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Rtyr Litigation
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WILMINGTON, Del.. April 25.
tb and directors of the dul'ont Coin-
..today filed answer lu ihe United
District Court In the suit Instituted
Jf4 last by Kleanor dul'ont I'crot, of
town. In which she nttneked the
ny'a stock bonus plan.
; Perot was one of the plaintiffs who
with Alfred 1, dul'ont lu the stock
ase suit recently decided In favor of
fitlaltitltTs nnd of which the late John
Johnson was chief counsel. The
r denies flatly every charge of fraud
conspiracy made by her nnd points out
fthe bonus system has been In oper-
since 1904 and that as administered
the company It has been of incalcul
. vaiuo in effecting faithful and efrl-
servlco from employes.
e counsel of record who will defend
'SUlt am United Htntps Konnlnr 1hllnti.
C. Knox, of I'lttsburKh i Itlchard V.
bury, one of the chief counsel In the
Trust litigation : C ncrcssnian (ieorco
rahani. of I'hllndclDtila. who was eoun.
In the stock-purchase suit : William S.
i. of Wilmington: Wl Ham H. Button.
jNew York, and Judijc .Tohii P. LufTey,
rai counsel of the du I'ont company.
P to date, the answer says, several thou-
employes hae become partners in
corporation's activities through the
kings of this bonus plan. A large nia-
y of these beneficiaries are minor cin-
cs of the company.
CONSPIRACY DKNIUD
he defendants absolutely deny exist-
Of any conspiracy or scheme havlne
Its purpose distribution to themselves
other favored employes of the assets
the company to which they were not
leu. They deny also that there was
t thought of Increasing their control of
corporation through these distributions,
alleged In the bill of complaint.
ey deny the allegation that the stoelt
been voted by a bonus trustee. It has
voted by those In whose names It was
a as a reward for their services. N'niu
jthe defendants, the answer says, has at-
nea to exercise any control over the
iff of this stock or has In nny way sue-
ted to holders how they shall vote. The
rex states mat there has been expended
I the fund of Ii. 1. du Pont de Nemours
,Co. (the present operating company)
me lime or us organization until the
of this bill the sum of S10.877.56G.91.
.purchase of bonus stock.
, answer to the paragraph In the bill of
iiamt asuing ror the names of the
lers of this stock the defendants snv
tthe bonus stock was acquired from
to time in ihe open market at the best
ror wnicn It was possible to mir.
It.
ne section on bill of comnlalnt rrr
clflcally to nn award of J250.O0O mnrto
SjColonel Edmund J. Uuckner. director
.military sales for the company.
fi REWAItD TO HUCKNER
fne answer states that this award wjs
de for most conspicuous sen-Ice rendprr.t
fColonel Uuckner and .was made In due
rse ana ny proper authority. Coloni-l
kner Is a vice president 'tittl th mm.
ft, and Is the man who lia'd nornmi.ii
rge of all the negotiations which brought
n uu i-oni company wie hundt-eds of
tons of dollars Iri contractu fr .......
Wtlons supplied to the belligerent na-
oi curone wnicn have mii niic.
'the United States since this country
area war on Germany.
to Intimation has been tlren lu- ah.i
and Philip du Pont, the latter of Merlon
fl aS tO WllO Will MtlfVua.l .... !.. w . '
ft-iv l ---. ... mn taw jonn
tefjohnson as counsel. William A. tsins.
r, or Philadelphia, who asslste.l Mr
luison, may, however, be mail nM.f ..
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COMMITTEE HEARS PLANS
City Councils Have Appropri
ated $25,000 for Families
of Recruits
Atlantic City Denies
"Lights Out" Order
To the lidttor of Ihe livening r.tdper:
pLKASK deny, in justice to Atlttn-
tic City, the persistent rumors in
circulation throughout tho East Unit
lights hnvc been ordered out hero
nnd nlong the entire New Jersey
coast. No such order has been re
ceived and we have learned from
the War Department at Washington
that no such order is contemplated.
