- -. sni fai i it ii i i i i ' ' i ' i ' .. i ' . ' . j ' J A,r ? -r nnd 7- z.fti Li' Sf S' (. tt,S Cv V1 TOMORROW .&. -Meeting Party Will ouit in quarter V Sessions Court H,. , REVERSE RESULT 'I to contMt the recent election, the Itepubllcan row office can- were victorious on the face of e, will be started tothorrow Town Meeting party. Announce- thla effect war made this After W Henry J. Scott, the Independents' M.1 At tne same time Senator l'eti who just returned from Washing- A a statement In which he that tha contest would result of the Town Meeting candl- .' and also In the arrest and con- i of those guilty of aiding fraud i last election. TM Senator had a lengthy conference hw, cfllee In the Commercial Trust ilMlnc with prominent antl-Vare and ti Meeting leaders, nans for aid the Independents In the coming con- were discussed from nil ancles. present said that enough evidence .be brought out to open ballot In every division In the city, and mat the Town Meeting candidates. iJiW , . 2 . . Swing a recess of tne conference Matvnient: I?J. came back to Philadelphia last 'because the Senate had adjourned sun jmaar. ana since my return 10 Philadelphia I have learned, as I had of course, would bo the case, '. lkat tit Town Meeting people still ad a, -tysrsd to their Intention of contesting the meant election and that Henry J. .Scott, inline; tne Town Meeting party. Madst file the proper petition on Thurs ltolt:of thla week. : 7 am convinced that a content In the of Quarter Sessions will result tha aeatlng of the Town Meeting party ndldates for county offices and will such glaring, reckless, systematic .Wdulent and criminal practices In the uct of the election as will astonish people of Philadelphia and will lend a Tery great nuniDer ai nrrcsin, m- ents and, convictions ana win gi long way toward making It unfash- iable for election onicera to commit crimes In the future VAIIE WnLCOMHS CONTKST Senator Edwin H. Vare quickly an swered with the following statement. i Welcoming a contest and predicting u re- kiMI favnrnhln tn th Ilpnuhllcin candl- Pittas: "Shrery ward that was manned at the holla by the regular Republican party trorkers also had Town Meeting party Workers and watchers. Therefore, there ;' BOUia nave ueen nu iruuu luiuui mv wj town iceiuig jmiio .fcwiicD ouim iA fetow about It. But In the Tenrose rttfi Wards, Including his own, when the vote iT., faa swung iu uin ,uwn -ucciwt, uvnc, Win orders given by Penroso at midnight i' before election day. there were no watch- tre for the Republican ticket and If 5i"L. there was any fraud committed In the ff pity It was committed In tho Interest of , ,vu unt,B..vn., ... .....iw ......... If a contest Is started and gone ttM hrauKh with It will haie the same iWi ; ifcet on the election of Kendrick, Shee- .r lan and Shoyer as the election court '--."H M when It opened more than 100 bai:oi .ift, oma with a court officer watching 01 er Vl-J hose boxes. The net reult was that & ha Republican ticket gained about 1000 ,. ,vp what It already had. ' '. Ttl v.aa ra rt th pUanfiat a1I- Philadelphia has ever had. first. ,' account of advice given to ward era from tho regular Republican (Jr- tlon, and. secondly, because In dent watchers were on hand to see t the vote was properly cast and anUd. Tho results show that Mr. :adrlck was elected by nearly 10,000 rlty and Mr. Sheehan and Mr. tyer by abijut 3000, and Mr. Penrose's the baby act ny crying wont twult." "contest will COST 1C0.000 .The petition of application to contest ', aa aiectton win De nieu Dy zir. .scott in r- y, ruarter Sessions Court. It Is believed 1. is aavtne proceeuings win cost approxi ff, aataly 110.000. Mr. Scott will ask the ' -' ourt to accept 15000 or 110.000 bonds Y . Qi n the case of each candidate. b. rjt, i A, count IS Doing maue toasiy 01 nr f w'ltot In divisions In which the ballot Lr'tv"Iaa were opened and tho net,g:tln3 of ."ha candidates will be announced of- E; Ail fioially late today. Jn.ths Twenty-eighth Ward, as tallied by Sl.iwpumiwtu luuuaci, iiiann id, in i. rv i, Pevy, itepuDiican, winner over 1 nanes .p...Ieely, Town Meeting, Dy nineteen ., ;,CHANaES MADE UV RffCOU.NT ?Tkt recnunt resulted in the loss of a .H. - J-w " -'- -- - 1 laBMnfnn Pntlnetlman tn thA Town Meet Mr party In the Forty-third Ward. t. , VWIam D. acarKlc. itepunncan, m '.. watad over Frank J. Schneider, the ; )wn Meeting candidate, by 19 votes. V aargle received 3665 votes, while '; Blder polled 3646. , Thare was a close fight In German- wn In the election of members of the air Board. Common Councilman 31' ijinaie tfortnwicK was eiecien aci;nruinK Fj - original reJurns, but lost In the K' iWal count by nine votes. Fis oppo- W KMK,, John Marsden, was regarded as aBcaa, out opening 01 tne oauot-uoxes t- ' icaln changed the result and elected K , aru.w.CK oy a majority 01 seien, ' According to the Republican tallies, 1 )K on the corrections In the returns of pi ha vota for tho "row" office candidates. "J pq) IOLS.1 c i"llla l"1 vy, bm,.nituii aadld.tea were: Kendrick, 841 : Shee i a, S46; Shoyer. Sll. '; These figures were not offlc'al. and the tv amputsrs were engaged all nignt in kalcles tha numerous changes. .ri -oriiia DmIxii tj... :,7j ti . --- fWa probated toaay inciuae those or H. Kelm. 1716 North Eighth ."which In private bequests disposes rty valued at 160. 