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fctinodel Force and End
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEIPHIEADE&PHIA, TUESDAY, jVPTKti 2, 1918
HfeK AT .BOSSES MERCY
.iDBhwce From Politics and De
i rotion to, Duty Would
I . Purify City
Latest Developments
in City Vice Scandal
Police officials heed Director of
JwMIa Safety Wilson' order to
"etean tip or clean out" and raid
gambling: den? capturing- fifty men
nd gaming tables.'
Men arralgncd,.lHfore Magistrate
Pennock are freed on payment of
fine of $10 and coats.
Judge Martin says charges are
"hysterical and -exaggerated."
United Business Men's Association
and the Chamber of Commerce will
meet today to discuss situation.
Mayor and city officials ask Re
corder of Deeds to list owners of
resorts mentioned In the Fosdick
report.
The "statement from Washington that
Philadelphia Is tho "worst city hi the
country" was characterised as "hys
terical and exaggerated" by Judge J.
Willis Martin, of Common Tleas Court
Xo. S, today, when his views were asked
concerning the lce situation in this
elty.
He advocated the separation of police
and politics, elimination of favoritism
in the police bureau and support of
conscientious policemen by their supe
riors. Judge Martin sat for many years In
the license court, and through his ex
perience there, as well as In the Quarter
Sessions Court, learned much concern
ing vice conditions In tho city gener
ally.
"If there Is ony evil or vice exist'
ing In the city," ho said, "It can be
quickly driven out by tho complete elim
ination of the political workers and tho
man higher up, Tho police force In
Philadelphia can be made effective if
the men are supported properly by their
superiors, and no political influence
brought to bear. A policeman should
not havo to fear the man higher up
who can cause his transfer or dis
missal. But the police force of Phila
delphia Is not bad and would be bet
ter if it had hearty support.
"That the elimination of the politics
from tho police force is highly bene
ficial is shown by the splendid results
achieved by tho Stat police. Then men
In that organization have no master
except their superiors. Ko politician
has any authority over them."
In touching on the liquor question,
Judge Martin said that liquor was one
of the greatest obstacles In establish
ing discipline In the army and navy.
"Nevertheless," he added, "I am glad
4. to see bot discipline Is being main
tained regardless of this obstacle. Since
the war began I have seen but one In
toxicated soldier. In the criminal courts
et this city since the wan there has
been but one case of disorderly con
duct and assault In which a sailor fig
ured.
Following the bombshell thrown Into
political circles In this city yesterday by
Secretary of the Navy Daniels In his In
dictment of vice conditions here as "un
equaled," fifty men were arrested in a
raid on a gambling den at 322 North
Eighth street, ono of the places men
tioned In the report made to Secretary
Daniels by Raymond 13. Fosdick, chair
man of the commission on training camp
activities. They were caught bending
over the gaming tables. Much parapher
nalia In the shape of roulette and stuss
tables was destroyed, and a "bankroll
of about J 1300 was captured.
This raid followed Immediately upon
the heels of Director of Public Safety
Wilson's ultimatum to the police offi
cials that they must raid dens of vice
within the limits of their wards within,
forty-eight hours or quit. Here Is what
the police got for their pains;
No sooner had the prisoners been
taken to City Hall than an attorney
from. Congressman John R. K. Scott's
ofBce Ephralm Llpschutz was on hand
to arrange for their release. As quickly
as the men could be arraigned before
Magistrate Pennock they were freed
with 110 fines and costs. Scott is the
Tare candidate for nomination as Lieu
tenant Governor.
It is apparent, police officials say,
they are powerless after an arrest has
keen made the rest of the duty lies
with the Magistrate.
Detectives under former Tollce Cap
tain Souder were apparently witling to
execute the raid as well as possible. They
climbed fences, dodged Ihrcugh alleys
and completely surrounded the den. A
number of men who were In the house
when the raid began fled through secret
passages Into another house next door,
wmen Has been vacant for tome time.
Business Men to Art
Civic and business leaders are up In
arms, today oyer the Indictment of the
city and agalnsV the public officials held
responsible for the condition as charged
by Fosdiclrs report. Hotcimm held a
meeting yesterday as won as the charges
aa Become Known.
A special meeting of the exocutive
Hoard of the Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce will be held at noon today.
The United Business Men's Association
premised immediate action if the
charges are proved. The matter will
too be taken up at the next meeting
, the Clvia Club.
Envoys were sent to the Recorder of
BfeeV office to ascertain there the
lUnvts of the owners of disorderly house
name in the Fosdick report. The Mayor
an u iirtcior wu iook tnese over
today and It is said several surprises
are-m -store wnen tnese are revealed.
, "yve saa one or two or yie Investlga
ors who .went into the resorts in in
a It f,- UlvH. j...!.....- w
BMii sel that they had gone into at
least one place where the proprietor said.
-T luiw Used Bit- Bill' or nn.. .71-'
tVSotuuuM that efce bad. for the police.
mm am fet, -so you won't have to
p .
' Teowisvnr eowegnr continued the
Msw i try woman waa jn lall
waUina trial oj an JodictBeant. I sent
nrwwiii " va me jail ana we
lut the quUon t her, She said that It
wm a lie and, Sfcat site had never made
tfee staUmeat- Mm also added that sht
kad never tfee itoHca and that she
h4 iiever atatad WtayVoey that she re
ceived itnt&Hh&n
f, I don't ktw her Daniels Is play.
tn pontile. Mvt w thin I do know.
