.Ajw-V.WrfTlR u iiN--BDWPpmiIEfii;:WEblrt WW "i4v -, v .'"i ii s s .! -01. I'T-offislative Committee K',v . -r T4. A Starts inquiry xuw up- prOpritttlUli wciimima h HIT AT AUDITOR GENERAL .... - utntf netmirtandent HXnBISBtmO, Pa., April 4. ho appro- .111... n? fllA flAnatn anil prittlon committees of the Senate and House this afternoon started an Invcstlga- . .. nr,rnnrlnt(ona asked for bv tho rfous departments of the State Govern- nt. Tho ostensible object of the Inquiry u'to find out why department heads have ked for Increased appropriations. The ' il purpose, however, is to strike at Au t .-.-ni Powell, nnd the probo Is being directed by the Tenroso leaders In tho Lee- fcl&ture. In order not to make It appear to be an tuck upon or an Investigation of one de partment only the Department of Agrlcul JL was Investigated today. Secretary of Agriculture ratton was Culized during most of the afternoon over the increase In the appropriation asked (or by his department. The heads of tho various departments, as ttyhao dono In tho past, havo naked for Si increase in their appropriations for tho following two years. Tho Penrose leaders fn the Legislature nro taking advantage of this fact this session to try to bolster up ihelr threats of nn "Investigation," and Ire planning to make factional political mdIUI out of this afternoon's proceedings. Ewert stenographers are on tho Job , record every statement made by the . heads of the departments for what pur pose remains for Senator Penroso to de- Th subcommittees conducting the Joint Senate Buckman. Charles A. Snyder, Crow, McNIchol,. "W. W. Smith, Baldwin, Eyre,' Sones, Hackett. House Woodward, McCralg, Simpson, Theodore Campbell, Cox. Rtnlnger, Flynn, jnaner, wm - Women Start Auto Campaign for Recruits Continued '"" rnB 0n to the Government In Pennsylvania wns tha of the Stato Fcnclbles, recruited to full regimental strength of 1200 men. Mayor Smith has offered the services of the century-old regiment to tho President and Governor Brumbaugh for whatever service they may designate. Tho Kenclbles fti several jenrs maintained tho strength tffonly one battalion. During the List two weeks, however, Colonel Thomas S. kan rd has raised the strength to 1200 men. The Third Battalion will bo sworn In to morrow night at tho atmory, Biond and Race streets. The units for tho First and Third Ttegl Bents of tho National Guard, recently mustered Into Tedeial service, aro now on guard duty "somewhere in Pennsylvania." In accordanco With a requept from tin War Department, the destination of tho two regiments Is not given The services r a medical unit of 1000 well-equipped phvslclnns with motorcars, to "be uicd In any emergency In or near Phlla delhla, havo been offered to Mayor Smith by Dr. S Leon Gans, president cf tho Phy sicians' Motor Club of Philadelphia. Mayor Smith has accepted tho offer. The physicians will be enrolled In tho Home Defense Reserve. Stanley V. Mastbaum, managing director of the Stanley Company, offered the .free uro of the motion picture nnd vaudeville theatres controlled by mm to DAVID COHEN, twenty-two." etothfn cutter. 403 Berks street I Infantry. DANIF.fi J. fcNNIS. thirty, clerk. 2S34 South Beenty-second street! Infantm ANIHIKW II. I.EWIH, twenty-one, plumber, 7101 York roads Infantry IIKNKY 3. IW, twenty-two, mulcln, 8221 Locust street; Infantry. JOHN r. MONTAOUK. nineteen, epeclal de livery meaqenger, 22J3 Pino street; alcnal corps. ARTHUR MOFTITT. thlrty-four. United States ranni nnnierman, '.'H17 uoumnot street! in fantry, t ' UNITED STATES NAVAI, COAST DEFENSE RESEIIVE WJI.I.IAVI AI.OSlt: I.ECKIE. eighteen, stu dent, H0O North llouvler street; seaman, WALTER IIEIirORI) SHAM, twenty. Houston. iex,, siuiieni, inn Kcnooi. i-ottstown) seaman, CHARLES HOWARD SHOEMAKER, twenty two, machinist, 1B2S Mt. Vernon street! fire man. riltLIP NEWTAMP SVIEDLEY. Jr.. tWenty three, bank clerk, 5301 llcrrrfantown avenue! yeoman, . HERUERT COOK McFARLAND. twenty, ma chlntst, 243 East Eighth avenue, Consho nocken; seaman. HENRY