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GUARD WINS
CHAMBER POSTS
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igg, Head of Commerce
soard, Appoints Execu
tive Committee
EIGHT ARE RENAMED
.Selections Regarded ns Victory
t , for Conservatives Johnson
Ki.V Again Chairman
, i The appointment of the executive corn-
1 1 'tttlttee of the Philadelphia Chamber of
"f Commerce was announced today by Krnest
V" T, Trice, president of the organization It
I 'personnel was hailed as a victory of tho
tfc "Old Guard" forces. Of the eleven mem-
f bers, eight wero reappointed. The ceim-
" .. . . ..
jh. Mnitlee is composed as follows"
'ALBA II. JOHNSON, chairman, who naa been
t thalrtnAn since the reurvaiilzitlun of tho
Chamber of Commerce.
I10WAP.D B FIIUNCH, former president and a
member for twenty-six yeara
CltAHLES J. COI1UN. former president
CHARLES Z. TYRON
tH, K. MULFOnD.
TJAVIU KIKSCHUAUM.
ALBERT M SMYTHE 4
A. C. McOOWIN.
CHARLES T. VAUOH.V
CHARLES S. CALDWELL.
COLEMAN SELLERS, Jr
In commenting on the personnel of the
committee, Mr. Trigg said- "The Kxecu
tlve Committee Is tho action body of tho
Chamber. It must be composed of only
those men, who will make great sacrifices
to attend the weekly meetings
"Judging from the willing co-operation of
those I hao sought, I confidently forecast
that the coming year will be one of great
accomplishments
"Our organization will bo complete with
in ten days and we shall then bend our
efforts to the task of making Philndelphli
bigger and greater city '
COLLINGSWOOD STIRRED
BY (JUSTING OF PASTOR
Call on Rev. Dr. J. N. McDowell,
of Presbyteran Church, to Re
sign Arouses Protest
Colllngswood Is stirred bv the compul
sory resignation of the Rev Dr J N
McDowell, pastor of tho Presbyterian
Church.
If the general opinion nf the community
and the words of, sympathy received by the
Clergyman today are any criterion there
may be further developments in the case
A commission appointed by the West Jer
sey Presbytery decided at a meeting List
night to ask the mlnlslei to resign Ho
abided by their request
No reason was given for the enforced
resignation of the instor, but friends of
the clergymen believe that borough politics
Is at the root of the trouble Others be
lieve that a sermon delivered some time
ago In which he denounced gambling at n
fain given by the fire company may have
aroused feeling against him
:'& Doctor McDowell eald, however, he did
fc -tnHtv,. that politics had anything to do
with the commission's action He said It
was possible that ho might have been a
little too conservative for the people He
expressed the hope that there would not ba
any factional fight and Fnid he did not want
any sympathy
The Rev. Dr. Samuel D Price chairman
of the commission which decided on sever
ance of the pastor's relations with the
church, said today over the telephone that
Doctor McDowell was "a gentleman of fine
personality, ability and man of splendid
type "
Such being the case he was asked why
the commission decided to. dispense with
his services
At this Doctor Price became somewhat
evasive and. endeavored to explain tho
situation by comparison ' Haven't you ever
courted a young lady," he said "and then
made up your mind she was not fitted for
you and turned your attention elsewhere'
Would that s'gnlfy that anything was
wrong with the girl?'
Doctor Price declined to become more
definite. Next Sunday he said, formal an
nouncement of the commission's action villi
be made. At that time It will be stated
that no charge of personal nature was
made against Doctor McDowell The date
Of the dissolution of the pastoral rela
tion will be determined by both parties
Doctor McDowell will preach at the church,
ft Is said, until he gets another chirgo
Numerous friends of Doctor McDowell
called at his home, 635 Llnwood avenue, and
expressed their regret at the commission's
action.
Mrs. McDowell Is heartbroken over the
decision made by the commission "I have
no Idea why my husband's resignation was
requested," she said, 'he was a devoted
and sincere worker, bu: there Is nothing
left to do but abide by the decision A
mln ster these days has to labor hard to
please his congregation It had always been
the. doctor's wish that our boy become a
minister, but I think our views In this con
nection will now be changed "
Mrs. McDowell was formerly Miss Clara
B. Anthony;. She sang In the choir of tho
Method'st episcopal church when Doctor
McDowell met her four years ago at the
outset of his pastorate.
RANDALL HATCHES PLOT
TO CONTROL NEXT HOUSE
Prohibition Congressman Announces
Meeting of Six Fellow
Independents
"' WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Representative
" Randall, Prohibitionist, Los Angeles, has
' 1 hatched, the latest kidnapping plot to get
ontrol of the next House. He has an-
"ieunced a matting of six fellow IndejJen-
., jwma iu us neiu nere eoruary 6,
yC" Miss Jeannette nankin, of Montana, will
one 01 ine conierees. The others will
.Martin, Louisiana, and Schall, Mlnne-
iww t-rogressive: Meyer London, New
k. Socialist, and members-elect M. Clyde
r. Pennsylvania. Progressive, and Aivin
'Fuller, of Massachusetts. Indsnnrint
Handall. In a letter to the mmiir. ,a
fmbers-elect. Inviting them here for the
irence. said he believed the band would
ITnore than nonpartisan, even antl-partl-
"We will no doubt refuse to follow any
nation 01 poaim lingers who are un
Mar wflh the tune," Randall's invitation
,,,;iyo are sun suspicious that Pro-
uv arow on reactionary
ft may. have the temerity to suggest
"WW in me rules. At present be-
MMcM. and action there la an Im
bMrieadc of MrUametttarv thtntu
to a MMMM4 .Caaajresa. It naeda a.
