PW1 ,ZM 7. v,iT"W ' xr-Vv "' T, a'Ts- Tyi W w'Vt ..r 3" it '- .." 1T tl- A,', l yw TffTsy OMI I I OADSTASK stlon of Coastward Relieved, New , Problem Appears WAGE RULE AIDS W . .nits to ino notion or miector 1 MeAdoo III ordering a pro Increase In domurrago rates, railroads of. tlic eastern portion UnUed 'ritates nru confronted 1! a new problem, u Is not tlie or setting frerght from tlie to the seaboard, tmt tlio piob- tolling empty far back from tlie d to vlio Interior to get mora t. estra demurrage .ruling went Into January St. A period of forty- hours "freo tlmo" was allowed which no demurrage w.11 charged, then tho clock In-tan to tick agalitt consignee who had freight In tho waiting to bo delivered, livery the clocked ticked It cost the con. ne money, and In the case of Urea ilml concerns to which freight 1 Ignetl by the tr.itnlo.irl, with many In, coming In each week, the iun- iln of time meant a lot of money. o wiicu 11 bi 10 1111 mini wnrto prof it wero threatened, the big consignees mnu a way to pel tneir cits unloaded. Yesterday and lod.iv thor- h.-H been Ffipnvv Innl emi.,.1 rt .tmt.,.. ....... .. . w ...-. ............ ... v. . .,..j vain lo wtho West: and. fcutuuatily for the ecu C'eral freight situation, tlm li,, n.. ptVWest ate now In a portion to bundle &..- HO lllUICIIlCllll. HwlOne of tho scrltus problems with . immcn raiiroau men nave had to contend 4Mu been thA Inabmtv rr it., in,. .... rajitav.abaoib the empties letunied to them, !ior mo western lines, choked up with V-st-bouiul tnifllc, havo lucked Hi. .,. MW fl,-. fw.li.l n...l 1.1. a, .in........ ... ... .. . iHWe westward movement In tho rioper il'riAl'ennerlvjiifrL llallir,.'..! ..mM,.,., i. ...... ,?vjwr. have been untiflerf Mni in. .,.t... llAlYlatOns Of that HVuleln iii-a t.it,,. I.. fj.'t;.Jlton to handle 300 box cars and 100 pwiuoias uauy, vviu overy prospect that ;Mhls capacity will be Inereau..! ..-in. B?ijfcorn favorable weather condition". &tn.ne congestion or loaded c.irn of eo.il fclfrbxen to the tracks on the Mlililin m,i KS.1ttlsburgh divisions of tho Pennsylvania R,V Railroad Is the mot unfavorublo feature KvTW the freight situation today. Several PnJCItfousaiid cars of fuel stalled In iim FisiJiS J and 011 sidetracks duilng the Mlz- L UV' ( .f ln (tnii.l,. ii .. . .lilt ..i. .. MI on the tracks ami o nccoutiL of f the abort a ee of motive nnir iii-r iu rilnrtttrr prosiKct that ther will lcmin n JiJ J for vevcraL clayn, or until t.m xvcather e rmnfhBIu tr tl toll tin nvleiit tlm it.... C. ,11""""!"' " "" '"ill vii.IV IIII3J- ,vn bo pulletl uway. mm HOME HERE BEST ME FOR MARINES p.ort Facilities and Nearness evito.bUDDlv isase Annroved tr; by Major General Barnett ritju "rt.i iw.-n, rru. , ' unieiHiiii H" tl'oflIclals of the t'h'ladelphl.i Navy KNWaro mat that yard Is the huine of the jwinwlne are substantiated In tho tcstl- f KponyjOi Major Ueneral ueorge Iluruett, 6felhwndant of the United State mailne WBorps, before the House Naval Affairs i. Committee last week, made pub'iu to. b a In ., ul.ni'f llitt,, T'liM't.lATi.ltl.. ...Ill JS.WPPly nearly all Urn enulimciit for IFVyflBs marine corps and Is called the bett 'utti vAnt from which to tinmyort marines, , leneial liaruetls testimony Is a.i fol lows: v t.; " nave spent mole tnan a minion Wt. dollars, all told on Quanllcu, althniiKh tweni.v-elght.bonr act. railroads are '.'?, .,' ,,,,',"' . '.' .,, ,.,,.,.' pital Nn. .1. nie at the Aldlne. Nine. December. 191(1. December eirnlngs What was styled a "corner drinking ieV.VM one or tw m nor particulars It does ria uircl to seo ti.at o.iltlo aro properly "." . ' ',' ' ....,,,,,.,,.... .,,..... ' j Kenlh iiml Chestnut Knits. Huth were SO.'JO per rent on tho capital stock. , den" was uncovered by tho agents of tho requirements fur a fed and walered after they havo been Si, ir h I lintel., aro pationlzed bv fashk bin r- money, dining the monlli. was ! the Department of Justice In the vlcln- ;. the principal ono being In transit for a continuous twonty.elgbt v,,nu '""" s'"' m'""' pe,,plo and few can obtain looms and , 'luoted at 0 per wit and choko com- , Ity of Twelfth nnd I'llbert stieets todav, a permanent poat should hours. Thete. Is no fixed standard as U. .... .,, r. ..., , i,.w ,, inciclal paper at 5'j to C per cent. , and John Curtis, of Vine street nhn.'e H.'mmI All ..II ne ..j. Mwi nn un u. uanent post Ihat. as stated, he located on n harbor of sutllclent , epth to permit of transpoils cotnlni; his Is tho best place for them to leave, because It Is lo near our factory at JL100 South llroad street, Philadelphia, jlraere all of our supplies aro collected. Uin4 it Is a question of only a few hours' Braved by rail t send men from Quantlco 'Philadelphia in case It becaina neces- fry for them to leave on snipnoaru. X'.t'A I stated lu "my healings before e uncommiuee u tew u,,,n uv, i..c ipirovements und addition to the Tine corps- cioimnr iiiciurj- m x-nuu. nhln. in nroirressliiB. and In a short me the plant tlvfre should be and will t able to rurnisii ncany an m mn uiii s, of equipment necessary for the trine corps, ana sucn ramtinn un. done thete that I feel sure the (iov- tment will bo more tnan pain mr mi it has been spent on the plant. S-MILITAUY TH.VININU OOOD '.The success of Hie operation t the inpulsory military irnuuni. m "o-. iter, whero bo between sixteen and eteen years auenuini; puuuu ew ,'in.irneiHd bv a. marine corps olllcer. 6 .TV , i .-. .1 i ... .. . . .uci.j. 91, jnK ma,ft api) cat nu to tlie Intel- muses, um even wit i tirse cnmcssois - - - ".n " -" .-iiiu-n ...,,nnn-r,,Mi,T 1:,-ffteHl;ll'in7,i''' IT .S',"'," 'nir'01"" IH,"rtn,eul ,,jf ,A?r'7,:,"r- -tat. Comme.ce ("inmMm to Inc ea e ..be ex,,ene to the liovenm.ent. ion- fll.Ol'CllSTlllt CITV. N. J . Pel.. ? Long, accus.d of selling liquor to en- wenty-two feet, but 1 do not consider, Th p.Klleis contended that tho lui. flrm, tiig ,,, 3 ner ear In twllihlm- llnne.l nvei m manv weeks Iris been The iiiembeis ot the flloucester City His. 1 sled men. M a xeiy seilous obstacle, because reau's standard furnished luxurious llv. ..Zncs etwee,, local Ions with n lie leax v trrlcal Society aie now engaged in an ef- According to Special Agent Mallet fc'llS'clTsi.VntuS.luX bV;rt iaTltr- rA "In' ,?8 "T ,S "f ttv'n,er,,,srM.uiV,:,,wt: " Wllle the commanding odlioi nf Ua.o ",S KurV-"I'l t'tn'e' v" ' "T !n'n' BI,'nV ,"? 