vm. " t EVENING LEDGERS-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 21, ' 1917 BURGLAR WITH GAS MASK STEALS DETECTIVE'S PIPE; COPS ON SCENT " -vwmr f w '"i'W g",Ti phief Gets Off With Farmer's Seventeen-Year-Old Hard 1 Coal Burner at Thirty-ninth Street and Lancaster Avenue A roan hunt Is on nt the Thirty-ninth Lrtet and Lancaster avenue pollco stntlon. r Every one Is looklnR for a daring thief 'ho had the audacity to rob the stntlon kouse while many men were on duty. The burglar managed to net tiwny with hilitrlct Detective Kdward Farmer' pipe. Incidentally, the police hcllevo the Intruder Jnurt havo worn a gas mask. ' n-i,.i. know Fanner's pipe. It has n wav m lf maklnK Us presence felt whenever It's lj:-j fnr action In fnct, many of the cops iy lhy '" ,c" ,,,e ,,l,c ,s ncnr,," cn hen It kn't worklnK. I T,e pipe li seventeen years old. nnd Hooks It " ls "' brownish-black complex 'Jon with distended cheeks nnd contracted 'mouth It has a straight stem, which is iconnected with what was onco n pretty mher bit Hut the bit has been bitten until Crf hardly a bit of the bit left. For Farmer is a deductive sleuth. And irhen he went Into deep reveries he usually h,v a. hard clutch on Ills pipe In such J iue It always worked on hlsh Rear. When I it '0N TO CAPITAL!" TRANSITMEN CRY jFinal Arrangements for Trip to Harrisburg Made by Officials UIORE THAN 100 TO GO Final arrangements for the "On to Har risburg" mocment to support the four transit measures pending In the Legisla ture are being made today by Transit Di rector Twining. Finance Committee Chair man Oanney anu ouicern 01 me lui Business Men's Association. A special train carrying more than 100 legates from the seventy business or ganizations composing the United Asso Eatlon will leave Broad street station to morrow morning aU8:40 o'clock. Tho Logan Improvement Lengue ls also arranging to trtid a large representation on the Harrls urg special. The success of Mayor Smith in having th hearing before the Senate Judiciary Central Committee rescheduled after It had teen called off by Benntor Kline, chairman, taused great gratification today among those who have been fighting to have the transit enabling legislation passed. William Draper Lewis, former head of Uv law firhnnl rtf thn T'lliverslt V of Penn sylvania, who drafted the measures at the jersonal request or. Mayor srmin, nnu who has made a thorough study of Philadel phia's legislation and the constitutional restrictions now playing a part In the city's jroblem, will make the leading address In lehalf of the four measures. The other sneakers will bo Mayor Smith. Ichalrman (lafTney. of Councils' Finance Committee, and Director Twining In addition, the views of tho United Dusl- itss Men's Association will be 'presented by President N'opeii, Kdwln M. Alibott. chair man of the law comniltteo ; Sidney M Karle, chairman of the transportation committee ; C Oscar Beasley, chairman of tho Harris burg committee on transit legislation, and Select Councilman George C. Ulrlch, of tho Forty-second Ward. 1 Four bills will be considered at the Iiear 'lng. They are The Cans bill, which would give tho Public Service Commission tho right to com Ipel the Philadelphia Ilapld Transit Com ijany to through-route trains between the Frankford and the Darby "I1 roads over the tracks of the Market street high-speed line, Irrespective of whether the city's sys tem ls operated by tho P. It. T. Company r Independently The Salus bill, which Includes the through-routing" feature of tho dans bill iind In addition would give the commission 'the right to fix a joint rate of fare at inter sections of the city's and the company's sys tem In the event of Independent operation. The Hecht eminent domain bill, which iould give the city the right to take over the franchises of tho Philadelphia Hapld ITransIt Company and the underlying com jpanles, and ' The Hecht constitutional amendment glv lg the city the necessary borrowing power to exercise the eminent domain right pro vided In the Hecht bill. , The Transit Company will oppose all tho .measures. Kills