'sffiV' pa ' ! V" niLlO MD&R-MILADECPHIA, MONDAY MAMWly. M& t ' V.;WjV. ) f l'rf) EVENING PVBI & iUADb nAnrDATMi7T z rr'' j OLD BATTLESHIPS ARE DEMOBILIZED VETERAN BATTLESHIPS ARE RETIRED l'JEFF" DAVIS'S UiniWAU PUIVU1N IrW ESCAPED BOCHeI URGED BY WILSON CAHORISDEAD Xk Additional Fircboats, Sta-Fiygs Hauled Down on; .,(? .ijO'Tly j-,x ,WWWfKWWSF Ardmore Man Tells ofti ''il uuuauuuiuuiu! A1.Pa.u ,owa5 indlalla and Massa Also Recommended chusetts at Navy Yard Final Recapture, Ho.wcver, of Fivi Amriojins f'4 Casper Knobel, of -This City, Succumbs in Sol diers' Home, Tenn. SURVIVED BY SON HERE m :lt Mi RSI 'J :: Ofc U ii ri m'-u 3 .is i: : &ii ill 'i &s?.: i't iS'-M TjTvr 9 4 :& 'I ? p, t .a . k'4 !'. r.V. ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT Force Increased by 500 When Members Return v rom Overseas Director Wilson, of the Department of rubllc Safety, In his annual report just Issued, emphasizes the need for more policemen. The report, which has been sent to Mayor Smith, also lecommends the pur- chase of automobile fire apparatus to take the place of the present hotse - drawn equipment, and asks for more llreboats for- the Delaware ami Srluiyl- kill River?. The Director urges un ap- proprlation tn reconstruct the ci'""1 police, and flro signal hystein. reumi- mending that the wires be placed mulct- fcioand. The report says: "The work or the members of t.io S; SniTIaw and , r' i'er' in a oaVyr,atrimf.'was,h-Khly .red - liable and deserving of th utmost com- mendation. "Five hundred and two umnbet en. the bureau entered the military and naval service of the L'nlted States, and this, together with the ex'.raordinai de mands for special details by the war. served to deplete the fnrre far below the number demanded t the requirements of normal i tines. With the return fiom militaiy Ire of the members of the bureau to - ... ..... .. -.,..! ....,. in.,e il, , iimn el- pallty will gain the adxantnge of the ' 'ng Hob fcvnns s flagship In the Span B00 additional patrolmen nuthoiized by Ish-Amerlcan war and Hred the first Councils In 1917. ; 'not asalnst Cerveras fleet at Santiago "I am of the opinion, however, that a ! On the deck of the Indiana the cere further increase In the numbei of pa-, mony marked the passing of I'licle trolmen should bo provided. This in- creaso Is, In my judgment, necessary to keep pace with Philadelphia's Increas ing population. "I urge nn appropriation of $500,000 for the purchuse of motorized flro equip ment, so that tho bureau may continue its unexcelled nervice to the municipal ity In reducing destruction by lire to a minimum. "The installation of modern elevator servlco in City Hall Ih an Imperative necessity to accommodate the increasing traffic. I. therefore, recommend uu ap propriation of $50,000 for tho installa tion of new electric elevators In tho northeast, northwest and southwest cor ners of tho municipal building. These elevators hao been In operation for periods covering from twenty to twenty five years and are completely out of date In point of service, capability, efficiency and equipment." TO CARRY "DRY" WAR ABROAD Presbyterians Ready to Battle Liquor Industry in Europe World-wide prohibition Is the object of a great campaign about to be launched. Whllo brewers and distillers nro occu pying public attention by their efforts to nullify the "bone-dry" war meaBUro July 1 in the United States, their chief activities aro said by prohibition advo cates to be directed. toward transferring their indtetfles'fitit foreign lands. To combat tho Invasion of foreign mission fields by the liquor Interests the Presby terian Church In the United State.T Is appropriating funds and sending special field workers Into many lands. The Now Era movement of the Pros--byterlan Church is aroused to what ic considers a menace to the peoplo of the Orient and fears that the brewers and distillers have particular designs on China, India and other countries where the Presbyterian missions have been making great headway. The board of temperance of the Pres byterian Church will continue Its activi ties In the United States against nulli fication of tho prohibition amendment and will also resist Invasion of the for eign field by tho liquor forces. In addition the Presbyterian Church will join in an Intensive movement in the City of Mexico directed against tho liquor tralllo and also against gambling, cock fighting and bull fighting. BRADFORD NOW JX COLONEL Philadelphia Guardsman Gets Promotion in Engineers Major James Sydney Bradford, this .city, a member of the 103d Engineers, has been promoted lo lieutenant colonel. It was learned today, lieutenant Colonel Bradford Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sydney Bradford, 245 South Forty-sixth street. He was for nine years a member of Company D. First Engineers. N G. P. Soon after this country declared war on Germany he was sent to Camp Han cock and sailed with the 103d Engineers when the first men were sent over On September 10, while directing a battalion he was gassed but recovered quickly and assumed command of his unrc lieutenant colonel UradfGTd is thirty- five years old and a graduate of tho Pftntral ATnnuaf Tilnlno- Cnhnnl In 1V..D. Chester, of the Normal School and of ine university ot Pennsylvania. His rise