Sirafe
CONTRACTION CHIEFS
DENY -TRANSIT RUMOR
Director and Vice President Have
No Knowledge of Purpose to
Finance Taylor Plan
HINT STOCK SPECULATION
Proposition to Approve Agreement Not
Discussed by Shareholders
Union Traction Officials
Deny Agreement Rumor
"TDO NOT know where' such
J- rumors emnnnte, but they must
come from the fertile btain of some
irresponsible person, or are stnitcd
by somebody with n desire to de
press tho stock for his own piofit.
As to the latest report, it is absolute
ly untrue. So far ns I know there
is no intention tq call a meeting of
the Union Traction stockholders for
any purpose and I have not been
asked to consent to any agreement
with the Philadelphia Rapid Tiansit
Company. .TAMES II. (JAY.
"Director Union Traction Company."
"It is nil hot air. I never heard
about this proposition and it was
never discussed at any of our meet
ings. The lust meeting took place
in December and there wasn't any
discussion along the line mentioned.
"CHARLCS C. HEED.
"Vice President Union Traction Co."
Report that stockholders of the t'nloii
Traction Company will accept the Phllidcl
phl.i Rapid Transit Cnnipiny prnpnslt'nn to
make their rtock full p ild has no foundation
In fact, accordlm; to olllcl ilj In the older
corporation
Rumor, which gained circulation In finan
cial centers todav had it th it the L'nlon
Traction stockholders hid ngteed to pav In
tho $12 no per shire rem lining unpild upon
thcli holdings, thus providing the Philadel
phia Rapid Tinnslt Complin with $11500
000 nvallable for additions and other capital
requirements In Its nefiotlitlons with the
city for the Taylor plan high-speed lines
In return the l'nlon Tiaotlnn sh ireholders
were to receive $5 on the $5 par valuo of
the full-paid stock in, lead of 51 at ptesent
upon each $17 50 Invested
Olllcers nf the l'nlon Tiactlor were sild
to have assuied the Itipld Transit Cotn
panv of the plan by which the assessment
would lie called
Olllcers and direotms of the l'nlon Tine
tlon Company todiv cNprepsed the opinion
that the ston hid Its origin In the hr.iln of
financial interests seeking to depress tho
value of the l'nlon Traction Coinpmy
stock foi purposes of hici Mat Ion
James H I'av a director of I nlon Trac
tion and one of Its licav l i-t holdeis at his
home In Pclham. said There Is no su h
agreement and as .1 inenibfi of the board
and a stockholder In I nlon Tr.ullnn I am
In a position to speak with autlioritv on
what Is going on V.ou x limot make it too
emphatic that no Midi agreement Ins been
reached or even discussed at our meetings
There has been no session of the l'nlon
Traction board since our nniiuil meeting
last fall when the stockholder also met
The subject was not even mentioned at
that time nor since
"I do not know where such rumors
emanuate but thev must ..onie from tho
fertile brain of some Irresponsible person,
or aro started by somebody with n desire
to depress tho stock for his own ptofU
As to this latest leinrt it is ibsolutelv
untrue So fnr as I know, there Is no
Intention to call a meeting of the l'nlon
Traction stockholders for any purpose and
I have not been aked to consent to nnv
agreement with the Phil ulelphla Rapid
Transit Company '
Union Traction, which closed ycfctcidty
at 46", opened todiv at 4fi
"It Is all hot air" j-ald Charles IJ Hoed,
vice president of tile L'nlon Traction Com
panv. today at his homo In Oak Lane
"I never heird about this proposition and
It was never d (.cussed at any of our meet
ings Tho last meeting took plict in De
cember and there wasn't any discussion
along the line mentioned in a newspaper
lonay
Mr Heed's reference w.13 to nn nrtlele
In a morning new paper In which various
terms of the rumored ngriement weie set
forth Negotiations it was declared were
completed but the actual pnment of is.
eessments was not to be undo until nfter
Councils hid pissed upon the leasing ordl
rance rubmltted bv tho Philadelphia Ripld
Tran.,t rompanv to the city
William Hdicock one nf' the ilty npie
sentatlves on the board of directors of the
Rapid Transit Company, has aligned him
self with Sholdon Pottoi who att icked thu
proposed lease on Mnml iv Mi Haneick
In Usulng a statement from Atlintlc City
also nbsills the eompiny s ffei and advises
caution and delay In latlfvlng the terms
of tho agieemont until the anilyslH by ri.
rector Twining and tho city h consulting
engineers Is finished
Frank I, I'ord of I'ord Racon & Dnls
the experts consulted by Mr Twining Is
expected u visit Phllidelphla tomoriow
for a conference with the dlnrtnr
Under no Clicumstanc-H Is It llkelv tint
the agreement will be brought up In Coun
ells tomorrow Mavor Smith has decluied
ho wlshs no undue Insto In Jamming legls
latlon through Courclls At the otfko of
the Department of c tv Trans't it was
said today that the Director's nnalj sis would
hardly be completed for several weeks and
until the experts' report had been received
and digested it was unlikely that the Mayor
and director would feel properly equipped
to take up tho question with Councils
Tho Mayor pi ins to leave tho city on
Thursday of next week for a southern ft Ip
and It Is said that he may not feel pre
pared to submit his views on the transit
agreement to Councils until his return It
is hoped by Director Twining tint tho ex
perts analysis may be received in time to
be presented to the Mayor before he leaves
for the South
NOT GUILTY, SAYS PASTOR
Wilmington Minister, Charged With
Trespassing, to Be Tr.ed Thursday
WILMINGTON, Del. Jan 31 In the
City Court tho Rev Oeorgo A Cooke, who
was served with a warrant charging him
with trespassing In Wesley Methodist Kpls
copal Church, pleaded not guilty, and the
case was fixed for Thursday, when tho other
case against Doctor Cooke growing out of
his preaching In Wesley Methodist Kplsco
pal Church after he had been deposed will
be heard.
