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FEDERAL AGENTS
SEEK SWINDLERS
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f)ragnct Out for , Brokers
Offering Shady Stocks
for Liberty Bonds
PROTECT BONDHOLDERS
Many Victimized by Men of
Wallingford Type, As
serts Passmorc
Agents of the Department of Justice
are on the heels of several-brokers In
this city who are Inducing- Liberty Bond
holders to part with their Bllt-edged
Government Bccurftles for worthless.
Blocks In tho Ilufuo Wallingford type
of companies.
Brokers caught In the Government
dragnet will bo proeecutcd vigorously,
for U. ruscy Passtnore, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank In Philadelphia,
asserts tho Government Is determined
to protect holder of Liberty Bonds who
are susceptible to tho -wiles of shady
financiers.
That many persona Imvn hedn rnurht
by the unscrupulous etock promoters Is
admitted by Mr. Passmore.
Influenced Value or Hands
That, those transactions which he
charaoterlzes "as most unfortunate,"
have exercised nn Influence on the mar
ket Value of Liberty Bonds Is mado
plain by Mr Passmore, who, In a state-,
meat today, urged holders of the war
bonds to contlnuo their war-tlmo thrift
economies In order that they may re
tain their bonds.
"It cannot be denied," said tho Clover,
nor of tho Reserve Hank, "that a bulk of
Liberty Bonds, and particularly of the
fourth issue, have ocn dumped on the
market. Tho tendency to unlcad the
Jjonds has depressed their market value,
and If this practlco Ja to stop, the citi
zens of Philadelphia must bo brought
to realize that their moral obligation
to retain their bonds has not been
lifted."
Such a flood of fourth series bonds has
been dumped on to tho market that yes
terday when tho stock exchanges closed
for the day, tho price had tumbled -down
tD $94.50, tho record low level for this
issue.
Brokers havo no hesitancy In saying
that hundreds of Liberty Bond holders
aro selling their securities In order to
ralso Christmas funds, while others as
sert that many large holders are un
loading their bonds in order to estab
llslr'Iosses In connection with their Income-tax
returns.
l'rfmlnc Need for Service
"Many persons who can well afford
to hold their Liberty Bonds," said Lewis
ii. arsons, chairman of the Liberty
Loan committee, nro dumping them on to
tho market. They ought to consider
ihat there Is still a,, pressing need for
service, and stantf by tho Government
They should refrain from soiling their
securities. By floodlnn the market with
the bonds they depress the market value
and set a bad example to tho poor, who
really made sacrifices during the war.
"There Is a moral obligation attached
to eery Liberty Bond, for tho Govern
ment sold them with the thought that
each and every one would bo hold by the
purchaser. They are the best securities
in the world, and nothing can be gained
by selling them at what appears to be
their present-day value."
There, is no way of checking up the
number of bonds that havn been hmm
Into the market, but brokers discussing
that phaso of tho situation point to the
market quotations of today and shrug
their bhoulders. They confess that thre
Is nothing to do except emphasize tho
moral obligation behind each bond and
to discourago trading: In them.
Merchants Uncournceil Unloading
The unloading process was given a
Ilttlt Impetus by merchants who
launched a scheme which permitted Lib
erty Bond holders to obtain merchan
dise In exchango for their securities.
"We aro discouraging that system,"
said Mr. Passmore, "and have found
that merchants exhibited n willingness
to co-operate. Although one big mer
chandise houso In Philadelphia started
such a system, wo have not found that
the system was widespread.
r "The common fault seems to be with
the man who believes that the signing of
an armistice relloved him of all obliga
tions to his Government. It must be
borne in mind that many of our citi
zens never saved until the war, and the
war did not last long: enough to "fix the
habit. Now that tho struggle is over
they are living- up to their Incomes, and
I to get money aro willing to cell bonus
at a sacrifice. A man owning a f 100
Liberty Bond docs not consider that by
. losing $5 or $0 on that bond he la doing
anything unpatriotic by selling it. lie
is willing to accept his loss In order to
get tho money. It Is an unfortunate
condition, but u condition that is qulto
common, wo must continue to save,
for the Government Is In need of money.
Another bond campaign wilt be con
ducted In March, and instead of selling
our present holdings wo must prepare
"i buy more."
