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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917
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FRENCH FORCES WITHER
FOE'S LONG FRONT UNDER
MIGHTY NEW OFFENSIVE
jNivelle Reports Successes Along Entire
'Range. Enemy's Counter-Attacks Broken
Hindenburg Rushes Great Army to
Stem Allied Drive
Fighting in the titanic battle
fi gfdes of the Aisne River has increased in ferocity with the introduc-
il tion of fresh forces, says the official
"today. The engagement was in
today.
l itrrrnur rrui7 wncvmu atomicc? iivt mun tum ..ii i
llin A ilia iiiunvii jvihuiud 11 inii 1'IDUU, ipru XV.
Fighting is increasirig in intensity today over a front of more
than forty miles.
o French forces arc pushing their mighty offensive against the Hindcnbarg
line. While General Nivellc's artillery is battering the German trenches along
the entire Aisne and Champagne front, preparatory to another general assault,
jYrcnch troops have won a number of new successes at strategic points. East
of- Rheiras, northeast of t Soissons, south of Laon and further southeast, on the
Vauclcrc plateau, the French have wrested important defensive positions from
the Teutons. In the region between St, Qucntin and Rheims, violent German
counter-attacks have been repulsed with heavy losses. The losses of the Crown
Prince during the last three days are estimated at 150,000 in killed, wounded
and captured.
The estimate of 150,000 German killed, wounded find captured in three days
of fighting is doubtless exaggerated. It is almost impossible to ascertain quickly
l and with accuracy the casualties on cither side in a battle as great as the one
now raging.
In addition, the Germans have tost a
. "Von Hindenburg is. rushing heavy rc -
K. 'Nivellc's drive between St;. Quentin and
I have been idontiticu on that lront. Heavy
concentrated m Belgium, it is bciicveu
counter-offensive against Calais.
L"EVERYWHERE SUCCESS,"
GEN. NIVELLE REPUKTS;
BIG GUN DUEL RAGING
By W. S. FORREST
PAHIS, April ia.
"Everywhere success," wan the epitome
of today's official statement detailing con
tinued sweep forward of General Nlvelle's
, armies.
The German defensive, positions dominat
ing Vnr.it.A.f .-...A 1lnn.ii'llltnra wprp mn-
fc1 cwt in m .....-. Anct ..t minima Knmsll-
jn i.ilu ill linn ecc vtisi . tin. " '
lng blows north of Vallly and Ottel gained
K more ground northeast of Soissons. Des-
jj, perate German attempts to create uiversiuns
1$ elsewhere along the front faile'd. All Oer
v man counter-attacHs on ground newly
wrested from their hands In tne region from
kk Bt. Qucntin to line ms front signally laneu.
K Tmlni. It. a, a In fl .!. I tin nlnntr i Imiaf I lt
entire French front. Arduiid St. Qucntin
t General Nlvcllo reported great activity of
.artillery. It may possibly be the pre-
l cursor of another tremendous liuuiury as-
.(cnitlt4 tliAfA ,i,i,.i, ...in ui.iAAii flirt tmvn
nuit nielli Y IIIV.il III nVVi niv. ....,
SinB menaced into French nanus.
1 In the Couey forest, farther south in the
fbtnd of the lighting front, the statement
E reported patrol fighting.
Still farther alone to the north or tne
ifAline the French conimandcr-ln-chief re-
porte'd "further progress" north of Vallly
und Ostcl. In approximately the same
liector. In the region of Courtecmi, due
Kiouth of Laon. a German machine-gun at-
gtacK was checked and stopped.
C.V iTnt-thAp EniiH..nal nn ihn VniirlprA nla-
Lteaui Nlvello descrlli'ed a German attack of
most vlnlpnt character, launched on
Wednesday night at 6 o'clock. It was
lOcked in bitter fighting. The assaulting
leaves were forced to stop Before they
mached the French lines.
in tno Champagne, Nlvelle reportea ms
roopa, as "pursuing their success In the
oronvll era itsoii." H Is repori con-
hued:
. Attacks evervwhoro were success
ful. Our troops carried Monthaut and
(.leveral heights to the cast, Including
Hill 227. Durlne thn course of tho night
KAtwo German batteries were captured..
WL. . Between Snlnno nnd AuberlVCS
R'lwelve new German divisions have been
EwWentlfied.
m- tho region of St. Mlhlcl a German
Bttack fahi
FftdrtUlflcatlon of tho twelve now German
lesions In the one sector between soissons
- "tinva lliumia liio ucijuauo i-
"Hn forced to mas ZK 0,000 new forces
not only to take the place of troopsi.
