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T0KI0 PLANS
BIG FORCE TO
AID SLAV LINE
Move Planned to Save
Asia From German
Aggression
FEAR OF SEPARATE
PEACE THE REASON
Vienna Rushes Re-enforcements
to Carso Lines to
Save Trieste
AUSTRIAN LOSSES 60,000
HOME, May 28.
The M'llagc of San Giovanni is the
latest Austin-Hungarian stronghold to
fall before the ureal Italian offensive,
lis capture was reported by the Italian
War Office today. 'I he Italians forced
a crossing of the 'limavo River and
fought their way into San Giovanni,
capturing nine sivineh guns'. San
Gioanni lies just north of Dulno, the
so-called gateway to Trieste.
WASHINGTON Mi 2S
Dispatch of Japanese Hoops in large
force to the Russlnn front if "apparently
the next big move In the woilel war," it
was authorltativelj predicted todav
Fearing a separate llusslan peuo with
Germain Japanese public l-Vt aie advising
this rourse to i-ave Asl i fiom Herman ag
gression it was dcclaied
The Informant who stands hlRh In diplo
matic circles heie, said that since, little is
known of tho real status of Russian affairs
one fact stands uppermost Hint .Inpnnese
armies mint aid In maintaining Hie Itusalan
battle lines hn the onlj enurse to Keep the
Teuton ulllmntelv nut of hlnn.
It was explained that while Japan's sol.
dlers are conscripted for the primary object
of defense public sentiment In the Mikado's
empire would sanction sending Hoops to
distant foreign service In such a ense the
object being 'to thwnrt an ultimate in
vasion of China and tho Orient"
TOICIO May 28 "Tho entrance of the
United Mates In the war Is cspcclallj pleas
ing to Japan for It will greatly strengthen
the tics between tho two countries' said
Tremler Count Tetauchi tod-ij In an ad
dress to the goveinots of the perfects on
the policies of the Japanese, (Jovcrnmcnt
The Premier said Japan would have to
strengthen Its defense promote its Indus,
tries and develop Its foreign trade
.AUSTRIA RUSHES ARMY
FOR DEFENSE OF TRIESTE
ROMC, Mav 28
Austria Is massing everv man of her re
serves for a last desperate defense of
Trieste Meanwhile her troops on tho left
wing are graduallv giving waj hcfoie tho
Irresistible Italian advance
Estimates from the front today put the
total ustnan losses in dead wounded and
missing since Mav H when the Italian of
fensive started at CO 000 men The enemy
Is fighting bravelv under decimating flic
snd teriiflc smashes from Ciencial Cador
nas mfuntrvmen
According to word fiom the Caiso line to
da nil urtrian reseives are being concen
trated close to Trieste and the civil evacua
tion of the rlty has been ordered All sup
plies are being hurrleJIj transported to in
land cities
Prisoners were fiuotcrid toda as declaring
that the Austrian defense had been gieatly
handicapped because nf- lack of adequate
reserves The Russian front has already
been drained of every possible man consist
ent with safety, to re-enforce the dwin
dling man Hupplj on tho western and Hai
tian fronts Moreover, It was declared that
Teuton nrmj commander? are apprehensive
over what Russian troops may attempt
sgalnst them
The now Russian Minister of War
Kerensky Is being watched closelj e. Ills
flery appeals to Russia's soldiers may re
sult the Austrtans believe In some sudden
offensive For this reason the Hermans
snd Austrlans have been compelled to keep
the northern and eastern fronts fairly well
Defended
All prisoners declare their orders wero
to resist the Italian advance at all costs
All were unanimous In declaring tho hur
rlcance of artillery fire to which they wero
subjected was appalling In Us Infliction of
losses
Then came the overwhelmingly dashing
advance of the Italian Infantrvmen
Despeiate and repeated counter-attacks
reported today Indicated, In the belief of
War Odlce attaches that the Austrlans have
not vet fjli.n mi linnn nt rernnttirlner th
omce sector
JL
ISONZO LINES FIRM,
VIENNA'S REPORT SAYS
VIENNA, May 28
. 'Our defenders' lines remain unbroken,"
declared an official statement today on the
Continued on Pasn Tour, Column Two
THE WEATHER
ronuoABT
for Philadelphia and vicinity Shatters
"nd thunderstorms this afternoon and to
night; Tuesday proVably air and slightly
warmer; fresh to strong ulnds, mostly
northeast.
