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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917
Comianr, 1(17, it ta ruc Ltjxits CourANt
PRICE TWO CENTS'".
AYOR SMITH PROPOSES HUGE TRANSIT GRAfi
THE LEASE IS A GRAB
(EDITORIAL)
HHE proposed Smith-Mitten transit lease is revealed as a bold and
wanton attempt to legalize the 8-cent exchange ticket, perpdt
,ie full payments on the watered stock of all the underlying trac-
compames, guarantee immediate large and future larger
Ivitfends on P. K. l. stock, eliminate all hope of five-cent fares and
-ivprsal free transfers, almost immediately raise the rate of fare
Philadelphia to six cents and possibly more, intrench the P. R. T.
rr, 1.. I rtfinl fVinf rn linnn rf vnMnf 4V. U1r a 11
I Strongty " ."" " - . imu iui unit u uunuiry wouiu
'possible and abandon absolutely virtually every benefit the people
ted to get and expected to get from their huge investment in high-
ed lines.
Moreover, with a lack of frankness that is positively amazing,
neeotiators have managed, intentionally or otherwise, by clever
hmseology to conceal the true meaning of the instrument. They
rate of concessions which they have not got. They have won, per-
10s some theoretical concessions which are not evident, but every-
IthinS 01 practical vhiuc uaa guilt: iv niu company, nir. juiuen ana
Mg friends appear to nave nypnouzea tnecitys representatives, rubiic
Mghta have simply been thrown into the discard.
j In view of the extraordinary favorable analysis prepared by
William Draper Lewis, legal representative of the Mayor in transit
hffairs, in which ne unaertaices to snow tnat tne proposed lease is a
Rood lease, the Evening Ledger feels that it is its duty to append to
US analysis eApiuuutuijr Diaicuicmo ivvcaiuig me uuu uictuiuit; ui
he instrument and what the effects of its adoption would be .
The Evening Ledger hereatter will discuss more fully the various
rinakes" evident in the lease, it is suthcient now to point out its more
litvious defects, that no citizen may be deluded as to the crime which
lis proposed to perpetrate against tne community.
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Lewis's Analysis and Explanation
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GUARANTEES P. R. T. DIVIDENDS,
PLANS RAISE TO SIX-CENT FARES,
LEGALIZES EXCHANGE TICKETS
Long Expected Lease for City-Built High
Speed Systems Is Presented to
Councils in Special
Session
William Draper Lewis, the Mayors
gal transit adviser, gave out the fol-
lawine statement, which was regarded
I'm thb city administration's digest of
fike revised lease:
Irtprhe 'leas secures the operation by me
toW of tlie cltj'u lines and the com-
tft own lines as a unified transporia
iVtyttem It Is based upon the follow -
i principles:
iFint,' That the Interest and sinking fund
iiymtnts on the bonds lsiued by the city to
it for Us transit lines must be paid out
I w gross revenue of the unified system
any deductions are made for uivi-
Ul IIIU tUIIiyailJ' ft piuvniwiwv.wi
k-Mil effect of thin provision in tne.
twill h in ralnn fares througnoui me
Philadelphia, following the contention
rJte.flTwlnlnB that the unified system
.pay US own way aD-ioiuieiy uui ui
LMa'nn mfiltr hmv hieh tho Tate Of
s(Jt state-! the principle of no five-cent
wn rrce iransiers overrules ma
1 Story on which the people otcd In
1 'd transit, ana is caicumieu, v.u
in spite of Its- lack or rranKncs.
ftrtt tsrare Increased fares for jears to
sltawt without limit to tlie increase, save
J Htw far as the Public Service Commission
r4r Interfere. The Mayor and Mr. Mitten
"Jw agreed that there shall be no fle-cent
laeM transit. That Is the very henrt and
Mw of this lease, carrying out the con
rtaona of Mr. Twining and Mr. Totter. It
Kit & deception to aver that any other
aclplt underlies it we charge that
nve-cent program with universal free
BSfers Is abandoned and that there is
I Itelc of good faith In not so stating to
1 people. 1
Second. That although the city does not
BeJect to a reasonable dividend for the
Ifnpur'a stockholders. It must make no
ntees.
