n i m. 1 I fr 3 " Price of Ice May PISTOL A CLUE INTRIPLEMURDER ', Detective Comes to Identify L,Weapon That Killed v,fcf numpnnes r umuy MRS. TOMPKINS REFUSES Sleuth Seeks Interview With Mother-in-Law of Sus pected Man County Detective Ttosco; C. Custer, of Cambria County, came to Philadelphia to day; In the hope of having Mrs. Anna Hub Mi. mother-in-law of George C Tompkins, Identify the pistol with which Tompkins U believed to have killed tils partner. Ed mund I Humphries, Mrs Humphries and their fifteen-year-old son, Edmund I. Humphries, Jr. Tompkins, locked In the Ebensburg Jail, will have a preliminary hearing Thursday, accused of killing his coal mining partner and the partner's wife and child on the road near Ebensburg when the four were on their way to Philadelphia in atj automo bile. Mrs. Tompkins, hearing of he tragedy, left her home at 6043 Race street, and hur rled to Ebensburg She told Custer her husband had a revolver In his grip when he went to Carrolltown. the headquarters of the Newborn Coal Mining Company, but the refused to identify the pistol found In the murder car as her husband's. She expressed herself as being convinced of her husband's innocence, and ready to do all In her power to aid in clearing him Im mediately upon her arrival she went to the Jail to see Tompkins and spent some time talking to him Sho urged him to have cour age and confidence that he would be proved Innocent. As she left with tears streaming down her face, she said : "Pray and trust In the Lord." Custer has come to Philadelphia to see Mrs. Tompkins's mother, who. It I alleged, eald she gave a pistol to Tompkins before he left for Carrolltown She has since nUri malting Ruch a statement. duster conferred with Captain of Detec tives Tate In City Hall and then went to the Tompkins home, where Mrs I'ubbell lives. "He found she had gone to Chester to see relatives or friends, and he started off to find her In Chester. Meantime the Philadelphia detectives are Visiting hardware and sporting goods stores and searching pawnshop records in the hope of finding tho porson who last sold the revolver found In tho automobile, it la a Savage automatic .32 caljber. It Is believed that tho Identification of the, murderer depends upon tho identification of the. automatic revolver found near the scene of'the crime. Thl- Is asserted to be the weapon of "death, and if It is proved to belong the Tompkins, police declare, the case against him" will be complete Two parts of the revolver were missing when It wa$ found, and the corresponding parts were found In the tonneau of the automo bile, according to detectives. The bodies of the Humphries family have been brought to Philadelphia and are at an undertaking establishment at Eleventh street and Olrard avenue, where the funeral probably will be Thursday. Dr. E. F. aim nr ina ftewuwiJi v,v -vi'"' cousin of Humphries, feOdtCS. came here with the SEEKING TO TIGHTEN WEB ABOUT TOMPKINS f ' EBENSBUPvG. Pa., July 17. The county authorities have dismissed all theories of the murder of Edmund I Hum phries, manager of the Newborn Coal Min ing Company, of Carrolltown, and his wife and child except the theory that George C. Tompkins killed them as a result of a quar rel over money. "There will be no more arrests," Bald one official, clearly indicating that all efforts are being devoted to strengthening the case against Tompkins, whose story of an at. tack by three masked highwaymen they re fuse to take seriously County Detective Custer has gone to Phil adelphia In the hope of having Tompkins's mother-in-law Identify the pistol found In the murder car. The evidence against Tompkins Is purely circumstantial, but it is strong, according to the county authorities. They say It is established that Tompkins, not having enough money to tako the In terest he wanted In the Newcorn Coal Min ing Company, borrowed $1000 from Mrs. Humphries, wife of his long-time friend ; that Humphries and his wife had pressed him for" payment of the money, and that he was going to Philadelphia to mortgage some property and repay the loan. Mrs Tompkins had been urging him to sever his business relations with Humphries. they say. Being urged by his wife to quit the company and not being in a position ' to do bo gracefully, according to the county f authorities, Tompkins