'V "" fh?.vUni.U. u .5 J , ,! t, L,ol,elt l? H? 'UoT" ' "' full Company nt Allentnwn and i,m similar Hospital No. . Di. V'. ,;. Smith, makes tues. inerlts nnd advantages of tlio saloonkeeper, hired vagabonds to act as lo tho est Indies or other placos leave mentioned. Similar caei aro ponding Increase In-ine the mills nf Johns .vian- his headauarteis at the Philadelphia elly. whlcli they will adopt as the odlclal "I miners." pajlng them a commission fcrom tho Philadelphia .Navy laid, and , ollrr fUc.,. vl ,.0. llt jIllm,c. K ., ,1 .",,, llirasslstaut dliect'ir of tlu- l"',,11 for Olomcstir. mi IKpior sales to enlisted men. iXSu announced by Oeneinl Uarnett. as I mo lrftiinim w, v.h...,.-. lladelphla and the summer training nn. nt liAnsdllWne. , Hpeaklns of these things, tleueral Har. Mtt (aid: l.ir4... ...... llnllpr. itf lVnTIHVl -"(-"-' ::.r.::...7i' ..,.:.. la. Drougni 10 mo uiipiiu-'n i i,", Quarters tlio fact mat ino amuori at Ttkt. Chester, l'a., had made It ntnrv for all male attendants at !lo'chools to be Instructed In mill- warfare, and at tno reipiest ot Ismail lllllier, a scrBrnni-iiii ir for this duty. In this way. there. Inaugurated, for the flrts time in lean History, compulsory miiuary llon at schools. There Is no doubt St it this were followed by other unities, much oou wouia result Dm. as It would lay the ground- fnr universal military training. 'headquarters are willing to ro In nil respects with communities. (ar, as it li practicable to do K. to Instrucuirs lor tins purpose, wo lq ret quite a large number of i : from thin school. know of no better wuy tf forward. ruitlng tnan uiii, oecausn intso mm. If they cet tho military jrwhen tbey get old enough, yuu ionblv'iount on BO per cent of '.BtertliiK tho nervlce. Whether Mtor the marine corps, the army Uvy. is tmmsiermi, diii mey itui iDllltarytrttming ana mey win r DOtentlal soldiers, a well aa nttliens In every posiuie way." Unn i'aofett; not fcpeoklng' now In criticism. I 'approve of that personalliv wpt,to,,oii jor iniurnisuon. o WW ,Hvln,iH8rp9rui; under ity oc. jaiy v yon ao tiutr' sitrnw i . ... . T J e latkMui.'' s, 4l ,n ' Evening public t j.Am defMncy finis of CITY TOTAL $410,106 4 Councils to Vote on Bill to! Pay Indebtedness of Department $997,000 TOTAL FOR 1917 City Coal Bill for Year Wns 387,- 000 Will Pay mils From $1,C!7,0Q6 Surplus The deficiency bills Incurred by llu city lu t!17, according to n lln oblalneu ' from the city depaitnients and an nouncod by Joseph 1', Oaffney, chalnnan " of f'ounells' I'lnance Committee, amount to a total of t410,10r..9R. ! An appropriation ordinance to pay tho Indebtedness will be Introduced In 'oni. mon Council nett Tuesday by Mr. Oaff. , ney and will bi considered by the Finance Committee week after next. It the departments h.ivo bills In addition to lboe Miiiounccd ! the mniiiilttc they must be In by next Thursday r , thi-y will mil be paid this year, but will , have t go over until 1510. (".mndlJ appropriated J5S7.000 twi. neeks ngo for the Depaiimom or sup. pllei lo puy Hie Po.il bfll of UtT whrch rem!nfl unpId nt tlm end of the year. This, with tlm deficiency bills leported today, shows tlm rlty's lndciiteanei,s fn.Tii 1MJ to bt about $9JT,0lft. The money to meet the bills will be obtained fiom the 1!17 surptui of nrtunl . eil's lecelpts over Controller Walton's estimate. According to his preliminary repot ts. Ibis amounts tn ?1 e.JT.OJf!, nrhleh will I e InrrcaHOl by nbout !0,nfl nw)n than was ixpciUed from the sales of gas by tho ltiltcd flan Improe,mnt Company. After providing for the deficiencies there should remain about 1790,000 ol the suiplu. which Could be used to lu. , cieae salaries of policemen and firemen and to meet current needs Of tn c.iy. The r..ii..win uocic.cu woro ro-1 ported bv Hip ounly I'ommlssloners: I The CI. n Mills Sihools, JM87 ? Jiuenllo nippoit. 70,I23.27: Ilureu of Weight and Measures, J:'01 1.271 ke;p of prisoners, i:.istirn IVnllentl.iry, $12. 1SI.0!" : County CnminlsHliinrrs, eecutlvo odke. ?:.IN.fil: Quarter Sessions Courts. , AJ peou who b.is mid. n. I..isf iC0: lieglsliatlon Commlsslomis, i I'pjf1. ot (2llvcr Wmdell llnlnies. di JB3H; Hoard of Viewers, SISTlSO : , 'T'V '" ' nn ngi d mid veil-known Munlclpil Couit, J1H.0G8.8O: ltouso of ''harm ter nf the poofs i!.i. will U Pelcntlon. f f B04.A1 : soldiers' burial, Inctantly icmlndrd of It h the an 1700. nouncement of the death nt Albeit Ch.ip. The City Treasmer tepnrts a de. flclcaey of $72O.s0i Coroner. JJ37 1S; Utielier of Taxes, SSOS47; .Mayo: 11413.40; lloai.l of Ilecre.itlon. U Hureau of Police. n'sT!.43: l'lure!i'u"i.f Pire. J3888.H3; HlRhway Hureau, 34,-i .-.IQTfl. W'tili. llnrAtt. t'lt'inrtl. . l 1 "" fcv " ..... --...., . ..j iTiipeny, fJJ.i l.i ; Mreei iieaninc. iiui'.i,i, iiu.-iiur uinrr, nrniin nnu i-i,..ri,i i'.iii. 11, ..,,. ., ti. .1,1, r. i .11 . .. .fi . 11.. in. ' : nn.;- . ;-h,m" iV: 517.41!. and Dipirlment nf Supplies, I212.7D1.SI, mililnir ,t tfr.ind total of I410.10U.JC, -"'" .-..- -. - iniui'f ti The fnllowlnc repott no' deficiencies for last venr: CIlv Kolli.ltnr. Cltv I'nn. tiollcr. slnkhiK fund. K.tlrinount Park ' I'umiiilsslon, cleik of Quarter Sessions, (Jerks or Cnunclls, tounty jirlsons. His- trlct Attorney. Piotlionotary, Jlvr order of Deeils, UeRlMi-r tif Wills, llevisimi of Taxes. .Sheriff, Ait Jury, Civil Serxlee Commllslon. City Transit. Whanes, Docks nnd Pirrles. Director of Public Safety's olllce, Klectrl.al Hureau, House of Correction, nulidlng Inspection. Holler Inspection, llieialot Inspection, Director of Publl.i Work's oltl.e. Hureau ' of flas. Hureau or Llahtliig and Kurx-ey i Hureau. -- PACKERS MUST 1AY P. R. It. Tri v-ir..