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CITY TAKES BEST OF CARE OF VISITING SOLDIER GUESTS
KILLS WIFE AND SELF
AS SHE SPURNS HIM
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fWPULD SUPPORT 6'NEIL
Wi"The Hltlo black book will ect you If
on t watch out." may bcoomo tho
mtt.wmuitrma9u err 01 me j. umttv rrrcii
Wi? "icrcnts led by dovernor Brum
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Wr iy Jt ' w, '"""t may aiso uccomo
K.,, popular "dry cry." for the Governor
Iv ' ,i5 himself Cava he hlrmjnv tnttlnrit nlm.il
&$$ attitudes of Senator William G.
U'ttlh90' ou " Hiuor question. .
&.!,,'. "Tho Mttle black book has the plain I
S'V 7,U Unvarnished truth about Krimtnr Mnrnnl'n
'() appeal to me to 'cut out thin damned
K?f- "" tate,t "sertion that Senator Sproul
$r.:,"Ew urn 10 uo sw. anu- lie con-,
64 K unuesr I
T!Li Tn fnl !. lll 1.1,.,.., I....... !.-'
!?' t many ll'ttle truths that I will use It
ijtjvtj as I iro alone In the campaign and let
tf-W the people hear from It from time to
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them, and I think It would bo a most
excellent tiling to read them to tho
people." I
" The "little black book" Is tho Gov. '
ernor'a diary, which ho says he has '
been keeping for jears. i
Senator Sproul could not lo reached
early today, but one of his closest '
friends came out with the assertion '
that the Governor's adtnlsslon that ho
S V i what tke Governor Is dolus, since he
t,l t on-t drink." i
' 1 while Governor Brumbaueh was all
?5 reaslng the Methodist Conference, Sen-
i ator Sproul was at a banquet of tho
vessel owners and captains Associa-
I vi? UQa. e- ln ueuevue-oirauorci. vvuerc nu
'was ins principal speaKer. no received
a hit ovation on entering the banquet
kail.
The Delaware County Ratification
'League, the Anti-Saloon League. Dela
ware County Co-operative Temperance
League, the Dry Federation of Penn
sylvania, the "W. C. T. U. of Delaware
County, the Women's Suffrage I'arty
and the Federation ef Women's Clubs
of Delaware County have Indorsed the
following candidates for the Legislature
from Delaware County;
First District Chester Republican,
Elln E. Weest; Democratic William
Ward; Prohibition. D. G. Hendricks.
Second District, outside of Chester
'ReDubllcan. John B. Simpson, Ben
jamin F. Fields: Democratic. Louis C.
Emmons. Harvey T. Osden ; Prohibition,
Joseph IL Paschall. Lewis B. Dlsbrow.
Xonntnr Vare Raid today that When
the City Committee meets tb Indorse
candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of Internal Affairs, I
seats In Congress and the Senate Leglsla-1
Kr1 t ture. th committee would extend lnvl- .
Vtx" i tatlons to the hfads of nearly all of
the city and county otilces,
t A Attmntr Ihnan In ts invlloil will
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', j ayor omiin, cncriu iib.ii...-, ..-.
PiPi 'i.t f Tmr. VnrtrlrU- nirclpr of IJeeds
i-lS' ti.tI.k itscrUicr nf WIIIk siiwhnn. Cliv
t i - ---. ---O.- . -- - . -'-T
;.,, v solicitor canneiiy, t-ity Treasurer nnoy-
Knight and County Commissioners
Holmes and Kueniel and all of tho Or
ganization Republican ward leaders who
are not members of the City Commit
tee. There are forty-eight members In the
City Committee, and with the extra
W - leaders and omceholders the atteud-
?t?4 C 'Mnce ls expected to reach nearly 100.
L t 'About 1000 division leaders are cniDlovcd
arious ciijr nnu cuuniy uuicvs.
SCEPTION TO JUDGE
BY BENCH AND BAR
fyft A 'JnrlfTft Sfonbo'd TTnlf rnnlni-w of It,,
" . Bar Receives Tribute From
Association
A reception to William II. Staake,
pi, . Judge of the Court of Common Picas
PW i " waa tendered at tho Bellevuc-
Stratford last night by tho Bench and
r 1 Bar Association of Tcnnsylvanla. Tho
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if occasion was uio ntuem anniversary of
. J Judge Staake's admission to the bar.
f 3- Prominent lawyers and Judges, city and
State officials nald tribute to Judce
c l BUake by their presence.
? tin. John M. Patterson, Charles B. Mc-
Saj . Michael and Walter George Smith.
f& 1 S juage suuiKe nas oeen juage ot i;ourc
Xo. 5 since May 16. 190S. He Is a com
Pv.l'l wlssloner or uniform State laws. Mo
feMS.a,;' was secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar
l? ' S. -Auoclatlon from 1001 until 1916. and
rV- V' iJKiul'l v Hu oooyvintiuii lit itrili lie
i$iV' 1 nresldent-of tho Maternity Hospltul,
,:'T.i m. director of tho Musical Fund Hoc ctv.
f former president of the Perm Club and
T a director of the Pennsylvania Bible So-
Z$ TO RESTORE ADDRESSES
SSrjN U. S. CASUALTIES LISTS
Semi m on till v Publication Is Favored
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Kfc iy Acting secretary
PP.' . of War
$ Wsthlngton, March J 5. Tho Amcrl
i'iean. casualty list will Boon be Usucd
5ppfinly oneo.or twice a month, and then
iY,Vt"wIth addresses of victims.
