rr?" fGiLT- 1 . S N s fcfc yT I X yr mfr ; L fc? LB S . P ft. K ."7f KfR? ai. : -c s em &&. E NINE DESTROYERS M TO STAY A MONTH U-Boat Fighters Will Be Overhauled at Navy Yard LEAVE GIVEN OFFICERS General Maneuvers Off Guan- ' tananio Planned After All Repairs Are Made Officers and men of the overseas tor- pedoboat destroyer flotilla now at the Philadelphia Tay Yard except to spend nbout ono month at tho jard, during which time the ships will be thoroughly renovated and refitted. They will then ko to tho naval baso at Ouantanamo Bay for fleet maneuvers. JCo official order to this effect has been given the ship commanders, but almost without exception they voice tho opinion that such Is the plan. During tho period tho ships are laid up hero a majority of the men will bo given shoro leave. Many of them are now ashore on extended leave. nPllA WftrV n4"r nit itif'inninn -lit n-lt'A 1)1 f-l-0f - w villi, Vit. VIU1III1IILIII1MU ill h1" h 'l?jo the deslrover commanders opportunity Witt JJt "31 to consolidate the various maneuver IP Iff?' "deaa they odoptesl from the French and L'ngllsh. In Good Condition m I- , t t voraracunu uic exieneicn tour 01 amy In foreign waters tnd the limited faclll- "mn1 ".'f l? .ba,t" tn,r, rcnalrlns nnd ..m.i.B iii-wiii, iiio iuj,s iiu hi jjuii. are In excellent condition, the command- ers say The crew of tho Stewart, one of tho , four American ships entitled to wear the i fervlco star designating ono submarine sunk, is the envy of tho other destro.vers, many of whom had contact with Ger man undersea boats, but none of whlehj Is offcially credited with a victory. Tim three other American ships entitled to wear the gold service star on the funnel ' are tho destroyers Fanning and Tucker I and the converted yacht ("hrlstabel. Tho Stewarts star was conferred by Ad mlral Wilson and ratldcd by the Navy riino l-(ninit """"""' As told yesterday In the IIvunino. PunuoLnDaEr., the boats departed from Brest nnd Queenstonn early In Decem ber. The two dltlnlons consolidated at the Azores, stopped at the Itermudas nnd nrrled oft tho Delaware Thursday. The nine ships now at the ,ird aru tho Whipple, Stewart, Worden. Truxton. Cummlngs, Burrows. MeCall, Aminen and Bealc. Lieutenant Commander Harvey llase llp, winner of tho Croix de Guerre, was commander of the Stewart during the greater part of her activities In Kuro nean waters Lieutenant Commander Thomas Baxter commanded the Stewart on the homeward trip. Operated From llreiit All hut the Ammen and the M.CaII operated from Hrest. The seven destroy ors formed part of the great welcoming fleet that met the George Washington on xh lib. President Wilson went to France, and esiorted It to Brest. The ovation glen tho President by tho Al lied fleet and tho people of France w.13 the greatest testimonial demonstration ever given to any one man. the destrnver E f'fUcer.s say ?! Although they had comparatively few 8 brushes with submarineH duo to tho : wariness of tho undersea commanders " who refused to take chances after the JJ destroyer patrol got to work, according to Lieutenant Keady, of tho Ammen, tho Jj destroyers all had plenty of hard work nnd action. Virtually every one of the flotilla was Instrumental In saving the iZi. Motl la was nstrumcntal In savlne li 13 lives of c.evvs of ship." torpedoed S 8S' ;- marines nnd then left to their fate. & ! rflMMAimrrn-rnntiPir COMMANDEER TROLLEY Alerchantville KcBidents Force i Crew to Transport Them After standing for an hour last night In the cold, scolng car after car go to tho barn on its last trip, thlrtv-llv-B Mercnarivlllo residents commandeer d ono of them and forced t Iio Public JVjrvice Corporation to carry them home from Camden. Then, when they got to Merchantvllle, they all refused to pay fares. It was about 10 o'clock when Mer chantvllle peoplo on their way home frotri Philadelphia began to gather at the Camden ferries waiting for a car By 11 o'clock tho llttlo group had grown to thirty-live. Just then a ar ram' along, headed for tho barn. The crowd refused to let tho crew move It. and finally tho motorman and conductor locked tho doors and went home. rnouioers to tno rear door sent It KTJfJillr,i'i,iU?I wll".,'i ,llc ",1!? clnm - bered nboard, two or threo called up the car oarns ami eiemaneieu they ho taken home After traffic had b,-.'n tied up forty-five minutes, a new crew was sent to take tho Indignant and shivering car rldirs home. 1 X ' want oi employment, nt- iiuum i IM I inrVTt OimiTinirnv The problem to bo met at this tim. 1 liAliUl) M I I A rnlllht MM. is as great lis the probl.m of , ill uivujx uiiuailUll winning tho war. im-A r Slinrtnn-i in PliH'iflnlnliS-i Cie IIO S ollori'lc In Aiiuautipnia was I'M. HS Reduced to 7000 Durill; I fct -ii "'"o Last Week This cltj's labor shortage, winch has been acuto, Is being nllcvcd, and has been reduced from 10,000 to 7000 in tho last week, It was reported today by tha Department of Labor Thn report of the Labor IVpirttnerit on conditions based upon telegraphic re ports received from at agents in the Held has the following to say of the Bltuatlon in I'ennsjlvanla and .Yew Jer- I Bey: 'Ptmnsj Ivanla Shortages are still rt -ported all over tho Stnte, though mm, -what reducol In sputs Philadelphia s shortage of 10,000 In the previous irpori lias been reduced to 7500 ; Pittsburgh, from 10,000 to 7000 j ,.:rantnn s shoiuge Is about sOOO. Plants are increasing their forces In all of the cities, except In South Bethlehem. The heaviest demands are indicated for automobile mechanic" blacksmiths machinists and pipefitters. ' "New Jersey Supply and demand are reported ns being about i mial, with sur pluses Indicated in Newark and Ntvv Brunswick, ther having been some re duction