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Caution Will Rule Today's
SeMlon Fending Court's
J Two-thirds Rulo Decision
"MAY LEND U. S. MONEY
0ffney Proposes to Convert I'dle
Money Into Government
Certificates
rending disposition by the courli of
the question aa to whether or not Coun
elli can appropriate and. transfer money
by- a. mere majority vote, ajl financial
measures that make their appearance at
' today's session will' be-carefully scru
tinised. Only Measures on whlih 710 po
litical factional fight la anticipated will
fee tailed up by committee heads.
The effort tp avoid friction may let
through only a few transfer, but many
others will be favorably reported for
passage later.
One' of the most'lmpOftaht measures
down for action la a resolution empower
ing the Major and Controller to Invest
Idle city money In short-term Govern
ment certificates of Indebtedness. This
resolution, fathered by Chairman Gaff
noy, of the Finance Commute, la ex
pected to help both the Government and
the city In. that It will give the Govern
ment funds and the city a. higher rate
of Interest than that paid by the Phila
delphia banks and trust companies.
Owing to the Tact that no committee
action has been taken "On th'o resolution
to tender the Government the use cf the
Liberty Bell for. the third Liberty Loan
campaign nothing will be done today
alone tho line of furthering the project
The resolution passed Common Coun
cil two weeks ago and In Select Coun
cil was sent'to committee, where It lies
"on tho table" with no one anxious to
call It out.
Mayor Smith Is entirely willing that
the bell shall 'be loaned to tho Gov
ernment or to neighboring cities, but his
announcement was not made until after
Select Councilman Charles Seger and
others held up the resolution when It
came before them fqr 'a , vote. Before
today's session' Councilman Segor Bald
that he had no Idea what would be
come of the project.
Bills reported" today and awaiting ac
tion provide 1116,000 for tho Hog
Island boulevard; JD0.387 for 1317-18
now removal bills; $25,000 for altera
tions to St. Vincent's Home, Twentieth
and Itaco streets; $2600 for expenses
Incident to the dog license act; salary
Increase for fourteen janitors from J7I0
to $900; forty-five elevator operators In
City Hall Increases of twenty-live cents
a day each; JJ5.000 for furnishing the
Nurses' Home and $8000 for pay for
fifty new pupl) nurses at Blockley.
Select Council bills scheduled for pas
sage Include one making compulsory the
establishment of water meters In all
new connection! with new mains after
May 31. In ordinary years this would
mean approximately 12,000 meters each
year, but under war conditions, with
building at a standstill, this number Is
greatly reduced.
Other Select measures grant permis
sion to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company to construct a double lino on
Island avenue, from the new housing
section In tho Fortieth Ward to the
Hog Island shipbuilding plant, and
granting tho company permission to con
tract with the United States shipping
hoard for the construction and equip
ment of the lines.
PENROSE CLASHES WITH
SMITH ON ILLITERACY
Pennsylvania Senator Charges Ob
ject of Bill Is Ra(0.QtU. S.
Treasury
Washington, April 4. Senator Pen
rose attacked the Hoke Smith bill aiming-
at the reduction of Illiteracy In the
army and among adults generally In
the United States. Tho Pennsylvania
Senator refused to take seriously the
Census statistics, which show that more
than 5,000,000 persons above the age of
ten years In the United States can
neither read nor write In any language,
and ho assailed tho bill, which appro
priates $100,000 to remedy the situation,
on the ground that It was only a Demo
cratic attempt to extend tho Government
salary list.
Senator Smith Introduced the bill at
the request of Secretary of the Interior
Lar.e. Of the illiterate population In
the United States, the statement said,
4,800,000 are moro than twenty years
old, 68 per cent are white and 1,600,000
are native-born whites, Senator Pen
rose said:
"If ever there was a measure pre
sented to the Senate, under a false as
pect this is 1L The only purpose of
telling the country that there aro 700,
000 Illiterates registered for the draft
Is to get 8100,000 out of the Treasury.
The Bureau or Education. .so far as I
can see, is Interested most in getting
salaries Increased."
Senator Smith challenged Penrose to
prove that there aro not 700,000 il
literates of draft age and Penrose asked
where they were,
"Sit down and I'll tell you!" shouted
the giant Georgian to the giant Penn
sylvanlan, and the fatter did.
lie quoted Secretary lane's state
ment and said they were census fig
ures, whereupon Senator Penrose said
that halt of them were females and that
dun consideration should be made for
this fact when computing the propor
tion of Illiterates In the draft.
"I shall again ask the Senator to sit
down," said Smith, "and then I shall tell
hint that due consideration has been
made for the fact and1 that the figures
quoted run true to proportion."
The Senate has been considering this
bill for nearly a week, and for several
hours dally since Monday. It will be
taken up again today.
