.'.S w 5ir MS& ,n XT" fe'.n c FORCES AT GRIPS L 1 t..l m I F-. Pacifist 'Hordes Descend fcUpon Washington to Pester'Congress ..fy 5T BY THE PATRIOTS a.av ty Flias Old1 Glory in Face of Apostles of Peace at Any Price to ;tx . I'-Xtf." . WASHINGTON. April 2. 'ftf ' Tw0 forces diametrically opposed V-K tn spirit? and.' nurnosa descended on Wash- Sft-j-jlngton today In ever-Increasing droves. Ono aj faction tiemands" that the Congress which ..'.'met today shall declare war on Germany: ki'vth other Is'even more Insistent that It shall JIT ot. Special train after special train swelled A .With hundreds of earnest bnrtlsans. K '..'!$. The1 authorities are frankly apprehensive p7ift,;ver the situation. Elaborate police pre- ff vnu.tw.ID .io 'WV. innvu .v jj.... .a.. Untoward Incidents. No loitering or con- AtJTmntlna An thA stretH waa Allowed. 3?, "Keep, moving" Is the police edict. ' aMS "" notene or regular guards nmi ponce f )?" t the capltol have been augmented with "'ffiilit Mores of plain clothes and uniformed of S'wi fleers. President Wilson will be guarded as Pfttt'Ci an executivo never before has been watched plMSJ(Bs,,ever when he goes to the capltol to deliver 11'- JUS! hi. Vl.tA..-ialltr.v wiAManvA t-AiJn-p Thousands of pacifists, under the AWtc Sm i'npL Hon of the Emercenev Peace Kederntlnn. fj-i? ' were to meet this afternoon In convention ? K t.i.l !. tl.A ...nlt ..n Cmh nln.nB n 1. LtU the peace workers have been marshaling - ,, their forces Into the capital for the blg- Pi 'ii CAPITOL CltAWDEtl E iorrlr Arlrtlnir In (tin mvlf u.'firlnfiaa nt Ihi. all..... E&)' 'on Is tho fact that Washington Is now en- icnaming inouoauus 01 tourists ana visitors, drawn from all over tho country. Many WKW;, eame to spend n holy week vacation ; others ATy in the vain nope that they may be lucky mi.r An Aizt enough to gain entrance to the1 congressional ASWVC. -- " - -- "".- ,i-.i"i"imi ?s naileries to witness tno stirring events that JAi the week holds. KTt TIaII. . ataMtflala nn.t t U a ll 1. - By UUIII MIC JJ"-'"00 ..in llic IIIIKIIIH3 l si. patriotism," as the pro-war advocates are W ( ielf-dubbed. laid plans for the next few Vi tJw-days. despite oflTclal frowns. The ban on mM' parades seriously hindered their program, M'. ' (.,, lin, hnnA in rv,!lln IIM frtr It In nlhnv K1-fir ways. Instead of parading to the Capitol. IA 'V. II.J. I t. m. n H.l V..11I VvnnaA.1 .... Uah...... nln f4W j lll muuattima - iti ftuvvin ui , ciini. imiiiiiv fX. ?. vcnue as ordinary pedestrians on the side- SWt Srs Tnc cltjr ls ablaze wl,h tne national col- Ri.vro. r ram erry uuiiuiiik, puuuc ui iriuit;. K the flag Is flying, and the hundreds on tho ? gtreets woro the tricolor on their lapels. Even the street cars are decorated foro and ' aft with the red, white and blue. l V tt 'r sw nm nnc UY a.t..l V- W(,Ul..l i, i Not even at InnuKuratlon time has the city 1 even at Inauguration time has the city g been so beflagged ns It Is right now. For v days the newspapers hae been urging all Ji to show their) colors by way of encourage Jg.ment to the VWar Congress todayj Tho j response. haB been general all . over tho :4 rfC! ! . ..l.klBllMII I'lGIH) ,CII U, Jil IIV CIA i"' ' 'entn street, hill, with the French embassy As), on one side and the Spanish on the other. J E'ls fivlns n big American flag over her V"- 'K.door The Congressional Club, a few blocks pjl i-down, has takea down the club pennant PwViX nd is flying only the Stars and Stripes. t;Mrs. Dewey, almost' at" tho other, end of STl!"-.1 Droaa tnorougnrare, nas had old niory "vr hrr rlnnrwnv fnt U'mItq Urn p!i,i.nA I 1 A flC .. w. " ,, w. ...v...u. a-a.u. .n... M"j-iaie, wiuow or one senator anu moiner $ lof another. Is flaunting the flag from the ffClrcular portico oer the doorway, directly go- vpopposiie. senator waaswortn, or new ft STfTork, two blocks down, nulto at the end ' $ ST0' that 1!roat' "Avenue of the Presidents," , 5' In tho house that was Join Hay's, his wife's si"-! t Klrlhood home, alas! ls not flying his. It WjFV &f,eems ns " ,he Jonn 1Iay house ought wP-i. R be snow'nS "" colors now. Bfflk7 lp Just back of Mrs. Hale's, on K street. ' JRepresentatlve Thomas Dunn, of New York, diV' haa tlaa. ,..