i - y . t v(.t. A ? lV, IB r 4 '?. u Em' Ui t-- IX r to br l'., ii l I? " t ft. tv r. fa m to !: Ftf r It Mi 9 Y. E. esw V "W, a iir -, BUDGET SYSTEM STRONGLY URGED Republican Congress Will Be Asked to Adopt It in Appropriations BACKED BY J. R. MANN Floor Leader Argues Need of Replacing Slipshod Plan With Scientific Method By a f(a CorTeeaossfent TCashlagtan, Feb. 5. Tho adoption of the budget system of making appropria tions, for the support of the government in place of the present complex, ellp shod and unscientific way of providing funds through a number of committees will be one of the first alms of the Re publicans when they Rain control of the Senate and House In the next Congress. An outline of the plan upon which the Republicans will probably concen trate their efforts Is given In a Joint resolution Introduced In the House yes terday by Republican Floor Leader James, n. Mann. Ke will, with the as sistance of the majority of the Repub licans, attempt to have the plan adopted at this session. He ha- little expecta tion of being able to put the plan through this House, however, but It will be brought prominently to the attention of Congress next session. The budget system, it is held by lead Inr member of Congress and heads of the Federal departments, will effect a savins of many million dollars annually now uselessly spent through duplication of work and performance of various un necessary tasks by several departments. It haa been advocated by Congressional leaders for many years, and although the Idea meets with aulte general ap proval, it has been Impossible hereto fore to obtain an ngreement .upon any particular plan for carrying it out. Promises to Save Millions Republican Leader Mann considers It the most Important matter before Con gress from a purely financial point of view, asserting It will save many million dollars annually lght from the start. The Mann resolution calls for the drawing up of a budget system by a Joint commission of twelve Senators and Congressmen, six to be appointed by the President of the Senate and six by the Speaker of the House, from the mem bership of each body. The commission la to Inquire Into methods, both of form , and substance, of making appropriations and estimates and any necessary kindred subjects. Including the budget system and correlation of appropriating and ex pending agencies and auditing of ex penditures. This commission, it is provided, shall have power to subpoena witnesses, send for persons and papers, employ clerks ' and stenographers and demand assist ance from the executive departments. An appropriation of $100,000 Is to be allowed the commission, which Is required to re port to the Senate and House as soon aa practicable the form of budget sys tem it finds most desirable. fitanllHj. A tin ntivlatlnn W." The formation of u commission such iJhb Is provided In my Joint resolution , J "will furnish a scientific method of get- y ting at a scientific subject and will solve , V, nomlc way of appropriating for support or xne government, earn jir. .nnnii, iu discussing his resolution with the Eves iso Public LxrxiKit correspondent "To change from the present plan of appropriating through a number of com mittees and concentrating It In one ap propriation committee, as advocated by some members, would not meet the situ ation. We must have a new and Im proved way of having the departments submit to Congress their estimates of money needed to maintain them for the next year and an Improved way of dial ing with the estimates after being made. "With our appropriations now likely to amount to several billion dollars a year, exclusive of many million dollars' Interest on bonds. It Is absolutely essen. tlal that we try to find the best, and I might say the most scientific method of mVlnK uppropralttons, which would un doubtedly save large sums of money." kfi, rttigcrald Favored Budget Congressman John J. Fltxgerald, of Jew York, who resigned from Congress -two years ago after serving about twen- ,ty years on the Appropriations Commit tee, the last six years as Its chairman, made the adoption of a budget system of appropriating the subject of his fare well address to the House. He urged upon his colleagues the 4 adoption of a system that would strip all power and Importance, so far as appropriating goes, from the military committee, '""naval committee, public buildings and grounds committee, river and harbors committee, committee on agriculture, good roads committee, and would take the appropriating powers ' from the foreign affairs committee and the postofnee committee. In that farewell address Congressman Fitzgerald warned Congress that it would be disastrous to the nation's .finances if. during the war, appropri ations were not concentrated In one com mittee. At each session of Congress for the its tilast ten years complaints of extrava- J. sjance. waste and Inefficiency In making V ft appropriations have been voiced, and '(-'( tithe establishment of a scientific national . ,.