iiVi" " 'A in. ? r & & a m r $ W IV- m U&y BET Iff P. s &- vn . feSTs" w m 3$i !i fc1 . p' . - ; tf ..- V., V ODffiPHlA IffiN IIE ON CHAUNCEY i Lieutenant Commander Rono and "Lieutenant Wcdderburn Victims of Sinking ' OTHERS ARE DROWNED Parents Not Awaro of Son's Presence In North Sens Station Two rhlladelphlans. both ollleers, lost their live when the American destroyer Chauncey wan sunk In the war zona an the result of a, collision, according to the ofll clal report of the Navy Peiiartmetit an. Bounced today. They were Lieutenant Commander Wal ter F. Reno, 231!) South Twenty-first street, and Lieutenant Chnrle V Wcdderburn, of 4 UO Walnut street . In nil, three officers and eighteen men were Inst when the collision occurred l'ist Monday. The transport llovo ns the vessel that rammed and sank the destroyer Chauncey This announcement wai made by Secretaij Daniels this afternoon sifter receiving re ports from Vice Admiral Kims, In command of the American Naval force abroad The Hose struck the desttoyer on the port side, abreast the fourth funnel The after part of the warship immediately sub merited and It was the olllrers and men caught in this part of the ship who welo drowned Tho rest of the stricken vessel remained afloat for an hour The ltose landing by was able to pad. up the re mainder of the ciew of ninety-one. Lieutenant Commander llenn was well known, In naal circles In tli J city His next or kin is his wife, lien trice Iteno. of 2319 South Twenty-first stteet Ho for merly was detailed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard He left tals city ror Chi cago three years ago when tranrferred to the Oreat Lakes naal training station. He was then transferred to tho Asiatic fleet, with which he kerved until the begln ning of the war. SON OK WA1TK BI.IVKN OUlclal report of the death of Lieutenant Wedderburn was the first Information re ceived by his parents, Mr and Mrs Wa.te Bllven, of 410 Walnut street, that he was In the European war zone Mrs Ullven said today tho last word they had from their son was a letter se it from Manila about two months ago Thev had no Idea that he had been transfer -il from Asiatic to Kuropcan waters Mr Hllen. lce pres ident of the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, went to Washington today to learn pnrtcul.u. If possible. He was deply affected by the news that his Bon was lost Lieutenant Wedderburn. who assumed the family name of his mother, was born In Chicago, attended schcol In Washington nnd was graduated from the t'nlted States Naval Academy two years ago He was twenty-five years old The list of casualties follows' Lieutenant Commander Waller II. Kriio. Lieutenant Charles 1". Weildrrliiirn, Knelcn Harry tl. Skinner, Jr. Stanley T. Anthonj, electrician, first class, radio: mother, Florence Johnson, Hertford, Mass. Bonore M. Claggett, Jr., electrician, first class: father, Honorc M. Claggett, Lau rel, Md. Daniel II. Crane, machinist mate, second class, mother, Mary II. Crane, 2710 Au gustine court, I-os Angeles. Cat. Joseph H. Knurl, machinist mate, first class, father. William L. Hwait, 54 Sec ond street, Newport, II I Charles A. (icinilrlrli, chief ninchlnlbt mate; brother, George J, (.Joodrlch, , Oakwood, 111. Alien II. (Iiitlrhlite, machinist mate, second class; father. William II. Uuttrldge, Cul- llson, Kan Henry (1. Human, seaman, rathe--, Hurt W Haman,J55 Midway stieet, Huffalo, N. V. Joseph A. llrrmiY, tinman Clint class; mother, Hnima J. Hache lerle, L'30 South Soto street. l.os Angele-t. Cat. William II. Hamiiel, oiler, futhei, Charles Humpel, Itandvllle, Mich. Ira F. Kupp, gunner's mate, first class; father, Jesse F Kopp, 15:"7 Harrison street, l)aenport. la. Charles A. O'Connor, chief eoman; sister, Margaret ressler. 105 West Broadway, South Iloston, Mass. Frunrlsro I'aitaklian, mess attendant, third class; mother. Marta Dunlelo, Olongapo, P. I John Khlneharl, chief water tender; friend. Mary Spraguc, Mock Island. It I John A. hmllh, gunner's mate, first class. father, William Smith. Iu5 West -Ninety-fifth street. New York. John William MrlMlnit, oiler: father, John Strlbllng. Waring. Te Oswald J. TerUllilen, .veomaii, second i-las. ; uncle Conrad Terklldeii. 39C Seventh ave nue, Brooklyn, N Y Nichols II. Wagner, ship litter, first class, lather. Jaioh Wagner l-'ullcrton. Md George Warned, bol criii.iker: friend. Harry C. Smith. San l-'iain-K-o Knslgn Harry l Skinner, Jr. was the eon of Harry ', Skinner of Baltimore, for merly president of the Sklnn) Dry Dock Company, now the Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Comp.in Hu Is marine superintendent of that company IOuslgu Skinner was twenty-nine anil unmarried He was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of lal3, retired ad entered the Naval ltesere POLICE CAPTURE RUNAWAY YOUTHS HIDING IN CAVE Three Lads Interrupted in Effort Solve Hijrh Cost of Living in Hole to Tliree runawa youths, who for the lat two weeks have been IMng In o nive dii In the side of a little knoll on the edge of the Mount Morlah Cemeteij S xtlelh s'reet