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four hundred new members weie add
edtfo tW-roll of the Union League at
the annunl meeting of the board of di
rectors last night, bringing tho total
membership up to 3000.
Despite theso additions, however, the
league still has a lengthy waiting list,
and to tako care, of that tho bylaws
were ame'nded so that fortj new mem
oera may bo elected each month, Instead
vof twenty-five', the rireeiu fixed maxi
mum. Former Governor Eduln S. Stuart
was elected president, succeeding Governor-eject
"William C Sprout, who was
tho second president of the Union League
to step from that position to tho guber
natorial chair of Pennsylvania.
For the first tlmo in the hlttory of
the organization, a member who had not
terved as a director was elected vico
"president, lrr the selection of Charles M
Schwab, among others, for that honor.
A proposal to Increase the nnnual
membership dues to S125 was rejected.
The leaguo has 200 members In tho mili
tary servlco who aro exempt from the
payment of dues This appreciably cut
down tho league's revenues, while Its ex
penses Increased. Admission of new
members was tho plan then proposed
'and accepted to meet tho deficiency In
nlnon nf ralslnir tho dues
Besides Mr. Schw ab, w ho has been a
member of tne icaguo ior cigmeeu vui,
nihpr vleo residents elected were. J...
"Pusey Fassmore. governor of the Federal
Iteserve Bank of this city; Mlers Busch
and Charles E. Miller were elected !co
presidents.
Tho following directors were elected
for ono year: D. L. Anderson, Francis
Murphy Brooks, Samuel M. Clement, Jr.,
Joseph AV. Cooper, J. Howell Cummlngs,
John TW Hamer, Herman Haupt, Edw in
F. Keen, William It. Lman, James 31
Mitchell, J. E. jCopo Martin, John T,
Riley, Joseph M. Steele, Harry T. Stod
dart and George A. Walker.
CHARGES POLICEHIELD VICE
t Gambling Houses Protected,
Lawyer Writes to Mayor
Charging that gambling houses are
being operated hero with police protec
tion, Paul S. Keller. 3931 Haverford
avonue, wrote to Mayor bmlth and Harry
Davis, Assistant Director of Public
Safety; this afternoon, telling them that
If his complaints continued to be fg
'jiored he would appeal to the Federal
authorities.
Mr, Keller Is a lawyer and a mem
ber of tl.o American Protectee League.
Ilia letter tn tho Mavor and Mr. Davis
ja follows;
-uear Mir as a citizen anu laxnaier
of the city of Philadelphia, I object to
, the rambllmr houses running under Do
ts Slice protection.
... T m In nnTntnlintpatlftn VI till Pngt.
3f i master General Burleson as regards tho
i telegraph and telephone service being
4 filmlfthArl ttibuA tramhlArn T niLVA urlt.
jtvften SuperlAuident Mills on the subject.
out ne nav-not even rati me common
decency to answer my communication,
f something every letter written by ono
i gentleman to another requires.
"t am In the fight to a. finish, oven
If I hae to go before Commissioner
Long to swear out warrants and show
, the Police Department up, something
J that has been done in the la6t few weeks,
to the detriment of tho Police Depart-
V went."
received the lettet. "No complaint ot
this kind has eer come to us that wo
haven't thoroughly Investigated It, as we
will do In this case," he observed.
SCRUTINY 0FJRED1TS URGED
Bratlstrcet's Man Says Sonic Small
Dealers May Fail
IJ." Unless closer vigilance over the flnan.
ciai arcairs or small uusmess houses is
maintained during tho reconstruction
i period, creditors will be inviting dlB
t aster In tho form ot bankrupt debtors.
This statement was made this after-
noon bv Lewis A. Smith, sunerlntendent
of Bradstreet's, in an uddrens before
. the Philadelphia Association of Credit
Mm at tho Hellevue. Stratford.
;i "These smaller firms should be held
i 'to a strict accountability of their
. flnnnraii nr their huttlnftss refused. M Halrl
fl.1-! Ir. Smith. "Tho average small mcr
ist nhnnt hfl onlv a hazv idpii wherfl he
stands In money matters and Is prone to
take chances.
v "I think the only remedy Is the
enactment of a law forcing all concerns
to keep a net of books to be available
' tor creditors' Inspection at-all times."
, City Statistician Edward J. Cattell
poke with confidence of a prospective
V, boom in business the next ten years.
GRIP KILLED 17,000 SOLDIERS
"'338,257 Cases Treated at Army
Camps inlAmericu
, Waahlngton, Dec. 10. (By A, P.)
An official summary of the results of tlie
influenza epidemic in army camps and
military centers in the United States,
ftiailA TMihtln hv thn War Ilnnarlmftnl
6.4C ' todavl shows that there were 338. 267
jr '-k cases of tho disease up to December 1,
2 t W1UI UJSrUJkMllUl;iJ AI.VUV VetlXMD,
Mr j Because deatns resulting irom Innu
Tt lr ,enza and pneumonia were not separately
Rfi ' STouped, only approximate figures wero
,L Tf - Klei lur lliunu uuq lu unj CU1UC111IU.