- hudret system, in which all the aov- ' V ernment expenditure for the year will be '7'f. Included, based on their relative lmpor- jjir iance, has been urged. Backed by Taft and Wilson Mr. Taft urged Congress to adopt the 'budget system about nine yeara ago, '-When ha was President, but Congress ?S did nothlnr. h ' President "Wilson favora the budget ' !"" ll0 indorsed It In a letter to 'h,V ?n.Uir Den Tillman In 1817, and In De- ":',V in Ms annual message to Congress. j .Congress seems not auogetner opposed Kv io the budget system If the proper kind kan be woraea ouc, ana it is probable :2b. t n efficient clan that will meet with j1,tha approval of the majority wilt be it' worKeo. out ana puv in operation in tile r '5 jtt Congress. r r ROB HANOVER POSTOFFICE V' . v Ye Blow Safe, Get $15,000 in Sumpi but Overlook Money Terk. ra Feb. 5. (By A. P.) burglars entered the Hanover Postofnee tarly this morning, dynamited the safe 7syMl got away wun jio.vuu in atampa vttti registered packages. A large pack a of money, tno exact vaiua of which maater v, K. Kicneiberger declines make known, was overlooked. re charges of nitroglycerin. 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The ball and post are jellow, and down the side of the post is painted "Car Stop Taft Says World Must Have Union Continued from l'He One status quo In various countries, some thing like th.U of the Holy Alliance." If President Wilson wins on hi- point that the f.ermnn colonies ought to be managed by the league, ''It means that the functions of the league would be legislative," snld Mr. Hapgood. The speaktr saw the need of representntles of the league meetlnK from time tn time to "settle tho Ueeloplnc aspects of such big questions ns the lontrol of colonies would inole" WlUon Ned Home Support Commenting on the reception accorded President Wilson's Ideas In Hurope ns compared with the United States, Mr. Hapgood said. "I have prett good sources of Infor mation from Paris nnd I know that a month ngo there was much discourage ment among our representatives !ecaue of the Inclt of support In this country for the President's efforts. That situa tion has Improved In n month, but It Is still true that tho President Is getting much more enthusiastic support from the populace In other countries than he Is from his own people." Among the organizations represented by delegate at the congress were the New York State As-oclatton of County Agricultural Societies, Social Service Federation, Woman's Naval Service, Aeronautical Society of America, Swed ish Colonial Society, Homo Missions Council, Indian Rights Council, Daugh ters of the American Reolutlon, Wom an's Forum, Woman's Relief Corps, Il luminating Engineers' Society. Labor la Represented Many labor unions also were repre sented. Including the Theatre Ushers' Union, the International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen, Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Switchmen's Union of South America, Public School and Building Cleaners' Union, Cllnss Bottle Blowers' Association and the Scrap Iron Workers' Union. The general topic of the afternoon session was "American Interests and a League of Nations." Tho speakers In cluded Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former minister to the Netherlands: Dr. CTeorco Grafton Wilson, professor of Interna tional law at Harvard, and Glfford PInchot. Plans for an Intensive campaign "To show the Paris Peace Conference that the people of the United States want a strong league of nations and to sere notice on the United States Senate that If President Wilson brings home a peace treaty providing for such a league the people will expect Its approval," were announced. "Wanhlniton. Feb. 5. (By A. P.) Support for President Wilson In his ad ocacy of a league of nations by Ameri can business as represented in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States was pledged In a cablegram sent to the President by Henry A. Wheeler, president of the chamber. Asserting that "the opposition which has been expressed to a league of na tions in certain official quarters of this country may lead to the assumption abroad that there Is lacking a strong support of your most able advocacy of such a league," Mr. Wheeler's message called the President's attention to the favorable vote of the Chamber's mem bership over the country on the ques tion In December, 1915. The President was told that even at that time when Interest In the proposal was les sthan at present, all of the repositions for concerted action by the nations of the world, except that for Joint armed force, were approved by the chamber's members by large votes. REDS SPLIT WITH SWISS Tchikr.ir'.n Permits Embassy to Leave Russia, After Dispute rarln, Feb. 5. (By A. P.) M. Tchl tcherln, the Foreign Minister In the Russian Soviet government, has with drawn his opposition to the departure from Russia of Eduard Odter, the Swiss Minister and his staff. A telegram to that effect has Just been received from the BolsheUk goverrnnent. according to Marcel Hutln In the Echo de Paris. There has been friction between the Swiss and Russian Soviet governments for some time past. The Bolshevik! complained that the Swiss had arrested thirty Russians and were keeping them In confinement and various threats were made against Swiss citizens In Russia, to be carried out unless the Swiss re leased the BolsheUk prisoners and rec ognized a representative of the Russian soviet In Switzerland. The exact status of the relations between the two gov ernments has not been developed In dispatches from either Russia or Swltz. erland, but the foregoing makes It ap pear that the severance of relations has become complete. BANDITS ROB N. Y. TROLLEYS Hold Up Three Cars and Escape in Automobile New Terk. Feb. t (By A. P.)The police were still searching early today for a band ct automobile bandits who held tip three surface cars in Brooklyn early yesterday morning, robbed their crews and one lone passenger at the points of revolvers and fled In a green touring car. Immediately on learntnr of the hold ups the authorities ordered the gates lowered at varlcus railroad crossings In the vl.