txewt-t ," " it wt it v-v mi & 1 m i,vr ,.. , ,'M INVENTION HALL PROJECT HALTED .?l4prited Borrowing Capacity of City Kills Plan isMt Temporarily JO LOAN UN.TIL 1918 wyor Promises to Ask for Bids PM'i on Parkwny Librnry Soon ; Announcement was mails ! Mayor Smith tHI nftcrnooti folluwInB n. conference With hl cabinet that tho Convention Hull 'p'tan was ilcail, for tho tlmo nt least. Tho Mayor Bald that tho city's borrowing capac ity, aside from unfunded debt Items, Is lim ited to ,4,000,000. It was also announced that there would 1 no munlc'p.il loan this niirllic nor nny placed before the iconli before 1018, be cause of the limited borrowing capacity for Ef Kenerai purposes. Concerning thu convention hall the .Mayor said tho city would continue to use the hall to of the Commercial Museum as a public 2?' nud'torlum. Ho said the heating plant was In good condition and that the nroouxtlcs were excellent. Itecardlng tho proposed Free Mhrary mi the Parkway the Mayor said that adver tising for proposals for the work would be undertaken In a few days, as there Is money available for tho project. The Inadequate provision for ordinary and necessary Improvements In the loans (Authorized last summer that totaled $111, 686,000 Is forcibly Illustrated by the de mand of Director Datesman for $13,000,000 to cover all projects his department has un der way. Fortunately, his demands for the next twelve months havo been pared many millions; but nrter .tho reduction there seems little likelihood of his receiving any financial a'd during 1917. "The Department of Public Works might as well go out of business If we can't get money for streets, sewers, highway Im provements nnd bridges," Director (Jeorge E. Datesman said. Kstlmates submitted by Controller Wal ioh as to the extent of the city's borrowing capacity, aside from the $8,000,000 allowed for transit and port projects, aro so low that the Mayor nnd Chairman tlafTney. of Councils' Finance Committee, nro In doubt as to the" advisability of spending $100,000 on a special election to havo tho people vote on a loan which cannot provide for much as! from unfunded debt Items. The Unfunded debt that would have to bo cared for out of nny loan Is placed by City So licitor Connelly nt J2.4CJ.SS4. but con troller Walton and other municipal finan ciers believe that the unfunded debt, If all counted, would cat up $1,000,000 of nny loan authorized Recently, upan his return from n vaca tion at Camden, S. C . the Mayor declared himself In favor of a general loan nnd even decided tentatively on April 10 na tho day to hold a (.pedal election to place the proj ect before the voters CONVENTION' HAM, PltOJICCT At this time he declared himself In favor of a $2,000,000 loan Item for the completion of a convention hall nnd $.1,000,000 for greatly needed extensions to tho Iiuteau of Water. These two sums alone ir allowed to stand would. In the event of n loan, eat Up all the money made available, should the voters approve tho measure. , With $120,000,000 of loan moneys avail able. Mayor Smith finds himself In a posi tion of having no money for any but speci fied projects, and these do not include pro vision far sewers that are demanded for many growing sections, nor highway Im provements that nro equally needed. This fact results In tho virtual tying up of thu Department of Public Works nnd tho de mand of Director Datesman for help. The Mayor and his ndvlsers are faring an almost hopeless sltnatlan as regards nny surplus that It was Ifinacl to hue on hand to meet salary lucrenso demand 4 and from which It was planned to tike tho $100.0u"o necessary to hold a loan election. Hills In curred by the departments Hineo the people last summer voted a Han of nearly $1,974. 000 to put them ou their feet by paying old bills now have grown U half a million dollars and these will have to be met out of a constantly decreasing surplus If money Is not provided by transfer from Itnins that may not he spent during the present year Should a part of the surplus bo saved for salary-adjus.ment work It would bo quickly eaten up If the recommendation!) made today by tho membera of the Civil Service Commission should bo carried out. The "commissioners reported to tho Mayor that to equitably adjust the pay of tho lowest paid of city employes tho rolls vlll have to be Increased by more than $230,000. What the Increase will bo If tho higher salaried places are considered will not be ,known for mpnths, as the commission ex pects to spend many months at Its task of standardizing salaries. PESSIMISTIC VIEWS In the face of a condition that will not permit of the borrowing of any appreciable urns for the work most needed, nor enough to result In nny vast Improvement In tho water service of the c ty. municipal finan ciers who conferred with the Mayor freely predicted that the skeleton loan bill now In Councils' Finance Committee would never see the light of day, and that when Mayor Bmlth left for his next vacation he would do so with the knowledge that Philadelphia would have no convention .ball or urt palace for years. The needs of the Water Bureau are para mount In tho minds of many of the city officials, and tho $3,000,000 planned for use In extensions and new mains was .counted upon to make a loan this spring "popular" with the voting public. If a loan Is proposed and this Item Is cut to 11,000,000 or $1,250,000 the probable ef fect on the outcomo of tbe election Is feared.