xr A If- PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 18,19,20 A - i Euentng V &&! SMiger ... I iAr-1' v i4kflH ar sffl Vjv I Xi (VOL. III. NO, 303 r a s l PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917 CoriMonT, 1017, it ins restio Licami Coumnt 109 KILLED, 92 WOUNDED IN AIR RAID ON ENGLAND TEUTON PLANES SHELL KENT IN DEADLY ATTACK i "Naval Casualties," Re ported Indicate Mili tary Damage SIX ENEMY CRAFT IN BOMBING DRIVE r Chatham - Sheerness Are a, Where Naval Bases Are Located, Bombed FOE'S MACHINES ESCAPE LONDON, Sept. Uerinin ah planes last night raided tho Chatham Sheernes atca of Kent, England (Cliutliam Is u British naval base and Sheerness Ik a naval and military depot). Inflicting vh.it were officially described to day ns 'naval casualties" totaling 108 dead and eighty -s-K wounded On the Isle of Thnnet tho laidcis Mllod one and wounded sl other persons ' "About sK enemy airplanes followed the south bank of the Thames from 10 10 to 11.50 last night," the ofllclal statement said 'Our machines rose and anti-aircraft gum were In action without results" Tho Isle of Thanct once an Island but now a part of tho mainland Is that poi tlon of Knglnnd cloist to Caluls. 'the 'Island" Is formed by arms of tho Itlvcr Steur, and tho watering places of Ilams gali and Margato nro located there. Chatham contains Immense mllltiuy mid naval establishments, docks, bai racks, en gineer schools and Immense lortltlcitlous. Shccrne'-i la alto a strongly fortified sca poi t, tho nanl arcnal of England. It Ilia wise has great docks. The size of the "naal casualties" leport rd Indicates that the Geiman raiders' bombs blew uirsomfcthlrig-po-FsIblj-rrshlp or home of the buildings In the two great bases Chatham Is about twenty-five miles from London. It Is at the lower point of tho Itlvcr Medway, which flows fiom the lllvcr Thames at the point whcie Sliccrnies Is located. TOO MUCH ICE CREAM SICKENS-90 SOLDIERS Combined With "Soft Stuff" and Heat, It Disables Company at Camp Augusta i. flu a Staff Correspondc if CAMP HANCOCK, AUGUSTA, Ua . .Sept. Ninety men of Company M, of tho Eight eenth Itegiment, Pltthbuigh, were buddenly taken 111 this' morning while at work policing their tents nnd the regimental area The men wero suffering great pain mid nausea from severe stomach 'disorder, when a hurry call was sent throughout the camp for surgeons Brigadier Gencinl Logan, commanding the rifty-slxth Ilrigade, who Is cpmrtered In the field, was notified and bis automobile was ptessod Into service for the transpoi tntlon of surgeons fiom various parts of the camp to tho lompmy streets. The HI men were lemovtd from theh cots and were taken to shadv places under the trees where the nil was cooler than In camp. Officers declared tho food served (ho men today was not icsponslblo for the disorders from which they suffered. It was point ed out that the soldiers had been virtually Idle since Saturday last and probably had contumed too much "soft stuff' and Ico rieam In Augustu during tho two holldajs When tho sun stiuck them today they suf fered the results of their coca cola and Ice cream debauch Surgeons said the men would all be icady for work tomoirow morning The Illness crippled the compinj today, for only forty-three men out of u compsny of 139 were lit for duty. It was reported that men of Company C, Sixteenth leglment, also were 111, but surgeons denied this. FIVE NEGRO SOLDIERS CONVICTED OF RIOTING Participants in Recent Waco, Tex., Race Disturbance Given Five Yeais at Hard Laltor SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept 4. round guilty with Intent to murder, five members oftho Twenty-fourth