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PLS TAX, SAYS TAYLOR
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arwmer uirccior ueciares uity s
Inances Are in Frightfully
Chaotic Condition
A sweeping landslide against tho Vare
Smith organization next Tuesday was pre
dicted by scores of Town Meeting speakers
and workers ifter an enthusiastic tour of
the ell)-. A. Merrltt Taylor, former Transit
Director, addressed four meetings. He pre
itcted that a 2.34 tax rate, would be
required by tne "gang rule" ror isis.
Tho city's finances are In a frightfully
chaotic condition, Mr. Taylor said. Tho In
crease In tho tax rata will be, brought about
through mismanagement, he' said. A call
(Was Issued to all citizens to call a halt on
the existing program of extravagance.
Following the meetings announcement
was mulo that all Indications point to n
eompleto rout of the Vare-Smlth organlza
, tlon camp.
Not only are the Independent"! claiming
the election of their entire city ticket but It
also was said that they are counting on
winning many Councllmen In wards which
heretofore have been among the most stal
wart -of the Organization ranks.
The re-election of Samuel P. notan as
District Attorney Is taken as a matfr of
course by Town Meeting party managers
Thomas F Armstrong, for Itecehcr of
Taxes; William It. Nicholson, for City
Treasurer, and Walter Gcotge Smith, for
Register of Wills. rIso will be given a
substantial majority hv the voters of tho
city, according to predictions made at the
new party headquarters
Former Director Taylor was received en
thusiastically at the meetings. He struck
a sympathetic cord lbratlng on the pocket
hooks of Phllartelphlan when In straight-from-tho-nhnulder
methods ho points out
what the voters might expect from riffs
management of tho present administration.
He said tho administration was headed
straight for a tax rate of 12 34 for next
year, or an Increase of flfty-n'ne centw orr
the present rate of $1 75. Ho Intimated
that the administration was headed for
bankruptcy unless stringent methods were
adopted by tho voters at the polls next
Tuesday,
TEN SUFFRAGE PICKETS
RELEASED FROM JAIL
Met; by Party of Banner Bearers
Demanding Release of
Alice Paul'
WASHINGTON'. Nov. 3.
Ten suffrage pickets, still militant, were
' released frorr Jail here today, at the end
of sixty days' sentences for carrying suf
frage banneri to tho Whlto House gates.
Auto parties bearing banners met the
pickets tin hey left Jail... Tho banners de
manded tljit Alice Paul, chairman of tho
militant party, and tho seven other pickets
still In cells be treated as political offenders
The ten women released today are Lucy
Burns, New York ; Klcanor Ca'nan. Me
thuen. Mass.: Lucy Branham. Baltimore ;
lira. W J. Bartlett. Putnam. Conn ; Mrs.
Annie Arnell, Wilmington, Del ; Miss Mary
Wlnsor, Haverford. Pa ; Maude Malone.
Jamaica, N Y ; .Margaret Kotheringham.
Buffalo ; Edith Alnge, Youngstown, O , and
Mrs. Pauline Adams, Norfolk, Va.
The sum agists released from Jail will be
riven a supper tomorrow night at the
"Woman's party headquarters, Cameron
House, Washington, D. C. The arrange
ments are In charge of Mrs. W. ThompTOn
Burch. District of Columbia, chairman of
tho Woman's party, and Mrs. Donald
Hooker, of Baltimore, wife of Professor
Hooker, of Johns Hopkins University,
will preside.
Alias Mary H. Ingham, acting State
chairman: Mrs. K. G. Halllgan, Miss Eliza
beth, McShane, Mrs. Mary Carroll Dowell,
Miss Ellen WJnsor. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis
and Miss Caroline Katzensteln will repic
Bent Pennsylvania at the supper. -Miss
Ellen WlnBor Is a sister of Miss Mary
Wlnsor.
Picket Boat Sinks;
Entire Crew Missing
Continued from Tare One
of kin. father, Oeorze Atwood. 018 Warren
street. Sandusky. O
ARTHUR FLOW, iwmin, second class; nxt nf
' kin, father. Janvs f Flow. Matthens. Meek.
lenbvnc Count-. N C. ""
ANDREW F. Jli:iSTKK. pinner's mate, thlr.l
elass. next of kin. mother. Anna KIoe 57
Columbia street. Wllkes-Uarre, I'a.
WALTER 11. rWlllIK. io;wln. next of kin.
fatber. Henry J. rUcher, i.it5 Portland sirect
fhlcnro. III.
CIJUIENCK LEHI.1K JONES, seaman, next of
UId. mother. Laura Francis Jones, Central
street. Uuckaport. Me.
XDMl'NO I" TAMIM-O, coxawaln. neit of kin.
mother. Uesale Tamlllo, 3109 North Central
park. Chlcajo. III.
JAMES P. Ol'NO. chief gunner's matt; next of
Wn; lr. Margaret Younc, 49tt Atlantio
enue. Brooklyn. N. Y
i O (1KORC1K MEI.VILI.K IllDMAKCII. Jr.. seaman.
eronJ claaa. national natal volunteer, de
tailed Information reitaruini enlistment not
at hand
The department statement did not stlpu-
late, which of the men's bodies hid been re
covered. The announcement read that all
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DOPR BRACELET LATEST
h WRINKLE IN CRIME GAME
f.Innocently Appearing Article Hollow
nf Hand Filled With Knock
out Drops
NEW YORK, Nov. 3. Through the con
fession of a whlte-slav trafficker, New
York officials ra In touch with the latest
innovation employed by the women mem
bers of an organized ginr of thieves the
, rope" bracelet
rThe Innocently appearing o.nament Is
rely p. hollow band tilled with "knockout
a." -which produce temporary sleep.