Paatmoro Appeals to Holders
To the men und women who made sac
rifices In order to buy Liberty Bonds
Mr. Passmore, through the Evenino
Public! Lcmiisn, sonds this message:
' ""You worked hard to buy the bonds
nnd the money Invested represents gen
uine sacrifices. Those sacrifices are be
hind you and tho bonds, he best In the
'world, are youre. Keep them. That
may Involve a little? sacrifice, but you
ovjo it t your country."
THIEVES REMOVE HEAVY SAFE
Muscular Criminals Then Pry It
Open for $400
Several stranupus robbers broke Into
the Acme Tea Company store at Ninth
street and Oak Lane avenue early today,
and after carrying a heavy safe several
hundred feet from tho store broke It
open with a crowbar nnd stole $400,
The men gained entrance through a
rear door. They first dropped the safo
from a window to save time and the;i
dragged It to tho spot where it was
opened. -
The police bellevo several men were
concerned In the robbery because .of
many footprints near the scene.
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Robert D. Dripps Hit by Auto
Robert D. Dripps, Director of Publlo
Safety under Mayor Blankenburff, was
struck at Broad und Chestnut streets
last night by an automobile driven, by
Jay Taylor, 020 Filbert street, Mr.
Dripps refused to prosecute, saying the
congestion ilue to Christmas shopping
made the accident unavoidable, O. V,
NcCormack. whose otllces nro In the
Wldener Building, was also struck down,
AtESSONFROMTHE'TLU"
A Blmple. Ineiiif naive I'rrruutlonarr lieu
ure Asulnat All Collusion,
It has been noted by phyalclana that during
ine rrcviu epmaiuio mero waa leia aicsntas
In homea navlnir hardwood floors und painUU
nr frflaro,! walla und ntlllnm
The builder of a, homo rarely thtnka of
ronaultlns- a physlclnn about It but l( he
did ha would Invariably nnd that tha doctor
wouia aironsiy aaviae
nardwood fioorii and,
tlthousn Ma recommendation would be made
larseiy iroin u annuary aianapoini. mera
annttanv
thera
nra many oilier ranaona
naona 10
Jn clean
. Ih aiLvlntf of latin, 111 !
ur UTiraanee,
anlng the rooms.
'th teonomy nf small ruaf. tic. .
, j tfnqueatlonafely th moat eipcrt mokrr and
. lajrar of tur4akoo! floors In VhllaMlPljl )
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Wounded Philadclphians
Airivc at Camp Mcadc
These, soldiers nro among tho
wounded Philadclphians who havo
nrrlved at Camp Mcado from over
seas: John C. McLaughlin, 728 Porter
street, Company II, 316tU Rcgl
ment, gassed at Verdun.
Kobert Bllllngham, G907 West Ad
dlson street, 110th Infantry, wound
ed, gassed .and shell shocked nt
Chateau-Thierry, July 29. '
William L. AVhlcdcl. 275G North
Twenty-ninth slice t, wounded left
leu, Argomie f Jrest, September 2'J,
member of 31ith Infantry.
William Christy, 2736 Lehigh avo
nuo, 314th Infantry, taken 111 In
France.
John J. Kenny, 2402 North Ork
ney street, wounded at Chateau
Thierry. Wlliiam Carmmcr, 118 Kcsslng
street, Company O, 30th Infantry,
gassed nt Verdun.
Samuel Welncr, 932 North Sec
ond street, 110th Infantry, wounded
at Vcslo front.
John A. Bennett, 610 Kast Corn
wall street, a member of Battery
B, 108th Field Artillery. Ho was
wounded, gassed and shell-shocked
nt Flsmes, July 28.
Joseph Argo, 19 North Fifty
ninth Btrcet, 108th Machlno Gun
Battalion, gassed.
MAY GET NOBRE'S PUCE
Joseph C. Barnard Supported for
District Surveyor Job
Joseph C.'Barnard may be selected to
succeed John M. Nobrc, recently dis
charged surveyor of the first city dis
trict. One obstacle to his appointment
has been removed by tho appointment of
Georfto TV. Hyde to the position of nn
assistant engineer in the BUrveys bureau
nt a salary of $3000. Hyde was Magis
trate Watson's candidate for tho place
made vacant by the dismissal of the
man who denied Senator Vare's "moral
claim."
Director Datesman, of the Department
of Public Works, Is said to favor tho
appointment of Barnard, who has been
in the city survey work for twenty-four
yenrs. but who has never taken a very
active part in municipal politics. Tho
salary of district surveyor Is $4000. The
appointment will bo mado In tho near
future.
