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Two Members of City Force Ac
cused of Blackmail and Ex
tortion Work as Usual
GET A HEARING TODAY
Two detectives, who have been ar
rested on charges of blackmail, con
spiracy and extortion, arc operating on
their regular tour of duly from the De
tectivc Bureau, City Hall, today.
They arc Jacob Oomborrow, 023
South Eighth street, and Thomas ,1 '
McCullough, 1033 JucUson Ptreri. The i
men will be arraigned before Magistrate j
Jlecleary in City Hall this afternoon.
"I cannot suspend a ma merely be I
cause a charge has been made nzainst
him," Captain of Detectives Alfred
Souder explained "The clinrge must
first be proved.'
Heads Welfare Association
Gomborrow is the head of the l'olice
Welfare Association, organized by Di
rector "Wilson to combat the Patrol
wen's Beneficial Association. He has
represented the association betore Coun
oils on numerous occasions and has
been sent as far west as aiiiornia bv
the city to study police organizations
McCullough is a comparator new
comer at the burcnu.
Gomborrow said today he would make
nn Kntemenf. until nffer Ihn hpnrinr
'T 1'n tUlt, u..r.,t n ..J.-Un f . .. I
a .aav inn riuuu ".' iiw, iv .- vi m,
attorney, William A Gray." he said
"but I ask my friends not to judge me
In advance, because this thing will be
cleared up and I will be exonerated "
The charges against the men grow
out of the alleged "shakedown" of
Alexander Leof. n storekeeper at the
northwest corner of Eleventh street and
Falrmount avenue, who says he paid $30
to McCullough and promised to pay
$250 more if the fact that he had un
knowingly purchased stolen coffee was
kept secret by the detectives.
Ignorant of Theft
The coffee, 600 pounds, was stolen
from William P. Krouse. 820 North
Second street, November 20. and bought
a few days later. Leof told Assistant
District Attorney Gordon that he bought
the coffee from a customer, not knowing
It was stolen He paid twenty cents
a pound for it and got a receipt.
Leof said he was approached hv Mc
Cullough the daj after he bought the
coffee. McCullough told him it -in
stolen, Leof said, and said lie would
be arrested for receiving stolen goods.
Leof showed McCullough tip -rceipt. lie
said. McCullough took the 'veipt ami
ordered him to come to th, detect" p
bureau a week ago esterday, according
to Leof.
In the meantime Leof consulted an
attorney. The attorney told him to
wait a while and then, in about on
hour, had a man in the office who, Leof
Eays, was Detective Gomborrow. Leof
says Gomborrow told him he was "in
bad" and advised bim to see McCul
lough and fix things up.
Leof says he then went to City Hall
and saw McCullough, who told him
it would cost $300 to have things "fixed
up."
He gave McCullough $.'50 on account,
be says, and heard Gomborrow "bawl
out" McCullough for letting him off so
easily, ,
"Are you going to let that fellow off
for $300?" he says Gomborrow asked
McCullough. "Why. you"d let him get
away with murder."
A few days later LeGrande and Chase,
of the Fourth and Race streets stRtion.
traced the coffee to Leof. He told them
the matter was being handled by Mc
Cullough. Then he consulted another
attorney and was told to tell the whole
story to Mr. Corteljou. He did.
Leof met McCullough in City Hall
again yesterday to pay nnother $,"0.
Chase came along and drew McCul
lough aside to whisper something in his
ear. McCullough then refused the
money. Chief Cortelyou then ordered the
arrests. The warrants were served by
Captain Souder.
William Krouse, owner of the coffee,
has a wurrant for the arrest of Leof
but has not had it served.
.T0SCHA SEIDEL DELIGHTS
Russian Violinist Scores Hit at
Academy Recital
Toscha Seidel. the latest of the group
of young Itussinn violinists whom the
venerable Leopold Auer has given to the
world of music, gave his first and only
recital of the season at the Academy
of Music last evening. The concert wan
given under the auspices of the Penn
sylvania League of Women Workers'
CJubs and was the second of their
series.
