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Bonrd of Education Solidly
Against Proposed Outlay
of $200,000
Recovery of Stolen Motoi
Generally Costly to
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"rFhe Utmost in Cigarettes"
? ' ' Plain End or Cork Up
. -People of culture and refinement
, invariably PREFER Deities
to any other cigarette
Twenty Five Cents
XL , , -vJXcy oftif Highest Crodt Turkish
Alffjigf and Egyptian Oqarrtla m tlic Work
ARSENALFAULTSLAID
TO SHORTAGE OF FUNDS
Col. 'Montgomery Declares
Conditions Are Being Rem
edied Rapidly as Possible
PIGGERIES STILL AGITATE m A WARE COUNTY
LOWER MERION CITIZENS
DRYS PLAN ACTION
EXAGGERATION CHARGE
Some of Things Complained of by
Miss Sanville Were Requested
by Workers
Florence L. Sanvllle. secietnry tteas
urer of tha Women's Trade Union
League, In a statement published oer
tier denature today, makes charge of
mismanagement of the Frankford Ar
senal In regard to the working condi
tions of women.
Colonel George Montgomery, com
mandant at the arsenal, today made a
statement In which lie explained the
conditions existing, laying the blame
for many condition1! to the lack of
money available. He said that the con
ditlonn complained of had been reme
died as quickly as money could be ob
tained and that this process had been
going; oil since they were first brought
to his nttentlon some time ago
Miss San Die's statement flrtt loin
plains about night work among the
women emplojes of the arsenal She
points out that women work from 7.30
P. M. to 4:30 A. M. for five nights a
week". On Saturday, It Is complained,
Ihe women must return to work at
H:I0 A. M. and work until 3:30 I'. M.
30 MINUTES, FOR LUNCH
It Is next complained' that only thfrtj
minutes Is allowed for lunch Instead of
tha forty-five minutes provided by the.
-ennsyivama state laws. It Is also
Mated that tho'ten minutes' lest period
m every lour and-n-iiair-hour work
period Is not observed.
The. lack of lunch 'rooms is the next
point of criticism. The statement de
clares that tho food of the unploies
becomes flavored with tho T, NiT and
other poisonous materials.
Inequality of pay, with a discrimina
tion agnJnsJJhe; .VYjjruen workers. Is
, charged. Casei are-pomted out where
women Instructors are paid less than
tho men they Instruct In the work.
In regard to tho article. Colonel
Montgomery said'
"In tho first .place, we must remem
ber that the country is at war. We are
all working with all our might up here
at tho arsenal to beat Germany and
brlng-v Ictory to the United States War
Is not an ordinary affair, and ordinary
conditions do not prevail in war time
"This Is especially true In regard to
labor. Under war conditions we must
get munitions and supplies out as quick
ly as possible. When the work Is ab
solutely neccssaiy we must work wom
en at night. Laws of ordinary times
cannot bo allowed to conflict with the
success of our operations against Ger
many, 8AC1UF1CK.S NKCE&SAItV
"In times like these we must all
make sacrifices. There have been heat
Question of Awarding Garbage Col
lection Contract Ts Intended by
Township Hoard
Tlesldenls of Ixiwer Merlon tounlilp
fighting vlgorouslv against the award
ing of the g-iibage collection contract In
un owner of a piggery are tndiv still
undecided over the question The
Health and Dralnazo Committee of the
township met last night, but after hear
ing severnl long talks on the subjejet
merely changed themselves Into their
superlois, the Hoard of Township Com
missioners, and voted to extend more
time to themselves for settling the con
troversy The question Is an uld one In Lower
Merlon Home jears ago icsldents be
Prohibition Koices Organize
in Campaign to Ratify Fed
eral Amendment
ttmporarv organization tu UMit tot
the eleitlon of Mate legislator who
favor the national prohibition amend
ment was formed bv good-government
leaders of Delauaie Count) at a lunch
eon tu the Wiinunakei tea mom this
afternoon
Thli oiganlzatlun will be leplaced In
gan a campaign to have all nleirerles
ellmlmted, rlalmlng that their preseme " liennaiiiiit one at n great mass-meet'
hampered the plans for a township lug In Media tin night of March 2 on
oeaiiuiui. una jpar me low uiu on i ,..,.......,.. ui...,
William HaiMej, of
of the epeakus
at the Media meeting
Prominent men of 'heter Mtdli
t.uihdowne, llctchvvooil I'alk and other
parts of DeHware. County attends d the
him neon Iiankltii V Urewei wis
1 rlnlrman ami I.llwood .1 Turner. Secre-
BEFORE SAI ALL CROWD was' affeuW """""" v "rK i,l"M
r , n , T . 1 ,Iolm u Xleclei of ...ui-Mlnunt- n
V ormer U. of I Professor Raps Hog, .eaul temnoiar iiMinimn, Uheit G
Island in Speech at Gai- 'Uiatchei of swaithmme, temporal
ii rjusui i' i tinu i.mwHJU i i uriiri
ti tfi rr-d rvnliAnl Inn sis n as feiriflA lh 11nt..i
hill wnmc Liiiiiv l iuii nuts i laui: uv iiiiiifri i
I.iwrence. one of tho nig nabobs of the I Kenlinkv will be one
township, and rloe behind him were
owners of other piggeries, leaving the
former noiuer ot me contract, an In
cinerating plapt, far In the rear
NEARING HITS A. I. S. C.