'found shot on street
Man in Hospital Says He Doesn't
Know Assailant
Thomas J. McKenna, whp, tho police'
say, has been arrested several times for
alleged theft, was found unconscious
this morning at Eleventh nnd Spring
Gnrdcn streets with two gunshot wounds
of tho body.
McKenna is tiurty-tnreo years oia ana
lives In Green street, near Thirteenth.
Ho was questioned this morning in tho
Hahnemann Hospital by Detectives Klr
by and McCarthy, of the Tenth and But
tonwbod streets station.
Tho iniured man tola -tho detectives
he didn't know who shot him, and even
If he did he would keen It a secret. Ho
eald he was shot on Green street nnd
made hlo way to Spring uarueir street
before ho collapsed. One bullet wound
Is In tho left thigh anu mo oiner in tno
left shoulder.
YANKEES HELP PEASANTS
Work on French Farms "While
Awaiting Return Orders
Sergeant William Harrison Knight,
son of Coroner William R. Knight, has
sent his father a group of photographs
depleting scenes and folk In the village
of St. Jeun de Mont, France, where he
is Btatloned with a regiment of Amer
ican engineers.
Ho also wrote a letter describing the
rapidity with which the Yankees
adapted themselves to peace conditions.
While wnttlng for the command to start
home, they repay the hospitality of the
French peasants by helping them work
about the farms and In the grist mills.
One of the pictures shows Sergeant
Knight standing outside the rustic old
mill wherein Is mado flour from wheat
grown on the battlefields during therse
vero fighting In that region.
SHIP GIRLS ENTERTAIN POOR
Hog
Island Clerks Have
400
Orphans as Guests
Girls from Hog Island, together with
one or two mere men to play the parts
of Santa Ciaus, gave two entertainments
today for nearly 400 orphan children.
The first of tho affairs took place at
tho Methodist l'plscopal Deaconesses'
Home, 611 Vina stltot, where more than
300 children, made orphans by tho re
cent influenza epidemic, received a stock
ing full of presents and gazed In awe at
u, big Christmas tree. , , ,
Immediately after this entertainment
the Blrl workers went to the Kensington
Branch. Y. M. C. A., where unot her
group of children, all cripples from the
dispensary of the Episcopal Hospital,
were given presents by a Hoe Inland
Santa, Claus.
FIRE IN PENN NATIONAL BANK
Blaze- in Basement on Hietoric
Site Is Trifling
A nmall blaze was discovered eany
this morning among some old papers
stored In the basement of the Penn Na
tional Bank. Seventh and Market streets.
Two .policemen entered 'the building
nnd aided the watchman In subduing the
(lumen with hand extinguishers.
It was In a building on the site oC
tho Penn National Bank that Thomas
Jeffofson wrote tho Declaration of In
dependence. Merchant Yard's Shin Ready for U. S.
Tho Watonwan, the Merchnnt ynrd's i
first ship, will finally be turned over to
the Government today. The Watonwan .
hnu heen lvlmr In dock here for five
weeks, having fouled a buoy on Its sec
ond trial trip. The Wathenn, second
ship turned out from tho yard, will be
rendy. for Us trial trip next week, und
the two remaining vessels will follow
n quick succession.
No need to feel nerv
ous about long hauls
and btjj loads when
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can depend on it.
A size for every purpose
Larson OldsmobileCo.
231-33 N. Broad St.
THREE HEROES
Dallas Walker Koons, 13 Soulli Twenty-first street (on tlie left), died of
influenza in France after having often escaped death by his liravery and
quick wits. His brother, Lieutenant Ilrcwslcr Koons, is in charge of an
oil depot in Franco, and their uncle, M.ijor Goncral A. V. Brewster, is
inspector general of the overseas forces
BLUE STARS AND GOLD ONE
IN HOME OF DALLAS KOONS
Soldier Who Died of Influenza After Bravery and Wit$ Saved Him
in Battles Had Fighting Relatives Brother
and Uncle in Service
Three stars shine In a front window
at 13 South Twenty-first street.
The first, a gold one. Is for Dallas
Walker Koons, who, after coming hero
ically and safely through somo of tho
deadliest lighting In the war, died In
France of Influenza, a week after being
recommended for n commission.