S'CaauaJ Inspection falls to note a tiny
miff wncn may ue easily reieasea Dy me
Mirer, and which. In turn, releases the
.Mp." When the victim awakens his
gone,
The "tang' got the Idea when a (wealthy
X4rm&n asked one of the women members
OVttVCy .ca0m tv m lllAll ill ihiCAiyu,
ir.eaaago to oe seer e tea in a, nonow
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rers BRIGADE IN CONVENTION
Annual State Meeting Held Tonight.
British Officers to Speak
IM moyv riuc oi America win meet
i wihw uiii ciock unoer ine auspices
jMajionni oi no i-imaurjpnia
unurcit or ifw Aav-
"MOYA"ISVERY
GOOD OR VERY BAD
Grand Jury's Criticism
Starts Discussion as to
Merits of Prison
SOME FOLKS UPHOLD IT
The Jteed Stteet County Prison, commonly
Called Muyumeiislng and In tho vernacular
of the police and those they deal with ab
breviated to ''the Moya," is either unusually
Kood or unusually bad.
It Is one of the best prisons in the United
BtHtes or It Is one of the worst
Its superintendent. Fred A Cooke, and
the board of prison Inspectors, headed by
Dr Joseph M Iteevcs, should either be
lucked up In tho tells of the prison- In pun
Ishinerit for the way It la managed or bo
publicly commended
Those uri) tho unsatisfying facts ns ob
tained from persons who know Moyanicn
sing rrlson or, halng setn it, ought to
know It
A reader who has never set out tn tlnd
whether such an Institution Is good ct bad
may think tho tHek a simple one "Juat
ask tho prisoners," he may say Yes, ask
the prisoners Well, they say It Is a terrible
place; the conditions are untolerable No,
only some of thcin say that The others
say It Is a tlrst-clncs prison, the Inmates
of which arc well cured for So far ns
prisoners' opinions are concerned, the
goodness or badness nf Mnyamensliig de
pends on which prisoners' opinion you
want to take A good many folks di-n't
want prisoners' opinions at all, putting
little faith in the statements of anybody
who Is bad enough or unfortunate enough
to get Into tall.
NO USE TO ASIC KEEPERS
"Well, you can ak the keeptrs." As
well nsk Mr Jones If his small son Is tho
brightest boy In the square Mr Jones will
say he Is unless the child Is an absolute and
hopeless Idiot Mr Jones Is prejudiced In
his son's favor. He Is hW son Maybe he
really Is the brightest boy In the square,
but Mr. Smith, who nlso has a boy. won't
admit It Superintendent Cooke and Doctor
P.recs say tho prison Is well managed.
"Well,- let the flrand Jury say whether
It's good or had " The Grand Jury has
said It's bad. The October Orand Jury In
Its final presentment yesterday said the
cond tlons were so unsatisfactory that
Cooko and Iteees and all the other In
spectors should be put In the cells until
they should come to their senses, when they
would be better fitted to conduct an Insti
tution of tho kind
Put
Simtiel Thompson, secretary of the Orand
.Imv. while admitting that conditions at
Mojnmenslng might not be perfect, refused
to s en the report He thought It was un
justified by tho facts
"Try the Inspector of the Pennsylvania
Prison Society "
The Inspector of the Pennsylvania Prison
Society is Frank .1. Pooley. Ho says the
prison compares favorably with tho best
prisons In the country.
So there you are. If you nro not satis
fied go to "the Moya" yourself and look It
oer and form your own opinion, nut If
you express It. be prepared to hac an ar
gument rtHPOHT REVIVES DISCUSSION
Tho Grand Jury's report on tho orison
reviled tho old discussion as to the com
petency of tho management of the prison
Eerybody seems to have a lew and
nobody seems nble to proe what he says.
Two cars ngo thcro was much criticism
of the conduct of tho prison and the
Hoard of Judges, after an Investigation
gave the Institution u "clean bill of
health " Nobody's opinion apparently was
changed a whit thereby. Those who had
said the prison was well managed said,
"See? What did we tell you?" Those
who had criticized sild, "Of course. What
did jou expect but a whitewash?"
Hero is what the Grand Jury now has
to say:
This prison Is run In the most unsatis
factory manner We found here that
the prisoners are confined too closely to
their cells The outside doors of the cells
are solid and are always kept closed.
Tho only light nnd air that the prisoners
get conies through a very small window.
The men and women confined there tell
us that the only time that they are al
lowed out of their cells Is on Sunday,
when they go to bathe. Wo cannot con
cede why the board of Inspectors and
the superintendent keep the prisoners so
closely confined
As most prisoners are held hero only
until they are tried, we see no reason
why they should not receUe better treat
ment They hae less liberty than tho
long-term prisoners In the Esstern Peni
tentiary The iKtard and superintendent
are, in our opinion, mistaken when thev
think that they are doing what Is bes't
for the prisoners We think that they
nrc driving them deeper Into crime by
this treatment. The prisoners should be
treated like human betngn nnd not be
confined like n lot of wild beasts
We therefore recommend that the pris
oners should receive it once enough to
bacco to last each one week and the same
amount ench week thereafter, be exer
cised fortv minutes every day and the
board and superintendent be confined to
cells, recele the same treatment as the
prisoners until they are brought to their
senses and then they may be better fit
ted to run in Institution of this kind.