1 iTTlft UltA Afmm rifAtrMa miardtila n1
fS1 'Wl cunning and subtle phraseology
f".wt usea to conceal it. we cnarge
A tn vital consideration, so far as the
IvfT. is fnnrrnart la tViafr Ifn ffiinrnntR
1 absolute, and certain to be vastly larger
B IQOrs lulcv than hit nmnnftnl for the
Mtaptoy's pro tection ever before proposed
? evtn considered.
KjTJiird. That the public service commls-
I It tfle body constituted by law to deter
mine what are juit and reasonable rates
of fare
That the present rates of fare on the
companj's own lines should at the bocin
nlng be retained with a flat fhc-cent fare
on the clt's lines, and free transfers be
tween the city's lines and between the
city's lines and the companj's surface lines,
but that If these rates of fare should not
be sufficient to enable tho company to pay
the cltj's Interest and sinking fund charges
and a reasonable dlldend to the company'i
"tockholders, the commission should bo
asked to c.-Mish Just nnd reasonajilo
rates of fare.
Thli principle li Inserted to complete
the triad of provisions that clinches higher
fares and tho company's guarantee. The
Intimation that a nveoni-iare is iweiy
under the lease Is unfair. It is recognized
by tho negotiators that that will not be
the result j
Fourth. That the obligations of the com
pany to furnish efficient scrWce, not only on
the city's lines, but on its own lines, can
best be enforced by the creation of a board
of supervising engineers, with largo powers
over equipment, operation, extensions, ac
counting and rcservo funds.
The renditions of tenure of office for the
proposed board constitute a brazen effort to
put the city wholly at the mercy of the
companj The rlty member of the board Is
removable at the pleasuro of the Major.
The company's representative Is removable
at the pleasuro of the company. Tho tliiid
member, chairman of the board, shall be
appointed by tho Major and the president
of the company. Together they may re
move him at any time, and "it shall be
their duty" to do so, "If at any time It
shall appear that he is Incompetent or that
he H performing his duties In an ARHI
TRAUY OH UNREASONABLE minner."
Or cither one of them may, with the con
sent of the commission, remove the chair
man. It Is to be a hand-picked board,
with a sword of Damocles always over the
head of every member of It. The members
are to get $10,000 a year, with the cha r
man receiving whatever the Mayor and the
company want to give him. Tho theory
underlying such a board is doubtless ten
able, but the proposed conditions of service
Continued on Tate Thirteen, Column rive
LIES AGAIN WIN
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WHITE SOX IN THIRD
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By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
COMISKBV FIELD. Chicago. Aug. 17.
The white Sox started the scoring this
afternoon In the first round when Lelbold
made the circuit on a pass, sacrifice by Mo
Mullln. Eddie Colllns's short Infield hit nd
Jackson's force of Collins
The Athletes were unlucky not to score In
their half. Jim Scott Issued passes to Jam
leson and Strunk. and hit Dates, but they
cmildn't get the hit over. .. , , , ..
The A's tied the score In the thrd, 3 all,
by coming through with as many counts.
ChSSXSd0"orhSchauer and the latter
was rXved by JIng Johnson In t he box
cchauer waa unsteady at the start, but
"TcrdTf 15.000 turned out to greet the
tC Tmllltary drill by a company from the
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Infield during
,a in the second. Sin-
STU.i,ndll nlsberg and Schalk. assisted
?'eSabyhlgnnow"ibyrBBond.e, letting In two
runs.