K s (witaln'v! latrat4 la nirroundlng
(an o,j- with deoeot, healtbrtl teflu
iltmm wuiK that w must alt lake to
Juart H it a father with a son in the
wv m 1 jnd X certainly want
Ffet4-l;Sii decent city. I knew
Uwtf j (.burial juiiko n, up-Hit, nr
vui yn n- (itiwr eity of thto Ue
iuna4ttete. Bi,t on thing you naa do
on M. &'"" KUc and BK)iUilaa
viim,jm: that to wbX w
Tef Councilman John If. Flaherty Is
tae nominal leader, but where congress
man John R. K. Scott la In virtual oon
trol. The Scott opposition say that he
governs the polities of this ward through
Max Myers in the office ot the scaler ot
weights and measure.
Clght of the others are In the Four
teenth Ward, tho home bailiwick of
Representative Scott i two are In the
Fifteenth, two In the Twentieth, where
David II. Lane Is supreme, and two are
In the Tenth, the home of the late Sena
tor Mo.N Ichol. The rooming houses men
tioned are also scattered throughout
these wards, while a few are south of
aiaricet street
Admiration and approval of the
course taken by United States District
Attorney Kane in relation to the sup
pression of vice and Illegal liquor sell
ing In this city are contained In a letter
from Imogen B, Oakley, corresponding
secretary of the Civic Club, received by
the Federal attorney vesterdAV. llsne-
clal approval of his "reported Intention"
to Invoke the so-called "flve-mlle-llmlt"
law are expressed In the missive.
Asked as to whether such a course
haa ever been decided upon by him, Mr.
Ksne last night refused to make any
statement. "I am firmly determined to
abide by my resolution not to speak
any more on the liquor question," he
aaiu. -Alter an, wnat I might say
would be of very little consequence. It
is wnat I shall do that may carry any
weight In the matter."
600 MORE "BOYS"
LEAVE FOR CAMP
City Sends Another Quota
to National Army
at Meade
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FIVE HUNDRED DRAFTEES LEAVE NORTH PHILADELPHIA FOR CAMP MEADE
BROTHERS GO TOGETHER
Philadelphia today sent more than COO
of Its "boys" to Camp Meade, Md to
make up Its second quota of the first
draft for tho National Army.
Wives, mothers nnd sweethearts
flocked to tho Btatlons, and as the trains
pulled out the air rang with cheers.
From North Philadelphia Station. 361
draftees left In a spyeclal train for Camp
Meade at 8:30 o'clock. Several thou
sand relatives and friends were on hand
to see them depart.
Tho majority of the draft men ar
rlved at the station at 8 o'clock In auto
mobiles furnlrhed by tho seeral registra
tion Doaras, with the exception of the
18 men from the Thirteenth hoard nt
Eighth and Jefferson streets, who
gathered at headquarters with their
relatives. Forming a procession of
several hundred, they marched up
Broad street, accompanied by a band.
Officials of the board headed tho proces
sion. As the train was pulling out, the band
struck up the "Star Spangled Banner,"
In which many of the crowd joined.
Brotherly love the kind that makes
men Inseparable was the Impelling mo
tive that sent Frank Gerhardt, twenty
seven ears old, nnd his brother Louis,
twenty-three years old, of 4036 North
Seventh street, away todav nftnr ih
had npplled to their local draft board to
be sent to camp Immediately Instead ot
awaiting their turn, with tho possibility
of being separated.
The brothers left today for Admiral.
Md., with eight other selected men from
Local Draft Board No. 44. at aerman-
town avenue and I.ycomlnc street.
Frank's numW tn tua .j-M i
which he would be called In the ordtn.irv
course of events was 2094, and that c'f
ms uroiner zauu. so far the draft board
has reached the serial number 1108, and
the likelihood of the boys being called
In the near future waB, therefore, re
mote. Frank Is a hatter at th .T ti
Stetson Company and Louis a pattern
maker working for the Link Belt Engi
neering Company. Both are anxious to
"take a crack" at the Kaiser,
The flfty-ono draft boards of the city
contributed from Ave to twenty, men
each, varying in proportion to the popu
lation of registered men. The quotas
aro as follows:
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PLENTY OF DOCTORS
FOR PRESENT NEEDS
Doctor Baldy Sees No Need of Short
ening Medical Collcjro Terms
on Account of War
Elimination of summer vacations for
medical students to supply the country
with medical men during tho war may
bo necessnry If tho war Is prolonged, but
it will not tako effect at the present
time, according to Dr. J. M. Baldy, head
of tho State Bureau of Medical Educa
tion and Licensure.
"No medical college has asked for a
shortening In the training courses for
students, nlthough the time may come
when such action may be essential.
Doctor Baldy said today, "but there Is
now no reason that we should be swept
off our feet by hysteria. , ,
'Thero In a big surplus of physicians,
probably as many as 6000, who hae ap
plications pending for army service, and
the present armed forces havo nn ample
quota of medical men. Kerythlng shows
thnt when the next draft Is called there
will be plenty of physicians ready to
go
Doctor Baldy's remarks were apropos
o renort that the University of Penn
sylvania nnd Jefferson Medical College
were considering placing Junior class
men In senior year study during the
summer vacations In order to hasten
their graduation because of tho need of
medicos for army service.