--... . ..,. -'. m r m m- a r. a- 'ri"aia i.i xi luuiinu uiiiiiCn V,lt tn... n:.l C!...!fi p r. .. ....... uu,) "ciiira .inui, k. x-o. uwo ?in44.7fl Unilcr "Twcnty c.Kht Hour Law" A Jury In the Federal Court this nft ernuoii urdeied Hnlft & Co. meat pack, era. t pay the Pennsylvania llallrond J494 4.7C for feed furnished lo tho cattle In transit belonging to the packets. I nder a PcdernI law. Known as tlie, what constitutes Ptoner feeding, and the rallioad followed tho suggestions laid THUG SUSPECT HELD; VICTIM COLLAPSES West Philadelphia Man Beaten j and Robbed Near Home May ' Have Fractured Skull William Smith, tlilrty-IHe years old, Klfty-elghtli street below Walnut, was attacked and severely beaten by two highwaymen a short distance from his home shortly after 4 o'clock this morn ing. He U under the caie nf a physician at his home. It 1" believed he may have a fractured pkull. Smith nppenred against two suspects at a hearing this morning, but as he identified ono he was suddenly taken III. Ha complained of severe pains In his head nnd nausen. Hh was tcmoved to his homo In a taxlrab und a physician was summoned. Tho police, arrested th two men an hour after tho attack. They are John II, flloclcer, nineteen years old, Walton avenue above Fifty-eighth street, and Thomas Post, tvventy-threo years old, Cedar avenuo above Sixtieth strtet. Magistrate Hnrils, In the Thirty-second street and Woodland avenue police sta tion, held them without ball for court. Smith stopped In a saloon at .Sixtieth and Maiket streets for a few moments about 4 o'clock. He displayed a roll of bills. As he neared his home two men sneaked up behind him. both striking htm over the head and face with black jacks. Ho was pitched forwird Into a pile of snow, and as he lay unconscious the men rifled Ida pockets. Smith regained consciousness a few moments later, and bewildered, be ran up l'lfty-elghth street calllnr for tho police. District Detectives Mahaffey and Forbes, who wore In the neighborhood on the trail ot a gang of youthful crool.-s, found him. They sent him to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital and began a search for Ida assailants. They arrested (Jlocker and Post on suspicion an hour later. The prisoners are alleged to be members ot the gang the detectives were watching, the police say. The gang Is that headed by "Chicken" and King, two youths who yesterday xvere sentenced to from four to seven years in the liabtern Peniten tiary bs' Judge Weasel tor robbing seven ktores of the American Htores Company a week ago. Spain Want Quick Amwer LONDON. Feb. 5 The Spanlalt note sent to Berlin protesting agalnal the tor pedoing of the Spanish steamer Olralda 'n answer witmn roty-etght Madrid dlpltch'tothe'l,ortort irriwa' ' r NURSES HERfe m-rt-r fij- ifi IHRViiHHIPH 111 i . ,rv . fiiiiiiiiiiBAiiiiiiiiiiiiiciiBvr'i m m '"'ii' R . rLMIMMh gjaifcgyajMfcMWM. fe. lt HnHlHKBJi ia 7TV3HHiHHII " " . B 5, . BsISinB ixa vllBHBkiuikAukAiaiiwiHuaia V Tr'Mwwmm&amMWm--- i m m im 'iim ww. & miammmmmu'mMamim'"'' fp-nfMBWHWMfMWMBBBM "- - BHHpppppppHppHBBmnHpnpHHppppppHnnfTwvf 'these yntinK women who have been detained in Philuilclphia for some time waitinc to ko to a port of embarkation, Avere photographed today in front of the Curtis liuildlnp. QUAINT CHARACTER, AGED 104, A SUICIDE 0(l Watchmaker, Famed for ' Eccentricities, Has Final Bout With Father Time man. rrctmrir w.iiiiiiiiai.fr. Known i hundreds of p.rs.ins In tlm city by slcli, u not u.v nam... 1 iinpiunii nw.iiin. linn of life al tlio nn,. of im years and Ibis mm nine was fminil dc.uf In bis b.d in !) aiui street rroin iiuuilliii; n.is t iimnu. Tin. I ml ,.f .. ililtlun li.irf.. r. fl - .-...-.. - -, .... . ...- uncneu 10 11. ibh j. i, w.is iminu in 111 1.1.. 1 ...... 1..AIIII. 11.. .11...1 ... t. . 1...1 iii-mi iuaii e iik'iiiii. ii.-iii.n .is uc iMu n.,i , - .TI .,.,.... ,., " ' -- .-..-.. j-iiiii ipin in "died with bis bonis ,m ' Tlinb.nl). illsimeied this mi rnliiK by m cup.mts nf tho old, dilnpliUUiri house In xvldcli , ho lived, was fully Aelutln.il, Urn condl- lion of Iho aniMiettinillcnllnir that it t mi ( unit - bad not been lemnvt-d for weeks nnd weeks. Indeed, It was tho ruHnin nf this aevilrhll.idelplilan lo ru nbioiul "l'l '" several pilis nf trctisers. nunc than ono coat and a iiumbei of hats, HI ivocmrliltle e.xtiiuleil nl-.... It Is ""I1'. " a fondness for spdi.u lis, nf which be had four p.ilis. '" w1 "nt '" ''xplaln Hut pair vafl f,,r leading, anolhcr pair odded to thesu comtltuud the b.itt.T for "ills- I'"'00 seeing." whllci the lidding nf the tbl'd pair was fur 'extra far sIrIiI." When the fnutth pair was added to the other three, "extra far slubt" was again named. ct ,w ihni.i ,.r ..i.iii.v . i , .. ..... i. . i . ... .itt...i.... i. . ... . ... ' ' ''"". "...." .. .,..' "".';. iinnii nuimiimiii' iinuin in i im nun in ! " ". ' ,,',,, , ii 7 French and Kng si. Ilo wmi wo I l.noMii .. .. .,. .i. ' ' luu"l "l "" x-nei.ai.-i 111.,, ui lie. city ami haunted some or Hie local nlllrtf... fine ,.f l.li .llmltiiriilMlilin' fe.i. tuns was an enormous be.ud. muhlng , weekly. , J4O.00D up to date. Th.ee , tu his waist. .Many a pcdes-tiinn liadljeais ngu this sum would luxe paid ample oppoltunity to Inspecl tills won- dec of a facial mattress, as he would often stop any convenient paiserh- and , expnund tn him bis thiory nf life lu -pnpIn ! .' Two weeks ago i:iljah Whllauu, s"- Ask Switching Charge Increase The Philadelphia and limiting Hall UNCLE SAM TURNS VALENTINE MAKER ....... ...... - ..., .. u ..,..1.1., ii.. forinlnir t.ie mm. ng stalf of li.iso llns. . iio.uvu in .Novemuer ana SI.ISW.UOO in Many a Patriotic Swain WillCy-.0""' CMlc,,lu' avMmtntla th" Send a Thrift Stamp to His Lady Fair Theie Is to ha a r,ew fai-hlou lu valen tines this year, No longer tho bleeding heart pierced by cupld's burning arrow, twined ubout with filmy, lacy Imitations of clinging inso vlnea and surmounted with mushy verses tu which "lovo" rhymes with "dove." Instead, tho up-to-date, practical and patriotic swain this year will Incloso tn an arrow In Iho bleeding heart ot u love eiik Adonis. TI... movement Ir. iinuli tl.n u.il.. e.t veiitleth Century Valentines" Is being siurnged by tho war savings t-nnj. lee. and tho response which ls being ' ".:":: : .'