000; Leander Vtakey, i South Forty-third street. 0, and Emma J. Willi. 325 East 1 " avenue, J4U5. Jt Aaahyxiated Man in Hospital nuel Mokaslaa, twenty-six years old. ,- found In a gas-filled room In ardlng house, 328 North Eleventh U")' today, by George Clifford, the tor, Is tn a serious condition In son Hospital. A rubber gas ' attached to a gas stove had be- 1 4teonnected. -v ; Over by Automobile Truck .lUkln, of 2146 North How- 4'WM run over by an automo- ..today nt Sixth and willow la in a serious condition evelt Hospital. The police yet discovered the Identity of , rjw. k) IareMtv Dividends Bee." S. Directors of the (tfCMoMQ Increased tha an- I Maa xem l to 30 par cant i af aar cast for tha i:uHM( 01 L . Tka M iaar ml tftOTFOMI NEEDS $33,000' Canvassers Report Total of $92,159.25 Up to Noon Today BEHIND ANTICIPATIONS Hope of Exceeding: $125,000 Mini mum Not Encouraged by Present Status With one day more to go. In the four day campaign, Philadelphia's contribu tions to the fun for carrying on Hoy Scout work In this city for the next three years had reached $92,169.25 by noon today. To reach the goal of $l!5. 000 which has been set, a little less than 113.000 'still remains to be collected. The teams of canvassers were not at all Jubilant, oer the results of their campaign so far, however. They had set their hearts on running well over the 1126,000. and the collections of the last twenty-four hours were considerably smaller than those of the day before When the campaign opened. K. T. Stoles bury treasurer of the Philadelphia Council of the Hoy Scouts of America, said he wns confident that the gifts to tho fund would reach 1250,000. Today's reports made the canvassing teams feel that Phlladelphlans are not properly ap preciative of the good that Is done by thr Do yscout training. 4 , tlA a I It. nHnAllAAAil nl tna Iiiiiviis, fctnj buvfi aiiuvuiivvu a 1 iiiu teams' luncheon (odav at the Beltevue- Stratford was one of IBtC from Truop a Home Defense Reserves. Fnrsavr Mani - Ttlnnkriihurr enntrlhuted l!f.. A 1 s esterday collected he "Blue" teams got Tegatlng 113.030.75. quad brought In 1M The "Red" team 512,213.26, while the subscriptions aggregating Tho Rotary Club squad and the campaign executive committee, headed by Dr. Charles D. Hart, col- leeteii xznu. tho teams rcnoriea as follows: Tsm No. CAiithln I. llnrry M Hart .. . '.'. J. It. Hire it llsr'y If rmli ... M Moolll. Jr r, Oporf t HiHilno .. Irn J Williams .. Ir l S Htout ... K 1 J! Corneliun ... IHilcllft" Rotrts .. Amount 2.77.on 443.UO ;.4tn.ni) ,Hrt no 3TI.&n 3.S4J no S7.nn 1,154 on ,'j:7k tin no 1. '.'111.0(1 .74100 j. inn no 7.", on J.ont.oo ini on 71.-1 on in 1. v iniiB It. S (I. I'rl-rtmnn ... tL'. Kills A. Olmlwl ... 13. (. . t'hurthmAn 11 II V Ilus tr.. llmlrMH ItnBPfar 11. lpnr W. I.eo Ttntnry Hiuil Kxtcu.tUo Commltteo ., tiM' total JSs.IJ9.sj ll'nnrl tolnl ... 102 1. ill.S., Yesterday's total, incorrectly reportcil nt $6C.n6J. was today said to havo been only $61,000. ROY Sceuts P 2 Col 3 New Head STRATE ADD SEW I.KAD MeKItVTV IIOOSTS FUND Robert .f. McKcntv. warden of tho . Eastern Penitentiary, today addressed I nt the luncheon Figures collected bv I Assistant District Attorney -harles 111- uln Fo show that of 10,00. oys who appeared before the Juvenile Court last venr only four wer Hoy Scouts, Warden .McKentv Dleaded for a con- tlnuanco of the work done by thn or-, ganlzatlon to make bojs Into clean men He said that the men now under his chargt so keenly felt that ever)' boy should be given a chance to "make good" ' that the Honor and Knendthlp Club, an organization of prisoners, had con tributed 130 In cash to the Boy Scout fund. "This Is the day nf conservation in everything," said Warden MuKenty. "We are trying to get tne most tnat wc can out of all our resource. Tho Koy Scouts are conserat'onlsts, too, because they ure trying to get the bet out of a boy. I know what thut means 'rom my own cxne-ience. Jt costs more than 1125,000 a year to keep the men who are In the Eastern Peniten tiary. Phlladelphlans are asked, not for 1125,000 a year, but for 1125,000 for three years' work to be done by the Hoy Scouts. It wc hnd had the Boy Scout movement earlier It wouldn't cont fo much to conduct the i.nstern Penitentiary, for there wouldn't be so many men III It. Thero's no question if 'coming across' for this fund you've got to 'come across ! William G. Plnkstone, a young chap who has been president of the local Veteran Corps of the Hoy Scouts, made of boys who have been scouts for flto eara or more, and who Is now about to leave for Franco as a member of the United States Army Medical Corps, I"il:f briefly Younsr Plnkstono llvey at 4047 I.archwood avenue. The fund had already reached 164.000. or virtually half the desired amount, een before reports wrro made at to- even oeiore reports wrro imue m iu , day's luncheon of .the .dedges procured Z "" lrJ"'J-"?.r .h?" '" Quaker lady, eighty years old, Kent In f $ J HBBbTH.BBT ' .M "-IT 4- rr7,' -1S'W 13.65. Dr. George Woodward and Mrs. J K 9HftVA'.HH '"'v VbIiK - jSm- ' ?aO-W - SfeW Woodward contributed 11000. Three 'M HViWt 'P Z'JmtmmnM anonymous gifts of 1500. 