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Phillies nln Hfti tho Pirates
CMUMti.M CU.KVen. Column Two
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CMM wlU b found on F(e It
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Jh i lu'ertects after "their two Sights'
B0Wo Z tram and acted as If they had
ride on the '"""" E y on9 planned to
rested comfortably. Every .on but
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weather. It Q lntroductng them
players shifted tacttcs y
Be vef, t most of their spare time In the
rgmofoonrVh'y had aPbath. but It was
a Turkish one. ,. hle, gcout, re-
Irft, Tm the West today nd jolned.the
turnedfrom the west , 4MOTWed ,om8
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SALIENT POINTS IN NEW TRANSIT
LEASE AS PRESENTED TO COUNCILS
T7NTIRE control of transit facilities to be placed in the hnnch of three men.
,v". ,wuld compose n "board of ?upervninE engmccrR," with almost
unlimited powers, subject to summary removnl
A virtual Increase in rate of fare to six cents, or oven seven cents
Hifth-specd lines outlined in the Taylor plan to bo built by the city and
equipped in pnrt by the P. R. T.
Subway and elevated lines to be built one at a time nnd taken over and
operated by the P. R. T. as soon n each one is completed.
Public Service Commission to rule on abolition of eight-cent exchange
tickets, when, if nnd provided that the board makes the request.
P. R. T. stockholders guaranteed -1 per cent on their investment nnd
possibly 6 per cent. Rate of faro to be increased whenever, after six months,
the earnings are not sufficient to pay the dividends nnd the interest and sink
ing fund charges on the city's entire transit debt. '
Company is relieved of purchasing equipment for the high-speed system,
which amounts to $20,000,000.
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The proposed new trnnslt lease between tho citj and tho Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company for tho operation of tho svstem of nubwavs nnd elevated lines to
bo built by the city was inado public b Mavor Smith this afternoon at a special
session of City Councils
Under the terms of the proposed agreement, the rate of fare will be Increased
to six cents or posslblv seven cents, cxihnuge tickets will be continued, all of the
lines proposed by ex-Director A. Merrltt Tn) lor arc to be built, unless they be
bobtalled by a trnnslt board to bo established, nnd such lines as nro built graduallv
will bo turned over to the V It T one nt a tltno nnd operated by that company
when nnd as they are built, It Is left to thn Kvite l'uhllc Service Commission at
some futuie date to abolish the eight-cent exchange tickets nnd substitute unlvcral
free transfers, when, If and provided that a proposed transit board Initiates nnd
approves such a petition.
Major Smith personally presented the lease In the form of nn ordinance. It
waa Immediately referred to a Joint committee of tho Councils' rinance and Street
Hallway Committees,
Major Smith appeared personally before Councils nnd explained his view of
the proposed agreement between tho city nnd the V. Tt. T. for tho operation of
the lines.
Accompanjing the lease was a formil ;
statement issued by William Draper Lenin,
who served as tho Major's legal transit ad
viser during tho prolonged conferences that
have been held during the last few wces
with representatives of the transit company.
IMPORTANT PROVISIONS IIIDDKN
The lease as the Councllmen received it
was vcrj' lengthj". and tho most Important
provisions contained In It, such as that pro
viding for nn Increase in fares, were burled
In a mass of words that made many para
graphs Major Smith, In a message to Councils,
Invited "constructive criticism" of tlie pro
posed agreement and an "open and full dis
cussion" of Its terms
After briefly lev lowing negotiations be
tween tho city and the P. R. T Company,
he said.