and Oreenway aveoue rag-d t nil dirty and hungry, havo been ii'ce-i into custod by the police. Their des re to nc Hi world was Interrupted late yesterday b I)eteelles f rlnr and Qulgley, of the S My fifth street and Woodland avenue station, as they were cooking a piece of steak oer it small flic place they had built. The boys, Joseph Trogan. sixteen years old, '.'16 Sloan street. Wllkes.Harre, Harry Joiner, sixteen years old, Baltimore, anil Newman Itaynor, fourteen enrs old. Balti more, had been llv ng In the little cave, which contained a small mattress hh the only furniture, since lat Frdny a week ago. They existed on food lji gged from women In the neighborhood and by obtain Inir odd Jobs that gave them a weekly In come of about seventy cents. Itaynor was sent to the House of Dc ntentlon and. the other two to City Hall, They will be turned over to their parents, who are expected to reach Philadelphia late to day. fry SEEK RIGHT TO HAUL ROILERS P Manufacturers Ask Court to Enjoin X nil.-. T Ti- y, s ijiiy rrura inieriennR An I tl lum-f Ion uEHlnHl thp iinllfA urn! l1e.li. " ,v y bureau, restraining them from Inter-vv?,r- ferine with the haulinir of four heavv t'ii cotch marine boilers. Is sought by "Hen :, f M-t sarson & Bros, Inc., in Court of Coninn.ii ', Pleag No. 6. ,. jThe highway authorities and jiollce have . j,posed the hauling of the boilers fiom ,,Th1rty-firt and Jefferfcon streets to the foot ftt Allegheny' atenue, because of alleged .' mull to Ktreeti) and brhlgea The boilers it to be shipped to Yokohami, Japan 4nts Philadelphia Doctor l'. .Ti)rnbull, Phlladtlph'a, waa to. i Ky tha.Uovernor a member oi in imvjmi;. -i H'f -HBHal xVMITTTTTTTTTf iw 9 HsTaTaTaTaTJr i.n,t,l. LllAS. WKiJUEKHUKN Junior ofilccr on the American de stroyer Chnurcey, who was lost when that vessel was sunk in a col lision. He is a son of Waitc Klivcn, vice president of tho Insur ance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, who lives sit .1110 Walnut street. ARGUMENT ON BALLOT BOX OPENING DELAYED Counsel for Town Meeting and Republican Parties Agree to Postponement to Saturday Argument on Town Meeting petitions to opi'n all baMot boxes In the cltv was peti tioned until Satiirdnv by agreement between Town Meeting and Itepubllctn Organization counsel tndn shortly after the nltlclnl count whs finished hv the Election Court In Hie meiinllnio the Town Meeting- forces aie gathering their heivy ammunition wherein, the, declined, wholesale fraud will be reealt'd In the ba lot bovei and the slim ninjnritlp'i of the Organisation cindl dates will be wiped out Between HH 01)0 and latino votes are m's.dng. thev asserted. A sensational surpilse was promised to day by the Independents, who plan a double attack to force open the ballot-mixes. The one attnek will be In the lllectlnn Court Snturday ; the other. In the Court of Quarter Sessions, where. In case the Klec tlon Court refuses to grant the petitions, the entire election will be contested be cause of th close vote and the evidence of fraud. The sens iti-is are said to he in the olllce of Prothonntary Walton, whero for more than a week Town Meeting mm hae been making an ehnustle examination of the voters' check-list books These are said to roycnl ma,ny dl'-urepaneks In the nte. The 'count, held before Judges Mtntln and Finletter, was finished this morning It shows that the lend of James B Sheehan, irganlzatlon candidate for Register of Wills Is about ltno over Waller flenrge Smith. Town .Meeting nominee; that of W Freeland Kcndrlck (Organization) Is nbout 800n oer Thomas F Aimstrong (Town Meeting) for Iteielier of Taxes, and that of Frederick J Slinycr (Organization) Is nbout 170(1 over William It Nicholson (Town Meeting) for City Treasurer. These majorities do not Include the vote of Philadelphia sallois and soldiers In camp. The camp vote will be computed tomorrow, the third Friday after election being designated by law for this purpose The Vares claim a lend In the camp ote. with the Independents promising a surprise here also. OFFICIAL FIOl'IlKS OF COUNT Figures taken from the official count as made b the court nre as follows for the forty-eight wards In the city: lti:HKTi:it oi' Wll.l.s Sli'-phali (OrKHTilzatinnl 107,271 Hmlth (Town Meeting) ln'i.sin Hhevhsn'M bad .... . 1.135 nncniVKit nr tam:s Keiirlrlek (Orioinlzatlnnl , , . Armhtronre (To-in Meetlne) ll.'l.ms lo.n, sun Kendrlik's lead 7. (170 I'lTV TKHASUnKIt hoNer (Oriranlzalloti) .... . . Iin.ii3t Nlchotsnn (Ton .Meltn). ins .'H7 Hhoer's leHd . 7.11 These figures will not be cqi titled hy the court until Saturday. It was announced, lifter the camp vole la added. NKW Al, LIGATIONS OF FIlAl'H New allegations of fraud were made to day hy Frank II. Schrenk, who entered Town Meeting petitions for ballot boxes to li opened In the following divisions: Ward Dim. 1 . . . . il 3n s III sa HI . . . 