If the board, and especially the superin
tendent, hold their positions by political
Influence, we think it Is about time to stop
this and appoint a board and superin
tendent who will try to uplift the prison
ers Instead of drllng them deeper Into
crime
We therefore recommend that the
board and superintendent be removed at
once and men such as Messrs McKenty.
warden of the Eistern Penitentiary, and
Patterson, superintendent of the House
of Correction be put In their places
When Mr Pooley was asked what ha
thought of this he said
'There must be a mistake somewhere.
All the prisoners are allowed to exercise
every day I think It Is for an hour. The
prison Is sanitary and well managed. I
think they probably took the word of
some prisoners who would find fault and
complain no matter how they were .treated."
"Mr Pooley. how long have you been
visiting Moyamenslng?" a reporter nsked.
"About twenty years"
"Hae you visited many other prisons
In other cities'"
'Yes. many of them."
CALLS IT GOOD PIUSON
"How, In your opinion, does Moyamenslng
compare with them?"
"Very favorably with the best of them
"Are you Interested In politics?" Mr.
Pooley was asked.
"Welt, I am a Republican, but I don't
do anything mora than go out and vote.
I am not active In politics."
"Have you anything to do with any of the
political factions?"
"No. I Just go out and vote the repub
lican ticket."
Sunerlntendent Cooke said:
"The Orand Jury was here about three
hours, I knew they would criticize the
prison management as soon as they aunt,
I could tell It from their attitude. I trie
to raalto them understand that It was a
prison and should be judged as a prison,
but I couldn't maka them understand Tbe
prison Is here. Anybody tha wants to
can come and look- at It. I'm not afraid to
ahow It to any one. Instead of belnr al
lowed to exercise only one day a week, they
are allowed to exercise every day but one,"
Doctor .Reeves Midi
"The prison Is well conducted. Anybody
that gn through It and knows anything
bout prisons and prisoners can tell that."
Vice Consul In Africa Caught in Draft
WILMINGTON. Del.. Nov J, The Kent
County local exemption board has received
the registration card of Charles IL Ilelsel,
American Vice Consuf at Cape Town. South
Africa. Ilelsel la a nature of Milford, Del.,
an was registered at Oape Town on August
. HWHw Minora m f is name. He makes
mw Mtnn yi k la
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EVENING LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
SPURN FROG-HOLLOW AID AT POLLS,
BLANKENBURG WARNS ALL VOTERS
ASSISTANCE forced upon timid voters In tho marking of their ballots
is ono of tho chief weapons of the Frog Hollow desperadoes. They
will use it to the limit on election day.
Let me urge nil voters who nre offered assistance by tools of the
contractor gang to decllno emphatically this insidious offer, to cast their
ballot unaided nnd to refuse to let any gang volunteer cntor the booth
with them.
There will be enough friends of the Town Meeting party at all tho
polls to see that voters are protected in tho free excrciso of their franchise.
FIFTY-FIFTY PARTY'S "LAST DITCH"
COUP ON EVE OF MUNICIPAL CONTESTS
Contlnurcl from I'nee One
tecnth street, nntl-Smlth leader In the
Mayor's own ward, tljo Twenty-eighth.
I'ltllK II. MclNTllti:, 5219 Chesfr avenue,
a rcnl estate. nssessr and active Town
Meeting worker In tho Fortieth Ward.
II. l'i HUME, EOOI Whitby avenue, n Town
Meeting worker in the Fortieth Ward.
All three were held In ball for court by
Magistrate Pennock at tho Central Station.
Halt for Sterr, accused of perjury, was
fixed nt $1000 without his appearing In
court. According to William Gray, counsel
for the Republican Organization City Com
mittee, Stcir told Judge Ua l in t vo wit
nesses perjured themselves when they tes
tified that they did not sign Town Meeting
nomination papers Tho warrant for his nr
rest was sworn out by Gustav Kopp. 223G
North Van Pelt street Sterr is tho man
who led the bitter fight ngalnst tho Mayor
In the Twenty-eighth Ward. Ho challenged
tho Mayor to public debate some time ago
nnd presided over a meeting at which the
title of "Collars nnd CufTs" was conferred
on the city's Chief Executive.
Mclntyre, arrested at his home this
morning, wns held In $1000 hall on charges
of forgery and filing false nomination pa
pers. The warrant was sworn out by Fer
nando Sebrlng. "70l Wnodlni it uvmin ac
cusing him of signing tho names of Stanley
nnd W. C. Bodcn to Town Meeting nomina
tion papers.
Edme, also a Fortieth Ward worker, was
held in J1C00 ball on three charges per
jury, forgery and filing false nomination
papers Tho warrant, also sworn out by
Sfbrlng, accused him of Mgnlng tho name
of Charles U. Mills, BC0S Whitby nvenue,
to nomination papers of tho new party.
Town Meeting leaders got wind of the
forthcoming nrrests yesterday and by last
night had made arrangements to ball out
any Independent workers who would bo
arrested. First reports, said to havo been
"Inspired" In tho Vnre-Smlth camp, had
It that hundreds of Town Meeting follow
ers would be arrested In tne process of In
timidation. The number reported to be In
peril of arrest later dwindled to six.
