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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917
ConnonT, 1917, it Tm rcsuo Lkmri (Vuriitf
WILSON'S PEACE STAND
ACCLAIMED IN ENGLAND
LONDON HAILS
PRESIDENT AS
ALLIED CHIEF
I'iNewspapers bee inesti
mable Service m
Message
IfGIVES INSPIRATION
1U INIVV V3J U l.vjrlli
Prospect of Peace Ths Win
ter or by Spring, Wash
t ington's View
UwiuvTn T?(W. IS P.RAP.KTNn
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LONDON", Auk. 30.
r..i.n,i iv.-ifj nc.iln moved to admiration
ht America nnd of President Wilson today
ftr reading the President's nolo to Pope
llMedlct. More than ono newspaper hailed
Mli. American executive as the new leader
i,. the Allied cause.
. "At the end of three years 01 unspciKanie
jiuiln and anxiety," declared tho Morning
Poit, "It Is an Inestimable service to tne
'Allies to find such leadership as this
llronj, clear-slKhted, Indexible Inspiring
'tew courage and faith, shaming tho faint
.(tried ana silencing me iierrisc unu uw
Sected."
The Chronicle pointed out that President
.Wilson Jiad reminded the world that Amer
"lc was unfettered by alliances In "sub
jecting the Paris resolution of the Allies
to unqualified condemnation." (This was
tie resolution banding tho Allies to com
mercial reprisals against Germany after
;!.tte war.)
"The resounding proclamation which
.tames from tho White' House of the reality
t' of right and the reality of wiong and of the
5mposslblllty of reconciling them or shad
Itof them Into one another by good-natured
?Mt fl. rl.wn.1il. nrl.ln.l "tnldlt WPll
hive issued from tho Vatican, the ancient
rtwsltory of Christian erltles."
'hi, ANSWER OK PRACTICAL, MAN
Si' It Is the answer of a practical statesman
M the peace-drcamlng VatlcaV, and It may
'Uio other caurts as well." the Times sum
ta.F(wft,1 nilrllncr flint 4tA tintn l POllched In
.' tame terms In which all other states-
wu ,1.1- J n -bh ,. .. vnnlif In 4ltA
H-fetce note."
Y The only feeble note of difference with
President's doctrine was rounded In the
Northcllffe newspapers. They agreed with
rery other feature of the reply except
President Wilson's "acnulttal of tho Ger-
'stn people from any responsibility for the
ir."
' The Northcllffe editorials pointed out
this was "Incompatible" with the fact that
tie German people accepted the war en-t-Bslastlcally
and have given their support
t It throughout, their representatives con
ttnually votlne sunnlles nnd the press cxult-
'hf "In the worst atrocities."
" "President Wilson's Ultimatum may bring
.tt German people to their senses," ob
,nrved the Evening Star. "On tho other
-W-, it is a declaration of war which must
rive Kalserlsm to bay."
Speaking of tho Germans' docllo accept
wee of the official version fed them on
wythlng by their Government, the West
minster Gazette commented:
"President Wilson attempts manfully to
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LABOR MEN SEE
COERCION CLUB
IN EXEMPTIONS
Tell Appeal Board Employ
ers May Use It to Avoid
Strikes
NO FAVOR TO STRIKERS
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Sensational "comeback," now in "ironman" class, captures fifth straight
by beating the Boston Braves in first game of double-header this after
noon. The Chief also contributed a homer and single.
BENDER HELPS WIN FIFTH IN ROW,
SCORING HOMER AGAINST BRAVES
Continued on Pace Five. Column One
1TALIANSLAUNCH
DRIVEATTOLMINO
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Strike Northward After Ob
taining Virtual Dominance
of Bamsizza Plateau
U
PUSH FLANK MOVEMENT
Moran's New Iron Man
Aided by Cravath's
Circuit Drive, Takes
First of Twin Bill, 4-3
EFFECTIVE IN PINCHES
k . LONDON, Aug. 30.
iil y vlctrlous offensive reached Its
, Scwia and most important stage today.
FMLYlnflr nltnlna.l ,.li.tiinl nmlnnnHA nf thn
rPfilMa, plateau. General Cadorna's troops
'f5r vast flanking movement northward.