SAILORS NEEDED AT ONCE
Government Seeks Men' for Trans
ports Taking Troops Over
Sailors are needed and needed at once
to operate transports soon to be placed
in service for tho transfer to France of
fresh units of troops. Information to
this effect has been received by John
F. Lewis, head of the local recruiting
serylcn for the shipping board, 108 South
Fourth street
In a statement Just Issued, he em
phasizes the urgent need to man the
snips to get the troops across, and
declares that any seafaring man who
does not; come forward to serve now Is
sVMwrtlng his country In Us hour of
JtdKtan County Sends 58 Draftee
Bradford, .l'ft.. April 4. 1- A total of
twenty-eight drafted men of Class 1
Ml this city for Camp Lee this morning
t ?:0 o'clock. This delegation repre
'Hta the regular quota of twenty-five
SrTtko First District, with three added,
Joaawtt Pessla. Fred Hubbard and Knn
ctsHBooth' being Included at their own
ruet from the Second District, A,
ioSu of thirty Inert left Smethport for
th Mma ramp, making, a total of flfty
isttt for McKean County, Ttira was
t v o demons trajlon, here,
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BEATEN WIFE IN HOSPITAL
Husband Held After Neighbors Call
Police to Rescue
After hurling a broom, a plate and
a china vase at his wife. Annie, at their
home lastntght, Stanley Wlelada, forty
three years old, of SSGO Birch street,
tore a large framed picture from the
wall, took better aim and smashed It
over her head, knocking her uncon
scious. Neighbors heard the, woman's
screams and called a policeman, who
sent her to the Kplscopal Hospital,
Wlelada was held under 11500 hall
to await the result of his wife's Injuries
by Magistrate Wrlgley at the Front
and Westmoreland streets police sta
tion. LIGHTLESS NIGHT RULES
OUTLINED BY POTTER
Thursday and Sunday Re
strictions Must Be Obeyed,
Warns Fuel Chief
Many users of electricity and gas have
been mistaken In regard to tho time
for turning on lights on Thursday and
Sunday nights, the llghtless nights, as
well as other nights of the week, ac
cording to William Potter. Federal fuel
administrator for Pennsylvania.
The following rules governing the sit
uation must be obeyed, says City Ad
ministrator Francis A. Lewis, explain
ing the order:
"Thursdays AH stores not open for
business are not allowed to have any
lights outsldo or Inside, except thosu
for safety,
"Hotels and restaurants are nllowed
to have their pigns, tho name of hotel
or restaurant, lighted from one-half hour
after sunset until 11 p. m and one
half number of outsldo lights for safety.
"Theatre signs Tim name of the the
ntre, and the name of the attraction
may be lighted from one-half hour after
sunset until one-half hour after the per
formance start?, also one-half of outside
lights from 7:30 to 8 : 3D. and one-half
hour at closing for safet
"Vaudeville and Moving rlcture Thea
tre Signs The tiamo of the theatro and
tho name of the attraction, onc-hnlf hour
aftersunset until one-half hour after the
last performance starts, also one-half
outside lights from 7:30 to 10 for safety.
Theatres, vaudeville and Moving Pic
ture Theatres Where there are several
steps in front, one or two outside lights
may be burned during performance for
safety.
"On all nights, except Thursday and
Sunday, lights are to be out by 11
o'clock, except those for safety. On
weekdays, nil persons using lights are
asked not to light un until about 6 p. m.
011 bright days; on dark days to 11 so
their own discretion lis to their needs.
"On Sunday nights, hotels ami any
fmbllc places, open for business, are al
owed directional signs one-half hour
after sunset and until 11 p. m., safety
lights only at all other places."
OHIO DOUGHBOY SHIES
HELMET AT GERMAN FOE
Had Lost Rifle, but Not Nerve,
When Threatened by Bochc, and
Downs Enemy
New York, April 4. Two Interesting
letters from Corporal Arthur C. Trayer,
of Freeport, L. I., a member of the 165th
Infantry, of the Rainbow Division, and
one of the first American soldiers
wounded In France, have reached this
country. One was to his father and tho
other to his sister, Mrs. Frederick
Menke.
Young Trayer was wounded In Febru
ary and his letters were written the
middle of last month from the hospital
where he Is recovering. He gives an
excellent Idea of the spirit of tho Amer
icans In France. lie wrote that although
he had thirteen shrapnel wounds he
was feeling pretty fair and that he was
even then counting the days before he
would be ablo to get back In the
trenencs.
In the letter to his sister Trayer tells
of a hand-to-hand struggle he witnessed
between a big six-foot lad from Ohio
and a German. "In some wny," Trayer
wrote, "the Ohio boy lost his rifle In
climbing out of a trench. A husky Ger
man was almost on top of him with
his bayonet when he suddenly took off
his helmet and shied It straight at the
German's head. Tho Hun ducked and
before he knew what had happened the
big chap was on top of him. In no time
at all ho had that bayonet away from
the German and ho got his man."
Cornoral Traver m!,1 Itnth LVfrtfli ,n,i
American surgeons had operated on him
aim mm nt mo time no was writing they
had extracted all but ono piece, of the
shrapnel. He added they expected to
remove that the next day.
AIRPLANE JOY RIDES
FORBIDDEN BY RULES
Aviators at Texas Camp Have Too
Many Friends Who Want to
Go Up
Dallas. Tex.. Anrll 4.Alrnlin "(..
riding" among tho clouds has been
stopped at the American and British
aviation camps here and at Fort -U'm-iii
This Is partly due to the fact that the
aviators naa too many friends who
wanted to "take a trip aloft" and part-
at Fort Worth.
A IMIfl-l 111, tfltVt Ilia l.n..l..
." --."'. V " "3 .unci luaii cuiiiii
?,? L2ve FIeld wh0 visited a member of
the Itbyal Flying Corps! at Fort Worth
was invited by the Canadian to take a
flight with him. The American cadet
accepted. When he returned to his
own camp the cadet told his comrades
tho night had been a venturesome one,
nthnilvlni, nil ,Ia nnM .4I.... .ll ,
...vwv. ,,,n ,, ,1,0 iiufla unco, UII'O, loupn
and turns which the British niers have
muuo uniiiiHrr ucuurrences. 1 ne Ameri
can had enjoyed the trip thoroughly,
no uni-mrcu, aim una nu mougni Of rear
(mill nfi lllAt, hall ollnlitA.l an. I..
Then the new Canadian friend, with a
sign 01 renri, numuica u naa Deen ins
first solo night and that most' of the
spectacular performances of the alr-
nlanai hnri Tn anflralv wllhnul hla
proval or design.