- I,l .,.ln . J i& t o u. uai, u,ci iiib .iiiuKiiuicvui uoorway, fl ' ivA block, away,-' on Seventeenth street. i(A block, away,-' on Seventeenth street, sL.V thre arq two over the Colonial entranco PtV-Tf or Representative 1 K. ' , JJliouse and, by the same token, two small E, SHI ones flutter from the radiator of his fp.J i rlck Delanos house Is showing Its colors, &; nd down on II street. Just nbove the Wmli. i' jTwortn's unadorned mansion, Thomas Ewlng, &' S Commissioner of Patents, ls showing his. Fty vt Somo of theie fla&rn havn hppn flvlm for- ran 'V 'Weeks, but It has been ruther noticeable ;A that the higher Oovernment ofllcials Imo l"('",fSMliot responded to the "Show-your-colors" &"'fV ti H'oRan. I xcept trie I.nnes, who have R. flaunted their' flag braelv '.'ever slnco iho fer.i break" until a .high wind a few dnvs mm K'V' Y, put the gearing ouf of commission, not a "f' ,r-Be member of the Cabinet has had a Bi , Knag out. Today the Lansings and the Hous- '-rttv'" . -.. nA fl,.ln- tknu .)... mu I- .f Ji." "' iiiiift HIV41 luiuia. XllCTU IB IIO .a. flatr over the McAdon hnusr. hnwnvpr 4t. i ....... n ..:.. .w., :...'. .".'-: Lfy "4 ""ou"" " streei in tneir neignDornooci is KW 5- 'a,r'y ablpom with them, nor over the Red (W C. flelds's. thouah this lscnuallv true nt Mjss.i. ft'jchusetts avenue In the block they live in. Almost opposite them is Senator, Lodge s, nd thougn hes been slow about It ho has jf n s nag out toaay. wnicn Is equally tiue of A-iWjils neighbors. General and Mrs. Crozler. k.who, with their lions guarding their doof, fjy have gone flagged until today. Secretary WviMDanlels and Secretary Wilson, In the same W& s&block as the Lanes, have not so far put !jI ? thelr c3lor!' out- 'Ml'" Agnes Hart, Wilson 54-S ,C explained it, so far as they wero concerned tPVar by saying that the trouble Is their flag Is '''' Tk'00 ble 'or- tno house' and covers it up so !jTOWr;Completcly that the porch Is shrouded, the ijaisju. rooms aamenea ana tneir front door more Pt fer less blocked. ' ' , ljvauf,.One notes that patriotism runs In families Ew"3 some families. For instance, there has Isf !?' n sp endld big flag floating from the since early In February. t floats from Mrs. Charles next door (Mrs. Wood fA'. vJiPlnchot residence i .&, An equally fine one lii-tKBoughton Wood's J ii SK was a Miss Eno. the late Mrs. P'nchot'B ft1 V&l8ter), and uround the corner reythelr brother. AVUllam Phelps i ." L -. (iqrri nn hla flnA nil Art la I corner on N street Phelps Eno. has hid Tf-two flac3 on his fine colonial mansion. jprVVSfe For a long tyhlle the only, one to keep Mr. rN.fei-tno company on that street was Montgom 'H'i.i'Wy Blair Up on New Hampshire' avenue ' rfrtiJVoodbury Blair has been flying his flag; v?ind down on Pennsylvania atenue Gist f ' 'SBlalr has flaunted his from the stately old .. J -JIUIr mansion, which tho family has occu ' Wi''- ttled for ceneratlons. ' iip near'lyobury Blair's Perry Belmont 'fjuur a large flag floating over hla porte - irfrGherQ. A block or two down du Pnnt Hlr. fB r.im has been rather noticeably unadorned. "-rpie uoarainaii iwuhg nas, ot course, ueen owing us colors lor weeKs. Every one Haws that Miss Boardman Is strong for ke flag. But she has been alone until the strict Red Cross was offered quarters in (Herbert Wadsworth house, and put up t the Red Cross flag and then the Stars l tripes, uoaay Airs, William nut baa :'out her colors: so has Mrs. Stephen Mm, on K "street, One thinks of them (her, tor they were old neighbors, and erine.KiKins is now Mrs. William Hitt, tin; -Archibald Hopkins has her colors t .' and around the corner on Connecticut Mau (ha' Alexander Graham Bells and cnarlfa.sells both have theirs flying, m tna uunert. trovenors, on 'Kignieemn t; ooniDiete that family triangle. Above i ClreJe ;Mafcchusetts'avenue is gay with Tn; William Bailey utmara have r;jf.. Mcueafis have a big fta atmA mll aRA rxvw fltia tiat."''M'.they are now H- M tLaan'a houae on tha - tw .:; rh . f r 'M-tiaj .. v . .-- aaimav jk m-mjr -j j. Ai.AJM.m.j..M ---) " w r - - - - mffl.H.. uv. ' ' - -wo. x . " - ; ; ' - : : " ii . .,, ri..A, s BBUrfa- JadtT... i. .. . '; ' i ii i . I i i r I l.llll IMUII IMHItblC. A!IIHWBniJS3f5?5r i H(W AMF.RTHAN CARTOONISTS VIEW RECENT EVENTS ," &. xutv I . -I . . . . r . nouus one duiki. Senator saulsbury nan v - ' . his flag out; so has Senator Shafroth. 3tep resentatlve Itoddenberg. of Illinois, on Six teenth street ; Hen Johnson, of Kentucky, a little further down i James Parker, of New York, below Scott Circle, have theirs. Cut many of tho Senators and Representatives who live In apartments or hotels havo to let the proprietors show their patriotism tor them. . I SERVICE BOARD DELAYS TRANSIT HEARING AGAIN Consideration of Convenience? Certificates Postponed Because of Magee's Absence AINEY ANSWERS CRITICS From a Staff Correspondent HAHHISHUHO, April I. Tho Public Service Commlislon has post poned until tomorrow consideration of the applications .filed by the city of Philadel phia for certificates of public ronxenlcnce to permit the Transit Department to pro ceed with construction of the nrlous lines of tho high-speed