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nd report how soon. In their opinion, ho
ould attend the hearing nnd testify ngnlnst
the MHyor. He asked that one physician be
ft general practitioner n.nd one a surgeon.
PHYSICIANS TO ijXAMINR McXICHOb
Judge Brown appointed Dr. John B,
Deaver, Dr. Ellwood Klrby and Dr. Charles
R. ,PotU, whereupon District Attorney no
tan arose and conferred with tho court.
Thl brought objection from tho attorneys
fcr the defense that the court wui "In con
fidence with the attorneys for tho prose-
utlon."
- '"The District Attorney has Informed me
that he U attorney for Doctor KlrhjV re-
riled Judge Brown, who nppolnted Dr. J. C.
Wilson In his stead. Former Judge Gordon,
"admitting a clean breast t.t over thing,"
as" he put It, said that he had represented
Doctor Deaver and alRo had been examined
hy the noted surgeon, but this was not con
sidered sufficient by the court to caue sub
Btttutlon of another surgeon for Doctor
Deaver.
jThe three physicians are to make a re
port tomorrow on Senator McNIchol's con
dition, which was declared by Director of
Publjc Health and Charities Krusen, a
Vare-Smlth appointee, to be too precarious
to allow him to testify In court.
Judge Brown made It plain that he In
tended no reflection upon Director Krusen.
Gordon then read as evidence the Act of
Assembly of December 7, 1854, making the
Mayor responsible for the actions of his
subordinates, and several sections of the
Bullitt charter, especially the provision re
garding the "firing" of heads of depart
ments by the Mayor.,
The protection of npeakaI In the Third
district, and how protection monry paid lJ
offenders of the law wa illrlded among
three partlen wan the oennatlonnl testimony
of rollcemnn Herbert llurrl, a yaung Unlit
haired policeman, attached to the Thirty
keeend and Woodland avenue police Ma
tlon. Harris, a former express wag'n
driver, was detailed. In the Third district
but was transfered August 26, 1917, be
eause he refused to recognize Deutsch, the
South street butcher, as his boss.
"He's rapping," were the words that
passed fro.n one policeman to another as
Harris continued to tell In a frank man
ner of police persecution
"CAHKY 18 OPP THE MAP"
JCot only did Deutsch persecute policemen
who refused to vote for him, but he was
a'so permitted to remain in the rollroom of
tho Third and De Lancey streets police
station while "filers" were being sent over
the police wires. (It Is n strict rule of the
Department of Public Safety not to allow
Any civilian to be In a station house at
rollcail.)
"!' About 11:40 p. m. on August 3 Isaac
Deutsch was In the station house at roll
call." testified Harris. "I was Introduced
to Deutsch by Lieutenant Bennett. Deutsch
stepped up to me and said, 'Harris, I am
your boss Lieutenant Bennett,, who was
standing nearby, shouted oveiv 'Ytp, there's
your new boss, Harris. Carey Is oft the
map.' 1
"Deutsch told me that unless I oted for
him and got votes for him I would be trans
ferred. A few days later I paused a little
t6re owned by a Greek and raw that beer
was being sold there. I to)d the proprietor
that If he didn't stop violating the law I
'would get a warrant and arrest him.
"Aw, go "way," said the miin who ran
the qpeakeasy; "I am paying 575 a month
lor protection, and the money Is being di
vided among three parties." The next day
I was called Into Lieutenant Bennett's
room and there I saw the lieutenant, Special
Policeman Murphy and the Greek who de
fled me to arrest him and who claimed he
was paying protection money. ,
'The lieutenant charged me with accept
ing a dollar from the Greek. I denied the
j charge, and the lieutenant said he would
I have me before the police board. I took my
badge off my coat and said, 'Here, you can
have my badge how.' The lieutenant re
fused to take my badge and I am stilt wait
ing to be called before the police board,"
Lieutenant Bennett assured potteenifh In
the Fifth Ward that "luaae Doutuch hen got
Mi Varea, the MS) Or and the whole Depart
dent at Public Safety with Iilm," according
to Harris.
SHKRN ACT IGXOIlgD
Revelations were made by the whole
sale how Fifth Ward Policemen "mixed"
In politics In spite' ot tile section of the
Bhern act forbidding political activity or
city employes and the .Mayor's repeated
'"warning" to the police to stay out of
politics and Director of Publlo Safety Wih
aeliV oft-repeated statement that has be
oom a byword;
"The police have been out of politics since
the beginning ot my term."
