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"TWO-SHIFT FIGHT
WON BY FIREMEN
Governor's Signature Makes
Salus Bill Law, Effective
Next Year
EVENING LEDGER HELPED
Newspaper Fought in Campaign
to Give Decent Home Hollrs '
to Men
Firemen of Philadelphia, backed by tho
jtenino Ledger, havo won their fight for
a "two-platoon system' that will enable
them to llvo In the peaco and comfort en
Joyed by other workers In the community.
Beginning January 1 the firemen will bo
an duty cither during tho day or during the
tilfchti anu not uih"- "ll uj "a " .-"..
With the signing by the Governor yester
day of tho Salus bill making this possible
the dream of tho firemen becamo a reality.
It means that more than 1000 men, among
the most faithful of the city's employes,
will be released from what haB been virtual
bondage. They will no longer bo held In
their flrchouscs night nnd day for five days
running, with c cry sixth day off.
instead of every sixth day oft, with three
hours a day for meals as heretofore, the
firemen will rest every seventh day like nil
other workers. Careful research, by tho
way has demonstrated that tho tteventh day
Is the proper period for rest. Every sixth
day Is a trifle too early, and a worker de
teriorates If compelled to labor more than
lx dajb without n rest period on the sev-
In other words,' the fireman may livp In
civilized fashion; their fight nnd the Evn
KiNQ Ledger's fight Is won.
CAMPAIGN STARTED
The Even. no Ledger entered the fight
for a two-platoon system 'for the firemen
last August, and from that time on a win
ning campaign was waged. State' Senator
Ramuel IV. Salus Introduced a bill In tho
Legislature placing Philadelphia In the same
position as cities of tho second class, like
Pittsburgh nnd Scranton, bringing It under
the act of 1915, which provided for a two
rlatoon system for firemen of such cities.
The bill passed both houses and Is the one
tlgned by tho Governor yesterday.
This nctlon was rendered necessary by
the apathy of City Council1?, which did not
heed the firemen's call. A resolution provid
ing for a two-platoon system had been
allowed to die In tho Flnanco Committee.
A committee composed of Battalion. Chief
John J. Mcsklll, Captain Joseph Eucu. of
Engine Company No. 49; Lieutenant John
K. Wills, of Engine Company No. 50 ; Engi
neer Fred Wlegncr, of Engine Company No.
(5 and Eadderman James Slmlster, of Truck
No. C. combined forces with tho Evbn.no
Ledcier and the fight begnn In earnest. A
-nUo-.o- r-nnimltteo hpaded bv William O.
Lynch, a member of tho t'hlladclphla bar,
ntered tho tight at this Juncture.
A salary Increase and a twehc-nour shift
had been akcd for. The two-platoon sys
tem has been won, but the matter of salary
lnereaso la within the province of Coun
cils only. When thq firemen organized and
affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor they received also the support of this
powerful labor organization.
FOURTEEN AND TWELVE HOURS
As the matter stands, the firemen, begin
ning next ear, will work in two shifts.
There will bo fourteen nnd twehe hours
each. Men on duty In the daytime will work
twelve hours; the night men fourteen. This
provides for lunch hours by un overlapping
of time. The men will take turns working
at night.
An engine company consists of a captain,
lieutenant nnd ten hoscmen. The force
must nnw bo Increased so there will be
twelve hosemen. Thus one of tho officers
and six of the men will be on duty night
or day. The truck companies will also re
quire additional men.
At present there are no "substitutes" on
the force, this being me of the evils of tho
system as now oiganlzed. Men could not
get home on holidays many times, one vet
eran captain having been home only twice
on Christmas In twenty years of service.
Under the new system the men wilt bo home
very holiday, cither day or night.
ONE HELD AS MEMBER
OF "BLACKJACK GANG"
One Man Beaten Senseless and Robbed.
Another, Attacked, Calls Aid of
Patrolman
The story of' how a gang of robbers has
been "blackjacking" pedestrians ln South
Philadelphia and then fleecing them as they
lay unconscious was unfolded today before
Magistrate Baker In tho Twentieth and
Federal streets police station. One of the
lctlms of the "blackjackers" Is In a hos
pital with serious Injuries.
