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INSPECT PORT
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trman
Franklin, of
LS-i-l i-. I -I il
)1 Commit
control Vsominiuuu,
fecpts
Invitation
'
NG WITHIN TEN DAYS -
. .
HSi lintc,,! pl..ilrmfln or the Foi
llfMU'4 lluienu ot the Chamber' of
fee. todav announced ttut I
II A.
nklln. ilialiiniiii ot tho committee.
control irr we initio pun
Board, liail nivepteil 1111 lull-.
. ... ....... I.. tlV.I1,ii1..!iilili. til llltl.l t '
... .SHHU 1U a 1111..11. ,, 'i". ' ,--- -
--
senlalivcr of lli ship '''rI,ru.. lin. ,,,',," ,:; ". r,V. V. . ..
ttec -4111 oorai In Itiit cu m
TKI-liailll uninn-M ". "" "!
-....-.. f -...v.... f 111 .lili,.
facilities offered hot.'. The date
7jtl.li 1 . I...,. .r..,,....l lull
ten tet.ll .ip "" "." ' -
Wp will 1.0 mmlo wlinin tnn noxi
Lor trn il.i. aixiirillni; to Jlr. Mill-
of tlio purlioi-eH of Hie MlnKlne ,
li In control inrn to riinaiiei.
lrl to put tlicm il'llnllfly on nooiil
Tcnr to llie port. Tho nianilicr
, Comincroo ami wireeior morBc n
etr. of tlin Unwirlnifiit of Ulun,
'ck nml KcrrlcK, liac liren conf rrlnic
UHh'Mrilllaiti .T. I-om-, rcfiitl.v calltil to
?(,1t"iurtilntoii to M tho 1O1I11 oortiol
i commlttFc.
t Mt Iaivp w.iii 1'lill.iiloliilila In ml of
Fttnwi. Withy k (, I .til , one of ilu.
f-AMiln teamlilp IIiioh linnillliiK Hie Kns-
pHlr munition liattf.poitallon rXnei- tlin
frinlnK of tho ar. Through Mr.
IOve the PhllaufliihioiiK Imto l.cn lav-1
Jlnr tlielr proposition-, to the hip win. ,
. troloommlltcc. I
"The work of lmlnit tin- poit of I'hll-
Ki ndAlphU ttxtd to enatrr oxtcnl Is eo-
Splint alons fumouily," Mr. JIulfuiiI K.ihl
. louay iiui inrrc ih io tic no lei-up
till Hi nrf Koine nlont rnilotly hut
glMradfly, nl we will sain what we want
BJterore Mop
&Kf,"We are colnc to lulnir to I'lilImlM-'
hla the men who are mm responylhli.
Rlfalr the lunOllnir of all the mIiIppIiii-
Ifolnc out of anil (ninlnc Into t ) roun.
iMri', " They liavo been tlven roinnlein
r'Wntrol ocr the nlloeatlou of Hie sh!p I
.Ml 'have calnril the ro.oner.illoii nf '
51 tlw rallroad ailtnliilMr.Ulnii for the plae-
mg oi-carifooK at llio MMportH
-"We arn II rn hoIiik to u.. the.
men Just what facilities there arc here
p Jn, Philadelphia.
'Then we aro aolnir to nl.o Mm ioin.
'-" mlttee on record in to Jim! what l
y.nyaed to .larnlle thine that thy inj'1""" 01r o.uii uur im.ini Ii nunpoiea
Kn Wo cannot now handle, We aro golnc , ' t'-'lrlotli; men, who ,iii teuly to do
J.to make them nolnt out to us JUht i
&" .. . ..'.. .... . .
i 7nat is neeueil. It will then He up In i
wn in cet nusy to put in wnai w poimeii
fc jOUt ah iieceKiary for hettcrltiK the nl-
"u ;jii.f-iiciik luiiuiiiunn in iin ,nik.
"One of the IIiImm that may be neees-
WCt w,t iiuHiiiid limit si j" ---i '
t) 'of ipo lonH rapji !ty. This would be
uu for loadlni; tho ltealest carnoee
, -. that. we would be called upon to handle "
Th.e plan now In to ante ship-control
inen.ome to rniluaelphlu and ko thot
Uhly Into conditions. It I plamnd '
R to take them over a tour of lninctloTi.
; They will be taken to the elocks and
P;long; tho waterlront. It Is likely that
K uut) ui iiiu tHj n 4i.vvain ti iii hi- iirt'u
tior ViTi. or mo inp.
PENROSE CONFERS HERE
WITH HIS LIEUTENANTS
.Discusses Feasibility of Appoint-
I J? ment of are tollowers on
"50-.'0" Ilasis
Li..Seii3tor ivnrorn Is In town tnd.i
kTlng- arrlrvel last nlsht. and will riieinl
Jtfceday liere, leuitnir fur M. Louis to
inljiht, where ho wl'l utteud the imctlior
lihere-of the National I'.t-pnlilluiii Coni-
.? mlttee, which will elect a low ihalimaii
MX'Jjany more or less luipeirt.iiil Iteiiub-
jHllcan from larlous nails of the hlnte
iv'hlet htm here, notahll Auditor (ieliiT.it
4'iiyder. ot Harrlsbuifr Tlire has been
uulte a iltscussioti ns to tiie apiioiuttm;
)JZat Vare and 1'eurose men In niual pio-
,, liortlonu for the losltlons In th
fot too IteRtstec or Wills, w men nao lo
.1a .Itt. Ih. nll.i, tU.,1 t.t liil ii r, i il r.i. . ,ii IP
I?r and the income tax returns Inasmuch
l.'na thene men arc aluady appolutid.
Kr Senator l'enrose paid tin re wan little' to
fcf Mf about tho matter He sibl i-.iiidl-
Blj..... .. ..I . .... I n.1..... ..I...u
t'4C QKIfn MIOUIU Pliiil'i.t iiiinwiiiii - in. in- ii. -mt"
,. . ..i. ,i. ... ......- ...i... . i.
v-ns ucu uiin iputii iiiv .viiiiii . in, i i'
jor the decision,
w "HAPPY NEW YEAR" WILL
j nv with n TnAinminiv
wr " . w ""
JChinatown Will Celebrate It, but Oh
How Uilterentiy riom
Former Year
re".. .. ...... T7 ... ,,
l,y t Amllller .ms icai e I'.i "in ivii
Siarou id for the ( aiues.i tonmnow ami it
Bi will be celebiatnl in rhlladelphla'n
nhleettown.
Kt Tie "Wcalber nurcnu pmnilses fill
.fand warmer weather for tlin onasion
TBe police say tluto will not b" nnn ll
ttxci ement In the dlsttlet lii'lc The tin t,
?JLeoi e Toms and the Hip Mm Tmii;
firnu c niiiepi puiirnrji in riut. muni
hy i ed to ohserio the il.iv by klllliu;
Isf'ff, J many of each othei h uieiubiiH as
fviioas ble. This was a Kleat miuoiaiii
EAB't!i pollie.
Kieribody shot off tlre-
I'worl and wheneter tbeie was an e-
plQr on the police had to lmostlKatn to
'Sad out If fomi'body had shot off n
.Hon an candle or tiled some shots fiom
yfjAn(4utomatlc pistol Into some mimy'
; !. rd.
.Nmw, however, ihe Toiirk are at
The I hlnese. bailtnr i.ppnm..
S'jliore civilized mid mrecuilibeil In lelhnel
vJnflincer, have u vvholesiiniti respeit
Jrwvutw mannM and curtoniH and most
., irm coiiieni iiieuis.'in.,t with Unnih-
he teeth down tho throatu ..r n..i.
Wt wives'. New YearV Nn t what n
to be; but then, what is"
' t .$
$ GERMAN IX SHIP l'LANT
v t
lir e Jlonths' Sentence Olven .Man
nrt Employed at Bristol
jtto Jt'clirodH-. thlitv-two ...n ..i.i
..Bjpntttural.ed (lermaii. who for mm a
.nt-cK wus enipicyni iy tlie ip.
Miipiiuiiuipg ( 'orpuratlou nt
under tjjie name of Vnu Huri-n
Imprisoned for thre-n mnnili.
fiolatlng tho fiov eminent regul.i
-forbidding 'alien enemies tu go
t imu jarur of any tdilpanl If he
Ii violate the reguhitlou a sec-ond
fter IiIh release frnui Imnrlson.
iht will bo Interned for tha dura.
tho war
tfrla tha ruling of the Department
dice, llbleh 11-Il.s fp.i.iqnilflA.1 I...1...
B'ofrjco of Pltrct Attorney I-Va'ii
ir ian in rerponro to Iiifjulilc
NIT wenrouers status. Till Is the
Unlto decision that has been inailo
teoal territory regarding tho stem:
token In Jim euro of thorc fouuu
'tto nrohlblted zone.
li. '....... 1. ......... . ..
