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. GROCERY MERGER
TO CUT EXPENSE
t packers of Consolidation of
'AA' nU.i,, C-..,a Q.,,f Tf Will
m wiain uiuicd onj in ..-
" Rpnfihf. HniisMWifi"
r -ziziir"-"
r$60,000,000 IN THE DEAL
1600 Separate Establishments to
Be Operated Under One
Management
rftSn-i induction in. the eoit of living Is Riven
;.. r,lV l .. .. . - ... ii.. -..
v f bw ono oi tne cmei reasons lor mu
';, tJuO.OOi) merger of tlm five leading chain
" ffroeery stoic compnnlos of rhltiutotiihl.l,
, which has Jim been nntioittioed by the at
torneys for the consolidation, Samuel M.
Clement. Jr., mid flrahau & Gllllllatt
These men said this morning that tlio
housewife of Philadelphia and the vicin
ity would he the person who would ulti
mately beneilt the most from the consum
mation of the new deal With the reduc
tion In delivery costs from having the stores
; oclentlflcaily arranged. Instead of compet
ing on opposite corners, the cost of food
stuffs bought In the new chain stores will
be substantially lower.
Fifteen hundred stores will be the nucleus
cf the new combination The majority of
these will be either In Philadelphia or Cam
den and outlying subuibs, where the tlvo
chain systems the Acme Tea Company,
Robinson & Crawford, Cell ft Co., Child'
Orocory Company and the George M. Pun
lap Company hnvo many branches.
While the number of 1JO0 stores Is the
present estimate of the number of places
Where business will be conducted under the
new corporation, it Is understood that this
does nut Include stores to be eliminated
'after the merger Is effected
Immense saving of general expenses Is
expected as a result of the deal Stores
now overlapping each other's business will
be eliminated In some sections or 'the
city each of the present systems has n
ntore, making live where ono wouid servo
the need of the community tn suca case
there win be a direct saving of eighty per
cent of the cots of delivery, rent and clerk
hire, together with corresponding -savings
In administrative expenses.
TIjo financing of the merger Is believed
to bo in the hands of Chandler Rrnthers
rCo.. banket .Percy W. Chandler, mem
. ber of the Ilrm. Is a director In the re
cently Incorporated Acme Ta Company.
which controls the largest block of stores
In the met ger. It was through the office
Of Chandler llrothers that the announce
ment of the merger was made.
Exact Serum Dose
Found for Meningitis
Continued from Pace One
the Immune serum Different tcits were
made, but the death rate'i among thotlnb
oratory animals wirled This was caused
chiefly by the bacteriologists' inability to
Infect tlio animals properly with the In
constant meningococci. Thyy died either In
being transferred to the animal used or
nfter be'ng Injected. Large doses of the
bacterial lUlture killed the animals' by pro
duc ng Irtoxicatlnn without true Infection.
Because of th's the niiti-lnfecttvo power of
the serum could not be determined.
The Robinson d scovery grew out of the
nventlnn of a means of manipulating the
acterla In their transfer to the laboratory
nlmal For this purpose a scries of about
Jn'whito mice Is used. Tho mice first nro
treated with equal abdominal Injections of
Immune serum hostile to the several strains
of meningococci. About an hour later n
fixed amount of bactetia Is suspended In ono
cubic centimeter of guinea-pig serum. Half
of this is Injected into the abdomen of the
first mouse. To the other hilf Is added a
half cubic centimeter of fresh guinea-pig
serum, and half of this mixture Is Injected
Into the second mouse. In this manner each
pucceedlng mouse receives half as much of
the culture as the preceding animal. Tho
gulnea-pif, serum nets, as a medium to
effect tne transfer of the bacteria.
The first three m:ce. which receive the
greatest amount of bacteria, usually die of
the Infection While their time of death
after bacterial Injection var.es from four to
eight hours op an average, the death rate
rema'ns constant After forty-eight hours
no more deaths occur, the remaining mice
being adjudged survivors and immune.
This sys'em. which fixes a unit of meas
urement for serum Injection, according to
the Mulford bacteriologists, removes all
doubt wh ch .may confront a physician IP
the Injection of Immune serum Into p-i
spinal canal for the cure of meningitis. Al
though the "hlt-or-miss" policy of Injections
has led to almost uniformly sucpiueful le
suits and the development of skill on the
part of physicians In Philadelphia and
other hop tals. tho standard I iat 'on of the
amount hf serum to be used In treatment is
regarded as un impor:unt step in the war
on epidemics.
NUUn OF STAN pa nn
The need for atanda-dlzatlon was pjlnted
out by Dr a. 3. Woody, chief resident
physician of the Philadelphia Hopltal for
Contagious Diseases, and Dr Henry II,
dpan, chief resident phys.cian of the
Philadelphia General Hospital. where
most of the serum treatment for menln
gitls In this city has been administered.
"Our method of injecting ami-mining tls
serum is to use a volume euual to the
volume of the fluid abstracted from tho
spinal canal." said Of.ctor Woody 'This
usually Is fifteen cubic centimeters, but It
varies with the severity of the ease. Wo
had excellent results In tho cas-?s that we
treated during the emergency caused by
the infantile paralysis epidemic. Rut
meningitis Is not our specialty and for that
reason we have no data on the percentage
pf recovery."
The comparatively small number of cases
Of meningitis treated at the Philadelphia
Hospital prevents the compilation of au
thoritative statistics at that hospital, ac
coidlng to Doctor Doan,
We haye perhaps thirty, perhanu fortv.
cases a year." he said. "This relatively
small number In Itself would not yield data
of a conclusive nature. We have not enough
cases to observe to obtain a definite average
Some of the cases In the early stag result
In death. Furthermore, some of the cases
Jp. the latter stages result in recoveries. One
. I,tiitin. in jwrucuiar alter lingering here
ur muiuns, was cureu. '
SERLM UREAT AS CVR11
' Both hospital chiefs praised antimanlnpitia
serum as the one great enemy of the dis
ease, pointing to the fact that several years'
'serum treatment and observation by Doctor
Flesner, of New York, showed a reduction
Ifom seventy-flve per cent to twenty-five
jir cent of mortality from meningitis, and
that the meningitis death rate in Phila
delphia has been reduced materially In the
ItutL ten years by the use of serum Aecjrd-
',tP tu the Bureau of Vital Statistics, menin
gitis caused fifty-nine deaths in this city
. M 1US twenty deaths In 1910 and fifteen
death in m This city has escaped the
'iwvigea of meningitis as It is known jn
aHwr section of the country, particularly
4p the South.