Bfc i""'Uctlng Secretary of War Crowcll Is
?CjV,')niown to Incline In favor of that plan.
lSi$r'iJe afnd General March will consult soon
IfeP?rpvOT President Wilson's suggestions as
Ir'Sv n hn rnmialtv lilt irituatlmi. rrlnllvn
",-tl
OjljLtit changing the present dally system
V'V.'if names without addresses.
EL$ ?$t It Is raid the bimonthly Issuanco with
i'x:- -''Mini with any Information as to Identity
, ; K thounlta.
itir'Ali-JLt nresent military -men hold tli.-.Hlin
&ci---. -- -.--. ,. :tv . :
reases ieno 10 aiu ino enemy ir
dally, though the committee on
information disagrees with that
r point
lie- actual suggestions made by the
Went have been concealed thus far.
t, la understood he does not make spe
lt recommendations as to whatj
PVB B.1VU.U I.O II.MUC. UUl HtUta tt.l
itlon of the present plan.
tJIC ruiiintr rrnTvr tp iiivp
Klv.!rji
jSMfrMsional Limited Will Increase
,Kw York-Washington" Service
additional passenger train was
today placed In service between
r.Terk and Washington by Director-
McAdoo, The train will con-
r ten parJor care and will be
rfcre of 1'60 will be charged.
' train wilt leave wasningion ai
.. rrlvlnr at New York at Hi 15
, and Will leave New York at 3:07
gjM win arrive ;n nuninsion
k ml It will stop at West Plilla-
n twin nr 'w viu i4
parch IT.
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Bound from IiulTnlo to nn Atlantic port, two truck trains of the United States Engineers, comprising
sixty-eiKht trucks and live tanks manned by ID!) men, arrived in Philadelphia this afternoon and
were housed in City Hall as tho KUests of the Councilmanie Committee on care and relief of soldiers,.
The photograph shows the visitors in their comfortable quarters at City Hall.
MAYOR SMITH BACK
FROM ATLANTIC CITY
Said to Be Planning Visit to
Pkeceiver of Taxes Kendrick
in Florida
Mayor Smith N back today from a
week's rest at Atlantic City. Humor
has It that ho is planning a Florida
trip to Join his friend and fellow oillre
holder, llecelver of Taxes Kendrick.
who has been living in the South al-
most continuously sliuu the lht ot the
i year.
Karly hi his administration the Mayor
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absent Mayor ' because uimi.rrntly his
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oniciai lire, was just one trip after an
other and he became a vacationist "bus"
of tho most pronounced type. Amutnir
stntlstTcluns calculated that durlnff tho
llrst year and a half In otilcc lie enjoyed
thrcu months stated vacations, takins
no account of short trip.", week-end
rests and lonu residence In Atlantic
City.
During the last twelve .months the
Mayor lias to a certain extent altered
the situation by spending morf lengthy
periods at ills desk at City Hall, and
although ho lived at Atlantic C.'ty for
many months, ho made almost dally
visits here to attend to matter of odice
routine and to Confer with pulltlcat con
tractors. Ho cheerfully Kae up any extended
trip during the summer months and
commuted from the shore on most davs
of the week. Later he moved to his I
OlcnsUle home and with but few breaks I
continued Ills cut-torn of arrlvlm: at '
City Hall before noon, staying as late us I
his many conferences demanded.
His vacations, with exception of the!
last week spent at the fhore on his
physician's orders, have been conllncd to
week-end trips to Boston und Washing
ton and nearby point. Ills 111 health
Is said to have prevented until this time
his Joining his friend Kendrick.
BELGIUM NOT REGARDED
AS PAWN BY AUSTRIA
Count Crcrnin Porcine; Germany to
Spcuk Clearly on Aims Vienna
Pessimistic on Peace
Atntterriui.i, Match 13. Vienna is pes
simistic despite peace with Itussla In
contrast with the diplomatic world. Pan-
Germans In forcing events are severely
condemned', savs the Vienna correspond-
eui oi ino ijjii.
After remarking that in Austria Bel
alum Is not recarded in tho natiiro nf
a pawn, like other occupied territories,
the correspondent attributes the German
Chancellor's Increased clearness regard
ing Belgium to the induence of Count
Crernln, the Austrc-Hungarlan Foreign
.Minister, ann tno opinions wnicli nave
reached the Chancellor from Vienna and
high ecclesiastical circles. Ho says ho
has reason to believe that Germanv will
soon speak even more clearly.
NATIONAL GUARD LINES GO
New System of Killinp; Up Gaps Des
tined to End Distinctiveness
Watblnzton, March 15. The National
Guard Is destined to loso Its State flavor,
army men believed today.
The system of feeding troops from tho
second line into tho tlrst to llll up gaps
and from tho third line Into the second
will serve to mix up a distinctive State
unit until Anally Its State character will
be virtually lost. While the law de
mands that the State character shall be
maintained as far as possible, armv men
say that the necessities of war will pre
vent fulfillment of the Idea of maintain
ing the units as distinctive SUH bodies.
Washington, March 1G.
'Vou liavo no Idea," bald ltcprc
sentatlvo Lcnroot to Francis J,
Kcarful. assistant Attorney Gen
eral, "that the Secretary of tho
Interior, In tho cxcrclso of Ills dis
cretion (under tho proposed oil
leasing bill), would grant leases
wliero actual fraud was proven,
have you?"