I (Mrrvsieu pciirouer ueniecl tual
. German, and claimed thnt lie
tfolo. loiter, howcrer, ho ao-
allegiance to tho Kalrer nnn
Let that 111) hud "Tmpii Ivotl.-liiM
n'Msumed nanlc.
ikaiTuU Way 1'rove Fatal
'utlturThhy-lwo jtur old.
Bier strett. nipucoter. K, j
t.frtsM. ft-sXslffold today at
fwWiiWimituiiii
'lit piiuu weaif
IWW.I.'filldl-
1 .r"u
i k
1A
WT,
BROTHER ON TUSCANIA,
PIIILADELPIIIAN ENLISTS
'Frank Doesn't Wnlt to Learn Fnte
of Sergeant Liimbctt, liut Seeks
Vcnijcanep
I'ranl. I' Lambert, of 359 Ludlow
Miccl, u binUier of Hugcmit William J
faimhcrt, of Ihe Twentieth Casino in
who wjh one nf tlm Philadelphia boys
on lio.ml Hid Tuniitilu ut (lii lime she
,,nM ""' l" n" ' nun mb.
111. I lllie, JI'KtlTll.lV R.1VO 111." misvvir til
llio ihall. ni,e of lh P.oiho by rn Iftliu
In tho nrmii of t'ue'e S.i u fur ecrvlto
OlelM J"
No lien-, hail 1 I mctvcil .11 to tl,i
full- of .sergeant Lambert ut the tlm
tint his luntli. r 11: m.. nil 1 1 Ik tillml iih In
11.. . ..... ... 1 . ..1 .... .... . . .
llll I I IIIMK III! Ulli.ltl.l II1II-.11H. 'run r..,.,
UK mill" 111' Should
. tlo.l II... 1 I...1 .... l..:
,,,.,,,, ,. , , ,.....,'
- ..... . ..u..nn. 111 am.
,.,il., I f .11,1 ,...f ,e,.i ..,,. ...I.
.",-,, . .. ' ' . .:'".?'. ... .
'"" . '." -..ill".' "'Ml HO ll-llll. Iinil
f III- lilotllll hrllbl llliv .,'11 I . I
( ,, IttI M f ,., . .
i oin'
m llU ,.
' I Mm
Willi.
mil. I.iiniiiut to mUIi
DENIES DKAKTlIOAItl)
KAHS WAV TO NAVY
Clmiii.nin of Local l!uil .Syrt He
Xcvrr Itcfuscil Lcttcis to I'rn-
pi't'tix i Snilni .
s .1 Hi i u. h.iirin.iii of l.oc.11 Do.iiil
.N'o 4o, rmitli sIippi nml Snjlr aM
lii.i lo'l.i iluiltil n rtpoit ih.it iiiftn
l"M of hli lioml liilil olittlUi'tril pl.llw
of mi u or ilraft UK' Mho " mtt'il to i-nllht
III the na.il H.M-IM- run i, Aiioiner
Ioe.il liojril nil ill lnrn'il 111 lefusillj,' Io
Ulii' httprs to i,lriftiil nicii n. tint tiny
oniilil Join th" ee i KirU. w.im No 35,
Willi li In alro Utloinil ut roiiith ktiect
mil Siijih r ai nue,
Xi-ioldlllK 1 till. Mint, l.li lllL'II.IIlt
f'oiniii.uiuVr 1" U l'.iyni', t.nlor niull
liiK oflliiT for the n.ial reiire foiei- In
thl illstilil, "ildioiiliii'l" th" pr.utlir of
lo.'iil draft hiariU wlilrh It In .iIIirhI
refiini to Kli- ittcr"f to men ol ill aft
age.
"It 1 too li.nl that ffl'iirtH .in lifliiK
in iilo to itiM.i. a i ontroM'i "V In lui'fii
""r oo.inl ami tlv
(ion milium," ijIiI
.'lr Iltn lc toil.u.
"Wli it we nr ilotie wan only the P"i-
luioiiini-i' m om nut, nrart ipo.inm
ri in.itnl in nlil in r.l..l,ll-!ini' ii
""vv .National Ainu r U true that e
iefm.,.ii to Ki leltetf. to men In
"' draft .ice, l.ut In dnhu: wi o uere
"'' pirfoinilnff our dutv In an'onlunc
eieijililriB that will wow to he of some
'I ....,!.... .1. . ... ... ....
""" "' 'e iinimry in inn pnxeni.io ioui're tn wfeis or tile enriipaiiv
erlsln. The diaft boinls upirn't in.ib
llshi'd to rreate a navy and It Is untrue
that we have i niiternled that i tilNtmefit
In 'be iiiiVjI nnr.. fnrie ira mt that
Hie linn who i uteri d that renlei w jllld
hai a Mnap "
l.ieuti pant Cniiiiiiitnli'i I'.imii
whnin w.
'ibunuue
.imu.uie.i a t i.iii meiit w tiicn
1 the praill.is nf loi at diiifl
IhuiiiIh" that refu-eil tn ntd lncn In t,
,Ir''ft "Re of inteiliiK the si nbe of t Ii.
n.iMil rcserie foiie. today said-
"I lieler iiltlclited the Ulclllbel s nf the
local diaft bn.iids It Is Just as Im
portant that we luili. a n.n as an
army. It Is not my iiistom In crlth 1p
public ntllclnls and the publli illmi that
I deiioiiuied dralt boatds N uul.ilr to,
me llowelir I will sav that t J i.- mem
bers of tlin bn.irds ,i' iMiurtli stieet and
Mijibr aienue et.itlmi i mid hale ns
slst.'d In enllstliiK iiipo n tin drift ai.-.
Into the serMce nf the tiaal tinie
foue if tlic) waiitid to
HONOR ROYS AND C.IRLS
WHO SELL WAR STAMPS
"Rainbow Kcciment" of Children
Who Sell Jlore Tlian S1000 Sales
Total S1,0;J7,7US
junior "rainbow regiment Ii In Im;
foimul by William West, niiiuti th.ili-l
man of tli war saWncs i nmnilttee, nc
coi dim; to miiiouuieiinnt made toda
e.ffiie,TlU U lo I eanliOSPil nf nil l,e.v ,ml '
clrls s. lllnc morP than MuilA In ... ecu.
Int's nr Hitlft stamps The olilccrH will,
lm I'hosi il by ratlnirs basnl mi the
auiniints of sales In the limit ldii.il i hlld ,
A lare ipnita of Ilnj and Ulrl SciiIh Is
alreadv ellKlbl,. fnr the hnni-r. the an
nniiiii ement sas
"I hi Ifl Week,' ii lili Ii In can list Ainu
da, has so t.ir shown an hut case of
.tliiiu-t 30A per i . nt In sales nvir those
of the prei lolls week In Philadelphia
alone. The war sailnKs i ommlttpe Ii.ih
ci nducteil no strenuous i .unp.ili.-ii dur
liic tho week, nml bellcits that this eltv
Is Ii. trliililnir tn w.il.e up to tin ncies
slti of siiloi i Iblrnr to this liitnl
Tin' entire e istnn dlstrht nf IVtin
"ili.iiila has contilbutid an .ieijge nf
imi Hi"- 'cuts per person to due the ' Ofliciiil of Corporation There
...I ..II.. I.. . . t I- ....A . .... ,. I
mi ii mil. nu. in ip ..iii,,ni"i urn, lucre
llio s.llil til be T.lifl.'.STji persnns lhllllT 111
this dlstthr Vour shale Is, therefore,
atiprovliiuililv !' If ,nii hale not
'done j mn' bit" the comnilltee 1ifi,en jnii .
to "uet bus "
111,, I'Vileflll ttperif, Hull. ipnuMu'
to date Warsulns" st mips, M.0.1T,-
IS ej 7 . on consignments to aui tits, ,
J::t.i.l.:iJ : and thrift stamps. S J.:e".i'iS7 .
nu coisi;umenis tn aKents, ? 1T.20T. 2S
'Ihn postotlli o lilies Halts foi vester
il ij as War-sailuirs ftauips, I'Jii'i;
thuft stamps, 5.-SC I
Curpoiallon totaled at Dtlstol. This of
MEASLES "QUARANTINES" llcIH said that tho testimony given yes-
PROVOST SMITH HOUSE ",r'u- uoum fal1 nit" " ,h '"ar fu-
title win ii the lift ship would be
UniVereity Authorities Deny Report
That Diphtheiia Kpidcnue Ksists
at Doimitot'ies
'Ihe icpoit thai a dlphthPiia epidemic
ixNts ut the ilormltoiler of the I'nlvei
sltv of Pennsylvania Is unfounded. The
"fiain" haK atoused the fnlverslty nu.
tin lilies who are rerponslble for the
hialth mill safet of marly a thousand
unu living In the dormitories
The report originated bciaue nf -even ,
cutis of measles which Nolatnl In
the Provost Smith lloit-o owing to the
fact lint Philadelphia hospitals that on.
eept such patlentr weie enernowded I
The hk students were runoved to the)
Impiovlsnl dormitory hospital'' niorA
than ten ilu.vs ago
"P.i'lsirts alleging that cases of diph
theria eilstcd lu the dormitories rue u I
toruiPiit to hundreds of parents la all
patn nf the country." raid one of llio
dormitory otliclals today "Thorn few
pen who are 111 with measles mo lm-i
proving rapidly Vlielr private, phyjl
claiiH are carlns for them."
