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II
"LITTLE MOTHER"
FIREMEN'S ALLY
Daughter of Flame Fighter
Speaks at Presentation
of Double Petition
"LITTLE FELLOWS FIRST"
Chairman Gaffney Agrees With
Mayor as to Order in City
Salary Increases
A. "tittle mother" of the Bureau of Fire
today fielded her personal appeal on lielntir
Of her widower father and the motherless
household who' o iteldom see each other.
In presenting to Joseph I. Oaltney. chair
man of Councils Committee on Finance, a
petition lgned by more than three thou
sand wives, children and other female de
pendents of the firemen of 1'lilladelphln to
day, little Irma Kodebatigh appended a
brief but touching spontaneous plea In her
own behalf
The presentation of Hie petition took
place this mornlnc In ttoom 592. city Hall,
tha meeting place of the Committer on
Police and Hire. Present. In addition to
Mr. dttffnoy nnd the little spokesman of tho
petitioners, were Common Councilman I.
"Walter Thompson. Forty-sixth Ward, who
Introduced tho pending orillmuico for Sal
ary Increase and additional time off for the
men In tho bureau: Wlll'am C. Lynch,
chairman of tho Cltmens' Committee In
Bympathy with the fliemen, and the Fire
men's Campaign Committee, consisting of
Battalion Chief Mesklll, chairman ; Captain
Eneu, Lieutenant Wills. Engineer Wlegner
and Ladderman Slmlster. lrvln W. llode
baugh. a ladderman on Truck 13, accom
panied his daughter.
After the youthful representative of the
thousands of firemen's dependents had
handed to Mr. Oaffney the bulky docutngnt
containing the s'gned petition, she said to
the Finance Committee chairman: "I am
a fireman's daughter. There, arc three of us
and we have tin mother. Our father has to
be father and mother to us, and we don't see
him often. Won't you please do what you
can to make It possible fur him to have more
time at home with us? We see him only
once a week now."
CAKKNHY PUOJUSKS AID
Mr. GafTney. in replying, promised that
he would do all In his power to relievo the
conditions now existing In the Bureau of
Fire.
"I am In hearty sympathy with tho cause
of your father and the other firemen of the
city, and the Mayor has told me that he Is
In accord with any movement to bring about
fair standard of salary for the employes
or the various municipal departments. Hut
we must go about the task In a logical
manner. When vp get the report of the
Bureau of Municipal Research on the
standardization of salaries ivo will go over
It and begin wltb the bottom and take care
of the 'little fellows' and those who are most
deserving first. J will cons der your peti
tion and see that the firemen are taken care
of when the time comes."
In addition to the petition on the part
of the female dependents, a similar plea,
signed by the representatives of the various
fire insurance companies and firms doing
business in Philadelphia, was submitted to
Chairman Uaffney.
Through the significant fact that no meet
ing qf Councils' Finance Committee will be
held thlB week it was learned today thnt
the admin'stratlon does not favor. In their
entirety, any of the t-core or mote salary
raising bills now liufore the committee.
Chairman Oaffncy. Mayor Smith's most
trusted financial adviser. Is authority for
the statement that many of the measures
will have to be amended before receiving
official recognition or sanct on.
TO CO.VKKfl WITH MAYOfl
Pending a meeting of the Flnanco Com
mittee next week. Chairman Uaffney will
hold a number of conferences with Mayor
Smith and will outline to that official the
fact that his "no salary lalse" order of
alx months ago merely served to postiwne
tho Issue without altering to any appreciable
extent the demands of department work
ers for more money. The a:ayor nnd Chair
man Gaffney are of one mind In that they
agree thnt "the little fellow" is to get his
Increase first, and that consideration of any
boosts for the higher-paid men will have
to come later.
The bills now resting In the Flnanco
Committee provide salary raises nnd new
places that would cost the city approxi
mately Jl, 500.000. The balance that Coun
cils has on hand to appropriate during 1017,
for any purposes Is. in round figures. $800.
000, or about one-half enough li go round
In the unlikely event of n raid on the sur
plus left from 19 IC. other methods by
which money could be raised would bo to
abandon the "pay-as-you go plan" and In
clude a salary Item in the loan hills which
It Is planned to have the people authorize
this spring for municipal Improvements or
to advance salaries and have Councils, near
the close of the year, authorize si temporary
loan of JI. 200,000 to make up salary
deficits caused by the increases. All these
three plans will he discusBed by the Mayor
and his advisers.
Before going Into conference with Mayor
Smith. Chairman Gaffney sa'd: "I don't be
lieve In the hlgher-paH men tagging after
the 'little fellow.' The 'little fellow' will bo
the first taken care of In every Instance. In
saying this I spenk for the Mayor us well
as myself, as I, am fully conversant with
his thought on this matter. Many of these
bllla now In the Finance Committee pro.
Tide not only for needed Increases for tho
lower-paid men. but carry along the men In
better-paid classes. I can tee no use in
holding up the dignity of tho better-paid
men by giving them a raiso just becauso
the little fellow' really is entitled to one.
The better-paid men will have to wait until
wa can find more money than we have on
hand at this time, as I don't see how we
could grant the most of the demands now
made upon us without raiding the 'surplus,'
and that I would not want to see done. Our
whole thought now is to provide for the
low-salaried men and. this we mean to do
after securing recommendations from the
Civil Service Commission which is at work
on the revision plans."
