FIRE CHIEF MURPHY DPHOLDSCAMPAWiN i Efforts of Men to Enlist Public support ivuiu;a Superior's Praise Itheir ARDENT CHAMPION n, fireman of rtWa-olphto In , Ih.lr csm- 'lirklBr twuw mnt will permit mora .!r0.r5 hour, off duty out of every Pw.fouf have no stronirer champion or ir frUml than Wllltnm II. Murphy, the 'SSSt thief engineer of tha Ilureatl of wmt. . ... ....... ., ri, silence or uniei iphj ""i "- . M2 of the mpln of publicity . wsalnir In the firemen' bohslt tins not w.'r. , ..nnihr on hla part. Ne.ther F ?. if tout Its orluln In any feellnc that he Is'kTehlef ennlneer has not receive.! prop-r ft K .ffecllni V bureau of which h, I. th. ufcutlva head. . ... ih nnntrrv. Chief Murphy him- i lf today defined nnd explained hla view I ih. campaign "I'm only nfrnl.1 of one Pikta" Mid the chief, smlllni?, ns he eat at Fits dink In fire headquarters. Juniper nnd Z. .,.,.. "I am afraid that no man Km out Into words stroriR enoush how heart rtwand sincerely t am with tho men of th t-trartiii In this campnlgn. I can t tell myself i. tki. cnmnalKn, 1 can't tell you myself lv tin slronxly I am for them nnd for what fc !V.V ..kin. If It lay within ny E tower to grant them the request for moro E lime to spend at tholr homes thnn tho three E fears dally they now rci. they would hnvn had It ins insmiu iiccumo tiiim .-,, ulti. unnr.D it i .adjustment nfnr Ihla movement beiran. In my first rtnort to the Director of 1'uMlc Hnfety, I ' " ' . ll..l..l.nt H 41... .... I, I.... tj,or of the burcn.ii That was three years ijo, and what 1 said then expresses my sentiment lotmy .i umi miiu i "iuip, nn toil msy read In my report: 'Tho two-pin-tn system ami tin every fourth day off system are under consideration at present In ths hopo that tho long Vtorklnir hours for firemen may he reduced Many advantages would be rained over the present plan of ti twenty-four hours a day. with every sixth ' . - .,. 44... titlra hnrnll unnlit (ia 7 on, ui'u " v ...-.... benefited. These, long hours of duty seem tn unnecessary hardship, especially as n Very small Increaso In the membership would permit of the Introduction of a plan which would give the men In the service opportunities for family and homo life now Sealed them ' "That was written for, nnd Is part of my 1114 report At that time, us you see. my first thought was for my men. It Is still ray first and most prominent thought. "Anything I can do today that would help to bring about tho rucrcss of the pres ent campaign I will do willingly and gladly. I have been a flroman twenty-two years. I have served In the ranks, and up the lad- e'er through the several degrees to my pres ent poa,tlon I am familiar with nil the phases of a fireman's life through per sonal experience No one In the service knows better than I how much nn addition to his opportunities for homo life means to a fireman. And no one Is readier than I to work toward tho accomplishment or any ptin that a nis to lessen the lone tour of duty at the flro station. I want every man ta tho bureau to know and to understand earns to me nnd told mo what they wanted fto brine about, I told them I approved their iiSforts, and when they named a committee Sto represent them I did all that I could to Itelp that committee In Its work, llecauso El have said noth.ng publicly since the com Fulttee was named and began Its work there Buy ba an Impression thnl I have Inst Inter im or hsve felt that I had no part In a funher movement. Nothing could be fur Either from the truth, nnd 1 know that the ntatn In tho bureau who know me, nnd thnt jjjtaeans virtually every man In It, under ritand why I acted as I did. j "I simply ilo not want to do nnytning sthat might Interfere or nullify any atcp or Bictlon of the committee. It Is doing 1'lls work so capably nnd so thoroughly if In accord with my own Meim In tho matter I? Out 1 feel that any Individual action, no K matter how well-Intended, might tend to f spoil or at least hamper Ita own good jiptaiis. I am not u. talker at any time, and 'iiii this present Juncture I feel that I am tiding the proper and best thing by sitting Iback and ndmlrliiR tho good nnd excellent wy In which tho men themselves are s tarrying on their work As to tho cause Itself, I do not know f worthier one. and now. l)elier. the public has been brought to look upon It .wnn ine same Importance ns the unlcers ftnd men of the bureau. I belle that In p short time the additional men needed to effect a fourlh-dny-orf system will be (granted. In my own onlnlon the fourth ijfiay off Is better than n two-platoon sys- ttm The two-platoon arrangement li a I straight day and nlcht shift, while every glfourth day Is a twenty-four-hour holiday pwun every second day off lusting for thlrty illx hours. This man irlves the men more , opportunity to bo with their families than vK iney vere working In weeKs of nlter mtlrm day and nlcltt dutv. I am drawn f to this opinion as tho result of observa- 1ah ..