."". ... .r " in eniu niinre, Him nro rvspuuso w nnu m viug Mi..iMe.i ii iiiuii.tius ni.,1 irinuuij- ii will see a big sale of the "baby bonds." In spite of the fact that tho price of war savings stamps ad vain (d one cent today thero was no falling off In the sales lepoited to tho committee, and gratifying returns continued to como I in. two weeun remain mr mo esian- llshment bt tho 10,000 agencies allotted to the Philadelphia district, a Jjirgo num. ber of which are already In operation Tlie activity nf mercantile and Industrial establishment!) In pushing these agencies hau been most noticeable, but the com. mlttee feels that much woilt Is to bo done yet In getting agencies established tr. the residential districts, "Thrift Week." In which a determined "drive" for War Savings Stamp siles will be made, begins tomorrow. Among the big concerns that nnnlled Mor agencies today were W. Atlce Bur pee, the lilvvood Ivlns, Tubo Works, tho Shannon Ilnrdvvaie Company and John Wilde & Bros. Dwlght Morrow, of Newark, N, J., di rector for New Jersey of the 'War Hav. Inga Committee, and a number of prom inent business men of Newark are In Philadelphia today for the purpose of conferring with Itobert K. Caasatt, Htate director lor 1'enniyivama, regarding th, his lady love a neatly embossed and of tho two units In Philadelphia to a jiajor Smith uald no agroid with handtomely engiaved war-savings stamp "VSuTSfi if "tho In ter' Tm l.e "is the Juro Viat tho I,0,,ce and " good at maturity Mr flvo perfectly Smt' WU-fpllS oSclals $m? $ v tm politic,. He good dollars In fnelo Ham's money, and sldercd It far more Important to havo ,..' rel)0rt llops . ...,, .'.... , warranted to put at least ono Hun out H", penonnel of two rompleto units n,c, , vew of tlln j ,,. " W'0CU,' l oi uumiiiw. i,i" ,auj win ..pprciiuu, t,,ftn to , ,,. UcIayil .,,,,,, m,K,lt fft0 un ut a ,oas t() ,.,, w, . t,( lrl4lter'of T . . ,.nn..l It, too. for sho is a patr.ot ot tho purest It if they xvere left lo await orders In Police and llremen in poilllc.i should bo!ith electric alarm mid nibee .iJ.'.ii t,pe. bless her. and would much i.-ither Kan Francisco or Ixis Angeles. TitW.i'.Wi'J", ha caused more la-tnmlnue,',?,;! put a bullet In the hldo of a Iluu than "Our equipment was Incomplete when i ' 'VTC.li .fS?Jil5f,"Jt.1.al..t. "..V.fJl! ?.'. lav- In entering a ,,....,,.'.", .," 'i" . i . tm.. ..i ..in i.. h-u'ij tui r.iiui.h uwHi ivti oiiuiiim p"m iin ticciinii iu inn iininpiiiiira iiiiitr i LEDGER - piniADELffliA, Saturday, FROM WEST ON WAY HOSPITAL UNITS PROVE EXPENSIVE California Nurses and Physicians, Here Two aionths, Cost $40,000 TACK OK SHU'S C USE '"s '" ""' "lonthly report of tho iMilla- cet cars for town alone Nineteenth Urccti uOI1 ,vt.a.rs belni; eniploied lu the Umlw the Federal workmen's compen . '. . ' ' delphl.i federal Iteserve Hani., by the abuie and below Oreen b.is been kio- w0ll.Si t s further ih.iretd In the satlou act, Under the bill they hae lli An txncnn' of perhaps 40,00a has , ,,. , 1,-. v..... ,-i ,,i '" '""" ' ' V' ,- l0 MICMiy of brli.Rli.ic lo this cltv vfll im,dicd imnlbers nf n.iial bae ,.,, bospllal mills nritaiilied In ...i 1 .nii, ,!., i,..r., fn. it... I...! i.-,. months wlille awaiting fchlp.s by which ....,- ;;- - .. ; - ,',. 1 niisi' 1 1 ;u 1:11 111. 1 1 in iii.-iii.ii iiiiil-s - ,.,',,.,, " , . " ,., , contend that this Hem of expense ould 1 llll"U III I I itlKI) I'l III" lll'.-l'l III 1 I MIL'S not lme been atol.le.1. In Mew of 11k- , , . , , lack of ships, and 1 lie It only ns an In- Manic of tlio n-cl foi speedliiB up ship- bullditiir. 1 iiwllllnsiifss on the part of th naiy nillci.ilH to ihi; the iIcI.ixh of ..- ..-..,- ............ ... . . ... .... ......... .. . tr.in'-contlneiilal r.illio.ul coiiccstlon also I lontrlbtit.sl. It is i.ilil, tn the Hay ot tin- lines, tin. latter belnc hampered by the ' hospital units lu this city, as It was lack of shipping. Crude drued nro hlcli, ' tlioucht lirtferalile to lulng tlie prison- but chemicals tend In decline. pel to nn Atlantic port where thev I Hiocerles haxo been in good demand. would be in ivaiilness for sailing, t.nhe'r i w-lth llout. salt nnd sugar none too tu n thrin tf.mi, 0 tin i',,cc plentlftil, though the sugar supply N cnast until I hey weio ai suallv needed giailually Increasing. Canned good are .rIll, tU( ,n)tM !,(,, ,,lu.' tPn ,pl,i . In fair mpply Tho bank notes some np- lMt, h,,, iiwtnli.r jj ,u j;,,.. ijjse ' I'-'fiit difference lu opinion as to opiiii ,M , orgiinlr.ed at the l in ,,,lle,l'er theie fhotild be fill ther regula- for(l irnsnltiil "s.in J-'i iiiil'co ulli Vixv'"0" "r fo1"' b11''3 r w-hether there n.ise 0M)i ,'i v ' ... ,,.,', .," '. , should bo a roiitlnuam-e of the present ,..,' (u ' "' w"1" " " I plan of felllnu goods at the urual pioflt ' aboe cost, tegardless of what the goods 3l!i IX PlinsoXNi:!, can be mid for In the market. . Xlnr-ij -iiliw. women muses, m,v .,,.. 