, V ti .V" r : ua : V - .V- f u c A FKf :f 1 r E'V x h kv u . !. ', 7, I Aji si COMPLAIN TODAY OVER SKIP-STOPS .Business Organizations Present Grievances to Transit Officials RYAN SUGGESTS PLAN P. R. T. Agrees to Hear Com plaints of Community Inconvenience Complaints against the. skip-stop sys tem are being laid before the Phlladel rhla Rapid Transit Company today by Business organizations throughout the city. The complaints are being made Indl. vidualjy by the members of the confer ence committee of the United Business Men's Association, under a plan sug gested by Publla Service Commissioner Mlchae! J. Ryan and sanctioned by II. G. Tulley, vice president of the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company. Under the plan, as worked out by the committee of the United Business Men's Association, any complaint regarding the l sKip-stop system should be sent to Ed ward A. Noppel, secretary of tho asso ciation, at his offlce, 1013 Arch street It will then be taken up Immediately with Mr. Tulley. through tho conference committee member living In the vicinity of tho nonstop location of which com plaint la-made. Mr. Tulley has agreed to be In his of flee. Eighth and Dauhpln streets, every morning this week from 9 to 11. and at the company's offlce In the Land Title -ouilutnsr ench nftprnnnn rv. i ..a . 2:30 to hear the complaints and attempt to adjust them. p The conference committee will meet next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at ,lr2,nel,t company's mces n the Land Title .Building. . Jfpwar?s of nfty complaints ngalnst Individual steps were placed before Mr. Tulley yesterday afternoon at the con ference committee meeting. While his appearance before the com mittee did not In any way alter the company's stand that skip-stops Bhould remain In operation, Mr. Tulley told the committee he was willing to discuss any objections to Individual communities In convenienced by cars not stopping at certain streets. Mr. Noppel In his statement, read to the committee, declared that It was clearly understood that In the event of tho failure of the committee to adjust the differences between the transit com pany and tho public the committee's efforts will net prejudice any future ac tion It might decide to bring before the Stato Commission. BENJ.H. SHOEMAKER DIES; 91 YEARS OLD Retired Glass Merchant Was S-i-8 TlA&nnTirlnYtt- nt rinnVnn Colonists Benjamin H. Shoemaker, member of an'old Quaker family, died at his home, 535 Church Lane, Germantown today. He was ninety-one years old. Death was due to advanced age. Fun eral will be held at his home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clck. Interment will be made In Laurel Hill cemetery. Mr. Shoemaker, who retired eight years ago, was a glass merchant. He was Interested in various buslnes con cerns, charitable organizations and so cieties, and was especially Interested In the work of the Pennsylvania Hospital. He became a manager of the Institu tion In 1886, was secretary of Its board of managers for nineteen years, rind waa elected president of the hospital in 1891. He was president for twenty one years. Mr. Shoemaker was at one time pres ident of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven railroad, and when he died was a director of the road. He, was also a director of the Glasgow Iron Company; mo Mortgage iTust company, of Penn sylvania, and a member of the advisory committee of the Germantown Trust Copany, For ten years he was secretary of the Society for Organizing Charity and pres ident of the Germantown Horticultural Society.. Mr. Shoemaker was one of the earliest members of the Union League. Mr. Shoemaker was born In Shoemak ertown, Montgomery County, Pa., De cember 27, 1827, his ancestors had set tled Jn the town In 1686. Mr. Shoe maker came to Philadelphia In 1848 nnd became an apprentice under his brother . Robert Shoemaker, a druggist. In four years he became a member of the firm and the firm then took the name of Robert H. Shoemaker & Co. When the business disbanded In 1865, Benjamin Shoemaker established a plate and window glass business at 205 Fourth street and the business Is still at this address. Since Mr. Shoemaker retired the glass business has been conducted by his two sons, nobert Shoemaker, Jr. and .Benjamin IL Shoemaker, 2d. Besides his sons, Mr. Shoemaker l survived by two daughters. Mrs. P. w ''M M- J. S. h. Wharton, ten grandchildren, and four great grand children Mr. Shoemaker's wife, who wag Miss "'"l " iiTjinp, aiea in 1910, . 1AKER PROBESjOVERSEAS MAIL U JTar Secretary Will Endeavor to f , End Congestion ,vw" ."' "". oecretary or war - B"f.er 'oday conducted a personal In- y.,t'r,,1j),? ' conditions surroundlnr i the handling of mall destined to troops dfhaTocal po.tomc. he VUlufSKlg , terminals, steamship piers and embarks. -'2 SSi 2?'?lYl U.e'J.r.m.'"e.w.hJher the put Into operation such changes as may be found necessary to expedite its . i ment.. Baker aald he did not Intend to (.sue report or orders as a result of his Llnr'.bili W0Uld. Pfrsonally recommend yuen action a might seem necessary to I him to relieve mall congestion here. If ( auch congestion Is found tp exiat. ' . WILLS PROBATED TODAY ' V GfmAn nt- nf. -.-.I r . . VS f' -"- - -MMueu oi in rri If (.,. vate UetrueRs The -will of Christian H. Simon. Broad , mnm voir pirr-ia. aamittra to probate I .: JVY """" U' May, SIpowfl of bit estate valued at L 'Conditions In Brest were unbelleva f fiiii . mi. hu,ii.,i. "M blv umanltirv at flr.t ' xti.. u,. .