1250 and 1100, ' M?,M 'WgK-U f v- .HHKai 'tStMKmMfir U respectively, were reported. 1' j K' ZhSTWS '-sJK0WK9m?R""?. UJwX9lFZ&m iuvr sronn ok tkams J f 'm 'liv.SSsZiE "ft" . , - - "... . little honrd of fuel grow Htsanii? ana on the giant cash register which .has J.'faMy bmaller: LaSt night Turn h."nre.ctd?n tne A'Pth. ,.,r.tt. B de l ' kev Joe McCurry notified the men on tn uimoei aiore .at "'i" the ten-foot statue of a Boy Scout ba'anclng on a tight wire stretched between the Land Title Building and the Real Estate Trust Building has ad- vancea nan way ucrupa um bitocv it lis prusrena luitiiu iiic ,,,,,vvu iim : ,v feature or me luncnson touay was lesson of patriotism to men who had been negligent HOG ISLAND SHIP PLANT FOR ASSEMBLING SOLELY Official Statement Issued to Correct Impression of Handling Biff Fabrication Contracts The Hop Island plant of the Amer ican International Shipbuilding Cor poration, though called a fabrication plant. Is In reality only an assembling plant, securing all Its steel for plates, frames and other parts of ships through the Emergency Fleet Corporation, ac cording to a statement Isiued by offi cials of the Hog Island concern. This statement was Issued today for the pur pose of putting at rest reports of large fabrication contracts being placed by the Amerlcitn International Shipbuild ing Corporation. Xo steel frame buildings are to be erected at Hog Island for the present. as all available steel Is ntaded for direct war purposes, and It la felt that wooden sheds, concrete wans and brlcK and mortar will be sufficient for the first year or two. Hot Rivets Cause $150 Ship Fire Hot rivets dropped by some workmen caused a small fire on the U, S. S. Mln del, which Is In the course of construc tion at Cramp's shipyard. The ship yard's fire apparatus, aided by several engine companies, extinguished the fire. The loss Is etslmated at 1S0- Jersey Soldier Killed in Action OTTAWA Dec. 8- The following Americans ara mentioned In today's Ca nadian casualty list! Killed In action, J,- Sramfcall. Nw Jersey, U. 8. A. ; K. MkMVKy. Mrioiiaiy in, v. i?hrJdriurtiDrrt&. 7rV ''"" 8tation;a at ltrftifi " hu,ui " "- i'"'ie- "v3 Bov mfc Cred Wolf wh ch te l's howl Slxty-flrst and Thompson street station the others on cha.ges i.ilslng f.om the ? L ot ,o .i .Yf hi. hiart nn but who recently was transferred to a death of Detective Oeoigo npplcy. who a Boy Scout who had set his heart on ...., a. i4Bch all(i Meaia streets. ' was shot on primary election day In tho llUtJtIlllb) VVII.. (. W.WMJ,..- ..V.,... Ml RIVER FRONT GUARDED AGAINST ENEMY ALIENS feljBBjJWtt "i Is t- y Jii5 JujH '; ;j t -izryjsa I '&&& f J - 'XXTl-ti. .'"-"" ,-tMimi' - ,'Zf'?-M'.1.;S, si,i t..uL ..'j w r, .: w"-,'. ." l v-v' - r - . - .T - LARGE PLACARDS WILL WARN ALIEN ENEMIES Notices That They Must Keep Away From Waterfront to Be Posted Placards In large typo and pilntcd In KnglWi and Ormnti. warning all alien enemies to l;ep uvviiy, wl'l be posted on the water front not later than lomor tow morning, according: to n utateir.eut i made by United Mutes Marshal Frank J. Noonan today. . The placards ure now tn the hands of tho printer and as soon as they arc returned the work nf putting them up will begin, Martha! Noonan Muted that tlics-o poMer.s will bo huflklentlv large and legible to be read at ii dlKtancc, and that there will be no difficulty In any alien enemv reading them and getting the i warning which they will convey. Smaller placards,, also printed In llnglleh and German, will be posted In the vlelnlly of all pliccs whero toldlers are Ma- tloned Definite niFsuiance has been given Mar. shal Noonan by the authorities in Wash ington that tioops will be sent to Phila delphia to guard the water front The number of soldiers and tho time wher they will nrrlve havo not ct been de termined, as provision must be made for quarters for them before they nre moved. 'TIS A COLD WOILD FOR THESE COPS NOW Sixty-first and Thompson Streets Station Sees Its Last Lump of Coal Go To the accompaniment of touching ceremonies, the irithos of which caused ten strong cops to shako with sobs i ,i shiver with anticipated chills, and to the music of "Farewell. How Can I Rear to Leave Thee," the last shovelful of coal on hand ut the Slxty-flrst anil Thompson street station house was thrown on tho furnace Are ut 10:30 o'clock last night. Today the station is aa cold ns charity, and nobody Is able to bay whether It will get warmer before It gets colder, or whether It will keep on this way and then tret worse. When tho tall season opened tho na tion hnd on hand only a left-over fcup- . . . , :.,.- n ,rnl.te .", 0 day by day the policemen watched their ' duty that tho end hnd come. Solemnly ,..'