United States Infantry (negro) who rioted at Waco on tho night of July 29, today faced fle years at hard labor Jn the Federal penitentiary nt Leaven worth, Kan. A sixth negro will serve ten years at Leavenworth, This was the finding of the general court martial made public today by Major Gen eral John Wv Iluckman, commander of the Southern department s WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN BASEBALL TOD A Y rinii Nw York...,..,, 7H mime go ht. Ixul.., (Ill Cincinnati en inicaio ui llt-ookljw , t , 5( NATIONAL UiUlUn Won lost IVI. S ltnitnn.. lltUburull i (nb 'I lilruto tlloMaii... IJ rill nil, Mlxtrult.. Sow Vrl n St .57V 61 ..131 At .Sit fill .4I1 113 .IKt 117 .43.! M .3SS AMISRIC'AN LKA(UU; vn Inst 1'it. ::: Min .mi .Kia ..131 ,sis .4911 . IKH ,47 ,3J0 Win II IV. ,8!l .170 .n?7 .S07 .4 Kit .40 .4211 .331 Lola ,noA .SI1 WakhltiKlan!!!!! ii7 JBiJfflKv.v.vyJ PRINCE LEOPOLD Bavarian commander of the Ger man aimy which took Ripa, to whom the Kaiser has wiicd pei sonal congratulations. CANADIAN DASH PIERCES FOE'S LINES AT LENS Germans Driven Back by Sudden Charge of Maple Leaf Troops HAIG STRIKES IN BELGIUM RUSSIAN ARMY IN FLIGHT FROM CAPTURED RIGA Entire Northern End of Battle Front Now Menaced GERMAN ADVANCE ENDANGERS DVINSK Kaiser Wilhclm Exults Over Capture of Riga AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1. KAISER WILHELM exulted with his people today in the capture of Riga fiom the Russinns. Berlin dispatches quoted this extract from a message sent by him to the Kaiserin: "This is a new milestone of Get man stiength and unerring will for victory. May God help us further." The Kaiser also wired his congrat ulations to Prince Leopold, whose troops totik the Russian city: "Your fai -seeing leadership nnd iron will for victoiy guaranteed this fine success," he declared. "Onward with God!" By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS with Tin: imrrihii ahmil's in thi: rnn.o, sept. 4. Canadian troops rail lodav penetrated moro than JOO jaida over (Jcrntan pol tlous on a fiont of iiOO vnids nort!. of Lens, Tim Midden drive badly mauled the l'lusslan tluard LONDON. Sept. 4 Kleld Marfchal Hilg resumed his offensive today with a t-haip blow th it advanced tho lirltlsh line northe ist of St. Jullen (on the Ypies front southeast of Lingemarck). "We advanced out lino sllghtl," tho statement said lilsewhere on the Uiltlsh front the com mandei -In-chief reported, "North of Lens nt night wo nrrlcd out n "uci'osfiil laid number of (icunnns vere killed and s-cv-eial tnktn prli-onei Southeast of La Bassro ltiistllo raiders wem ililven off Noitheasf of Ypres enemy nrllllcr was active' News of the occupation of Hlga bj the Germans did not cause any undue psi inisni in London or I'arls todav Not only had It been discounted In advance, but It I wns moie than offset b lepoits of bril liant new achievements bv the Italian! against the Austio-Hungnrlun. I The men ice to the Austro lluiigaii-ins' Adri itlc yea lleet has been greatly height ened during the last fort -eight hours Accoidlng to leports fiom Home, Pola, the Austiu Ilungurlun naval bise at tho foot of the Ihtilan peninsula, where the tlcet has taken refuge, Is being shelled with guns of huge caliber. Italian land opeiatirms are developing slowly but victoriously. I'ieh gilns have been scored on tho BalntUza plateau front, and powerful Austio-Oerman counter-attacks were 'battel ed eh cw here. MONITORS SHELL POLA; ONLY 8 MILES AWAY AVASIlI.NOrON, sept 4 The. gp""it Italian and Ililtlsh monitors that have been shelling the Austrian naval baso at Poll have advanced down tho coast Continued en I'liice I'our, Column One PETROGRAI). Sept. 1. The Russian retreat from Rica con tinues. 