- Am a,A W.I...J 1. A . jmsM vwtAiv ,wu jth i,,ov wag Clls- s a in ie wui'oi (iopma, , droer Washington nvenue. Jojl cts of the estate pf J" l v T' "Wrassea ctsshbsmh 1 .HI-.-H..L 'Hr7sE rEa a BEsfl9LVHMBBBLH'' in? 'B Wn,v BAL'' ?V fs-BV - ""PHI &. ' ' ",, -"t'JLi ir" A ? Igpr 9F sssMBr asMPv k1P r " W9 " s f . 1 MIIS. JOHN C. GROOME Was tlie victim on Friday evening of two Iiigliivajmen, one of vliom Miatcliecl her handbag containing $50 in cash, jewelry and valuable papers MORE ROADS QUIT IN LONDON STRIKE Electric Railways and Street Car Stoppage Added to Tube Tic-Up BIG HOTEL WALKOUT By the Associated Press London, Ten. 4. Profiting by Its ex perience yesterday, when the city awoke to nnd transportation hampered by the strike In the tubes, London started early to work today. By daybreak the streets ere well filled with men and Women walking from the suburbs, and the buses. cwde!ieJr 3t "' 'Cl4k' We Almost every bus carried a tube striker, who was urging the women con ductors to strike, but up to the present these efforts have been without success. The London District Railway was shut down completely today, for although all the drhers did not join the strike, the staff at the power house that supplies the current for the lines went out at an early hour without giving any reason for its action. As this line, which has a circular route as well as many radical lines, carries thousands of passengers to all parts of the metropolis, tho trafllc situation became much moro serious. Many motor lorries nnd virtually every other class of vehicle, were re quisitioned ror the emergency, but there were not nearly enough accommodations for those who wished to rnnv. nh, the city. I As another result of the shutting ' down of the power station, some of the) street cars on the Surrey side of the Thames, which get their current from the station, wero compelled to stop run-! nme. - Hotel Strike AITrets Thousands Thousands of Londoners who. because I of the shortage of domestic help during the war. had become hotel dwellers, either went without breakfast this morn-1 lng ior vfere compelled to be satisfied with a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of bread. This situation wns the result of a strike, of the hotel workers, which, has crippled the kitchen staffs and the table service In the large hotcli of the West Knd. ' The Itltchen staffs, which are made up, largely of foreigners, demand an eight-1 pour any ana a .'o per cent Increase In wages. The waiters demand the abolition of the SVStem Under Which their tint slon on the takings deducted They de-' mand nlso.a minimum wage of 2 weekly for women nnd 3 for men. The smaller hotels were nhl. to min,i .. .1 j na.mnnAn, ....., 1...1 , ..- """' .'": w"r"'"'M". '" "l larger ones, with accommodations for 1000 or more guests each, long lines of patrons stood outside tho dining rooms waiting vainly to be served. The hotel men say they will npt sub mit to the strikers' demands and that new forces for the establishments aro being recruited. Oliimtoiv Situation Improved The situation In Glasgow showed further Improvement today. Though none of tho strikers nt the Fairfield shipbuilding yards resumed work, fully 60 per cent of the strikers at the Cath enrt engineering works nnd many nt the Llnthouse shipyard returned to work. This afternoon the shipwrights at Govan notified the authorities they would re sume work tomorrow morning If protec tion for them could be provided. It Is understood the impression pre vails among the authorities that a smnll minority brought about tho (strike In Glasgow. The Associated Societies of Locomo tive Hnglneers, which today called out their men on tho London District Rail way, announced that If their strike should not be effective, the steam train engineers and firemen of the railways In the London area, that also have elec tric propulsion, will be called out and, subsequently, If necessary, all tho socle ties' 43,000 members throughout the country. The executive cwunc'1 of the Amalga mated Society of Knglneers, after con sidering the situation created by vari ous unofficial strikes In connection with the latest grievances arising out of the introduction ot the demand for a forty-eoven-homr week. Issued a statement dis approving of all unofficial strikes and urging its members to resume work lm-mt-dlately nnd thus enable responsible trades unions' executives Immediately to enter Into negotiations with the em ployers' federation. YEOWOMAN BACK FROM BREST Miss Edith R. Barron Spent Fif teen Months in Navy Service "I haven't done a thing more Impor tant than all the other yeowomen over here," declared Miss Edith R. Barron, who has just returned from fifteen months' service In Brest. France, "r wns just a little luckier In getting over seas." Miss Barron, a Phlladelphlan, was the first yeowoman to enter aervleH in France, One other reached Brest a month earlier, but Miss Barron: was the first to be assigned to work. She was In the office of one of the navy hospitals In Brest. "It was a wonderful experience for me. but there .was no such excitement as Red Cross, V. M. C. A, or Salvation Army workers might be able to tell you." said Miss Barron- today. ''It was just the fun of being In the midst of the war zone and knowing that ycur quiet little bit waa helping some to win. Our greatest excitement was going to "movies. The natives of Brest disap proved of dancing and merriment so wa were very quiet Indeed till after the Brm,,.tlc' wa signed. Then we had a bly unsanitary at first." Uiu ikrrr.n said. "Most of the time the water sup ply was Inadequate and often It was shut off entirely. Qreat Improvements wero made after the navy took charre of the place." 