-inlty. hoping to block the pas. saga of the green car, but it clipped out of tho net and vanluhed. EVENING 'PUBLIC VANDAL'S ARREST IS EXPECTED SOON Detectives Leave in Auto to Capture Destroyer of Paintings IS BELIEVED DEMENTED Art Worth Thousands Ruined in Academy of Fine Arts Summer School Search Is being mnde today by the Police for the vandal who destroyed paintings and statuary nlued nt several thousand dollars nt the summer school of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It Is located eight miles w-est of Phoenlxvlllc. Roy Miller, superintendent of the school, accompanied by two detectives, left the ground In nn automobile to run down a clue which It Is believed will lead to an arrest. The man under suspicion It said to be of unsound mind nnd Is described as having bloodshot eyes. He Is nbout five feet four Inch In height, of slender build nnd well-dressed. Considerable mstery surrounds the affaliH. Mr. Mlllir will not iIIhcush the caso In the slightest way and told the Janitor of tho place to lock the doors and windows today when reporters nnd photographers called to iew the ruined pictures. He said all inquiries should be made to John Frederick Iewls, president of the academy. Mr. Lewis would not talk of the matter. Vandal Vseil Sledge Hammer Chief of Tollce Williams, of Phoenix. llle, snld some of the marble ptntuea were smashed Into small bits, showing that the miscreant had evidently used a tledge In his work of demollshment, Many of the paintings were slashed In a dozen places. Photographs of flngcrnrlnts on several pieces of broken statuary were taken this afternoon by Detective Klein, finger print expert under Captain of Detec tlM's Souder, this city, who Is co operating with the Phoenlxvllle police. The lingers of the vandal are long nnd slender and somewhat feminine In con tour. Investigation shows that entrance was gained to the place by means of n false key. None of the doors or windows shows signs of having been forced. fupect Seen at Million The Mispectcd vandal was seen In the rnllroad station nt Chester SprlngB last Saturday. It Is said. The stranger bought a ticket for Phoenlxvlllc nnd ap penrtd to he suffering from great mental strain. After he had left Miller arrived at the station and asked Wayne Hess, the agent there, If he could Identify a man comparing with the description given. Among the pictures destroyed. It Is understood, were the famous Arundel prints, presented to the ncademv bv Charles Hare Hutchinson, 'nnd thO'nlu able private collection of early American portraits, owned by Air. Lewis, president of the academy.' , Virtually every picture In the build ings wan cut Into shreds, according to the Phoenlxvllle police. Entry was gained durlns daylight last Thursday in the absence or Mrs. Isaiah Fetter, tne caretaker. The depredation was not brought to the attention of the police, they de clare, until Monday, and every effort has been made to keep the facta secret. In one building a cupboard under the stage. In which a number of paintings had been placed during the winter months, was p"rled open and Its conTents ruined- Another cupboard, which was also-locked, but empty, was untouched. Before beginning operations the vandal destroyed the school switchboard, thus cutting nil telephone communication be tween the various building. Follre Snupeet Stranger The Arundel prints, the majority of which are believed to have been de stroyed, were published by the Arundel Society of London. While the majority of the prints aro copies of the works of early Italian artists, Dutch and German painters also are represented, in the collection were copies of Michael An gelo's prophets Ezeklel and Jeremiah, the orlglnnls of which appear on the walls of the Slatlne Chapel In Home. Michael Angelo'a Delphic Sibyl was also Included, Copies of treasures from the brushes of Italian painters from the pre-Raphael and pre-Mlchael Angellcan schools were numbered among the prints. "Saint FrancU Preaching to the Birds," the work of Olotto, one of the earliest Flor entine artists, also was Included among the prints, as were Raphael's "Justltla." "Poetry," "Theology" and "Fhllorophy," Other prints In the Arundel collection Included those of the masterpieces of the early German artists, Durer and Holbein and the Dutch painters, Mem ling and Jan Van Eyck. D. L. AND W. CLOSES 3 MINES 5000 Men Mle When Lnrge Col- lienea Are shut Down Srranton, r Feb. 5. Five thousand men were thrown Into Idleness today when the Delaware. Lackawanna nnd Western Company shut down three of Its largest mines here. The collieries closed are the Brlsban and Continental, which w'll be abandoned altogether, and the Bellevue will be shut down several months for repairs. There are at least ten mines Idle here now, because of the mild winter and there being no demand for anthracite. U. S. TRAILS WIRE-TAPPERS Chicago Gang Fleeced Ohio Man of, Largo Sura of Money I f'hlctro. Feb. 6. (By A. P.) Govern.' ment agents are said today to have I started an Inquiry