FOUR .MANHOLES 1II.OW LT
Explosion Shakes Neiidihoihood of
loth "Stieet ami Columbia Avenue
I-....- n,,i.uj l.lw.t iiii tv-ltli n. rotr
.... .1.,1, 11,. ,nfrict foi' blocks
around nt Klftoenth street and Coluin
bin nvenun this uftcrnooti. 'inreo lie-
longed to the t'nlted (las Improvement
t'ompany and one Jo tlfo Philadelphia
lllectrlo Company.
It Is thought that something went
wrong with the cables. This formed a
gar which explode1 and lulled tho
covers high Into the air.
Windows In the taltcrlne establish,
mrnt of Julius (lenjleman. at the south
west corner of Fifteenth rtreet and Co
Iirmbla aienue. were, broken and tl0 pa
trons of the Liberty Tlicutro near by
i rushed In frlghrto the slrt. The en
tiro neighborhood was' thr'owit Into a
momentary panic, but n.fl.TI iw in
,. tv X
,
EVJKMXG
WphlX?-
RECEIVER NAMED
FOR RUBBER CONCERN
Pearce Corporation Tempo
rarily Embarrassed oil Ac
count of War Conditions
COULD NOT GET COAL
Freight Congestion Al-o Responsi
ble for 1'ic-cnl Innliilily to
Meet Oblipitiotis
,
'1 Dlill to gel ".u
p'niil. coupled Willi til
i I J It
II I Tl.ii '11
one of 'i
1 r .ipponii
. , e I! io
i l iTI,
I it II,
I ....
I "'"""- '""'" ""
In llio win, I
'" "' nusl:
it Jlliotll
, ,. tn,
' v.'i "i .. it.-..-
llir-
. . ...
"' ' corporation, n
I" .linlise 'I'lii mproti
I'otlll tn.l.ll
In
On a hill
i i'lii IV.lli i',
the lOmoin
Arilinotr.
In IHUII5 liittl I
, of thin c t i,i
, .mil luili
I'.i . Ptr.il.huldr
i
. ile, '
1 l
.ruiiji.
i ii n i.
nml Ii !
Thompiioii appointed llinrv
rott ,fi . I'liiporary inno,
hlri Imriil at MO.iVjfl. .luilRe TltomiiMii
has Ket IVhimry 2." for a In artiiB t
dei'nli whether 1h iipioliitineut liou i
lie lu.ldi li'rinalient
'I lie I'lllie lillliliir ('n'lliMUull Ix II
lo'liwate i otpnrallon and lily Ite prin
Ipil plant foi Ihe liiatiufaetuK of tho.
rillihoi ami Miiilii'd eomiiiridltles ut
Twent.vllii't nml I'liarlleld Hiiitn. 'Ihe
oiuiaii fonmrh opTnted a plant at
4"ii l.'iist ltltl. iilinusn utrtfft iluuiaii
tnw it hut u.iii riitied tn arate mi .lan
uarj 1 lust, wn'ti It hane etiili.tl. It
eonteinplat'd iniilliHiInc huslnin. at
Twmt -first .ml i,artlM Hrw N hut
luiiipllratlinis aiui' Hut has fon i d Hie
eoi potation to rem tin Idle elm the (list
ol the eat, .iusltiK n cetlrus llnam i it
I'lnlMii.m-iiirtit, hoin,li only tdiipntiii
tin of the nrst ohstiie e Mie lorpnru
tloti met w the liiahllltv to Rft i I
li-eall".' of tin fii famine. It Is d'
il.ir.d aiioiln-i whs the failure of neu
m.ie'iliiii to iimIm- fo- liistallatl'Ui In
tin' w (ilatit, e lili Ii was dlfith le
eponsilile tor iiuiiplli illntiu aiWIni; with
the reilhel fill n lOinp.illV Willi It hid
eold (tip ptemtnis tn the 1'iarei imii
iin. .mil a tinrd and pilmary ciuve
was th. rn. , of limiK-illiitc funds m im et
pi. mmiI nml inatuiliii; oliltiiatlmis
tm (oil i,f tlietn, i ondltlnns lertiln
i ndltorn otitnln.d J'HlKmntn apaltift the
rLtuier i .imp my, uiileh lnoUKht iilmut
a niiamliil iiiin iniulrlinr the aupolnt-
mint nf n nvilur In the I". deral Court
.... .. . ...
for the benefit of t-lrn'MioM-rs and
ernlllnr.v ulll.e
In Its preeent flnatn t ll Matetnent It
is .neiirted. tin inmpam would be uiiahli
- - - ...- "iuxi 11 Vll I'll IIIH1IM'
to lontinue business ,ut if It Is operated
umlci the illtiitl.in or Hi. court, tin ouch
the .itinointrn.lit nf it ipe.
' li r, the prob
i niiiiitips .u,. In f.i,,r ()f th iporatlon
belim re-e-tabllhi d titioti a sound llnan-
il.il footltic. it Is declared
T In- corporation through Mi irarre,
tiled an Jimur, adialttlnir the aurineiits
of the bill wind h" and Ml 'n Hl-d
ns stoi kholdnrn and submlttlnc Itself to
any order the court talclil mnks.
AHien the i orpor.itlon moved fn.iii i
ItittenhilU'e Mre-t tn I'wentv-ltrst .nut
, Cliiittlelil slr.eli. it plaint a la rue otdei
mr new n j( inner v The niaehlner was
to iitihe l.-foi.' IVbruari I. but becm...
of tiaflli i .eiKestlon hM not . t re .., lie il
the plant and bee are... of this d.l.ij mi,i
other ip.imiiis the Indli atliins ar. tint
the id.uit in . idle for at least two
months mine, it u stall d In th.. bill.
This delii has ciusid n cnntroxcrsi
.with the .wmrs of the CbaiuVlil stts.t
i'""'1"- t'- i'r ,im,iv lltl.;i
with Kern Dodire. rei eri lor the s into
.iaiiui.li lurim; i otnpativ. ror the put
chase of the piem(.cs fur Jso O'lO on
terms of JM.uOi) cash and the balance In
a inortB.iKP on the premises
As .iddlti.iii.il sicurlts the IV.ine
oinpan.v iiKieed to plan- in the prem
ises new m iclilneij of a mat lalue o:
S.'.'i.OOn befit i 1'. bill il 1 last As
this has not l.i en done l.ecaue uf
' T ,1la " aiTlMll ol Hip mn-
,J' "r. """. Il,,'' !
session of Hip premise. 1 1 tlmlinr that
the iiKiiemint has been ilolatpd, aim
lie lefuied to allow tin. coiuptny te
iiinoii. any of Its prnperti from tho
pi. ii p Vpotlatliuis lire luulei w.n t,
ailjiiit the lonlii'ieiei, It Is stab il sn
thit an liiiiulnnit cre.it iocs t tin.
lllbbll coiiip.ini will heaveitnl
DENIES BRISTOL SHIPS
CAN'T BE LAUNCHED
Says First Vessel Soon
Will Prove Facts
'lettimuto given befoie ibp Stnate
i'ii.iiiiii'Iip Committee lu Washington
that none nf the shlpj being loustructed
at llrlstul ran be launched becauu the
water at that place Is too shallow was
refuted in .1 statement made today by
an i, til. la 1 of Ihe Mprihauts Shipbuilding
I',u,'Il,'a
Wltncssee in Wasliiugtoii testified jes.
terday that none of the ships at the Jlrls.
tol yards can be launched because they
diaw l.vcnt.v feet of water and theio lr
but twelve teet d'pth lu the Hclaware
P.Iver at that point Further testimony
befoie the Senate f'oininerce Committee
was that dredging operations aro now
under wav.