"Another thing about some of the bills
is that they provide for Increases in cer
tain bureaus. These Increases cannot be
made at this time and will have to be
considered separately. Of course, we all
agree that many of the salary Increase
demands are warranted and just, but that
Acta not alter the situation that we are
' fiiUnif. I would be willing to be generous
Jf some one would only find the money.
The question of salary raises will be set
tled In time, but ft will take time, and
tfcosq asking moce pay muit be patient I
cannot say how far we will be able to go
In granting the demands made upon us."
THAW, NEAR RECOVERY,
TO FIGHT FXTRADITION
lawyers in Conference Agree to Claim
Sole Jurisdiction for Pennsyl
vania Courts
The condition of Harry Thaw today -was
muih improved. The attending physicians
?( 5c. Mary's Hospital expect film to be
out of bed late next week.
Rumors were circulated that prominent
sIniU visited Thaw yesterday to ascer
- mis. his mental condition. Hla physlatans
., TafijHl it
m. tunitvh rifj-tivji Bra euardlno? TUiaur
ij i - "w- - Y? . ,i
ua mgBl. ne is noi aware, ij. i astio.
A M uaaer arrest. n u iuuh- me
loo that peteeuve apeumaa. oa
fea guard, la a Physician and greets
i ovary day as "doctor."
ffaw was able to return the good morn-
f&x MftnMiur. al M He4br today o4
Wflnwt 3? 4tf it
- t-t .mww WMBroy
WILSON UEGES WORLD TO ACCEPT
PRINCIPLES OP MONROE DOCTRINE
fontlnned from I'nite One
nations for full development of re
sources and direct outlet to tho great
highways of the seas.
Freedom of the seas
Limitation of naval ahd military
armament.
The President explained his course by
declaring that It was I'lnconcelvablo" that
this tJovernment should play no pnft 111
the "great enterprise" of pea'?, owing,
he said, to the fact thnt this vlovernmeiit
did not Wish to Withhold lis tcrvlciH 111
felt tho people of the t 'lilted Ktntei were
called upon "to slnto the coii.li'l'im t.ndcf
which they feel free" to render 't.
STAUTLINd PROPOSAL
And In closing his nddrcw, the President
said:
"I nm propolng, n It were, that the na
tion should tilth one accord adopt the doc
trine rf l'rriildeiit Monroe n the doctrine
of Hie world i Hint no nntlon should seek
In extend Its polity otcr any other nntlnn
or people, but thnt cterr people slinuM be
left free lo determine It" own polity, lt
own way of development, unhindered, un
threalenrd, unafraid, III Utile along with
the grent nnd pnuerfal.
"1 mil proposing tlinl nil nntlon lienrc
forth mold enlnncllini 11111111111- wlilrh ilrlie
Idem Into rinnpetllliiit "f power, citlrli llirni
In 11 net of Inlrlitite mill irtlMi rlinlry nnd
tlMtirli Ihrlr own ulliilr with Influence
Intruded from without"
Of Rome form of it league to enforce
peace, the President raid:
There Is no entangling alliance In a
concert of power. When all unite to net
In the eamo sense and with thi same
purpose, all net In the common Interest
and are free to live their own lives
under a common protection.
The President declared these to be the
American principles nnd policy.
"We could stand for no others." he de
clared. TIII3 IMIKSIDBNT'8 SPKKCH
President Wilson's speech follows:
"fientlemen of the Senate:
"On tho eighteenth of December Inst 1
addressed an Identic note to tho flovern
ments of the natiuiia now nt war miuentlng
them to slate more definitely than had yet
been stated by either group of lieU'itorviits
the terms upon which they would deem It
poss.ble to make pence. I spoke on belinlt
of humanity and of the rights of all nctilitil
nations llko ntir own, many of whose most
vital Interests the war puts In constant
Jeopardy.
"The Central Powers united In n reply,
which stated merely that they wore ready
to meet their antagonists In conference to
discuss terms of peace. The Kntcnte Pow
ers hnve replied more definitely nnd have
stated, In general terms Indeed, but with
KUltlclcnt dellnlteness to imply details, the
arrangements, guarantees and acts of repa
ration which they 'deem the Indispensable
condition of a satisfactory settlement. Wo
arc that much nearer a definite discussion
of the peace which shall end Ihe present
u a r.
MVe are that nillch nearer tin ilNeu
kIoii of the International emiicrl iililrli
iiiin.t thereafter I10I1I the world nl pence.
"in every discussion of the peace that
must end this war It Is taken for granted
that thnt pence must be followed by some
definite concert of power which will make
It virtually Impossible that any such
catastrophe should ever overwhelm us
again. Kery lover of mankind, ever sane
and thoughtful man must take that for
granted.