'sIcLiiik ..ml mi, . ,i .,. '.',.' "Li i i ;..:.. ..'" :". '" ' ',. ... i. . i V ""- "- Iwo units who naie been nuailered iimiii iiiiii ni:ikii i in i tin uiririntiAi tr tint I,..,. ii. ii,.. .i... i .... ..in ...... , ...........,...,,'....,.,. t- run ml nil- nifi th hi kiii. meir Jiving expenses Ill till) ( bit eminent inn iiepli.ms. ilinnil mr ine compieie eiiuipment ol a imso , hospital nt ,-ii)ii beds , Sixty nf the women nurses, thosn fiom , H.iso lluspltul .No. 2, :u ipuuteud at , the t.lttonhoiie Until, Twentv-sccnuil i t ... ..... . """ ' ucmiiiii meets, aim nuns -iiine. i K a day. Special low i.ites weie made by both hotels to the war hospital organization. Di A. W. Ilenlctt has been quartered at the Iong.icte Ap.ut menls, 1431 Walnut street, where lv.c. Kr V..n Smith, lnedli.il dhcilor of haw, hospital No. 3. Is also qualified. Twcn. ty.threo other phjslclana and surgeons fnrmlng tlie staff ot the S'an rrniiclsir. unit urn also said to bo lodged tn vail- The 100 or nine men enlisted .11 the male petsnnnel otiUilles, nielchei. bearers, uitlsans and so on weie sup plied largely fiom the navy, and are mostly qiiaiteii'il at the League Island x nrd. An equal number are attached tn tin I.os Angeles unit, whose naval .omman. tier, stationed at the navy ard, Is Doctoi Ucvclln. nr. Stanley rUIUmaii. u lead lug suigecn nf San Francisco, who or. g.inlze the staff of llase Ilnsplu! No. 2. also canio Hast with the organization nn.l ,i..l-u till IVwit i-n-U knMtl nml IlaiV. tu as u lieutenant commander. An officer today ascribed tho del.iyal we leu llio coast, mil u was regarded as simpler to collect tji.it equipment tu the. l?lLt lllOH to Waste lllllH Iitlll mnv In shipping It to the P.u'lllo coast anil then biluglng It back again, Hxpress, rvlco for this ficlght across the con- ' ;..'., .7.. .:..: .: .. :r. ... ; . ... ' " im .n, ,i.ki .i mi, iu,,- ...... u....... ..,. u in,... ui,ii iiiiner pre&ent railroad conditions, while, lu addition, llwas Important to lnvo our surgtous, nurses and men ready to sail 1 at a moment's notice. Some delay ha ' been caused, too, awaiting the nrrlval , of equipment shipped from California ' via i,u i-uiuum. ian,u, Tho sixty nurses quartered at the lilt. ' 'tenhcuse, In charge of Miss llllzabeth I Holt, and the thlrtv-elcht at the At. I dine, In charge ot Miss .Susan Hawser I hav been far from Idle during their I enforced slay here. Dally classes in French and branches of hosnltnl train. Ing aro being conducted for their benefit One of those attached to Base Hospital No. 2 Is miking special studies nt tho llockefeller Institute, Many aro study ing anesthesia and taking other ad vunced training at local hospitals. Save Foundry From Fire Quick action on the part of tho fire men prevented Catkey & Keen's Iron foundry, at Iho southwest corner of Sixth and Berks streets, from probable destruction eirly this morning. The fire men answered an alarm turned In by a watchman and quickly extinguished he names before the fire gained much p.MWH-, lan.lli fmi u,lll fmm III, Ml lllll.l lw. . a. 1 .. l. I ..". -."'" "OVER THERE" fs h m. U ?. I. ., !i V. M," f. " L f SUSPENSION OF WORK DISTURBED BUSINESS Rnililincr it HnrWill m T?i. ' KlUKIing at ftianClSlHl lh IvC- Klllt of War. Federal Re- Sei'VO Rank Reports Iliis.ness Ii.t been dlslitrbcil. nivoril- 5.irlle(Uliiildoivii order, but mil ei-pond- "'K benefits arc 10 l.e expecte.i from the Ins benefits arc to be expected from the !... . f fh. .nllrs.l l.n.l r"roI1IllIllV; ..."MUri, ore' and ' more f the rtieno district's producthe lanarltv. and labor londlttons arc un. ' usi.n lorj . Killsf.n lory. ""lldliiR operations save for Coveru- ,.... ....,,..,., ,,,...- . .-i.,r,.Lu. ..- eorilliiR to the hank's Halement. Tiius . ., ...... .,. - ., .i,.!., . . . . . . . . .. . "i me twelve I'liies ol tne diir ci, in- ......i,.... ,.,, ..,.,..,., .... , n..i " Z i. rl""'Z'V Znnl"'l i"" 11 'it niir mil fiTiiiivvu t,ii iirw $,;.i,-,t ooulu Dccunhtr, 191C. As a re- . MlU ,, 11(,P,i ot tjvxoIHnjr houses has .(ome a.-iilo In a number of cities. Chemicals nnd drucs ha been ac- iiviiiit.ii in ii i in in iitn iiiiin uri'i i ii' Hv.. in ilWII.in inllitnrv nml vnnrt ' . ," ",',""''"" ',':'" heeu goo, . owing I-a."J''l' " "' I'ovcrnment taklns about ." per cent ot llio goods In this line. iron aim siee plants, as a wnoie, oper-1 ..i ... i i ......... ..r lu.. ,. """. '" :"-.'" J"1' ""' "' -..v."j ." Of IHO llllllill, e of J, uiu.11 t,....n .... .... , .1 t .1 ,. .. p.iii. - 1.. the ijtnV.1,,1 for luxuFles Is tiote.l. Itc-1 tall Hade for 1917 In this city was about ;u per cent nlioxc H'lC. but there Is a irucstlnu whether mule goods were In- xnlcd or whether the Ineieani Is not due to the Incicase In priies. I!ctro bank loans and discount for It... !.. (I-,, .A ......... -" "" " nr)i,.u,,samMi.- T.U.VV" ... ...... ,11. ,.- tlllu 1.LUV,VUU 111 CAN "SMELL" POLITICS ' IN GRAND JURY RETURN Mayor Wants to. Know Why, Presentment Is Made Now With No Election Near .Mi.vor Smith believes he can "smell" politics In the presentment of tho Jan- U!ll. (Jriind Jury wllch c,laret(1 tliat . . ... , , nnmen liavc "lct tllolr d',,I's because their otllcers received their positions through politics, and not because of t, , al)Ult. l0'ncIlt ro Tll0 present- ' ",cl,t demr.nded the absoluto divorce of pa'1: and llremen from polities, completely dlvono polite and llreme." trout politics A bill with this end In X lew WUN llltrodllCeil 1,V IllA luti iJA.mt.. MoNlchoI. but was vetoed by (Jovemor "'.'. l?"'1' , . ,, fl,,n T ,..,. rothlng about "tlie "ability of the subSr- mvw,i ,. . ... ,.:.r-i :t. ,.""i rotlilng about the ability of the subor umaies 111 inn uru uepaitinetu. Appoint ments are mado by Director Wilson. Many members of tho fire department JV're appointed during other iidinlnlstra. -n,ut nart of the flrand Jurv n,i aca nL l",", ?ho wllco and Bremen M o"". memen fo. "We note ihe frtouenex-of llres im.lv and cannot escape the belief that they nre of an Incendiary origin. The preven. lion of such tires la n stitilect thai hn,iM cause the gieatest vlgllanco on tho part . the nuthorltles, and the apprehension ?'.' J,",1'"," SKS'lAH Lr! f- be obtained by an elllclent and adenuato iwltco force. For the personnel of the present force we have nothing but praise. They appear to ui to bo a clean-cut, up standing and courageous body ot men, and If thev were removed from the per nicious Influence of party politics their Independence and efllclency would be greatly enhanced. We. therefore, rec. nimnend uu nbsoluto divorce of the po lice fiom politics. " "While on the subject of fires we con slder It our duty to consider the depart ment lu charge ot that branch or the city's service, and the personnel of the members of that department. We find that the same pernicious Influence of politics pervadea the fire department aa It does that of Ilia notice i anil en. lir U 1111 II IIIUll 11-11 r -'-- llliu I'V I IIIIIIVII II 11 lll-d February 2, 191s CURBSTONE MEETINGS VAINLY ATTACK P. R.T. President Mitten, the Com pany, the Service and tho War Arc Hotly Denounced ONLY POTENTIAL RIDERS vouiu-do i-npsenprcrs on luin oucov Heceivinpr Same Treatment Accord- Vould-bo Papscnprcrs on 10th Street cu .Northeast and W. riiiln. The inadenuate. tiollev f.inlllths and 1 ... 