IVirroLITO, nineteen, bookkeeper, Vlneland, N, J.; jeomnn. IRWIN STEWART FISTER. twenty, electrical wireman. aim" i nmnrm eirni: electrlclsn "RECRUIT A MINUTE," LEDGER CENTRAL MARK Ten Men in Sixth of an Hour Record of. Enthusiastic Opening TWO THIEF SUSPECTS HELD Qno Was Filling Bag With Revolvers in Hnrdwaro Storo When Sleuths. .Arrived i Two men were caught early today as one of them was filling a bag with revolvers In the Pussey hardware store, '102 North Eighth street. The men arrested were Ed ward Mitchell, who fiald he had no home, and John Flynn, no home. Policeman Bur rows, of tho Eleventh and Winter streets Btatlon, on whose boat the store Is located, saw somo ono standing suspiciously close to the door outside and noticed moving lights Inside tho store. District Detectives McClure nnd Leary and Policeman Pastoro responded to llur rows's call for help and ran to tho storo. Thoy arrested Flynn, as tho lookout, near tho door, and Inside found Mitchell with revolvers valued atiJlOO which ho was load- 1 ' ' L Ing Into a btfrlnp'ba;. Mitchell undTFIynn were later held under $U00 ball each by Maglstrato Collins at tho Eleventh find Win ter streets station. -IT-IT I i ii l Mmmm " Hoddonflcld Democrats Back Wifcon HADDONFIELD, N. J April 4. At n general meeting of tho Huddonflcld Demo cratic Club resolutions were adopted com mending President Wilson for his war attitude. Ifcifiii'S !i vetiiliH ) Mtf Itmiij CAPE MAY, N. J., April 4. Th May Board of Commissioners has aw the contract for tho beach-front conrM hull to William Ii. Cummlncs. at a com 160,000. It Is to be completed by Juljrl Tho commissioners have also employed"! band to supply concert music during tlrt'l summer. The season will be from July 4it Labor uay. CORNELIUS BENEDICT MIOHELL, twenty- . J.; seaman ojie, salesman, 30t Bank avenue, Rlverton, KICHARU DALE BENSON, Jr.. thirty-nine, steel Inspector, 1120 Spruce street; gunner's matn. OLOROE HAAS, twenty-three, motorman. 1B30 . South Flfty-scrnnd stront: seaman. AVIIIKOSi; JONES WINDER, eighteen, clerk. 1432 Oreon lane Tern Itork; yeoman. JESSE HADFIELD HIIITEI.KY. twenty, sales man, 2l3 North SIMy-flfth street! seaman. UNITED STATES NAVY HARRY MYERS, elehteen, I'hllndelphla: sea . man. A. . SCHNEIDER, twenty-two, Wilmington, seaman. GERMAN FORfED TO KISS FLAG HE INSULTED Obeys Order of Policeman, Who Protects 'Him From Crowd's Rage 4 naval, military,' Red Cross and prcparcd- IV nn nrirnnIoflnn fnr rprniltlnir ntimosp.q on any day until noon. f recruits. Eighteen men wero accepted for service In the armv. The following were among tho enlistments announced this afternoon: UNITED STATES MARINE CORrS CHARLES KARPEK. Jr., nineteen, chauffeur. 3215 Edgemont street. UNITED STATES ARMY JOSEPH JAMES, thirty, teamster. 40(f0 Sheldon street! Infantry. GEORGE DANKO. nineteen, laborer. 1114 East . Fletcher strett: Infantry. JAMES HRINDLE. twenty-one. teamster. 202T East Adams street! Infojitry. EDHARD L. RICHARDSON, twenty, teamster, 1028 East Fletcher streft: Infantry. OLIVER RICHARD PURNELL. twenty. elec trical helper, Olrard place, Camden: Infantry. WALTER C. ATKINSON, twenty-six. motorman, 1SV2 East Alle"-.eny avenue: Infantry. RALPH A. A'A:R. twenty-one. Briniler. 133 North I'lftv-nlnth street: Infantry. BlDOLni I). .VI EVER, twenty-two, seaman, i St. Allan's Hotel, Second and Chestnut streets. Infantry. HENRY SMTAK, twenty-five, paperhansrer. 3434 Tllton street! infantry. WALTER II, HENDERSON, twenty-five, clerk. ISO TopUr avenue, Memphis, Tenn. ; In- fantry, KLI8I1A A. ELY, nineteen, blacksmith. 