ssystem. The absence of Commissioner Mngee, who telegraphed Chairman Alncy early to day that he could not bo In attendance until tomorrow, was assigned the board hs the rroson for tho postpnncnuut. Chair man Alney announced, however, that t li commission would take up for discussion today several financial tnbles (lied by Tran sit Director Twining two weeks ago, AINI.Y AN.SWKHS CIUTICS The sex ere criticisms of the commission fbr Its long continued dela. culminating last week in a letter from Mayor Smith to tinvernor Urumlinugli, nsklng the latter to use his personal lulluence upon the com mission, called forth the following com ment from Chairman Alnrj today: "(overnor Brumbaugh Is out of town. I had not heard of the note and will not see It until the Ootcrnor loturns probably in morrow. As for any delay the commission may bo responsible for. I think we nic entlt'ed to take a few months' time nnd consider this matter carefully You must remember that the engineers took five yenrs to draw up tho plans for this hlgh-spmd system." Chairman Aurey went on to explain th.it the executive seeslon tnd.iy was the first held since February P. The meeting to morrow will likewise In- an oxi-rutlw ses sion nnd a third may be called for Wednes day. Tho applications for the certitlcntes hv been under consideration for moic than three months without any decision hplng tendered. During this time two public healings wero held and one personal In spectlon of the proposed lines wan inadi by three membeis of the sertlco boaid Should the commission fall to take definite notion before noon tomorrow. Direc tor Twining will be unable to award the contracts for three -sections of the Hro.nl street subway when.blds nro opened Three contracts are already hung up in it similar way ns a result of the commission's delay. niDS IN Fl.nitfAHY During the first week In February the department opened bids for the three sec tions of tho buhuny delivery loop. Dlicctor Twining had expected that the commission would have granted him authority before the bids were scheduled to be opened. On the contrary, the bids have been opened for two months and no awards cm be made, and consequently tna beginning ot the actual wot I: Is being delayed Indefinitely The dally loss to tho tnxpacrs In In tciest and sinking fund charges on transit bonds as a result of the delay is estimated at approximately C80. Tho contracts for which bids nro to be opened tonioirow, to gether with three delltery loop contracts, Intoltc about $15, 000,000 It Is understood that. the commission has virtually ngreed to bow to the will of tho city administration and tako affirmant e act'on upon the pending certificates. Up to the present time the members of the board have been evenly ditided upon tne question, three favoring Immediate action and three holding off for further delay until the mat ter of nn operator for the new lines was definitely determined. ON.THUi:i: CONTRACTS The ll'ds. Which Will bn nnenoil tnmnrrnn- by Director Twining, nre for the-following' Contract No, 103575 linear feet of two- truci: and 2500 linear feet of four-track subway In Broad htreet from houth of Fll bert street to Uuttonwood street, including one station. Contruct No 101 408C linear feet of four-track subway In Ilroad htrect from Buttonwood street to north of Stiles street, including three stations. Contract No. 204 29C0 linear feet of four-track subway, merging into two-track subway, in Broad street from South I'enn square to south of Soutli street, Including two stations. Legislation planned by Director Twining to broaden the city's powers In the transit llease negotiations with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company will be Intioduced In tho Stato Legislature this week. Tho Director has three definite objects which he hopes to achieve through the bills. One Is to extend the scope of the Public Sertlco Commission's powers so that the Transit Company may be compelled to transfer passengers fiom its own svstpm .to the system owned by the city In eato mere snouio. no an independent opeintor Mayor Smith today signed tho bill au thorlzlng the Department of city Tiansit to proceed nt once with the construction of tho Chestnut street subwny The final passage of this bill will strengthen the city's position In the trnnslt lease negotiations nnd will In nddltlon enable the department to charge to the CJicstnut street appropria tion tho cost of constructing tho double deck sections whero the Chestnut street tube will transveise the Broad street sub way nnd the subway delivery loop. TWO AMERICAN FLAGS UNFURLED AT CRAMPS Good Fellowship Association Arranges Great Kensington Demon stration