EVENIN&'UBlilb LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917
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STORM CAUSES CONGESTION OF RAILROAD TRAFFIC
DETECTIVES ASK
SHE WRITES HER FINEST NOVEL
NAVY OFFICER FINDS
SEAT-MATE LIFELESS'
BE RUSHED
INCREASE IN PAY
wmwiWi'iii.iir':."'.riiii-iKiiuiii i TnriTnmw rrniiTrwr-fm i , n --.- . n r
1 1 91by Government
SBiPrdjedt ear-
Completion
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END T.ONG FIGHT
Jraihenslve War Emer-
iy Program Promises
kMlization of Splen-
did Purpose
nenslra plans for the Imme-
nine of the waterways of the
6 seaboard, particularly those of
Hon, have been asked for by tho
nent-mnd are now being- nulckh
I to by the Atlantic Deeper Water-
I' Association. If the plans are put
It la predicted by members of
i Meoelatlon, their efforts for the iait
i yeafa .will meet with reward during
bids twelve months.
was made known by VT. F, Setoff,
ftyfii me association, who bpoko
i hlncheon of the Business Science
at the Bellevue-Stratford today.
Vernment oftlclals have repeatedly
Uou since tho entrance of the
t States Into tho war." said Mr.
L.'and asked what we had to offer
k way of Improved waterways. Wo
een forced to tell them that our
.have not got as far as we woum
litlked them td progress. Now we
jr'fc'drawlni? tip a comprehensive war
KjJMrgency program which I hopo tne
wTMiMiunent will adopt."
y "tt'they had listened to us ten years
S" eald Mr. Schorr, "there would nave
K Do coal famine In New England or
edelphla at tho present time. Our
were laughed at then, but people
W, realize that had they been adopted
i result would have been a lessening
f'.the present 'Btress on tho railroads
fsreabouC
i rwe have been blocked In our fight
L BTthe mouthlngs of middle western
rressmen who snout -pone carrer
then get an appropriation for the
L'ejBJlng out of the cattle tick in their
jfrn state, isy an means stamp out
SV ewie licit, UUL lei ua iiniu uuvkmiiv;
saeportatlon facilities In the llast.
' Both of these can be done."
LWtAN TO TAKE OVKIt CAKAT.
: The next step will be, according to
Schoft, the taking over of the
aware and Chesapeake Canal. Tons
tons of half-flnlshed munitions are
shipped through this canal to tho
iltlon plants along the Delaware
According to tno speaker, how-
,, the canal will not hold in Its
at state .01 development must 01
.traffic.
Barges which can carry a D'B ton-
j, said Mr. Schorr, "are lorceu to
through half loaded beoauso or
shallowness of the canal. Then
shippers have to pay tho old corn-
toll for putting their goods)
ugh. If tho Government cot this
tl the toll would be abolished."
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'Mi musItif tmlntrvl nlit fVt.it fhn
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plans which concern Philadelphia
Intimately aro the dredging 01 a
at across New Jersey to take tho
of the Delaware and Itaritan
and tho Delawaro and Chesa
project. In this way, lie said.
would bo brought Into operation
thousand miles of navigable
pays which are at present Inactive
ause of adequate outlet. ,
I'JSt.took 400 years toigot tho' Panama
al built," said Mr. Schorr, "and
use wo liavo not succeeded In the
t ten years we should not be dlscour-
II"
It J. Cattell, tho next speaker, spoko
estly In favor of tho uork of the
atlon. told of Its beginnings and
that .more traffic went through the
aware and Chesapeake Canal today
1 roes through the Suez Canal.
The Business Science Club Indorsed
1 Movement and wl 1 become a mcra-
r,iof the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
atlon.
CLYDE LINE TO CONTINUE
f TILL END OF YEAR
r freight Trafllc Manager Makes An
nouncement elcomo to
1? IV snippers
kT Clydo Steamship Company will
MMmie Its "every-other-day" service
' Mrtween Philadelphia and New York uijr
.m December 31.
rASV snnuuncciiiciti nn iiiauv luuaj
'.Freight Traffic Manager w. 1. Levi.
! Kw York, to Agent K. VT. Springfield
'representatives of tho Chamber of
ere. Mr. Levis brought the wel-
1 announcement In person to the
of this city, who have been
ly hampered by tho railroad
at congestion.
- it bad been planned to discontinue the
1 .tomorrow because or the war con-
Mr. Levis also stated that the
ay Is now considering tho advlsa-
of continuing the service for tho
rVUH. ar.d that decision would bo
need about the first of January.