'Iliis was admitted b the Rus sian War Office toda.v. The official re port explained that the Germans had outflanked the Dvina position held by the Russians, occupjing Valenderc. Before the Russians evacuated Riga they blew up all the fortifications and the bridges over the Dvina River. "Enemy ships are shelling the Riga coast, including the villages of Kabli, Mainashtu, Koshould and J'iddc," the official statement asserted. copi:nhacji:n. sent t Petiosiad and tho whole northern end of the eastern battle front are seriously men aced by the Germans today as a result of tho fall of Hlga. Tho right wing of tho Twelfth r.usslin vrmy. which evacuated P.Iga, Is falling Inck tow aid 'Wenden along the Pctrograd railway. Herlln reports that tho Germ m advnme continues east of Jtlgi Itlga was heavily shelled by big Gorman guns on Satuidav and pait of the ilty was w recked, according to advices frnni Petro giad A number of noncombatauts wero killed German military experts legard the rap ture of Illg.i as an operation of high strate gical Importance Bv driving to the south cist the Germans liny compel the evacut tkin of llvlnsk. a Kieat fortress about 100 miles south of Itiga, which stopped von Illndenburg's advance in tho autumn of 1015 An unconfirmed tumor has reached here that the Kusslan Cabinet Is piepating to teinove the Government auhlvis fiom Pctiograd to Moscow unless the German dilve Is stemmed Tho next phase of the German offensive H pioblematlcal There are three load ways leading from Hlga toward Petrogiad, 3J0 miles distant, any one of which may be picked by the German Geneinl staff If the Germans undertake to move agilnit Tetrograd In a straight Hue they will tneountcr the Pelpus foiest, iioithcast of Hlga, vvlili It could be easllj defended un less the morale of tho Itussl in soldleis has btrii broken entliel 'iho other two path ways Ho farther south, and by using eithei of them tho Gel mails could leave Pelpus foiest and Its defenses far to tho left of their lino of advance. It litd been reported that the gi eater Continued on Page l'our. ( ottitnn Three OESCHGERANDPFEFFER IIV EXTRA-INNING BOUT Phillies Play Overtime in Final Game of the Series in Brooklyn i;UUi:T.S' PIKLD, Hrookln, Sept I. Joe Oeschger and Hlg Ud Pfcffer hooked up In a pitchers' duel today In the last game of the series Netther team scoied In tho first fcvcii Innings. Bancroft singled for tho first I'hllly hit In the fouith with one out. lie was fmerd by Stock, nnd Cravath grounded out to Daubert. Stock singled In the seventh with one out and'vaB out at tho plato trjlng to score on Ludeius's perfect! placed hit and-run-slngle to center. Brookl)ii got two scattered hits oft Oesch ger In beven Innings. Three thousand members of Brooklyn's contribution to tho. National Armv, which reported and paraded today, were here this afternoon for tho last game the Dodgers w HI play at home before October 2. About 3000 paying fans were on hand. KlhsT INNING Paskert walked. Bancroft forced Paskert, Mytra to Olson. Stok filed to Wheat. Bancroft was out stealing, Miller to Olson. No runs, no hits, no errors. Oh en was hit by n pitched ball, Daubert lined put to Stock and Olson waa doubled up off first. Stock to Luderus. Myers lined out to Wlilttea. No runs, no hits, no errors. SKOOND INNING Cravath fanned. Ludeius filed to "Wheat. Whlttcd fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. Stengel singled to centef. Wheat wan out, Adams to Luderua, Stengel taking; second, Hickman funned. Bancroft threw out O'Kourke. No runs, one hit, no errors v THIRD INNINQ O'Hourke throw ovit JCIchoff. ' Adam 'I i l i i . ikL nt 47 .inn 7H i 411 .