Policemen, frankly admitting that they
were Carey supporters, testified that they
were transferred to outlying districts, ai
far as fifteen miles from thelt- homes, be
cause they refused tJ "turn In" for Deutsch.
Jit Jo'.t after jolt came from the blue
oeaU on the witness stand, "Ike" Deutsch
wilted ahd his attorneys did not attempt
a cross-examination.
The transfers were made by order of
Superintendent of Police Iiobtnson, Director
Wilson's right-hand man. '
Policeman were not the only employes
wider th Smlth-Vare administration who
were persecuted and transferred nnd sub
jected to other indignities, but the tame
" was metea ou; to me city firemen,
aM o( whom In years gone by dlstln-
I'ftrtahed themselves as heroes by saving
Sltunan J1vb.
Captalif John J Brawn, attached to Kn
tee Company St, Tacony, and whose home
:JB 9 nwnr.a ill uiw fiuvfu; f-inii, icaiiiicu
V-PSA vnatfc n wu irnuaicircu tu ma now poai
fvmmtt mues iroin nome Because ne reiusea
ijp wt ke conterted into "Deutfchtte." Slm-
r testimony was given by other firemen
One. fireman, Who refused to recognise the
ttottth street sausage dealer as his boss,
was Henry Hartman, a young ladderman
at Truck Ho. 4. next door to the Third arid
Ho Lancey streets station.
"X was bulldoted by Lieutenant Bennett
sm4 by others, but t refused tu come over,"
Stortman smilingly added, "but uo to ths
present time I have not been transferred."
1 .CARBY POLICEMEN SHIFTED.
fkas J. non. one of the transferred
apsjBra," related a, conversation that he
M arte txutsch before the election.
Ar P- mmnm im uuiiit ouiu vw jui0cn, JKC,
''W Mttliw fat ' " said Brown. . "nut!.
at his chert. He said. 'Tt vnu
.re t awt, rat and Oheaty, now that t in
ward leader.' Ho turned to rne and said.
nrstl. T had Powers reduced and put j
s, ' norm tdday. The same
MsW wilt haiKn to you fellows If you don't
tu. WH 1 said, 'I am. pne who
t turn J siw for Jimmy Carey and
m a going M atkb With him.'
" TJl a Iwre4
'X will ha,ve ou
rnfrreil io
We1eW,W the Hlgfcth,
in ne rsignif)
Ur is khwn
a '. i'.t- Lieutouti
iijtm, ii
10LICEMEN WHO AT TODAY'S
JOHN ALMENRADER
to have n bad teputntlon. He Is n man
driving man,'
"1 said, 'You can null yourself about that.
I will do my bit. do police duty wherever
1 am sent. Suit yourself. 1 am for Carey,
and If it is necexsary I will swing a pick
or nhoe a (4iodl tomorrow to servo Jimmy
Carey that n me."
Brown shortly afterward wan transferred
to the lllcAcnlh nnd Winter directs stn
tlon, outside tho wntd
Policeman John C. Shields testified that
Special Policeman Murphy, one of the de
fendants, ordered him to Join the Deutsch
Club under pnln of being transferred.
"Did you Join?" linked former Judge Gor
don "Not me," mid the policeman.
"Did you go?" meaning "Were ou trans
ferred?" "I .vent," replied the bluccoat. lie ivai
one of the few tvoss-exumlned by the de
fense John P. Frelrmuth, formerly of the traf
fic iuucl, testified that when ho wan trans
ferred to .m outlying district he asked his
former commander. Lieutenant Buchler. If
there had been any complaint about hltn.
Buchler, he f'i d, wan surprised at the
trnnsfcr and assured him that his record
was clean.
Charles Sonntng, a brother-in-law of
Carey, was demoted from street sergeant
and transferred to the Tenth nnd Button
wood -jtreets station, he testified.
SUNT TO BBANCHTOW.V
Thomas K. Foster, sent to Brnnclitonn,
the fnrthest point In the city from the
Fifth Wnid, where many "good cops who
were for Carey went." nald Deutsch told
him.
"I hare been In do ee the Miijor, threw
my hut In the ring anil liuve got the "hole
uorkn behind me,"
Up said Deutsch told him he muit "turn
In" for him or face transfer. "I told him
I could look for anything in wartime, nnd
was transferred to llranchtown." snld
Foster.