The trustees of the church have changed
all the locks on the doors so as to keep the
pastor out of the church in the future, and
will endeavor to revive Interest In church
work, despite the troubles which have
occurred there.
HUMANE ATLANTIC CITY '
No Prosecutions Made Last Year for
Cruelty to Animals
ATLANTICCITV, Jan. 31. Atlantic City
Is one of the most humane communities In
tM State, During lOl not a single prifaecu
tleo was Instituted by the Society for the
Prevention ot Cruelty to Animals, which has
just, concluded a very successful year. The
Idea of the society is to prevent rruoiiv
ratlter than to prosecute. Agents are sta-
uuvucmmii me city and county, and
oiau.tne stables, j3n
w
EX-MAYOR JONES
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Ousted Coatesville Officidl
Freed of Embezzlement
Charge, but Censured
BOOKKEEPING CRITICIZED
Friends Say Rc-clccticn Is As
sured Costs of Prosecution
Taxed to County
Prom Staff Coniipoiulent
WKRT CHHSTHR Pa Jan 31 Rx
Mnvor Wnlter L AV Jones, of Coatesville.
was declared not guilty of piuberrliiiR
Coilesvlllo funds nnd falsifying his ac
counts while in nlllce bv the Jury todav
before .luilgo llutler In the Countv t olirt
The Jury put nil the costs of suit on the
countv
The verdlet was a Felled otic Tho Jit
101s sit until list last night and when they
lliially made up their minds couit hnd ad
journed Seemingly tho otilv serious point
nf dlsiussloii foi them was as to tho ills
pisltiiin of the osts They rvldntl ngto-d
eirly In their deliberations to acquit Jones
This wns made clear by tlieli tco.uct for
Instrui tlons Ic-s thin an hour after retiring
ns whether 01 not they 1011UI divide tho
costs between the defendant and tho county
'Ihe Couit teplud that If tho county pild
nnv It would huve tr pav nil tho costs
but tint tho Jurv could divide the costs
between tin defendant and the men back of
tho prosecution If It cared to determine who
tho latter were
The defenso all through tho ttlal tried
to mako It clear that the prosecutois were
I U Kirk and Hairy '.00k, of Coatesville fl
Council Nominally the complaining wit
ness was t'hntles l'leymovci, Coatesville s
constable
Hx-Mnvor Jones was not tu miirt tn
hear the vetdlct but he was In the coutt
houve 'I hit news traveled fast and he sum
wns holding a leceptlon In the eorrldors
downst ilr, receiving eongtatiil Itions
(Jladdest of all mmo gl id it "eemed
than Jones hlinvlf wns Wallei II IlKen
wood Cltv oltiitor of Coatesville. who
bemuse of his lung tilcndshlp with the di -fend
mt !cfu"cd to cuudmt the pioseciiilon
"Thank (lod he ialil ferventlv
Councllm in liiuwii, of West Che-Met, was
one of minv who ciine up to Junes and
said something like this
V011 dont know me, but I'd like tn con
gratulito vou "
Jones said the verdlet was what ho hid
expected
"1 m pretty sure now I think " he sa d
"tint 111 be elected Minor again"
lie was asked if bo regretted tint some
of the costs wero not s iildlcd 011 Kirk
and Znok, and s lid "No I'm pcifectly
satisfied
Ho was told that the Jurv In acquitting
hlni and putting tho costs on the countv
had, nevertheless, added a lino nf consul e
to tell him that his methods of bookkeep
ing were-ny negligent Ho answi mil that
tho rebuke was deserved and that If he
was returned to olllce he felt he would do
better
'Maybe 111 take a cnurso In bookkeep
ing at light school' he sild Jokingly
Asked if he expected his political
enemies to keep up their assault, he said
thev pioiiiblv would
They will too
William 'liegay of counsel for the prose
cution tcfused tn comment on the verdict,
but said there would bo no let-up In
Co.itc-vv illc t refoi 111 elides with the fight
011 Jones nnd his ' element
The Rev T W Mc Kinney, who has been
a leader In the light 011 Jones was not in
court to hear tho verdict, though he at
tended both days of the trial He Is a
c.UHlid ite at tho coming election as aie
James Pugh and A 11 Swing It wns
said before the tilal that If Joins won
Pugh would withdraw in his favor -Mr
Pugh wasnt on hand today to talk for
himself ,
Tho prinniles for the election In Coates
villo will be held IVbruaty 13
All tho piellmlnnry campaigning has
been held off for the lesult of the Jones
tilal Now the campaign will begin In
earnest llcritofore each of the foui can
didates has been In the field for himself
With Junes s mmo cleared It Is expected
then will be soiao new alignments
REVENUE BILL FAVORS
SOUTH, SAYS MOORE
Philadelphia Congressman De
clares Measure Is Framed to
Protect Texas Angora
Hit 11 SlHjy ( orrcHiiomlcHt
WASHINCilON, Jan 31 Tho Dorno
natli1 goat was led out on the lloor of tho
House todiy and turn to pieces by Repre
sentative ,1 Hampton Mooic, of Philadel
phia Likewise the iiglnia peanut was
attacked
In nn attempt to prove that the pending
tevenue bill had been drawn so as to mako
the North pay the additional taxeH, Repre
sentative Moore lefcrred to Representative
Claude Kltcliln, of North ( arollna f.ithei
of tho measure, hh tho gteat deficiency
loadei " He said he w is unable to follow
Kltcliln In his ' icmarkable vocal perora
tion" when he ittcmpted to explain his
bill to the House.
