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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
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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,.
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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
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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
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speak of all sections cf the city."
This statement was made today by
Mrs. John C. Oroome, wifo of Colonel
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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.
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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."
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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-
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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
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CRUISERS TO BRING
TROOPS FROM FRANCE
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, I'arl Ot nelUrillllg 1'OrCCS IO
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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
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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
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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
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..-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
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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
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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
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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
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m QTiaii mntt ponairucupaj
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fcst. expr.enc nnd salary eiptcttd.
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