WEDGED IN HALL AT FIRE
Patrol Crew Extricates Couple From
Burning Building
The combined efforts of the natrol
crew of the Twelfth and Pine streets
station were necessary to extricate the
300 pounds of Policeman Lynch and
Hazel Richards, a negress, twenty-six
years old, from a. burning building at
1806 Kaudaln street. The necessity arose
when they became wedged in a narrow
turn in me upper nan, Tne girl was re
vived at the Polyclinic HosDital. Tha
building, occupied as a tenement by Mrs.
xj. wara. was omy sugnuy aamsgea,
Three Dersons were Injured In a. Are
early today at the home ot James Iteddy,
a negro, of 1741 Olive street. Iteddy Is
suffering from burns, and his daughter,
Victoria, sustained a broken leg and
other Injuries when she jumped from a
third-floor bed-room, At Bt. Josephs
Hospital their condition is said to be
critical. James Long, of 2S22 Master
street, was badly burned about the face
and hands when ho tried to beat out the
names. Tne nre was causea wnen the
flames .from a stovo Ignited the bed on
which Iteddy lay.
Choral- Union to Sing, Cantata
Th Mount Airy and Germantown
Choral Union, with Howard Roblnett
O'Danlel as director, will sing Maunder
sacred cantata, "Olivet to Calvary," to-
mcni in me jnrii uituioaist Kmscopai
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at I o'clock. Tha choral union
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a vigorous membership campaign. Tho photograph shows some of the members prominent in tho drive here. From left to right they
aro Mrs, Casper V. Hacker, Mrs. H. R. Wilson, Mrs. R. M. Williams, Mrs. Benedict Gimbcl and Mrs. Edgar W. Baird.
SWISS TO GET GRAIN
SUPPLY FROM U. S.
Germany Seeks to Block Com
mercial Pacts With
Neutrals
MH-hlnglnn, April 1. The United
States preparing to go even further
than Its original promise to keep Swit
zerland supplied with food and it nec
essary wjll allow that country to take
grain through France. The grain sup
plied from Franco will bo replaced by
tho United States.
Switzerland has failed to get Ger
many's consent for grain to bo landed
at Cette for transfer to her needy popu
lation. Tho grain is ready and ships
have been provided. In view of the needs
of the Swiss and of the attitude of Ger
many the United States will try to carry
out tho agreement by other means, Tho
German attltuda has delayed tho pro
gram of shipments to Switzerland by ap
proximately 90.000 tons.
Desperate attempts to prevent com
mercial agreements of any kind between
tho .United States anil luropean neu
trals aro being made by Germany, ac
cording to Information received here.
The efforts even have gone so far us the
sinking of Spanish steamships carrying
grain to Spain, and It has been re
ported In cable dispatches that subma
rines have been placed around Spanish
harbors. It Is thought here the same
policy was pursued with Holland, and It
Is believed threats have been mude
against the Scandinavian countries.
PENN SUMMER SCHOOL
SUSPENDED BY WAR
With Students Drafted and Volun
teering Enrollments Arc Found
Too Few
Summer school sessions at the I'nl
erslty of Pennsylvania will bo omitted
this year, according to- announcement
in the annual catalog of the University,
published today. So many students have
volunteered their services to Undo Sam
or have been called in the draft, that
It was deemed inadvisable to resume
the summer courses.
Two years ago,, moro than 1000 stu
dents attended the summer n-liool. Last
year thero were only 800. Knrollmento
for tills year worn so few that It was
necessury to omit the summer session.
The new catalog contains, ns usual.
a description of every department of
the University. A new feature Is a
description, of the ordnance stores'
course, offered by tho Wharton School.
at the request of the United States
Government, to train men for tho Ord
nance Department of tho army.
NAVY GETS WATCH EXPERTS
Lancaster Sends Unit to Keep
Aviators' Chronometers in Order
J.anianUr, 1'a., April A. Lancaster
has sent to Pensacola N'avy Yard
a unit of ten watchmakers, all enlisted
for service on board warships. They
will keep the chronometers of aviators
In order and repair tho delicate ma
chinery of the hydroplanes.
Special orders were procured from
Washington to enlist three of the men
who were not up, to navy regulations.
Otto Brlggs was over tho age limit and
Edward Nickel and James Trlcket too
light. Tho other recruits are Charles
F, Stork, Walter Barnes, George Falken
stein, Edwnrd Knecht. John Klrchner,
George W. Bcehtold and Oeorge B.
Brlggs.
GIBBONEY GETS BEER PERMIT
Through His Courtesy, Intoxicant
Served at Maennerchor Ball
Through the "courtesy" of D. Clarence
Glbboney, beer was served at the an
nual charity ball of the Maennerchor, of
Philadelphia, held at Turner Hall,
Broad street and Columbia avenue, de
spite the fact that a recent ruling of
the Philadelphia license courts forbids
the sale of Intoxicants at any place
where dancing is permitted.
Frederick C. Gartner, master of cere
monies, anonunced that "through the
courtesy of D. Clarence Glbboney" a
permit had been obtained. It Is also
said that this announcement followed the
arrival at the beer garden of a mys
terious piece of white paper, which Is
supposed to have been a permit for the
serving of beer at this event The dance
was participated In by about 1500 per
sons, though there were more than that
In attendance at the ball.
COAT OF fAU FOR DISLOYAL
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Masked Men Stago Second "Feather"
Party in Two Days
Jarkxm, Mlth,, April 4. Another
"feather party" wan held here late last
night William Yassen, a Russian resi
dent was taken from his home by a
number of masked men. nlaced in a.
waiting automobile and taken to a point
norm pi jncmun, wnere ne was strip
ped and a coat of tar and feathers ad
ministered, Yacsen la alleged to have
made disloyal statements. This la tha
second man similarly treated In two
aays,
Enter Federal Reserve
Washington. April 4. The United
States Trust Company, of Boston, with
resources of H,12,000 and the Se
curity- awnn, or weoiter. B. D with re.