Captain of Detectives Tate, who was Con
nected with the warrants, denied today that
he hud a hand In It.
"As far ns I am concerned thero aro no
warrants out," ho said. "I know nothing
about It No warrants were left with me to
bo executed "
Ho admitted tho possibility of the war
rants halng been glcn to a lieutenant to
be served.
COURT TAKES CHARGE
OF BAKING COMPANY
U. S. Judge Dickinson Appoints
Receiver for a Period of
Thirty Days
Lack of funds with which to continue the
business resulted In Alio appointment today
by Judge Dickinson, of tho Federal Court,
of a receiver for tho Bnkers' Baking Com
pany, which conducts a. largo manufactur
ing nnd wholesale and retail bread and
pastry business at from 9 to 21 North
Fifty-second street, this city.
Upon a bill tn equity filed by three cred
itors, Judge Dickinson nppolnted Wlnfleld
S McIIenry temporary receiver for thirty
day, with authority to conduct tho business
under a bond of $5000.
Though tho company ls a Wilmington
corporation and maintains a nominal of
ficii in that city, as required by tho Dela
ware laws, Its entire affairs and assets arc
situated on North Fifty-second fetreet. It
wns capitalized nt $150,000.
For some reason not explained several
of the officers of the company .tcently re
rlgned, and the affaire nio now without a
capable and responsible management. On
top of this situation building and loan dues
upon mortgages amounting to $85,000
agnlnst the property are in arrears; and In
addition the company owes merchandise
and similar debts of $31,688 17. The cur
rent earnings of tho company are not suf
ficient to meet obligations as they fall due,
and all the money the corporation has In
bank, It is declared, Is $105.87.
It Is difficult to state the exact amount
of the assets, creditors assert, because they
hae been carried on the books of the com
pany nt a highly Inflated value.
With a considerable amount of raw ma
terials on hand, and In view of the general
need and scarcity of foodstuffs, the creditors
hope that the receUer may be able to run
the business to the ndvantage of creditors
and fctockholders, with the ultimate view
that It might be brought to a condition
where It could be sold as a going concern.
Tho company filed nn answer In which It
stated that It hjid no objection to the ap
pointment of a temporary receiver, and sub
mitted Itself to any order the court might
make.
BROKER SHOP AT SEASIDE
CLOSED; TWO WANT MONEY
Manager and Creditor Take Out At
tachments on Property of
Easterday
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 3. "Bulls" and
"bears" did not prance today about the
Boardwalk shop of W. W. Easterday, stock
broker. The tickers were silent, the board
boy was absent and the patrons' chairs
empty. On the door were two attachment
notices.
One of these watrohtalned from the Dis
trict Court by Lewis T. Hall, manager, who
has a claim for $250. Another was taken
out by Charles Kloppmeyer, who Is anxious
to collect $475. If funds are not forthcom
ing, the furnishings will be sold under the
hammer, i
American Shaft for Marne Field
NEW YORK, Nov. . Americans will
place a monument on the battlefield of the
Marne to mark where the French halted
Germany's advance against Paris. This
becjme known today when It was an
nounced that Frederick MacMonnles. sculp,
tor, has been selected to design the me
mortal. Many prominent men and women
are on the committee charged with placing
the monument Contributions will not be
solicited until after the war ends.
A
erman Messenger Arrested on Border
EL PASO, Tex., Nor. J Ernest Losen
dorff, a Cerman subject, was arrested here
today by agents of the Department of
Justice while attempting to crois the border
from Juarez Into El 1'juq. lis Is alleged
to have carried messages from the United
States to German diplomatic offices In
Mexico. LosendorK : U told to have d-
frfydfW
iuAi4e
Impeachment proceedings against Mayor
Smith are regarded today as almost cer
tain, following tho demand of the retiring
October Grand Jury that he bo deposed
and Director of Public Safety Wilson b
ousted.
"Tho action of the Grand Jury does not
surprise me." said former Judge James Gay
Gordon, who was one of the chief prose
cutors of tti Mayor In the murder con
spiracy charges that resulted In the Mayor
being held In heavy hall. "It merely ade
quately represents nnd voices the deep feel
ing of the people of the city. It Is the
natural and Inevitable result of the revela
tions of the last six weeks,"
The Grand Jury's recommendations will
he sent to the Hoard of .Iifdges at Itfl next
quarterly meeting, the first Friday In De
cember, ono month after next Tuesday's
election
It was Intimated that proceedings will
not be delayed that long Charges of mal
feasance, In office preferred by twenty citi
zens are sufficient to set the machinery of
the law In motion
The Grand Jury's arraignment came as
a heavy blow to the Vare-Smlth Republi
can Organization In the waning stages of
the campaign when It became known that
Lloyd Beverlln, foreman of the Jury, la n
Varo follower: nevertheless, he concurred
In the unanimous presentment made.