In employes In the latter citj." Ileach Hunting Ship IlBTBiia, Jan. 4 (By A. P ) The steamship Temple U Dorr Is reported to have been beached, on (Ire, ut CoJImar, a suburb of this city, about four miles ast of the harbor opening. Four men from the ship have arrived here asking Xor help. The Temple E. Dorr left Neve Orleans on December 30 for Kan Francisco She was a steamship of H3 tons To Unfurl Semcr I'lag Residents in the neighborhood of I ject councilman Itlchard L. Wegleln and ,llji.ia mil cfvMiv. - - Tvventy-llftn and Oxford streets will un- t"1" ." .VS,,ZL,.,l.' .,.!,,, " K"rve,i furl a Service flag tomorrow aftrrnewi lV?il nhf,,, r tu0, '"" an" clr ' l! o'clock at Stlllmau and Oxfor V ''ti?rPt hV secremrvVm 1.e0umy' '""' 4 ' Kta?; PenTor Augustus iV'nX 5errvU Jucl. Chunk, dl.si last evening of ITSljwBSlSi'WSwi ALI1RRT 1'OWELI, WARRINGTON President of International Tlieo- eojihiral Society THE0S0PHY LEADER IS DELAYED BY SNOW Albert Powell Warrington Ex pected to Arrive Here for Reception Tomorrow 11... 1 llAn-nll Vilnirlhn tin.uf .Intit .iii'Vt l I w n I ii an iiirkun, ,,v.wi... of ,),,. International Theosophlonl So. clety In tlm I'nlted States and Canada. I who was expected to arrlo In Phlladtl- ,,1,1,1 this morning, has been t-nowiioumi on 1,1, wav frt)m ll0H A,1R(.its, t'al. From a telegram which he sent from Chicago it Is believed lie will nrrivtt later today and will attend tho recep tion to bo held tomorrow night In his honor at the home of Mr, and Mis Sam uel Frloo Wetherlll, Itlttenhouse tumult-. It will bo tho first of two Sunday eve ning entertainments given by Mr. nnd Mrs. "Wetherlll An intcrobtlng program of Japiiuso music, transcribed by Yn. mada, has been arranged, and Mine Tj makl Mlura will be soloist. Mr. Warrington it Btnrtlng on Ills l annual lecture tour of Hastem I'nlted ... ..... i . i in .! . ...I ..-nates unu e..inauj, anei win gnu ' iir.ss,-a In various centers of theosopliv on the relation of that philosophy to the peace) settlement He will be entir talneil next week by the Ilotury Club of New York, and will be tliH guest of tho Philadelphia Itotary Club at a dln ntr in this city, January 21. lie will give an nddrt ss on "Tho Brotherhood of Man' after the dinner. At the Invitation of l'roost Smith, of tho University of Pennsylvania, he will Fpeak at tho Houston Club Janu ary 16 on "The Ttelatlon of Oriental llellglons to International ilrotlur hood." He will Fiie.il: also at twit subscrlp tlon dinners to be held at the Bellevue- Stratford Hotel. January S and IB While in Philadelphia ht will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wetherlll Mr. Warrington was born In this part "f t"f country, on the Eastern Shore, Mat. viand. Ho was educated as a law yer and practiced law in Norfolk, a. becoming Intensted In eastern religions and In theosophy ho g.ivo up his law practlco to devoto all his time to the work of tho society. G0MPERS AGAINSTi LOWERING WAGES! J ,, -T SaVS Country Will Not J r , . , ' Countenance Industrial UllllllUilUtt, liiliiuiiiili t stagnation ..vivu.uuvtu, vu fly the .tvvociafcu Prv vv ii-Mnston, Jan i Discussing re construction problems before tho Senate Committee on lMucatlon and Labor to day. Samuel Gnmpers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said the peoplo of tho United States would not countenance a changu to Industrial ,.. ., . ..,., ,..,""V"" ""?r.e..noo.n . ... singliaium aiii'r mo m. iib -" "- had discussed with many men of affairs since the signing of the armistice th nuestlon of Industrial stagnation .and 1 thty took Issue with tho assertion made ' ,n i"0'"e quuri-n mai ,r.ui- .. muui , lnUfcl ,,o Increased and that wages must I m down. 'There can b no repetition in the I Fnit.'d States of the name condition" I that nrt'valltd In I"'i3 and 1S91. when I ,n ,iii unniin worn hunirrv for the 1 I . .... .,( 1. .l.t,.. Mi C.ompera told the eommlttto In would sail em next Wiiine-eda for LU-I rope to bo on hand at t i(I);v Ho paia ihbu trii ! ' '" of orklngmen thm Iri during tho war, an tho l'eace ( onfer- rlbute to the serv- ughout tho itun- tri during tno war, anu sum me sain,- onld bo bald of t mploycrs. In virtually .ill instances, ho said, both rides were equally loyal In making sacrifices to win the wur Mr Hampers said ho understood that the Hrltlsh Cov eminent had under con sideration a plan to make allowances to soldiers between tho tlmo of their demobilization and the ir n-a-ptlon Into Industry us a mtiins of meeting one of tlie post-war problems in that covintrv SOVIETS SET UP LOVE BUREAUS Will Select Mnte for Single "Woiiien ami Take Cliildreii London. Jan 4 -(By A P -Th. Tuvvu Council of 1'etrograd. according in an Fxchange Tflepriph dispatch from Cupenhagen, has ditided that all un - married women between the nges of e'uhteen and forty-live shall be pro vided with husbands seleited by the Council. The children e,f these unions, it added, "ill not be nllowid to remain with their parents, but will be educated under tho control of tho Soviet dovern (Joveniment. Deaths of a Day Seafonl Hank Carliier Die Wilmington, I)el Jan 4 (iaienre Donohoa, of Seaford, for twenty-ilv years cashier of the Sussex National Bank, died suddenly of heart dlst.ihe in his home eattrdav H was sixty. eight years old lie was on Ms way home after seeing his son. a lieutenant at Camp Dlx. return on th tram Maudi Chunk Politician Die Maurli muim, !.. Jan l-c. e'urii Dnak was a leader of the n,miin!..J pal ty of this county. nneu ii uiiiM, iuiiuiuiir niiiiiiK.i r EVENING PUBLIC JEWSTO COLLECT. BIG CHARITY FUND Federation's 10-Day Drive for $750,000 Will Be- gin Tomorrow TWO MASS-MEETINGS Loaders Plan to Unite 200,000; Hebrews Now Residing in This City Tno big