John J. Powers another policeman sent
to Branchtnun. said he was first demoted
from district detective nnd then transferred.
Other policemen then told ho they had
been transferred nnd demoted for not obey
ing Deutsch's order. They Included David
A. Fitzgerald, shifted to the Qcrmantown
station: John I. James, to Eighth and Jef
ferson ; Christian llartleson, demoted frnm
the traffic squad to a heat on the Mreot,
was transferred to the northeast, nnd Ud
ward Quirk, transferred to Gcrmnntown.
Sergeant Prank O Hrlen wan shifted to
Twentieth nnd Fedeial K.reets, but nns not
demoted. He snld ho Is a "Tenth Warder."
Geotgc Dlngwnlt was demoted from the
traffic squad and sent to Tacony. George
J. Itynn was thlftert to Sixty-first and
Thompson streets, and John Almenrnder
was sent to the Thirty-ninth and Lancaster
avenuo station.
All of the policemen gave the same testi
mony. They all live In tho Fifth Ward
and some of them testified that they lle at
far nn fifteen miles from their work.
Clly Hall Detective Richard Doyle testi
fied that he was called off lncstlgating
the riot at the Flnlctter Club the night be
fore the shooting of DetectUe llppley. v
' Lieutenant of Detectives Wood, he said,
told him to "take a walk out ot the ward
and beat It for the d vy," although he was
on duty that day.
SOUDKR CAl'SKS JUPPLK
A ripple of comment was caused when
former Captain of Detectives Alfred 1.
Souder, the Mayor's own personal Inves
tigator, took t)ia stand
Souder testified, under cross-examination,
that he had said.
"If I were chief of police, whether It
might be the director of tli. Department of
Public Nafety or the Major or the Puperln
Undent, 1 nnitlil not hate tolerated flic con
dlllona that etUtcil In the Fifth Ward."
The report of conditions In, the ward prior
to the primary election, which waa made
by Souder at the request of Major Smith
and which District Attorney Rotnii has been
unable to obtain Blnco It was submitted to
tho Major, took a prominent place In the
proceedings when Souder was called to
testify
Souder said that he personally had not
gone Into the "Bloody Fifth" to make the
Imestlgatlon, but that he had sent Detec
tives Walsh and Lo Strange In charge of
ten other City Hall detectives, uho mrtQo
the probe between September 7 nnd Stu
tember 13, when the report was turned over
to the Mayor.
Walsh ahd I.e Strange made half a dozen
reports, to Souder and they were turned over
to the Mayor He said he had only "looktu
It over."
Souder refused to annuer several of the
first questions Gordon asked him, nml was
apparently trjing to evade other question.
Judge Brown rebuked him,
"Mr. Souder, you have a leputatlon for
being an honest man. Try to keep it here "
Judge Brown said.
"1 Intend to," Souder answered
"IP I WI3RK MAYOR"
Under a grilling cross-examination by
Mr. Gordon Souder hdmlttcd that he told
District Attorney Rotan that If he were
Mayor or Director of Publln N.-if.ii, ,
would not stand for the things which w-ere
shown, by the reports of the men that he,
Souder, sent to make an Investigation foh
Mayor Smith.
At this point Mr, Connor oblecteil tr Mr
Gordon's reading from what Souder had
said to Mr. Rdtan. Mr. Gotdbn Sprang to
his feet dnd retorted:
"This man Is subject to dismissal by a
Mayor who Is being tried for a high crime.
He sits looking lnto'the eyes of this Mayor.
Who has his official life In his hands."
Mr. Gordon said thit Mr. Bettler. who
had suggested to SoUder, on the litand, that
he thought Souder was a detective when he,
Beltter, was Director of Public Safety, was.
giving Soudtr a ''certllcate of character"
because lie retained his position under sev
eral administrations that, "while I do not
criticize 'Mr. Sduder's perxqhal character,
his service under these various admlnUtra
tlons dots not Indicate high official char
cir quue me reverse. '
8UBPOEXA MAYOR FOR REPORTS
Souder admitted under th mi..iinni..
I that he failed to get (he reports he gave
'" " oiiiim vii iiib mn ward from
the Mayor's secretary and brother. Joseph
Smith. He admitted, also, that he talked
to the .Mayor many times after, but did
not asW him for the reports.