HARRY BACHARACII, Mayor.
Atlantic City,N. J., April 25.
Editor's Note The Evening
Lfjxikk never has given credence or
circulation to these rumors.
The V'an to Insure the Hvcn of hoIiIIcih Id
practicable In every way, according to In
surance experts who conferred wllh a spe
cial Joint committee of Councils this after
noon nt City Hall.
It was shown by the u-mi-m-ntiitlc-i'M nf
various Insurnnre companies that the Kvk
nino 1.i:iikii'h suggestion lu this connec
tion would be entirely feasible
Thomas I.. Kanslir. president Philadel
phia Association of Mfo fnderwrlters. said
the underwriters would be willing to not In
nn auvisoiy capacity anil that the group
plan of Insurance would he practicable. It
could be done, he said, by using a hl.mkct
policy made out lu fnor of the Maor of
Philadelphia for the benefit nf dependents
of soldiers or sailors. He also urged the
committee to uko faorable action on tho
plan.
A repiesentatlvu of the Piuileuti.il In
stance Company said this concern would
be willing to take uer the liisuiance at
n regular rale, plus 10 per cent war ihk
mm- men vwio ale lu sen Ice uuttddi the
Lulled States. In this country he said tho
regular i.itc would prevail
A regular piemluni at 10 per cent In
crease would hi Jllu per man per year
Alexander Nordeii, of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance ni.,ny. said his concern
insured a Cniindliin regiment and otlicr
troops which suffered heiivy losses. The
olTer made by his company for men tvventv
two years old was $44 u year p,.r thousand.
W. II. Iloblnsou, of the I'hll.idelphl.i As
sociation of Life fndeiw rlters. Htiggestril
the consideration or a Jf.no pollcv In the
event of the committee deciding thai ,,,.
twice that amount would ,e tun costly to
carry. He said that most .voting men "who
vimsi are not or the kind win, mu nlie.idv
made ntovislon for their famllle.'..
All tho repiesentaties weie icquested to
put their propositions in writing. The com
mittee then directed Its heeretarv to write
to Washington and learn how niin phlla
delphlatw are lu the regular herUce and
also In the mllltla in order to cover evcrv
i-niiaucipman who enlists with h Sinon
policy.
James Ii Walsh. Select Councilman of the
Thlrty-olghth Ward, who Is chairman of the
investigating committee, is enthusiastic In
his support of tho p'an, ai are also other
members of the committee, who stand will
Ing to Indorse the project If "war Insur
ance" rates are not sent to prohibitive fig
ures b the companies who will be consid
ered In connection with the plan for Indi
vidual or group Insurance.
President James K. Lcnnon. of Select
i-iiuiicii, ana 1-resnient Inward Si. OIc.ifdii,
of Common, are members ex-offlin of the
Investigating committee nnd both :u deeply
Interested In the welfare of Phlladclphlans
who enter the service. Both are mi record
as favoring any plan that will stimulate
recruiting and at the same time result In
protection for the families of dependents
President Pennon Is one of the most active
members of Councils' Joint Committee on
the relief nnd sustenance of dependents and
his work brings him In close contact with
patriotic Phliadelphlans.
ARGENTINE ANTI-WAR
ELEMENT IN MAJORITY
Another Day of Demonstrations
Proves Neutrality Party in
Ascendency, Editor Says
Uy CHARLES P. STEWART
Ajirciol CriMe Nenlcr nf Ihe Vnittd Prtts and
l.vmivu l.tdocr,
Ill'lJNO.S AIIli:.S. April 25.