mass-meetings tomorrow will formally launch tho ten-day drive for 1750.000 for tho Federation of Jewish Charities In Philadelphia. And what Is moro Important In the minds of tho leaders of tho drive. It will begin tho unification of the Jews In this city. For the first time, In tha history of Philadelphia Hebrew leaders nro trying to bring together tho 200,000 Jewish residents of tho city and to unite nil tho charities under ono head. "Wo want Hit- Federation of Jewish Chaillles to becomr the parent or ganisation for the collection and dis trlbutlon of funds for tho community's charitable ende.icrs." s.ild Colonel Samuel D. Lit, chairman of the cam paign committee. Wo want It to become the agent, the spokesman for the tommulty. Wo want It to protect the Interests both of the Institutions and tho contributors Onci u year through nil lntetiHln campaign we hope t& rouo nil Jewry to Interest in Its Indlgont, helpless, hungry and crip pled dependents" Seventy tams of men and seventy teams of women will start the campaign for funds Monday morning. Beginning Tuesday tho captains will make their reports eaeh day at luncheon at the Hotel Adelphla. The muss-meetings to morrow are designed to rouse lnterist and to make dual plans. More than 700 women workers are expected to gather at 3 o'clock tomor row afternoon In tho Alumni Building of Kcneseth Israel Temple. Under the general supervision of Colonel Lit, Mrs. Arthur Ixieb heads tin- women's com mittee Mrs C.vrus Adler Is vice chair man and Mis Jacob c.lnslmrg nsslstant Mce cliairmm of the committee. In cluded on thn advisory committee am Mrs Hurry M Nathanson, Mrs. S I) Tilt, Mis. 1 Jaeobl, IIs Helen Flelshei, Mrs Alfred ItosenMeln, Mr. Sol Sollg. Mrs. Harris Cohn, Mrs Max Margoll" Mrs Joseph Krauskopf, Mrs. Louis , Sickles, Mrs Charles (Umbel, Mrs David Ktrpchbuum, Mrs. Joseph Snellenburg. Tea will bo sened nt the women's me.'llng and there will be talks by Mrs. Alexander Kohnt, of Now York ; Rubb! ICrauskopf, Colonel S I). Lit, Louis Gerstley and Edgar T Honey Tomorrow evening there will be a general mass-meeting In tin- Metropoh n i.pera uouse ami prominent jh villi explain the "100 per cent federation Idea." Aside from tho plans for tho drlvo ami me more Eenous uii- ussiuns ini-ru will be entertainment Sam Goldunberg, noted actor. Madam Neroslovskaya prima donna; Perez Sandler, leader of i Mills In that pmi'" "in u'liiim tha orchestra at the Aieh Stieet Thea- -into to Muor Smith anil Dliector tre. aro expected to be tho entertainers , Wilson that tho underworld cannot Babbl Levlnthal and tho Bev. Dr. Jobeph , have Its wa. ICrauskopf, as well as New Yoik men, I "' M et '" ou wltl,1?.thpr,,"T, "' will talk ibeis of tlu wartime committee during the day and by Monday we will be ready WOUNDED LEAVE STRANDED SfflPsrH?5sHSwS3 (nomination In tho Intcrchunh 1-edera- tlon. T , Oflfl f rr m 1 Last 200 Ot Tl'OOps Aboard M .1 T T T JNorthern Pacific Being D Removed on Litters Ci t tr npu, im niwor-n ALM LAS AID RLSCUE I 1 . I . I ''Ire Inland, v. y jan, 4 riy A. 1 ) Hemoval of 200 wounded the last of the. army transport Northern rarlilc's Holdlcr passenger list aboard the stranded In" rtZ" nrh ,Dd:'5' "m,C- C"ar" ing skies and In an even sea. .-ubmarlne chasers nnd naval launches, carrying the men to the hospital ship 1 Solacc. operation before noon ..mi. iauu m comiiieie ma ruur nnvai launcnes Urew n,Inngleln 'J'""'" "Mc,h "j developed a heavier is. award list In the night, and the bos iniai snip ,-oinee took a position closer Inshore in preparation for tho rescue of the wounded Many of those remaining on board are Utter enses, thus adding I to the dltllcultles of reicuo. 1. 'd ., ,ho tronnih rf. C.m". "T," owereo over tno troopships sldo to the submarine chaser, tho soldiers saw the sun for the first time slneo their trail's P" ran ngrounu within a few hour of their horn,, purt tarly Wednesdav morning OKanli.anH n uV.nn .. n , .1. 1 1 ... "i,,,-, t miuir, aiciuiiK inrougn glasses, saw the helpless toldlers raised I from the ch.is.er to the hospital ship I Sol.ue rolling heavily about n mile sea, I 'warn irom tn transport. ' wo me wiecKlng tugs, after nn hour's won;, raiiea 10 Hlr the btrandul troop. 'ship, whlh now Is imbedded In 'en eet or sand, .mil nav.il ei-sulu bega tnltliig esse I otf bnggugo to lighten tlin Captain Meade, coast guard omVei In cluuge of naval operations on shore. mid tint tin- transpoit was under littb sfaln and in no danger. I iniv. coast guard and lied Crnsj workt-r.s still on duty on tin- btaclt I kept wgil in a biting northwest wind, with a tt-mpi raturt) below freezing, ! while the aftermath of the night's snow stotm crowned the sand dunea that break the monotony of this lonely hore, i iicassunng me-ssages continue to i I come from tho o ters of the trans I port that there Is no Immediate danger Morn than a score of warshlln and other craft aro standing by. When darknebs caused n suspension , " or,H '" ;!"-ue Jetterrtav 2041 i soldiers had been taken from thn liner I by naval and coast guard ciaft In the . faco of great dllllcultles. (in Thurt- nay .in, roiniers aim iieii i ross nurses were carried ashore. TOD YS SIARRIAGE LICENSES Louis 1 Juirl iiifain, Camden, Uihtl M ltuiilniin CunUen Troy .sheiton 1732 I.a'ona st Vulllii. till I .Vtunlnn st N. T N J and and Annie VVillUlil 1- I'otIt :.131 Wi-irtnn Anna M. l Wulcolt. 1913 J'olnt ale 't . and ntnrkmon lTI N AMtr at Ralph U Whirion, Coidornd, Minn. IMna Mi Loinihlln, S0M N 11th n Kre.lsrlrk VV ilrnw O.'SI (lras's ave nnd I and ' .Mill) iiunrtru J,1U r i nt I.ieul lialn r Cavanawih I' H A , 1'hll-i. ilfluhlii 1'j hiiJ i:Jltli si. Clarke. .'4J2 N lrt,hitll l Ilennaii ttcnwartx lai, x oth at Annlo N' Ilerkr. f.ll'y V lett. .t and Huuard rillej. Penh Ainlios, N. "j . and Hindi a Weir. Perth Ambeiy. N" .T Irving Ilrenrr, 27f, s nth st , nnl lleftna I J ,f-it 1 '. -"It mil, NT, Arthur (Mvmr. Slot; J,ires t. I'ettlt. 