.,.,,,. ,..j, . ,h .,.. n,e(, down l(J tlc cf.,Ur nnd wlu, bowod ieads Hnd hcavlnB UOfc0ms witnessed tho ,agt rUs 0er1he URt Ba(i shovelful nn(, MnK a ,irge of fllrP,vcll A Jarring note ill tho dirge was struck The transfer took effect at midnight last nlKht. but Smith didn't wait that long. As he heard his comrades singing "How Can I Bear to Leave Thee" he gathered up hid belongings and countered with "Where Do We Go From Here, Boys?" STATE BODY GETS PLANS FOR DELAWARE BRIDGE City Surrenders. All IU Data to the Philadelphia-Camden Commission Plans for tho proposed Philadelphia Camden bridge over tho Delaware Illver were taken over from the city today-by the State I'hiladelphla-Camden Bridge Commission appointed by Covernor Brumbaugh. At a meeting of tho old City Commis sion and tho new State Commission In City Hall. Director Datcsmau. of the Department of Public Works, chairman of the City Commission, surrendered all plans and blueprint gathered to date for the proposed project of spanning the river. The new commission, authurlzed by the last Legislature, consists of Mayor Smith. Alfred Blrk, John T Win drlm and John E. Lennon, President ot Select Council, as secretary. It is un derstood that the new commission, which Is supported by a J15.000 State appro priation, will confer In the near future with a similar New Jersey commission, which for a long time has awaited action by the Pennsylvania authorities. Prominent Italian Baker Dead s'leholao A. Marlnelll, prominent In rhe Italian colony and the largest baker of Italian bread In Philadelphia, a;ta yesterday at his home, 1020 South Eighth street. He was fifty-one ears old. Born In the province of Comop basso, Italy, he came to Philadelphia when but fifteen yeara of age to Join his fatfnir. Ha obtained employment with a baker, and In IMS vtarttd In business for himself. He la survived by a wiaow, .. ... ,,, .s.htr. ana & hmth.r .CaJJli..'l wlnallt Arrangements .for ,h p ;j?Js2Lii: v' ''"' ( t-j:-'-i'rZ2 mi ,.&. ,jt,i it... ..Mn n-.,..ni'Ai Aim- Mtvtitn vnr. rnf i. nun. i iin s:il iih 11 I'uiiiu illiiiu u .ikio I BBK.1 . VftVlK? . '&'.?& 't' ZMP AVSV 4 X S ... " ... 1 " "-M0 ivSKSSpBSi I !&mi,Jf r 'smemssgBefmevBs . -S'.'f r f ft ? i $!& 3tailJf&l2,WM i S W ' " Z?' 1 - i. . ' i . Bluejackets today bec;an their watch ujiun the Philadelphia water front and other barred-zone territory within the city limits. The upper picture hhovvs one of thesu Government guards on duty at a steamer pier, while below a would-be invader of the proscribed district is being challenged by a sailor sentry. MAYOR AND FINLEY I RED CROSS TO OPEN RENEW LEGAL FIGHT , CAMP DIX BUILDING Again File Exceptions lo Judge Brown's Commitment in Fifth Ward Case Hills of exreptlon oxaitly like those filed jestertlay on behalf of Common Councilman Isaac lieuf-ch, l.lculeu.mt Bennett and his subordinate policemen weic tiled em behalf of JIa.voi Smith and WJlliam K. Klnloy. The latter peti tions will he heard with tho others on Friday before Judge Wessel. in Itoom 200. City Hall Uxcentlon Is taken to the proceedings befoio Judge Brown, of the .Municipal "Bloody Fifth" Ward This Is the see ond attempt made by tin defendants held before Judgo Hrown to havo that proceeding set aside. Writs of habeas corpus brought by counsel for tho de fendants were dismissed by Judgo Mar tin, In Quarter Sessions Court, last month Virtually tho same question of law that were raised nt the habeas cor pus hearing arc sot forth In the liev? petition. On the ground that Judgo Brown had no right to sit as committing maglstrato In holding the Mayer mid others for the action of the (Irand Jury, William T. Connor, who represents all the defen dants In the presant proteedlng, seeks to have set eslde the return made by the Municipal Court to Quarter Sessions Court, on which return Indictment Clerk Louis B. Fife will prepare Indictments for presentation to the Urand Jury. The bills of exception were llled with Clerk Cullln In Quarter sessions court. EIGHTY PASSENGERS ARE TORPEDO VICTIMS Submarine That Sunk Steamship Apapa Said to Have Fired on Women and Children LONDON, Dec, B. Tho British steam ship Apapa has been torpedoed and sunk, according to the newspapers. Eighty passengers and the crew of the vessel perished. About 120 passengers were saved. It Is reported the submarine fired on women and children In open boats. The Apapa was a vessel of 7832 'tons gross. She was built In Glasgow In 1914, nnd was owned by the African Steamship Company. Farrell Crier in Municipal Court Louis II. Furrell. of Buttleton, was appointed crier In the criminal branch of the Municipal Court today by Presi dent Judce Charles 1 Brown. Mr, Far- rail fills tha vacancy catued.by the death of Joseph MacFarUnd about a month h ! ' '1 ! 