(III .III 11. mi ,su jis1 n tut .sin ... mi, tma tl 1 .. 1 I n, .ml .,i: .an' BU .4J .100 linn :3?? 1 :m t nan. v. j m i i kJ uA -1. Him' A. , t- kiluU tV..ff TFA - mU J.4 .'S ." J"T ? ' rfjww J'lurfAwf I'maiiat'1 sf MACKS IN CLOSE FRAY IN FINAL WITH GRIFFS Pals Give Joe Bush Early Lead and He Stages Regular Box Battle With Harper SIIIB1I PAIUC, Sept. J. The Ath'etlcs had a good chance to make u clean sweep of the series of the three games with Washington when they led at tho end of the sixth Inning today, 2 to 1. Joe Bush, who was taken out jesterday Kcauso of villdness, went back nt the vis itors nnd held them to three singles In tho first Mx tesslons Harper, a southpaw, twirled foi AVash int.ton. , Witt put tho Athletics In front lit tho fecond inning when ho bcored, nfter he walked on Schang's single, a pass to Meyer and Jamleson'a single. Washington tied the score In tho fourth on a pass to Milan, an out and Foster's single. In the sixth, tie home team again took the lead, Strunk bcoring on his single, a passed ball, an out nnd Witt's triple The Athletics had two' men out nt the home plate and two of them were doubled on Hies to Harper, Atnsmlth had u linger hurt by a foul tip, while Harper had tho wind knocked out of him In catching a terrific liner from Jamle son'a bat. Dr. Carnet feara that Joe Dugan, In addi tion to a bad sprain, has a bone broken In his right ankle. Dugan went to tho Pres bterlan Hospital today, and had an x-ray taken of his Injury. FinST INNING Menosky fouled to Schang, Shanks sin gled to center. Milan hit Into n fast double play, Witt to Orover to Mclnnls. No. runs, one hit. no errors. Jamleson walked. Orover sacrificed, Alnsworth to Leonardo Shanks threw out Bodle. Strunk walked. Cw an attempted double steal, Jamleson waa nailed at tho v t WILSON REPLY TO POPE READ BY THE KAISER German Emperor and Advisers Consider Peace Project ELECTION PROBABLE TO TEST SENTIMENT Reichstag Likely to Be Dis solved After Its Next Meeting ALSACE-LORRAINE PUZZLE UISTKRDAM. Sept. I. An important council has been held at German great headquarters to con sider President Wilson's peace note to Pope Benedict XV, said a dispatch from a (Jerman source todav. 'I here is evcrj indication that Presi dent Wilson's note has shoved the ques tion of German political reforms into a place of equal prominence with the talk of peace negotiations. LONDON, Sept I Geunati 1, bctlnnlnc to talk democrati zation now as the Hist step toward peace llillln n.'ws via Ilnllind toda iinnnunced that at the sevon of the Helchstag. con vening Scptembei 2b, tho rame coalition of the CclitilstH and Social Demon .its which precipitated tho German Cabinet crisis in July would again s-e! for surren der by tho KnUei and his Ministers or certain prerogatives Hmpnasbi was, laid on this "revolt" as part of a well defined folding tu peace. London could see little In the Herlln re ports Indicative of hope for leal German teform It was the same son of a "revolt" of tho Left parties In the Helchstng last Jul, which displaced von Dethmann-Holl- tontlnucd on 1'nire.Vour, olnmn Tire DWYER CALLED BY U. S. JURY TO PROVE CHARGES Kane Anxious to Have His Course Investigated DENIES LAXITY IN DRAFT John I' twer. managing editor of the Philadelphia llecoid, who has been making wholesale chirgcs against I'nlted States Attorney Francis Fisher Kane regarding his dlnetlou of draft vlolitlou prosecutions nnd tondiict of olllce genoiall, his bteti subpoenaed to uppeii a before the Federal Gland Jurj tomorrow 'and m ike good his statements. Ho w.ih dlieeted to nppen befoio the Grand Jmy and