125,000 INCOME TAX
RETURNS MADE HERE
Revenue Department Esti
mates Not More Than 1500
"Missing" in District
Amid tho cheers nnd tears of mothers nnd sweethearts and other relations and friends, tho second quota of men in the first draft left
tho North Philadelphia Station of tho Pennsylvania Railroad this morning for Camp Meade to begin their active military training. More
than 600 men were included in tho contingent, and their departuie was marked by a rousing burst of patriotic enthusiasm.
POLICE HAIL TEACHERS
WHOWINSALARYRAISE
Gloucester "Cops" Indite Con
gratulatory Epistle to Rivals
in Race for Money
Sf'XI . Number of
,ar5v .Address men sent
?, ihifl. and Dlrklnion streets IX
- Seventh and Carpenter streets. ... (1
2 S"0"1! "d Christian streets IS
Third snil Dn I.ancfy streets 1
' 'own ana Hare streets 11
J Twelfth and rine streets 17
T Fifteenth and Vine streets 10
ii Tenth and Iluttonwood streets so
," 7jTentle,h nd Iluttonwood streets,. 1
10 Kront and Master streets 13
11 Et Olrard and Montgomery ave
nues in
'; Ernt and Diamond streets it
12 F'h'h and Jefferson streets 1H
J J'aln and Carson streets, Manayunk IS
J5-Uermantown annua and lirlmhum
.- street B
10 uermantown avenue and Haines
-. street , in
J Chestnut Hill 7
l erankford 13
uirij-mrun street and Lancaster
avenue 10
SO Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster
awnue ,,,, 0
?.. n?Jrade and Clearfield streets 11
H fifteenth street and Snyder avenue. 10
uinr-iccona street and woodland
Avmt-
J4 Sixteenth and CumVeVlan'd s'tr'tets.'.'
Tho Gloucester police today nre pre
paring a letter of congratulation to the
teachers of tho city, felicitating tho
wlelders of the rule and textbook on the
promise of n salary Increase for next
year, mado last night by tho Board f
Education.
For some time past there his been a.
race between the police and tho public
school teachers for "raises," tho guy
dlans of the puhllu safety h.ilng been
tho opponents of the guardians of t.he
Juvenile mind In an effort to "heat tho
other Bide to IL" As the police hae al
ready been promised their Increase, they
felt they could bo magnanimous In ex
tending courtesies to their rivals In tlje
schoolroom, whose "raise" will not -be
effective until next year.
After the petition of the teachers had
been considered at the regular meeting
of the Board of Education last night,
announcement was made that an In
crease, effectlvo next year, will be re
quested by the board from tho city
Board of Estimates. The Increase
would boost the lowest paid elementary
teacher's salary from $900 to $1000 a
year.
Announcement of tho board also says
that a bonus will bs granted to each
teacher who finishes tho entire school
term
The petition of tho teachers asked that
they bo given the increase for next
term and that a bonus of one month's
salary bo given them before the end
of the term. Tho latter request was
refused. The requests In the petition
were based on tho Increase in cost of
living and tho fact that tho teachers
now teach one hour longer a day.
HOBO BEGS FOR CAKE OF SOAP;
CAUGHT BY JERSEY WORK LAW
Four Partners in Idleness Nabbed With Him When
Housewife Tells Police He Abused Her
for Denying Plea
NEW JERSEY TO UTILIZE
INSTITUTIONAL LABOR
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HS-Jwenty-elihth and Oxford streets...
iJ Twenty-elihth and Oxford streets...
"'inn ana voiiins streets
30 Nortmjast corner D and Clearfield
streets 10
31 Southwest corner D and Clearfield
atrta 1
32 Sixtv. third street and Lancaster ave
nue .,,,,. ,..,,..... .,.,, 0
S3 Sixtieth and Market streets 12
o- lacony -...., 11
S3 Twentieth and fltiwater streets.,.. IS
55 Prlt and Leblgh avenues 7
37 Twenty-second street and Hunting-
Park avenue 19
38 Twenty-second street and Hunting
Park avenue 8
S Fourth street and Snyder avenue,., 11
40 Fourth street and. Snyder avenue... 17
el Fltttsth street and Chester avenue.. U
45 Blity-ntth street and Woodland ave
nue i 11
48 York road and Nedro street 1A
443887 Germantown avenue., 10
45 S447 Otrmantown avenue 8
4& Forty-eighth street and Wyaluslne
avenue , 15
47 llrideeburs; 14
48 Fltty.lttth and Pine streets 11
4 Fifty-seventh and flpruce streets,,,, 11
BO Nineteenth and Oxford streets 10
61 Eighteenth street and Snyder avenue 0
Dratted men from Local Board No.
40, Fourth street and Snyder avenue,
were presented with knitted sweaters
yesterday afternoon by the woman's
committee of the Navy League.
SPROUL ISSUES APPEAL
FOR SUPPORT OF LOAN
Head of Union League Calls on Pa
triotic Citizens to Unite for
Liberty's Cause
As president of the Union League of
Philadelphia. Stale Senator William C.
Sproul has issued a call upon the cltl-
xerus 01 in is mute to join nanoj and
present a sona iront in "putting over
the third Liberty Loan for the Government.
