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$bmA. thrilling rescue of an apparently
iJ Mntl man featured a. three-alarm
$?jv,sVei trMeb etnrlftil shnrtlv Tiefnre S
L.iV . 4 Atfts1r Ptila mnmlnp a.. ftia Iv.dfftfV
Bt-uj triangular building of Swift & Co,
Ej; ""packers, In Percy street between Xoble
jf ;arid Willow.
Rfe Captain John Duncan, Engine Com-
B.V -MMW TVT. 10 VAnlttaJ llrtk 1,nflnna
clothe scalp when he was struck on
"the head by fallng debris, lie was taken
to' Jefferson Hospital Hoseman Frank
Ntvell. Knglne Company No 4. was
treated for cuts of the hand receled
by smashing glass
W. Krants, manager of the plant, can
make no estimate of the loss. The
damage .was confined chiefly to the w est
eem end -of the building, and immense
quantities of stock stored In the refriger
ation section at the opposite end of the
pkmt was saved by a fire wall which
attends the emlre height of the build
ing. . Caught bn the sixth floor by the
Hames, which broke out on the fourth
floor, Charles Maler, forty years old. The hearing Is being held In connec
i"iiSr.!?.F.."er,h.:tr.elt' a. 8,f.V8:'tlon " Representative narrow's bill
maker, was unable to escape by the
tales and started a slide for his life
town a rope.
1U Joet his nerve after starting and
returned to the sixth floor
Besruer Foreed Back
Meantime. Captain Schwartzcoff. of
Xnjrlne Company No. 26, started to climb
the rppe to rescue Maler. but was turned
back by the Intense heat at the fourth
floors
' Truck No. 2 arrived at the scene soon
after Captain Schwartzcoff was foroed to
descend and ladders were run up to the
sixth floor. Firemen quickly ascended
rid carried Maler to the street
The fire started in a smokehouse on
,the fourth floor, supposedly from ov:--keatlnr.
Jt quickly spread to an eleyator shaft
and leaped to the sixth floor, eating
through the roof.
Great clouds of smoke rolled from
-tie building and hung over the district
wjtb.ln an area of Xour or five blocks.
Telephone Man Stick
JG. W, Brown, 113 North Mole street
serator at the telephone switchboard In
the building, notified of. the fire when It
fearted. sent in the first alarm, then
eaty cat at his board and notified
department that the building was
httrnlng and to leave as quickly as po-
V' aS POH
When he
En JM ty the nearest escape,
had been i
post,
vere envelop-
iB; him and threatening him with suf
focation when he made his way to the
Mrett. ""
! Nearby Buildings Menaced
)The flames broke through the roofi
laa leapea nign in ine un muimi,
tiouiands of persons.
Th entire iod was a mass of flames
, Vlffta the firemen arrived and the dense
,iaMke hampered their operations. Half
' an hour after It had started the blaze
,,-Maji still burning fiercely, though fire
cimpanies from all parts of the city
were directing many streams of water
, upon It
VA brisk wind carried burning embers
kifh Into the air and there was danger
tkat other buildings would be ignited,
i Police reserves were called out to keep
hack the crowds, which pressed close to
thft fire tines and threatened to- hinder
the -work of the firemen.
J5. J. Kelffer, cashier of the concern,
.had difficulty In saving records and
money of the company When the blaze
reached the floor on which his offices are
located he seized all the loose money
available and carried it out of the bulld-
j ittg, hurling that which he could not
carry Into the safe. In a Jiffy the flames
wept over the offices, but It Is believed
,; v tnat uie contents or tne sate are in
tact.
REPORTED; SUE FOR $4,400,000
Arizona Copper Miners File Ac-
; tion Against Companies
By the Associated Press
lMI.I... A.I. T,.l.r Q d,,U. ns-wavn
ini; 14,400,000 have now been brought
m. me uocnise (jc.unty court at ronin
stone against corporations and Individ
wig as a result of the deportation from
, Btebte, July 12 last year, to New Mex
lO ot 1186 striking copper miners and
their sympathizers.
Ten suits were riled yesterday and
forty additional comolalnts are In the
hands of the clerk of the Supreme Court I in spite of a well-organized propa-
to be placed onr file today. ganda In the form of a constant deluge
Etch pray for $10,000 and 10.000Of false Information throughout the
punitive damages. The defendants are country by means of subsidized nevvs-
J.IIM ISOIC CUf liiucc IM me jug i;uiiijjailirs
' p.. min mar weiii
. Including the r.i Paso
K iMouthwestern Hallway Company, the
&S 'Copper Queen Consolidated Mining
pSW Company, Phelps-Dodge & Co., and other
tUi',"J corporations, as well as Walter Douglas,
,-. , yremaeni 01 me rneips-uoage uorpora-ff-
'tton.