The middle ono Is for lieutenant
Brewster Koons, brother of Dallas, and
In charge of ono of tho large oil depots
In France. Tho third star Is for the
young men's uncle. Major Generat A.
W, Brewster, Inspector general of tho
overseas rorccs.
Dallas Koons was thlrty-ono years old
when he enlisted In the First City Troop
on August 20. 1917, and was sent to
Camp Hancock. When tlfo troop was
disbanded and there were rumors that
the battery would leave In a short time
ho preferred to stay with tho b.ttery
Instead of going to an officers' training
camp. "I want to fight," ho told his
parents.
Ho was made gun sergeant at Camp
Mills and left for overseas May 18, 1918.
I.onr Under yire
In his letters t.o told of being nine
days and nights under continuous
machine-gun and shell-fire, succeeded by
ten days' shell-flre which military ex
perts' have described as "the most ter
rific In the war," during which his
clothes were burned off with mustard
gas. v
His commanding ofllccr said:
"Ho has proved himself a great
fighter, and one of tho best. Kvery
Inch a man, and can take care of him
self anywhere, with wits or fists
need be.
His wits saved him and members of
his battery In many a difficult position
where heroism nlono could not. His
letters speak of seeing sixteen "dough
boys" of another company marching
along together in it rain of shells. He
called to them to scatter. "One shell
might kill the lot of you," ho warned.
But they walked on joking him. Ills
DEATHS FEWER, DESPITE GRIP
Only 548 Reported as Against
563 Previous Week
Although there was u material In
crease of new cases of Influenza re
ported during tho week, the total of
deaths was but nineteen as compared
with twenty-three last week and thirty
five the preceding week. The new cases
nunibered 263, as compared with seventy-one
last week.
Deaths from nil causes totaled 548,
as compared with BG3 last week and
020 during the corresponding week last
year. The deaths were divided as fol
lows: Males, 208; females, 250; boys,
54. and girls, 52.
The causes were:
Typhoid fever 1
Diphtheria und croup B
Influenza . y
Anterior poliomyelltla 1
Tuberculoma of the lungs Sll
Tuberculous menlngltla 1
Other form of tuberculoaia 1
Cancer JJ
Apoplexy .. V" ;5
Omanln dlaeoaea of th heart .... 72
Acute bronchitis 4
1'neumonla ,...... '
nronchopneumonln. 34
Dlaeaaea of tho reaplralory ayatem 4
niaeases of tha atomach
Diarrhea and enteritis.. 11
Appendicitis ona lypnmus
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Clrrhoala of the liver"........
Acute nephritis and Brlghfa disease.
Noncanceroua tumors
Puerperal septicemia
Puerperal aocldenta
Conatnltal debility
All other" vio'ltfit deaths
Hulcldo .
All other dlaeaaea
Total
Officers Dino Major Griffith
A farewell dinner was given Inst night
to Major Charles T. arimth. commander
" .. n. L m r At Mini llnhfAPalfir r9
Pennsylvania, by his fellow officers. The
officers will leave the University with
the demobilization of the S. A. T. C.
which will take place In a few dnys.
Major Grimth was presented with a gold
wrist watch. The dinner took placo In
tho Adelphla Hotel.
ROYAL ELECTRIC CLEANERS
Warning to the Public
It has come to our attention that certain
ROYAL Electric Cleaners in Philadelphia
have had the original factory number removed
and a number substituted. Our guarantee
covers machines onlv under the factory num
ber. In purchasing ROYAL Electric Cleaners
demand the guarantee card which is furnished
with each cleaner, and see that the number on
V w
you are assured of our guarantee and services. ROYAL
Cleaners are ".old through our authorized dealers and arc
guaranteed absolutely by un for one year?
DISTRIBUTORS
JUDSON C. BURNS SALES COMPANY
1108 Walnut Street,
JOHN WANAMAKER
or my aitablUhid tlectrlcal houte in PhilaJttphla ,
' The price of the guaranteed ROYAL Cleaner is
$45.00, attachments are $10.00.
THIS P. A. GEIER CO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
Manufacturer ROYAL Cleaner.
IN ONE FAMILY
battery was sent to upturo a German
position.
Not fifty yards from the spot where
ho had warned them to scatter, ho saw
tho sixteen of them lying In a heap,
killed by ono shell, ns ho had wnrned.