3 i 11-31 37 ... N l's il a , is-;!ii i 1 I"' 7-11 III one division, it w is alleged, the otes of a soldier serving In France und of a sailor nt sea were cast by other men nnd that In another division nineteen notivoters' bal lot" were cast for them Many Town Meet ing ballots wcie not tonuteil and iiidii were i minted as Republican ballots, whllo Invalidated Republican ballots were counted, It was added Petitions were entered today i Repre. seutatixc John II K Scott, ruum-el for the Oig.inlzatlon, demanding the opening of ballot-boxes in twcnt-fle of the fifty-six divisions of the Foity-slxth W.nd. where the Organization's ead was cut deeply b tho Independents Allegations that Town Meeting voles were Invalidated by too many marks aro made In tho petitions. Official figures for the Forty-sixth Ward whero Harry A Mackey Is the Vare leader, were announced as follows today Kendrlck, 308d, and Armstrong, 57!M ; Sheehan, 3082, and Smith, 6057 , Shoyer. 3381, und Nichol son, fiDll. Intimations weio made that tho Organiza tion would ask also for opening of boxes In the Twenty-fifth Ward The Organization has entered about 20(1 petitions to tho Inde pendents' 125. but by Satuiday the Town Meeting party-'s number probably will bo around 400. Town Meeting leaders regarded Scott's petitions as "h lift" and asserted that nothing would pleaso them better than t liavo every ballot-box In the entlro city examined Predicts Waterway to New York Promise of he early opening of the Dela ware River waterway through to the port of New York is seen in the present north ward trend of shipbuilding, according to a statement made by Congressman J, Hamp ton Moore, president of the Atlantic Deeper 'Waterways Association. Mrs. Martha Parke Duffy Dead IjANI'AHTKR, Pa.. Nov, 22. Mrs. Martha Paike Duffy, widow of Colonel James Duffy, of Marietta, died today, aged eighty yearn. A son Is Major James Duffy. V. 8. A... and A dtUshter Is the wife of Solicitor B. J. Myers, ancste,r. Another 941,.-Donald r.Cameron Duffy, died -never! feVioifiNt VEDGERPHILAi)l5LteA; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, VICTIMS PAY $1 EACH TO COAL-CARD FAKER Police Seek Stranger Who Sells Householders Orders for Fuel TAKE UP BUCKET SALES Committee Plans Reflations to Cover Small Amounts Rule for Orders on Rooks Explained The police today were looking for u smooth stranger who appeared on tho streets this morning offering to Fell coal cards, authorizing the holder to purchase coal, for tl apiece. Tho man made his appearance in tho neighborhood of Fifty eighth and lie l.anccy stteets und is slid to have lctlmlzed a number of unsuspect ing householders before running Into sonio one sufficiently familiar with the facts to lefuso to listen to his talk. No charge, of course, Is made for coal tickets, and the coal admlulstiatinu Is anx ious to i nil down and punish iin.v Impostors who may attempt to vlc'lmlre persons Ig norant ot the regulations by offering what purports to be i coal ticket for sale Any one to whom such an offer Is made Is asked to report the facts promptly to the coal administration T to the nearest policeman, The fuel commlttte was In session this nfternoon consldeilng the propositi legula llons to govern the sale of loose coal In buckets by peddliis Spencer II Wilght. a menthol of the lomniltKr, who has been making a special stud.v and Investigation of this situation, submitted In the i-onnnlt- te ,i upon of the wmk that he has been doing Fuel Administrator 1'iancls A l'wls today made public the following communi cation addressed to the coal dealers under his Jurisdiction "For tho Inform. n Ion of mal dealeis, ii'i to orders now on the books, tin form Is not to he filled out The tilling nppllcs only to future orders "Rut coal dealers are not expected to ll'l orders already lecclved or any future orders In any priority as to date, but to Judge in such case the necessity of the situation and not lo give any one mole coal than Is sulilclent to keep him going until the present shortage Is lellevcd "A gieat ileal must be left to the Judg ment of the dealer who will alua.vs Keep In mind the nbjtot In view viz, to see that no householder suffers fmni cold fot lark of coal If Hint ioa can I blalned ' 2 BIG MILK COMPANIES IN BUSINESS MERGER Supplee and Wills-Jonos-Mc- Ewcn Companies Join to Meet High Costs A merger of the Kupplee Milk Company and the Wllls-Jones-Mciiwcn Company, two of the largest milk retailers In the city, was announced today The announcement was made by Alfred A tin Han, with olllces In the I'ennsylvnnla building, who acted for both concerns. It confirms reports of an amalgamation to nope with Increasing costs of milk distribu tion Mr du Han's statement follows: "A meeting of the stockholders of the Supplee .Milk Company was held nt the olllce of the company Wednesday, Novem ber 21, at which meeting the proposition of a merger of this company with the business of the Wllls-Joncs-Mcnwen Com Jinny, which had been approved by the board of directors, was ratified. A further nleellng of the stockholders of the .Supplee Milk Company will be held January 1H, 101s, for ratification of the proposed read justment of the capital stock of the Supplee Company." The combination of the two companies, which. It