A seebnd tilt came about through the
Admission of testimony that Souder had ad
mitted to Rotan that his reports to Mayor
6mlth, made up largely of thtwe of clUions
of the Fifth Ward, were to th. effect that
the peuttch faction had "strong-arm" men,
who wfer beating, kicking and abusing the
people; of tbe ward,
JahMA Sarlt, of Danville, Mayor Smith's
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,
HEARING ADDED MORE STORIES OF INJUSTICE TO THE BLOODY SCORE OF "FIFTH WARD"
JOHN J.
principal counsel, for the first time ut the
hearing now spokp up.
"I think the Judge has ntrendy said he
would ndmlt the evidence." he Said.
Gordon flashed back Instantly.
"The voice from Danville."
After court reconvened nl 2 o'clock, a
subpoena to be served upon Major Smith
ordering hltn to produce the original nml
true report relnting tn Fifth Ward nffnlrs
submitted by Detectives Wnlsh and l.c
Strange to the Xlnjor, wns asked fflr 1J
Judgo Gordon.
TRY TO OUT ORIGINAL RHPORT
Tho prosecution continued Its determined
efforts to obtain possession of the original
of the reports submitted to Major Sm.th
by Detective Souder when the hearing was
resumed nt - oclock this afternoon
Kx-Judge Gordon mnde a motion that
Judge llrown lsue n subpoena command
ing the Mnjor lo biing Into court the
"original nnd true official reports" made
to Souder by Detectives Wnlt.li and Le
Strange, "touching upon political mattera
relative to the Fifth Ward up to and In
cluding September 19."
Abraham M Beltlor, of tho Mnyoi's coun
sel, Insisted upon atgutng the application
for the Rubpoenn. Judge Brown ruled that
It would he argued when returnable.
Detective. Souder then was recalled to the
witness stand for cross-examlnntlon
Heltlcr demanded thnt District Attorney
Ilotnn hand him the papers pioduccd bj
Gordon Jvjst before the icoess purpoitlng to
be a "doctored" version of the report
Gordon said he would miawir for the
Commonwealth, nnd thnt he "refused to
give you anjthlng." He 'added that "the
District Attorney has not got the reports
They are In the hands of the Maj'nr "
Ueitlcr explained that he wanted tho sup
posed "copy" of the icports for tho pur
pose of cross-examination.
. MAYOR AXD SOfDER CONFER
Souder. under cross-examination, y.ild
thnt Isadorc Stern and Carey had refused
to give him names when he was mnklns his
Investigation.
It wns bt ought out by Gordon thnt Maj-or
Smith and Snuder left the courtloom to
gether and conferied together in the
Jluj-or's office during the recess
Just hef ire Souder left the stand. Judge
Brown turned to the witness nfter the de
tective had testified that he had told the
Maj-or that conditions were "not quite s
bad" as reported, nnd asked him If he had
not told two personal fi lends thnt the
conditions In the waul were "far worse"
than published tn tho newspapers
"Your memory Is very had today." Judge
Brown remarked
Mr. Gordon caused a decided sensation a
half hour after the afternoon session opened
when he announced suddenlj-, nnd without
any previous warning, that he would nsk
Deutsch and Bennett to furnish nctual
property ball to the amount of JlO.OOO at
the end of today's hearing The two de
fendants have, been under their awn ball up
to thlH time.
"I 'ask for this ball nnd In doing so call
attention to tho fact that a witness of the
Commonwealth, Mr. Mnloney, charged with
the Bamc crime as Licnnett and Deutsch,
has been forced to furnish $10,000 real
ball. We arc not asking fur the same ball
for Mr. Smith (meaning the Mayor) be
cause we do nol think ho would go away."
BLACKJACK SELLERS ABSENT.
Morris Cohen and hlr. son Harry, hard
ware dealers, Second near South street, who
sold the blackjacks to a man answering tho
description of O'Sulllvan, vvcro called ns
witnesses this afternoon, but they did nol
respond
When the name of Horry wns called,
Harry ("Battling Abe") Cohen, thinking thnt
he was wanted, started forwatd Cohen,
whose poolroom was raided bj Bennett's
police, wns pointed out to the Mayor, who
remarked:
"I do not remember ever having seen
that fellow before."