1 EVENING PtTBLIO SOCIETY MATRON ROBBED BY THUGS Mrs. John C. Groomc, After Holdup, Says Streets Arc Unsafe ATTACKED NEAR HOME Police Try to Suppress Rob- 1 v-i -ITT i l)cry, Which Happened 111 Earlv Eveilinc "The situation has gronn so serious that It Is virtually unsafe for women to co ouirtnnr, nfi.r ,,ti,ffnii n,i .... ....... .,.-,,......, .... . speak of all sections cf the city." This statement was made today by Mrs. John C. Oroome, wifo of Colonel flrnnma h...l u ...nil.,.., .u.. i- rrnn .. ,, ,.., ,..,., ' . - ...., imiii mot, i tiu ay evening Was lem up uy two negroes, one or whom,C'onttuy avenu snatched her handbag containing JCO In cash, some Jewelry nnd valuable papers. Tho facts wero suppressed by tflo no- . ... . . ... .u mm uiu not uccome puduc until Mrs. Groome gave them to the news papers. "Philadelphia seems to be full of all types of undesirables." nhe said, "and several friends of mine have related to mo the most d'sacreenble exnerlences they have had with them within tho last fortnight. This state of affairs sure- iy calls for Immediate remedial action. ticii it iiccuiuen uiiMiiu iur iwo women to walk alone a main citv thor oughfare at dusk, surely It is time for authorities to at least start nn Investiga tion of the.crlmo situation. We scarcely had time to be frightened before the w-hote thing was over," she said. "But It makes one sick to think that, even In tho heart of the city. In brightly lighted streets and in company w 1th others, you nre not safe." Mrs. Oroome. who Is vice chairman of the Emergency Aid, accompanied by Mrs. J. Ogdon 'Hoffman was walking cast on Spruce street near Fifteenth about G o'clock on Fr'day evening. As the women reached Mrs. Hoffman's home, at H18 Spruce street, and were about to part, two men who had been loitering on the corner approached them from tho rear. " One of the men snntched Mrs. CJroome's handbag and dashed down Rosewood street, a small thorcughfare, between Broad and Fifteenth Etreets. The women screamed "Stop thief !" and followed, but were outdistanced hy tho thieves. Despite the excitement caused by the women's cries nnd the chase, the police, according to Mrs. CSroome, were conspicuous by their absence. Mrs. Oroome then visited the Twelfth nnd Pine streets police station and the same evening a plain clothes man interviewed her at her home, 1018 Clinton street. , He was followed by three moro police In vestlgators the next day. So far, the thieves have not been apprehended. innn r J J s j. IVUU JbOCK(l Ullt r m 'i y- In Textile Clash I. c,ntlnul ,rom rn "ne one- Our main purpose was to estab. Hsh the eight-hour principle. Wo feel that we have done this. We look upon " as a great victory." 0"7 nnn CT V TrrUfVVDC 'UUU " iV W vAiVIW rtTlT AT P JTCOCnV UU1 ll rll CAJUJl ratrrnon, N. .1.. Feb. 4. Picketing started here today In tho strike nf 27.000 siik wonters. A numDer or i. w. w- agents were on tho ground, seeking lu urniinite in oirnwcrn. nuwevrr, inoai ' accordance with their demnnd fori11"" Cedr' arrl"d ,la';" " n forty-seven-hour week, the silk officers and men from trance, un ' operatives reported for work this morn-I board were the Forty-fourth Regiment lng at 7:30, halfin hour late. They i r? a. fi. comnlete. regular army forty- rouna ine uours ciuseu n Therefore, leaders, assert. tey arc be- iiiunu iiie uuuib uustu uaimi tiiem. lng locked out. Tho manufacturtra de cinre It Is a strlKe. not a lockout, 'Louis Mngnat, strike leader, declared he wns opposed to the national war labor board arbitrating the matter nt present, saying the workers were justi fied in asking the forty-seven-hour week. I. W. W leaders urge the strikers to demand a forty-four-hour week. ALL LAWRENCE MILLS CRIPPLED BY STRIKE T.awrenre, Mass., Feb. 4. (By A. P.) The second day of the strike cf tex tile operatives in the twehe mills of this city found virtually nil plants af fected. The Kverett mllis were idle and the four American Woolen Com pany mills were operating only a few departments, and those with greatly de pleted forces. The general committee whtcn has the strike in charge held a meeting today to decide whether the strikers would affiliate with the United Textile Wcrk ers of America. At present tne'y nre organized only on racial lines. The United Textile Workers have not sanc tioned the demand for fifty-four hours' pay under the new forty-eight-hour schedule, wnicn is tne object sought by tile biriitcra. WALK ALONG SUBWAY Passengers Foot It Through Tube When Accident Blocks Traffic Several hundred persons groped their way tnrougn ine suoway mis morning In n personally"conducted tour from the Schuylkill River bridge to Fifteenth street. Something went wrong with the mecnanism oi n suuwny-surrace car above Twenty-tnira street ana cars quickly mobilized for the length of sev eral blocKs. itatner man go out In the rain at tne west enu oi tne sunway, most passengers decided to walk through the tunnel to Fifteenth street, A conductor acted as guide. All had to tread the route to Fifteenth street very gingerly. Eventually they reached there ln safety. The line was blocked for half an hour. Service Men to Attend Ball Service men affiliated with the Ancient Order of Hibernians w'll be the guests of honor at the fifty-third annual ball of the Philadelphia branch cf the or ganisation to be held In the Arart.mv of Music, on February 24. The commit tee in cnarge met yesteraay and com- nietea plans mr mo military reception. Individual Invitations will be sent to each