HroyiffjffiSr:
w
'
w.
KW
j'
6
BlMiLAN
. it
rteeh Cents a Day"
fei4 Fails to Arouse
;V Enthusiasm
Sflr. -1- -
,'.:
trPROBE ,OF SYSTEM
itirid Enouah Money Could
nJJlfe Saved to Pav Thim
?f .' Livfritr Wntre
- ' -.-.-c ,,.-.0wU
Ty-i"
trl!lk4t ,...l. ...... .ft lit. .1. (.,.,...
, j i ifc vuuiu ,uu ilt nun iiiii irrii
rJJt a day" I the query nddtessed tit
Philadelphia teacher by the Mm tirade
I ifnaehera' Association. Announcement
rtnade today by oftlcers of thfi as
atlon that more than I' SCO teachers
I ; signed the pledge to attend the mass-
Wng to be railed shortly after the
Istmas holidays to decide whether the
schern should nrcnnt the c Iter of the
lM4fd (if Kduoatlou to clve each teai-het
j a' bonus of (,0 In 1918 In answer to
.iineir renuest ror an ncrensc in salary
fi The men Jiave expressed themselves
V" being strongly lit favor of nil Im-
E iVfcartlal investigation of the Philadelphia
E . wvnyvi ojaicui ujr vuibiiii; ft-Aieitn. I lira
' iiwlll back the sucaestlon mado bv the
Si Bureau of Municipal Iteseareh and by
lJWtha Child Welfare and 1'ubllo Education
,-5,'Aiwoclatlon for such an investigation.
. K, One teacher, who refused to have
feVMui) published, said: "No doubt Mr.
'Wolfi Investigation of thn t-chool sys-
90? tm wiu.be a good thine However
t,. when. you start to Investigate your own
KtUipocKetDOOK you Know wnais in it oe
.yi " fore vou atart.
IV.,! 1,1 At.. ....-..... .1. .... ...... kllin.drl
fe every day by a number of useless In-
"j, povturn. 411VIU is inn injnii:i ii,.-i:j-lV
tAr. Ih nrnwlnor Inanertor. the hullnine
ztfjtk. InflneMitr. vUltlnr nurses, and so forth.
Sipfi There I scarcely a day that we are not
j; aillurDeu oy some sort ot an inspector.
ai- me samo tuno tncro is not me
,t, r. do central and well-defined educational
SfflJjC .policy In the schools.
JSk-f 'The saving that- could bo made by
Htcuttlnr out many of the useless, Inspee-
hii ' ... ft... fn....tM ft.n .U- nP It.n ft.1lll
i ... mil, ujf lllviCMBIllfi Lllu n-.o u. mo
fiSj' (ohool classes In accord with the suit-
tkiX i Mmttrt rP rA rtf thn trifitllhi'tra of 1hf
Pylu board, and by other reform, would bo
k Ji more in an ohuuru iu u.-ii iic vt....-io
-trf demand for a living wnHfl."
Hints of. a split In the Teachers An
Miftt iociation were ireeiy maue. me kihiic
feUS' teachers feel that they have not been
BK.t nrnncrlv renresented in the .salary-ln-
r. ... . . . . n.t.- l-
Pi crease campaign, they say. They point
3 'out that each, of the six members of the
$& committee carrying on neisntlatlons with
. the board Is cither u principal or nigh
f. school teacher.
K Teachers from two-thirds of the I'hlla-
z&K delphla schools have pledged themselves
f to attend the mass-mcetini; piannea Dy
i-fe the Men .Qrade Teachers' Association.
SHU No returns have been made by one-miru
m of the schools. The charge Is brought
that In such cases the circulation of the
?; 'pledge has been suppressed by the prin-
fe,f Clpals. The caru -tnat eacn teacner was
tS aked to sign reads as tonows:
EvyL. - Whn r.nul,l vnn do with thrlteen
1$ cents per day? Resolved, that a mass-
iM.x-whether or not they uccept the 150
yj bonus In lieu of an Increase In salary.
Men Grade Teachers" Association. Sign
En? below If you will attend. Time and
"Jt-'lSbPlMe will depend upon the rcsponso to
p$ttui call."
U FUNERAL 0? II. S. FAUSETT
tfa : . . .
itti Wool. Broker Died Suddenly
Monday Night
Pi,h Funeral services ror Henry s. Kauseu,
IVMttMit urnnl hrnker. will be held tomor-
-y-mw at his residence 4603 Chester ave-
Pnu. Tno nev John T- ll'ev,B wl" con"
W.dnit th service and Interment will be
'fit made at the Friends' burying ground,
pS&Btxty-ftfth and Spruce streets.
WL Ultht. He wan Plxty years of aRe, II
eS& late James T. Kuunett, a prominent lry
y&S'V'ibr ot th0 Unlon LeB anrt '"
(urvjvea uy a wmow, nn. . ,m ,,.
ft;yauseU; a son, jonn nay ruuscii, u
"j?- brother, lianuoipn j. ra
p?v. Hater, Mrs. L. W. Bellak,
GlVE HAIR FOR GERMANY
Er 'f.'TresseS of Girls in Fatherland Make
S!?t Belts for Machinery
v
'ti' tif,ttvtnrinv i.m. 1lftprlimti
FSM llMnmuiuni , . , V
ufW i.f ....... n na... uArvli'. Iitultre. Mrrnril-
fer1? Jtl to the woman's committee foro gn
fP, news bureau. Many of them urn uppeur-
"3 4. u llftl Lrlvht rrl I'ntlM lin WIllL'Il
ma n ,.., ....- .- -----
la an embroidered laoci reauing-
I hB rtven my hair for my father-
nd.
tJVH Driving Dens lor inacninery "u "
VV..T.. f ... .J ..... lh-
iy"jrpiane-enaiiicn i iimuo uni m
higirm umi.
i" Dntt nfTARfiQ nnriAVi7Rn
Ki?fe rActlns Adjutant Qeneral Ollkyson, ot
to'New Jersey, today accorded official
3f- recognition 10 six nome ruhiu. uimn ui
pjitho Btate, the first to apply for recog-
Kin.tlOa una o meei ail uie niatr rrriuut.
ments. The units accorded recognition
Sif.f 'Company A, Camden, Captain
Ltf'rrharlea lx. Klttlnaer : Comnany 11. Cam-
Rf vJ. ... ..I.t. 1a .. T T nlai-alla'' I4.m.