1 I I Secretary Baker Expected to Attend E x e r c i a e s at Wrightstown Dec. 12 CAMP DIX. Wrightstown. X. .1.. Dec. 5. Formal opening of tin- headiiuaitcru building of the American lied Cross will oicur on December 12, when piomlnent persons Identified with tho work of that organization will be present An Invita tion has been extended to Secretary of War Baker to attend Tho lied Cross buieau of this canton ment, at the head ot wnlcn ib tho Itov. W. c stlmMin, has diatributed 110,000 sweaters to tho soldiers in, barracks here and those who were tiansferred to the South a few weeks no .Sweaters ure still to be Issued to National Army men on leuulsltlons from their loinmauders. argo number of the men wete sup- plied with the garments by their home chapters before coming to camp, so that tho greater portion of the rolrtlers are not In need. An inspection of the laiiloiimeut and a survey of the wotk that Is being done by the lied Cross here will be mado next Tuesday1; when tha building Is fntmally opened by H. S Thompson, director of tho bureau of camp seivlce of tho De partment of Military Belief and Henry P. Davison, New York banker, head of tho War Council of the P.ed Crass A bureau of camp serine bus been opened under tho ausplcei of the Ited Cross. To this bureau men may appeal If any troubles arise at homo which they nre unable to take care of. nnd where lt Is possible tho society will attend to the emergency for them. Mr. Htlmson is directing tho work of this department. Threa tons- of Jelly. Jam and marma lado put up by tho school children nnd women's cubs of the borough of Htch mond, Staten Island, have been received by the lUd Cross nnd will be distributed In the cantonment Wide opportunity Is to be given men in the first draft not et called to camp to enllbt. Announcement has been made that between now and December 15 any registrants may enlist In the army or navy, even though they havo been called by their local boards for physical exam inations. They will bo asked to present to the recruiting officers, however, cer tificates showing that they will not be needed by their local boards to fill any deferred percentage of tho quota of the board. This 'modifies all previous orders. U. S. Steel to Add $7,000,000 Capital NI'.W YOUK, Dec, C At the request of the Government the United States Steel Corporation, through the Illinois KUel Company, the Carnegie Steel Com pany and the National Tube" Company, has ugreed to Increase Its capital' for the manufacture of steel forglngs for I ..hall nt an v(unrfllii1- nf shnilt 17.. , . -.. -.-......- -. --.-. .., WOUNDED SOLDIER'S PLEA AIDS RED CROSS "Do All You Can," He Writes to Wife, Who Is Dying in Hospital A message of Red Cross kindness on tho battle front that was received from oterae.m today caused a dylns woman, wife of a. wounded Philadelphia Sammec, to give one of her last dollars to become ono of the 600,000 new Red Cross mem bers wanted In southeastern Pennsjl nnla by Christmas. "Do all uii can for the Red Cross." wrote the husband from Romcwhcre In Frnnre, where he la severely wounded. "It helped mo when I was down and out." , The wife, Mrs. Mary Angle, of 1741 Orthodox Mreet, received the letter to day In the Frankford llospltat, where she Is not expected to survive on attack of ncute appendicitis Her husband, C'nrno il ilcmuo Wesley Aim'lc, nd diessed It to their home, I'll Orthodox street, not know'nu that Mrs Anglo was at the point of death. Corporal Angle's letter told bow he had btcn wounded In one of the night tirnch raids In which American bnjonett drU clashed with a Germnu steel, how he had been sent to a base hopltul nnd how mercifully the Ilrltlsh Red Cross hnd ndmlnlftered to him. The f,lck wlfo held that portion of the letter urging her to help flip Red Cross tu be u satrcd trust. She called tho resident physician and asked that he nir.'iiiKe her membership Immediately 'in' that the family's means arc limited the two children nre IjpIiik cur i lor In relatives the doctor offcted in ia bet membership v'nt Mrs An rI- insisted that the fee come from lier ' Isiant t-tore of money The rhrlstmas membership campaign was Indorsed not only by the sick wife of the wounded Sammce. The Orand Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity today gave Its public approval to the drive for fl members. Louis A Watrcs. of Scranton, State grand master, considers the $1 member ship u patriotic thing and he will en deavor to lino up all the Masons In the Ktnto to Join tho Red Cross, according to Dr. Charles D. Hart, director of the campaign Tho order has 115,000 mem bers In Pennsylvania, of whom about fiii.OOn aio K'sldcnts of Philadelphia. Delaware, Iierks, Montgomery nnd t'lii'hter Counties, which cinhruco the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross. Rear Adnilrnl Tnppan, comm.indiint tit the Philadelphia Navy Yard, ami llrlg udler (Jeneral 1 W. T. Waller, coin mandvnt of the marine corps, both In dorsed tho movement todav and pri mUtd to urge the resident (.allots and marine.) to Join the chapter. An effort Is also being made to line up the negroes of tho city. It was an nouiiced. Thla work Is being carried on bv tin. negro clergymen Assembling of tho mightiest forces In Philadelphia for victory In the cam paign was under waj today. Thousands of pledgis In tho dollar drive have been recorded, but the cam- tt,,l,rtinri nro i.niirvillnr- 11, 1, ftintw!, Juj.t as armies In turret com-entrato vast 1 stores or munitions, for a blast agaln.