Calling attention to the manner In which
Kltcliln Democratic leader, Iub fought a
ictuin to a proteitlvc tat Iff pollcv Rep.
i.semntlve Moore said
'of ouiso th- Texas nncra goat was
taken catc of n, tho Democrats k'.jj
talk about r nt.penvttur) duties and l.v
avail ioji if ss ol m inufac tillers, but j-m
have vlvin . Lr ,oit n total pic tec ion
of I i." i.er cert Pilot ot all, you ill'
Iimii n 1 ui'tctloii of 15 per cent nil valon.n
111 In woil then 20 per cent on the yi 11
mid so nn until you nacli 135 per cj.it
"nd 1 he pfiiJt mutt uc protected fr.e
liglnla iibiiut glower 1 mid not compel
,ltli the .1' pain so gro ci unless he had
h,i,.,ioii 1 In Jap un re pemut can 1
thliiH d 1000 miles across the, water and
.I'uo mill h across the land and sold In
Clili'tMi e'.mci iIImii the Virginia iimnut
cm be- uiiIisk 'lie i''.;iiili utiele Is g ":i
1 1 ti i ii '
Rcpresentatlvo Mooro slid that because
of the war In Huropo there Is great demind
for condensed milk, but Anerlcan manufne
tuiers aro at u great disadvantage In com
peting for the business with other countr es.
"Condensed milk Is allowed to enter this
country freo of duty." said Rcprcsjrtativo
Moore, ' but the American manufacturer Is
forced to pay duty, not only on the sugar
he uses In manufacturing the product but
on the can It Is put In and even on the
label." 1
Representative Moore argued that tho
industrial tax hits the employes, ns well as
the employers, because many small as well
as largo firms now( share their earnings
with their employes.
"If you think thlc hill only taxes the
r'ch " he said, "Just look at the savings
funds of the country. Here Is one In my
city tn which no depositor Is allowed to
deposit more than J300, yet the tltal Is
$150,000,000."
Shaughncssy Explains Bury'8 Trip
MONTREAL. Jan 31, Referring to 1
dispatch from Ottawa relatvo to Vlqe
President Bury'a trip across the Atlantic,
Lord Shaughnessy said today that, as the
Canadian Pacific Is handling large quanti
ties of Rusulau freight via Vancouver and
Vladivostok, it was thought desirable that
a principal officer of the company should
Visit xuwia. with' a view of acquiring such
jiiMj cuHtr inieraWUBfl Mtalgfct
"BOSS" KUEHNLE IS "IN AGAIN";
VISIONS GOV, EDGE AS PRESIDENT
Atlantic City Commo
dore "Comes Back,"
Tells -HoW He Made
Present Governor of
New Jersey
By M'LISS
ATLANTIC CITV Jail 31
"lOMMODORH ' LOUIS KULllNLlj,
J ut nn ago when men nre "oslcrlzlng''
111 "llresldlng," has conic back
The big boss of Atlantic City who for
more than twenty years held tho political
furtunes of South Jersey In the palm of his
inidBi white hand, until the Democrats
under the Wilson regime 'got him" and
"sent him up" to Trenton Jail on what ho
calls a ' frame-up." has gathered In the
reins nnd clutched the whip once more
And unless tho Commodore overestimates
his power, the scasldo resort nnd Itn en
virons nro to bo driven In tho way that
they were driven In tho 'good old days,"
when there weren't nnv ten command
ments, politically speaking, nnd 11 mm
could raise a Sundiv thirst with tho defi
nite assurance that there wero a hundred
and one plaei'i In which he could slike It
There wire thoso who sild ho toiild not
do It; skeptics who declared that his sixty
vears his Jill sentence and tne unsavory
exposure tint preceded It wero Insur
mountable olHticlcs to n political lenals
sanee, even on the pirt of one se powerful
as he
RALLY ALRHADY UIIGI'N
Predictions are that the skeptics wore
w rong
N'ot quite two years have passed since
Kuehnle shook off the dust of the btato
prison, nnd already his court, those who
keep In touch with shore politics, declare,
Is lallvlng around him At n inception given
riceutlv following (Invernnr Rdgu's Inaugu
ration, ho v as easllv the dominant llguiej
and unmindful of tho past, those picsent,
both of the old and new oldei or Republican
ism hailed him enthusiastically
As the ' Commodore ' sat In 11 real ts'ate
olllce 11e.11 his hotel whither I had gonu for
the put poses of an Intel view, he ty pilled tho
big boss Ills he.nv, pendulous Jowls, his
poitlv girth his steitnioiis Inclining, his
opulent white silk handkerchief and his
moie opulent cig.u beavllv and brilliantly
banded to say nothing of the diamonds on
his fat white lingers, proclaimed him for
what he Is
In a lemlnlseent aflci -luncheon mood ho
levlewod tho glories of the past beforo the
coming of 'that ii.nn Wilson nnd his ctew
of lefoimers, ' ana In hopeful vein lie looked
to a future when Atlantic City should be
wide wide open and the list Democrat In
Jersey departed foi the political No Mans
Land whole thev thought thev had hlni
buried but wore. It seems mistaken
MADi:' OOVURNOR KDCJIJ
In tones that one would use In speaking
of a f ivorite first-born son ho told mc how
he had 'mule' that fine youngster up at
Trenton (Jovernor Rdge, and how If tho
Republicans of Jersey were careful It was
cpilte possible tint he could go even further
to tho President's clnlr
The boy came here from Pleasintvllle
and showed the pioper spirit ' the big
boss regarded tho end of his cigar' he
went to work In a newspaper nfllee, was
llvo and got to know people round at the
hotels Everybody ltked him nnd ho was
a worker
' In a few years wo had our eye on him
and sent him up to Tienton as .1 Journal
clerk Ho w is affablo to tho Senators, a
