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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1917
CorrsMnr, 1017, M tnn Foiuo LtMn CouriNt
price two citfjri
E ACE WITH NEW
FACTIONS JOIN
IN PLAN TOENft
NOW SOUGHT BY
TRANSIT DEM
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BATTLE STILL
iRAGING AT LENS
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british Carry, Fight to
Outskirts ot Both
Cities -
CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN
1 WEDGE WIDENED
Itfaig's Troops Win Mile-
and-a-Halt .Line soutn
of Arras
BiBIG FIGHT NEAR MONCHY
i French Pierce Teuton Defenses
in Alsace Great bun
If Tliiol On
. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIEMJ,
April 16.
British tioops fought their way forward
in the outskirts of. St. Qucntln and Lena
today. Just north of St. yuenuii, uicy iuuu
. the.vmaKe of Trolsseauvages.
ft Around tlireo Hides or I-elis mey wciu
Ki fiercely fighting against uerman ueienuers
tnd slowly eiicliellng tno coai cuy.
i The Germnns fought desperately, while
in the town Itself they strove fiantlcally
to remove guns and supplies.
7 Ataln, early today, the l.crmnna inrcw
two more strong attacks at British positions
&it Monchy-le-Preux. Both failed. Tho
3 British artillery, concentrated In a devastat-
Eftlug fire, slaughtered the attacking forces
. of Teutons.
Another German attack likewise with
,".inut sacrifice was niado on both sides of
fs. Bafcaume-Cambial road against Hcrniles,
Noreull and I-anglcourt. Tho British nem
eflrmat Hennles and Xoreull. hut tho enemy
j obtained a foothold on u spur 2000 ynuls
I to tha north of Pcncbaling anu iangicouri.
Immediately, however, tho British counter
Tattackert and swept thu enemy out. The
A Germans lot heavily In this attack and
kthe subsequent Biitish codnter-attacks.
, LONDON, April 10.
In! the face of the tlerccst opposition ral-
llid scilnst the British drive. Field Mar-
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Katlll farther aiotind Lens and pushed an-
feothe'r wedge to win u mile and a halt of
vthe -Camlnal-St. Qurntln line.
"We progressed to tho noithwest of
tens," was tho British conimandcr-lu-
r.chlefs laconic comment of that point In tho
K. Stilting where Biitlsh forces nave stind-
; eied the famed HindCnburg line.
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IV taret, .southeast of Harglcourt, Its taking
Bt ty British tioops widens the wedge tntust
againn tho main Illndcnburg lino or eom
Lmunlcatlous fioni St. Qucntln to Cumhinl
.on a fiont of approximately llvo inlleK.
h Vlllaret Is tlvo inlles to the north of Fres-
f. noy.le-Petit and Pontru, both already in
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the Cambral-St. Quentiti line.
SThe defense wns cnnterlinr todav around
i Wonchy-le-Preux.
Field Marshal Halg'H report continues:
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Continued on l'aee Six, Column Fle
!EEDS0XWIN6-1
VICTORY OVER "AT
EWorld's Chamns Ruthlessly
Mstifle Macklets' Ambition for
4 First Division
Behold! The Barriers!
BOSTON
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" 'ttd for Nubori In fourth Inning.
TBMUd for Tbrushrr In eighth inning.
TWte-bane hit Tliomrui, LewU. Two-
'' ScUang, Bodle, ThomM. Barrince
waner. Htruck out Ily Kutn, 7 1 oy
, It Johnaon. 2. Hans on ball Off
It Off'Hailhnlrf Vihin. ll K. Julin-
Jl Double tolnjra Scott, tV Urry to
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jy ROBERT W. MAXWELL
"-'v RlTlnTJl PAHIf. Alirll 1G.
t"Barryg aebut bb a big-league raari-
i?2", nugB'BueoeM'tiere tni aiier-
1 team walloped out a victory over
IWetIca In the flrBt game ,of the serlea,
ifmore of to l.