Tfiere are aoout 134 queerest strains of
untr.. ..mil uniA rt uiklnk - - ' ..
.w..a, wum.v v hwm. KUUUiU 1(1
which destroys other. The object of
r jiucneaas work I to produce a
tliat la polyvalent against all atrepto-
'meei. equally effective against one strain
'MU another So far he has eliminated no n
;;.S;i' jie strains in making strum the antistrep
?? HMMrt uruneitma of which are effective
s .tot aJ srus The work, is continuing
im imttt W etuuiuat, if possible, further
ptd mwm, uw Mtnpufy tne
GUFFAWS GREET PENROSE'S
THREAT TO HECKLE WILSON
Senator's Absent Treatment of His Seat Not
Likely to Disturb, Say. Wiseacres, ii! Presi
dent Again Addresses Senate
Hemly laughter ftrtm those ennverMti
ulth politics hereitliollt today ;,reetI the
thient of Senator Penrose to hU'- l'i-
Ident Wilson should the latter appi-.ti im.iln
beforo tha Senate to address that I odv
It was ctmceiled by knowing slv slhkstvri"
that Senator Penrose might rfws verbal
swolil with the Piesidont If Reiinloi Pen
rose were in the Senate Chamber Hut the
question muse on every tongW.
Will Kenatoi Penrose be there.'
It Is unlveis.illv understood that the
senior Renalot rritm p.innsvtv.itiiu doe hot
attend sessions of the Hnle any ni"re.
Perhnps It was Ihli horillile after-tltoiittbt
that caused the Senatoi to tack n siii'li
mentnry, qualifying phinse an atnetidtnent,
as it were -to liH thrent.
Addressing the lU-publtcnn TnMlt Club, of
Pittsburgh, at Its annual McK'tiley lay
dinner Inst night, the Senator nttackfd
President Wilson foi alipearltm herntf the
Senate with his pence proposals
AMKN'M:n THHMAT
As the hour waxed late the Senator
waxed holder. He ussi'lted:
"Should the President (to this nnnlti ititil
1 mil lliefe I will eiiurage him in collouiiy
nnd debute, in vthlch I shall In- sIih'II.v
within my rights, as hu Is vvlthln his lights
In coming there Pinibtless other Menu tots
will Join In the debate, nlthutmh I shall not
nslt them to do so President Wllxoii will
be addressed as was Waslilugloo more than
ion years ago, and 1 Ihinlt 1 i.in kiv that
this second appeitrunce of Mi Wilson be
foro the Hetmte w II be hi" InM '
A dispatch from Washington fxtrai led
the fangs from Senntoi Petihoso's warning
to President Wilson never agiiln to trcspiisM
on a precedent established by more thnii
,100 yenrs. This dispatch stilted that Penn
sylvania pontics so engrow nennmr ien
rose that he found It dllllcult to ath'tiil
to his congressional duties umie Hum half
the time lie has been pivwtil nluitit tvvvn-t-llvo
of the fifty hgislatlvi- tlujs that
have passed In the present sesslnli. It was
staled. The Senator makes utt earnest
endeavor to put In appearance at leant one
day of each week, but. It Was ndded, he
spends most of his time In Ihc long-illottinre
telephone booths.
In view of this, wiseacres said, n gam
bler's chance makes almost certain a nega
tive answer to tha question.
Will Senator Penrose be there?
This Insistent question, coupled with the
Senator's threat, appealed to the spiihp of
humor of many a Phlladelphlan as he read
his paper today. Those whose funny
hones were tickled were on every hand.
Some grinned i others chuckled. Still others
guffawed ' nloud nt the mental picture of
VINCENT ASTOR SKIPS
ON LAND SAILING BOAT
Millionaire Lotxvos With Queer Craft
for Florida nnd Its Dry
Bench
noSTON. Jan. ?0, Landlubbers ahoy '
It's the good ship Drybottom, ono d.iv in
from Mnrhlehehd. sailing over the bound
ing meadows en route for the Sunny South
'lenllemen who stay at home and get
cold feet about the perlln of tho sevs are
Just about to have their turn. They can
step off the back veranda rlg'it on the
quurtcrdeck. shiver their topgallant yards,
lako a couple of reefs In the Jibboom and
sail right In a heellne without putting on
their rubber boots or getting the niul de
mer.
It's good newt, for the rocking chair fleet.
For Vincent Astor has Just invented a
"land sailboat." It was built by tho Bur-gess-Curt'ss
Aeroplane Company, nt Mnrhla
heud, and left today for Florida, where
5'oung Astor expects to use It on the dry
beach.
The land boat Is equipped with rubbei
tires, but It can be put on Its skates and
take a turn on the tee. It is also adapted
to snow sailing
SMOKES COMFORTABLY
AS GAS ENDS TROUBLES
Man Who Suffered Financial Losses
Makes Bod in Bathtub and
. Opens Jet
While smoking cigarettes in a bathtub,
Abraham Margolin, fifty-three years old.
X7J7 North Fifty-second street, a real es
tate operator, calmly awaited death at his
homo early today, the police tny, after he
had turned on the gas with intent to com
mit suicide. When f und by his brother
Morris, and Charles Seniles, a u lghhor, he
was unconscious. He died before reach
ing tho We Philadelphia Homeopathic
Hospital.