In military life has been rapid. During the Mexican border troubles I he was a captain and the company under his command shewed such efll-1 clency In engineering that it was one i of the few companies assigned to dls Play their technical skill at Camn Menrfo ' At Camp Hancock he was promoted to major. He Is still overseas and does not expect to return for several months. He Is a grandson of General A. Mo Call, -who was a prominent figure In the Civil War. TO STUFF ANKLE-BITING MONK Media Pet That Died of Gas Suh ject for Taxidermist "Tlmmle," the pet monkey of Dr. and Mrs. Phelps Dlckeson, of Media, who ended his life on Saturday by turning on the gag, will be stuffed and glvfn an honored place In the Dlckeson home. "Timmlo'' first came Into prominence eight years ago when he figured in a lone drawn-out suit for damages, origi nated because he climbed into a neigh Wwlng bathroom and bit the ankle of woman there. "Tlmmle'a" owners had to pay Mrs. Henry C. Snowden. Jr.. wife of a. prorril- j';V hent merchant, 25 as the result of the escapade. 'Tlmmie" round his lioeriy wu curtailed by a collar and length of 5 chain. If ... .later, however.. Doctor Dlckeson .-j, bought the Snowden home and then . (' fTlmmtA , K ... ll, tn . tu.,v nno viti-Q IHUiPM4iu"vu w ,foUrw his own happy, way. jfHe delighted ''toVplay with' cats and, does and he nda pet gooee of tho Dlckesons were. , " . 'lTimmle'''wts found beside the open M' it by Doctor Dlckeson. He made . jmcy 'effort to cave, him, but discovery em, I B too late. I' ?. ,wRi, - .- SERVIGE IN TW0 WARS j g ccoiul lime Vessels Have Passed Through Ceremony of Being Retired I'ncle Sam demobilized tliife of lis oldest flfthtlng chips today at the IMnla delphla Navy Yard. The flag: went dovvti for the lam i .me at 11 o'clock this morning mi the Iowa I IndMiiu and Massachusetts, three c 1 erans of the Spanish and Kuiupi'an ais ' As the bugler sounded "Ti the Color.--, the iuaitoi'inaster on each nf the oid battleship- slowly hauled down the coin 1 mission pennants fiom the mainmasts ( wlliI(, ,,(, ,i,,1,i(!l0ll ,.,.,. MO0,i , ..alnte in the passing of the vcletan ' tlghteis. i Twice these ohl ships have pasted I! U the .etemony of beuig dee , the ' ;'. Sobbed of navul rank, in 1014. they nil had vigor cnougn I ' co"la bllek lo he, V1 ,1,u (i('r,ats v oca .inu iuuuv iih-yt uani nerv icr died with all of tlieni looking their, trimmest and bilgiitest, xallant xeterans of a nuaiter century wei ice on the sea "riglitlnc lloh" DinnC. oh) lip The ceremonies were directed from the I Iowa, the largest of the three and the ! flagship of Hear Admiral 11. 11. Wiley. . commander of Division n of thn tlrsi .... I'iiiuesoio croun. J ne lowa was "l-'chl- ivams oldest fighting ship. Laid down In 1D01 fh Tn.tl..-.. .. ... i on- as a commissioned bnttlcsmlp, the first oc the famous "White Squadron" of the then new American navy. Tho Massachusetts, a sister Miip of the Indiana, built two years later, lav alongside the Iowa as tho thrco wete put out of commission. All are now silent, guarded only bv nnvv vnt-,1 civ ilians waiting Washington'! orders as to ! the every-member canvass made bv es- c npurrn-''-VaKa'n. 81l.Ll th !l un'H,r,nc'' '"''- nn-nng the pat Ishoner.s .i new (lag or go to the scruphean or1 ,.,.., offer a target that the now youngsters. I "f I-Plwopal faith in the illoccse of ot the nay may Icirn how to hpol n,r ' I'einisyUnnl.i indlc.it.- Hint tho cam-bull'F-eyp. palgn was n success in eer respect Iho lown has tho most oxrnifi.t iii. ....... . ., ... l "' 'MO- '". vii inree were built In Plilladel- ' l wiwcpii is:n ami 1817 at the tramp shipyard. The Jowa. with four twelve-inch guns and )arK ,rSH(.r armament, was iu command of Captain Itobley I). Evans at Santiago when l ervera s fleet broke out on July .1 18!8. The lown. tired the first shot in' that engagement, and after th0 Spanish fleet had been completely put out of action, wuh selected as tho essel to have the honor of convevlnn- n. ....- Ish admiral as a prisoner to the United Mates. In 1!U4 the lown was with drawn from the navy register, and lay for three years along the docks at Ix-ague Island with the Indiana and Massachusetts. War llrouKbt VruMa Out "With the war against "(Jermany. the call for more ships brought the three old veterans, Jpto, service again. The Iowa was Hallo' the training ship for engineers and firemen and sent to do patrol duty off Hampton ltoads. In May the Iowa joined the Atlantic Fleet and did guard duty off the Virginia coast until the war ended. Captain E. C. Kalbfus commanded her. The Indiana, with four- thlrtcen-inch guns, eight elght-lnrhers and four three inch, with a crew of 080. was classed as one of our biggest battleships when she went Into commission In :89f. She did effective work at Santiago and dur ing the European war was tho training ship for hundreds of naval gunners, who later protected the transports from sub marines. . As high as 850 men were trained at one time on the Indiana. Captain Guy B. Landerberger was her commander. Lieutenant John A Mulholland, execu tive oftlcer of tho ship, was the lifst to leave her today. He came aboard when she was recommlssloned in June, 1017. Lieutenant Leo J. Murray, officer of the deck today, wrote the ship's last log at noon, and the two officers then left the vessel. The Massachusetts t ulmiii.. ..i . During the war tho Massachusetts did SE! yZT and tralned BU" crews anu engineers. Seven hundred sailors, forming the crews of the three ships, were sent to Brooklyn today to do transport duty. - - . MEAT COMPLAINT CAME LATE . "" rcnerai commission Dismisses Case Involving Unfit Product Di Washington, March 31. (By A. P ) The Federal Trade Commission today announced the dismissal of u. complaint against Morris & Co , of Chicago, charging unfair competition. The offering for sale In November and December. 