Mr U Jl,tM,Mti. hay been, admJ.
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LEDGER-rHILADEDPHIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1018
i GOLD DU ST TURNS TO BRASS ;
! VENERABLE STRANGER A FRAUD
Brooklyn Man Tells Sad Story of Misplaced Con- Federal Amendments Subject
fidence to Sympathetic Detective, Who Listens , at "Co-operation" Gather
and Says He'll Do His Best . ing-Mrs. Harris Speaks
Kugcne Kumaroff bent oer his scales
as ho carefully weighed a scrap of
gold. He did It methodically, almost
automatically for lie was u buyer of
gold.
Three weeks ago. when this story
opens, ho lived at 5342 Utrecht ac
inic, Brooklyn, and it Is only because
this Is a story of fact and not fiction
that his residence Is placed there.
Van Vccht avenuo or Vundlvcr terrace
Is a far more prepossessing residence
street for heroes.
Hut Brooklyn lias llltlo do do with
this story. While it Is honored with
tho rcsldenco and activities of Kamaroff,
Philadelphia Is tho city which Is claim
ing his attention, ns Detectlvo Andrew
McClurc, of City Hall, knows well nnd
ns he explained in stating that Kamar
off should have taken secret counsel
with himself before admitting the vener
able stranger into ills fhop and Into his
confidence
The door opened nnd Into the fchop
came the tall nguto of the venerable
stranger ; a man f genial and kindly ap
pearance, Illustriously decorated with a
white beard nnd a venerable stoop to
hli shoulders. Kamaroff left off exact
ing the truth from the bit of metal fts
tin old man spoke.
He explained that a chance acquaint
ance had clmnccil to drop the name of
KninarclT'h fnt!nr In a nearby restau
rant, anil that as his father had been
a good friend, he, nlso being lonely, but
genial by nature, had called to see the
son of his old friend.
Kamoioff welcomed the illustrious
stranger und they talked for some time.
The stranger became moro genial than
ever, and ever and nnon dropped little
Incidents of Kamaroft's father's lire
which Kamaroff thought were known to
no otic, but himself.
They talked for a period nnd then the
stranger took his leave. Kamarorf
pressed him to return nr.aln. nnd the
stranger promised that he wquld. He
did coinu again, nnd often during the
subsequent visits the genial but lonely
Htriiiiger stroked his beard and told of
adventures over tho world, every whero
races of men have dotted the glolio with
their habitations.
CONGRESS OF WOMEN
HELD AT JOHNSTOWN
War Work and Child Welfare
Reviewed at Eighteenth
Convention
lolinilowii, Pa., April 4 The eigh
teenth annual. convention of the Penn
sylvania Congress of Women and Tarcnt-
Teacher Associations Is In session with
sixty-two cities represented. War work
and child welfare were discussed yes
terday In a heart-to-heart manner and
In all tho discussions was evinced en.
thusiastlc interest.
Mrs. Frederick SchofT. of Philadelphia,
president of the National Congress of
Mothers, reviewed the work of the
Mothers' Congress slncs It was or
ganized In 1899 and said that Pennsyl
vania lias the best mothers' pension law
In tho United States. It was plainly
through the efforts of the Mothers' Con
gress that this legislation was Inaugu
rated, she said. She also praised the
juvenile laws of this State, for which
the congress has labored for many years.
Miss Garrett, ot Philadelphia, chair
man of the Child Welfare Legislation
Committee, told of excellent progress
along that line and of the success ot
the Home for Deaf Children In Phila
delphia, ot which Institution she Is the
founder.
At the afternoon session delegates
were given an Interesting report of the
Mothers' Service Clubs of Philadelphia.
"War Service of the National Coh
gress ot Mothers" was the subject ot
an address by Mrs. Schorr at the ses
sion last evening. Miss W. Stoqker, ot
New York, member of the International
Sunday School Committee, and Mrs.
George Johnson, of Philadelphia, hon
orary president ot the State body, were
unable to be present and their addresses
were read.
DIES OF INJURIES
Aged Man Struck by Trolley Car,
Succumbs in Hospital
Struck by a trolley car at Otrard ave
nue and Palmer itreet, Abraham Powell,
seventy-five years old, 4(0 East Glrard
avenue, received injuries that caused his
death early today lit St. Mary's Hospital,
The motorraan of the car Harry Wal
lace, 2137 North Slxtheenth street, was
arrested,
Lu Lu Shrlners Initiate 200
Two hundred new members were Initi
ated at the grand ceremonial session ot
Shrlners of Lu Lu Temple, at the Met
ropolitan Opera House, attended by 10
000 shrlners from Philadelphia. Balti
more, Washington, New York and New
Jersey. The exemplification of tho de
grees was. featured Oby tha use of scenery
and ronlla sent from Bulraln nnd ir.
'slfBedy. rtrlners. ot that. pity'
In the latter years, It appeared, he had
acquired a gold mlno and two partners,
both of whom were on their way to this
country bringing specifications for the
mlno and forty iiounds ot gold dust.
Tho dust they would want to concrt
Into cash at once.
Ho exhibited n cablo messago from
tho partners and, after listening threp
weeks tn the genial persuasiveness ot
his bcwhlskered and venerable friend,
tho buyer of gold agreed to go to Phlla.
delplila with his friend day beforo yesr
terday, meet tho gold dust miners nnd.
If It suited Ills purposes, buy the gold
dust
He got together J1B00 In cash,
pawned Mrs. Kamaroft's jewelry for
1050 more nnd set out with the vener
able friend nf his father, carrying tho
n.otiey In a bag with his hair comb.
On reaching n hotel hero Tuesday It
was revealed to Kamaroff that ills ven
cinble friend was conscientious as well
as Illustrious. For Kamarorf left the
money In the bag In the room alone with
tho venerable man while he went out to
telephone a business acquaintance.