I do not hold that tho draft now pre
sented to you Is perfect In every detail,
but It represents an honest attempt to
carry Into offect the ttplrlt of jour In
structions to tho Director of pity Tran'
sit; It Is an honest effort to do Justice to
the city and tho companj Constructive
criticism is therefore Invited Every op-
nortunlty should he allo.ved for a tun,
fair nnd Btralgntrorwam anaijsis or
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POLICE AGAIN ARREST
' WHITE HOUSE PICKETS
all
of Its terms You have not been caneu
together In hpeclal session during jour
vacation period with any Intention of put
ting on 'full speed nhad ' and driving
this propored lease to rapid consumma
tion I would bespeak for it the same
consideration, same puullcitj". same open
and full discussions of Its terms as was
necorded Its predecessors. I only transmit
it to jou at this time because I recognize
that when jou assemble at the end of
.September jou will be confronted with a
large amount of routine work, augmented
bj the 1918 appropriation requests, and
since the consummation of an eciultablo
transit agreement Is of vital importance
to the people of Philadelphia, I want jou
to have the result of the joint thought of
the city and company representatives as
quickly as possible, so that jou. as well
,is the public, may havo ample oppor
tunity for study and adtlon.
The meeting of Councils was called espe
cially by the Major for the presentation of
the lease. Public hearings will bo held In
City Hall during the next month, and, ao
cording to the Major, the document will be
publicly discussed."
The attitude of the city administration
toward the result of the negotiations with'
the P. R. T. was mad public through the
Lewis statement, which, was sent to the
newspapers as the administrations "ana
lytical digest" of the lease.
The first seetlon of (the proposed lease
deals with definitions jind nlso with the
formation of a "board of supervising en
gineers" to direct the entire transit nego
tiations In the future. This 'board of su
pervising engineers" would have charge of
negotiating the terms of the IrWnd
also of the bass uporf which the lease ItsWf
might be founded.
The Chestnut street subway, which was
advocated by esUlrector A. Merr'tt Taj
lor as an essential part of the high-speed
sjstem. was treated lightly in the commu
nication sent to Councils The delivery loop
Is accepted In the report as a prearranged
"""o terms under which Director Twining
and Mayor Smith would like to see the new
high-speed system operated are conta.ned
In the following two sections They read:
SKCTIOX B
The city will determine If, when and to
what extent It will provide the transit fa
cilities comprising the city's system, and
the alteration, reconstruction or changes of
and In the Market Street Line, as provided
In Article VIII, and it shall not be bound
to provide any or all of them.
As and when the city shall construct or
purchase transit facilities constituting an
Individual operating section of the city
system, the company shall provide such ad
ditional transit facilities as are specified In
Article V, to be used upon or In connection
Continue on Tsie Fire, Column On
Suffragists Pardoned by Presi
dent Wilson Are in Washing
ton Jail Once More
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.
'Hie hi militants arrested were Miss
Lavinia Dock, of Philadelphia; Miss
Natalie Gray, Colorado Springs, Col.;
Miss C. .Michael I'lannigan, Hartford,
Conn.; Miss Edna Dixon, Washington,
D. C; Miss Lucv Kwing, Chicago, nnd
Mrs. 'Upton Watson, Chicago?
WASHIMJTON. Aug 17
Onto more Woman h Party mllltints have
been nrrested for plckptlng before thi White
Houe Following orders issued enrlv to
il ij', tho pollen nt prehended Fix suffragists
who attempted tn heir banners A laigc
crowd cheered tho arrest
This action by tho police, coming after
President Wilson s pardon of tho pickets
arrested a few weeks ago, shows olthir n
disregard of President Wilson's wishes or
a change In his attitude toward the suffrage
standard beirers
SHORE HOTEL GONT PORCH
COLLAPSES IN STORM
ATLANTIC C1TV. Aug 17. Panic spread
through the crilwded Hotel Ostend In Chel
sea this afternoon, wnen virtually the
whole of the fi out porch of the hotel, fac
ing tho Boardwalk, collapsed with a tre
mendous crish dm lug a Nevere clcctilcal
btorm, accompanied by a deluge of rain
The belief that the hotel hid been struck
bj lightning ciused clerks to telephone for
the fire department Two engine companies
found no sign of fire, and were preparing
to leave when a report spread that a hotel
cmplojo had been caught In the wreckage
of the porch.