KABEAS CORPUS DENIED
Refused Youth Accused of
r?3' Being Auto Bandit
' Coyle, one of the alleged auto
who shot and probably fatally
chauffeur and policeman last
ty following the (heft of an auto
t belonging to Charles C. Harrison,
VtA (43 South Eighteenth street. wa
'refuted ball on a writ of habeas
l.bjr Judge Wessel InMhe Mlscel-
, branch of the Quarter Sessions
"O'Kelll nnd Hobcrt Feather-
r New York, and Coyle, according
Ulce. stole the car from In front
;Kom ot Henry Quandra, the
fct i::z South Eighteenth
VWln Quandra und Policeman
.junta later attempted to arrest
in a saloon at Eighteenth
rton streets, O'Neill shot them
i in .St Ames's Hospital, All of
. r un.aer twenty-one years
Urged to Buy Bonds
George A. McCall Public
venth and Da Lancey streets.
. fearna. 'superintendent of pub-l-aitrlct
No. C, delivered an
.(eture to tne pupils on now
i ana tne y, m. c. A. lie
i children ought to help win
'tqrkuyinr "baby bonds." The
ma , lau-oauceu oy alias Mar-
Macalre. the supervliilng prln-
aimiiariy.
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Duo to labt ntght's fierce blasts, trains on nil tho railroads leading into Philadelphia were far behind
their schedules. The photograph shows the West Philadelphia station of the Pennsylvania Kailroad
where five trains under tho sheds and outside are awaiting orders to depart.
BABY HOSPITAL FUND
ATTAINS SUM OF$72,323
Champion Banner for Day
Won by Women's Team With
$1308 Subscription .
"Make tho world safo for tho b.iutei
and tho cause of world democracy will
j tako care of Itself," 12111s Ames Hallard,
I lawyer and grandfather, declared today
I at tho rally luncheon of tho Uables" Hos
1 piul campaign held at tho llcllovuc-
I Stratford roof garden.
"Ono good thing ut leafct this war
has taught us that's tho lesson of glv
' Irg.'VMr. llallard pointed out to tho 30U
volunteer woikcrs gathered to report
,tho third day's Innings In their great ton
I day drive for 1175,000. "Don't go to
' your prospects with nn apology on 5 our
I lips. Go with hnad aloft, consumed with
I prldo at your privilege of teaching them
I to glvo "
j The grand iliamplon banner for the
'day returned to the women's camp In
' passing to Mrs. C. V. Jenkins, captain ot
1 Team So. 4, ho announced subscrip
tions for the day of $1308. Tho men's
banner went to Captain Sidney Jenkins,
of Team N'o. 17, on a showing of J1C10
I for the day
Tho grand total up to date has reached I
J72.323, leaving tllghtly oier S100.000 to
be collected.
JEWISH RELIEF FUND
MOUNTS TO $375,000
Generous .Contributions -Augment
.luuiis in urivv iriiicji 13 iu
Continue Until Dpcember 31
At a meeting of tho Philadelphia j
branch of tho American Jewish ltelief j
Society lr. tho Chamber of Commerce
ofHccs today at noon subscriptions total
ing 1375,000 were announced. Tho hub
scrlptlonu announced yesterday were '
$300,000. The tolnl subscription as
signed to Philadelphia In the present
drive, which ends on December 31, Is
JG0O.O00. Tho national drive of tho ct- .
gar.liatlon Is for $10,000,000. I
Workers acting under tho direction of
two main committees are reaching every j
class and clement of Jewish society li
this city, Tho central committee worltj
among the professional ard mercantile
classes and the- people's committee Is
working nmKig the factory operatives
and tho unions of the city.
Tfte money to be spent 1 by no mear.s '
confined strictly to the relief of Hebrew
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iLast month In Palestine 55 per cent of
1 money expended there by the Jewish
(commlslon wer.t fw relief of Jews, while
ill, nil,..- Ar. 111- ri.nl unit imeil nmnni;
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Ul, M.l..hin..,n nr.l r'hflfilloti unnll n.
tlno.
i In seveial of the large business
llshments the employers hav
the contrlbutltn of that the em
(operatives raise. Members
'mftteo will visit every synacogue In tho
'city and appeal fcr funds.
Among tho contributions announced
today wero!
rioskmilieni' Union
Tlrltll Kchln . .
Dry Oooits Merehanta' Asfocistlon.
Alexnnder Seltzer
J Stern
Aaren llerltman
l",ono
20OO
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A. uinnennaum ,
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Albert Wolf each ,
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Morris Wolf nr.d
promised 1150, on
condition that tho
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$130. and William Morris promised 1200,
on condition that tne siuuents 01 uratz
College raised S200. ,
EXPLAINS R. R. WAR TASK
P. R. R. Official Sees Passenger Serv
ice Curtailed for Troop Movement
Itobert V. Wright, traffic manager of
tho I'ennsvlvanla Itallroad. at the City
Club noon luncheon today, explained
the big task the railroads have had
placed upon tli'Ir shoulders by tho war.