; to pieces by the French advance, but
i n enort to dam the flood tide ot.xne
jVS?0" asaultlng waves.
i'l'Toe losses Infllctoil unnri lin llnrmuns are
lllng. in the last three days. It Is
weia,lly estimated, tho Crown. Prince
: ooui i50.00CKmen n Kl 1 e4, wounaea
'captured. . The field la covered with
PV68. finmA nf w)ilti Itovn li'nAti Inihediled
I th mtlH ffV "cA..An.( il(,
KJWry battle-front dispatch received here
iicH me- otooay execution a mo
fh artillery. Aeainstttho favorite Ger-
"t-icnso method of massing mn ne
Of ttlA Vrnnfth nrtn,tllffa tiaa hppn
Jlllngly bloody, dreat caps are torn In
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Continued n re Tour; Column Two
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vcloutly and unsettled tonight and
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BERLIN, April 19.
raging in Champagne and on both
report of the German War Office
progress all night and continues
great number of heavy' guns.
enforcements in the hone of stemming
Laon. Twelve new German divisipns
oerman re-enforcements arc also being
mat these are intended for a great Teuton
COUNCILS PROTEST
FOR DUALSYSTEM
Vote With Yells Against
Proposal to Combine
Two Bodies
BILL IN LEGISLATURE
Councils opened a fight for existence this
afternoon when a resolution protesting
against tho bill to nbollsh the present bi
cameral system now pon.dlng hi the Legis
lature, was passed with a yell. In one of
tho stormiest sessions of Common Coun
cil in years, all efforts to prevent passage
of the resolution were cried down.
Tho uproar started when Common Coun
cilman Tringle Borthwick, of tho Twenty
second Ward. Introduced his resolution. It
protested to tho General Assembly against
the bill to abolish the present Select and
Common Councils, and substitute a single
small body. '
"This movo Is unfair, unpatriotic and un
Amcrlcan," said Borthwick amid loud ap
plause. "The people of Philadelphia are
content with the present system and are
seeking no change. The city has grown
from tho rank of tho humblest town until
It Is ono of the greatest cities In the coun
try under Its present benign form of gov
ernment. Great and wealthy Industries
have been gathered hero under tho present
system, and they arc satisfied.
"Approval of this bill will cause a system
to bo Introduced that will bo derogatory
to the peace and happiness of tho citizens,"
who will not be as numerously represented
as at present, and tho form of government
will be that of an oligarchy. It will be
Intolerable and unrepresentative."
Then a fight to table tho motion began.
Fred A. MeCkert, of tho Twenty-third Ward,
suggested that this step bo taken, H lost,
being voted down with a yell,
Jlobert K. Lamberton, of tho Twenty
second Ward, then asked that tho matter
bo postponed until the next meeting. When
the vote was taken on this suggestion an
other shout of "Xo" filled the chamber.
Lambcrton bad Insisted that the present
system was not representative.
"Philadelphia has two kings," he shouted ;
"theso are aside from Councils. Members
of Councils come here and give time and at
tention to things they know nothing about."
Meckert then starteil another rumpus by
suggesting that the members didn't know
what they were voting about at that time.
This was hotly denied by John H. Balzley,
of the Thirty-ninth Ward. "I've always
done my duty, and hayo served forty years,"
he cried.
Tho vote on tho resolution was 67 to 6
In Common Council. Chairman Gaffncy, of
Councils' Finance Committee, Bald
"Not vot-
Continued en Tate Three, Column Tno
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PHILADELPHIA CONSCRIPTION DEMAND
Charles ?. Michael,
Washington Correspondent of the Evening Ledger,
Washington, D. C.
Please. present personally to S. Hubert Dent, Jr., chairman of the House
Committee on Military Affairs, the following message:
S. Hubert Dent, Jr.,
Clfairman of tfic House Committee on Military Affairs.
, . s.ir D"ring the last forty-eight hours thousands of citizens of Philadel
phia individually and through organizations have authorized the Evening
Ledger, in their name respectfully to urge that In the present crisis the House
Committee on Military Affairs consider favorably a proposal for selective
conscription, that it stand by the recommendation of the President and enable
him to put into effect that system of raising an army which experience and
experts agree is most likely to promote maximum efficiency. Thousands of
citizens of Philadelphia view with alarm the program for a volunteer army,
believing that experimentation will waste valuable time and definitely weaken
the nation s martial arm in this time of peril.