member In the army or navy to attend In uniform. Relatives of mem bers also will be Included In the Invita tion. . Lectures at U. of P. Museum The first of a series of three Illus trated lectures on Greece by Arthur Wellealey Howes, of the CVntm ni. School, will be given at 1:30 o'clock I tnmnrpnw afternoon At th. tti... ,... ' Museum, .Spruce and Thlrty-thlrd streets. The subject will be "Athens and Environs." Other lectures win h. i,- on concurrent Wednesday afternoons. They are "Southern Greece." February 12, and "Northern Greece," February 1. Colgate Chemltt Diet pf Burns Jerser Cltr, N. J Feb. 4. (By A. P Pr. George Pelrce, of Montclalr, N. J research chemist for the Colgate sosn manufacturing riant here, and . : -JL . LEDGER-PHILADELrHIA, TUESDAY, BOY FALLS DEAD AT PLAY: SEEMINGLY IN GOOD HEALTH Little Walter Roser Asked Mother for Apple, Went Outside to Resume Playing and Died on Pavement in Narbcrth Blood , Clot From Fall Believed Cause Little Walter Koser lay white nnd very still today In his tiny room at the Roser home in Narbcrth, Down on tho rainswept front porch was his express wagon, as forlorn and j fralen and desolate as any Inanimate ' object could be. , And rocking to and" fro In the little ifiarlor was Mrs, noser, her eyes red- vjr weeping, tier vuico cnoaeu Dy sobs. "Just five minutes before little Wal- ter died," sho faltered "Just five mln- t ' mcs Before he ran in and asked for an Apple , Th; circumstances of the .child's 'death arc tragic, Death came In an '"slant. There was no second of warn- ' U'K' t T.'10 w P MnB I 1 Iin lifiv i'ii. tiTfttlnt? nn tliA biiia. wnllt n fan. .lnnr. rrnm hlu linmn nt 1"0 late yesterday after- noon' ,,e wns shouting with glee. And 1 J no re" ,0 th0 Pcmeni, strangely ii'i. .i,. t.,.. u.nn.i.i ,(,... ,nm "" "-" " " - ...... CRUISERS TO BRING TROOPS FROM FRANCE ,-. .11 , I'arl Ot nelUrillllg 1'OrCCS IO - i T Ue Lieniouilizca ai j-.cc and Dix WunhliiKtun, Feb. . Tho cruiser Se attle, Brest for New York, Is duo Feb. ruary 13 with a medical detachment, First Battalion Headquarters and Com- panics A, B, C, of lG3d Infantry (Forty first Dl Islon) to be demobilized nt Camps Lee, Devens, Gordon, Shelby, Dlx; 116th Supply Train, Camp Dlx; medical de tachment, headquarters and supply de. tachments and Companies A, B, C, of 116th (branch of service missing), Camp Dlx; Battery C, Fiftieth Regiment, C. A. C, casual company S35 (New York), Tho cruiser Charleston Is due at New York February 10 with the field and staff headquarters and supply companj staff headquarters anu supply ui..,. medical and ordnance detachments, and . . ... .. .i t. .f h. wif. tleth Regiment Coast Artillery. This ship also has a casual company of New Jersey troops nnd nineteen casual oin- uatterics ,. u, i, i "" " "v - cers. The transport MadawasKa. uue at - and bes bu ter froni flftvnve to cure b- the Isue of city bonds, to tho Newport News about February 12. has , nfty-elghl cents a noun? amount of about J78.700.000, or an avcr- the field and staff, headquarters com- TheHm,Wr" argument about .rn, age of about Jll.000.000 a scar, pany. supply company. '"ca dctnch; ' portatlon facillti" bSnc bad i, "e showed also that the amount of ment and Batteries A. B. C. D and B. gut $ "he factha? scores of flxcd char " bond" durlne thla Pe of the Forty-senth Regiment Const f mrtortAicta and Is equal to 80 per cent of the actual .i.i.c.j, ..". i.. ....v -.. ;..; I 32Cth Regiment Field Artillery (highly- tourtn iiiisioiw. fourth Division), The transport rastoress scheduUd o arrive at Newport e" ru ary 10 with convalescent detachment 8. 9. 10, 21, 41. 62 to 6 lnclu.l. 7 ana 76 i a detachment of tl 3.7th F leld , Artillery, comprising Illinois troops, a casual company for New 'iork. . The transport lU8e New York February 22, with -an Iowa casual company and a few casual offi cers. Transport Tattorl Maru, Bordeaux for New York, Is duo February 12 with one casual ofilcer. Transport Ancona sailed from Mar ScIIIm. January 29. with six casual of ficers. Its home port and date of arrival i are not indicated ,hr nmeerii and 1589 men I tne BlXliein Regiment, C. A. C. complete regular army, forty-seven officers and 1602 men; a casual company of two "officers nnd slxty-slx men from Illinois and 133 cas ual officers, seventy-one of whom were In the air service. MRS. COONLEY IN EUROPE Wife of Emergency Fleet Vice Presi dent Visiting Sick Sister Mrs. Howard Coonley. wife of Vice President Coonley, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, has been summoned to London by the serious Illness of her Mster. After closing her house In Ard more, where she had lived since coming here from Boston last October. Mrs. Coonlev sailed at once for England. She will remain an Indefinite period. MrB. Henry S. Greenwood. Mrs. Coon lev'u Risirr. is the widow of Lieutenant "'. ... j !. .....1 .. t.l. ,.