-.I a .-. , -,.,..,. t a from oltlclals In cities whero the two-platoon system U In operation. "I hen't mentioned tho matter of salary. To ray mind that question Is one that is a evidently m need of readjustment tnat It seems foolish to suggest that it be taken ' Into consideration except In the way the s men ask for It Under existing conditions, It Is next to impossible for a man In the ! flra bureau. If he lias a family, to live upon to present salary, and even a single man, - or one with no dependents, has little Induce- R- inent to enter the service, Dut I am con- went mat Councils, when they get tho regular budgets nut at the wav. and turn U. tatlr attention to the surplus at their dls 2 pool, will see that the men of the bureau fe t fire have the first consideration. 'A for myself, there la no man In Phlla- Stlphla. within the bureau or .outside of It. r Who has tha InturfBtM nf ihn firemen or ; their welfare more at heart than I, fk 4 wanl to "' them, one and all, ; Wat they have no truer friend In this move tment, nor on who Is moro ready to help . their cause, than Chief Murphy " EVENING LEDGlSR-lHIlLADELPHtA FRIDAY. DECEMBER IB, 1910 11 VILLA NOW THREATENS T0RRE0N, SAYS REPORT Rebels nnd Bandits Hit Cnr- rnnzistns in North nnd South Ht. TASO. Tex. Dec. U Cnrransas armies are belrlg harassed by revolution ists both In the north and south, aerord InpMo advices receive! here Mislay. Villa's main force la reported approach Ing the Important northern city of Tor reon. In sharp fighting south of Mevlri City, another relel force, under the leader ship of max Is reported to have enpturad Ksperania, an Important railway Junction point, and Is driving the CarrsnxUtas hock upon Mexico City Vllllsta ngenls here declare that Villa left BitfTlclent men around Chihuahua flty to retake the Plate cnp!al nt any tlms he chooses They predicted another VII. Ilsta raid on Chihuahua City soon, declnr Ing thnt Villi will release the 00 prls oners thrown Into the penitentiary by General Murgula Iteporln reaching the bonier say that Cnrranta soldiers are looting stores In Chihuahua City, acting on the theory that the shorn not deetroyed by Villa must be owned by friends of Villa. (Torreon Is approximately 27S miles south southwest of Chihuahua City, In the State of Durango ) Priests Risk Lives to Save Sacrament C'entlnned from Pse One Christian brothers and 100 students dresseil hastily and rushed to form a fire brigade They fought (he ft.unea and con tinued to do so after the arrival of the firemen The ipilck work of the Inmates of the col lege Is thought to have prevented a much heavier loss uni.t' cam. hi:nt to ihuhtoi, Cornwclls's fire department was the first to respond. When the men arrUed they Immediately sent In n call to llrlstol. which brought two more companies. The- blaxe could be seen for miles It gained such headway that the olunteer firemen tele phoned to Cnglnn Company No JS nt Holmcshurg for nld The llolmesburg com pany nrrlvcd Mhorllv after o'clock Several firemen narrowly escaped death or serious Injury when a uatertank near the tower of the college plunged through to the celling of the second floor It re mained there, however, and firemen wedged It tight. Firemen were handicapped by Tho smoke nnd hnd diniculty In getting water The blnxe was spectacular nnd several deeds of heroism wcro witnessed One fire man was burned on tho hands nnd face. The college wan built . few years ngo It la of Ciothlo style, of granite, w th llmeMntie trimmings The Btructuro Is surmounted by nn Imposing tower Tho main building Is used for general college purposes and con tains orflces, ilormltorlct, laboratories and classrooms. An Investigation has been started to de termine. If possible, tho cause of the blsxe TEIPER TAKES STAND IN DEFENSE OF LIFE Cnlm nnd Unemotional, He Fnccs Jury to Deny Murder of His. Mother nUKFAI.O. Dec IB. John IMward Telper, calm and unemotional, took tho stand when court opened to tell the Jury In Ills own words of the tragedy nn dreary Or chnrd road In which he Is accused of kill ing his nged mother