'yes, I think lie would," Kcarful
answered. ,
Tho committee' stared In amaze
ment. "Vou think lie would?" Lenroof
repeated.
"Not wliero actual fraud was
proven," Kcarful corrected himself,
-but 'whero charges of fraud .had '
j)! .,siade I bavo no doubt he;
Soldiers' Pillows Vanish
From the City Hall
Theft of ciillapsibtp tiirplllims
from cots In the fouith lloor of
City Hall, used by koMIcth passim:
tlnoiigli this city on their way to
ramp or to "Somewhere In l'niiicc,"
haa furnished a mystery for Cen
tral Olllco detectives.
The cots nro located In the north
corridor of tin. oulldlns and n
Kuard is constantly on duty at each
end of tho hallway. In the tenter
of tho corridor is one of tho
Municipal Courts, attached to which
are many olllcorx of the law. A
number of the departments of thu
police bureau are also quartered on
this Moor, while tho detective head,
quarters is located In the lloor
Just above.
And yet, under the i?llunt eyes
of scores of sleuths und light In tho
headquarters of tho tliicf-takciH of
tho city government, six soldiers'
pillows wero stolen. Ami they
were not stolen by soldiers, cither,
because there were nq soldiers
thcro last night.
HUGE CHURCH UNION
MAY BE BORN HERE
Presbyterian and Reformed
Delegates to Meet in Phila
delphia in Final Conclave
Atlantic City, X. .1.. March 15.
Philadelphia, birthplace of tho Fed
eral Constitution, very llttiiigly has been
selected for the launching of tho pro
posed plan of Federal union for Pioby
terian and Iteformed Churches In tho
United States, submitted here vestciday
by tho Preshytcrlan Church South, as
counter to tho proposal of the Presby
terian Church N'orth of which President
Wilson la a lullng rider, for an oig.mlc
union of tho two bodies.
The sweeping plan for co-ordinating
tho Presbyterian resouices of the nation,
almost revolutionary In its scope, will
be dlscussc.1 In public for the tlrst time
at a meeting of the Council of Ite
formed Churches, holding tho Presby
terian system, to be held In Philadelphia
on Tuesday of next week. It also Is
to he submitted to tho Northern Prcs
byter:nn General Assembly In May. al
though not ae'eepted by the commis
sioners representing that body in th
unity conference hero.
Itoughly, tho plans from tho South
contemplate tho Inclusion in one great
denominational body with tho two dis.
tlnct Presbyterian organizations, split
slnco tho Civil War days, of the P.e
forrfd Church In tho United States, the
United Presbyterian Church, the P.e
formed Church In America, tho Asso
ciate Iteformed Presbyterian Synod, tho
Christian Iteformed General Synod, the
Cumberland Presbyterian Churc-I, and
tho Cumberland Prctbvtcrlau Church,
Colored. It was proposed also tu In
cludo tho Hungarian Iteformed Church
but this was hluc-pcncilcd by tho
Southern conferences.
It Is proposed that tho federation
proposition shall become, effective when
three or more of tho Presbyterian or
Reformed bodies shall adopt Its pro
visions. There Is then to bo constituted
a central body to he known as the Fed
eral Assembly of tho Presbyterian and
Reformed Churches in tho United States
of America, which shall bo the highest
court of the denominational federation,
and constitute the bond of union, peace
and correspondence among all Its con
gregations and courts.
It Is proposed that this powerful body
shall superintend the affairs of the wholo
federated church and. In general, to
recommend measures for tho promotion
of charity, trutli and holiness through
all of the churches under Its care.
It Is also to administer for thn entire
church tho work of foreign missions,
publication, ministerial relief, schools
and colleges, liome missions. In colored
evangelization and amopc Mexicans, Cu
bans und other foreign-speaking peoples
In tho United States, evangelism and
stewardship and such other causes as
may be delegated to :t.
Eliza A. Mccutchen Dies
nilza A. Mecutehen, seventy-seven
years old. died at the residence of her
nephew, Robert D. Webb, 2168 Past
York street, yesterday afternoon. She
was the widow of Jessie 11, Mecutehen,
a Mason and manufacturer ot tills city,
who died about two years ago.
NEW YORK TRAIN ANII n.M.TIMOBE
M.KltriNII OAR IIAMlH
v.tttlv lluri-h 17. Inmvlv.n1a nallrAB
trsln tor New York no; Usvlns Wt Phlla.
delphlt at 7;SO p. m.. will b rhanied to
irkW nivu olivv, n.M.twn.Ofc fV P, Til.,
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CONVICTED SLAYER
MAY FIGHT VERDICT
Relatives of Tompkins, Who
Killed Humphries Family,
Plan Appeal
.
llclatlves nf George ". Tompkins, Jr.,
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.01.. lfico slioet, a roal c.peiator. con -
vktcd hist night in lihenslnirg. li of
l,n mii1-,- nf Mr.- lV1ir.lli.il I Hum.
thc murder or Mr', l.clmund I. Hum-
phries, vvlf. of his business partner.
Intimated today that an appeal would
be taken.