. ' HENRY W. MOORE DIES
Artist Stricken With Apoplexy
j:.i.. Af. w:r.V-..J...:,
juwucuiaici xiiici Hues i. uiicrui
'Stricken with apoplexy immediately
following tne runeral of nt wife on
,June 2! last, Henry W Moore, an ar-
nlmt nt thp nlrl Rrhnnl uhm pffnrfa Hit
1 '"' toC recent years were devoted exclusive -
, ceu r fc mo tuuc, -.! ttantui Bireei.
"t" Vrtf,'a atvtv-atV warm rf amm
1tfJ'pT-r i. 7 i, 7 . .
CooV - Tne snoc oi nis wue s aeain last
vs'jslionth Is said Dy physicians to have
iJ1rn the direct cause of Moore's Illness.
nriswnaltWy after he returned to his
WjS'J'Jfcwae from the cemetery, he was itrlck-
I'VSKt' Uesth resulted yesterday after-
JJJon.
!'i" , i"Mr. Moore was well-known throughout
;pr'' the East and middle west as an artist.
uj, t wonts in ooin o.i ana waitr colors
?' ' J "" revenxu wim iktui iieicvcr uicy
rt b y-ywere exnionea. jus success in early
v.r an tnpmhpp nf thp WnahlntTtnn Art rltih
E-?i Iwhen he was only twenty-one years
B'Cj'j, 'l age. lie stuaiea unaer vt nitman, and
D.jV.-Aster exerting his efforts at first In both
irrSs mt and water colors, turned later to the
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;;il000 CHINESE MURDERED
Aiin by Roving Hordes of Bol
v? iheviki, Dispatches Say
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Xaden, juiys my j. w. b.i a mou.
i- rrninpsa nave Leen muroerea in
Me TurKestan v-y ruving- nuruea ui
lolshevlKr. accoraing to reporis irom
district, said a Pekln dispatch to
Times.
It la rpnorted that the Bolshevik! have
ian uitimaium io jiuhihh iuinciau
tnainsj mo rcnwi u mc jk-v,.
fnllowsd ud by an 'expedition
mowed down the peasants from
1 trains ana tooieo towns.
il treatment was accorded to men
women alike.
M or dollars were lanen ueu
,e bank was looted.
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FOOTBAIL STAR A CAFTAffl
' loey One of Five Phiu.
ueiphinm to Get Commissions
TlnKerf 1? Fi"siin. hafn nt i (1 tl f
gridiron battle for the University of
Pennsylvania, and captain of the foot- i
.,, trruill lit JFUO, 1IJIH LICCM IVMrtlucu i I
captain's commission In the medical I
reserve corps. Five other Phlladel- I
PMans are Included In the latest list of .
army appointments announced tnrougn
the Adjutant General's office. '
uicanra Warren Evans, 2401 Xortli
Seventeenth street, Is commissioned a
second lieutenant, tulntlon section, sig
nal corps. He Is a graduate of Prince
ton University and enlisted In December,
1917.
Louis Robert McGlnnls. 6337 Chester
avenue, also commissioned a second
lieutenant In the aviation section, en
listed last September and took the
eight-week's course at the Princeton
aviation school He is a graduate of the
Catholic High School and studied two
years at the Wharton School, U. of P.
Hush S. Whiteside, 741G Boyer street,
Germantown. Is ulso made a second lieu
tenant in the air Eervice He Is a grad
uate of the Central High School and
also took a course at the Wharton
School. The other to new officers are
Dr. Frank II. Humphreys. 4010 Green
street, first lieutenant, medical corps,
and Arthur D. Waltx, Thirty-fourth and
Pine streets, captain, medical reserve
corps.
CONGRESS TAKES UP
RENT PROFITEERING
Hearing on Philadelphia Cases
Held by House Judiciary
Committee
Testimony regarding rent gouges by
real estate agents and landlords In I
West Philadelphia is being taken today
by the Judiciary Committee of the House
in Washington
on rent profiteering.
United States Attorney Kaiir, Asslst-
ant United States Attorney Rc-senbaum,
Admiral Bowles, general manager of
the Kmergency Fleet Corporation, who
aided in framing the profiteering bill;
officials of the United States Shipping
Board, real eetate men of this city and
many private citizens are expected to
testify.
Testimony taken by Councils' special
committee on rent profiteering also idll
be presented.
A number of witnesses from Boston,
where rent profiteering is likewise re
ported, will also be heard.
Congressman Darrow'a bill is expected
to be reported within the next few days,
provided the evidence submitted at to
day's hearing is considered sufficient by
the committee.
Admiral Bowles, In discussing the "bill.
,":' p r a person, wno'
, "" " e a victim or
Pe",my to report at once to the
United States attorney, who will appoint
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-'" - " juaLBiu.nitu mc LHUU Will
'ssue &n injunction for the period of the
war. ine 0111 aiso provmes tnat the
landlord te allow eu to increase rentals
according' to "Increases in taxation but
not In proportion to the increased cost of
materials for repairs.
This latter point Is the one feature
against which objection has been voiced
In Washington, Admiral Bowles says.
