' V T V VtfH m in sra. t. THURSDAY March 1, 1917 KC '.rr w. ffi. ' t- i 'j ftkrdi i;i9l7 ,? A YPSY TRUST 'INFESTS CITY; COINS MONEY t'HriM'mt, nn,1 Woi.n Fini'tr. t Paced Men and Yellow ' Man Particularly PALMISTS DEFY STATUTE Pennsylvania Law on Fortune Telling PENALTY FOR PRETENDING TO PREDICT FUTURE LTENTS, ETC.: Any person who shall pretend, for gain or lucre, to predict future events, y cards, tokens, the inspection of tho head or hands of any person, or by any one's age, or by consulting tho move ments of the heavenly bodies; or who shall, for gain or lucre, pretend to effect any purpose by spells, charms, necromancy or incantation, shell be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by any Court of Quarter Sessions in this commonwealth with fine and imprisonment, or both or either, at tho discretion of the court; the first offense shall be punished with not more than two years' im prisonment, rior less than fifteen days, and n fine of not more than one hundred, nor less than ten dol lars; tho second offense, with any term of imprisonment and fine, not exceeding five years or five hundrod dollars, as the court may deem proper. Act of April 8, 1801, P. L. 270. Men whose features are dark and n man RJ who is yellow-faced arc somew hero In Phil adelphia today natcning piois agajnt hu man Uvea. This Is the consensus of opinion of a band of gypsy fortune tellers. They are hellecd to be members of a so-called "gypsy fortune-telling trust." At least 6000 persons, It la estimated, visit the "studios" of the gypsies dally. The revenue taken In dally t tho "store hemes" of these gy piles U problematical. Some place the flumes at 17000 or more dally or close to $50,000 n week. The gypsy fortune teller", most of whom are pretty young woman, arrived here Within tho last few weeks, Some f them A speak five or mora languages Their ftudlos" are located In the residential as w.'ll as business Dictions of tho rlty They Ply their trade often almost under the hoses of policemen nnd detectives All this has been going on In face of n law enacted fn tliln Slate a Ions time ago. The law pre scribes a prison sentence as well as a fine upon persons who read palms, J.N HKAHT OP C1TV One of the "studios' Is located at the northeast corner of Seventh and Market streets Two gypsy women are there. One of them Is about twenty-two jears old Her eyes are dark and her cheeks have a bright brcfnxc color. Her companion, who is middle-aged, sits alongside, her younger companion, Both sit on a little bench which la located In a little shed. The bench Is a short distance from the curbstone The wooden walls nre placarded with sheets and posters., On these appears the an nouncement that the pant and future Is ex plained. And the tirice Ih only ten rend fs' So the two women announce to passersby. "Come In, mister we tell your fortune eome on In only ten cents," the young woman almost shouts. As the visitor enters the little shanty with a traffic squad policeman standing less than fifty yards away, he Is asked to walk behind a red curtain. The curtain Is drawn over. Once this Ih done the visitor Is not visible to the outside woild. He Is there with the bronze-complexioned gypsy. Tho mtddle-aged gypsy remains on her bench outside. "Sit down and let me see your right hand," she sajs. "Mr. Phlladelphlan" or a visitor to this city displays his right hand. He Is asked to take a coin out of his rlcht-hand pocket. He obeys. But if the coin he brines forth Is of a small denomination he Is asked to bring forth everything. Tho money Is taken from him He Is asked to blow at the coin. The coin is being held by the fair gypsy. Again he obeys. EXTRACTION Or THn COIN Hut the orders or commands from the gypsies do not come to an end here. He is asked lo unbutton Ills coat or overcoat. "Open jour pocketbook and takn nut ail f the money and let me hold It," announces ft 4 thegjpsy. Sometimes the visitor obeys. If ne aoesne lie is warned that devils are around. But the gypsies know that as a rule those who belong to the "League of Superstitious rersons" always give In. While the twenty-two-fycar-old gyps) girl holds the wallet, coin and paper money In her right hand, she begins her task her task ofdriving the devils away and read Ing the fortune of the visitor. 'This Is ZOOd 1UCk.r SaVS thn ITVn'tv n 1,n nl.A.u I her right hand on the chest of the Inno cent, "CIo away bad health come back good health come back good luck." she whls . pers. Sometimes her voice becomes loud. Sometimes ail her words are spoken In a low but distinct voice. MVThe gypsy continues her message then t with these words. 14 "Tiler I A man n. ! i1.,l, ...... i.! C t 1 . - "... - many- men l. ,whQ dark and a man who has a yellow py'-jnc no is going 10 narm you dont feel "All right, thank you. here Is tn n.nt j, ,3, says tho visitor, ' J in not through. mlsterilnn't i, H afraid 0( me j am poor aay nm, n eood way iook my uress over-Wind pee how mj ik w il uu woman j nave nice f drees but I am poor. Never be afraid of v oor woman." V '- j'J0'0 m wy money," says the visitor. p X "What do you want money, misery or f sue, ' fciiawer we gypsy, f -parity ana me," replies tho visitor JHa, my dear friend yfiu paa't have both. Ta. can have only one, thing, so "pick 'your m ily the ourtalmiirawti aside, The J? , . l)l.age4,gypyvpp,r,C'Sh urges the Tisiwr i raaaa- WHynmi.wmhPi81ie Keeps r: s:i.n. -wi t. mrc1 "n1 ue : l !rimmmmk:i8 inter- ! ,i fpngu imlp can only "tth m a VMr .mWaift wh you 'rSr " ' "r-Js-year-old t fajf fi.iiked1 to 1Wlt swtjiit. ttewttmea he Uasta'AH daMnt.