good m'rxer, agreeable Ha liked men nnd
they liked him He was smart and straight
Hut ho was young
"In three en four veats be come to mo
and says he wanted to be Scnatot I said
'.Not jet, wait a while
MASTLR AND PUPIL
Hut no ho wouldn't wall"; the 'Com
modoie' grinned at the memory of It "He
went nut nnd ran Well we licked him
Ho had to be taught his lesson Thought
ho was strongei thin tho master, you
know." the Boss ran his tongue around the
end of his smoke and spat out a stray
tobacco leaf "We showed him"
It Is characteristic of the boss that
Kuehnlo expressed no nnlmosity at this
youthful demonstration of Independence on
the put of his piotege Ills minner Indi
cated thit he looked upon It merely as the
pliyful gamboling of 11 voung cub, tho
piematmo attempt of a fledgling to try Its
wings
Prettv soon wo did send him up1- to
Trenton to the Assembly He acquitted
himself fine Wo kept him at tint only u
ycai Then vie mado him .Senator. Now
lies Oovei nor ns fine .1 Oovernor as could
be found anywhere and elected by the big
gest majority tint has ever elected a Gov
ernor In the State of New Jersey South
Jersey did It put It all over North Jersey,
whole the votes aio nil supposed to bo
centered Tho situation looks good Hu
can be President If we go careful"
Much Impressed nt this version of tho
way a man Is "made." 1 interjected a few
questions on tho ' how ' of the method
m: KNOCKS plwrosi:
"Oh you gotta havo the peoplo for your
friend " Kuehnle told me "It don't mat
ter how astute n polltlchm Is, you cant
fotce a man they don't, want down their
throats The time is passed when they'll
take anything You've got to glo them n
candidate that's stialght and clean One
that don't rmg In nil his fi lends Tort
proved that We mado .a mistake on Toit
And wo got Wilson at the next election"
His tone was venomous
"That man Wilson put this State on the
blink" be continued, "with his seven sis
ters' bill and reform appointments Look
at Delaware a fine llttlo State, making a
lot of money Why' Because every big
TAKES STEPS FOR U.S.
TO MAKE PROJECTILES
Secretary Daniels to Advertise
for Machinery as Admira'
Fletcher Hunts Site
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 Secretaiy
Daniels has decided the United States will
make Its own navy projectiles if United
States nnnufactureis can't supply them at
reasonable rates Whllo no nfllclal an
nouncement has been made, 1t was otllclally
hinted today thit the arrangement whereby
Hadllelds, the British concern, wns to sup
ply $3,000,000 or morn projectiles, was oft.
The Nnvy Department will ndvertlso this
week for machinery to equip a Government
projectllo plant Admiral Fletcher, coinci
dental will look for n suitable site for the
Government factory. He was so Instructed
today,
One American concern, Mr. Dan'els said
todny. bt)8 offered to lease Its plant or to
sell outright to the Government, The de
partment will consider any proposition that
tho company will make, Daniels said. The
Secretary would not divulge the company's
name.
Three Get City Positions
City appointment today Include William
A, Burrow-j, 2028 South street clerk, De
partment of Public Works salary J1000 a
year; James L Bell, 2050 Tasker street,
Janitor, Bureau of Water, 720, and Mary
K. Kret. 3251 Germantown a,Vende, type
writer, Bureau of Water) f 3.6Q a day.
Eats Breakfast; Kills Himself
Herbert M, Birch, ot 1312 ShacKamaxou
ctroet, committed, suicide today by shooting
;. ite u rawu ewatj
VHhb
Pllf mBSS
"BOSS" LOUIS KUEHNLK
corporation almost that we bad here moved
over there 'Ihev couldn't operalo hire
and make money Wilson did that
"Tin 111 Kind ut laws irf nil rlshl In have
nu vour books, but you don't have to enforce
'en 1.
' Then Wilson sent that man Moore,
prosecuting attorney, down nere to clean up
things lies doing It He's coming dam
near making a health resort nut of this
place, when It s a pleasure place n pliy
ground of tho world Ho hasn't got the
police with him, though. He has to set de
tectives down fiom Newark to do his work
for him "
The "Commodore" unfurled the white
silk handkerchief with a vlgoious wave nnd
blew his noo vociferously
"Excursions bring the ctowds down here
in Sunday ' be said "Ihev come to have
a good time A man can't plav unless he
has a little something on tho side to wet
his throat and cheer him up He can't get
It new Tho ciowds nre falling off, I hear,
nnd nobodv's unking ns much money as
thev used to .
"You don't have tn the thing openly
Whv don't they lot 'em keep the front1 of
their plices closed tight nnd their sldo en
trances open" Tho boss was a 1'ttle am
biguous as to his pronouns, but entlrelv co
herent none tho less 'Those that cotnc to
look nt tho ocein can get all thev want from
the Boardwalk Nobody has to drink that
don't vi ant to
"Often men come down with their fami
lies, their wives and little children. It's the
only day they've got to drink a gliss of beer
togethei, Sunday Is Now they can't get It
"III the old days you could depend on the
Jury If n policeman got too zealous and
arrested a man tor selling liquor on Sunday
vou could depend on tho Jury They knew
what was good foi the town Thev knew
how to keep It prosperous Now, the man
that v.olates is suro to bo fined or sent up
Mooro Is a prohibitionist and a Democrat."