April 13, 1917. THE PHILADELPHIA EVENING LEDGER.
WILSON DRAFT
PLAN FIGHT TO
GO INTO HOUSE
President Determined
to Force Action on
Conscription
WILL NOT CONSIDER
VOLUNTEER SYSTEM
Lower House Expected to
Vote on Administration
Army Plan Monday
HELD UP NOW IN SENATE
WASHINGTON. April ID.
Tho President's plan to raise u great
American army by selective conscription
will bo fought out on the House Itoor.
t'liswcrving hi their determination to
force all responsibility for any draft sys
tem onto the President, the House Military
Committee, through Chairman Dent, today
formally reported the greater army bill,
putting It up to the President to rhooso
between conscription and volunteering.
"Men who are utamlfng squarely" behind
tho President In his conscription plan said
today they would deliver a minority report
"which will show the country how politics
and fear o? defeat at the polls caused tho
committee majority to cast oft responsibil
ity." The bill, which will bo taken up Monday,
provides in tho conscription feature that
all physically able males between twenty
one aiid forty years are eligible.
1'nder an agreement reached later tills
afternoon by Representatives Kllchln,
Mann, Dent and Kalin, there will be eight
een hours of general debato and further
debate under the llve-mlnute rule.
Tho Issue Is clear cut. There are no side
show details. The alignment Is between
those who' believe in tho old volunteer sys
tem and 'those who maintain that In the
present crisis a selective draft alono will
produce the sort of army required in a
period of world war.
The President, tho Secretary of War and
tho general staff are squarely committed
to tho conscription plan. They want no
halfway measure and unless Woodrow Wll
son Is to meet his llrst serious defeat in
tho House they will get no hnltway meas
ure.
However, the opposition to tho Admin
Istratlon at this tlmo Is formidable. The
I'onscrlntion bill comes from the Houso
Committee on Military Affairs with amend
ments which provide for u tryout of the
volunteer system and which place tho bur
den of responsibility on the President if
the selective, draft Is employed Instead,
By tho terms of the 'measure the Presi
dent would bo authorized to call for 500,000
volunteers, and If that failed, to resort to
selective draft: or, If the President dcslrid,
ho could put tho draft system Into effect
Continued on rate Tno, Column Tno
DOUBLE PLAY STOPS
'A'S" RALLY IN NINTH
Mackmcn Tie Boston in Eighth
Inning and Almost Win Out
in Next Frame
Dy ROBERT W. MAXWELL
After trailing behind for eight Innings,
the Athletics fell upon Carl Mays In the
eighth and hammered him for. two runs,
which tied the score. In this Inning Bill
Johnson, who batted for Meyer, opened up
with a single, mid hits by Witt, Bodle and
Strunk sent In enough scores to prolong tho,
game, which went Into extra Innings.
In the- ninth, with one down. Hill Johnson
got a triple, but a good catch by Scott on
Witt's liner caused a double play and ended
tho rally.
Myers twirled for the Mackmcn after the
eighth Inning and Herb Pcnnock went In
for Mays In the ninth.
jack Harry's clout Into the left field
bleachers In the third inning gave the Ited
Sox their usual lead. Manager Jack reached
out and busted ono of Jim Parnham's choice
offerings right on tho nose, and it sailed far.
far away. Although this was the only score
made In the four Innings Boston had ma;iy
other opportunities to count. In tho second,
after two were, down, Parnham used nothing
but wide bulls, and three batters wnlked,
filling the bases. Carl Mays then struck out,
which retired the side.
Parnham started to twirl for tho Macks,
and his work was appreciated by hb mem
bers of the lied Sox. They hit the ball
hard, but most of tho tlmo Into the fUelders'
hands, Ills teammates did not help In pro
ducing ny scores, Bodle being the only ono
who hit safely. Ping got two hits, but both
times lie was put out before he reached
second,
FinST INNING
PATRIOTS URGE
HOUSE TO BACK
1DRAFT SYSTEM
Evening Ledger Wires
Demands of Thou
sands of Citizens
MESSAGE TO MILITARY
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Leaders of Thought Here
See Conscription as Only
Effective Plan
DEMOCRACY OF SCHEME
In response to the demand of citizens in
all walks of life, the Hvij.ninci l,i:in:n this
afternoon sent n message to Representative
S. Hubert Dent. Jr.. chairman of the House
Committee on Military Affairs, urging the
necessity for selective conscrfjit Ion to raise
America ' aimy.