The i.olive say this Is one of tho most,
unusual cases of suicide on record. Mar
golin not only had slutted the keyhole of
the door with putty, but had brought bed
clothes into the bathroom. After making
his bed ih the tub he put several cigarettes
neat by and uwuited the end A cigarette
stub was (uilnd in his hand
The unconscious man vvn- found after an
odor of gas was detected in the house Mar
golin is suid to have suffered fl.iaiioiul
losses ami tu have beep 111. Detectives
Martin and Slbre arc inaldiik an investi
gation. CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD,
PQET SCOUT, IS DYING
Picturesque Indian Fighter Nears End
of Trail With Undaunted
Courage
NEW YORK. Jan 3- 'aptain Jach
Crawford, a picturesque survivor of Indian
fighting days and known as "tho pct
scout," was reported as seriously 111 last
night at his home at Woodhaven, 1 t
Vlthough he had Hrlght's disease, asthma
and pneumonia the vetcian refused to be
lieve that he would not recover. His physl
c'ans held a consultation and agreed that
he could not live more than a few hours,
whereupon be dismissed them.
"I am not ready to give up yet." he said.
Two healers were summoned at his re
quest, and the captain sent out word to
reporters that ho felt much improved.
Captain Crawford Is In his seventieth
year In recent years he had visited many
of the cities of the I'nited States as an
entertainer, and liad delighted thousands
by his verse, his recital of experiences on
the frontier and his stories of service with
Uenerat Cutter.
WILL TRY TO PASS ALIEN
BILL OVER WILSON VETO
Sentiment Sounded in JJouse for Last
Effort on Immigration Measure
Thursday
WASHINGTON. Jan 30. The ntiment
of the House on th. immigration bill vetoed
by President Wilson because of she literacy
test provision was being ascertalBed today
by Ita cbtnipiuiu In an effort to repasM tho
measure over the President's bead The
chairman. Mr. Hurnett. of the House Im
migration Committee, has given notice of
hla lotentlon to move ThurwAiy to over
ride the- Pcesldent's veto. ,
This was the fourth time that an Immi
gration bill has been vetoed because ot the
literacy test feature. President Wilson baa
exeicsed the veto privilege twice, and Presi
dents Taft and Cleveland once each, W
mr atumpls to lepuss the bill over the
presidential veto have failed in either the
"EVENING LEI)aER-IIILAI)ELriIIA, TTEHDAY, JANUARY SO,
the senior Senstoi rrom Pennsylvania n
one of the pitnrlpals in nn argument In
the Henate while he la many mites awny
An Individual weartnR nn optimistic smllt
suggested to a lunchroom audience In the
City Club Hint perlinpi the Spnnlor con
templated lefoiMiIng and actually brushing
the dust oil his senatorial Wt one- itmie
"I cmi see some good 111 eAery tnnn
he declared, "Nothing is Impossible " Ills
theory wns rejected b.v his hearers
' Another more helpful soul at Twcllth mid
Market street lerommrntled- thai Ketinttu
Penrose use tho wireless telephone to semi
a colloquy to (lie tfennte chnmher should
the Piesidont have tin temerK.v to emeige
upon the Ibsir. The more homel) nieth .il
of teleglanis or letters were suKBcsled bv
his lonqninloti.
AH eldetlj KPtitlemnn ot erudite ml n.
setting at n vvlndow In the Philadelphia
ciull at Thnteonth and Wnlnm st'.ets
itlspused of the ltmlltf With one gesture.
' It.illuctiiMttonH," he said, gntvelv "Sen
ntnr Peniiin- leniltulH tne or tin- daughters
or ProetUH, who afterward been in- Mis
Plus and Sirs Muliiinpus If soil will !
iilemlsr .voiii mvtlioli. Hies,, young ladles
limmlm-il lli.it they were eows mid wan
dered about Hie hills nnd forests of Argus
and Arciill.i lowing like Ulne The Seli
ntoi from I'etinsylvatila meiely imagines
that he will be there "
rteiiiilm Penrose, In nsunilng the burdeti
of ri'hukiiut I'lesldmil Wilson, takes upon
hlmseli the tiiniitlu of n Senator frmn Penn
s.vlvatiln of a century and a qu.ul-r ago.
Thh suloii, Meiiator Wllllnm Mucin, whose
toga Si'intot I'i'iirose tierhaps unconsciously
seines, heckled President Washington.
WAHttlNOtON ItKCKr.BI
nne historic occasion of a President be
ing heckled In the Hii.itc incurred August
J I, ITS'.t iii'coidliig tn Macliiy's journil.
when Hi- Falhei' of lilt Country appeared
before tin' f-i n-ite to ask lis advice about
an Indian treittv Senator Xliwlay, liuplac
uble foe nf Imperialism nnd any miuhlance
of paternalism, (xnepernted President
Washlngtoil b.v "casting an e.ve at him"
and aiklng for an ailjoumment
Wnshlnglon made n practice of consult
ing with the Sennte. as President Wilson
does now. In a modified degree. In the
President's room in the Capitol fin one
occasion, a Mory runs, Washington became
bo mrngpd that he stamped out of the
chamber, swearing that he never would
visit 111- Senate again.
Senator Miioluy. however, puts the pres
ent Senator fiom the Keystone State un
der a biavy handicap Senator Maclay
win cnahltd to htekle the President be
cause Senator M.ichiy was present
FALSE-ALARM ARTISTS
SCORED BY FIRE CHIEF
Urges Public Co-operation to
Stop Sending Firemen on
Wild Goose Chases
Clnef William If. Murphy, of the llureau
of Fire, today Isaued an appeal to the gen
eral public of Philadelphia to co-operate In
checking the large and Increasing number
of false alarms pulled In this city.
More than forty-five false alarms have
been pulled this month to date. Chief Mur
phy announced. The totnl numher of false
alarms last ear was 51 B. These cost the
city more than $50,000.
This money thus wasted, the chief ex
plained, urn Id be used to pay a substantial
part of the Increase deserved and demanded
by the llremcu. Ucsldes, each false alarm
melius danger to tho firemen and to tho
general public as well.
"of this fact the general public probably
Is not aware." he said.
In making his appeal. Chief Murphy
made the open charge that In certain parts
of the northeastern section of the city when
false alarms are pulled, residents line their
dooisteps and Inugh at the firemen upon
their arrival.
'Such a condition ot affahs must coase."