Teachei -Author Seeks to Sell His
Work Garbcr Defends
Plan
I A solid flout against the xpendllure
of $200 000 for the establishment of a
new English course In the public schools '
was presented today by nil factions of
the Hoard of Education 'Independents'
and 'standpstters" united to demand n
leformatlon In the listing of new books i
and In the standi) dlzatlou of textbooks
In all schools
Edwin Wolf, pnsldelit of the board,
explained the dlfllcultv of preventing
siitli extravagance, but alo shorn il his
U tormina t ion In have II stopped He
I has had a lung confcienie with .Simon'
Uiatz, vlie picsldent of the boatd, and'
there will bo no wholesale scrapping ot
books now In ue, he announced
We tire on the outlook foi Just suih
evtravagances ' snld Mi Wolf 'Oua
sloiiallv the) get by us TV le Is a ten
dotici that must be stoppi d to foist un
necessary books on the hoard Within
tho last eir theie have been i oples ot
2IH in u hooks sent to me bj the pub
lishers nfler the have been adopted bv
the boa Id
These books ate leiuinuiended to the
pioperlv committee hi the superintend
ent of k hools This committee In turn
lecommends theli adoption bv thn boaid
riicio Is a long list eath ear. There
ts no possible wav In vvlikli a inimher
of tho board tan tell anMlilng about the
books
"l! making an Investigation I find
that thlitj-nlne schools have sent In
requisitions for 1130 topics of 'Heroes
of Ameilcau Hlstor.v by Sidney V
Iloulind, a teacher at tho School of
Practice, connected with the School of
Pedagogv and published bv the I'ranklln
Publishing Company
1 also find that none of the teachers
and none of the dl"trlct supeilntendents
have read, oi l.mm am thing about this
book It cosls fortv-nlne cents a copv
This means an etpendltute of over J1B00
on one book
'I anticipate the supeiintendenl s of
flee announcing that theie was no In
tention of icplaclng English books no v
in use If so the onl iiason for their
doing ko will he the publicity gl.en tho
matter Publtclt Is the surest cure
for such evils
"I do not believe am one connected
with tho school svstem had mi) fl-nii-clal
Interest In this volume with the
esceptlon of the author It Is per-
fictlv legitimate that he should have,
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Close-Up View of the Man
Which New Squad Is Allfi
to Work
;iaa.-jsaiiiu jn?iz&&z,mis6tx
The car was coming south on Tenth street this morning. It jumped tho tracks just as it got in front
of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, between Market nnd Chestnut sttccts. It swerved and ran on
to the pavement and only was halted from knocking down the church door by an aged hitching post,
which bi ought its progress to an abrupt stop.
CAR TRIES TO CLIMB
ST. STEPHEN'S STEPS
WAR-SAVINGS BODY
ENLARGES QUARTERS
Accident at Tenth Street
Church Disables Two More
P. R. T. Trolleys
rick Hall
Siott Waring, the former University
of Peunhvlvaula lnstructoi, who was
' fired ' for alleged seditious utterances,
nnd who experienced similar dllllcultles
at the University ot Toledo, which
resulted In his being "requested" to
vacate by the, bond of directors of the
Institution, is having a good time In
Philadelphia making addresses and at
tacking the flovornment and Govern
ment otllclals, according to service men
and others who have listened to his
various addresses
He spoke again last night Uut his
crowd, of followers has dwindled, only
300 persons were on hand to hear him
when he mounted the platfuim at Gar
rlck Hall, righlh and Lombard htrects
fThls time he attacked the ofllccrs and
directors ot the American International
Shipbuilding Corporation, declaring they
arc greedy profiteers
religiously Inclined tiollev iiir and
an ambitious molormnn dlsililtd two
more P It T cars todav.
During tho morning ruh hour a
southbound Mannvunk car on Tenth
street attempted to climb Into
Ht
Committee Takes Mote Offices to
Handle Woik Substitute
Tcachcts Aid
'I he woik of tho war savings loin
nill.ee has assumed such propoitlons
lint todav It took over an additional
floor of the large building at H3I Wal
nut street Tho committee now occupies
two entire floors
The staff of workers has also been
enlarged Arrangements were completed
jesterday with. Edward .Merchant, as
sistant secretnry of the Hoard of Edti-
SPORTS GOODS STORE
ROBBED FOR 16TH TIME
Stephens Protestant Episcopal Church, I cation, for lilm to nllow substitute
19 South, Tenth street It ran up on the
liivenien smashing an old-tlmo hitch
ing post and stopping within a few feet
of tho iliurrh wall Most of tho pas.