-.lVt.ui i a mum t W ar amh 0 wAk)ea UH1 . mhloh aw-Mit do, 4J tat 7A- Timers tea hMmi u tbair mr& : MM aa Jewelry, rata is trv 'Rcord- ussmuivs Jurc nw, that wttMs iffllT3S wjHfooniptiBnts ' ""v S7JsXbJQlj iuus Btt bul to back threat, of city-run Transit Soger Submits Measure for Chestnut Street Subway at Mayor's Instance A further move to prepare the nay for cither Independent or munlclpil operation of the city's highspeed system If no satis faclory lease can be made with the Phila delphia Ilapld Transit Company was made In Councils this afternoon when Chairman Heger, of the Street Hallway Committee, In Iroduced ah ordlnant-e nuthorlilng the city to construct a subway In Chestnut street. This subway would make a direct phys ical connection between tho t'rankford and Darby elevated lines and at Chestnut nnd nroid streets would pass directly over tho clty'a Broad street tube, thereby making tho entire high-speed system constructed by the city one unit so far as operation and direct connection of lines Is concerned The purpose of this ordinance Is to provide for any contingency which may nilse In the negotiations over the proposed lease It Is being Introduced at tho direction of tho Maor, who made It plain upon his return from riorlda yesterday that unless a fair and equitable agreement with the Transit Company can be effected he will favor mu nicipal or independent operation of the new 8 stem. Mr. Soger's oidlnance was entitled "An ordinance lo authorise the i onstructlon and Improvement of a subway rallnav to be located malnlj under Chestnut stiect. as a connection between the elevated i.tllwavs leading to 1'rankfnrd and to Uarli) and providing for the pajment of interest and sinking fund charges theiemi" It was referred to the Committee on Street Hallways foi nctlon Tho action which this committee takes will probably depend upon the developments which follow the publication of Director Twlnlng's report Tho 457,100,000 transit loan bill passed last year appropriated $5,000,000 for tho Chestnut streot subwaj Tills amount will be fnadequate to complete the line, however, and In tho event its construction Is finally determined upon nearly Jt 000,000 addi tional will be needed. Tho Mayor's present program Is to frame such amendments to the proposed lease ?s tho report of Director Twining and that of Tord, liacon . Davis Justify, submit thee to the Philadelphia Ilapld Transit Company for consideration and then give the company ninety dajs, as icqulred by law, to accept or reject them The Major Intimated also that Independ ent Interests have alrcadj niado overtures to the city for tho operation of the new Sistem. Just who these Interests nro he would not say but It Is understood tint the Philadelphia!! nnd Suburban Ilailrond Company, which several jenra ago tried to hulld a high-speed sistem here, will be among thoe tn consider tho matter CORNELL MEN GET 51277 TOWARD ALUMNI FUND Teams Well Pleased With Showing in Canvass for $100,000 Will End Saturday 'llieie Is every Indication that the 'old grads" In Philadelphia will tuakc a good showing In tho national campaign of the Cornell Alumni to raise a fund of $100, C00 IMuord II Pitch coiiimandcr-lii.chlef of tho local forces engaged In the cam paign, announced at n luncheon today at the Cornell Club, 1517 Sansom street, tint ennual pledges In t.hls city of $1277 had been made since the opening of the cam paign on Mondaj There are Indications that this amount will be greatly increased before the c oslng of tho campaign on Saturday night The team under Captain n A Steele, which has raised $190 of annual pledges has made tho highest record up to the present time The tcum under the direc tion of W S. Pearce is seiond Harold 1'lack, secietarj of the alumni counsel, who Is taking a prominent part In the canvass, lx hlghlv optimistic con cerning the results BETROTHED PAIR DEFY WAR AND WAR RUMORS Engagement of Bliss Grubmeycr,' of Germ'antown, and Mr. von Noi- mann, of Germany, Announced International troubles do not disturb the plots and plans of Dan Cupid If D. Cupid were dlstuibcd by such things, Miss Kthel Catherine CJrubnieycr, pretty daughtei of Mr and Mrs William 1'. Clrubmevei, IS Hast Chelten avtnue, would not be having hci engagement an pounced today by her parents ficorge lludolph von Noimann of Dres den, Ocrmanv, a chemist, has won the oung American girl, The plan nftcr the war is over to go to Cumanv The bride-to-be Is n graduate of the Ger.mntoun High School and the Phila delphia .Normal School Mi von Norman has been In Philadelphia feiei.il jearw. MOMENTOUS MATTERS BURDEN COUNCILS; FORTIFY BREWERYTOWN Conduits and Bridges Authorized Solons Sit on Highway Problems Let Mars Unleash Dogs of War or 1 Bacchus and His Pards Rollic Weighty problems burdened the minds of Philadelphia's Councllmen today. While the President and the Governor have things of most serious moment to decide, their tasks are easy compared to the responsi bility which rests upon tlie shoulders