Iltienos Alien had another day of demon
strations today
It started late at night with fiee.for-all
fights between vailous groups of pro-war
and pacifist enthusiasts in which the molees
became so vigorous and stones nnd other
missiles Hew- ; fast that tho gendarmes
were compelled to tukn a hand. There were
u iiiiiihh'i oi arrcsis, nui no great damage
done on either side
Tho mix-tip started with a huge neutral
ity meeting After the speeches scores of
processions Matted with thousands per
sons lIllliiK the principal stieets. Nor threo
nours they paraded up and down, orderlj
enough i-vcept when the pro-war enthusi
asts made sudden sallies Tho neutrality
advocates, however, apparently outnum
beied the war enthusiasts
"Tho demonstration convinced me.' said
Jorge Mltie. editor of l.a Xacion, today,
"that the neutral adherents heavily out
weigh the war element"
As If In Mipport of this neutralltj plan
l.a Nncion today editorially observed
"The sinking of the Aigentlno steamship
Monte Protegldo lesuked from n geneial
rule. It was not Intended ns au offense
or ngg-esslou against Aigentlna."
Continuing tho newspaper decried war
and urged that Argentina go no further
than n hienU In relations with Oermany nt
the utmost
3BRAZESrA1IS
ARMED FOR KAISER
Population, Governors and
Army Garrisons Entirely
Pro-German
COULD DOMINATE OTHERS
TENNIS STARS TO PLAY
'FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT
NliW YOIIK, April r5, Some of the
conntry-s brightest tennis stars will appear
In the coming benefit laurn.iinni. . n.
West Side Tennis Club, of Forest Hills It
was learned today Clifton 11 Herd, for
merly of California ; Harold Throckmorton.
Cart Behr, Theodore Bell, (leorge M. Churcli
and Dean Mathey are among them ll
tennis matches at tho West Side Club will
bt played for the benefit tof the American
ned Cross. No admission will be charged,
but spectators will be give,, a chance to
routllbute to the cause
DR. ICKES. OF NORWOOD, DIES
Luthern Church Choirmaster Prac
ticed Dentistry in Philadelphia
Dr. II, A Ickes, of Norwood, died today
after a bilef Illness. He was forty-nine
years old. Doctor Ickes practiced during
Ills whole caieer as a dentist lu Philadel
phia. Ills olllce vva-i In the Wltherspooa
I'.ulldlug.
Ho was a giaduate of Centinl High
School and the Philadelphia Dental Col
lege. Mrs, Ickes, a daughter aand threo
sons survive.
Tim funeral will ne conducted Sa tut day
at the home lu Norwood by threo clergy
men, the Itev. Seaman M. Hidden, of St.
Paul's Kplscopal Chinch, in llrlstol, a rela
tive; the llev. K. Ilakewell Green, of St.
Stephen's Kplsrop.il Church. Norwood, and
the llev. Stanley M. Hlllhelmer, of tho
Lutheran Church, in Norwood, where Doc
tor Ickes was choirmaster.
Doctor Ickes was prominent among the
Masons and other fraternal organizations
and was a moving llguie In" Norwood's llor
tlcultuial Socletj
By HENRI BAZIN
Xn'clal Correspondent o the Uvenina l-tdatr
tn francc,
ffprdal Coble Dispatch
PARIS. April 25.
Tluec extieme tlrazlllan States nre virtu
ally totally Herman In population, governors
and ninny gairlsons. These States would
revolt in case Ilrazll declared war against
(icrmany. As they possess greater strength
than the others they would. In event of hos
tilities, master tho remainder of Iltnzll.
Ilrazlllaii public opinion expresses the
hope that America will reduce exportation
to Spain to baio necessities.
The country views geneial conditions lu
the war as iiufavorablu to the Allies.
The (lerman people nre absolute!) un
aware of true conditions at the front and
think actual reverses are a part of tlcneral
Hlndenburg's plan of campaign.
It Is essential that Allied screws be put
on Germany from every angle, statesmen
here express themselves.
DAVE,' BLIND AND FEEBLE.