He did not hold out any great amount
nf hopo that conditions would greatly
Improve as far as general freight of
the unpreferred clares were concerned,
nnd he said he expected to see the Gov
ernment greatly curtail comforts for
tho passengers In the hope of gaining
tonnage for frelgh tan dspace for troop
movements.
Ono of his most startling assertions
was that shipping has Increased 16
per cent durln cthe year over 1916 and
that tills 16 per cent Is equal to the com
bined peace-time shipping of Germany,
Austria, Prance. England and Hussla.
and that there hae been a total freight
Increase of SO per cent over 191S.
Will Lecture on Peace Terms
"Peace Terms" Is the subject on which
Dr, George Karle Ratguel will lecture
In his current history course of the
University Extension Society this after
noon at Wltherspoon Hall. The various'
diplomatic moves In tno" European cap!
(als. the Russian upheaval and Italy's
motives In the role she has played will
be discussed with a view to glvlnr a
better and clearer understanding of the
Issues Involved.
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dli-
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GIRL SAVES FAMILY
FROM DEATH BY GAS
Awakened When Brother Stag-
jjers to Her Bed, She
Arouses Others
The heroii- efforts of Mi1. Tu sie
Dugan, of 77S North Thim-elKlitli
street, today tied her mother, lua f-bro-ther,
bister ami nephew from death hv
Illuminating gas. Sho was awakened
when her half-brother, Joseph Toliln,
fell acros her bd unconscious Shi1
managed to open the windows In her
own room and that of the others of the
family In spite of the fact that she wan
ncarlng unconsciousness liiwclf.
Miss Dugnn sent 11 complaint to thu
United ll.is Improvement ("ompany yes
terday, she $ild cf 11 leak, and a rerv-
Ice man irotn the company -une and
made an tnspectlnn and on ealng as
sured her that ever thing was fixed
About daybreak thin morning her brother
awakened, HI from gas. He staggered
Into her room, whero she slept with
her mother, Mru. Delia Tobln, llftv-ceven
eara old, and fell upon the bed. Uoth
Miss Dugan and Mrs. Tobln were
awakened. Miss Dugan dragged herself
tc tne window anil opened it. After a
few breaths of fresh nlr she Ftaggered
to the front of, tho house, where i-lio
found her married sister, Mrs. Anna
jilncKlc, thirty-three earn old uneon
rclouB on the floor. Mrs. HincUe's ten-. Photographer Fails to Arrive to
jenr-old son w.ib unconscious In bed. n 1 , . , . . ,
After Miss Dugan raised tho window lnKo Picture, but Students En
here. she tailed the police of the Thirty-' 1,'aKe in Annual Battle
tTX To t SK ?
Norm forueui street. -Mrs. Tobln, tho,laKe piaco today, but tho annual snow
young boy and Joseph Tobln were re. j ball fight did. and a result tho stu
vlved and are confined to their beds nti110"18 a'- 'l'1' Vnlierslty nf Pennsylvania
home. Miss Dugan Is nble to be about ' ar0 nursing some bruised noses and facss
the house, but Mrs. Illnckle i in a serl-1 "ll!5 afternoon.
ous condition at the I'resbjterlan llr.s-1 It has been tho custom nf tho students
pltal. to assemble, annually before rhrlstmas
- - -- In tho Quadrangle nnd hae a photog-
SHOLLARIIKLD FOR TRIAL r,a"h'r "sl,,oot" th"'" Today a tho
l? AltablNAIi lWlJUlKY .eluding tho co-eds. were on hand. Hut
w,,,l lfnJVi,-.nn ltn;.l A.,..-'".,.,: ?mclaI Photographer, alas: failed to
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Charge of Turning Out De
fective .Shells
Oenrirn Tl fthellir r'.1 Pamhrldire
street, an Amertcin hrrn rltlisn. tnjvv
wa held lr l'!'"i hall for the Dls'rlct
Court by Lnlted States Commlss'oner !
I.ong. charged with being Implicated In i
the Improper plugging and reaming of
flme fuses nt the Frankford nrsenal. '
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tho department ot justice by William
MPKowskl. 2611 orthodox street, who I
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u was brought out In the testimony ,
that these two men omitted using oil and I
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nn inrrn in on run Rfiin rn.irn. i jfii
iirtiuiim iwi'ti .. ." ww.,i..fc w, unco
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Tho acrago man can load approxi
mately ninety of theso fuses In a day
and are paid piecework. It was bliown
that these two men had been loading
more than 100 a day. Tho arrest was
made by John S. Itcad, special agent of
tho Department of Justice, who is sta
tioned at tho arsenal.
CHILDKEN RESCUE WOflEX
Asleep on Bumintr Couch When
.
Timely Discovery Saves Her
Children rescued Mrs. Mary Baxter, i
of 2635 Mercer street, today when fir
0I bJ;, j,erCer nireei. lom; """, "
as dlscoicred under the ccach on which
she slept.