203J Nfc Ciitnae st Hurry e'aenar. Kfl.liftone Pa nn I Tlatlls anl fjrv Kaslenlall. -'l-l I'earon Mt Ollle Uaber, IBS I rt Jin -t , Ie ir.21 H 51t t lolui I Klnix IS 10 Mnvher it V SDlecel ITL'7 V .1.1 f una .Minr;l tn.l Hither V I . .tnJ Harri A Knltllin ('Hlndtr turv Freeihnrtn 011 flulnbrlilne ct linnut U Hiilkinn N't w Ilrfvpt J I Mula H Men Trenton v i ,inl li'no ii Ward .".11K X 7th i nd Ihnma I ! itoetir. 3715 N. Franklin ,t, I LEDGER- PHtCADEEPHm BATUBDXT, FIGURES IN VICE CONTROVERSY feflB m I kit 4kW .b mpmtur ' m tiniv '.. s t Bvrau i MHjtti3HIH MAYOR SMITH RETURNING OF ROBINSON MAY DOOM TROOP LANDING Continued from l'llne tine had bein explained to Director Wilson that ho replied: "I am not concerned with tho Idle chatter of persons who nro seeking notoriety ' Nor would Mr. Wilson express an opinion us to tho adeciuney of Colonel llntch's force t,i IiuihIIm the vice situa tion miuldid by the lllre "I know nothing of Colonel Hatch ami his department -aid tile director "I have enough to do to take caro of my own." Though liiroi-iur Wilson would not delino Captain Mills' powers, ur outline tho scope of hi' new duties, ho did come out emphatically In a statement that the supiemo jwvver rests with Iloblnsou. He was asked whether Captain Mills would takf nidi m from lloblnson. "Tho Tnt rchurch Federation," said Doctor Batten today, "has boon hood winked by Mayor Smith and unless he gels bun nnd Uteris his promises wo will ask Societal v Daniels to eliminate I'hiUili-lnhU as a port of ilebnrkutlou fur iim-i sens soldlcis. With ltobinson on tho Job wii know what to expect We got a taste of Ills law enforce ment dining the. first year of tho war and In order to protect tho health and nun als of tho buys in unaui "" "'" notimm more to do with lilm Mayor Smith nssuieil ns that Ttoblnsoti would not be restored to ins old mnk. Ho made, It plain that Mills would continue to liandlo tho vice situation, and becaUo of those asslir ances wo withdrew our objections to the ifinstatemcnt of ltobinson. ri.uuiliiR for FIrIiI Tho Mavur lias apparently broken faith with its but this is one tlmo when in- will not get away with it. The underworld wants Iloblnsou as tin, umi.,1 iniemient of Dollco and the decent men nnd women want Captain to rarrv the light to me Mayor. We want Captain Mills put In tharge of vice He has been on the job and has inn.in irnml and must be continued." I He said ho regreueu me romi"' as much as Mayor Smith, but asscrte that the Major was to blame. ' -this row i up to Mayor smith. ii llldj,d, -if i,0 wants to serve the force He said ho regretted tile controversy scrteu lie irees of decency h" will tell superintendent Boblnson to keep hands off the vice slt- nation If he falls to do so, tnen tno blame for a controversy will be his. I am, peaking plalnlv. but when one, 13 dealing with a situation like this, ulain words aie necessary I "1 can tell Mayor Smith that ho can- ' not hurl ltobinson Into the faces of ' dc,,,u """ iind omcn and Bet aWny 'wlJ' "" . ,,.,.. v r.llahin ' .nraSlnjSS"! uTZ districts where Ice Is said to have flour- ,,,i . nnsltlons where lce Is bejond their reach Is causing tho alarm among ,hn riercimnn. Callahan was trHns- U"..., .'.. Phlladolohla nnd Llou ,:"IU v" ..J .,. 1 . tenant Lwing has been assigned to a lionee uu.11 Captain Callahan has had charge of the crusade against xtce In tho so-called tenderloin and his activities caused con- slderablo stir among habitues of the tin dcrworld. ... Lieutenant Lwlnc. In tho Blonkenburg administration, was active in stamping out vice and was considered a most persistent antagonist of tenderloin char acters Another of jwiunson nrsi moves aipo .....Inrl til nan llm tlllV.X ll,.,l it nae isiin" ,..-..- -.. - mandltig that thn city bn rid of all vice. This step was to put bnclt on tho force two men who were dropped by the police i.nnrH for falling to make raids In Varo wards The.sc men are Anthony Martlnelll nnd Anthony Isola. district detectives. Colonel Hatch has made public the correspondence which passed between himself nd Mayor Smith Colonel Hatch's letter follows: 'Hon Thomas 11. Smith, Mavor of rhlla dalphla, City Hall, Philadelphia: "My Dear Mr. Mayor Some time ago, wren tho newspapers announced the fact that Superintendent Boblnson had been discharged from tho army and would soon return to the Police Department as Its head, I reemested an Interview with jou on December 16, whh b. was pur posely held In a room selected by you nt the IlelVvue-Stiatford Hotel. I sug- gerted this procedure, because I did not wish in any wny to emoannss your position by coming to your olllco and having It reported certain demand's had been mado regarding the Pohw Depart ment As a matter of fact, I nbFolutely refused at that time and up until today to make any stntement to the papers legardtng Superintendent Hoblnson's re turn At that Interview three imcs tlons werti brought up, viz ' The advisability of detailing strong milltatv and naval patrols for duty In this city. "Tho advisability of the disembarka tion at Philadelphia of our returning troups -The return of Superintendent Robin- i son to the Police, Department and tho I dtitltu to be assigned to him at that I time. 