City Detective JiA'cph Coognn. who was
with Detective Dojle when the Flnletter
Club was raided, said that he. like Doyle,
was sent home by Lieutenant Wood after m
attempted to find out what had happened
He said that the ten city detectives sent Into
the ward that night were In charge of De
tective Hatrj Clark, brother of James I
Clark, the "man with eyeglasses," gunmen's
guide and a witness for the Commonwealth,
who is under arrest accused of murder
HALF
OF CITY'S
BARSMAY CLOSE
New Act May Make Illegal
Financing With Brew
ers' Funds
TEST CASE COMING
Trouble for the siloonkeeper Is brew
ing. It would seem, mora qjlckly than the
usual commodltj'.
His business crimped by the prohibition
of the tree, lunch, according t the act of
June 17, 11)17, now the saloonkeeper's very
life Is threatened by a new vonBtructlon
put on the same act
A letter sent out by tne Philadelphia
Lager Beer Association to the retail liquor
dealers and bottlers stiles that prominent
Philadelphia lawyers have advised them
that the act also prohibits the lending or
giving of money by ths brewra to the sa
loonkeepers. It has been estimated that at
least 50 per cent of the proprietor of the
swinging-door emporiums nre financially de
pendent upon. If not actually owned by,
the brewing firm, from which their supply
Is drawn. '
Ati cyS """dins- to Nell Bonner,
pres.dent of the Retail Liquor Dealers' As
sociation will be mads to ascertain the
scope of the law. In Mr. Bonner's opinion,
the brewers' association has misapprehended
th meaning of the act. Should the test
case prove their contention to be correct
however, It Is thought that at least half of
the saloons In Philadelphia will hava td
'"hut up shop,"
"The saloonkeeper has never been made
to stand on his own feet," a representative
of the Bergner Engel Brewing Company
said In commenting on ths letter, "simply
force of habit has made the brewer con
tribute to his support. It should not be
necessary. consider this set very like
4hs antl-tnist law, or many other laws, In
Its Indeftnlttnets. It will be hard to tell
jut what It's all about until ws get a ruling
on a test fcas," ,
POWERS
"POLICE BUREAU
0NTRIAM0TAN
"Discredited," Says District
Attorney as Vares Lose
Fight to Get Maloney
DENIES KIDNAPPING TALE
A second counter-attack by the Varo
Smith .administration police to get posses
slon f Samuel G. Mnloney, procurer o;
strong-arm men ana eiar witness m mc
"Bloody Fifth" Ward murder conspiracy
hearing, was made todaj-.
It was repulsed by tho Commonwealth
In blocking tho effort by the Department
of Publlo Safety, District Attorney Rotnn
declared that "tho pollco bureau Is discred
ited and on trial from top to bottom "
He branded as untrue the story thnt Con
Itressman John R K Scott, a Vnre leader,
told of tho "kidnapping" of Maloney.
Mnloney, former harbormaster and "boss"
of the "Bloody Fifth" ahd manager of the
Philadelphia bureau of thi Val O Fnrrell
Detective Agencj', will remain for the pres
ent In the custody of the Commonwealth
and the Independent prosecution, for whom
he hns given testimony naming State Sena
tor FMwIti II. Varo and Congressman Will
iam S. Vnre as "men higher up" In the
plot to defeat the McNIchol-Carey faction
In the Fifth Ward. '
COl'RT Ri:FUHF.S SCOTT'S pli:a
Judge J. Willis Martin, Kitting In the
miscellaneous branch of the Court of Quar
ter Session, today refused the second ap
plication of Congressman Scott for revoca
tion of the writ of habeas corpus whereby
Maloney Ir Immuno from a Department of
Public Safety warrant ncciiRltig him of
murder conspiracy He continued Maloney
In tho custody of former Judgo JnmcH Gny
Oordon, attorney for the prosecution, until
next Mondny morning, when argument on
the original writ of habeas corpus will be
heard. Ball wns llxed at $10,000 lo Insure
Maloney'B appearance at that time.
Frank Rellly, a saloonkeeper, of S17 Race
street, entered bnll for Maloney. He gave
the properties at 314. .ltd and 318 Nntth
Nineteenth street ns security. They nte
vntucd at $16,700, subject to nn Incumb
rance of $300.
Charges that District Attorney Rotnn had
"kidnapped" Maloney wero rrlado at the
hearing by Congressman Scott, who enld
that he represented the Department of Pub
llo Safety. He demandrd that Maloney
be turned over to tho pollco to answer tho
Kchitrges contained In tho warrant.