This was Tompkins's second trial for'"ako addresses. It is ta purpose of
. . , . . .,1 Hie meeting to organize a branch of the
minder. The nrrt trial was for the . Krlends of Herman Democracy Society In
muider of Mrs. llutnphrles's husband. Ciermantown.
diet. Later be was placed .n trial on caI1M, eNFtK the American citizens
another liidlctment. f orman birth, and help to further
Tompkins and Humphries were part- the Idea of a democracy for Herniany.
ners In several coal projects located near ! The society feels that now thai America
Currollton n. Cambria County The com-' Is nt war with the Herman liovernment
nanv in which thev were Interested was
in liii.iiicl.il straits
! During the trial It was charged that
Tompkins was prompted to commit a
triple murder that of Humphries, Mrs.
Humphries and their son so that ho
would obtain loIo control of the remain
I Ing assets.
j Tho tilplo .murder occuned while
. Tompkins and the Humphries family
were motoring to this city from Hbens
burg about it year ago. After the mur
der, Tompkins made a statement that
highwaymen committed the crime. Then
!. confessed. Later be repudiated the
confession. At Ills trial his defense was
insanity
U.S. MISSIONARIES
wt i vmmiiT-i .-t..r.T. , before the Public Service Commission.
AWAKKNINfi I HIMA ' Recauso the decision of the commls
rVMnilUnmU JHinrl ' 0tl this case is expected to denote
1 the policy It may pursue In the future
with reference tu Increases In rates of
Bishop Lewis Reports Means public utility corporations, deep Interest
i -itri.- v t-c e i- Is being shown 111 the outcome,
by niCil 1 Ol'CCS Ot iDe- . ,. n. Millar secretary of tho lonimis-
mnpi-ipv -iro ?nvr-lrl ,un' ls eittlng as a special examiner.
IllOCidtJ Uie opt CiUl ,)e asSJJCatlon is represented by V. (111-
liln Robinson, assisted by John G. Kauf
American missionaries In China are,
among the must active forces working
for democracy in that country. And ,
their principal weapon among the dl-
uesc is education.
So reports lilshop Wilson K. Lewis,
of Shanghai, China, who lias just re
turned to this country and who Is novr
attending tho sessions ot tho Philadel
phia .Methodist Conference.
"In three veins' time tho Chinese Pub-' ,. .. ",7 , ,- ,, .
,. , , ,, , , . .. , . Albany, N. V.. March 1,.. Governor
llshlng House of the Methodist Lplscopal , Whitman Will not send a special mes
Hoard of Foreign Missions hopcH to bo aso to the New York Legislature! to
, , . . , , ' , , urgo ratllli-atlon of the Kederal nrohibl-
able to put one book a month of good, t'.on amendment. A serious setback to
clean, popular literature Into the hands tin? dry cause was seen in this an
of tho Chinese people to awaken their "Dry force's In tho Senate nave Uwln.
Interest in social, religious and national ' died to the extent of two votes. Kour
.,,,,., , , i less than nro required to pass the reso-
aflalrs. said Ulshop Lewis. , Utlon twenty-six now are assured tho
"Tho Chlneso Government has pet on ' antl-llfuor forces.
. . , . ... Governor Whitman expressed himself
foot an Interesting movement to slm- ,lR being In favor of ratification of tho
Pllfy the writing of Chlueso characters. I amendment. Indignant voters arc pour.
, , ,,, , . ,, ,. ng telegrams and letters on the Rcpro-
This will mean much to tho 10,000 news-1 tcntatlvcs in tho Assembly.
papers In the country, for tho aim la so
to reduce the tlino required to learn to STEADY BRITISH GAINS
read and write that a boy who now j IM TURKEY ALARM HUNS
niurt study until bo Is fourteen before
ho can read the newspaper may learn
tho same thing by the tlmo ho Is eight
ears old. In other words, the Govern
ment becks to cut nearly In half tho
time required to learn to read and write.
Think what that will mean to a nation
of more than 300,000,000 If tho tlmo
ever comes when compuUory education
Is enforced I
"But that millennium Is far distant,
and meanwhile tho missionary Is the
great educative force In China today,
"Already wo have 32,000 students In
our primary schools. In five years wo
will have 100,000, Tho Chinese want
us to build the.io schools In nil their
villages. They offer to supply the land
and half tho cost, in one conference
alone wo have seventy-threo unfilled ap
plications for primary schools.
'Our churches, together with our
schools, are miniature republics spread
throughout tho country, bv; which tho
peoplo learn their first lessons in self,
government. They aro the outposts of
democracy. For Instance, tho only form
of trial by Jury known In China today
Is found In the discipline In the Metho
dist Church used when a member Is
tried by his peers.
"English Is tho language of educated
China today, and perhaps may be that
of all China some day, If we are able
to supply the primary and second-grade
schools which the natives are demand
ing; these 'schools must be Industrial
and closely related to the occupational
life of the people. The schoolhouses must
be well lighted, well ventilated, sanitary,
but simple In construction. 'Each school
will not coat the mission more than
1250 to build, and with its native
teachers not more than $(0 yearly for
upkeep,, .It seems a. (mail Investment for
Children on Way Downstairs
Hear Shots That Take
Mother's Life
George Pearson, denied reconciliation I
Willi his lfo, killed her and himself
tnrly today at her home. S551 North )
Mairton street, with their three chll-1
dren within hearlnir of the pistol shots.
Tho pair had been estranged nbout a
year.