"I have sought this opportunity to ad
dress you because I thought that I owed
It to you an the council associated with me
In tho final determination of our Interna
tional obligations, to illselOM) to you with
out reserve the thought and purpose that
have been taking form in my mind in regard
to the duty of our (iovernment In the
days to como when It will be necessary
to lay afresh and upon a new plan tho
foundations of peace among the millions
l'.'!Ti:i STATUS Ml ST ACT
"It in Inconi citable that tin- people of
the L'n'ed Stiitcs fclimild play no pnrt III
that grvut cnforprUe,
"To take purl in Mich 11 erilre Mill he
the opportunity for wlilrh they lime Mitifflit
to prepare HiemclieH by the icr.v pilnrlplr
unil piirpoe of their polltj anil the ap
prised prurtlcei of their (.iilcriiinrlil eter
Mitre the 1I11.V14 when tliea mt 111, 11 new
nation In the high ami honorable hrpe that
It might. In nil that It wu nnd ilnl. hhow
iiiaiiklnil the way to liberty, They cannot
III honor withhold the servico to which they
are jiow about to be challenged. Tnfy do
not wish to withhold It Hut they owe It
o themselves and to the otner nations of
he world to state the conditions under
which they will feel able to render It.
"That service Is nothing less than this:
To add their authority and their power lo
tliu authority and force of other nations
to guarantee pence unit Justice throughout
the world.
i:.VI MUST COM K' Hi ION
"Such ti settlement cannot now be long
postponed. It Is right that before it comes
this Government should frnnkly formulate
the conditions upon which It would feel
Justified in asking our people to approve Its
formal and solemn adhcrent-M to a league
for peace. 1 am here to nttempt to state
those conditions.
"Tho present war must first bo ended : but
wo owe t to candor and to a Just regurd
for the opinion of mankind to say that so
far as our participation In guarantees of
future peace Is concerned. It iniike 11 great
ileal of difference In what way mid upon
what term It l ended. The tieaties and
tho agreements which bring It to an end
must embody terms which w 11 creute u
peace that Is worth guaranteeing und pre
serving, a peace that will win the approval
of mankind, not merely n peace that will
serve the several Interefcts and Immediate
alms of the nations engaged. We shall
have no voice in determining what those
terms shall be, but wi shall. I feel sure,
have a oice :n determining whether they
shall be made lasting or not by the guaran
tees of a universal covenant ; and our Judic
ment upon what I" fundamental und ecil.
tlnl an u condition precedent to permanency
kliould be ppoken now, nut uftrruurd when
It may be too late.'
"No covenant of co-operative peace that
does not include the principles of tho New
World can suffice te keep the future sufe
against war ; and yet there is only one soil
of peace that the peoples of America could
Join In guaranteeing. The elements of that
peace must be elements that engage tin
confidence and satisfy the principles of the
American Governments, elements consistent
with their political faith and the practical
convictions which the peoples of Amci lc 1
have once for all embraced and uiiUrUl.m
to defend.
"I do not mean to say that any American
Government would throw any obstacle in
the way of any terms of peace the Govern
ments now at war might agree upon, or seek
to upset them when ma.de, whatever they
might be. I only take it for granted that
mere terms of pace between the belliger
ents will not satisfy even the belligerents
themselves. Mere agreements may not
make peace secure. It will be absolutely
nereoury that a force lie created an u
guarantor of the permanency of the ncttle
meut o much greater than the force of any
nation now engaged or any alliance here
tofore formed or proJcted that no nation,
00 probable combination of nations, could
face er withstand It.
"If the jiease presently to be made Is
to endure It must be a peace made secure
by the organized major force of mankind.
THIS PARAMOUNT QUESTION
"The term of the Immediate peace
agreed upon will determine whether it la
a peace for whleb such a guarantee can
be secured. The question upon which the
Whole future peace and policy of the world
depends Is tht: I. the present war a
strugcle far a Just and secure peace, er
ooJy fox a new balance of peurtrT If It be
only a straggle tt km bUnc of power,
kU will gurtV. ha eaa jcaaranUe,
I t ttatte floUHi! of the aew ,.
i iwlf fitf uaJKMB Sitropo ca bj a
f table Bueofie. Tlre tauat Be not a bal-
ji vI tKWer Ltut k dpsiBuauy u( power ,
EVENING LBDO-BR-PHILADBLPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917
not organised rivalries, hut an organized
amnion peaoe.
NKITHKlt Wiil'hli Cltl'SH
"fortunately we have received very ex
plicit nsstirnhoes on this point. Tho slates
men of both of the groups of tmtlntis now
nfrnyeil against one another have said. In
terms Ihat could not be misinterpreted, that
It Was no part of Ihc purpose they bail in
mlml lo crush their nntrtgonlsts Hut Hie
Implications of theso assurances mny rmi
be equally clear to nil may not be the
same on both sides of the water. 1 Hunk
It will be serviceable If 1 attempt to set forth
what we understand them lo be
"Thoy Imply, first of nil. thnt It hum
lip it pence without victory. It Is not plrn--nnt
lo say tliftt. I beg that I mny be pei -mltted
to put my own Interpretntlon upon
It and that It may b'e undorsnod that no
other Interpretation was In my thought
I nm seeking only In face reittilte und to
face thni without soft foiiccsliitenl. Vli -lory
would mean pence forced Umn ihe
loser, a victor's terms Imposed upon the
vanquished.
"It would ho accepted in humiliation,
under duress, nt an Intolerable sacrifice
and would leave a sting, .1 rpsertmeiit. n
bllter memory upon whlcii term of pnicp
would rest, not permanent l, bill only ns
upon quicksand, only n pence helwcpn
minis can Insl only n pr-ncci Ihe rrv
principle of which Is pqu.iMv and i.inmon
participation In n common benefit. The
right stntp of mind. Hip risht fic'ing he.
tvvcen nntlona Is ns nrc-,4ry for lasting
pease n Is tho just settlement tt vexed
questions of tcrrltorv or if racial nml na
tional allegiance.