JfjJiflOn, VMIIIH11I raj -l. iH"ii.. i .w..,-
'TLhnaxiY ij. LBmaen, caiuaui iiurrj- ii.
L!.iTnsey; Flenjlngton Company, Captain
Charles
McMullen: Itaddon llelghti
tei'Company, Captain William C. Carpen
Ytter; Itutherford Company, Captain Wll-
St'i-Harfv J. .Nevmuse.
Jf TCERBn KIl.t.F.n 11V GAS
tfZ
ty.Vktea Others Found Unconscious
WXf ' Frofn Fumes by Neichbors
'f 5 -
'One negro waa asphyxiated and three
titers overcome from Illuminating gas
a house at' 1009 Manton street lut.
y; The dead man Is John II. Jones,
i others, 'aU of whom are In the l'oly-
s .Hospital.' are Krnestlne carter.
H. Helm and Mrs. Dleti. The lat-
Lwh6 la seventy-two years ot age,
In a critical condition.
Jtetghbbrs, smelling gas, went Into, the
ni and found the (our occupants un
clous from the fumes. The police
'notified and sent them to the lion-
They are conducting an Inveutl-
Kavana Entries for Tomorrow
reo, ftH furlotigs. three..vearMl's
H. lie. elalmlDg. purs JKIO--'lK-hlntl.
I?Man C, US; -Conan, ton Npir
IT liis: Little vtonaer, ioi, j'uiueit.
. Anirtw U'Uir, 111, llraumont Itrlle.
race. 8U. furlonas. threeo-ear-oMs
claiming, purs too Hfc-onifr, ltt.li
a, 101: f and sane, ma: Miss
. Ifill King BUIwart. lOSi r Vanl
: Baby Colt. IDs; Uslirr, Ins.
A. gi rilriSABI. --'- bAAHAMk
'ililmT-DurM li'Hj Muiintl. iuu:
lman. lOSt Vard W.. juaj
llIKluir:i,.05i'(mlon-,u,1,,h'
B'raw. B lunonss. tarte-rear-oia
M'-i&rarwxwz
gK'funa. iut: wuii
oily llMUlr. 11)1:
,fVT
J I OehesU. lilt Jusaulm, 111.
I.
i furlokas. thr-'rKla nl
'.' MUM 1400 'Kid Nelun. loot
l;. 'Dud-, lot I Merry JuMlfe.
'uuviwei, iiii; worm , won
viei uranauo. iim rr.
Llilft.il, III
itiui-..P7is linu
U ."Tmniiold. UK:
Hr. BNi tinmual M
JH;-. IttKl, Tlt9,
. '. t . ''
." KHHEKS wj MEN
FOR TRAINING Salt's
Director of Recruiting Scrvico Solic
its' Philndelphians (or Free Courso
' in Seamanship
Young men who deslr to Join the Oov-
ernment s naming ships ror a lire course
In seamanship are urged, In a telegram
received today at tlis fnlleil Slates Ship
Ping Hoard's recrultli.g sen Ice head
liuarters. at ins South Fourth street,
from Director Henry Howard, to send
their names without delay to Mr How
aril at the Custom lloue, llostou. A
clasi of 600 men l now forming for the
mat training shin t I" fllted out for
the purpose the sleHiner ''alvln Austoif,
t.oiv lit lloslon. Other esels will be
fitted out later.
Fifty thousHiul men aie needed to
man the ships now muter construction
and the !o eminent expects l'hllailel
uliln, to supply a liberal nuota. The
courses on the training ships ale for sea
men, firemen, oilers, water tenders, cooks
or stewards. Director Ilowatd's tele
gram points out that any cltiren more
than eighteen ear old who has been
to sea Is elliclble for till" service, as well
as Inexperienced men between the ages .
of twenty-one, and thirty-one. '
Men on the training shlin will receive
Vi n month. The period of Instruction
l six weeks, after which men will be1
shipped fur sea feivlce at full pay,
which. In tile Ninth Atlantic. Is now $30
a month for the season.
SUGAR FOR CITY
LOST INTRANSIT
38,000 . Barrels on Road
From Coast 3 Months,
Earle Tells Probers
RAILROADS BLAMED
VVASHIXOTON'. Dec. 19.
Plnrlng the blame for the sugar short
age squarely on the railroads, (leorgo II.
Karle, nf Philadelphia, president of the
Pennsylvania Iteflnlng Company, today
told the Senate probing committee that
38.000 barrels nf Hawaiian sugar,
shipped from San Francisco to Philadel
phia on September 8, have not. yet
reached his company.
llarl I). Habit, head of thn "sugar
trust." nnd other refiners Joined in
blaming the railroad for the existing
sltuatloli. llabst told the committee that
vast amounts of beet nnd Hawaiian
sugar are still held up In the Wot
because of hick of cars.
Virtually no effort was made by the
Hoover sugar committee to relievo tho
transportation congestion, llabst as
serted In reply to Chairman Heed's
questions.
Last July Ilahst admitted selling his
cane sugar In the Knst nt 8. IB rent a
pound, while the fixed price for beet
sugar was 7.25 cents and 100,000 tons
of Michigan beet sugar were unavailable
because of no freight cars.
Thn Hoover administration was
palsed by sugar reuiers for ita handling
of the sugar situation in telegrams pre
sented to the committee.
Robert Oxnard. San Francisco refiner,
wired that to his own knowledge the
food administration "had engineered ono
of the biggest operations for the benefit
of the people."
llabst on resuming testimony declared
the closing of the New York Sugar Kx
change by tho food administration
caused a drop In prices.