The message, which appears on tills
page, volics the uentllnent of hundreds of
Ihousanilii of citizens, of Philadelphia and
llio-.Statr. H-n.llei-ht-thC-lews'of'pWhi-inrnt
representative!) of tho educational,
commercial and Industrial world, iih well
us those of the iIiuiisuiiiIh of workers whose
labors have made tlm Keystone State u
great manufacturing center.
Tho Kvrni.No l.nmiKR Marled a test of
public sentiment icgardlng the selective con
scription law late on Tuesday afternoon.
Tlioso favoring tills method of raising an
army on a piactlcal basis wero asked to
tend their views to this newspaper.
THOUSANDS OF APPKAI.S
Thousands of affirmative replies received
and the action of various patriotic, cile and
business organizations Indorsing the 1'icsl
dent's plan showed, without a doubt, wlicro
the licople of Philadelphia and Puuusyl
vaula stood on tho question
Philadelphia!)!) who know tho value of
clllciency agreed today that selective con
scrlption was the only method to raise an
army and nay for the United Slates.
Tho haphazard plan of depending upon
volunteer is decried. Practical men of tho
city ar.il Sin to point to the experiences of
thu Niit'i (luring.llio Civil War and urge
the ailupt:. ii of President Wilson's plan at
the earliest possible moment.
Men who aie in touch with the recruiting
situation lealizo that the results arc far
below the lalculatlona made by tho Gov
ernment. Military ofilclals say that the
averageyoiith expects his country to stand
by him in tlmo, of trouble, and it Is Ills
duty, therefore, to show reciprocity by
standing by his country -tow.
The absolute simplicity of President Wil
son's plan which would place every man
where ho would do tho most good for his
country has appealed to men In all classes
Contlmircl on Tnce My, Column Tno
PHILS DROP LAST GAME
-TO BOSTON BRAVES, 4-2
beschger Loses Contest to Jesse
Barnes Through Team
mates' Errors
Fourth Straight
Pill 1.1,1 r.s
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CniMUh, rf,
Htork, 3b. ..
DiiRcy, 3b. .
Klllcfc r, e. . .
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jtNlehoff ....
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Maury, 2b.
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Kelt)-, rf. ...
dowdy, c. ...
narnn, p. ...
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1 i
1 10
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Total 30 4 0 37 13 3
Batted for Klllefer ln,nlnth. Innlnr.
. Batted for Oenchger in ulnth Inning.
fwo-bato hit Whlt(d. Hacrlftre lilts
H'hltted. Otichier. Struck out By
Oeirhrcr. ,ll by Barnea. 3. Bum on balli
Of; Oatehfor, 1 off Barnai, 1. Poubl,'
playt Day and Lt)roi( Crarath aa4'
BASEBALL
BOSTON 0
ATHLETICS . .0
010020000 00-
Mays, Pennock nnd Henry; Farnlinm, Myers nnd Meyer, Schnuj;.
PHILLIES .... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 73
BOSTON ,..'.. .1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x- 4, 5 3
Oeschgcr nnd Killefer; Bnincs nnd Oowtly. O'Day nnd Dinnslleld.
'(PlillUes lost n. m. frnmo to Boston, 7-3. Detnlls ca iiagc lt)
PENN 1 0 0 1
HOLY CROSS.. 0 0 0 0
Bernhardt nnd Olhnore; Donnellan
ATHLETICS WIN
ATHLETICS r !
Witt, ss 1
Grovcr, 2b 1
Bodie.lf 0
Strunk, cf. ... l
Thrasher, rf 0
Mclnnis, lb 0
Dates, 3b o
1 G -1 1
15 3 0
4 110
3 2 0 0
110 1
13 0 0
2 5 0
0 ! .1 3 0
0 0 0 3 0
12 0 0 0
0 0 2 2 0
I'c.-nknm, p
W. Johnson, rf.
Schanfj, c ,
Myers, p 0 0 0 10
Totals 4 14 36 22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WASHINGTON 000 0 0 0 0 1
. NEW YORK 000 0 0 0 10
Diunont and Henry; Caldwell and Walters.
ST. LOUIS 0 0 6 0
CHICAGO t 0 10 0
Plank and Severeid; Scott and Schnlk.
DETROIT ..... 0 13 0 3 0 0
...CLEVELAND-. -,-i 4. 0- 0 0 .3--0-0.
Dauss and Stallage; Covalcs.kie and O'Nell.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NEW YORK 10 10 0 0
BROOKLYN 0 10 0 0 0
Benton and Rarldenj Smith nnd Miller.