Chief .Murphy said "The geneuil public
enn co-operate, I would ask every publlc
spinted I'liilndelphlaii to report to the po
lice, to the tire marshal or to me peis.inully
apy one they know guilty of turning in a
false alarm
"In the section of the city I Ju-t refeired
to, many of the residents laugh and say.
oh, well, the llremen haven't much to do.
anyhow.'
"People should hear In mind these facts:
First, each alarm pulled costs the city
between 80 and H in wear, tear and
other expenses; second, each alarm means
danger to the firemen and to the public.
Tin re uhvuvH I nrlous danger of colli
sion, injury and of other accidents Third,
cuch false alarm uselessly takes nwuy pro
ti'ithm from where it might be needed.
"Uist night three false alarms were
pulled, These were. 7:2J p, m . Twunty-flfth
and York streets; 7: is p. m. sixth anlj
Tioga streets; 8 -pi p. in , york and Thomp.
son streets.
"Only twenty minutes after this last
fnlw alarm was pulled the alarm was
turned In for the Sluo.m.o fr at Broad and
Sonei"H)t streets. Had this bona fide alarm
bcon turned In five minutes sooner some of
the cjtnpanles would not have been able to
respond Immediately, since they would have
been out on a vvi'd-goose chase The loss
Plight how been greater. There also might
have been loss ot life."
Chief MUrphy said that (he public should
co-operate against "false-alarm artists." if
for no other reason than Its own self.pro.
tret inn.
HOUSE WILL AUTHORISE
8500,000,000 IN REVENUES
Democratic Measure, Providing for
Military Increases, Certain' to
Pass House Today
WASHINGTON. Jan 30 Despite gold
Republican opposition the ways were
greased today for the passage by the House
Of the $500 1100.000 !euuicratlc reveuue bill
hefoie adjournment tonight Some defec
tions are expected from Democratic ranlta
when the vote is taken, but Republicans arc
ur u fall in line to a man In their opposi
t on.
tvmocrutic desertions, however, will not
1 1 event the revenue measure going 'hrough
by a comfortable margin. They will come
from outl-preparedness Representatives,
mostly from the South Theeo members
have openly opposed the increased army
and navy plans They have tried to refer
the various preparedness measures back
to committees with instructions to cut all
appropriations tu meet present revenues.
This effort hav Ing fa led. they are deter-i-iliied
to register their disapproval of the
whole preparedness Idea.
The Republicans, beside voting against
the measure, plan to submit a minority re
port, decrying any increase in direct taxes
jind proiwainif a rev sion of the tariff to
aw.et the increased need of increased reve-
Rltf-S. (
Leaf Tobacco Stocks Gain
WASHINGTON. Jan. JO. Leaf tobaocp
held by manufacturers and dealers on Jan
uary 1 aggregated 1.0 14.SS5.IOS pounds,
compared with 1.931,0! a, 715 pounds October
1 list year the Census Bureau announced.
Chewing, smoking snuif and export types
totaled 7 . .J 7 8J5 pounds, compared wtf.li
704 45- 5tT pounds October t. cigar types.
ril.UT.tn pounds .ompared with 370,.
375.811, aud imported types, M.TdS.BJJ
JXHUUis, cttntMrsd with iS.iiO.'ill.
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WILLIAM S. I50WKN
Superintendent tiT City ITtill Mttin
tennnrc, who refuses to quit tit the
Mayor's request, saying the hitter
merely wants to reward a Vnrc man
N.J. REBUTTAL AID
PORT IN KATE CASE
Testimony of' Statu 'Com
merce Engineer Cor
roborates Philadel
phia Contention
TESTIMONY IS STRONG
Government Maps and Reports
Show Relative Depths oC
Channels and Slips
ilu o .VfnrVnrrc'poiirfuil
XK1V YORK, .Inn :i.
H. !'. Crcsson. Jr, chief engineer of the
New Jersey State Hoard of Commerce and
Navigation, was today reculled as 11 witness
during the rebuttal of the complainants In
the New Jersey freight rale case and pre
sented testimony that collaborated the
statements of I.,. 1. ilrnfrt president of the
Commercial Ilvchange of Philadelphia, rela
tive to the fight Tor equivalent loading
charges for grain In the ports of Philadel
phia and Xew York.
Mr. Cresson said that the (lovcrnment maps
nnd repot ts show that a thirty-foot chim
in I. 200 feet ulde, has been dredged directly
In front of Ibe piers of the IVnnivlvaulii
Railroad gialn elevator at Jersey City, but
that the depth between the i-llps ranged
from but twelve to sixteen feet, while ex
plaining the grain situation .vcstcrdii.
Mr. U11UT said that the direct loading
charges for miWi commodity rioglrt was
three-cmarters of a cent per bushel at I'hll
ndelphla and one-half cent nt the Jersey
City port on Xew York harbor
Discrimination-.) against the poit of Phila
delphia wire the basis of charges filed by
the Commercial ICxchnngc before the Inter
state Commeice Commission, but the
charges were not upheld because the trade
organization c.uild not show a carrier or
railroad serving both ports exacting dif
ferent intes for such 'jervlce.
Mr. liraff said thac the case was lost
on a technical point This, he asserted,
was the reason that the Penn.sylvanla Rail
road did not load directly to ship at Jersey
City, such service being accomplished by
lighterage companies at Xew York harbor.
He was told thnt the low water at the
Xew Jersey haibor prevented direct load
ing fiom elevator to steamship, such as Ik
lone at the port iiftl'MladHphla, The cal
ipers at the noithern Xew Jersev ports that
do their own direct loutllmi. it Is said, do
not touch the poit of Philadelphia.
Tho New Jersey cities who began their
rebuttal evidence today ure using strong
testimony to uphold their complaint nnd.
as- predicted, ate eudiavorlug to establish
a precedent on the difference in rales
011 ceitain classes of freight between the
Jersey shore anil Xew York points of tho
harbor to smash the general none rates that
govern Xew York und northern Now .lerse.v.
