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(PERTS EMPLOYED BY CITY
SUSTAIJN TAXLUK UJN TKAJNSJLT
V.r....il from Pain One
'wneraily taken by private engineering firms, they are insistent that increased
E returns be used to subsidize tho system in accordance with promises made
J? nnV. In favoring the abolition of exchange tickets, the right of tho
Ktt'to ak for rcduct,on ot fnrcs nnd nn '""on-clad provision for no bobtalling,
Pu oDDOsing tho Board of Supervising Engineers ns proposed and the present
"Iodine of the lease in the matter of guaranteed dividends for the company,
VOrauB .. it. n,-i, ,,ii.i ,,!ui,,ii,, ii . ..... .,.,,
'Hit apparent mi "". " ouomuiwh iumiij n ui uic viiai uojecuond
X it,, lease made by A. Mcrritt Taylor utd has confirmed in the main public
injections of other sorts" heretofore registered.
1 Virtually all of tho members of the board of directors of the Chestnut
MMreet Association, of which Ellwood B. Chapman is president, will attend
transit ni-ami w,uiiw" iv " ...... WM.,.i, v mc m-uuqunricrs oi me
iwociation today.
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FORD, BACON & DAVIS URGE
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The statement of Foril, uacon &: uavis
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i1 v New York. Sent. 4, 1917.
Ur William S. Twining-, Director Depart
' ment of City Transit. Philadelphia.
Dear git TVo have, at your request, ex
mined the proposed ordinance comprls
In, contract with the Philadelphia
plm Transit Company for the mainte
nance and operation of unified transit fa
iilltlM In the city of Philadelphia, which
understand embodies an arrangement
resulting from recent negotiations by your
department and Us legal ndvlsers with
Out company.
11 la our understanding that you deslro
our opinion of and suggestions concern
fur IMS proposed contract, both by Knelt
and In comparison with the company's
S.r of DecembeE 20. 1916. upon which
PJi. vj nrosented to you a memo-
1 iindumreport under dato of March 9,
1911.
For purposes of convenience, wo will
Tittr to the -priposed ordinance, dated
August 17. 1917, as the "present pro
Mial" and the offer of December 20,
1JU, as the "1916 proposal."
In general, we would state that In the
nresent proposal there have been secured
for tlie cltv Ihiee fundamental and con
trolling advantages' which eliminate tho
principal objections to the 1910 proposal,
as follows:
First. Priority of Income return on
city's Investment over dividends on com
pany's stock.
Second. Avoidance of city guarantee ot
fkldends on company's stock.
Third. Ktabllshment of city's Invest
ment on a firm financial basis of assured
Income, thereby releasing the city bonds
from the debt limit and thus enabling
further transit or port development.
COMPARISON OK PROPOSALS
Under the present proposal there would
a paid Into tho City Treasury interest
and linking fund charges, cumulative, on
the city's bonds Issued for transit facili
ties before any dividends are paid to tho
company's stockholders.
Under the 1916 proposal there were to
be paid to tho company's stockholders 5
per cent dividends on the present $30,
800,000 of stock before the payment of
Interest and sinking fund charges on tho
city's bonds Issued for transit facilities,
and such payments of company dividends
were to be cumulative and virtually guar
anteed by a provision permitting the com
Sany tovcharge for transfers In case of
ellclency In earning such dividends.
We believe that the question of whether
the city's fixed charges or the company's
dividends be paid first Is one of vital Im
portance, as we have estimated that for
the first fifteen years' operation of the
unified system, with five-cent fares and
free transfers, with a & per cent annual
dividend on company's stock, there will
be a total deficit of from J30.388.000 to
1(7,916.000, as per estimates A and U, In
our previous report During this period
the largest deficit In any one year Is esti
mated at from S4.120.000 to $5,916,000.