-. i-oionei wreenwuuu, - '." ""I' "'? r-nHn.nnn Vt- and wan Inter niMli-nAil fo duty in the" War Office at London: ""'" mKtmu ano elve """'"dally. Ills death resulted from an lllnes ' dhBhMrrar7enwood7ermk,nA',,nrLohn! ' FIREMEN HURT IN BLAZE don with her young son, who Is at Eton. . . T I T . Her two stepsons were in the Royal En- rire in Lansdownc Starts When glneers. One lost a leg early in the war Fl-trif Trnn T:i. n.l. and has Blnce been In the War Office. I E-'eClriC iron Ignites Cloth The other has seen continuous service Four firemen are recovering today since ISIS and has been slightly "om Injuries received when flro dam wounded, aged the homes of E. B. Hunt and Wll- , Ham Davis, 132 and 134 West Baltimore avenue, Lansdowne. NEW SECRETARY ON JOB nr,?,,':rPw:"1'eJ' w - arils nnd C. McCullougn, of the Lans- downe fire company, wero overcome by Homer Talbot Assumes Duties With ""PH?; B,5a FIBn.k .I?uk'; of !he. Clifton Jertey Defense Council Homer Talbot, recently appointed sec retary of the New Jersey State Council of Defense, has assumed his duties, suc ceeding Edward T. Paxton, secretary cf the Fhllaaeinnia uureau or Municipal Research. The latter has directed tho work of the Defense Council and the State League of Municipalities for the last two months, on leave of absence from Philadelphia. Mr. Talbot Is executive secretary of the New Jersey State League of Mu nicipalities, and wns formerly In charge or tne municipal reterence uureau, uni verslty cf Kansas, and secretary of the League oi tvansas .Municipalities. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Kan sas, and has had special training In civic and commercial organlintlon work with the American City Bureau, of New York. HIS AIM WAS BETTER Rainbow Division Man Owes Jfe t0 Use of Revolver Mtiwillr. . J.. Feb. 4.ri.. . Perev Smith, who was gassed In rCirv' while he was fighting with the famous Rainbow Division, has been passing couple of davs with his mother. Mrs John Mlskeiley. here. tr' " lie tens a tnniiing story of dronnlnr Into a shell crater In the Argonne sector during a fierce bombardment to find himself face to face with a Him mt,: who had just jumped Into the same hole Both officers pulled their pistols but Hmith shot straight and the German fell dead. Schooner Abandoned at Set Lunenburg, N. K., Feb. 4. -(By A. P ) The scnooner William Duff, of this! (Tuft, ! MCTII MBHWUIIfU Ml e WtU A cargo of salt from Turks Island, so. curuin iu tutu nt. ww. irv-.vea COdft' Hr iiia'u-iioip.i in. vibw. vm rjuni. Is near the nosers', saw him fall. She caueo to ner mother. "Oh, mamma," she cried. "Look at Walter! He must be sick." ' Mrs. Uanficld hurried to the sidewalk. She lifted the lad Into her arms and called his name. But there was no re sponse. And then. In dread, she ran to the Koser home with her little burden, 1 "I couldn't believe my boy wbb dead," sobbc,d Mrs. Itoscr today. "Ills llttlo cheeks were warm. But ha wouldn't talk to me. He wouldn't say a word. Wo sent for a doctor quick. And the doctor said ho cald he said that Wal ter was dead." Coroner Neville, of Montgomery Coun. ty, will conduct an nutopsy to deter mine the caure of little Walter's death. It is thought probable It was due to a blod clot on the heart or the brain. Kjnky u lew nays uku, buiu waiter ' .t. . 1 , , . Roser the father, who' Is a chauffeur. , ,nal ho waa speaking as nn engineer to "tho llttlo fellow had a. bad fall. This engineers, he said that many an engineer may have had something to do with his 1 lng project hns come to ruin duo to dctt-1.11'" .,,', . , . , 'unwise financing, nnd that engineers pay "n. "u """ ' "'" ""'" nry -o. ' FOOD PRICE DESCENT GATHERS MOMENTUM ' m 1 . t-. .-. XOUOggaillllg JiggS Jtllt 0 4 Cents and Butter Reaches 55 and 58 Going down! Kggn, butter, meat, potatoes, fish. All tho technical arguments of grocery proprietors cannot niter tho racts Hens nnnarentlv .il,i'f i,nn. ,,, npparently didn't know that directors of High, Prlco & Co. had ineo to iteep up figures by the card Index system, and bo they Kent on laying. Tho weather being pleasant, and no snow hereabouts, the hens paid no nttentlon to eight-hour regulations, but kept right nt work. Tho result Is that eggs arc piling up on the farms nnd farmers aro determined to get rid of them. Many farmers are bringing their eggs, i , , k - on . ;,,,.. T-. " ''.ICAens ""J bu"er into market selves. them- . Thn'a nn i ' ., , nre flopping. Furthermore, they will go down gradually and, stay down, many dealers hplliv nt Aa .,..,,.. B.inHn -.. ... w..c wi fcl40 icituuna iiic prices ' todnv frnm n. n. .-.. . Dring ng their goods Into the citv and expenuituro oc loan iunus. ins ratio, seng hem dlrBect lnw V nahe bMi haa been reduced Uurlng tha last Housekeepers ilicm.Ko nr ,.,!. Housekeepers themselves are cradu. ifew ay ,,, the gh price of Bmeat. n ,n m localities families that ato'loa ... . . ; ' , 1.1 , 1. . . . B"M- I ..-uv ,i.v ia v iiuvn ,'iii in-ir Hiinniv down , ,m,f , A oi whch he, ,n ca8h EisteTB nd ,.aye ,h b the hool, The ..-,,. of ,,,h prlces ln canned d. , , of da . h i, ,,., of days, for the ronton that more metal win soon De available for the vegetables and the dealers who have been talking about the high price of cans simply can't. AVIATOR HERO WEDS Capt. James D. Este Marries Bride He Met in France Captain James Dickinson Este. of this city, whose victories over German air planes won for him the Distinguished Seivlc? Cross, was married in Washing ton to Miss Lydin R. Taber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Richmond Taber, of Princeton. N. J, The ceremony was performed nuletly last night nt the homo of the Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. Only members o. the two families attended the ceremony Mr. Charles Este. of Swarthmore. the bridegroom's brother, was best mart. Cap'aln Este and his bride will make Jhflr home in Philadelphia after n brief honeymoon. Captain Este met his bride In France, wiiere sho was doing war work. Mrs. Iwte returned to the United States last spring nnd ccntlnued her war work up until a few days ago. Cnptaln Este re turned home Inst Decemher. Captain Este, a son of the late Charles Este a lumber merchant. Is president of the J. D. Este Company, Sansom street above Fifteenth. He was grad uated from Princeton In 1309. He be gan his course as an aviator at Esslng- ,vn, nils in me service at Newport News and Kelly Field- and went to France In beptembcr. 