Albert Karjeoti, u cement dealer was the
lit st rebuttal witness. He said thai the
l.ito on cement from the Lehigh Valle
district of Pennsylvania to Jersey City was
eighty-four cents for 2111K1 pmuds While
ft. 1 1 wan chained for a similar shipment
to New York, including "free-' lighterage
The witness said that his source of I'Upply
shipped was ?5,00u tons per year, lie said:
"I have taken steamships to the Jersey
city terminals aud ordereij uoiisitriinji-nt to
that point It Is linporsthlo for the rail
roads with their congested facilities to
make dellveiles promptly In Xew Yoik and
it is 11101c ec.iiiiimkal and speedy to send
fur our own shipments "
Mr. c'lirjeoti, vvlm has been an exporter
to many South American and Kuropeau
pons, said:
"In all my experience I have never seen
such poor isirt facilities us exists In New
York harbor. In Argentine and llraxli. for
instance, the freight Is loaded direct fiom
eais to ships There are no lighters ur
lloats."
He UKxeited that in normal times he tould
gain one cent per barrel pf cement In com
petitive sales with Sweden and Ik'iimurk.
"If twelve cents per barrel is added for
shipments to Xavv York or Urooklyn, it is
Impossible to compete with foreign coun
tries." said Mr. Furjeon. He illustrated his
statement by lelating the hlstoiy and cost
of a shipment from Pennsylvania over the
Cuneral Railroad of Xew Jersey.
"All I ask h. fair play to all," said the
witness "You m'ght like to know that I
am a stockholder 111 these same railroads"
"Then you get It cumitig and going?'
questioned es-Attornoy Ueneral WicUershnm,
counsel for the city of New York. This
bi ought a round of laughter from all sides.
Including the witness The counsel for the
Central Railroad of New Jersey asked Mr.
Farjeon whether hu knew this rate to Xew
Jersey was subnormal and was established
to allow such dealers as the witness to com
pete with the Hudson River Cement com
panies. CAMDEN
A $1(I,UU0 hUlT for prrnal Injuries Imu
been begun and a claim of ?3S0 for the loss
of his nutqmoblte has been filed against the
Atlantic City Railroad Company by Dr. R.
Mills Smith, of 1G33 Broadway. Camdeh.
Doctor Smith's machine was struck by a
train at the .Hroadvvay cro&slng In tilou
tester. A bHYIiNTY-rOOT I'AM. from a (ruv
ellng crqne In the Camden Iron Works to
day resulted In only slight injuries to Kly
Dent, nineteen years old, of ti5S Linden
street. Camdsn. He is In the Cooper Hos
pital with a probable fracture of the light
arm, contusions and bruises. Physician
say his escape from serious Injury was re
markable. ' '
McCormick Gives Ifarmony Dinner
WABIUNOTON, Jan 30. Ilariuony with
in the Republican party and a reunion of
all of the party elements to bring about a
Democratic defeat In the next two ears.
was the keynote of a dinner given last
mght by Wedlll McCormick. Representative-elect
of Illinois, to prominent Repub
licans included in the guest 1LU weie Re
publican of both radical and cooketvative
views.
a. Y WtiSRt&fyM&St, e 7 il J
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BARUCH MADE $476,168
IN NOTE LEAK "PERIOD"
Broker Tells Probers How He
"Got From Under," but Denies
Advance Information
BERN8T0RKF NOT IN IT
ComhitUea Falls tu Link Gormitn En
vny in Hcandnl UelHllfi of
Slock Transactions
NNW YORK, .Tun. ag.- tlnrney Dnruch,
Wnll street broker, played n "Iniw hand" In
Wall slnet during the now rntnous pprlod
between thjeemb'-r It to 23, nnd bv so
doing Ire denned up $1J8,I0!M? The figures
are his own They tveiP Blvpn to the Home
"Leak" Committee today by Harttch hini
seir In n detailed statement of his ipecn
lallons tlurlnj; that time.
Ilnruch denied specifically nnd emphati
cally (hat ho Imd nny advance news or
President Wilson's pence note. He had onW
seen Presidential Sei-retnry Tdmultv once In
months, he said, and never brcnkraMcd with
him at the Rllttrorc
"Moonshine !" hf called Rtich reports
Jlarurh's operations showed that he start
ed selling the market short on December 13.
ber I".
"I saw pence coming with von llethnmnn
llollweg's speech," said Ilaruch. "And 1
starlet! getting from under.
"Lloyd tleorgc followed this up by lenv
Ing I he door to pence open In his speech.
"Hut Ihc one thing that shnped tny
course in this period more thnn anything
else was this:
"The Japanese people thnn whom there
Arc no cleverer In the world took steps
to close their stock exchange They saw
what was coming and they were In n posi
tion to know So I ;vvcnt.' "
ecu, norsrrs st'tiarcsTiox
Only niicp during this period, Rnrtich
said, had he tnlked With Secretary MeAdoo.
That was when he called him over the tele
phone to suggest the name of a m!in to
lie appointed to the Federal Reserve Hoard.
"At whose suggestion did you do tills?"
asked Ilipresetitatlve Cnmphell.
"Colonel 13. M. House's" replied Raruch,
smiling.
Dnruch denied hav ng nny special nr
rnngements for getting news from Wash
ington other than the newspapers and the
"ticker." He lnld on the table a complete
record of his dealings during the time under
Investigation.
True ng his dealings In I'nited Stntes
Steel from December II on Raruch ex
plained thnt he was "long" or Steel fiOOn
shares December 11, and that he sold out
the next ilny ot a loss. ,
TRADtxr: ix sti;i:i.
"Most everything I had that day 1 sold
out at a loss,' Hartich volunteered, adding
that he hud rubber nnd copper s-tocks. llo
sold 23. H"i Steel short next day, on the
strength of Itethniann-llollvveg's. speech, ho
said.
"I realized that the people's minds, which
heretofore had been on -war. would now turn
to peace." he continued "I commenced to
think what Hint would mean In business and
finance. And I thought It all over und de
cided a man should Bell. I did sell ns toon
an I could and 1 had to get out of somo
other stocks first
"The speech was a body blow, and It
still hangs ns a pall on the market so
far ns prices are concerned.
"From the standpoint of prices, pence,
was bound to raise the mischief with the
market. The maiket was in a bad techni
cal position at the time from high prices,
business interest rules and a mass of buy
ing.'' On December 1 1 Raruch was short ot
1600 more shares of Steel, making a totnl
of 23.000 shnres short.