sengers had left the cir .it Market stieet
Thn feu remaining were lndly scared
and Fhikcn up, but nj one was Injuted
Wl h tho arrival of the wiecklng
crew a (Jerminlown cai was nncKtii
teicheis without classes to devote their
time to work with the war sivlngs com
mittee A number took up their duties
for the first time toda)
liver) emplov of the numerous
thlldss icstaurants has been given a
thrift i ml with one twentv -live-cent
stamp on it Arrangements hive been
made by which each one will receive the
power The accident is saiu lo nave
been caused by tho breaking of the
fender when It hit a protruding cobble
stone Trattlc on Tenth street was lied
up foi twents-flve, minutes
Thomas MnlUro-s another member i VKf'HO FOOTPAD ADMITS
of the board Is iqualb vlgoious In de- ,mI nivn Tin incc Tjnctro
iiuij-Lirsu ut niio.-) ivuiivv ti
Assailant, Tiaced Thiotigh Hat He
Diopped, Identified by
Victim
SAVES MAN OVERCOME
IN CELLAR BY SMOKE
Germantown Avenue Merchant Res
cued by Neighbor When Store
Is on Fire
Thioiigh the heroism of Horaie .lohns
of lOlfi Cambria street, Samuel Tntei
beiger, proprietor of a house furnish
ing store at 28C0 Germantown avenue,
was saved from probable suffoiatlon dur
ing a fire at his stole this aftemoon
riames were discovered In the cellar
b I'nterberger. and In attempting to
extinguish them he was overcome While
Walter Williams proprietor of a candy
stqie at 285! Germantown avenue, tele
phoned for the firemen, several neigh
bors went In search ot I'nterberger
While otheis fnmieil a bucket brigade to
fight the Hie
Groping his way thiough the dense
.1 'Tho books are not neeueu in me urst
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...u.ej ,a,. .,,,, Ulal, sec.eia.,. jieRti of the Uepai tnient of Kupplles, who
Committee chairmen c'liocii In the. aN, ),0tly oppoes the expenditure Why
temporary organization wire, i.mdldates I mac.e sueli a change at this time when
V Gilpin Itoblusou, organlzitlon, lohn the w hole nation Is draining every nerve
W Zlegler. finance, I) G Hendricks, to save' Talk about conservation In the
meetings, Jeso H Holmes publlcltv facp 0f Buch an expendltuto sounds very
rrnnklln N Urewer ' much like saving at the spigot and wat-
These oltlcers and it long list of re Ing at the bung
foi m leadeis of the couutv In an t xecu-
IUa nnmtul!t wern In hiive f ntiHtittltod
tho peramnent organization, but John , nouinlhg the plan Only Miperlntmdent
Wav, of Lansdonne olijecled to the ' uaruer. who nifci,ion.i ,... !.. -
formlng of a peimanent oiganlzatlon be- fends It
caue the legulir llepubllcan orginlza-
Hon was not iepreented fully enough. AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM
he said He did not w Ish to alienate reg- ,minc inVTn IT OUPTTflV
ular Itepubllians he sad, and seemed to hi 1Kb L,1jA IHAIi a&VvllUlN
feai that tiles hau ueeii sngnieu .mi
Zelgler with Koine
put off the perma
Mr vas suggest
moft of the regular llepublkans weio
allied with the McClure liquor inlerotf.M
' The temporarj committee, was lu-
slruited lo ask the W C T't'tjie
lount) suffrage organization, the Anti
Saloon League and other bodies to mine
committees to co-operate wit It In se
lecting candidates
'I lie Inlerchuich lVderallon iijilih
embraces nearls nil of the seven hun
dred churches In Philadelphia Ins
committees at work perfecting plans to
oppote every tindlilatn for the Pennsyl
vania House or Senate who Is known to
be opposed to the constitutional prohibi
tion amendment or Is known to be either
directly or Indlicctlv aHlllated oi In
svmpathy with the llquoi Interest"
up nnd hitched to the Mannvunk car desired amount ot salarv eich week In
with a steel cable In his ambitious de- these fctamps Moro than $3500 worth of
termination to get tho refractory car these stamps have been sold to cus
on tho .track again tho motorman In miners ot thefe icstaurants In Phlla
thc second car succeeded In pulling out elelphla
the front ot his own car The Piudcntlal Life Insurance Com-
'The Germantown cir was then pan). whoe office and field emplo)es
backed up Market strei t and a big hive all enrolled as members of war
gieen car was brought Into action This savings societies, reports over $60,000
soon pulled the Manajunk car Into place invested lu war. savings stamps. This
again It then proceeded under its own I is entirely aside from the sale of
stamps to pollc) holders, which
amount to millions of dollars.
will
Proprietor, Accustomed to
Nocturnal Visitors, Mourns
Breaking of Windows
reluctance aisre.it to tjox n Inquiier Building Rings, but "" -MIV ''I1'1 l l0,no- ""
luiicnt oiganUatlon a ' v ',, Ttl T.'n,l 1. waie Counts. Is toda5 wishing
id He Intimated that No 1!laze Is I'ouml '' ' He was caught at 4J1 hou
r tghtei s
less daya In which the manufacturing smoke which poured up from the cellar
plants sacrificed time nnd money. There
are. meatless das and wheatlets davs
and porkless. days. All these are the
sacrifices ot the people- When we go
out to buy n little wheat flour.'we must
buy a little leaven -to go with It to
conserve the wheat supply. That Is all
tho result of war. We would not do
those things In times of peace nnd
under ordinary conditions We do them
nowr so that oor'armioa may be suc
cessful In their fight against Germany.
"So It Is with labor law's and w Dik
ing hours and all such things The
workers must make! sacrifices Just as
all others must.
"It Is rather amusing to see tile com
plaint that the women lose sleep on
fiaturdajs because we make them comen
In at 11:30 a. m. when they have to quit
work nt 4;30 a in. The amusing part
of it In that wo ourselves tried to remedy
this condition by making the Saturda)
hours from J 30 to E:30 p m. There
was such a storm of protest from the
workers themselves that we had to
lhange back to the old plan.
"The samo Is true of tho thlrtv-iqlnute
iunch hour Instead of a forty-dve-mlnute
"period. The employes themselves asked
for tho thlrty-mlnute period. As re
gards the ten-minute rest period, wo are
trying that out In one department now.
In the others the greater part of the
work allows the workers to sit down
throughout tha working day and the
work? Jh not heavy. With them It Is
rather an Inconsequential matter.