of Councils Committee on Hlghwajs, War Is In the air. Not only In local and State politics, but iJlso on the ocean. Who knows When a Zeppelin mayVofbUK over the city with o flock of fireworks'.' Who can tell when one of the underground murderboats will bob Us nose atop the sur face of the Delaware and make a dent In one. of our delicatessen shopsT These things have been giving Councils much thought, especially the Highway Committee ; there fore they gave attention today lo several of the city's ery Important Institutions; namely, the breweries, Quf subtle legislators realize that such institutions would be centers of attack. So they passed some quick legislation to re-enforce"- them. They recommended favor ably passage of an ordinance to permit the Bergdoll Brewing Cfinpany lo construct a, conduit across Twenty-ninth, street, south of Poplar, Just what this conduit Is for la not named. It might be large enough, to permit the garrison to escape In tlie event of a dangerous attack. 'The fourteen serious members of the highway committee, who use many auto tntaillN at tto a day. not to say mueh iuollne. In tours of inspection, ulsol - ......l .. an.,U t,V A TnlhCA finn in In. I greed tu permit K, A. Poth & Bon to In crease thearen. of their coat dump under .tbarduMyivsnla Jlallroad siding at f Tblrly-tlrst aM Jefferson streets. There ovkU,i necessity ff -this. Should a Hrowwjntowu -b0Mi-M pfcptiy of ttMkl.tw Euentng Pall of Fog Shrouds City in Darkness Continued from I'Sfe One March to enter like a sick lion Instead of a lamb. It was undoubtedly a Hon that the weath er represented, but It was a decrepit Hon, sneaking In silently with soft paws jind a dripping mane. No rotting or fang sharpness of winds accompanied lis en trance. There was nothing noble about It Muggy and soggy, half-warm nnd half-cold the day and the month began with a l mpera lure hovering around thlrtv-four degrees Traces of rain and snow, sprinkled with slush wcro on tho giound and traces of snow and rain, sprinkled with slush, were In the atr It was more like a spectral lien than one of flesh and blood Tho sky held an ominous tinge, as If foreboding ,1 disaster. It was of a sickly hue such lis the Malay sees before the 'jphooti or tho desert Arab b"foro Hie h.indstorm It spoke of cyclones or earthquakes The barometer hung low. humidity choked the atmosphere nnd mi at wind puffed wcakl The Weather Bureau attempted lo laugh when asked whether or not March came In officially like n Hon "It's hard to tell Just what It came In like," was the cvaslvi answer According to tho old proverb, March will leave like n lamb PENROSE SUGGESTsYtONE AS CHAPLAIN PRO TEM Missouri Senator Kebukes Pennsylva nia's Levity in Pace of Serious Matters flu a Ulaff Cory rsvondent WASHINGTON. March 1 That Senator Stone, of Missouri, known as ' Gumhoe Bill," act as chaplain of thn Senate In the absence of thn Ilex ,1 Porrest Prettvman, was suggested today by Senator Penrose, of Pennsjlvanla "If no chaplain Is present i-ald Pen rose. ' I would ask tho Senator from Mis souri or Fomo other Scmtor of i pious turn of mind and religious bilnglng up lo act as chaplain " "I will not Indulge In frlvolltv," said Senator Stone 'on such a serious question as that suggested bj the Senator, that so unworthy a Semlot should act as chaialu of the Senate Possibly the Senator from Pennsjlvanla will violate the precedent In that regard ' PLAN MOVE TO DEPORT FOREIGN FOOD RIOTERS Congressman Edmonds Asks I'robe He- garding Leaders in Disturbances Here and Elsewhere lly a Staff Coircipondtit WASIIINfJTON. March 1 -Itepi emula tive IMmonds, of Philadelphia nfter stud) Ing the causes and Inciters of so-called bread riots in Philadelphia ond New York, todaj intrwduccd a resolution aimed to pre vent Mich uprisings lo some degree Ills resolution calls for an Investigation by the Department of Labor to determine whether forelgneis In most cases have not led the riots This was true especlallj In New York nnd Philadelphia In case the leaders have been foreigners and they have preached lawlessness and anarchv they are subject to deportation under section 19 of the Immigration act Wills Admitted to Probate Wills probated todaj were those of Betsey Adamson, 1122 North Slxtj -third street, which In private bequests disposed of property valued at $81,000, Kllzabeth Hammer, 3615 North Broad street, $18,000; G I.Iojd Pnckentlnl, 10J3 Duncannon street, $11,500, Mary G McKeown, 1729 outh Front street $6300, It Walter White 5601 Lansdowne nvenue $5000, Jacob Munce 4331 North I'ranklln street $1700, and Adelaide B Parham 1549 I'ai well avenue $4000 Increase in Kates Forbidden WASHINGTON Maich 1 The Inter state Commerce Commission todaj lefuscd to hold reasonable the proposed Inciease in rail and lake and lake and latl tlass anil commodltj tales fiom Sciantoii Wll llamspoit and North Cumbeilind groups in Pennsjlvanla tn Like Michigan nnd Lake Superior points, and to St Paul and Mln neapolls an inciease of from 'j to 6 cents per 100 pounds was demanded by the car rleis and water lines Cuban Chiefs Yield to Menocal HAVANA March 1 linfael Iturralde fcrmei (luvirnoi of Matimzas Province, and his brother, who had Joined the revolution ary movement seeking tho overthrow of President Menocal sut rendered