'I have no doubt you will remember ''nu volunteered the statement you would iiireci uirei iur miwii u unain nuper Intemb nt ltobinson to thn duties he held In the Polite Department before enter- Ing the nrmy, nnd that Acting Superln- I tendent Mills would retain Ills duties as I acting superintendent. "Having accepted your word In this I matter, and ronslderlng the fact that the patriotic Itliens of Philadelphia were entitled to seo our men on their return from France, I recommended to the department that this port be used as a port of entry for returning transports, subject to the proposal you had mado regarding Aetlng Superintendent Mills being left In charge of the Police De partment 'The newspapers this morning stale LIEUTENANT COLONEL HATCH Director Wilson has ordered Superin tendent ltobinson to take charge of the Police Department and' to detail Acting Superintendent Mills In charge of vice In this city. "It has been my endeavor, while per forming my duties here as represenla tlve of the Secretary of the Navy, to Interfere ns little as possible In details of tho city government. I now feel. If the newspapers correctly quote the situ ation, Acting Superintendent Mills has been shorn of that authority In the po lice department which Is necessary In carrying o'lt his duties, wlth the result of a corresponding decrease In morale and efficiency In the department. "In view of the above. It will be neces sary for me to bring these facts to the attention of the authorities In Washing ton today and It Js therefore requested that you give me some idea us to the reasons you have found It necessary. If the newspapers quote correctly, to relieve Acting Superintendent amis from the duties he lit Id before Superintendent ltobinson entered the at my, Yotus very tiuly, (Signed) "C. B. HATCH, "Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Marines, Law Fnforcement Otllcer." Mayor Answers llntrli Thn Mayor's reply follows: "Lieutenant Colonel C. B. Hatch, Fnlted States Marines. Law Hnforce- ment Officer, 130 South Fifteenth street, Philadelphia. "My Dear Sir Tho first Intimation that jour request for an Interview on December 16 last had refere-nce to the return of Superintendent ltobinson Is contained In our letter of this morning. Tour statement that the me-eting was held nt a room purposely selected by mo at the Bcllovue-Stratford Hotel Is linmuteilal; so Is the statement that this procedure was suggested by you ; and tho reason, too, that you give for such suggestion, which, while will probably look well In print. Is really of no con sequence. "As to the questions brought up at that meeting: As 1 recall It, the first was, as you say, the ndvisablllty of detailing strong military and naval patrols for duty In this city; In order to tako care of and piotect men In uniform found upon the streets In nn intoxicated condition. My recollection of what you tol'Jr me regarding this Is that a letter hud been sent to Secretary Danlols by some persons or organlza tlon suggesting such a patrol; that the letter had been forwarded to you by tho Secretary without comment. At that time we also discussed conditions which had been observed by us both on the day tho armistice was signed, and which had to do with intoxication of men in uniform, and the question of the patrol was left to your decision. "At that stago of our Interview, you may recall, I suggested that perhaps a letter from me requesting the publlo generally to realize the fact that to furnish liquor to men In uniform was a mistaken kindness as well a.s a mistaken form of hospitality, and ou thought well of the suggestion. Such a letter was written. I have no doubt you saw It. "Then you mentioned tho facts that the newspapers had referred to tho re turn of Superintendent Boblnson and asked mo If he wan returning and whether It was tho Intention to put Bob. lnson in charge? of the department, and I replied that I presumed he would occupy the position he retired from at the? time ho entered the service of the Clovernment. And I further said that I had no Idea that tho Director of the Department of Public Safety con templated nnythlng else. Subsequently I discussed with the Director tho question of protection to the soldiers and sailors at present here and those returning from foreign shores, nnd we determined to place Assistant Director Mills in en tire chargo of the vice idtuatlon, with authority to select tho men he desired to assist him. "Director Wilson Is in charge of the Department of Publlo Safety and any matters pertaining to tho conduct of the affalrH of that oftlce which concerns you you are at liberty to take up with him I am in entire nftord with tho position taken by him returning Mr Boblnson as Superintendent of Police and In de tailing Assistant Superintendent of Police Mills In entire charge of vice conditions In this city, which, together with other duties, he has had since May 1018, and do not purpose lending my aid to a controversy which can only result In the unjust Mllllcatlon of the fair name of this patriotic and clean city." ASYLUM FUGITIVE CAUGHT Alarms MuHcli "Will Re Returned to R)berry Farm After a week's liberty, Marcus Mutsch, sixty e.rs old, who esiaped from the Bjbeny Tarm for the Feeble-Minded whs picked up today bv a deputy mar shal on tho third flour of the Federal Building. His capturo waB due to his calling at tho Department of Justice to protest against his being detained in the Insti tution. Mutsch was arrested somo time ago as a dangerous alien, and for falling to register aa an alien enemy. Luther Museum Looted Vtittenberr, rrinulu, Jan. 4 (By A P.) The Luther Museum here has been looted by robbers Tha thieves secured many valuable coins and a number of costly books Including some famous Babylonian Bibles. Chestnut Hill Winner in Temperature Race Low temperatures recorded In outlying sections today follow: Chostnut Hill ir Narbertli j? Oal Lane jg Svvarthmorc 18 Merchantvllle js Roxborough jg FAOTARY 1919 NO EXCUSE FOR $1 EGGS, SA YS LAYERS' UNION