Highly Itreommended
Genernl headquarters recommended
him for tho officers' training camp. Tho
commanding officer of his battery. Cap
tain Knowles, of Germantown, and Gen
eral Kuhn, of divisional headquarters,
recommended him very highly,
Tho tank corpi appealed to him as
offering chances of much hard fighting.
Ho vvtmt to the October camp. Novem
ber 10 ho passed his examinations per
fectly and was to bo commissioned with
in u week. Soon after ho was taken
sick with Influenza, and died after a few
dnjs' illness.
Ilcscendniit of l'rsnklln
Gun-Sergeant Koons comes of a. fam
ily highly connected on both sides. A
direct descendant of Uenjamln Frank
lin, great-grandson of Robert J. Walker.
President Buchanan's Secretary of tho
Treasury; and grandson of Benjamin
Harris Brewster, Attorney General In
President Arthur's cabinet. Major David
Brewster, U. S. M. C. ; Lleutcnnnt Dan
iel Baugh Brewster, U. fa. M. C. ; and
I". It. Brewster, 3d, V. S. M. C, nro Ills
first cousins.
His great grand uncle. General Dun
can S. Walker, served during tho Civil
War with much distinction CIoso con
nections are the late Admiral Kmcry and
If Admiral Wainwrlght
Ho was In tho banking uuaincss for
nine vea'H with Drayton & Klklns nnd
to enlist as a private resigned a very
lucratlvo position us manager for the
Fruzler & Co. New York oltlco.
His father, Robert J. W. Koons has
received the warm thanks of tho War
Department for excellent work dono
with tho military training camp associa
tion. NOT IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
Almost Occasion for First-Aid
Demonstration in Broad Street
They met without Introduction. It
wan a case of mutual attraction.
Tho fact that a grc.it throng of per
sons looked on mattered not. As thoy
embraced In Broad street many persons
giggled, but It gave the two strangers
no concern. They alone understood.
But their meeting Interfered with
traffic. They were a Bed Lross tank
nnd un unto. The tank v us coming in
n southerly dlicctlon and tho uuto wus
speeding north. . ,
Hadi was stingy In giving room as
they looked each otheV over. Then to
show Its contempt for the auto, tho
tank plunged to one sldo and tread on It.
At least it caught the auto tinder Its
cast side turret und pinned It to Broad
This happened near the Liberty Statue.
There wore about two und a half
Inches of space available, so tho nuto
took a deep breath und spurted away
with a. faint limp. ... , , , , .
Two fair occupants within darted back
a look of defiance nt the tank. Half a
dozen men and u politician fr"8 ' th
rescue of the tunic nnd It finally managed
to crawl away.
Christmas Tree in City Hall
The first Christmas tree In City Hall
appeared yesterday resplendent with
holiday decorations and colored electric
lights In the anteroom of tho office of
Director Wilson, of tho Department of
Publlo Safety.
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PR0BE0VERPAY
Regional Director and
Manager of P. R. R. Study
Shop Records
MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED
Shopmen Said to Have Re
ceived Extrn 2,500,000
Through Mistake
Federal railroad ofllclals today aro In
vestigating alleged overpayments of
$2,500,000 to Pennsylvania Railroad
shopmen since tho Government assumed
control of the railroads.
The huge overpayments were made, It
Is said, because of a misinterpretation
or a misapplication of tho rulings of the
railroad wage commission, consisting of
Secretary of the Interior Luno und Wil
liam R. Wilcox.'
The excess wngo grants wero given to
piece workers, a forco constituting 87
per cent of tho railroad's shopmen.
When the Federal railroad officials
worked out tho wages for the piece
workers under the railroad wage com
mission's ruling the error was made. It
Is Bald, that resulted In overpayments.
Seek War to Save Money
A means to save the Government the
nmount of the' overpayment Is to be
formulated by C. II. Mnrkhum, regional
director for the Allegheny region and by
lJllslia Lee, tho Federal manager of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Thete two
ofllclals today are Investigating tho mat
ter and will report their conclusions to
Washington.
At tho same time, flieso ofllclals must
convince tho men of the error nnd re
duceMhe wages In the future so that the
overpayments may bo balanced with
out causing labor disorders.