CHICAGO 0 0 3 2 2
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0
Hendrix and Elliott: Cooper and Fischer.
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CINCINNATI 0 0 1 0 0
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 2
Toney and Wingo; Ames and Snyder.
ADDITI0NAL RACING RESULTS
Fifth Havre de Grace race, 3-year-olds, 5 1-2 furlongs Fruit Cake,
113, Robinson, $3.10, $2.30, S2.30, won; King Herod, 1 11, Partington,
$2.40, $2.80, second; Amalgamator,,"-111, Aiubroset.4??0a:imei.l.OT''
Sixth Havre de Grace race, handicap, 3-yenr-olds and up, 5 1-2
furlongs Hauberk, 112, Butwell. $7.30, $4.10, .$4.50, won; Skllrs
Nob, 103, J. McTaggart, $14.50, $7.30, second; Tea Caddy, 08, A.
Collins, $4l80, third. Time, 1.07. ' - ...
Collins, $4.80. Time, 1.07
HOUSE DEMOCRATS DECIDE ' a
TO CONSIDER WAR PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, April 10. House "Urtnocrats at a caucua latp
this afternoon voted, 87 to 60 to consider at. tills. session a bill by.
. Representative Howard, of Georgia, to prohibit the manufacture or
liquor during: the war iu order, to conserve, the food supply "of the .
nationa
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BIAJORITY OF SPANIARDS INDIFFERENT IN
By HENRI
Start Corrf'Pondcnt nf trie Evenlns I.i-lsr ,ln France.' . ...
Special t'oUe liiipalch a
PiVUlS, April 18. I rrad an interview today with Will Irwin, the American
writer, who has Just arrived here from Spain; where he spoilt .three week's. He
believes that 25 per cent of the nation,
. ; . .i i...! i ijir .
Xne resi I ine popumiioii ib luumcirai,
iectttak generally, Irwin said, were pro
was, but tne rural atavnci are pro-Aiiy.
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OUT IN TWELFTH
BOSTON
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Hooper, rf 0
Barry, 2b 1
Hoblitzcl, lb 0
Lewis, If 1
Walker, cf 0
Gardner, 3b 0
Scott, ss 1
Thomas, c 0
Mays, p 0
0 10 0
1 0
1 0
" 0
1 10 1
2 I ?.
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0 0 0
1 Z Z
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CITY TO MODI)
TRANSIT PLA1
Brother of Obstructionist;
Attacks Legality of $57,'
rH
100,000 Bond Issue
I'm
TAYLOR IN STATEMENT)
Asks Defeat of "Pliiladelphia"
Bills and Answers Criticism J
by Twining 'M
Application fur nn Itilunctlnn rctrnlnln"i'i
tlic clly from proccpillng -yltH tho present vi4'l
proRram of 1iIr1ifipc1 .transit development. St '1
tiled In Common Pleas Court So. 4 thls'4,1
mornliiff, followlnc refusal of the Supreme
Court ti Inlie orlRlnnl jurisdiction In the
prooreuuiKS, nnd n rapid-fire exchange or M
HtatPIIIPIltH lietwi-oii Tr.insl! Tllrprlnr Twin, ill
Ins and former Director A. Jlerrltt Taylor 'Saa
further compllcatcil the transit Bltuatlon
loday. Tne "laxpaycr'n" Hull attacking the tran
nlt (lexelnpineiil was filed by Otto Wolff, Jr..
11 former City Solicitor tinder Michael J.
uyaiv. The coinplalnant, Frank W. Kluck, Xflf,
In KPttlng forth Iila casb Invited any othef , W$M
taxpayer who may wish to Join with him In' tX-M
the iiror-peilliiB auulnst Mayor Smith. City vK
Solicitor Connelly, Transit Director Twlnv '!''!
Hip, t'lly Controller Walton and City Trcae
urcr McCoach,
I.OA.V VOTi: ATTACKED
AlllioiiRh the bill of complaint avers that
the voil; thua far and that yet to be done
will entail "a recUleps expenditure of the
peop'c'H money" and "will- unlawfully Ih
creaFp tho burden if tnvitlon," the proceed
In bh arc actually bated upon a Mingle legal
nolnt. That Ih llu imestlon of the legality
of the election of May lfi, ilMfi. when the
voters approved the ?C7.lf)0,nQ0 loan for,
transit and poll Improvement!.