GRAND JURORS HARD TO GET
Sufficient Veniremen Obtained
After Special Drawing
After drawing a special venire enough
members for the July Grand Jury for
Quarter Sessions Court were obtained,
and they were sworn in today before
Judge Shoemaker In Couit No. 1. W E.
Moore, Jr , 600 South Forty-eighth
street, was appointed foreman. The
members of the jury are ns follows
John Austin, machinist 1722 North Still
man street. Anthonv Ganthfr. dealer. 44(18
Richmond street. Charlea A. Harmptsdt,
clerk, ri41.i (jtrard avenut'. Johp Kerahau,
real estate J23U Master street. T. KeHSter.
butcher. J04 V Husquehanim aenue. Her
nard McL'urdw manufacturer, "ujr. North
Twelfth Ktrcel. Charles Mearf Insurance
HRent. 4IIOS Glrard avenue. Jamea K Nichol
son -cooper. l!ni" South Twtntleth atreet
r'horlt.M Snrtnirer. clerk. 20rl Amber atreet
frank A Street, optician. S.11 North Twen
tieth atreet William II Tomer, electrician.
2H44 North Seventeenth atreet, Amos
Tort-nscnd manufacturer. 1431 Anania ave
nue Frankford. William Watton machinist
411.11 balmon street. Frank I! Welsh, lit -erar
40.1 North Flttj-thlrd street. Howard
Wealerman. gentleman, mil Ilupont street
U.S. SWAYING SPAIN TO ALLIES
American Speed in Transporting
Men Changing Sentiment
Ilarcelon'a, July 9. Signs are not want
ing in a certain eection of the Spanish
prem of uneasiness as to what the ver
dlt, of history may be on Spain's atti
tude during' tne war. ine biiiciiuui
achievement of the United States In
sending an army of a million men across
the Atlantic in so short a time and the
mettlo which that army has already
shown have not been lost on the people
here, who at first were Inclined to be-
! iitn h Amerip.irf effort
i nailers, and in Spue Ot llie uimuuuicu
pro-German sentiment of the army anu
a similar sentiment in other innuentiai
quarters, the indications are that events
prn alnvvlv brinclniT home to the average
Spaniard a sense of doubt as to whether
his country's interests would after all
not have been better served by a neu
trality frankly friendly to the Allies.
HOLD ORDERLY FOR THEFT
L , ., , .. m , . r
lLad Admits Stealing Watch From Ho5.
pital Room
Horace Skinner, nineteen years old, an
r,,rt., i ,hp Presbvterlan Hospital, to-
day was held in $500 bail for a further
. uAn-.inn- u,. vfairlatratA Ppnnnrk on tbe
1 charge of having stolen a watch from
William rl. Dmun, lurnici aime n,iib
j , , I ..-. ...t.n lail tndav
LuminiABiuuci , nu -,v , j
ii-- nri'mfttprt takinir the watch
and pawning it at a place in 151 Daln
bridge street Mr. Smith's son, William
H, Smith, Jr.. asked the magistrate to
have the boy held for a hearing later
JOY RIDE BRINGS
TO RESIDENTS
Man in '"Borrowed" Auto Hits Huckster's Wagon and Vege.
tables and Fruit Are Scattered Over Street Vender
Injured Motorist Held
THE sudden desire of Harry Thomas,
Poplar and Watts streets, to Indulge
In a lone Joy ride brought considerable
benefit to residents In the neighborhood
of Broad and Race streets early today.
Thomas Is employed at the garage of
William Roesch, Orlanna street below
Glrard a"enue. He noticed that a car
belonging to William Bchnell, which was
resting In the garage, looked as though
It needed exercise. Without consulting
Schnell about the matter, it In said,
'Thomas took the auto out for a spin
and had sn early mornlpr .Mght-seelnr
tour.
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25 MEET DEATH
AS TRAINS CRASH
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Seventy-five Others Injured
in Passenger Collision I
Near Nashville, Tenn.
COACHES TELESCOPED
By the Associated Preis
XimIitUIp, Tenn., July D.
Two passenger trains on the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and Sr Louis railway
collided early today, near Belle Meade
Park, in the western suburbs ot Nash
ville. Telephone reports from the scene of
the wreck are to the effect that twenty
five were killed and between fifty and
seventy-flye perMins injured.
The wreck occurred at 7:15 o'clock, on
the Dutchman's Grade, seven miles from
Nashville. r.very doctor and nurse
available In the city were rushed to the
scene with all the ambulances.
One train was eastbound from Mem
phis and St Louis and the other from
Nashville to Memphis.
Both engines and two baggage cars
were completely wrecked A combina
tion coach on the local, filled with white
and negro passengers, was ripped from
end to end.
Several coaches were telescoped and
passengers are being taken out with
difficulty.
Six passenger coaches in nil were de
molished, and two cars of the through
train caught firo and were burned up
Wrecking crews and volunteers worked
heroically in the wreckage to rescue the
injured
French Tank Dash
Wins Mile Depth
Continued from Pace One
"The enemy's artillery has been ac
tive against the positions recently
captured by us south of the Somme."
