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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917
CornmnT, 1017, nt the Ti-omc I.r.nrn Cor.iNt
RUSSIANS BLOCK TEUTON
ADVANCE ON RIGA FRONT
SAMMEES STIR
POILUS' ENVY IN
BIG WAR TASKS
French Instructors En
thuse Over Aptitude
of U. S. Soldiers
CLEVER IN EVERY
FIELD OF EFFORT
PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST WAR BABY
If American Learns to "Parlez
Vous" From Little Girl
U
on Knee
i TROOPERS FRATERNIZE
Headcear and Gas Mask Styles
V ,... TT--1- O Tl..
ior unci- ouius xuya
n
Agreed Upon
By HENRI BAZIN
mi Stan Correspondent aj win uvtmng meaner
M n France.
ifAMEIUCAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS IX
HI FRANCE. Aug. 4.
Desplto incessant rain uuring xne lasi
four days, entraining goes on. Practice
trenches nro half full of water and the
Mud nnnn the roads is Inches deen. while
,4 the shy Is heavy, low and gray, nut
. the ardor and enthusiasm of tho Sammees i
unbounded; they worlc with a vim un-
it to falrlv astonish their French lnstruc
mtsn n r Imtd tn ritn !cn rf tlia hnva
WID, IUIU m , at ...-- . .( ,rf .j
from the United Statqs.
rrv.low T tultnAacfl n n InlApAattni vn,n
L pi of friendly competition and fraternal
tfuue. Six men were selected at random, an
American lieutenant, a corporal ana four
awufiiDoys me oiu army term givsn mm-
Kl( by the regular Infantryman. Upon the
Trench side an equivalent selection was
nude. Each man upon tho American side
5 threw six crenades at given objects fifty
Sfeet away. That totaled thlrty-slx tries for
cua side.
Thirty-one of tho American-thrown gre-
HUti landed within a radius of fifty cen-
.tlmeters of the objective and fifty ccntl-
istr Is just about eighteen Inches. On
lb urencn siue nut twenty-seven mauo me
ffm rnftlnc,
- ...
crack shots
Immediately afterward each man Talked
kKikly along a straight line of fifty feet.
charging as ho navigated twenty-two
Cot from a repeating rlllo. Out of the
American 132, ninety-six struck tho dummy
"lutet Out of the French equivalent clghty-
imn Amnnrr thn Mfimmo. hnnnh wprt two
Ben who had never shot a repeating illle
aWUI landing at a certain port In Franco a
tnr weeks ago, which. In United States Is
ping some" and In French as expressed
b me by a French ofllcer "epatant "
In a winding village street a Snmmeo wan
flitting upon the steps of a dwelling. He
UJ a red cloth-bound boot; In his hand
lid a little blonde French child about
.Ilht years of age upon his knee. Tho
little girl's finger was pointing to a page
, ml In childish treblo explaining the pro
nunciation and meaning of the words
Printed upon It. Sammee was making a
bhvre try at pronunciation, and, what Is
latter still, getting away with It qulto to
ill credit and without too complete assas
sination of tho French language, for I could
UlllV lindpratnnrl Him
. RAf h nrrtiifn .nTn 1 iittll n ti . 1 lilAnila-liAtil a1
ttChiF U'APd mil fa nhKt'lmiu nt mv nroa.
ar"l ns nftcr a moment I walked on
wuaout disturbing tho lesson, took with me
;tM Impression of American "gct-thcre-jUlveness"
that finds the way because the
WU li a part of his mental and material
r'aakeup.
EVerv r.nmn lmn n Vntinf- Aran's Chris.
n Association tent a long oblong affair
CiDabIa nf liiftalnr. ffnm IT.n ,. nftl m,n
'In the one I visited this afternoon there
M something that took mo back across
WUI Water In n twlnll!ni A tihnlinrrrrttih
Playing "On tho Way to Mandalay,"
ores of men were writing letters home,
.Whlous of tho music. Others wero play-
Dir ChbAa rtlV.An n.l.l ...a.a .lHn..ln
-. -v,o, UII1CI.J Dilll HVIC U(,YII1N
f j the present, n couplo of enormous pine
ii vi'h one cn" tnree miniature porta
M billiard tables were sot up and soldiers
''Jlged in lllnvlni? Itnnn thAii,. Twn nthprQ
rter playing chess a game relatively rare
mi American pastime.
iw lent is crowded at all times of rec
wion and rest, I 'was told. The boys take
7" wmioris and little conveniences as a
-CK tO IVfll.f Tim mnu inm.lnn nntnl
iul the ono l visited was the Information
i4 a?' wnere tho Sammees asked many
l diverse questions as to the customs of
"ind which they .are presently about to
gwor and aid at the possible expenso of
lW younir Uvea
! I stood at the door a Sammee en.
with a pollu. tha latter with a few
Words in hia vnMhiilirv-wnrH
' "Yes" ntirl '.-rtnrl' nM.l 'ho ,,! ,,l" .