Zc ,' outbreak, to December 1 19,640 deaths
5 . irom all causes were reported ty
i" -I; tary stations In the United States. ,
"' e, medical authorities estimate that i
, ip ,2000 ot these were due to causes
, irom all causes were reported py mili-
Army
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other
W. than .influenza and pneumonia.
Evening Ledger Reports
of the Peace Conference
, Self-government, the boon con
ferred upon a few millions of Amer
icans 142 years ago, which stirred
'tlis nations of the earth flrBt to
wonder at tlie audacity ot tho con
ception and then to realize the
grandeur of "triumphant democ
racy," Is the slogan of the World
Peaci Conference which less than
fnrtntrfit hence will aasembln In
Ireail!cs. To make its- reports
Miamensurato with the character
'of this momentous assemblage, the
JSvwino Public IiEdoch has com
missioned as its representatives
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Malt Correspondent, whoso Wash,
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I logton dispatches since the be-
jjinmng'Qi, me srem, ttur nave, tt
trusted natton-vvldo attention, and
tbwt gifted writers:
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Formal Complaint Filed
With Commission at
Harrisburg
ABOLITION REQUESTED
Citizens' Protest Sets Forth
Contention Thnt Emergency
Necessity Has Passed
Tlie Irolley bklp-stop question was
taken -to tho State Public Servlco Com
mission at Harrisburg today, when
3Iarry I Hclnzeroth, 1527 North Fifty
seenth street, filed a formal complaint
against tho sjstom and a request that
It he ordered discontinued.
Some days ago tho commission, refer
ring to a suggestion that It deal with
tho skip-stops, said It would tako no
notice of them unless1, a formal com-
plnlnt should bo filed, In which case
it would act In tho manner prescribed
by law.
The Hclnzeroth. petition apparently is
an answer to the commission and seem
ingly places the commission under the
necessity of hearing the skip-stop con
troversy. Other I'hlladelphlo. transit
matters, Including tho proposed lease of
the citys high-speed lines to the Itaptd
Transit Comp.m, nre now pending be
fore the commission. t
r i;mericnc.v I'nioed
'I ho Ilclzenroth petition, after stating
thnt tho sklP'-'top hstom was put In
effect ni a fuel conservation measure
during a war emergency nt tho request
of the Federal fuel administration, sets
up tho contentions that thu eniergone
has pissed, that the skips inconvenience
the public thnt they are unpopular rind
that they constitute a menace to public
safety.
Mr Heinzenroth was not at home this
afternoon. Tho city director describes
him as a clerk
Tho llapld Transit Company todav Is
busy painting on its poles where cars
stop, signs to that effect.
The company Is preparing to submit 1
the skip-stop question directly to a vote.
of Its patrons. This Is the conclusion j
drawn today from tne company n latest
utterance in Its "Know the Truth " cam
paign It Issued today Leon III in its Kerles
on the "Wh nf a Sk!p-Stop," In which
It announced the public will havo the
linnl "s.iy ;o ' on the question
It asked itH trollej' riders to "Ttake
a Card, ' but there were no cards to take
and the company officials declined, to
op!aln Just when tho cards will ho
doled out ot w hit Is to be printed on
them Trolley crews, however, expect
to get them for distribution tomorrow
'Looks to me," remarked one con
ductor, "like It will be an Invitation
to accept, the skip-stop or fi-ccnt fares.
But we'll sec tomorrow."
FAVORS ARMY PROBE
Pointlexter Wnnts Ordnance and
Quartermaster Dcpts. Investigated
TVnuJilmlon. Dec. 10 Senator Poln-
dexter (Washington) today Introduced
a resolution for Investigation of the
ordnance and quartermaster depart
ments by the Senate Military Affairs
Committee.
Hinting at questioname activities
.Hlph Intlmnted mlirht have delaved
production of guns and shells; for thejl
traitors and spies had been executed
In the early da.vs of the war the lives
of better men might have been saved."
10,000 TROOPS DUE TODAY
Four Transports Bringing Ameri
cans to Home Port
ew York. Dec. 10 More than 10,000
troops are due In New York harbor to
day on transports and hospital ships.
The Empress of Britain was the first
Mg transport to nrrlve. There were
seventy-six officers and 2339 men aboard
The vessel left Liverpool November 30.
Among other transports due today arc
the Adriatic, with eighty officers and
2008 men aboard; the Ascanlus with
fourteen officers, H2"7 men, and the
Kroonland. with slxty-threo officers, 11S0
men and 704 sick and wounded.
2800U.S. PRISONERS FREED
Leave German Camps at Rastatt
and Other Places
nerlln, Dec. 10. (By A. P.) Twenty-
six hundred American prisoners of war
Interned at Cimip Rastatt left there yes
terday and today for Switzerland. Two
hundred other Americans who hnvo been
scattered In various camps In Germany
are leaving Germany by way of Holland
and Denmark.
COLRT REFUSES CHARTER
Application of Negro Maionic Temple
Association Denied
Upholding the report of the master,
which was adverse to tlie application of
tho petitioners. Court of Common Pleas
Xo. 1 refused a charter to the Negro
Masonic Temple Association. It appeared
that the petitioners were to erect a
hall for tlie use of the grand lodge, an
unincorporated bodj, and funds of the
grand lodge were to be Invested In the
temple. Under these circumstances the
master reported the grana lodge, for
Its own protection, must control the
body erecting the hall. But the master
was unable to recommend that the court
grjnt a charter to a corporation where
the clearly expressed puipuse was to
have the cornoratlon used as a mere
creature of an unincorporated body.
President Judge Bregy and Judge
Shoemaker apprpv ed the master's report,
and the petltlo&era were denied tho
sought-for charter
RESOURCES OF BANKS
Statistic! of June 30 Last Shown in
Comptroller's Report
Wililnton, Dec. 10. Total resources
of the 28,880 banks In the United States,
State and national, last June 30,
amounted to M0,210,000,000, of which
K:, 371,009, 000 was credited to the 21,175
State, savings and private banks and
trust companies and $17,830,000,000 to
ths 7705 national banks. This was
shown yesterday by a report of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
Deposits ot the State banks amounted
to S18.C67.000.000 and loans to S12.42G,-
000,000, showing an Increase of 6 per
cent (n deposits over the record of tho
year previous and ot 6.5 per cent in
loans.