! wraaera uaed up three pitchers dur-
. s,
mtomt
I mi hw WUftf Cta".Tw
VIENNA PROFFER IS TO END
WAR BY SEPARATE TREATY;
"COMMON AIMSSET AS BASIS
Hapsburg Proposal to New Regime Con
tained in Semiofficial Statement Claiming
Identity of Objects as Ground
for Negotiations
Austrlu-Hungary 1ms made an offer
In a semiofficial htatemont issued
"basis of understanding" easily capable
ot the identical beliefs in the Russian Provisional Government's recent state
ment and those stated by Foreign Minister Czernin. The Vienna statement
follows:
In view of the Russian Government's manifesto declaring that
that Government was fighting only in defense of liberty, Austria
Hungary considers this a basis of understanding between the two
countries. The Government perceives the Russian Provisional Gov
ernment's desire to attain an aim which agrees with that which the
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister gave on March 31 as this monarchy's
war aim.
It should not, in view of the conformity of aims between the Gov
ernments of the Central Powers and those of tho Russian Provisional
Government, be difficult to find a way toward an understanding.
The Austro-Hungarian Government and the Russian Provisional
Government are in the same manner striving for a peace honorable to
both sides, which guarantees the existence of honor and the possi
bility of the development of the belligerent States.
Advices from Berlin to'day declared the Reichstag had been summoned to
meet April 24 and that Imperial Chancellor von Rethmann-Hollweg was ex
pected to make an early statement on Russia.
COPnNHAOH.W April tC
(ciniiiuy Is secretly seeMns to revive
peace talk In all belllgcieut countries
She asks pe.ice still on her own terms
though, doubtless, sonicuhat amended. In
December Germany nsked peace and wn
refused. Xow who is planning to maneuver
the Allies Into asking her for peace.
The scheme, as established fiom high
souicpb heio today. Is an ambitious jne an I
world-wldo In teope.
Tosltho continuation of unufllclal -natures
fiom Berlin to the Vnlted States, as
reported In tecent dispatches, yva's obtained
today. The hint rami! even stronger from
Herman olliclal sources that the United
States would do well to stud Colonel 11 M.
House to The Hague, for conference with
German ieprescntntive.
The main Inti Ibiu-. however, wheieby Gt-i-many
hopes to lart u movement for her
enemies to ask her for pcaco was apparently
being exerted thiough Get man Socialists.
Suddenly Socialists In the Teutonic Kmpire
have become f.uoiod individual". 'Their
leadeis nao been assiduously cultivated by
German olTlccis The Get man cenrirhhip
has been unpiecedentedly loosened to per
mit their communicating with Socialists In
such enemy countlies as ltussia Most of
all, the diastlc German iillo piohibitlng de
paituie of her men fiom the Hniplio and
of holding of communication with enemy
citizens has been fornieily raised to penult
departure of Philip Scheldemann and other
Socialists for conferences with Socialist
comrades of enemy nations.
The Itussian Government may not be
niitliim-il uii I'A'i" Hv, Column l'le
ALEX FALLS BEFORE
BRAVES' ATTACK, 3-1
Young Jesse Barnes Again Takes
Phils' Measure in First
Game at Boston
And Alex Hurled, Too
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titan for Ioidrruti in nu" i"iu.
Tliree-bae hlt Maranvllle. Ilaltej, Ko
netchy. To-ba.e lilt. dowdy, Konetrhy.
Struck out By Alander. 4l by OrHOlig-rr,
V b Varne., 4. II... on balb.-Off Banie.,
2. Double pla. Uvrr and Konetchyi Ko.
ntihy to MaranvUe to Konetrhy. Umpire.
O'Day and llrnnnllelU.
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I1UAVES KI1:LD, Boston, April 16.
Grover Cleveland Alexander wbb unequal
to the task of beating the Braves today,
Jess Barnen pitching Boston, to a 3-to-l
victory and allowing 'only four hits. The
Braves mad"" all their runs agafnst Alex
ander, Maronvllle, Bailey and Kanetchy get
ting triples In the fourth for two scores, and
Qowdy's double'., with some loose fielding.