Ch hn ha.l .,l.1..,i.. i l i.i
Sv '." Ho may havo llai1 more- for a11
now .but whether or not. he spread these
w about the atmosphere ns soon as ho
,glVen tho InHhlA nf (hi) tnt a "nnM
ml' .ni1 n's American companion-In-
HI HA Iff In ...,... r
.5? ou1, BUro Mlke "lls I'13" 'a all
hj oou." Ana lt the I)0 u d J no.
get him" In fact, he did In sub
.for he replied with a broad smile,
tres blen, good, beautlfuulle."
Correspondent, with nn nf hlq rnn.
Was Invited Uv nin.r.i an,ot ,ii,a
Vi'u.neral's mesa ' the village of
wgh The General Is lodged In a
"veiling, and tho- dining room Is
i 'fcriT CnAIlf?)l tn niMinmmnd'ila tlinoa
rnprlse the divisional commander's
'ut there Is always room for one
"W'JUestS With n. Ilftlo firniifillni.
,v,"n?bly said bomewhere at som
i iner in a manner of expression
become semlclasslcal. deonlte In-
W. "fi mnB. -.., ,.,. a, ' -
all Z "'uo1 cnjoyuie nme was naa
r4' ueneral Rii,.r udt f v,A i,An,i
.,tb!- with your correspondent upon
k-iL., tne fepresentntlve of a New
r-ir m nis r)gnt. Tne miM, was
American and half French a big
-... erlcan bcef anA a French
jmprlaing the piece le resistance.
li?." BOme or tlle things that
wo ha written about aa "grow-
m n, wnicrt' includes sweet
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njxai
il.fti: i&MtiTkisikl BF aH , ;Vr iJH-
y ?' 4i HRSi
f ' " i&l $ &' " V", EIR
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W i i-iLi .. .iii jLlli-JSit JL .- , J
GERMAN BLOWS
FAIL TO BREAK
SLAV POSITIONS
Petrograd Reports Offensive
Halted Allies Smash
Ahead on 3 Fronts
CADORNA PRESSES ENEMY
French Hold Gains on East Hank
of Mouse British Strike
Ahove St. Quentin
Pi:TUOOnAI. Aug. 27.
The tu'W riprman (iffenslM- on tho Ulgn
front has boen lirniight t an end without
attaining any Impoitant suci'e.si, according
to a Htatcment lesued by the Olllclul Oov
vrnimnt Press llureau. Details of the light
ing which followed tho opening of the
Herman thrust In the Illga sci-tnr about
August 15 art- given In the repot t as fol
lows "For Fi-veral days tho ltlga front has
been the scene of activity. In tho dlicctlon
ot tho llaltlc Sea tho ltusslan troops evacu
ated tenitory, falling bncl. n-veral kil
ometers In the direction of Schlock. Tho
Hermans. ob-ciinR tlio retiieincnt, wl out
In pursuit In sin effort to 'Ut off the loans,
but wore prevented at eciy point and
weie forced back by artillery and machine
gun ilrp.
"At present the UusMaiiM occupy an ex
cellent defeiiHlve line.
"On August 19-20, tlu- Onnans then
attempted an offcnslvo ugalnH the llusslnn
outposts In the region close to tho coast.
i:erywhoto the (Icriuan attacks werd ro
pulsed by the brilliant lire of the Ilusslan
artillery.
LATEST SPORTS
DASEBALL SCORES
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1
PHILLIES 0 0 0 0 0.'
lloihtiimii ni'l Snyder; Mnycr and Killcfcr. O'Day nud Uarrlkun.
"l.auia LuM'y," the name bestowed upon her at the Philadelphia Hospital
where she is now the pet of nurses and attendants, was taken to that
institution Saturday, havinp been found abandoned on a hillside near
Sedgley guardhouse, Fairmount Pari:, by two women. A note pinned to
the infant's dress set forth that tho child was born August 5, the mother
dying shortly after, and the father, a professional singer, having gone
to the war.