bilng viltlr1ilin all lecords and data In lonnectinii with the cn-.es in which there were alleged violations of tho law. In order" that Mr. Divjer, who Is secre taiy of the Thirty-second District Army F.J. cmptlon Board, mu have full opportunity to explain his uccusatlons, Mr. Kiwis slid this afternoon that Jc may have the Grand Jury to himself amf teltto In detail all the winngs and violations which the I'nlted States Attorney is alleged to lne com mitted The action of Mr Kane follows quickly on tho heels of bteps taken b Mr !w.ver to havo Mi Kane lemoved from his Im portant post b appealing to Washington. Mr. Kane said that the s uno opportunity given Mr. Dwjer la open to all others who believe that there have been any violations In enforcing the law by the District Attor neys ofllcc. In a statement Issued toda Mr. Kane denied that he had been In an way derelict In enforcing the draft law or that relating to public meetings, as charged b Mr. Dwer and others. Mr Kane's statement follows So far as the people's Council nnd Its (ontlnurd on rune Two, ( nluinn Three FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL WORKER ELECTROCUTED . . . . '.A " X '.J VJBX ev . fw.. i .r -r. "..: .. r'li hiJ t Ttf-ff ei",y" 1 Jtfri.m.ihu.l. SE&B2! Live Wire Comes in Contact With Ma chine James Miskell Is Operating James Miskell, lift jears old, vvlu lived at St, Ignatius Home, 2111 Vine street, was electrocuted today while; at 'vork nt the John & James Dobson mill. Falls of Schuyl kill, MUkell, who was a coal passer, was operating an electric automatic coil loader when n live wire became detached as tho machine was being moved from one pile of coal to another. The charged wire caina In contact with an Iron wheel on the machine which the man was holdlfg. Miskell waa unable to moe and Fred lleynolds. n fellovV worker, who went to his rescue n shocked and thrown several feet when he tried to pull his fellow work man from the wheel. The screams of the men brought Hobert Calhoun, engineer of the mill, to the scene and he turned off tho current and cut the vv Ires, According to the manager of tho homo Miskell 1 believed to have, -a. slater living 1MW1W lM'nvfvu l i JTTHSl . V' 'SS.A LATEST SPORTS ATHLETICS CONTINUE BEATING SENATORS WASHT'GT'N ..0 0010000 01-?? ATHLETICS ...0 1000 100 x 28C Haipci nnd Alnsnillh; Bush nnd Meyer. Connolly nnd Nallln. PHILLIES 0 00 0 000 0 0 0 0 BROOKLYN ....0 000000 0 0 0 C Ocbchjjer and Adams; Pfetfci and Millei. Riglcr and Braubfleld. JOE DUSH GETS REVENGE ON SENATORS ATULLVTICS ab Jiimicbon, rf . 3 Tu over, 2b.... 3 Uodic. If Sltllllh.ef Mclnnis, lb Witt, sb Schang, 3b Mcjcr. c . Bush, p .. r 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 h 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 c 0 0 0 () 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 2 8 27 M 0 WASHTON Mcnosky, If Shanks, ss. C. Milan, cf Ricc.rf h'obtcr, 3b Morgan, 2b Lcoinrd, tb Auibrr.'ith, c Henry, c Harper, p Totals , . ab 3 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 , 3 h 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 I 10 3 5 e 0 0 I ( 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 ZS 1 4 24 13 1 HOSiTON . . . KFW YORK , rallies nnd Tingeso:' NATIONAL LEAGUE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dcmai cc and Itaiidcn. 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH.. Toi'cy iir.d Wingo: Jacobs nnd Schmidt. ST LOUIS 0 0 0 3 0 CHICAGO 2 0 2 11 1' i n r4 11 0 0 0 2 1 3 0- 1 G 8 0-19 5 10 2 !' Co t.1c Vn uuh it nnd Wllbon. I1U" 'if''N I ' Ji I I.IJI'.I AMERICAN LEAGUE NLW YORK 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOS! OH (lag.) .... 