4149 iuamua avenue; iniantry. Insult to tho flag might havo rosultcd seriously to an unidentified German today but for qulck-vvlttcdncss on tho part of Reservo Officer Bartleson, stationed at Ninth and Market streets. Women members of tho American Red Cross arrived In front of tho Postofllco dur lng tho noon hour and vvoro asking men In tho largo crowd to enlist when' tho Ger man forced his way through tho crowd and shouted: "To hell with tho flag I" "Lynch hlml Crack him In tho Jaw!" wero somo of the shouts hurled his way by tho crowd, which had grown by this tlmo to moro than 1D00 men and women, and a movement started to swirl the dofamer off. his feet when the cop broke through nnd' grasped him by tho nrm. Bartleson led him to ono of tho automobiles where an American flag stuck out. "Kls3 that ling I" he ordered. Tho man hesitated. Bartleson repeated tho order as tho crowd growled with rage, nnd reluc tantly the man obeyed' "Beat It!" chorused 1500 voices, and tho man did Ten men In ten minutes was the record set by tho first men who offered their services this morning nt tho headquarters of tho KavalMllltla of Pennsylvania In the Lgdoer Central Building, Chestnut street ,ncar Broad, vvhero n recruiting station has oeen cstnniisntu through tho co-operation of tho Kvbnino LncoBn. The slogan of the campaign for tho fltst day is "Ono hundred men today nt Ledoek Central," and tho first rush bids fair to reach this number. Tho first to enroll were: JAMES MfCOOL, 8t South Cecil street. .1. S. l'RENNI.R. B3 l.archwood avenue. Vt ALTER IIAEFY. 720 Mmth Klfty-fltth street. TIIOVIAS (IIM1EA. 1842 South Chadwlek street. OWEN J. MANLEY. 2111 Sears street. T. J. Young and J, T. Wood, seamnn nnd yooman of the naval mllltta, working on tho psychological theory that a mob may bo made to unconsciously obey tho will of nny self-Initiated leader, began whistling In concert with a few idlers the national anthem Tho effect wns Immediate and amusing. Ono by one, young men nnd ola men stopped to listen Before many mo ments passed n martini spirit swept over tho cosmopolitan crowd Tho psychological momont had arrived, "If wo had a brass band now," Seaman Young declared, "wo could enlist a wholo battalion in less than nn hour." Ho spoke tho truth. A brass band would havo turned the trick in favor of tho Naval Militia. But a whistle Is a whlBtle, nnd even though it is a popular American pastime. It has not enough volume to cngago atten tion of a mob moro than a few moments. So a great majority passod on, but In leav ing left behind a few young mon whose patriotism Is always tuned to the martlai key. "s. - BOYS BORROW AUTO TO GET SIGHT OF THE PRESIDENT Brownlng.King & Company $ 1 5 Suits American tivecds and homespuns in colorful mixtures Found Asleep Outside White House Ground, They Announce Them selves Philadelphians Two Kensington lad" who tho polko say had he.ud so much about President Wil son th.it they wanted to get n ltiok at him, O'ld vho were found asdiep In an automobile belonging to II. C. Culln. of Osontz, l'.i , just outsldo tho Wliito House grounds c.irly last Sunday moinlng, li.ul a hearlrg befotc Magistrate Beaton, at the Central Station, this murnlng, and were held In $000 ball each for further hear ing next Monday. Tho boys told tho Washington authori ties that their names were James A. Miller and Albert Watson, of Philadelphia, but when they wero arraigned today they ad mitted their real Identity nnd said they were Andrew Wcller, seventeen years old, of 202G East Lehigh avenue, nnd Gcorgo Greer, eighteen years old, of 3259 Kensing ton UVt'IlUU. 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Competition Forces Good Service at Low Cost The following extract is from a decision rendered by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest tribunal of the chief State of the Union. The opinion was written by Judge Willard Eartlelt, who is now Chief Judge of the Court. It was concurred in by all the other judges who participated in the hearing. "Thero is no stronger inducement to the managers of a public service corporation to serve the public well than a healthy apprehension that a rival concern will do bo. It is sometimes argued that the presence of tw .elephone sy.ntems in a given dis trict is a disadvantage to the community, which is best served by ono system reaching all subscribers; but ono system will never be made to reach all subscribers as cheaply us would other wise bo the case if the possibility of competition is destroyed." 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