Cramp's flood Fellowship Association, composed of tho employes of the William Cramp Ship and Hnglne Building Company, raised nn American flag. 8 by 12, at Its headquarters. Ball and Richmond streets, at half-past- 12 today In tho presence of nearly 5000 persons. The emblem was drawn to the top of the pole by Charles Hunt, the slx-j ear-old son of Mrs. Elliabeth Hunt, the stewardess of the club. Simultaneously another American flag was shot out of the second story of mo uuuuiiiK uy nopnie. tne eignt-year-old daughter of the stewardess. When the big flag was unfurled to the oreexe me uramp uooct Fellowship Band struck up the "Star Snaneied Banna-" a mighty cheer came from the crowd. Hun- areas oi miniature nags dropped among the spectators from the flag as the emblem was let loose. Tht flag falsing was the occasion of per haps one of the greatest patriotic demon strations seen In the northeastern section oi ine city lor many aays. Four thousand and upward of employes from Prnmn-o garbed In their worklnr clothes and some of them eating their noonday lunch, when they iicum tne nana airirie up ine 'Star Spangled uaiiiici whycu tneir uups in tne air. The flags were presented to the Fellow, ship through the efforts of the new president of the association. Albert Day, nnd the secretary, Charles Llllagore. .. .. -jr-.. -.""X 3TLIER ,WILL RECOVER yjltmH Ctv4e II 111 m I -1 I --. aa-, I a MMUrtlTtON VVC IP5F VtLl STutKCp ' i. ' WTV OBLEANS rcf . v I SHETCHNG- Mk W , -XfTi. 1 I rorHiLL w Sr lows .rrre ANHTIII7I? CM All DfiU rknJ l lUJil, kjlflriLL uJi MISSING FRSOM HOME .Degenerate Believed. Responsible for Disappearance. of XCharles Muelhauser Disappearance of anotfter small hoy to day, within forty-eight 'hours nfter fhe , oar-old Nathan Plott, 171' Fcrnon street, .van found hound with a t po In the cellar of n deserted house at 520 Cnrpenter street, has led the police to hellevo that a danger ous dcgeneiato is nt largo.' In Philadelphia, The boy, lo!Icl to be ftho latest vlct'm of this sinister Individual, Is eight-year-old Charles M MueWlh.-itiser, sot of Mrs. Bertha Muehlhauser, 1K34 Indiana! avenue. He has heen missing frnim his homo, since last Frl- day, nnd on Saturday waa seen going Into a moving-picture' theatro with nn e'derly man. The disappearance of the Muehlhauter boy has aroused resident of the northwest tecllon of the city. Tills evening they will Institute a" thoiough se.-rdh for tho missing lad, nnd will organfee a committee to call on the Mayor and Inrist thntithe police exert every effort to find tlr- ln.v and the elderly man seen in his company. Mothers In the noithwest section are In ut tate bordering on hysteria and many of them refused to allow their children to attend school today for fear they would meet with harm. The Muehlhauser boy attended the Pierce School, Twenty-second ami Cambria stu-ets, Friday afternoon after ischool, .Mrs. Muehl hauser Instructed ChnrVs to go to n store nt Twenty-first and Somerset streets and leturn some goods she bad purchased In the'moinlng. Ret lew of the boy's, move ments has established that he returned tho goods, but ho dlil not come home again. Late Filday night the frantic mother re ported tho boy's dlsappcaranco to tho po lice. Karly Saturday evening neighbors re ported to Mrs. Muehlhauser that they had seen her boy tnter a movlng-jilcture theatre near Twunty-flrht and Somern-t stieets with nn eldery man. Mrs. Muehlhauser ami her hushand, Fiank Muehlhauser, hurried nn the theatre, made a thorough search, but could find no draco of their son Tho boy's father is emplojrd ns a team ster by Frank Mnrks. Twnt -first and Somerset streets. When Charles left his home Friday afternoon he wore hi own tiousers, a blue serge coat and u daik coloied cap. He ls described as a good looking boy of slender build, with light hair .inn niue eyes, -ine noy lias seldom been known to leave his homo without asking permission, and his parents are sure that he has been lured away, as were Warren McCarrlck and Richard Mooklns and the Plott boy. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL DANCE ON APRIL IB Seventeenth Annual Ball Will Pre sent a Brilliant Scene Marked by Unique Decorations The seventeenth annual halliof the Mount Sinai Hospital will ho given on April 16, two weeks from tonight, at the Academy of Music, The ball will start at 9 o'clock with a cancel t nnd will ho formally opened with n special feature, u series of dances, de tails of which will he soon announced by the committee. Supper will be served after 11 o'clock In the toyer, whero a spaco will 'bo cleared for dancing and the orchestra from the Bltz-Carlton Hotel will furnish tho music Florists hao already started on pinna tor novel floral arrangements, the wings and drop being planned to form a forest, glade and a balustrade running around the Bides of a high platform will carry out the ef feet, Lending up to tlte plntform will be a stalnthy banked on cither Bide with inr -vases of pink azaleas, tulips and hydrangea iuaui-a, wiiiie uuuve tno stage will rise four white arches of -golden lights, above which wllr 'blaze the word "Charity." READING RAILWAY HOSE CUT BY MALICIOUS HAND READING. April 2. What Is believed to have been the work of an alien plotter was discovered, at the shops of the. Phila delphia and Reading Railway Company here today, all of the fire hose leading 'to thi shops and roundhouses being found to be punctured with knife cuts. Every piece of hose, was cut either across or lengthwise. The monthly Inspection revealed the mis. chief, which .would ''have been serious had a fire started ;at the -.hops. i f Arneq ihuh .were tlHitonf duty' by.tke WILMINGTON METHODIST PULPIT APPOINTMENTS Conference Adjourns After Pre siding Bishop Announces As signment of Ministers SHAFOKD. Del., April 2. Wilmington M 11. Confetenre adjourned today Imme diately nftT the presiding Bishop read the list of ministerial assignments. Those for Wilmington district follow: ' WU.M1NTO.S DISTORT Hubert Wntt. ills trlit FtipiTlnlendeni IlirillCI, rilaVIT J II Wil-on. CHARMISTOX (supply) W II llnrnfr. l'lli:illtr IIII.I I I'. Amlor.nn L'HUHAPUAKi: CITY XI 1 Nutter, t Hi:STi:it ivthel I' .1 Cochran. rimiSTIA.VA P D West. CI.AYXION r (' C llnrrl COMMA I) i; .lames mil.AWAlii: CITV T .V. Ulten. KHI:N7K J W (irny. (ILK .MILLS (supply) in.K Ni;f'K Walter Ford. HI.KTU.V 11 I' Junes MOCKUSKON 1 P XleKauli. HOI'KWIII.I. ! s Whlttaker. KIHICWDOD ii H. Walton. MAKSIIAI,1.TOX AND rKPAns-J P Otis. JBKsNT,.V,',:A!'A-vr ' K Kelso NI'.WAHK K I Itoberts. iH'ni'.A,S.T,'l: J' H Hkkfor.1 NKWroitT Asliurv HurkH. NOHTHKASI O It Neese. I'Kitnvvn.i.i: i. i xu nouns i ! "HT, '"'"X'T K X. XIocm POUT I'BXN ilenr Ora lti:n MUX K T Th.iw IHHINll .SIX II, I) Iteerl ' STA.VTOX R W Cmikf ST (!;!iilJI:sA?',''MIT-Itnnhoe Willi, M JOHNS .1 A Hri nuton. TOWN I'(IIXT-J. H Thornton ZIO.N I C. XltCo VMI.XIIxaTOV Asl.ury. O. W. Dawson Ilramwlne nnd IMc. moor. V p XnVthun nraekex. JHlnes W ChPnee. 1'ookir.sr, "' o Henne I. IJistlaKe. n. II. Collins; nismere i i. J'er. Knworin J. huwar.1 . i ,.,,,"' iiin1 """''"I. llnrrl, .str.et. (I T. Alderion flllerHFt, Allien While, Italian Xlls.ton ,IA 1'lKn.ttlcelii. i: nsiuood J. j, OeocheL-an ina Hey, I, xi llnm,l, ,vi'a!aW 7",'",'.' ?' .uount .-alim. W II. Habbarl: Richardson Pnik (I . Iloums. Si '..or. .. ..' "'"' S.ott J , Johnson. VllVerhrook ' : ' j S a w - - --I 111 i IlIIIIlDNOtl WOMAN HOTELKEEPER WINS LICENSE BATTLE Evidence Against Mrs. Bean, of Centre Point House, Insufficient, Says Judge NOimiSTOW.Y. PaTAprll ..m grant- ng a license t Mrs. Elizabeth Bean for the Center Point Hotel today - Judge S' "hserted that there was "not suf- thil m ldt.nc t0 SUSta!n ,he nlleuntlorui that Mrs Bean was not n, fit person to be .mU. T J.h ? Ilcense' " ls wanted ' e 8 !?.'. ul,h the understanding that If a iPhi nn!. torcvolte ls BUbsenuently mads and the allegations aro proved the licenses will be revoked. We have said all we havo " This was the only license granted this morn no- lan,.inn. . ,i.. ".u tins JVr, ,T ""'" "'y spots temporar ly In Montgomery .County. Tho other places that could not be opened today were f'er! kiomenv lie Hotel. American Hotel. PennS" burns Warwick nnd Imperial Cafes, Potts. town; Consliohocken Hotel. Con-hohocken-Palm Hotel. Palm: Mansion Hotel, Ply! oTenLane" P! SWer'S Uquor Stor8' The Sowers store has been dry for a stored. GrUhl ""mS th ,,cnw " The Mansion Hotel may be dry until August. The court will not grant' a license to John Welcer, previous holder, and he wfu not vacate for the new. applicant, Welcer's lease does, not cxplro for five months. JERSEY CENTRAL BOOSTS RATE TO NEW YORK CITY Protest Along tho Line Against In crease in Price of Short-Trip a Tickets An- Increase In passenger rates between Central Railroad of .New Jersey stations In New Jerbey and New York city caused a protest along the Jersey Central line, to day. -The new rates, which apply only to tteketa bought for transportation to Jefrey City and across the ferrlej Into New York represent approximately 7n Increase of n per cent ' Users of tickets' to New York tn consolation n the knowledge tbM h ?W rates would not awly to them- If they bourht tickets to, Jersey atr.lnUvA rt-N'yik .88.Stlint HIlfiHrlnlriuloi.. ,. r i .. . i WESTCetAN IN OHIO jTAte J01WA THE MUZDE&BtWD CONTRACTS FOR LIBRARY BUILDING AWARDED George A. Fuller