Mrs. Baxter, nartlally crippled by
rheumatism, was sleeping on a couch In
her kitchen which she lhad drawn close
to the coal range to keep warm. In some
manner the ticking under the couch
caught fire and began to smolder.
Children passing the house In the rear
saw smoke and rushed In. Mrs. llaxter
had managed to escape tho flames, nnd
they assisted her to the home of a neigh
bor. The damage was slight.
Children playing with matches caused
a lire ex. the second floor of the house
occupied by Charles Gale, 2050 East Le
high avenue, today. Two ropms were
gutted and tho damage will amount to
about 1100.
COULDN'T FIND SANTA CLAUS
Tot Encounters Friendly Cop, How
ever, nnd Is Returned to Parents
Three-year-old "Jlmmle" Gallescl. of
1802 South Juniper street, slept In the
warm quarters of the matron at the
Second and Christian streets police sta
tion last night while hln mother and
father splashed through the slush and
rain with visions of finding him frozen
to death In some dark alley or yard.
The boy wandered from his home
late yesterday afternoon and was picked
up by Patrolman Oeatty, of the Second
and Christian streets station. He told
the policeman tie was looking for Santa
Claus. His parents found him at the
station house this morning when the lost
and found reports were sent out through
City Hall.
AppeaIuto ChrUtmaa Shoppers
The Consumers' League of Eastern
Faaaatfv!. kw' Jetuea an aweal to
iu8p. uy inn uiinaaiuii .ir rwiviia ..in i,,i,, v-. .... .,.. .. i. . ' iv jfur, uiier January 1 I'liiiaueinnia
Irendered useless, tho powder deterlorat-' "'? .". '" "'' ..".'" ,,v" " ". '; I firemen, with larirer terrltnrv tn rover.
estab-' ins, j. s thought that this ot. "on " '"-, "' V""' ?' ',", , '?." ' ir.alntam that thev should bo paid nt
e to double av have bom responsible for the de- "'""". '"" """--" u.i.atu ..., ,cast ns uch , j.ltlPDUrKh nremen.
ploycs and fertlvo shells thlpped to Pershing's fo..-a " . V V '? . l a -.l P'ur- i or B3 the riilladelphi.i policemen. The
nf Ilia com- i- !--... , w' ni-n iu ui uuci a.cr - wu , ,.,.. t kal.nl f in,l,1r,., n.l !,..
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THRIFT STAMP DRIVE
STARTED IN SCHOOLS
Teachers Appeal to Thousands
of Pupils to Buy "Baby
Bonds"
Iiet. ln.y and girl m t public
schools yiday was urged to huy n "baby
bond" to help L'neln Sam. Schoolrooms
were placarded with war-salng posters
and teachers explained to tho thousands
of pupils in cry nook and corner of
l'lillaclelphl 1 th" necsslty of doing their
hit und thus i little soldiers of the
Government.
As hundred.i of the young-stem hive
big brother and daddies who hae re
sponded to the cill to the color, they
II tened eagerly and ran home enthusias
tically to tell of tho new opportunity to
help the country.
In icry simple language, the teachers
explained how thn war-thrift stamp or
baby bond could be bought. They
urged each child to huv at least one
twentj-lle-ccnt certificate every week.
Tho very first session of tho campaign
bore fruit, and thl afternoon hundreds
of children came to school with their
quarters to gle the work a flying start.
SNOWBALL FIGHT RAGES
ON U. OF P. CAMPUS
The "All University" nicturo did tint
pi m an appearance. Tho rewspaper
and "inovle" men were present. honecr.
Then romo ono remembered that tho
"I:1"?" nB,,t " Included with'
? In 1 ,momen1t "'" alr ws I
tilled with the whlto "bullets" and co-
"lle1 "h "lfi whito "bullets'
eUb ,ver0 running for cover.
0no f'How stuck his head out of
window In tho Wilson dormitory. Ono
sloo of his face wuj clean, thj other
filled with lather. In nn Instant a
v.... n..UnUU..n H UJIIIIi 111 HIS Ul
rectton. Ho Immediately retreated.
A few moments Inter l.o appeared
". tne "! . complotoa. and a huge
again, the shave completed, and
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ou o tl e w ndow and a dozln X ed
to get out of ho road Tiro were raueht
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" nr,a' "" ,lllneu-
TVip Tnnrn linn
lul "lu,u HlII
weio broken.
CALLS DEMOCRATS CHIEF
FOES OF SUFFRAGE
Miss Mary II. Ingham Says Fate of
Constitutional Amendment Hosts
in Their Hands
Should the suffrago amendment bo do
feated It will bo duo to tho lack of sup
, port of Dcmocratlo Congressmen, ac-
cording to Miss Mury H Ingham, State
chairman of the National Woman's
party, who spbke this afternoon at the
party, who spoke this arternoon at the
monthly meeting of that organization.