It should be noted that in this way,
under the present proposal, the burden
cf proof is placed on the company Instead
of on the city ; In other words, the com
pany has to prove In a case before the
Publ!c' Servico Commission what Is a
fair rate of dividend on Its stock and
whether It Is conducting efficiently the
passenger transportation business in Phil
adelphia. Under the present proposal, the com
pany's dividends in the teries ot subtrac
tions from gross revenue come after the
ally's ftxe'd charges. It Is provided that
Winning at the date the contract be
comes effective the maximum dividend
rate shall not exceed 6 per cent cumula
tive, although during the period of con
tinuance of exchange tickets, or until the
operation of the first section of tho Broad
treet subway and delivery loop. 5 per
cent per year Is the maximum dividend
that may be paid.
It should be noted that these rates
are maximum limits and that there is
the possibility, due to conditions of the
business, that these maximum dividends
will not be earned and paid. While the
city specifically concedes the 'fairness
f ? I per cent dividend rate and agrees
to Join the company In appealing to the
Public Service Commission to order a
just and reasonable fare If 4 per cent Is
not paid, the public Is assured by this
procedure before the commission that
tne reasonableness of the company's
dividend rate will bo Judicially passed
upon by this duly constituted nubile-body
li . a through consideration of all
IE. facLs f. wlth tho further assurance
that such determination, as far as the city
is concerned, cannot exceed 6 per cent
J"1" Produced by the proposed nfty
nity division between city and company
oi further surplus earnings. This ap
peals to us from the standpoint of the
public as a better method of determining
this dividend rate than fixing the mini
mum rate of 5 per cent as per the 1916
proposal without Judicial and scientific
determination. ,
DIVIDEND RATE
It should be understood that the dlvl
55. Jte ot B ner cent fixed and guar
anteed by the 1916 proposal was a rain
W rate- t0 be deducted before tho city
obtains any part of its Interest and slnk
" ,und charges. If and when the earn
J"9 w'fe sufficient to pay any part of
tne cltys charges, tho company was to
flttjuct 10 per cent of the amount earned
Jn excess of its dividends, which would
EX I.8 company one-ninth or tne amount
P able to the city. Therefore, when.'
I?" earnings became sufficient to pay he
ri?,?. charges In full the company, In
addition to Its 6 per cent, would be,re
eelvlng one-ninth of. the amount of the
SSL? "venue, and this would equal, ap
K?ii ate.ly " Per cnt on the Compafny'a
f'0(' making a total of 7 per cent' If
i?r" later years the earnings should
J,"?,"6, sufficiently to pay back thecity's
i ,n thB ar)ier years the company's
' tAi.?erJ,c?nt commission would result In
JS..1. dlvdends to the company, of as
i . J8.9 pcr eent Per year andjupward
In such later years.
,vCon?H"ntly, under the 1910. proposal,
waen the city earns Its fixed charges from
transit facilities, the company would
".clv more than 7 per cent dividends
KS? .1 Prospect of 9 per cent pr more
wrore the expiration of the lease.
"y reason of the leeway of surplus In
,?"2i reP"sented by company's dividends
ehm,5 after, te payment of ,the fixed
fnF.es on city bonds Issued for transit
..-.' tnera u Provided under the
th.!'nii.proJ)OBBl nn assured Income for
,ihJ clt,y bonds entirely Independent of
fli.rt ?al Beu.r"y by payment of their
wouM,ar.?.?s V eenera taxation. This
nn.?.i v?'d a "Wrary increase In the
'under hia?0,rate y,Mc!x wo estimated
'? IL 18A8 PpPosal at as much as
Br JC!a 1" ,he 100' although this, will
Srn5b y. be aJ -,n Pi of tempo
lS S.'ncreased fares, whph may be at
5 discretion of the' commission, by a
of sAor transfers or the establishment
S. ,MnB oystem, and hdtl necessarily bv
8ve n.c,rte,al" ,n the Presaijt, basic rate of
Bor?.tt5V,0,U ,and ofJ'the createet lm
!. .mV?0 b?eve thdt.by thus makin
rev!nJty.,b?d" y'?'nrtaln annual net
f?nVS '"US9 earl er'xeara of the con
frSm Vl'yll autonmtfcally be excluded
H?.ra.Jho ,ln,t of-the, city's borrowing
SSSS'ty muqh' earlier Wan undk? the? I9ll
imt f,e.toJat,on t " credit In the
S aH10Jint tr Prt and transit faolll
,' Jn view of the especial Importance
"', ," . uie ciiy expenoitures
til ?.l"t '"Ctlltlea already autnqrlied
! ' ainiunr o. . .1' noj" quipment, will
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ocr company's present
Joint controt
system.