HEAD Mrs. Biddy Leghorn Says She and Others in Organization Produce as Many as Ever and Arc Not in Class With War Profiteers One dollar a dozen. Jack roses? No eggs. Just why they're selling for 8'i cents each, few consumers can understand. Many fear dealers aro selling eggs on the theory that an egg Is equal to a pound of beof. Things equnl to tho same things are equal to each other. If ordinary beef Is thirty cents a pound, and an egg Is equal to a pound of bee. It Is argued that dealers may renll;l be aiming to sell eggs at thirty cent I each. Hens nrguo there's no excuso for the high prices. "We lay Just as often as we always did" said Mrs. Biddy Leghorn, president VARE ANSWERED BY REVISIONISTS i Winston and "White Reply to Senator's Scoffing Speech HIS RECORD RECALLED John c Winston and Thomas Haeburn White, leaders In the movement to re- form the city's charter, replied today to State Senator Vnrc's attack on charter revision. Powell Kvans Indicated he will have something to say about the Vare statement when the charter re vision committee meets next Tuesday. "There Is a certain character In the Bible," said Mr. White, "who waited for seven years and then another seven. I guess I can wait too. I don't believe Mr. Vare Is against charter revision. He only wants to u . ,, , , ' ... shown. I think majbe he will come round In time. "Wo are hoping to bring together the various elements that aro in favor of re- vising Philadelphia's charter." .Mr Winston said: iy beforo nightfall." "I really c-annot see why Senator Vare Meanwhile the strikers have called should be so much disturbed about two meetings today to make plans for charter revision' and what '.Mr. White strengthening the union, and Mr. Winston' are doing. Two rars, ago somo of his friends were very Confer Willi Food Oflirlnli anxious that he bo given the opportunity Following a meeting of milk dealers to Introduce In tho Legislature some of 'and officials of the food administration our bills to amend tho charter at the Manufacturers' Club, Doctor King "If Mr. Varo Is really desirous of issued the following statement: giving the people what they want, lie "Certain milk dealers went t.nt nn n ought not to And fault with a 'lot of men and women' meeting to discuss matters of public Intorest, and If ho and other representatives in the Legislature wish to consider what Is best for Philadelphia, they should welcome the Interest public spirited citizens aro taking in on effort ti improve conditions." Senator Voro discussed the chaiter question at a meeting of the Uepubllcan City Committee yesterday. He wild in effect that there would be no charter revision at Harrlsburg unless the Jorlty of the legislators from Fhlladel- phla wanted It. Senator Vare, asked today to amplify his statements of yesterday, said: 'Tho members of the Legislature from i this city will canvass their districts to learn tne .sentiment ot me iieuino in re- gard to charter revision. If they find any real sentiment in favor of revision, they will be for It : If they do not, they will not hand their constituents some thing they do not w-unt." PHILADELPHIANS BACK, ON NORTHERN PACIFIC YSs" tBlr time by going to any of the plants or branches of the Arm from which they ,,,, , have been buying milk. Steps have been Lieilt. I. C. Roberts Readies V'1"'" t0 supply all hospitals and chil dren. "WVlineWOod Home Rock , Tm' trouble was augmented this morn- . T x , Ing when union elalrymen In various sec Ill fScW York "o"" of the city declared a sympathetic strike and left their places At Pol- llnger's dairies. Sixteenth and Tasker Lieutenant Frank C. Boberte, Jr. of Cherry lane, Wynnewood, has returned homo from France, having made the trip across the ocean on the transport North ern Pacific, which stranded off Fire Island. . Lieutenant Roberts was in Franco fif teen months, on duty at the aviation experimental station, where he had to test airplanes for use by tho American aviators. Thn lieutenant was nasstner IhrnntHi Paris tho day the armlstlco was signed and, bocause ho had been n cheer leader at Princeton University, ho was com pelled to mount a box and lead a big crowd In cheers for Foch and victory. He was kept at It for a half hour. Lieutenant Boberts had gono to bed.be held at Passyunk avenue and Moore Juet twenty minutes before the North ern Pacific was stranged. He did not know about It until he awakened at 5 o'clock tho next morning. He was taken a&horo at 11 o'clock that day and was met by his wife, who formerly was Miss Mary Arrean Miller; his parents and hls brother, Harmar D. Boberts, wiioIcern3 nlK0 are '" conference and expect was In tho S. A. T C at Princeton, I l0 f""UUio plans to quash the strike, Another Phlladelphlan on the North-! ,., . em Pacific was Lieutenant J. Russell DEATHS OF WEEK 1NCRFASF Bock, son of William C. Bock, Sr. 1929 ulMlu,i vl fl LEft JHMVEflaE Snrlnv Harden street. Tfn ha, nn, i CA1 TY -.l A . n .....,, -- r-- ------- - -; " of the 310th Motor Transport Corps. A brother. Lieutenant William C. Bock, ,Tr, was killed In uctlon in France, Oc tober 17. U.S. RECEIVES GERMAN PLANES Sixty Turned Over at Coblenz and 100 More Await Trial Coblenz, Jan. s (By A. P ) Sixty moro German airplanes were accepted Thursday by the Americans. Ono hun dred more, which will bo turned over to tho Americans, novo arrived here and are being given trial (lights by German aviators preparatory to their acceptance. So far all tho machines offered ha-e been acoepted. All were brand new, STRIKE SPREADS AT SHORE Sheet Metal Workers at Atlantic City ' Join Other Trade Atlantic City, Jan. 4 Sheet metal workers Joined tho striking electricians, plumbers nnd tinsmiths today. Tho walkout Is nssuming a serious