"Om aovernment calls upon us for
aid in xne max 01 nnancing the war,
and tha third Llhettv rian mu h
oversubscribed it the men who aro fight
ing and dying for us are to he victori
ous and human liberty preserved," says
MAai Davfd fjord) Oeorsnt ha !..
rour firing n is the bank or post-
wu, ! wuiwi jm wur yuur DOTmS. TO
reach that firing line and to become- an
active coraoatant yourself thereare no
oommutileatinr trenches to arroDa alone-.
m barraae to faca. nr tiAiv. .
wouoM. -rne 1 road to patriotism Is clear
"Tii" . ""w t win lead,
arejlonST. to safatv for oui tMAnt ai
victor for our catis v
Governor Edge Says Inmates Shall
Work, but Not Competing With
Labor
Trenton, N. J., April 2. A notlflca
Hon of tho Intention of tho State to
utilize for work tho inmates of all Stato
Institutions of tho penal, correctional
and charitable types was sent today to
Itlchard Stockton, acting Commissioner
ot cnanties ana (jorrecuons, y uov
ernor 1-dge. It was stated In tho com
munication that tho Inmates were to be
used wherever practicable or possible
and not In competition with free labor. In
nn effort to solve tho present labor diffi
culties.
The Governor. In his letter to Com
missioner Stockton, said:
"Pursuant to tho authority vested In
mo by the provisions of Chapter ISC.
Laws of 1917, I desire to have the serv
ices of Inmates of the various penal,
correctional and charitable Institutions
of the State, where under the jurisdic
tion of the State, utilized wherever prac
ticable or possible, and not In competition
with freo labor In assisting to solve the
present labor difficulties.
"You will kindly notify the managers
of all State Institutions of our Intention
to so utilize the services of all available
Inmates."
T71IRST ancsts under the New Jersey
"idlers' law" wero made today when
police of Gloucester rounded up live men
nt "The Dump," Railroad avenuo ana
IJssex street. Discovery of tho "gang"
of "gentlemen of leisure" was mado
when ono of the quarteto waa refused a
cake of hoap at tho resldenco of Mrs
William Ithoades, 612 Ksfccx street.
Tho men aro John Norrli, Jnmes W.
Robinson, Harry Marks, Robert Fleming,
nnd John Stiles. Norris claims Atlantic
City as his residence, and Robinson
avers that Camden Is his "home town."
It la the opinion of the police that "Tho
Dump" is tho only "residence" theRo men
havo known for somo time.
It was early morning (daylight time)
at tho Gloucester police station. Sud
denly a "hurry call" camo In from the
residence of Mrs. William Rhoades. Ila-
sex street. Resnondlni- pn,.,.,,.
Blackburn and Jlarvcv wern tni.i m
the Rhoades resldenco that "a tramp
lfllcd tho houso and asked for a piece
of soap."
"I didn't give him any. nnd h hrtran
to be abusive," exclaimed Mrs. Rhoades.
"Then he began to threaten, so 1 phoned
tlio station house."
"But wait, wait a moment," whis
pered cne of the patrolmen, dazed. "Did
I understand you to say that a tramp
asked for a PIECE OP SOAP!"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Rhoades.
"Well, v. ouldn't that Jar you !"
murmured the officers In unison. Re
covering their breath and dignity with
great difficulty, they followed clues
glen by the Irate housewife and suc
ceeded In rounding up five members of
it Is alleged, has been
for bomo tlmo at "The
a gang which
"hanging out"
Dump "
Tho prisoners havo been turned oei
to She! ICC Corson, to whom has been In
trusted the task of finding jobs for thu
quintet. "Ho who will not work, shalf
nt cut," oracularly quoted tho keeper
of tho prison as ho clanged shut llo
doors on the heels of five soldiers of
thu "GruiiJ Army of the Unemployed."
Norris Mas given a thirty-day sen
tence, while his "pals" got oft with sen
tences cf fifteen days each.
0'NEIL'S PETITIONS
FILLED BY WORKERS
State Employes Turn in Many
Lists of Names for
Candidate
PINNED UNDER AUTO
Succeeding Soldier Son at Wheel,
Carlisle Man Runs Into Fcnco
CarlUle, Va., April 2 Taking his
Inltfnl Iof-soii In driving an automobile,
to succeed his son, who Is In the army,
ns family chtuffeur, Albert A. Evans, a
veteran Cumberland County school
teacher, sent the machine Into n. fenre
just as ho reached home. The car over
turned, pinning i:ans nnd three, other
members of his family beneath it. Al
though the auto was wrecked, all es
caped with slight Injuries.
Less Activity on Italian Front
Home, April 2. A War Office report
says: "On tho Aslago plateau and tho
lower Plavo there was patrol activity.
Thero were desultory actions along tho
rest of the front. In Albania, on the
night of March 30-31, the enemy at
tempted to raid against our bridgehead
in tho Cifllk district, but failed com
pletely, being repulsed with loss."
GERMAN IS TABOO
IN CHICAGO CLUBS
ALL MILITIA UNITS
IN SERVICE APRIL 15
Membership to Alien Enemies
Denied and All Teuton Lit
erature Is Banned
WOMEN FOR CLEAN-UP WEEK
1K miKa T ..-. sf a . - -
bt of .vary kwrf TMWlv-ian ki
w
Civic Club Says War Makes It Spe
cially Urgent
A spring municipal "clean-up week" Is
advocated by the Clvia Club to safe
guard the public health of Philadelphia.
In a letter to Mavor Smith Gertrude B.
Diddle, president of the organization,
said war conditions had reduced the
number of physicians nnd nurses in the
city just when Its population had been
greatly increased by the large number
who came from other places to work
In the shipyards and other industrial
plants.