todaj with their followers Thej had been declared outlaws and their fate Is pioblematlcal President Menocal'n announcement of a moratorium at Camaguey nnd Santiago was generallj welcomed hj residents of both cities. A I nlted States destrojer arrived In Havana harbor this morning stock up the engines and escape to North Manayunk or Gray's Ferry. ronHMi.th.?i"am.e '""Ctlo committee of Councils tills afternoon gave permission to the Premier Brewing Companj! to construct a bridge across Orlanna street This would also be valuable in case of war it mlghl b used as a base for antl-alrcruft guns or as an exclusive avenue of escape , Of course, the committee viewed all these proposed operations In advance. It Is ru mored '" After disposing of the foregoing serious Itgfslatlon the committee granted Dermis! Ion to the C-lrard estate to construdfa cos hole In he sidewalk on the south side of North College avenue. The fair-minded Councllmen also gave the AVIIIs-Jones Com pany, milk dealers permission to construct a vault under the sidewalk at Twenty-slxth and Jefferson streets ' Then the advisability of permitting Burk Brothers, meat dealers, to Install I plat form scale near Bodlne street and. dlrard avenue was discussed, and this -weighty matter was also disposed of favorably to the firm, Startling revelations were made by the committee appointed to Investigate promo tlons, dismissals and resignations of city emplojes. from December, J9U to 191B This committee has learned that many men were appointed to Jobs but were not no tified of their appointment during the pe J'odl.Jh.e,, tomaksjuatters worse, these unnotified appointees were discharged for falling to appean All A reailll thi As a result there are hundreds of n.n In this city who have had City Hall Jobs without knowing It and were also dis charged without psy for failing to fill the Jobs they knew nothing about. -. But-thaeare only a few. of the big big MMifs w men oocupito. m mimi or. "-nntp '--ry " ... A7 s -- . . snr 1cmm w.;-w. - if-tiffi ., AjN7t rm,jnr -flmnaafcwr-i i - jw f t '.. -, J J'ljJ .AJ" i - V . l..T svv . g - o I DARKNESS EXPLAINED BY DIAGRAM WARM Contact of warm upper air with cold lower air forms thick mist, un disturbed by two-milc-an-hotir south wind. FOUR LOST IN TAXICAB PLUNGING INTO HARBOR Actress, Two Cabaret Dancers and Pittsburgher Killed. Chauffeur Held BAIIIMOfli: March 1 1 our peisons met death In tho Icy waters of the harbor enrlv todav when the tnlcab In which tbev were riding plunged over Ibe bulkhead at the foot of Quay street 'I he dead nre EDS A MM! thlrt nr oil horu Rlrl In lliu Put White Oompanv y. I, (lOIIHOS.. merchant of Pittsburgh. ANSIF Mi KAY JlOOKtlM twenty eien ers olrl New "Vork. utiaret ilftni er MAltV VVOOP''. twentv elrht enr nlrt Nen nrunwlek N. J., also ft clarcer lil to have a hiisbaml living In this elty 'the chauffeur, lMwanl Mejers was ai rcsted this afternoon, charged with driving a car into the harbor nnd causing tho death of Misses Itogers, King and Woods and Mr Cordon Tlie party met by appointment at Dixon s Park Here they took a taxt for n hotel In the center of the cltj Prom hero the storj can best be told In tho words of Miss Anna l.uce who on tlie stage Is known ns Anna Burnett, as she st in her room being nured hj friends "Kvcrj thing had been going nicely and e were going along at a modeiate speed " she mid "Suddenly tho chauffeur turned off. and ( called lo linn "Ilev wheje arc we' going?' "Hints all light' he said 'I'm taking n short cut tn the hotel' It was awful Suddenly we hit something Then tho lear of the midline lifted I was thrown foiwnrd There wiib a splish. Then (lirkiiess c.ime over everjthlng It was stinitig Then I was on mj head and every one was piling on lop of me Water was rushing In "IMiik King called out to me sajing, Cood-bj, Anna S'he could not swim nnd was drowned ' Miss l.uce anil Miss King list week flguied ill ii llro ill a hotel In Harrisburg Both hid narrow escape" LITTLE AND BRYANT BECOME FARMER LADS Footballers to Till Mullica Hill Soil With Folwell as Overseer Lew Little stai tackle and .ill-ctstcin football itijei, and Jlinmv Bijant, subi quarterback on last j ear's eleven, todaj turned their backs on Old Penn nnd de parted for the country, where thej will work on a fa i m The lied and Blue athletes will lahoi with the cows nnd chickens, pull up n few trees and make themselves genei allv useful about the place ft om sunrise to sunset, which me the union hours of tho agriculturist" Tho sudden shift of scene occuried this morning when Itoheit C l'olvvell, a wealth;, landownei of Mullica Hill N J, drove into town in his high-powered tout ing car in seaicli of a couple of huskv day laborers to Keep things going aiound his extensive estate The docks wero de serted, so he made his w.ij to the I'niver slt, where lie dlscovcied I.lttlc and Brj jut Lew Is on a leave of absence given him hj the facultv aftei spending some time ill the hospital and missing much classwork mid will not be back in school until next fall Brjalit also Is not in col lege, so tho bojs wele free to accept the positions Just what effect this will have on Penn'H team nent eai lb not Known Perhaps Little and Brjant will be eligible but again they mnj lint If. a student falls behind In his