UQUALlfv OF NATIONS
"The Hiuulltj of Milton upon which
prnio imii.I be foiinili-d, If It l to hint, iiitiot
lie 1111 piiunllty of rlRhl.i the guarantee
exchanged tttiit neither recogiile nor Imply
it dllTerPiirn belli ecu big niillon and niall,
between thoi Hint are powerful mill thoip
Hint lire itcnli.
"Illght must be basi'd upotin Hip common
strength, not upon the Individual strength
of Hip nations upon wh s- i-incorl pence
will dpppnd. Kquallty of tp- lilnry or of re
sources there, of course, en limit be ; nor any
other sort of cqunl'ty not gained In the or
dinary peaceful anil legitimate development
of the peoples themselves. Hut no one nsks
or expects anything more than mi equality
of rights. Mankind Is looking now for free
dom of life, not for equipoises of power.
"And there Is a deeper thing Invnlvit
than oven equality of right among organized
nations.
"No pence enn lnt, or might to ln-t,
nhlrtl dop mil accept the principle Hint
BiiterninriilN ilerito nil their Jlll pollers
from Hip oii-elll of the goicrncil, and that
no right nii.mhere rlsl to I111111I peoples
uliniil from smerelgultv lo snijjrelgiil.v 11s
If they were property."
A Flt'K POI.ANII
"I tnke It for granted, for Instance, if
I may venture upon n slujjlp example, thai
statesmen everywhere arc agreed thai there
should he a united. Independent and au
tonomous Poland und Hint henceforth In-vlolabl-
secuiity of llfp. of worship and
of industrial and social development should
be guaranteed to all peoples who have lived
hitherto under Hip power of governments
devoted to 11 faith nnd purpose hostile to
their own.
"1 speak of this not becauso of nny
desire to exalt an abstract political prin
ciple which has always been held very
dear by those who have sought to build
up liberty In America, but for Hip same
reason that I have spoken of the oilier
conditions of peace which seem to mo
clearly Indlspcnsnble because I wish
frankly to uncover realities. Any peace
which docs not recognize und accept thin
principle will Inevitably be upset. It will
not rest upon the affections or the contin
uous, of mankind. The ferment of spirit
of whole populations will fight subtly and
constantly against It, and all the world
will sympathize. The world con be at
peace only If its lift) Is stable, and there
cm he no stnbllly where tho will is In
rebellion, where there Is not tranquillity
of spirit and a sense of Justice, of freedom
nnd of right
FUKKOOM OF SIIAS
"So far as practicable, moreover, every
great people new struggling todawrd a full
development of Its rosources nnd Its powers
should be assured 11 direct outlet to the
greu h'ghways of the sea. Where this can
not bo done by the cession of territory, it
can no doubc be done by the neutral zatlon
of direct rights of way under the general
guuruntee which will uksuip Hi pence
Itself. With a right comity of arrange
ment, m nu'.lon need lie shut away from
free nix-ess to the open paths of the world's
commerce
"Anil the paths of the scu must alike in
law and in fact be free. The freedom of
the seas Is tho sine qua noil of n peace,
equality und cn-oieratliin. No doubt a
somewhat rndlcal reconsideration of muny
of the rules of internal 'mm I pructice hither
to thought to be established mny be neces
sary In order lo make tho sons Indeed free
and common in practically all circum
stances for the use of mankind, but the
motive for such changes Is convincing and
compelling. There cun be no trust or Inti
macy between She peoples of the world
without them The free, constant, untbrcat
ened intercourse of notions is un essentia!
pnrt of the process of peuco and of de
velioment. it need not bo d llicult pithcr
to define or to secure tho freedom of Hip
seas If Hie governments if tho world sin
cerely desire to rumii to an ugreemnet con
cerning it.
MM IT TO AllMAMIINT
"It is u problem closely connected with
the limitation of naval armaments und tho
co-operation of the navies of tho world in
keeping the seas tit once free and safe. And
tho question of limiting naval armament
opens the wider and iierhaps tnoe dllllcult
question of the limitation of armies and of
all programs of mllll'vy preparation IMfll
cult and dellcnto as these questions nrc,
thoy muM be faced with the utmost condor
and decided in a spirit of real accom
modation if peace is to como with healing
In its wings, and come to stay.
"Peace cuuiiot be bud without i-oncpiitloii
and sacrifice. There run be no seime of
safety and equality iimoiig the nullum If
great preponderating imminent are hence
forth to riilillnr here and there to be built
up unit iiiaintulned,
"Tho statesmen of the world must plan
for peace and nations must udjust und ac
commodate their policy to it as thoy have
planned for vvnr and made ready for piti
less contest and rivalry. Tho question of
armameiits, whether on land or sea. Is
the most Immediately and intensely prac
tical question connected w'Isj - future for
tunes of nations and of mankind.
"I have spoken upon theie great mat
ters without reserve und with the ut
most txi'llcitncas because it has seemed to
me to he neeestary if the world's yearning
desire for peace was unywhere to find free
voice und utterance. Perhajis I am the
only person in high authority among all
the ieoples of the world who is at liberty
to speak and hold nothing back. 1 am
speaking as an Individual, and yet I am
speaking also, of course, as the 'responsible
head of a great (iovernment, and I feel con
fident that I have said what the xople of
the I'nited States would wUth me to say.