Is rumored, will be followed by further lonsolldntlon, was caused by the Increased costs of production. No details were made public and It wiia h.ild that no partlculais, other than that there was no profit In the merger, would he an nounced until after the January meeting The companies, It was said, felt that con ditions could he best met by consolidation of forces. The Supplee dairies are headed by C. Henderson Supplee and William C. Sup plee and leaders In the Wllls.Jones-McKwen concern are Frank A Wills, Joseph I.. Jones and Henry C Ilentschler COURT'S INCREASES WILL BE ALLOWED New Places and Salary Raises of Municipal Bench to Be Effective Pfsplte criticism of salary Increases and new place demands made for 1918 by the Municipal Court, all of the places desired hy the Judges and all of the Increases In-stt-ted upon by them will hec'ome effective The Munlclpi.1 Court budget totals ajiout $1,000,(100 a? compared with JIDR.IGO In 1914. In the Intervening years the number of employes has Increased from 10(1 to 509 One year ago Councils' Finance Commit tee attempted to prevent increases and new lilnces by making no provision for somo asked by the court This resulted In tho appointment of many of the men, their sal aries being paid by the simple system of inandamuslng the cltv as tney came due ny failure of Councils this jear to Jirovldn for llto court demands would result In tho same way Final decision as to salary Increase and new 'place demands totaling well over a hall'-mllllon dollars has been postjioned until next Monday, when Councils' Finance Committee will meet for revision of the budget and to strike a balance upon which to repoit a tax rate hill to Councils on Wednesday. It Is admitted that Water Uureau increases will have to be granted, and that thn courts can enforce their de mands at will. Th it other Increases will be allowed Is dejiendent somewhat upon the action of the Sinking Fund Commis sion relative to Its surplus. PATRIOT PAINTS HOUSE RED, WHITE AND BLUE Ill ! National Colors Vividly Displayed at Home of Frank Williams, of Hewson Street Frank Williams, of 1024 Hast liewhpn street, is nothing if not patriotic Ho be lleves that the "Stir Spangled Banner" Is always In order, at any time and any place, and that .the red, white and blue? of Old Qlory nre good enough colors to use In painting a house, rutting this belief Into practice, Wll Hams had the clapboards of his house, he low tho body of the building, painted alter nately red, wljlte and blue. The upper part of the house Is painted red, but the doora are white with a red cross painted on them and a blue border around them. The ef. feet of the whole Is In the highest degree artistic. The flat la very much In evidence, a number of them being suspended from different parts of the bouse. Williams has an uncle, Thomas Williams, who la a veteran of the Civil War and who fought at (lettyiburr. arid the patrlotlo iUmantrattn U. wicUrrtoW ta mm own drd of peopl REGISTER LABOR, EDMONDS'S PLAN Lawyer Suggests Scheme to Avert Chaos in Certain Industries UNION LEADERS LOYAL Franklin Spencer Edmonds Criticizes Labor Mistakes FRANKLIN SPENCER EDMONDS says of the present labor-war situation: The Government has thus far pur sued a wasteful, inefficient and ex trnvngant course in running the labor part of tho war. In certain lines we have been on the verse of business chaos during the last six months. There should be no "business ns usual" in wartime and it is ridiculous to see a young fellow nineteen or twenty years old, who could be used in shipbuilding, behind u soda fountain or a ribbon counter. Labor from sixteen to sixty years of age should be registered. Already the Roard of Educntion is consider ing the putting of all scholars upon a fifty-fifty work nnd study basis. The Government this winter will do a great many things in regard to labor which we thought it never would do. Speaking before the City Club this after noon, Franklin Spencer Kdmonds, lawyer, educator and long prominent In reform movements hereabout, drove deep Into tho labor situation engendered hy tho war and proposed u scheme of "labor registration" to stop wlint he termed a condition on the verge of chaos In somo Industries. Mr Kdmonds will shortly sail for Kurope to do Y M C A and Government work, and members of the City Club took this oc casion to give him a farewell luncheon and present a gold wrist watch to him. Ills sub ject was "Our Part In the War." but he concerned hlms-clf principally with the la bor problem "I believe from my Investigations that the leaders of organized lbor In this sec tion are.n tho main, beVnd the Govern ment," be said "I except, however, those Ilolshcvikl In Kensington who are tying up the cloth Industry by striking "The 1'ideral Government this winter will do a great many things which no one thought It would do. We must do two things now, first, win the war, and, sec ondly, keep high throughout the standards ind Ideals of American life. 1 havo visited three of the great cantonments, and It is my opinion that those