Tho Administration today promised
beet sugar growers an Immediate Investi
gation of their complaint against the
price's tho refineries pay them,
Herbert Hoover may ho called to tes
tify within twenty-four hours.
URGES CO-ORDINATION
OF STUDY AND INDUSTRY
Head of West Philadelphia Boyn'
High School Cites Success of
Dayton, P., Plan '
A plea for the working out nf a co
operative system embracing business,
Industry nnd the public schools as It
lias been 'worked out In t'lnclnn itl nnd
Dayton, O,, was voiced by Charles C.
Hey), principal of the West Philadelphia
High School for Hoys, who spoke be
fore tho Ilolary Club at Its weekly
luncheon today,
Tho system, Mr. Heyl explained, pro
vides that school pupils shall alternate
study with actual work In such a way
is to put Into Immediate practice the
things which they Irani from books.
One weelt, he explained, Team A of tho
scholars goes to school and Team 11
works In different plants, while during
the next week the positions of the two
teams are reversed.
"We will have to face this In I'hlla.
delphla sooner or later," he said.
Mr. Heyl, whose subject was, "The
Schools and War Problems," said thit
the present war was mado in the public
schools of Germany.
It was announced that tho Itoiary
Club had raised $8000 In tho recent Hoy
Scout campaign.
COLLISION DELAYS WORKERS
B. nnd O. Tracks Blocked When
Locomotive Hits Stock Cars
Hundreds of ammunition workers em
ployed at F.ddystone plants were more
than an hour late for work today, due
to a slight accident on the llaltlmore nnd
Ohio Hallroad at yhlrty-flrst street.
Washington-New York trains were also
delayed.
A light locomotive collided with two
cattle cars loaded with hogs that were
standing on the track waiting tn be
taken to the p. n. Martin abattoirs, a
short distance away. The body of one
of the, cars was knocked clear of the
truckif and thrown sideways across the
other tracks. The other car was
'smashe.cT, The obstruction was not re
moved until after 8 o'clock. Two )iogs
wein killed.
HOYS HRIOADE STARTS DRIVE
Campaign for Membership Meeting
With Gratifying Results
A drive started by the Boys' Brigade
of Christ Memorial Church. Forty-third
jnd Chestnut streets, to Increase Its
honorary membership, Is meeting with
gratifying results. The campaign
started Monday and will end this week.
An effort la being made to ratie SEOO at
the same time,
Meetings are being held nightly al
the church. At tonight's gathering
addresses will be made by the llev. Dr.
William Tracy, rector; Ormand Milton,
president of the University ot Pennsyl
van la Y M. C. A., and the Ttev. Or. J.
I. 1. Hall, of Galilee Mission.
ALLIES-INDORSE WILSON AIMS
U. S.' Policy Identical With Britain',
' Sayg Balfour
I.ONDPX Dee. 1. Korelgn Mlnlstsr
Balfour announced In the House of Com.
mons this afternoon that. President WIN
sons war policy "waa Identical with
that of the leaders of Qreat Britain."
The Foreign rkcretary referred to the
rtatW)ft) f 'wry alma announoed by
.JJi'Ms 'Hfc!t,'.VrJ:.V1V.hJ'iJ4 toifhten Clcerl was;, aocl-'
l&WV
PUPILS OF MONTESSORI SCHOOL PAY
wa
MiiaiwJwtMiwwMCTiffleisart
Mi mWml wm cilS: !" 1M iiii
m II Hvl It I l.JHB . . -:W. .. - , "frflllllVBi X... -i.l i.... -eaTBfl.'.iPt! !l!l;ilH
1 ..La-aff'''BLBLWMLVW.aWVfliLBri
Mr' .v '"!- -A. mm .;'lmBkJ:'HBi ''"''' i
!f-' - m ,t 1 1 iLLLLLLLLLLLLH IkHBLV - k
mam 1 r I'liLHiLLLLaLLLHiLLlLLLLLLLLm' o'
....-fc, ms. -i.- .MPIHMHhMHHMIHIHHHIIk . '::'i.J
aiwgaa3Mgiiia8g5ig!yy
year those pupils of Mr.
the b'nt stores. The
Kach
TRIAL OF SOCIALISTS
FAIRLY UNDER WAY
Jury Completed After Delay.
First Witness Heard in
Conspiracy Case
T,rlnl of five Socialist committeemen
on charges of conspiracy tn block tho
army draft got under way before Judge.
Thompson, of the Federal Court, this
afternoon, after many delays.
Two iliiya of jury picking was ended
at noon, but the tr.nl was further de
layed by the absence of Charles T.
Schenk, one of tho defendants. He
appeared after Judgo Thompson tlueat
ened to forfeit hH $10,000 bail. in
addition to Schenk, who Is general sec
retary of the Socialist party, the de
fendants nro tho following members ot
tho executive committee: Dr. Hliznbclh
llaer, Charles Sehl, Jacob II. lloot nnd
William J. lllgglns. They aio accused
of conspiracy to cause "Insubordination,
mutiny, disloyalty and refusal to do
duty" among troops nnd to obstruct
recruiting and enlistment by distribut
ing circulars opposing tho draft law
last August.
"Wo nro not prosecuting the Socialist
party as such ; neither nro wc trying
these defendants because they are Social
ists," said Assistant United States DIs
trlct Attorney Walnut in outlining tho
case to tho Jury. Difficulty was experi
enced by the couit In selecting a Jmy
because of the pionnunocd hostility by
the tnlesmon toward tho ilalm of tho de
fendants thru the prisoners sincerely be
lieved tho draft law to be Unconstitu
tional,
Tho first witness waa Postal Inspector
AVynne, .who, with Chief Postal Inspec
tor Cortelyou and Special Agent liar
barlno, of tho Department of Justice,
raided the Socialist headquarters, 132G
Arch street, August "8.
MOTHER SEEKS HOME
FOR HER BABY GIRL
Driven Desperate by Poverty,
Her Case. Appeals to
Sympathy
A baby girl, eighteen mouths old. Is
offered to any one Who will assuro thn
child n good home, by a mother who has
four other children and who Is desperate
with poverty.