Tha club believes that a "clean-up
week" would remind all residents cf the
necessity of absolute cleanliness and
nave generally good results.
Three Wills Are Probated
Wills probated today wore those of
ninmin j 1. sterling, I'lainneid. N,
Chicago. April 2.
Tho speaking of tho German language
In Chicago clubs Is under a ban. and all
books, pamphlets and reading matter in
the club libraries which touch favorably
upon any of the Central Powers have
been weeded out. Membership to alien
enemies of the country is strictly dented,
and in most clubs the Introduction of an
alien enemy, man or woman, to the
privileges of the club has been made
cause for expulsion. Very few German
speaking waiters or other employes are
found n Chicago clubs, most of tho or
ganizations having passed regulations
against them.
The Iroquois Club, through Its presi
dent. Harry H. Latham, and Its officials
and board of directors has adopted addi
tional stringent regulations regarding
the entertainment or employment or har
boring even temporarily of persons with
Teutonic sentiments within Its confines.
"We already have measures upon ouf
books," said Mr. Latham, "which cover
the subject pretty thoroughly, but we
are going to tighten up so that not even
Officers' School in June
Follow Inspection
to
llarrltburg, April 2.
Scores of petitions for J. Denny
O'N'ell for Governor have been turned
over to heads of departments under con
trol of tho Governor's office by employes.
Tho petitions wero given out In most of
the departments recently and with direc
tions to havo them back by April 1.
An attache of tho executive depart
ment is keeping track ot all petitions
and will check off tho number returned
with the number gUen out, as well as
the number of signatures obtained. Some
petitions came back with but half a
dozen signatures, but others had 112, or
all tho blanks petition forms hold.
Although tho nominating petitions Of
the candidates for State offices, Con
gress and tho Legislature nro coming In
more slowly than eer before, more pe
titions have been found defective this
year than for years. Tho petitions are
being filed with Insufficient numbers of
signatures', or with addresses of signers
missing, or with no affidavit by a quail
fled elector who can signify that all
signers affixed their names to the peti
tions with knowledge of tha contents or
wan ino anmavit of the candidate him
self missing.
These petitions must be pent back to
the candidates and the errors .in,i
out During tho next nine working days
..-. tiiretitu mai irom 3500 to 4000
llarrlsburg, April 2. Six units of the
Rescro Militia aro all that remain to
bo mustered In and Indications aro that
they will all be In State oerice by April
IE, Including the machine-gun detach
ment. The First Infantry Is In the best shape,
with the Third next-. Tho machlno-gun
company and two companies In tho
Third, which is a western organization,
are to be mustered this week, if arrange
ments are completed.
The Harrisburg unit and others In tho
Second Infantry will bo mustered in tho
next ten dajs. They are virtually all
filled and In some instances have more
than the number necessary. Tho final
cavalry muster will take place shortly.
l?rtlllnmASifr Im l Jt . m - --
.iuijiiiciib 10 ueins issued as rapidly as
the muster takes place and Inrfnn,- wn.
practice Is under way.
Visit's will bo paid to arlous units by
tho regimental officers during the latter
Su?eprrTsaenncUght lto Y HffiLS tSSL ". and In "Iflne'
officers' school will be held.
J..
dlanriAAN of
property valued at 413,600; Anne M.
Ileld, Germantown, J6000. and John
Wlngert, 1803 North Myrtlewood street,
12500. '
Banks Face Loss
in City Finance
Contlaoed from 1'sse Ono
much In favor of taking the money we
have In ths way of balances In city
banks and. putting It Into short-term
Government certificates, thus helping
the Government It Is about tlmo wi all
stand together, and If Philadelphia can
help with a few million thert those few
millions should bo put up. Then again,
why should not the city receive the In
creased Interest allowed, by the Gov
ernment rather than let our money II
Idle In the bank at a much lower rate?"
Tha measures affected bv Chairman
GUCney' stand provide for the purchase
a iws, uiijr pt nusrnment certincates,
arttMNMsf of in tweet rates on loan
t iK"Nriot n4.teM fr . mm
"MY PRETTY MAMA!" CRIES B0Y;:
GRANDPA SAYS "LET HER HAVE HIM"
Child's Love for His Mother Causes Father's Relatives
to Abandon Court Proceedings Parents Parted
Before Father's Death, Wife Coming Here
IW'ttttsOfWljMM,
?kr rn '-m
New York, April ? A bitter and
protracted habeas corpus fight over the
possession of Abraham 'Wilson, three
years old, had a happy ending In the
county courthouse when the child, who
was dressed In khaki and wore a sol
dler's cap, met his mother In the core
rldor.
"Mammal My pretty mammal" ha
cried, running forward and flinging him-
sen into ner arms,
Abraham and Nathan Wilson, the
child's grandfather and uncle, who have
been seeking to retain possession of him,
looked silently at the scene for a mo
ment and then they both wiped their
eyes. The elder Wilson turned to his
attorney.