When he returned the bag was still there
and Inside were the bills and tho halr
comb. He was Introduced to the miners, who
had Impressively pealed passports and
forty pounds of real, sure-enough gold
dust. He knew it was gold dust be
cause he tested it and found it twenty
four carats fine. Ho bought It. It
was duly weighed and It took hl $1500.
his wife 050 nnd also a scarf pin and
a diamond ling, which were accepted
as security that Kumaroff would pay
the rest of tho money. So he bought the
precious metal and returned to Brook
lyn with u. comfortable weight In Ills
traveling bag which was not halrcomb,
nor was It gold du?t.
A test showed that It was brass filings
So he called up City Hnll yesterday nnd
told his talc of adventure to Detectlvo
Andrew Mufliire, who s.vmputlilicd with
Kamaroff and averred that tho adven
ture had been a costly one. and further
that it has not yet ended for the ven
erable stranger and the gold-dust
partners.
NEEDLEWORK GUILD
MAKING BIG DRIVE
Campaign to Secure 10,000
New Members Opens in
Chamber of Commerce
A membership campaign meeting of
the Philadelphia branch of the Needle,
work Guild of America is being held this
afternoon In the auditorium of the
Chamber of Conuncice In tho Wldener
Building. Speakers at tho meeting were
Major Annlo Cowden, superintendent of
tho Salvation Army ltcjcuo Home; Miss
Miriam Kohn, matron of tho Young
Women's Union, and Charles K. Beury,
who has recently relumed from investi
gating relief work among the Armenians
and IlUssIa,
Plans were discussed for adding
10,000 members to the local branch. The
membership drive will end on April 15.
Hospitals, charitable Institutions and
many churches sent delegates to dis
cuss means ot Increasing the local mem
bership. The Philadelphia branch last
yent- pioduced almost 25,000 garments,
but the requests from Institutions were
so much In excess of the supply that
n, much greater membership Is required
to meet tho demand,
Mrs. Edgar W. Belrd, local president.
Is presiding. Methods of campaigning
were outlined by Mrs. & Percy Teal, of
Jenktntown. Miss Sarah Hodge and
Mrs. George Fales Baker, members of
the national executive committee, also
were among the speakers.
The Philadelphia committee consists
ot Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, home presi
dent ; Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, ad
visory president J Mrs. Edgar W. Balrd,
president; Mrs. C. Wllmer Mlddleton.
nrst Vice president; Mrs. Charles It.
Pancoast, second vice president; Mrs,
Samuel F, Houston, third vice president;
Mrs. Henry II. Collins, Jr., fourth vice
president ; Mrs. Caspar W, Nacker, treas
urer; Miss Adele Bayard, secretary;
Miss M. C. Allen, assistant secretary.
Prominent K. of P. Man Dies
Lima, O., April 4. .Walter B. Illtchle,
stxtv-aeven years old. nast innnm.
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of
the World, died at his home here as the
result of shock suffered In an elevator
acctoeni last wimer. wr. Ulicntp. was
one ot the oldest members of the Pythian
lodge. In 1892 he wrote the ritual which
is used in all Pythian lodges, and in
1196 ho wroto the Pythian catechism,
supplementing tha ritual. In business
life ho was a banker.
Cumberland Educator Dies
Carllle, r., April 4 D. K. Kat, for
a number of years superintendent of
the schools of Cumberland County ard
widely known In educational artalrs, Is
dead at his home In Mechsplciburg at
the age of seventy-nine years. II was
the founder of the Kast Classical Acad
my, which was noted for many years
as, a preparatory achooh
! WOMEN'S CLUBS SHARE
IN W. C. T. U. MEETING ,
An address on the Federal suffrage
nnd prohibition amendments by Mrs. J.
.McArthur Harris, of the Women's League
for jrood Government, was "n feature
at a "co-operation meeting" of the Woi
an's riirlstlan Temperance Union to-lay
nt tho Wlllard. 1921 Arch stroct.
The sessions, morning and nftcrnocn,
were dllded Into periods allotted to the.
Woman's Home Missionary Society,
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
Business Women's Christian League,
Young Women's Christian Association.
Woman's League for Good Government. ;
Prohibition Campaign Posters Commit-
tee. Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety, lntcrvhurrh Federation of Phlla-
delphla. Dry Federation, War-time Pio- I
hlbltlon Association of Pennsylvania.
Vocational Guldame Committee and
Woman's Suffrage party. i
Mrs. Annie C. Peacock, president of I
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Is presiding. !
SHIPYARD PILE DRIVERS I
ENTER SPEEDCONTEST j
World's Record Now Claimed by Hog
Island Crew of Fourteen
Men
A new entry Into the pile-drllng con- j
test, which is being waged in eastern
shipyards, wob announced today. Tho
crow of section No. 2, of Hog Island, I
headed by Captain Bob Sutton, accepted
tho challenge of Captain bill Cordon.
wnose crew claims the world s record i
for tho largest number of nlles driven!
in one worKing uny.
Cnntaln Dill's challcnce. counted with
tho boast that his crew had driven moru
Hies in one day than ony other crew
n tho yard, has set the whole eastern
seaboard shipbuilding organization talk
ing nnd striving ror new records, llr
llred the starting gun of u race that
promises to spread throughout the coun
try. I ho race, in which all plle-drlvlug
crews will probably participate, will
mean the quickening of the ast effort
In tho shipyards and n sp.-cdlng up nf
tho shipbuilding campaign.
Gordon's record l 140 piles, ilrlvut
by his crow of fourteen men in nino
and a quarter hours. Ills challcngo
was all that was needed lo stir up the
fighting blood nf Sutton's men, who
say they will smash that tecord.