clnssworl. lie Is barred from all athletic competition and it looks as If this pair was In had with Jhe facutj, te gardless of the leaves of absence How ever if thej can plaj next fall and will stick around the old farm until Septem ber, they will be In excellent shape to start the Reason NAVY YARD ORDERED TO ARM FREIGHTERS Three-Inch Guns to Be Placed on Merchantmen, 'Reported From Washington Orders from Washington to arm all mer .liantmen wth three-Inch naval guns were received at the Philadelphia Navy Yard this afternoon, according to unofficial re ports The general hustle and bustle In the yard Indicated that something unusual had hap pened, It Is understood that 4he Instruction has caused considerable confusion for the reason that the ard has no three-Inch naval guns with the exception of those which are carried by the three discarded cruisers, Indiana, Iowa and Massachusetts. These guns will lie removed from the ships, It Is said, and pla-ed aboard the first 1 steamships which leave this port. The only guns at the yard which might be used for such an emergency are the twenty-four five-Inch siege guns of the marine corps. These could not be placed on merchantmen unless special bases were built and alterations were made In the guns. ' , It is believed that the orders from Wash ington were sent out, to najy yards generally and that arrangements for shortages of guns have been taken care of by the Gov ernment. Officials at the jard refused to deny or affirm the report of the order to arm the merchantmen here. Commanders of many craft which have been awaiting the result of the present crisis received the news with much enthusiasm and; asserted they would again start their voyages across the Atlantic the day the guns vgrre received. Fixes "Boys' Day" in Jersey THKNTON, N. J( March U Governor Edge today Issued his formal proclamation setting aside Sunday, March it, as "Bojs Day" for the Sta(e. Jhe encouragement of the "big brpther" movement Is 'one o? me Minis ui cum uuscrvauee, so tnai ratners may take mftt o(,an Jnttrest in the aitalrs, . M e t. Ikiiger AlFtt BOTTLE OF WHISKY FIGURES AS "MAGNET" Three Men, Including a Cop, Said to Have Been Attracted to Blacksmith Shop By a Rial! Corre'ponitnt WKST CIir.STEn, March 1 An alleged meeting between three men, one a police man, nnd a bottle of whisky In an old blacksmith shojj at Contesclllo was probed today by the nntl-saloonforce. who arc Irjlng to have the four 'Coatesvlllc liquor licenses revoked The Taj lor Houe came under (Ire as the place that had furnished" the bottle of whlsl.j Judge Butler, who Is hearing tho cases with Judge Hause, asked In de tail about the blacksmith shop meeting It was testified that after tho three men left tho shop an empty whisky bottle was found there All three one of them was Policeman Pain Markwood, of Coatesvllle denied that there was a "magnet" at the shop In rcplj to Judge Butler's pointed questions They merely met at the shop, thoj ald, nnd there was no drinking Intimations were made that inoncj was being spent hy the saloon forces to build up n good defense Michael Burns, a for mer birtender of the Taj lor House, de nied that he had come from Garj, Ind , to testifj for the defense. Ho said he came fiom Cleveland O. to pij a visit John Kelleher, the member of the blacksmith shop trio, said to have bought the whlskj at the Taj 'or House was attired In such stjllsh clothes that questions were asked us to where he had obtained them Kelleher drilled vehementlj having pur chased the whisk j at the Tajlor House Other witnesses Including Policeman Markwood gavo the Taj lot House a "good inline " Geoige Barton who described his busi ness ns that of a horse dealer In winter and a clicus man In hummer, was an other witness for William U Harnet, who has the license nt the lajlor House Bn ton was testifying to the good reputation of the place when he was casuallv asked .by the no-llcense counsel If he drank. "I never took a drink In my life," he leplled ' I wont event cat mince pie with sweet elder In It ' William Ipple, a huckslei and another witness for the saloon people, exhibited such particuhu knowledge of what he did on December .10 that Judge Butler tried to llnd out how he Itnew the dato so well Hairy rainier, a fruit merchant also put tu u .good word for the hotel. John Mllllcan, superintendent of police at the Coateslle plant of the Mldvale Steel Company, testified that the Tajlor Hotel was conducted better than many churches William I'regaj counsel foi the no-ll-censo side, declined to cross-examine whereupon Thomas W. Pierce the hotel's attorney, tried to have him recalled to the stnnd to 'explain to the Court what he meant ' 'o ' lnteuuptcd Judge Butler, "I don t care to hear it " As witness aftei witness testified to the excellence of conduct In the Tajlor bar room there developed n series of defini tions as to Just what Intoxication was C W Hendricks of Modena, TIast Kal low field township, gave an extended ex planatlon of drunkenness which he flnallv summarized In sajing a man was drunk when he 'cun't argue points" 'You mean he must be clisabed?' quelled the Court, and Hendricks agreed Some other witnesses brought forward by the hotel wero Giles Vreland, doing u construction Job foi the Mldvalc people;' A D