Tho meeting tool: place In lloom S13.
liiinli' .., I, nt. . iii
Penfleld Building, 133S Chestnut street. Vi.. , nit7 .,. .! i, i
Prominent members and leaders of th,l.",0j9J0'
National Woman's party attended tho Sk 'n lr h ?,.., ,. LtZl
meeting. Miss Ingham was recently K"re 'lP ""
re-elected as State chairman and
sided at this afternoon's meeting.
nil nrn.l
"Slviiilfl inn nmennment Tnpnstlrn 1.IH1
Should tho nmendment measuro f.iO
It will be perfectly
failure Is duo to lacl:
Democratic Congressmen," Fald Miss
Ingham. "Inasmuch as twc-thlrda of the
Republican Congressmen have pledged
themselves In favor of that measure."
Reports from different parts of the
State and city were read. These reports
showed that the suffrage amendment was
receiving new recruits everywhere. Miss
Caroline Katzenstein, acting secretary,
and Miss Rebecca D. Ernest also spoke.
It was decided to hold monthly lunch
eons In this city, at which leaders of the
National Woman's party will be Invited
to speak.
ARRESTS ALLEGED TOIEF
Cop Says Man Hnd Stolen Clothing
on His Back
Clarence DeSlgnora, twenty-three
years old, of 1115 Fltzwater street, was
arrested early today on Balnbrtdge
street near Eighth by Patrolman Has.
san, on a charge of breaking Into the
clothing store of II. Benholtz. 833 Baln
brtdge street, and stealing ten suits of
clothes and a fur overcoat.
Benholts heard the crash of glass as
his window was broken and soon after
ward called to liaison that his store was
belnr robbed. Hasson said DeSlgnora
had the coat and suits on Mi back, itlll
on hangers, when he arrested him. Da
rk was mm unoer moo. sau ror. a
Maria- neat, smear y Mam-
Campaign for More Money
in Police Bureau Be
coming General
DEMAND 2000 A YEAR
City detectives today demanded n 1 200
Increase In salary, thus adding n fourth
group" of city employes to the already
large nrmy of dl'cttitented "servants of
the people" who are on the warpath for
more money
A committee of detective shortly be
fore nonn preented Director of Public
Safety Wilson with a. formal' request for
a Jump In salary from $1800 t 2000 n
year, asking that ho Include this In hli
recommendation to Council that tho pay
of policemen he lncren'od In II n clay
Charging that they were Ignored In his
proposal, detectives lacd their claim
a --..... n aIia tt1jt Anal r9
lor more money u" i" "unci -"-
living and tho fact that they are forced
to pay their own cM'eiw " iuihihik
out clues, jThe committee consisted of
Lieutenant James Hcanlln and Detectives
O'Connor, Townend ttuckert and Oold.
Wrtctor Wilson exirered himself as
being thoroughly In mpatliy with the
request and did not hesitate to say that
In view of the constantly Irereailr.g cot
of living tho men nro unnerpnui. 11c 1
Mm.' promised to present th matter to j
the Finance Committee 01 i-onncn ami
in ,n nil lr his power to secure inn in
crease asked for by the committee.
City employes now "gunning" for mere
money nnd threatening to nult, together
with the Increase they demand, nro:
Policemen 50 cents a day.
Firemen $200 a year.
Water Hureau employes .0 cents to
U a day.
lletectlxe' J200 a car.
A crisis Is approaching rapidly, with
a meeting of Council' Finance Commit
tee scheduled for next Monday.
Announcement that the Firemen's Pro
tnctlvo Association, whose constitution
forbid nn organised strike, would press
it drlvo for higher salaries was mide
todny by .Tame M Slmlster, president
of the organization.
William C. Hancock, former president
of tho United Huslncss Men' Aocla
tlon of Philadelphia, wan asked today to
champion the firemen's cause on the
floor of Councils. Hdward Keenan, pres
ident of the Central Labor Union, and
Joseph Hlchle. organizer for the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, will aid In
presenting the firemen's claims.
Wholesale desortlons from the fire
bureau were predicted by Slmlster un
less salaries are Increased and more men
nddod to the force by January 1. He
described feelings among tho firemen
over their working conditions as very
strong.
"It 1 terrible." Slmlster said. "The
best men In tho department are ready
to quit Thev will not Ftrlkc. It would
ho fair enough for them, but not fair to
the public to have an organized quitting.
"But, unless the city doe something
for ti by the flrt of tho year, I would
anticipate that the firemen would auto
matically arop from the service. Ilvcry
man must look out for himself In this day
and time. If a fireman can better him
self elsewhere and ho takes the oppor
tunity no ono can blame lilm."
riP.KMHN' LOOK TO PUBLIC
Tho association's constitution, which
forbids n strike, wn3 a olur.tary meas
uro adopted by the firemen themselves
to assure a safeguard for public Ufa and
property and for discipline In the service,
Slmlster said. "For that leason," he
added, "tho public should help the fire
men "We dara not strike," he said "It
would endanger the protection of the
public. Tho public should show us con
sideration In return for the oonsldora
tlon we show the public."