found himself In a seriously uncomfortable position. Tompkins said the highwaymen opened fire without warning and he saved his life by crumpling up In the car and pretend ing he was dead. His bandit story is dis credited by the fact that neither his valu ables nor Mrs. Humphrles's were taken. At first Mrs. Humphrles's bag was missing, mil Tomnklns Dolnted to that fact In sup port of the bandit story, but later the bag was found in the tonneau of the murder car. Tompkins said the robbers fired from a distance of seventy feet, but the authori ties say there were powder marks on the bodies of Mrs. Humphries and her son. Meatless day unlikely hotel man asserts ffaMon W. Newton Believes Conserva tion 01 rooa uoes m Require It frnn f PhtladelDhla hotels and KstauranU need not worry that they will be forced to do without meat at least one day a week, according to Mahlon W. New ton, president of the Philadelphia Hotel Ken's Association. Mr. Newton In discuss ing the Idea advanced In New York to eliminate meat from the menus of the hotels and restaurants at least one day a Week, as a means of food conservation, said today that there was apparently no reason or the proposed stop at the present time. TThere Is a great necessity for food con servation." said k Newton, ut I can see no reason why a beefiest) day should be Inaugurated. The food question calls for a savins; In canned goods. In the fall, In iny opinion, the prices of canned goods will mount skyward, because of the high prices 'at tin and the high price of labor. We are drocatlnr, Jn the Philadelphia hotels, and J am gratified to say that every hotel Is ce-operatlnr, the saving of all canned goods. JrVesh vegetables are extremely cheap this aeon, and there Is no reason why they houjd pot be used In preference to canned The conservation of food was begun In Jadlphta hotels soveral weeks ago, ac opllng to Mr. Newton. As a result it s Me longer possible to secure portions of sacklinr pig. young chicken or similar delicacies. The .practice of serving these Qice. portions was uisconuiiucu asoeijUl4t that th animals should .UOWPW IB PH II I.. j - HVEKPre LBPGEB-rHItiADBLPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917 Be Reduced : Seek Owner of Murder Pistol : Theatre Musicians Threaten StrikejOther ENLISTMENTS IN ALL BRANCHES ARE HEAVY Recruiting Drive for Military Police 'Is Started in City Hall This week has been marked by unusually heavy enlistments in all branches of the service. More than 100 men have enlisted In the army today and yesterday a record for tho month, The navy neods only nine more men this week to completo Its weekly quota of thir ty -flo. Machinists' mates and aviator mechanicians, however, are not restricted by the new ruling. Setenty-fivc men en listed In tho navy arc being shipped today from the local recruiting station to New Port. It I. . . Tho First and Third Pennsylvania Regi ments aro still puhlng their drive for re emits. . , Ilccrultlng headquarters have been opened In Iloom 202. City Hall, to enlist men for tho Headquarters Train nnd Mllllnry Po lice a new brance of the army service being nrganlzcd for active duty with the Pennsylvania division on the front. The duties of the Headquarters Train are tho enforcement of all police regulations In the theatre of war. to protect against pillage nnd violence, keep roads clear, con voy prisoners of war. guard all ammuni tion nnd other division motor trains and to prevent spying In the field The enforce ment and maintenance nf nillltnry discipline rather than civilian police duties will char acters the work of the new unit. Cantaln Henry Crowfoot, drlllmaster of tho Philadelphia police, nnd I.leut. James T. Ward, captnln of the Pennsylvania Rail road police, will dliect the drive In Phila delphia for ISO recruits Only men of good physique will be accepted, while the mini mum age has been fixed at twenty-five years. . , Sixty applications havo already been re ceived from policemen of tho Philadelphia Department and the Pennsylvania and Heading systems. Most of these men have been soldiers of the United States at some time or other. After being mustered Into the Federal service probably next week, the military police will train at Augusta. Ga with the Pennsylvania regiments. Today's enlistments: SIONAI, KM.ISTEU KESUKVB COItrS Ausust F Schall. Jr , S3, 1037 E Somerset it I'NITIJI HTATKS JIAKINK COItrS Paul W. nichrdon. 