Johnson, a fraternal organizer; Wal ter Kraft, a contractor; Charles McGin lej u horte dealer, Thomas V. Cullom, a tailor; Dr. J Dillon, James Bernard, a salesman, C N. Pfelffer, of the Mldvale Steel Companj ; Adam Peoples. W J. Mos ser, a lumberman, and J. H. Relit!, a con structlon man doing seme work at the Mldvale companj , AH the testimony was In by 1 o'clock, and the Hotel Coatesvllle was next cajled for attack bj the no-llcense people. Judge Butler has decided on night ses sions He is a prodigious worker nt all times. Court alwajs sits here until 6 p m , unlike Philadelphia's 3 p m , and openings ore prompt to the minute and recesses never overlap Court maj last from 7 P m to 10 p m, or majbe even until mid night A Coatesvllle man whose business makes him neutial In this liquor fight said today that the Coatesvllle saloonkeepers have Seen clearing J40.00Q a year. "Why, then," he vvaa asked, "do they take a chance on losing their license'" "Because," he answered, "while $0,000 looks good. J60 000 looks better to the poor humans who show by the business they're In that they are not partlculai as to how they make monej " , BUCK' O'NEILL ACCEPTS JOB AS COACH AT SYRACUSE Former Football Tutor Says He Will Take Charge if Hollenback Is Discharged f SYRACUSK. N. V., March 1. Prank J. "Buck" ONelll, former coach of the Syracuse football team, tpday announced that he would accept the Job as head grid Iron tutor next year If the authorities want lilm, O'Neill had charge of the 191,5 eleven which made such a good record, and for some time alumni and members of the faculty- have been after him to return. It is this movement that Is held responsible for the action tahen against Hollenback. The authorities believe that O'Neill's sys tern Is best, and they will have It no mat ter what happens. Aa for Big Bill Hollenback', he Is doomed to be Idle next fall unless he accepts a po sition somewhere else,. The students like him personally. They have no fault to find with his habits on or off the field,' but they are of the opinion that O'Neill canget more work out of the men and accomplish more. Just why, they believe this 'Is not known, for Hollenback Is one of the best football coaches In the country, and the poor showing of the team last j ear. was not his fault. It was one of the poorest elevens In the Hast, had no fighting spirit and lost most of the games before It went on the field. However, sentiment Is strong1, against Hollenback, and It Is plated that lie will be qmvnargwj -wii) t inp jajpiiity , ' mi Marotg 12 If h deV,ii f r . . tessta. ' .. ,,'i '" ' '. s"r jnnpBV wBRtotWi MAYOR PREPARES TO BOOST WAGES Smith and Gaffney to Start Finance Plan in Coun cils Today SEEK APPROPRIATIONS Will Ask $10,000 for Executive's Expenses and $7500 for Honoring Guards So certain are Major Smith and nnnnini midEAr. r?hnlrman Gaffney, his of Councils' Finance Committee, that they will bo able to vrovlde sufficient funds for salary increases, that they had transferred at today's session of Councils 150,835 of the fund that Is In reserve for such a move. The transfer bill provides f $10,000 for Mayor Smith's department on account of loan and transfer items; $7500 for the en tertainment of returning troops from the border, $1200 for expenses of Legislative Committee and many other Items. As the various salary-raising bills have not ns jet been reported out by the Finance Committee they will lie over for action nt future meetings of Councils, 'tho Plan Is to have the salary Increases become effect ive April 1, and this can be done If the bills are reported promptlj The reason given for their not being leporled today was that the increases In the county offices have not as jet been definitely decided upon The delay Is occasioned by the failure of Re corder of Deeds Hazlett to report on his present salary roll, affected by the equali zation plan Controller Walton. In a letter to Councils, called attention to the fact that this years approprlalon9 are $7,000,000 In excess of those for 1916, and suggests that by careful revision sums In excess of actual needs can be secured to apply to salary and wage in creases The Controller offered his services In an effort to bring about a revision At the same tlmo he advised Councils that an appropriation of $285,617.14 to paj Interest on new loans is Invalid, for the rea son that the fund was pait of a loan It was proposed to use this money for salary Increases Chairman Gaffney is con fdent that enough money Is available for salary Increases without lesortlng to the suggestion made by the Controller FOR "I." STATIONS One of the most Important bjlls passed today selects and appropriates and di rects the City Solicitor to acquire twentv two properties located In the Klevefith, .Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty -third Twenty-fifth Thirty -first, Thirty-third and Portj -fifth AVaids as sites for stations for the elevated railway from Front and Arch streets to Rhawn street via Front street, Kensington rvenue and Frankfoid nvenue Measures piovidlng for land condemna tion proceedings as a rule make an vn funded debt and a charge against the city's borrowing capacity. The twenty-two plots lo be taken for transit do not come In this class of bills, as the purchase price for all the properties will come from the loan moneys set aside for the construction of the various sections of tho Frankford ele vated Another transit measure approved authorizes the location and erection of a station building upon a city -owned plot of ground at the southeast corner of Kensing ton avenue and Tioga street, In the Foity flfth Ward TO ri:glt,ate PARKWAY A bill drawn by a numoer of membors of the j-alrmount Park Commission, legu- latlng the location, size and use of build ings along the Parkway, provides that no building, any portion of which conies within the boundary lines of the Parkway be tween Broad street and eighteenth street or within 200 feet of the line, shall here after be erected, altered or used, except In conformity with well-outlined provisions. The act provides that the cornice Hue cJf buildings shall not exceed in fhelght three times the width of Its facade fiont Ing No such building shall be used foi a stable, garage or any manufacturing pur pose or for the display of a billboard or roof sign All plans for buildings must first be approved by the art Jury. Other measures passed piovlde for open ing of I.elper street from the east side of O street to the west side of Adams avenue and to authorize the purchase of a lot of ground on the e ist side of Twenty -eighth street In the Twenty -ninth Waid ASKS $10,009 TRANSFER FOR CITY HALL WORKERS Councils Get Measure Providing Full Time for Mechanics $5500 for Motortruck Among the financial measures Introduced Into Councils today was Included u transfer of $10,000 In the Bureau of City Property to provide full(wages for City Hall me chanics who were to have been put on part time had the money not been found bv transfers, and the appropriation of $550sT to the Bureau of Water for a new motor truck A petition to Chairman Gaffney sent Ijy slxty-elght attendants at the Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane declares that the workers at the Institution have not ie celved any pay for Januaty oi February. The petition asset ts this condition is due to laxity and carelessness In methods of those In authority." The petition was re ferred to the Financial Committee for ac tion. STATE HOUSE COMMISSION BILL VETOED BY MAYOR lu a' message Major Smith returned without his approval an ordinance which authorizes the creation of a board of com missioners "to have the care and control of the State House Independence Hall and Its annexes, Congress Hall and old City Hall, with the collections contained In the group." group " The reasons given by the Mayor for -veto. Ing the bill were that It would conflict with present acts of the 'Legislature and that such a commission appears to be unneces sary In lew of the fact that the Art Jury controls the direction of furnishings and objects of art placed In the halls; that there is already a board to take charge of and collect historical lellcs and that the De partment of Publlo Works has for years made alterations and repairs to the group of buildings, under the supervltlon of the American Institute of sTchltect,s. More Lights for Woodland Avenue The erection of forty-six electric lights on Woodland avenue between Fortyelghth Btreet and the city line Is provided In an ordinance Introduced by Common Council man Jacob Massey, of the Fortieth Ward. The measure carries an appropriation of $2000 and urges that the lights be placed by May 1. The ordinance has tlie approval of the Woodland Avenue Buslnes Men's Association. It was referred to the Light Committee, Woman Fatally Stricken 4n "L' Car Mrs. Kllzabtlh Swller, seenty-two years old. r 34 North Fiftieth street, collapsed In an "IV train at Fifteenth street today-! She was removed to the iUhnemann Hps pltal. where she died of heart dl. ...- 1 (srdlngoAtbyscJMijij,,ojWg.J3Mli ,- jrxiOT mmt nni cm an wy 14 -"Ungi s, POTATOES KEPT ON SIDINGS HE At Least 85,000 Bushels Saj to Be Held for Demurrage? Charges COST GREATLY INCREASED! Chamber of Commerce Officii Reports Conditions Leading fi to riign r rices M At least, 115 cars of potatoes, or Ui sicuuu Dusneis, are ocing hew hv pmi.j.'I phia potato dealers on freight sidings vtitw In the city, nccordlng to Jnmes P, Wll? superintendent of the Transportation Bj reau of the Chamber of Commerce J made a report today at the meeting ef S agricultural committee, which Is lnvest! Ing problems In the high cost of living "All of these cars are being held undw -"- - ..".b". ocn 1 I13UII. OOtftl ... .tid.ii ,i,w uccu uciu iweiuy aays, tv. demurrage charges on one of these csrtl estlmntn vvniiM tin S?A. tint na nnA i , potatoes has Increased In that period i proximately iuu in value, the demurri cose win iigurc out at nDout one cent' ill wunuri ivi UUJ . . The names of the consignors of the pole cue i-uuiu nuv uc ueierminea, salu Wlu necause me rauroau companies are permitted to give them. X, B Kelly, general secretary of Chamber of Commerce, vrno lnyl been ail uv mo agricultural committee to talccc i the matter of food Investigations wM "iji oniiui, iciirceii cnac me .Mayor 1 rciiueu cnai ne would not appoint a cm committee, nor did he expect to co operate with anybody In regard to 'tin food situation aside from the ordinary . uiiciaciuu wan ino municipal uepartrattiu .llaflllt. flnnnM..l 1.. .C- ..