Ames Ballard, chief coun- ". will present the Transit Company's He. He will be assisted by several other company representatives. Former Transit Director A Mcrrltt Taylor has openly 011- Posed the Salus and the Hecht measures, but It Is not known whether he will appear lefore the Senate committee. , The audit of the books of the Philadelphia Sapid Transit Company by Lybrand, Jtos jErothers & Montgomery, expert necount ata, will not be completed In time for the meeting and perhaps not for next Friday's Funcllmanlc hearing. This was admitted pity by Controller Walton, to whose de partment Councils appropriated $10 000 to v an audit made. Director Twining ls Mtremely anxious that the audit be made, and had hoped and expected that It would finished before the first councllmanlo waring last Friday. iU. S. CALLS FOR SPEED 0N24MINESWEEPPRS t'Daniels Cnnffir. Wirri Twnlvn ', American Shipbuilders to Ar range Rush Job m V Bu a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 21. American Bhlnbulldern nr palled unon to KiwlM twenty-four combination mine sweep ers and tugs In the shortest possible time. L. '"iiu'ibb io a summons oi secretary ,-uieia, twelve shipbuilders today confer- IW W"h hlm and tlle mclals ln Immediate ffjtharge of naval construction. jY '"" to ut viniupo. Ilia sn "i&t? Shipbuilding Company and the Fore "itr concern are now ln conference to ijearn of the exact plans. The Secretary ra noi decided whether these ships will let by contract or be built upon the per tentage basis. In case It is found that they .Jjn brbullt updn the percentage basis, au thority fit nnmrn-aa tn hull,! fcam Vit iuiiv W1 U asked. . f?- uanlels was Informed by the ship Muders that the greatest trouble was now . experienced by the shipbuilders In Wing labor and material. As tp the lat W they were told that the sides and plates p be ""'"'ned for them through the 'JJ between the Government and the shlp- bJi Stc"'ary explained the necessity of S" work on the boats and called upon ", anlpbullders for aid. He assured the St. that the Government would co- M t .' -'. .,, ,, vubaiiiiiia lMut nuu ItT. iV Already the Government has ar Iuee4 t frnBh cortaln pate8 anJ other CV needed by expediting shipment. -" lion mn rwmiwti wrin n nr innn Ttiy are, to be sturdy, powerful "i oi'(iouin omciais retuaea io com C was wld th new boats might be ?0 ft-AM-,..... ...til. ''.t.- ti.llllV KAl at Tome01" '' " "" MrnB Bs whcn " w8 n 7.h.e,.ip!?e ,s rathcr oId for ,ta youth-but It Is subtle nevertheless. It has latent power In, . , rCaBOn ,llat " can Pve Its pres for, from many humans. They make a around '" n ne ,"ow', lhry'rr Thirty cop, are looking for Farmer's plp. And to expedlto matters storekeepers, drug, gists and bu,ns men who know v have been told tn keep on the lookout, .i Via,s why many "PS are going Sy " air Despite their energ" TSZi e.rs ,1,at the March ia not n thorouRli ns t SPems, tii!!r,nK,IS.,.ra,'.S,e'c,lson' wh0 conducts Jus 1 i. the R,,allrn hous''- ' a'" Interested i"s mtZT,i Vn Sn ,var.m summ" d"y h if ?, .h. . . Farm" P!Pe for years. ru moiid n ' br"Kht befor h"" " ' ru more.1 tlun m hn,e no ESS1NGT0N CENTER FORU.SJiVIATORS Aircraft School to Be Devel oped by Federal Government MAY TEACH 150 FLYERS Hans for the development of the flying school at Ksslngton have been nearly com tIeted by the Government, and within two weeks n squad of forty recruits will be learning the art of piloting Dying boats Since tho Federal Government took over the school, a few weeks ago, the number of Pupils hat) been Increased to twelve, but according to plans mapped out by officials In charge of aviation Instruction this num ber will be Increased to 1B0. To make ready for such an Increase It Is pinnned to assign three additional army In. structors to the present teaching staff and install a dozen or more new hydroaeroplanes. Hie old hospital building on the grounds of the school Is to be mado ready for use as a barracks. Information that the Government pro poses to utllUe tho Esslngton School as one of Its chief aviation bases waa given out this morning after Howard Coffin, chairman of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense, had out lined the general plan of the Government to develop an cfllclent flying corps. -.