10. Slnklnr Sprlnjs, Pa. Joseph Dietrich D.snln. 23 l.vn Saln at. rrederiek Srhwnrfr 27. loss Arrott st O'orgo rrnnkliti tuur 27, Detroit. Mlc-h. John Peter lireth 21. PIltuhurKh. Pa. Joeeph llribnih 21. I.'lttsl.ureh rn. Karl Helbuch 23 I'mslmrgh I. . flrover Cormal Quthrle, 22. Pittsburgh, Ta. UNITED STATES NAVY Thomas Shannon Watson. 21). I'ennssroie. Famuel Herman Makln 25 7027 ilrejnway N. J. ave. Wilson John Morris, ail Hananury .mo Frank Joseph Mardougall. 21. 1.11 Hlpton place , THIItlt PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY Jack Ilroily 22. 1700 Arcll st Paul K Mannlnir. 2J. 1232 Sprlnc Garden it. Olovanta He-ialdl, 22. aifton Heights. I' Krneat rostello. 2U. rllfton Heluhts. l'a. Philip Mansfield. 1. 2"M McKean st. Frank J Mancon. 1ft. 1031 Hoffman at. J. Toland. 23 200.! Uimlmril st. John J Fo. IN. 2O'J0 Moore st Antonio Otarc 20. W9 Balnbrldgo st Fera Peffell, 23. 828 Kater st., Ntcola Leone. Clifton Helshts, Pa. William J Oehrln. 18. M21 Addison st. Louis Whan, 1H. 788 Mifflin at Itobert J. Murphj. 23, 5215 Ureenway ave. Allen A Fuller, 30, 3129 8 20th St. Horry Hondburff, 18, 430 Lombard st. Antonio Cillreangelo, 22, -1132 Cross st. VNITKD STATES ARMY Adolph Moll, 18, 123 N Courtland St. rtobert M Volbralth, 21. 123 N. Courtland it. Harry i; McCiwsln. 25. Unlonvllle. Pa. John Dnsdale, 23. Wayne, l'a. Toney StankeUz, 20. 4450 Tulolse st John J. Walsh. 23. 11)18 Talethory st Philip A Br:ran. 3S. 1020 Arizona st. William Gubblns. 81. 5825 Crittenden st. Daniel Damareo, 20, 1132 S. 13th st Jacob Holochok, 23, Chester. Pa. (leorge J. Daly, 23 2344 E, Albert st Daniel Grossl 21, 2080 Cayuga st Antonio Itamlar. 20, 014 Cherry at. Edward fiajkowskl, 24, 2n.'3 Orthodox it. Thomas V Kenny. 10. lulu York st Georce F Young. 20, 1012 Green St. Patsey Moffo, S3. Bristol, Ta James Tronco. 22. "30 Kater st Maurice A. Condor. 34. 1224 Huttonwood st Hmlelo Ppurrl. 22. 723 C'amhrta at. Andrew Sykos, 19, 1945 S Fssjunk ave Howard A. Shenbrook. 20 31 S. Yewdall sL Paul R. Clancy. 2S, West Moshsnnon. Pa George Janofjki. 2S. 1S15 N 7th st Richard C. Swelgard. 28. 0330 Opal st Abe f'ohen. 20. 520 Carpenter st Henry It Zclle, 21, Paulsboro. N J. Mahlon I Spajil, 29, 4C03 Stetson ave William Schultz, 21 700 N 44th st. FIRST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY John F Ford, 817 S 4th st. Warren J. Decker, 4830 Paul st. Albert F Hemphill. 1130 Creaso st Lawrence C Ball, Rlverton N. J John Marnzynsky. 2231 Wallace St. William Weiss 822 Montrose st John It Turns. 1S28 S. Floyd st , Louisville, Ky. Nathan Glassman. A21 N. 11th at Morris llose 021 S 4th st. John Pulaski. 1527 Pearl st. Louis M lleese. 1024 N American st. Daniel Dougherty. 213 Spruce st. William Mcttuald. 2724 E Allegheny ave, Philip Dubln. 522 8 Front st Howard Jardlne Berwin, Pa Joseph G. Schwlndt, 1717 Meadow st Howard L Matthews. Sharon Hill. Pa. Hugh F. Brogan. 40 N Halford St. William I Holton. 2223 Fltzwater st. Charles J Hutton. 1442 N. Park avq. Oscar W Burns. 915 Locust st. Christian Rlebow. 158 East st LeRoy XV Slater. IS Rlpka ae James J Magee. 7105 Bulst ae. John Henderson. Rockland Mass Charles O. Nazercne. S17 N 3d st. Walter B Smalley 107 Vassar st. William Tralnor 2708 Martha st. John J. Tobln. 113 V. Oxford st. William J Slemmer. 221.5 Sepvlva st. Merldeth H Parsons. Haverford. Pa. Joseph A Franz. 2740 Wharton st. John J Wolfe 2820 i: Huntingdon st. William B. Clare. 2810 Lehigh ave. Barnet Secculer. 603 N 0th st. Louis Klein. 14l4 S 5th st Paul A Lcnnon. 422 Lttlngstona st Andrew Atchtnson 2525 N Mascher et. Walter II Thomas Bernjn. Pa. GEN. PRICE AND STAFF AT 2D ARTILLERY CAMP Commander Establishes Head quarters Near Jenkin town Brigadier General William G. Price, com mander of the State's forces, and his staff established headquarters at the camp of the Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery, near Jenklntown, today. General Price and his adjutant, Major Whtttaker, Inspected the camp yesterday and found it satis factory. Preparations for mustering the remain ing Philadelphia guard unit not yet sworn Into Federal service. Company E, Engineers, are nearlng completion. United States army officers are today examining the equipment and physical