I "A T itmlAratanri t " unlit flfttlffrpfcSmfin
S'cott, "representatives of, the. District At
torney kidnapped Mr Maloney and sealed
him In the District Attorney's office. We
ask for the execution of the warrant issued
by Magistrate Wntson, so .that the hear
ing may be conducted beforo the Magis
trate In an orderly manner. Mr. Maloney
already has made a statement to the Dis
trict Attorney. Wo respectfully ask that
you rescind your original order granting
permission fcr Maloney to remain in jne
custodj- of Judgo Gordon "
Mr Rotan nnd Mr. Scott exchanged
heated words several tlmeR. Karly In the
controversy Scott wanted to know If the
defendant wns present, and when he was
told he was not remarked: "Tho District
Attorney always makes me bring my de
fendants In.'
Mr. Rctan, In substance, called Mr Scott
a liar when Scott finished rehearsing the
story of Maloney's arrest. Scott asserted
that Maloney had been arrested at Ma
loney'H ofilco by City Hall Detecttves Fnr
rell and Hodge and was then taken from
them by Mr Gordon and McClnln nnd
Young, two detectives of the District Attor
ney's office. The facts were, Rotan said,
that Farrell and Hodge did not have a
warrant and thnt Maloney was not actually
served until Mnloney had been taken to the
District Attornej-'s office. Scott termed the
taking of Maloney by Rotan's detectives as
"kidnapping." Rotan declared to Scott:
"Vou have no standing here." And Scott
flung buck:
"I'll show you whether I have any stand
ing here. We will not permit this man
Maloney to continue to travel the streets
a froe man; wo will not allow him to
escape "unw hipped" for the crime he has
confessed "
Rotan, In IiIb answer, declared:
"The police hnve nothing moro to do with
Malonej-. He Is In my charge. I am not
going to allow you to ride roughshod here
when you represent a discredited police de
partment which is on trial from ton tn hot.
'torn. We will present Mnloney before Mag
istrate vvaison wnen our case before Judge
Brown Is complete. But I am not going to
let Maloney go before Magistrate Watson at
this time while a great fraction of the
Pollco Department Is under arrest, and
While they are Attempting to Intimidate
this man Malonej- " ,
Mr. Daly, as Maloney's attorney, said ho
waa willing to have Maloney enter ball,
but said he considered Rotart possessed a
right rlgher than that of Maloney him
self, Scott, the Police Department or nny
one else, and that he and Maloney jlelded
to Rotan.
FltANK A. FREEMAN DEAD
Vice President of Methodist Hospital
Succumbs to Heart Disease
Frank A. Treeman, vice president and
acting president of the Methodist Hospital,
died suddenly of heart disease in his home,
St Drexel road, at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. He leaves a Wife, Margaret Jackson
Freeman, and an only son( Richard. Jr.,
who Is secretary and treasurer of the
Mathlan & Freelnin Paper Co
Mr. Freeman was fifty-five years old. and
had retired from business three years ago
He Was at that time president of the
Pioneer Suspender Company He has been
for many years president of the board of
trustees of the Park Avenue M. E, Church
ahd was actively interested In Methodist
charities. . t i
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Wool Workers Get Wage Increase
LAWRRNCD, Mass., Oct. t. A wnga
'-rrenne'nf 10 per cent, effective next Mon
day In tho woolen mill heie, will benefit
approximately ,8,000 operatives. Th In
crease Is a fist one, it was announced to
day by the American Woolen Company, ana
affects th Wood, Ayer. American, Pro
pect and Washington mills herd.
m,W8 rr Cpe May Aviation TMi
THOMAS FOSTER
GAS COMPANIES WANT
TO INCREASE RATES
Say They Are Doing Business in
Vineland, N. J., and Landis
Township at a Loss
MORE SOLD, MORE LOST
Gas Is being mid to the consumer In Vine
land borough and LnndlH township nt less
than Its cost of manufacture nnd unless the
Citizens' Gas Companies of those communi
ties nic permitted to raise their rates from
$1 to $1.50 per 1000 cubic feet, they will
face an enormojs deficit at the c!o?e of the
fiscal year
This, in substance, was the testimony of
the officials of tho companies before Chair
mnn Ralph W. K. Donges, of the New Jer
sey Public Utilities Commission, In v Cam
den today. In nnswer to the petition of the
New Jersey Gns Company, which seeks (o
Incrcaso Its rate from $1 to $1 30 In those
Columbia
Here isa stirring Gong a song that is more than a
popular air, because it strikes a deep, true note of patri
otism. Tis a song with the swing and rhythm of march
ing men. It will start your blood tinglingwhen you
hear it sung by the Peerless Quartette.