National banks showed $14,021,000,000
deposits, an Increase ot 9. per cent, and
J9, 620,000, 000 loans, an Increase ot 9.1
per cent,
Host of Us Guilty, Says Speller
, "Guilty or Npt aullty," vas the title
Thomas F. Armstrong gaVo to his ad
dress today before the engineers'
Club, lil7 Spruce street, and he found
inl. wiiru mciMiivt it t'o uaiuiLv ui
higher spirituality, we are most of us
Guilty." Accordlnr to Mr. Armstronir
the smile or good-will of a friend Is
worth all the 'material advantages of
life, put-together. "Ucl u be lifters, hot
Lumens t of the human rae," daki the
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In connection with the charter revision movement, the Municipal Research Dureau lias hail a chart drawn show
ing the tily and county offices filled by the direct vote of tho people and the appointive power under their
jurisdiction. The chart aims to show the overlapping between city and county offices
CHARTER CHANGE T!E!ra usra
' Chart Shows Conflict of City and
IINMR Afin TFSTl County Jurisdiction
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JLlOnOfeeU LilYlC COLIC Ue-.by
fore Dinner Loiucrence
Tonight
SPROUL WILL ATTEND
Acceptances Already Assure
the Presence of More Thau
Eight Hundred Citizens
Charter revision, which is looming up
as the biggest factor on Philadelphia's
political horizon, will be given the acid
test of impartial scrutiny and logical
consideration tonight at a dinner-confer
ence at the Bellevue-Stratford
Governor-elect William C. Sproul will
be present at tho conference, which was
called by a committee of citizens, headed
by Russell Duanc. Nearly every man
of prominence Interested In getting a new
charter for Philadelphia will bo present.
Mora than 800 accentances have been
received and more aro coming in hourly
at the headquarters of tho Committee
of Seventy.
But Mr. Duano and otheis sponsoring
.!, nfn.r,na n.ini t that It U not UIL uuimniHco in me finance uuuu
the conference point out that it is not ,ng announoement waH mnio that clerka
u v.uiii:'iuivB ui oocmj ......... -v .- .w
be a citizens' meeting. Irrespective of
party or factional politics, tho sponsors
assert, with the one object of securing
for th s citv a. form of government tnat.
will function efficiently and economi
cally.
I. lit of Speakers
Mr. Duano will bo toastma&ter. The
list of speakers is John V. Winston,
chairman of the Committee of Seventy;
Thomas Raeburn White, George W.
Coles, chairman of tho Town Meeting
party: Mrs. II. S. P. Nichols, of the
New Century Club ; Po ell Kvans, U n
ton Rogers Woodruff, Mrs Edward Bld
dle. of the Civic Club, and George W.
Woodward. Senator-elect In the German
town district.
Tho speakers will be limited to five
minutes each.
Among others who have sent accept
ances for tho dinner-conference aro
Georgo Wharton Pepper, William Draper
Lewis, Cyrus H. K Curtis, Edward T.
Stotesbury. Alba B. Johnson, George
Dallas Dixon, Ulchard L. Austin, John
Hampton Barnes. John T. Winclrlm,
tho Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, Bishop
ThomaH J. Garland, tlie Rev. Dr. Carl K.
Orammer, the Rev Dr. Edwin Hcyl Dells,
former Judge Dlmner Beeber, former
Judge A. M.Beltler, Edward II. Bon
sal, Franklin N Brewer, Charles S.
Calwell, Dr. E. Soils Cohen. Samuel M.
Clement. Jr.. Judge W. Wllklns Carr,
City Solicitor John P. Connelly, John
Cadwalader. Jr., Judge Thomas D. Fin
letter, William A Glasgow, Jr., Super
intendent of Schools John P. Garber,
Charles Custls Harrison, former provost
of the University of Pennsylvania ;
James Collins Jones. Henry LaBarre
Jayne. Dr. W. W. Keen, Judge J. Willis
Martin, V. Pusey Passmore, governor of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadel
phia; Colonel Sheldon Potter, Judge
Joseph P. Rogers, Frederic II. Straw-
budge, ana (jonirouer juuh .. iih,
rian to Crtalllie Ideas
U the conference tonight It Is pro
posed to crystallize the charter revision
Ideas held by leading men In tho legal,
medical and clerical professions, and in
finance, the Ideas entertained by men In
public office and the thoughts of men
and women active In civic and business
organizations.
Tho best thought obtainable on all
angles of the problem Is to be moulded
Into a comprehensive plan to be pre
sented to the Legislature which con
venes in January.
PLAN TO AID WIDOWS
Civic Club Will Ask Councils for
$16,000 Additional
tji.o ...m tnnd todav by members
of the mothers' assistance fund volunteer
commlttee.of the civic i uiuu 10 . wu
ells for i6.000 In addition to the an
nual apportionment of funds for widows
pensions.
The .State has offered $10,000 r.bove Its
sear's apportionment for the use of
Dhiinridnhia Countv In caring 'or de
pendent widows and their children, but
an equal sum must be given by the
County or the State's offer will amount
to nothing.
With 664 widows on their waiting list,
a large per -cent of whom were mado
destitute by the recent influenra epi
demic, tho committee members feel the
problem is more Important than ever.
Mrs. H. Gordon McCouclj. chairman
of the committee, said;
"The reglsttatlon of dependent wld,
ows has been heavier this month than
any time since tlie pension lawi went into
effect. Many of the women orf our wait
ing list applied as long as two and a
half year ago. Three hundred and
twenty-nine of the unanswered applica-
Hnnt wr iinnrla thin VMr."