CHESTER NEAR BANKRUPTCY
City Treasurer Issues Warning and
Urges Tax Readjustment
Chester, Ph., April i. Declaring that
property assessments ot Chester must be
readjusted at once or the city vlitually
will be bankrupt nt the end of 1918,
Howard C. Setli, City Treasurer, says
bills aro rolling up dally with no money
In the. treasury.
The 'city's rapid advancement 1ms en
larged tho scope of each department of
government until expenses have doubled
since last- year. The pollco department
alone will cost $23,000 moro this year,
and members ot the police department
have threatened to strlko unless the city
buys tholr uniforms,
Members of Council, in the hope of
having at least $100,000 moro to spend
this year, are delving Into the triennial
assessment under tho new equalization
plan, which system It is hoped to put
in practice In a few weeks.
FUNERAL OF OLIN BRYAN
Former Baltimore City Solicitor to
Be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Olln Bryan, for
mer city solicitor of Baltimore and a
prominent attorney here for the last ten
yrars, who died yesterday at his home,
6432 Drexel road, will be held Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock.
Before his removal to Philadelphia
about ten years ago Mr. Bryan was
prominent in the professional, business
and political life of Baltimore: He was
born In Queen Anne County, Md June
22, 186J, and after graduation from the
Maryland University School of Law be.
gart the practice of his profession In
Queen Anne County. He was a membo.
of the Maryland House ot Delegates
from that county in 1892 and gained the
reputation ot being an able debator and
a hard working conscientious member
Later he removed to Baltimore ana
practiced his profession,
HOLD EMPLOYES FORTAX
U. S. Makes Novel Ruling on Amuse
ment Revenues
Washington, April 4. The time In
which proprietors of amusement houses,
or dealers In tickets fof juch purposes,
must register with the revenue collec
tors ot their districts has been extended
to April IE.
A new revenue rullnr provides that
ticket brokers must collect 10 per cent
of tha urlce for which thev n ..
mission ticket regardless of tha fac
value Another rule provides that door
keepers and other employes of amuse
ment enterprises are equally responsible
wm iae proprietor lor collection or tke
AUTOIST HURT; HELD IN BAIL
Radnor Man, Trying to Avoid Col
lision, Hits "L" Pillar
White trying to avoid eyl"!01' "'!'
a trolley car at Twenty-ninth and Mat
ket streots this morning, John Harte.
thirty-two yearn old. -of H"npr. I a..
was Injured on the face nhd body whe,i
tho large limousine he was driving
crashed Into an "L pillar. He was
treated at the University Hospital and
later taken to the Thirty-second street
and Woodland avenue police station. The
automobile was wrecked. ,,.i.
At a hearing before Magistrate Harris
Harto said nomo ono gave Jilm some
thing (o drink nnd It went to'lils head.
Ho wns held under 300 bnll for further
hearing.
FIREMEN'S FAIR OPENS
WITH LARGE CROWDS
Great Success Predicted for
Bazaar to Aid Pension Fund.
Has Many Attractions
Persons kindly disposed toward the
(lirmen of the rlly will have an oppor
tunity during the next ten days to put
i heir appreciation Into practical expres
sion The fair and bazaar for the bene
fit of the Firemen's Pension Fund opened
last night nl Moose Halt. 13H North
Broad street, nnd It Is tho hopo of the
firemen that the success of tho first
night augurs an oven greater success for
the remaining nine nights. ,
The big fair occupies two floors of the
Mooso Building and every Inch of floor
space has been crowded with booths and
various attractions of a variety and
splendor to lure front Its lair tho
most reticent of pocketbooks. Chief
of Interest Is the offer of a $1000 house,
to bo given free to the holder o(tho
luckv number nut of soino 10,000 'nu
merals. Tho holder of cacti season ticket
Is given a chance nt this house. Valuable
contributions to the bazaar have ben
made by Wnnamakrr's. Sit aw bridge &
Clothier. Lit Brothers, Sncllcnbiirg's and
Gimbcl Brothers. Tlin firemen's: band
Is furnishing the music for the occasion.
Deputy Chief Boss II. Davis, who has
oversight of tho big event, appeals lo
tho public to tulte this opportunity to
assist the firemen In meeting a deficit
of $50,000 In their pension fund. He
points out that 150 men liav'e already
gone to tho colors and that their dues
aro therefore lost to the fund. livery
dollai-'of returns on the bazaar goes Into
the pension fund treasury.
BRYAN IS REPUDIATED
BY ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
Prohibitionist for Political Reasons
Only, Is Opinion of Superin
tendent Anderson
New- lork, April 4. Repudiation oi
William Jennings Bryan as a "lender"
of Ihi' prohibition movement In this
country Is advocated In an article pub
lished by William II. Anderson, State
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, In this week's number of tin
American Issue, the ofllcial organ of the
hiigup. Mr. Anderson suys lie doubts
Mr. Bryan's disinterested purpow as a
prohibitionist, nnd declares that the
Commoner Is using the prohibition move
ment as n stepping stone from which ti,
further his own political ambitions for
1U20.
Mr. Anderson directs his attacks sim
ultaneously nt Mr. Bryan and the so
called "Dry Federation," of which Jlr.
Bryan Is president. According to Mr.
Anderson, the federation was formed tor
no other purpose than to get a national
prohibition organization behind Mr.
Bryan and to gratify tho spite of some
Prohibition party cncmleH of tho Anti-
Saloon League. Mr. Anderson points I
out that although tho so-called Dry I
Federation lias been widely heralded an
a "colossal combination of all temper-
a nee organizations," it does not in luct
li.clude cither the Anti-Saloon Lc"ugin;, '
which hus been the great practical worn- '
Ini iir-nri' fnr tirlnf-lnc lliilir.!itirH i
legislation to pass, or the Woman
. iiriauiiii it;ii!Leraiii:u uiiiuii.