1917. He has the dlattno- -'fcvi.i.,:,, ,0,,. ile l on of br nglng dewn the German ..... .,..,?.. . . . "c wcriiian badly bruised when he fell from the roof. The fire started late yesterday after noon on the second floor of the Hunt home when a member of the family for got to turn off the current of an electric Iron. The flames communlcrted to the Davis home 'from the upper floors. The damage Is' estimated at JC000. "cidiup -- i. ti-uio -ucinion, wui TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGER SER VICE AT PORT RESUMED Seventy Booked to Sail on American Liner Ilaverford Tomorrow. Northland Probably Will ' of Veterans' Transatlantic passenger service from Philadelphia, abandoned during the war, will be resumed tomorrow. The Amer ican liner Ilaverford will sail for Liver pool with seventy passengers and a car go of general merchandise. The Ilaverford arrived here last Thursday morning from Brest with the Blxty-flfth Coast Artillery, the first con tingent of returning troops landed here. It probably will bring more troops home on its return voyage March 10. Sailing ot another contingent of sol dier veterans for Philadelphia within a raw dais waa Indicated today ln the an. nouncement of A. S. Anderson, passen ger tramc manager ui me American Line, that the steamship Northland, a liner of 11,500 tons, will probably leave Liverpool tomorrow with this port S UUWnnjo aa-iinatiwi. . -nw ine Ni FEBRUARY I 1919 TWINING OPPOSES LONG-TERM LOANS Transit Director Would Pay for Improvements by Direct Taxation TALKS TO 'ENGINEERS Advocating the pament for public Improvements out of direct taxation rather than by thirty or fifty year bond Issues, Director William S, Twining, De- partment of Transit, this afternoon out. lined city finances at a talk before the Engineers' Club,' As a basis for his opposition to long term loans he cited the effect upon fu. turc generations' of the city's present loan program, , Prefacing his talk with the statement I too little concern to financing problems. no,.. i..nMui -. .i -it--.. 1 t. jcuiv? taufiviiiiiK HilO Ills UIBtUSSlUll liu expressed the fear that some of his views might not be regarded as orthodox, and I declared his statements to have no drect tuiiiictiion wun nis omciai position .as head of a municipal department that has been granted $63,100,000 in long-term loans. Hees I.ffltioii In Comics "We are all familiar with the way the cnmln nnnera linvo t-ncwla n Ifib. nf ' the man who mortgages his houso to buy an automobile," he said, "but wo havo 1 not yet learned to laugh at the city that mcrtgagea Its Income for fifty years In the future to build Its art gallery, li brary or convention hall, or Issues bonds 1 to pay for other expenditures that should 1 not be strictly classed as public neces- ' sltles, I In Pointing his objection to long-term I loans ho said: "At present through the notion of Councils in authorizing the ere- i atlon of lonns and nrovlding for the nay. ment or annual charges thereon, over J6.000.000 of tho city's prospective tax revenue for the year 1946 25 years hence has been appropriated, and dur ing these Intervening twenty-five years It Is probable that by the same device nearly twenty millions moro of tho tax revenues of that year shall be appro priated. A part of his address Included a table showing that during the period between 1912 to 1918 Inclusive. Phtladelnhla has paid from Its treasury In fixed charges on Its outstanding bonds about $64,000, 000, an average of about $9,000,000 a year. 111,000,000 Year Aversice During the same period, the speaker said, tho citv has exnended funds, nro. .few vears because of the large Increase - - - in luuii CApcuuuurcs iuiiuwhik tiie uiu loan authorization of 1915 and 1916. BILL "PICKLING" AT HARRISBURG IS OVER, SAYS SCOTT Representative Declares Commit tees Will Report on All Meas ures Submitted Bu a Btaff Correspondent Ilarrlnburg, Feb. 4. Gone Is the House pickl'ng committee.'- Representative John R. K. Scott, who heads the Judiciary Special Committee of the House, declared today that his committee would "pickle" no legislation this session. Mr. Scott's committee met for organ ization last n'ght and decided unani mously to repoTt out all legislation with either an affirmative or rlegatlve recom mendation. Such a procedure was fol lowed by the committee In the famous 1913 session when the Independents were In control. As the Judiciary Spec'al Committee is the logical committee to refer Philadel phia's charter legislation, the measure is considered certain to bo reported out of committee. This committee handled the greater .rittsDurgr-. Dili in tho 1911 session. Rep resentative Marcus, ot Allegheny, was elected secretary of the committee. SCHUYLKILL MINES WORKING Surplus Output by Reading Will Be Put in Storage Reading, Pa., Feb. 4. (By A. P.) Reports from the Schuylk 11 coal regions today show that conditions nre virtu ally the same as they were yesterday, so far as the production of anthracite Is concerned. Thu Renrllnff Coal unit Trm rnmnnnv'n mines are all In operation nnd shipments will be made as usual and what Is not absorbed by the market will be stored at -Abrama and Landliigvllle. .. The dumps at Landlngvllle' will hold 1,(00,000 tons and the one at Abrams at least as much more. DE VALERA, SINN FEIN, ESCAPES Two Others Elected to Parlia ment Also Break Prison London. Feb. 4, News'reaehed Huh. llh this morning, according