"lllslo, forgive me," raid Tearson, fol-'
lowlnc his vain pirn. Then ho filed
four limes nt hor. A moment later he
killed himself In an alley In tho rear of'
i'5:3 North Tnrnty-Hlxtli street. '
Tho three chlldreti William, twelve '
ycara old j Illcliard. dern. and Hutli,
tin were liMcnlng from the head of tho
stairs hen tlic (-hooting ociurieil. The.
bad In en iiwakeiied hen Mrs. I'oarson
got out of bod to anoner a ring at the
iloor about 0 u. m. They rnognlzeil the
olce of their father and were on their
way to welcome him when 1 'can-on drew
his revoher.
Mrs. Pc.uson was struck four times.
'Hire in the temple, unco In the reglnu of
the hcnif. onen In the nlnloinen and one
"hot enlcred tho loft leg.
The Fhots and the erics of the children
awiil.eiicd Miss Lillian Foster, another!
occupant of the house. Sho vent down-,
"talis and found th- tiorty of Mis. l'ear-'
mil mi the kitchen tloui. Tlie .hildreti i
cie shouting ftom a window for hi'lp.
The door leading t the street was open.
Another shot was beard soiih- distance
from the liou-ie. Thin was tho bullet
I Willi which Pearson 'ended Ills own life.
tired from the sawn revolver he had
used against his witr.
Pearson lived at Twenty-second and
Oxford streets.
I 'hildreti of tho Pearson's nro being
i cared for at the home of a neighbor
' until relatives of the dead coupio can
ho located.
FRIENDS OF GERMAN
DEMOCRACY MEET
Rudolph Blankcoburg Will Preside
Tonight Krnnz Sip;el and
I Herbert Welsh Speakers
liuilolph ninnkenburg, former Mayor
of Philiidt'lDhl.i. will nreslilo at the- nub.
He meeting of tho l-'rlcmls of German
i Democracy Society tonight The meet-
' ing will be held In the GcrmantovTii
i Branch Library Hall. Gcrmaiilown. Since
1 . fnrlm,r Major is suffering from a
I fevere cold there Is a slight possibility.
I howeV,'rc ,,mt lllH "'"Ctor Will llOt JlOr-
,u ,nn to bo present.
Besides the former Mayor,
I u, ""iJ"". V" ..'".T".?. "?:', Bi"
. SIkcI. New Aork. the natlona
i of t.ie society, and Herbert
riMi iic i wi i inc.- in i ii ici i i( i nivtl. 1 1 i
of t.ie society, and Herbert Welsh, of
' GevmantovMi. are on the nroeran
to I,
I Americans or (.erinaii blood Have a pecu
liar opportunity of proving their love
for American Institutions and their loy
alty to their Government. Tho society
was founded 235 years ago.
SUBURBANITES PROTEST
LIGHT PRICE INCREASE
Public Service Commission Hears
Gas and Electric Complaint
of Delaware County
The protest of the People's Association
of Delaware County against the pro
posed 10 per cent Increase hi rates of
I tho Philadelphia Suburban Gas and
Ulcctrlc Company Is being heard today
man and Ulworth J. Turner. Tho hear
ing Is being; held In Select Council cham
ber. City Hall.
WHITMAN WON'T URGE
"DRY" RATIFICATION
Governor's Failure to Send Message
Seen as Blow to Anti-Liquor
Forces
Toulons Hold War Council to Con
sider Advisability of Coun-tcr-Offcnsivo
London, March 15. Tho steady ad
vanco of tho Hrltlsh force through
Mesopotamia and Palestine, in Turkey,
is causing tho German military au
thorities anxiety, according to reports
reaching here today.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Morn
ing Post stated that a council was held
at German great headquarters to con
sider tho advisability nf attempting a
counter-otfenslvo against tho Urltlsh,
PRESIDENT CALLS NATION'S
BOYS TO SERVE ON FARMS
Calls on All Not Permanently Employed to .Enlist for
Food as Patriotic Duty to Help
Win the War
Wathlnglon, March IS.
PRKSIDKNT WILSON has, called on
all American boys of sixteen years
of ago and over not permanently em
ployee) to enroll In the United Slates
P.e;ys' Working Reserve. The letter fol
lows! The Department of Labor has set
aside the week beginning March 18 as
National Knrollment Week for the
United, States .Hoys' Working Unserve.
The bunoie of this national enrell.
meiit':wMtChi to-call. the attention of.
I3h aHNRHKBIBnnEl . jBRBiBi
FIREMAN FOR i" YKARS t
Driver John .1. Winrinff, of En
Kinc Company No, -11, at Slxty
llrst and Thompson street, has
been in the service of the city
since the Fire Department was
created. He is still on the
active list.
MAIL CARRIERS SELL
WAR SAVING STAMPS
n,:,. Tl-imiu'iml ATnn in r1,..,,.
1UC l,0ll!"llU1 011 "' W
Wear Buttons Advertising
Patriotic Business
I rll ll.rirt Ininin ask me!
This llttlo slogan, printed on led.
whlto mid blue "war savings buttons."
is iinw sei-n on 5000 letter carriers' caps,
tho buttons having been distributed to
day. The carriers have both war sav
ings and thrift stamps to tell on their
routes about tho city.