"Let her have the boy. Wo give up,"
he said,
The boy's father. Lnula J. tviimv
wealthy manufacturer of millinery, died
in October. The grandfather un unrl
hava had possession of little Abraham
aver since, and were appointed his guar
dians by Surrogate Cohalan,
Ktf. Wilson hflil Inft- hill hufthAn m
wewu Before hla Ast, clr'n-
aianta a oafs? -cmm?-
termed his unreasoning Jealousy and
IT,1?; B t00k up hcr n"ne in Phil
adelphia, but did not divulge her ad.
dress even to her own relatives. Before
leaving New York Mrs. Wilson, who Is
of prepossesslne nnnnn.. . . .
her boy to a neighbor's care -
Wilson's relatives say the husband
f'ieea.of J1 roken hwrt bcu"" of his
wife's abandonment, but she says an Ill
ness of long standing was responsible
immediately after his death Mrs. WI ion
hurried to New York for her child. Whw
she- discovered that he was with her
father-in-law and husband's brother
she sued for a writ of habeas cornus.
but Justice Gleeerlch rtiin.i .3VUS'
fjra on the ground that tho Surrogate's
Court had Jurisdiction. "gM s
Then wmmenced a fight to have tha
Surrogate revoke tho letters of guardian
ship. Ha declined to do so because h
said, tho proceedings had been regular
and because Mrs. Wilson had not estah
Hshed her ability to maintain her eon
After having obtained n. new nr-it ,'..
mother had little Abraham produced in
tha Supreme Court yesterday, m df.
plaV of evident affection for htr ,"..,
jclrn I the issue puce and for all, tlee IttUa fi
It
petitions will be filed.
Petitions filed Included: Senate
Charles W. Sones, Democrat, Twenty
fourth Lycoming.
State committee v F Price, nepub
Mean. Montour; John It. Halsey and Lee
P. Iiolcjmb. Itenuhllran t, ,..,,.. o.
Luzerne; W. G. Huffington, nepubllcan,
Jefferson.
House Lloyd J. Stlllnagon, Democrat,
hecond Fayette: n. K. r-nnir t..i.h
Second York; If. n. Whlttaker, Itepub."
lean. Potter; W. A. Stroup and II. It.
Billman, Socialist. Lycoming; J. Bruco
Hesi, Democrat'. Columhln- .Tni, n,...
chak, Republican. Fifth Luzerne ; Daniel
13. Goodwin, Republican. Vxn..
tlanrtra WT "irtfllo.. - 1 "
uulIu ,,, uriiiiaiiits, jiepuuncan, Tioga;
George I. Woncr, Republican, Butler;
Joseph M. Pelrce, Repunllcan, Sixth Al
legheny. NOT TOO ILL TO MOTOR
But Convicted German Might Die if
faent to Prison
New York, April I. Carl Buenz.
former director of tho Hamburg-American
Lino In this city, who has been re
ported seriously 111 nt tho German Club
hero since he was sentenced to spend
eighteen months In Atlanta penitentiary,
has been seen in the last month nuto
moblllng In Central Park and on River
side drho.
Buenz Is seventy-six years old. He
was convicted of having Issued false
manifests for ships to furnish supplies
to German raiders In 1915.
Assistant United States Attorney
Knox, when asked about Buenz j ester
day, said he was examined on March
20 by several physicians, whoso report
waa now being considered by the Gov
ernment officials with a -view to deter
mining what to do In tho case,
LABOR PROGRAM INDORSED
I Time limit for filing Income tax re
I turns expired Inst night at midnight.
j It Is figured that approximately 125,000
persons made official returns to the In
ternal Revenue Department, and that
not more than 1500 nro "among the
missing."
More than S000 persons thronged the
offices of tho Intcdnal revenuo depart
ment at the Federal Building yester
day to make returns. The several
offices, as well as the corridor, whore
Improvised desks had been Installed for
tho convenience of the taxpayers, were
scenes of frantic haste and Jostling of
thousands.
Tho office was flooded with mailed re
turns nnd eight clerks were busy from
early morning until late at night open
ing tho blanks that had been sent from
all parts of tho district. Because of the
varied size of tho forms used In return
blanks the mechanical letter opener was
Impracticable and tho entlro mail had
to be opened by hand.
For the last two weeks the Incoming
mall has amounted to 8000 pieces a day,
but yesterday tho mall was doubled.
Ephralm Lederer, collector of the east
ern Pennsylvania district, last night
highly praised the manner In which Phll
ndelphlans had responded to tho regula
tions. Daniel C. Roper. Commlslsoner of In
ternal Revenue, thanked tho Philadel
phia office esterday for their "tireless
and patriotic" work In compiling the re
turns. "It will be several months before a
thorough Investigation can be started,"
Bald the collector. "The facts and fig
urc'' ar?, forwarded to Washington,
where 500 nccountants and the entire
Convention Hall ha-e been turned over
X. , j .:. '""ivmuai returns will bo
checked with the returns of business
houses, and In this manner It can easily
be ascertained whether or not any man
Is making the correct statement to tho
Revenue agents will call upon the de
linquents, and to those who failed to
turn in their tax return sheets, If a.
proper excuse cannot be shown, relent
less prosecution Is promised.
At tho Philadelphia office It was esti
mated that only a very small percentage
within the eastern Pennsylvania Internal
revenuo district would fall to comnlv
with the law.
, "?. '.'i0!? v,u?. ,iavo neglected It so
far," said tho col ector, "fully half claim
hey never heard of the Income tax rig
latlons. n Is surprising how many per
IVtS f.?i to read th0 newspapers' ha
said. "Hardly ono we have Interviewed
so far has had a really original excuse"
The sixteen substations w hlch havo
been posted throughout tho city by Col
lector Lederer, to facilitate mini- tax
returns, ceased, automatically, to exist
last night after tho busiest 'day since
their Inauguration.