condition of the men at the State Armory, Thirty-second street and Lan caster avenue, where they are quartered. Captain C. C Jones, commanding the engineers, today expressed the belief that the men would not be drawn Into Federal Service until late tomorrow, He also Is sued on appeal for the enlistment of cooks to accompany the company to Georgia and later to France. Although there are 135 men In the company, they are without the services of culinary experts. Twenty-nine additional enlistments are needed to bring the company to war strength of 164 rnen. PATTON DILL APPROVED Governor Signs Measure Designed to Increase Powers of Municipal Court Governor Brumbaugh today announced his approval of the Pattonblll, which gives to the Municipal Court of Philadelphia the Jurisdiction In cases of non-support and desertion of wives and families by husbands. The bill la designed to Increase the powers ef tha court especially -In cases where hus bands refuse to assume responsibility for the upport of wives nnd children. VICE CRUSADE IS ON; ARREST 19 WOMEN Four Ward Leaders and Eight Police Lieutenants Called to City Hall CLEAN UP THE STREETS Raids, more than a score of arrests, the summoning of four ward leaders to City Hall and the grilling of police lieutenants arc tho latest features of the antl-vlce crusade launched by Mayor Smith and other municipal officials, following charges mado by Secretnry of the Js'avy Daniels. Vice-squad detectives started out last night to clean up tho streets In tho central section of the city. By 1 a. m nineteen women had been arrested. Fifteen were taken to the misdemeanants' branch of the Municipal Court und four to the Fifteenth and Locuit streets pollco station. Sixteen headquarters uetectlves were sent out to scour South Philadelphia shortly before midnight. Several arrests wero made. There was every Indication that the fight against commercialized vice In Philadelphia will be one "to tho finish," as ono official expressed It. All arrests were made In strict accord ance with Secretary Daniels's ultimatum that tho city must be mado clean for sail ors and marines quartered here, or he would take the matter Into his own hand-!. HIOHT LIEUTENANTS CALLED Eight police lieutenants whose districts were mentioned in Secretary Daniels's re port as being more or less Infested with disorderly houses and saloons wero sum moned before Director of Public Safety Wil son They were warned that the place3 must be closed, and that moro ntrlngent rules must be enforced relative to sailors and marines congregating with women In back rooms of saloons. The lieutenants summoned were: William Jeffries. Fifteenth nnd Locust Streets Station Samuel Little, Nineteenth and Oxford Streets station. Acting Lieutenant James Pino Streets Station. Lieutenant John Graham, Duffy. Twelfth and Twenty-eighth and Bltner Streets Elation. William McBrlde. Kourlh and Race Streets sta tion. Harry PIuckfeMer, Tenth and Buttonwood htrcets Station. James llearn. Eleventh and Winter Streets Station. James Barry. Pourth Street and Snyder Avenue station. Charles B. Hall and Charles Seger, of the Seventh Ward, were among the first leaders to confer with the Mayor following the launching of the campaign. They said they had put the Mayor on tho right track so far as vice Is concerned, and added that the Seventh Ward was "clean." MAYOR PLEDGES CLEAN-UP The Mayor gave his assurance to State officials und prominent churchmen rep resenting every creed of his Intention to stamp out vice. Briefly, the Mayor told those who came to counsel with him that the Daniels report had no political signifi cance so far as he was concerned. Ho took occasion to deny a published Inter view asclbed to him and Director Wilson In which he had been quoted as saying the charges wero the result of a political campaign started by those who sought to Influence public opinion Director Wilson also repudiated the Interview. The Mayor said: "This means more than politics. It means that hundreds, yes, thou sands of Uvea of the flower of American manhood nro in Jeopardy here from grave social vices. After having placed before him cold, hard facts which showed what the troops of the Allies havo endured becauso of tho sapping of their vitality, and the beginning of tho same conditions in the United States, he pledged