THREE BIG ALLIED DRIVES
SHATTER ENEMY'S LINES
KERENSKY AVERS
RUSSIAWILL HOLD
Tells Conference at Moscow
Tha Democracy Will Be
Maintained at All Costs
RINGING SPEECH CHEERED
PETROGRAD, Aug. 27.
The Russian Government has decided
to ignore the peace note of Pope Bene
dict XV. Announcement to this effect
was made in the following statement
given out by the Official Xews 'Agency:
"The provisional government has thor
oughly deliberated the question of Pope
Benedict's note with regard to peace
pourparlers. In view of the fact that
no mention is made in the papal note of
Russia, the provisional government has
unanimously decided to ignore the inter
vention of the Pope. This decision will
be communicated to the Allied Powers."
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
MOSCOW, AUg. ...
Ttussla will maintain her democracy nt
all costs. She Intends to uso tho weapons
of the old regime against thoso who. would
havo tho old autocracy overthrow the new
freedom. , ., ....
Of outstanding significant In the delib
erations of the all-Uusslan conference today
was this emphatic declaration by Premier
Kerensky. Ho Insisted that the new nation
was passing through "a period of mortal
danger" and warned enemies within that
tho Government henceforth "would bo lm.
placable" In "crushing with blood and Iron
Continued on Pair Pour. Column Two
MIDVALE BIDS FOR
3500 EXEMPTIONS
Manager, in Making Claim,
Reveals Plan for Building
150 Destroyers
TO MAKE GUNS FOR NAVY
To support his plea for draft exemption
for 3500 employes of tho Mldvale Steel Com
pany, Henry I) Ilooth, general superin
tendent, today revealed to Appeal Hoard So
2 that Secretary Daniels plans tho building
of 1B0 torpedoboat destrojers in addition
to those already ordered, and also that a
new system hail been agiecd upon by the
various steel concerns to i-peed up pioduc
tlon. Under the new plan only one char
acter of woik will bo pei formed In each
plant,
Jlr. Ilooth Insisted that exemption of nil
of the 3500 men subject to tho draft among
MIdvale's. force ot 11,000 was absolutely
necessary to permit ot proper handling
emergency work for tho (lOveinment. In
noimnl times, he admitted, tho company
could lose a largo number of employes with
out wrecking its organization because others
could soon bo trained. Now, ho declared,
there Is no time to train men, even If the
labor situation did not make It next to Im
possible to obtain workers.
co.NFKnn.Nci: with haxiuls
The revelation that Secictary Daniels
wants 150 more destroyers was made when
Jlr. Ilooth told of a conference between tin
Secretary and the steel Interests, held In
Washington last Monday. Ilesldes telling
of the need for tho huge destroyer fleet, Mr.
Daniels nlso appealed to tho steel men for
great speed In turning out tho vioik. As a
result the steel men agreed that each plant
should concentrate upon a single kind of
work so that the maximum of eillclency
might bo attained.
The work allotted to Mldvale tinder this
Contlnurd on I'nso Pour, Column hit
LONDON', Aug. 27.
Three great Allied drives assailed Teutonic
lines on three fronts, llrltlsh and French
troops resumed the offensive which they
started last Monday. Italy rontlnued her
llerco dtle uninterruptedly.
In a week the Italians have tawen ap
proximately ninety. square r-lles of Austrian
territory, nearly 35,0d0 ..rlsoners, a vast
storo of guns, munitions and supplies nnd
Inflicted stupendous casualties on the enemy
estimated In semlotllcisil nomo advices at
75,000. The lighting today was on the com
paratively open Ualnslzza plateau. Tho
rugged points of the mountains having been
successfully passed, Home looked for cen
more rapid progress as the troops pressed
on In tho direction of Lalbach.
Suddenly changing his point of nttack
from tho left bank to the right of tho Meuse,
General Pctaln was striking another blow
nt the German defenses out of Verdun. The
Initial shock carried tho French lighters
nearly a mile forward on a two.mllo front.
On the Brltihh front Field Marshal Halg
also mixed his blows. He drovo successfully
ngalnst German positions north of St.
Quentin, In u sector where there has been
little fighting In two months. Powerfully
fortified German posts of the "Illndenburg
Continued on Viieo Pour. Column Three
$350,000,000 WANTED
FOR DESTROYER FLEET
Daniels Will Ask Congress for
Huge Appropriation This
Week
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.