CARD LEADS TO ARRESTS
Name and Address Left in Automobile
Taken Without Leave
A personal Identification card left
William Williams In an automobile
alleged to have been taken from Fifty-
seconu sireet anu oammoro avenue vy
George Hovel!, fifteen years old, led to
the arrest of both boyu today, '
The car belonged to Alonzo Chalfant,
K111 Fnlsom street. Williams said he
was Invited to take a ride In the car
ty iioveiir A earn Dearwc ivuuamsa
name, ace and address waa found m
the car when It was found abandoned
hv the notice.
At a hearing before Magistrate. Harris
William waa rei.au. ..iiqveii was rent
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1 A chart showing tho city and county
olTlces filled by the direct vote of the
ipooplo and the appointive power under
I their Jurisdiction has been drawn up
the Municipal ncsearch Dureau In
I nnnnnittlnn t llli tin rvVt-irtfin rAV'lQlnn
tho
movement.
Voters are e.xnetced to obtain a better
I Idea of tho present form of municipal
i government from the chart, w hlch alms
to show the overlapping between tho
:uv and countv omces.
The tremendous appointive powers
rested In the Mayor and board of Judges
s set forth clearly and concisely by
means of the chart.
"Since the consolidation act of 1854,"
the reverse side explains, "tho city of
Philadelphia has been extended to cover
All of Philadelphia County. Unfortunate
ly tho city nnd county offlccB were not
merged at Uho same time. As a result
there elsts an overlapping of purlsdlc
tions. Efforts have been mado repeated
ly to effect a real combination of city
and county, with tho elimination' of un
necessary offices and a better assignment
of duties to those that remain."
DEFENSE BODY TO DISBAND
Committee on Public Safety Will
Wind Up December 31
Tho Pennsylvania committee of pub
llr snfety and national defense head
ed by Qeorge Wharton Pepper of this
nij, win wina up us auairs uecemDei
31. according to Information given out
th!" afternoon at HarrlBburg.
Tlie State war commission, headed by
Governor Brumbaugh, was in session In
Harrisburg today, and plans to end tho
work of Mr. Pepper's organization were
discussed.
At the Philadelphia headquarters of
llau een lola lnat tneui services would
110t be required after December in. A
few will hold over until the end of the
month. Mr. Pepper's committee, under
" i,cv' " ". "o. ?i wgisiaiure
was given a fund of $2,000,000. Drafta
on this fund were authorized by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh's commission when
ever the public safety committco needed
funds.
WILL PROBE SECURITY LEAGUE
Speaker Clurk Appoints Commit
tee to Make Investigation
Washington, Dec lp. Tho House to
day adopted without record vote the
Frear resolution calling for an investi
gation of the national Security league
and similar organizations by a commit
tee of seven Representatives
Speaker Clark appointed tho following
investigating committco:
Representative Johnson. Kentucky
Harrison. Mississippi ; Saunders. Vir
ginia, Carraway, Arkansas; Reavls, Ne
braska ; Towner, Iowa, and Walsh, Masa
chusetts Republican. LeaXler Mann declared
that Congress "slould go after other
organizations which have lied about
members of Congress "
8000 MEN STOP WORK
Day Force of Bethlehem Yard Quit
Without Apparent Cause
Haltlmore, Dec. 10 (By A. P.) The
entire day force of the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation, numbering 8000
men, refused to go to work today when
they appeared at tho shipyards of the
company.
Sven Anderson, manager of the plant,
ravs that the men have made no formal
demands on the company. He believes
that the affair Is tho outgrowth of a
strike which occurred yesterday, when
between S00 and 400 men refused to
woik until there Is an adjustment of
wages and working hours
Efforts are being niaue to reacii a
settlement of the trouble.
ANNULMENT HALTS
No Additional Cancellations of Con
tracts for Shipwork, Savs Coonley
No cancellations of ship contracts ad
ditional to those announced at the time
the armistice was signed have been made
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Howard Coonley, vice president, said this
afternoon.
Widespread publicity given the fact
that cancellations so far total approxi
mately 200 000,000, and the consequent
alarm It has aroused among shipbuilders,
led Mr, Coonley to make this statement.
Glennide Baptists Hear Evangelist
The Rev, Theophllls Lake, former
Baptist State evangelist, preached to a
mass-meeting of men at the First Bap
tist Church In Glenslde on "Plavlng the
Man." The Rev. Walter H. Whitley
paster of the church, assisted In the
services. It was the first of a eeiles of
afternoon meetings for men of the con
gregation. Fire in Park Trolley Station
Fire this morning destroyed the plat
form and part "of one wall of the
wvnnefleld station on the Falrmount
Park trolley svsteni. A cigarette thrown
v..turin the crackB which Ignited the
dried leaves and paper there Is believed
to nave cuuacii iuu mute. i wan ex
tinguished before mubh damage was
done. .
Jews Protest Massacres
Four thousand Jews of this city born
In Russia, Poland, Gallcia and other
parts of tlie world crowded the Metro
politan Opel a House last night to pro
test against the reported slaying of
t.wr In Lemberir. Gallcia. and to call
upon President Wilson to stop the
rails!) majsacreB
.Two More Munnners Permits
Sergeant Harrv Dale. New Year's
permit clerk at City Hall, today receiv
ed two -more applications, for New
Year's paraders. one from the Federal
New Year's Association and tho other
from the Chares Klein Association. This
makes four applications, '
i
Karolyi Tries toEnd Life
I,oiidon, lec. 10. Count Michael Ka
rolyi, who took a prominent part (n the
recent proclamation to a Hungarian re
public, la reported In a Budapest tele
gram to have aUemptedisulctde while, In
-rtAflnulr of.iha Success of his efforts to
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SENATE TAKES UP
THE REVENUE BILL
Big War Tax Measure Is
Given the Right of
Way
PENROSE FILES DISSENT
Republican Members of Com
mittee Object to Provisions
Applying to 1920
By the Associated Press
Washington, Decn- 10.