1M7, at Texas army camps oi ineai, wmen me commission aiu Hua jiruveil uuul, Was thp hMSla fnr L" "-1""'""'"1- icaays order said ' w-holesome meat was substituted or no Cliargfe was made for nlinnllttiiu ,1.., were rejected, and that an order to cease , aml I"1 wouiu not now servo a useful ! purpose. Troops Bach From War and Homeward Bound ARRIVED li Lorraine, at New York. from Havre. with SS7 troopa. all casuals, incluulinr iaual companies of officers and men of Mouth Carolina. Nebraska and of the recular a rim Alaskan, at New York, with vainn.. Army men of Arkansas. LnulMUn, on.i to. ,owpor?NswJ.IPburd8ivrtfdnf1Nw,Yo iroops comprise neia ana stall, second and Third Battalions, headquarters' company supply and medical detachments, and "om pantes E to M. Inclusive, forty-two officers and 1881 men of the 31Hh Infantry. Biichty seventn Division. After Bolng to Camp Mer ritt. N. J., these arrivals will be distrib uted amonc Camps nix. Grant. Upton Dodge. Taylor and Pike. The Alaskan brought altogether i'JIO troops, ot whom ttUUUb -W fl-TD tHBUBIB, i M Maul, at New York, with Brigadier San '?!!dJ V-.6t?nb?.y-. commanding the Seventy- i third Infantry Drlgade Headquarters, and thn I fotlowinr organltatlons; One Hundred and I forty-sixth Infantry, field and start, head quarters, tnachlnn gun and supply com panies, medical detachment and Companies A. ,B. C. O.K. i Q. II. I, K. 1, and M sixty-five officers and 2817 men, the ms-! jnj- ui niwiu "'"i'ut -rnp nnerman. Oiiusl companies 1228, New Jersey: l"2r tfouth Carolina; 1228. Illinois, and 'fiu scattered. ana special company 74 1; Sev- enty-thlrd Infantry Urlradei lfenrfm,3-,--. fifteen casual off leers and Brest convalescent r ur,Bim lie irfl and Brest r. detachments Nos. 1st to 138 Inclusive and men. Including 363d Infantry, headouar. Urs second battalion, supply company and Companies V. a and H. thirty officers and B1 men: seMth Infantry Field and Staff Headquarters Third Battaltcn. orjnance and medical detachments, headquarters supply and machine gun companies and Companies A".kAk K u nd thirty-one officers and 2089 men; casual company 012 New York, special casual companies HIS and 819, St. Naxalr convalescent detachment No. 181 nd two casual pfllcers. cnm"" DUE TODAY Henderson, at New York, fronf Bordeaux. March 19, with 1527 army personnel. Osland. at New York, from at. NatafVa. March 12. wjth one casual officer. Air aerv Ice. nornd, at N Torir. from Marseilles MIUI.S SJJ IBBBM VMUaJUlUEU, k . -uih ctk riM- .., -.' -" WMM'fki'kA : 'iillllHiHilllHIHIilHK':'illlllllllllllHi , . . .j"ft,JBRB v. S .isMtXif) I nilctl lale. naal nlliicr- on ilie tlcrk of the lialllcliip Iowa a the coiiiniif-ion pennant was liaulcd ilown front the main nid-l. The (lag wat lowcrcil for lite last lime tmla nl llie I'ltiladelpliia Nav) Yard on the Iowa, Indiana ami Massacliu-ell', xcleratu of llie SpanMi anil American wars f 15,000 HOMES VISITED IN EPISCOPAL DRIVE IxeVCIllIC Increased ail(l Mcll- gious Co-operation Pledged in Everv-Member Canvass Meager leturns retixed so far from ! '" ' hl'adelphlsi alone 15,0110 homes weie tailed Sunday by 600(1 est omen of Protestant Episcopal chut cites here, ami thousands of followers of that de nomination were solicited to sign pledges for consistent prayer service and regular giving for the support of religious ef forts. Ah a result, it Is said that some churches will Increase their revenue 100 to 300 per cent. Altogether 5000 vestrymen visited homes In 150 parishes In Philadelphia. Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgom ery Counties, which composo the dio cese. Complete returns from the can vass will not bo available for several days because of the numerous details involved In making out the pledge cards handed to parishioners. . Many men prominent In tho city's business, professional and soda life took an active part In the every-member cam paign hole, which was several weeks In preparation. Among these were Edward' I uonsait, vice president of the Eand Title and Trust Company, who direciert tho canvass for the St. Matthew's Epis copal Church. Eighteenth street and Girard avenue: Charles E. Ilourv. a leader In brotherhood work and a stu dent of world-wide religious activities, who led the vestrymen of tile Church of tho Itesurrectlon, Broad and Tioga streets, and others. ASKSITYFOOILMNSPECTION KrtiFcn for Bill Giving Munici palities Full Licencing Powers Support for il bill now In the Legis lature which will give municipal health authorities power to license and Inspect all business houses engaged In handling foodstuffs la asked by Director Krusen Department of Health ' In discussing the need for such legls latlon the director said : "The