Tho orfli lal of the Meichani' fillip
lmllilliu Company confirmed llio testi
mony that til f ileitis operations wcrn now
under way. but added thut the water at i
that plai'e nevirtheleii was deep enough I
to laiinih ships us soon as they aro eon-,
structed i
'fbips or the i.,ml that are neirt eon-1
i-i ptir-tori nt r,..r ...n. ...n Ll I hi riftlpl.it
"."in be launched when the water Is
twenty feet dee p
"l'rciiuentl.v It happens that the wate-
about a shlp ard Plant h not as deep
nt one point as It Is anothei p. ace We
uro doing some dredging woik a' the
present th.ie Tho dredging wasn't
started recently. It liail been going on I
for sonio time Uu we int'it.iln to
fc.ils that wo won't be aids to laumh
a sip because the water at "uur jdacc
Is "Loo shallow. That testimony about
.the water bell g too shallow Is absurd i
'This will be shown when the tirst ship
Is launched. If olio 01 our lelilps now '
being constructefl wcrn
finished today
It could be launched
"JITNEY" TRUCK RAJIS CAR
A motortruck opernted by Theodoe
Splcer, I KM Hal brook nionue. crashed
into a irowded trolley car at Fifteenth
Itreet and Snjder avenue, today, causing
a mild panto among t'.ve passengers,
Kplcer was thrown from his beat and
Injured about the face and head. He
was arrested and held bv Magistrate
Uaker In 1800 ball for a -further hear
ing. Tho truck was returning from Hog
Island. The machine which Ja owned
by James nice. 4930 SajhrooU avenue;
Is used M a "Jttney" In taking laborers
to Jloff Island Wlien the accident' hap
pened, like was sitting alontrutdo of
stnlp.r but
pen injury,
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LEDGER - PHILADELPHIA, SAXUKDAY,
jLLLLvm "jQl
"3 scar!"" . '
( LOO JUS ALLKN
Siacusc N'. V., imllionaitc,
member of the war hoard of the
American Electric Knilways As
sociation, who disappeared
nearly a month ago on lili way
to this city from llaltimore.
MISSING MILLIONAIRE
SOUGHT IN THIS CITY
C.LoomN Allen. Railways War
IJoard Member. Disappeared
Nearly a Month Ago
"'e.in Ii is beuiK made in I'hllailelp'ili
and tieaiby towns for '. taioinW Allen,
of Sjracune. X V. inllllonalre member
of Ihe war board of th" Amiilean lllee
tile )tallnas Anoeiatlon. who dlsji.
pi arid ll( ally a mouth uvn
Allin had llvnl hi a lliltlmote hotel
and loimiiutfd to Wai.hlni.toti dallv
wlillp i-er Ihk as illrntor of the ano
r.'iltlon'H wai bond The last heard of
him was when he left the hotel on the
mornltiK of January lrt. Inteudlnic to
take a tl.iln for I'hllidelphlu on a bus.
in r." trip He i.irrlnl a unall IraAelhu;
eacii and left most nf his i lotlilnir mid
.. . ,, , , ,, , , ,
,'""r l"'"onal effects In the hotel
'"" connn Hon Willi thn stieel
rall-
vay war bomd was abiuptlv ..piireil
rebniai) 1 through .1 X Kliannahati, a
business ussoelate, 11 Is luioivu Seieral
limes Mi Allen had spok' u of imIur Io
Trance for Ih" alrci ift hoard
Xewpiiil cws, Va. address fqr
mall was left nt tin lmtpl In II iltimore
foi hltn. but lm ihi" his been hi ought
to llelil lu Hie Vlrslnla town.
Allen is nnn 1 1, il, has a 'im in Vale
and a lm nat-old elaiiKlilir at his home
lu Sj l ai use Up is fnltl elRlit jeais of
.life
He is ,i m, 'ml, ci of the S i, tense 111 in
lilt li tn in iKes the Auburn and Sira
i Hsu Kiertllo Hallway. Xewpolt Xews
ami Hampton Kallwa.i, Has mid llleitrlc
Company, tho Sir.uuse and .Suburban
llleetile llaflway i 'onipany and otln r
small lli.cn In initial New Veil,
liUKNi:i) IN CAS l'LANT
U. (I. L Kmploye Seriously Injuied
When Ciio.isy Clothes Catch File
John IColoba. Iwent .three iai old
of .'".'0 South Twent-eluli"li street, an
eh etili lull's helper, lu tin employ of the
I'lilbd Has liupioiemi ut Companv. war
furiously burned about tin b.n k and
hands today when the uip-is. -mi.iKi d
Jacltet whh h he wore, i auuht lln fiom
1011111117 In lOtitact with a ml-hot dls
, harsln, inai.itti.. In the retort houe of
the 1" il plant at Tlilrty-o-i ond strett
and I'isoMinl, aienui
IColoba was taken to t Agtiess Hos
pltal where ll wa said tha' hi- Injuries,
while sn ,oi. pi'ibahl.i would Imt pimp
f ital
"""'S1 ''IfKX
A 1 P. AND W . HhAHIiSG
Company's. Hepiesentative Says-
Construction Cost Intiuiiy Would
Incieare Hates Consideiably
If we.cvcr do go Into the costs ol
i uiiptiut nu. i.itrs will be a great deal
hlnher than the are now." said J 11 It
i umilnirliain of Il.inlburg. lepnsenti
tive fur the Philadelphia and We-teni
Hallway Conipiii,v, toda, at a hearing
befoio PtiPiltc Seivleo Commissioner ,
.iiiciiaei a. j;van, ai rue uimi line
Hulldlng, In lili ll the third of n stiles
of hcailuer was In hi In the ptolpst
tiling made I, pit nun .iKiiiust Hip In
crc.me In rates tcccnlly put into iffectj
by tint road
This stati ment was made during pie
eeutatlon of figures takui frmu the bonks
nf the comiMiiy by Arthur T. Cameron,
expi'it aciouutunt, and Intiodured to
show cot of construction Incurred h.v
ihe louipativ, expendlturis during ier
tatn p.ilnds and alo expenses. Crms
oxiiuilnallnn for the ivnninutus or
potions of Hip lines in ipiestlon was
conducted h Harold T Shcrz, iepie-1
rcutliiK the Ardmore Tark Improve
ment ssotlatIoii and the Philadelphia
and Wistetn Commute! r Vrrnelatlon
Hearings will he resumed next Fridai at
1 p lu
t Hie eoiiilusion of the meeting
ugieenient was leached between I'otn
mlsslomr lljari. Mr. Sher7 nml Mr. .
Ciiuiiingliain, representatives for Ihe
rullwaH ami Ihe people! lespectlvoly, I
that Mi Mieri shall confer with his
illcuts. the patrons of the road, ami get
them to icacli an agreement as io what
actually constitutes the imt of con-
rtructlon. operathiR expenses and dell-
cleucles of tlin railway companv. "J III
matter will then bo taken up again next
Frldaj
Then' points weie more or less ills,
pitted during tho healing, hut It was
stated by rouu'rl for the rallwajs that
no matter whether the commutirs were I
ratlrMed or not with figures taken from 1
tlie books of tho company. If the matter)
of costs was ever fully and actually
Investigated, rates will go still higher,
Mr. Sherz stated that ho did not think
the people should be made to pay
for mistakes of either tho present com
pany or Ihe concern from, which tho
present company was derived lln also
attacked the companj'r accounts as pre
sented lu the report of the certified ac
countant. Woman Wins Fraud .Suit
An attachment has been Issued from
f'ouit of Common Pleas No, 3, under
the fraudulent debtors' act, In favor of
Ida French Oraf. against Samuel A.
(Jreenlee to recover J5851.54 with In
terest from August 11, 1917. The plain
tiff alleges In her suit that Oreenlce
undertook to rel certain property and
negotiate a loan for her, and that less
than tho amount of money which he
reed to secure was turuciS our to
'r.
- X..
WORK ON $10,000,000
MUNITION PLANT STOPS
Cam)) Uix Water Supply
Tiiroatcned by T'rown'.s
Mill's Suwasc
CONTEMPLATE NEW S1TK
'DoKcitod VIII.ikr" Jlny llaM
Rival Lakehnrt a I'os.
!ible Substitute
oldMiiitUM 'Ueeit.d lllufce ' nia
hue an incrl iti il.il Ii Hanoi! of the
stnldeii i(.coert that the Hlreatiis fnip
plyitic ('.imp Hl with watei would l
tioll'lted by hnwaci fioni the nr n
IO.(iOO,000 ammunition plant in muter
ot erection near llruu nx .Mills, x, .1 ,
uhtili dlecnei5 his caused the ctop
niKe of the WutK tlien mid a search fm
a new site, piobabh in In at l.iki
lnirrl. N .1.
ftrr twn wnhs' woil. the iinp!oi-
uient or roriv niKineers a note
'hilts ond rteiinirauhei n'Aeil him-
dud Uborni.. mid the i stnbll ihmeiit m
i ii. i. .i. ,..i.... i... inn..., ...
llrowns Ai, the nidileii ii-Hs.itli.ii of
the work eotuei ns u eurtirhe. It had
H eurpriM'.
been planned to Irne n Mirp plant tbeie
alid a tnw u nf f.eeral thriusjiriil men.