Tho Town Meeting party Issued a state
ment declaring the Grand Jury's action to
ho reflective, of ptiblln sentiment
"The preliminary process of Impeachment
has been formally launched." It says In
part "Coming ns tho demand does, through
lis machinery of the courts. It cannot lie
disregarded' or assailed as a partisan politi
cal Issue, but must bo viewed by a large
part of the citizenship of Philadelphia as
a ltal essential to tho readjustment and
rcestabllshment of self-government In this
city" It points out that the Grand Jury
was chosen before the Fifth Ward crime,
and therefore Its finding cannot bo re
garded as a "frame-up"
Foreman Beverlln added fuel to the
flames when hn said that ho was a Vare
man and would vote the Vare ticket
"Personal feeling and politics played
no part In our decision." he said. "Just
becauso ono man Ls crooked Is no reason
why tho whole party should be crooked I
don't believe Vare Is connected with the
Fifth Ward case, at nil"
Tho city would get a "square deal," he
sild. If the murder conspiracy hills against
Isaac Deutsch and Pollco Lieutenant Ben
nett had been brought before tho jury of
which he was foreman
FEDERAL AGENT SEIZES
LIQUOR IN WILMINGTON
Leading Cafe Owner Is Sus
pected of Attempt to Evade
War Tax
WILMINGTON, Del.. Nov. 3.
Deputy Internal Ilevcnuo Collector Arm
strong today seized several hundred gallons
of whisky, alleged to be the property of
Charles Winkler, owner of one of tho lead
ing cafe3 of tho city, on suspicion that the
liquor was being concealed with the Inten
tion of defrauding tho Government of the
new war tax of $2.10 per gallon.
The selzuro Included twenty to thirty
barrels of whisky and gin, averaging about
thirty-five gallons to tho barrel; between
2000 and 3000 bottles of whisky and sev
eral cases of liquors.
The booze was found. It Is said, In the
basement of the Colonial Inn, on Sixteenth
street near French. The Government tax.
matVlSSOO?" " T0
Winkler Is the owner of the Hofbrau
haus. at the corner of Tenth nnd Shipley
streets, opposite tho Hotel du Pont and the
big du Pont building. Ho Is widely known
In Wilmington and the seizure of liquid
goods by the Government authorities cre
ated a sensation hero this afternoon. The
ffCt ,at V1ImlStn nd rural New Cas
tle will vote upon the question of "wet" or
dry next Tuesday lends additional Inter,
"ate tUa Governme"t offl-
END 60O-MILE CRUISE
INLAND IN FLORIDA
Congressman Moore and Com
panions of Waterways Associa
tion Reach Key. West
KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 3.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore, of Phil
adelphia; Mayor Frederick XV. Donnelly
of Trenton, and Charles Elma Smith, of
the Atlantio Deeper Waterways Association
completed their nearly COO-mlle cruise In-'
land from Jacksonville. Tho last stretch of
the run had to be made outside through
whut Is known as-Hawks Channel, the out
Msall covering- a distance of forty miles
"We have proved up the Atlantic Inter!
coastal waterway scheme," said Congress
man Moore, "to Its southernmost extremity
JV6.haVe"owed U unt wo ""'I Bo no
:Hrl- eZ e navo lt0 shown Indisputably
that the Horlda Inland waters .. im
provement If the coastal chain from New
England Is to be made continuous."
CHILDREN DRENCHED AT FIRE
Hose Is Uncoupled Before Water Is
Turned Off
A score of children who had gathered to
watch a fire In the home of Robert Me
Klnley, 152S North Bailey street, were
drenched when firemen uncoupled the hose
before the water; was turned off at the
plug.
The blaze, which started In the kitchen
when tho flame from a gas stove Ignited the
tablecloth, caused damage estimated at
$500.
LIBERTY BOND IN PAWN
Only Lending $16.50 on $50 Certificate,
Harrisburg Man Tells Polico
ILVnnlSBUna, Nov J. A "loan office"
operator called up the police and notified
them a man wanted to pawn a $59 Liberty
Bond. He asked If It would be all rlvht in
make tho loan- The police said they had
en' otiWctUtti. "Hew much oL ..
WARNS OF WAR
TAX AFTER WAR
U. S. Internal Revenue Com
missioner Roper Points
to Future Needs
DANGER OF INFLATION
The warning that "war taxes" must go
on for a number of years, no matter how
soon the war may terminate, In order to
pay off the Issues of Liberty Bonds which
have been made necessary by the large war
tlmo expenditures of tho United States, was
sounded today In this city by Daniel C.
llopcr, who, as Commissioner of Internal
Itovcnue, ls tho man who Is responsible for
tho collection of the war taxes which have
Just been laid upon the American people
by the last Congress Commissioner Boper
came from Washington to address tho con
ference called tq discuss war figures by
the American Academy of Political and So
cial Science, nnd whose sessions are being
held In the assembly room of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Preceding Mr. Roper's address this after
noon, A. C. Miller, of the Federal Reserve
Board, Washington, made an equally signifi
cant address at the morning session Mr,
Miller, who was brought to the Federal
Itcservo Board from the University of
California becauso of his reputation ns one
of the leading financial experts In the
country, asserted that In his opinion the
annual Income of the nation, that ls to say,
the value of the gross annual production
of American Industrie, could now be esti
mated at not less than fifty billion dollars,
and the net Income of the nation, since the
beginning pf the war nt between ten and
fourteen billion dollars annually In spite
of this enormous wealth, however, he con
tended, some way must be discovered by
the people of the United States who are
not serving as soldiers or as producers of
supplies Intended for the prosecution of the
war to double the pre-war productivity of
the nation.