Health Department Is desirous of securing supervision of the sanitary handling of all foods Intended for human consumn tlon. By licensing all persons, firms or rornorate oodles engaged in thn v,.. ! d,in!r- storln& fE!lp of foods, Hie Health i nWrSiSffni ?J!bi , th sanitary management of such places , of business. An act of Assembly his ' been presented to the Legislature cover I Iw? this subject. I "It appears quite reasonable that nil iW" -- quale public support, more esner altir when It concerns the foods we eat everlr dav which at present are not sufficiently Protected to meet the highest sanitary requirements.' DISMAL WELCOME FOR YANK Killing of Son Follows Death of Wife and Daughter's Illness When Joseph Waltree returned from service with' i inachine-Kun comnanv overseas a few days ago lie found his I wlfe hal "lc1 Uvo weeks before his arrival anu ms uaugiuer was seriously Ill in a hospital. Yesterday his nine year-old son, Joseph, Jr., was killed by an automobile driven by Isaac Halbelu, 1400 Moynmcnsltig aenue, near the Diamond street entrance to Falrmount Park. Witnesses say the, boy wltlv some com panions had been playing ball on Dairy Field. The game had stopped and thej had started across the driveway when the accident occurred. Mr. Halbeln took the victim to the I Tnrv Drpvel TfnniA where he died a i fJT. ml""!fa , a"T b'e,ne admitted. The driver will be given a hearing at tho iniriy-niniu Bireet ana iancaster ave nuo police station this morning. Federal Building Clocks Set Right by Court Order In the l-'etleral Building, where the business of the national gov ernment is conducted they missed the federal government's! daylight savins order today. The clocks in the Federal Build ing pointed to 8 o'clock -wlien every other clock in the city said It was 9 a. m. The difference In time was no ticed when Judges Thompson and Dickinson appeared to preside ut their courts. The courtroom clocks said It -was 9 o'clock. The judges' watches showed thu time was 10 .o'clopk. v Court attendants were colled tn' and the daylight-saving order was forthwith complied with, omplled wllh, B'yifcMfc - TARDY EMPLOYES CANNOT BLAME "DA YLIGHT SA VING" ' Forgot la Fix Clock" Merely Excuse for Those Who Didn't Want to itlend Church Anyway, Wiseacre Explains, While All but Farmers Speed Timepieces "I fin got lo fix my clock." Aflri one day of daylight saving and In spite of liberal ndvance warning, there were hundreds of persons offered that excuse at 0 o'clock today. They should have bein at their desks at 8 o'clock. According to old Sol Wi'cacie. the reason for the lame excuse was that those who offered It stayed out until the "wee small" hours yesterday morn ing ami (hen slept all day yesterday. Despite the wind,' those who tried the new order of things for the first time yesterday -experienced nothing except a little sleepiness. All thoso who went to bed at 8 o'clock Saturday night were "fit as a fiddle" and In church on time yestcrdav morning. The others, however, roamed in about the time of the doxology amid the grins of their more knowing brethren and were chlded afterward for their "fore sight." The only person who did not pay nrjch attention to the matter of earlier rising that Is, rising at the same hour but an hour ahead according to nature's laws waH the farmer, lie got up an hour later (under tho present system), Choice of Parade Up to Soldiers Continued from Tare One tho reception New York city gave tho Twenty-seventh Division and chafed at their retention in the scrvico for pa rading purposes. Theso. men complained to their Sena tors and Congressmen against what they considered unwarranted retention ,ln thej service and a strong protest was mado to the War Department. The long delay, amounting to three weeks or more, in the discharge of tho men of the Twenty-seventh Division, after thpy reached tho United Stater, also resulted In a strong protest from many of the New York men, War De partment offlolals said today. ', The first units of the Twenty-seventh Division reached New York on March C, and are Just now being discharged, so that the parade was responsible for retaining them an additional three weeks In ,the service. It was said. If arrangements can be made for' the parade of the Twenty-eighth Division In Philadelphia and tho unpleasant cir cumstances avoided that grew out of the parade of the Twenty-seventh Divi sion In New York, the War Department will raise no objection 'to it. officials' said today. There Is but one solution, according to the Philadelphia welcome home com mittee, and that Is to bring the men home on big transports. If the divi sional units arrived at Camp Dlx. on tho same day or even If the movement re quired two days the men could bo held without much difficulty". On the other hand. It Is pointed out, that should one-half of the division win discharges It would be almost impossi ble to organize them for .a parade, MILITARY BAND COINING Glessner's Army Organization at Academy on Thursday Philadelphia audiences th g veek will hear Glessner's Military Band, composed of forty musicians, w)io have lust re--turned from the army, In its Initial ap pearance Thursday In matinee and nighf concerts at the Academy of Music, The premiere here is the beginning of a