Into the operat'ons, of a "wire-tapping" gang operating In Florida and other parts of the .South to which wealthy tourists are attracted. According to reports received here. W. F. Collins, of Washington Court House. O., recently was swindled out of a large sum and Is expected to reach here today to relate his experience to officials, whi already have sent detec tives to Investigate the operations of the swindlers. DR. KLEMP P. BATTLE DIES President of University of North Csro Una for Thirteen Years Rsltli-h, N. C. Feb. 8. (By A, P.) Dr. Klemn P. Battle, former president of the University of North Carolina and professor emeritus of history at the In stitution since 107, died yesterday at his home here, aged elghty-seven years. He served aa president of the univer sity irom ! " i, TJ. S. Socialists Cet Passports New Yerk, Feb. J. (By A. P.) Th State Department, which recently re fused to Issue passports to the three American Socialists elected by their party to attend the International So cialist Congress at Berne has granted passports to twq of the delegates. James O'Nell and Algernon Lee. of New York, were those said to have received pass ports at th request of President WIN aon. Socialists expressed the hope that one wouiu """ "L" m iim Mini d.e!e;ate, John M. Work, of Iowa, LGCTfHILAtoELPJEVDNEDAT; OVERSEAS HEROES VSSIT THIS ClTY C4S ssCzsiaal JEllW sasBzsiaV J"B vwwsTMiiii'ttMi.B'lk''iiwi)itiiuw BWMtzattafStM4rLIMzIBv' s ..,,. 'j BfBzssssssssslfSK fT ? v"!tsBPW fjkr " r VJ -"i nyt-YvKasJBk f IsM i llMLCTssJILPsMtBWPJies, These are California hoys, members of the Sixty-fifth Heavy Artillery, whirh came home the other day on the Haverford. The four men shown in the picture came to town today to see the sights, and after paying a visit to the Evening Public Ledger office went down to get a look at the Liberty Hell. Reading from left to right, they are Eiiiar Jensen, San Dlcgo; Ira ll. Sluss, San Diego; T. S. Davis, Pomona, and Harry Clary, Oakland AMERICAN SOLDIERS "TURNED THE TRICK" Gave Final Punch That Over threw Germans, Says Visit, ing British Veteran "The Yanks nre the boys who turned the trick. They gave tho final punch that caused tho overthrow of the Ger man armies, nnd without their aid the war would have had a dlffer- t ending." Percy Fox, tweti-v-lhree yenrs old, of Leeds, Knglnnil. who m.ido this statement, served with the Kngltsh urmy through some of the most lmpor t a n t campaigns nnd battles of the war, and after thrilling experi ences finally was Incapacitated b y Injuries received' from nn exploding shell nt the first E..v- ?: mx rEncr rox great battle on the Komme, July, 1916. He arrived In Xew York Saturday en the liner Adriatic, accompanied by his brother, Joseph Fox, featherweight champion boxer of Knglnnd. They ex pect to make their home In this coun try. Two other brothers are serving at the present time with the British army In France, and one brother. Ell Fox, fcught with the American forces "over there." The mother of the boys Uvea at Leeds. When the war broke out Tercy was In this country. He hastened to Kngland, enlisted and was assigned to the East Surrey Iteglment. In March this regi ment went to the front and took part In the second battle of Ypres, where the Germans first Introduced gas attacks, launching their poison against the Eng lish, Canadian and French troops. Although they suffered severe losses In this engagement, the regiment to which ..... Vnw .. n. no. ten. .1 Vl.M Ifa TU.t. tlon at the fronfuntll July, and then was sent to relieve the French on the Somme. wi-". -vSl kssM-Jf ?. . Iin ,r l "On the night of July 13," said Fox. , "" W'J" "" "' ul we ammunition "while acting as a reserve regiment, we trucks, though they went through fight advanced to an old German trench. We i '" !? ""J. ,nat General Alexandre, of had hardly gotten inside when one of the ine French army, cited all the drivers boche shells hit us. I was rendered un- fr bravery. The drivers had no end consclcus. When I recovered four days narravi escapes, though, seeing trucks later I wns tn the Scottish base hospital ?f other unlt8 nlt b? bl he'la nd hav at Itouen. I was speechless, and It was ,n thelr own trucks pierced by shrap- n tnnnth hefnrn T rniilri utter a wnril. T . suffered at tho game time with paralyfls. my whole right sldo being affected." Fox w.ia transferred, later to a Lon don hospital, nnd nfter a year there re ceived his discharge. On tt)e lapel of his coat he wears the silver badge which England gives to soldiers who receive an honorable discharge because of wounds. He and his brother are staying In thli city CHICAGO "WETS" HOPEFUL Issuanre of Bar Licenses Breaks Fif-letn-Year Record for Day riilragu, Feb. 5. More saloon licenses were Issued yesterday than on any ono day In the last fifteen years, the city col lector said today. Three hundred and sixty-four saloon keeper obtained licenses, making a total of 3932 for the first quarter of 1919. In the preceding year 6442 saloons were licensed. WOMEN USE TRUCK ! IN HOSPITAL DRIVE! Campaign Workers and Schol arship Contestants to Can vass City in Motor An automobile truck, plastered with babv nlctures. "West Philadelphia Hos- mtal for Women banners and campaign p" ' 10r , . , .,u.i..,, slogans, carried a group of enthusiastic campaign workers through the city to day. Bvery effort la being made to go over the top In the campaign to raise