Willi a bOO fnut l a llloail MiIIiir nml all
the appurtenatii es of a small lllnire
1 he nor I. has l,en In i hurce or Stiper
mteinlerit IhiKltieer 1'. I, Hotline wltli
'oiistiin tlmi Kiiuirnl. K I! Whlienmb
and K J. Ws. ntt tinder him. while the
Hrdnatiie li.'p.utiurnl of the rnlted
htutis mill his hem tepiesented b
Captains cjarl. and Xnnli. ltelduits i..i
that neei In Heir erperjunn' hii work
hern dmie n ( p' ilttlousl.i and so
eeonomle illy 'is His work i llrowns
Mills b then men uml the suildeti rtop
pane eurprlsed them isreatl. The
.nisi k1iii for slopplni: tho unit. Is
a ifient a rutpris,. In llieni.
It ts t-.vi'l that the plan nf dlrcKius
arteFlan IU Is belni? illeus-id hi
ai my men and tint one well of a deptli
ol '! feet his nlteadv bien dm; at
aiui IMV but is not belinr m id at
uie-mt If the iirts,in u-ll uiiuly is
nl.tt.liKi It Is said the preeint plan of
h.i villi; th" aiiimuultlon jilant at 111 on lis
Mills will k thtotiKh uudlstuibid.
In Hie nieautlmc. si'es are helm: i nn
slibnil at Chatsworth, Whltlni;, Toms
lilt ci and l.ikihuirt, with the latter
IiiiIiik tin best of It. In the opinions
of ttinsp Interesipd The onlv objiition,
aiuii men sat, to tin i los,.-tn-tb i emi
sites Is the possibility
M.f ,1. rn,., i , .lil
or Herman lain-
. .
els beltu; elltlbleil to Ket iloee llloUBh
t i shll the pi int.
A meetllii; Is bclllK held this .if lei -naoll
at the olllies of the Atlatltli l.nail
Iiik Conipuiy at which Ktislnee-r I! I.
II t will ho present to disi Uss the
sites lo be I h"M'!l. Tile Atlantic Cum
pain is the KUieral m;etit of the ilo
ertimelit while, the iiitual woil. bar
been under the super! Men of the Hums
KiiKititerinK Comp.inv of New otk.
CHAIN STORE MANAGER
AND CLERK HELD UP
Aimed Thief Locks Two Jlen in
KuildiiiKi Then Dopait" With
Day's Hecelpts
l.uins Ni-i,. I. innfi.iRe ol ll Amei
ieaii i ham sto nt HlKhlh stiret ami
Indiana aieu.i ainJ his i letl. ileome
Mountlny. of " West Cambiia stiet.
were prep.Vi in x til ilose the s'tue at e'.:l." ,
last nlRlit When Mountlny v ent outside
to brltiR In lh sikiis a man slipped up,
pik.il a reioht'i Into his libs and oi-i
deied him Into the stole.
Insldf. tho man lOieied Mntmtln and
Xelll" with his it'tohei and made
Xeilllc hand nvi r the day's itcelplH
$'n; Tlie man then wlthdtew. took a
padlock f inni his ,o. I.i t mid linked
.Si i (lie and
Mi'iinlliiv In and wmt his
w ay
Wills J'robuted by IteRlMer
Wills piobated toila were Iheis,. (.f
Joseph Wehbl. 3s 11 lamcastei aienue
whh ll. in private bequests. dlposce of
property alued at i".S."0 .Ipsi. II.
XKe. I ISO I'm! stieet. 1'iatikford,
III, .'.00; lalw.ud lltadlev .'ill Jeffer-1
son street. ir.oOO, Ihuliy t! ilei-ou. Jill
Hi eeii' street. M"i"): John 1 C.illalun,
llj."i Olive stmt ilOOii, and Paulino
liuidon, 18 11 North Cam i stteet J50v.
PINCHOT TO SUPPORT
0'NEIL FOR GOVERNOR
Will Issue Statement Favor
ing His Candidacy, Report.
Maurer to Line Up Labor
miouiii ement Is expected within the
next few
dajs tl...t OltYord i'nicl.ol, the
foteatrj epeciallst ot the r.ooseielt Ail
inlnlsttatlon, who l.nr beta looked upon
as a possible candidate for the P.epub
llcan gubernatorial isndldacy, will sup
pott J Denny O'Nell, Mute Highway
I'orninls'ibtiei In Hip llrumbaugh labl
uet, who Is running nn the dry and autt
Penrose ticket.
For some lime Pun nor was exported
to be the ' dt v" and Independent candi
date, but several weeks ago he and
O'Nell held a cunftrnue at tho Adelphla
i cmiitrenie ai llio .-cui'ioiim
rid sho, tlv afterward O'Nell
lis cai.rtldscv. Plnchot had I
Hotel here a
announced hi
opened offlies m tho Ileal Hetato Trust
Dulldlng. It '1.1s n mounced recently
fiutn the O'Xeil i amp that O'Nell would
take over th otlkes Now tho state
ment Is made that Plnchot Is preparing
a statement Ipdoislng O'Nell.
Il is also leported that about the
time Plnchot comes out In" tho open
James II. Maurer, of Heading, picsldenl
ot the Stato Federation of Labor and
the onb Socialist of the Pennsylvania
Housn of Representatives, will make a
rtutemotit favoilng O'Nell This means
that he will give O'Nell uh much of the
labor lote as ho can rohtiui, and this
Is expected to be considerable. In tlin
up-Slain ruining legions, where the
ruiihs of the puties tiro not tlioioughly
orguulr.ed from Ihe political standpoint
NOTABLES TO ATTEND BALL
Attaches of Allied Embassies Ex
pected nt Philopatrian Reception
Attache,, o. !.. pn.h..lp! evf lb. Vlllp.l
- -- - -
1 aui'iis are rxpeneu io aneuu llio loriye
lint annual
lillon itrlart ball and recep
tion to be given Monday night at the
llellevue-Stratfoid for the benefit of thn
Khlghts of Columbus war. fund. Mauj
persons e.oclally prominent In Washing
ton, New York, Pittsburgh" and Cleve
land will be present.
Admissions for more than 15,1)00 per
sons havo bien Issued by the commit
tee In charge of arrangements. Phila
delphia society Is well represented In the
reservations already made.
Featuring tho reception will be a
patriotic conceit given .by an orchestra
of sei enty-two musicians. The decora
tions, will be elaborate, but along pa
triotic lines. Judge John Monaglian,
chairman of the reception committee,
aid lad night that the attendance! will
surpass the expectations of thoua who
have been actively liitercfTd tu miking
jne 01 cm a mcctr
FEBlItfAliY 0, 101S
!Atw3sS
HifSnne When Intended Victim
Hoi rowed Money From Clem-
onion pSqiiii o
V celf- '.Wed ilersymin, after lleecliie
Pf'tlll ftlltllll l.ll..... H.&H II. M ....IIa .111
tan tip aKalnsl the wionit man when h
.ItteinntPd to odd Albeit 111. he. of Cluil
cutbti, .V. .1., to his lln of i Minis
'"-' i- -" broM
iildllinrllv. tiolhltiir would hie hap
pened, us uiiv experienced "ion mini
;i would liitvn tnerelj loi.l.ed for other to
,11m'
Kut III. l.i had n Knnl friend and n
the ulicinr rotiuded cood 'to lilui he
nlTireil to borrow the mones The
ii lido II t At. ie tiled Io wait.
Illiks' Rood frlfinl vim none other
than Houlra U'ltifhi nml be '.melled a
moiiio" when U wai xplalticil hv Mhks
'Ihat nil lie nredeil to in'itulro SU.flOO wim
one petnciiy Kutd jlu bin
rltfhl lnil HI. Us tin mono awl ,
when h" wint to pay his tlrKt Instnlhin lit .
on the $12,000, nti oilher followida ehnrt I
dlntame heiilnd Am the money hanged ,
hands, the "prearlier.' who h.il.l he was I
i the llev John Stlllwvll nml that li I
usd to me In Ck'mcnton. w.i ar-
ri..i,,.
.m..-.' .i. .. ... ..... ... o"
... . .. ' , .', u,.,,
Mb s was Ihe nld onu of a ileinl riiniii
svi llld wlllld
i , ,,,. ,,i, f,
EXPECT "WAR LOAN"
FOR CITY VOTED ON
Pioposul to liaise Ten to I'iflccri
Jlillion Jlay He on llallnt
at 1'iim.U'ie.s
V though no city uflli'iil w..l .ut a'
aulhoiitv for tie Ktatfiiieiit Hut .t 'war
lofcn" w 111 be mihutltli d In th" peoplo
it H e Ma r'.niarles, mn u (l mnve is eon
elileied lllt-lv by nuinv familiar with
muni Ipal finances The 1 mn Is vatl
iial estimated at from 10,n0n (too lo
lls.l'Ot'.UIMI.