The firemen, who liavo lef rained from
public demonstrations such n the spec,
tacular march of the "rebel" police on
Councils, feel very keenly the public's
apparent neglect of them, Slmlster do-
1 dared With the "Are epidemic" season
I and cold weather upon them, he satd
the (lrc.Khtc haii r0,ne to
elusion that hopo for improve
einv.hr
the con-
cment lies
elsowhcrc.
Added to the absence of financial in
ducement In the fire service, th firemen's
I leader said,
there li such a scarcity of
men that some flro companies aro not
half manned, especially In West Phila
delphia. Tho plan to add 100 firemen to
the t-ervlce January 1 should go through
by all means, he asserted. Smbtractlng
from the 1050 men In the department "on
paper" the nun at tho front and in de
tail work, Slmlster estimated tho number
as actually fighting fires at 7S0. Pitts
burgh, he said, had 01 8 men, who would
be granted an Inrreaso of 1150, or $1350
men arc $1100 a year and ot tlllermen
und engineers J1300 a year
The grievance of tho Water Bureau
employes U that tho 1!1 S budget pro.
ldes for an Increase ofl from 2G to 10
centB a day for certain classes of work
They demand TO cents to l a. day, tak.
Ing In nil branches.
THIEVES COVER WIDE KAXGE
House and Shops Robbed and Auto
mobiles Among; Plunder
Tho residence of George Steelberger,
aiVi.
thiVvea S.
';,., I
street, wan entered by
nlcht and Jewelry valued
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Pre-!eecond and Vino streets,
Tho theft , th ,
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boxes of solder,
-,V.n Vh. Vhl Blue ai :uu, rrom the factory of H.
- f? !!' llockr. I8 South Camac street. Is
,. of support Of the .ji.- nVestle.itei1 Tl,o ihlov.. tr.A
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Ming Investigated. The thieves forced
an entrance through the front door.
Tho automobllo of S. J. Creswell,
Twenty-third and Cherry ttreets, was
stolen from In front of the Oliver Wen
dell Holmes School at Flfty.flfth and
Chestnut streets, and has not yet been
recovered.
The storeroom of the Pneumatic Tire
Repair Company, 1302 Callowhlll street.
was jimmied open about 7 o'clock last
night by three robbera and auto tires
valued at 12000 were taken out. Detec
tives Kearse and Tltus.'of the Tenth and
Buttonwood streets station, a-rlvlng on
the scene before the thieves could get
away wtlh the loot. No arrests have
been made.
The photographic Btudlo of Harry
Stronr. 911 Chestnut street, was entered
last night by thieves who climbed to a
shed In tho rear and entered through a
second-story window. A 1(00 Liberty
bond and 821 In money constituted the
loot.
$5000 Ball for Autoist Who Killed 2
Judge Wessel, In Quarter Sessions
Court, today fixed ball In the sum of
15000 for John Berkeyhyser. of 1289
South Forty-sixth street, who was held
by the coroner last Wednesday for the
death of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wark, of
1208 South Markoe itreet. who were
truck and killed by an automobile
driven by Berkeyhyser about two weeks
MS IR'IMl BUSHPHtt OTV t"V
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Mrs, Mary Uobcrts Ilinehnrt, one of tho world's greatest novelists,
hns Just written her most human story, "Long Live the King,"
which will nppcar In daily installments beginning in tomorrow's
Evkning Public Ledger.
More Than 100,000
Join Red Cross
, u.ltInuP,i from 1nf , ,tnr
liomo For tho Italians Nicola d'Ascen-
o fi edged that tliey would nld tno
country of their adoption. Tho coal op
erator. nro I chlnd tho campaign heart
and soul, reported Howard W. Perrln,
pieslilent of the United States Oolf As
sociation, nnd the same niesaKe from
tho railroad wn brought by r. II.
wing, who i-:ilil that the railroaders' nt
tltude wa that thero wa no apology
fir not becoming a $1 member of the
I'.ed t'ros.
Two thousand members already have
been pledged by tho bankers' nnd brok
er' gioup, headed by John II, Mason
and 4000 1 their goal., J. 11. Dmiglns, ol
tho United O.is Improvement .Company
said his aim was 10,000. Coleman Sell
ers announced s.r per cent of the em
plojes of William Sellers &. Co, machin
ists, was pledged. William Fnlwcll, rep
lesmtlng the textile mill, announced
:500 recorded pledges, with tho work
only btnrtcd.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS rLKDCK 10,000
Ten thousand new members were
pledged by Samuel I). Fare, of the
Philadelphia County Sunday School As
sociation. Dr John Joseph nilbride,
spenklrg for the Knight of Columbus,
promised they would "deliver the goods."