SPBAKS KOH HUMAN1TV
"May I not add what I hope and be
lieve that I am In effect paaktug for lib
erals and friends of humanity in every
natlou and of every program of liberty.
I would ralo believe that I am speaking for
the silent nust of mankind everywhere who
have as yet liad no place' or opportunity
to apeak their real hearts out concerning
the deatb aad mm they see to bare come
already upoa lh persons and the homes
they bold inoM dear
"And tn holding out the expectation that
the people and Government of the United
Stat wdi join the oVr elviVtmd nat!4n
at ft U In tsituuu:alLf iha perspa ntiesi
of peaae upun uvb tenss a I nave aauied 1
spui with the greater boldaes and 1-0118-J
t ti.u it i! . Kai lu ery man v, tu
FIREMAN'S DAUGHTER PRESENTS PETITION TO COUNCILS
xjllli. iii H. 1 11 mum mil iii.MwiMiiiiimirMMiiMnwiiiiiiliiiniiliiliiliiii I ..MMMaMMMM,iiiiiiiiiiinwisiMrllliMiswssms '"" ss i
l.it.ln Irma HocIcIhiubIi is shown
n ' wnmm.fnlk nn.l children of the
enn think that there Is In this promise 110
hipiich In either mil traditions or our policy
ns 11 nation, but a fulfillment, rather, of all
that vie have professed or striven for.
i:w wnisu noi'TitiNK
i 11111 proposing, us II upre, Hull Hie no
tions should vvilh one accord e-oil Ihe doctrine-
of Prpsldpiit Monroe a the doctrlr.p of
Hip world! Thnt no 1111H1111 should seek lo
extend lis iiolllj oter 1111.1 other tuition or
people, but Hull eier.v peop'i should be left
free lo determine its on 11 polity, lis own way
of ileielopineiit, unhindered. iinlhreiiterMl.
uniifriitil, Ihe lilt ti- iiloiig Willi the great mid
linwerfir.
"I 11111 proposing that all nations Iipiipp
fortb avoid entangling nlllnnces which ivmld
draw them Into competitions of power, catch
them in 11 net of intrigue nnd selfish rivalry
noil disturb thPir own uffalrs Willi Inlliienccs
Intruded from without Their is no en
tangling nlllnnces In a concert of power.
When nil unite to net in Hip snine sense and
Willi tho samp purposp. all act in the com
mon interest 11111I nrp flop In live Ihplr own
lives under a common protection,
AM13UICANIS.M
"I inn proposing government by the con
sent of Hip governed: Ihat freedom of tho
seas which In Inlcrnnlloiial conference lifter
conference rcpipsentntlvps of the I'tiltcd
States have urged with lite eloquence uf
thoso who nre Ihe" convinced disciples of
liberty: and that moderation of armaments
which miikcH f armies nud navies a power
for order merely, not nn instrument of ng
gressloft or of selfish violence.
"These are American principles, Amer-Ic-in
polities. Wc could stand fur no others.
And they are also tho principles and pol
icies of forward-looking men and women
everywhere-, of every modern nation, of
every enlightened coinmunlly. They are
the principles; of mankind and must pre
vail." nil'I.oMAT.i AHSl'JNT
Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by .Miss Helen
Wnodrow Hones, nrrlvod Just before I
o'clock and took 11 front seut in the Presi
dent's gallery.
So many members of the 1 louse cam"
Into tho Senate chamber to hear the Presi
dent's uddresa that the session began to
assume tho iippearnnce of a joint session of
Congress.
Despite the news th.il the Prescient would
discuss foreign rohuions. the diplomatic
gallery was almost descited. Only two
women were in it.
Uarge nrinchnlrs were brought forward
cud plac.'d In a senilclrclo aruutid tho Vice
President's desk.
President Wilson mine Inln the Semite
chamber on the urm of Senator Stone, chair
man of the Foreign Itelations Committee,
nnd followed by lb" other Senators ap
pointed to greet him.
In iiicordance with the Senate rule
against applause he wiis received In silence,
mid throughout his ndilrcxH there vvaa no
demonstration on tho part of tho uudlence.
When the President ended his speech, the
Senate broko tho applauso rule and Senators
clapped their hands fur a few seconds.
In tho confusion following the address.
Senators quickly formed In little groups
to discuss tho President's speech.
Tho Piesldent left the Chamber Immedi
ately on the arm of Senator Stone.
After the President, had departed, tho
Senate resumed debate on tho legislative
appropriation bill. No action was taken In
regard to the President's address.
QUITS FIELD OF MARS
FOIt COURT OF HYMEN
Soldier Koturns From liordor and
Marries Girl He Met at Mobiliza
tion Camp at Mt. Gretna
IIFAPINU. Pa-. Jan. 2. romance
which began last summer, while thu soldiers
were mobilizing lit Mt. U.tin.i for torvico
on the Mexican border, had ts clima here
today in the wedding of John V. Wnilllnger,
a member of tho Heading t'atloiial (iuaril,
who returned homo Inst week, and Miss
Minerva II. Kllng. of Middlciown. Pi. The
ceremony ivns performed by Muslstrulo
Conney, at his olllce, the bridegroom wear
ing his soldier uniform.