J7J.00O for the Went Philadelphia ospltal for Women by Saturday night. The five young women contestants for the scholarship to the Women's Medical College rode in the truck. The automo bile also carried' a piano arid a high school girls' chorus. The girls gave their yells and songs to attract pedestrians. "We'ra going over, we're going over, They want to gather up the fund. So they put us on the run; See what you can do, see what you can do. And we all start for this drive, And we'll show them what all these high school girls have done, When the money begins to arrive." That was one of the songs which was sung. Tho truck was stationed In front of! City Hall this afternoon and the scholar ship contestants solicited funds there. Miss Edith Johnson is In the lead so far with WIT. 6T In subscriptions to her cradt). The girl who obtains the largest amnunt of money for the hosnltal win be awarded the scholarship. FRENCH NOW WALK IN AMERICAN SHOES California Mcmhers of 65th Artillery Descrihe Regiment's Diversified Battle Service "They're w earing American shoes In Prance now, they wore wooden B.ibots when vvo came." "This little old V. S, A, la sure snappy alongside those foreign countries." "We gave the Germans Rome Cali fornia fruit the biggest shells that came,' Thcso were some of the sayings of Privates Klnar Jcnson, Ira B Sluss, T. S. imvis nnd Harry Clary, Sixty. fifth heavy artillery, tlm rt.irim.'nt uhinh Philadelphia welcomed home when the Hnvcrford came up the river the other day. The Sixty-fifth Is at Camp I)lx, at Wrlghtstown. X. J resting up and grooming up for the trip out to the const. Most of the men tn It are from California, Oregon and Washington, with a apt inkling of easterners who went out ns replacement troops. The folks back homo are even inoTe anxious to see tho Slxty.fiflti than Philadelphia was, and the men of the regiment are counting the days till orders come to entrain for the west. The four lads, who visited the Even ing Pubmc Ledcier office, are all Call fornlans. Jensen nnd Sluss come from San Dlcgo, Davis halls from Pomona and Clary from Oakland. "The Slxty-nfth Is Just about the most traveled regiment In this nun's army," said Davis. "We went from the Mexican border to Frisco, then through the Panama Canal and so to France." "They tried to make sailors of us, I guess," said Clary, -Talk about being seasick '." V The Sixty-fifth In elgity dnys served on five different fronts St. Mlhlel, For est de Hesse, Verdun, Argonne Forest and Grand' Pre. It wns at the last named place. In one of the hottest ac tions of tho war, when the armistice was signed. One of the curlcusu tilings about the f'J'"h wa,B l,hat 'l turned ,'n nU lts equipment .ntact. .No one direct hit ncl' The 9.2 British gun which the Sixty fifth used did tremendous execution. One of the men told of going forward nfter n night's heavy bombardment of the German trenches and seeing as many as fifteen Germans burled n the collapse of a single dugout hit by one of the big shells. "The last hill we aimed nt before the armistice was signed," said one cf the four, "was leveled clear to the ground. When the douughboys ndvnnced next morning they couldn't even find the hill." Fire Routs Family From Bed Many persons were aroused from their beds early this morning when fire was discovered) In the home of James Mulligan, 253B Pine street. The fire was discovered about 3 o'clock In the second story back room, which Is used as a sitting room. Mulligan called the po lice and a chemical engine was sent to tho scene. The loss wns trifling. ENVIRONMENT RULES EGG AND MEAT PRICE Bemirrored Establishments Charge More Than Ordinary Shops for Same Articles The price of eggs Is affected by en vironment. Incidentally, the same may be said of the prices of other foods. Strictly fresh eggs sold amid glitter Ing scenic Investiture such as tiled shops, glittering crystal windows and varl colored electric lights, bring sixty cents a dozen. Members of the same family of eggs marked "strictly fresh" sold for US and 84 cents a dozen In shops where the clerks didn't wear white coats and boutonnleres. Similar conditions prevail In th .ni of meats. Many shops In West Phlla. delphla look like Jewerlv stn nn.i chops nestle on n square of glass with a setting of parsley and glisten Itko cameos, while lamb chops are bedecked wun lingerie eirects and draperies all of which has no material effect when they are In the gravy. In the dazzling display shops, lamb chops sold for iS cents a pound, while In the ordinary butcher shops the same quality of chops went for 40 cents. Pork chops are affected In the same way. They can be bought for thirty five cents a pound or fifty cents a pound, according to scenic environment It all depends the way the food la stsoed. Butter runs nil the way from fifty to sixty cents a pound, but not much cf It Is running nt the latter price, fov house, wives seem to know that It should be cheaper. The price of cheese is concealed from the general public and can only hi leameo wnen one is intimate with the v..v. -v. H..I. ...'v.b ... Wf 'EBftfttUABY Mfc 10J BETHLEHEM BOWS TO LABOR BOARD Steel Company's Lawyer Apologizes for President Grace's Refusal TO CARRY OUT DECISION Reading Carmen Lose Fight for More "Wages Other Awards Are Announced New York, Feb. 6. The Bethlehem Steel Company, which recently refused to recognise the authority of the na tlonal