A new arpioprlatlon of at least J350.000.
000 for destroyers will bo asked of Con
gress .this week by Secretary of the Navy
DaJ!i'iilementar- plants In private ship-
V for destroyer manufacture, Daniels
y',r, Jould be built. Ho declined to say
tB mav dertroyeri would be sought. He
audU that th appropriation might be made
more thanl35O.O0O.Q00.
nlti i. the first Btcp toward assembling
t numbers o, destroyers to beat the
VamS by Secretary Daniels
recently.'
"Tea" Was Booze, Police 'Say
, . in tii net the police say, of
Cwnl I A to two iallor. nd national
serving iui"r " ' 'cnefc0 restaurant on
guardsman In Ynt Albert Fuller, of
Itace street eart '",'' Washington ave-Forty-ninth
street near )eai
KSMfflMb
mmmmiimi
MAYER AND H0RSTMAN
IN PITCHERS' BATTLE
Neither Team Able to Score in
Early Part of the
Game
rilll.MKS
riihkrrt. cf,
Itiiurrofr, nm.
Muck. 3b.
Criituth, rf.
I.mltTMH, lh.
VWiltteil, If
Xrlhnll'. Sl.
Klllrfrr. .
.Mil) it, i.
ST. I.OCIS
one. rf.
I. Nmlth, If.
Miller. 2b.
Ilomut). MH,
CruUe, rf,
I'uulrtle. ll.
Ilalril. 3b.
Mutter, e. .
llorMimlun, p.
PIIIIiMKS UALL PARK, Aug. 27.
The St. Louis Cards opened their Dual
series here this afternoon before a crowd
of 4000 fans,
Ersklne Mayer, who received the credit
for the first game of the double-header last
Saturday over Cincinnati, went to the
mound to oppose Horstman, a ilg,ht-hander.
Orjly ono safe hit was made off Mayer In
t(ie first two Innings, which was a' double
to right fled by Hornsby. He reached third
mi Paulette's out and was making an at
tempt to steal home as Ilalrd was called
out on strikes, which ended the Inning.
Horstman got way In good, style. Ho
gave, .Jtancfoft , a, , ji f,vri tn -rit
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WASHINGTON DEAL
Johnson, Griffith, Barrow
and Others Say Washing
ton Won't Be Transferred
THEY ALL 'PASS THE BUCK'
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
The grand old game of "passing the buck"
Is having Its Innings on this hot August aft
ernoon, liabeball magnates, largo and
small, Important nnd not bo important, are
doing their best to lepudlate. deny, contra
dict, abjure jinil otherwise disclaim any re
sponsibility for the rcportjjthat tho Wash
ton Club of the American Itoigue would bo
transferred to Ilaltimore and tho majority
of the stock would fall Into the hands of
tho former owners of tho llaltlmoro Feds.
Right now everything Is muddled up nnd
wo are beginning to doubt If thcio Is such
a place ns Ilaltimore on the map.
Desplto denials by President Han John
son nnd Manager Clark Griffith the Wash
ington stockholders this afternoon stuck lo
their story' that the transfer is to be mnde.
It was. Intimated negotiations are under
way, and hinted tho various denials were
lodged because publication of the plans was
thought premature.
The tlrst Inkling of what was supposed to
have happened trickled over tho wires this,
morning, ft was then RPMORKD that the
Washington Club MAY be transferred to
Ilaltimore In tho near future. While this
was sinking In, the International News
Service sent out a story that tho deal had
been completed and next year tho national
capital would be without a big league team.
All of this was strange, unusual nnd start
ling, but something else was added to make
it good,
"Wild lllll" Donovan was canned as man
ager of the Yankees, No one knows who
Continued on Paw Kin en. Column Pour
WHAT MAY HAPPEN
IN BASEBALL TODAY
NATIONAL I.K.MJUI:
Club Won Ixt Pet. Mln Lo
New York ? ;-'
IMillllr. (14 4 .571 .J.J ,B66
M. LoilU . -$ "
riiiraro ot so .; ; .job .sou
Cincinnati A3 113 .Ml .SOH ,MO
llrooklin.. ...... 80 nil .4M .41)1 .US
Eton.? . 49 61 .443 .41 .441
littxbuTsh 37 7t .310 .843 .310
AMKKICAN I.KAtHIK
Club Won Lot Vet, Win J.o
Chicago..., 17 40 .eid .ati) .til
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ATHLETICS
ST. LOUIS ..