1 their tendency to l.tcomo worse Inf tead , 1AIM I of better, the apologies offered by ITcpI- j A OI( Pfl I?T 'I it KJUll dent Mitten, of tho rhlladelphl.i llaptdUWR IAU1W V unv 1VnM!l rntt.ttv fin.t Mr. Mltleil'S .,.,.-.. .,,....,, .... -, piemlses lo try to do better were rllr- cussed, this mornliiK, at a curbstone! mcUlnR of Indignant would-be tiotley riders nt Nineteenth and Oreen streets. The situation cannot bo fnld to hao bifn dlcused "pio mill con" There .. . .. t. 1. .... uM.t, 1. .-I .1 .... c,tll.in I'll nil- I'l" r.m , cvirjbody was attalnst the Mtunlloti as It ro'V erlsts. i:erjbody blamed the ! It. T. and tome blamed tho war as n contributing cause of the city s wietched transit predicament. It was a i,ort of cAJiitlntious meeting. It was Interrupted occasionally by a fctrlnc of trolley cars that would ahtorb ill tho waiters, but presently more men and women who wanted to Ket to the city to worlt appeared and by tho time another croup of oais would ntrlo there would be a "Aoodly nowd" of potential 1 liters, each glilm; his or her own crlll t.u e "f the sliuatlon. and each em plojinK his nr ,cr own ulorful jib jecthes to describe Ii. Thero was much commcnl on Hie llrand Jury's crltlclun of the 1', It. T.. and tome Indignant would-be riders even criticized the tJratul Jury for not bclne more critical. "They wem to think the war Is to ,,la,lle frtI 'iait oC "" 'nl'1 "nn mur" -but I halo been In I'lilcaso. New York ncielaml and a few other places In the lid innntli nttiT tltt nil utm In liflVA cot on to wmo scheme to provide rea- Minably d( cent car stiMcc, war or no war. Tl e f lluatlon for iiersom-who want to I ",.""'" "'" ",rt0 ," l", i';'- " wfnlfM. fltiP mini .rtt'ki th. ntilv wnv lie I ,....,. ,,nrI, , , Is W waltlnc ., ..,,. ,,.nrI. , ,.. ,a ,,.. ,va,nc 1 -.. ......... Ill ...- hr himw walkhw ,, until he MmVi lU a point where the cars will stop, er.L ..r ' ti.,.,i . m .r...in!iilnr .-.t 1'iniil nnd Alaruel streets, and Ilollte 33 i. mlnatlntf at l'ront and An.li ttreets. EO ,iow.n xineteeiiiu stieet. inrfo ,,,. .. ,. ni,url,r.,l tlm wnlilnc nt. -- -.. ...-... ..-. ..... .- .,,,,.,.,1 -:r iP-.i ....rtrns nulflnc n" ''reeii sireei, persons xxaitiiib for ltoule If. taklnc No. 33 because they "J" "" ,., , ., ". m s, ... ' , .fAi V- Vhlr -o nV. at ' 1"8, R " .'", "rr,L "', ,, did not know when they would eet a cir then until 8:08. when a r.outc 1J ........ appealed. It was the Hist m thirteen minutes. It was Jammed and failed to ft'P- ItlRht after It were rour moie Uoute I A cars. All passed without slop Pine at 8:1.', S:ll, 8:11 'j. 8:1. I'm thirteen minutes thero had been ro I'.outc 111 i.lrs and then thero were Hie in sis nnd one-halt minutes, but not nn or them stoppil. "I o ill them banana cars." said ono laieilous Renllemen who had prcsened a senso of humor nnd cxldcntly didn't work where pe would be "called down" for belnE late, "I call them banana cars ,cause thei- lomo In bunches" '.yPF ami lojten at that," said an- other, who looked mad enough to fleht. evidently a man whose employer ex- ,,i,,i him i. i m i.ia ,iii nn n Im .....H if i.n nnd to riv in pet iheie -en it no liau to nj to get ineic, 'Tl,.,t'u rlwl.l " ..!.! n lrl i.TI.a,.V i.,,,, !.,. -ii -i-i.i .pi,-!. ... i ." i... -.., ... lib.,.. ...j vwui'i in "Uiam'S. 'l I W uuiuil l C.ll n so inucil It ' '"'" "c":, Sn,y buncl,"s cn0UgI' "trc n Hut RUM SOLI) TO KXLISTED MEN Federal Agents Say Two Defendants Ran "Corner Drinking Den" Fifth, und Jamcb Uuike, of South Ueth. leheni. Pa., weie held In $B0) ball each ALLEGED GAMBLERS HELD FOLLOWING RAID Two Men Accused as Pro- pristors of Place Seventy Others Fined in Court John i.'uane. Siii Christian street, mid A. Uoddnian, "U Vine btreet, who witli seventy olheriinen were arreste, yes terday In a raid on an alleged gambling house at 000 Xorth Klgl,tli street, were today each held In J1000 bail for a further hearing next Tuesday by Jlngls. trate folllns. The police charge that (iuanc and (ioddman uro the proprlelois of the place. The seventy men were fined in tho Night Court. Tho laid was conducted by Slavor Smith's antl-gamblliig squad headed 'by Detectlvu Souder. It followed the swearing out of a warrant by Horace Moore, North Slxtv-fourth street, wim alleged that he lost 5200O lu a game of "stus" ten days ago. cupants to hide many gambling devices In a pit In tho cellar conccile.l i, , ,.. .!... ...i i' U "" uuu'. LANCASTER BEEF CENTER Jlore Cattle on' County's Farms Thnn Ex-er Before LANCASTLIt, Vtb. 2. After ugaln establishing herself as Amciica'rt gar den spot by pioduclng unprecedar.tod crops. Incaster County Is now bidding for laurels In cattle raising, accord ing to reports leaching the Farm iiureau. Farm Agent Bucher said to day that more cattle had -been taken. oino Lancaster County farms than ever before and that tho local farmers will produce a huge amount of beef tills year. Much concern Is expressed among the cattle raisers, he said, over tho pos slblllty of the Government setting n price too low for them to make uny prol)t. Pass Hat for "Smokes" Fund At the Keystone Automobile Club smoker, held at Lu Lu Temple this week, a hat collection xraa taken to buy to bacco for the boys "over there." About M:S wbb collected and has been turned over to the Liggett & Slyer. Tobacco Company, with Instructions to Immedl. ately forward a supply of -Velvet and "ftor!AMI7.ATI0N MEN IN CONFERENCE ON JOBS Political Lender." Hero Dl.cuw Ap pointments on Income las Tabulation , "TT, win. the differ-! nrrnr. Mf SnJ,ifr ami ! tl'g( of wil'w siiei'haii Loiiferrcd tc.,ti,ur to the m' - ;," ,n,,l who w I Jhor ll('1 " - - STRIKING WEAVERS ." , Mill. TVTnrn r rallKllll 'WOlSieii iumo i'A. - ill Kensington Walkout. Police Guard Mills Application for an injunction to 1. strain HrlKltiB ilnth weave 111 fr-j In- tdferlni; with the humiii - ; ' ; j .'