war labor hoard, has reconsid ered and pledged "loyal co-operation In carrying through tho two Important measures w'th which the finding of the board dealt," according to a statement Issued by the board. The board announced' that It would take no further nctlon In the Bethlehem case until the company haa an oppor tunity "to make good Its promises and to test the practical character of Its proposals." The awards which the company had refused to recognize directed It to work out a collective bargaining agreement with n committee of emplovea elected under the board's supervision nnd to grant a retroactive wage Increase. The board offered to co-operate with the" company In Inducing the government to grant additional compensation on Its contracts to make the wage Increase possible. Decision of the company to co-operate wun tne board was announced in a let ter from Paul T). Cravath, counsel for the company, which the board made public. In this letter Mr. Cravath stated that the hitch between the hoard which re sulted last November when E. G. Grace, president of the company, wrote the board that as the armistice had been signed the company did not feel that It was longer bound by the board's ear lier nward, was the result of a "mis understanding." The letter, he said, did not convey the meaning that Mr. Grace hnd Intended It to convey, and Mr. Grace regretted that he had not appeared In person before the board Instead of writing a letter. Mr. Cravath said he was authorized to say for the company that "It recog nizes that you are entitled to Its loyal co-opcratlon In carrying through the two Important measures with which our findings dealt." This company, he stated, had given up Its Intention of putting Into operation Its own plan for arranging collective bargaining with Its employes and will Invito the employes' commltteo elected under the board's supervision to a con ference, nt which details of tho plan for cellectlve bargaining will be worked out. The board appointed two of Its mem bers to visit the Wnr and Nnvy Depart ments and to make such recommenda tions for Increased allowances to the company as they might see fit. WANTS ARTISTS ONLY ON ACADEMY BOARD Joseph Pennell "Also Would Further Restrict Annual Exhibitions Joseph Penpell, artist, does not want business men on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. That is, Mr. Pennell docs not want any business men who nre not artists. He says artists can be so classified be. cause ".painting Is a business." The famous etcher hurled a verbal bombshell Into a meeting last night of the Fellowsh'p of the Academy, when after listening to the rending of several papers, he jumped to his feet, waived aside the discussion nnd exclaimed "ThlB 1b all rot." The papers which had to do with four general propositions on art matters, had been penned by prominent members of the academy. Including Harrison S. Mor ris, formerly Its maunglng director; Blrge Harrison, of Woodstock, N. J., formerly a Btudent at the academy and now studying In' Paris, nnd Frederick Judd Waugh, another student, who also hns paintings tn several famous gal leries throughout tho world. During the reading of thse papers Mr. Pennell wns observed to mutter severnl times to him self. Finally tho famous artist Jumped to his feet, characterizing what he hao heard ns "rot and nonseiiBe." "We do 'not want any business men on the board of directors of the acad emy." he said. "They should not be on the board of any art academy. The men needed fcr these positions are nrtlsts. "But we can't demand that all the di rectors of the Pennsylvania Academy shall be nrtlsts, although there are, no artists on the board now, because the present board Is within the legal rights of Its charter, and we probably would find ourselves kicked out In the streets tomorrow." Mr. Pennell said that the way to get artists on the board and to get all the artists In America to back the Fellow ship In Its effort wns to give better ex hibition, "since nothing enn bo done against the charter rights of the present directors." "Thero should be no business men on the board of directors of an art acad. emy," Mr. Pennell said. "None of the j'.urupeen ncuuemiea nns ever had, or ever will hnve. n business man on their board c-f directors. That's the reason they make money. The nrtlsts work for themselves .Neither tne Salon at Paris. nor the lloyal Academy at London has a business man on its board." HELPING GIRLS' WORK Emergency Aid Team Captains in iiuuipaiga tioiti Meeting The first meeting of the ten captains of the I mergency-Atd trams which ore helping In, the 1150.000 campaign for "Olrls' Week," was held this afternoon In the Business Women's League, 111S Walnut street. The; meeting was called by Miss Oretchen Clay, chief executive of th Kmergency Aid, aides. The captains of the teams started work yesterday, and the subscriptions whleh they obtain will be merged with that of the thirteen teams from the Business Women's League ij'hlch comprise Division A. of the campaign. Division U Is formed of the twenty-slx teams from the Qer mahtown V, W. C. A. The three organisations which merged for the drive are the Business Women's Christian League, the east central field committee of the National Young Women's Christian Association and the dermantown Y, W, C, A. The funds are to expand welfare In work for the women and girls of this city. The captains working under Miss Clay are as follows t Miss Margaret Dunlap and MUs Maris Bupplee, central city; Mrs Paul Sharplecs, Media; .Mrs. W, D lUcks, Northeast Philadelphia; Mrs. Louis A, Winne. Swarthmore; Mrs. Ed ward L. Chandler, Walllngford; Mrs. Walter A. KaJh, North Philadelphia; Miss Dorothy Steele. Main Line,; Mr John fitortz. Logan; Mrs. Peregrine WU mer, Dermantown ',7 p.i'rA, 5. PASTOR, ROBBED, ACCUSES POLICE OF NEGLIGENCE "Must I Sit With n Shotgun to Protect My Wngh?" Asks Doctor Grammcr ,'JP I have to sit In my back yard w'th a shotgun as a means of protection while my wash Is being hung on the clothesline?" ' The Iley. Dr. Carl K. Crammer, presi dent of the Interchurch Federation and rctor of Ht. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Tenth street above Chestnut, nsked this question today, In speaking of the fail ure of tho police to get any cluo to tho thief who stole 1100 worth of clothes from tho back yard of his home, 1024 Spruce street, last Monday afternoon. Two servants who had been hanging out the clothes left the yard for a mo ment. When they returned the clothes vvero gone. , "The thief must have been watching the servants through the, vvlro grill In the gate." said Doctor Qrammer today. When he saw them leave the yard he wrenched the meshing nway, entered the yard, gathered up the clothes in a table cloth nnd made his escape. "Five minutes after tho servants had discovered the loss I notified the pollco of the Twelfth and Pine streets station. About a half an hour later a plain clothes man called and got the facts' of the ense. The robbery happened be tween 1 nnd 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, and bo far I have not heard a word from the police. "Don't you think a man running down tho street with n bulging tablecloth would excite suspicion? When I did not receive any word from the police yesterday I notified the newspapers. "Philadelphia Is utterly without police protection," continued Doctor Qrammer, "and it certainly looks as If the llev. Dr. ISdvvln Heyl Delk knew what he was talking about, ' Doctor Delk is now awaiting trial on a criminal libel charge preferred against him by Police Lieutenant Craig, whom ho accused of being largely responsible for "Improper pollco conditions" down town. DELAWARE DRY BILL TO BE AMENDED Change as to Time It Will Go Into Effect Believed Probable Dover, Del., Feb. S. It Is virtually assured that the State-wide prohibition bill now pending before the House of the Delaware Legislature before receiv ing any favorable consideration what ever from e'ther the wets or drys will do considerably amended, one of the most Important changes being the ex tension of time when the bill shall be come effective. The bill, ns It now stands, fixes July 1, 1910, ns the time limit, while the chango makes It January 16, iszu, tne time the national prohlb't on amendment goes Into effect. It Is be lieved with the mere drastic features removed the bill will miss the House by a substantial majority. j. ne iwo nouses of the Legislature met In Joint session this afternoon to hear the report of tho monument commission created by an act of Legislature two years ago for the erection of ft monu ment on Dover Green to tho memory of the Delaware sailors nnd soldiers from the Ilevolutlonary War to the present time. Some opposition has arisen to the monument Iden, such opposition rec ommending that the JIB, 000 provided for the purchase of the monument be put In an extension to the present State House on tho north side of the building recently purchased by tho State from Kent County. D. A. R. PLAN RESTORATION Discuss Valley" Forge Improve ment at Annual Meeting .. At the annual meeting of the Phlla delphla Chapter of tho Daughters of the American Revolution In Congress Hall todny, the restoration of the" Stevens house, used by General Varnum as his headquarters at Valley Forge, was dis cussed. The work will cost 12000, and $5000 annually for maintenance will be necessary. Oenerrl John Mitchell Vnrnum got Into tho devolution In time for the siege of Boston, ami went on to New York later Joining Washington's army here and taking part In the battles nt White marsh nnd Valley Forge. The Hev. ltobert Norwood, Overbrook, spoke on tradition as the backbone of stability. Mrs. Charles W. Nevln pre sided, and the following ofilcers were elected: ltegent, Mrs. Nevln; first vice regent, Mrs. lleorge M. Hall ; second vice regent. Mrs. William Henry Sayen ; re cording secretary, Mrs. Frank Battles; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Jacob P, llonnldron; regtstrar, Mrs. Thomas H. ienton; treusurer. Miss Mnry A. Dob bins; historian, Mrs. O. Howard Shrlver; managers, Mrs. Frederick C. Durant, Mrs J. Planton Mlddlcton, Mrs. Samuel S. Woody. JERSEY DEMOCRATS WAVER Three Reported Ready to End Assembly Deadlock Trenton, N. J Feb. 6. Reports of Democratic wavering over the House speakership deadlock were circulated about the State House today, based on the fact that Assemblymen David M. Agans, Democrat, of Hunterdon- County, and Harold M. Simpson Democrat. Sub. sex County, hnve had conferences with Governor "Kdga over the situation. It Is declared that Simpson and Agans. as well as Assemblvman Shields, an other Democrat, of Warren County, are about ready to break the deadlock by voting for Arthur N. Pierson, of Union, teh Hetmbllcan choice for Speaker, but