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 1
NEW YOKK 0 0 0 0
Cooper ntul W. Wagner: Benton anil llnriden.
CHICAGO 0 0 0 0 0
BROOKLYN ?-. 3 0 0 0 i
Dotti;ln! nml Elliott; Coombs, and Miller.
CINCINNATI 0 0
BOSTON 0 0
Kigali uml Wiugo; Tyli-r mid Tiiifrcbier.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WASHINGTON 0 3 3
CLEVELAND 112
llurpur and Ain.mith; Klcpter nnd O'Neill.
BOSTON 0 0 0 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 0
Knth nnd Thomas.; Jmnes and Stanagc.
NEW YORK 0 0
CHICAGO 0 0
Slmwkey mid Alexander; Clcotte and Schalk.
STEAMSHIPS IN COLLISION IN F0G
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 27. The stennibhlp Jeffci.ou, or tU
AlabUa Stcain.hlp Company, and the Cauadinu Pacific etcamsUip
I'rinccbS May collided in a deus.0 fog off Coue I&laud iu Swausou
iluy today. The Jefferson is being convoyed iuto Swau-on Bay by
the Princesb May.
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Third Saratoga Race, two-year-olds, 5 1-2 furlongs War Cloufl,
117. LofUih. 2 to 0, out. won; Top Coat, 113, Kcogli, 10 to 1, 2 to 1.
7 to 10, second; Huth Law. 114, Robinson,
fill 1. Time. 1.07 l-H.
7 to 1. 7 to 5, 2 to 3,
MAXIMUM PROFITS OF MILLERS AGREED UPON
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27. Maximum profits of m::.ets oil the
:.uii nop of 1017 have been tentatively fixed by agicemcnt with
tl-u luud administration nt Washington as follows: X'lour, twcnty-tiTC
tents a batitl; mill feed, fifty cents a ton. This developed today in
,nru l iUj-ihiloii among Minneapolis millers. The inr.cis' national
luiv.iili.. 111 picacnt this tentative ngiccment to the millcii &
1-i.iuj tor loniial acceptance. The inlllcis arc alieady under pleJte
to abide h'j it.
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SPORTS
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MASS-MEETING.
TO RAP TRANSIT
LEASE "GRAB"
7000 Navy Yard Men to Pro
testChestnut St. Asso
ciation Opposes Deal
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SIGN CONTRACTS TODAY
Pledge Their Support
in the Transit Fight
TyrORE than 7000 navy yard work-"J-
ers pledge their support to A.
Mcrritt Taylor in transit fight.
Move has unqualified approval of
Rear Admiral Tappan.
Several thousand employes of
Frankford arsenal also to flock to the
Taylor standard.
Large mass-meeting of protest
against the Smith grab lease is being
planned. To be held in Academy of
Music.
Navy Yard men demand straight
five-cent fares nnd abolishment of
the eight-cent exchange ticket.
Oppose the exchange system as
"injustice" and "burden." Accuse
the Rapid Transit Company of
discrimination. Burden totals ?20
a year for each worker, the men say.
North Kensington Business Men's
Association petition Public Service
Commission for universal five-cent
fare. Accuse P. R. T. of violating
the law.
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NINETEENTH ENGINEERS ARRIVE SAFELY ABROAD
READING, Pa., Aug. 27. Cablegrams received today by Reading families
announce the safe arrival at "Some European Port" of the Nineteenth Railway
Engineers, of which eight Reading bojH are members. Mebsages were received
by M. M. Lenhart, whose son Paul in enrolled with the company, and by William
Sands, from his son Ralph I). Sands.
SECRETARY BAKER WILL NOT REVIEW TROOPS
Secretary of War Raker, who had hoped to accept the Invitation of Mayor Smith
to review tho Philadelphia National Army when they leave on September 5, today
decided that he must decline, lie will probably send a letter, which will be read to the
troops on the "send-off" day.
KAISER SENDS MESSAGE TO REICHSTAG
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 7. Doctor Michaells, the German Chancellor, has returned
to Berlin from Great Headquarters with a confidential message from the Kaiser, to
bo rend to the memhera of the Reichstng Main Committee ut its meeting today, ao
rordlng to a dispatch from Berlin, dated Sunday. The "confidential message" was
said to pertain to parliamentary retorms and also to tho question of making Alsace
Lorraine Into an Independent Federal State.