I.KMiTH OP II Y
4..1I) a in IMoorf" sets 12 03 a m.
,n . m lBtnnn ....,.- nnl n m
fun rlaea
tun uta
.. ... l f 111 ,UUII !.,. " " f ...
UF.I.MIAIM: BIVKIt TIIIK I'll VM1KS
, CHESTNUT STREET ,
JS water ,.,t SNnm I Low water 2.08 P m
"th water ,, ,0.30a m (High water 7"J3 p m
TEMPEItATURK AT KACII HOUIt
r fir mi 11. ,,-Tniril 41 6 aervlces of trnlncd women In tne place mia umenumem ne ikciu.
tj ' J" ' J" LJ.LLJL' Lj --i- -T11-?? hi ihev would count the most for the I This brought the third ovation
r 04 C4 1 531 5,1 1 Ml 5J o al wnere mey
NVWoman Can Afford to Mips Reading "Living Up to
TORNADOES KILL
rr i ft ii u iy klx
oo, iiidUllU 1JUJ
Series of Storms in Seven
States Cause Great Dam
age in Three-Day Period
PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS
CIIICAtJO Maj 28
Three hundred and twentv-three persons
were known to be dead todiv and 166S In
jured iinnv of whom will die lis a result of
series of tornados which swept Illinois and
Indintit on sitiird.iv, southern Illinois parts
of Tennesee Arkansas Ki mucin and Ala
liimn lnle jesterdiv ind K insas on l'rlelaj
Thousands are homeless md destitute The
propcrtj dam ige amounts to millions of
dollnrs
The dead and Injured are listed as fol
lows Illinois l.s deid "SO Injured,, Ken
tuckv slxtv dead loo Injured, Katisis
twentv-slx deid fltv Injured, Mabim.i
fortv deail , Arkansas thlrtv-t've dead lf6
Injured, Indian 1 seven dead 300 Injuied,
Tennessee twentv-nlne dead, 109 Injured
Tho heaviest loss of lire was In M Utoon
III a cltv of 10 000 pnpulitlon where Sit
urdav afternoons stoim exncteil a total of
slxtv -three known dead and Injured estimat
ed from 100 to r,00 The propert loss In
that tltv and the surrounding country is
estimated at $2 000 000
Chaileston, III twelve miles east of Mat
toon also wis pirtlv vv reeked with a loss
of flftj lives. The Injured are estl
mvted from sIMv to 1ii0 The damage
tliero Is estimated at $1 000 000
I ho loss of life elsewhere In Illinois Is
estimated nt fifteen with 100 Injured
'I he storms began I'lldav In Kansas
whole Andale was wiped out with twcnlj
si deid and slxtv Injured I.ate Saturdiv
n seiics of tornadoes stinted In the vicinity
of St l.ouls nnd swept notthwnrd and east
wnnl extending northwnid nearK to ('111
i.igo and crossing tlie State line Into
lndlam wheio Illoomington and other cities
weie hard hit
Milium 'lenncssee Arkansas and Ken
tucky wero visited vestenlnj afternoon and
last night, while another tornado struck
Murphsbro nnd Wlllisvlllo In southern
Illinois
Recovery of bodies of the dead succor of
the injured nnd provision for the homeless
was pioceedlng npldl todav
PHILADELPHIA GUARDSMAN
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Robcit Hutchinson, of First Regiment,
in Columbia Hospital, Suffering
Serious Wound
Woid was received In Philadelphia tills
afternoon that Robert Hutchinson, nf Phlla
delphl i a pilvate of Companv K l'lrst
Iteglnient National tluaid of l'cnnslvanla
was accidentally shot while standing In his
tent bv a fellow guardsman
Ilutchinson Is in a serious condition in
tho Columbia Pa Hospital 'I ho other
soldier It Is slid was examining his illle
when It was accidentally discharged
The men are members of a detachment
which Is guaidlng the Pennsvlvanla Itill
road Inidge lit Sife Hulmi (Hikers of the
guard aie making in investigation
LADY FROM MONTANA, IN FIRST
HOUSE SPEECH, WINS OVATION
Miss Rankin Offers
Amendment to Utilize
Women's Work in
Food Conservation
Unanimous Action
After Congresswoman
Explains Position in
Graceful Address
WASIlINtirON Mi) ."!
Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana game
but a little nervous made her maiden speech
in the House this afternoon
'She Introduced, spoke on nnd had passed
in les than five minutes amid vociferous
applause, an amendment piovlding that as
much as possible of the food conservation
vvoik under tho l.cver bill shall be done
b women
Miss Rankin, after nearl) two mouths
fit viitual silence In the House caused a
stir on the tloor ns sho rose obtained
lecognitlon as "the ladv from Montana
ami handed hei amendment to a page
The amendment offered to a section of
the Lever bill that gives 2"00 for the
conservation of food, for elimination of
wajte nnd for Increasing production fol
lows
Provided that the .Seiretnr of Agil
culture shall so far as is piactlcable en
gage the services of the women for the
work herein provided for
The first of several ovations greeted the
amendment Vlss Rankin, still standing
was recognized again by Representative
Hamlin, in tho chair ns "the lad from
Montana
.Standing nt the center nf ilia rear of the
chamber, she hraced herself upon tho back
of tho preceding row of chairs, Bleared
her throat and began her first speech
"This amendment will place women where
they can ho effective.' she said "Cy hav
ing In these ofilees women officials who
understand the home, women can bo en
eouragcit to conserve food B using
women we can concentrate the attention of
women on large questions of the natlcn.
Women must learn to thin c of food In
carload lots In transit in storage, In the
board of trade and In the national market,
as well as In the small portion on the family
"ve have In these women a neu source
of service which we should not waste at
nils time I feel sure that these women
will be capable and faithful In doing this
5E.,KCU? work It would b. to the ad-
'"".' Mi....i wnmpn in the nlaca
(PHILADELPHIA
ADI7MC DITDC17
TO LOAN PLEA
Splendid Response to $50,-
000,000 Boost in City's
Bond Allotment
M 0 R E T II A N $10,000,000
Move to Sell Speedily
Cilu's New Allotment
PHILADELPHIA'S allotment of
the Liberty Loan wns today
taised fiom ?200,000,000 to $'Ji")0,
000,000 Ten-tlollai bonds, stjled by bank
ers "participation certificates." will
be circulated in this city during pies
cnt week, accouling to nfl'ictals of
Liberty Bond campaign committee.
Bond sales foite to be increased to
nO.OOO m effort to put a Liberty
Bond in ever, home
Camden County subscribes for $2,
000,000 of its quota of S4..r)00.000.
Campaign starts week with te
newed energy nnd Committee de
termined to have city's share oVji
subsci ibed.
Subscriptions totalling more than $10
000000 Is todav s teioril In .he Phll.adel
phl i l.lheitv Ilnml campaign
The big bulging purse of the Quaker
Cltv and surrounding towns opened early
In the morning mil until campaign head
riuarteis inseil moncv poured In
The streun of coin Is Philadelphia s
answer to the order sent from Washington
carlv this nioinlng tint iusie.nl of JJ00,.
000,000 the iit must subsribo to a JJ'.O,
000 000 allotment of l.ibeit) llonds
'lint this amount falls to dismav the
camp ilgn committee Is nppirent fiom re
turns obtained l'lrst came the Pennsyl
vania llailrnad with a $5.000 000 subscrip
tion This Is one of the I irgest subscrip
tions iccelved In the eight divs campaign
and served to put new life In the armv of
l.lheitv Hond workeis
'I tin big Induslilnl plants that dei lined
to have theh names used subscilbed for
$1 000 000 eich nnd the bulks In Williams
port tepoited tint the campaign to date in
that cltv Ins netted $700 000
liesldes these big subc i iptiun small sub
scriptions flooded headquaiters anil before
half of them were tahulited members of
the committee estimated tint they woulil
total moie than $3 000 000
si.i:.s i'orci: mi i,tipui:ii
WoiK of pel fee ting. i sales foueof 10 000
Is being pushed with vlcoi and bv next
I i Id iv inoinlng the cainpiign will lake on
proportions that will dwarf iic"-ent activ
ities 'lo begin xv 1 1 1 1 the letall iihk hints
l.lbeitv Hond committee got the machinery
nntlniiec! on I'line lire, oltiinn I our
MAKES MAIDEN SPEECH
Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin,
tho lady from Montana, today
made her first speech in tho House
of Representatives.