all tho power of his office to safe guard the life and health of every American soldier and sailor who comes to Philadel phia. The Mayor, In discussing with State offi cials the suppression of vice, said: "I have little faith in tho quarantining of resorts or In the vice squad. Cases have been reported where It has made actual grafters of the men on the post" In ono case up on Eighth street tho Mayor learned that tho police man supposed to stand In front of a re sort collected tribute of a dollar from every man he passed In through an alley which led to the yard of the house. One transfei of lieutenants was an nounced. Because of the Illness of Lieu tenant Van Horn, of the Eleventh and Win ter streets station, a sergeant has been act ing as lieutenant. Because of tho trouble In the district Lieutenant Hearn, of he Twentieth and Berks streets station, was sent to tho Tenderloin, and after tho re turn of Van Horn he will supplant Hearn at Twentieth and Berks. THIRTEEN FREED AFTER WARNING The Tenderloin arose early this morning and was at the Eleventh and Winter streets station house to have a peep at the new lieutenant and Incidentally to attend the hearing of thirteen women arrested In Chinatown on Saturday night as the result of tho clty-wlde drive on commercialized vice. Tim Callahan, Tony the Horse, the "Duke" and a host of lesser lights were very much In evidence as the women were brought up before Magistrate Tracy. "According to the telepone calls I have been thoroughly "looked over" by those cru of these women are respectable and-married and only take the air at 2 a. m. every morn ing In Chinatown merely as a rest from domestic worry." feC r, Indention and (k Wmmm I Ify0U SmmsA Practical P&veSs jM Ml ftirnf in hr1 T I I ,L SSfr- rPHE name Stephenson is Inseparably con- mXS''''''J. XWIBU lJfgSgJH I UJILILK LU UUy Jfe I t-5srJfXmKii& -L nected with steam motive power, not Wh X. VW&"?jS2fi lig-gZZl ifsJL-Cr7 U?? KIV only as tho inventive ftenius, but as the ' StSS7 X Vfo3&5'C35a -.ri fcjj a V"g GffffisBfr. VHAj orfeuniier who proved to tho world tho s3? 01 3. XyyZ&s'&i lf5'- TT-S aii'a Wn r5Jl practical value of his ideas. ESN I I all V V7VKJf,.?i3 lSS?- GS!?S33 -Aoitomobile or Motor TrucK on Time Payments A we will for 1 HI I'wlsasBSlBMti-u-'TW. MUSICIANS STRIKE "LOST CHORD" IN ROW WITH THEATRE MANAGERS Difficulty, Which Starts Over Nonunion Orchestra in Smaller Hose, Spreads to Larger Ones and Jangles on Ears of Public It looks as If there was going to be trouble between tho organized musicians of the city and tho organized theatre man agers. They have locked horns, come to grips, taken up cudgels or done something Just as unpleasant and disquieting to the poor, downtrodden, long-suffering and thoroughly unorganized amusement-loving public such persons as Daniel Parrlsh, of 1217 Waverly street; Samuel Tarmet, of 334 North Lawrence street; Edward T. Stotcsbury, of 1025 Walnut street, nnd the William II. McCormlcks. of 1820 North Twenty-sixth street. E342 Addison street, 2210 Hobson street nnd Dill North EIcv cntb street. (Wo don't know who those persons are. having Just taken their names at random frqm the city directory.) Well, as wo said In the beginning It looks as If thcro was going to be trouble about the music In the theatres. War to the knife Is likely and whoever loses will havo to pay the fiddler It started yesterday afternoon at B. P. Keith's Theatro and Nixon's Grand Theatre at Broad street and Montgomery avenue, after an alleged nonunion orchestra had been put to work In the pit at Nixon's The atre In flermantown At Keith's and Nixon's Grand there had been the usual rehearsals of tho new bills with tho orchestras in tho morning. In the afternoon before 2 o'clock tho actors and actresses were all painting and pomading themselves nnd strutting about and telling each- other how good they were. The musi cians down below were tuning up and searching tho awjunco for familiar faccB. Suddenly tho tuning up stopped A pretty nctress screamed. Women wept and strong men turned pale under their rouge. The musicians had laid down their tools and then packed them up and walked out An official of tho union had appeared and ordered the walkout. Hurry calls were sent out for pianists, and they did tho best they could, although jOH, SAD THE DAY! OH, SAD