The mother Is Mrs. Ilvu Kasselman.
of 2619 vN'appa street. Of her flvo
children three arc boys, the oldest of
whom Is twelve years old. Her youngest
child Is Tilly, the baby she Is willing lo
give up.. Five weeks ngo Mr. lvassel
mnn'a husband, who Is said to have been
suffering from tuberculosis, left home to
look for work and has never leturned.
Mrs. Kasselman does not know whether
ho Is dead or has been taken to some
hospital.
In his absence the condition of the
family grew vvnrsv and worse There
was no coal In the house, no food, nnd
tho rent was far In arrears. Last night,
being unable to get coal. "Irs. Kassel
man tried tn heat her room with a
small gas stove. The bedding caught
fire, destroying the bed. Tho room was
damaged by water in putting out tie"
fire. Today a neighbor went to Joel
Hart, district detective at tho Twenty
sixth and York streets police station,
and told hltn of the family's condition.
Hart went tn the houm and found tho
shivering children did not even have
underwear.
Mrs. Kasselman said hopelessly she
was "at the end of her rope " She did
not care what happened to herself. If
only a good home could be found for
little Tilly. Neighbors came to the tem
porary lescue of the family today by
bringing buckets of coal, somo food and
clothing for the children.
DEATHS AMONG SAMMEES
War Department Reports Four, Two
Qeing of Pneumonia
WASHINGTON', Dei- 10 Four addl
tlonal deaths among the American
Hoops In France, announced by the War
Department this afternoon, follow:
Private Ausolomen J.t Ashcraft, Hoi
tins, Ala., quartet master corps, Decem
ber 11
Private Silas K, Card, Johnsonvllle,
N. V . Infantry, pneumonia, December
17
i'rlvate Jesse C. Main, Stillman Val
ley, III., engineers, pneumonia, Decem
ber Hi.
Private Bryan N. Dutton, Huntsville,
Ala,, Infantry, December 16.
HELD FOR GRAND JURY
J. . A, .
Man Accused of Shooting Claims He
Defended Himself
.
Pedro Tlniontessa, of Coatesvllle, was
held by the Coroner to await the action
ot the Clrand Jury today charged with
fatally shooting John I.lskowsky, of 110
parptnter street. Tlniontessa said he
was attacked by ,lskowsky and acted In
elf-deTtnse.
Peter Hcoria. ot 1025 Montrose etreet.
v,h,o waa held on the charge ot causing
the death ot Louis Clcerl, of Uii South
Tenth street, saia s revolver witn wmen
l. v..,r,fr.v
ft
Puist's Montcssori school, ivt Fortieth and Spruce streets, pay n visit to the toy departments of
photograph shows the pupils with a number of their friends a t lunch in one of the stores
PARK SKATING GOOD;
SLUSHY ELSEWHERE
Street Cleaning Bureau, With
Rising Temperature's Aid,
Attacks Gummy Highways
liesplte the rUe In temperature
there is hUatlni; un nil the lakes In the
Purl, and en Usaitii knn Creek today,
uerorillnir In Woodford (iinirilliiHise,
All attack on thn slush mobilized In
tho shopping district was started today
by tho Iluieau of Street Cleaning. Tho
cleanei-M bombarded it from all dltec
tlons. From Locust street tn Arch nnd
from tho Delaware Itlver to Broad street
tho enemy was completely routed with
the aid of steady streams from tho flro
plug's.
Filtered water had to be used ilrsplto
Its scarcity, ns tho streets were in u hor
rible condition
As there are more visitors to Phila
delphia during Chrlstmns week than any
other week of tho year, the Bureau of
Street t'leanlng decided It was only fair
that the, city should put on Its very best
appearance. Tho water cure for tho
slush was held back until the last mo
ment In hopes that tho sun would dry
It up.
Hut tho sun followed the policy of
tlilngH generally nnd kept Itself decidedly
scarce. It took a slight peep In on the
city Monday, but, on teeing thn cn:Iltlon
of the streets, fnded nwify tn disgust. T,ho
weather man camo to tho rescuo and
managed to shovu tho mercury up sov
J eral notches This morning at K o'clock
It stood nt 33 and Jumped to 37 before
noon, with indications of going still high
er this afternoon. Toiiinirow Phlladel
phliitii will be able to leave overshoot
nt home. It Is rumored.
'SLEEPING MEMORIES'
MODIFIED BY CENS6RS
Court Upholds Decision
Against Which Film Com
pany Appealed
Today iu Court of Common Pleas No.
5, hcfoic Judges Stnake and Mnnnhan,
"Sleeping Memories," a seven-reel movie,
produced by the Metro Company, had
several little naps and one long Puri
tanical snooze, to say nothing of a fow
minor snoies rudely removed. Thn court
was evidently of the opinion that too
many bad dreams had already been
given to thn heroine.
When tills picture was submitted six
weeks ago to the iloard of Censorship,
of which Frank It. Shattuck Is the
chairman, It contained, In the opinion of
tlin board, features which should be 'lm
inntcd. these features occurring chiefly
In n scene of the play which the court
considers an abridged screen version nf
Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." Certain
heads and subheads, together with por
tions of scenes, weie ordered eliminated
by the board.
J. Lewis lircltlnger. former chairman
of the Iloard of Censors, attorney for
the Metro Company, filed an appeal from
the decision of the board, and the case
was heard before Judges Staake nnd
Moiuighan, who, after seeing tho picture
projected, isphcld for the most part the
objections of thn lioatd. and lu their
opinion Included certain suggestions
which they felt should be rcinplleil with
In order to bring tho picture within the
pain of decent public opinion.
These tllmlnatlons were compiled
with, but after Mr. Shattuck had viewed
the picture with the changes made, he
decided that the entire "Puritan scene"
must come out before the production
would be morally lit for public exhibi
tion. "Peeping Toms," village gossips,
frenzied mob and burning nt the stake
had taken the count, but minister, child
In cradln and sobbing mother" leinalned.
and In the opinion of Mr Shattuck the
objectionable story remained and must
vacate.