As the result of testimony at the hearing,
Bernard Fa, 2227 Dickinson street, was
held without ball for a further hearing
April 14. He Is accused of having attacked
Joseph McCluskoy, 1834 South Third streot,
and Is suspected of having attacked and
robbed David Klein, of 1923 Point Breeze
avenue.
Early today the police found Klein un
conscious nnd bleeding at Twenty-first nnd
Tasker streets. He ,vvas removed to the
Polyclinic Hospital. Physicians found him
ufferlng frofn cuts on the scalp and con
cussion of the brain. When he regained
consciousness ho told tho police three men
had attacked him with blackjacks and
robbed him of $16.
A few minutes nfter Kloln was found
Policeman Bogen, of the Twentieth nnd
Federal streets station, heard cries nnd
hurried to Twentieth and Tasker streets,
where he found McCIuskey battling with
three men. After a chase Bogen arrested
Fay.
McAdoo Asks Congress
for Huge War Credit
Continued from Vane One
'the Inheritance tax alone would increase
this source of revenue by $500,000,000, one
uggestlon being that tho Government In
crease the rate on taxation on large estates
UP to 30 per cent.
The Income tax under 'present rates will
yield. It Is estimated, 1325,000,000 this year.
The lowering of the exemption to $2000
nd Increasing the rate on large Incomes
would swell this sum to vast figures. Tht
estimated Increase of inheritance through
thU channel alone, nccordlng to one ofllclal,
ttould amount to at least $100,000,000 an
nually, Increases In tho tax rate on distilled
liquors, beer Svnd tobacco also are under
consideration. -
Richard L. Austin, head of the Philadel
phia branch of tho Federal Reserve Bank,
Fourth and Chestnut streets, said this after
noon he had received no oclal notification
from Washington of Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo'a request that Congress ap
propriate $3,400,000,000 for army and navy
xpenses.
Mr. Austin said he had no Idea of the
amount that Philadelphia could subscribe to
the proposed loan. He said that the Gov
ernment could, through unissued Panama
J-anal bonds and other securities, raise In
we vicinity of lflOO.000,000 without legislation.
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VERY REV. D. D. REGAN
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Head of St. Augustine's Church
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Tho Very Rev D. D. Regan, prior and
rector of St. Augustine's church, Fourth
street below Vine, lled enrly todny at the
rectory adjoining the church, following un
illness of two weeks. Ho was sixty-seven
cars old nnd lind been In poor henlth for
several months. Father Regan, a member
of the Order of St. Augustine, had been for
fifteen years rector of St. Augustine's
church, one of .the oldest Catholic Institu
tions In Philadelphia.
When word of Father Regan'fi death
reached Catholic circles, the head of the
Augustlnlan order In the United States
the Rev. Charles M. Drlscoll was sum
moned from St. Rita's Church, Broad nnd
Ellsworth streets, nnd with Father Regan's
assistants, the Rev. E. A. Murtnugh, tho
Rev. J. r. Kennedy nnd the Rev. T. A.
Whelan, arrangements for tho funeral,
which will bo held on Monday, were com
pleted. Father Regan, who was one of tho first
graduates of Vlllanova College, was born
at Lawrence, Mass, January 1, IS.'iO. Aft
er an education In the parochial schools of
Lawrenco he entered Vlllanova nnd was
graduated from there In U72.
Ho Is survived by two brothers, tho Rev.
II. T. Regan, now pastor of St. Mnrv's
Church, Lawrence, Mass , and W. I Re
gan, n Lawrenco architect Funeral seiv
Ices will bo held at St. Augustine's Church,
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
GOOD FRIDAY CROSSES
WILL LIGHT BUILDINGS
Poor Richard Club's Plan to Ob
serve Crucifixion Adopted
Throughout City
The suffering ofThrlst on Mount Calvary
will be recalled vividly to Phlladelphlans to
morrow night. Good Friday, when lights In
many buildings throughout the city will be
arranged by mutual consent so that Illu
minated crosses will stand out for passers
by between 7 o'clock and midnight.
The plan was proposed by Rowo Stewart,
president of the Poor Richard Club. A
committee to put the Idea Into effect was
appointed. William J. Eldrldgo was selected
chairman.