ContlBBd on ! WUen, Column, fur
AMSTERDAM, AplU 1U.
for u separate peace with Russia.
in Vicnnu, Austria-Hungary regards a
of being reached with Russia, in view
SLACKER? INDEED
NO! SAYSJVILLARD
Ring Champion Declares He
Tried to Enlist, but
Was Rejected
CONTRADICTS ARMY CHIEF
By M'LISS
.lch Wilfai-il is no hlacket.
Ho said so today with smiling emphatic
belligerence.
When snmebodv piodiiLcd a newspaper
clipping, which contained a statement by
Captain '. H Kciiney, In charge of the
ret i tilting stations In Chicago, that Wlllaid
had not attempted to enlist, he dismissed It
with a contemptuous brush of his ham-llUe
hands.
"About thiee weeks ago In Chicago." ho
said, "I went to tho lecruitlng stations and
told them I was leady. They told me my
bulk wns too gieat and that they wete not
taking mairled men Jw-t then. 1 went away
satl-lled, I don't know ninth about mils.
Kets, but I'm leady it my country needs
me. I'm willing to do anything that I'm
told.
"But," somebod.v timidly Interjected,
' Captain Kenney H an olllcer In the reg.
ular ainiy. He sa.vs he bus no lecoid of
jour attempt to enlist."
A lighting glint, not unmixed with a hu
nioi ous one, came Into tho big blue eyes of
the woild'rt heavyweight ilng champion.
"Don't you believe what I'm telling yt.uV"
he asked quietly Hexing his huge mus-cles.
The eimvd of spoiling wrlteis, reporteis
and MrUlt adoijng boys 111. it had gathered
round Jess, moved back a peicciitible dis
tance fiom the midget-like tent outside
whUh they weie standing and which scnei
for .Ju-is's circus dressing loom.
"Somebody" ihnde. haste to ashuie Wlb
lard that he was believed, believed beyond
the shadow of a doubt It l doubtful If
fiiiitlnufd on l'ive Fifteen, Column One
PENN NINE TAKES 4-0
GAME FROM WILLIAMS
Titzel Holds Ira, Thomas's Boys
to Two Hits Errors Help
Quakers
Rail! RahJ Red and Blue j
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Tltiel out, ran oui.iji line.
Ttro-baae lilt White. MacriHee lilt Oil.
more, Sarrlnce AjZ-Brrry, , Htuck ont
By f lUel, a by VoVinr, S. B. on b.llk
Coatlaaed ob Pf !, Cl Siva
STRIKE RIOTING
STIRS BERLIN, IS
WORD TO DUTCH
General Stoppage of
Work Began Today,
Travelers Say
OUTBREAKS OCCUR
IN GERMAN CAPITAL
25 Per Cent Decrease in
Bread Ration Arouses
Prussians
LONDON-. April 18.
Travelers who arrived today in Holland
from Germany, according to a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Central Xcws Agency,
say that a gcneial strike was commenced
today In Berlin.
Blots have taken plate In the German
capital, it is also paid.
COI'KNTIAGH.V, Apt II 16.
A new r per cent reduction In the Prus
sian bread intlon has caused much excite
ment among the people, says a Berlin dis
patch to tho newspaper Polltlken. The dis
patch adds that the Government bad re
assured the people by telling them that
provisions are now secured until tho next
harvest.
According to the Kiel SSeltung, the work
men nml oillceis of the Gcrmanla shipyard
at Kiel, who demanded an Immediate In
crease of rood ana js per cent auumonai
wages, vvcro addiesscd at a recent meeting
by the director. They declared that they
shared the hardships of tho men, receiving
the samo quantity of foodstuffs as that
served tho meanest laborer.
Ae deputation of workmen visited tho dl
leetors tho next day and nsked permission
to Investigate tho contents of tire directors'
larder. This was . refused on tho. ground
that the directors did not possess lardcra or
stores.