On December 15 he "bought in" or cov
ered all except 11 Oil shares at an average
price of 110.
On December HI Dnruch sold about 1000
more short while the market was rising.
"I wanted to know about the next great
move l.loyd Hedge's speech." he explained
a his reason for taking the short aide
while the rise was on. He felt peace
movements were on legardless of the l.loyd
tleorge speech, but left that that would
prove the wisdom of his judgment.
DKTA11.S OF SAI.F.S
on December IS Iiuruch sold 28.100
shnres of Steel short, "going to It as tight
and as fast as I could when I saw the
but' In the ticker leport on l.loyd Ueorge."
Munich .uld complacently he had no in
formation from Washington legardlug the
President's note.
On December 20 he bought In 17.900
sbaris, inducing his short acouut to 2t,S00.
"It I had known of what wan comlnif
fiom Washington the next day 1, us any
one else, would have sold all day," he Inter
jected. The 20th was the day beforo the note
was published in the pupeis.
"Wus this n largo dealing?'' he was
asked.
"Well. I've done larger: I've been short
iliis amount often," he replied. On the 21st
Raruch closed out his shorts nt around
100." He said he figured his entire proilts
December HI to 23, us UTO.tdS.
TALK WITH McVDOO
Raruch said, under cross-exuiiiliiatkm by
Chairman Henry, that he had called up
Paul Warburg, of the Fulcrul Iteservo
Uourd, during the leak peiiod, but had not
leached him anil had later got Secretary
of the Treasury MeAdoo on the matter of a
Ftderal Reserve Hoard appointment. lie
denied discussing the market tit all with
them and denied having called Secretary
Tumulty.
I'nder Republican examination Raruch
explained thut the appointment was to n
push Ion in the Xew Vork leserve bank.
Colonel H. M. House. President Wilson's
confidential adviser, had asked, him to
recommend a man for the place and Raruch
did thin to MeAdoo after failing to reach
Wuruurs. he said.
RHRXSTOllFF NOT IN IT
In an apparent effort to find a possible
note leak trull leading to Herman Ambas
sador von Renibtorff or other "Oerman cir
cles," the committee put Archibald 8. White,
tlio envoy's friend, again on the grill.
Rut the committee- got only denials und
negation.
White, associate of Dernstorff, Thomas
W. l.awson and other diplomatic and llnan
clal lights, calmly denied having uny ad
vance Information from Herman quarters
or elsewhere either on the K'altor'a peace
move voiced "by Chancellor von Hethmann
ttollvveg or on President Wilson's subse
quent note to the belligerents
Xor had White (rnded 4urlng the leak
period either for himself or for persons In
olllclal llfo In 'Washington, he said.
Tho first qbestlons fired at White bore
on tho Herman angle solely.
Attorney "Whipple quoted testimony pre
viously aired in Washlngtpn suggesting
that Herman diplomatic sources had ad
vance notice of the President's note.
Rut 'White dented having shared In such
knowledge or of having operated for any
of his official friends.
Attorney Whipple veered off the Herman
angle suddenly apd then Republican piero
tiers took the witness In hand. Rut they
got little. White politely dodged expression
of any opinion on the subject of Repre
sentative Campbell's inquiry: "Do you
think Lawson should he in jail or In the
asylum?"
White said Uiuson'a conversations were
"dramatic." but he had "not taken them
seriously."
Twp New Hotels Seek License
HARRISRITRCJ, Jan. 30 Appllcatlows
for the Ilcens'iig of two new ho els In Har
ribburg were among the petitions filed
lu the Dauphin County Court This was the
Ust u on which to file The applicants
are Patrick T, SuiUvaj sad Prry K.
Spua , '
1017
Program Announced
for 1918 Navy Increase
ACCORDING to tho $:!51,000,000
Jr. naval bill completed yesterday
the committee authorizes the con
struction in 1918 of tho' followiiiK
warships :
'llireo tt.UOO-lmi Imttlcslilpi.
Hue im 1 1 It rrutirr.
Three stout rriilsrri.
Klflern tlr.slro.vrrs.
One destroyer tender.
One submarine lender.
Ktfihtccii HOIMiiii NtititiiarllirH.
Completion of this program, itc
cording to naval experts, will put tho
United Stale-! in second piano rela
tively umonj? tlio naval Powers of
liio world, Client Hritain alone ex
ecedinif in naval strength anil Ger
many following, with l-'rance, Japan,
Russia, Italy and Austria-lluntfary
in succeeding order.
$351,000,000 NAVY BILL
UP IN HOUSE TOMORROW
Second Step in U. S. Defense
Program Expected to Bo
Taken by Congress
WAHlltNOTOX. .Inn 30 A $35t,tl00.000
navy lilll the second or tho t great pre
pnreilncsit measures' will go 'before the
1 louse for action some time tomorrow, just
after. tlio House pulses the revenuo bill,
which will rnlse some of the money needed
to carry mil tho preparedness program.
Appropriations to Philadelphia projects
contnlncd In the nival bill about to bo re
ported nro:
Philadelphia Xavy Yard, to continue.
di.vductt. Ijil.ono.ooii: central power
plant, $120.0110: fUty-toti locomotive
crano, J 100,000; for Improvements at
Fort Mllllln, SI 12.700.
The ndvnncc base marines now nt An
napolis will be tiansfeiied to Philadelphia
and nn appropriation of $80.ono Is made lo
give additional iicconimodntlnns In the bar
racks, while there is another npproprlullot.1
of J2O0.00O to enlarge the barracks.
Passago or the bill will complete two
thlrds of t,ho preliminary preparation under
the three-year navy program adopted last
yeor. This year's bill provides tho three
blggesl and fastest battleships allnnt. dis
placing 12,000 tons, and having a speed of
twenty-tin co knots and n first-line bat
tery of twelve slxtcen-lnch guns, They will
cost mote than $28,000,000 with ammuni
tion. one battle cruiser, with ten foul lecn-lnch
guns, lo ennt $20.094. IPO, also will bo au
thorized. This ship, too, will be a l coord
breaker, Willi 180.00(1 hoisopowcr the
greatest of any lighting ship, so far ns Is
known and a speed of thlrly-flve knots
Throe scout cruisers, fifteen destroyers,
a destroyer tender and a submniino tender
also aro authorized In addition to eighteen
SOO-ton submarines.