The nei d of money for manv iNpin-e1
Incident to tho war mid for otheis oir
lool.id tiio viaio iiko when own II"
and the inters uuthnilreil loans fur
JIHOOiiOnO Is not denied, but lluanilers.
point out the present us nu unfaiorable
t,p to In. lease debts. Nearly Jtnn.OO''
000 of loans ulieudy uuthorl.eil hate not
bien floatid, partly because thp woik
cannot be irmlliiuul tlirnURhoiit th" wai.
(Hie fin t tint Is enpe-ctid In hate eon
slderiible welubt 111 tho final decision
relstli" to a "war loan" Is tint at the
piesent i itv bonds are nlllnrr 1 low par
....I .... . ft.. In t. .!... .....1. 1 . I I ll...
am, I," ......- i.-.iiiK man. ... ,.j..n ...
... . n' .. .1...... ..i.i. ii..... rr-i,. ..,,,
lti.l',- .unlit i. nil tj,ii- Ill1 in"-.
., . . ., , . . .... ..,..,,,
Hot bP orieled to ttie Illlcstlllir public
until a more favorable tlmo iirrln ".
H. OF P. SHORTENS TIME
OF CLASSES NEXT TERM
1'ioiost Kxplnins Jlove as War
Mr.isuie to Aid Government.
Stall Jlilitnry.Cour.se
1'ioMi-i IMgar 1. Smith, br tbt 1'nl
ierl' of l'eniis)lianla, liar ordered
that j 11 1 1.1 les be shortetiPd for Hip nett
term, wlilcn b'Sliis, on Jlonday. Mine
than aii hout'-i time win ho iiami daily
bi tho new i osier which has bun at-
laiiBcd and this will be deioted ciclu-
slvel lo me t our-o in military sclcine
and tactics
The 1 illicitly lus es'ablKheil a
enurpe in military iialnlnc and the
frilled Slates lion rnuiPiit bus sen! us
an utiiiy oRI.er to aet as professor of '
this louisi, and wo want to seive the
couturv all w.t ean lu this ellie.tlon
'rajs tlie Prntust's notice to the deans' 1'iillonlrir leportr that siuh circular ' titles were perfected In the carry nine
I of the larlous sihnols' 'The military 1 1'-1'! Ll'1'" mailed, AVllllam '. Jones, ntJtU."
ii-uiui.es legiBie etia tltn.i for certain I torney for the as-nt latlon, made lmllg- SII.HKT OX DISCLOSl'rtr.R
outside drlllb and exeielses. Tho hour'"'"" 'Ienl.il. jjr. Ilohlen refused to anticipate the.
fiom .1 3d to 1'-!0 p. in. dally shall be
leveled p..hislvil lo military i oursi s,"
cirmces nt th" I'nliiisltv nut ....... i, i
flftv minutes In length and will begin at
. . .. . ... .. .. . .
S 3 1, Loutlnulng until It .In a, in. After-
, noon il.iMed will bo resumed ut 1
lo'cloik ami contlnucu until 3:30 o'clock.
JUST Timi'ST CASH OX HIM
Coht'll'h '
Oak Lane Residents Deny
,- , c ti it i i m in i "ii.iuy iiiauiinirti wiui cv'i r.v raiullv ' ten le sh'ivv tn.1t ll was iihourii ids ,
lale ol ilieir Unusual LlUcuillly to w,,, ,. .,,,1 ciictikur It hap. channel in tin hack of the Island, then
. , , , , , , , ! peneil that sumo of the families wo sent' known '.k Hogg, that the seven British
s-.er d-ut. of the fiak Lane section for i tjie-m to did havo memliem In th.i sirv Hups I, l b.v th" A igllant crept upon "
several weeks hive been providing AI- Ife I have since found tint out. Wo Port Miltlln and wile thur able to de
fied Cohen of Neve Voik, with food and '"'1 not know ll at the time. It would be niolleh It '.
mone. tin- utlet lo pay his past?.ip to null' remaikabln If you could null iinv. i tl iiiinaineil traitor tevtaleil to th
the Me'iopolis a. cording tn th,. police. ' thing to a list ot MOO families, without inlenats- the existence of tho back clian- ,
but Mfied likes Philadelphia so well
that In. appears nimble to leavo It So I
the kiuo-hearted pollen havo arranged It
so thai he probably won't have to le.ivt '
It for some time to come.
Cohen was arrested last night at the
hump of Max S pt. cr.i'j Ninth TJilt-i
teenlh stieet. wIipip lie had culleil asking
for morn j to puv his way to New Vork.
also for food to sustain him pending de
parture Apt'r daughter recognized the
1 man as one who had lohl her the same
tale some ueel.p before, tilhcr Oak I..1110
lesldents Ideatllled (. nlieu as a man who
told them a similar lain of woe and had
received money und food
Ills tale was that he was thrown off
a tialn hcie and wanted to get to New
York, where he had rich 1 datives.
Itlstllct IVsfeetlvp ctr.'ibniiv .....I
ll,.tiirlv,irl v firi..ui.b.l I'tm.. ...... If.. I..
'"....W ..-.' - ...,,', .,,,1, .M,l,l.-
tr.ibi Pennofk a' his olltceln German
town held It I id In Cii0 bull for niurt
Cohen saw that he did not ask for
mom" 01
Oak l.aue
hltn "
food but that the generous
residents "thrust It upon
esse- were many and all said
money was refuted Cohen
ilovvti In the strfet and jell
ui to commit suicide, raising
Tin witnesses wetf many and all said
that when money was refuted Cohen
would lie down In tlin street and veil
and Uneaten to commit suicide, raising
,.,,., ,. ,,,.,,.i ,., ,,, ,, ,lw ,:, ."
,' A''.U f i'1,"".'!;'1 '1, ofU" K'"u
nlm "I,"t '"' ""Ked for'
171 PNEUMONIA VICTIMS
HERE IN SEVEN DAYS
Total Deaths for Week Xumbcied
T'JO, Compaied With 07.1
Last Your
Ueaiin tiuoughout the city dutlng the 1
1 week numbered 7'.'9, as compared vvltlu
1J1. lust week and C73 during the cor-i
licspondlng week last ear. They vyerc '
elided as fo l.,w M,.ie jis 1-.,,, t. ..
311 : bovs. 100. and Jlrls. s.i "',
TI1.1 causes of death wetc
Tplioltl fevtr . . ..,'....
MetsNlfs , ,
Smrl-t fsvei ., ., li...!
Wliooiilii ceaiLh
lili'lithirla sua irgui
jnrtii.iu 1
I.el'lfllli' iltsssn.M ,',,
Tiiburculvom of Hi- lunis
lubeiculosls inciilnKltls
(Jthir fuiins uf tubenulusls .
earner
1....I... . .. ....'''.'.'!'
k:
T.i-''".t Jf". """"'"' " "'lll
U
1 wiie.iii'j uiieai.i or tno iiarl
Alula broiichltlK
111
'!
in-,
c'bronlg hrnncbltls ,
1'n-unioiihi . .
liruiiolio-piisunigni 1 ... I
Iilne'ain'i of 11, r.splratory sstteru.. .
ptmninta cf the stoinatib
Jitiirrliea uud entrrltls
Aiipinllcllls and typhlitis
Hernia. Intestinal obaiructlou
I'lirhesli of rhs liver ,... .
Atvnce nciihrltl iinl Hrlshfs dhj.ase
r.onrani'ejrons tumors ,
Puerperal itttlcimU
1'uerp.ral arcldents
Jonicnlul debility and mslformalioui
eenlllls , ,........ ......
Homicide ,
All other iloletit .deaths
bulclde ,. , ;'
All otstr dli lasts
I)
JS
n
Total
t leVTr". TIIAIN TO Ml:ni.. 1XKT
I lfl.TKJt AN'll OVIORII tllWOII!
Jlffectlve February 11 train now leaving
Hrostl mreet Station lljn . jj. wee'diVs
for Mulls. Wmi riueier oed Oxford r 111 bo
ctsued lo ! t llt.1.1 r. M f ' oa
w
.MsTLVANU ItAlLrtOAH..
