied. "She la waiting at the station for
me."
The hearing, which Is before C. V. P. Jo
line, advisory master In chancery, was
transferred hero from Trenton today In
order that wltnesfcen residing hero might
bo heard, Testimony until today outlined
various marital troubles. Including $10
charged for kisses by Mrs. Trplett ; alleged
personal assaults by tho minister's wife. In
cluding hitting him with a mackerel, stick
ing him with n pin and pouring turpentine
on hlnl whllo lie slept.
Tha mothers of both wero In court today,
Mrs. Triplett was warm In her greeting of
her son, and Mrs. Dora, Nelson, Mrs. Trip
lett's mother, stately and calm In somber
black.
Mrs. Triplett listened o the hotel man's
story without evidence of agitation:
Parker nan Third in Louisiana
BATON ROUCSR, lA, Nov. 24. Wilson
electors received more than eighty-five per
cent of the votes cast In Louisiana, and
the Progressive electors, pledged for John
M. Parker, of this State, for Vice Presi
dent and unpledged for President, received
less than did the Republican candidates.
TOO UtTB FOB Ctq&giriCATION .
T.QST and rovsn
HOOP EAHHINU. platinum end diamond, lut.
ThurlJjy evuntnif. (Mlevuc-S'ratford uppr
rooin.J!ral Hrd Tulaphoao Lombard Itf.
DEATHS
WKAV8B fcov St. BAMUK1. I.KB WEAV-
SS. Mkif JSJbfSS. .?
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"mtmi
SIR HIKAM STEVENS MAXIM
WOMAN TEACHER ('AN FEED
PERSON ON 32 CENTS A DAY
Miss Adn Z. Fish Demonstrates How
Sho Conquers High Cost of Living
Who said the cost of living Is going up?
Don't nil answer at once. Be that ns It
may, hero's ono woman, nt lenst. who can
feed four persons on $10 n month for
each person, which Is approximately thirty
two cents n day.
She Is Miss Ada '.. Fish, teacher of do
mestic sc,etnco nt the William Penn High
School. She believes that tho average Phil
adelphia family can lively cnenply It the
housekeeper Is "on the Job."
"I keep a record of every penny I t-pend,"
Flic snld, "nnd for $10 n month I feed three
meals n day to one person. It conts mo $40
a month for the fntully of four, or $10 each.
I could feed them on lens nnd still servo the
proper kind of fond and In proper amounts."
Miss Fish explained thnt her family Is
fed Fclentlllcally. Kncli meal In plnnncd
with regard to food value".
"Thtce menln n day lire essential," sho
explained. "For breakfast wo have meat
or eggs, fruit, coffee nnd bread and butter.
We havo a light lunch and for dinner we
havo meat, two vegetables and dessert.
When wo have soup I serve only one vege
table. All that costs only thirty-two cents
a day."
An Important Sale of
w,
omens ana
This is a specially-plannsd
should oppeil to
interested in modes -
. .1
$1 Suits of broadcloth, v?ool vslour nnd velveteen
25 -; nttrnctivel lined niJ warmly-interlined ; some
to $45 I fur-trimmsd and ot.ters with touches of erJet
ere
A 4- I Superior suits, featuring only the handsomest
Yl -Pt"5 materials, luxurious Jurs and tailored in accord
Were to $95 (ance with the Blum standard of hand work
manship. ,.,.,'' '
Milliner? Special at $5.oo
Each hat is an individual Blum model and
displays a fetching originality quite unusual at
this price Among the smartest a o models of
panne velvet, hatter's plush or gold lace, with
A Sale of Women's and Misses' Coats
ip Z.J Values to $55
Cut in the straight lin's, semi-fitted effects and shirred effects.
All the (nshionabo materials and colors, plain or fur trimmed.