The audience was not nearly so large
as both the merit of Mr. Seidel's play
ing and the reputation he has built un
deserved. Ho began the program with
the familiar Sonata in E by Haendel
aDd followed this with his principal
number, the Saint-Saens Concerto No.
3 in B minor. The rest of the program
consisted of short numbers arranged in
tiyo groups, the first composed of the
Andante from the D major string quar
tet of Tschaikowski. arranged by Auer;
the Kreisler arrnngement of Paderew
skl'p famous Minuet a l'Antico and the
Zapateado of Sarasate. The closing
numbers were a Sicilienne by Achron
and the Polonaise in D of Wieniawski.
He was cordially received throughout
the program and gave a number of ef
fective encores.
yjfty FRICK'S BODY TAKEN HOME
Placed In Music Room of Financier's
Residence In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Dec. 1 (By A. V.) A
special train bearing the body of Henry
Clay Frick. the financier who died in
Kew York Tuesday, nrrived hero today
And was stopped on the side track whero
Mr, Frick's prhate car was always
plpeed vhen he came to Pittsburgh.
The funeral party proceeded at once to
Clayton, the Pittsburgh residence of
the Trick family, uud the- casket,
banked high with flowers, was placed
In the, music room.
In iho party were Mrs. Frick, Miss
Helen Frick, Mc nnd Mrs. Childs
Frick, Mr. and Mrs. George B. 31.
Harvey "d n number of other close
friends of the family,
BALKS AT NEGRO TROOPS
, Oklahoma Governor Cancels Request
for Soldiers io Protect Mines
pklahoma City, Olila., Dec. -l.--(By
Ai P-) Governor Bobertson today can
celed his request for troops to protect
mine properties when he learned that
wo 'companies of negro infantrymen
'were, to be sent to the state from Co
Juinbu. N 31.
' Jn a message tX31njor General Dick
ub. commander of the southern do-
reroeut ot ine army ai nan Anconco,
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I& PEKFIiCTLY FORMED
The faultless feminine, figure lias
again been d!scoered, the lucky
possessor of which l.s Miss Rosa
lind E. Smith, of Los Angeles. Ac
cording to Kobert II, M.iii7ecl(. di
rector of physical culture, Miss
Smith's measurements proio her to
he perfectly proportioned. Slip at
tributes her good health and figure
(o nine hours' sleep, dc breath
ing, open-air sleeping and light
exercise
Realtors Differ
on Plan for Taxes
Continued Trom Tese Oiip
budget will be reported to Common
Coumdl thK afternoon in spparatffcbills.
Ten Members Absent
The fart that ten of the tent;,-siv
member of the finance committee
"ducked" the olc on the increase at
last night's meeting and two voted out
right aguinst it k tukeu as evidence that
ths big jump does not in any way ex
press the desire or iew of much more
than a majority of the bod.
The new tax rate will provide $S4,-4:',r,0.'U.-U
for the first year of the
Moore administration. The budget to
tal of $."4.rr)fl,!)0.".10 leaxes a balance
which Chairman Oaffney saya will be
augmented by unexpected revenues dur
ing the coming year.
The appropriations to the Smith ad
ministration for the present year ap
proximate $.10,000,000. The increases
are made up Inrgely by the salary bonus
system and bj the appropriation of
S2.000.O00 for the repair and rcpaving
of streets.
Approprial ions Compared
The following appropriations for the
vaiious cit nnd count) denartmenta
approved bj the finuuee committee last
nizht are compared to the annronrin
tions made n year ago for the present
par.