By the proposed board of control to
be established under tho present proposal
tho city secures by a practical working
method an equal olce with tho company
In supervision and control of operation or
the company's present system as well as
cf transit facilities furnished by the city.
This Is an Important advantage obtained
over the 1916 proposal, which container)
by fhf city efreve Provision for control
(b) City's right to finance equipment.
The present proposal reserves the right
o the city to furnish and finance tracks,
third nil . signals and rolling stock for
use with the city's transit facilities As
suming that the company would ha d to
pay 6 per cent for this financing and the
city 4 pcr cent, we have estimated that
this should result In an average saving
tothe city of more than 400?000 an"
(c) Saving In abatements.
Under tho present proposal the co.n
pany will cohtlnuo for the fortv-vear
period to make all of the annual rav.
n.etils to the city provided by the l"n7
contract Under the 1916 proposal the
city sinking fund payments were deferred
for five years and the pailng charges
Hnd tax on excess dividends were "mi"
?,atCd, 'ntlrc,v.' Ve l,ave estimated that
this abatement of paym.nts by the com.
pany under the 1916 proposal would
havo amounted to between 13, 667.000
and $4B.9SO.oon less the cltv's earnings
under the 10-90 division In excess at tho
cltys Interest and sinking fund charges.
MAKUS SUGnKSTIOXS
(a) The right of the city to apply to the
commission for a reduction of fares should
be specifically referred to.
While, as pointed out In our previous
report. It will probably be necessary In
order to meet all charges during the carlv
years of operation of the rapid transit
facilities to make charges' averaging!
higher than a Ile-cent rate of fare, mi
estimates for the entire period of the con
tract show that an average of five cents
during that period would probably pro
duce a fair return to city anu -ompahy.
ntid consequently during the later years
of the contract It may be possible to oper
ate at less than a five-cent fare.
We are Informed that under the exist
ing law the Public Service Commission
has a right under the act establishing It
to fix Just and reasonable rates and that
after application for an Increase of rates
under Article XXIII It would have the
right to change tne rates from time to
time by Increasing or reducing them. As
there Is a specific provision In the present
proposal providing that the company and
the city Join In an application to Increase
the rates. It would seem wise to Insert at
the conclusion of the second paragraph of
Article XXIII a statement somewhat as
follows:
Nothing herein shall prevent the com
mission reducing the fares from time
to time or the City making application
to secure a reduction.
(b) The city should have the right to
commute company's payments or appro
priations from general taxation Into re
duction of fares.
If it should be found after the rapid
transit system Is In full operation that
ahnormaLlncreases In taxable values have
thereby been produced and that the city
Is in a position to devote a portion of
Its tax or other revenues, such as the pay
ments by the company under the 1907
contract to the support of the city bonds
Issued for rapid transit construction, the
city should have the company's agree-
F
215M? 't? Prcsent proposal to a pro-
!Lbyi 5'nlch such clly twa could be
so applied ns to reduce pr hold down the
Ja?J!2 of faro without direct benefit-to the
company,
iTk,s m,R.nt.1) accomplished by n clause
to the effect that!
riiaJ?v 'i'".8 wl,lle llle question of fare
H J? before the Public Service Com
m,sson the city may by ordinance waive
aJor.! . 'Properly limited as to amount
?.ipe.rlod) r tho Interest and sinking
Tund charges payable to It under Item 7.
and such desire and Intent on the part of
the city shall be placed before the Public
."' . Commission to be taken Into con
slderatlon In fixing the rates of fare,
(c) Abolition of exchange tickets.
As three-cent exchange tickets will
virtually Ru be abolished automatically
by the operation of the new rapid transit
lines with unlverxal freo transfers, tho
question of Immediate abolition Involves
the further use of exchange tickets for
only about four years, or until tho Ilroad
street subway Is opened. The total rev
enue In question for four years' contin
uance would be less than 3,000,000.