countrv during this present crisis and also
in the future It will bring the home
woman Into closer co-operation with the
Qov eminent
, "Women must take an Intelligent and
responsible share In the world's work If
we are to see that nil the people are fed
all the time"
A tremendous ovation greeted the con
clusion of the speech Chairman Lever, of
tho Agricultural Committee, rose as the ap
plause subsided Members thought he In
tended toj oppose the amendment
"1 should represent neither the chivalry
nor the flood Judgment of the Agriculture
Committee If I offered any opposition to
this umendmenl he said,
iHB s3hb vJ&isi&LLLLLLLB
CONTRACTS FOR 24
WOODEN SHIPS LET
Denman Program in Prog
ress Despite General Goe
thals's Opposition
ALL GO TO PACIFIC COAST
lu n Staff t oi tcaiiortfff nt
WASIIINUTOV May !t
Annouiu einent bv the I nlted Suites Ship
ping Hoard todav of the letting of contrails
for twentv-four wooden six steel nnd
twentv composite cargo vessels confirm the
statement made Katurdnv bv Minimum W.
Mini Penman nf that board. Hint wooden
as well as steel ships would be built or-
splt the attic k made by Major (leneral
lenrge ilnMhnl on the wooden ship pro
gram In advocating tlte construction of steel
vessels foi the American merchant marine,
ueial ioethnls said
Itltds ate still nesting In the trees that
it is pioposed to make into ships In the
slicu t space of eighteen months
I he contrait nwnideil todav shows that
Hie 'eineigeniv licet corporation which
was ne.ated to meet the submarine menace
bv piovlding n large number of cargo ships
to teplace the tonnage lost by torpedoing,
w III not be nblc to till lid ships faster than
the submatlnes can sink them for somo
time .
TWR.NTY MONTHS TO IICILP
The awards toda show that the first
wooden ship will not be completed until
a vear fiom Jnnuar The stlnan Ship
ntds Corpnintlon Seattle has been
nwarded contracts for sixteen wooden
ships nnd the llrst Is In be delivered bv
Januarv 11 lots Another west-coast con
cern which hns been awarded the con
tnct for (our hulls, is lint to deliver the
llrst of these until that elite and all the
inuliineij if ml iithri equipment must be
Installed after that 'I he stccl-ship con
tracts were awarded on the basis that lhe
must be delivered to the (iovernment coin
pletc five months from tin d lie of irilv.il
of the keel plates
The fact Hut moie wooden ship contracts
weie awaided todav Is believed lo increase
the likelihood tint (ieneial lioeth.ils will le.
sign from Hie p ace he accepted at the earn
est solicitation of the Administration The
action of Congress late Saturday In ellm-
inning mo provision wnuii was intended to
give him blanket -authorltj In spending
$730 Oflo nno In piovlding 4 merchant marine
Is expected to Inncase the friction that has
olsted between tleneial (ioetn.ils who Is
stronglv In favor of steel ships and CI air
man lieumnu, who announced the wooden
ship piogr.am before (Joithals came to
Washington
At THOlim niVIDRt)
When the Senate piovlded the vast sum
foi iiieiclnnt ship niiMrurtlon It amended
the House bill suthat the general maniger
of the Culled stales .shipping Boird Knierg
cm v I'lcet i ii porat inn should have unre
stricted iiithoiltv This was generallv te.