.' . . .ii.i i.i,iv It. f'nminoii Sr.""mF.1" ' "i" ."' ' t ,-'r.n will bo rieas 1 mill. .y. ". -- arnued next Jlomiay. , Tho nnnllratlon was made by Kdwln JI bbott nttomev for the rranklln Wnr'neil Mil:-, of 'Kentlnnton, 0110 of the companies affected hy Hie siriac. Tho defi-ndauts named In the mil. In addition In I.oi.il t'nl'in N". '- aic 1 ...,iu 1 i.r,,i. Mi.rrli. llorln. I'rai.U Ii ,l.-ukon Waller 1M.11U. .Iiiims Sno- ni'-, Samuel Iliesslei. Thomas Lalferty, bv Charles A. Knjm- . """"-Ticasurcr, ''nd'w' narrftt. Ucre.aTv otho "4.. pyh'attilSK will chairman. " W1IB VA1'-' Stnnlev l.acinlcr. .uku-i uuhi. "" . iimu m h'iu" .uij inn- "i.i.r u,v ine John ilucia. In the bill nf mmplalnt I President nnd to iccoimiicnil any modi. it Is explained thai the l'l.ml.llu Com- Mentions. pany has larcn orders from the Oov- Andeiwii contended before the com ;. ,.,t e- ih mnnufnciye of naiy ' mlttee that the I'resldent should lm cloth nnd Khahl and that the CMCUtlou ( of these contracts has been (treatly Im- 1 neded as tho result of the nets of mem- bers of the defendant union In per- 1 riiiiillnc wcacrs and other emplojCH to tllke unless the simp was lompiciciy unionized. It is fiilcccil that the defendants, 01 their irp.'csintiithiH, lomblned and con- ...1 1 ...... i,.. n nro.ont anv but bill filed that icrtaln members or ineiiiKiii. 10 suo me lau corporation for . - . ... .. i i. .lli ml '"' .'".: "'.,"" " ". ",ue , ' . Ml.lji'll lliMHIIU.'ii n. ....... llnulnc their wolk. A heaiy police cuard Is stationed In front of tho blc cotton mills of Ken-, slnglon and I'lanKford todaj to pVcwnt a tepetltlon of eterday's Hi Ike out- breaks, that icsulted In Injuries to fox- eral workers and nioic or less damage to eight mills enEaced In tho manufactuie of cloth for army and navy uniforms, Twenty-two strikers and labor leadcisi wero arrested The disturbances wetc the icsult of a prolonged strike by the weavers, whose leaders demand a standardized wage scale in all the factories and certain ad- strlkerfirced their way Into several , ,.r .,, .in. ,i.i,..ii in.,,,,.. ,,.,.i ,i. euulpnient and Injured wnrkers. Panic ..i.. ,,,... ...nu ,ine tn n, T.v, .,,. I4IUI VIIIUr, ""i1 UV11 ' llb M IHHIVIIII worsted mill and ll.o Lincoln worstod , mm , It xv.iB Intimated today by, Huiry Jlorgan, seiretnry ot the Clotlf Mann-. facturers' Association, that Herman propaganda was back of the iccent strikes among the textile workers In the 1 KPiislnglou nulls and more strongly I charged that the I W. W. was Implicated In llm i.lrllf. l,n,,hleu Mr. Morgan said that the mills were working today and that tho strike xvnsi ovir, although this was later denied bylBC' '" I' ranee as a result of sovefdrre-'!l mo strikers, lie said that an Inquiry should be made to show Just how Louis J, Ceurotx made his living; that the I latter, a chief ot the striko (ominlii.e. has been out of work for nineteen nii that ho has been entirely without funds , and that now ho suddenly appears to be well supplied Willi money Mr. Morgan seems to think that such an Invesllga- tlon might throw some light on the sub- Ject as to Just who and what wet o back c If! , i , , li'o'VZlt,e;!nbnvh;'ffH fL,ln1 ,he "r";P' no ailn itted having been a secretary Vl,.-"-,,.,.n" l.?.i" .c'! 'demilM with the l.'ls Vfll Vtlo, vh . ,,i 'e '"J" .""ercd 1,lVhe,n,;1.nra:! :;''.,... iriw.- ,..,. .mi , '" . """ """niiisiraiive c.ipacny am wou Id wore i strlkt,.,, we, are striking for better nt llrbl in Italy. "'"The T icl ,,corf,,z' , ,. , , e eald he would rcnort to Major d.i .hn, ,;SI,l.,Cr",rl ln KoslK'f'" to-' Perkins, in charg,, of the lied Crops, , ,lle.'0"' of (JijoroU had been In Luiope. and not to Mr Davison i U1,V. . y "'?, ,"'l,a"'ent of Justli'v Mr. Pierce said his successor with the toZrPX$$.MmMMn '"ten.nl.onal had not beer. , ..,......;. ,..i'. VV hat illd they K(,t out of If" rite weekly niass-ineellne of striking' """ """' was neiu tins afternoon :'. ,. rjK: !!" . .ab0,:.r'5u.1".' . a com. (iidiu ixjufcfiiuiig mo . rnci council of textilo workers will meet with the i r,ean,ri,,:?,:i?Siu""'s..a,J0' of Senate. Committee Show' or the dlstiict council will bo held to-mnrrn-, nt which time a dato and place will be named for lecnlllng the f pedal convention of the council held two week ... .. V . .,.,.'. ,v ineciin UfcUi V II,. ,l,o.l... .... .. .i..i,.,. i ".'"V luu,ll:" comprising 01 ine Ainciican international Slilpbulia iv t I ii u"111;'4' ls Blandlng spon- Ing Corporation has brought to light ,..,'., ii , , Hi-nerai ciotli eiei, .en , i mi. p',ct,eu mat the , ?if i eninM, ls,uflllat'd.,wl,h tMo dls- 'eo"cl1 ,?'" l" called out. This means, according to tho striko commit. tee, at lean co.000 textile workers In mis inj, nnu inc total m 70,000. ' " " SUED AGAIN FOR 111 vnnrr.' ., cjoen.,,1 v:c. i , c '" .. .. second iMtc Asks Separation From "Ogus Army Oflicer : William D. Houston, of o;ot Walnut strict, now serving n sear's sentenco In tno Atlanta, Oa.. .Federal prison for lm- personating an olllcer, which ho asserted nt tho tlmohedld to pliaso his wife, who woro a unl7orm:va;',ed",X;8for unu.io iiy ins second wife, Adelaide Lawrence, a minor, of C52 N'mti, viei.. tblr.l ilr.l -...,- MrTJ1Hnile",Jv K10""'1'1 ''J- '' '"other, Mrs. Harry II. Law.ence, nml Is tho tn the Hi?''6 U,t ft"d aeai,1!,t "Uon in the last few months, hl,s Urst wife who was Florence Hoeim in. of 740 North dTvorce nrm hav,w JUfct '"r Houston was arrested lu New York "r- ', H cl'arged with Impersonating ihecl d x Mir nlC'r 7"'1 ""-""' "rg"d w. , Vle" "tarrying JIIsh Houston ",' l' Ufclawd that ho ,-a" a 1 e u tenant In the army medical corps md was unmarried. ' DRYS WILL CONFER - Delegates to Pittsburgh Convention Chosen Next Tuesday A conference of the prohlbltlonlsis of P.hllndtlphla and of "all those regard- wfil, ii past ,oll,lcal ani'latlons. who lth thein agree that Pennsylvania should ratify the Prohibition amend ment." liaa been called for next Tues day evening, at 1305 Arch street. KK ef,H n,!"S.at.e8 Wl" ba a""J to at If.1 ? u,h0 ,Htale invention, to be held in Pittsburgh on Lincoln's birthday .ii "' rittsburgh convention a dc. cislon vv-ni bo reached aa to what stand w h. !;. i. ..."