Mr. Anderson says the so-called "Dry
Federation" wns started by Professor
Charles Scunlon. a party prohibitionist,
ii "bitter opponent of the Anti-Saloon
League." In a supplementary statement
on the subject Mr. Anderson said yes
terday that the Dry Federation Is fninlt
ly partisan in Its political afilllatlons.
whereas It lias been the determined od
.itcl of prohibition workers heretofore
to ltcop the issue ot prohibition nut ot
politics entirely and to matte It a purely
nonpartisan moral issue
BERKS DEiMOCRATS HOPE
ITk l4"T?I?r MAVAT rtK'K'ir'l?
EY-Ciinfrresumnn John H Rothermel
rux-v.ongrcssman Jonn n. iiotncrmei
Among inose uaeKeu lor uron s
Place at This Port
ItruiliiiK, Pn.. April 4. Democratic
political circles here huo been much
stirred by the announcement from
Washington that President Wilson had
withdrawn from the Senate tho nomina
tion of William M. ("roll as naval ofilcci-
,of the port of Philadelphia. It Is the
i:irtiiu ui iiiu I'einui-iaui'. icuuern iii.il (no
Dr'llnii vlIII ,tnlt- iiiukn llin n,iprButrninl
campaign In which Mr. Crnll Is opposing
i ouKrcssiimu wuwnu aim i. naries r
Spntz, of Boyortown, all tho more bitter.
With the President's action the ques
tion of Mr. ('roll's successor In tho Phila
delphia position also looms und already
mention Is being made nf several of the
leading Democrats, it Is said that cx
CongreSsman John If. Itotliermel will
have tho hacking of certain Influential
Democrats for tiff job. It Is not re
quired that the pSsitlou of collector of
the port of Philadelphia be given out In
this congressional district, although tho
claim Is advanced that Berks County is
deserving, and the Democrats look to
tho Administration to numo a Heading
man as Mr. f roll's successor.
The withdrawal df Croll's name was
the result of the civil service law which
forb ds a Federal employe fronuactlvo
participation In political campaigns.
FEARED SHELLS FROM MARS
Frederick E. Saward's Belief Cited
in Contest Over Will
New York. Anrll 4. .Th lai i.-r.i
erick K. Saword. formerly editor nnn
proprleto
believed
or of the Coal Trade Journal.
elieved some dav (h i.h.Kii..... .
lid i i-;i no inunnni
Mars would pelt Btones from their planet
upon me wicked ones on earth, so James
P. Mahoney. president of the Mahoney
Press, testified yesterday before Sur
rogate Cohalan In the contest being
waged by Saward's widow and youngest
son to break his will. Mr. Saward ad
vanced thIS Idea to Mahoney ose morn
ing last year, so 4he witness testified.
Mahoney said that Saward was ex-
yea?s'!ate.adUr'ng " lai,t few
Camden Hotel Man Dead
Kdn-ard Gondblf, proprietor of the
Temple Cafe and Hotel, 407 Market
street, Camden, died at Cooner Hon.
qicv, vuiiiucu. uicu Hi UOOper HOS -
pltal of pneumonia. Mr. Oondoif. who
was forty-eight years old. went i
Camden from Philadelphia about twenty
years ago and engaged In the hotel bust.
He was a member of Morart Lodge of
Masons, Slloam Chapter. B. A. M. ; Cam
den Forest. Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and
the Excelsior Consistory, thlrty-second
degree, and Camden Lodge of Kiks. He
Is survived by a widow and one child.
War Depletes Delaware Faculty
.Newark, Mel.. April 4. Within th
latt lew days several members of the
ni,,uM. rvTu... .Z;i.. ii..v" D5 ,,na
1st. wll go' with the'du lnt ' PowdS
Company, Z. R Sreger, assistant pre,
lessor of mechanic and electrical .ngu
r-cering. and l.va D strlnr. instructor
oi shop work, ;iavft, also rtsQtnetC
U? Bmnuch CKCl1,Kt $ l?p dlffnttrpSar,.lo,fn?.ft cMnat ISM
"WETS" SHIFT EFI
TO SENATE CO!
Liquor Interests Virtually l
cide to Abandon Pightfojl
Governorship
, After a series of conferences and n
canvassing or county orgsnlwtlj
throughout tne istuie, tne liquor
have virtually decided against .tt'nijjM
Ing In put a "wet" candidate inthillP
for cither tho llepubllcnn or Democrlj;
nomination for Governor, lnsttij ijS
will devote their full force to noinlntdS
Iniurn. Tho Governor htm im vnl. z$
regard lo the national nmtiiw,i
ntnendmenf, his signature not evtn'kg
Ing recpilred to u ratification. S
The principal effort of the llouor roi?2
will bo concentrated on the Senate, )tM
tho view that tho smaller branch oj Mm
Legislature will be captured with Iwm
effort than the Houso with Its lit jn,jjl
hers. -I no acnuie nun um imy mtitit-i
nnd only two moro than halt of the, t,
VO un ciccieu iiim jcui. s majority tf
.. ...!., ... ...... nrn u aI TU1- -.
that tho "wets'' would only need torn:
t-t-ntrald lo get a majority 0f tbi
twenty-thrco new members to Insure ifo
defeat of the niitlonul prohibit
1 nmeudment, wnen u comes ucrore Hi
Legislature for consideration, '
...,.- ...,ttl.. ,r 41m Tm.,n tr.,rSI
I IIU vumui'iw "fc "" """ IUCCIM
party In the Forty-sixth Ward held
reorganization meeting last night tc(
Indorsed the candidacy ot Senita
Hnmiil for the Kepubllcati nomlnnw
for Oovernor; John Fisler for CtoJ
gress from tho West PhlladelphU-Gm
...nfnttrn rtUtrlrtl former SunnHnla.1'
cnt of Police John B, Taylor for til
Hmto Kcnato from the Fourth Dlttrk
and Itegnault Johnson and Charles D.