- .Chief Carleton K. Davis, of the Water fitfPMtllf Urban nalr.il ..1.... , ,. . Kj?-jnake good use of $1,000,000, declared that m ,h would be glad to get It. but th.-it rniit. f ,17,000,000 would be needed In the next few '" IVH If T)kl1n,lalnl.l . . L. ,,.-. ,, ,,..Uuir,Miia who iu oe assured an ,fr adequate supply of water at all times. Three Get Public Works Jobs Director Datesman. of the Demirtment nf S (Public Works, today appointed three Phlla J .delphlans to positions In the Bureau of q Hurveys. They are Frank Harper. 8454 Frankford avenue, and Frederick T. Thorni. ,-, 4273 Paul street, second assistant engl- wV """ "a"r'es iuuu, anu juiius uosennerg, ify-h ),10 South Fifty-second street, assistant feV 'photographer, $950. k;tJ . 'Columbia Settles Suit for Taxes '-!- COLUMBIA, pa., Feb. 7. The Borough 'Council of Columbia has repassed the reac tion accepting 3U0U from the Susaue- r Annna Iron Company, In settlement of Hens unpaid taxes amounting to $11,500, over uurgess ueiwiier's veto. tvQtiarryville to Buy Water Plant ufluABicit, i-a., reo. t.ai a meeting tbe Quarryvllle Council last evening It ' ueviucu f." iiuiuwog ilia WHier plum Ml bra private corporation In prefer ' to building a new system. The nrli-a k;$45.000, ,.,nimi,.M.M. I.I,,, f i - NT THBOtrflH 8RRVICE 7CW IMII.KAJVS .wn -fi SF Wilson Marks Time; Awaits Berlin Move Continued from Time One feach ports, tho danger of sinking either an American ship or Injuring an American passenger will be small. There will bo few, If nny, of eltner ventuilng foith from port. It Is believed, This also conforms to the view taken by one of Count llernstorff's nsoclates, who declared openly that If n week past.es with out an Amerlcun being Injured tho danger will b over, , , And vvhllo olllclals flown upon articles that Indicate tho situation "Is Impioving" declaring that "It Is no better and no worse" than It has been slnco Saturday -there Is n psychological ntmoephcre about Washington which Is altogether unwarllke. There Is no excitement. A calm amount ing almost to Indlfferctico has settled over tho city. There Is a notable lack of Ihn bustle and action generally nttendant upon preparations for a glgant.c strugglo such as may be threatening the country. This may be duo to tho Influence of Presi dent Wilson, who has counseled strongly against ntulu and luirte. And It may be duo to activities going on which no one knows about powerful secret activity tending to aveit a crash which would Involve this ciuntry In war. In this c nmcctlrn ii mystery as deep as ever continues, rcgaidlng tho com so of action to be adopted towaid Austria, which has sent this tjov'ernment it note on l'-boat warfare virtually identical with the Her man declaration. WAH Fl'NDS HEADY Meanwhile tho different (iovernment de partment arc preparing. Tho House Is ready to pass defense p priatlon bills toetaling three-quarters of n billion dollarH inure, If all tho prepared ness moves planned nro unchecked. About $15,000,000 has been added s-u far to tho navy bill, which originally totalled $350,000,000. A separate bill by Chairman Padgett of tho Naval Committee, asks nil appropriation of $150,000,000 for immediate completion of warships a total prospec tive navy bill to date of $515,000,000. Immediately after adoption uf tho navy bill tho House is to consider the army bill, S) far totaling $2l8,uoo,ooii. The piospect is tills will bo Increased materially. During an hours enthusiasm tho House yesterday Inserted a $1,250,000 Item for machine guns ; increased tho antiaircraft apprnpilatlim from $1,000,000 to $3. sOii.ouo; Increased the nnvy ammunition item fiom $1,50(1.000 to $3,5on,(ioo; raised the Item for ammunition for merchant auxiliaries from $1,600,000 to $7,281,000; Increased the Item for batteries for mer chant auxiliaries from $4,3f!:.oOO to $5. 