In authorizing these submniin.es, big
enough for any duly, the committee did not
carry out the recommendation of the navy
genetnl boaid. which recommended a larger
number of smaller submarines. The com
mittee, knowing there wns some d.sagrec
ment nt tho Xavy Depaitment over the best
type, decided to obtain the most powerful
submarines possible.
Ono preparedness incisure adopted by
tho committee wns authorization of
$12, 000,000 to equip navy nrds for building
ships in case private yaids are unable to
complete the navy program In the pre
scribed time. Failure of the navy to get
builders for Its ships caused also an In
crenso In tho maximum cost of four battlo
cruisers authorized Inst year of from
510.000,000 to $13,000,000 nnd of tho threo
scout cruisers on last year's program fiom
$D.000,Oiiu to.$C, 000,000. These prices cover
only hull and machinery.
WOMEN'S TROUSER STYLES
UPSET PLACID LONDON
"Offended Male" Objects to Tight Fit
ters, lint Ye Man of tho Street
Looks and Admires
I.OXDOX. Jan 30 What should be tho
style In vv omen's tronseis? London Is get
ting "'bet up" over the question, slnco
women in many trades havu taken to wear
ing the garment heretofore man's onllest
own.
Xow that ho can't keep his sisters out
of them, tho unlearning Britisher thinks
ho can dictate In tho mutter of styles.
List to "An Offended Male," as ho signs
himself in tho Rally Rxpress. Writing on
the subject of tho objection inado by "four
attractive munition girls" who revolted
aguinst wearing trousers, ho says:
"I am not surprised that the should ob
ject to wearing tiotisers, If by that is meant
tho ugly nether garments ono scees worn
by tho window-cleaning girls in London.
"These skimpy trous-ers, cut In a straight
line, look us If they had been borrowed to
be worn for comfort and efficiency. Why
cannot they be mado on the lines of those
udopted b.v Turkish and Viusteru women
moderately loose and tied at tho ankle? It
I were a gill 1 Bhould certainly feel un
sexed In those other things"
"Offended Mule" s unfair to the window
wushlng girls A pair that nipped Jauntily
through Ilnyiiiurket this morning, keeping
step in their much discussed garments,
would have been signed by Ueorge M, Co
han in n Hush The effect was altogether
opera carnitine, and stray Americans
wasted time on the cuib wuitiug for the
rest of tho chorus.
COUNCILS WOULD FILL
VACANCIES UNDER BILL
Amendment Proposed for Clark Act
Approved by Third-Class
City League
UARRlSHL'RCl, Jan. 30. Amendments to
the Clark act giving to City Councils tho
power to fill vacancies by u majority vote
within thirty days after they occur, or In
caso vacancies exist in the entire Council
giving to tho Court of Common Pleas, In
the county In which tho city is situated, the
right to appoint members to 1111 unexpired
terms, wero favored this morning by tho
law committee of the Thtrd-Class City
League
Tho umendihents, which will bo submitted
to the Legislature, were introduced by City
Solicitor John 1!. Fox, of Jlurrlsburg, and
provide for filling existing vacancies or any
that may occur after tho passage of the
amendments. J'rovlslon is made that tho
appointments remain effective only until the
nrst Monday in January foll) ing the next
municipal election, vvhen voters will elect
commissioners.
Mayor Miles R. Kitts. of i-hie, told the
committee he had learned of a move to
eliminate the nonpartisan clause from the
Clark act, and It was also rumored that a
bill would be introduced providing for the
districting of cities so that each of the four
commissioners would represent certain
wards, while the Mayor would be voted for
by the entire registered list of electors.
Ferryboats Collide in Fog
The ferryboat Delaware, of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway, clashed Into
the ferryboat Philadelphia at Kaighu's
Point shortly- after a o'clock this morning,
owing to the heavy fog on the river. Xo
one was' Injured The crash occurred as
the 'Delaware was entering Its slip o its
way from Philadelphia The woodwork
on the side of the boat was smashed above
the water line There was very little ex
citement among the passengers The boat
hat been held up Vit repairs The damage
lis uot betjp estuvatad It was said, how
ever, siot Ui b ssrltpus
BODY-FOUND IN OCEAN
MAY BE MRS. LYMAN'S
Mystery of Vanishing Sister-in-
Law of Philadelphia May
He Solved
IDENTITY STILL MYSTERY
5ifS: Emma Miner Annoyed by Sus
picion Thai 8ho, Wns Dead
Worn an
ATLANTIC CITY, Jnn an Of the him
tlreils Who fallfd today fh view the body of
n iFflhed-lmiklntt woman, apparently nf middle-
nge, whose body, clothed In expensive
garments, was found floating ycsietday m
the breakers, nt Rnrtrntti place, rhclpea. no .
one wns able to Identify her
She was not Mrs Margaret Knllnn. of
this city, n dependent widow, as tin wid
ow's relatives had thought That much
was ttintle certain today fiy a statement from
the police repudiating the Identification of
vestcrdny.
Not Is she Mt" Hmmn Kellner. of 12
Victoria plmc, Venthor City, fricndi of
whom thit morning telephoned the Phiia
dolphin police that she was mloslng and
might have met death nrr-ltlentnlly ot otlnr
wine Ih the brenkeri.