that he might prollt by her will. The direct examination was expected tro bo brief. Then will come the cross-examination at the hands of District Attorney Mooro. On It the State hopes to drive the final nail In the young man's con viction. Crowds so great that tho sheriff had to hastily summon more deputies besieged the courtroom today Squarely In front of Tolper, as he told his story, sat his wife, who has steadfastly stuck by his side through the flvo long weeks of tho trial. Their three small children were not present. THIEVES SCARED FKOiM LOOT Roll Safe to Kitchen of Houso, but Po liccmnn Halts Robbery Industrious thieves, who moved a heavy safe from a front room to the kitchen of Joseph Dekot's residence, nt 919 North Sixth street, were obliged to flee without getting any booty early today. Tho men gained entrance by forcing a rear window'. It was evident that they hail to tear the door off the safe In order to rnovo It. The noise attracted Policeman Murray, of the Front and Master streets station. He ran to the rear nf the house, but tho thieves Jumped a fence and escaped Tho safe contained money and valuable papers Mine Workers Struck by Train SlinNANDOAH, Pa. Dec. IS. While Stanlslaw Pawky and Anthony Knllnow sky were on their way to packer No. 3 col lieries' late yesterday they were run down on the I.clilnh Valley Itallroad tracks Pawsky's two legs and right arm were cut off and he was fatally Injured, while Kn llnov sky has a broken leg and arm. 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Miles away from civilisation, anil In the heart of the Tetas desert, the death f Ur John o Ilteh. forty years old. of till r'hrlstlan street, who was a lieutenant In the Meillcnt Iteserve Ourr, of the Sixth t'nltetl Stales Cnvalry. occurred last Tues day, Recording tn news received today by bis relatives ami friends Kor )enrs Doctor lellch was employed at night In the fore gn division of the general Postoftlce. Ills bly l esnected to ntrlvr here In n fsw days Death was due to tphu, which among soldiers on the border Is known ns the "Itocky Mountain fever" News of the death of Doctor liltch Is being kept concealed from his wife, who 1 seriously ill. It Is feared that If she were told of her husband's death It might prove fatal Doctor l.ellrh was a gradmle of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania IIa worked his way through college after coming to this country a number of jears ngo from Scot land tlefnre entering college he worked ns a conductor. He always expressed an ambition to become a physician lie grad uxted from the University with honots and ror a while was resident physician nt me Polyclinic Hop tal. SAMUKI. II. AUSTIN Wealthy Tobncco Mnnufncturcr, He tired, Dici nt 70 Years of Ajjo Samuel II Austin, weallhv tobacco man ufacturer, died yesterday at his home. S9U rnestnut street, from n complication or nis e.vses He was seventy years old Mr. Austin retired from nctlve business several ears ago nnd devoted his time lo the collection of curios, of which be was said lo hnve had lite tlnrsl small collei lln In the world lie wns a member of nearly forty clubs Mr. Austin was born In Massachusetts but lived the grrnler part of his life In Philadel phia In I80 he married Miss I.oulse fluy dam. of New York He Is survived by one daughter, Mrs Isaac H Jones, of 1501 Spruce street. The collection of curios, Mr Austin's hobby, was effected principally throughout Kuropo by making extended automohle tours for that puriKise Ills collection, how over, contained specimens from nil over the world Kunernl services, while et uncompleted, will probably bo held at tho Austin homo on Sunday The Itev ltnmand Krahhrook, a cf-- rlend of Mr Austin, will conduct the services nt the house. The body will bo taken lo Ilronklyn for burial In llm family vault In Greenwood Cemetery, on Monday. .Mrs. James Ilatcmnn Mrs. James Ilateman, eighty-eight years old, died yesterday at her home, 20B North Thirty-fifth street. She was the widow of James Ilateman nnd a lineal descendant of Hermanns Wlltbnnk. one of tho earliest Swedish settlers In Delaware She Is sur vived by a sou, James Ilateman. Jr , nnd four daughter, Mrs Charles V. Dulles. Mrs. Ocorgo O Cameron. Mrs V. J. Illllott and Miss Julia I.uplpn Ilateman. Samuel W. Barnes Samuel A narno at one time a widely known athlete and president of the Key stone baseball c:ub, the sex)nd club organ ised tn Pennsylvania, died yesterday at his home. HI llast Durham street. .Mount Airy, lie was tt jears