The Metro Company contended that
tho decision of the court was final and
thai Mr. Shattuck could not go beyond
tho decree.
When tlm raso was again called this
morning, it was evident that the court
had no desire to witness "Sleeping Mem
ories" ngilu. It was willing to let
Its memory of the play sufllcej.ln fact,
It seemed lo regard It ns a form of
sleeping sickness. It , expressed Its
opinion that most any elimination would
Improve tho picture.
Mr. Shattuck was Well within his
rights, alnce the Court of Common Pleas
cannot reverse the decision of the Hoard
of Censors, except In cases of appeal
where nbuse of discretion la Involved.
He was, however, reminded by the court
that this objection should have been
made at the time the case was first
called. Mr. Shattuck admitted this and
assured the court that It would not oc
cur again.
And so "Sleeping Memories" will 'be
released today, but Philadelphia will get
Mr- Shattuck' Idea ot a moral version
ot slumber,
Knights' Fund at $110,000
The total amount obtained to date In
the. drive fofaubscrlpUona to tlnvKnlghU
of Columbus War, Rurtd wa announce) ' fh ne who, led 'tha assault, 'police-
'fp"T.yan;iit
THEIR ANNUAL VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS
;-jc rjzr?um3izyzmm.tMawjvm.
tviav. vf.
xt.. . -fi'iwiKg3--r73rrT:
DRAFT BOARDS WARN
AGAINST OVERCHARGE
Registrants Cautioned Not to
Pay Excessive Charges
to Notaries
Printed In reven languages, a circular
warning registrants Hot to pay moro
than fifty cents tn notaries public for ad
ministering the oath Incident, to the fill
ing out of the draft questionnaire, and
that free ndvico may ho obtained from
the legal advisory board at .the district
headquarters. Is being mailed with every
questionnaire pent out by local Draft
Hoard No. S from Its headquarters at
323 llaco street.
Tho l-'ngllsli version of tho notice Is
printed nt tho top of tho circular, cau
tioning the registrant to read tho "No
tice to lteglstrant" at tho top of the first
pugo of tho questionnaire, and stating
that tho legal advisory board will bo at
the headquarters from 9 to 11 o'clock
In thn morning, 3:30 to 0:30 o'clock In
tho afternoon and 0: 30 to 9 o'clock eve
nings, with tho exception of Saturdays,
when tho tlmo will bo 1 to C:30 In tho
afternoon. :t ndds that a notary public
will bo there also.
Tho circular Is printed In Itumanian,
Russian, Slovak, Polish, Yiddish and
Hungarian, for tho benefit of th6 foreign
clement In tho district
"Our object In having this printed,"
says John 1. Connors, chairman of the
board, "Is to save the foreigners from
bolng robbed by tho various notaries, ns
they have been ill tho past. In many
cases they have paid from J20 to 1300 to
file exemption papers, when the sum of
fifty cents would havo fccon sufllcient.
We are doing all that Is posslhlo to
save theso peoplo from bolng over
charged." Fresh evidence of activity on tho part
of notaries public Is furnished by the
mailing nf notices soliciting business by
Samuel i.'antor. of 1029 South street, In
tho fourth draft tllfctrlct, the board head
quarters of which arc nt Third and De
Lnncey streets,
When nsked for his charges for filling
out papers, Cantor replied that It was
twenty-five cents or a dollar and other!
amounts. He contended that his charges
were for clerical work, lit I advico being
free.
Envelopes for mailing tho question
naire have not been supplied in suf
ficient quantities to' somo of tiro city's
fifty-one local draft boards and tho
consecutive distribution of fi per cent
lots Is consequently temporarily de
layed In those districts.
Thcte is Jubilation tn the homes of
1400 selected men In this city today
over the opportunity granted them to
spend Christmas nt their own hearth
instead of at Camp Meade, an" order hav
ing Issuod delaying their entralument
for the cantonment until January 3.
This contingent In to replace- thoso
men returned as unfit by tho army
doctors.
Tho counties near Camp Meado send
their alternates between now and the
III st of the year. This cantonment is
tho only one lacking Its full comple
ment to date,
Medical, dental and veterinary stu
dents In this city aro being examined
by
l.eutenant lining, of Washington
for Induction Into tho mttlonal re.servo
thus rendering them liable for the call
to active service at any time. Tho
I'nlversity of Pennsylvania Is present
ing 1200 students, the examination tak
ing place at Houston Hall. Tlicso men
will contlm.0 In their classes as usual.
Incensed over tho alleged statement
of Dr. Henry D. Jump, president of
tho Philadelphia County Medical So
ciety, at a meetmg, December 12 In the
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Twenty-second and Ludlow streets, that
thrco examining physicians connected
with Local Draft Hoard No. 21, would
resign owing to their objection to serv
ing with Dr. John It. Iialley, an OBteo
IVith, the draft board has Issued a
protesting statement.
Joseph W. Gardiner, chairman of the
board, announces that Dr. llaliey Is
the medical member of the board, and
adds that "sych agitation on the part
of tho Philadelphia County Medical So
clety. or a small 4art of It, is border
ing on the point of Interference with
the selective service law and the pen
alities therein provided.
POLICE CHIEF SURRENDERS
Philadelphia Lawyer Delivers Man
Accused of Assault ' ,
WIIST CHUSTICn, Pa.. Dec. 19. Dis
trict Attorney Truman D. Wade an
nounced today that Chief of the Mldvale
Police John Carter, who disappeared
after the assault committed about two
weeks ago on Superintendent H, A.
Whltaker, of the Coatesvllle plant, had
surrendered to the authorities through,
a Philadelphia attorney and had filed a
satisfactory bay bond and would be
present at Coatesvllle tomorrow when
the hearing of Stanley Jfowe and Carter
Is to take place before Magistrate
Myers.