C LACK LJLVCII ROOMS
"It Is true that we have Inadequate
.lunrhroom facilities for the employes.
.tThht mutter 'Is entirely up to Congress
U." Mid must be met with appropriations.
iOncress. lias always been very liberal
svlK. us,' and I btlleve that we will be
- able to get the money to Improve the
facilities aa we plan.
u "ft hau been complained that, there
i-teYo ;iq towels or..goap. If there was
Vioti l was not,aksdfor. We are per
fectly' willing to give the workers all of
1 bet, sort of thins that, they require. We
4UmlMnK the.etjtlre arsenal equipped
: vIUl, liot wateK. so that there will be
3te-faclUtjts toe, all,
aro noweodeavorlns to obtain a
appropriation for a refrigerating
Jta which win supply cooi water to
i rtlM" plant, t 1 feel confident that
tn M aula "to get huh money ana
1 b a, greet benefit to the workers.
ira io-Jwy,'iiiere may oe iso
i.oi.lnluetlce, With such a
' of emptoyts It Is hardly pos
ts keep things from creeping
i a aiming ,tor justice to an ana
M !. Ssve MKWHn an cases
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L1PPINCOTT PRIZE
FOR D. M. LOCKMAN
annul luunu I'mciucisri- neiiiicunsuiuui , - . . r.l.lnii
on the cellxr floor Willi much dif- '"""" "--
(leultv he managed to cairv him out ,
Twice Johns was beaten back bv fiames,
but managed finally to gain the street
J'nttrberger was levlved at a neaiby
drug store and was uninjured
Through efficient work by tho neigh-
bors much of the stock of the stole was ,xcw y0rk Man's Fainting, "Blue and
saved flames for a time threatened I ,, .,. . , , u,
the Williams store and a millinery estab- Go'" rwimono, Academy S Best
llshment of r W Muesse at US34 Ger-. TiBUlC Study
inantown avenue and much of the Block I
was damaged b kmoke ., h, waltei Llpplncott pilze of JJ00
The I'nterberger store was damaged was toda) awaided bv the lommlttee on
to the extent of $2000 The origin of exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academj
th nre ' unknown I of . r,e Mt to 1)eWitt .M lick-
man, of New York for his painting en-
BACKS PARKWAY PLANS tltlel1 """ Bl' ",ld (!oIV Iv'1"""10 ' The
I committee selected the palming as the
Board of Trade Report Approves ibe,i fleure lud among the 60 can
An automatic flre-alaiui box lu the
fn-pjlier Building this morning func
tioned, without waiting to see whether
there wan nnv thing to ring about or not
and called out half the fire apparatus
between the two llveis
In the heart of the downtown dis
trict, with the Heading Tci initial on one
side and big stores on the othei nnd
across the street, it was u bad place
for a fire, and the department took no
chances Mirket stieet was filled from
curb to curb with even tjpe of fire
fighting machinery, while fi mtle Hie
I laddies sought tho blaze that viasnt
I'lnallv, after searching all over the
Hnllillnrv fliu, fmm.l 11, t .Iia nnlnm.tln
it is aiso sum uwi ... ui) .i- ! i)OX ln ,i10 i,lqurer Building had ap
sponsible for the present agitation In ,Mri.lltl i,ee 1U11B U5 an olerzcalous
favor of a special session of the Legjs- eI,ctrlc rlu; connection
luluro which. It Is reported. Governor -Str(lpt liir8 ere lleIa ,, for
Brumbaugh favors It s supposed the n,lnu,M wlllIe the pparatus sorted Itself
plan is to call the Legislature to con- t an(J flaU t bacl ,
elder the piohlbltlon amendment, the re- I
arranging ot congressional senatorial citi-o rvn rminiw
and representailve dlstrlits and several nui.S )lij lAJ.vu .. 1
other matters, but that the leal purpose
of the session will be to place on i ecordsaeMnan gceUs to obtain lil,ai)0
lllOSe innnucin ui mr ,'i,n .-riiiic mh
The sporting goods store of Moskowllz
& lierbach, at 430 Market street, was
broken Into nnd lobbed this morning
for the sixteenth tlnio since they have
been in business and for the second
time this vear More than J300 worth
of camera, automatic pistols, cartridges
and other sporting piraphenialla was
taken, a window having been smashed
to gain etitramv
' I am used to this, said the senior
member of the firm this morning as he
ruefully viewed the smashed window,
'but 1 wish the lobbers would use the
door for a ihange and save me putting
In new glass everv time HKteen times,
now, they have called here, and they
haven't missed breaking a, window or
door In the place from roof to cellar.
'Thousands ot dollars' worth of goods
have been taken In all and not one thing
has been recovered by the police Once
they said a pawnbroker had a pistol of
mine and 1 went after It. I wasn't sure
about It at that, and sure enough some
other victim of lobbers turned up and
I had to give It up. 1 have spent half
iny time chasing out to pawnbrokers all
over the State nnd city but I never found
' anything of mine
TUMI T PV T?mi?n! TXT PANTfM "' am golnB l0 t,'row ,l,e ,,ey away
WHEN CAR IS SET AFIRE I a'"1,1 ",'" serlously'thlnklng of Installing
an Icebox with wine and sandwiches,
iso that the burglars can have a little
Oveiheated Air Pump Starts Blaze lefreshment after their arduous labors
Which Engine Company Quickly "it's lucky no one saw them this
c l l morning, for I found a lot of the stecl-
auuclues Jacketed cartridges strewn all over the
,, , sidewalk and window wheto they hid
An meihoited all pump lu i Master . llloken ope tlp packages and evidently
ami Jefferson stieet trollev this after- I us(.,, ien, lo ,m Bcme of the gung tne
noon set Hie lo the cat as It passed had take , gUPSg thfy W0U,(J ,)ae
! .Sixteenth and Mnstei stieet and caused u,e(1 ,hem tmlj 1t any one ha( lmer.
u small panic among the passengers. runted them.