( onliniircl on 1'iise live. olnmn lt
HOUSE PASSES LEVER
BILL ON FOOD CENSUS
Pending Legislation Provides for
Increased Production and Con
servation by Educational
Methods
AASIINi5Tn.N Mav 28
The (list step toward food legislation was
fr rin ilh taken tins afternoon when Hie
Ik ue without a tec ird vote passed the
I.eiei food census lull nrrvlng an nppro
liiHi(ii of SI l "n nun for a food census
md fri disti dinting seed In ftnneis
I he bill pio (le ii thoinugli food census
and makes piovl inn for lucreasliik fond pio.
durtlon clhnlnatliu waste and promoting
conservation of food bv education tl and
dc m mstr.it lona! methods
Incorporated In tin bill is the amend
ment i f Miss Icannette ItanMu that in
gathering in foi motion far the census
women im f.u as is practicable slitll be
entj'loted
Violent objection to 'looting the Tieas
n was launched ngilu In the Senate
doling dicu slnu of tho food-productUm
lull
1 will lint vote foi this looting of I ho
lieasurv under guise of cmotgencv legls
laiion shouted Senator JlcKeller Tennes
see and .Senator Hitchcock Nebraska ic
fen ing in inniiet for anlmal-illscaso eradi
cate ,r
Hon ar trtlng to save $130 000 but jou
aie going to cost the couiiliv more than
SJ50 000 OOd a vear In dead llvo stock re
sponded Sen itor i lore of Oklahoma 'Willi
steak at Co cent a pjuuel uu are planning
to lose $liin eiiui nOn worth of meat a tear
ou aie encouraging tho wolves of want
Mrendy the smallest stoics of our countiv
have quit lundllng the hlghei grades of
meat because the people cannot huv tliem
We have mine to the point where our peo
lilo are forced In eat non-uourlEliing foods
Is this ec onomv '
The oulv time the fanner has a fi lend Is
hefoio electlun He has plcntv then Hut
now jou want to take from him and from
our armies In the field tho meat the) eat
"I would i.illiy have tho honor of eradi
cating the cattle tick than of cnptuilng u
city In France '
TRIES TO END HIS LIFE
Police Attribute Despondent Man's At
tempt to Worry Over the War
Constant worr over Germany h troubles
with the world the police say, so unnerved
Fred Ronner, 2412 Cumberland street, that
lie attempted suicide this afternoon b swal
lowing poison
He was found unconscious on the floor
of his bedroom b Mrs Mary Joseph, his
boarding mistress hhe had Homier sent
to the Women's Homeopathic Hospital
Ronner had been brooding for the last
two jears When the I'nlled Stales entered
the wnr his despondency Increased and he
me war iu u-i ui.ucncy ..ej..ru ..u ..r
said he had nc'hlng to live for Ii
Billy," a Powerful
WASHINGTON. May S3. JIoue snd I3ate ccalcie a 1 i
Git-gory espionage bill today decided to let the censorship- tight go
Into Congiess ngnin. Tho bill cnriylii"; the censoiship cause ngieetl
Ujiou Saturday will bd tepoited out lu tlio House- ancl.Seuato.-to
CEIVR;? and AUS1R1ATT CLERKS TO nrilAIf.
WASHINGTON. Way CS German and Austtlan clerks icuiaiu-
ing here with the Swiss and Swedish legations, nt tho lntter's request
to assist In looking after Austrian nnd Germnn lnteiests, will be iei-
jnltteil to contluuo their work unltnmpered. I nny suspicion of
vspionao Is nttnritetl to tliem it does not oxlst in tho mind of Secie-
tary Laiwlntf,
.. .. . i .. i .,.( a - - i
SAFETY DEPARTMENT TAKES $11,700 OF LIBERTY LOAN
William If. Wilson, diiector of public safety, announced late
today that tho executives. In his department have subscilbed for $11.
700 o the Libeity T.oan nnd that nn effott will be made to win the'
suppoit of evety man in the tlupaitmcnt. "We want to mnke it
$200,000,' wa? Wilson'' comment.
EDUCATION BOARD TO USE IIORNOR BUILDING
Tho Hornor Building-, formeily occupied by the Penn Mutur.l
Insurance Company, will be the administrative hcndqututeis of the
lloml of Education alter September 1. This was decided nt a meeting;
of tho boaid Ails afternoon. Jt was voted that arrangements made
thus far for the puichao at $600,000 should stand.
LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS TOTAL $1,383,000,000
NEW YORK, Maj 28. Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan, it was learned
unolliciallj, totaled until toda $1,383,000,000. The tremendous increase in sub
ecriptions reached its highest on l'ridaj, when the advance guard, the industrial
and railroad corporations throughout the country, pledged large amounts to the
loan. John I). Rockefeller today subscribed for $3,000,000 worth of the Liberty
Loan, his third subscription since the loan was announced. His total subscription
lo dale is $15,000,000.
PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL UNIT SAFE IN ENGLAND
Philadelphia's pioneer contribution to the war, Base Hospital No. 10, ar
rived safclv in Liverpool, according to cablegrams received toda. The phsicians,
nurses, nurses' aids and several score of other members of the hospital are
headed by Dr. Richard II. Harte. Thcv left Philadelphia two weeks ago, sailing
from New York.
JUNE BUG, FAVORITE AT JAMAICA,
OUTSPRINTS FAST FIELD IN OPENER
Dianthea, Backed at 10 to 1, Trails in First Race on Get-Away-Day
Program Transit
a Winner
J MI IL'.. I. I . .May SS A hcavj trath
and threatening weathei marked tho closing
ela of the spr UK meeting heie this after
noon In the opening event on the get-awav-da.v
progiam .lime Hug handled by
Troxler. led Dianthea nnd roiitluitlon to
tha wile .lime Hug was backed at 2 to 1.
4 In 3 and .' to-".
humnuir.v
l insr ni i.
led !il fcirlemt.
two jtr o.a maldrni, J"0O
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J DlanlhfH 11.'
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KWlSiT 111 In 1 4 to I f lo r.
J Ivnapp ,1 lu 1 even t tu J
V nrietlfcr Alle-en CI Dlicrontnt II l.ady
Orty snd JoIe A also ran Allren O. nn
.a , , ii uui wait diaciuallflrdd
HK(OM) RAl'i: lliree-iar-ol(l and upward
claiming purae Sen tvv furlonca
I lllght HI Waracl,r S to I I to ", 2 to '.
J srarplall Inn A I'olllna In to I 4 to 1 N to ."
j Three Cheera Oh Itowan III lo 1 1 to 1 II to o
Time I in Kareell Teetotal. Iloaanns and
Almandlta alao ran .
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brother lo t
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Verdo
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Time 1 IT Napoleon Hond Alnice T
and ItorKport aiao ran
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game It lo.l 7 to 1(1 out
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"lime 1 I llorcaa and I'olronia alio ran
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,, pur. ,.,,, ,na and 7n arda 5 W.ierforS. Iim fl7w..t "'" 5 6
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.
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, , '"la ll lo 1 J lo I etn
3 Iniprrnlon Hi'i Troicler 11 to I J to I even
cT.'""' I.'.7'-"1 Stellarlna Harr Junior
SlalMen lie I n ttucuiil. u nnd llunnay aUo
ran
H I r II ItAI H, thrrr rar olda and up m del
ens anil cvinnrra of one race pure lnd it fur
lonas
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2 l-rouhlo Fete lis II) rnrn 7 lo I .' to 1 I lo .-,
3 roll Anna luj Mub
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Time II7.'. ilunrcch Neville H and
1 Urk aUu ran
Louisville Results
. nnvr hacu 4t, furiono,
1. Jack Har Jr UN
Diahnion . tint Si) III HI til 3d
.' H II Johnaon. 11.'
Moryi 4 ID I nn
3 Jamea Foster 11.' (looe s jo
Time. .1.1 1 1 Dracon Ilexlc rnatlme Urownle
McDawell Olj-mpla King- Klratle'a Cub llrunc
Kaglt and IA V alao ran
SECOND HACK, ll furlonsa
1 linmenae iib Wlngfleld t.'S 50 tin ho til an
J Matin 1117 Uooaa . ,1 71) 4 nil
3 May W HI7 Murih 3 70
Time. 1 IB 1 T. Clare Has Hreani Kaflron
(llrl Arrow Honet Shurk Ijtdy Lou Hell Cow,
Dahlia and Ruth Wilde alao ran
TltlllD HACK I t-in mllcta
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j Fiuir vv uur 101 Tudor .t nirSii in
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Time, 1 47 J-n John Hurle, Jovial D00J
Counael Sun Maid and Oold Color alao ran
FOL'nTll HACK mite and 70 varda
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J Orundy 114 Uni lie! J til
3 Uattrrord, Hit) (looao io
Smith Would Wait Uri-
til Conditions Are
Normal
LABOR AND MATERIAL
PRICES TOO HIGH NOW
Frankford Elevated Ex
cepted, as Contracts for
It Are Satisfactory
JUSTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Mayor's Transit Views
as Changed bu War
IHe declares the Frankford cle-
ntetl should be built on the
line from Ilddce street south with
out further delay.