JOSEFINA ZARETE WINS
HAVRE DE GRACE OPENER
Imperator and Swift Fox Finish
in Money in First Race of
Spring Meeting
HAVlti: UK GIIACK. 3Id., April 16. A
clear sky and a fast track greeted the large
gathering that turned out to witness the
first day's racing of tho spring meeting here
thin afternoon.
Ten speedeis lesponded for the ilrst race
for three-year-olds and up at live furlongs,
and Joseflnc JJaiete, handled by Troloe, was
tho-tlrst under tho vvlie. A cool breeze blew
over the btirtcli, but did not seem to Impair
the speed of the runners.
Imperator pressed the winner hard on the
home stretch, but Trolse's mount had
enough In leservc to hold off tho challenger
until the tlnlsh. Swift Fox was speedy
enough to take show money.
The machines paid" ?5.G0. $2. BO and $140
on the winner.
Suimuaiy:
KIHST HACi:, for LL.r-ymr-oldii and up. 3
furlong.
1. Jonetlna .nrt, lift, Trolae 3.30 12.50 S2.40
2. liutirrutnr. II". A. Collins ... 2.70 2.4U
3. Sulft Fox. mo. Mrrlmee 3.30
Time, l.ol I Vlley, Oivuno, King Daggntt.
CJuen of tl.e !m, KnthrMi Oray, llenlgn, Hll
er ami Siwplru .il"o mn.
MIl'ONI) HACK, for maiden to.j ear-olds, 4
furlongs:
1. Unwttll.i. 112 Ambro.37.fl0 112.20 8.10
2. Charlie I.estlecker. 113,
Connor" 19.30 9.30
3. Irish Kiss, 118. T SfrTug.
gart 3.30
Time. :W I'irilru, Miss Hulifara. June Uug,
I.nUy i:ilirn, Ilonnlr Ilrooni. Austrel, Producer,
Onward and Blur Mpnngltd also ran.
Tllirtn HACK, 'or thre-j ear-olds and up-n-anl,
elllni. S'.i furlongs:
1. Meelkkn. 107, Ambros.. ,10.70 14.70 ?H 00
2. Lady London, 107, T Slc-
Tiib-Kart fl.'.'O B.70
3. Carl Itoht-rtK. til Johnson II 00
Time 1 .OS 3-.1. llurbank. Toadstlcker. Ca-
saba. Urolipclc. (Juki Nunc. Tarvfs. Jim Itasey,
Humiliation. Two Unals, Lohengrin and Parlor
Jlov aim, ran. .... ,,
FOUHTH HAI M, four-year-olds and upward,
st'llinff. 0 furlongs:
l! Araurosi. 117, Metialf. . . . . 4.40 18.10 J3.80
2, Preston i.ynn, ii., . woi-
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8. Hoval InlfrtH, 111. T. Mo.
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Time. 1:1B. llrookllfH. Laura,
4.10 2.70
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Cannonade
nnd Durln also ran.
WAH-B0UND MEN LOSE PLEA
Supreme Court Refuses Damages to
Kronprinzessen Cecelie Passengers
WASHINGTON;, Prll 16. -The Supreme
Court today refused to hear the appeal of
Charles W. Ilantoul, Jr.. and "Maurice
Hansscns, both of Xew York, from a lower
courudeclslon refusing damage against the
German Interned steamship Kronprlnzssln
Cecelie.
The men were passengers on the ship at
the outbreak of Jhe European war. The,
vessel at sea was ordered back, to Xew
York to avoid the British navy. Uantoul
and Hancsens ued for breach of ppntract
because they did not get to Kurope,
Would Create Shipping Bord
WASHINGTON, April '16, Senator 'M&i
Cumber, of Forth, Dakota, Introduced a bill
this atfernoon "to create a board of mer
chant shipping defenses" to study methods
of combatting the submarine menace. The
bill carries an appropriation of f5,QO0,OOOy
to enablo ihe board to conduct Its Investigations,
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LATEST SPORTS
BASEBALL SCORES
BOSTON 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 06 8
ATHLETICS. .0 0 10 0 0 0 0 x 1 8
Jluth nntl Tlmmns; Solbold nnd Sclinnf. Owen nnd Dlnten.