national, tour. Lieutenant Clessner. who is known as the peer of army band conductors, having sent thirty of the 200 bands he trained overseas during the war, has In, the personnel of his or ganization musicians formerly con nects! with the best bands of Sousa, Pat Conway, R. B. Hall, Creatore, Innes. the Victor Record and Columbia and other symphony orchestras. The special solo work In connection with the Thursday concerts will be partly done by John Dotati, one of the cornet soloists. Mr. -Dplan for twelve years was cornet soloist for the Pat Conway Band. jne oi ine soio teaiures win uc .Miss Madalelne MacGulgan, of this city, who has appeared at various times with the Philadelphia Syjnphony Orchestra Miss MacGulgan plays a violin worth 1,9,000. which was made by Joseph Guarnerlus, at Cremona, Italy, In 1733, THIEF "JOSHES"- VICTIMS Heading's Musical Burglar Alio Leaves $1 Change With Note '' Jleadlnr, March 3t, "Sleepers here Is a dollar left 1 Count your phonograph records. See how many are left. Learn to lock our windows. Yours truly, ' "WIDE AWAKli- This was the note a. musical burglar left lying beneath a, pqeketbook under the i pillow of a bed In an upper room In the house .of Harry E, Mengel after he stole (15 out of a purse and S20 worth of talking machlno records from the front room downstairs during the night. II uvery letter wan carefully prjnted with I IV. n.ARltr. grikb. ) l . I "'-- ""' - - -'-- "-nrr ' n.aper5l1pniapeornout,otavlctfbl,a mTftou,,,. J ufr ,,fi,. ,, tr,...- , , , . , V.A MMp'-fiWlSSSaS AJrs -bH' W,,-,V -. .,7V && viLA1 2vtt!i!i' '' ''jikaAkv 9t lLtkvnjut4!? :7ii i.i.:tSTr-n. n. but nl the same time that he always crawls out. The reason for this tardiness; if that llie farmer works by daylight. He jsually gets up at 4 o'clock In the morn ing to milk tho cows and feed the horses, and by daybreak Is out In the Hclds. This morning, however, he arose at fi m Hint ho wouldn't have to waste an hour in the darkness. The country's dnyllghl-savlug plan was put Into effect for the second time at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. There was not a hitch so far as has been learned, and everything moved llko clockwork. Promptly at the lime indi cated all of the railroads, city, state, county and federal olflces nfllclally moved forward' tho hands ot their clocks. , A few seconds before 2 o'clock the City Hall tower Was In darkness. Promptly at 2 o'clock, under tho usjal order of things, the lights were thrown on and the hands of the biff timepiece registered 3 o'clock. All traveleru ar riving hero after 2 o'clock found them selves an hour late. There ' was no confusion In tratllc, railroad men re ported. CONTEST OF CATLIN WILL IS INDICATED Document Made in 1909 Filed for Probate Disappointed Heirs Suspicious Vllken-llarre, l'u., March 31. Indica tions today aro that a bitter contest will be mado over the. will of Sterling It. Catlln, late Stato Senator. The missing will, made In December, 1909, was filed for probate In tho Orphans' Court today by Clarence D. 'Coughlln, representing benellcinrles. Kxpectant and disappointed heirs nre suspicious over the delay In presenting the will and it was freely stated today that steps will be taken to attack the will. It Is hinted that there may be a codicil that has not yet been brought to light. Under thS will. Harry N. Catlln, who was granted letters of' administration last week, has no share In tho estate. Catlln was at tho court house today with his attorney. The probating of the will revokes tho power of administrator seized by Harry X. Catlln. Tho will, however, named no executor, and II will now be neces sary to have one appointed. Attorneys for the Ttoby family, of Rochester, N. Y., who are the chief beneficiaries, sought to have one of their family named administrator, but Cath erine M Hoffman, of Whitehall town ship, Lehigh County, the Sftjiator's boy hood sweetheart, who gets an annuity of $1500, today prepared to become au mlnlstratrlx of the estate. She Is the only beneficiary of the will who resides 1n the ttate. and under a recent law Is the only one entitled to be adminis tratrix. I Register of Wills William Morgan I will fix a date to bear thn clalirm of nil interested parties, and unless a contest is Biwii"! uu uuiiuiMBuuiur may ne cnoscu by agreement, ESCALATORS RUNNING AGAIN' War's Over Two Subway Mov ing Stairways 0. K. Two of the moving stairways con necting the Burface-subway car en trance with the elevated train elation at Market and Juniper streets being al ready In operation, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company announced to day that the third escalator of the sys tem, ut Market street and Delaware avenue, will resume (service within two weeks. Tue escalators had been out of serv ice since shortly after the United States entered the war. Officials of the P. R.' T. claimed that the mechanism was out of order and that It was Impossible during the war to have necessary parts made. Meanwhile, patrons of the com pany have been obliged to climb and descend lengthy stationary stairways. New machinery for the operation of the moving stairway at Market street and Delaware avenue has been shipped, according to C. B. Falrchlld. executive assistant to the president ot the 'com pany, and will be