Miss King was one of ihe visitors to the
Mt. Urelna camp, where eho met for the
first time her future liijulmul. Ho promised
tu write while away and tho correspondence
resulted in the engagement und wedding.
Mrs. Uynie Threatens Hunger Strike
NKW YOUK. Jan. 2i Declaring she
would go on a hungei strike, Mrs. Ivthel
liyrne. sister of Mrs Murguret Sanger, to
day began serving a sentence of thlity days
in the workhouse for maintaining a birth
control clinic in Hrooklyii. Mrs. liyrne
took her sentence culint) Mrs. Sanger will
face trial on a a milur charge next Monday.
1 IOTY 1
v ffl
I ifRENCH REPUBUC PROPERTY) M
1 Natural Alkaline
I Water JM I
1 For 50 years jwfllli
i the standard ffi?J3jp
Mineral Water teSS;
for the relief of "p-h-
I Sour Stomach, r
Q Indigestion and ?S"i
1 Uric Acid. gPf
IrTTinTTl ' "
hnmlinir to Chairman CialW, of the Flnanco Committee, the fwUtlon in which
citv's firemen ask for better conditions
bands nnd fathers.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TM IJI.Vi: IIAV Nt KSl;ltli:H have Joined
with Hip Child l.'edprntinii In a movement to
make tho day nurseries or the clly agencies
for Improving tho conditions of city neigh
borhoods. They are Ihc Ualdwin, I- rank
fold, Pratiklln. Happy I My. Harrison. Jane
I). Kent. Lincoln. Morion Street St. Nicho
las. Sunnyslde. hirst Day and oung
Women's I'nlon.
lilt CAItl. W. IIISIIHI', eiinitor of Hie
section of Oriental art at tho I'tilverslty
Museum, will leave next month for a three
years' Investigation of the ancient urt of
China and Japan.
PltlllMIS OP .IlllKllJ IIONNIWP.1.1, of
tho Municipal Court ate slating thnt he
will be a candidate for the Court of Com
mon Pleas next fall at the quadrennial
count; election.
AVTOMOIIII.I CI. I'll of Philadelphia
has placed 11 leproductlon of the slutlio of
Penn that overlooks the city from tho lop
of the Cltv Hull In the center of Its new.
emblem. This emblem will be distributed
to tho members within a few days.
CATHOLIC Vlll'M! MP.N'S Archdloccnnii
Union helil Its nimual services last night In
Cathedral Hall, at Sixteenth and Vino
streets. Tho sermon was delivered by tho
llov. William .1. Lnlloii. of the Church of
St. John tho Kvnngellsl. Thirteenth nnd
Chestnut strcetn. Solemn hcnedlctlon was
pronounced by tho nt. ltov. Monsignor II.
T. llenrv. Tho ltev. Joseph M. Corrlgnn
was deacon and tho ltev. Peler fat or I was
subdencon. More than 800 young men were
present, representing fifteen societies.
IIOLTIMS HOItSL threw. Ml Uerlriiiir
Weaver, eighteen-year-old daughter of II.
II. Weaver, of Hamilton Court, whllo riding
In Kalrmounl Park. Tho girl la In St.
Joseph's Hospital with a deep gash In her
head. Tho doctors say her condition Is
serious. ;
(iLOIHii: tl, Ni:.ItlSfi, of this city, bin
.ieen appointed to tho faculty of the Tomo
School, Port Deposit. Md. Ha will assist
in the work of the Kngllsh department nnd
net as special tutor to those boys who are
unahla to keep up with their classe".
Mil.". t'U.VNK L. NI'ALL, widow of one
of tho foremost authorities on cpmmerce.
will sell n great collection of data anil
statistics compiled by her husband. The
collection will bo sold for the benefit of
Mrs. Ncall and her children. Tho statistical
collection Is regarded as tho most complete
of Its kind in America. It covers export,
linpoit and domes! la commerce- of tho
United Stntcs.
AI'ltlAL TOItPIIUtlHS baie been per.
fecled at tho Krankford Arsenal by Lester
p. Harlow. Tho torpedo will cxplodo
exactly eight feet from the ground, whether
It has been tossed from un neroplano at
a height of BOO feet or BOOH feet The
American rights liavo been sold to tho
I'nited States (iovernment. and the foreign
lights to an American rifle manufacturing
concern.
niiv. nit .i.AHi.xt'i! 11. uooi.vro.v
has completed thirty years of servico as
pastor at tho East llaptlst Church, Ken
slngtnn. During the three decades tho pas
tor has preached 10.000 sermons, in which
Ito addressed 3,000,1)00 persons, nnd mado
tho church second In membership among
the eighty-three Iluptist churches of the
city.
Itl'VOtUTlONAHV IIAItN, Klandlng be
hind tho nraue l.vnngellcal Lutheran
Bethlehem's Bid otvShells
for the United States Navy
To the American People:
Tho Secretary of the Navy has awarded contracts amounting to oyer $3,000,000
to a British bidder for 14 and 16 inch projectiles for the Navy, for the reason that
the British firm offered prices very much below those of American manufacturers,
including ourselve's.
We know nothing of the basis upon which the British bids were made, but the
public is entitled to know the facts upon which we ourselves bid for this work.