TAX COLLECTION A HUGE TASK
Commissioner Roper, after discussing tho
problem of administering the war revenue
act Just put Into effect, and of collecting
from each citizen the full amount of his
contribution to the nation's need without
disturbance to business, gave nn Idea of
the Immensity of the task before the Bureau
of Internal Revenue by pointing out that
while the number of Income tax returns
last year was 780,000, the number esti
mated for 1918 Is 0,360,000
A largely Increased number of employes
of the bureau has of course been mado
necessary, together with the creation of nn
excess profits advisory board and a board
of legal review by the President. Com
missioner Roper laid emphasis on the fact
that the latter board will be Recruited from
unofficial life. Eminent lawyers, said he,
will bo asked to contribute their services
for advice to the bureau.
"The new law presents many problems
of construction nnd Interpretation which are
fraught with grave consequences to the
public revenues and t business," said Mr
Roper The creation of the Board of Legal
Review along the lines contemplated ls an
assurance to the country that these prob
lems will not be dealt with In a narrow,
bureaucratic way, but that they will be
tolved In the light of the broadest nnd most
constructive legal knowledge and cxperl
enco available."
AVAR TAXES TO CONTINUE
Predicting a continuance of war taxa
tion, he said:
"Tho large expenditures of the Govern
ment on account of the war will make
necessary an elaborate program of Federal
taxation for a number of years. The Issues
of war bonds, which have been so liberally
sujscrlbed, will eventually have to be dis
solved by direct levy on the people. A
great sinking fund must be provided against
the days of maturity, and meanwhile a con
siderable part of tho war budget of each
year will be paid out of tho revenue of
current years
"It Is very desirable that tho tax-gathcr-Ing
machinery be perfected In every part
and that the fullest posslblo expression be
given to the experience of tho publlo nnd
of the Government with the operation of the
first war-revenue act. Inequalities and in
consistencies In the existing revenue scheme
may be removed In later legislation If only
the present program ls Intelligently and
fairly carried out and subjected to con
structive and helpful criticism. To this end
the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In analyz
ing the new law. is creating two files, one
of administrative practices, rules and regu
lations; the other cf needed legislative re
dress and relief to be submitted to Con
gress. This seems but just, when the Gov
ernment and business must work shoulder
to shoulder In bearing the responsibilities
of encouraging and supporting our boys In
the trenches."
Other speakers nt this afternoon's ses
slon were Dr. Klmnn w Hgiisn . ...i
,, . ' - - ...., w n,u uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Dr. T. S. Adams
of Yale University, and J. F, Zoller, tax
attorney fcT the General Electric Company.
Schenectady, N. Y. Charles S. Calwell.
president of tho Corn Exchange National
jju.m, ui j-nuaaeipnia, presided at the
afternoon session, while Dr. Frank L Mc
Vey. president of the 7Tnlvor.it,. V
tucky, presided at the morning session.
15,000,000 WAR WORKERS
Mr. Miller, of the Federal Reservo Board
drove home tho meaning of the economic
problem created by the war by showing
that not less than 15,000,000 men out of
the 30,000,000 workers In the United States
must now give all their energies to war
work. To care for the needs of America's
civilian population, a way must be dlscov
ered by which the productivity of the rest
of the nation can be Increased so as to fill
tho gap left by tin. withdrawal of half of
tho nation's workers for war work. For
ho nolnted out. unon what ... - J . '
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apart from war supplies depends the abll-
njr w mo iwwu iu iuokb lurwer war ex.
pendltures.
"The man who knowingly preaches Tiusl.
ness as usual' ls rironostnr th. . . .
- - - -- ---- -o .... litigate aa.
vantage be set ahead of publlo necessity"
Inflation because of Government loans Is
aueuuy ujjuh wc uuuniry in a slight degree
and will Increase as It b.13 In Europe unless
the people exercise the greatest economy
he said He estimated Germany had liw
flated Its currency 230 per cent In the three
years of war. High prices In America, he
declared, were partly due to the fact that
than wealth had been produced.
PRICES' INCREASED 8D PER CENT
American prices, he declared, have In
creased 89 per cent as against 120 ner
cent 'for English. v
In addition to Individual thrift nnd In.
creased productiveness ho asserted:
"The right of way must be given to In.
dustrtes which contribute to the war needs
of the Government. While we all saVo
there must be no leakage or lost motion in
producing articles which are not needed."
"The American business system Is on trial
In this war," continued Mr. Miller, "if u
falls to rise to the occasion through cow
ardlce, weakness or selfishness it will have
gone a long way toward sounding Its death
knell and surrendering to other agencies
tho right of leadership In the great processes
of economic reconatructloo'whlch must take
place at the close of the war.
"I cannot believe that those who are
sponsoring the doctrine of 'business as usual'
caq appreciate the economlo significance of
the doctrine. The man who knowingly
preaches the doctrine of 'business as usual'
at this time Is proposing that private ad
vantage should be set against or ahead of
publlo necessity. At this crisis In the na
tion's life every business, no matter what
Its nature, 'Is affected with a publln Interest,
and the public has- a right which It Indeed
owes itself, to determine within what linii
1017
TWO SAMMEES DIE WHILE
ON DUTY WITH PERSHING
Gunshot Wound Is Fatal to Ono Pri
vato on French Front
WASHINGTON, NovT 3. Two American
soldiers havo died while on duty In n"'
aeneral Pershing today reported tho foi
lowing casualties , ,
Private. Frank Vanr. Infantry, died fr m
blood poisoning resulting from n Runstiot
wound, possibly accidental; mother. Mrs.