Jtoino Is the Immediate objectlvo of this
?" Front dispatches today Indicated
'? allan troops were forging ahead and
?4 arrived almost befbre the preliminary
.- defenses of this Austrian city. At the
" time another Italian army reached
In ""y91"! Monto Cucco for n coincidental
.Wve eastward on the same city.
Rome cables told of further progress
BlneiJ east on the plateau toward the
.r'fPovano Valley. It Is through this gap
"t jine of the main arteries of Austrian
''imS?unlcatlon between the northern nnd
-thern nrml.a tl. lnttof n-imrrlln- rPrl.
litl?tl!l "" A victory hero wilt be of
ffiJ! traleBlo Importance.
Ik; All dispatches todav emnhaslzed the
k?lty of the fighting In the Balnslzza
"" -ine Austrlans are offering desper
i reslstnf
rAJCoptnhagen Ulspatch quotes the corre-
"ni, ot the Cologne Oarette 'on the
aiO ffnnf nc ilnlDrln Ihnt .fnti. Uin
H-rleI has been purtlally taken by the,
Continued on I'-se Flte, Column Three
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IN BASEBALL TODAY
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By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
PIIILUKS HALL I'AIIK. Aug. 30.
' Chief Mender collected another scnlp for
his belt In the opener this afternoon and
added 50 to his growing bank roll when
ho massacred tho Uracs from lloston. In
a moist and dripping battle. The official
count was 4 to .1. This was the Chiefs
fifth straight victory.
Two homo runs which bounced oft the
bats of Bender and Cravath helped con
siderably, nnd when Gawgo Whltted came
homo on the other etict of a double html,
the verdict was unanimous.
The Chief almost gbt In bad In the eighth
when he clogged the sacks, but tho enemy
muM only score two runs and they wcren t
CnThere was a drlKle of rain throughout
thA Tdubles almost ruined the Chief
In the second frame, but they only pushed
one counter across. Bender seemed to be
!eeaken.ng. and for a time It looked as If
Moran woum use i ,.-...
opened with a double to center
Continued on Iaie Kleen. Column Six
Chief Still a Hero
1IOSTOX
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Kelly, If ft
Mtirunillle, si 4
I'nnell, cf 3
llrlur, rt 4
Konrtchy, lb 3
Smith, 3b ' 4
Knurling, '-'I) 3
TrHgenHor, c 3
KiiKan, p 3
tTjIer 1
Mlullry 1
3 0 31 10 1
Konctchy
and lied
Total 31
riui.i,ii:s
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Sdiiiltr, rf 3
Iliincroft, ns 4
Murk, 3I I
Cravntli, rf t
I.uderux, Hi 4
Whlttrd, If 4
Mehon, 2b 3
Klllrfrr. o 3
lender, p 3
Total 3S 4 0 37
Untied for Trngeor In the ninth.
tllntted for Itnenn In the ninth.
Home runx llender ami t'rnth. Two
bnite hit" Knnclcliy unit Smith. Sacrifice
, UnnllnRH. Sacrifice fly Schulte. Strutk
out II j- lleiictcr, 3; tiy ItaEitn, 3, llnc on
lutllit Off llender, 1. Stolen be. Wliltleil
and Nleliofr. lilt by pitched Imll Konetchy.
empires Klsler nnd llranflelil.
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DARKNESS HALTS A'S
AND RED SOX IN TENTH
Johnson and Leonard Engage in
Brilliant Contest 'in First
of Series
KKNWAY PARK. Boston. Aug. SO.
The Macuen and :Ited So, wero ea -
run each wnen '
incited at one
nlng started here this afternoon.
"'Xg Johnson and p
great Pitchers' hattle today m ii
SKrt each and'! 1-1 score up to the Bed
Sox's ninth' flllPd ,,lnch
inthe ninth, wit nine B
iniian nil kiLuvti --
"U,ter 2. hit- and Johnson had passed
had made a hit. a"" t tnrea
Walker and Oardner. With ba
S??r hhead and the game went Into extra
Innings;
I-JBST INNING
nssed out Jamison.
Oroer
Leonard .. d xtodie'e double
.!k5 nStdruVnk popped to Hobby, Mclnnls
purposely,filllnf the
bases.