Many property owners welcomed the pro
posal with enthusiasm lind have sent noti
fication that they will Join in tho movement.
Tho buildings to be illuminated With
crosses Include:
Land Title, Lincoln, Wldener, Curtis,
Theodore Presser, Professional, Young
Women's Christian Association. Eighteenth
and Arch streets branch; Bell Telephone,
Seventeenth and Arch streets; U. G. I
Broad and Arch streets; Morris, North
American, Stock Exchange, Wltherspoon
and Winston.
GERARD SKEPTICAL
Will Believe in Peace Offer When He
Sees the Terms
1 NEW YORK, .April B. "I shall believe
In a German peace offer when I see the
terms," James W. Gerard, former Ambas
sador to Germany, said;
"Wo read a lot nbout German peace
offers In the papers, but" tho Ambassador
smiled and then ho swung him arm toward
the window of his suite In the Rltz-Carl-
ton "well, It a a hcautltui spring day,"
Gets Father's Job Seventy Years Later
NEW CASTLE. Del., April 6 Weldln
Vlnlng, vvho has been elected constable for
New Castle hundred, Is filling an office his
father, John B. Vlnlng, held just seventy
vcim ago. Vlnlng's grandfather, J, B.
Bradford, was Justice of the Peace
New Castle 113 years ago.
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THE REV. DANIEL D. REGAN
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LIVES there a
man who cannot
look the world more
confidently in the
face for the knowl
edge that his coat
fits in the back?
The psychological ef
fect of wearing per
fectly tailored clothes
can neithor be de
scribed in words nor
measured in terms of
money. It must be ex
perienced. Let us remind the
younger men of Phila
delphia, who have a po
sition to win or to
maintain, that -the
world values a man
only as ho values him
self. A man's appear
ance is the most, ap
parent index or his
self-esteem.
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CAMDEN BEGINS
MILITARY CENSUS
Count of Citizens in Prog
ress Un'der Direction of
Home Defense Committee
POLICE MAKING CANVASS
A military ccnsUH of Camden Is proceed
ing todny, under tho direction of the Citi
zens' Home Defense Cinumltteo. nppolntcd
and headed by Mayor Chnrles It. Ellis.
A registry of every person In the city,
showing tho racial oilgln nnd the inll'tary
resources of the combined population, Is
In tho making. Tho task Involves a visit
to every house In the city, which has more
than 100,000 Inhabitants.111
City policemen are making the military
canvass, nnd will bo employed In the under
taking for several days. Equipped with
blank forms printed by tho committee, they
lire raking tho city In n minute Inquiry Into
the question of what Camden Irt In a posi
tion to do In tho Impending war.
Besides furnishing lt icnl city directory,
a twofold object stands out as tho chief
end of the canvass, us Indicated by tho
questions nskeil the lesldcnts. It Is:
1. To group the men according to age
nnd fitness for military seivlce.
2. To group the Inhabitants nccordlng
to their antecedents.
By recording the name nnd address of
every resident of tho city, the up.to-tho-mlnuto
directory will cnnblo tho civil and
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All These Country Homes, Built by Walter
Bassett Smith, the Man Who Developed
Overbrook, Are for Sale at Prices That
Will Save Their Purchasers Thousands!
And you are guaranteed the free use of a half acre of fertile ground for your own vegetable
garden byMr. Smith for so long a time as it is not required for other purposes.)
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military officials to keep a check on Card
i'en'8 unusually large Moating population.
It Is from this source Hint danger will
come, In the opinion, of officials.
Moro than the usual nmouut of census
humor confronts tho policemen In their
wnrd-to-wnrd visits, nccordlng to Cam
den commuters who '"escaped" to Phila
delphia today. Tho result of tho census,
they said, will show that the malo popu
lation of Cnmdcn Is composed largely of
cripples or hopeless Invalids.