(.Appropriate Approed
Jan. 1.1019 Dec :!. lniD
Controller 110,880 siao.osn
Commissioners . . . 2.BHS.658 L'.SSfl.flsa
Treasurer ll.L,82,422 10.C37.9O7
slnltlns fund . ... 2.250 1.8SO
Falrmount Park .. S9V.035 914,03.",
Clerk Quarter Sessions 13.1.900 133,430
Clerkn Counrlis . . . 4I13.33.T L'12.130
Coroner 79,010 80,880
District attorney 101,100 170.200
Prothonotary 139, 5R0 141,380
i-nsona 343,731 471,130
Receiver of tae9 . . 3U8.930 331, B50
Ilecorder of deeds . . 294,430 444,280
Heglster of wills 101.833 107,415
Heaistration comnils-
slon'-rs 238,200 319,050
Revision of taxes.. . 299,100 373.700
bherlff . 208,030 208,030
Mayor .7. . 732,898 003,433
Art Jury 3.7(10 3.7BO
City solicitor 194.530 2O9.B30
Civil Service Commis
sion 49.090 na fiflO
City transit . ... 32,630 06,80
Wliare, docks and
terries 217,410 231,920
Public Health
Director's offlCfl 30.180 80.380
Hea4th ... . 640,650 488,400
Hospitals (charities
in 1919) 920.022 887,952
Totals (1, 0911,802 7i740O,732
Tublle Welfare
Director's offico . ... J33.880
Recreation t235,243 208,743
Correction 129,115 129,015
Charities 575,13ft
Research . . . 20.000
Totals J3S4.358 Jl, 026.774
Publio Works
Director's office .. J44.U10 144,610
Gas 11,100 11,000
Msbtlng 814,331 857,561
Highways. ..I 1 442.94S 3,594.510
Surveys 398,5(10 474,610
Water l,S98,2bO 1,946.870
City property .. .. 835,553 658,260
Street cleanlnr 4.531.671 5,229,114
Totals 0,77T,050 il2.816,535
Publics Safety
Director's office . J41.870 142,530
Police 5,732 977 (1,241,316
Fire 2,230,742 2 48J.025
Electrical . . .. 1.784,183 1,861.841
Uulldlnit Inspection 83.405 85.405
Boiler Inspection . . 22 880 22,060
Ulevotor Inspection 43,280 43,430
Totals . . J1O.07O.444 S10.799 307
Purchasing agnt.... 4,277,280 4,496.705
Totals M7.7S9.820 54, 350,965
REGULATE U. S. SHIPS' FUEL
Federal Committed to Control Bunk
ering on All Vessels
New York, Dec. 4. (By A. P.I
Hunkering of American cargo vessels
bound for foreign countries will be
regulated by the central coal committee
in Washington, beginning tomorrow,
because of the coal shortage. The
Tidewater Coal Exchange today re
ceived the following metsage from the,
committee :
"Coal for bunkering of American flag
vessels clearing for foreign countries,
other than those 'regularly engaged in
the passenger trade, will not be fur
nished except on application to this
committee."
Applications will be made through
the exchange. No,, coal will be fur
pished foreign vessels after 1 a. m. to
morrow. Woman and Man Hit by Auto
Miss Minnie Goodman, twenty-two
years old. of 14-10 Haddon avenue, and
Max Sabbol. twenty-four lears old. of
1201 Princess avenue, Camden, were
knocked down by an automobile while
crtssing Tenth street at Kalghn aTenue
lat night. Both were bruised, but
neither Mil! hudlxr Intured. Thev wera
treated at the Camden tTomeopatblo
Hospitei. iiftrry Morrison, oi i-weuiye
in iipvrenUt and Webster streets, Phltadel-
j" .and m. tho jMvcr, surrendered 40 the
quodrm ftolice
EVENING PUBL'lC
REALTYTAXSYSTEWI
HII BY GREENBERG
Methods Here Work Injustices to
Owners and City,
t
He Says
BOARD TO STUDY PROBLEM
Complete change in the system of
taxation here and not a fight against
the new increne In the rate of as
sessment to S2.S." in the work before
Philadelphia property owners, in the
I opinion of Joseph J. Ofeenbcre.
Ho is chairman of the rcnl estate
board r committee on taxntiou. and he
said todav that the committee on taxa
tion would meet next Saturday to dis
cuss the tax problem.
In this committee are Hcnrv I.