Mr Xcllnrr cvprrsied indignation ' this
morning when she heard It wns thought
the deuil woman might be she, Ix cause
friends called her home In Vr til nor mi Uia
telephone late Saturday apil riming tin
enrly part of Sunday nnd failed to mclvc
n reply, Mrs, Zellner, who had l.ren III,
started for Atlantic City on Haturri.iv hit
Mrs. Xellner said ns It was very unpu.ii.
lint out of doors when she reached Atl.mtie
city Saturdny night, she Went to the horns
of a friend In Atlantic City for the night
Instead of going to her own domicile n
Vent nor
The heller Is growing I hut the hoiiv it
that of Mrs. Chester Lyman, n inn. nf
the late Rlshop tl W Whlltuker. of tlio
Protestant Kplscopal Dloceso of Peiinvl
viinln. and a sKter of Mis. Maiy 1! c
Parker, wire of the Rev. William X Pailur,
of the church of the Kp'phany. Kirtv--ev.
i nth strret und Raltlmore avenue. Philadel
phia, who was teportcd missing la t vwek
from Ibe old Dominion liner .liffei m win a
thut ship arrived at Xew York
Mrs. Lyman dleiipprared li"-.n (he Mnp
on Tuesday night, leaving a curd .I'-klng
that Charles Lyman, of Asheville. X. C,
her husband, be notified If anything hap
pened to her. She had been III and will
coming North to undergo treatment nnd
visit fiieniR
Tho body In I'ndertnker Chatnplon'q
morgue Is that of a woman live feet one
hnlf Inch In stature, weighing about l in
pounds, with a rattier long face, chestnut
hair and u prominent forehead. W.th the
'exception of the middle teeth in front, moit
of her teeth nro gone. There Is above the
Instep of her light foot n scar about an inch
In length which may help to establish her
Identity
The remains wero clothed In a white
crepe de chine waist and a blue coat nnd
sk'it of fine texture. She wore Harvard
Mills undergarments. :i Nemo corset nnd
black button' shoes containing the Imprint
of (Umbel Brothers, Pnlludelphia.
Her hands are small mid free from slgni .
of toil The police are waiting tho arrival
of relatives of Mrs Lyman.
BIRTH CONTROL WOMAN
DEFENDS HER METHODS
Mrs. Sanger Says She Wants Fewer
Children Brought Up in
Poverty
XKW YORK, Jan. 30. Mrs. Margarpt
Sanger told today why sho advocates birth
control for which she ts now being ti led,
and because of which her sister, Mrs.
Kthel Hyrne, Is now serving a sentence on
Rluckwell.-i Island.
"I was one of eleven children, '' sho said
"My mother died vvhen I was seventeen be
cause she had had .too many children and
hnd worked herself to doath. I became a
nurse to help suppoit tho family.
"I camo to the conclusion that the great
est good I rotihl do was to help poor
women to have fewer children to 1j,j
brought up In want and poverty. I threw
my nurse's cop away and swore 1 would
dun It no more. 1 went to ISitropc. Mudicd
tho birth control clinics there, and came
back to America to do what I cjuld "
Sirs. Sanger will know I'-rtday whether
sho Is to get n prison sentence for dis
seminating birth control Information Threo
Justices In Rrooklyn Special Scs.smns u
served decision until that date.
Meanwhile tho condition of Mi1- Rvrno
on Rlackwells Island remains the : amo
Ertie'ls being forcibly fed at regularjinter
vuli, and does not offer uny resistance.
CHILD DIRS IX TROLLEY
Woman Charges Infant's Death Duo
to Rejection of Patient by Hospital
Misunderstanding botween mother with .i
baby dying from pneumonia and authori
ties ut tha Pennsylvania Hospital usulud
In the death of tho child while it wlis In ins
taken to the Philadelphia Hospital in a tui
ley c.-r
The mother, Mrs. Frances Rodger.vof .Ut
Suiilh Second street, charged that pin ih 1 ins
at the hospital had refused to tieat bei tive-vveek-old
baby when she took It to the hos
pital. Tho superintendent of the ho-.pi! il
replied to this by suylng tlrat Mr". RoiIk h
refused to allow tho baby to enter tin -o ml
service department of tho institution, there
being no other provision made for tri.itiuent
of cafetju of this kind except in this dfpart
ment. Tries to End Life With Razor
Aloys'ius C. lluasey, twonty-sK vears old,
34 10 10 bti'fet, attempted suicide this inurn
Iiir by cutting his threat with a razor while
in bed. Ho wus found by his motliei. ho
buminoned a policeman nnd had .in sou
removed to the Rplscopal Hospital where
it was said he hud little chance for r, .
covery. The mother could assign i . moire
for the attempt.
too uyriJ rim ci-wsincvrioN
RRVTRS
" UJI.nr.RT. Jan S3. 8ABAR J. UlLBKItT
due llowanl. used hit Relatives '" "''J
Invited 10 fuaeral. Wed. 1 I', m . reniiUrnie ot
son, Theodore Ulltiert. VI1U N. Culoruilu i im
Nurthwoud Vein Auto funeral
1IOQN. Jan. 3U K1.1ZADRTK, I. diuhter
of Wllliaro 1.. aiul hte Annie. W Moon tnra
Sherrardi. saod lit. Relatives und no us j
vlted to services. Prl., ':31 P. m . at it-U
Irvtns t. lot private. Remain ma ua
v tewed Thum . T io U '. . m
l)O.NKav! SudiUnly. Jan. 30. UPWARD.
husband f"f llnry 1. liuuesaii uiee ".
hon of Mary and lutu Cbristuplur tiuin-s,;"
aged 38 Native of funeral sivni nom JIJ
X Preston st.
CAIUJKl.l. Jan 39. JAMES ! . husb .n of
Clb-riii A. Carilll Due notice uf funeral
will Ut given from DID Wolf t.
MOOHtt Jan. 30. , E1.I5CAHKT11 I. i "-;'-ter
uf William I- aud Ulv.Aniila W Mu-irarJ,
mial 24. lUlaiives and frlenda invited to "
vfi Frl.. 3W p. m. 310 Irvlns st Int.
private. Remains ny be viewed Thurs 7 to
U p. in-
SITUATIONS WANTCIlMAI.B
AW OPBNINU DU81KBU' .
Youes inaa. lilt, executive experience souna
tnwiness ability. 1st. rviuw without ebllsatiui,
F 65U. leaser I'eatrsl
IIKIP W .INTER JIW.B
uYfel wanted for iftneral oftlce or u IH t
vtueerluz firm, uuud salary to start lth ,
pertualty of uuitk advancement Ati - 'm
mediately. Schramm i. .Sons. 30K N 4 '
SHlPiUK Assistant ttailtaii JH.IS, i k I
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