SAVED IN STABLE FIRE
Old Horse, Pensioner of Brcyer Ice
Cream Company, Difficult to Res
cue From Flames
Dave, one of those pensioned eiiilnes
that business men keep after their use
fulness Is ended Just to show that senti
ment has a niche lu tho dollar maik, almost
when down to his death this afternoon,
when lire swept the stable of the llrejer
Ice Cream Company, at Ninth and Cumber
land stieets.
"Dave" is blind and feeble, It being some
Jcars since lie Used to tllldgo between tho
shafts of the old wagon Henry W. Hi ever
had to take bis Ice eleam around In, and it
was u hard Job to get him out of Ihe stable
without Injuiy Work by the superlntt nd
ent and eniploes, however, saved him. along
with thirty-two other horses
The Hi t- stinted on the thlid llnnr nf the
building, where fifty tons of hay was stored,
and did little damage elsewheie. The horses
wete on the floor below and were lu danger
until the arrival of firemen. The loss Is
estimated at $3000
NAVAL SURGEON RAPS
DISCOURTESY TO SAILORS
MRS.REWRMD
PARENTS APARTMENT
Lawyer Issues Purported State
ment by Young Woman De
nying; Kidnapping
SAYS SHE LEFT HUSBAND
Brewer's Son's Friend Hints Young
Couple Are to Be Reunited,
Despite Parents
Altered "Spy" Bill Reported
WASHINGTON, Apiil 25 The amended
espionage bill, upon which the House Judl
clary Committee has been at work almost
daily since Congiess convened, was le
jiorted to the House today by Chairman
Webb. Tho principal modification lu the
bill Is that relating to press censoiship.
Tho committee has eliminated altogether
the original provision which would have
prohibited editorial or newspaper discus
sion, comment or criticism of governmental
policies Instead, the piess Is piohibltea
only from disclosing mlliturj secrets.
Indignant That Vaudeville Manage
ment Refused Admission
to" Tars
The populai opinion lu regaid to sailors
was condemned by Surgeon Robert A.
Ilachman, stationed at the Naval Home,
who spoke before the Ilolar.v Club today.
"If a crowd of college students broke
up things In a I'oimminlt.v," said Doctoi
liachman, "it would not be noticed. Hut
when sailors get loose and start tiouble
there Is a popular outcry."
Doctor nachmati evpiessed gieat indigna
tion that two sailors weio refused admis
sion on the lower floor of a populai vaude
vlllo theatre because they were In unl
foim. The speaker had something to sa of the
patiiotlsm that does nothing but stand up
when tho national anthem Is plajed and
vvavo the flag.
"A patriot." said Doctor Hachman, "Is a
man who wants to do something for his
(ountr), A politician Is one who wants his
country to do something for lihn."
Norwegian Craft Sunk by U-Bouts
LONDON. April J.I. Hlght Norwegian
ships, thice sailing vessels and live steam
ships have been sunk by German subma
llnes, according to a telegram received
here today. It gives the Norwegian Koielgn
Olllce as its auUioiity. Tho ships are Ves
telo, Vllle ile Dieppe, Shlnld, Glsko, Godo
Ktiga, Cerda and Valerie
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Are You a Real
Manager or
Only a Pretense?
Do you let your employes drop in for work just when they
please?
Do you let them tear up unused postage stamps?
Do you let them use expensive stationery for scribbling
purposes?
Do you let them -drive your customers away with their
indifference?
Do you let them carelessly use a measured service telephone
-when the Keystone unlimited telephone is available and
costs only about one cent an hour all the year around?
If you permit any of these things, you are wasting money
as surely as though you threw it out of the window, and
you are marking yourself a pretense instead of a real live
manager who actually manages.
THE KEYSTONE TELEPHONE SYSTEM 4
,, Keystone Telephone Building
135 South Second Street
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The Uergner-Ilew case, In which Jean
Hergner Hew, daughter of the millionaire
brewer and wife of It. Herton Hew, wealthy
Atlantic City )outh. Is the principal llgure,
Is rapidly developing Into a mystery that
brings forth the question: "What's next?'