THE DAY! THIS ARMY COOK, HE GOT AWAY So Anxious to Capture Chef Were They That Both Cavalry and Engineers Missed Him After Both Had Fine Chance Because so few women have raised their boys to be army cooks tho Philadelphia guardsmen can't get cooks for lovo nor money. Tho situation Is so serious that tho guardsmen, exhausting legitimate military strategy, resort to the most shameful In trigues to Bnare cooks and yet they fall. They do not even stop nt kidnapping. Major Charles Welsh Edmunds, of tho cavalry, and Captain C. C. Jones, of the engineers, both nt the armory at Thirty third street and Lancaster avenue, aro ready to fight for cooks. Edmunds wants six, while Jones says five will do him. He can pare the potatoes himself. A man named Mlchaello Malatesta (that or that In substance) presented himself at the armory today and said ho was ready to cook for democracy. He was about to pro duce credentials Miowlng that ho had cooked himself Into tho first rank of chefs, but without waiting for references soma cavalrymen grabbed him and carried 'him PARKWAY LIBRARY WILL COST $304,698 MORE Contract Let for $2,969,395. Taxpayer Forced Use of Phila delphia Quarried Stone Philadelphia will pay $304,638 more Jor the Free. Library on the nPrkway than it would havo If a locally patriotic, but pro vincial council had not Insisted on Philadel phia quarried stone for public buildlnga New awards of contracts for tho library were let this afternoon by Director Dates man, for a total of J2.9G9.3D5. A contract was let three months ago for exactly the sambe work at J2.664.697, but In that con tract the builder could quarry' the fHone anwyhere he pleased. A taxpayer's suit, started on the ground that the ordinances specified Philadelphia quarried stone, for all city buildings, sus tained the law and the first contract was thrown out. In the three months this ac tion took, materials had advanced In price and there was $120,000 to be added anyway because stone quarried hero cost that much more. The total additional cost Is $304,698. . John Oil! & Son, of Cloveland, got the main building contract this time for $2,636,000. Other parts of the work were apportioned as follows: Plumbing, Wells Newton Company. $70,315; electrical fit tings, L. K. Comstock, $44,700, heating, Wll Ham Jl. Anderson, aiu,vu. -mere $3,600,000 available for the work. arrange the purchase you conveniently V"5J HSrJ 'no ramo Krcstone on a Cord Tiro is the S fl , vfcKS'Mi S?5- - Xspy V1- mark of scientific knowledge combined with S M t VA''!?5,'32l? !& """ W practical business judgment, Firestone Cord S If $$.''3l - g; "V 'Cg Tires are super-size. They, therefore, have j W I WSSS'I ?'- "lPjsyi economically and promptly AUTOMOBILE BANKERS? REAt E9Ta"TE TRUST BUILDINQ PHILADELPHIA a piano can neVcr do as well as a basedrum to accompany a clown ncrqbat landing hard. ' By nightfall n temporary agreement was patched up whereby tho orchestras returned to Keith's and Nixon's Grand to remain un til Sunday. Then, the musicians said, they will strike. The Globe Theatre and Cross Keys Thea tre orchestras gavo notice that they will strike next week. The Strand Theatre. Twelfth street and Olrard avenue, has also employed n non union orchestra, according to tho musicians. Its action nnd that of Nixon's Theatre, Oermantown. according to the musicians, nro tho first moe of the Philadelphia Theatre Managers' Association to break the Phila delphia Local t'nlon No. 77, of tho Ameri can Federation of Musicians? The fight may becomo nation-wide. Nixon theatres at Ocean City and Wlldwood may bo affected, because they romo under tho Jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Local Union, which includes southern New Jersey as far ns, but not including. Atlantic City. Two thousnnd musicians belong to tho union. Every theatro In Philadelphia may be affected except the Stanley Mastbaum houses, which pay above the union ncnle. and certain Independent theatres which havo acceded to the players' demands. The musicians want an Increase In wages of from 2 to $B a week Adolph Hlrsch berg, of 1533 North Natrona street. Is president of the musicians' local union and Fred G. Nlxon-Nlrdllngor Is chairman of the managers' association. Hirschberg, who plays In Conway s band, said that members of the managers' asso ciation as