No
. left.
l ---- ,
l P"nned an easy 'fly to Walker.
runs, one hit. no error,
l0OVZ blocked I by Johnson and Grover
dr,ve was blockea v ht tQ w
for6an "tV.t. No runs, no hits, no
errors. SEC0ND INNINO S .
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BRAVES LEAD PHILS,
3 TO 1, IN NINTH FRAME
Boston Scores in Early Innings
Off Rixey, While Hughes
Holds Moranmen
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
PHILLinS' BALL PARK. Aug. 30,
At tho end of the eighth Inning here to
day the Braves were leading by the score
of 3 to 1. ,
The Braes henred their third run In
the eighth, on Maranvllle's s'ngle past Nle.
hoff, the former taking second op Nlehoff's
poor throw to first, from where he scored
on Behg's sacrifice to Schulte. The Phillies
were retired In order In their half..
FIRST INNING
Kelly singled to center. Maranvllle lined
to Whltted. Kelly stole second. Powell
fanned. Rehg walked. Konetchy singled to
left. Kelly scoring, but nehg was caught
between third and home, Whltted to Ban
croft to Stock to Adams to Bancroft. One
run. two hits, no errors.
Schulte grounded out to Konetchy, Rehg
robbed Bancroft of a hit with a one-handed
running catch against the fence, stock
hoisted to Powell, No runs, no hits, no
errors.
, v SECOND INNINO
Smith singled to center. Ratings walked.
ujr threw out, Tri.S4 ,NIbo&
it'nuffwr.
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Take Your "Comfu" Shoes
to Camp, Baker Advises
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
doesn't want the drafted men
from Pennsylvania to go to tho
cantonment nt Annapolis Junction
barefooted. This official order was
sent by Brigadier General E. P.
Crowder, provost marshal general
of the army, to Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh today: "The Secretary
of War directs that men reporting to
mobilization camps be ndvised to
take with them a pair of comfortable
shoei, co as to afford them a change
from then new regulation marching
shoes."
Threats of labor leaders to call strikes at
tho Mldxale Steel pl.ints and other plants
doing var work were answered by Jnmcs
C. McDonald, labor member of District Ap
peal Board No. 2, today with a warning
that army ellglblcs inoled In strikes will
receive little consideration from the board.
Whllo the strike possibility was being con
sidered news came from Harrisburg that
the first 5 per cent f Philadelphia's quota
of drafted men would be sent to Camp
Mcado September 8 and 0. No others In
tho State will go so soon. Men from twenty-
seen districts will go September s; men
from tho others the following day.
The labor leaders expressed the belief
that officials of big Industrial plants would
use the exemptions wh'ch aro to he granted
to many of their workers as a club to keep
them at work under conditions that In nor
mal times would not be tolerated.
"f want It understood." said McDonald,
"that the only club held at the present time
Is held by this board, This board will not
permit any plant to coerce Its workers, but
all exemntod men who engnge.ln strikes w'll
have to nppenr betorethts board, If- thpyi
come under our jurisdiction, ana snow rea
sonable cause for striking.' If they don't,
the exemptions that are granted them for
Industrial reasons will become void and
such men will become members of the
army."
After explaining ho.v the board would
safeguard the workers from Intimidation
and coercion on, the part of their empioyors
McDonald impressed upon the union leaders
the necessity of keeping up the chain ot
supplies to the army by taylng: "Our boys
are In France. We must work here."
Tho men of districts Nos. 4, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 1C, 17. 18, 21, 24, 25, 20, 28,
29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47 and
50 will leave on September 8 and those of
tho other city district.! the day following.
This plan was announced by Adjutant
General Stewart and Colonel Sweeney, at
Hnirisburg, today following arrangements
with the railroads for the transportation
of the men of tho first 5 per cent quota In
units composing all the men from any one
district. In this way each local draft board
will send Its entire quota 'away on one day,
Instead of sending 1 per cent of the quota
on each of five days. This permits the men
to trael together In the company of friends
and neighbors, nnd cuts down the work
of the local boards. At the same time the
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SUN BRIAR TAKES
HOPEFUL HANDICAP
Knapp Pilots Winner of
$25,000 Stakes Race in
Saratoga Feature
PAPP CAPTURES SECOND
SARATOGA, N. Y.. Aug. 30. Sun Briar,
carrying 130 pounds, the top weight, won
the Hopeful Handicap, featuro of the last
day's racing, here today. His time was
1:15 1-5.