Somewhere in France is Daddy
Columbia Record A2336, 75c
Another song-hit; one that has a real heart-throb tucked away
in its exquisite quartette harmonies. On the other side is "Laddie
lioy, a war-time song with a bugle interlude that thrills one
through and through.
From Me to Mandy Lee Columbia Record A2328, 75c
Here is a rich and rollicking harmony fr6m those two
splendid tenors Campbell and tiurr men who know
how to put life, swing, and sweetness into a song like this.
That's the Kind of a Baby for Me
Columbia Record A2334, 75c
This great hitsfops Elo Ziegfeld!s Follies 20 minutes
eVery night. Samuel Ash sinps it as ohlv W Imn,,,. i,...
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Everybody's whistling and humming these II
popular piecesgo to the Columbia Dealcr'o . i
today and hear fhem. Vnn'll Gt ll u i .
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JOHN C. SHIELDS
communities nnd compel the Cltltens' com
panies to ihUo theirs accordingly
Gilbert 1 Do Huff, attorney for the MI1I
vllle Gns Iilght Company, which is oper
ated under a lease by the Citizens' Gas
Companies, testified that the company wns
selling cas nt a foss 'if eleven cents on
August 1. and that duilng the Inst tout
months the cost of manufacture had In
creased JO'-j cents per thou-iiid cubllc feet.
He presented n mass of figures, showing
that coal had Incrensed 67 per cent. "II
3."i per cent, general fuel Cii per cent, boiler
fuel "i per cent, nnd labor 14 per cent,
n general Increase of .11 rer lent for raw
tnuterlulM.
For the last eight months, lie to'd the
commlrslon, the actual cost of manufactur
ing gas was $1.01 nnd thnt this cost had
Increased 20 14 cents, making the total cost
$1 21 4 per 1000 cubic feet for gas that is
being sold nt $1.
mori: sold. grcati:r LOSS
S. ,1. Franklin, general manager of the
Mlllvllle Gas Light Company, said that
under present condition" the companies
f-wl 11 ileficlt of $4BS38 In the actual cost
of manufacture nt tho close of the j-ear.
unless an inctease to the consJmer Is al
lowed "We hnvo either got to make a
itad'.nes.s-to-serve charge of sixty tu seventy
cents to every consumer or charge a lint
rate of $1 50 per 1000 cubic feet. K the
commission will allow It," he said
"The more gns we sell, the more monej
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POLITICS
CHRISTIAN BARTLESON
w; lose," he answered In reply to a question
ot innmnnn nonge 10 mo eirect that tW
cost might bo less If tho consumption TnriM
Kreiuer. ;
Franklin said that (l.3 per 1000 cubic fen
and running expenses without nny Mum'
on tho money Invested by tho stockholders.'
"Uut," ho added, "It must be remembered
that we ate facing extraordinary condi
tions and thnt the cost Is becoming greater
all the time For Instance, we have had tb
Increase the wnges of our laborers, but th
office force has not had nn Increane com
mensurate; with the Increased cort of liv.
Ing, nnd we will have to raise their salaries;
in January
VIXI3LAXD CHARGKS DODGIXO
S. D. Hurd, rOirescntlhg the borough ot
Vineland, accused the Xew Jersey Gbb Cora",
pany of not living up to Its. franchises b
asking for Ihe Increased ta'te hd chaffed
Its representatives with dodging. He bBkej
that the company produce Its records, show.
Ing what It actually costs to make gas ahi
distribute It in Vineland, rather thfth for the
entire icrniorj- covcrcu oy me company,
vvWch embraces about seventeen communH
ties In south Jersej'.
Chairman Donges adjourned the hearlns
until Saturday, October 13. to allow this
testimony to be presented, H, C. BartltttM
represented the Cltlxon.s' Gas CompAmts. M
nnd Tlieoflore j. Grayson nml Xbrman Grey
tho Xew Jersey Oas Company. Maj-or Bin
jamln Stevens, of Vineland, was present la
behalf ot Lnnais townsnip.
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