..u 1,nat didate. v;, ;;;.. "uvf. n (RAIL CONTROL"1" BILL AGREED ON ,. , n Mbasurc Limits U. S. Rule war Jiiiiua REPORT MONDAY ' mlUl. ,,. agreed upon tho raiiro.,4 r?lltrol 1.1.1 It will bo rn-orted ,0 ,, tcn.uo .Mimu.ij . The b . as ngrteci upon, can an; thtse pro Wnn : t.lmlts the period of C.oirrmnent control to eighteen months after thj rir,. nt the war. illxes iat,e-maklnir power to PreM dent Wilson, wltli tho Intirstaln roni. iiierco (.'onimlf.'i.ou as mi tippeas L 1'Kcs the compen.itlon on the , t;irec-.ear u crane fumiiiiks nasis. ivi-ml'tu the I'resldent to turn Imeii &l 10 private owners niiy loads ho may neciiin upt'ii up in juij ...i. .flcr July I all louda under Ho. iinment lontrol wHI remnlu innler 1'Cderal direction mini iner num. ji liiatlc.ui.v pass naci. i nun miners i-'iilitccit iiinnths after tho ilosa of iIia war. The lauiruitco of IhO bill Is mod flu " . eve tlm President authority to deil t . - .. ., . ,, ,. " ""' -- ........ which tho thiee-ycnr rompenatloa Mnndnrtl could not bo fairly applied. , Tho commltKo today otcd to slaM j,y 11s roinpninnii; mi n- imi-uxinit dausn nfter .IikIbo (1. W Amleison. of, tho lulerslnto Coinmeivj rrunmlsslun, i.ue f the fiamers of lli orlulniil bin. had offered a nib-tltulp which caic tho ,1 Inlerstnto I'onmierco I'liiumlssloii th-' the power on this matter to fl rates ' ilurlnc the war emergency, nnd his fuV Mltuto left tho final power to tho I'rejl. ( t oijl. Senators who oppocd the three-year ' .compensation nans as iiinp too liberal ' walcd thilr lews when the control wn I limited to th" war eiiierKency The committee ban stricken fiom tlie bill the section brlnelnir rail emnin... tint .-ntinl litdtri- -i' ' y. , nlnnln ,... I) T PipRfl? OIIITS " UlvU VfUllO ,,nr, , . ,., Hflli Ixl AMD PflCT IHU lOJUrtill flOl information Department Head , """' "", to Go to France for Amer ican Red Cross Daniel T. I'b ree, who oiganized th Information depa Hment of th American International Milpbulldlnir rornor.itlon. V1,l,ch, U, , ,iar,!;Jl"B for"nrl tho He Island sltliibutldlllg project, will leave , , I .1 l'10 '.'oncen' an1 ; next Wednesday I ." n..v ... u ,i,t.7iuii iur mo .xmer- 'van lied Cross. The announcement was , "u" today, Mr. pierce announced on the 'announce. ment In an Interview with the Ilvnsi.xn 1 1'1'1"-"' Iuuuwi. IIo denied there was VI a"y leiatiou wnaievcr between his de- w cislon to go to Ilurope for the lied Cross It and tlie h,vei.llfr.il'nii .e ll... A ,.pt.w'Vll Intfrnatloiial's working by the Comi? me,,v ''onimlssloii. He had decided toMI m"""1 "i nenry r. iiavison, ciiurinan nf ,no membership committee ot th American fted Cross. He decided tn do n Mr. DavlsMi asked nt a meetlne with Mr. Davison In the latter's olllce In 1 Washington last Wednesday. Mr. Pavb J yon ''"I been urging him to go fot $1 montn. . .a Mr. Pierce said ho had not xet re- J signed Ids position with the American 'I International and i of used In v h. 4 ' would resign, but ho Intimated that It 3i I "0U,d not ro"""" wnnloVrd hY ' tho corporation. IJeg.ii ding his new work. .Mr. Pleree .S ' said he could go Into detail no more J 'la.,j. r.. "c -.' r .m aP 4 naiueii. x. tlTr)TT c. mun O.VLiAlvlla 1'AllJ 51 ' HiPmmniMr tiipm I Heavy Monthly Payroll WASHINGTON. Feb !. lmillllV (lf,l II.A .'iti.!... ..rtl.l ...llrtl.l. -..,.' '". ...,i UIU uinn omo uccmeciiy tntercHlng f.wts unn-v ngurcs wnic.li uro foremost 111 tho In. vcstlgatlon now being made of tho af- fairs of that corporation by the f-'enat.Ji I Committee on Comnieico . P.ecoids Of Olio of the earlier be.irlncs iy even ie.Kli,f the commllteo whlih have Just fce i omo -allable show that General Man. "ger oedenough Is bolng paid A faI7ry .f rS3.33 a month : r; M. dark. assistant in tn0 general manager. itSU.Ci a month, and L. L". IJustls, us. fl ' slstant to general manager executive, i ; "!'v u mnni. A. L. Snyder. In charge I of Interrelations xvlth tho Shlppln uVarU' receives $;;o a month: D. T. '", publicity manuger, $803.30 a: moml1, 1""' "Ii011'"" B. Heed, publicity, ,tlf?,t'tant' V00 a mcnlli. I SAILORS DANCE ON PIER ' Phllailelnliln Miii f!ll. r.i., fi,.' - -.u v,.,v ... j tertainment to Naval Reserves More than 300 men nf the v.ival He-'. serves of the Fourth Naval Pnxtrlct. eta- si iionen at tno Philadelphia Navy Yard, were entertained last nlcht nt tho recreate tlon hall. Pier 19, foot of Vine strecf,f by Jlrs. Clarence Kates Kllnk and Mrs-ifl Samuel K. Burgln. president of the Phil-' oeipma aiunic Club, members of tha ; iiuii coniriouuns to tho enjoyable pro gram given. The nrorram. Yehlel. w. npmr.. hv . Miss Adellna Pattl Noar, one ot tluvjj elub'a soloists, Included a choral number A e",ib i uiu enure ciuo, singing uy in.j club nuartet. a Tluteb tlnnen hv th.; Junior members, ,nn Indian song and a?J lunv uy .nrs. wamuel Woodward, anarj special dances by Jlrs. Iioland Johmen? and Mlaa Llttlcflcld. Informal dancings louoweu. PREFERS JAH TO DRAFT "I wouldn't regloter for anything I" tint goln' to take nn ehnnren 'bout I gettln' shot." Philip James Itellly. J iiegro, iweniy-iour yearB old, ot ; Ludlow Street, told Unlteii Rtnles Cam- mlsslnncr Ing today in ,tho Federal' Building when lie was arraigned lot. jailing to register In the draft. ij Commissioner Long suggested he 1 might change his mind after he had , .'t ". i.i ;-, '&gFxvs S-fHSSp sSiMlSSa "aMB"maM MdUt i r ' ; ii-jV-' ' . ... :.,., -iimt Wevft' .;'5' vWfwll and organliation In eKect here. about It fids''' ."- t-f ''' -Px" '
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