SOMi; ALTKItNATIVKS
The various alternate es that have been
proposed nro:
.First. Por tho company' to give up ex
change tickets without remuneration.
Second. For the company to give up
exchange tickets after reimbursement
therefor out of tho clty)treaBUry, ns pro
vided. In effect, by the 1916 proposal.
Third. To continue the use of exchange
tickets, as at present, until the commence
ment of operation of the Broad street
subway, but limiting the company's divi
dend during such period and glUne the
city a share In the revenue from sucli
exchange tickets during this period, as
provided In tho present proposal.
Fourth. Immediate abolition of ex
change tickets and compensation to the
company by some concession m tho con
tract which would not Involve a draft on
tho city treasury.
In our opinion, a small charge for
transfers between high-speed and surface
lines, or for all transfers, would be pref
erable to the three-cent exchange tickets,
whlcli arc used only In certain localities
and are thus discriminatory.
If It be deemed advisable that ex
changes should be abolished Immediately
and that the city should reimburse tho
company therefor until the opening of the
Broad street line, our foregoing sugges
tion (c) would provide a means of to
doing.
(d). Advisability nnd composition ot
Board of Supervising Knglneers.
Wo believe that a board of control
should be established to vest In the cltv a
proper degree of control over the unfiled
transportation system and to Insure by
Joint authority of city nnd company the
smooth operation of this contract. We
question, however, the advisability of the
proposed method of constituting such a
board.
LIKi; CHICAGO BOAltD
The proposed board la modeled after
the Chicago board, which was established
in the Chicago traction settlement of 1907.
The establishment of this Chicago Board
pf Supervising Engineers, which we be
lieve was originally suggested by w,
was necessary from the city's standpoint
and desirable from the standpoint of the
company because of the fact that at that
time there was no city board or depart
ment authorized to deal with transit mat
ters, nor was there any State legu'ntory
body to act In a Judicial capacity between
the municipality and the company.
In view of the fact that the City of
Philadelphia hnR nlready established the
Department nf City Transit with a com
plete and efficient engineering organiza
tion, which in our opinion Is fully able
to Join with the company In tho super
vision and control of these facilities, and
In-view also of the fact that the Public
Service Commission ot Pennsylvania is
established by law to pass In a Judicial
manner upon any dispute which may arise
between these two contracting parties, wo
believe that so far as possible the details
of constructlonand operation under tho
proposed contract should be left In tho
hands of such legally constituted authori
ties. On tho other hnnd, wo recognize the
feasibility or necessity of enlarging as
far as may be by ordinance In connection
with tho proposed contract or by statuto
the powers of the Department of City
Transit as representing the city's Interest.
Our suggestion as to this board Is that
the Director of City Transit represent the
city and that the company appoint and
pay for Its representative, who, together
with the city's representative, should be
empowered to pass upon problems sub
ject to this Joint control. In case It is
found advisable theso two par'les should
be empowered t" add to the board a third
member appointed by the Public Service
Commission, for such term as they deem
desirable, or directed to submit any mat
ter In dispute to the Public Service Com
mission. In this way we believe that the
workings of the contract would be more
smoothly and efficiently conducted with
out chance of friction between two differ
ent, city representatives, and with saving
of expenses to the city.
contiiol ovKit nouTisa
(e) Control of board over routts already
adopted.
In Artlclo II of the present proposal
It Is provided that "no transit facilities
provided by tho city shall become a part
of tho unified svBtem unless the board
shall have approved the same
both as to specification and cost," We
believe that It should be made clear that
this docs not apply to the general features
of routes already adopted by ordinance
and referendum of the people, nnd, ns wo
understand it. such application was not
Intended.
TO Specific provision as to company's
dividends.
We understand that tho Intention of tho
present proposal Is to limit the rate of
company s dividends paid under Item 8
to 6 per cent as a maximum, but ns
there may be some question as to the
wording of Articles XXII and XXIII In
this connection, Wo would recommend
under Item 8, deductions from gross reve
nue. Article XXII, that a clarifying state
ment be made that no guarantee ot any
rate of dividend Is Implied thereby.