Berlin, via lmdon, July 9. The
official report from headquarters last
evening says:
"Partial attacks bv the British on
both sides of La Bassee Canal failed
with heavy losses."
GERMAN MUSICIAN INTERNED
Hans Merx, of Chicago, Charged
With Plot Against U. S.
By the Associated Press
Chlc.iKo, July 0 Hans Merx. until
his arrest Mav 31, under the esplonege
act, superintendent of church music
in the Catholic archdiocese of Chi
cago, started todav vith a party of
enemy aliens for Fort Oglethorpe, Oa
where they are to be Interned. Federal
agents assert that Merx, a reserve of
ficer of the Austrian army, conducted
correspondence with persons concerned
in nlntn aeratnst the United States. He
formerly lived In Brooklyn. X. Y where
he was active In musical circles.
Mrs. Busrh Wants Her Property
Washington, July 9 Xotlce has been
given the alien property custodlan'o of
fice that a formal move may be expected
In a few days to recover possession of
the property of Mrs. Adoiphus Busch,
widow of the millionaire St. Louis
brewer, taken over recently by the Gov
ernment The claim will be made that
Mrs. Busch Is a loyal American citizen
and that her long utay In Germany with
relatives should not affect her property
rights.
FREE "EATS"
BROAD AND RACE
He didn't stop until he struct a
heavily loaded huckster wagon belong
ing to Frank Martlsell on Broad street
near Race. It appears that no matter
which way Martlsell turned Thomas
,toojc the same course.
The crash threw many bushels .-if to--atoes,
potatoes, peaches anrl other
hlgh-prlctd "eats'" to the street. Martl-
.sell landed on top of them. He was
taken to the Hahnemann Hospital', where
a few minor Injuries were dressed.
Thomas was arrested and held In J500
ball by MfgUtrata Creils for a further
hearing. The vito 'as badly damaged.
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on the top floor of the Mitory building
down a ladder to Eafetv. Girls in bloomers
mother love only prompts
mrs. bergdoll to shield son
Wealthy Widow of Brewer Says She Is American at Heart and
Would Like to Talk, hut Is Prevented,
Hearing Thursday
A MOTHER heart is still a mother
heart the world over no matter the
race or creed.
There Is no mystery, after all, in the
fact that Mrs Jlmma Bergdoll. wealthy
widow of the brewer. Is fighting as only
a mother can fight-to reinstate her s&n,
Orover C. Bergdoll, nnd prevent his
being caught and punished as an army
deserter.
"I'd like to. but I can say nothing,"
she admitted, as she stood today In the
reception hall of her home in Overbrook
Clad in a gray percale louspdress, she
herself had answered the door. Her
lfatr, qultp gray about the temples,
strayed In straight w Isps. about her neck
and face.
Surrounded by the luxuries money had
bought, there was n certain pathos In the
eagerlj friendly woman standing there.
Thoroughly (lerman In appearance nnd
speech, the declared she was an Amer
ican at heatt, unconsciously admitting
the argument of one of her attorneys
that she was being persecuted because
she had been born In Germany.
"I work hard," she ald with a smile.
"I'm cleaning today"
It was no apology for her attire nor
any attempted Inhospitality. It was
merely a neighborly bit of news. She
wanted to be friendly. As woman to
woman she would have loved a neigh
borly gossip ; but, surfeited as she had
been with lawyers' advice not tf talk,
she was utterly afraid she would say
something she shouldn't.
"I want It over I'm so sick and tired
of all thlsr" That was her only refer-
ELECTION DIVISIONS
INCREASED TO 1349
Registration Commissioners.
Announce Creation of 13 j
New Precincts !
Thirteen new election divisions have
been created In tho city since the pri
mary election, May 21, making a total
of 1349, Formerly there were 1S36,
Creation of the new dlvlBlons was
announced today by the Board of Hegis-
tration Commissioners when the work
preparatory to the appointment of elec-
tion registrars was siariea. Tne in
crease Is duo to the growth Inn the
voting population of certain divisions,
which were divided.
Xevv divisions were created by split
ting' the following old divisions:
Seventh, of the Twenty-third Ward;
twenty-second, thirty-first and twenty
third, of the Thirty-third Ward; six
teenth, of the Thirty-fourth Ward;
forty-second, of the Thirty-eighth
Ward: ninth and twenty-eighth, of the
Forty-secind Ward ; forty-Mth, of the
Forty-sixth Ward : twelfth and thir
teenth, of the Forty-eighth Ward, and
thirteenth and seventeenth cf the Forty
fourth Ward.
Addllon of a new division to the
Forty-sixth Ward, the biggest voting
ward In the city, gives that ward fifty-j
seven voting precincts.
An Increase In the number of elec
tion registrars from 5341 to 5396 will
result from the increase In election di
visions. Hearings for the appointment
of registrars will be started Monday,
July 29
All applicants must file petitions five
days prior to the starting of the hear
ings, but only the new applicants are
required to be present st the hearings.