The rnmnlnlimut nssortx Hint thla elen.
f tlon wuh lllcsa, and thai the transit loan
in tbereforp null and void, because the
Slate Ui.";lslalure d!d lint provide how the
election should be held tu obtain tho con
sent nf the e'fctorsi to an Increase In the
debt of tli c ly from " t; 10 per cent upon
the iiFset-Kcd valuation of taxable property.
The um!iiJnPtt to the State Constitution,
which iticreaiTd tho clty'H borrowing capac
ity fer trasK't nnd part development. Is not
called Ii to Mte-n'on, but it la averred that
mm aine-iu'iiciii is uoi seu-exccuiing.; ftf.
The amendment provided that the debt In- fkAi
crcare hall only be made with the nssent
rtf 41, n nl,.(ni'U i , n .. nlnntlni. ... I.n I.aI sf.lJ
In such manner as ohall bo provided by, Wj.3
rni'tivii'Ai. nniiT'Tinv KixS
Tho I.eglHlaturo did not provide boxy the?
election should bo held and the complainant 'f-v
InternretH the "as provided bv law" tibnise.
to mean that .iome special act must De' JK'3
iwwcu ul'.uio uucii an t?ici:iiuii can vy jcfttiux
fm the asvtiinrnlon tliarthe refection -war?v
held IIICE.illy tlic bill aver.i that the city's -
borrowing- capacity Is atlll limited to seven la.l
per cent and the Jf.7, 100,000 loan floated tor 'if?
transit ilerelopnicnt therefore exceeds the" JJ
city's legal borrowing capacity. wi
VOn tIKNKItAI. RKSTKAINT 'OK,'!
Tho Court Is nsUed to restrain tho clty.,-?.''..s
from borrowing any part of the Jf'"100,000,
from Issuing bonus for this loan,-from con- 4. 3B
slrurtlng tho subway and elevated lines JvS
proposed under the transit program for ,nvl
u hoi S57.100.000 of tic JG7.100.000 loan .:
has been appropriated, nnd from letting v'l
any contracts on any part of tho high-speed 1
system. $&M
What deposition Is desired to ho made, . S1
of tho bonds already floated, as part of the .'tf
SB7,100,ooo authorized, or what is to ne ,j
done In
reference to the contracts already
partially
executed, tho bill doey not Bet
foith.
KI.UOIC KXPLAINS SUIT
Mr. Kluck. In a statement following the vM
nilnir of his suit, says he does not
wish m
tho city forced to abandon entirely rapht &
transit development, but wishes tho present
program modified so that there will bo nef.
tax increase necessary ano. so inai ,m,v
.stralglit five-cent faro will bo sulHclent t &;
meet all charges. Ho attacks forme Dlrec- &
tor Taylor und commends Director Twlnlnf. ;J
Tlic court is abkeci iiinner 10 ueciare uie- "iy
gal tho Increase In the city's Indebtednesses
In 'the sum of $67,100,000, to declare lllesI&
the election or Slay i. luio. ana to aeciare),
illegal .tho three ordinances of Council !
which provided for the special election,, all-"':
thorlzed the loan and appropriated tho va-tf&j
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riling or tno suit in common J'leas court k
I-o. 4 ronoweu me reiusai oi mo niaie nu-' jgf
premo Court to take original Jurisdiction Sii
In tlm liroeeedlnirs. Annllcatlon for orlrl-Vil!
pal Jurisdiction was filed with the higher. ('-$t
tribunal last saturnay auu nucr- a uner :
consideration the Court returned the appl!-'V?
cation refuscd-on tho grounds that the case, J
was not of sufficient urgency to warrant sj,'
such a procedure. 'v; .. v,
. After a conference with his attorney ;Mr J
KlucU decided to begin his case' In the lower- ifi
i.mirt .feiiriHesn nf tho sethiirk iflvnn hv J
tlio decision of tlrts Supreme Court Mfv -J ,(?
Kluclc Is a brother of Charles I.. Kluck,! .1 38
president of tho Northwest Du.ilnesa Mens,7'-
Assoclatlon, who lias been Known as
transit obstructionist for two years.
The exchange of statements between the i
nresent and Ilin former transit rtlrectorif?f.1 "71
fnllnwerl ilie mililleatlon this ninrnlnir HajR&.Fa
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appeal from Air. 'tayior io, me people,
Philadelphia urging the defeat of tho.tn
Ing transit bills in the state Legislature.
in reply uirecior i wining issucu ine.l
It seems only fair to glvo Mr. A.-
Tayloj tho credit that he deserve!
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