si:i:s NP.W DAY
' How long is this dreadful condition to
last?" I Interposed
"Moore's appointment expiree in 1018,"
lip annwered HlgiilHc-anllv,
It Is plain to sen that 'Commodore"
Kuehnle Is convinced that evil days havo
fallen upon Atlantic Cltv, no city that ho
will tell you he loves better than any place
In tho world. He has watched it grow for
forty-two years fiom the tlmo when thero
were only four hotels worthy of remem
brance nnd only cine railroad when It took
thtee hours to come from Philadelphia and
only sick people came
Lead him on and he will tiaco the evolu
tion of "Tho Playgioiind of America" and
the pait bo took in "rescuing It from the
doctors "
'There was only a "little bonrdwnlk In
those days," he said, "a boardwalk that we
bad to lift up and put fnslde so It wouldn't
be swept away when tho equinoctial storms
came
"Then the railroads came The price of
n trip from Philadelphia to Atlantic was
lcduecd from $3 to fifty cents Competi
tion" was flcice Peoplo started coming
Cnpo .May began to loso The boom had
started and wo did all wo could to keep It
going"
PIRST YACHT CLUB
Among the things that ' big boss" Kuehnle
lold me lie did In tho early diys wns to
build tho first yacht ilub the Atlantic City
Yacht Club of which ho was the first com
modore, which Bobrlquct still clings; to es
tablish an Independent telephone system and
to build the opposition gas works, which
bi ought down the price of gas from $1 CO
to ninety cents
But what ho regards as perhaps the great
est of his achievements was that he "kept
one man Mayor for twenty years"
"I was really Mayor," ho told mc with a
wink, ' but Stoy drew the s-ilaiy "
LIT BROTHERS PLAN
SEVEN-STORY ADDITION
Building on Filbert and Seventh
Streets Will Connect With
Market Street Store
Plnns nre being completed foi a seven
ftory addition to Lit Brothers' Store to bo
stalled this summer and completed early In
1318 The addition will extend ItO feet deep
fiom Sovonth street and US cct deep from
Filbert stieet, und will be connected with
the Market street store at every lloor.
Lit Brothers have been quietly buying
hits of property between their present store
and Filbert street on the west side of Sev
enth street for some time nnd recently ac
quired the last lot necessary for the addi
tion. Simon & Bassett, architects, are now
din wing the plans. The addition will be
made of steel und concrete with all mod
ern materials and equipment. Among the
features now plarined are a restaurant for
the top floor and reotrooma und wardrobes
for employes apd shoppers. It will be
equipped with six elevatorb und a moving
stairway
"We do not plan to Install any new ci.
partments." said J a Cob LI' "The, addition
will be for the expansion of departments
we- already have, Our business has beoti
growing every year and tho last year csue,
dally It Increased beyond the facilities of
dur" present store. We will naVe use for
an seven uwrn,. k sws"HMri MqSMaM.
IIMIIW r"
PROBERS NARROW
N0TELEAR TRAIL
Boiling Firm "Tipped Off"
Hutton Concern" and Mes
sages Went Out
NEW SUMMONS ISSUED
NRW YORK, Jan. 31. The time of tho
now fnmous "leak" of President Wllson'n
peace nolo was definitely established today
as between 12:68 nnd 1-B4 o'clock on tho
afternoon of December 20 In thoso flfty
hIx minutes some one tipped off Walt street
nnd thereby brought nbout 0110 of tho big
gest crashes tho street has seen In years
Steady hammering by .Sherman L Whip
ple, counsel to tho congressional committee
Investigating the leak brought this out nt
today's hearing
II F Hutton, a youthful broker, who nd
mltted his tlrm received Information from
Washington, declared he mado $22,000 by
gelling "short1' In tho hectlo dnys between
December 12 nnd 23 The first Informa
tion concerning the President's penco move
that his ofllce received, he said, came from
F A Connolly ft Co nt Washington, of
which II W Rolling, brother-in-law of
President AVU&on, Is a partner,
AN AC'Ct'RATi: TIP
Whipple took tho telegram which Hutton
it. Co sent out to their various connections
on tho fateful day to nanow down the time
of tho leak Ho showed that ut 1J-5S n
"Hash" was put out saying It was "re
potted" tho State Department was going
to make a peace move Just fifty -six min
utes Inter n "confidential" message was
sent out by tho Hutton people, containing
the absolute Information that the noto had
been sent and furtheimoro a startllngly ac
curate! forecast of Its contents
Hutton couldn't explain this The mes
sages were prepared, ho said, by one of
his partners. Gcotgo A. Kills, who is now
In tho South for his health A summons
for his Immediate appearance III New Yotk
vaH Issued at once at the committee's le
quest it villi take him two days to get
bete. It was Slid
Hutton'H books which he submitted to
the committee' showod that Coiiuollv !. Co
were not short tn any gicat extent fiom
December ti to 2 J Never In tli.it period,
nccoidlng to Mutton's tlguies, was tho 'nii-iiolly-llolllng
concetti "shoi t" mom Mian
400 shares
Hutton resumed the stand at 10 o'clock.
Hu said ho was not certain whether any
messagu from Connollv had been leceivoel
at his olllce before tho Clement Inquiry
fiom Chicago Furthermore, be did not
know of any one In his olllce who would
Know
'Can't vou find out?" demanded Sher
man L Whipple, tho attorney
' I'll try "
Hutton wns ndmlttedly "hazv" concern
ing tho various telegrams which came
and went from his olllco on December 20
Till: 12 D8 "FLASH."