MARINE SCHOOL STARTS WORK ON CITY BOAT
Tho day class of the United States Marine Engineering School of the Federal
Shipping Board started Its practical work on board the Iceboat John Weaver today.
The Weaver wl11 rcmal" tlc1 "'' at ,ler uertl1 on tne nrth Me of tie Vltj, street
pier for the present, until the thirty-nve students of the class become efficient in
getting up Bteam and learning the details of the craft. They aro under the direction
of Clinton E. Shaw, supervisor.
SUPPOSED PHILADELPHIAN DIES IN FRANCE
Among the casualties announced at Ottawa, Canada, was the name of "K. J.
Fudge of Philadelphia." Ho tiled from gas poisoning while fighting with the
Canadian forces In France.
An emphatic protest ngalnst the Smlth
Mittui transit grab by r.llwood U. Chapman,
president of the Chestnut Street Business
Men's Asoclatlon, nnnounced opposition
to the plan of 7000 employes of the
Philadelphia Navy Yard who have planned
a mass-meeting of protest nnd the state
ment by Senator MCNichol that he would
this afternoon sign the contracts for the
subway work to be done by tho Keystone
State Construction Company were 'three
Important developments In the transit sit
uation today,
day's developments In tho transit situation.
Tho protest from tho Chestnut Street
association was In the form of a letter to
Transit Director Twining. Attention was
called to the fart that the voters of Phila
delphia had ratified tho Taylor transit plan,
which provided for the nbolitlon of ex
change tickets nnd the granting of free
transfers between tho high-speed routes
nnd also between the high-speed system and
the surface lines.
Mr. Twining was als orcmlhded In Mr.
Chapman's communication that the
people had voted approximately $00,000,009
toward the building of the city's high-speed y
lines as provided by"the Taylor system and -that
failure to carry out any part of It was
a lepudlatlon of the voters verdict.
Jt wag pointed out that 'the lease now v
being considered would give the company
u very strong guarantee of n' 6 per cent
dividend cumulative from the date upon
which tho rontract would become effective,
although only S per cent of such dividend
would bo payable In cash until after the
Itroad street subway and delivery loop had "
begun operation.
m:tti:r of protest
Mr Chapman's letter follows:
In response to your letter of August
31, I would llketo have some further-Information,
for
First. I am still Inclined, to believe that
the form of lease now being considered
would give the 1. R. T. Company a very
strong guarantee of a 6-per-cent divi
dend, cumulative from the date upon
which the contract would become effective,
although only 5 per cen. of such 6 per
cent cumulative dividend would be pay
able In cash until after the Broad street
subway and delivery loop have begun
operation.
We are having this question looked
Into with very great care, and I hope
that you will give It some further con
sideration, especially with .regard to
what the "fare requirements"' of the con
tract nre, which are referred to In the
third paragraph of Article XXIII; and,
the fact that, as per Article XXII, Sec
tion 1, the company shall make, In the
order named, from t)ie gross revenue of
each fiscal year, deductions or payments
properly chargeable against the gross
rcvenuo of said year, .
If such deductions or payments are
"properly chargeable against the gross
revenue of said year," would not Items t
and 10 become part of the fare require
ments of such year? '
Furthermore, are not tha terms of the
forgoing paragraph mandatory?
Wo nre unable to understand how It
Is possible to evade the payment of
Item No. 9' out of gross revenue, when
It is the Interest on city bonds held In the
blnklng fund. Surely the city can't make
default In the payment of the Interest on
Its obligations even if the same are
held In the sinking fund.
Both the city and the company nre
committed, apparently, under the terms
of tho contract to pay Item No. 9 cov
ering this part of the city's Interest out
of gross revenue, ns provided In Article
XXII, Section 2; and no payment could
bo made on account of Item No. 9 until
nil cumulative payments due under Item
No. 8, Including 6 per cent cumulative
dividends on company's $30,000,000 of
capital stock, have been made In full.
I'lease do not misunderstand our posi
tion. We are not opposed to Uie city's
giving the I R. T, Company an assured
5 per cent return, as 'provided In the
Taylor lease, plus one-tenth of the re
mainder; but we do not wish to run the
rlfk of giving the P, R. T, Company a
per cent cumulative guarantee. Instead of
a D per cent guarantee, especially when
the citizens at large have been Informed
by you that the lease nW under cop-
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