They scrambled to get out and several 'The suit- like niv place, all right," he
windows were smashed In the excite- went on, 'and I'd like to make It easier
mint Engine Company No 13 was for them after this I m tired of mend-
rnlled and made short woik of the bla7e,
'Ihe tar was not mateil illv damaged and
It was allowed to proieed
Widener Sketches
Approval of the Widener pnkway
plan was expressed by the Board of
Trade at Its regular meeting In the
adoption of a report submitted by the
committee on Inland affairs
' It Is now possible to contemplate sec
tions of the permanent Parkwaj," said
the report. "These sketches form the
basis for the final plans, and our com
mittee hopes that the citizens generally
will take all Interest In them and nld
In developing what, In many ways,
promises to be one of the fine avenuet
of the world "
FALLS 30 FEET, CUTS CHIN
Workman Lands on Concrete Mixer
in Drop From Bridge
. channel.
frla wlaM here ,,U to, keep
wont MHif war oi(.urmny
The Man With the Iron Chin" was
the title earned today by James Blhl
melr, ot 4531 Wlldey street, after he
fell thirty feet from the "Pennsy" rail
road bridge ut umbrla and High
streets. He landed on his chin on a
concrete mixer below. He escaped with
a laceration on that part ot his anatomy.
He had been working with others,
changing the rails on the bridge, when
he stepped on a loose tie that had been
left and fell thirty feet to the mixer
below. Ills fellow workmen expected to
find htm dead, but when picked up he
was Just a little dazed and had u deen
cut on the point of his chin. He called
It a day and when home after being
given, first-aid treatment,
URGE $2.50 WHEAT
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Senate Agricultural Committee
Recommends Increase
. WAMIINQTOX Feb. 19, The Senate
Agriculture Committee this afternoon
ice to tna aenaio cue adoption
vases now on view nt the 113tli annual
exhibition ot the Acadcmv This U the
twent -fifth time tho Llpplncott pilze
has been awarded
Onli two other prizes the 12 T Motes,
bury prize or $1000 and the Philadelphia
prize of $350 remain to be awauled The
Stotesbury prize will be bestowed upon
the artist whose painting or group of
pilntlngs never before publicly exhibited
Is, In the opinion of the committee, the
most Important contribution to the suc
cess of the exhibition
The Philadelphia pilze, tontilbuted bv
Ldward Bok. will be awarded to the
painting which vlsitois to the exhibition
select as theli choice During the week
of March 3 each visitor will be entitled
to cast one vote for "the picture he likes
best" Of the I2C0, $130 will go to the
painter of the most popular picture and
the $100 to pay the tuition or some de
serving student.
Block of Stock
'I lie Penn-Woinliig Oil Coiuiaii a
Delawiue loiporatlon with prlniipal of
fices lu this cltj, and 12ininous J and
Lottie T. Gardner have been sued In
Common Pleas Court Xo 3 by John It,
Peterson, a sales agent, for a block of
stock amounting to $4'.',S00
Peterson allegea that the Giidneis
who arc the pilnclpal stockholders ot
the compan), agreed to set aside a cer
tain amount of tho slock with which to
pty him for sales he would make It
Is sought lo prevent the Gardneis fiom
dlsoslng of oi transfeirlng any stock
on the books or the companv
The negio foolpid who list week hild
2stilli liccve, of Morton, Dela
he li.uln t
.south Quince
Btreet
111 the Media jail he said he was.
Gnorge Sirlbnei. of Washington At
first dmvlng his guilt he was con
fronted bv Miss Ueeve who unhesitat
ingly Identified him as her assailant
rll en he lonfesstd
'Ihe attack took place lust 'I liursday
night as MI"M Iteeve, who lives at IQ'J
Morton avenue, had reached the lorner
of Motion and Picsldent avenues,
.Si rilinei stepped fiom In hind a tree and
struck her on the heiul with it piece or
pipe 1 e then stole hei litndbng and
made oft with It, leaving behind his
1 at which afterward vcivid lo trace lontalned In the first Issue of the bl-
hlm to the houth Quince stieet house, weeklv bulletin published by the German
The lewaril or mu oneieu nv me uor- town rrlckel Club's military unit
Ing my windows and doors, sol am going
to throw awav the key hereafter I
might Just ns well Majbe 1 II wrap the
goods uu for them when I go home at
night so they will be all ready to cart
aw a .