It was announced today that 1100
war savings soeletlts have applied fur
charters In the llastein lilstrlct of the
Ktiite. 700 of which an! in Philadelphia
alone. Their salcse to date liavo been
$13, 703,580. The quota for the year for
this district Is $110,000,000. Tills makes
tho per capita sales for the district so
far !M cents per person, with the Phila
delphia, per capita standing at 'Jl.Ot per
person. 11. .chman, an agent of the
Metropolitan l.lfn lnsuranco Company
here, broke a record today with a sale
of $3300 worth or stamps In one clay.
ORDER COMMANDEERING
TUG ATLANTIC ('ANflRI.En
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Navy Department Heeds Protest
From Commercial Interests of
Philadelphia
Secretary Daniels Issued orders to
day canceling the commandeering of the
tug Atlantic at this port. He Is now
considering canceling the order which
commandeered the tug Caspian.
These boats, specially constructed for
the purpose, were used In towing oil
tanks from tho Delaware Into and out of
the Schuylkill lllver. Commercial In
terests here protested when the Navy
took over tho tugs. They said this
action held up oil vessels destined for
the Allies, as well as for tho United
States.
Recently Representative Moore took
up tho protest wltth Secretary Daniels
ami urged that both vessels bu released
If It would not interfere with the effi
ciency of tho Navy. Tho Secretary's
action today followed.
BEERS TO BE SMALLER
BY FEDERAL REQUEST
Government Wants Brewers' Output
Reduced 30 Per Cent to
Savo Grain
The height ot an average beer this
summer will be greatly diminished. Its
general rotudlty will uho suffer.
Tills Is duo to the fact that less beer
will bo made and this will continue
as long ns trouble Is brewing In ilurope.
Those who develop a clinging tlilrst
during tlio warm months for the amber
hoverago may lind that It will bo too
much for their pocketbooks.
Tho Government desires to savo moro
grain and it has requested thn brewers
throughout tho country to reduco their
output 3U per cent. Tho brewcm have
agreed to do so. They do not agree
Willi tho prohibitionists, however, who
claim that this means tho death of bctr.
GET DEPUTY IX RAID
Downey Arrested With 19 Others in
Alleged Gambling Place
Louis Downey, a deputy constable of
the Third Ward and follower of Select
Councilman Trainer, ward leader, was
among tho twenty men arrested last
night In an alleged gambling house In
Cathcrino street near Twelfth when De
tective Sergeants Goniborrow and Con
deco, of tho First Detective District,
followers of the Vares, raldtJ tho es
tablishment and took three pairs of dice
and $3.
POLO PLAYERS GO TO FRANCE
Chow, Mather and Devcvcux Will
Handle U. S. Army Horses
Three Philadelphia club men, who
gained national fame as polo players
and in hunt racing, have been sent to
Franco to supervise, the management of
Uncle Sam's thousands of horses, which
will bo used in various ways In the war.
The men are Captain Benjamin Chew,
of Hryn Mavvr; Captain Victor C.
Mather, of Ilaverford. and Captain A.
.1. Antelo Devereux. Prior to being Bent
to Franco they covered every section of
tho West, buying many horses for the
Government.
ply by working en the farms apd to
urge them to enroll In the reserve,,
,1 sincerely hopo that' tho young men
of the country of sixteen years of age
and over not now permanently 'em.
p Icved, and especially the boy In our
high schools, will enter heartily Into
this work and Join the Hoys' Working
Reserve .In order that they may have
the privilege, for Buch I believe It to
be, dt spending their spare time In a
prpcJuctlye enterprise which will cer
tainly aid tho nation to win th war
by Increasing the means of presiding
for the forces i
at the front and for. the. V
Seven Survivors of Earliest
Days Have Seen Many
Changes
Those seven veteran firemen who
helped to put out Arcs In tho days when
tills city bad hand-drawn hook-nnd-ladders
nml engines, and still belong
to tho Philadelphia llurcau of b'irc
which, by the way, Is forty-seven years
old today reported for duty this morn
ing with smiles on their faces.
"vVc are In ns good shapo to make a
run to n four-boggcr as wo were a year
ago," said Captajn John Rumney, of
Lnglne Company No, 12, Manayunk.
Though no ceremony marks the re
curring anniversaries of tho flro-llght.
Ing in my of this city, tho seven vet
erans, most ot whom aro close to sev
enty or over, mako it a point to ex
change congratulations. These good
wishes come via the telephone or through
a letter.
Those who have been In the service
continually since tho b'irc Department
of this city was created, besides Cap
tain Rumney, are William Lgnlgan,
driver of Ilnglnn Company No. 12: Cap
tain Charles S Williams, of Knglno Com
pany No. 42, Kront and Westmoreland
streets; William Graham, hoscmati, lln
glue Company No. 23, at 101K Adams
stieet; Captain Samuel KHIIIau, Sr
Riiglne Company No, 57. at Klfty-flfth
and Pipe streets; I'.nglnecr William C.
Robettsnti, Ihiglne Company No. 11, at
Tenth and South streets, and Driver
John Wlnrlng, of llnglnc Company No.
41, nt Slxty-llrst and Thompson streets.
POTTER SEES RELIEF
IN COAL SITUATION
Stale Fuel Administrator Re
ports "Very Satisfactory"
Visit to Washington
Relief for the fuel situation at Hog
Island Is seen ns a result of the visit
to AVashlngton of State Fuel Adinlnstra
tor William Putter, who returned here
today. Mr. Potter would not glvo out
a statement as to bis conferences In
Wi.shlngtOn, but ho said Ills visit had
been "very satisfactory."