!. 1 f nltdA fkl 4)llA TlltAAlb m V
lieu lor uiu nuuu .w... .,, . ncmj.nrn
District. Magistrate Itobert Car
was elected city committeeman; Join"
If. Payne, ward chairman; WUIluC
WhcHtmi. secretary, and Andrew J, r
ton, treasurer. a
The announcement of Joseph Y. Oof-
foy. f Pittsburgh, that Ho will ti
candidate for the Democratic nomlntl
for Ooiernor Is expected this wek. Hi
has just returned to Pittsburgh frS
Washington, whero he held confertnfai
with Vanco C. McCormlck. chalrmi'
I of the Democratic National Commute
and Willi a. miicneii i-aimer, natloml
committeeman from Pennsylvania. Tlini
two leaders navo aircauy spoken fv
nbly of Cluftey for the gubertiilorlB
honor.
! PUBLIC TO RECEIVE
LABOR INFORMATI0
uovernmom to upen uurcaus I
Benefit of Workers nnd
Employers
WnhhliiRtoii, April 4 The Unity!
Cl..l.. t..n.i.l.i.n..i C.hiiIm ...111 .....1?!
Olcllt'E C,IIIIUJ IIIUIII. IJUtlVV ,V C81W
llsh nit information service, free to tn-
ployeis nnd wage earners, and optj
twcnt-four hours a day. about n?a
Monday. April 8. By addressing r
quests to "Question Department, UnlW
States Kniployinent Service. Departm
ot Labor. Washington, D. C or ,teff
nhonlnir "Main 8474. Washington," ft
formntion will be given on the followlnt
and other subjects- -fallow
tp obtain any class of wort;
ers, from tho unskilled to the blex
engineers. M.'
How to obtain employment in MM
city or In the agricultural districts. M
Up-to-date statistics on the coHfl
living. 4
Whom to ice in the event pf threaten,
e.l strikes or lockouts. "JB
Laws for the protection ot men, sP
en and children In Industry, , W
Immigration and naturalization iJiKj
Queries in French nnd Italian.ya
readily be Answered. 1W
n.TOWNE TO BE ORATOR
AT SHORE CELEBRAT0N
New Yorker Will Speak at Help-til'
1
i Government Gathering on
Steel Pier
i llnlln llv. Anrll 4 - ItenrcMliU-1
live Charles, A. Townc, of New (rM
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has been selected as orator of Atliiiutl
City's big llclp-tlie-Uov eminent PifJ
otic celebration to held on tho Steel Pttfl
on Tuesdiiv nlchL nf next week, un&fl
the Joint auspices of the Chambery
U'niiiiiu-rA nlwl llie Allontlc- I'nuntVl
savings stamps campaign organization
i active command of a corps of prtw
Rrlg M,,lff lUrln Htttlnl, aml tickets to
lhA Ilelii-tlie.ftnvprntneiit1 hIioW froA
booths on the Boardwalk and In )ioj
nnrrlilnr.i l''.veiv l(,U0t fll.mvised of m
fifty cents will be exchangeable on W
night of tho patriotic town ineetlnr W
two inrirc stamps, tne proceeas tvm
ftlrpfllv Iriln ttnelA Knm'K rnfferS. n
cause nil of the entertainers aie offerW
their services as a wartime contrwr
tlon. Six cities, Philadelphia awraj
them, will be renresented In the "
your bit" progrnm. Visitors from a grJJ'
many other cities will dance after IJf
show.
U. S. BREAKS HOSPITAL ;
LRASR AT CAPE MAY
., s
unarge ot Extortion Dy congrcir
.uibiuii uy viuib
ich Brings Prompts
VarDepartment m
man Bacharach
Action by War
Washington, April 4. As a sequeyj
charges laid before Congress bylteprt
sentatlve Isaac Bacharach, of Neg
Jersey, that tho Government
belns victimized by the owners of tjjji
Hotel Cape May, at Cape May, AsW
ant Secretary of Wnr Benedict crowi
announced that the lease ot the 11
tel as an army reconstruction hM-l
pltal will be terminated July 1,
that a search for a hospital site elfl
where will he made. 91
Mr. Bacharach charged that U1
i .--- ... .. i ..
yearly rental $99,000 which the sur
Beon general's representatives agree?
to nav for the nlac'o was extortion, in
asmuch as the owners appeared .beta
the New Jersey tax board a year
and swore that the property was W
worth moro than $100,000. Accordlnl
to Representative Bacharach, the ow
er of the hotel property Is Kelson'
Graves, of Philadelphia, although tn
establishment has been operated t
cently by a group of Pittsburgh fln
ciers. a
SLACKERS FAKE SUICIDE!
' , , T . rrwlifl
Clovelano Board Gives Notice IMJi
! n ... -r. r...L!1.j ifl
Proof Must Be Submitted
Cleveland. April 4. Austin OfWIW
chief clerk of the local district draft 1
peals board, has given notice that PJ
tended suicide will not be an eflecug
means of evading the selective drJB
The hat and the lTtUe pile of clo lies M
the river bank, with the note Hlluur
"dear widow" that the departed "'JM
longer bear the thought of the sufferinra
that wnuM mm tn har If ti HnOUld.'BH
K1d In "those dreadful trenenj;"
.. ",VV.,",'Jnearu' ot "' mi um
the draft boards. .
stantlal evidence of suicide
triea." sc.a sir. aiblin, .
Mn toll!. .. It I wll tnr
men ot draft age to know that tbji
panmeni or justice win require i
evldcnco-the drafie,.t,ua)ly lj
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