Under ruling No. 27, railroad em
ployes of tho shop section early In
1017 were given an Increase In wages
over those paid In 1916. This ruling,
In effect, Increased tho pay of tho per
diem men from 10 to 15 per cent and
In some cases SO per cent. ,
The Increases, however, wero to take
Into account advances mado between
1915 and the date In 1917 when the
rulings wero handed down. At the same
time It was ordered that the plecemen
In the shops should havo nn lncre.is In
their piecework equal to tho Increase
granted the per diem men.
Tho ruling concerning the piecework
men was misinterpreted. It is snld. When
the percentages wero worked 'out the
advances made between 1915 and 1917
were misapplied, with tho result that the
shopmen on piecework wero unwittingly
receiving overpay.
The same misinterpretation ns to this
ruling, It Is said, has been made on
other railroad systems In the Allegheny
region, which Is presided over by C. II
Markham, with ofllces In Broad Street
Station.
C. Willing Hare Gets New Place
C Willing Hare, of Radnor, former
manager of tho new business depart
ment of the United Cns Improvement
Company, has been appointed assistant
director of munitions In tho Wnr De
partment. This department bus been
enlarged to take over tho earn nnd dis
position of property acquired by the
War Department since America got Into
the war. For some months Mr. Haro
has Wen In Washington as chairman
of the .iiivlsory committee to tho Secre
tary of War. t
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PMU dlslVELERrS; HH
J SHYEMUtfirS SimtQUEllS MJ
Pearls
Diamonds
Jewelry
Silverware
Watches
For Christmas Gift Season
PAINTINGS BY GREAT
ARTISTS
nro permanent things, to be ALWAYS
enjoyed and appreciated. We havo a rep
resentative collection of paintings by the
great world-artists Corot, ijaubigny,
Troyon, L'Hermitto, Shreyer, Ziem, Har
plgnies, Leader, Cameron, etc., and the
great artists of America BreckenridKe,
I'axton, Redfleld, Gari Molchers, Tarbcll,
Spencer and many others.
sir WL&mnb&tif (SaUerte
1 320 WAIJNUT STREET
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BLAME TROLLEY MISHAPS
ON MENTAL ABERRATION
Peculiar IVamlcrinp of Public's Mind Due to War Cause of Acci
dents, P. R. T. Management Hints in Defending
Skip-Stop System
Trolley accidents, blnmed on skip
stops by tho public, aro partly due, tho
Rapid Trnnslt Company contends, to a
strnngo mental aberration affecting tho
general public
Bmlnes.4 organizations nnd Individ
uals who havo registered complaint
against tho skipping system today nro
pondering over tho nuturo of thli "aber
ration" which causes pedestrians to vvulk
in front of rupldly moving tiollcy cars
This peculiar condition of tho mind,
the Stotesbury-Mlttcn management In
sists, Is due to tho war. Men nnd wom
en have becomo t,o accustomed to rend
ing of the carnage of battle thnt their
cjes are blind and their ears ure deaf to
on-coming trolley cam. Ilenoo futnll
tles for which the skip-stops havo noth
ing to do.
This peculiar mental condition Is men
tioned In tho prepared statement of
President Mitten, of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company, concerning skip
stops and trolley fatalities.
"Tho Stotesbury-Mlttcn management
submits," says Mr. Mitten, "that It now
curries mote than 150,000,000 passengers
safely as against each fatal nccldent to
passengers, and more than 8,000,000 pas
sengers safely as against each slnglo
fatality occurring to any person, cither
PHILADELPHIAN WINS D. S. C.
Lieutenant S. C. Alexander Cited
for Bravery in Action
Lieutenant Sterling Campbell Alex
ander, Bon of Mrs. Luclno Hughe Alex
ander, of Chestnut Hill, has been
awarded the Distinguished Service Crois
and cited for extraordinary bravery in
action In tho region of Landres-et-St.
deorges, France.
On October 0, the citation says, Lieu
tenant Alexander, who Is attached to the
Ninety-ninth Aero Squadron, crossed
over tho German lines witn Lieutenant
Atwatcr, nn observer, on a photographic
mlsilon. Seven enemy pursuit planes,
appearing suddenly, forced him to with
draw. A few minutes later ho again flew
over tho lines nnd had penetrated deep
Into enemy territory, when his retreat
was cut off by twelve German planes.
Lieutenant Alexander maneuvered his
machine into battle and nssalled the
overwhelming forco of tho enemy no tf
fectlvely that one of tho German planes
was destroyed nnd tho others forced
to withdraw.