riiemen had moved the greater part of
tho debris before the mlss.lng man was
found, salvaging n piano In the flooded hotel
grill, part of which Is under the piazza
The bar was flooded a foot deep
ARREST "INTERNATIONAL SPY"
KANSAS C1TV. Mo , Aug. 17. Hi Ann
gaard Karl Graves, self-styled Internitlonal
spy, who came Into prominence In 1911 nfter
tlie publication of a volume of his experi
ences as "the personal spy of the Kaiser,"
wns arrested by Federal agents last night
at the Union btatlon. Doctor Uraves told
the authorities ho was working for the De
partment of State.
vAfter his arrest, he added he was oi. 1 Is
way to Denver in an effort to obtain
papers that would prove the "lllegltimacj
of, the Hohenzollern family." Among his
possessions were found documents relating
to the establishment of a Saxon union In
this country. He was almost without funds
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BRITISH DENY
GERMANS ARE IN;
LANGEMARCK
Contradict Berlin's
Claim of Recapture of
Flanders Position
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Sixth S-viatoga ince. 3-yeni-olds and up, selling;, purse $000,
1 mile and a fuilong Dan, 109, Willis, 13 to 5, 7 to 5, 1 To 2, wiV,
Invvn, 103, dump, 5 to 1, 8 to 5, 7 to 10, second; Flash of Steel, 105,
Baiictt, 7 to 1, 2 to 1, 4 to 5, thiul. Time, 2.00 1-5. Queen of the
Sea, G. M. Mlllei, Carlton G. also lan.
"""""STATE MAY SEIZE ILLINOIS COAL MINES
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Seizme of Illinois coal mines will probably
ho the next move In the State's light for lower coal prices, It was
stated licte today. In indicating such a step Levy Mayer, member
u. t'-e Crr.tv Council of Defense, declaicd that "if tho people knew
Hit. it-.U conuw.onj in the Illinois situation they would be so Inflamed
thcic is no telling what they would do."
THREE NEIIiC UNISTERS FOR BRITISH CABINET
LONDON, Aut,.' 17. John Hodge, Labor member of Parliament,
was today appointed Minister of Pensions, succeeding George N.
Haines, who took the place of Aithur Henderson in the War Cabinet.
Gcoige'llobcits, also a Laboiltc, wns appointed Minister o? Labor.
Gtoi-e J, Waidlo was named Parliamentary Secretary for the Board
of T"ade. He is a Labor member of Parliament. A. C. Geles was
appointed Minister of National Scivice.
CANADA GOES ON WAR RATIONS
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MONTREAL, Clue., Aug. 17. Canada went on war rations Today.
Tho older of the food conti oiler prohibiting the serving o? beef or
bacon on Tuesdays nnd Piidaya went Into effect at midnTght labt
night and today all the hotels, icstauiants, lunch counteis, clubs, etc.,
,uo canylng placauls announcing that the foiblddcu meats will not
bo SjCivcd.
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ALLIES AGREE TO BUY THROUGH INDUSTRIES BOARD
WAHHINUTON, Aug. 17. The Allied purchasing committee In the United
States Is now a fact. The Allies hav e Hluncd an agreement to make their purchase-
thro inh the new war Industries board. America's loans to the Allies will
be protected against huge prices which heretofore the Allies have been willing to
pay with Uncle Sam's money In order to get badly needed war materials. B. M.
Baruch, Robert 8 Lovett and It. S. Brookings, of the war board, will be actively
In charge of tho Allied purchases. Baruch and Brookings will handle raw materials
and finished supplies, respectively, while Lovett will decide priority questions be
tween the Allien. The agreement was signed In Secretary McAdoo's office.
SHIP ON WAY HERE FOR REPAIRS
foui -masted bchooncr Tlflon, wmcli encoumercu u nurucane in me gun
LONDON, Aug. 17.
Official denial was made by the War
Office tonight that Langemarck has
been recaptured by the Germans. The
denial was made following a state
ment from Berlin announcing Lange
marck had been retaken.