(g) Limitation of right of city to re
qulro company to furnish equipment.
Under the second paragraph of Article
V we would recommend that while tho
city retain the option to require the
company to supply tracks, third-rail,
signals and rolling stock, it should not
bo limited by the provision ns to the
rompany's ability to secure funds at not
exceeding 6 per cent Interest. In other
words, the city should have the right to
require the company to furnish these
Items at a rate of Interest to be ap
proved by Councils provided the city did
not desire to furnish them nt a less rate
of Interest.
There are several other suggestions ot
minor Importance that we have brought
or will bring to your attention Informally.
In conclusion, we believe that the
present proposal constitutes a business
like basis of contract, fair alike to the
company ns to the city, and permitting
during the long period of the lease rea
sonable adjustments of operating condi
tions, practicable regulation of rates of
fare nnd comprehensive development and
extension of both rapid transit and sur
face lines. Respectfully submitted.
FORD, BACON & DAVIS.
TWO MEETINGS TAKE
UP SMITH-MITTEN GRAB
Tho Smlth-Mltten transit lease was
considered nt two meetings today. The
Inland transportation and municipal affairs
committee of the Board nf Trade dis
cussed the lease at a meeting at noon today
In the Bourse, but deferred action. A spe
cial subcommittee, however, was appointed
to attend the public hearing tomorrow and
report their opinions back to the commit
tee. A special meeting of the board of
directors of the I'nlted Business Men's
Association was held at 3 o'clock this
afternoon at 101R Arch street. The lease
was also taken up there.
William Hancock, city membci of the
board of directors of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company, has Issued another
statement criticizing former Transit Di
rector A. Mcrritt Taylor for his opposition
to the Smlth-Mltten lease.
Ulwood B. Chapman, president of the
Chestnut Street Business Men's Association,
has made public an exchange of letters
between himself and Charles L. Fluck, pres
ident of the Northwest Business Men's As
sociation, upon the transit lease, Mr. Chap
man upholds the Taylor plan for the elimi
nation of exchange tickets against the at
tacks of Mr, Fluck.
LANCASTER HISTORIANS
GUESTS OF JUDGE BROWN
Society Entertained at Home of Chief
Justice of tho Supreme
Court
LANCASTER. Pa.. Sept. 6. The Lan
caster County Historical Society was en
tertained today by Supreme Court Chief
Justice J. Hay Brown at his country home.
Oak Hill, Paradise. Hxeroises were held,
celebrating the founding of a Huguenot Set
tlement under Madame Ferree at Oak Hill
and Iafnyctte's birthday.
Lafayette, when In America, held n re
ception nt Paradise for the descendants of
these Huguenots.
A historical address was given by Judge
Charles I. Landls, of Lancaster, on Mary
Ferree nnd her settlement, and another by
Thomas L. Montgomery, State Librarian,
on Lafayette.
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Business
ridmiiiistrifion
Galling a thing something it is not, does not
make it so. It is easy to call an inadequately
equipped and organized series of classes a
"Bjusiriess School." '
The history of its graduates within a few
years proves whether it really was a
Business school or merely a Place to
teach Bookkeeping.
This Fifty-three-year-old institution can
not patent the name it originated, "Busi
ness School," nor its method of teaching,
yet while the first is used by imitators
the second still remains exclusively and
., successfully Peirce's. ,
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Office open daily for inspection of School.
Peirce School
of
Business Administration
AMERICA'S FOREMOST BUSINESS SCHOOL
. Pine Street, West of Broad, Philadelphia
(iend'fdr 53d Year Booft
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PEACHES PLENTIFUL,
SO CAN ALL YOU CAN
Food Commission of Home De
fense Committee Will Give In
structions to Housewives .
If u can can, can ns many peaches
as you can, and do It today If jou can.
If jou can't can, ou can leanest tho
Food Commission of the Philadelphia
Home Defense Committee, 730 W'ldener
tlulldlng, for canning Instructions, They
also furnish directions gratis upon re
quest for the doing and preserving ot
peaches. This delectable fruit Is now sell
ing for twenty-five to seventy-flvo cents
per carrier of nlno quarter pecks, nnd tho
crops are rotting on account of tho plenti
ful supply.