Mr. Wade has been most .energetic. In
the case and has won tbe approval of the
citizens of, Coatesvllle by his prompt In
vestigation andi the subseauent arrest
of Howe and Carter who are claimed to
... ..,...-. if niimzSiATSSiyi7!nlTMM
BABY'S HOSPITAL FUND
NOW STANDS $121,444
Yesterday's Results, $13,314,
Day's Banner Going to
Team No. 24
The remaining distance to tho $175,
000 goal for tho Babies' Hospital cam
paign fund was reduced by $13,314 yes
terday, bringing the grnnd total to date
to $121,444 on the sixth day of tho ten
day drive.
The men's champion banner for the
day was awarded to Captain George V.'
Ward, of Team 24, on a reported show
ing of $1614 for the day. The women's
champion bnnncr went to Mrs. C. P.
Jenkins, captain of Team .
"Don't bo contented with $t75,000 ns
your Iron-bound maximum. Make the
sky your limit," the twenty-five cnptalna
of teams and their workers were ad
monished by Dr. J. It. Carnett, cam
paign director of tho drive.
The workera met at noon nt tho Hello-vuo-Stratford
again todny and reported
progress.
BENNETT GETS PROFANE
WHEN ASKED ABOUT GIFT
Fifth Ward Lieutennnt Smiles
When "Voluntary" Contribution
for Diamond Is Mentioned
Police Lie tenant David nehnett, of
tho Third and Do Lancey streets station,
who Is a endefendant with Mayor Smith,
William H. Flnley nnd llvo patrolmen
in the Fifth Ward primary election mur
der conspiracy, was smilingly profane
today when nsked about the "volun
tary" contributions mado by eighty po
licemen In thn district for the purpose of
presenting him with a diamond ring on
Christmas.
Due of thn patrolmen, In a letter to
tho Public Ledger said:
"On December 15, which was pay
day. Acting Sergeant drover and Fo
llccmin Harry stood nlongsldo if the
men ns the. wero paid and requested
$1.60 from each to purchase a diamond
ring for Lieutenant Dennett,
"Of course, you had to give up. If
not, things would be iiup'easant for us.
That $1.'0 would buy hhoes or dock
ings for ono of my little onci-.. Hut they
along with myself, will havo to feel the
losd of the $1,50, as you know our pay
Is very scant. Director Wilson says he
does hot know tho men rro not treated
right."
"It's hone of your business," bo told n
reporter, with nil oath, nnd then added:
"Tho first thing I knew about it was
when I read It In the paper.'
REDDY JAKE' MELINKOFF
ARRESTED AND INDICTED
Charged With Conducting Gambling
House, Robbing Patron and Beat
ing Detective and Womnn
"lleddy" Jake Mellnkoff and Annie
.Miller, who declares she Is Mellnkoft's
wife, were today held In $000 ball for
a further hearing tomorrow by Magis
trate Watson, accused of conducting a
gambling house at 340 North Klghth
street.
The nriests were made last nlclit h'v
detectives attached to Captain Soulier's
KUinh Unit sound, after Me inkoff mul
several men in tho house at tho time had
beiiten Isaac 11 Kcagle, u private de
tective, of 2417 South Seventeenth
street, and Mrs. Max Zem'.l, ot 24 4G
south Deulnh street.
Keaele. accomnanie'd bv Mrs. Zemll.
had gone to the house in hearch of the
woman's husband, who, sho declared.
frequented the place. The men ket upon
them, knocking out two of Mrs. ZenillV
teeth. In the melee that followed
KeaKle was arrested, but later u-m ills-
charged.
MellnKorc was indicted yesterday by
tho Grand Jury on charges of rubbing
Frank Urauer, a traveling salesman, of
$300 in a game of "stuss,"'
FIRE MARSHAL'S NEW AID
James O. Mulhern Succeeds the Late
William B. Smith
James O. Mulhern, 4015 Locust street,
today was appointed an assistant fire
marshal to fill the vacancy caused by
the death ot former Mayor William I).
Smith. The position carries a salary of
$2000 a year, but after the first of the
year this Is likely to be reduced to $1800
on recommendation of the Civil 'Service
Commission,
Other city appointments made today
were those of George N, Greene, ,2534
Columbia avenue, draftsman, Hureau ot
Surveys, $1000; Edward T. Locke ry, 201
nod ma u street, foreman, Bureau of
Highways, $4 a day.
Fuel Shortage Closes Worsted Mill
NOniUSTOWN. ra Dec. 10 Be-
cause ot the scarcity ot coal, It was an
nounced today that the Merlon Worsted
Mills, In West Conshohocken, would re
main Idle until a supply ot fuel arrived.
This Is the first Instance hereabouts
where the coal shortage was felt to this
extent. Some plants, notably tha Wood
Steel Plant, at Ivy Rock, hava beer, nut
on part time, several manufacturing.
J planu hava but a few days' supply WiRothermel. Thomas Stewart and Walter
,.,,.-,?.
Councils junketeers
off for camp meade
Members of Committee on Soldiers'
Relief Go to Visit Philadelphia
Boys
A scoie or more members of Councils'
committee on Soldiers' llellcf nnd Suste
nance are spending the day at Camp
Meade, Admiral, Md. The Junket wai
plannttd primarily to look over the needs
of the 10,000 Philadelphia' soldier boys
who aro at the cantonment.
Complaints wero received by city of
ficials of tho need for gloves and warm
wearing apparel, nnd the trip was quick
ly planned to relievo the boys from, tho
rigors of an carry winter.
Mayor Smith was scheduled to go
but at the last minute changed his
mind nnd permitted the Junketeers to
leave without him. Tho delegation was
hende.d by Isaac D. Hetiell, Select
Councilman of tho Klghteenth Ward.
BANQUET PROMOTERS
ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Justice of Peace and Two
Others Hel.d for Alleged .
Misrepresentation
Accused of conspiracy to cheat nnd
defraud, It being alleged that they rep
resented a dinner which they wero pro
moting as a testimonial to Charles K.