And Moscow lis dreamily murmured,
' I wonder what lie boxes aie selling for
now? '
TO DRILL DRAFTED MEN
Geimantown Cricket Club Offeis to
Piovide Military Instruction
n offi to pmvlde the groundwotk In I ci ' Sfi IN mPPRllS. OAS
mllltnt i tnefriii lfnti for drafted mpit Is '
UU. AS1V& UA1B TUNUKUASK
ough Council will go to the two detec
tives, Mfeenev nnd Il.uron, of .swarth-
more who did the tracing
IN U. S. SERVICE 19, YEARS
Hairy K. Lathy Celebrates Annivei
sary in Customs Office Ilete
'lodas Is the foils -ninth annlveisarv
of the entiance or Hairv K .athy, ,a. jfcoll an(i GPiKe Purvlenoe. Serc-eants ' ... . !, ,e?
nto thl n... i vvv.lio wi, t ti ". t "iav ii nau
l)i 111 fot suili landldates, some of
whom already hive applied for lustiuc
tlon will be held Sundavs oi on eve
nings named hi the selected men To
night s wtckl lectin e bj the comman
der, Major Joneph Klapp Nicholas, will
bo on 'Tallies and Duties of Small Units
in ireiicri i iKiiiing. uiseu on lectures lc ftuitlcs CoinniUsloii at Camden this
v .iiuc'iiiait uiiij i iriic-ii uriuv oilicers
Other ofllceis of the unit
John Blakeley Lieutenants
Soa Isle City Concern Requests
Boost Fiom $1.50 to $3 Per
Thousand
lequest that It be peimltted to
alse gus rates fiom $1.50 per thousand
cubic feet to $1 was made to the Pub-
iiftfrnfinn In tlio Ubj IuIa (t IIju lnm
, -,,!.. v" "' "'' -"-"
T N Rich- ' ne
deputy coll.ctoi or customs, Into the
I'nlted States Government service. He
entered the service ot the Custom House
as n clerk on rebru-irj 11, 1SC9, Through
jeais of labor he has giadually worked
hlmelf up to his piesent position
Mr. Lathy enteied the service under
the administration ofyl'iesldent John
son J, W. Cake wts the customs col
lector ln Philadelphia nt the time.
A rorty-nlnth annlversari Is not worth
mentioning oi celebrating, Mi. Laths
s-ild this morning
"Walt until net iai ' he continued,
'and ir I am still living vve may have
a celebiatlon then That will maik the
tinning of a Half centuiy In mi woik
foi the Gov eminent '
George It White, Krank J Palmer, L
1 Passmoie, Jr. and Charles J neck
and Coipoials K P BIssell, A 1) Sex
ton 12 T Curtlss, G, P Mlddleton and
12 S Hlihaidson
RIVER FREED FROM ICE GRIP
FISCHER LIKELY TO BE HEARINGS NEXT STEP
TRIED BY U. S. AS A SPY FOR TRANSIT LEASE
SUSPECT IN EDDYSTONE
. EXPLOSION DISMISSED
on low.!.' the trtuUMn.
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x-S'v v,, -. iilpin.P"i
Court Held It Was Without Juris
diction No Other "Charge
rOTTSVILLF, Pa. Feb. 19 Harold
McCoqI. of Ambler, who was held here
as a suspect ln connection with blow
nig up the I2ddystone ammunition plant
near Chester, was discharged from cus
tddy py,Aderman K. S. Freller. of this
city, on the ground of lack of Jurisdic
tion, the alleged crime having been
committed In Delaware County. There
was no charge against him other than
the felonious use of dynamite, but the
Information did not state where the deed
pS ujmtnllted.
Archbishop Prendergast Better
The condition of Archbishop Trender,
aai, (bo mjucob
Kaiser's Friend Shown to If Public Service Commission
Have Been Dangerous Per- Approves, Then Agreement
Will Become Operative
The next step toward putting Into
effect the ranslt Jease recently passed
bj Councils, accepted by the stock-
son for Country
The latest evidence against Adalbert
K rischer, former president of the com
mandeered Schuttc-Koertlng Company, I
who Is Interned at the prison camp at
Fort Oglethorpe as a dangerous alien holders of the Philadelphia Ilapld Tran-
.rsTihaU mTyb." EllrtWS m !' Cr " " RCCtPM "
a United States court as a spy. th directors of the P. r.. T. anuslgned
The disposition of the case against alld '"aJe olficlal with the seal of the
the German, who was close to the city will be the hearings before (he
:a'".0U?,l,Jl,rlr"n?.Tn(,,0,I'W'' Service Commission. The gen-
ICBLO nun m. , -, ......,. Mb,
Washington. There is some question
nmong attorneys as to whether the law
provided for the trial of ap Interned
alien until after the war.
That Fischer was a dangerous person
has been developed bevond a doilbt, as
tho result of the translation and decoj
Ins of correspondence and papers found
In his homo at 6904 Wlssahlckon ave
nue and by other evidence discovered,
which the authorities refuse to reveal
at this time.
It developed today that Fischer, whose
many activities and almost every move
were Known to tne uepartment or jus
tice agents In the last few months,
would have been Interned long- oefoVe
he was taken Into custody If the Navy
Department had not asked for a dilav
until the status of production under Iti
contracts had reached a stage It con
sidered would not hamper Its progress.
Policeman, III Two Days, Dies
After an Illness of two days, Police
man James J, dordon, 401 South
Twenty-third street, succumbed early
loosy io aouBie pneumonia, lie became
cral Impression Is that the date set for
the hearings ?U11 bo about thiee weeks
from now.
If the commission accepts the lease
and approves It, then the final step to
put It Into actual-operation will be the
appointment of a supervising board of
three members, dne from the city, ono
from the company and the third selected
by the two partisan members It is
virtually accepted that W. S, Twining,
Director of Transit, will represent the
city on the board, and that A, L Drum,
engineer for the l it, T win rep
resent the company, Btate Senator Ld
ward W. Patton, of West Philadelphia,
Is generally believed to be the choice of
the political leaders for the third seat,
and It Is probable he will be the chair
man. The original plan was to have the
Lane administered by a board of en.
sinters, but during the final hearing
before It was passed by Councils the
word "engineers'' was removed, leavlnr
the possibility of the selection .ot a
politician Instead of an engineer.