Mrs. Bergdoll'8 Case
Is Laid Before Jury
Continued from Tsse One
to confer with Lieutenant Colonel Kasby-
Rmlth and Provost Marshal General
Crowder. It Is expected the outcome ot
the meeting will he the solution of
Philadelphia's draft difficulties, and per
haps a demand for the resignations of
several draft board members
Colonel Kasby-Smlth and Lieutenant
W H, Holloway. his assistant, will re
turn here tomorrow. Major Murdock Is
also expected, ana a turtner investiga
tion of the charges ot mlsclasslfjcatlon
will be considered
The ruling of the State headquarters
regarding the opening and reclassifica
tion of Industrial and agricultural ex
emptlops is construed here to mean
there are to be no more last-minute ap
peals to the Provost Marshal or' tbe"
President. It is taken to Indicate that
a ruling of the district board la to be
nnai.
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of Swift & Co., in l'crrj Mrret, between Noble and Willow, was rescued
em ployed at a nearby plant witnessed the fire, aj illustrated uborc
encc to tho case that is still rending In
the United States courts, charging hei
with aiding and .abetting n desetter In
the person of her son.
"I am most worried about thes poor
men who have come here for their
money," she said. "I cannot pay what
I owe since the courts took my check
book! and money, and I know some of
these men need It."
Mrs. Bergdoll will he rearraigned be
fore United States Commissioner Lone
at the Federal Building Thursday.
It will be her third hearing on the
charge. The second hearing, held jes
teiday, was featured by a wrangle be
tween Henry J. Scott, counsel for Mrs
Bergdoll. nnd T. Henry Walnut, assist
ant United States attorney, as to the
meaning of the term "de.eiter,"
rjoveinment witnesses testified at the
hearing that Mrs. Bergdoll had admit
ted she had been in communication with
her son about thtee weeks ago
They hald she declared she would he
called on long distance telephone by htip
from Chicago one day, while within
the next few days a wire would be re
ceived from some other distant town,
asking her to raise funds for him and
send them.
John 1". Dwjer, secretary of Local
Draft Board No. 32. testified that Mrs
Bergdoll had offered $1000 to the Hed
Cross If her son could be exempted
from military service.
Testimony showing that real estate
had been transferred from Grover C
Bergdoll to his mother In April, 1917.
less than two months before the draft
law became effective, was given by
Louis II. Speece, a clerk In the office of
the Itecorder of Deeds,
NO SUGARFAMINE,
HOOVER PREDICTS
Bumper Wheat Crop to Pro
-duce No Lessening of
Bread Restrictions
By the Associated Press
Washington, July 9.
Definite assurances that there is no
danger of a sugar famine were given by
the food administration today, and the
food situation generally was declared
0 be better than at any time since
America undertook the feeding of the
i
allied world.
The American public will, however, be
expected to observe closely the new reg
ulations limiting the household per
capita consumption of sugar to three
pounds monthly, and to continue all
other conservation measures, at least In
part. Whatever saving, other than pro.
vlded for in the regulations, that may
become necessary to remove all danger
of famine will be done by manufactur
ers. It was pointed out today, regarding
the wheat situation, that, even with the
prospect of a 900,000,000 bushel wheat
crop, there can be little. If any, lessening
of present conservation measures A re
assuring wneat reserve must De mint up
here and abroad, officials declare, and
maintained against a possible short crop
next year.
BAN ON FISHING OFF COAST
RECALLED BY NAVAL OFFICIAL
Excursion Parties May Be Taken Any Day in Week Must
Not Start Before Daybreak and Return Before
Dusk Women Not Allowed
FISHERMEX may now take out ex
cursion parties off the Xew Jersey
coaBt any day In the week.
A previous order restricting excursion
trips on fishermen's boats lo Sundays
has been recalled, and virtually the old
'order of things again U in effect, it
was said today at the office of the com
mandant of the Fourth Naval district.
The only restrictions now In force are
that boats carrying amateur fishermen
and excursionists must return to short
hv dusk, and must not leave the shore
before 'daybreak. Alio, no boat carrying j
excursion parties Is allowed to go beyond
the five-fathom limit, which Is sixteen
miles off Cape May, and about eight
miles off iJewes, Del.
Furthermore, no women are allowed to
be In excursion parties going out to the
fisheries,
Naval officials said the reason (or
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BAND FOR UPLIFT
IN DELAWARE
Social Reform Body
Formed at Meeting of
Leaders in Wilmington
SAY NEED IS URGENT
Wilmington, Dpi., July 9.
To cure social conditions In Delaware
that were described as "deplorable" by
many speakers, an organization of up
lift and reform was formed today at
a meeting of prominent Delaware men
and women in the du Pont Building.
The Idea of the orgnnliatlon Is an
outgrowth of the activity which has de
veloped In the State as a result of the
war. Many organization have been
formed for driven for the lied Cross,
the Liberty Loans, Thrift Stamp and
other war movements.