Whipple quelled tho broker specifically
concerning a 'flash" sent out over his
wires at 12 B8 p m, saying that It was
reported the State Depaitment was pic
piring n peace move Tho lnfoimatlon,
Hutton said, was put out by a telegraph
opeiatJ" n mini Toomey Where Toumev
got his information, Hutton said ho did
not know it was probable Toomey will
be called to testify
The questioning developed that the an
swer to Chicago's query saying "our Wash
ington wires havo given us similar Informa
tion" (the peace move), was not written
by Hutton himself, but by Lllls Another
partner, Uatrett, also had something to do
with the various telegrams He Is sick in
bed
Hutton habitually pleaded that ho could
not be expected to explain what Informa
tion his paitner hid hnd when ho sent out
the confidential notice to his correspondents
that a noto to belligerents and neutrals had
been Issued Hills, ho said, was about Xlfty
mlles from Savannah, Ga
Tho committee then decided to send tele
graphic summons nt once to L'llls to ccmo
to New York
Hutton declared tho fact that Boiling was
a member of Connolly & Co In no way In
fluenced his selection of the concern ns
Washington correspondent.
Whipple abandoned the questioning then
nnd members of the committee piled him
with vnrlous inquiries
Hutton ndmitted under questioning by
Representative Rennet that he dldn t bellevo
tho "leak" was prevalent In tho street
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
"Bainey Baruch, a. speculator, Presi
dent Noble, nn odd-lot dealer, and Pliny
Fisk, nn Investment banker, all testified
they knew nothing of tho leak, which would
Indicate the news was not generally known,
wouldn't It?" asked Rennet.
"Yes "
Hutton again nnd ngaln declined to an
swer questions concerning tho telegrams,
saying tint Hills would havo to explain
them
Hutton said he didn't think the news
papermen had violated their confidences
'As a mittcr of fact," ho continued
warmly, "I don't think thcio Is any 'leak'
Here ate my books they show tint Con
nolly & Co lost Instead of making money
during this period If they had had any
advance Information tncy would certainly
not havo lost money. The books speak for
themselves "
Representative Chlperfleld, of Illinois, at
tempted to get Hutton to admit that tho
Industrial stocks were sacrificed In the crash
in order to save tho railroads which, ho said
wero protected by Morgan and othei big
interests
Hutton denied this Tho Industrials were
hardest lUt, ho said, because thev were
top-heavy" and selling fur more 'money
than they wero worth
PHONE BOX LOOTERS AKKESTED
Detectives for Bell Company Detei
mined to Stop Practice
Detectives for the Bell Telephone Com
piny havo determined to lound up hurglars
of telephone toll boxes who havo become
at tlve In Philadelphia the last week Two
of them. Detectives Devlne and Phltms
stationed themselves In tho postolllc In
the corridor nenr Chestnut street ear v
itoilay and watched tho telephone Uotls
A,Vn0".,,0VCce,,,,y ,md 1,ec" robbed
At 5 30 o'clock n man appeared win, n
small chest With n screwdriver he began
to pry n box open, they later testified
Airalgned before Maglsttate Meclciry In
Central Station today the man gavo his
name ns Michael Grande, twenty years'. 1
of 825 Balnbrldge street Ho vwis hell n
W0Q ball for a further hea.lng tomorrow
A robbery of the telephone C1 'j(
he Logan stntloji. Reidlng Railway, was
frustrated yesterday morning by a tele
nSu,rred0Tlt0rpo,re, T raicnt ""''
Woman Who Floured in Collision I))e8
Mrs Kmma Charllston. tvventy.two lB,
old. of 2118 Hast Susquehanna Wnuc vh
figured In a collision between an
hulance, In which she was being , u L,i 7n"
the Roosevelt Hospital, and u troPey LV
on January 21. died (na iii...,V,ty ear-
her death was In no wy aiil".. , ",
nccldent because she received no bodllv in"
Jury. The accident occurred " 8m, ,'",
Norrls s reels. The woman s d at', &
to have been caused by uremia.
Electrician Falls From Pole
A full from' u ernns.i.-..,. . .
Slxty-thlrd and Malvern streets .. at
fatal to John McNama?a, flny!seven IVLl
old. of 1239 tforth Flfty.venthe,ns.y.ea.r-"
''ryS,?r.in,e. Fh'"d.ph!a Blectrlo com.
vMLLLS?"?.1" a-t ,".
no nRnsinN-vRT
r . m
ON SHIP ARMING
' ..
Lloyd George Cabinet Fails
. to Reach Policy in
Discussion
EXPECT BIG U-BOAT BLOW i
LONDON, Jan. 31
Desplto tho Iindon Times' nssertlon ihn
V was authorized to deny that the Llovd
George Cabinet would Increase tho arma
inents on merchant shlpa by piacB ',:
foro nnd nft, reports wero persistent n
day that tho Government had not reached
.1 conclusion on this Important nucstleV
Tho Pall Mall Gazette, which Is reRn ,ed
fis tho mouthpiece of the Lloyd George mln
stry, takes the view that merchant shit
"will bo effectively nrmed." " M
Commenting- upon tho nrmed merchant
ship situation, tho Pnll Mall Gazette Tsa?
Germany Is going to bo very fright-
ful ns a punishment for tho refusal of
her pence overtures. No such relics
of humanity as she may throw o"e?
can mnko n. substantial difference In
her warfare. During the next few
months sho will undergo the supremS
test of resistance to her submarine
campaign Among tho other measures
Is tho effective arming of our me,!
c hnntmen. This step will compel the
United States to define, its V!!?;1
Tho American nttltudo towards th
nrmlng of merchantmen has long been
discussed by Washington with both
London nnd licrlln The decision Is
regarded as momentous nnd possibly
giving a powerful leverage to the
German chauvinists In Insisting that
Germany would better fight America
than havo tho submarine stripped of its
usefulness. ' lls
ROTTERDAM,
mil shippers nre
new British mlno
Jnn 31 Newspaper,
unperturbed over the
blockade , "
nnnl,W It oa.. ". ... ."" c"
, " - "imuBcuui ana nice y to ren.
del moro dilllcult the patrols of tho Dutch
b?MtH ',y t!erman submaHnes and torpedo-
'J he Nlcuw Rotterdnmscho Courant today
led it cd '
Kngland Is absolutely right In at
tempting to protect herself against the
submarine If sho succeeds In reduc
ing the peril many neutrals win ,,
thankful.