old Death was caused by pneumonia, which developed from a cold Mr llarnes was born In New Orleans, com Ihg here wllh his parents ns a buy lie was educated In the public schools, and In IS?0 established a plumbing business nt Slxth nnd Diamond streets Its was n former vice president of the Master Plumb ers' Association lie was known for many prlvnte charities. Vox many years he was connected with the Ht. Vincent de Paul rloclety. He Is survived by a widow, two sons and one dxughter The funeral will take place next Monday. Charles Cole Charles Cote, forty-two years old, a news paper man. died yesterday at his tale resi dence, 1121 North Fourth street, of Itrlght's disease, after an Illness of nearly two years Mr Cole Is survived by hN widow, who was Miss Mav Krlel Ills funernl will be held tomorrow morning, wllh Interment at llonnle llrae Cemetery. Baltimore Charlei W. Holme Charles V. Holme, for several e..H foreman of the pxlnters tn the Itureau of Health and Charities and motioned nt the Phllidelphta Hospital, died suddenly yes terday in the oltlce of Hie Institution He was born In Prankford sixty-five years ngo. and was associated wllh his father In the rlrm of Holme A Pro tn the house painting business He was a charier mem ber of the Oxford t.mlgo of odd Kellows tho P O S A anil the Knights of the Holden l-ile Kor many e.vrs he was active tn the affairs of the Prankford Ave nue Methodist Pplsv-npnl Church nnd sec retary of the board of trustees Ills widow nnd one son survive him DKATII NOT!Ci:S ON PACK 18 William II. Ilallcy The funeral of William II. Ilalley. 4; yeom old, for many yenrs a special officer of the Fourteenth district, will be held this afternoon. He died on Wednesday at this home, CI IS Lensen street, riermnntouu, after a brief Illness. Ho wns considered one of the best district detectives In the Po lice Ilurenu, and made many Important cap tures. He Is survived by his widow nnd several children. William A. Miller William A. Miller, seventy-four yenrs old, a Common Councllmnn from the Thirty ninth Ward for thirty years, died yesterday at his home. 2335 South Twelfth street. Mr Miller was a friend of Thomas A. Hdlson for more than half a century. When the Western Union Telegranh Company was known as the Qould Company, and had Its office here nt Third and Chestnut streets. Mr Miller entered Its srrvlco nnd demon trnted one of Kdlson's enrly Inventions In the Civil War Mr Miller was n second lieutenant In the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Ileglment. He Is survived by a widow, thrive sons and a daughter. His funeral will be DISCOVEII UODY OP GIRL IN NEWLY MADE GRAVE Pnlcmon, N. Jlt Police, Putilcd bj? Mys terious FlndlnR, Start In vestigation PATRllRON'. N J. Dee IS Tho find. ne of n recently burled body of n girl about i twelve jears old In an abandoned cemetery j has stirred tn ponce to an investigation The body was discovered late yesterday, when workmen were clearing the otd ceme tery nt Mae'..et street and (Irahani avenue for the erection of a high school They had disinterred several bodies for removal to another cemetery when they came upon n newly made grave When the workmen renehed the cortln they found It to be of plain material, with, out a name plate and bearing no marks of identification The clothes on the body were Intact and the condition of the body Indicated thnt death hnd been very recent. An Invesllgnt on was at once begun. William Miller. Itrglslrnr of Vila! Stalls, tics of Patrrson, said that there had been no permit Issued for burial In the olJ cemetery for enrs The ikiIIco communicated wllh nearby cities lo discover If there hnd been recently reports of the dlsappearanco of a girt Nothing was found that might tend to clear up the mystery Georginai in Of. ttie U7 people killed so far this year liy liciiiK struck by alitomoliilrs, more than half were children while playing in the streets. Help us to provide safe places for their play, where their play is properly supervised, where they are taught how to play, where tlu'ir moral as well as their physical welfare is looked after. Ilecome a member of the Playgrounds Association of Philadelphia Association Membership Only 25c APrr.v Liberty Building, Chestnut Street East of Ilroad Street QTi"s t v vy SgZBggg' sill ?S3 30-32-34 S. SECOND ST. Cljrtsitmasi popping JV.1 .BBtr Thousands of beautiful things gifts for ths elderly, for the young, for every length of purse and every taste. 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