Instilled within a jfortnlght. ) ' rKlSSEL-i - The oversize cord tires and wire wheelsvof the Kissel Cus tom Built car help considerably in cutting down .the cost per mile, tltt I'liqlooravlt (ii Sunddu's Lciatr , i'lcf&rfal Stolon. ' With George Rinlte, of De- troit, Phihulelphinn Trailed Confederacy Head Casper Knobel. a Philadelphia Civil War veteran and one of the captors of Jefferson Davis, president of the Con- lederafe states of America, died today 'at the Mountain Urnnch Soldiers Home, I Johnson City, Tenn. He wag seventy- four years old and Jiad been HI for some time. Mr. Knobel Is survived by a son, Charles a. Knobel. t021 Torresdale ave nue. When he aided In capturing the famous "Jeff" Davis knobel was only 20 years old. He was accompanied at tho time by Oorgc Rlnke, of Detroit. The two boys In blue trailed the Presi dent of tho Confederacy to a little camp near Hawklnsvllle, Qa. Creeping through the underbrush to a tent 'In which Mr. Davis and his fam ily had taken refuge, they aroused Mr. Davis and told him he was under arrest, Knobel and Rlnke received a share of the money offered for Davis's cap ture. The rest went to the members of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, Knobel's',1 company, which had been sent out from Mncon to Jlnd Davis. Rlnke and Kno bel went over the slory of theVicapturc of Davis the last time they met In order to agree as to details. In relating the capture of Davis some time ago Knobel said he and Rlnk'o had been separated from tho company to avoid Confederate soldiers In the neigh borhood. It was early on the' morning of May 10, 1865, They were riding nlong a country road, Knobel astrldo a mule, which replaced a horse that had been ehot from under him. "Our party had traversed but a short distance when we discovered a dying campflrc." says Knobel. "We rode along silently and soon mado out through the trees tho tents of the Davis party. The first person wo discovered was a sleep ing colored man who had evidently been left to guard tho small camp. Tho mili tary guard was nowhero In sight. As soon ns wo made, out the tents we charged, nnd, even If I do say so, It was a good one. Onco alongside of tho col ored man, wp discharged our j.lcces In Hie air as a signal to our comrades. "I dismounted whllo George Illnklc held my mule," Knobcl's narrativo con tinues, "and toro open the flap ot the first tent. It proved to bo tho ono occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Davis and their family. I reached In and took from the tent polo a satchel and handed It to Cleorge. Wo found ln.lt later shirts, oo- lars and baby garments, etc." After describing a mistaken attack upon each. other by two of tho Union scouting parties, Knobel continues his story. Hei,vas left on guard with Jeffer son Davis, his wlfo and the children, and dears up tho celebrated story that Davis tried to escape by disguising himself In women's clothes. "It was just at this time." says Knobel, "that Mrs. Davis seized a shawl ind threw It over her husband's should ers, and out. of this. Incident grew, a cruel story that the Confederate Presi dent tried to escapa In woman's cloth ing. Mrs. Davis, I think, had no idea of aiding her husband to escape. It wr simply a thoughtful effort to protect him from the raw morning air." Jefferson Davis and his wife were taken to Macon, and later to Washing ton. Knobel continued In service until June 17 of that year, when he was mus tered out. He left his home in Switzer land on learning of tho Civil War In order to get a chanco to fight. BIG REAUSTATE DEMAND "Own Your Home" Campaign stimulates investments Here "A broad and unselfish civic move ment," is the way Philip N. Arnold, general chairman, describes the "Own Your Home" campaign In this city. In response to queries submitted to the committee by Joseph N. Hagedorn. di rector of civic affairs for tho City' Club. "Not In a .generation, has; the real estate market in Philadelphia Utfen so active," sal Mr. Arnold, "No campaign of this kind Is needed to stimulate It. To all fair-minded men this Is a suffi cient 'answer to the suggestion that tho campaign has been started by real es tate men to sell houses at high prices. Wo do not expect a single additional sale at tho present time to result from this movement, but we do expect and feel .assured that tho desire to oivn your homo will be implanted In the hearts of scores of thousands of Phll adelphlans and that results Will be man ifested even In the next generation." Seal Catch Is Poor St. John's, '. F March 31. (By A.' P.) Tho steamship Sable, the first of the Beal-flshlng fleet to return from the hunting grounds, arrived here last night with 200Q pelts, about one-tenth the normal catch. Prospects fct- the rest of the fleet were reported excep tionally poor, and It Is probable that all will return within the next ten days unless the situation Improves. J.ECLPWELL8f0. CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS . The Wrist watch For Men. - J' . Its 'Great jutility during' The. STRENUbus Activities Of War-fa r;e An.d Its endorsement by. sport's men, Golfers, Motorists, Etc., Have Definitely Accomplished its General ., ' Acceptance As An Effi. cient Modern Necessity. ; . GOLD. OR SILVER , CASES; JEWELED MOVE MENT; HANDS AND . FIGURES EQUALLY LEGIBLE IN. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT;' LEATHER OR KHAKI STRAP. tL !sssssssssi caSper knobel IDENTIFIED AS BANDIT IN HOLD-UP OF TAXI Driver Accuses Man Whom Victim of Robbery Fails to Recognize ) John carver, KIcventh street near Poplar, was held without ball by Magis trate Pennock today, accused of robbing George I,. Def-rlckson, of 7133 North Broad. street, of $100 and jewelry, In a taxlcnb driven by JosephS)ay. of Fif teenth and Callowhlll streets on March 8. "Thai Is the man who did it," said Day, when Derrlckson was unable to Identity Carver. , Day, who was ar rcstedln connection with the holdup, was released after furnishing $5Q00 ball. He said the machine was hired by Dcrr!ckson at Twelfth and Vine streets and that Carver Jumped on the running b.oard while It was proceeding out Vlnol strceb and Instructed Day to. drive slowly. At Broad and Pearl streets, ac cording to the testimony, a revolver was pushed Into Derrlckson's faco and he was relieved of his cash and jewelry. D'errlckson alleged ho was thrown from the machine, and that the chauffeur then drove off. Thieves entered a freight car In the Pennsylvania Railroad yards at Klls worth street and tho Schuylkill River today anit stole automobile accessories valued at between $1G00 and (2000, ac cording to tho police. James Bull, who gave nu address In Baltimore, was nrrcsted shortly after tho robbery was discovered by Railroad Detectives Struhaker and Gall. Ho was held In J800 ball for court by Magistrate Pennock In Central Station today. Two other men. , who nro accused of the theft, escaped. Arrested as ho was carrying a crate of eggs on his .back down Thirtieth street today, Richard Williams, a negro, wno said no lodged at the Inasmuch Mission, was held In $800 ball for court by Maglstrato Pennock. Traffic Patrol man White testified that the eggs were stolen from the Pennsylvania Cold Stor age warehouse, at Thirtieth and Market. 43 MILESOISTREET WORK Improvements to Cost $3,300,000 Planned by Director Datcsman Plans for grading fifteen miles of streets already laid nnd eighteen miles of new streets and the repaying of more than ten miles of old streets, are In cluded In tho street Improvement pro gram of the Department of Public Works pending the flotation of the proposed J12.750.000 city bond Issue. Director Datcsman. in annortlnnlntr hla anticipated funds, bases his estimates on the belief that $800,000 of the bond issuo win oe get aside for street grad ing, $500,000 for- bulldlmr new sfreetn and about $1,000,000 for repaying work. in aaattion mere is an Item of $1,000,000 for street malnter-nce. The new strceti. arclto be const mot ,i In sections of the city where the erec tion of buildings has already begun or will be started as uoon nB Councils take definite action on tho passage ot tho proposed municipal loan. ADMIRAL SIMS OFF FOR US. Given Rousing Seiid-Off on De parture From London London, March,,. 31. (By A. P.) Vlco Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded the American naval forces" In ine war zone, wis given a rousing send off nt naval headquarters this morning when he sa'd farewell ns he was 'about to leave for tho United States. Tho streets 'about tho headquarters were pneked with soldiers of all nationalities, while the entire hendnuarters staff turn ed out for the occasion. Scores of cow bells mingled their noise with the cheering as the vce admiral waved the crowd good-bye, Vice Admiral Hims win sail from Southampton on tho Mauritania tonight Accompanying him are Contain Richard H, Leigh, Dudley W. Knox and Joel R. P. Prlngle, Commanders Fairfield and John V, Babcock, and Lieutenant Com mander Edwards.. , LED BY PHILADELPHIA $ Need of Police Control of Ail sl,Ji,n Iv., Tjli,rn,,J !' v,U j lulx,v, VV., 'bi llow a Philadelphia aviator and four int. oiner Americans wnq escaped Iroma ,J4 German prison camp at Rastatt evaded a Qe,rman searching partyV consisting ot .1 ground details directed from five air- v, planes, is told by Charlesayne Ker wood, of Ardmore, a former sergeant; pilot In the Lafayette Escadrllle. .. Sergeant Kervvood wasa prisoner -at h Rastatt ' when the five Tanks, "led byr?" Sergeant Leslie Byers, 1123 South! Forty-elghth street, made their daring escape. The Gtvrmaps had la highly or-, 'f ganizeu pursuit system that enabled them In pnmh tliA rnnl-i, am. v.alV.i.' bldln? n vlrfitnl ln,nna.ll,nUw ! 'But Bvern whn war ntan n Btar(ranH In the Lafayette Eecadrllle, knew tha' 0 aiue tne Germans put upon airplane In directing tho search for escaptd prl oncrs," Sergeant Kerarnnil Raid, "end' et rj id' J did not make the mistake of many other ' ijnouiiers wno Buccccaea in temporarily; - evading the vigilance of the guards ' i'-i! "Instead of directing his party'away1'd from the camn nnd tinfttnt- mui . Vi distance ap possible between themselves '& and the prison, Byers and the other mn,--J hid near Rastatt,- and as a result the-'V minute search, which Included airplane- observation over all the surroundlnc- oountry, was unsuccessful. The. nrS'.i mans had this form of search rfnwn . a science, and as a. result nun. nt tt d prisoners who escaped and tried" toj (' moke their way across tho BUrroimdlnsJ .4.1 country to safety wns successful,' : "Byers and his companions hid near ' tho prison for several davs. nnd fh.m began the perilous trip to the French,, lines. They were Anally captured Be cause of their weakened condition, duo: ' io jacK. oi rooa.' k ,t Sergeant Byers Is twentv-four t.oi-j ' rA nn ....... ..... ,. .. ... . -.