The leviscd war'revenuo bill, designed
to raise by taxation about $6,000,000,000
next 5 ear and $4,000,000,000 In 1920,
was taken up today by tho Senate
Chairman Simmons, of tho Tinanoe
Committee, made a detailed explanatory
statement of tho measure In opening
tho debate, after It had beert agreed to
give the measure the right of way.
A minority report generally approv
ing tho 1919 tax plan, but strongly op
posing the bill's 1920 provisions, was
presented by Senator Penrose, of Penn
sj lvanla, ranking committee Republican.
It was signed by all Republican mem
bers except Senator La Follette, of Wis
consin, who Is preparing to submit a
separate, report.
A separate minority report also was
filed by Senator Thomas, of Colorado,
Democrat, opposing the excess profits
and Inheritance tax proposals, although
approving other major features of tho
bill.
JEWISH CONGRESS HERE '
Representatives at Meeting .Will
Discuss Future 'as Nation r
The first American Jewish congress
will be convened Sunday In the Metro
politan Opera House, with more than
400 delegates, representing 4,000,000
Jews In 'this country.
Men of national prominence will de
fine methods whereby full rlirhta iniv be
obtained for the Jews In all lands and
uii ia"H aiBcnminaung against mem
may to abrogated.
The question of a Jewish homeland
in Palestine, to which Hnefand Is com
mitted, will he one of the major topics.
Supreme Court Justice Brandels, Abram '
I. Clkus, ambassador to Turkey, and
Oscar Straus and Henry Morgenthau,
former ambassadors to Turkey, are ex
pected to tako leading parts In the dis
cussion. The Sunday sessions, nfternoon and
evening, will be held In the opera house
The remaining sesslona will be held In
I.u Lu Temple. The congress will close
Thursday evening.
WANTS WOMEN TO VOTE
Sherman Urges Early Adoption of
Suffrage Resolution
Washington, Dec 10 (By A. P.)
Enactment of the Federal woman Suf
frage resolution at tho earliest possible
date was urged In the Senate today by
Senator Sherman, Republican, of Illi
nois The Senator denounced the egging
of women during a. recent suffraen ilm.
onstratlon here and the action of the
war laoor ooaru in ordering tne- CJlevc-
innu sireet car company lo discharge.
vtumeu einpiuycu uii lit lines uuring tlio
war.
"Had women the same vote as men,"
Senator Sherman said, "they would not
be eitffed nr thev vvoud not h Hf.
charged with the approval of the war
moor Doaru ami secretary -Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor. If
they were good enough to serve during
the war, they are good enough to con
tinue In service after the war ends,"
WAR ON POSTERS OPENS
American Civic Association Starts
General Clean-up Campaign
A general clean-up campaign to rid
tlie city of war placards and posters,
now not needed, has been- launched by
the American Civic Association.
Tills plan -was adopted at a meeting
ui me uouru oi uie ansociauon. rno
movement Is nation-wide. It wan ipi,i.
ed to make every effort to re-establish
the freedom of the parks from advertis
ing signs.
ine neea ior a f ouerai bureau of
cities for Improving the housing nnd
planning ot- American cities, improving
recreation centors, was emphasized at
CAMDEN COURTS.IN SESSION
Fanners .ttend Opening -Delaved by
Influenza Epidemic
Court sessions began in Camden to
day with all the pomp that usually at
tends the ceremony. Farmers from miles
around attended tne opening.
This Is the first time court has been
held In Camden for several months.
as the sessions ot the October term
were postponed until tho December term
because of the Influenza epidemic. The
rranu jurv ror tnis term waa impaneled
with David Jester, president of the city
council, as foreman. Judges Charles O.
Garrison, Frank T. Lloyd, and John ti.
Kates sat at the opening.
DINERS UNMOVED BY FIRE
Patrons Continue Eating During Diane
) in Restaurant
Patrons, reassured by the Manage
ment, continued eating their lunch to-
day In Jlahl's restaurant. Nineteenth
and Market streets, aunoucn smoice
was swirling up from a slight fire In
the basement and firemen were carry
ing chemical extinguishers through (he
Place, .
Tne Diaze-was cu?ea oy grease, .which
I 1mtl1 nvmr rtn a atove.
.xpe oaisaga
r.vi ..tii; . -trT-
Plans for Welcome to 500
Await Official Word
Service in
Five hundred Camden soldiers, mem
bers of Companies K and I 800th In
fantry, Seventy-eighth Division, may be
homo for Christmas. They fought In
Delglum with tho British.
Preparations for a welcome for these
two companies will be mado as soon as
official word of their departuro Bhall
liftvo been received. Tho soldiers are
all drafted men, trained at Camp Dlx,
Tho lOth Engineers, about which
there was a great deal of anxiety fol
lowing tho disclosure of the fate of the
lHth Infantry at Sedan, went Into ac
tion in this fight and lost heavily.
The 101th Englnocrs and tho 114th In
fantry, with other units of the Twenty
ninth Division of New Jersey guardsmen
aro now In Germany as part of the
American army of occupation.
Battery B, Camden's unit In tho 112th
Artillery, made up mostly of men from
tho old First New Jersey Artillery, never
got into action.