After the battle he completed his
mlsilon nnd succeeded In hrlnglng his
machlno nnd the badly wounded ob
server back to his ow n aerodrome.
MISS RANKIN HITS SENATE
Conpresswomnh Says Suffrage Action
Shows Body Lacks Democrary
Hy turning down woman suffrage the
United Stutei Senato showed It was
lacking In true democracy, Miss Jean
netto Rankin, of Montana, asserted last
night In nn address at u meeting In
Moose Hull, 1314 North Broad street,
held under "the auspices of tho South
Philadelphia Uducatlon Club.
Miss Rankin, who Is the first and only
Congresswoman In the United States,
spoke on "Democracy." She was ap
plauded by many members of tho local
suffrage party, who were In tho audience.
passengers, pedestrian or driver of
vehicle.
ii'?"'''?' w'11" considered in connection
witli the reduction of our force of ex
perienced men by action of the drnft, to
gether with the Inexperience of tho
averago vehicle driver on tho street, nnd
mo genera' aberration of mind ex
perienced by the public due to the war,
Is u truly remarkable accomplishment,
una one not approached In excellence by
any other metropolitan city."
".'Ho Coroner Knight at yesterday's
publlo hearing on skip-stops gave the
trnnslt company n clean bill of health
ho blnmed Rome of tho futalltles on In
experienced motormen.
"In my opinion," the Coroner said,
a numbor of theso accidents are duo to
employes operating tho cars, I am not
blaming or criticizing tho Rapid Transit
Company. I think may be the motor
men have not been up to the standard.
It was Impossible to get first-class labor
nt any price In a good many Industries.
Then you attribute tho accidents to
... ..v..,.l;nt.jr ol wle employes oper-
" mo cars;- nsKcil Archbishop
Dougherty, a member of tho committee
of thirteen
t"8' B'"' H'elr carelessness too,"
the Coroner answered.
Seyenty-elBht business organizations
of this city have passed resolutions con
demning; tho skip-stop system, which,
phla $1,000,000 nearer the file-cent fare
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SUFFRAGE SENATORS WAVER
Women Hear Lucy Bums Discuss
Situation at Washington
Tho desperate need of tho National
Woman's party for ono moro vote In
tho Senato before tho session closes nnd
the means of securing that voto were
tho subjects of a speech today by Miss
Lucy Bums, of tho national executive
committee, before u conferenco luncheon
given by the suffrage party of this city,
at tho Roosevelt, 2027 Chestnut street.
Tho Woman's party desires to get
Its amendment through the present
Congress in order to obviate tlie dim.
cultlcs ana expenses of another cam
palgn Senators Moses, Guy and Bomb
nro believed by the women to ho w iv
erlng to their support. '"
-., lunuiron louay was
ono of n.
. ,,, . w'l'cn speakers
note will bo present.
of national
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F0RPARCELP0ST
Action Taken to Prevent ti ?J
Congestion of Christmas-Gift
Mails
SITUATION CALLED GOOD
Superintendent Johnson Says
1500 Extra Men, Including
Former Soldiers, Arc Hired
The central postofllce nnd the larger
suhstntlons throughout the city will be
open tomorrow to receive parcel post
mall. Tho central station will be open
from 8 a. in. until midnight, and the
substations from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m.
This plan was decided on by Thomas
P. Johnson, superintendent of malls, so
the congestion of the malls experienced
during tho former Christmas seasons
may be avoided this year.
So far, Mr. Johnson said, tho conges
tion had not been encountered. Many
things have been responsible. The
weather has been Ideal and the signing
of the armistice has released n, number
of men who aro seeking employment,
making It posslblo to employ plenty of
help.
Tho postofllce In this city has hired
more than 1B00 temporary clerks to work
during tho Christinas period. Of thU
number there are many discharged sol
diers, some of them still In uniform.
Preference is given to men having hon
orable discharges.
The normal number of parcel port
packages handled through the postofllce
here Is about 50,000 dally. Yesterday
nearly 170,000 pieces w-ro forwarded.
Mr. Johnson expects today will show the; '
heaviest malls so far.
The fleet of 140 delivery trucks has
been Increased to 250. A large number
of horse-drawn vehicles havo been added
to facilitate deliveries.
From overseas the favored Christmas
gifts seem to be captured German troj
phies. Kvery day nearly a truckload of.
helmets, belts, gas masks, plstolu ana
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numerous other
urtlcles aro received
from New York.
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