Whiting has made Its nppcniancc In the
local fish market. Coming from Hoston,
this Is stilt high. Local llsh are selling nt
a cheaper price, nnd cold storage fish are
selling at a still lower price. Theso aro
marked with the cold storage hlamp,
Tho list Issued by the food, commission
today follows:
vi;ar.TAHLKs
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bage, eggplant, celery, lettuce, squash, pep
pern, Js'oniml Plums, corn, turnips, lemons,
cantaloupes, onions, beets, oranges, pota
toes,, sweet potatoes, garlic, gieen stilng
beans, carrots, cucumbers, apples, parsley.
Srarre Qabbago. pineapples, lima beans,
pears, blackberries, bananas, raspberries,
huckleberries.
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DrepU weak (larse). . . .
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Pollork
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Mi dtum hake
Spanish mackerel
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l)resed salmon
Dlesned w hlte cattish
Drinieil red dtflh
Haddock
I.HFRe honlto maekerel ..
Smalt bonllo mackerel . .,
Hound I'eln ..,
Sea robins
Shark
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Lancaster Builder Dies
LAXOASTHIt. Pa., Sept. . n. II. P.app.
siMj-ulne years old. of Mlllersvllle. died
last night. He was a prominent building
contractor nnd among tho largo buildings
he erected were two at the Mlllersvllle
.State .N'ounal .School and .St. Honifaco
Catholic Church. Philadelphia He was a
prominent Knight of Columbus.
PAPERS OVER TRANSOM
NOT FILED, COURT SAYS
Denies Petition of Philntlclphtans ns
Nominees for Judgeship General
Hulings Loses, Too
Tho Dauphin County Court refused today
tho petitions of Prank J. Mathews and T.
W. Twlblll to compel tho secretary of the
Commonwealth to certify them ns candi
dates for Common Pleas Judge, In Court
No. fi, Philadelphia. They threw their nora
dialing petitions over the transom on the
night ut the Inst day for filing for the
prlmailes. having atrlvod In Harrlshurg
nfter tho office was closed. Tho papers
were found tho net morning, nnd the sec
retary refused to receive them, which lullng
the court sustains.
The petition of Oencrnl Willis .1. Ilullngs
to bo a candldnto for Congress In the Oil
City district was nlso icfused. Hullngn
mailed his petition by registered letter tho
day previous to the last day for filing nnd
thci papers did not arrive on time.
riiilndelpliinn Killed by Train
TltBNTON. .Sept. fi. Chailrs Slyv ester,
nn emplovo of the Kelly Construction Com
panv. of Philadelphia, was killed by a train
on the Philadelphia and Itendlng Hallway
near Hopewell yesterday. The Kelly Com
pany Is engaged In laying tracks at that
point
11. K. Mohr in Hospital
Howard K Mohr, former Mask and Wig
star, now nfllllated with the Philadelphia
rcieetrlc Company, Is In the t'lilverslty Hos
pital, recovering from an operation for ap
pendicitis. Physicians say his condition Is
satisfactory. Ilo lives at tho Aldlnc Hotel.
Ship Arrivals
Kollowlng Is the United States Govern
ment list of vessels arriving from foreign
countries lit ports on the Atlantic coas$ nnd
tlulf of Mclcn for twenty-four hours ended
September 4, 1 ft I T. n posted today In the
custom hoU"-i The list shows an arrival
of forty-eight vessels, uf which fifteen aro
Ameiic.in, twenty Hrltlsh, f.cven Norwegian
and one each Clrcek Helglan, Danish, Jap
anese. Italian The nationality of the re
maining vessel Is unknown.
Andreas Oreek, Aztee, N'orwealan; Ansln
Mextull, llrltlah. II II. Ilardiv'ek. Hritllh
schooner, ll.'Sslo 1.. Morse Hrltlsh sehooner,
llramell Point. Amerlean, HeUtn, Norwegian,
.t'arollnl'in, American, Calumet, American
hi homier Dlnmoud Kield, Amerlean schooner;
Daniel M Munro Amerlean. Killria. Ilrltlnh
Hi'hooner. flora M Hrltlsh sehooner: Klnli.
dres. Belgian, Hattio Harllnff, HelRlan schooner.