These facts weie revealed today In
letters from three Camden soldiers? Cor
poral Frank Ellis, son of Mayor JCllls;
Corporal Richard B. Borton, 110 State
street, and Sergeant James P. Ilogan, 14
York street.
Ilogan Is in tho 309th Infantry,
Seventy-eighth Division, and ho said in
BANKERS OPPOSE
U.S. OWNERSHIP
Atlantic City Conference
Declares for Return of
Roads to Owners
MUST BE CHANGES
Fair Rate of Return De
manded Upon Invested Cap
ital Protection Needed
)fOlo! Telcaram to Evening Putttc Ltdoer
Atlantic City, Dec. 10.
Investment bankers of America han
dilng hundreds of millions ot securities
annually, went squarely upon record In
their reconstruction convention at tho
Hotel Traymoro today against Govern
ment ownership of railroads,
Tho railroad resolution, which was
adopted without a dissenting voice,
places tho Investment bankers "square
ly on record as opposed to public own
ership of railroads or their permanent
operation by Government, and emphatic
ally In favor of the return of the rail
roads to their owners Under 'such regu
lations as will lnsuro sound credit and
adequate service."
Chandler & Co, of Philadelphia,
were given credit for having been
first to propose the .establishment of a
bureau of Information to 'link up-tlle in
vestment banking Interests of tho coun
try for co-ordination and co-operation,
In a report on Industrial securities sub
mitted by Maynard H. Murch, of Cleve
land. "Tho railroads of this country can
make good If they are given the oppor
tunity," declared John E. Oldham, of
Boiton. '"But there must be a change
of method both on the part of Govern
ment and the railroad world." tho Bos
ton fiscal expert declared. "There must
be a limitation of regulation and drastic
requirements without compensation.
"The telephone companies of this na
tlon are an example of the' possibilities
of Individual initiative. I believe that
under proper supervision and encourage
ment we can work out the same results
with tho railroads."
F. J. Llsman of New York, deploring
the trend toward Government ownership
of everything at Washington, Eald rail
roads must be entitled to a fair rate ot
return upon their Invested capital and
they are Just as much entitled to pro
tection as tho consumers of transporta
tion. Herbert Witherspoon. of Spokane, pre
senting the report of the committee of
irrigation securities, said that the Issues
of sagebrush development syndicates
are among the most troublesome of se
curities. "No plah has thus far been devolope,d
for establishing values throughout the
whole of the West that will servo asa
safe guide for Investors at long range,"
the report continued. ,
1 Lawrence Chamberlain, ot New York,
reported that war had played havoc with
plans during the last year ior expana
lng the literature of the profession.
William G. Baker, Jr., of Baltimore,
for the publicity committee, strongly
urged a wider dissemination of Informa
tion by members and commended the
profession for Its quick response to every
'request made by the Government.
Elkton Marriage Licenses
Klkton, Md Deo. 10. The following
couples were granted marriage licenses
toaay, an ot wnuiu nu uio '
tied shortly thereafter: Samuel Myers,
twenty-one, ana iiannau nujra, ivrauj,
Chester, Pa.: Harry Evvan. twenty-two,
Br'diteton N, J, nnd Margaret B. Zanc,
twenty-eight. Fennsgrove, N. J. ; Benja
mln S. Bennett, seventy-three, and
Kmrna L. Warren, flfty-slx, V llmington,
Del. ; William H. Downs, thirty-seven,
nnd Katherlne Streeper, twenty-three,
Camden -.Russell n. Campbell, thirty,
lnd7awt.U-.lnd, and Mildred norentg.
twenty-tw o. Havre Grace MdC
vvcsiey """" -rr-4i.r, A nr.lt.nhaeh
Trenton, r. 'M'S "'., "" '
nineteen, Morrlsvllle, Pa.
TnnAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Wlllam J.lna""S- i'-J, 80- A'ate "'" 6Tii
,,."stf.!BSffli WtrBnL . "
and
KalheVine " 'c. Hllllalcer. ,. J2th K
.lolith 'nYouiSr. 20 Plel'''!"?
and
iriei nor-Walker, 2333 oerrui ai.. ...
N.aTBrJdfr ojo N. Oth at., and rtuahell
William ' U Stuart, tsni Filbert at . and
M. fo?C pierce'B-.attl.'.Wa-.h".
TRtev ins. 8031 N. Lawrence at
Robert T.Pelche?. 8443 B at., and
wary n'lmr-vtU2vX: Vnri Myrtle
and Pearl B.
Ur JaB.n.V "ffi r" nd C"ri,
iJSi S"!cTi.-vC0TO,n: 86m at., and Clara C
Trederlek Shephard. 781 H.,tnth at.
.... c.nn- 'Jjltn l. iirmnna i mu
Tfeaaa Reiaer, 4001 N. lth at.
f and Mrtle Wn, oi'nnMen. Pa
"Auiru.ttne . J . Fau . 1J1 ,lX."".,"v na
Maritaret Krayne. iijj, ""'.'.: and
w.v jif.hinn. 2'44 k, Bereant aj., ana
WHten 'McCook. 5103 B (V
Jaeoh 1epnUe Jr.. IS" v, "Jjnj" -
Marat 5. Walleh. Point nfteie aye.
ClJrenc"niackon"lSin Balr.hrid,8 at., and
w lla.u Hl.nnlnar Ortft ITTlDRrU t
U.nwl WUY her .Sl P,VSPN Fmnt .t.
Wllhelmina A. !I'3""C?i "JfiS.?' .iVi.
" b" Kfnned 8841 Wlllowa ave .