-it tho enemy tit-iiUics. The blast will be gin Decemhcr 17, nnd for a solid week ' the efficiently organized volunteer forces in,, i-uii -iimiy uiK"in"-ii 'oimnwr inrcrs will sweep the city In the demand for moral support for tho lied Creiss, The weight of the women's orgnnlza tlons of Philadelphia will be thrown Into the campaign for a leal Heel Cioss Christmas, It was announced today. A mamnioth rally of members of promi nent clubs nnd societies has been called for Monday afternoon at S o'clock at tho Hellevue-.Str.itford. All differences among the various organizations have been wiped out In tin- elTort to succeed 111 tho common cnuso of humanity. Mrs John W. Geary, i halrm.in of Ihe women's membership campaign committee, will presldo at thn ineetlnc. SISTER-IN-LAW'S DEATH CAUSES MAN'S ARREST Deputy Coroner Sellers today held Andrew Paul, sixty-one years e-Id, of .'J I;ast Allegheny avenue to await tne action of the Cram! .Turv in connection with the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. 1-lizabeth Morton, sixty-three venrs old, who died of a ruptured aotta Novem ber 29. It was test llled that the aged couple had quarreled two dais befcre tho woman's death and that Paul had han dled Mrs. Moi ton toughl Although there were several slight bruises found -- '" vmmnn'P body. Dr William S. Wads- worth, coioner's phislclau, who con ducted n pott mortem, declaicd that they were Insufficient to cause her death nnd that the tuptured artery wna prob ably caused by the excitement during the quarrel MAY SEIZE MERCHANT SHIPS IN U. S. WATERS Proclamation by President Gives Treasury Department New Con trol of Vessels WASHINGTON. Dec. ! Absolute control over merchant shipping of the United States and all foreign countries, so fnr as movements and anchorages within territoilal waters of the t'nlted States aro concerned, Is given tho Treas ury Department under a. new proclama tion Just signed by President Wilson. The proclamation delegates to the treasury authority to cause uny mer chant vessel to move from one port to another, to leave any port or to remain In anv port. Under tho authority given, tho treasury may at any tlmo Inspect vessols, place guards upon them e,r oien take entire possrnrlou and control, com pletely removing officers and crews. The powers will be exercised by the collectors of custoniH under the general supervision of the department Instruc tions were sent out to all collectors con cerning these new duties. Billion for Engineering in Fiuncc VCASltlXnTOV. Hon r, Wiirlv li I 000 Ooo,o00 will bo tho cost of engineer- Ir.g operations. Including the equipment of the corps and railroad and other con- strutclon, for the expeditionary force In France In 1910 The exact estimate, made public In the annual report of Major General William Black, chief of engineers. Is JS'JZ.UUO.ouu, and Is naseei en providing for the engineer opoiatlons of 1,600,000 men. equipment ot tne engineers with tho regular necessary ap pliances Is estimated nt J13',000,000. AVomen Gather Corn Crop TABURNACLi:. N. J.. Dec. 5. Be cause of the scarcity of farm labor, the greater part of the corn crop on the farm of Everett Bowker, near here, re mained unharvested. Believing It to be a patriotic duty, Mrs. Bowker and two women cousins from Tuckerton who were visiting her, went Into the field and gathered and husked the crop. Orchestra Places Not Vet Filled No men have been selected to fill ihe nl'aces of the eight men recently dis missed from the Philadelphia Orchestra as aliens. Arthur Judson, manager, said that the tests of musicians, which start a last Mondav. are not comnleted. .. .. -...i- s.- M ...' Hn' rrnree raew uwnstw, - BREAD WAGON SMASHED BY CAR; DRIVER INJURED Lcakinp Radiator Leaves Trail by Which Auto Is Traced by Cop A leaking automobile tadlator helped tho police In finding the car which smashed n Frclhofer bakery wagon to bits nl Nineteenth street and Olrard ave nue enrly today, seriously Injuring the driver, Theodore Griffith, of 1718 Hunt ing Park avenue. Griffith was left un conscious on the street after tho car sped on. lie was taken to St Joseph's Hospital, whero It Is feared his skull Is fractured Policeman Hrcnnan, of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets station, arrived on the scene of the accident Just as the automobile was disappearing on Glrard avenue nt n high rate of speed, lie saw that tho radiator was leaking, having been damaged In the smash-up. After sending Griffith to the hospital, Urennan followed tho trail of water for twenty blccks. Ho found the car had bee.n abandoned at Thirty-first street. The police have tho number of the car nnd nie Investigating. AUTO DUG UP FROM MUD IN THE DELAWARE RIVER Unusual Catch of Dredge Causes Investigation Upon Mysterious Tragedy Theory Out of tho Delaware River mud, off Djott street wharf today, the dredge Krhuvlklll nicked crlm niiri mizzllnir rvl- deiife of a possible tragedy, and Special I Officers Shecklen nnd Knspp nie In- veitlgatlng A 1913 model RcKal auto mobile, wthn 1-JI3 license tag, .No. MBi i cling to the big dpiper as it rnme Mnwl I up mil or tne Delaware, nie iirruge groaning under tho unujual weight The possibility of bodies or other proof of an accident being found Is now en gaging tho .dredge crew and every dip per full Is being carefully sciutlnUed. identification marks on the machine are well nigh effaced through the accumula tion