When the lease comes before the com
mission, II, Is generally believed; It will
Delavvaie TiafDc Rapidly Resuming
Nbrmal Conditions
Itlvei tiatllc on the Delaware Is stead
Ih getting back to normal again, due
to the fact that the Ice has broken
loose and started to float down the
river and out to sea. The Ice Is float
ing away In small fields, and thus far
no damage has been done and none Is
llkelv to be done.
Ice lu the creeks also has broken loose
Fmall boats that carry men from the
Jcise side or the Delaware to League
Island :vavy vara nnu nog island hive
resumed their trips, and tho workmen
from that side of the Delaware may now
boat straight across without coming to
ritiiaueipnia, tnus saving much time
and expense.
NOTHING TO DO, SO HE STOLE
Excuse Given by Man Arraigned for
Theft of Coal
.Tesve Morsan, forty-five years old, of
-Z1U Mutter street, was held In 300
unll to keep the peace today after con
viction or stealing coal from the Read
Ing Railway jard at Falrhlll Junction
on a heatless Monday. His only excuse
was that he had nothing else to do,
slrce the place where he worked was
closed for the day, ,
Jacob Graber, boarding at 4110 Ger
mantown avenue, was sent to jail for
three months for stealing coal from the
same yard, William Morton, 4128 Ger
mantown avenue, was discharged. He
Is deaf, and so is his father. They were
without coal and had no money to buy
any, John Mister, of 3953 Germantown
avenue, was also discharged,
ISAAC SCHLICHTER, JR., DEAD
epiei-eMallMs of the comuanv said
onlv Jl IT cash In the treas-
uij and was unable to furnish gap at
the present pi lie on account of the high
cost of labor and coal
lesterday the company made applica
tion for a lecelver befoie Vice Chancellor
Learning Action on the application was
postponed to see what action the utilities
commission would take today.
Uugene Cole, solicitor for Pea Isle
City, said the people do not object to
a fal Increase In price, but contend
that the rale asked roi, by the company
Is excessive
Illness of Seven' Months' Duration
Results Fatally
After an" Illness of more than seven
months, Isaao Schllchter, Jr., thirty
years old, a member ot the Schllchter
Jute Cordage Company, died this morn
ing n the yYankford Hospital, where he
had been a patient tor Beven weeks.
Mr. Schllchter lived at 21'6 Walnut
street, ne is survivea uy ins widow,
Mrs. Helen Schllchter, and his mother,
Mrs. Isaao Hchllchter, ot S836 Frank
font avenue.
FOUR TENDERLOIN HOLDUPS
Two Men Attested for Attacks
Within Radius of One Square
Four men weie held up and severely
beaten within a half hour In the Tender,
loin last night. The attacks were all
within a la dins of a s'quatc. One of the
victims lost $75
The police of the F.leventh and Win
ter streets station nrrested two men
early today. One f the victims ot the
hold-up men, Angelo Casteno, Ninth nnd
Cherry streets, who was attacked as he
stepped out of a saloon at Ninth and
Vine streets and robbed of J7G, identi
fied the men as his assaillants.
Although the police believe the men
were all attacked by the same men,
the other victims, Michael Wilson, Flf-
leentn anu porter streets; Patrick
Clancey, Orlanna and Wood streets
and Thomas Finnegau, Twelfth and
Green streets, were unable to Identify
them. The prisoners, who were hel,i in
$500 ball for a further hearing by Magis
trate Grells, are George House, twenty,
nine years old. Tenth and Vnii.
streets, and Michael Toomey, thirty-two
juo uiu, J 111QUUI fill, 'a,
GRANDMOTHER ATTACKED
Constable Gharged With Breaking
into quarantined House
Breaking Into n nuarantlne,i i,n..
and. It was alleged, attacking a grand-
V,r,;, ' """' touay in constable
W llam a. Yearsley being held In $500
ball for court trial by Magistrate Carson,
at 2700 Germantown avenue.
Yearsley. who sprang into prominence
In District Attorney Itotan's probe and
seizure of Magistrate Person's docket
was accused by Mrs. Elizabeth Haas 279
North Twelfth street. According t Vt..
Haas. Yearsley broke Into the home of
iTw ' Marina Campbell.
.., ...... lunt ntci, reoruary 11.
to make a )evy for the landlord, whose
rent had been wltheld pending- repairs
When she Interposed, not knowing wio
..- mm, .-...., cui-ecu aim attacked
her. MrB Haas said. The Bureau of
Protests of motorcar owntn
cats have been stolen nn.t 1
"uu nt
center about n new "cfTlclency" m
automouiie squau or the Ilureatii
tectives.
Spurred on by the mildly U
number of nutomobllo thefts, tha
fifty" administration cast about I
remeuy nnu created the sned.i
nn rpiniTi n r a '
... .uu..u ,., Bi-y
"I Indignant j dps from bijS
- owners, who assert that ik!?!
victims of a gigantic eour i icL.
. , .... , . - ." i"1l
oi uuueserveu rewards and t na
9 Credit for recovcrj of ti
reposing snugly nmonr ui'il
.1.1. .,.. . s.B
ciuicn ui me new squau wh la i
iwii ciiic-u mane me recoveries. ij
O ContlnuanrA hv !?,. -. .Cfl
O. Insurance firms In employi
unn men io run uown motorcar i
llfPA la 1A l.l.fn... .