Kobins, vice president of the r,nnd Title
nnd Trust Co. : Harry T. Saunders,
William Ball, former secretary to Gov
ernor Btumbaugh ; John C. Bogon, D.
Britton Chambers and .Tohn C.
Hinckley.
"The purpose of the committee," said
Mr. Grcenburg, "is to find a way to
solve the tax problem to the satisfac
tion of all properly owners and not to
engage in any sort of fight. For this
reason, wc want everybody property
owners and public officials, to co
operate and work together in harmony
and a sincere desire to serve Phila
delphia. "Whatever wc mav think of the in
, creased tax rate, a fight against it might
appear as retarding progress, 'the citv
must have monej to pay its way ns it
goes : its various departments must
function; and for this reason we must
accent the tax rate as it is until we
j are able to make a change which will
ne just to every owner ot propcrli and
which will give no one an ndiantage.
Requires Legislate o Action
"I do not think that this change
can be brought about in lOHO because
action by the &tnte Legislature is neces
sary, and the legislature docs not meet
until 1021.
"But we can get to work on this
matter ot proper taxation. It is the
desire of the committee on taxation of
the real estate board to work with
the board of ussessors in an effort to
correct as far as it is now possible all
Inequalities in taxation, und to remove
any conditions that are not equitable.
"My opinion is that Philadelphia
should adopt a sjstem of fixing taxes
similar to that successfully ut-cd iu
New York
"There the members of the board of
assessors are all experts, iarefiill se
Itcted becau'-e of their fitness for the
v ork to be done.
"Hverj blrek in New York city is
carefully sur.ejed and each front foot
hns its a aim estimated In an expert.
This iork U done so thoroughly that
these estima'esarc made foreiery twenty-five
feet of frontage.
"The laud is assessed separately.
When ita value is fixed, the value of
the building or other improvements is
added.
"Under the Philadelphia system, the
board of assessors might as well be iu
Pan Francisco and the Councils here,
at: far as co-operation goes.
"And the assessments are unequal.
I know of assessments that are too
high and I know of assessments that
arc too low.
Fault of the System
"This is the fault of the sjstem and
not the assessors. The Philadelphia
board is composed of high-minded gen
tlemen who desire to ' do their work
efficiently and impartial! , but they are
working under a heavy disadantagc.
"They should have surveyors to help
Ihem iu their work, so that thej can
make a full nnd complete study of
every corner of the city,.
"JVc hope to be fit' service to the
assessors nnd believe that co-operation
will make it possible to take a long
ttride toward the equalization of taxes.
"What advantage is there in having
ft ?10.000 lot valued at ?G60S and taxed
at a $3 rateV Wouldn't, it be better to
value the land at $10,000 and give the
city a 2 rate. If low assessments
mean high rntes, what is gained, if all
property owners are taxed alike?
"The high rate, even when it menus
nothing because of low assessments,
jnay frighten away industrial coucerns
which think of locating here. It may
stand in the way of progress in count
less wuys.
"It would be verj- much better to
assess property at 00 per cent of its
value and keep the tax rate low."
PLEA FOR UKRAINE' JEWS
Assoclated Dress Industries Ask U. S.
to Protest Against Massacres
Atlantic Ciiv. Dec. 4. The Asso
ciated Dress Industries of America In.
session today at the .breakers Motel,
appealed to "God and humanity"
against the massacre of Jews in Ukrn
nian territory. The convention re
quested the State Department of the
United States to use its influence in
nroteetinc the survivors from future
horrors of the kind by a vigorous pro
test-. Another resolution declared in
favor of vigorous measures for the sup
pression of the Bolshevists and other
agitators.
Silk manutacturers reponcu ui iuj
hij nnntrnets fnr mill capacity, and
that the outlook was that silk would go
higher before it fell in price. Speak
ers said ttne snonagu ihis-ij ?
. i, AmnlnverK lack of interest in
work, wages havo increased, while pro
duction has fallen, u wu ""
$16,540,103 CITY'S BALANCE
t v, -.n.cr renort of City Treas
urer Skoyer the "mount paid into the
treasury is given as 31.0.5.600.1S and
the amount paid out as $040,200.4 1.