2 Contracts for the subway de-
livery loop nnd the Broad
street subway from South to Stiles
stieets should be let us soon as per
mitted by the Public Service Com
mission. 3 Still hopes a satisfactory lease
can be executed between the
city and the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company
4 Transit Company as operator
would make it n simpler matter
to arianpe for transfers so that a
sinpilo faro could carry passengers
on all lines.
Mnvor Smith fiankr declared today
that In view of precept abnormal condi
tions he fuorcd the postponement of the
transit construction program until HiiCh
time as It fln be phjtdcall and flnan
clallv possible to proceed with the work.
Tho Major nude the exception, however,
that the I'rankford elevated uhould be
completed fiom Hrldgo street south and
the contracts for the subway delivery loop
and the llroad street subway from South
lo Stiles Rtreet, foi which bids were
c.icned several months ago, should be
awarded as soon as the Public Service
Commission grants the necessary certlff?
cstes
The Major said he unilerftoodMh.t h
contractors who submitted bids tor tnla
wcilr-had'obtalned. options on steel and
othci materials and, as the bids for the"
work were not above the transit depart
ments estimates there could be no reatoii
why this part of thn program should noi
be carried forward and the trunk o' the
sjBtem completed without dola
"There have bciyi far too many delays al
ready," the Major said 'but we are facing
an unparalleled condition and In Justice to
the taxpajcrs. whose monej Is to be spent,
and to tho I'ederal tiov eminent, which now
needs monej and materials, there seems to
bo no choice upen to us
"It Is doubtful If we could carry the con
struction program forward v r If we
should chone to do o, and on account of
the abnormal price and the scarcity of
labor It seems lo me that to push forward
the entlte transit plan would simply be to
throw tho taxpajers' inonev Into the sewer.
'The l'rankford elevated should be
pushed to completion at onee It should
be operated too as. soon as completed, but
I am against any lease even temporarj', for
this line which would mean splitting- up the
rvstem A blanket lease should be exe
cuted for the entire sjstem and the llnea
Miould never be leased ns, units Of cdiirse
the contlngencj may arise which would
lake It advisable to lease the Frankford
1 temporarllj In order to get It In opera
tion while the remainder of the system Is
being carried to completion but I am
against nnj splitting of tho sjstem as a
general proposition ,
t'oucernlng the work In the center of the
iltv we have already reeelved bids for the
subwaj dellverv loop and for part of the
lirnad stieet subwaj The amount of these
bids was within the dep-irtment's estimate
of what the work should cost I unders
stand that the bidders have options' on
mater! lis and, therefore I can see no rea
son win thlH part of the work should not
bp curried forward as soon as the Public
service Commission grants the certificate!
of piildU convenience
'This work In tho center of the city Is
the most difficult from a construction stand
point and will icnulre the Jongest time to
complete The wai .annnt last fbrever
jnd we feel that conditions will approach
inn nial again ns soon is the war ends v
Therefoie by carrying forward the work
on the dellverj loop and the Broad street
cubwaj the heart of the svstem will be well
under way by the time other contracts can .
be let
'Hie Major expressed again his hope thai
1 satisfactorj lease would be executed With .
FHhe Philadelphia Kapld Transit Company In
spite of his declaration berore the Senate
Judlclarj General Committee In Harrlshure
last Tuesday that he had come to the conj
chiHluti that it would not be possible to
i each a satisfactorj agreement without the
aid of the bills pending In the Legislature.
"V'c want to give the people u ride any '
where for a single fate, whether that faro
be five, six or seven cents. Vnless the ,
tranrl' company Is the operator It wll be
dlftlcti t, If not Impossible, to do this, and
fo- this reason above all others I am
still hoping that sat sfactory leasing r ,
inngements will be mada, with the present ,'
cci ipanj'."
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