Individuals havo offered some concessions Ono offered all but fifty cents of what was asked; another offered onlyj fifty cents of tho demanded Increase Tho average wage of musicians here, according to Hirschberg, Is $20 to $24 a week the loweit paid nnywhero In any city. away to Major Edmunds's office, cheering as If thoy had captured old Mackensen. Edmunds was busy, so they told Mala testa to sit down nnd wait Fatal blunder! A couple of engineers got word of Mala testa's presence The low-down pups snoaked Into Edmunds's office, engaged Malatesta In conversation, told him ho was In tho wrong placo and lured him away to Captain Jones's office. Tho captain was busy, so Malatesta was told to sit down and wait. Fatal blunder No. 2, that made all tho good work for naught. The cavalrymen had discovered that tho cook had vanished. They had sounded an alarm and wero combing the armory for the heroic chef He was found in Joncs'a office and coaxed back to Edmunds's depart ment. But Edmunds was still busy. Ho should have dropped what ho was doing nnd en listed Malatesta then and there, but ho didn't, nnd Malatesta became disgusted and went away. CENTRAL FAIR CIRCUIf TO HANG UP $125,000 PURSE Eleven Weeks of Consecutive Racing With Opening Meet on August 7 LANCASTER, Pa., July 17. The Central Fair Circuit announces through lt3 secre tary, J. F. Seldomrldge, of the Lancaster Fair, that $125,000 in purses will be offered horsemen In prizes In eleen consecutle weeks of racing, beginning August 7 and ending October 19 and that $1950 will bo Lancaster's share of the prize money. The local meet opens on September 25 and ends on the 28th. Eleven Maryland nnd Penn sylvania towns make up the circuit $Lj Jj Masters of Transportation JmiflwK Tif'Or Gjorfco Stephenson i rifchtly called tho father MmMmmiK rSS tho 6team railway. He ran the first sue- mKlVi i2 jMBF&kljb. cessf ul steam enfcine on tho 25th of .Tulv. 1B14. lvWp Vly2trSSv. -S3 3 LmmmmmmmmVJBBlV In SpT,rpmVinn 1R9; !, nut, JAw-UUlfl lfWSrx. J HH BF opened the first railway ---sawX Vi1cl553S3SiJSa 3sssP,ssPsm. ovcf which passengers 2533,$82$i"'""5!i v32fe ya TKSSWmiv u ti000 w.era earned y j,75n!!isfS v5Si-3ESsa w a greater measure ot cow superiorities. 9 1 S3t '' - gjplg Test thjs Super-size Cord Tire. Moke a trial I I Y&SlS: 3, tef psj g V ' of this product of the Firestone tire makers, l; II vyS" IJ' J.'ffjSjjfr-S 'ft 11,000' of whom ore stockholders in the $$ IB I Xj'SSS?- T" r! gsS company. Your experience will make you II vS''' ' . gff ft Firestone Tire and Rubber ' ll YCS ?hmMty 312-314 N. Broad St., Phlla., Pa. lgl 11 S Tfr I Home Offlte and Factorri Akron, Ohio fcd Hill m Vi?3 fa r: ! ' T P J-- Uranchru and Dtslera Everywhere r-H 1 I 1 B lcSS! f5r 3: SBSaaslS .kui IBWiiiii II isssssslsslssssssssRiSlitS3BSr3riSmi sssPV Vs. NSSS?- tlS ZTWiM sssssssais3s.rasiliplsssfcsw V Jll? fliT M Jgi?;ajsssmyJs!gaF' AWvV? I (J?"" gggQEillKilHai $Yr '" ..- - ,"'-'' iWlssWNlft'ii " " BTnyrWBsllsfllM 1 ,, i 'MllffM-.r-1''" --J-' GEORGE W. BOYD Pennsylvania Railroad official, who is seriously ill at his cottage, at Cape May, N. J. Mr. Boyd's rail road career covers forty-five years, beginning with appointment as cashier in 1872 and advancing until he was named passenger traffic manager February 26, 1913, to suc ceed James R. Wood, retired. Mr. Boyd was born in Indianapolis, Ind., on August 1, 1848. ICEMEN, BLESS 'EM, PLAN TO CUT PRICE Court Approves Charter Which Purposes Reduction of Cost to Public The Icemen havo reformed. The Ico Publicity Association of Phila delphia tinkled Its way Into Common PleaR Court No. 1 today and got approval for a charter, announcing that ono of Its pur poses Is to reduce the cost of Ice to the general public. According to Iluckmnn & Huckman, Its lawyers, the association Intends to bring manufacturers and dealers together to dis cuss ways of benefiting tho trade and teach ing the public the Importance of getting pure Ice. It also will sock better legisla tion governing manufacture and sale of Ice. particularly ns regards sanitary con ditions . It Is not planned to make the Ice any colder at this time. The association starts out with the warm est good wishes of the entire community. Tho lce-lolns public will co-operate if it gets the chance and nobody will throw cold water on such a noble enterprise. Tho