781,000, and the appropriation for ordnance and nidnance stores from $7,fi02,u()O to $8,188,000. MAJORITY OF NEUTRALS WILL NOT SUPPORT U. S. By CHARLES P. STEWART Rprcvit t'ablr Srrvicr ot thr t,rifrd frts. nnd Evminu Lidarr, riCENOS AlltUS. Fob. 7. Bolivia Is to support the I'nlted States In Its stand ngalust (Jermany, according to announce ment made In lllo do Janeiro today by the Bolivian Minister there His Mntomcnt followed dispatcli of Brazil's note of formal protest to Berlin against the Herman un limited Mibmnrlno policy. So far Bolivia alone of the South Amer ican republics has definitely announced Its approval yf the step taken by the L'nlted States. Dispatches from Santiago declared the ministerial council there had determined not to support the L'nlted States. Chilian navy otllccrs were quoted In Val paraiso messages ns greatly angered over rcp'irth from the l'nlted States that tho American Navy Department plans to seize submarines now under construction In the L'nlted States for Chill. The Argentine Cabinet was to meet to day to weigh Its friendship for the l'nlted States against Argentina's own Interests In the Herman submarine policy. AIIOENTINA BAI.KS I'noitlclal Indications have pointed to a formal decision by the Buenos Aires Gov ernment not to Support tho l'nlted States. Tho Buenos Aires newspaper la Prcnsa declared It "understood President lifgoyen deemed the Interests of the l'nlted States and Argentina entirely different" In the present situation forecasting adoption of an Argentine policy opposed to that of tile l'nlted States. The attitude, therefore, of the three pow erful 'A II C" nations shows a decided dif ference of opinion. Argentine will ap parently refuse Its support to I'lesldent Wilson's plan for Joint action by neutrals. Brazil seems most likely to tend Its aid but for the present will confine Its action merely to a formal nnd energetic protest. Chill, iicciiJIng to the information already referred to, has formally determined not to co-operate with the l'nlted States. Hid !E .IANEIHO, Feb. 7. Brazil's formal protest against Germany's plan or unlimited submarine warfare was en route to Berlin today. Colncidentnlly Brazil closed Its harbors tightly to all ships after dark. The greatest Interest is expressed In tho text of the Brazilian message, which 'will be withheld until the note Is formally received in Berlin. It was noted here that nil Herman funds on deposit In Brazilian nnd Allied controlled banks had been withdrawn. COPENHAGEN. Feb. 7. A report is cir culated here today that Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden will fall to glvo affirm ative answers to President Wilson's sugges tion that all neutrals break off diplomatic lelatlons with Germany. The Dutch and Scandinavian newspapers point to tho difficult topographical poslt'ons of the four nations and to tho strategic position ; the I'nlted States. The povier of the German empire Is still fi'iu'ori, lopcuially In view of the Herman troops massrd on the Dutch nnd Danish borih'is nnd the growing strength of tho Kaiser's snbmailne fleet. THE HAGCE, Feb. 7 Premier Van der Linden told the Second Chamberlain that, nlthough the sltunt'on to Holland through the Herman submarine policy vviih serious, there was no reason for extraordinary un easiness." He promised full Information of diplo matic developments as soon as possible. GERMAN SHIPS NOT SEIZED, SAYS BAKER , WASHINGTON, reb. 1. because this Government has discoveren evidence that the crews of German ves sels, both In Manila Bay and Colon, Pana ma, vvero laying plans to sink these vessels, to obstruct the ports, the Government hnH taken precautionary measures to prevent such action. No German vessels have yet been seized, however. Secretary Baker today submitted the fol lowing' memorandum on the question of bhlp seizures to tho White House: In tho harbors of Manila and else where In the Philippine Islands, and nt Colon, Panama, the German merchant vessels were discovered to have had certain parts of their machinery re moved and In some Instances evid noes of preparation for the sinking of these vessels had been discovered. Solely for the purpose of protecting the several harbors and .other shipping and property therein steps have been taken by the Government of the United States, and In. all rases the commanders and cfews have been Informed that the Government of the L'nlted States has made1 no seizures, claimed no right to the vessels and does not deny the right of the commander and crew to dismantle the vessels' If they see fit. so long ns the" destruction is accomplished In a way which, will not obstruct navigable port Wsters or,lnJure or endanger other, ship- rty. ( -rsuuiotu. EVENING LEDGER-PHILArDELPHlA, WEDNESDAY, 'FEBRUARY 7, HOW SHE MAKES BLIND MEN SEE TOLD BY SOLDIERS' WOMAN FRIEND Winifred Holt Describes W onde v Work of "Phare de France" Ry M'LISS A wonderful person, who has been said to have made the blinded soldiers of Frimce "see with their fingertips," Is In Philadel phia Miss Winifred Holt, -whose name will doubtless be ns conspicuous 111 the history of this war as Is Floieuce Nightingale's In the bloody pages of (he Crimea, held mi audlenco spellbound this afternoon nt the home of Mrs E. T. Stotosbmy its she told of the Hoik being accomplished lit the "I'hare lie France," the "lighthouse," tbat she has patterned