It is known that Mr. Potter's tilp
to Washington was tnailu with special
reference to tho Hog Island "situation
and that the fuel administrator had
previously pledgo his hearty support
to Admiral Howies In tho effort to ob
tain a better priority rating, for fuel
oil needed by subcontractors ut the
ship) aids.
Mr. Potter's time In Washington was
divided between Kuel Administrator
ariiciu and Director General Mc
Adoo with a view to reconciling the
fuel needs with tho railroad congestion.
A meeting of the county fuel admin
istrators of the Stato has been called
for next Krlday at the University Club
to discuss distribution problems. City
Administrator Francis A, Lewis will
bo the principal speaker on that oc
casion. MORE HIGH-GRADE BEEF
FOR WAR AND ALLIES
NHoovcr Plans to Increase Pur
chases hollowing Conference With
Livestock Producers
Washington, March 13. Food Ad
ministrator Hoover today is planning
to inciease greatly purchases of hlgli
grado beef for war and Allied consump
tion. This step was taken following con
ferences with inidello western livestock
producers to prevent serious losses to
stock men who aro feeding largo num
bers of cattle. Sharp Increases in feed.
Ing costs, together with an extremely
spvero winter, have been almost disas
trous to many feeders.
Hoover, recognizing tho need of as
sistance at this time, announced today
that tho rood administration would do
all I could o relieve ho sltualon.
At the recommendation of tho live
stock men a representative will bo
added to tho food administration, A
commission of livestock men, Hoover
suggests, would dcteimlno tho cost of
producing mc.it to guldo tho food ad
ministration In handling tho problem.
Mitten Admits
Bad Car Service
Continue J from Pane One
been as much as 20 per cent of tho serv
ice of tho company "off tho stnels."
Mr. Mitten Insisted, however, that
every effort is being mado to Improve tho
service and that this effort Is meeting
with success, llo said conditions aro
now much better than they were a few
weeks ago, and predicted that within u
short vvbilo the service will be "100 per
cent good."
Mr. Mitten underwent a rather severe
heiklliig on cross-examination by Oscar
G, Ileasley. representing u number of
civic organizations who havo (lied com
plaints with the commission, Mr. Beas.
Icy called attention to tho fact that Mr.
Mlttcn'tt salary is commonly supposed to
bo $100,000 a year, and declared that
"the people havo a right to expect great
things ot u $100,000 man." llo usked If
Mr. Mitten had heard of tho complaints
registered by the Ovcrbrook Improve
ment Association, and was answered In
Iho afllrmatlve.
"Then why don't you do something
about It?" he asked.
"That Is up to tho operating depart
ment," waa Mr. Mitten's reply.
To the question, "Why don't you mako
Iho operating department do something?"
Iho witness did not answer.
Mr, Ileasley laid special Btrcss on the
congestion ot tralUc at,. the corner of
Sixtieth and Market streets, and wns
told by Mr. Mitten that he considered
the service nt that point adequate. Tho
attorney threw up his hands In mock
uespalr. " v
"If you consider that servlco ade
0 .f" '". cxc'a''nl. "then I'm done."
When the hearing was resumed this
morning- former Councilman Alexander
Colvllle of 5M0 Poplar street, appeared
to testify as to the loner w.iIIm e. ...
which patrons were compelled to make
rinrl in levin,- uaa ............ , ....
. .. - "--v,, Mu.i.c-.i Hnu cmidreii
standing without shelter In bitter win
ter weather waltlmr for ... ,!"
Thomas II. Ulrlcli. ot 1M1 North' Lo,,
-.,.-, -, t-uiupinuicu oi incivility on the
part of employes of tl,o company and
t ce"er?l """""factory service, while
.loseph U. Lawton. of 1311 South Sixty
llrst street, lold of seeing would,be pas.
sengers waiting In the rain but nlht
While streetcars rushed past them with
' -..wrjj:. .r "? -v'..",nn
lif!"'"i.'"' '''"-L..i '
I heaP- o"rfiE':FreEiifiSar
Vl Seven and one. s Hi
Seven and one.
quarter per cent, of
the old rate
The Smith & Mills Co. of
Cincinnati, manufacturers of
machine tools, Installed t
Globe Sprinkler System nd
now pay $1.20 per thou,
and for Insurance instead
of $16.54. Wouldn't it pay
you to equip your pt'opertyf
GLOBE AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER CO.
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BOULEVARD FROM CITfj
TO DELAWARE LHI
Chamber of Commerce Ad$1
proves, but Project MustC'I
Await State Anoroval 1
TU.,... !....A I......
vey Hureati for a boulevard to eitcrJ
frnl-i t.,A .1,.. II..- ... .-. . . . " Lltnl.
..,,. ..... .,,., .,,K- hi coons Creek u
tho Delaware K'te line. The roadn
Is intended to afford traftlo facilities u
tho residential developments In Dehl
ware County, but cannot be built' unti
after action by the Legislation. j
Tho plans, as drawn by chief i
bright, have tho Indorsement of - thl
i.hamber of Commerce, but the whS
project being beyond tho city jj
not ilng further can bo clone until still
action results. "
,J.1 .'J?..?' "i r'-"1--. M Uji
- ""ii upon, i.e-a nDout a mm'
back of the Delaware River and eer2
..,,, .. . '-singion, touch,
Ing Ridley Park and ICdtlystone in!
through tho western Fcctlon of CcmsIm
Hpvond CbnsiPi- it ,. ti.i.. ., . !?9'
moro and Ohio Railroad to the SUtJ
...... v,
C'AnnnMtn.. ....... 1.1 1.- . . J I
-""""-""'i uum up iiihuc ntauoni
on the soutli side of Cobb's Creek wit!
two roads leading Into the city, om
over tho Pacsyunk avenue bridge tni
the other over the Penrose Ferry brUr'
These two roads would encircle the utl
selected for the housing developmenl
in tho Fortieth Ward for Hog Itlacl
workers.