May Vana, 7 Twelfth street, Milwaukee,
Win.
Private Ralph W. Wheeler, machine-gun
battalion: father, Fred Wheeler, Westmore
land, N. II.
WHIRLWIND TOURS
FOR MAYORALTY
Struggle Between Penrose
and Brumbaugh Forces
Nears End
CHARGES BY BOTH SIDES
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3. In tho last
stages of the campaign for the mayoralty of
Pittsburgh William A. Magce. former
Mayor and Public Service Commissioner,
candidate of the Brumbaugh-Vare forces,
and Edward Voso Babcock, Penrose-Leslle
candidate and wealthy lumber dealer, are
conducting whirlwind tours of the city,
while the voters aro being swamped with
literature of all sorts.
Even the women of the city, though they
have no voice In tho matter, aro being urged
to uso their Influence toward swinging the
votes of their husbands, sweethearts or
brothers, tho Magco faction using this
method
Urging his election on his business rec
ord, Babcock has Invited an investigation
of his record, with the result that the city
Is agog with the stories related by Mageo
men on conditions existing In the Babcock,
Oo., plant of the Babcock Lumber Com
pany, of which the Armstrong-Penrose-Les-lie
candidate ls president. His reputed use
of convict labor until the State of Georgia
abolished It, has been published and talked
of, while his alleged antagonism to unloi.
labor has been played to the limit by speak
ers of the opposing faction.
On tho other hand, Magee's record as
former Mayor has been produced by the
Babcock leaders, and the Brumbaugh-Vare
candidate has been characterized as a
spender and 0 "doublc-crosser." Dr J. P.
Kerr, third candidate for the nomination In
the primaries, president of City Council
and formerly chief Magee lieutenant In this
city, declaring that Mages Is unfit to be
Mayor, has stumped the city for the Pen
rose candidate and Is endeavoring to turn
some 15,000 votes cast for him as an inde
pendent candidate In the primary to Bab
cock. Joseph M. Guffey, general manager of the
Philadelphia Company, acting State chair
man of tho Democratic party, has thrown
his Influence to Magcc, which leads tho
Babcock leaders to announce that a Blx-cent
street car fare faces the city If Magee Is
elected.
FIVE ARE NEAR DEATH
IN GAS-FILLED HOUSE
Roomei Puts Quarter in Meter
While JetIs Open Saved
by Injured Hand
Five persons narrowly escaped death
early this morning when a roomer In the
homo of Ephralm Holiday, 2031 North Mar
vine street, put a quarter In tho gas meter
whllo one of the Jets was open
Several times during the night Holiday
who had retired with an injured hand, was
awakened by the pain. It was shortly after
3 o'clock that he smelled gas. Ho awakened
his wife Caroline, and they, nearly over
come by the fumes, hastened to the room
occupied by Isaac Bacon and George Shcp
perd With dllflculty they succeeded In
arousing the men. The four went to Robert
Gray's room and thero found gas escaping
Gray was unconscious. When the police
of tho Twenty-eighth District were notified
they brought a lung motor nnd attempted to
revive Gray as they rushed him to the
Women's Homeopathic Hospital. Physicians
said that their work would probably save
his life.
According to tho police. Gray fell ablcep
whllo reading In bed and the gas in the
meter burned out. Sheppard later, the po
lice say, went Into the basement to replen
ish the gas supply.
Wills Probated by Register
Wills probated today Include those of
Jane V. Sherlden, 180G North Broad street
which. In private bequests, disposes of
property valued at $117,000; Benjamin B
Lewis, Highland Park, $13,000; Andrew
Brown, 2718 Poplar street, $10,800, and
Amelia B. Stone. Evergreen and Stenton
avenues, $7000.
An inventory of the estate of Horace V
Weeks filed today places the valuation ol
the personal effects left by tho testator nt
$281,243.00.
Alhucemas Forms Spanish Cabinet
MADRID. Nov. 3 Mnrrmln AIV.ttn.m-
tcrday succeeded In forming a Cabinet and
win neau me new npanisn uovernment, It
was announced. The success of Premier
Alhucemas followed the failure of former
Premlpr Mftiira in fnrm n Pahln.i .,..
preceded by a conference between General
weyier ana tne lung, at wnicn It la pre
sumed the support of the army was pledged
to the Alhucemas Government.
War Talks at Business Science Club
The war was brought home to members
of the Business Science Club In tho Belle-vue-Stratford
when addresses were made
by Major W. A. Garrett, U. S. It., who re
cently returned from the front, and Lieu
tenant James W. P. Skldmore. First Cann.
'dlan Battalion.
Report Philadelphian Slain in France
The Canadian War Office In Ottawa tnrtnv
announced the death of P. 8. Claggett, of
this city, who was killed while fighting In
France. Neither the street directory nor
the telephone book contains the name of
'T H riaer.tt
Funds for Officers ami Enlisted Men
In tht U. 8. Army and Navy and wltl?
rUd Cross or Y. M. Cfc A.
The Safest Way
To carry fund Is by Trav.lsr Lattara of Credit
whloh v it frjt, of oommlsilon.
To tend fund la by Mall or Cabla Tranafar
which may b mada through ua.