Mpro than 3000 new enrollments art- ex
pected in Contellle, nccnidlng to A, F.
Huston, chairman for Chester County,
livery physician's cnrillmcnt was prom
ised by Or William Iiullleld Ilobirson,
former president of tho Philadelphia
County Medical Society.
Tho great department store have put
their shoulders to the wheel. Herbert
J. Tily, of Slrawbildge & Clothier, an
nounced moro thnln half of the 3000
pledges had been harvested In hi store.
Morton Snellenburg, of N Snellenhurg
& Co., reported 1500 mdnber nlready.
Colonel Samuel I. Lit. of Lit Brothers,
mndo the announcement that 2500 em
ployes have Joined and that all workers
tecelvlng less than t2 a week would
ho furnished fifty cents for each $1
membership. Tho same announcement
was made for tho Kiesge S and 10-cent
stoics. Tho Woolworth 5 and lu-cent
store. will get behind the blg push. It
was stated
Other spcakerH were Samuel S. Fels,
for 'the soap trade; Thomas Shnllcross,
Jr., representing real estate; William
Sellers, Walter II, Johnson and Alfred
Hand.
Following tht luncheon, Doctor Hart
addressed a meeting of clergymen of all
denominations on the part the churches
will play In tho big drive. Tho aid of
the church choirs In th program of the
Community Singers December 21 was
promised. The great campaign wll' end
riirlstmni Hie. when It 1 believed the
10,000,000 goal for the nation will li.ne'
been achleed.
Tho American lied fro helped the
American soldiers to, save France.
Workers In the Bed Cros3 Christmas
membership campaign were spurred on
to greater efforts today by this message,
which was delivered to 2000 men und
women at the Metropolitan Opera House
last night by Henry P. Davison, national
chairman of the Amerlcnn Bed Cross,
and Henry J. Allen, Kansas editor-orator,
who lately returned from the battle
fields whore France is in a death grap
ple with the foes of democracy
Tho Bed Cross campaign along tho
Main Lino will get under va tonight
with n. great ina-meetlng tit Masonic
Hall, Ardmoro, Doctor Hart will bo
one of tho chief speakers.
BIG SPECIAL
SALE
$7 MAHOGANY
TAN BOOTS
For
2 Bays
at
i
Militaru Heel
Welted
Sole
This beautiful
mahogany tan
boot, fi.85, .
The equal of any $7 custom boot
on the newest of new lasts.
We were fortunate to obtain them
and you'll be fortunate to get yours
at such a low price. Every woman
wants this boot, so come in today
or tomorrow.
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ROUlJOOTS
TRIPLE CRIME TOLD
OVER THE TELEPHONE
Estranged Husband Shoots
Down Wife, JIother-in-Law
and Himself
TINTON FALLS, N J., Dec. 14.
"Two people liavo been slit dead. My
daughter nnd her husband nro both
dead ; I am dying."
Such was tho mossago received by the
telephone operator at Long Branch early
today. As tho messago ended the opera
tor heard a crash, us that of a fnlllng
body v
Olllcers were notified and wheiv they
an lied at a small hotel they found Paul
Walsh mid hi wife 1 Ing dead' together.
On the floor In the hallway and near the
telephone w.i Mrs. Francis Smock,
Walsh's lnother-ln-law.
Mrs Smock Hied long enough to ex
plain that Walh and his wlfo had been
o.,r.lH fnr len fl.-IVM Sho .IIt.1
ie entered tho hotel and began firing,
Tho mother-in-law declared she sent the
message oer tho telephone. Then bhe
fell back, dead
Workman Injured by Belt
Claude Kelt, thirty-eight years old, of
2C5 Somcrvlllo avenue, nn oiler In the
Moore & White foundry, Fifteenth street
nnd Lehigh avenue, was struck In the
back by a machine belt this morning and
is now In tho Samaritan Hospital
Choose Your Gifts From the Standpoint
of Utility
NOW is the time to begin to make up jour
list before the big rush is on. Itun mor
in jour mind the things YOU would like '
to bae, und in nine cases out of ten jou will
find that they.nre just the tiling for which
your friends are wishing, too. We hute been
nt extra pains' this cnr to anticipate the
demand for really useful Rifts, and as we
look over our stocks we feel that our work
has not been in vain. Here ou may find a
gift of 'something to wear" for nearly every
man. So come soon and make jour selection.
Remember the Addreta
11 th and Chestnut Streets
Only One Stare
"Men's (Jifts
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Co-ed Hiker Service Boot
FOR WOMEN
The Geuting
Idea Develop
the Arch
Beautiful Lace or
'Present Value, $7
Practically unlimited choice of models in finely
made black shoes, patents and kid with leather or
fabric tops. The kind of a Bhoe that every woman
needs, no matter how many light-topped boots she
may have. All the trimness and style of the most
expensive models. More than two thousand pairs
all sizes and widths.