to a Central News dispatch from that city, that Ed- ..a.4 flA Vnlra fllln,. . . McQary, three Sinn Felners elected to I had escaped from the Lincoln prison. ' Bring Another Contingent to This Port turning soldiers before setting. out for Philadelphia. t The Northland hereafter will niv re. ularly out of this port, replacing the liner Merlon, a sister ship of the Haver. ford,twhloh was torpedoed and sunk by Oerman submarines during the war Previous to being taken over by the government for war service, the North land piled out of New England porta. The Ilaverford will leave from Pier S3, foot of Washington avenue, at 1 p'clock tomorrow afternoon. Most of her seventy passengers will be Phlladel phlans and, workers being sent to the war sone for reconstruction work by the Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Sal vatlon Army, Jewish Welfare Board and the V, M. C. A. After the. arrival here of ths Vnrtt.. landthe American Line purposes t6 in. urate a, Kir serviee I ' J- islllllllHnt11 ; sUllllV jiHlllllllllllm- j"' V"' Hr rsilllllllllllllllllllm V &m J. Mltchrll Elliot. JIRS. WM. ALBERT WOOD Airs. Wood is taking an active part ,in the campaign to raise funds for the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women CMC CLUB ASKS BETTERMARKETS Joins Other Bodies to Urge Mayor to Name Corn- mission WILL ASK CONFERENCE Mayor Smith and tho politicians will take no active steps to better market ing conditions until publlo opinion Is thoroughly roused, members of tho food nnd home ocomonlcs committee of tho Civic Club believe. Today they voted to back the Cham ber of Commerce plan for the appoint ment of a market commission. With representatives 'from tii rhim. her of Commerce, the Federation of La- upr, Monday Conference, and tho Bureau of Municipal Research, members ot the Civic Club will ask for a conference with the Mayor within tho next week to dis cuss tho plan. Tho Chamber of Commerce sent its recommendation concerning the appoint ment Of a market MmmlMlnn In inn Mayor December 13," explained Clar- jiiwj aea.rs tvates, vice chairman of the i-cmisyivania Rural Association and ono of the speakers at the Civic Club. ''He acknowledged the receipt of the letter, but has done nothing. Of course, other matters have distracted lilm re cently, but I bellove we should urge him to consider tho matter Immedlate- The consumers of food, retailers, wholesalers the city as an organized municipality and the nearby producers are all to be represented on this com mission, whose duty will be to Investi gate the food situation and place the facts Intelligently before the people. "While public Improvement along other lines such as trolleys, telephones, water system and electricity have touch ed Philadelphia, the market situation Is virtually the same as thirty years ago." declared A. C. Bigelow, chairman of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and one of the speakers before the Civic Club today. Mr. Bigelow told of the days when cobble streets, Btage coaches and kero slne lamps were promrncnt nnd traced briefly the change to modern methods. His Idea of bettering tho market system today Is the establl lment of co-ope'r-atle b to res. City Will Launch Improvement Scheme Continued from rate One condemnation of land for parks, etc. i (8,940,120 townrd the removal of grade crossings, and millions more for sewers, highway construction, bridges, etc. Some of the Items have been partly exhausted. This Is the case with tho S9,000,000 set asldo for the acquisition of property along the Parkway. It Is now estimated that SB.000,000 more will 'be needed to take additional land along the Parkway west of Logan Squatc and for its. Im provement. An Item of J550.000 Is also. Included In the general loan for the erection, con struction and repair of police and Are stations, The expenditure of much of this total has been prevented by high prices, and Director Wilson, of the De partment of Public Safety, U planning to put under contract a numuer of new buildings In different sections of the city, i Further Improvement of Tort A portion of the $3,000,000 allotted to Director Krusen, of the Department of Henlth nnd CharltlcB. for buildings nt the city institution at Byberry has been spent, but there remains a great deal of construction work to bo done, both in the Thlrty-flfth Ward and at the Philadelphia General Hospital. "A new Blockley" was the cry at the opening of the Smith administration, and the work Is only partly completed! i One of 'the most Important '"after the' war" undertakings Is 'the further Im provement of the port. For thts work $10,000,000 of the (67,100,000 loan au thorization was set aside. As yet only $5,000,000 of the total of the loan has ever been borrowed, leaxlng a large bal ance available for port Improvements, In cluding the completion of a number of new municipal piers now under way. An entirely new project for which no loan has been created contemplates extension to the city's wnter system and the possible acquisition of new sources of supply along the upper Schuylkill River. The cost of plans now on hund In the offlce of Chief Davis, of the Bureau'of Water, Is between $11, 000,000 and $16,000,000, and present plans call for the Inclusion ot a Dortlon of the total In each loan program for the ensuing nve or six years. SOLDIERS' FAMILIES BENEFIT West Phila. Hospital for Women Campaign Partly fqr Iree Beds j As 'part of .Its reconstruction work, ihe West Philadelphia Hospital ' for among needy wives' and families-of men in urvlce Part of the funds now hinU women plans to increase n tree Work wnrir 4.thus be used. It ts expected that varl ous clubs, churches and organizations will give their subscriptions to the ,hos pltat In the form of endowments. "I hope many beds In the hospital will be endowed," declared Mrs. J. O. Hop. wood, chairman of the campaign execu. tlve committee. "Endowed beds will be used for wives or mothers of men who have beer killed or wounded In service or who cannot afford to pay for medical treatment. Already we have done much 'ot this sort or work, but we are eager to do more. There are hun dreds of women In need ot care In a maternity hospital. We are equipped to give the service and ready to do all In our power. But we must have funds In order to maintain our Institution." Half, the proposed amount has been ral4 and tfceMnrsrnlll eendaue t(. 