Leading men and women conceived
tho Idea that If the same energy and
Interest should be devoted to the general
betterment of conditions In tho Common
wealth a State that, according to the
speakers, has been backward, would rise
to the place It should have,
John J. Raskob, who called the con
ference with the approval of Pierre S.
duPont and others, wdas elected chair
man of the meeting. After remarks
by Pierre S. duPont, United States Sen
ator Wolcott, former (Jovernor Miller,
Charles Warner, president of the Gen
eral Service Board, and others, the so
ciety was formed.
Need Better School Sjsfem
It was during the general discussion
that preceded the formation of the so
ciety that the crying need of such an
organization was pointed out. Sena
tor Wolcott declared the pducitional sys
tem of the State was deplorable.
"I do not mean to 'disparage the
work being done at Delaware College,"
said the Senator. "A great work is be
ing done there, hut it will be of no
benefit so far as Delaware Itself Is con
cerned, unless (something moro is done.
"We are liulldlng un the wrong end.
The college can be of no leal benefit to
the State unless It has, to supplement
It, a public t-chool system that will pre
pare students for that college.
One of two things must be done. The
college must be made n low-class insti
tution, or the public's education system
must be vastly improved. At this time
I can say from knowledge that students
under the public school system of Del
aware areiot sufficiently educated to be
able to matriculate at a high-class col
lege. That is a shameful state of affairs,
educationally, but it is the state that
exists. It must be cured.
"The only way to accomplish any
thing is through the Legislature, and If
anything Is to be accomplished there we
must be able to tell the representatives
of the rural districts in the Legislature
what it la we want accomplished. Un
fortunately there have been groups In
Wilmington that were not in harmony or
agreement, and the Legislature could not
know from them what was desired or
needed."
Many Heformi Urged
Mr Warner reviewed the situation
briefly, dwelling on the need for 1m
piovement In such matters ns child con
servation, sanitation and housing.
Former Attorney General Robert H.
Richards declared representative gov
ernment In this country was still In an
experimental stage.
"We are trying now to show that a
democracy can be efficient In war, some-
this close watch of parties going out
on the ocean was that the position of
the fisheries would make It easy for
any one to signal any hostile craft that
might be plying off the coast.
The order reotrlctlng excursions to
Sunday was put Into effect during the
recent submarine menace along the Jer.
sey coast, but since that danger has
apparently passed the order has been
changed.
Excursionists proved too much of an.
annoyance to the coast patrol boats,
officials declared, because the curiosity
lot many led them to follow the patrols
while the guaros were making irips
up and down the coast.
At no time was there an order pre
venting professional registered fisher
men from going to the fisheries at any
time they wanted to, navai omciais saia.
The proposition of shutting off this
source o a tremendous food supply was
not considered, It was said.
B SLSlDISOJSS'SUBWAY'' I
Cv.wm1r!it!!!.!!i.rh3.i,w,w,f!I a atati Tf MTCATHP HI AT Co
win come nrter the war. when we win
have a .tremendous social problem to
face. Delaware must prepare to do its
part In facing that problem.
Former Governor Miller said that
when he was Invited to the meeting he
saw a new day dawning for Delaware.
"When t think of the Government sur
veys that hae been made of the Dela
ware, I am unhappy," he said, but I see
In the body that twill be formed today
hopo for something better. I see a day
dawning when our social and educational
facilities will be BUlTlclcrt to enable this
State to take the place It deserves. Gov
ernment surveyors of conditions In this
Slate have told me that social and edu
cational conditions were deplorable, but
I am satisfied they will not remain so,
'It you only knew It, a Governor
of a State Is the loneliest human be
ing on earth. Nobody likes to give him '
advice, for fear that the adviser will
be susptctcd of having a personal or
selfish motive. Dut everybody wants to
complain and And fault whenever any-
"?. "" Z '!?.. .L.??,' "?,' Ple.a.8e "'J?. I
will find the Governor and other officials hway contracts on the Arch and L,o
wllling to help In this movement In ! cust streets end of the transit loop, and
every way."
MURDER CHARGE
IS NOT DROPPED
Unaffected by Trial of Fifth
Ward Men for Election
Conspiracy
ROTAN EXPLAINS MOVE
Tlic murder charge against former
Common Councilman Ifaac Dcutsch and
the six policemen who are under Indict
ment with htm for conspiracy In the
murder of Policeman Eppley, who was
slain in the Fifth Ward political row
on primary election day, September,
1917, has not been dropped by the Dis
trict Attorney's office.
District Attorney Rotan declared to
day that the decision to try Deutsch
and the accused policemen on two elec
tion cases at the coming trials In Weot
Chester next Monday did not mean that
tho murder conspiracy case had been
dropped.
When the murder conspiracy charge
will be pressed, or whether It will ever
be pressed nt all. District Attorney Ro
tnn would not ray.
Under this charge each of the seven
defendants would be entitled to a
separate trial. That would mean seven
different trials extending over a long-drawn-out
period.
District Attorney Rotan admitted to
day the right of each defendant to a
separate trial and gave that as the chief
reason for the switch in plans which
brings the election cases to trial first.