Ceuting's for Slipper & Stocking Gifts
1230
Market
Shoes and
Stocking!
for the
family
iTKe Moras ot
hp
JSfrery Feet PreftutoriaUy iFHt
William S. Rogers, Scott Paper
Company Treasurer, Dies
on P. It. R.
William S. Itogers.. treasurer of the
Scott Paper Company, Seventh street
and Glen wood avenue, died suddenly
whllo seated In a Pennsylvania Hall
road train this morning as he was com
ing from his home In Trenton to hi
offices In this city. Heart dlseaso was
tho causo of his death.
Mr. Hoger, who wis forty-five yean
years old, lived nt 41 Prospect avenue,
Trenton. He had been treasurer of the
Scott Paper Company for the last six
yenrs and w-ns a so treasurer of the
Chester Paper Company. He left home
this morning, apparently in his usual
health, nnd boarded a train leaving
Trenton nt 8" o'clock for rhllidelphla.
He settled himself In a seat and be
gan try read his newspaper. A navy
odlcer occupied the seat besldo him. As
tho train reached lirlstol the ofllcer hap
pened to glance nt lilm nnd Baw that
he was unconscious. A hasty examina
tion showed that ho was dead.
BIG RUSH OF ALIENS
TO BECOME CITIZENS
A special squad of policemen had to
bo called Into sen Ice today to handlo
the crowd ot nllens applying for nat
uralization to Judge Dickinson, of the
United State. District Court. One hun
dred applications were grnnted. Tliero
were nbout 500 persons on hand.
Annlo Jnne Crosby, fifty-four years
old, 1541 North Slxteerilh street, a teach
er of tho Philadelphia public schools,
applied for naturall7ation papers. Sho
testified that she had been born In Can
ada, coming to this country as an In
funt. Sho thought that she was nn
American citizen until tho Board of Hd
ucatlon examined nil employes, and ro
quired nil teachers to be citizens. Sho
was threatened with dismissal unless
she Immediately applied for her paperB.
Her request was granted.
Hat ana Entries for Tomorrow
Kln-t raee. r.ii lurlonns, tuo-yinr-oldf.
mildeni nllowatirfs. purse. Jnn l!kulle,
UHli Uedllta V , 100, I'nedeon. too: Lauda
tor inn: chip 104: Ore'iea. 117; Conllaca
Hon, 112. Laburnum lit. 112.
Hceond rare. ,"H4 furlnnns. iliree-var-olili
end up. cialmlnu, purs Hon Helmut's
lmiKhter. P. tlicorder. loni Dora rolllne,
ltlil. Ilrnwn llaliy. 10H. Adalla. JOB- Kid
Nelson, llll Ilarnard lit, Hkeut. Ill: 111
l.umKV tit: UroHii Prince, lit; Ilaby Cole,
114- IliBh. 114.,. .... ,,
Third rare. .Vi furlonc. three-vrar-olds
erd int. rlalmin-r, niipx. Mou -Monereir,
1011 (li'tienlx. Kill, -arna li.. linil -Money
ney.
i 1im, Vnerln nil, Hlijmer,
inn: ci-ek,
Frank Tat-
I 1 11 Kelln 111 I I olora 1 1 1
t.r.nn 114 DlcnllV. 1
tuna '. rmii. . nc
14: ronetlonnalre, 117.
:npiia. all avea, ( ruces
l-.irh rnrn II filftoTl
Handicap. noo f-parkler. 104: Money
Mal.r. 101: 1'ack Hay. 110; Old Mlrs, llO;
T T Miirdrtck. 1"1 lOld MlH!
J. J.
Murdock couplcdl. ,
rifth race, il furlomr. three-year-olds,
rlalmlnn, pura 1400 Arrow, 04: llrau
mont t.adv JOO: lleautv Spot. .10.1; Poush
keepl 1or; I.yttle, 10i Oakwnoil Hoy,
111. Frank Coleman. Ins, Harron 11, 114,
Hixth race, mile nnd 20 yards three.iearn
old Hnd up. claiming, pur I50O flrook-n-ld.
P4. liontnl. 117. Trappold. 107 1 lllaek
Trout. 102: Chief Ilrown. 10; Rrhemer, 10.1;
It.dpost. 100; 'Montroasor toil.
Weather, clear: traek, fast.
Apprentice Allowance claimed.
vt a purpose"
A clean-cut, military
style made of splendid tan
grain calf with stout, yet.
trim, smart sole with low
or medium heel.
An ideal model for busi
ness women, college girls
and the women in the
Red Cross or other war
service. '
Oil Tan, $8.50
In Black, $7.50
Button Style Boots
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