after the veiy famous one she established In New York cloven .veils 11 go. When a man Is blinded by shrapnel, wlion his legs nnd nrms have been loin off. the light in Ills soul, as well ns that In his c.ves, dies. To more than mum sightless men, wlm have been horribly mutilated, .Miss Holt nnd her corps of distinguished workers have restored the light. In an Interview before her talk at Mrs. StotcMbury's. as slip lay In bed exhausted from the strenuous campaign she has been making In behalf of the men blinded in battle. Miss Holt told me Just how II was possible with Infinite patience, skill and love to make blind, maimed men self-supporting and happy again. "Men without legs, men with one or both nrms gone all of them blind, of course" she said, "have been sent out of the Phare happy because they weie of some uso again. They have been taught to knit some of them without arms using tho pitiful appliances with which vve have supplied them In lieu of arms. In some cases they become very skillful, and a man can Knit a machine-mad'1 sweater In an hour. They go out of the Phnie, these men. nnd compete with the big concerns of France. We have one man who bas set up it shop nnd has four men who can see working under him. "Tho handicraft depaitmcnt Is one of the most Interesting. Fancy n blind man aitlstically decorating a vise, or modeling expertly. That Is done. We have a very talented sculptor who has not let his afllic tlon Interfere with his ail We also teach stenography and typewriting nnd anything that Is feasible for a man to learn and by which he call cam it living." The "Phare" is the only college for tho re-education of the blind oil the Continent, so this remarkable American woman has done In Paris what she did In New Yolk lnoro than a decade ago -opened the ees of the public to the realization that there Is a place and an active place In the world for the blind man. "How did I become Interested in the changed the relations of these ships nnd their crews to the Government of the L'nlted States nor foi felted theli right to our hospitality, and steps taken nre limited to necessary police regula tions to prevent Injury to tho property of others or tho obstruction of linrbiu waters. Tho Administration, It was emphasized both at the White House and War Depart ment, Is taking only the necessary pie cautlons against violations of tho l&w of nny sort. It was officially added that tho Adminis tration is taking the greatest pains to pio to It that no right of any foreign country or foreign owner Is violated. Tho statement followed closely on leports to Government departments that more than three dozen German ships in American har bors have been damaged purposely slnco last week so that they would not fall Into American hands. Seventeen of those weie In tho Philippines. The unanimity ot action in tho Philip pines, Philadelphia, Boston, Charleston and elsewhere to make German property use less suggested to officials hero that tho plan had been prearranged. Full reports nro slowly coming In fiom port authorities. They Indicate damage so extensive ns to cripple the ships for six months In most cases. Government officials nre today Investi gating unofficial leports that n dozen or morn ships nt Hnboken and New Yolk docks havo been damaged, ns well us re ports that nine others in Hawaiian ports have had their machinery by their crewj rendered useless TODAY'S MAIIRIAGE LICENSES Chnrls M. 1,. Himtnonn. 7.V! R. Mole St.. und Jlarlha K. Prlahy, 7,',8 S. .Mole St. Arthur Vnlurh. 20tr. S. 7th St.. ami Sjlua Cohen, inns si. Mh et. KdH'nrd nrlfTIn, '-'ml N. Franklin St.. and Emm Starr. 2(1(1 N. Franklin st. John Itraily. .1131 Arbor St.. and Martha I. Kfi'niin. 3125 Arbor "t. Karol runklewtrz. 210 N. 23d at., and Judnlca Kolowaka. 210 N. 23d at. Innldaa It. (Irant. 2021 Hnrtman at., and Miriam Drain 2020 Fcrnon at, William II. Jackaon. Waahlnston, D. ( . ami Alice W. Cllne. 128 Hsro at. Kmery t'ommark, 3122 Filbert at., and Annj Klcharilaon. lull llewl at. ... Frank II. Thoiner. 2302 E. York at., and Adele M LaSalle. H313 si. Maarhcr at Iaalah II, Fry, (IIS N. lillh at., and Olivia Stees, (IIS N, 11th at. Jamea A. O'Neill. 1710 S. lstb at., and Iteaalo Harding. MtM Market st. C'harlea J. Cadwalader, 3IIST Frankford avr und Carolina M, Comfort, 2813 Welkel at. Qeorsa H. Hhlmer, Jr., Milton, Pa., and Qer- trudu Dougherty. 00 N. 31th at. Carl Httuerman. 2220 Napa at., and Sarah Hrhwarta. MOth at, and laland road, Iaaan l,vry, 2132 N, 31 at at., and Ida'HtoIbcrg. 711 N, slat at, Antonio Cia.varra. 0123 Carlton at., and An- ai-llna 1)1 Martini, 1111 Federal at. William H. tlallon. ls.2 H. C'arllale at,, and Ileaala W. Lelllane. 8W1.1 Melon at, Harvey !,. Watklna. 3U1 Hhedaker at., and Irmu (.'. VVelhe. 