PHILLIES ....o 0000100 0-14
BOSTON 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 3 7
Alexander nnd K' .3 er; Bnrneb and Gowdy. ' O'Day and DrautUlcld.
PENN 0 01020010-42
WILLIAMS .. .0 0000000 002
Youne nnd Kingblcyj Titzel and Gilmore. McQowun.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WASHINGTON
NEW YORK
Postponed Cold weather.
CHICAGO 2 0 0 0 0 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faber and Schnlk; C. Jones and Spencer.
CLEVELAND
ST. LOUIS
Postponed Wet grounds.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NEW YORK 0 2 0 3 00
BROOKLYN 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schupp and McCnity; Cadore pnd Meyers.
PITTSBURGH 0 2 2
CINCINNATI 0 1 2
Cooper and Wagner; Mitchell and
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0
CHICAGO 0 0 0
Mendows nnd Snyder: Vaughn, nnd
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G'T'N ACADEMY.... 0
FRIENDS' CENT.... 1
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ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
rifth Havre de Grace race, handicap, 3-year-olds and up, 5 1-2(
furlongs Sand Marsh, 123, Butwell, 511.80, S4.20, $3.00. won; Leo
Clinics, 130. Haines, S2.80, $2.40, second; Pennnnt, 132. Itoblnsou.
$3,60, thiirt. Time, 1.07.
ARRESTED FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS ON RAILROAD TRAL
George Fisher, thirty years old, Blown 'street near Tenth, v,a3
detained todny by Pennsylvania Railroad detectives when he nlightsi.
from n train at Broad stieet station because the conductor ot tht
train said he had seen him taking- photographs as the train passed
through Paoll. Fisher said he hnd been on a visit to his fiance- in
Columbia, Pa., nnd denied that he had nuy sinister motives when
lie snapped the photographs.
PRESIDENT DEFINES TREASON IN PROCLAMATION
(WASHINGTON, April 16. President Wilson this afternoon is
sued through the State Department a proclamation pointing out what
treason is and its penalty as defined by the Constitution, the crim
inal code nnd court decisions.
MAN DIES FROM FRACTURED SKULL
Thomas Dildea, forty-five years old, 2638 South Fifteenth stretr,
was tound unconscious with a fractured skull this afternoon at
Twelfth and Heed streets and was removed to St. Agnes's Hospital,
where ho died, a half hour after he wns admitted. The police say
they believe that TJlldea's injury was due to a fall.
OFF TO MEET BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER
WASHINGTON, April 16. Admiral Fletcher and several other
officials havd left the capital to uieet British Foreign Minister Bai
lour, Secretary of Navy .Daniels announced this afternoon. ,
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FRANK FLUCK SPONSOR FOR TRANSIT SUIT
' ' Frank Fluck, brother of Charles L, Fluck, president 0? ilie Nertfe-
west Business Men's Association,
... i - c.if 4n hnlrl tin the
noon. Otto Wolff, Jr., who ! rsfiWrnHag Mr, rick. )ut a4 tke
Supreme Court to taKe onii
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Promise Mayor to
Rush Bills
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MYSTERY IN WOLFF SUIT
Lawyer Asks Supreme Court to
Tflkn Orirrinal .TiiriacUpfinn m i
New Litigation
Definite promises to support legislation
at Harrlsburg favorable to tho progress, ot
Philadelphia's high-speed transit lines wer ,fj
irmdo this afternoon by Senators McNlchol
nnd Vnro nt a conference with Mayor Smith1,
Transit Director Twining and Joseph P. iM
Gaffney, chairman of Councils' FliutnM'4
Committee, In City Hall.
Following the conference Mayor Smith
appeared optimistic concerning the outlook.
Uc said:
"I asked tho Senators to push the transit
hills through and they promised to do so
for us. The Public Service Comm'sBlon
thinks nt this time that we are at the
mercy of the Itanld Transit Comnanv. he. tA
cause It will be the only customer for tho iSj
lines. But the passage of the bills at Har
rlsburg will make It possible for us to deal t,
with other customers.