MANY FOOD SLACK.
DECLARES ELC(
Official Estimates 40 Per Ce
of People of Country Faill
in Their Dutv is
-
Forty per cent of tho people of ujjjl
"" - v- " " """ eonfjl
vatlon, according to Thomas n. EIcoSJj
iiii uiicu-wi ui cuiiscrvawon 01 this Cltv7
loua aumimsirHiion. xm
"It Is estimated that 30 per cent's
the people In tho United States are ft?
Ing strictly according to the regulatijjj
mm doviiib looa, especially wheatSjC
every way they can," ho said. "AnotK,,
30 per cent aredolng fairly well, butfiS
per cent are real 'slackers' and htS
made no change In their former wy 2
"It Is felt, however, that this 'slackln?
Is not in most Instances, due to as
unpatriotic or selfish motive, but prlir!3
lly to an utter lack of appreciation "frf
the seriousness of the food situation, si
failure to understand the food rules d
following which tho necessary conserv
non can do accomplished. These b3
srns must be told of the lamentable eoS
rlltlnnR nhrnnrt. nr thn BnM...i. - r-J
Italy, France and England If this w2
should continue for years more- fili'
must l:now of the resnonsthini.. Iv
these countries getting food from sourc.2
they did before central and eastern En."
rope was scizeu Dy mo boches. im
"It Is strictly up to America. .If"!
vide the food materials for m.- ..
soclates In the terrific struggle abroad:
.. -'"'-" w uiuuKm to pub
lic attention In as forceful a wav .J.'
slble, and It Is desired that at .il
meeting to bo held In the city or unwlfi
by club, church, lodco or nth- .iS
organization an opportunity bo given ft
i.. i nuiiiuiiiMiiiiiuii io supply si
speaker on the food problem, who will
present tho facts as they exist. Th'
facts should be matters of commoa1
nuwnn,ui,o sit cicij liuiliu.
ANTI-VARE LEADERS I
INSTRUCT WORKERS
Bourse Approves Move to Insure In
dustrial Peace
Indorsement of the national labor pro
gram which has been agreed upon by
tho war labor conference board and
which hao Just been made publlo by
Secretary of Labor Wilson at Washing
Hon was expressed today by the Phila
delphia Bourse, In a statement Issued
by Hmll P. Albrecht. president.
The Bourse urges that the beard's rec
ommendatlons. which have for ti,-i- ...
-,. .., i - -. """-
1o i..o ,iiu.i..i.ciWiil-! ot maximum Dro.
duction of all industries during the
period of tho war throuuh th .mi-.-.
of controversies between employers and
workers, be placed In effect Immediatelv:
FINALLY HANGS flIMSELF
Lebanon Man n Suicide After Being
Watched Thirteen Years
Lebanon, r., April 2 After thirteen
years, during which time he Was closely
watched by members of his family jnhJi
Runkle. a' retired Ironworker "f' w.,t
Lebanon, was successful m carrying out
his plan of sulode. ' s '
Ever since the death of his wife thir
teen year, ago, Runkel. who wis seventy
years old, threatened to hang himself
Ills body was found at daybreak thfa
morning suspended from -a. tree dose to
tho Pansy Hill publlo school house in
North Lebanon township. u in
GENERAL BELL GOES WEST
Wsthlaitea, April t Malor n.n. i
X Franklin Bell, -who has been com
mandlng tho Seventy-seyenth National
Army, Division at Camp Upton? New
Yorkhas been assigned to Uk"thirm
of the western department. iJi.F2"5B
.,wnr. t JRm rBiwt- "" ""-
wrote to him somo time age- JnauIrlSS
about my stand as to suffrage tn?
e"er says. "I am for It stromr and
will make my declaminn ,: nT."a
Imy platform,1' ",":" ,MUB
STANDARD OIL'S SIXTH
WAGE BOOST SINCE 1915
$3,000,000 Added to Payroll of New
Jersey Company 30,000 Em- '
ploycs Affected
New York. Anrll 2. A f.9 nnn nnn
increase Hint affcnia ir ..' -
employes of the Standard Oil Company
Thiw.iJerePy.uwent lnto effe today;
This Is the sixth wage Increase granted
by the company since August, 1916? and
the average advance for all classes of
labor In that tlmo Is 73 per cent
W- Teagle the president.""' an
nounced that all employes ha e been In
sured for an amount equal to three
months' pay and that plans have been
completed for launching the Bayonna
housing corporation, which will build 100
new and model homes. u
BONUS FOR QUICK SHIPS
Business Men May Offer Prizes for
Work Done Ahead of Time
A proposal to give a monoy prlzo for
each ship turned out before tho sched
uled tlmo li shipyards on the Dela-wa-o
River will be put before tho
war shipping committee of the Cham,
bcr of Commerco at a meeting tonight
J " ... " ","Bi secretary of the
committee. ",D
On the Pacific coast business orgnnl.
zations have offered a prize of $5000
for every ship turned out before the
contract time. ' ",0
O'NEIL FOR SUFFRAGE
Candidate Declares His Position in
Letter to Miss Pennypacfcer
Woman KiiffYnt? win v. .- . ..
StSXr '" tf, .pla.tf0-m of J! penny
O Nell, candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor, ivc''UDllcan
In a letter to Miss Anna IL w. Penny.
himself strongly 'favor oUhT national
suffrage amendment national
Word Given to Those Circulate
ing Petitions for Nominations
. ..