Melville, president of the Magistrates
and Constables' Association, tn bo n
banquet authorized by that association,
Michael V. Harrlgan. n Justice of the
Peace at Paoll : J. Howard Ooodwln,
of 151 North rifty-fourth street, nnd
Leon B, Cox, of 6340 CJrccnwny avenuo,
were held today under $1000 ball each
for court, by Maglstrato Watson In
Central Police Station.
The banquet promoted by the thrco
men Is to bo given tomorrow night nt
tho nelloyue-Stratford, tho promoters
say. In spite of tho proceedings, which
were brought by District Attorney
Itotnn on evidence collected by Joseph
McClaln, a detective In the District At
torney olllce. McClnln appeared ns tho
complainant In the case.
Magistrate John J. Harrlgan, ot Phila
delphia, testified thnt tho promoters had
given out the Impression that tho dinner
wns sponsored by tho Magistrates nnd
Constables' Association, which, ho said,
had no cnnncctl6n with tho Board of
Philadelphia Magistrates. Maglstrato
Mecleary, president of tho latter organi
zation, and -Magistrate Cowan oth
testified that they had bee-i invited to
contribute money to ,v. dinner for Mel
ville, but that M.ey had Ignored tho In
vitation .John C. Dawson, of 585H Overbrook
avenue, connected with the banking
firm of Brown Brothers, testified that
he had contributed $10 to tho fund
aftor ho had been asked over tho tele
phono to do so, by n man who said
ho was "Maglstrato Harrlgan." Ho had
compiled with the tequest, Mr. Dawson
snld, because ho believed tho man to
bo Maglstrato John J, Harrlgan. Dis
trict Attorney Itotnn stated somo days
ngo that tho alleged fraud was nlded
by tho conduct of Justice of tho Peace
Harrlgan, chairman of tho dinner com
mittee, who, said Mr. ltittan, "traded
upon the similarity between his namo
nnd that of Maglstrato Harrlgan, thus
deceiving many friends of the latter."
WlJIIam J, Jones, of 20G0 1-ast. Alle
gheny avenue, vice president of Jones,
Itaunt & Barrett, 411 Walnut street,
testified that ho had given $25 to the
promoters under the Impression that
ho was contributing to tho Board of
Philadelphia Magistrates. Jacob (llns
berg, of 544 Tusker street, trensurer of
tho Jewish World, said that ho had
given $10, believing Hint ho had been
requested to do so by Maglstrato John
J. Ilurrlgan.
RAILROAD STOCKS HIT
NEW BOTTOM LEVELS
Sensational Drop Charged to
Heavy Selling by Bank
Interests
NP.W yoilK, Dec. ID.
A sensational break in prices ot rail
road stocks In this a;ternoon's trading
on tho New York Stock Exchange car
lied many of the usual leaders down for
big losses, and several of them i cached
new low levels. New York Central de
clined from C6 to 62 y, and Pennsylvania
dropped from 43U to 40'.i. both new
bottom prices.
Other railroad stocks sold at new low
records for many years, Union Pacific
declining to 10.H1, Southern Pacific sell
ing down to f7i, St. Paul preferred
yielding to Gfi'i, nnd Northern Pacific
losing 2 points.
Tho selling came largely through
brokers supposed to represent Important
banking Interests, nnd there wns the
usual assumption that much of the
liquidation camb from foreign holdings,
but there vna no way in which reports
to tills effect could bo confirmed.
Other stocks sagged In sympathy with
the rails, with United States Steel com
mon ranging from 82 to SOJi, and
other steel Industrials yielding to about
tho same extejit.
The volume of business for the day
was small, with extreme dullness pre
vailing for long periods, nnd tbero was
disposition to nttrlbuto lower prices to
.the thinness of the market, which has
so often been commented on, more than
to any special pressure.
P. R. R.'S ACT JUSTIFIED
Interstate Commission Frees Com
pany From Discrimination Charge
The Pennsylvania Itallroad was ad
Judged not guilty by the Interstate Com
merce Commission of charges of dis
crimination against the W. II, Green
field Co.. In a conjrovsery over poal rars.
According- to tho evidence, the rail
road refused to furnMi'cars to take the
complainant's coal from a 'siding at
I-'Igait. Pa., whele.lt had been delivered
by a coal mining company, except under
the condition that the cars be counted
against the mining company's allotment
of cars. The commission held that the
lallroad had the right to furnish its cars
according to Its regular distribution
rates.
Dr. Dixon Again' Heads Academy
Dr. Samuel (I. Dixon, has been re
elected as president of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, (Nineteenth and llace
Btreets, for the twenty-second consecu
tive time. Other officers are: vice
presidents. Dr. Edwin d. Conklln and
John Cadwalader; recording secretary,
Edward J. Nolan. 1 corresponding secre
tary, J, Percy Moore j treasurer, George
Vaux, Jr.: librarian Edward Nilan;
curators. Doctor Dixon, Henry A. Plls
bury, Wltmer Stone and Henry Tucker;
councilors to serve three years, Charles
B, Penrose, Charles Morris, Spencer
Trotter and William E, Hughes; coun
cilor to All unexpired term, T, Chalkley
Pajrnert, committee, on accounts, Charles
Mortis, Samuel N. Rhodes, John Q.
ONE F-l
A PHILADELPHIA
:
John P. A. Messang Lost
When American Subma
rine Was Sunk
RAMMED BY SISTER BOAT
One Phltndelphlan, John P. A, Mes
sang, of 2253 North Hopo street, nnd
Simon Oreenberg, formerly of thl city,"
wero among the nineteen members of,
the crew of the United States submarine
IM, which was rammed and sunk by,
a sister' submarine, K-3, on Monday
afternoon,
Messang's wife and mother are pros
tratcd with grief as a result of the
catastrophe. Mrs. Messang received word
of her husband's tragic death In the
following telegram from Admiral L. C.