Harry B. .So.ider. ,JJJ. ,f-'V?.,Si .'.V
nV... r Dt.wart. VVITlQBUr (lUII
Francea vanaerarm, i?, v-v itv
Pr.A.rlrl; J. Haacome, NfyYOrS"';'
andd
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r"ar.S.li,,
V,rST&aMW inklin , and
. Tse flol1br. m .."" '. . un.
;lstift.B,rWNa-
Members of 309th Iitfantry
of beparture After
Belgium
his. letter that tho division wai then
preparing to come back to America, Tho
division would sail before long, lie said,
and ho expected to be Jiome beforo
Christmas.
Sergeant Hogan says the division suf
fered h?avy casualties In fighting with
tho British In Belgium.1
Corporal Borton's letter gives Cam
den Its first news of tho 104th' Engi
neers. When word was given out that
tho old Third Regiment In the 114th
Infantry was nearly wiped out, relatives
of men In tho engineers' regiment fear
ed that It had met tho name fate. Cor
poral Bofton gave no details of tho
fighting, nor did he estimate the losses,
except to say that they wero heavy.
Company B Is tho Camden unit In
this organization, and It Is composed
mostly of members of old Company C,
which was organized by Lieutenant
Colonel Harry C, Kramer at tho re
quest of the War Dcpartpient, but waa
not assigned until the guardsmen were
sent to Camp McClelland; Colonel
Kramer is now In tho Provost Marshal
General's office In Washington.
Corporal Bills wroto that Battery B,
112th Artillery, Vvaa ready to go Into
action when the armistice was signed.
It had been sent up to a support posi
tion and held In reserve.
KELLAMTOHEAD
N.J.H0USEG.0.P.
Republican Senate Caucus
Tries for. an Hour to Select
President
IS DEFERRED A WEEK
Next Tuesday It Is Expected
the Deadlock' Will Be
Broken
Trenton, N. 3,, Dec. 10.
Assemblyman Ralph N. Kellanv of
Camden, was unanimously selected aB
majority leader for tho 1919 Session of
tho House of Assembly nt a caucus of
the Republican Assemblymen tills after
noon. In tho event of failure of As
semblyman Arthur N. Plefson, of Union,
to become Sneaker, as was decided bv
tho Republicans three weeks ago, but
niuuu arrangement may ran nat By tne
action of the Democratic side later,
Kellam will step down and allow the
Union ;nan to resume the leadership
position he held at the last session.
An organization committee was named
by Plerson, who presided at the con
ference, to arrange for organization of
the House and to conrer with tho Demo
crats on organization some time early
next week. The committee is composed
of Kellam, of Camden, as chairman;
Herahfleld, of Passaic; Wlnnp, of
Bergen; Hagaman, of Ocean, anil Pler
son, of Union.
Th Republican senatorial caucus "went
over to next Tuesday, after an hour
had been devoted today In trying 'to
select a president who will be acting
Governor when Governor Edge takes his
seat in the United States Senate and
also a majority leader.
Senator Mackay was supported py
seven in an effort to have the selections
made at once, wlille Senator Wells
brought forth six votes in favor of de
laying the caucus a week. Then Sen
ator Pilgrim cast his vote with tho
Wells forces, and tho caucus was tie. A
motion by Senator Case, of Somerset, to
delay action until Tuesday was adopted.
it is expeciea tnat tne deadlock over
the presidency and majority leadership
will be -settled next Tuesday, by which
time Governor Edge will have' returned
from, his vacation trip In the South.
PIEZ CONFERS AT CAPITAL
Needs of Emergency Fleet Corporation
for Next Year Presented '
Charles M. Plez. of the Emercencv
Fleet Corporation, held an Informal con-
rerence in vvasuington toaay with
Swager Sherley. chairman of the? House
Appropriations Committee.
xne oniei purpose or tne meeting was
to give Mr. Sherley Information regard
ing the financial needs of the fleet cor
poration for the next fiscal year. A
formal hearing will be given officials or
the fleet corporation a little later In re
gard to approprlatlono.
The question of moving the Emergency
Fleet Corporation offices back to Wash
ington was not dlscussejl, said Mr. Plez.
TRUCK INJURES WQMAN '
Victim, Struck byiMdtbrj "in Serious
Condition r f -
Miss Leona Ingram, twenty-one years
old, GE23 Addison street, was struck by,
txil nukuinvuiiq uuvn vil eiAi;-uioL BirQL,
HOUlll Ol opruue luutty tnnu la -in tit peri- i
ous condition in the Mlserlcordla Hos
pital.- She In suffering from a double
fracture .of the right leg, bruises and
shock. j. .
John Hutchinson, a negro, Warren h
street, near Forty-sedond, the driver, of
the truck "will have a hearing before
Magistrate Harris tomorrow. ' i'1
HENRY RITTENHOUSE ILL
Aged Lieutenant of City Hall Guard
V;in Critical Condition
Lieutenant Henry Jtlttenhouse of the
City Hall guards, Is critically 111 at his
home, 2818 North Tweity-fltth street.
He was stricken three weeks ago with a
The lieutenant, whor Is seventy-flv'o"
years old, is a wmower. ne nas Deen on
thevforce thirty y eaW He, fought in the
Civil iWar, and was wounded.