turn, tying up virtually al! building opera tions. This is tho building teason here, and the strike will go far to affect ac tion of prospective Investors. Formation of the Allied Building Trades' Association, which is to co operate with similar organizations In other cities, hns been formed since tho strike yesterday. Tha IWrst declara. tlon was an Indorsement of the ulti matum of the bosses refusing the de. mand for Increased wages. The work ers demand an advance of from (6 to $7 a day. of the egg-layers' union today. "They feed us old oyster shells and corn and other stuff. Wo don't get any more food and our coops nro Just as dingy as ever. Whitewash Isn't dear, yet they won't even give our dining rooms n. coat, "But somo of your meals cost more," it was suggested, "Not a bit of It," said Miss Leghorn. "They don't give us tho things that are high priced, You can't believe all that high-brow stuff you rcael In the magazines written by these eggologlsts. They try to raise eggs by the card-Index system but we're laying for them. "And then another thing," she, cackled conclusively, "our eggs ain't what they're cracked up to be." STRIKE MENACES MILK DELIVERIES 1200 Dairy Workers Quit and 'Urge Others to Follow jU. S. TAKES UP CASE Striking dairy workeis threaten to ,le UP ,he milk distribution of the city, jMore than 120 workers are already out, tno striKcrs say, and others are ex pected to quit work today. So serious Is the situation that the United States food administration has been appealed to for relief and Dr. Clyde L. King, of that organization, hos been designated to bring about some form of agreement between the strikers and the employers. I "An adequate milk supply Is a vital I necessity to mothers, children and sick ' sifd ,odv "na V , m , V" . '""' sam today, -and we will take Bteps at once to seo that no hardships will be I suffered by theso persons. We have , outlined no definite policy as jet but I feel that steps leading toward the i solution of the dldlcultv will be under sympathetic strike this morning. The understanding of the food administration Is that tho strike was called in order to force tho Abbott firm to recognize a union of the milk drivers other iimn the union the Abbott firm have recog nized. The strike Is a sympathetic strike, there being no disputes In regard t0,eraees' ll0urs tr working conditions Two -organizations were formed .iiuuiiB tup urivera in the Abbott firm, ono headed by the group In Lancaster ma-(avenue, the other bv n" umim in r-.- mantown. Tho company recognized both organizations. "Tho Ocnnantown organization which contains some of the South Phlladel- phla drivers, demanded that the Abbott Arm sign an agreement that all milk nuun unvers in their firm should loin the Germantovvn organization Tii. mi, organization took tho position that If this were dono they would quit. The Abbott firm had to choose between one of the. two unions. For this reason a portion of the Abbott drivers walked out last Saturday. "The milk drivers nf PM!,!.,ini,i., jthe best paid of any llrm reporting to tho food nflniln!atf-fitln ,t.-i on trio. u men. virtually the whole working force, quit. No delivery routes were operated by that firm this morning the manager said. Peels Kffecls of Strike The Supplee-Wllls-Jones dairies. Elev enth and Jefferson streets, would issue no statement In the absence ot C. Hen derson Supplee, but it was admitted that tho firm had felt the effects of the sym pathetic strike, Harbison's dairies re fused to mako any statement regarding tho number of men affected and referred all questions to Doctor King. This con cern operates at Front and niamnn,! ,eeta ?nd 8ends mlllc to M sections of the northeast. The Wuwa, Scott-Powell and several other dairies Issued statements to the effect that the walkout had not crippled their services. The meetinc-s rf wrmra j..,-.. ,.. street and at 608 West Qlrard avenue. The strikers will take up tho question of remaining out until there Is a. general recognition of their union and several other questions vyhlch are expected to come up, The owners of the various milk con- mi miiuricu, as Jitiaillst ;jj in Preceding Period Deaths throughout tho city during tho week numbered 001 as compared with 535 last week and 671 during the corre spondlng week last year. They were divided as follows- Males, .122 : females 279; boys, S3, and girls, 61. ' ',,nale8' The causes of death were: ncuriPi inve r , Diphtheria and croup.. , Influenza ). Other ephlmlc dUeasett ' Tuberculoelii of the lunss Tuberculous meningitis Other forms of tuberculosis ' Cancer ,,,,,,,.,,,,,, Plmplo meningitis ' Apoplexy and softening of brsln.,,, Organic diseases of tho heart Acutt bronchitis ( Chronic bronchitis I'n-umonla Ilronchopneutnonla , Diseases ot tho respiratory system,, Diseases of the stomach , Diarrhea and enteritis Appendicitis and tjphlltla , Hernia , Cirrhosis of tho liver , Acuta nephritis and Urlght's disease, Noncancerous tumors , ruorperal septicemia Congenital debility n. Senility 4 Homicide 3 All other violent deaths 40 8uicid ;.;;; " AH other diseases , n,g Unknown or lll-tlenned diseases , x Total 001 Wills Admitted to Probate Wills probated today Included those of Adolpn Ahrens Newton Center Mass., which. In private bequests, dis poses of property valued nt $6600: Ja cob L Hydrlck, Nineteenth and Qro-n streets, (27,000. and Rose O'Mal'ev 1748 Venango 8tret. 00. y' BOMB PLOTTERS f STMATLARGE Police Blame Radicals and Terrorists Imported From New York MOORE GIVES INTERVIEW Suspect Calls I. W. W. Too Tame for Him They Loaded War Supplies J Although five days have passed sines "terrorists" bombed the homes of As sistant Superintendent Mills, of ths Police Department! Ernest