young men In training there nre the best ns regards brains nnd physlijue In the world today, "On the other hand, there nre some lines of Industry In this section which have been thrown into chaos by tho Government sys tem of bidding ngilnst itself. At Camp Dlx, for Instance, where the work was done, tint by a lump sum, but hy a governmental allowance for 10 per cent jiroftt, ten or twelve dollars a day was paid to workers. This drew labor away from locil building Industry, nnd tho funny part was that In some Instances the local contractors were engaged In lump-sum Government work. This Is a wasteful, Inefficient and extrnvn ginl method of running tho war." Mr. Kdmonds then branched off Into nn other jihasc of the matter. "It Is right and proper that school boys should take up the slack of their tlmo at present by working for the Government. This tlmo Is usually wasted In social Inter course, but social Intercourse Is not neces-i-ary in war time. "The Hoard of Kdueatlon has under con sideration a scheme to put half pf its stu dents over sixteen yeats old to work In the shipbuilding p'nnts for two weeks, while the other half studies, nnd then to reverse the positions of the students. This already Is being done at Glrnrd College. IJvcry morning ou can seo huge motortrucks leav ing the college filled with boys going down to tho jilant of tho Chester Shipbuilding Company. It Is absurd that nineteen or twenty year o'd bns should bo doing a woman's work at this crisis. "We thought hero In town that we would Cct labor from the farms of the State this winter. Hut farmers report that they haven't enough men to even run their farms In the winter, let alone ut harvest time. "A new America will emerge from the war an America fighting and strong. Or ganized labor will havo been vindicated and shown to be a wonderful aid to the nation In time of distress." Mr. l-dmoudB brought to light the fact that many of tho- members tit the City Club are confident In the ultimate success of tho Town Meeting party In the recent election. "William It. Nicholson," tald Mr. Kd monds, "showed how greatly he wjis Im pressed by the work of the Y. M. f A. at Camp Meade by donating one-half of his first year's salary. If elected City Treas urer, to the cause." There was a great deal of hearty ap jilausc at this statement. NO STRIKE WHILE WAR LASTS, SAY CARPENTERS Head of State Council Declares Craft Will Stand Firm for Uncle Sam HAUHISBUIIG, Nov. 22 "Anybody who tries to throw tho hooks Into the work of mediation as now conducted by the Penn sylvania Department of Labor and Indus try, will get what Is coming to him, and not with my help or that of the Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners will there be a strike In this country whl'e this war labts. Thero are 190,000 carpenters right back of this great State and our I'iicIc Sam, nnd they will stick until we win a clean-cut victory ovor the Germans, nnd you can bank on that.' This was tho message from laboring men of Pennsylvania to contractors and em jiloyers, who gathered today for the final session of the Welfare and Kfllclency Con gress in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives under the supervision of the De partment of Labor and Industry, It waa do Ivcred by Daniel Post, president of the Pennsylvania Stale Council of Cariienters, Wllkes-Barre, and a member of his order's national board. The conference will adjourn late toduy after consideration of safety measures re lating to war Industries. SERVICE FLAG CELEBRATION Pupils of 'Dunlap School Raise Em blem Containing 83 Stars t Pupils of the "Dunlap School, Fifty-first and Itace streets, today raised a service flag, containing eighty-three stars, that was purchased with their own pennies. The flag la In honor of the former pupila of the school who are serving with the colors. Kach of the 1000 children In the bchool contributed a penny toward the flag, and the balance waa made up by the teachers. The exercises were, in charge of MUs Margaret Noble, principal of the Bchool. Addresses were made by Superintendent of l;ducatlon Garber, Joseph McLaughlin, of the Department of Supplies, and MUs Doti DoBtassos, a teacher In th school. "Amer ica," "Over There" and th "Star Spangled Banner'' were iunr by th children. Hun- attended, th affaljv-wblch MAYOR FORECASTS RISE IN TAX RATE Indorses Stand of Sinking Fund Commissioners Relative to ?4,000,006 Surplus CONFERENCE UNANIMOUS Agreement Indicates Failure of Coun cils' Plan nnd 24-Cent Increase A material Increase In the 1018 tax rate In foreshadowed today as a rcsu't of a con ference between Mayor Smith nnd members of the Sinking Fund Commission. At the conclusion of tho conference the Mayor an nounced he agreed with Messrs. Stotesbury and Walton relative to the J4.000.000 sur plus that Councils wanted to use for cur rent expenses. Councils' Flnanco CommlttOe some days ngo nsked tho Sinking Fund Commission for information relative to sinking fund moneys with a -Mow to piecing out 1918 receipts by the use o,f any surplus money In the fund. In