-H1'3 ,chcmo necessitates the training of QGOO mints nnA ),A l...lt.ii - . , " "v "uiiuiuk ui tteverai thousand machines. Finding men for this ....., uuu training tnem proved to be one of the real problems of the commission, but tho manv dimrnitiou i,n..A .... ... .,vn lt,c UCC1I UYCI- come and actual steps toward executing mo liuuio were put m operation today. So Impressed were tho army flyers with the advantages of EEslngton that they Im mediately mado plans for further develop, nient. As n. result twn nni'immant Awtn. t.Mni were ndded to. the three already at the ...... llu ititritu rccruna assignea to the hchool. Under Walter Johnson, a civilian Instructor, nnd two nrmv nnntfllm qtlnnK.J to thov signal corps tho pupils have made iujmu aiivuncemcnc. Tho recruits nrn n.nlrl whltn inhi, o.i at the cotnnlptlnn nf thn miin vamai,.a n commission. Applications for admittance to ine i-ssuiKion .cnooi must he filed with tho aviation section of tho Signal Corps, V. S. A., Washington D. C. If the appli cation Is accepted the candidate must un dergo a rigid physical examination nnd to m.ikp Rlirn thnt nnhnritr nthar thin "!.,' men creep Into tho service applicants must De noi more man iniriy years old nor less than twenty-one. Thn rirmi- roriiitrixi thnt r rAnml. t.AA qualifying for a commission, must spend louu iumuiv in iuu uir. inis lime is dls trlbuted over a period of four months and in thnt tipHnri1 n nilnll In hrnni-ht In nnn tact with all problems that confront the aviator. Late this afternoon, the army fliers at Ksslngton will give an exhibition before im nf ll Ani.1 - m.... 11 In m.l.l 111... lit. In(. .,.l.l K.Ilh.llf.-l o. Ik 13 34IIU lilMl. 1I1Q UUV KnlllPIII Pllf Itmnra hnn narfAKliiil n tttn bllizer for neioplanes. and this Is one of the Improvements which tho guests will see In operation. The flying will take place at 5 o'clock and will be followed by a dinner at the Itosedale Inn, Ksslngton. In the party will be sev eral members of tho Philadelphia Lthlgh ciun. lapiam it. u uooailer, In charge o the school, will receive tho guests and dl rcct the demonstrations. GUM-CHEWING RECORD WILL FALL THIS YEAR Chicle Exports Rising by Leaps and Bounds, Says Com merce Bureau WASHINGTON. May 21. Tho thousands of pounds of gum chewed ln this country lost year were only a drop In the bucket compared to what the world In general chewed It ls even a small amount compared with what busy molars through out the world will masticate during the present year Well over a million dollars' worth of chewing gum will reach foreign buyers this year, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestlo Commerce announced today. During the first nine months of the pres ent flkcal year, chewing gum shipments aggregated $925,500 ln value. Jri 1894 total exports of chicle were valued at J2658; ln 1895 they were valued at $1709, and ln 1806 $289. Chewing gum exports disap peared altogether In 1897. From then ex. portatlon of chicle Increased rapfdly, the 1916 figures touching $574,423, a record, and twice the value of 1916 exports, Of the $926,600 worth exported so far this year, L"urope got $696,049 worth; North America. $103,997; sown America, m.'JM. Argentina, Brazil, Chill and Peru were chief users In the order namea in fioum America. AbI.i has proved a difficult market, the bureau stated. Five Dollars for a Wink Caught winking at a married woman ac cording to the police, Thomas Sentts, thirty, three years old, of Fourth and Hoyden streets, Camden, was fined $6 today by Re corder Stackhouee. on the accusation of dls orderly conduct. According to the testimony; Of i'OllCeiUllIl WUllOII 1IIO IIIUIIICU VVUIIICHl objected to being winked at and so did her husband, When Cattell took a hand In the proceedings Sentls was receiving a very bad beating at the hands of the husband. Undo Sam's Clerks Exempt , WASHINGTON, May 21. 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