Two years ago we took contracts to make 4,200 14-inch shells at a price of
$1,515,000 (with heavy penalties for delayed delivery). Despite the fact that
all our experience and facilities have beeen strained to fulfill these contracts,
up to now not a single shell has been accepted by the Government, although,
on the work already done
We have expended in wages, materials, etc $447,881
Expended in making tests for the Government 75,000
Making our total actual expenditure up to date $522,881
And we have not received a SINGLE DOLLAR on these contracts
In addition lltrul enforcement ol Hie contract mltiit lavolre payment of penaltle
for delayed dell i cry already amouullnc tu H87B.U18.
Navy Department tests are now so severe that neither we nor, so far as we know,
any otheV manufacturers Have yet been able to produce in quantity 14-inch shells
which will meet them.
In the light of our experience, and having no other basis, we bid for 16-inch shells
approximately the same rate per pound as that upon which the Navy Department
actually awarded a 14-inch shell contract one year ago.
CHAS. M. SCHWAB,
EUGENE G. GRACE,
"!
noin in worn a.. uBv- . ..-
Church nt Hie corner of llldge and Hox
borougli avenues, Is being torn down. The
structure Is known n the Wood barn, und
Is snld to be more than 200 years old.
Almost tho only hlptorlcal landmark In
lloxborough will jkiss Willi the leveling of
tho barn.
lll'.XAOON I.MI.NKKISINtl SOCII.TY of
the Towno Scientific School nt the I'tilver
slty of Pennsylvania lias ejected Hie follow
ing members: Nnrn1n.11 C. Hyc, Jesse Carll,
,lr Archibald L. Dunlnp, Mcorgo D. Kowle,
Jr.. Itolwrt I., (.angvvl.tch, Maurice t. Prew,
Henry It. Wharton. Jr., .and Itobert W. Wil
son. OIL ('I.A.KI.N't'1. OI-XFl'IN 'IIII.II, of
the Kngllsh Department of the I'nlvcrslty,
has been chosen by the t.mlor class as the
person to whom the year "book will bo dedi
cated. Doctor Child bus been at tho Uni
versity for nineteen years, lie wns gradu
ated from Trinity College In 1880 and later
studied at the University of Munich nnd
Johns Hopkins University.
The massing of troops Jiy the Germans
close to the western frotrt may be more
for Hih purpose of resislmg the expected
Anglo-French offensive next spring than
tho' undertaking of a direct assault by the
Germans. At Its boldest, tro plan ol the
Teutons mny be an offensive-defensive, a
favorite strategic stroke of the Kaiser's
generals.
CAMDEN
PltANCIS II. IVAMjI.N, preldent of Hie
Camden Board of Trade, bus appointed the
following conunltco lo co-upernto with the
Delaware Itlver Iirldgc nnd Tunnel Commis
sion of New Jersey toward Ihe location of a
silo for tho bridge betwetm Philadelphia
and Camden: Dr. I. N. llrlsconi, chair
man ; W. W. Sliarploy. Kttwnrd II. Cutler.
Charles K. Cook, William Farly, Kdward
II. Holllnshed, Joseph 1'orsyth, Arthur
Abcle. Ilobert-D. Clow, Jr.. J. M. Headman
and William Schmld.
CAMIII-N KI.SCUI. MISSION 1IO.MI.
2li0 Kalgbn Avenue, had a successful year
In 191C, according to tho report of Super
intendent Charles S. Dennis. Ills figures
show an attendance of 2353; 117 con
versions; 282 requests for prayer; 1721
free meals; 733 lodgings, six funerals and
four christenings. Donations amounted to
$1005.50.
Till! UKV. Hit l'AUI. '. JRSTIIIl bns
accepted n call to succeed Ills father. ltev.
Dr. (Jeorgo W. Jester, as pastor of the Mil
way Congregational Church. Tho elder
Doctor Jester died at his home. 126 South
Sixth street, Camden. Monday last.
ItLV. Hit HOMI'lt .1. VOSIILUG. puKtor
of tho North llaptlst church, Camden, last
night began n unique series of sermons
on "Tho Ten (ireatest Men III the lilble."
Tho ten men to be considered wore selected
by tho distribution of cards among tho
members of the congregation nsklng who, iu
their opinion, were the ten greatest men
In tho Hlble.
IIAIIUAS t'Oltl'l'K proceeding-., Institu
ted by Lena Kastlack White, for the pos
session of her three children, who are now
In a home, whero they wero placed by their
father. James A. Whlto, wero postponed
today by Vice Chancellor Learning. He
said It wns for tho children's own good
that ho lHistponed the proceedings until
after the hearing In Ihe divorce suit started
by the husband.
Chairman
President
Bethlehem
MAYOR MAY ASK
$2,000;000 LOAN
Talk With Datesman Shows
Large Sum Needed for
Convention Hall
MODIFY WATER SCHEME
Tentative plans for a new loan, to be
placed before the people In the spring, '00k
a little more form today when, following
the Mayor's conference with Director Dales
man over tho plans for the Convention Hall
ns approved by the Chamber of Commerca
nnd the Art Jury, It become known that
more than $2,000,000 additional Would be
needed, for the completion of the mueh
discussed building.