Tho foregoing dispatch. Which passed'
thiough London and tho British censor li
tho first 'deflnlto leferenco to tho "dancer"
specified In n recent British oflleial ati
nouncement of a new "d.inger zone" In the
North Sea
Harnest requests aro being made In all
sections of tho country that the Govern
ment make somo official announcement of
Its nttltudo on tho question of effectively
arming merchant ships. Writers on naval
affairs make no effort to disguise tho seri
ousness of the submarine menace The only
olilclal public utterance to Indicate the
trend of Government nctlon was made in
the House of Commons on December 24
when Sir Hdgar Carson stated that "the
Government is earnestly considering the
question of arming nil merchant ships. '
Tho suggestion has been mado that mer
chant ships bo sent out In fleets under Ihe
convoy of one or moro warships Whether
this suggestion will be followed up Is not
known now, but color Is lent to the pro
posal by tho recent naval conference In
London for tho "closer co-ordination of the
British. French, Italian nnd Russian
navies "
Tho chief Issues Involved are these:
First Tho possibility of diplomatic
entanglements with tho United States.
Second. The possibility of the whole- '
sale Joss of life nmong nonconibatant
seamen If Germany should decide to 1
s-inu an nrmed mercantile vessels Mth- " Sl
out warning. cAJ
STRICT ATTENDANCE LAW
URGED IN CAMDEN SCHOOLS
Magistrates Censured for Leniency at
Round Table Conference New
Rules Asked
Stringent measures to correct noii-at!-tendanco
condltltons In Camden schools
wero in ged today nt the "Camden Round
Table Conference," held In tha Y M C A,
In Cnmdcti under the auspices ot the New
Jeisey Child Labor and Welfaie Commit
tee The attitude of police magistrates
was severely criticized.
Tho speakers wero Robett L Fleming
president of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, of Hohoken ami
IJ B Sperry, school ntteandance ofilcet of
Jersey City Mr Sperry said police mag-
isuaies seemed to think school matters
wero tilvlal and were Inclined to be too
lenient with parents, when arraigned on
non-nttendanco charges
Mi, Sperry said that from bis pii2rlence
the parents were more to blame th in the fl
children when the latter wero kept away a
Anion .gthoso who .attended tho conf-r-ence
were Mrs Stephen Prell, Mrs. Hstella
Moore, Miss Mary Ruiiough. Howard M
Cooper, William S Darnell, tho Rev, Mar
tin P Stockett. William P Walsh, Miss
Ullznbeth Cooper Reeves, Mrs William T
Read, Dr. Mary Rlchardsonu, Wilbur K
Rose and Mrs Fnhrlnm Rose. At
PRISONER SAYS "JIMMY"
IS SISTER'S BABY'S TOY II
-i
Tool Used by Burglars Found in Pocket '
Pnusna .Tiiilcrn tn TTnlci :.
Him
"It Is n. nl.sv.tnv hplnnirlni tn mv stater's
nab 1 " " 1$
That was tho defense of Claude Robert
son, twenty years old. nf 3830 North Ca-
mac street, when bo wns fisked to exDlats 1
before Magistrate Stevenson nt the Thirty-Vi
ninth street and Lancaster nvenue polices.
station why a large "Jimmy" was foundij
In his nossess on L
"How old Is tho baby?" demanded t)i
magistrate.
"Two ears," responded Robertson
initu.. i.. , .1 . 1... I.I.. nl.i. .i.lth 7
ivuy nun 1 nicy ici linn jiij . yB
CUUJIIU Ol lUCUlllOllVC'B J CUIIIIIICiiic "C
Judge. . jB
Tho prisoner explained that he took Kit,
from thn Infnnt heenllso hn thoucht It mlltltt
hurt Itself nnd the Judge said. ,'KIH1
...... . . ... . . I....MVSJ
nunnreu uoiinra nail tor a luriner n"""i s
Robertson was arrested by Policeman
Wehli wlin nsuerteil Hint thn nrlsoner SPCWIM
one hour looking nt a store at Thlrty-eljhtblj
and Baring streets. Tho "gentle toy nwr
nn Iron lln and a lend handle that lOOKW ,
111.. .1.. ..1....1 in . n 1.1n,lrlrk.''J"A
line 1110 uuniiie&s UIIU Ut a uii.R-.to
VETERAN CITY WORKER m
TO SUPERINTEND HALJVj
Though Eligible to Pension, James
Walls Will Succeed W. S. 4p.
Bowen fit,
F.llglble to a place 011 Ihe city's pen
list both In leneth of service and l"
James B. Walls. 2421 North Tenth stn
nas oeen maae acting supennieuuj
malntennncn nf Cltv Ilnll The pmlt"
carries a salary qf J2000 and will be
cated Sfntllrri.iv when 1h dismissal of
11:1m TI. VtnevAn tnknu nttnot '
Thn tmw Hindi, Inlnnilanl Is yAVSIlty-l
years of age and has been In the "
Of tho city for forly-two years He "
foreman of bricklayers for thirty yer,rJ?a
last year was made subvva aavner
unacrpinning of thu'walls of city " '
saw the present City Hall in Its lnf
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.-,,. nvi.a w IVtI ,U H?W 11 lli"v '
in. 1987 ha was elcotod a
Common, Cunn from , t!e Tw
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