Deutschs motion for a separate trial
forced the hand of the District Attorney
and, although the motion was denied by
the Chester County Court, It really re
sulted In a legal victory for Deutsch and
the other defendant!) In the Fifth W.ird
cases by delaying at least nnd possibly
averting altogether trial on the more
serious charge.
If Deutsch had been gianted a sev
erance, of which there Is no doubt had
the District Attorney's (filce pressed
the CG-napIraey charge, the other de
fendants would also have been entitled
to separate trials. ,
Petitions for severances probably
would have been filed by each of the
six police defendant? and another delay
might have ensued before the trials
could be started
"You can readily understand why the
murder conspiracy charge was not
pressed at this time," said Mr. Rotan
tcday. "It would have meant seven
different trials extending over a long
period."
The two Indictments under which
Deutsch, Police Lieutenant Bennett and
Policemen Uram, Feldman, Hayden,
Murphy and Wirtshafler will be tried
at the trials starting Monday are tor
alleged violations of the election laws.
GETS SERVICE BUREAU JOB
Grace Scherkler Succeeds Marie Hogge
at Chester Shipbuilding
Miss Grace Scheckler, Colwyn, Pa.,
has taken the place of Miss Marie
Hogge In the service department of the
Chrsipp Shlnbulldlncr Comnanv. Miss
Hogge went to the Xevv York Ship
office. South Camden.
The Chester Gun Club will meet again
tomorrow evening to uiscuss me pro
posal to unite with the Blue Rock Club,
also of Chester.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Norman Koff. 3H0H Pennscrove St., and
Klliaheth Toll. 8WI& Pennsitrove t
Thomas Ash M7 S. 'J4th St.. and Emma
Perry, 21.':l',i Rwlmsn st
Itobert C. Crawford. ISO N'. 7th st . nnd
Nela It Kasmusten, V. W. f. A., 18th
and Arrh its.
Rohrrt H. Waters. NantlroUe. Md., and
Annie rc. llarrlay. l.v?l r. uarneii si.
N'nrman P. Foster. Rrhutlklll Arspnal. anil
Edith C. Clautlce, Walllnitford Arts.. 3'Jth
and Ludlow ats.
John M. U'tlrlen. 3431 K. 17th si., and
T I atharlnp uavanhan. 431 K lltn at.
Geore 11. Newton. Jr.. U. R. N. H r'.. New
xnrk clt. ancl .Maua dcou, iiu r. jonn
son st.. Oermantown.
Samuel llaehenhflmer. 1347 N. 11th St.,
and Elisabeth Collleld, 1347 N. 11th st
Ernest H. Melsnson. South Carolina, and
Effle M Teeple. 711 N, Bth st.
Qeorue J. Ituy. t'amn Mtade. 1W., and
Marsaret .M. Kadv, 3033 ABHte at.
l)ron Webster. .18U1 Cottage st., and Sarah
A. Hendrlrkson. Mt, Holly. N, J
Harry F Wlttkamn. 4m:.' Carlisle St., and
Ilertha M. Jiarx. Ii'rookljn. N. Y
James Moorp. Sfi-.l Memphis St.. and Kath-
erlne 8 Kelley. 'J31s E. Hazzard at.
I'rfderlck J. Dletrlrh. U. H. A.. W rteed
st.. and Emma Hchmldt, 1408 H, Psion st.
William Matthews. Westvlllp. N. J., and
Anna Finch. Dedford Mass
Vllllam C. Myers, lot.t Olrard av , and
Mary TU. Toland. 1H15 Olrard av-p.
Vllllnm II Laws. Centervllle. Md , and
lleaalo Ohrlssty. .112 S. 10th st
Charles II. Kauffman. Paris Island. S. C .
and Marsaret Aklns. l.ion rtelmont ave.
James Shields. 3(U N. 16th St., and Julia
Lyons, 1703 Rare st.
rtomeo valsrlanl. 727 Manton at., and Rosa
Dl Halro. 1H2II S. Mh st.
Henry Lamr. 1018 EUawprth at., and der-
trudp Ilrinson, 2111 Kimball st
Wilfred I, Kent, l.earue Island, Hhlla,, an
Betty 8m der. 023 Corinthian ave.
Henrv Waldman. 444 N. Mtb at., and Clara
Nlden. 1834 8. I.awrpnre st,
Charles rtenolt. S N 15th si , and Claudlno
Voullon, 0211 X, 15th st.
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Mayor Meets Officials of
City and Construction
Company
ENTER PROFIT QUESTION
Allowance for Work Already
Done Under Contracts
Is Hard Problem
A preliminary conference to decide on
terms of settlement for annulment of
the Thompson stret sewer, was held
today at tho office of Mayor Smith.
It was the first meeting between rep
resentatives of the city and thoe of the"
Keystone State Construction Company.
Ono of the most difficult problems
wh'ch confronted the conferees w as that
regal ding the amount to be paid to the
Keystone State Construction Company
for the work (one up to tho time of the
annulment of the contracts, and to allow
for a reasonable profit for the work to
that lime.