Pnpp, also carrying 130 pounds, finished
second. Sycnmoor was third. The race
carried a purse of (25,000.
KHtHT HACK, three) mr-olcla nnd up. selling,
1 IVi-n Hluht. 110. Weler 13 to 1 r. to 1 a to 3
3. Wood trap. 113. Ilutwcll. . 3 to 1 II to . 3 to S
3 Kuour. 121. KnHPP . . T to 1 fl to 8 T to 3
Time. 1:17. Nluht Stick, romp. Sleepy Hum.
l, any muni, i(
Hwfn. Joncflna Karate, Hemlock
and Klnir llntmut also ran,
HKCOND IlACn, ttiree-ear-ols nnd up, sell-
iThe Or'ailer. inn. ltnan..lrt to (I rn 2 to H
2 II M. Miller. 10S. Iluxt.in in to l 4 to t N to R
a! Silver Sandals, 113. Trolae H to 1 .1 to I 7 to R
Time, 1:44 4-r. Torch Hearer, Lady Atoll and
Oholua alto ran.
TlIIItD nACE. the Hopeful, for two.year-oldj,
f. (mn Tlr'ar. 130. Knapp. . 1 J to n fl to S 8-to s
.' M'BPP. 130, Allen... . H to t 4 to 1 rto 1
3 Hycanioor. U.I. Pavlea. ..Ill to 1 12 to 1 II to 1
Time. 1:15 3-11. Ultima Thule, The Spinner,
FrcdTlcU the Oreat, American Raul. TArrat)
f,i On. Ileal" O'tlrady. Iieliadou. Hapy do
l.iieky, I.uculllte. Kucolin, War Cloud. War Ma
chine. tNepperhan. tllJ llouie, TTop Coat also
ran. CoupUd. t Added atarters.
KOUHTII HACK, Sarntoia run. for three-vear-nlda
and upward, 13000 added, mile and 0
furlongs'
1. Omar Khayam. 12A, Ilutwell tl to 20 out out
IN H pur, 1211, Kcosh ..0, 1 out out
3. Pair Mao. 127, Knapp 2D to 1 3 to 1 out
Time, 3.07 4-5. Three startera.
KirTH HACE, three-year-olds and upward,
elllns, JOOli added, mile: . . . . , .
1. Hubbub. Ill, Like 17 to 10 7 to 10 1 io 3
3. Hanobala. 100. J. Me-
Tagsart 5to 1 2 to 1 even
3, Queen of tho Bea, 100,
1 Hhuttlnstr. ............ 7 to 1 0 to 2 7 to 5
Time. 1:44. Kasin. Pan. Traction, Meditation
nnd lllack llroom also ran.
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Lebanon Race Results
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12 12 4 2 4
i a o l
2 i a s
13U, 2:10!4,
2:18 trot, purse. $400.
Ilunnle Bettor, ch. B. orbln
lird. Oliver, ch. i(., J. White
Deed Tinker, b. h., Kline..,.
Charlie rinn, D. ., nun . .. . . ..
Time. 2:12U. 2;1SW, 2:I5H
. 2 :60 pact, purs 1400,
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7 8 A 1 2 l l
3 15 8 13
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LATEST SPORTS
BRAVES SPLIT WITH PHILS IN DUAL CONFLICT
BOSTON 0 1000002 03
PHILLIES, lstB..o 0 1 0 1 2
Itngnn nnd Trngessor; Bender nnd KUlefer.
BOSTON 1 10 0 0 0
PHILLIES, 2d6'.0 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes ami Trngc&sor; lUxcy nud Adams.
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0
0 0 X 4 9
Rlglei' nnd Brnnsficld.
0 1 03 91
0 0 0-0 12
Klfilcr mid Urnimticltt.
ATHLETICS ...0 0 0 0
BOSTON 0 10 0
Johusou nud Holey; Leonard nnd Ag new. O'Lougklin and Moriarlty.