3bi 111B una vino, 11 tWlKAlTOPOUNT Claims Court to Hear Ap peals and Make Finat ,t , Awards ' ' " 1 1 1 $2,750,060,000 INVOLVED ! Conferees on Informal PacU Disagree on Some Amendments .id j By the Associated Press Wa.lilnslon, Feb. 4. in a partial agreement reached today by Senate and House conferees ,on the legislation for validation and settlement of lnforma'tlViei wnr ennt.n..,. . ., . . .. ---ui aggregating aoout i,- 750,000,000, the Senato managers yield ed and struck from the bill the plan for an appellate commission to pass upon awards of government officials. Under a compromise adopted for-the commission plan which the War -Depart ment vigorously opposed, tho conferees 1 adopted a substitute giving the court -of claims Jurisdiction to hear contractors appeals and make final awards. , ' On other important Senate amencf-r ments. Innliiflln, i, o... . r. derson, of Nevada, proposing authority ( , ...... . .,,ai Ul Gciuior Jl Tl tor tne becretary of Interior to settle claims nrislng from the bill to stimulate production of war minerals, tho confer. ees were unable to agree. They decided to report a disagreement to tho Home, for discussion nnd Instructions. Chairman Chamberlain, of the Senate conferees, said tho commission pfan was yielded In a desire to secure urgent leg- , Islntlon of somo sort and because the House never would accept the Senate's plan. Under the compromise for appeal from government officials' settlement to tho court of claims, contractors would not have the. right to accept 75 xper cent of the official awards as proposed in tho commission nrnfopt. hni umum have to appeal their entire claims to the court of claims nnd receive no part Pending appeal. Besides tho Henderson amendment, tho conferees also reported a disagree ' ment on the amendment of Senator Mc Kellar, of Tennessee, providing that government officials participating In set tlcment of tho Informal contracts shall make accompanying affidavits that they have no personal Interest in contracts adjusted. The House managers refused to accept tills provision without Its con slderatlon by the House and a VoU there. MAIL FROM HERE ' BURNED ON TRAIN Thousands of Dollars! "Worth of Valuables Destroyed When M Limited Catches Eire Thousands .of dollars'" wortit 'of regis. Ill tered mall bound from Philadelphia to' , j western cities was burned Jn -.-fire to-' 'Vl .... .,. ... j -- ... j v.i. l uay Uiai ucouwru vne t-o-r uiiu uuvijr I i . . s i... . n tlMl.. Mn.il. i ' injurca unuiuct ui n muucu mail irlM on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The 'limited was stopped at Pltcalrn, twenty miles east of Pittsburgh, after the railway mall clerks had fought a. losing battle with the blaze as the train speeded toward the west Some of the bags of mall were saved by their heroic efforts, but most of the contents of tho car carrying mall from Philadelphia to Chicago was destroyed. Mall for Indianapolis, In an'adjolnfng coach, was burned when the fire coin municated to that car. In their fight to subdue the flames and rescue the mall the clerks wero burned severely about the hands and arms and had to have medical treatment when the train was stopped. The origin of the fire is not known, but when discovered by. ono of the men in the Chicago man coach It had got a good start The car was crowded j .with bags nnd the presence of so many ,5 made the efforts to subdue the blase 1 nil the moro difficult because of the) ; limited room for fighting it. ' i The speed at which the train was J rushing fanned the fire and made It ,J grow swiftly. The Chicago car wtU burned to t,he trucks, Thelndlanapolls ' coach escaped with lesser Injuries. ' Prompt action of the fire department at -. ' . . ft?' umciais at the local postoftlce have re- 1 ucivcu iiu icvuik vi ine uccjuent. as vec v.i and will give no est mate of the prob- tl uuie uiiiuuui ui inuney representea in the registered mall on board the .train. perfect ' dinner ' demands i - Sailed Kuts, Favors, Bon Borw to harmonize with the table decorations D16Cl)etDUlSt DEATHS SKARUST. Feb. 8. ARTHUR 'teftj, V. A,N.. of lMts Taylor st.. JiuaUft , "' Amy M. Hearlry Into Armitronr); as4 ar.Aiiu.-i a-ru. u. aiiiiiuiv . mj II KM' WANTED rEM ALE- f. QIKUJ. over 10, to work In nnlahlnc dtpartl iw corrvi "v t.tiuirrii.-MwoFBi I. DO IO ftl-ri. cut wf . F. II. foster, 23th and Cf,-r STENOanArilKIt Immediate! HER Immediately br lam ntfg. rcuraj and rapid In dlctatUnu Itlon: P 133. MderOttlo7 nrmi on arci permanent po 1IKI.P WANTKI SJAI.K DHAPTRHAK. architectural, wanted! tone f.tnlll.r with th on riret claaa work Al an iMrli m QTiaii mntt ponairucupaj n4 aranaman.io max laroui ana oeiau fcst. expr.enc nnd salary eiptcttd. 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