0 10 0 2 0 Moyiidgc and Alexnndei ; Ruth and Agncw. 0-X- 2 5 1 12 1- 7 0- 3 A 11 0 6 2 NEW YORK 0 0 0 4 0 0 BOSTON (2d g.) 10 0 1-00 Caldwell and NunamaUei ; Mays and Thomas. CHICAGO 0 3 10 0 ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 Tnbci and Schnlk; Koob and Scveteld. ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS Tifth Belmont lace, 3-yeai-olds and u, belling, puise $C00, S 1-2 furlongs. Star Finch, 115, Keogh, 2 to 5, out, out, won; Ambrose, 113, Klecgeini, 5 to 1, 8 to 5, 3 to 0, second; Cliaimeusc, 100, Obert, 20 to 1, 0 to 1, 5 io tlliid. Time, 1.20 1-5. OW: WOMAN SHOT, ANOTHER WOUNDED IN WlLIin.'GV v WIT-IiTIGTO, Del , Sept. 4. Mis. Cathciine Tiick is dead end I!i5. Lnmtttc ritznatric'.; Ih in the Delawaic Hobpttnl vith vrbat f.:( ("ifilfd to jnove fatal injuiics, the lcbult of a shoolinj; affair t'aJa nflcmosu a S00 iicncli stirct. whcie the pnitics live, while Albcvl ritcpitilcU, the hut-band of one of the women ib under ancst. charg-:! with doiiiL; the shootiiiR. PRTfiR Twn nvxKTn.i? i. 1 o MAYOR THANKS PARADERS AND SPECTATORS Ma or Smith today Issued a proclamation extending hta thanks to all citizens of Philadelphia who took part In Saturday's patriotic demonstration the men who matched and thoso who watched them march. He described the celebration aa "representative of all that la best In our city life." i "i M'NICHOL WILL1 OTHERS REFUS1 Senator's Company No-, titicia IVTriirrt-i. T4- ITlTill A -t. cept Four Contracts i - . v . i- ij ? A " J . m . N KWAY "VIMI tsJKJMJ f X,'!, 7 'J " .. '.J vLir llh "fitl SI rf' VARE AND NP.W VHRTf M CONCERNS DECLINE V! i Indefinite Delay to High Speed System Sure to Re ' suit From Action v U. S. MAY TAKE MATERIAL Those Who Turned Down Jobs Admit They Feared Big Losses if They Accepted rw.r iK.22fi3tii t&luz ONE NEGRO' REGIMENT FOR EACH CANTONMENT "WASHINGTON', Sept. 4 There will be one negrp regiment atevery NatlpntJ Army cantonment where there Is sufficient personnel. Adjutant' GMtl McCain announced today. Thla order ended speculation as to.whether BMrrV tFef will I be trained with white men. ' V. t .' , ir, '' The Kejstono .State Construction Com pany (Senator ilcNIchol's concern), which wai awarded four of the sl ble contracts for work on the Broad btreet subway and the subway delivery loop, notified Mayor Smith today that It wai willing to accept the contracts upon the terms given In the bids seven months ago and assume the rlskd which may result from war conditions. The four contracts total more than J10,. 000,000. The two other flim. which were awarded vne contract each, however, notified the Mavor nt the same time that they could not accept their contracts,. Theno Anns are the Philadelphia Subway Construction Company (Senator Vare'i concern) and Smith, Hauscr & Macltaacs, Inc, of New York Tho nnouncement of the decision of the three contractors wjh made following a two hour conference In the office of Senator JilNIlIioI, Lincoln Building- The icBUlt vv HI mean lndiflnlte delay In the city's program of high-speed line construc tion for tho work In the central part of the city will havo to be begun at different times ami carried forward In piecemeal style. It Is doubtful even If Senator McNIchol will be able to push forward the work on his contracts with imj speed ulnce the Gov crnmont Is likely to comi.iandeer the mate rials necei-ary for the piosccutlon of the woik. JIoNir"HOL Sy &TATKJICXT. Senntor Mc Xlchol, In announcing that his firm had accepted the contracts, said: 'Wo have acepted all four of the con tracts which we were awnrded We know the risks nro great, but we feel that the citizens of I'hlladdphla should have