000 10 0-1GC
00000 0-172
BRAVES HIT K1XEY HARD AND WIN
1'HILLIES ab r Ii o a c BOSTON ab r h o a c
Scliultc.cf . 1 0 1 1 (1 o Kelly. If. ... 5 1 1 3 0(1
Ddiicroft, ss U 0 0 5 0 1 Maianvillc, bb. 5 t 13 3 0
Stock, Jb... .300120 Powell, cf.... 302400
Craatli,rf... 3 0 0 2 0 0 Relic rf 2 0 0 2 0 0
Ludcrus, lb.. 2 0 1 12 0 0 Konctchy, lb. 4.0 3 8 0 0
Wllitted, If... 3 0 12 10 Smith, 3b.. ..312030
Nichoff, 2b 3 0 0 2 5 1 Rawlings. 2b. 2 0 0 4 3 0
Addms.c . . 3 0 0 2 4 0 T'gesscr.c... 4 0 0 3 2 0
Kixcy, p 2 0 10 0 0 Hughes, p. ..400010
Totals..,
0 4
18 2
Totals..... 32 3 'J 27 12 0
GAME CALLED IN TENTH ON ACCOUNT OF DAKTH
f '! '-TICS ab r h o a c BOSTON ab r h o a
I . ' 4 " 1 2 0 0 Hooper, rf. 5 1 ,' 0 ,
C- : .10 2 10 0 Barry, 2b... .503340
1 ' 10 2 3 0 0 Hoblitzcl.lb. 2 0 0 12 0 0
Z' ,'l:,i-' 5 0 0 4 0 0 Lewis, If 4 00 1 0 0
lUh'.ii.v, lb.,. 3 0 0 15 0 0 Walker, cf . . . . 3 118 0 0
Witt. 3b 4 0 0 0 4 0 Gardner, 3b.. 3 0 10 2 1
y-.iaan.is.... 4 0 0 0 10 Scott, bs 3 0 1 14 0
T7-J,, r4"""0"05 1 0 Agnew.c 3 0 0 2 0 0
o' i sou, p... 11 10 4 0 Leonard, p.. . 4 0 0 0 2 0
Shorten 10 0 0 0 0
Janvrin.ss 0t 0 0 0 0 1
Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals. 3G 1 C 30 16 0 Totals 34 1 7 30 12. 2
t
0 0 0 1- 4 13 3
0 0 0 0- 3 11 4
0 0 0 6-473
0 0 0 X- 8 10 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DETROIT 110 0 0 10
CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 10 0
Bolnnd and Stnnoge; Klepfer nnd O'Neill.
ST.LOUIS 0 0 10 3
CHICAGO 0 G 0 0 2
Groom nnd Severeid; Clcotte and Schalk.
OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES POSTPONED
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Sixth Saratoga race, maiden 2-yeai-oldb, puito $000, 5 1-2 fm
loiiKh Chief Lally, 115, Keogli, 2 to 1, 3 to 5, out, won; Pcrlg-outdmt,
112, Hay neb,
4 to 1, even, 2 to 5, bccoml; Saints Ihidge, 113, Paii'iUg-
ton,7 to 5, 1 to 3, out, thhd. Time, 1.00 4-5.
DAIL ENTERED FOR SOCIALIST SECRETARY
Bail was enteted late this afternoon for Charles Schcnclt, one o
tho Socialists arrested yesterday on charge of distributing: antl-cou-bcrlption
liteiature. The 10,000 bond was divided among the fol
lowing four men: William Sllberinan, of 224 Pine street; D. Julius
Love, of 315 Pino sticet; Dr. Joseph A. Getzow, of 251 Pins stictt
and Sigwund Fuld, of 61G East Indiana avenue.
MRS. DELLINGER FREED FROM MURDER CHARGE
YORK, Pa., Aug. 30. Mrb. Annie Deltiuger, charged with uav
iug bhot and hilled her hubband, Himy Dollingcr, last January, b..'
luwlntr u quuncl lii their homo near The Bioguc, was dcclaitd uA
guilty. Ucie today by .1 jury, after deliberating tlve hours.
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PRICE TWO CENTS i
TRANSIT BIDS
DECISION SET
FOR TUESDAY
Contractors to Accept or
Reject Propositions at
Original Rates
CONFER WITH THE MAYOR
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McNichoI Warns That Readvcr
tialng Will Cost City Addi
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Announcement was made today of a
mass-meeting on Monday, September
10, called by the Nonpartisan League
of Philadelphia, to discuss the proposed
transit lease. "All citizens interested
In the Mayor's plan to divide control,
'fifty-fifty,' with the transit company,
are invited to meet at the Parkway
Building, Broad and Cherry streets,"
the league's invitation reads. There
will be two sessions; the first at 10:30
a. m. and the second at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon.