-- M ....c.ij .v,ivci iic-u iii iiiu mauer. HTlinmna r llnrhl.nn MKnlK.u - .. ' agricultural committee, said there l.' question In his mind that flealers nnd spec, mmis are noiuing ioou anu produce f or u uuwmce in price. ft( ui.Ait:iui ui;.r HOARDING lif Commission men and produce, dealt) hciiciuiiy uifugrce wun reports that tlf coio-siorage warehouses of this city en Jammed with food. They say that the report submitted yesterday before the State Jb. ..lice i ijruuuLMj a monin om, ana thitsL month makes a big difference In the storaei supply of certain foods at this season if cue yeai If all glilnmenta nf tnntt . ..va nut nff .J? outside supply points nnd the city nrr forced to depend entliely on tho storm supply, the people of Philadelphia wou!4 have empty stomachs very shortly, the con- mission nnd storage men say. Cggs, fori, stance, would nil be eaten up in a few dijt, nnd butter might last three weeks PoUtoet would not last much more than a week, "tit time that other articles would last they tu jiiij guess ai. necause tney say there no stat'stlcs of the amounts In storage NOT HKCOHIJCD BV CATTKM. fi i: .1 Cattell, city statistician, who kei records of everything In Philadelphia tki can be recorded, says he has never bw able to gather statistics on food, becaii a'ppctltes vary and because so much prod Is brought Into the city by fariasi wagons and In small 'quantities that M lint h. 1. .nt t.n.l n e J S Morris, pi esldent of the Philadelpl Produce llxchange, 1'ront and Chestw streets, said the supply of foods In ston Is like a housew Ife's cupboard, which wo: fcoon bo bare If she bought no new supplti every few days. To say that the, wu houses are filled with supplies and that I storage nnd commission men are holdli up prices Is unfair, he said. "The storage supply of eggs in Phllid phla would not last more than three oil four days If no new supplier came In; but tei might last three or four weeks; potSj toes, i am toiu, would not last nipre id a week "The persons who attempt to poison puM nc opinion against the cold storage men "l neither practical not' lioucet The storanj buslnejs Is not a speculation. It Is a meata of preservation and equalisation of the mef ket People In cities could not be fed po uja wtinoui me scoruge nouses. , S. S Daniels, secretary of the Trodnct Hxchauge, said the warehouses aie obllfri to maintain a certain amount of their stocVt tor the supply or hotels and otner iarj consumers who make contracts ior "t season Philadelphia vvaiehouses are Ml run cln n speculative basis, as some are fl the Middle West, he said. ? The -report of the State Department '( Agriculture, which was presented jesiereaj to tlie House of Representatives In refarl to the condition of Pennsylvania's foo4 supply, showed, that the cold-storage houm still hold n lartre Kiinnlv of certain foodt il .nil. n Ilia fnnt Hint tivtn.Anaa mifintltlif , .. , ..j . . n-u .annff' imce ueen expurieu 10 r.uiupc. wic c"j showed that many sources pf .supply Mvf been exhausted. I In the ten cold storage houses In the IWJ according to the House of Representative! report, there are 0,628,178 pounds or pie 4,t95.0C! pounds of poultry, 1,65).! pounds of fish, 5,000,001 pounds of buttej 36.SH4 nnunils nfei?en out of shell. 29.00 barrels of apples, 24,861 boxes of eppljj and 47z: packages of vegetables. , According to lenorts today from IJ caster and other potato shipping cenie'J Philadelphia dealers have notified duj npt to ship any more potatoes at anyypjl because tho market here Is overstocked Hi prices, which have already dropped tweiHj five cents a bushel, are likely to go loiyer.l Ceorge W. C'rovvl, a potatb dealer ot unj ty-second and Chestnut streets, one of t dealers, mentioned in the l.ancaster repoq saiu ne is unaoie to ciispose oi jim i'i" ent stock of notatoes because the marketM been ruined by the newspaper agltt oi recent uays. is COUNCILS ROW OVER ITEM! INSERTED IN, FUND BII .,. ...i. L ' TWInrttl Sum nf 51900 Pinned Itl Aft i! r A',9 Drafting The mysterious appearance of an ! ot J12U0 in an appropriation dih wihc.- lint nnn-ar-rl In flia measure when It ' brought before' the Finance Comroltij caused a last-minute row In Select Cv this afternoon. The Item, which wj pay the expenses of the Councils' CommuH on Legislation that looked after legllj much wrangling. . il When the ordinance" was Introduce Councilman llarrv Trainer lumped to ! feet and said the Item had been wiitlj Into the hill an A.mnniltiW that It J stricken off, He declared that It was irrjj ular ahd Illegal, 'Mr. Kper. of tne av" Want mnila attnllnH nounrt Inn and .tS was a chorus of approval fronj otheflM vote was taken sn Trainer's motion OM( was dafeaUfl tn IH , (1 At tills time Select. Cduncllnan JlexM of the Fifteenth Ward, demanded n, vestlgatlon and his views wera i"wj isaao iteiieu. or the i;ignceeniic. n- fc .l- ., .. -intlnntl tseverineiess, me entire npprppwt"!"" went tn n nt nnil ivm defeated. AsWeil urhn It tl,n.i0-lit InHerted the $H Item In the bill, Mr, Tralnet said he dl4l know. i 1 . 'Slmendlnger La Salle CspUta r. . , . iim Ktnotinpii.icna'ti.ifr wm ciecim w in i nHUP UOliriw ,footll war,vj pOIT "M Will Plsl) HMttK Ofl . Brtw-K-sihii';r. cXiun f<at.'k. iWMiMIIMsTOHiTlilTO ii i'i
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