of rust. FIRST WOMAN JANITOR GIVEN JOB IN SCHOOL Elizabeth Brous Appointed by Hoard of Education for Place in Bustlcton At a meeting nf the property commit tee of the Hoard of Education held this nftentooii In the Keystone building Kllzntict'i Broils was nppolnted Janltrcss of the Win at Sheaf public K-hool In llustleton she was recommended lor the position b the board of visitors of the w hnnl nnd Is the llrst woman ever to hold the plncc of Janitor In the publlr chool system of Philadelphia. In spite of tho fact that the Hoard ot Education recently voted a bonus of J DO.OOd for the Janitors of the schools, four of them have slnco given up their positions to go Into more lucrative work 2JTH WARD SERVICE FLAG Citizens Move to Commemorate I.oy nlty of 800 Residents f citizens of the Twenty-fourth Wurd in. West Philadelphia are organlring a m West I'M acieipnu are orgaturing movement to erect n servlcs flag for the men of the Twenty-fourth Ward who me In the military and naial service or tne t'nlted State. Thero are about 800 men III tho service, and such a service flag would ho one of the largest In the elti as well aa the first ward flag At a meeting yesterday afternoon the Twenty fourth Ward Patriotic As-sc elation of the Army and Navy was formed and a com mittee appointed lo collect fundi! neces sary for the success or me pian. rnc slto for the erection of ths flag has not vet been determined. It Is hoped that tho flnir-ralslng will take place on Christ mas Day. Among the West Phlladelphlans back of tho movement are Frank Bredlti, .161! Filbert street: Cemmon Councilman-elect Thomas Wilkinson. 3!!4 San som street ; Lieutenant Charles KunUel, of the S-'Ktei'iith District. Thirty-ninth and Lancaster avenue; OIHn M Batten, 4154 Glrard avenue; Common Councll-mnn-elect William Dougherty. Preston and Union streets ACCUSKI) OF STEALING AUTO Four Men Held on Charge of Theft of $3300 Car Four men were held In flOOn ball for court today by Magistrate Dletz In the Trenton avenuo and Dauphin sttccts police station, accused of tho theft ut a S330U uutoinoul o Iieionging 10 j-ioju r. Keser, Pclham partments, German town The machine was stolen last night from In front of tho Phil Delta Theta fraternity house, Thirty-fourth nnd Walnut street. The ntcused men aro 1-rederlck Traub, SSI! Noith Sartaln stteet; George Krel ner, 2182 Hast Huntingdon street; Karl Zimmerman.' 2510 Collins street, and Chnrles Harking, 2731 llnst Cumberland street. They weie anested hy Sergeant Hehry and Policemen Monahan and Everly as ihcy were 111 the act of stripping tho tar at Tulip and ,crgcant streets early this morning. NAVAL BENEFIT SHOW Entertaniment For and By League Island Boys Next Wednesday An entertainment for and by the boys of tho League Island Navy Yard Is to bo given next Wcduosday evening, Derember 12, at the BcllevucStratford under the direction of tho Women's Belief Committee of the Social Service Leaguo of tho Medlco-Chlrurglcal Hos pltal. The entertainment will bo furnished mainly by talent from tho Navy Yard and i feature will be a one-act play en titled "Oier Hue." Thero will bo a number of vaudeville acts and short addresses will be elelliered by General Waller. U. S. A. : Commandant Tappan. of tho Navy Yard, and other prominent men. Admission will be by Invitation. Mrs. F. Hazard Llpplncott nnd Mrs. Samut A. Doyle aro In charge of the ar rangements for the entertainment. Child Gives Little Sister Poison One-year-old Sarah Meochlro was taken by her mother, who Hies at 1941 South Sixth street, to St. Agnes Hosp'tal today with the explanation that tho two-and-u-half-years-old broth er. Domlnlco. had given tho Infant a poison tablet, thinking It to bo a bit of candy. Tho child Is in a serious condi tion. Quits Business Men's Organization George W., Brandenburg, successful candidate on theTown Meeting party's ticket for Select Council from the Fif teenth Ward, has offered his resignation as a member of the Falrmount Bus! ness Men's Association, saying that "when he Joined he did not know that It was u political organization." Appeals for Students to Enlist An appeal for mtdlcal ond dental Btu dents to enlist In the navy before De cember IS. to train as future onicers, has been made by Lieutenant Com mander Payne, of the United States Naval Home, Twenty-fourth street and Gray' Yerry avenue. II. S. FIRM TO Bl BIGFRENCHP1 Many Philadelphians Will Sail With Construc tion Workers t TO HASTEN UNLOADING American enterprise, tinder the guid ance of million-dollar contracts from the United States Government, Is turn ing handsprings on French soil, to the admiration ot allied experts, thus up holding Its tradition of efficiency! James Stewart & Co , ot New York, one of the largest construction concerns In the United States, Is preparing to send a small Ultago of workers to build piers and lighters In a haven on the French coast, so that cargo ships may bo more expeditiously unloaded and freed for the return trip Vessels now He nt anchor along the French coast cither waiting to be un loaded or being ured ns storage tanks, tholr contents being removed In sms.lt quantities from time to time as