T. Trigg, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Justice von Moschzlsker, the police are no nearer a solution of the bomb outrages than they were on Monday night. They have a fairly definite Idea that the bomb outrages In this city were executed by radicals In tho I. W. W. and that "terrorists" from Xew Tork were Imported to do the work. That clue represents the work of the detective force to date. So far as knowing the Identity of men who might have been Implicated, the police aro compelled to resort to a long list of so-called undesirables and questionable characters that was pre pared by Government agents and private detectives In shipyards and munitions plants. Three hours after Edward Moore, avowed anarchist, had been freed yes terday by the police of any suspicion of participation or knowledge of the re cent bomb plot he stood In front of hi brother's home at 3533 North Water street and told a story of the alleged scope of I, W. W, Influence here during the war. Moore said that every stick of dynamite, every pound of powder and every shell that went overseas from this port and the navy yard was loaded on the vessels by longshoremen who were members of the I. AV, W. "I don't know that the Government had anv agreement," he said, "with the I. W. AV but the officials must have known that the longshoremen were con nected with tho organization. There wasn't a longshoreman employed at League Island who didn't hold a card In tho I. W. W., and the whole situation here was under the control of Local ;so. 8, which meets at Second and Catharine streets." Moore did not make this statement. he said, to plead for consideration for the I. W W. becaueo of the loyalty ot Its longshoremen during the war. Ha wasn't Interested In that matter at all. he plainly suggested, but rather he told that to show why he could have no dealings with such an organization, His whole attitude was that tho organiza tion was too tame for him and that thot was the reason why ha quit ths i. W, W, some years ago. "I'm a Bolshevist," proclaimed Moore proudly, "and I stand with Lenlnc. Or rather he stands with me, and we both stand with Marx. I'm no I. W, V., but an ultra-radical In that I am working every minute for the overthrow of capi talism." CAR-LINE REMOVAL BACKED BY LENN0N Select Council President Sup ports Mitten at Hearing in Passyunk Avenue Case Humiliation of the Passyunk avenue car lino will Improvo tho service In the southern section of Philadelphia. This was the substnnco of the testi mony given by Thomas K Mitten, presi dent of the Bapid Transit Company, at a hearing beforo Publlo Service Com missioner Bnn of tho complaint of the Passyunk Avenue Business Men's As sociation against the company's pro posal to remove the car line from Pass yunk avenue. After hearing thn testimony of Mr. Jlltten, James Ii Lennon, president of Select Council, and several others, Commissioner llyan said 11 decision In the case would be given later, Bemoval of the cars used on Passyunk avenue? to Snyder avenue would give ad ditional service where the big Industries are located, Mr. Mitten nsserted, and said It would permit the running ot cars at more frequent Intervals. The complaints, ho declared, were not from the riding public but from persons who conducted stores along Passyunk avenue and feared loss of buslntts. He promised that on nil north and south lines transfers would bo granted at Snyder nvenue. Mr, Lennon, who for years was a caustic, critic of the? company, showed by his testimony that ho had suddenly be come one of Its strongest champions. When asked for an opinion on the con troversy, he said: "In my opinion, to give better service on Snyeler avenue and generous transfers would improve the service In South Phil adelphia. I can see no reason why the tracks should not bo removed from, Pas syunk avenue-." Mr, Lennon was then reminded by Ed ward B. Martin, eounsel for tho associa tion, that he had for years been an op ponent of the company's methods. Ha admitted he had been a strenuous nd vocate of better Ben Ice and had opposed the granting of the company's lease. "Why have you changed your opin ion?" Martin asked. "A man has a right to change his mind," was Mr. Lcnnon's reply. James M. McDonnnell, president of the Point Breeze Workmen's Associa tion, said the change proposed by tha company would prove a great advantage to the 8600 workmen employed at Point Breeze. He admitted that his organlza. tlon had only been In existence sixty days. He denied, on being questioned by Mr Martin, that the organization was formed especially to approve the change made by the transit company, Edwin It. Cox. who is connected with the Atlnntlo Bedning Company, also as serted that It would be an advantage to run all the cars on Snyder avenue. Destroyer Has Wound Stripe no.ton Jan. 4. Fresh from overseas service where they spent many month. In hunting German submarines and In convoy work, six United States destroy ers steamed Into port yesterday amid a welcomlngroar from whistles of har. bor craft. The flotilla was In common rl J a".,,al" J?' F-2Kbaum and consisted of his flagship, the Stevens, and the jen JS,MPPe' Ca88ln PaUWIng nnd Con! The Cassln had a "wound stripe." Doctor Delk III at Hi, Home The Bev. Dr. Edwin Hevl n.iv , tor of St. Matthevv's Lutheran riifrVr and an official of the Interchureh -rS" eratlon, Is confined to his hnh. f & North Broad street. suffeHng ?rm63( throat affection. His cSnd Uon ",,S regarded serious. He Is Muscled ?niot out again within a few Says? ttcd ,0 be - l ;v I I i M fl '. . si - .." .&. ' ' y t fcVA, MT'yfti' J&fegK"' -svt-.w.,.; f .. .-S-'.'ML. .u-rittrsM.- A . -. g&tn
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