ELBRIDGE M'PARLAND, (
VI JNOKRISTOWN, DIES
I
Woolen Manufacturer, Banker an.
Head o fRailroail, Succumbs
After Brief Illness
NorrMown. Pa.. March IB. ElrtrMfT
McFnrland, one of Ubrrlstown's npr,B
sentativo citizens, died last nlrht t uf
sentatlvo citizens, died last night at htf
residence, 1020 Do Kalb street, after,!
very short illness, aged slxty-fora
About a week ago a condition of pm'ti
i. .. i',t.ui.ir-iH ch mo lingers oi pne M&l
gave tho first Indication of ,the existent)
. vu.iuiu.iu wnicn soon occame ai&roi
. ..... ...,..., ,,,,wl duuh uuuaiuc; uuLrra.m
g. and slnco .Sunday Mr. SIcFarUtt.n
nk rapidly. " -H
luring at Gulph Mills for many inn
A director of tho Klraf Vntlnnnl Riiil
of Conshohockcn since July 9, 18J7, M'j
puccf c-ucu ..i.c-iiaei j, u uricn in itspruk'l
clenoy in 1900. He had been a director!
m ino uryn jiawr Trust company ilnd J
lis incorporation, a director In the Unltel
U, ..., 1 ...... I?....-.. ,.. T.I.K. J..tl.l-1
.w .wo.. .Tvt.t-iy ... r.iuaaeipaut
and n director In other Philadelphia (xwi;
ttomllni.-c. ?'
On tho deatli of Wlnllcld S. Wllsoii'.l
"'ii tuvi iwiiuni nuixcruuu iu tile yfew
dency of the Philadelphia, Germantowi
and XorrlHtown Railroad Company;.!)!,
almost dally was at Us offices In Phlla -j
ueipma. -i
m
NEW JERSEY TO SECUBE
WATER FRONT TITLES;!
CasJt Expenditures Not Necessar.l
Under New Law Recently
Passed V:
Trenton, March 15. Declaring Uuti'i
recently enacted law providing a meui;
whereby the Stato may acquire wftes
front withcut the actual expenditure ell
cash and securo uniform rather 'tlttl
Piecemeal development, was oneiof twi
most Important pieces of legislation oil
the last Legislature, ijovernor Ecln HI
t, ktnlA, no... lnH:.t' kit vh fhflt IhM Itl
will nlrl i?re-:i11' Ii. Ininrovlnir and devel(k
oping tho New Jersey sldo if the port el
.New York. , J,
The new law, the Governor says, toai
power to tho Now Jersey Department G
commerco unci navigauon co "i"ii
title to any riparian land as are sdaptell
and can bo used along with landi af-Ml
tidewater already owned by the 8uU,t
Hi addition to the beneuts aenveu j
the Stato at large. It Is potniea ouc w
n,,.ni,.l,i:illlCAu vlirn It.n I m nroVetTltnUl
aro to bo made, will havo Increased
enues not only In local taxation on lM.1
reclaimed territory, but In an JncreiMqi
nntiitlnllnn wl.ll, will rfn..1rO hOUSlill 1
and other' facilities Incidental to toejil
growtn,
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CITY'S JEWISH LEGION
IN FAREWELL PARADM
Final Honors Sunday for 100 YolaH
leers Off to War in
1II T n.,,1 ffl
Aivyijr uuiiu
A farewell parado In honor of IJj
members of tho Jewish Legion, t"
in tho British army for service In FW
tine, will bo held Sunday inominj
nnnn twr,n. in line. The legloiu
will icavo for tho Holy Land nextj
day. . t i,J
TTie parade, headed by JatD 3
ourg, granu marsnai, win "-"""jt
staff: Boy Scouts und 2000 beji
girls from Jewish socle tics. It willio
at tho headciu.-rtera of the inJALw
isu sjouin hixiii !re,,,iV,"':,j aili
lasscr sireei, iu n-nn. "--ii.i
avenue, to Klfth. to Walnut, and tJJJ
ICtUUIHlrl , l" r-t.-t a
excrclHOH will bo held. M
VAT.UD WI T T nAPTAl.tfJ
SWARTHMORE CAGEMP
Swarthmore, Va Mareih l5-"01
II. Yoder, of Kutztown, '",."rii
olnxloH rnnlnln nf next yeAr'S T
bai Iteanr at Swarthmore Collete, ffl
Yoder Is a member of tho opl00!
i.... i..... ninno.i forward on InQ vl
liars, nao nji.v . -. u
slty five for two years and " n
president ot his class this year.
Itumanla Loses Oil Well-
Amilmlm. March 15,-tA VIiW
patch appearing In tho Deutscli-a
Zeltunr, of nerim, says ic ":
inmilHI! Ull I.CIUD llll .nl
rltorlally to Hungary. They-Wl
administered under a joiiic
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