47311 lllalns Sun avr. Jamta K. Hunt, 1033 miner at,, and Florence V, Odtor 2222 H. ."that. Motor Driver Acquitted rhlllp A. Miller, 2MJ North Eleventh street, driver of a two-ton motortruck that struck and killed Isaac Moore, York street near Eleventh street, on June, .9. last, was aoqulttedutoday' before "JuUge FlnleU,er, ,ln Quarter .HesaiouB Court., of cJmrsss of-ln- ,h" Winifred licit who went fmi "l.!glith"iisp " in N'ew York eit. t" estnhhsh .innihcT in Finnic fur ihe Mildlus blinded In battV-. i-- in ihi cilv toda.v. nddresMtig n nninln'i of those IntnoMed III her wink at ihe home of Mrs. E. T. Slnleshui.v. The upper photograph shows .Mls Holt and one of her blind soldiers with a piece of sculpture which ho had just com pleted. The Inseit Is nnotber portrait of .Miss Holt. blind?' Mis Unit diew her rose-pink dra peries around her. fussed n little with the boudoir cap that perched on the most luMirlent crop of deep brownish-auhurn hair I have ever seen, let her big brown e.vos gaze retrospective out the window nnd thought a minute. "Well. I shall havo to go way back." she said. "It happened in Florence a long while ago I was n sculptor and had a voice; my sistet, who was Willi me, was also a musi cian, mid we were stud'v Ing. We went to opera one night mid saw some blind boys. Their pathetic, helpless, almost desolate ex pression ns they lislencd lo the niuslc touched me. When I went b:u it. to New York I persuaded somo of my fiicudr tr. give up their boxes and seats at the opera to tho blind No one seemed lo know very much ab ml the blind. We could locate only 500, although when nftci ward the first census bureau for Ihe blind was opened In my studio it was found that there were more than 9000. "Presently tho blind got lo know mo and I started l.lghthouso Number (me. Tuft laid the cornerstone, nnd former President Cleveland, who had taught the blind ill New York City, also indorsed the work, as Picsi dent Wilson has since done. That Is how tho work began." Working with Miss Holt nre princesses nnd duchesses, the wives and daughters of statesmen mid diplomatists. .Madame l'oln care Is actively Interested. .Miss Esther Cleveland and Miss Grant, the latter tho granddaughter of 1". S. Giant, are both on the leaching staff. But there are no ama teurs. All, even the princesses and duch esses, must be experienced befoie they are permitted to teach. Miss Cleveland look' her diploma at a typewriting school before she qualified for the "Phare." Miss Holt, who will leinain here two da.vs. will speak at Mryn Mawr College and lit Ogontz School. Her return to Paris is de pendent on tho turn of events in tho war situation. "Our organization ou (Ills side ! the water." she told nif, "Is splendid, and, should Ihe l'nlted States declare war, wo would immediately offer our services lo L'nclo Sam " RUCK ATTACKS WARDEN Game Keeper on North Mountain Rat tles for Life for Nearly an Hour BI.OOMSGl'UO. Pa.. Feb. 7 For nearly anjioiir State Game Watcen Harry Miller, of Jamison City, in charge of tho N'nrth Mountain preserve, battled with a huck that, attempted to kill him. In making his mtinilM Miller came upon two does and a buck, with the latter lying down. .Miller supposed tho buck had been Injured nnd had his hand on tbe nnhnal when It leaped to Us feet and lowering Its head rushed at the warden. The animal kept on nttacklng Miller until he got beyond the Inclosure. He was not verlously Injured. The buck was ono of those recently shipped fiom Colonel Trexler's preserve near Allentown, Man Accused of .Murder Arrested UNIONTOWN, Pa., Feb. 7. Elijah Boone, wanted in Howard County, Mil., for tho shooting of Harvey Moxlcy, a farmer, on December 24, 1915, wuh arrested here and after he had been Identified by two officers was sent across tho border to Elliott City, vvhero he has been Indicted. .1lll I.ATT, Pint CLASSIFICATION DHAlllsj I.P.VIN Ffh (1. 11117.' HARitr. Iiuahand nf Anna l.iihi. 1102 H. 2d at., need i. Itelatliea and frlenrts. also members of Mlnakfr Ledge. Nn, 110 I ( 1 s . and OrMilenaux l,ilae. No. 223. I. o. II. A . Invited to funeral, Thura., Iu a. m. Jnt ,IIar Netto I'cm., Frankford. CHAMP On Feb. 7. HAHI1IK1' AI.1CM. widow of Sannirl Ball Cramp. Services i'ri , 2 ! in , nt I22K X. Ilread at. IIVA.S'. On Feb. . .MAHY H.. daushter nf lilt-hard X and Jane Aleorn Ityan, iiRnl 18. Notice of funeral will ho Klven from 1202 'St. Uonaall at. LOST AMI FOPNI1 SOI.ITAIItK l.oai, betT Kith at." and tlerman" town ave.. 1'i rarata, Willi 3 email diamonds each aide, alao nrlneeaa rlmr. .1 laree atonea in renter, aurrounded by 14 email atonea. Very lib. rew Call, after 2 o'rlork, 38411 N. 10th KKYH l,oat, email hunch nf kea, Iteturn lo Chas. S'ehtman. Jld jind Oreen. Reward. I1KI.P WANTKD MALI: ' LATHI! HANDS, for rnuh turnlne. "wanted at Camden Forira Co., Camden, N.aJ.i positions open for good men. on both day und night turn. DRAFTSMAN mechanical, exp'tt on puni h and die work pref.. but not neceaaury. must atata aae, ep. nnd aal." dealred, I 414, Led. Off IIPSLNF.SS I'KJt.SONAI.S LADY'S ItlNll aapphlre and four diamonds! will cell or pichange for new clothing! value 133, M 233, Ledger Central. SI WASHINGTON U U 3-DAY HOLIDAY TOUR I I Tliurad.tr. February 22 $10.50 $12.00 $17.00 (OVER WASHINGTON'S) 11IRTIIDAY) AM net-eaaary expenaea from Philadelphia Proportionate ratea from other polnta Similar Toura March S. IB. April 8. 