MMhjmS
MLrMunLW ir.nmtiaiJBurjgyanB
tPoVER KHESGEQ,i mnn ELEVATOR H
M 5c & loc storo Second floor or stairs j
Women's Smart Boots
for Thanksgiving
Another shipment of the most wanted styles at cut prices
'ed and stitched soles,
Alt 6izes II to E wide,
J f I "1r
hi the
Other
College
R3 W J .T
W ml
-&
Men's
Trade-Mark
SSioes,
vt
$9
Lli
to
ift
Open
Saturday
Evenings
nt s q(4 ma, Weltsd goj. All
. - .. . -
Qmfitw Brap ?i $3
PROTEST PLANNED
m
AGAINST TAX RATE
Business Men's Association
Calls on Citizens to Storm
City Hall
FEAR FOR HOME. OWNER,
"Political death," was threaten ,.
every councilman who votes In favor of lh -li
iwoiiiy-ceni increase In the lax tAlt, una
plans were announced for the storming of
City Hall by 6000 protesting taxpam, by
members of the United Business Men's
Association after nn exciting meeting in tli.
Bingham Hotel.
"Let us show Councils that they are th.
servanta of the people," cried Charles II '
von Ta gen secretary of the organltC
ns lie leaped from his scat and delivered a
tirade "It nn show them that It th..
Increase the burdens of the homo oVn.r.
they will be defeated at the nertriwteS
Mr v..n Tngen then urged nn nlM'hlUdeL
phla movement to Itnrrlsburg to secure
"Homo rule" nnd protective tax letSi.
Hon. He said that Philadelphia hid iw
home rule Ihnn Ireland and that nn lncre.
in the tnx rate would mean further incrnii
In tho cost of living for the tenant" "J
small property owner.
"Tho owner will manage to see to It
that ho docs not havo to stimd the id.
vance." the speaker said. 'The tenant
will have to carry this nddlllonal burden.
Id like to see a tax act that would nil
somo burden on other things than rl
estate. "
"It will mean an Increase of $1 a month
In rent for every homo In tho city." h.
added as n parting shot.
The meeting wai held last night follow
ing tho action nf Councils' Finance Coin,
mlttee. which reported to Common Council
an ordlnanco to boost next year's lax fate
twenty cents a hundred of realty valuation.
Tho twenty-cent Increase will make the
total rato $1.70. Including llio school tat
A protest meeting will be held In Cltr
Hall next Tuesday, according to nn an
nouncement hy members of tho assocls.
tlon. The meeting will bo held before Coun
cils act on tho tax question,
Common Councilman Robert E. Lamber
ton snld:
"I can toll you that the tax rate It
going to bo Increased next Tuesday by a
vote of 4 to 1. Nothing Bhort of a revolu
tion will stop It; your resolutions cannot
stop It."
Within a few minutes chaos reigned. A
call nt once wns Issued to allied organiza
tions In protest ngulnst the Increase. It ll
hoped that more than fivo thousand tax
payers will storm City Hall nnd voice their
united protest.
d Misses' Suits
ivnsses
cent, v?hick
every woman who is
r 1 i.l ft
or the better
sort
1 3 10 Chestnut Street
Illack and white combinations in pat
ent ami (lull kitl vamps, high or low
heels, battleship grey. African brown
bronze, and
' black kid welt-
jtssortmeni. vVR
Shoes, $1.98 to $4.95
Girls' English $$.95
n
waiKing Boots &J
liienes lilpfi, in cuu-metul call, netr mili
tary beets, ulio lilack suede EuglUh lace;
regular cut; netted aolet. All sites snd U
to 1) nldtlia.
Boys' High-Cut Storm
1.69
The Boys' dellgbt lj
Tan and BUck. wltn
Straps md
Buckles. 8Ies 9
tolSHandlt?:.
' $1.98
I )
I1
11
JF 9
Samples and surplus stock or wen fn0,"
'mskss such s Willis w-KoeeUods. "!
TUompsou Brus Uurly. Nettleton. sad
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bs sad. AtollliilM asueinucwi.
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