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UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
W. G. McADOO, Director General of Railroada ? v
PLEASE SAVE YOUR OWN TIME;"
od help prevent eongrttoa ( Tlcke Ofilee by byj.ln
INTERCHANGEABLE SCRIP ' BOOKS
Good for bearer or any number of pertont on all paieenrer
v tratoi ot all railroads under Vedera! Control
ON SALE AT ALL TICKET OFFICES
Inquire at Consolidated'Ticket Office
1638 CHESTNUT STREET -s vW
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i
Teller Accused of Aiding
Depositor' to Over- " '
drw Account
EACH UNDER $5000 BAIL 1
Checks for Large Amounts
Carried on Books as Cash, '
It Is Alleged
V i
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William C. Snyder, proprietor of a.
bazaar at Broad street and Lehigh ave
nue,nnd Georgo V. Fry, former pay
ing teller of tho Exceleor Trust Sav
ings Fund Company, 1000 West L
high avenue, were each held In $600
ball today for a further hoarlng,-;by
Magistrate Harris, on charges by Ra'lph
R. Stcarly, president of the saving
fund company,
Mr. stcarly testified that. Fry per
mitted Snyder to overdraw his account
by many thousand dollars, and that
checks presented by Snyder wero car
ried by Fry as cash and notpermlited
to go through tho regular channels of
the bank. Mr. Stearly offered several
checks said to have been found In Fry's
safe. They averaged about $6000, each
nnd totaled J44.00J0. At no time, accord
ing to Stearly, did Snyder have sufficient
funds on deposit to warrant payment, of
one of tho $6000 checks,
Owen J. Roberts, counsel for tlio,com
pany, said ho expected to shgw con
spiracy between Sny.der and Fry., by
which Snyder was enabled to overdraw
his account. t
John R. K. Scott, counsel for Snyder,
objected to the offering pf .testimony
unless the books ot tho bank were pro
duced. He also said the company, had
failed to prove any case against Sny
der. "It will be shown," 'he asserted,
"that Snyder Is guilty of nothing wrong."
Counsol for. Fry, iruulo slmUarcon
tcntlons, and said Fty 'aid ' not' profit" to
the extent of ono cent by tho alleged"
Irregularities. T
Mr. Stearly said Tho company would
press prosecution of tho men. Although
a Bhortage In tho neighborhood of
$40,000 woilld result, he said,' this Is
covered by surety bonds and security
which the company holds so that ho
loss of any kind' will accrue to the
company. ,
Fry had been connected with the bank
since boyhood nnd worked his Way up
gradually to tho position of paying tel
ler. Ho was dismissed after being
arrested Monday by James Lingua priv
ate detective.
Fry lives In Keystono street, Tacony.
i Highway Bids Are Opened
Proposals for grading and- paving
streets In various sections of .the city
were opened today by Director Dates- -man.
of the Department of Public
Works The work will Involve the' ex
penditure of about $100,000, and about '
a score of proposals were received. Bids
were also received "and opened byDI- ,
rector Datesman for furnishing motor
trucks and teams for ,tho Bureau of
Highways.
BBATnB
TATLOn Dee. 0, ALICE JONES, ilauxh
tr of the late Elizabeth Aah and Kobart
X. Tavlbr. Punoral services at 1720 Sprue
lit., Thuri., 12 o'clock. Int. private at St.
James tha Lea Ctm.. Fftlla or scnurlklll.
T.ORT ANT FOUND
TfAVrtllirT. Tviat RunrlftV.
bftvVeT.'' 4111 - -,
and Woodlan-l ave, and Mat- at. ani Co
ai. ana i;a- i
& contain-
lumbia nve.. dirck velvet nanaDa:
ina- irweirvt nnerai rewara.
41)011 WnoHlanrt ave.
Mri. L. Jtaodar.
IIKI.P WAXTKP MAT.W
Pl.wik- fnr tnachlna nhnn onlce.
youps
man, 10 or 20, to liaue ordra and t
and taka
rare of anou records, it
P. O, Uox
H4H4
MAN for permanent poiltlon ,vvho ta cacabla
nf aaiumlne entire responsibility of-maln-
(,nnnM nt electrical and mechanical anultv.
d mechanical equip-
ment In lante bakery. M Ht. Leaser
uenirai
PLUMBER. nrt-claa'Jobblnc map.
'Apply
B, i), lav cc nun, wi n. .mil at. -
SALESMAN Leads! straight cemmtillom
security: passed capital lasuea committee;
dividend payer;' officers, hlrheat standing.
Call Itooma KlO-11-12. Ponn Square nidar.
SITUATIONS WAXTKP FEMALE
NURSE Trained baby's nuree desires
charge of Infant M Q4fl. Ledger Central.
HITUATinNrl WANTED MAMS -
CHAUFrEUB. deilrea poallWn wIUY private
family: hlb-rade cars onlyi references
furnlehed M 648. Ledser Central' s
Al'ARTMKNTH
1830 S. RIHENHOUSE SQ; .'
Ten-room apartment overlooklnr the aquara.
Available Jan 1. Rental S800 per month.
Apply to auperlntendent .
UHKD AUTOMOBILES ? ;
YOU CAN BUY Av f"
Used Car or Track
Oij Convepient- ppthly
. Payments A'
WR FINANCE TUB PURCHASE OF"
USrSDiCAM AND TRUCKS ON
VBrfY REASONADM1 TERMS
Phone,' Filbert 4500. Aek for
Mr. Cooper , '
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Real Estate Trust Building
Philadelphia f,
Hauling
IIAUuWa-Uutotrucka to hire. ,J to B tdn:
hour, day or week. Callashan, A Rooney,
mSs nanatead at. . Spruce .1Q1S. Race IB.
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WE BUT oia gold, sliver and apprali
diamond". Pwn tickets bought.
"itoom 64. 111B Cheatnut at. ,.
BWAt. ESTATE FOB BENT ,
Taetorle. Warehpnaea. Mft. Fleer
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