"Tho commissioners Informed me that
thfey would not do anything until some
thing was done with the bills. If the bills gryl
pass, the commission will very likely grant kAsi
a certificate of public convenience, thu yi
doing away with that obstruction." ' in
ANOTHER CUSTOMER
From the general tenor of tho Mayor
leumiKEf 11 HH8 eviueui mat ino cuy naa-
lti vtou. nnnthni rllRfmnni fni Ihn nrnnncd
hlKh-sDeed lines, but neither the Mavnr nor 1Z
others at tho conference would discuss this ,'
pjmna ui. inv miuuiiuii.
ii me nreseni iime progress in me Iran-
sit controversy Is held because ot a" tie
within the commission regarding the sub v
Ject. It Is known that three members oti
the commlBslOTf favor erantlni? rprtlflrntum .$
nt ntlhlt pnnv.nlAnpA naliHHir It.. lt. t.,''
members are opposed to such action. Pros;- t
'1-688 Is also hampered greatly for the rea- j.;W
pun citui. uutuiiiui ui uutunufiil linn luiiim
to appoint any one to fill the vacancy which, 'i
now pvl.itfl In flin nnmmlRtifnn. .
The conference und the action of Otto aS
Wolff. Jr.. an attorney who asked the S'u-'"?
preme Court to take original Jurisdiction'
111 ll iujijuj-ere nun which no is hdoue wc
file, were the chief developments In tlm-S
transit situation today. Wolff, who hasjTl
onices in me j-tihi tiuo uuuuing, would nou, io
discuss the nature of the suit, but It Is. vb
, .1.... ,. ,- . ,l j,. .,. . T. Jl
iiiiuii wiui. il in iiu ii uienui) ucvion, as wx
at nt si indicated, i.ny autncruies nave v'j
made an effort to learn what Is back of
vvom s action, out so rnr tueir enrorts nave M
been unsuccessful. ' .1
This conference at City Hall quickly fol
lowed former Trunslt Director Taylor's call ,
to the citizens of Philadelphia. Issued today,
cautioning iiieiu uKuinsi puii-uucks wusa
were folding up completion of the hlgh-C
speed lines ana preuiciing proms or zuu,
IIHA (lt(l tn tU nif ,1n,lA tliA lUBnrtoftH l.nu
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iteauzing tnat putiiic reeling was reaching ;'
the limit of patience, JIuy,jr .-jmlth brought
the heads of the warring McNIchol-Vure j'js
political factious together with those vtfho !
roulrl furnish first-hand Information on tha n
nltuntlnn. vLJ
COMPROMISE SOUGHT f$j
to cause Senators Vare and McNlchol toJ
reach a compromise on tho hllln pending ll.S
Limiiauuigi . ,,w mu.,.- ci,i v w,,,4. .
hlou has announced that it will take n-
uciiou umu ine irausit measures iiuvv new .va
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Tho fate of the bills will depend largely
upon the result of the conference today. h
These bills were Introduced by Represen--V
fhe Cans bill would compel the Itanld t
Tianslt Company to permit joint setv'jiijm
upon tho Market street subway and Inter- si
,, ,.! 1. ..., !!.. ...l.ll ,1.. tTiuih .ISS
SCCVlllK IUKllBpvt:u iiiicb, iiiin tio A.,vyv
bills gives to the city the right of emlnentTjfsjj
domain In the transit matter. ;S
The financial end of the project Is taken m
care of by the Hproul oiu. vv men increases jm
the borrowing capacity Dy not cnargins. 'is
n en Inst the borrowing power of the city ths'jffl
sum spent for Improvements which shofji y
a profit to the city. . j 'f Sj
Farmer Trnlt Director TyIorn nUtenient 1-'
full nan in me riy rumoni oi ins i.i"i.,
iilr. A dlrrat of the tatfmit will tBv!
found on lae 5 of this edltlen. sl3
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