-, ... nan RiuuuKieU irom IM Utll- ""')' i x-aunByivanin, in 1316. HI3 father Is general manager of tho Abra sive Materials Company, Prankford, IIKATMB LtNnm.MT hf.i. , 'Vr'"""" aoj at the residence ot y ,1 'Jl'V"?i -, Symour. 107 VoeK I nt-r nepnew, iin hvp.. widow of fri.H. I-..;;..."', ";'c'.- "vt nn-e.i nVjn J: "" i" lunerui services, wed., " ir.uref"lfllTc;,m. ' U"a' lnU pr,v"!' West V, IIARTMAN. March .10 ISAAC NEWTON,, L KLvleA".-.nSj-n?"- S"...3" iBns. a- Tu. evVninV. ' r can .oiv i. I KM' lVANTBD FEitALR f.rri. nn.,n .... . i ' .. wanted. Wastlnchouse Umo Co . llilWil Biurnpr wag., f niladelnhta. ' UIR.L for general office work, state aes. .. v. ,tu Huiffl rxpeciea. ! B2S. 7L t'l S1lSi'uVHi.p,lR' """-"Uglily competent."? a,y? .,0 handl? "ma" amount of clerical "ffi vry trood opsnina- with large auto- -mobile concern. App v at once. (by lttr". rolyVo4 Nr: JUS?- ,B'"'ow"wiiAS .NoU?- , i o.. ao4 N. flroad st. i ' TiT. r . .' S3. iir.i.r WiVSTKU MAMi i ADVEflTISKMnNT wkitkb m. .- ,i,.i, fl husband of Laura K. Hartman (nee Molafl)' -4 I and son of I'rlscllla and thw late Jsffry fj i?,H,mgn' Pltlvf .and friends, also Coorf- 'l land Saunders, N. 21. 8. of . V.. indt i Coonermen's tllhl. n... i.'.,i(i .'.7.. "'f1 - V M charge of advertising lpartmnt of lanw'l nirniiure iiouse; state experlencagnd submit 1 samples of work. P H3fT Ledgsr. OfflVs' . Y OFKIOIl HOY8 More than IB vs.r. '.',' jlng Public Led- . --.... ... .....,., nc ii Binary 90 10 . irt:-rhan,e for advancement. Automobile halfs Corp.. 142 N'. P-roart st. B Mr, Field. 81TUATI0XH WANTKD FE.MAT.K STKNOOKAPIIEIl (public) desires' fswAours' dictation h day or Wk. Phone Spruce 3671.- HKAL KSTATK FOB HAI.B S toresjind Dwellings Vt . li. A1.1.UU1IENY Cor. store with garage. 10300 11, w. WHiaLET- 11 rooms, '! Vft Philadelphia 11512.14.22,24 OESNEIH SV. ' Two to" r . porch front modern.' rooms and hififi , 13130 each. AHB KOLSKY A CO." 780 fijV - (1KR.MAXTOWN basement laundry: 2 squafe. f?om trolley- 1 possession 3o days; price 13000 'roney, Thomas H. Evoy "vyo"? - MAIN LINK Varant 1 In tn nat.zM. C-r f . ..- .,. v. i.iuic ju v., KMO lpaan.uau a.. VTa. ... ...i.i -..1.' months: one block from ran. bm,..i-. churches:' wide asphalted main street 1 en- .''" ciosea purcn, noi-waver neai. parquetry floors . throughout; gas kitchen, basement laundrr.- -water meter; 14300. v ," f CItOVLE?ir. 123ft N. 00th. Belmont BB42 J.t . M nhw jersev sununnAv t $ W11ITK and COLOIIED BUTEIBS AsTyourtfc c .friends, about our S-acre farmland at.' NKVVTiiisvu.i.K cbntek PAKK, near N. N. J.: only 1000 acres left;',! i nnd up; 13 down and 25o wkly.:.r MMONTOfj. BLWOOD and Mfzi'S. S40 per acre n .Iu ,, invriLinM1 PAH LOTS; only 8000" lots Mt! ELWOOD tJv lots. t23.30 and up: MIZPAII ILOTSr JlS.oOll minutes' walk to stations; high -and dry;.-, TITLE OUAHANTEED. Easy term; GOOD OPPOUTUN1TY for salesmen. N. RATH HIX3TT. Owner, 1003 K. 7th at.. Ptllla. Pa A I.OOAN 0OUO-U8 N. 13TII 2-story. 8 bedrooms- itll modern conveniences; near Logan Statloni' Thomas Hi Evoy m r5Ni!,A7VKU I20OO - Six rooms and bath, porch house, near tr.iln'anl trolley. MeUner, 22d ana Cl-arnld sis. nxiRiiiA FLOP.IDA VE WILL BUILD YOUP. HOMK on rich farm near Jacksonville at only IS per month. Write Jai Heights Co., Jack-7-sonvllle, Flajf y nr.Ai, kstatb rnit bknt t'Offlcen. Business Rooms. Etc. OFFICE tn Widened Illdg.. 000 square feet.. sUDOlviaea, ror iniormaiion leiepnone Walnut 1132 or call Mr. xiiaan ivovm -o-p. j; widgner uunmng. . ROOMS FOR RENT , ' ' r DROAD. X., 1305 Single' room, sultabls fory married couple or gentleman; running , IS'TIL Nj. 1308 Large second story front."" nrlvHta tiath! will furnUfh. Phons Ponlar.." 7344 J. -J Went. Philadelphia. vvjr " iir cuiicr, r.vening 1'ubllc Led I iter, fourth floor. Uth and Chestnut strati. kL "tlY, Ln. mce f. largo automobile concerntVrlV s.,W 43T1I ST. S. - Sjcond-story ' front room.', ' lemiprivniB uuin, i;iei:iric iigm., 4TOQaiJ land 413 J nOARDINO v7 4443 CHESTNUT ST. .1 large second-floor '".'' room, suitable for 2 refined aentlemnn: -l extra -good table; near "L" atatlon; rofatVeV ehceai exchanged. Preston 4101 J. MneMnery and Tools 1 t ELECTRIC MOTORS ." MACHINE TOOLS ' POWER EQUIPMENT O'nnlEN MACHINERY CO., 110 N.. 8D 8T. :y USED ABTOMUniLKH I'AIOE. Sedan. IBIS.. 4-30 5-pats.'; ex. tend,' , nigelow-Wllley Motor Co., 304 N, Broad t, .t f I'Alur, him, o-ot cnastiiB, new-Hlaelow-Wljley Motor Co.. 804 N, Hi llftTK ' road st;g AUTO REPAIRS HUPSON REPAIRS IN ALL UltANOHES' llrandywlne Auto llepalr Co.. .' Ilay Slmnson- formerly with uomirv- Schwartz Co.. now established at 3229 and- isas-sa uranaywine st. fopiar zonn. FOR. SALE FOR HAI.i: EVERETT- PIANO IN CONDITION, ,160. !8T0ff,ftl i'JlUlli rrKETO. iilal J. SMALL' REFniOERATORl almost new. prl 'A 118. , Call 2211 IUUenhouse si. before 'J ."Vednesday aftsrnoon BB81NE8B' PBRSONATI VI8IT1NO IIAIRDRESSIER. .formarlyi wMfc', i i I 41 i ? i m V,' 'f ' V: !( '-t'tl
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