12,11), May 3, IT Deacrlptlva' folder on request to F B. narnltz. Dlvlalon Taaa. Act.. IB39 Cheat, nut St.. nulla,, of ntareet Tlckat Agent, n h, i PfWLMrlvj PUPILS FILE TO SAFETY AS SCH00LH0USE BURNS 150 Children March Through Smoke-Filled Halls Fnllsing- ton Structure Destroyed FA1.I.S1NGTON, Pa., Feb. 7. Enveloped In smoke, 150 pupils of the Fnllslngton High School mnnhed In perfect order under their lire-drill irgtilathms from the building yes terday afternoon when the structure caught lire from it defective flue and wns burned lo the ground. Not a pupil was Injured. Tho flro drill call wns sounded by tho principal. William E Krolt, nnd the chil dren were calmly marshaled by two teach ers, Miss Hilda Stcckel and Miss Ireno Kough. The school was built In 1SKS nnd was equipped with wooden dro escapes. These escapes were used In' unfcty by n number of children who were on the second floor when tho alarm sounded and who could not reach their companions forming for the fire drill. Flro apparatus from Trenton. Mnriis ville nnd Bristol went to the scene, but when they nnlvrd it was evident that the school uis doomed and the fliemen turned their attention to four houses near by which the sparks from tho burning school had ignited Thee houses were snved de spite a high wind. BOYS OK NORTHEAST HIGH FORM MILITARY COMPANY Volunteer Infantry Force Organizing, Willi Physical Director as Com- mandinp; Officer The military splilt liis Invaded the North east High School. A volunteer Infantry company Is now being oignnlzed among the student body and faculty by ncnr E. Gei ney, phvslcal director; Dr. IMivaid Parker of the English department, and Harry Sny der, a physical Instructor. A huge number of lecruits have already been obtained for the organization, which will drill In the school courtyard until n suitable armory can lie obtained Many of the students nlrcatly enlisted In tho company have a knowledge of military work, gathered from training nt the Platls huig and Drcxel Diddle camps. It is hoped by tho organizers of the company that tho high school will eventually develop a com pany that will compaie favmnhly with those of the different military schools. The commissioned olllcer of the company will be chosen fiom the members of the lacully nnd the noncommissioned officers, namely. eorpornJs and saigtnnts. will be 'selected from the student body. I'h.vslcal Dheilor Gerney will he the commanding officer of the Infantry company By virtue of his experience as a former com missioned olllcer of the National Giuud. Mr Gerney. or "Captain Gerney." ns he will be heieafter known to the "rookies." Is con slileied well-fitted to nssuiue command Doctor Paiker, who has boon a meniliei of Hie liattshuig Camp for the last two years and last ear it commissioned officer at the camp, with Mr. Snyder, will bear the commission of lieutenant. Mr. Snyder has had sW cars of mllitaiy training anil was a former olllcer. He Is also a graduate of Glrard and I'rsinus Colleges Director Gerney, while explaining the plans of the new company, said that the elementary training many of the students received as Boy Scouts would aid materially In tho speedy development of the organiza tion. Smoke RtiHIes Calm of Court No. 2 A cloud of smoke Issuing from the heat register In Quarler Sessions Court No. 2 today caused consiTlerable excitement, par ticularly among the women spectators and witnesses who were sitting closo to tho fine. The tllek net Inn of court officers In closing tho grating and Judge Flnlctter's command for "silence" prevented a rush for th exits. Tho excitement was soon quieted and order was restated. The binn ing of trash In the basement of the build ing and a defective tluo were given as causes for the smoke. (iiiitrd Plant Front Pro-Germans WILMINGTON, Del.. Feb. 7. Fearing trouble from pro-Gerninns, olllcials of the Artillery Fuse Company here today placed additional guaids about the plant. These men were armed with lint guns. The local concern eniplovcs 1200 girls on fuse work for the Kusslau Government if rr 'ft-. Ill IPiiif uSRm 1 ill M I There is a -world of satisfaction in owning a motor Sa v3fe, I par trtnt- ic n rrmefont crmre nfe.U. .1 . II "dK? Sg I Wei1, rsfflii H Hiftj tf Hell Phonr Sprue Hlo' Keyetone Hare 4ttt0 .,:.iiilB 1917 Lciinon Denounces Mayor as Financier Ciinllnurit frnm race due Bureau, but on Increase of nil salaries .and wages above and under $ir.0o a year should take place Just as soon as the kale of tho loan can be put In tho pot. "To