wanted, It Is planned to build a long pier as the Initial unit of the development. Five hundred lighters will bo constructed and equipped with derricks. Then the ships, as they He In th- anchorage bnsln, will be unloaded by tho lighters and their cargo transferred thus to the pier, where amplo arca lg to 1C provldcil for storage . . ,. ,. ,.. "" """" "" " - - ,. ue iiamiu u omcr iuim or mim to their destination. A block of large tank reservoirs will bo built to hold oil. Equipment will be constructed so that the essels may b emptied of their contents while In the anchorage basin without having to come to the pier. All of these short-cut operations are to bo carried out In order to release the ships for their next voyage In as short a time as possible, clearing the ' roadstead for the ships that follow. The anchorage !s described as free from rough water and weather. Tho first detail of ISO men to be sent over by the company Includes forty men from Philadelphia The rent of the 1000 r .me from nil over tho country where operations of the company are in prog ress They will all be dressed In khaki, although the olllcets will not havo tho Insignia of their rank on the coat. On the way over the entire force erf men will bo drilled In the setting-up exer cises of the regular arm. hut every thing except construction routine will bi dropped after they reach the other side While It Is not expected that the dally program of a fourteen-hour stretch of work will leave very much time for rec reation, many of the men are taking stringed Instruments along and a piano Is being sent over, so that considerable f tnletit will have an opportunity to Inter rupt the dally grind All or the rnrii In Hie force are stripping fellows, used to hard work The first work after the force reaches French soil will be the erection of the buildings to house the outfit An entire laundry plant, wlrti American experts In this line, will be set up A large . ,.i. , ., V. ,;. n, and " liltchjMi. with Its f or c- f first and second conks and helpers, will be pro vided Range will also be 'ncluded to house the trucks that will be needed to transport materials from the nearest French depot, which is some distance aw ay The company will ray out a nlant on " river for building hundreds if pon toons for the expeditionary forces It !r expected that the lumber for these extensive developments will come from the French forests, where there la now a considerable crew- of United States lumberjacks cutting out tho proper stock. All of the hardware- nnd steel structural work will, of course, come from the United Ptntes. This Initial project Is but the fore runner of several contracts contemplat ing the construction of several piers ami hundreds more lighters to the extent of $8,000,000 or '10.000,000. A Pennsylvania man Is to be placed In clnrge of the deielopment as super intendent He Is Alfred J. Richards, of 302 Lincoln avenue, Colllngdale. When he left his home, his mother. Mrs. J. W. i Richards, rose from a sick bed to which sho had been connnod for six months and went downstairs to open th door for him to go Glilng him a ltlsi. she said- "Now that I can let jou out of tho house I am willing for you to go nnd do your bit." He had previously been refused enlistment on account of hi eyesight. Mr Richards has been in tms cuy for the last two weeks securing affl dailis and passports from the various courts where Identification was neces sary for each man. Tho men from Philadelphia will Join with a contingent from tho West and a group from New York on the first boat. Tho other groups, as they come In from all over tho country, will be quar tered at tho Continental Hotel, in New York, ready to answer the call to em bark within an hour's notice The hotel arrangements for the men were made by ono of New York's millionaires, Sec retary and Treasurer Llndey, of tht Llndey Paper Company, who stands six feet three Inches In height. He was so Imbued with the desire to do ! bit and get on the other sldo that he ap plied to the office of the company for any position at all at u dollar a month If they would send him along. He la going on the first boat, with a salary of 5125 a month, everything found, Tells Pro-Germans to Leave Room During a Varo dinner In honor of Maglstrato Byron E. Wrlgley, held In the Arcadia Cafe, the Rev. Thomas W. Davis, chaplain of the State Senate, In an address called on persons in sym pathy with Germany "to please leave tho room," "I'm Off for Adventure" she wrote (and in her stout 39th year at that I) Away she went on the Travelling Parnassus pulled by the patient Pegasus, book huckstering through the coun tryside. Christopher Morley tells the whimsical rest in his "Parnassus on Wheels" There are rare bits of philosophy, gems of wit and wisdom gathered by Logan Pearsall Smith in his delightful "TRIVIA" $1.25 DOUBLEDAY paci: & CO. oARDENcrry NEW YORK AT YOUK JIOOKHTOBV '1. ljn iuHHjiiAww.,aimii - w i tv -. - -r- --- 7 r... . . "" , r Grays yarry avenue. " ... taMHv?itJw,ooiBPleta J , , " J99'- '. .-, . - . -' ",V "WVi '-.-. -' J h?2l Wi, i'V ' - " r f
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