Company, of New York, Will Build Structure on the Parkway Contracts for building tho Free Library on the Parkway were awarded today by Director Dalesman, of the Department of Public Wrrks. for a total of J2.6C4.750. The main construction contract goes to the Oeorgc A Fuller Company, of New York, the amount being $2,2I'.i.ono. This contract Is awarded on n bid based on permission to (piarry and cut stone outside of Philadel phia. Tthere is a munlolp.il ordinance several xr.irs old Imposing on nil contractors for city building tho use of stone cut In Phila delphia. The legality of this ordinance Is now under question In tho courts. Nearly $155, 000 Is- saved to Philadelphia by disregard of tho stone-cutting ordinance. The Fuller Company put In nn alternate bid of $2,374,000 for the work If It were limited to Philadelphia stone. Mayor Smith has been ndtlscd by opinions from John O Johnson that tho otdinnnco Is Illegal, and with this nnd other assurances the contract wan awarded. , Next tn the construction work the big gest contract Is that for heating nnd ven tilating the building. This amounts to $318,750 and was awarded to William M. Anderson. Electrical work for the library will ho done by tho Thompson-Starrett Company, of New York, for $70,000. Plumb ing will cost $47,947. This contract was awarded to the Wells, Newton Company. AUTOS KILL TWO MORE; 26 VICTIMS THIS YEAR Child of Three Run Down in Philadel phia Camden Man Dies After Collision Twft pet sons nro dead as the result of automobile accidents In. nnd near the city in the last twenty-four hours, bringing the number of fntalltles from motor vehicles In Philadelphia to twenty-six since Jan uary 1 One of the victims was a child of three. While crossing Falrmount nvenue at Twenty-third street threc-x car-old James Ryan, of 2332 Falrmount avenue, was run over and killed by a motortruck, hlmer Smith, 115 South Fourth street, the al leged driver, was nrrested. William Ycager, n contractor, of 1467 Haddon atcnue, Camden, was fatally Injured when an automobile and a motor truck collided nt Mount .Ephralm avenue and the Reading Railway. Ycager was thrown against a telegraph pole. He died In the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital. RODMAN WISTER CAR STOLEN Society Man and Seven Others Report Autos Missing Klght automobiles, among them "that of Rodman Wlster, f-ocloty and club man, were reported stolen to the police toda Mr. Wlster's car was taken from In front of his home, 2111 De Lancey street . Owners of the other cars taken were V. SI. Bartwell. of 409 South Fifty-first rtreet; Dr. John Moore, 000 North Wynne wood road: Edward D. Smith. 4834 Penn street; Dr It. B. Scott, 1200 Poplar street: Thomas Davenport, 180U East Cambria street: F F. Knott, 6173 Walnut street, and N. W. Peterson, 137 West Mount Pleasant avenue. Lloyd George Plotters Lose Appeal LONDON, April 2. Appeal was today refused the trio of poison plotters, convicted of conspiring to kill Lloyd George and other Cabinet members. The three are M,r' ,A,'!ce Wheel(1n and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mason. Police Court Chronicle .Mf.,FalI?,n ,oesn't mind be'nB Injured In battle. He would be proud, he savs of a wound received from the weapon of an army. But he draws the line when the Injuries are Indicted by a talkltite h".;086 ,0nSUe 1S Wre Pr'ent than Fallon drifted Into a , ...., .... nue. hi. face was shoud d In . Tgrowth of that Mike only shaved when his beard be came uncomfortable. He went at th 4nh &2'-i ik. reminded him that he desired only Via V.e.1- WbiV'dlTwem h",ace' bu' Plunged Into an amount o?1,. thl8' and Italian front. BCCOunt of con on tho tloJaM.r,dJUmpeed,ef'ronartnndeKd !" ' the baVr 0MlsUck0w.thrie;nanld.Pl!1 on each side of the facV Th!ni rlght .ounded.a 8 O , and arhypttd' Leave Today i-itu.J f-nm PnSA Onf the members have been.lnvlted. by General Waller to enlist. The 106,000 members of the Stoncmens Ke low-ship have been cal ed "P0"0'; leader, the Rev. H. C. Stono. to 'stand by their country. Tho auditorium adjoining '.i, Memorial Methodist Chun. Kc8nal.rf nvenue near Cambria stra. was trans formed today Into a navnl recrfiltlng sta tion by the Rev. y. A. KnwJn. paBtor. The station Is open from 4 to 10 1). m.. so as to allow worklngmen time to-enKst. A recruiting station for the battleshjp ,,, ,. onened today In L'Oplnlono Building. 