.... . ,c rauij ui nearly ettr.4
ttei a-1Al ll a . ..1lf . . --?
miuiimu ircmcTcu ac detective I
quarters now it actually was i
after being abandoned by ioy-riiJ
paueni policeman, trudging almol
beat, finds the derelict chug-wt-J'j
ocnus u to in.s station. The hmais
geant, according to ordcr.s, jiolllW j
and they notify tho head of tha"i
.iiuuiiu pitiMU, ,Ar
This nerftnnatrA l niti.nii.. .''lkJ
4.M n IIDAfl m . .. . .. 1
ic, uu ,iouv'ttjcur man, vvnllel
uiu. id net in ioucii Wlin the alt,
was tet'.gncd to find the Rtni,.,, ,
lr,1av flArb nntto n U . (lit iT . .
,.,ut v,.,t hvE, yj iitu iiiinr rjntfu
locks up tho llccse and mntne ,.
ns given by the house sergeant hi
urnii:i ncic icu car was lOUnJ,':
me cient gives me name and i
of the (, ner to Wlster. The Aux
biippo'cd to have been looking forj
c-ir i-uiis uii ine owner, wno Is loldfj
goon rews awaits nun; after si
deal of tro'iblc anil n marvclou. at.
of iletcclhc ablllt tho speaker hHl
catcd tho car! He was walklnr B
the street when, lo nnd behold! hei
n car ucanng tne owners numbers
bv a well-known and desnerita
thief and gunman Ho gave chul
nnoiner r.uio nnu overtooK tn cu
s'icli-And-such-a-place (mentlonln
district where the car was found)?!
The thler: Oh ! he jumped Into tnell
machine aru got away. But tha carl
saic in u'e uisiricc garage Vei,"s
would meet the owner nnd take Mini
tne piacc j ne sicuin fees that he
his car ni d rides ln part or the wan
him tea
As ll e owner bids tho deteclllt
pleasant good-by, thanking him rMki
dlhgeuce, the sleuth stands there In aj
parent nntlclpatlon. j,
"Ahem cr er ahem ' ' (buslneni
clearing his tin oat), "i
Does the owner understand? (
couro he does. He explains to tned
tectlve that the car Is rather old sua
Insuied and that if It hadntbteni
coiereu mo insurance companj.isi
ready to give hhn the rull valuejial
up to the Insurance company.!
diplomatically, the detective
puch Items as carrare, iiutomotlli
penses, etc, etc Usually tho.
"comes across "
Or course, the detective woukTa
ror a reward. Neither would a I
Hut tho auto-squad sleuth usual);
It, anvway, and makes Jealous I
trolman w ho round the car, the I
seigeant who phoned the news'l
tectlve headquarters and the Index's
who cave the name and address
owner to the auto squad wj
The alertness or the motor equaafl
ward cars recovered In the dtstrt
ludcing from results on n ear I
other lines The actual numberetj
tomoblles stolen In Philtdelphla 1st
tlav w 111 never be known, the police t
lug public only a very small
ate It Is estimated, however,!
from ten to fifty cars dally Is met
vest of auto thieves. The twenM
hours from Saturday night till o
night hold the highest records '
the week About 7 per tent erS
bv joy riders and abandoned In t
tilcts. Of the remainder, few r
aic made by the motor squad ,18
cars nine times ou( of ten went
through the arrest of a tmet 07 1
trlct police, who Inform the ijiotoM
of the facts. Confessions trass
by the district police to the motM"!
lead to many recoveries. J
SQUAD INDIGNANTLY VI
These charges by moorl5li3j
rorth emphatic denials, especuuijj
Wlster nnd the eight men In hlJ
who are patrolmen assigned tt
quartern as acting dctectlveiitl
a day. Some of them are roed;i
men. Others are good politician!
the backing of ward leaders.
When the auto snuad waa OH
by Captain of Detectlies Tstoil
order of Director of Public MW
son, It was announced that ts
no co-operation between tliedK
lice and the detectives It was
out that automobile thefts
v eloped into n specialty amtmi
Inals nnd that a co-operative I
palgn against these thieves xm
rected from a central head
was selected to take charge.
vested ln him Is supreme j '.Jl
must the district polloe rejx
theft and recovery lo him. blD
of recovered stolen cars have J
quired to travel all the way UH
In Imnii Winter n. recelllt. i
Members of the squad prldel
selves on the number of carl
credited to them. But no echo
among automobile Insurance'!
Tliey maintain big parou .-'j
investigators. They say mtys
to pay rewards for rccovcrea
they want the money to go w,l
son who actually finds the caivra
These are unknown ofi.c.sicrij
700 SIHPWORKERS JEW
The United States pumice
Bureau for war work on
fleetH rennrtpil (ndav that
?nn cl1lntvnrl.Vfl enrolled dUfthC
seven or eight days, representing
dally enrollment of about jj
aay.
r?nrn11meiita ln alt CaSfS
v ntiintnrr nn the Part ot
cants. Of these sev enty-flve, J
listed through the asaisiancgj
M. n A. smi aeventy-flve tnros
delnhla Dostmasters. I'J
BUY FLAGS-
While. They Ar Ck
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Hewed atrlprt .
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4l ft, l.BO
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6X10 ft..,,., 4.00
ft s.so
10x15 ft.i.,., 7.0
Full line of Rervlce FUsa, 81
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