speaking of tho Sinking Fund Commis sion's nctlon Mayor Smith said: "We agreed unanimously on the policy to be adopted and will forward our report to tho presidents of Councils and Chairman Gaffriey, of Councils Flnnncc Committee. In those reports wo will furnish information asked of us In so far as wo can do so nt this time That Is nil 1 can say concerning our meeting." Maor Smith wan counted upon lo bnck Chairman Gaffncy In the use of sinking funds for departmental needs. Controller Walton was counted upon to oppose such n plan. The agreement of thn conferees Is said to mean the failure of Councils' plnn. If such Is the case a twenty-four- cent In crease In the tax rate will lie necessary to make up the $1,000,000 or more that It was iilnnned to take fiom tho sinking fund. SIX PAINFULLY BURNED WHEN OIL STOVEJEXPLODES Girl's Sweetheart Arouses Family and Is Badly "Cut in Fire That Follows Six persons were .painfully burned lat last night when nn oil stove exploded on the second floor of the building at 1228 North Sixteenth street, occupied by Samuel Malamut, ns a grocery storo and dwelling. The fire spread so rapidly that members of the family were trapped In their rooms nnd forced to fleo to the street In their nlghtclothes. The blaze was discovered by Simuel Goodwin, 2301 South Front street, who was calling nn Mnlamufa daughter. He awak ened tho members of tho family and then turned In nn alarm. Malamut and his wife, William Thompson, who occupied a room on the third floor, and Mrs. Kllznbetli Baring, who had n loom on the wcond floor, were burned about the face and hands. With Goodwin, who was cut nbout tho face and hands, they were taken to St Joscjih'a Hospital Samuel Malmut. Jr., seventeen years old, jind Jacob Malmut, ten years old, were slightly burned and with their brothers, Philip, nineteen years old, and Meyer, fif teen years old, and slster.Jthcl, twenty one years eld, who surferelr from shock, were treated by Dr. T. F Luburg. pollco surgeon. Neighbors gnvo the family shel ter and clothing. FOUND UNDER BURNING LEAVES WITH THROAT CUT Young Italian Dies in Hospital and 18- Year-Old Lad Is Held as1 Suspect Tho police nt tho Sixty-first and Thomp son streets station, working on the theory that Salvatoro Stlpo, twenty-six years old, 4978 Thompson street, who wait found un der a tiile of burning leaves with his throat cut. was murdered, today arrested Kulgl Dl Gacoma, eighteen years old, 4982 Thomp son street, In connection with Stlpo's death. Stlpo wns found late yesterday by Police man Derolf, who took him to tho West Phlladeljihla Homeopathic Hospital, where ho died at midnight. His throat was gashed both in front and In tho bark. A razor was found In his pocket, -and when tho pollco searched his room they found a noto saying that he was tired of life, and directing that $2B0, which ho had In bink, be turned over to his roommate, Domlnlck Lougul Physicians at the hospital said that it would have been Impossible for him to Inflict tho Injuries and then pllo the leaves about him nnd set Are to them. lAQncoma Is beslng held without ball ns a material witness, and Lougul will bo ijulzzed today. The jiollce say that Stlpo wns cither mur dered for his money, or was tho victim of a secret society. TRANSIT LEASE CHANGES SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE A conference between city transit of ficials and officers of the Philadelphia Hajild Transit Company began today nt tho of. flco of Director of Transit William R. Twin ing, In an effort to reach an agreement on tho amendments to tho proposed lease. The conference will probably last all day, The conferees Include Director Twining, Wl'llam Draper Lewis, the Mayor's per sonal representative In transit mnttersj Thomas H Mitten, president; Kills Ames Ballard, counsel, and A, L. Dium, chief engineer of tho P. It. T. At the last Hireling of tho Joint Com mittee on Flnanco and Street Hallways of Councils, objection was mado to certain pro posed amendments to the lease. Mr. Lewis, at the time, promised to make these jiolnts clear and has since been working uiion them. Mr. Lewis will discuss tho transit situa tion tonight before tho United Business Men's. Association nt tho Hotel Bingham, NAME I'ENN CHARTER HEAD Dr. Richard M. Gumracrc Appointed to Succeed Late Dr. R. M. Jones Dr. Richard M. Oummere, of Haverford College, has been appointed head master of tiie William Penn Charter School to suc ceed the late Dr. Blchard Mott Jones. The selection was Influenced In large measure by Dr. Jones who, before he died on August 1 last, suggested Dr. Gummere ns his suc cessor. Fallowing a special meeting of tho over seers of the school, Alfred G. Scnttcrgood, clerk of the meeting, gave out tho follow ing statement: , "We aro Influenced In this selection by the scholarly and practical qualities of Dr. Gunmere, by his sympathetic accuatntanco with the Ideals and principles which have guided the school, in the jiast and hy the fact that our late head master suggested Dr. Gummere as a desirable successor." Dr. Gummere Is associate