Palmer, Chief of tho Bureau of Navi
gation; ,
"The I.. H. B, V'l was rammed by an
other submarine nt 7 p. m., Monday De
cember 17, during . fog, the I-'-l sinking
Immediately. It Is with deepest regret
that the bureau must convey to you the
snd news that jour husband, John P,
A, Messang, chief machinist's mate, was
lost In the sinking of tha I-'-l.
"No additional information Is at hand
at this time. You have tho sincere sym.
pathy of tho bureau In the loss of your
husbtnd."
Messang was llfty-ono years old and,
In addition to his widow nnd mother, is
survived by a twclvc-ycar-nid son. Ho
had been In the navy thliteen years and
this was the flist jear of hfn fourth
enlistment.
fJreenbeig. who was an electrician,
formerly lived al 5912 Walnut street,
and enlisted iu the' navy in this city six
years ngo. Hli parents now live In New
Yorlt, hut nil aunt, Mrs, J. Hyman, stilt
resides at tho Walnut street address.
Tho Inst time Orconherg wns In Phila
delphia was during a furlough two years
ngo, when ho visited his aunt.
Lieutenant A. K. Montgomery, com
manding ofllcer ot the I-'-l was among
tho flvo saved. Ills mother, Mrs Julia
Montgomery Pratt, lives at Fort II. O.
Wright, N. Y.
Additional survivors ate: J, M,
Sehmlssautcr, machinist. Father, Ci
Schmissnuter, Hills City, Tcnn.
Henry L. Brown, gunner's male:
Father. II. I'. Brown, Macon, On,
Joseph J. Burns, chief gunner's mate.
Wife, San Pedro, Cal.
John J. Stewart, ship's cook. Mother,
Irs. Cella II. Campbell, Huron, a D.
On October 11, 1012, tho F-l broke,
from her moorings in u heavy sea at
Fort Watsonvllle, Cnl. Tho little sea
fighter ifashed Into n pier nnd then
drifted out to sea gradually filling with
wntcr nnd drowning two sailors who had
been sleeping on board.
Tho greatest American submarine
tragedy came on March 25, 1015, when
the F-4 failed to como to the surface
during maneuvers oft Honolulu. A lieu
tenant and twenty-flvo sailors were
drowned nnd only a few of tho bodlca
werorecoveted.
Tho F-4 was one of tho latest models
of Amerlcnn submarines, nnd cost $500,
000. Sho wan a trlllo over 112 feet long,
sixteen feet ten Inches deep and fifteen
feet three Inches beam. She was designed
for a cruising radius of 2400 miles, and
had been tested submerged for twenty,
four hours.
On tho morning of the dny she dis
appeared sho left the harbor of Hono
lulu for n submerged run. When at tho
edgo of tho liaibor and In nbout thirty
fathoms of water she submerged. It Is
believed that tho escape of chlorine gas
from the batteries that furnished her
underwater power ovcrcamo the crew or
that tho vessel was damaged by' somo
Internal explosion.
At any rate, sho never appeared on
tho surface ngaln, and It was not until
twenty-four hours later that grapplers
located her sunken hull. Such wero the
condition of the linibor that It was over
four months before the submarine was
raised to the surface. By that tlmo the
submarine had broken open nnd some of
the bodies wero lost.
THRIFT-WAR SAVING
STAMP SALE THRIVING
Enthusiasm Shown in Cam
paign in This Federal
Reserve District
315,212.96 ALREADY SOLD-
The campaign for tho snlo of war
thrift stamps nnd war certificates showed
Increased enthusiasm today, and front
all over tho Federal Itetcrve district, of
which Philadelphia Is the center, there.
camo reports that they aro enjoying an
Increasing demand and going llko hot
cakes.
Moro than 3000 of the stamps nnd BOO
certificates havo been sold at the Phila
delphia postofllce, and tho work of get
ting tho advantages of the thrift stamp
before tho peoplo has only Just begun.
Owing, to tho manner in which the
stanlpa aro being sold, It Is difficult to
get nccurato figures as to tho amount
realized from tho salo, but on all sides
uro evidences of -zeal on tho part ot
tho workers for the campaign.
Tho Federnl Bcscrvo Bank haH sold
$315,212,06 war savings stamps for cash
slnco tho campaign opened and addi
tional stamps tn tho amount of $13,720
havo been delivered to ageiits of the'
second class, Including banks, corpora
tions nnd others who put up Movent
ment security ns collateral for tho pay
ment. Of tho thrift stamps $92,563.25
have been sold for rash and $228,900. to
agents of the second class.
At a meeting hero today of newspaper
publishers, representatives of benevolent
associations and clergymen, plans were
mapped out to conduct a campaign
throughout Pennsylvania to Increase-the
sales ot war thrift stamps and war cer
tificates among foreign-born citizens.
The efforts of the Y. SI. C. A. have
been enlisted In behalf of the thrift
stamp sale, and Frank Slauran, chnlr
man of tho speakers' committee of that
organization, has promised that nt the
weekly meetings to be held In all the
X. SI, C. A. branches In the city, there
will be speakers .to make addresses urg
Ing the young men to aid In the' cam
paign. The committee Is now at work on a
plan tn have the foreign-language pa
pers of the city get In behind the stamp
sale, and It Is believed that In this way
a big impetus will bo given. to the cam
paign. The editors of the foreign-language
papers who havo been approached
on the bubject have Indicated a willing
ness, to give their enthusiastic support
to the movement.
Chairman SfacLeod, of the commit
tee In charge of the work, said today
that the reports front the territory out
side of Philadelphia are especially grat
ifying. While no exact figures are avail
able, the workers are taking hold with
an enthusiasm that leaves no doubt that
a large amount will be raised from tha
stamp sale In the outlying sections.
Henry (lerkon, an errand boy, was the
nrst in Philadelphia to bring His thrift
card, with Its sixteen- stamps, officially
to tne attention ot the committee in
has in charge the campaign ror 'the
of the stamps. The boy exchanged
card 'fon a certificate .andrlmrnjMHs
'procured a'nothertcard i
tUwii.
ra anu.nan asu
wbt B.W It lif.
A