DR. DANIEL KARSNEU DIES
.. . ..n. mt-r.Hl "I'Pl'Mi'l.1
oi- Arui'jjbonu n"''
Itellic I'liyoiciun Wnst Well Known
Hero Tor Jinny Yc.trs Funei nl
on Jtomliiy
in
Im it i Knrnor. a wel.J.i.owl. 'f
iititvblmi. Is dead ut hl Iioiim.
tired
SOS AVeit TullxSiocken Mrect. iietiiinti
imiMi nffAf . .lit'd' t.Ini nf riDOPlfV
! He !' run Ire d hi Ms v Ife. who was XIUs
1 Carolina M .Teatirs- T.ie funeral w'll
I bo held (it
his home on Monday at -
! HI.
ll... Im T..iinv w.l't bolll
it. VitBlnia
June 20, ISti lie was ulueati il at the
West Chester IIIkIi School ami w-u
' crndilated fioni tlin Jefferron Medlial
Collepe lit the beelnnltiK of toe t ll
War. ll- Jollied Ihe fifth Corps 1 leld
llop!Ul as ni-lRlanl MiiReon mid n
malued In It litilll the war el wed
Ho continued the praetlee of his pro
feioti in thin ilty till is;:', when he
nbatiilornd allopathy, befaine a Undent
of homeopathy and wax Kiaduated with
hotiora at tlin Hahnemann .Medle.il Col
leti Then he rermned pniellee ns u
dltieipllne nf Hahtuiuatili. I'd Mile u
ni.inl.. nf flip.
Half or iiiiiineni.iiin n"-
I pltal and the AdUeoiy lloatd of "l,m-
inanii Cnlleee. He aas an aitlte mem-
t.i r tit th. Count valid State lloiiHopalhlc
. .. .. ... t..uin..irt
Sjilelles ami of :ile .Mlieinan ni'iiui"-
of HotneopHIiy
c,.,r,i ,.,...rs .urn Ho tor Karrtier re
ftip.l frnnl mllvo l.r.T'tlCC lie Was II
member nf ihe An. rhlliidi'lphla
countiv, 1'hllailelphl.x cihket anu C'r
iiiaiitoivn CiUkct Cluls.
.JOHN M. HAMILTON WINS
tl'ini'MVCIII I) MPIIAI,!
..v..iw... . .,..., .....,....
f'hihidelpliia Artist Has Minted
Many Jlen of Notable
Distinction
.luliii M. I.uie.ll imlllon illstlngulsliPd
atllst of riilladelphla. has been nwnideil
the Kohl medal of honor of the Pennsyl
vania, A-adetnv of the nine Arts, ac
ciilliiK to miniiunccmeut made todav.
'I be medal Is e tie of the most-soUKht
ait lionoir In Amerlia. renunlltu; e-pi-ilal
distinction In the art world
.Mr. Hamilton, who was inmmlssloneii
in piint the eotonatlon of Klim ileorce
V of Hndnnd. wah bom In this i Itv In
Hill Aflei attendlnir the aiaiUmy lien
he went aluoad, MudilliK at Antwvip
and Tails mid Rfttllni; In Iiidoti lit
1871. He returned tn'lus natlvo eity
.i year mro, I tklnir up I is residence! at
1PM Spruce stteet.
Many honors hate been ml by Mr.
Hamilton, nlmre works ham; lu rip.u
,..,, . ,,u , ,,.,. ..,,
Kallerles lu this lountry and abroad.
......t ... j -.
. .... i
Anione- tin. neited men lip
has minted
are Itini; l. corse, (.laustotie. leeneial iv-(. she d'du t hate any Interest In
Booth, I.rtd LelRhtoii. Onslow 1'ord, ' i,, 'B Island property. Those of us
1'iofesror Tndall. Hli hard Vaux midiwbo hud ale Americans, for thrco gen
Cardlnal 'Manrdiisr One of his Ihreo nations b.n k."
linrlialts of lilailstnne hatiRS In the' The Ilohbn and McMttrtrle famlllei,
iviiiirilianla Atadcniy On exhibition which are related, owned, nccoullnr to
there llow Ik a strlkltm-portrait of JinlKo Mr. JJ.lilen, two-thirds of the Island
tinny the imdalllst and also a pot. which Is to be the site of the Rreateet
i. .i. .,! ii... niini.i. iiiinsnif' l.v Wnini.,,. sbliii.iiil In the world. I 111" they ac-
Adams The cold medal of honoT was
founded 111
('Olivette.
IS''" In the late John If.
DENY' OFFERING UURIAL
LOTS TO SOLDIERS' KIN
Ueceint of Ailvei ti.sinir Circulars Un
.j..n i c tn t....
intentional, Says Attoiney for
mllm''' c,a'' ""'- i'"
Lamuen tjemeiery
'I he Hatleisli c. nteteii sco. I itlou of
i atiideu. blttetly resentd the chaiRe that
11 Is fostering sentiment iiRalnst partlcl-
ballon of tl.e fnlted Statis 111 the v ur
by sendlni; bmlal-lnt advutlsenipnts to
fiimllleH of men In senlce.
" ,H n simile and an outtage that
si'clr ti iliarte should be made." said
Mi Joins 'Some neotilc hue cii-
'""" '" 'lo 'when they start smli it-
. ... .... u ..1. ......1. 1...1. ...... .
jiuiiie unu ppuine snouiii loon uno n teiualloii.il roip iiniininn . n'"iui,,i
mutt. i ii llllle more carefully hefeire had paid a pike In excess of the value
they btlng such aci ligations' ' of Ihe land.
"'llio fact Is that the assoclitlon has The vital palt that Hog Island Is ex
sent out elrculars dim ting attention to peitid to play lu this war recalls to
the fait (hit It has good burl il lots history lovus that fact that It plajed.
lor sale About 1 100 sin h circulars aie
"""' "'" fery year We am not per-
i .-in nu. i.- suinc woo nan meiiTiicis in
Krvlie '
IIOSI'Il'AL DRIVF. IS SHORT
Woman's Hospital Gets $.'M,rU." in
CnmpniKn for Sl'.5,000
Ih total amonul lolhcted by the Un
cial campaign nf the Woman's Hospital
was reported as $31.00:. If., which Is still '
far ftciin tho JHiumO gnal
At the fourth luiuhcoii of the i.iru
palgn. held lu the Clover Itoom of the'
llelleiue.siiratfoid today, I7C5.8.1 was
the repoit for todav's lollectlon. Mrs
Tosiph I, Jones, of Tlnoll No 'it. ...
... . - - - -
(.vnl Hie championship for the most
coi ectiini-
In show the ardent work nf the cam-
paltners. Mis i;. Spacer Haige. of
inmp .mi .1, puriliaseil a 2(,0ii aiilomo.
nne mr a .' , subs.r nt on. II mi. its.
pointed ..ut that tho women In this dtv
fdo not confine themselves to personal
war work. Out nf the 4C0 women that
are 'ugaged In this campaign "Ot are
eltln r mutlnrs, sisters, or swicthiaits
of soldiers
Mrs Hdcir ir.iriuin. ......i ... .
ststeiM en. Lii.iil,, ......
......... .. ...1.1.1111,1111.
,., , ., : t i'i..pi'1'nc ni
t " ''''"""itislan Club, spoko afl.r lh
ui.cheo.i M,o de-cluied that next to
of
war wori: tbu is I1(,blpr cause that
a woman ian work for than the present
campaign. Closing her speech, sho said:
"tlni' i:.x.l I.i .
? ... ult"" """ P'osper the work
of tu. Woman's Hospital, that Is ex.
i riding such laudable assistance to
those lo firo , ne( of ,,
DIES IX BASE HOSPITAL
Scrceant Mnjor Orville S. Kidwell,
of AVest I'hilndelphia, Fever Victim
ncum
Tim death of Sergeant Major 11,1111,
-.. .......... . " -"ajot Otvlllc
..""'"' al ' nlnP J-'mson
.1.1 i. Lrilt.
I nne. 1 Ja , was reported today lu a telii.
- tiam to h's paienls, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
2 1 W. Kldwfll, 52J2 Klngesslns avenue. U
7Jleel Thursday ot scarlet fever
:'!wtr.16W.y,".bo..,,rou.Bhl ll0'e by Ids
"1 11 1 ' .11, vtuunill
eii ...1 .. .
uirti,
. . . .. . - 1 - .' s...,, ,,,iei no
, irr.;.. .:.?'r l -i"Jor 'iUe. wa
, :-"', rt,r" J pais niu, was a bugler In
.,,tlie First City Ttoop until tho cai-nlr'
1 was disbanded.
and prevlouslv 1..1.1
ihertPd Clir., vm ..1.1. .1.. ... V .. '
. rfi-i p iv 1111 1 no I list leenn.
rylvanla Infant! y, National Huard ,'
I was a clerk with tins Phlludelphln Sav-
- 1 -." .'... .-UVIV7I;
SNOW TO DISAl'l'EA R
Rain Today Expected tu Wash
- Drifts? Away
The accumulation of snow that has
banked the city's streets for thn lfct few
weeks ptobably will be nll gone by to.
morrow morning, ns todaj's warm rain
Is scheduled to continue until into to.