professor In Smith, the acting head master, at the close of the school year. Dr. Gunmere Is associate professor In Latin and assistant to the president at Haverford College. Jewish Charities Benefit by Will Bequests of J500 to the Federation of Jewish CharltleB, J200 to the Congregation Beth Israel and 160 each to the! Jewish Seaside Home. Ventnor, N. J and the Lebanon Hospital Association are Included In the will of Martin Schleslnger. who died In the Jewish Hospital. The will, as pro bated today, disposes of effects valued at 18000. Other wills probated were' those of Horatio M. Day, 1733 Spring Garden street, 156,000; Eleanor A. Mercer, 3547 North Broad street, S43.000; Anna Thomas. v who AlA I tk. VlAntlOvlvanU lUAanllal . f '1917 u V' (1wVs LESLIE BLACKFORD Grandson of Dr. John. Gordon, of Temple University, who was killed in action in France. This photo graph wns received in this country four days nfter his death. DR. GORDON'S GRANDSON FALLS IN BELGIAN FIGHT Privnte in Queen's Own Canadian Rifles, Slain at Passchendaele, Had Relatives Here News of tho death In action of his grand son, Private Lcsllo Blackford, of tho Queen's Own Canadian Rifles, was received today by tho Bev. Dr. John Gordon, denn emeritus of tho theological MJhool of the Temple Unl verslty. Tho young soldier was killed No vember ft during tho Canadian 'sweep through Passchendaele, Belgium, tho town that Von Hlndenburg ordered tho German troops to hold nt all costs. Private Blackford, who enlisted two j'ears ago, resigned hh drill sergeant In Kngtand several months ngo to go to tho front for real fighting. Doctor Gordon, who sent a Ohrlstman bo to him Inst week, received u postal card from him November 10, four days after Ills death. Pi Irate Blackford, son of Mr. and Mrs. 13. P. Black ford, of Toronto, was ono of a clrclo of a t,core of Intimate friends killed In battle. He was twenty-eight years old and mar ried, MARINE ENGINEERS TO BE RECRUITED HERE Station No. 2 Will Be Removed From Baltimore 20,000 Oflicers Needed John Fiederlck Lewis, chief of the Re cruiting Service of Section 2, of the United States Shipping Board, who has special chargo of the Marine Knglneerlng nnd Navigation schools- along the Atlantic coast from the Connecticut River to Capo Charles, said today that ho had received severnl applications from men who desire; to enter tho schools, but that there seems to be a shortage of men nt the present tlmo ellgiblo to enter the service Tim olllco force, Mr. Lewis said, will be moved frcin Baltimoro to this city ns soon as filtablo headquarters can be obtained here. Tho scho,ols will train marine engineers and deck officers for the somo 1200 vessels built or contracted for with which the Government hopes to win the wir. About 20.QO0 men will bo needed to ofllcer the vessels. Applicants, for deck officers must have had at least two years' experience at sea and tliot-e applying far marine engineer berths must bo acquainted with engines. TRAFFIC COP ACCUSED OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY Camp Dix Teamster Declares He Wns Beaten and $19 Stolen by Policeman Policeman John Rooney, of 711 North Thirty-eighth street, detailed ns a member of the traffic squad at Third and Market streets, has been arrested and held without ball by Maglstrato Pennock on the charge of assault and battery and highway rob bery, Tho jiollceman Is accused of blackjacking Walter Loflan, formerly employed as a teamster at Camp Dlx, and of robbing him of $19 after tho two had been drinking to gether. Rooney will be arraigned again today. According to the testimony, Loflan wns found unconscious and sent to the Penn sylvania Hospital, He had been badly beaten. Tho policeman cmjihatlcally denied tho charges against him. SLEUTHS OUTRUN GIRL SUSPECT Capturo Negro Maid, Accused of Theft, After Ambuscndc nnd Chase Ktlzaheth Childress, alias nilzabeth Hop kins, a negro girl, eighteen yeais old, of IBIS Cabot stieet. who has been employed hs a domestic in the homo of Mrs. Frances .Satlii8ky, 1539 North Thirty-third street, was arrested today after a lively chase for five blocks by Detectives Clegg and Far ley, of the Twenty-eighth and Oxford streets station, on the charge of having stolen a dlnmond ring and valuable articles of wear ing apparel from her employer. The arrest followed a four hours' am busende by Clegg and Farley, who had the Satlnsky family leave home for the day In order to give the girl a chance to walk Into tho trap they -had set for her. As she came from the house they npproached her and she ran. A number of missing articles were recovered, but the ring alleged to have been stolen was not among them. The girl will have a hearing before Mag istrate Collins tomorrow. Unidentified Man Found Dead An unidentified man about thirty-five years old was found lying In the street at Tenth and Callow-hill streets early today. He was taken to the Hahnemann Hospital and pronounced dead. Death was due to natural causes, physicians said. He was Hve feet seven Inches tall, weighed about 140 pounds, nnd was dressed In dark clothes. Church Property Sold The German Reformed Congregation has sold the church property, at 943 to 953 North Eighth street to Bol Hopkins for S7000, subject to a mortgage of 313,000. The property, whlqh Is exempt from taxa tion, Is assessed at 433,006. Women Organize to Knit for Soldiers Residents of the Thirty-eighth Ward hav crganlMd a, committee to knit sweaters,, cans anq pouor, iiiouiuiirs. . ins.nrsl BMUMCWU MsHKW Mom c. Mr UNLICENSED F( WILL BE nufigg Administrator Heinz Sen, 1 tlCG Of Dmatlr. Al!.. . 