1011 South ElghthJ street, by tho tallan Federation. It will 'be " until 0 p. m. and tomorrow land Wcdnesda from On. m. to 4:30 p. m. Tta ijecrultlnB ofllcers, under the direction of Lieutenant O. W. Kenyon, commanding the Ohio, nro Chief Machinist M. A. Thormalilen and Chief Wntertendcr T. 1-. Jones. Tho State Fenclblcs opened i a, recruiting station today In the courtytirU of C Ity Hall. In charge of Lieutenant A. Manle Roberts. The regiment, wh Ion Isi the old est unit In the State. Intend to flllMts ranks to full strength' by Wednesday. Between 1500 and 2000 new names have been added to the rolls of the Southeast ern Chapter of the Red Cross during the last month, ns a resu't of the present tense war situation, nccordlng to announcement made at the Red Cross House. 221 South eighteenth street today, inis is exclusive of tho names added by thoi merging of the preparedness workers. This brings the membership up to 20,000 for this chapter. The College Women's Auxiliary of the Red Cross will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock nt 22,1 South Klgliteenth street to hear reports of Idepartment 'heads. These reports will be given by Dr. Gertrude Walker, Dr Harriet L. Hartley and Dr. rjlnncha Hlllmon. Dr. Joseph Leldy will be the speaker. The first patriotic demonstration nt the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania slnco tho Spanish-American Wnr will be held this nfter itinn. with a narade nnd flag-raising exer cises on Franklin Field At 4:30 o'clock tho 1000 members of tho University bat talion, under Major William Kelly, nnd the 3B0 members of the Athletes' Legion, under Major Mylln J Pickering, will form behind tho thlrty-fle-plece University band and march on Woodland nverjfuc, Thirty-fourth street, Spruce street nnd through the cam- p'ls to Franklin Field. Here the military organizations, flnnked by the student body, will line up nnd hear addresses by Provcst Smith and Major Kelly. At Funset Major Kelly will raise tha American flag to the top of the big pole at Thirty-third nnd Spruce streets, and later Vice Provost Pennlmnn will raise the University banner. The exercises will be followed by a military drill on Franklin Field. The women of Philadelphia havo been called upon to help recruit this district's quota of 1200 men of tho 3.S,n00 additional men needed by the navy by April 20. Lieutenant Commander C L. Hnnd, the local recruiting officer, believes that the women of Philadelphia can nnslst him In this task In discussing his fetter of appeal he declared that virtually every woman who tried could Iniiuence at least one man to Join the navy. NI3W ENLISTMENTS The following were among the enlistments announced today NAVAL COAST DHFENSK IlESCRVE IIOWARU M. (iRUSSMAN. twenty-one, clerk. I.lan-rth. s-aman UAItltY KOSK. twent-to. Bssoline engineer, Itlrtli-y Pork. mprhRnlM's mate. WILLIAM IIK.MIY KILLS, twenty-one. seen- tary. 1004 Iladilon atenue. Camden, N. J.; niRrnininrs mm,. ERNEST L. PETIT, twciity-nne, radio operator -344 McCIellan strrrt. electrician. GKOIUii: TASII INFIELD. JR.. twehty-ttvo. decorator .IHI A Mn-ter street: seaman. IIAROI.I) WARRIMiTON. eighteen, bricklayer, 3.(lil Queen lane, neamtin JAMES Jl. HENRY, twentj-flte. policeman, ..iL'"..f'alenl "treet, pharmacist's mate. HAHin SAWYER, twenty, cutter, 1S40 Pass. vunk atenue, apaman. EDWARD W1LLIA.M lU'CKLEY. eighteen, elec- irlcal laboratory worker. 3.101 North Thirty. fifth street, aeaman CHARLES Mil, ROSENlEROER. cltthteen. i CJ wf.i?.4 j!.n,alV.,2.ri'-,sh,h treet. seaman. J. JACKSON CORKI.E. twenty-one. Camac and Nedro etreeta. neamnn T,!!?,,IA,?,J''0SEr" "HLNKY. thirty, machinist. 4II1N Hldite avenue, seaman. ROBERT niNr.EEI.DER. twenty-two. cook, I-',J,,.f jKi. -'l1.'- twent-two, machinist, ex-l-nlted Stale, Navy, 1000 North Second street quartermaster. ' II. .MAN ii,kk (ini.DIIERK, twenty-one. apotllKlu operator. 1137 Germantown avenue: aeaman NE."' c.I,,,'I,R'.'l'a ''KKNKY, twenty-one. electrl clan. 2331 West U earfleld street; electrician RDIIERT MORRIS Mi IIRIDE. thlrty-tvvo, nrel man. 122!) North trnzer afreet; machinist's mate CIIAHLE WILLIAM SMITH, fortv-five. tool- ..!.?. f.IU.V'.,.m.J,"""'r "Ireet: machinist's male. FREDERICK HITTER I.EIIIFKDCD. eighteen clerk, Stratford, N, J J hospital apprentice. V S NAVY WILLIAM GREEN, nineteen. 293!) North Fourth street, seaman HARRY IIERRINCi, twenty-two. 2.12 Stella street: seiman ROBERT (iUENTHER. eighteen, yineland, N. J , seaman. V. S. ARMY "U-Jl.f? t?"C!I,'ei" twenty-three. clerk. 1605 North Jranklln street, medical department. PUBLIC &&& LEDGER (LEDfiEfl CBNTBAX) February.27th.'