delay longer doing this Is nothing shnit of criminal. If It were thlnknblo and commendable to lay out $100,000 In nn elec tlon to giease tho grooves for nn nit museum, parkways nnd n convention, hall, then rommendnhle, too. 10,000 times more commendable Is tho proposition to spend the same amount In order to provido tho means to pny our municipal workers a liv ing wage. STILL IN CLOFDS "I have delayed my demands for Justice for tho employes hoping the subcommittee f two thtee Including the Municipal lie search Bureau would nco Its way clear lo provido the means. They nre still In tho equalization nnd standardization clouds, and a living wage for workers Is s.tlll as far away as the moon. "I nm of the opinion, nnd I say It In nil charltv, that It Is full tlmo Mnyor Smith and Chairman Gnffncy confer! ed with nnd confided moro In the common sense and long practical experience that might bo mined In Select nnd Common Council, while those gentlemen mny still continue their po,1'r-Par-lets with the Municipal llesearch Bureau. "The Mayor and the chairman entirely overlook tho fact that ns yet the blcameinl system of legislation Is still 111 vogue here. As for Ihe loan for possible wnr contlngen e'.es. little or no argument Is needed to bolster that. During the llebelllon the clt.V expended some jso.iioti.iitni in doming nnu In assisting the soldiers enlisted from this city. If it sudden demand upon tho city tieastiry should find the till empty we would havo to pass tho hat. That's all." FIRST Pl'BLIC ATTACK chairman Lenmm's attack on the lliian rial methods Is not the first that Vine members of Councils have directed against the .Mayor and Ills cabinet, but 11 Is the tlist that has ever been made public. The statement was made while Mayor Smith was In a conference with members if his cabinet, at which It was hoped to de cide the quest Inn of n municipal loan. He fore going Into tile conference, city olllclals expressed thu ilulnn that the loan pro gram would be abandoned mid that no municipal loan would be .placed before the voters during this year. In this event, the Convention Hall and Alt Museum contracts' could not bo let, and It Is doubtful If there will be nny surplus available for possible war emergencies or for hotter sal.ulcs for municipal employes. President Lennon, with other membeiH of Select and Common Councils in the Fi nance Committee, feels keenly the slight placed upon committeemen by icason of the fact that the .Mayor and Chairman Gaffney for the thirteen months of the present Ad utiiilsltntlou have guided and Instructed the full committee In measures to be passed or turned down. The outbreak, which Is the first open indlmtloti of trouble between the Mayor and Councils, caused considerable discussion in City Hall, , Drivers on BigJTruck in Plunge Off Bridge Ciiiitboifd from I'ime One the top of tho b.iigc and part way through the bottom. Hamilton Holmes, of 520 South Twenty-seventh street, nnd his cousin. Jo seph Holme", were leaning on the luidge when tile accident happened. They tan to the nearest telephone find summoned tho police and several ambulances to vome to the lescuo of the two men. The captain of the tugboat nelougiug tr. D. P.. Martin & Co., por kpackcis, was Just about to tie-up to a cattle boat on the oppo site side of tho rivet when the men nnd truck crashed Into the barge. He turned his boat nnd, with considerable dllllculty, reached the scene and extricated Cooper, who was pinned under the tiuck. School Hoard Chairmanship Filled GLOL'CESTEP. CITY N. J.. Feb. 7. At tho meeting of tho Board of Ivlucatlon Georgo C. Ctibbler nnd Harry S. Con nors were appointed chairmen ,of tho four mo.st Important committees by President Nason C. Lafferty. Mr. Conner, who is tho secretary of tho board, was appointed chair ninn of the supply nnd teachers' commit, tees, while Mr. Ciibbler wns made chair man of the accounts and property commit tees. U. S. Troops .May Guard du Pout's WILMINGTON. Del.. Feb. 7. lthough niniy officers at Fort du Pont refused to discuss the question, it was reported there today that two companies of coast artillery stationed thcie were to be moved to Car tic.vs Point. X .1 . to gti.iid the du Pout powder plant All passes Issued to the en listed men havo been lecallcd. There is a "world of satisfaction in owning a motor car that is a constant source of pride a car that reflects not only yonr good taste, bat your sound judgment as welL At least, that is the -way that Paige owners fed about it So, lose no time. Come in and see "The Most Beantiful Car in Amcrica-r Stratford "Suc-yi" 7-passcngcr ' $149? o. h. DctriA Linwood "Six-39" j-pasjenger, ' $1x75 a h. Etetrait Fairfield "Six'46" 7'passenEer $1375 o. k Detroit Complete Line of Enclooed Cui Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich. BIGELOW-WILLEY MOTOR COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS 304 North Broad St., DOPE BLAMED BY POLI FOR SHOOTING OF WOMAN Mrs. Jennie Burke nnd Husband pr. Herbert I. Burke, Alleged ' to Be Drue Addicts -1 v 11 The sinister Influence of narcotic drum . tho police say, played a liart In the shootlni JS cany toony ot .Mrs. Jomile Burke. vvlfA . ; Dr. Herbert I. Burke, veterinary surB in their home, 538 North Thirteenth streH Mrs. Burke, Is dying nt the Hahnemann ll.ispital with' n bullet wound In her rlrM side, while her husband Is under arrest a material witness. The veterinarian In slsts that ono of two burglats shot his Wf." but ho hns told so mnny conflicting storl that tho police nre subjecting his actions prior to tho shooting to closo scrutiny At noon today George MocDonald, nln teen years old. of 101.1 Mount Vernon street wns arrested hi n cigar storo at Eighth an Vine streets by the police of tho Tcnth'ana Buttotivvood streets station, as he Is said tn answer the description of one of the men who, the veterinarian says, wns In the room Before tho prisoner reached the: police sut.' tlon word was received from the hosnltM ...... ,..-. i.umr nnu nm n snori time to "3 live, nnd If the husband was to ho present . i ,...i,i n,u men no hoouki como nt oncA. The husband was taken to (ho hospital Both Burke and his wife aro alleged by the police to be "dope" fiends. On Sen. lember Ifi. 1013, Burke pleaded guilty to the accusation of having Manufactured opium nnu on September 2fi of the sam. n B venr was fined SKna nn.i .i..... . . '.'? six months in Moynmenslng Prison. The office of Burke, It Is said, has been raided scvenil tlmen by Internal revenue ofllceri In search of narcotic drugs September 0. 1916. Burke was adjudged gu Ity of vending "dope" nnd wns fined $r,0 by Judge Thompson In the UnlteJ States District Court. In December 1818 he was accused of larceiiv hv f!i.i W Hnrtman. 2201 Xorth Fifteenth street, but was acquitted of this charge.' Soon after the shooting of Mrs nnrv. was reported, the police swooped down on'.' tho North Thirteenth street house and ar- ' ii-Kivii uiui'i-ih i.oinuerg. iwentv vr. .u hnd Lena Goldberg, tvienty-one' tears nA alleged diug addicts, as matetial witness!' They live In n tiiiid-stoty front room at r.38 Noi tli Thliteenth street The pollc. also arrested Frank Kellv. nllas "Irish" Kelly, nnd Buck Bailey, who icslde nt 1331 Mount Veinon stieet. ns suspects In the case. Tho police say they are heroin ad diets. Accoidlng to Detective Mahonev. of city Hall, Bailey, two weeks ago, ' attacked Doctor Burke with a knlfo in a saloon .-.isiiiiih nm nuiKcon over the right Bailey was arrested, but the case settled out of court. ee. was Kelly and Bailey weie taken im e.ij.. on the supposition that revenge might 'have ugureu in tne snooting or Mrs. Burke. The theoiy has nlso heeu ndvanced that the shooting might have been done by drus crazed men who were willing to pay the price in their efforts to obtain their fav orlto "dope." According to Doctor Burke, two burglars gained entrance to tho house at 6:55 a m through n dining room window opening into nn alleyway. They made their 'way to o second-story front bedroom where Doctor Burke said he and Mrs. Burko were sleeping. Doctor Burke said his wife was awakened by noises nnd beheld two masked men mov Ing about the room in tho early morning light. She screamed, and then, Burke said, that ono of tho men drew a revolver and' fired polntblank at her body. She lapsed Into unconsciousness. Awakened by the p'stnl shot. Burko stated, he reached out to grasp his revolver, which he told the police was lying on a piano stool close to the bed. The two men, nccordlng to his story, pinioned his arms und placed a pistol at his forehead, telling him that he made further trouble he would be shot. One of the men pocketed Burke's revolver Burke says they took from him $00 In bills and a diamond ring valued nt $1000. They also, Buiko said, snatched two diamond rings from tho fingers of Mrs. Burke as she lay bleeding nnd unconscious In her bed. Then, nftcr ransacking the office, they de parted. Doctor Burke seized the telephone receives; nndttied to get the police Immediately after the burglars departed, but found the men had taken the precaution to cut tho wires.' In the meantime the Goldbergs hnd heard tho pistol shot ond they came rushing downstnlrs. Tho Goldbergs told tho police that they saw two incii run down the front stairs and through the front door One of the mn. thev said, had light hair, nnd wore n light cap and dark clothes Mrs Burko was taken to tho hospital In' n wagon from the Tenth and Buttonwood Mrcets station. Examination of tho wound in her side established that the pistol had been placed closo to her body when the shot was fired. J: Phila., Pa. fl m i ,M m' &si&&?f A r-iii Bflin!BbHJaYj2!jlVt It' ' llPB? ill jftjjBill ala.. "- i Ju2 Kl
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