1
Independent candidates for Councils
from various wards will be Invited to
state their views, and addresses are
also scheduled from S. Davis Page, the
veteran leader of reforms in Councils;
Chairman Gaffncy, A. Merrltt Taylor
and Select Councilman Ira D. Garman,
Representatives of Business Men's As
sociations are also asked to state their
views. At the afternoon session reso
lutions will be adopted.
After an hour and a half of conferne
today with Mayor Smith, Transit Director
Twining and Chief Engineer Qulmby, t
th transit department, representative of
the three contracting firms which hold
awards for $16,000,000 worth of work on
the Droad street subway and subway de
livery loop, deferred action until next Tues
day, when they will notify the Mayor def
initely as to whether they will accept or
1 eject the contracts. ,
The consensus of opinion at the conclusion
of the conference, however, was that ths
KTeater part, and possibly all of the con
tracts, will be accepted at the prices upon
which the bids were submitted seven
months ago. In return, the Mayor assured
the contractors that he city would deal
fairly and. generously with them In the In
terpretation of the, varlojs provisions of ths
contracts.
-WAItNS AS TO nnADVEimsiNG
Each of the firms had previously sub
mitted requests for concessions from ths
city. In view of the Increased cost of labor
and materials since bids for the work wers
submitted. The Mayor, at the advice of
City Solicitor Connelly,, Informed the bidders
that the city could not legally grant th
concessions, although he said that person
ally he felt the concessions aslffcd were Just
and fair.
Senator McNichoI, head of the Keystons
State Construction Company, which was
awarded four of the six contracts, warned
the Mayor that If an agreement was not
reached nnd It should be necessary to r
ndvertlse for the iork tho cost to the city
would be between 16.000.000 nnd J8.000.000
higher than the figures of the present con
tracts. Mayor Smith, at tho opening of the con
ference, dispelled a rumor to the effect that
he would take legal action to compel ths
contractors to proceed with the work If an
agreernent should fall. The Mayor made
his announcement after P. 'J. Maclsaacs,
of the firm of Smith, Hauser & Maclsaacs,
of New York, which was awarded one of
the six contracts, said that his firm was
ready to reject the contract. Later, Mr.
Maclsaacs recalled his decision.
The Mayor said 1
If you do not take the contract I shall
make no enoTt to lorce 11 upon you.
1 n'i hllrvn there Is a curt In the land
which would force you to do the work, and
I dVn't Intend to tie up tne iranu situ
ation with further litigation. Progress H
what. we wont.
CONCESSIONS ASKED
Although the requests for concessions
made by each of the contracts were differ
ent In some respects. In general they
followed two lines. These are:
First, that the city assume all over
head charges for the up-keep of ths
plants In case the work, after It has been
begun, should be delayed through the
fault of neither the contractor nor the
city.
Second, that the city permit the con
tractors to follow a different method of
prosecuting the work so long aa ths
completed contracts khould bo the same as
provided In the original specifications
In the first case tho Mayor said the. City
Solicitor had ruled that such payments
would be Illegal. The Mayor after th
conference, however, said lhat Counclli
could, after the contracts had, been signet,
pass an ordinance to permit the Transit
Director to reimburse the contractors
should such a contingency arise.
So far as the second concession 'was con
cerned It was Indicated that Its application
would depend largely upon the Interpret,
tlon placed upon the powers of the Transit
.-. .- Thn KovKtrme State Construction
r- ,.v has asked that It be permitted' IK
o nrosecute part of the, work under thi'
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SILK WORTH $250,000 STOLEN BY ELUSIVE GANG
Durglars have made another rich haul of bolt-silk. It was learned today that
4900 yards were taken from the factory of the Haber-Weiss Company, manufac
turers of silk shirtwaists, 21 South Eleventh street, Tuesday night. Burglars have
taken $250,000 worth of silk from factories In, this city this year and the police, are
stlli-unuble to ge a. clue to the gang.
OLD FLAGMAN KILLED AS HE GOES FOR LAST PAY
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