WB HAVE OUR OWN AMERICAN REPRE8BNTATIVE IN rRANOE
TH-QUARTER8 AT THE OFFICE OF
CREDIT COMMERCIAL DE FRANCE
20 RUE LAFAYETTE, PARIS
Brown Brothers & Co.
RECORD BIDS DUE
FOR STREET WORK
Proposals Asked for Clean.
ing Contracts to Be Re-
ceived November 13
OTHER ESTIMATES UP '
Proposals for street cleaning In 191 w..
asked today and will be received and S
uled on November 13 by Director D,
man, of the Department of Public WJv.
That tho estimate prices will be SS?
breaking Is considered certain, in view Vt
tho demand of the Penn Reduction rJ
pany for garbage collections. m'
Tho cost to the city for street cleanly.
garbage collection nnd removal of ash''
three kinds of municipal work consId.,M
as a class and handled exclusively h ,1.
new Street Cleaning Bureau, has mL; 1
by leaps and bounds under he SrnUh '?
ministration until the astonishing Stil t
$3,125 790 has been reached, with a Li
high level In sight for 1918. ns comnarM
to $2,100,116 In 1910. compared
The specifications call for machln...
equipment and for changes In thedSSS
system In some sections, and heavy advanei!
In estimates are foreshadowed by exnl
ory statements relative to the co f"
labor, etc., such as accompanied the dm.n
0nLale F.inn r"ducn Company for BJK
000 for the same work being done this l...
for $432,000 If the same fatlo of increa..
Is adopted by Senator Edwin M, Vare mJ
his fellow street-cleartlng contractors u,.
cost of the street cleaning", ash remo 1 and
garbago collections will bo nearer 14 oodoas
thah$3,000,000 during the TexV'u-elv.
FINES HAVE DWINDLED
While Chief -William Connell was la
charge of the old Bureau of Hlhwv.
Contractor Vare and others were repeated,
fined many thousands of dollars for derello.
tlons of duty, and in this way a part of
the grand total of estimates was saved to
tho city and the contractors forced to livs
up to specifications. During the first few
months of this year former Chief ConntU
Imposed fines exceeding $80,000, but sine
his retirement fines have dwindled each
month until they are now not a healthy
fraction of the penalties formerly Imposed.
The figures for 1916, when contracts were
let under the Blankenburg Administration
for the first year of the Smith Administra
tion and for 1917 the first year the con
tracts were let under the present regime,
best tell the story of mounting prices.
1916 1917
Street cleaning Jl.233,847 $1,983,900
Ash removal C34.681 709.819
Garbage collection
and disposal 323,586 482,000
$2,100,116 $3,125,790
This Increase of $1,025,674 was a record
breaking Jump, but if contractual demands
can be foreshadowed by the one estlmati
already rceeived by the Penn Reduction
Company it will be beaten In 191S.
VARE LEADING STREET CLEANER
The most Important of the street-cleaning
contractors ls Senator Edwin II Vare,
who for years has received the contract for
cleaning and ash removal In the central
nnd southern sections of the city Just now
ho holds b contract with tho city for filling
In low Inncls at League Island Park af a
contract price of $I13.13G.97. Under 11 he
Is paid forty to fifty cents a cubic yard for
dirt, ashes and top soil fill.
League Island, because of Its location,
forms n most convenient dumping place,
and Senator Vare so far has never had
any trouble In landing nil the League Island
filling contracts and nil the street cleaning
contracts in the sections referred to. This
year he need fear no competition, as he
has the equipment necessary and the or
ganization that enables him to underbid
nny one.
BAD LUCK TO STEAL $13,
ACCORDING TO MR. JONES
Three Negroes Took His Cash, but
Polico Quickly Arrest
Trio
It's bad luck to steal $13. Within half
an hour after three negroes forced William
Jones to part with this sum much against
his will, four blacks had been gathered In
by the police on suspicion.
Jones was on his way home. The money
was camouflaged within his shirt. II seems
that one of tho quartet who accosted him
knew this, for his black hand tore aside
ho bosom of Jones's shirt and drew forth
the money Immediately.
Jones assumed tho polico would be slight
ly Interested. He told Policemen Butler
and Stevenson. On hearing details of the
robbery, they walked straightway to a res
taurant near Thirteenth and South streets,
which is noted for its brand of fish cakes.
Three negroes were In the midst of a mam
moth meal when the cops arrived. They
attempted a rush for the street, but were
conquered after a battle. Jones said the
men looked very much like those who took
his money. The prisoners declined to dis
cuss the matter. They gave their names as
William Patterson, William Graff nnd Joe
Johnson. All were taken to the Eleventh
and Pine streets station.
U. S. BALLOON FLIES 297 MILES
Shot at Twice on Test Trip From Ak
ron to Clearfield, Pa.
CLEARFIELD, Pa., Nov. 3. The United
States Government's spherical balloon
which left the Goodyear Rubber Company
grounds nt Akron, O., early today for an
endurance test, landed here safely before
noon. The balloon carried five persons and
traveled 297 miles.
The men report they were shot at twice
while making the journey.
Appointments at City Hall
City appointments today Include Dr.
Samuel L. Baron, 2803 North Twenty-sixth
street, assistant school medical Inspector,
Bureau of Health, silary $600, nnd Alice C.
Yerkes, 1457 North Sixtieth street, operator,
Bureau of Water, $2,50 a day
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