Tho scope of the recent decision of the
Supremo Court to the effect thnt tho city
can let contracts for a building only
when the rost of the structure ! available
wns discussed, and the Mayor agreed that
the necessary $1,500,000 needed to completo
11 $3,000,000 structure should be made a
part of a loan which he advocates having
appioved at a special election this spring.
The question of tho effect of the decision
upon the Art Museum and other projects
wns taken up with n view to a Inter de
cision ns to whether, to Include money for
the completion of the museum In the same
loan In which the people will be asked to
vote more money for n Convciitl6n Hall.
CONKKItlCNCK ON WATDIt
Close on this conference came another
between the Mayor. Chief Davis, of the
llureau of Water, nnd Joseph fjaffney.
chairman of Councils Finance Committee.
Chlpf Davis had full plans for tho enlarge
ment of his bureau. Six or seven million
dollars was the cost of his proposed Im
provements, but In view of the fact that Ihe
city's borrowing capacity cannot be ac
curately gauged at this time, the amount
wns pared down by agreement to $3,000,-
on&
Chief Davis's plans Included extension of
mains, with n dUilic;'Ton In the more vltnl
spots of Ihe "water map." It also Included
1111 express main for the supplying of th
central section of the city nnd downtown
with a full flow of water at all times
CITY HOOKS OPKNKD
llefore the conferences the Mayor signed
the bill recently passed by Councils ap
propiintlng $10,000 for nn audit of the
books of the Hapld Transit Company. Con
troller Walton this morning opened the
books or the city for 1917.
Mr. flaffncy and the Mayor talked for
some time on the salary Increases of the
several departments which have been out
lined In bills now up for consideration In
Mr. Gaffney's committee.
The question of tho operating agreement
between the city and the Philadelphia
llapld Transit Company will be discussed
by the Mayor In n message to Councils
early In February. The Mayor expects to
receive cither today or In the very near
future a draft of the lease ordlnanco which
tho transit company is anxious ' lo have
substituted for the one he introduced
months ago with a view lo bringing the
discussion of a leasing proposition lo a
head.
Following the conferences Mayer Smith
said:
"We merely .went over the Items of cur
rent improvements and discussed the ques
tion of securing money by u new lonn. The
size of the loan was not even tentatively
agreed upon, ns wo do no', know what the
city's borrowing capacity Is. Our confer
ences today were all of n prcll nlnary
nature."
Ttltl lti: J'tlll.CljASSIKirATION
ItKATlIK
IVINS." In Trenton, N. J.. Klrt Month. 19th
Inst, HANNAH it. duughter of Iste William
l nnd i:ilzuheth 1). Ivlns. need llo. Itelatlven
nnd frlcndii Invited to funeral. Oia nruniwiek
me.. Trenton. N. J.. Third-day. First Month.
.'.Id Inst, 3 V. 111. int. friends' Mercer sireti
Uuryini? Ground. .. . ,
McGltEOOIt Jan. 21. SADIE, daughter of
late Arrhlbold and Margaret McOreuor. Uela
tliea nnd frlenda Invited to services. Tu;s..
K p. in.. 4.i33 Walnut at. Int. private, Mt.
Morlah fern.. Wed. ........ ,, ,, ,
J.AHK1N. Jan. ,'i. AMIiMA ,. of
Delaware K. tnrkln. nee llrvtn. Relatives and
.!...,,., Inuliml tn fitnprnl. Weil.. :S(I t 111..
from residence, Odgen. Delaware County, 1.
Jnt Lawneroll i;cm. iraio icc ...
4 O.
.i.ii.. ..-in, iH 'h,.Nlitit ata.. I:t0 11. m.
liL'HIIANDH. Jnn. 21. In New York. IttM
KNT M. IIL'HHANIW. funeral aervlres Tufa.,
11 n m.. at 1021 line at. Phil". .
STIH.NO. Jan. 21. at Wondatown. N J .
HANNAH IDA MTHINQ (nee Stratton). ased ill
Relatives and frlenda Invited to funeral services.
Wed.. 1:30 p m.. at the rctddence of
her husband. S. Kdk-ar Slrlnc. VV oodalown. N J.
Inl llarrlaonvllle M. B. Church lein
VVI.MJD. Jan. l. u ii.i.iii ... iiu.iii
I-aura It Wood (nee Wortz). Ilelatiies ajlil
frlenda. also JIarlne UnKlneerij AMoeintlon No
13: Liberty fdse. No V, t. P. of A . employes
of flde Steamship Co. and members of hi.
lames's Church. O ney. Invited to funeral,
Thur. ". 2 P m.. r,n'.M N. 3d t . Olnej. Int pri
vate Oakland LVm. Aulo funeral
Ui:i.L--Jan. 22. HAItAII, widow of Thomas
II Hell aged 84. Itelatlvia and frlenda invited
lo funeral servkes. Wed.. 11 u'. in.. 5102 Hprlng
Held ave. Int. private.
IIKI.I- W'ASTKII MAI.K
niiv wanted 15 to 20 eara. to operate lei;-
nnono exchange; typewriter experience desired.
tnlon "aviniT Co.. 30lh and Loruat ata
"VL'TOMOHILB DIIAFTHMAN Practical body
builder, capable of making machlna I'altern;
and laving erf work for machines: also to act
J? "sfew1 co''ii!," K3ttliE:
I'atnden, N. J.
Steel Company