directors for tho first year bless them every one aro J. U Blrcher, Edward F. Uerllnger. Charles nickerman, John C Belz. J. n. Dougherty. George A Dunning. William Gaerthe. J. J. Lifter, Tony Mor- genthaler, Lf-o Nusbaum, II. l' serriu and M. A. Young. Charge Woman Doped Marine Helen Ashton. who tho police say ad mitted giving morphine to Edward Collins, n marine, who wa, found unconscious !n the rear of 222 North Ninth street, yes terday morning, was held under $1000 ball for a further hearing nn Jul 27 by Magistrate Tracy at the Eleventh and Winter streets police station this morning j News of the 'Cjj WOMEN SEND HOOVER 1 PLEDGE QFALLEGIANCE Wire Their Trust as Result ' Chase Organized tVittaMAtnlil'l wnman ta.t... New Century Clubhouse today on th ter of completing tho enrollment of th foi V battalion In thla city telegraphed ,! .l of nlleglanco and trust to Herbert a' Hoover, national rhlef nf (Via "a,. :' Tho pledge was made because of . bitter nttack on tho Food admlnlit7 made by United State, Senator iVeed I tan Ser.ato debato yesterday. " tt Tho pledge of faith drawn up by rr i- " M. Moore read as follows; '' "Wo women of Philadelphia, orr.ni to promote the work of the Food Comi,2 -i slon In Philadelphia, desire to express. confldenco In Mr. Herhert n ... " national chief, nnd deep conviction of tS 1 Aincern character of hln crruiA .. .. - 'I our faith in his nblllty to perform theuS'' ho has undertaken. Further we niu! to him our nlleglanco and our services ta tho work of registration and such proM gnnda ns ho may recommend for the f therance of food conservation." Hoover sentiment ran high. The irotaai members of tho Hoover pledge commltti. that havn hpen fnrmnl In ,nv. "I" round up tho thousands of women slackini who havo refused to listen to the appeSI of the pollco and sign the Hoover fool saving promise card "were with Hoovr" ' As though to show that the friendly hiai clasp that stretched from Philadelphia b Washington today was not unrequlttl 20,000 of the Hoover window cards promljel to every woman who signed the food cirl arrived In the office of tho Mayor's food commission In tho Wldener Building taU . afternoon. This Is the first consignment of " theso cards to reach Philadelphia. 74 1 cirds will be given out In the police, iti. tlons which mado complete returns for their districts first. In order to facilitate the distribution of tho window cards nn cxtonslon office of tin Food Commission has been opened in th library of tho Boys' High School at Broil nnd Green streets. It has been made poi. ' Mble through tho co-operation of the school . mobilization committee of which Franklin ' Spencer L'dmonds is chairman. Mr. Ed. monds has also hau a call sent out fot 100 girls to address theso cards Miss Erna Grasmuck, of tho Philadelphia N'ormal School for Girls, was the first to respond, nnd with her camo a group of girls from the Normal School The office will bo under tho Immediate direction of Miss Grassmuck, with tho assistance of teachers from the school system Any who can assist In this work will be welcoms at tho library of the high school Women who will not sign the pledge on tho score that tho United States Legisla ture has not made the nation bone-dry art tho only women who will be exempted from signing the card The objection was hell to bo a conscientious scruple against up holding a fobd plan that upholds liquor. ONE -DAY OUTINGS rnoM Market Street Wharf 31 (in Attantlo City, Wild JI.UU wood.CnpoMay.Ocein Clty.Soa lsleClty,SCnoHarbor Avnlon, Angletoa 7 00 A M dolly additional od Bun day, Atlantic City 7 30 A M, Wild wood Branch 0 ISA.. M CI OC Barncsat PI", By OltCU Hoad, Point Pleasant, Manasquan CI cn Asbury Park, Ocean dl.UU Grove, Lono Branch, Celmar, Sea Girl, Spring Lake Sundift uiti October 21,1a:, - 7 20 V, TrcrtMri until Sept t - - 0t0 From Broad Street Station hiopplns at Vt ost I'titla ani N'o Phlla 01 Cm Asbury Park, Ocoan gi.dU Grove, Lono Branch, Celmar, Sea Girt, Spring Lake WidnttJiyj, July II im'll Sept 12 7 03A rrli!jj, July 23 citll Sept. 7 - TOJAj CO OR UP tho Hudson, Wost 30.UU polnt an(J Hcwburgh Thujdiyj. Jo' 21. fujml S. 21, Sept. I Strips, Sept 1$ and 33 Broad fctrcet Station - 7 034 N Pennsylvania R.R. :irr rvri.'rsnnrcjnv VJ TVJr'.i'W'g' - ?
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