Trans! Khrllch, attorney for Gustavus W
lleigner, father of the bride. Issued a pur
ported statement by Mrs. Bow this after
noon In which the young woman declared
the. went back to her father's apartment at
the ItlU-Carlton yesterday of her own ac-
coid.
The statement sa)s-
"Stories published nie all abtuid. Thete
has been no kidnapping. 1 am acting on
my own free will nnd I returned to in)
parents' home alone. They know nothing
of my Intentions until. 1 vvalkcn Into their
apartment."
That wan all of that statement, but mean
while Clinton A. Sowers, attorney for
young Hew, said he was frankly "mysti
fied" ns to the whole matter. He said lis.
didn't know exactly what was what
That's the trouble. Nobody appears to
know Just where either of the young pair
Is at present Young Hew's father, George
II. Hew, president of the Vcntnor National
Hank, m Id this afternoon that ho had not
seen or heard from his son since ho left
him yestenlay moinlng at Uroad Street
Station
I left him when 1 caught the train." said
.Mr Hew "I had no Inkling then as to
what was going to happen. Where Is he"'
The question. "Where Is she?" Is more
easily answered. "She," tho heroine of the
ni)stvry, is in the Hit at least she wus
there late this afternoon.
Appatently adding strength to the state
ment attilbuted to young .Mrs. Hew that ihe
went to her parents' apartments of her own
will, the fait that .she Is In the hotel also
knocks out assertions of Hew's ft lends that
his bride had eloped again and rejoined
him.
Some of Hew's friends started a iiimoi
that the couple would meet later this nftei.
noon
"1 can't say anything dellnlte." said one
of tho men who has known flic boy since
he went to St. Luke's school to be near the
girl who later became his wife. "Hut I will
say that startling developments will happen
and they'll take placo this afternoon, per
haps. What I mean Is that Berton and
Jean will meet "
Thus, while It was officially said on be
half of the brewer that his daughter would
not go back to her young husband. It was
stated with equal posltlveness by friends
of Hew that only a few hours separated
him and his wife.
In case tho prediction of a lcunloii comes
true, the hearing Krlda.v morning at lu
o'clock of tho habeas corpus proceedings
Bew Instituted to Ket his wife back will
be called off. In his petition, fl'ed vestei-
St.- ti&tmmw khi
,.a h..n kidnanned by Iter father and wis
held a prisoner' In his apartment nt the nits.
The Bergncr-Bevv romance has been Jam
full of suclv Incidents nnd .obstacles ns
thoso that arc causing furrowed brows this
afternoon, and. the question, "What ncxl7
was Just ns pertinent last fall, when tho
elopement took place, ns It Is now. Tho
young people then got u machine nnd rode
away to tho tune of fifty miles nn hour,
under the very noses of relatives and pollco
of threo cities. L'arller In the romance Miss
Hergner was shipped off to school on the
Main Line to get away irom yuunK ".
but he followed and matriculated nt St.
Luke's.
Seventeen younfe tyminlWiiftj MiM
' S900 Joha ' v V
Scvcnjecn ycrtiiiK women thdny qualified
for 'apiKilnlment nn cltyj .nurses, positions
which carry ii salary of iOuO n yenr. Those
eligible under civil t-crvlco rules nro i.'or,
enco McG. Peter, Mnlzlo 8, A, Morris, Hen.
rleltn 11 Davis, Bessie n, Crovvcll, Klorenca'
1). Kochey, Dorothea 13. Goods, Caroline, v
Price. Utliel It. Jackson, Elizabeth 11. Hums'
Martha Hartley, Wnnda 13. Gtoth, Kntliryn
M, McMnnus. Martha Voecks, Eva L. Mac.
line, Mllen Douglass, Lillian J, Deltsch"
Kleanor Swlnter. '
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