the benefits of the options vvq have been able to secure. We have, been guided, , too, by the promise of -the Mavor that ,ho city would treat us fairly and generously, and we expect the citizens to appreciate the dinicultles we are facing." The Mayor said the two contracts woul4 be advertised nt once. A week ago the Major said that If the contractors did not accept he would taltn no legal steps to compel them to do so, since In view of the conditions ho did not believe any court in the land would compel them to undertake the work The four contracts which the Keystone Cnmpiii) will carry out follow: Contract Xo !01, subway In Arch street from Broad to Klghth M, 576,760. Contract Xo 20.1, subway In Locust street between Eighth nnd Hroad, 51.713.71C. Contract Xo 103. subway and station In Hroad Ftrect from I'llbeit to lluttonwood street. J2.815.2I0 Contract Xo 204, subway and stations In Broad street fiom South I'cnn tquare t bouth street, 5i.33G.-S0O. VAUE C'OXCKUX FHAKUO LOSS Tho two contracts rejected nro: Contract Xo 202. subway In eighth street from Arch to Locust, Smith, Hauser &. Maclcaacs, Inc. Xew York, $2,420,303,, Contract Xo 101, subway and station In Broad street between Buttonwood and Stiles. Philadelphia Subway Construction Company , J2.38S.P41. Tho announcement for tho Philadelphia, Subway Construction Company was made by Cornelius Hnggarty. Jr., attorney for the firm Senator Varo said he had nothing to add, except that he was guided entirely by the advice of his engineers In the matter. Mr Haggarty first snld that to accept the contract would have meunt a loss of upward of $500,000 to the firm Later he stld that tho real reason for rejecting It was thnt there was no assurance that steel ' and other materials could be obtained. V. J. Maclsancs. of Xew York, who came here to lepresent the firm of Smith, Hauser . Mnclxaacs, laid the blame for his action directly upon the shoulders of the Publlo Seivlce Commission, wlilch withheld the certificates of publlo convenience for the woik for mo'e than six months after the bids had been opened Mr. Maclsaacs stld that the night before he submitted his bid he added a consider able figure for war risks to what the en gineers had figured as a fair bid. Condi tions have become so uncertain, however, he explained, that even this addition would not insure his firm against a loss. V H COMMAXDEEBS MATKIUAL Even though the two contracts are read vertlsed promptly. It will be several months before the necessary formalities can be gone through with, nnd It is doubtful even then whether matcilal3 can be obtained. The experience of the Keystone State Construction Company several weeks ag3 wbb pointed out today as Indicative of what all the contractors are facing. The Key stone concern had purchased 1,000,000 feet of lumber and had It delivered ready for use. The Government needed the lumber for war use mm wuuvu "fn nxing a Qnv doflnite price for It comnvandeered all'pf -if? It. The ICeystonei company could make ne).7, "j .protest. ...,. , ,ter i Tiie action ui 4.- ituui p tannumiy in ae , w cepting Us four contracts will mean more) J,- -v than $20,000 In the pockets of the "Mayor, V i through his bonding firm AH jof McNJch-f ''-$ ol s contracts are uonaea inrougn tn Continued on l'sf e I'our, Column TweH.-1 1 THE TVEATHEJR " - I FORECAST JK-$J for Phltailelphto qpP vfclnftihPtk and continued cool tonlpht afidfWlkwi dov; inoocruiu nuiuicnv wiwuj,,!,.' ( r- " -" or ntv 1.1", Bun rl.o.lilO. I fin.-!g-.-.i'Set4 UkCAWAKK 'JMVJK TlMOMflM , CHK8TNUT"8Ti Iltsrfa vstrl',f.B fir $b BiesB&iisaiw; :i,.. -fci'-; Mwrm-
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