As the company contends It will be
obliged to maintain Its organization and
equipment during the war, the cost of
such maintenance will have to be con
sidered in the award made by the city.
tlenera! Terms Discussed
The conference was attended by
Mayor Smith, Transit Director Twining,
City Solicitor Connelly, Ernest Lowen
grund, who will be Acting City Solicitor
on Mr. Connelly's departure-for France;
Controlley Walton, Jerome H. Louch
helm, president of the Keystone Com
pany, and Joseph P McCullen, counsel
for the company.
At the end of the conference Mr. Con
nelly said they discussed In a general
way provisions suggested by Mr. Louch
helm for a settlement and final annul
ment of the contracts which make a
total of $2,900,000.
Before the next conference Mr. Twin
ing will confer with his engineers and
engineers of the company as to the
amount of work done and the material
furnished
After the value of this work has been
fited n compromise will be effected as
to the amount due the company. '
Several of the settlement claims made
by the Keystone Company are regaided
as "Impossible" by city financiers.
Itope to Finish Frnnkfnrd
That the Capital Issues Committee
may look favorably upon the Frank
fnrd elevated project and the com
pletion of the subway under City Hall
It Is necessary for the city to annul tjll
other transit contracts. By asking
money only for work that can be
quickly completed the Mayor hopes to
be allowed to float the grand total of
$10, 000,000 for all projects before Oc
tober and to have the Frankford vele
vnted continued to an early completion.
Government officials have already ex
pressed their willingness to permit a
bond sale of $1,100,000 for transit, but
the fate of the remainder of the issue
Is In doubt Other money sought will,
if allowed, be used as follows: Pier con
struction, $1,500,000; road construotlon,
$1,600.1100; grade crossing removals,
$2,000,000; water works improvements,
$200,000 and hospital construction,
$700,000. All these undertakings are'
deemed by city officials to be essential
to the proper maintenance and Improve
ment of the city during war times.
iii:aths
I'OV .Tiilt. R vnar'Tiir n t.--,- j-
Relatives nd frlendi. also 'Thomas M. k
p. Jr., roii.vo a, li A. II : Phi adelnhln
riiirrart n.,x ua,hni.iAii ., ,.... .
J. Int private. Krlenda mav rail Thr.
7 to II r. II.
...i'.AMVX TJulT- JH.NXIB (nrp Imoni).
wife uf Andrew Lamnnt Relatives and
'"!$.' i' Palestine .Shrine, No. 5. Order
?-i "S? ;T- nml Mamrle It. Flair
t hapter. No. St. Order nf the Eastern Star.
Invlti-d to funeral serMtes. Frl.. 2d m .
at the residence of her husband. 420 8. 57th
i';i..Int' Mt' :S!l,ah c,m- Auto funeral.
Irl-nds mnv roll Thurs. from N tn 10 n m
HEAl'MON'T. Jul,; K. EIWAHD ANA
h.i. , .".n .,f Harriet Vocdes and tht
Into Kduard A. Ileaumont. Funeral services
iindlnterment private.
iiKi.p waxtkip ft.mam;
STENOGRAPHER, first class, experienced:
must ba a graouatP with pxceptlonal ref-ereni-es.
Pecora Point Company. 4th and
neaaley avp.
IKKIKKEEPKR Experienced double-entry
. . Niokkeeppr In accounting department: ik
or air. I rlc.
PU11I.IC I.EIMER COMPANY
Sixth nnd Chestnut Hts.
HHI.f M'AXTKO MAI.K
HOpKKIIEi'Elt Experienced double-entr ,
bookkeeper In acrountlne department; ask
lor air. I'rlcf
PUI1MC IEDOER COMPANY
Mxlh and Chestnut Sis.
,,"mfln "h'e-bnaied. lo work In print
Ing office, r ,t 1031 Walnm at
l'SKI) APTOMOim.KS
KOrtn. Pullman. Vim. all dPlltery cars for
. J? . fln.. condition. Adolf Fey. 103
llerkley at- Wayne Junction.
ONE-DAY
OUTINGS
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PROM MARKF.T STRl'.KT 11 tf ARK
$1.75AtUnUte, Clt' Wldnood.
""' "fjtone Harbor, Ataloa
Andesea, Sea Isle City.
7:00 A. M. dally until September 7
pxrept September 2: additional on
Rundays. Atlantic City 7.30 A I?
Wlldwood Branch 0:48 A. il.
$1 7f to Corson's Inlet
Sundays only. .7.00 A. M
1 7S Barnerat Pier, liar n.V
I.lnt Pleasant. M",,,.'
Sundaya until Sept. 29. 720 5m"
S2.00 A,bnr?. TaTh n OroT'.
"" T-ont Ilrnnrh. pelmar. Sea
Girt. Sprlnc T.ake. "
Sundays until Sept. 29, 7:oo M
and 7:20 A. M,
Subject to cancellation without notlca
it equipment Is required for nie Si
U. S. Government.
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