.97 To Mr .Vernon G.oo dwin ,Ler . , This card will introduce ' MWww. Mw..Nj.ughjbpn. wji. nt Any ''' extended ... oe oppreeofed. ' ' PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY U.e.dg.r. Central.) ' . Travel 4 Roaort Suroau.Phiu." A Mighty Good Passport A card of introduction from the Ledger Travel and Resort Bureau assures you a hearty welcome and "the . best th affords Jn cyery ' ' this great country. , It is a credential recognized and honored by hotel, everywhere, for it instantly establishes your LnS as a. person worthy of consideration. The next time you plan a trip, whether a week-end S ,fiu'f P !.hc glbe drP in at Lcd8 Ce ral St f L I'"" 'th Mr Tilbury- Past master of the art of traveling in comfort. rrT!!1 ?' yu.the quickest and m' convenient rail- II 1 ! ' ""lSh!P route-by your tickets and Pu Iman -., -llt" o me checking of your baggage and l,,i you select the right hotels. He also wH! wire ahead We Are Waiting to Serve You k?gBlEN;TRAL ji-j 22 PHILADEtPHIANS ASK WILSON TO DECLARE wn f Twenty-two prominent Phlladeinh!.. havo sent a Joint letter to President Wli. urging war upon Oermany. "We feel ilV an overwhelming public sentiment will port you In asking Congress 'for a declarf" Hon of war against Germany," the mefla" concludes. It was s'gned by John tv. Broev James Crosby Brown, Cyrus H. K. CiiVti Russell uuanc, William i uest, Wuh.,''"' Qlasgow, Dr. Richard H. Harte, Alb n Johnson, Henry LnDarre Jayne, Dr. v? v2' Keen, William A. Law, John H. McP.ri'j ' Charles L. McKechan, Frank p. McDon.' John Bach McMnster, Roland a More ' Ufllngham B. Morris. Arthur B. Ntwruf.I' Walter George Smith, John J. Wnvln, Oeorgo Woodward and Ernest T. TrlS"' KENDRICK RENOUNCES AERO-TRAIN PROJEfJ Hydroaeroplanes, for Atlantic' City Philadelphia Service Sold to Prospective Navy Aviators .i fia ATLANTIC CITY. April i.1 'iL-rlronrnlniirv pnn linn. T J Jvenaricn, icmviu iuiicr:iHutlVe jof Klkins-KenaricK synuicaie, sa d tn "have caused the abandonment for the tli being ot plans tor mo establishment'' nero-train service Deiween Atlantic and Philadelpnia via tno Cape Mav. ware Bay and River aerial route the comh summer. The Klklns-Kejidrlck syndicate, whlchi being nnancea ny uininc rutins, son of late United Slates senator from West glnla, has disposed of threo high-powei hydroaeroplanes wn'cn were be ne tructcd here for the Phlladclphla-Atlai City aerial service. As soon as they can made ready they are to bo shipped, Kj drlck said today, to .ew York purchai Kvealt'.iy young men who expect to tern their services to ine uovernment as rcouts as soon a they have become proflcli aviators. Kendrlck yesterday accepted nn Invlfc. Hon from Captain A. C. Fahey to act" one of several Instructors for an aerlu corps to be organized by Universlty-3 Pennsylvania' students ns a signal corps Ui tho university regiment now iieing recruit; In Philadelphia. He will leave In a fa days for Plnehurst to see Glenn Curtla about the establishment of an :ropW plant here. Kendrlck will get hitrself lo trim for training college men aviators Philadelphia by two weeks of war-scoutl practice on the uov nment training gro mt Newport .News. FACTORIES EXPAND More Than $1,000,000 in Contracts New Buildings Contracts aggregating upward of $1,001 000 have been awarded for new facta "buildings and additions nnd alterations 1 industrial plants In Philadelphia. Wa will be star ed Immediately on the folio tlnrr. Tl For Hale & Kllburn, factory. Sixth Filbert streets: for India Refining Coi many, factory buildings, Swanson and tKcan streets: for American Ice Comoa Icehouse addition, Sevententh and Junta! .streets ; for Colonial Knitting Mills, dl house, knitting mill and powerhouse, Hun dng Park avenue and Stokley street: (Straw-bridge & Clothier, loft building, NIn ,and Poplar streets ; for Campbell Soup Coal pany, factory building. Camden. X. J.': W Peter Leavey, shop. Third and ChrJstU streets; xor rrunii uunea, tor Atlantic t fining Company laboratory "addition". Pa. yung avenue and River road : for Merchanti Warehousing company, warehouse alten tlons, 116-24 South Delaware avenue; Collins & Alkman, machinery slon house, Manayunk; for Standard Ice Ton pany. Ice station, Twentieth and McKei streets. Plans are reported In course for the fel jlowing: For Charles Lennlng & Co.. factory .garage. Brldesburg; for GUI Glass Coa ipany. Ave factory buildings. Tioga. Amb and Venango streets. , f na Autoist Held for Child's Death j Jacob Israel, of 1050 North Second street,! -o vwiiiniincu iu me cuuiuy prison m Magistrate Beaton at the Central statu this mornlnsr to await the action of ti3j w-..... ..bbu.,a v.t knuauin LIIQ UVitlll M Frank Dleme. three vears old. of S2ft Vrtri Orlanna street, which occurred earlv thfi morning. The child was run down near hla nome two weeks ago by an autombbtt which Israel was runnlne. T WMjr, mm MM MwryAlrs and HMm, L v -rriatxraMurf -. ., .. tVgftJ tW i""'.'.''''..! :m j' ffMMM-ttM .IT 1-1 4fw4?REE'T i,k . "- Ji'Z KH IPli m rM.i- -I
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