night The highest temperuturo todav
will bo about 10 degrees, k da5
Tomorrow wilt be fair and somewhat
colder, the weatherman Mid. the lowest
temperajare bdng about sj degrees
Fresh, ,trong south-winds, due lata ilTls
..ffprnenn. will u le.i. ..I .'"' "
............ ..... .....,, mom (i tu
the
Hi ,L
f0G ISLAND CHEAP
I
im nimniAcr nnin.l
Real Estate Men Await TmI',.J
mony of F. IL Bohlcn in
Senate Quiv,
S17(Tn00 DA1U! VIV'ii
LAIJi ."M,U,OUW IJiU.li
J
J'lilladelpliiun to Show Sale of Lesj
.Heslruble Land at Snmu
I'igine
'I ,ie iippcainlU'e of rralii'lH II Uohlm
befme the Senate (onimllt'e InMntlgai
Intf the line Irlaml 'xpendl'ures Ii
being eiiqcrly nwalted by teal trLnje
men and friends of Mr. Ilohlen. h,
mullet lli.il III" lerllmotiy will fhoit
tli.it In leall y Ihe do eminent Rot a
"Inrpiiln I" " l."02.00u purchaw
Mr. Ilohlen. ho Is a ptoinlnent lawyer
i ..i,ii.,-.iii. I'ounsel lor the I'enmrl-
vatila Wotl.maii' iVmipenratlnn UoaM 't
,( u nrnfm-or at the tiiierilty law
. jji10). elt fni WiiKlilnglou lant nlghL
., , ,11.,.p,i i,0 wi nppecr today.
ifc i..t ..... . .
Accordtnc to a. nal elnte man l,j
wati hod the deal lieluir put tlirouuh the
kind, whh h nt one time was tlinutflit
tit onh for pigs lo wallow In, luounht
vd00 per une, with a few dollan
added for ricordluit mid com evincing
To proMi that the iloxemment was not
rmipp.l. filenili assert that Rohtea
actually dlcposed of leFH desirable land M
...1 en put to t hat laaen ny ine .imcrirari
International Slilphulhllnrf (.'orimratloo
! fnr (1)(1 Fame r,,OC p,.,. ncre Hint ne ivai ,
paid for the Hoi; Island tract All of
theC tlllllKS, Willi IlBlircB l nail, uicm,
..nt lm nrpsetited bv Mr. Ilohlen who
lie appeal h befoic the commlt'ee. It wan (I
.ia I
lu the meantime, due to published r. it
..n., ........ ..iiPMniis vvpio tllieler five lm. M
, ,r, tin ii. ,"...-.. .- ..........
I hi., .ulnii eltnt Hoc Islltllt. which let St.
peited to product) ships that will win it
il... ti.ii. whh actually owned bv inerar 'I
'alletiH previous to the lioveriiment A
1 laltllin- It oier The late Countu,
, Sophlo oti Ilohlen tltid Halbaeh who
I son mauled llcrtha Krupp, tho holreH
nf tho famous Teuton Klin faetoiles at
Hsseu, has been quoted ns behiR pan
owner ot the famous little Maud
TWO HUANl'lIMS Ob' l'AMII,ti;i
This was not true, .Mr. Holilen df-
clared In an Intenlew ho eaa tin
I Hii'.stN'i l'tiir.ii' leBtKiun Vicfore hli dt
I pat lure for Washington
lliere arn two niiinones in nip i.onifn
fniiillli's." the
l'hllaeleipnia tawer laid
l.l. I....'. , 'mttie.ua SnlllllP ntlVU HV II tra.
, ... i,i linhlen uml Halhaih. Mis
" ... .i-Mii-iitcr of general Henry Hot.
.,,, ,.i,n ...iicillrd In the battle of CroSi
quireel. ho said. IIiimUrIi foreclosures on
H'ottRaRei which the Hlack family had"
put on the pioperty In order to Im
prove It mid build t her banks.
"John Ilohlen, my f tther, and r.lcliard
Mc Mm trie, my uncle," he raid, "were
ihe men fiom whom lalRar Hlack hor-
lowed money lo dike tho Hnd It nai.'
nlinost uncanny tho faith Hlack had In
Hip land. I SUtltlOsp at tll.1t tlllle the
ennmd was worth aloiost nothing at all
, , , a, nll optimist, but he didn't live to n
see his opllmlsm Justtueu.
"When ho died tho pasments weir In
an i.tir and we bnuKht out two thirds ot l
Hie land Ihioutrh foreitoiuier. - lien roi- 'H
lowed litigation that was no Interminable -3
lemltuUd younr lli Kens s jamous eae
of Jarndico is Jauubce. l'lnally, how.
ever, matters weio cleared up, and tlie
disclosures that he will, ipakl; before tlie
'sinato comnilltee, hut seemed In no wle
itikinrlipd nt thp onlnlons expressed In
niloiis epiaiteis that tho AmeilcSin Tn-l
.. .... r.l.i.. . I ..II. 11.. nr t'tir-rtnr. tllpi. I
! no small iole In Philadelphia'!! rvrtem
, of delVuse In the Revolution Old hl-'
ml F.ngliieirs had built a stockade from ,
'llnieum Island to Illlllngsport, leavlnr
only a small channel icventein feet wide,
open lu front of Hog Island This was '
ilnec' guarded The rear; inter .'ill'1
was thought unknown to the Urltlsh J
Meet
The name of Joseph Galloway, an 1
e, ily Vhllailolphlan of Tory and trea--
sonable predilections', and of whom the'
city was not at all pioud, liar also been ,
connected with the ilurid In some of "l
the old records lie Is named as the first
owner. At any late, because of his pro-.i
llrltlsh tendencies h- was looked upon J
with suspicion by the Continentals, a-J
suspli lou which was Justtflul whin 1W5
...... 1 1, ....... ,1a. 1 ... re... ......t ie......' I..A.1.
. fi line man iiv.il in .ei-nvriui nuvvcp ncpu-j-
nuiutPis at Trenton when It became j
1 known that an attack on Philadelphia
was contemplated. i
1 .
SMOKES IX BED; 1IURXED
L,.
Flvc
'
i S.i
f,i,i
.....'..
eman Rescues. JIan Whoso Ciga-
lettc Causes Blaze
s'....i..i ten. ..!.. 1... .1. i.e. .p.n ,jnl
j t.llllll-l VI III! lll'.lVTl . llllllj-ll ll
I old. llt.i'U to snvobiv tit lvpil. lip 1.I10VV8 41
1 better now, for this afternoon white f,
i in-ntr noil, jor
smoking in his i
( house at 16J4 V
wiui In tho looming
Imp sffp.'t tin ffll It
I asleep. Ils clgarctlii fell on tho bed-
loincs, which unoideieii avvnue, n"
l.in. e intr. el.mvp
-I'll. lir.!lil.- ..t.i- .lip Lt.inl.P Slid !
flamps and ihiir for tho police Flrel
englms camo und llremen beat out Ih'-f I
(lamps. Fp to that tltim no one knewi
Winchester was In tho room, He w,,j
rescued by the firemen, who fouttil hlmj
seveiely burtied on the bodj. 1
He was taken to tho Hnhiiemann IIos1
pltal, whcio It Is said his condition ''IB
1 si 1 lour
OYSTER SUPPLY SHORT ,j
As 11 result of the scarcity of oyrter"
In turn dun to tho iccent severe weamerj
land eonsotirii of fielght, one oyster
I house lu llili city lias been forced to
1 close dow 11 temporarily. It Is thstj
j owned by W. S Oludney, oister dealerql
at 3S0C ilnrlret strci't. A rtini iios.cu 1
at the door totlay read, ' Closed, Out of
wysiers. 11 111 ncopen csoou
As Mr. Uladncyswas once Itnowr
Itnown a.
a doct
taken so
"the oj'ster king," operating
establishments, rbn hte-n v.'nu f.ilcen
nn tiiiltp.iit1,1 eline le lu 1.1 ttnll.. ttritia3Tr
slide for uny oyster dealer to get plen-1
tlful suppllt'H at present. Many oyst'rj
nouis navo nceu irozen up ana ino ijv,
over thei oystir beds lins mado it rtlrti-,f
can to ureuga ineiu. Jiunurecis or d-" ,""
1 els of oysters linvo been held up In th'J
freight congestion at New York, con
tributing to the (scarcity. Selling at SI i
.a sac It a jear ago, oystcis advanced wj
.1. and. onlv leceutlv. to about S10 i
tack.
I nttrc rvp ciipeiivn limt?
..w.,.. ..hi diJi.iiuieiti it...- (v
Twelve-jearajld Ueorg K. Clatoi"
2001 lloberta avenue, hllpped and ffUi
under the vvneels of u freight car on i""i
I'enntylvanla Ilallroad at Jtoberta ami
Wliisalilckon avenues when lio attempted
to steal n rldo this piornlnr.
Ilia left Ice: was Fevered lie it
the lierniiiiitowii Ilovpjlnl I.i a reriaul
r'l
a
njuk -f iV ;
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