This amnzlng result Is duo to the fact
that many timorous women, with visions of
their husbands or sons at war, seek to dis
courage tho nulhorltles by painting their
"menfolk ns Incapable of doing mllltnry
service. Some wives refused to allow their
more patriotic husbands to bo Interviewed,
nnsvverlng tho census-takers' queries them
selves. PHILIP C. FOEHL DIES
AFTER HEART ATTACK
I Proprietor of Pharmncy at Fifty-fourth
, Street and Baltimore Avcnuo
Stricken in Bed
Philip C. Foehl, who conducted n phar
mncy at 5405 Baltlmoro avenue, died sud
denly of heart disease early today. He
was stricken In bed nnd died before n
phvslclan could reach him
Mr. Foehl, who was thlrtv-elght years
of nge, conducted n drug storo nt Fifty
fourth street nnd Baltimore avenue for tho
last nine jears. He was n graduate of
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Several hours nfter Mr. Foehl closed his
store and went to bed ho was stricken nnd
discovered In n dying condition by his wife,
who summoned Dr. Francis Ashley Fnught,
of 500G Spruce street. When the phvslclan
nrrlvcd Mr. Foehl was dead Only tho
widow survives.
VERY man who buys one of these beautiful houses at Wynnewood Manor
will share in all the benefits that come with an investment of $200,000
in building and improving one of the highest spots on the main line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad in the heart of Montgomery County's exclu
sive residential district away from the trolleys, away from the rail
roads, but within a few hundred feet of famous Montgomery avenue.
Private Garage
Central Garage
Is a Fact That You Can Own One of These Beautiful Homes
(With or Without Garage) Upon Most Reasonable Terms
SCRUBWOMAN AMAZES
PITTSBURGH INN'S GUESTS
Servant Proves to Bo Grand Opera
Singer Who I,03t Husband
in War
PITTSnUROH. April 5. Because the
blue skies nnd the Incessant song of birds
In tho lobby of tho Wllllnm l'cnn Hotel
brought back visions of sunny Italy Cecelia
Snmatrarl, once n grand opern singer,
whllo on her knees with a scrubbrush In
her linnd burst Into song nnd, to the
nmnzement of hundreds of guests, rendered
exquisitely severnl of tho most celebrated
nrlns from Verdi's "II Trovntore." When
Mnnngcr Mulllns nsked for an explanation,
sho told tho following story:
"Three years ago I wns married to a
French singer, who wns playing In Paris
nt the outbreak of tho war My fnthet
disowned me, nnd when my husband was
killed In his first bnttlo I was heartbroken
nnd dared not go bnck to Italy, 1 was never
taught to do anj thing but sing, and I
made my wny to America to go to some
friends In Chicago- I found they had
moved to Pittsburgh, but I never found
them here. With ny money nil gone and
my heart sick of all thoughts of the opera,
ns It brought my dVncl husband back too
vividly to me. I applied at different places,
but could get no work An Irish woman
got me n place setubhlng In this hotel
but the songs of the birds nnd tlto blue
skies, with tho breath of Italy all about,
niado my heart Jojous, nnd I sang"
ARREST HOLD-UP SUSPECT
The arrest of Edwaid Walls, twenty-two
yenrs old, of 1332 West Toronto street, Is
believed by the pollco to plare In their cus
tody one of the men Implicated In tho hold-
No. 38 Manor Road, Central Garage
Situ.ated on a private thorough
fare, lined on either side with
trees that now form an arch
surrounded by beautiful shrub
bery and shade trees.
Wynnewood Manor, is less than
a mile from Wynnewood station
far enough to avoid the noise,
dust and smoke from the rail
road, yet only 3 minutes away for
the family with a car and 12 to .
15 minutes for -the family with
out one! -i
Full particulars will come to you
in the next mail if you. will re
quest them of Mr. Smith or call
by telephone.
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up of John Fenner, the seventy-flvo-year-old
paymaster for N. Sncllonburg ft Co.,
when tho $2500 payroll was stolen yestor
day. Walls wns arrested Inst night near his
home by District Detcctlvo Orudorff, of tho
Park nnd Lehigh avenues station, after ho
linil heen summoned frnm IiIm linmf, with u
call from Orudorff, Orudorff had n dcscrlp-
Gifts for Easter
Our stock of beautiful
things suitable for Easter
gifts is particularly attractive.
Among the many
gestions arc:
Prayer Book Markers
Crosscs
Vases
Rosaries
Crucifixes
Candlesticks
Centre Pieces
S. Kind & Sons,
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