LONDON, Aug. 17.
American soldiers reported to hav
been wounded and taken to hospital
at Bath were not members of Persh
ing's expedition. They were Individual
Americans serving in the Canadian and
English armies.
BERLIN (via London). Aug. IT.
Tloenpture of the town of Langemarck,
taken by tho British esterday, was an
nounced In tho official statement this after
noon. "Near St, Jullcn and also at numerous
other points southward as far as Vr'arne
ton the enemy penertatei our new battle
zone," tio statement said. "Despite heavy
...lt1.,. l.i tPntrlUH anramntUhfA tlffthlnff."
On the east bank of tho Meuse an ad- A
vanca Into Cour)ero wood, In which 60t- ,
prisoners were taKen, was announces .,,,
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CANADIANS RET&IUS
LOST LENS LINES
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stream on August 9, Is being towed to Philadelphia for repairs,
bound from an Atlantic port for a point In South America, All
blown away.
The ship was
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HOGS GO TO $18.60
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. While hogs Jumped, twenty-five to thirty-five cents higher
to n top price of $18.60 today, cattle dropped ten to fifteen cents lower, and sheep
ten cents lower thajt yesterday's close.
PENROSE ON WAY HERE BY AUTOMOBILE
United States Senator Penrose left Washington for Philadelphia and Atlantic
City by automobile this afternoon to pay his first visit to this city In several weeks.
He will confer with his political lieutenants at he shore tomorrow.
FUTURES SUSPENDED ON NEW YORK COFFEE EXCHANGE
vrw YORK Aug. 17. Trading In coffee futures waa suspended today on the
'diabia-aSE I ew yoik Coffee Exchange at the suggestion of Herbert Hoover.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITlf THIS BRITISH ARMIR3 IN TH
TIELD, Aug 17.
Hill 70 ran red today with the blood ot
German divisions, sacrificed In repeated ef
forts to recapture this Important dominating
height from tho sturdy Canadians.
Along tho entlro new Lens battle front
tho most desperate fighting has been In
progress for the last twelve hours.
The Canadians havo repulsed nil attacks.
At tho time this dispatch Is fllod they have
retaken positions west of Cite St. Augusta
from which they were forced by sheer
weight of numbers during the night.
Field Marshal Halg'a report admits thai
loss of these positions, but was evidently
filed before tho ground was retaken.
Prisoners continue to arrive behind the
British lines The total will probably prove
to be greater than at flrnt believed. In ad
dition, the Germans left a considerable num
ber of guns In tho mud It Is Impossible
to give tho number thus captured.
Over the flaming, bloony field British
atrp'anes havo been accomplishing miracles.
They are acting as dispatch riders between
the adanc!ng Infantry and headquarters.'
Battleplanes guard them as they fly through
a shell-filled sky, carrying orders and re
ports from tho front lines to commanding
officers to the rear.
NIGHT OP DEATH
Last night was one of death. The Cana
dians, In whose ranks are many Americana
who enlisted with the Maple Leaf forces
tn tho Dominion, fought valiantly, hanging
on to every position with bulldog-like
tenacity.
The Bavarians opened the counter-attack
on the outskirts of Lens. They charged
and counter-charged headlong against the
Canadians In their mad endeavor to retail
Hill 70. The attack Opened about dusk.
Afir the Bavarians came the Prussian
Guards. They threw themsebves forward la ')i,'S
close formation, uanaaian uruuery aua ',x
machine guns blazed forth. t tfpP
The attack was headed s;raigiit lor in
ranmtinn center. It never reached the ' ' '
line. Shells broke over the advancing Oer. J "'v.
mans. Machlue-gun tire ripped througn tfs J
,i..i, nnin. Tha Bavarians wavered, then S tJ
fell back. But that was not the end. i H
At 8:50 fresh uerman troops ooueu oui
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