Harald. Norweulan. Itarewnod, Hrltlsh' Inea,
American: Jelline. Danish. Kapana. Norwegian;
Krucnland, American. Luomedon. Hrltlsh; I.lmon,
American. Lackawanna, American; Minnie (1.
Panama, Hrttleh schooner; Mlra. Hrltlah. Mex
Ico, American, Molina, Norwegian; Margaret .1.
Sanford, Moorish Prince, Hrltlsh; Oleaolie,
Hrltlsh, Hi Mhlan. Hrltlsh. St. Hugo. Hrlttsii;
Singleton Palmer, American schooner; Santa
Maria. Amerlean Silvia. Hallan, Slljestad. Nor
wegian; Santurie, American, Snowdon, Amerl
lan tiark, Scotia Queen, Hrltlsh schooner; Tl.
Ives. Amerlean, Tsushima Maru, Japanese, Ten
n.vson. Hrltlsh: Ventura de l.arrtnaga, Hrltlsh,
Vlk Norwegian ship: Vnaarl, Hrltlsh. W s
M. Hentley Hrltlsh sihooncr, Wallace, Hrltlsh
fcthooner.
COMES FROM ARGI
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Hill Houston Appears Befoff
Appeal Board for Return THI1
His Number Is Called ;
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Coming all the way from Argentina tto tf
register. Hill Houston, of C32S Chants', J
street, appeared before tho Draft Appeal 4j
Hoard No. 1 to get their O.K. on th ptf.
mission of his district board to go back'KI;
Ilucnos Aires until his number Is called) & ' a
He plans to join the) aviation division oft '"-M
tho Argentine army as oon as he return, ,, ,
ru inui no win nu jeiiuy.io go rigni lute,
tho flying corns hero when he In nnilflMl.li1 '
lie has been pronounced physically fit STi M
Houston Is proud to bo nn American m . is
mo rKcnune Jteiiuoiic. un llle eveninf-OCfi ,"
that tho United States had declared war &8
on Ocrmnny, tho band of tho Military CluV u i
wns nulled Into tho street, and "B (inn nr. f-!ri
sons inarched around the Btreets with the 'm
hand at their neaa playing tho "Star ','"il
spangled unnnor" and all trjlng to sing It. ''Xf,
"It was a great thing to bo an American,'" r Sf'i
said Jiouston, n speaiong or that nlrht; tx
"It was the most Inspiring thing In tho .
world to see the enthusiasm and acclama
tion of the people of that great South Arner '
lean republic."
Tho people of the Argentine, accordlngtc
Houston, aro 50 per cent pro-Ally. Thar
nre extremely friendly to the pcoplo of th
United States, he added. '
Houston plad second base on the base
ball team of the National City ank In
Ilucnos Aires, which won the championship
of South America this year, nnd has an at
tractive gotd watch charm as a record of
tho event. IMdlo Warner, former Pitts
burgh National league baseball club pitcher,
and the 191C All-America halfback. King,
of Hnrvard, placed on the team. One of the
games, before the American nnd British
communities under the auspices of their re
spective Ambassadors, drew the largest body
of Americans ever assembled In the Argen
tine, Houston said, numbering some 3000,
Houston Is with one of the largest coal
Importing firms In Buenos Aires, an Ameri
can concern.
HLAME WORRY FOR DEATH
WII.KKS-BAnrtlC. Pa.. Sept. S. Dead In
Pity Hospital, Mrs Sadina Zellnsky, twenty-eight
years old, of Newark, N. J., Is '
pronounced a victim of worry brought on by
the arrest of her husband on charges' of
taking money from two other women whom
ho Is said to have promised to marry. Th
husband, Walter Zellnsky, was arrested
April 23. lie was charged with taking HBO
from Stnnlsla Pclltsko, of Buffalo,
Mrs. Zellnsky hurried from Newark to
help her husband, and after many attempts
to straighten out his supposed dealings with
the other women she became violently 111.
Zellnsky was permitted to remain at her
bedside.
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