0.' 1 Lawless DeZrln,t I FINE AND IMPRiaoNUgrif! W Retailers Seck'inn Undue profi,. , Bo Denied Privilege of chnsinp; Stocks All wholesale dealers nnd Jobber, i. , ' . tiffs, and all retailers doing.' v" ' , stuffs In nrfK nf tlnn nnn bus! 1 p take out llr-nnenu (,nm ,c. . do iim ," ministration Immediately, win L " cutcd to tho full extent cf the , .p""- : Ing to nn announcement md iJcctrt" ' Howard Keln. United Sta", i? 4 mlnlstrator for Pennsylvania. m - There arc a number of the-small.,. i i ers who have not compiled uS ,J,1- nuiremcnt, says this etatement tT.u " " do so without further delay, th iJS0 Ject themselves to tho pena ty llTt ' Congress. A MoKitlon of this u. V went into effect 'n,ni... , ,'" "kick ... by a flno of $5000.- or lmnrU-,i!U,1',hM i two years or both. "r . ,mnonment ft Tho threat to put ntt ..,.. dealers asking to L , . alerd nWln f,. . ... ' UM to in war profit was also made. . "lf.W- vtl in & f,i. retntlei.s do tint i, ,.,!,,,,., '., .l ."' "' ..Mnr of tl,, il bo controlled through the wholes. I. a?M grocer ask nn" euirhlc.i.T' ft merely have to notify the wholesale",' JJ f nro licensed, to btop polling them w. i A not Intend to allow the retailers t J enormous profits." ' nriak ', 111 answer to ri-lilu,. ... ., '. for tho country , obsene s0 "e S lent meals each week, Mr. Ileln, ' War bread should bo eaten .', an jiosslblo and should bo served Vt J5W meals. Hy -war bread' 1 mean thi ", " potatoes, corn. rv i,t. iM u' l connection with vvhlto flour. The iS? h ' centlons In ll. wl,i i .. .J?e onlf :. should bo Invalids ami mni &? 7 "In order to savo tho wheat sltuSu v Hurono t will ho nn.. ' .. ' one-thlrd of, our flour' at' one, ' 4 ' raised on V 3."i Her ront r,f l,.. '."?"" crop this year and Is now on S Z will require fiOO.OOO ton8 of cm ' until tho next ciop. Italy Is far b,S 'Jc normal and lias nk,i t. "r . ,w food jiroducts each month. England hii sil reduced her normal wheat consumption It' , I one-half. Oermany. on the other hand , ... ..... ..,,. .-, ,, a fln ( crop and Mio will at least have aa much bread as during tho last year. She Is rVt. ting supplies from captured lands. Ger many Is short of fats, but Mie Is even git ting some of theso from neutral countries which, bee.iUMi of lick of foodstuffs, M1I off anlinnla and exported them to Germany" WILL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT I: jj TO DISTRICT'S SOLDIERS I Those Drafted by Local Board 33 to Bo Cared for by As- sociation Soldiers drafted for bcrvlce by Local Board No. 38, Twenty-second street and Hunting Park avenue, but who would find it a hardship at first to procure all of their necessary equipment, will be aided in the matter by people living In this vicinity who havo joined together In a patrfelle association for this tiurposc. This not only npplles to tho draftees, but also to volun teers from this section. Through a misunderstanding It was origi nally stated that the organization ij formed for the purposo of caring for tho families of the men who were called lo tho colors. Charles S. Osmond, 2735 North Twenty-ninth street, chairman of the assol elation, denied Jljls today and announced ' the real purpose, A meeting will bo held next Tuesday at the temporary quarters. In the Kast Park Presbyterian Church, Twenty-fifth street and Indiana avenue, at which time reporti will bo mado by the. chairmen of the va rious subcommittees. A definite name for the association will also he decided upon. Knights "Want $300,000 Here Tho Knights of Columbus have set $300,000 as the quota for Pennsylvania In their nation-wide drlvo to raise S3.000.000 for recreation buildings in every canton ment and mllltaty and naval camp In the c'ountry. Baldwin's Set New Record Tho Haldwln Locomotive Works lias set a new record of 100 locomotives turned out In a week. This Is an average of two completed every hour WHEN you hav spent good money for good' plates and papr give the printer suffi cient time to do a good job. Paper, plates, time and craftsmanship pro duce the results you want. if xi , D.LWARP COMPANY! . a8 South 6th. St. PJjJUdfJpWn K i "LULfl H n"i IjSrawbride&ClolliierJj i 41 WAgOCO QUAUTV XX ' B Invti IJ, ' I I', T(1 V. 1 Uien ltlnf WM and to upr can obl pick pror tlon lst puff li y BO" , bit t mr p ran hi ire Th W oil to f" if fie Tc an ' I' u ' 0 ( ba1iaIvm4-' wert tr.;, .U&& , - .. '. , J. ,-. ..u .. ',.v'r US- i.-uScv;i. '- j, WA .tUi.r ",, ii "Sv Sw.mM'X., -,1, -1,'iJ i.-r A "" "Tf? '?,- ifffiiMB
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