nccordlng to report none of them wnnted to switch over alone. If. how ever, agreement could be reached by which they could break together so that no one In particular should bear the onus, they mny, it Is said, cast their vote for the Republican candidate. POSSESSOR OF IRON CROSS Magistrato Stevenson Has Trophy, but It Was a Gift Magistrate Maxwell Stevenson 1H7 Lancaster avenue. Is tho possessor of a (ierman Iron Cross, bound with silver which was worn by Lieutenant Frltx ureter, ui wie uerrmiu army. Magistrate Stevenson received the cross from John Reavey, formerly of tho Thlrtv-nlnth street nnd I.nnriiBta. c,A. nue police station, who Is now a member oi v.uuiy.mj' rt inijr i-uuce, sta tioned at Coblenz. In his letter n h magistrate Reavey says; 'The lieuten ant didn't want to give It up, but you know that when I want something for a friend I generally get It." JURY HOLDS PASTOR'S FATE Circumstantial Evidence Against Al leged Wife-Murderer Summed Up Haeo. Me, Feb. 6. Circumstantial evidence against Henry ,11. Hall. preacher, of Weljs Depot, on trial in the Supreme Court for the murder of his wife, was summarized for the iury to dry by Attorney Cleneral Ouy H, Sturgls In the closing argument of the State. It was expected the fate of Hall would be In the Jury's hands this afternoon. Ueld for Fatal Film Fire Pittsburgh, Feb. 6, Joseph Radonn, president of the Keystone Film Com pny. was held by a coroner's Jury on a charge of manslaughter In connection with the explosions and fire In which twelve persons lost the'r lives In the film exchange building blaze in Penn avenue several weens ago. THrtnnn testified at the Inauest vester, fday that h put ly In hot water to wasn a motion-picture mm previous to tho ure(. y -'. J ' 4f . : '" " ! 1 i r7Ai nhn iht'it tfTV A "J 3.U3.Z31UIJ.a. w ARMYATTHEEND Allied Rifle Strength Beat Germans for First Time ' Tnlvl.lQlR ! .j , FINAL ODDS TWO TO ONE - Entente Had 4,556,000 in '" Trenches Seven Months ' Ago, Baker Discloses Wsshlnston, Fen. B. The total strength of the United States army on November 11, when the armistice was signed nnd the American war effort; was at Its peak, was 3,703,273 officer; and men. Including the marine corps oil duty with the army In Europe. A'eta tlstlcal table made public today by the War Department gives this figure. Included In the table Is a comparative uciiieiu oi me strength or Allied ant) llnrman fnr n .. . . . . . ....... .iriLto un me western irom oy months, beginning April 1. 1918, show Ing that on July 1, for the first time, the Allied "rifle strength" exceeded that of the Germans. In rifle strength, which means melt standing In tho trenches ready to M Over tho top with the bayonet." the All lied total on July 1 was 1,656,000. comi pared with l.m.OOO for the Germans. On November 1, when tho enemy's rei serves had been exhausted and his fronl lino strength reduced by nbout half, tha Allies had a rlflo strength of 1,485,000, representing odds of upwards of two tq one. V. R. fiiTUnjr Ilalsnre From July 1, as the Americans con-, tlnued to nrrlve, tho Allied superiority showed continued growth over the Ger mans, who had dropped on November t to a strength of 866,000. When the great German drive, was launched in the spring of 1818 tho enemy had a definite superiority of approxU mately 20 per cent, tho figures for April 1 showing an Allied rifle strength of 1,245,000 and n. German totat of 1,668, 000. The Germans reached their maxi mum on June 1, with 1,639,000, whllo tho Allies reached their maximum on September 1. with 1,682,000. The department's table shows the rush of American troops to Europe when tu German great drive was launched not only succeeded In making good all Al lied losses from month to month, at tho fiont, but steadily Increased the strength of the Allied armies nctunlly engaged. Figures on the hundreds of thousands of Americans who were In training behind the lines ure not given. Compirutlve .Strength Shown Tho table, prepared by General Persh ing's stnfr, showing the comparative strength of the armies for the eight months covered, follows: Allies 1,24.1,000 1,84,1,(100 1. 400,(100 1,1 Mifl. 000 l,072,()il() I.I1S2.000 1..M14.000 1.4H.-..000 German 1. 60.000 1.000,010 1.680,000 1.412,000 1.8B.1.00II 1.. 189. OOO 1,228.000 890,000 April 1 ... May 1 June 1 .... July 1 . .. August 1 . . September 1 October 1 . November 1 The meaning of the "rifle strength," upon which the table Is based, Is mads clear by the fact nn American dlvis.on, with a total strength of approxlmi'.ly 27,000 fighting men, Is rated as 12.2E0 rifles. On November 11 tho American nrmy In Europe wns composed of 80,842 offi cers and 1,868,174 men, and 1162 offi cers nnd 21,072 men were at sea, en route t6 Europe. The Marine contingent in the expeditionary force on that date was 1002 officers nnd 31,383 men, mak ing' the total European nrmy strength, either in France or en route there, , 003,935 officers and men. In the United States, on that date, were 1,634,439' army personnel, and In, the insular possessions, the Canal Zone, Alaska, eta. 55,735. l'ho total strength of the Siberian expedition on that date was 298 offi cers nnd 8806 men. Hayes Re-elected by Miners Srranton, Po Feb. E. Latest reports from headquarters of the miners' union at Ind'anapolls are that President Frank J. Hayes has been re-elected over John S. 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