Tiie city Committee of the Republican
Alliance met this afternoon In the Tranjj
portatlon Building, Fifteenth sire.?
above Chestnut, to glvo Instruction "tol
persons carrying petitions for nomlat
tlons of Republican candidates whom
tho Alliance will back for nomlnatkm
tor congress and the State Legislature
in opposition to tho Vare candidates.
The last day for filing petitions aF
Harrisburg is Thursday. ADrll 11. Tti
Alliance leaders said today they wouW
nave a complete ticket in tho field
ine committee will hold meetlno
ciciy iueeuay irom now until the pri
mary election on May 21. The niirnnT
of these meetings Is to direct theproK
ress of tho campaign and to Instruct
wara division workers. 1
The Cltl- COinmltten nf tho Tmvn M..J;
Ing party will hold a meeting on ThursJ1
day to arrange plans of backing nw
umi-varo canuiaates at the coming pri
mary election. The Town Meeting parlr
will support tho same candidates as the'
Republican Alliance In tho fight agalMt
varo lorces.
RECEPTION TO SPROUL
BELIEVED SIGNIFICANT!
Homecoming Celebration at Chesli
May Have Important Bearing:
on Governorship Race
Chester, ra.. April 2. Significance if
attached to the home reception to be?
Biven io senator William c. Sproul, can?
dldate for the Republican nomination1
for Goemor, In this city, Thursday?
night. The meeting. It Is pointed
out by observers of local politics, will!
euner oe me stimulus for a great har
mony movement or tho breaking point
between Senator Sproul and John J. Me-
-iure, tna political leader of Delaware
county.
Since Mr. SDroul announced himself
as In favor of national prohibition W
flicuiure nas rerused to make any state-,
ment as to his attitude In tho guberna
torial campaign. The fact that he is
in tho liquor business, many of his
friends say, may Induce him to oppose
faenator Sproul. However, other ot-j
KuiuKiiiuri jeaaers wno nave rainra-pi
aroum' the Chestpr randldato declare'!
that llr. aicCluro will have to show htt
true colors else It will bo the end of nil
political leadership". S
Former Governor Edwin S. Stunt
has accepted the invitation to make thiB
keynote speech. M
Mr. McClure is Interested In the cn-,M
aiaacy of William T. Ramsey, a menrter:
ot tno ueneral Assembly, who is ou
for re-election. As yet, he has not1
announced whether he will go before.
the voters on a "wet" or "dry" plat
form- Representative Ramsey Is a pro-v
tege or Mr. McClure and treasurer oil
the Consumers' Ice and Coal Companrfl
uwiicu unu operated ay me jucoiuic. .
only candidate in the Held against MH
AUllMSCy,
FALL OP RICHMOND
ANNIVERSARY TODAYJ
No Celebration of Event, for United!
Country Is Now at "War With
Foreign Foo
Flfty-threo years ago today tha arjj
mles of the Federal Government under!
General Grant took Richmond. lfl
There is to be no celebration of the
historic victory In this city. Agalna
American troops aro embattled tnenias
the fifth year of tho civil struggle bejl
tween the North and South: nowl
against the Teutonlo allies In the ltg
months, ot tha fourth year of the prei-j
ent war. .C
As the fall of Richmond and the d
of the capital of the Confederacy Ken!
presaged the last stage of the struggle 1
for supremacy between the States, tnej
Farmer Assaulted and Robbed
Carlisle I'., April 2. Officers nr.
searching this section forli?S.5i
men, who, In a daring dayllirht hoM.iVn
rfvnr.tuZ ggfij
trip to Mount Holly. A eonsM.r.v..:
sum of monev. viSiA -Si ?.n.,'raP'e
VWMIU eWeleD W J.I1D rCBCUO.
Held for Saying Kaiser Will Win
Carlisle. P., April 2. Clalmlna- that
he knew the Raiser persTaiiymS that
the mustached gentleman was Q k
Kmll Young, forty-nve, a German who
claims to havo Wn naturalised but
could show no papers, was arrested h
by officer and Is being held pending a2
t'on by Federal authoritfi'KJ1,?,:
claims to havaierved In tb aimn
"inyv shaken hands with th KaTstr
and believe latter will win t?f
t n
Allies believe the outcome of the cn-i
met in i-icaray predicts tne ena oi ?
etriie-ffl IIiam
America declared a state of war wJthS
Germany four days after the flfty-se:
ono anniversary or tne fan Of jucici
IllUUU,
Using Liberty Bell for Loan Oppo
A tirotest aeralnat tbA ntan in car
the Liberty Ben around from pl '!
fiice ior j-iueriy ioan aemonitnuwoj
has been made by the Clvlo Cluh. i8
view of tho present crack in th6telld aJ
ma auegea poesiDiuty or its destruenun
by the slightest Jar, the orgAnliatloa
tuiucnuB uiai ine pen enouia be auow
iu remain unoisLuroea,
1 I- .i I..
Wages Go Up in York
Yark. la. Anrtl e A iynia
Increase haa conn Into rtttct in huH
ng trades here. Camenters reelv
from 35 toBO cents an hnurl prkkWl
ers. from E0 to 0 hntn an hniiiff naJnt-l
5. 1 to 40 cents ail hour J deooratorsl
18 13 to 4B cfrtita an kniti unit atona-l
rnsor. from iO tcvSO oenta n.0cnrj
rtl "$
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