This leaves a balance in the treasury,
not including the sinning iuuu miuum,
of $10,540.103,07.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
WaUer D Noel. 158 N. 21t t.. and Mae It.
CUr'nce ".' Donne'ltv, 'aWowp. Ta , and
IsadieC Clark. 101 N. Watts t.
direnc. Smothers, 115& S -Cleveland ave .
and Vlretnla Slnlpes, 1612 Annln st
wflUam lf"schn,ldt . SeUersvtlle, Pa . and
Mary B. Oester e, "7 Church lane.
John Simpson, 2543 N. 4?th St. .and Laura
W Sprlnsthorp. 5113 larlort st.
Frank fi Ellet. 1B01 N. 7th St., and Teiele
La Weller. New -York city.
Lulel Francesco. 1431 Ellsworth St.. and
Clementine Dlnon. 1S6SB 4th st.
Jack Felkotf. 2152 N. 28th St., and Hose
Fleet. 3555 Frankford ave.
Charles Graham,, 1920 E. Tiara st and
Marie Stock. 18l5 K Tlo st.
Harold W. Uorell. 1005 N, Monument ae.,
" and Gertrude. E. Nltsche, 271ST N Bth st
Benjamin D. E senberar, 1013 W. Lehleh
U iViTind nose P. Leof? 3827 N. Smedley st,
Alfred K.berhard. Stllersville. Pa. and Lydla.
M Elleanser, 2503 N. Ingersoll st.
Douglass Leaf. 5235 Walton St., and Bessie
J Bowers. 6719 .Whitby ave
Charles Mantel. Trenton., N. J,, snd Ann.
Crawford. 1701 Vf. Allieheny aye.
Michael T, Courtney. U.S. Navy, and Be-
becca O. Harney. IBS ; Bummer at.
Samuel Settler. 2365 Albion. St., and Helen
E. Todd. 2388 Albion st
Potycurp Jjlsmuller,
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Allan P. Blcksl. 413 .Leysrlngton; st. Md
L,yoia ai.
Cisra Q, n&ntmow, 82:0 W, Sutquohinnt.
Jack MaJnlk, 2U4 B. B.ulsh St.. and Bessla
Tonkonow. 2185 S. Bth st.
Isadora Fearl. 824 Christian st. and Anna
Schelnfald. 182T Francla at.
Harry K. Coe. J88S Titan st., and Beatrice
Dws. Atlantic
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182S Wilniot St.,
Charles narnttt 1
and Qrce
L-is atsvart. 2QU FitiwaWr st., snd Lula
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LBDGJiR - PHXLAbELPHIA, TJ&tJfiBUAY,
Travels 4000 Miles
to Save His Dog
rontlnued Trent Tate. One
wait for the master who didn't return.
Neighbors recoznized the suffering doc.
nnd tried to coax him into tbclr homes
to give him food and shelter, but Jim
curled bis lips back over his white teeth
uncnevcr any one nppToacnca.
"During tho period my brother lived
at the Heights he used to return to his
home from Norfolk on the trolleys. Jim
grew accustomed to this nnd always
met me car tone nrougni my orotner,
T learned from the letter that Jim, day
after day, met all the cars from 0
o'clock in the morning till midnight.
And in the dark night, one disappoint
ment followine another, Jim would slink
back to the lawn at tho Heights to wait
till (I nun.
"The news troubled, ine and I went
down to Norfolk. The sight of the
wretched dog tore my heart. He had
lost flesh nnd he ran nwny' from me
when I walked toward him. Never
have I seen such grief nnd helplessness
and hopelessness as I saw in Jim's gen
tle ejes. He wnlked here nnd there,
almlcssl.i, with his nose to the ground,
lie was indifferent to ccrything. Even
the chickens in the neighbors' yards
slipped right tinder his nose nnd he ig
nored them !
Wired to Former Master
"Jim's sndncss pained me so much
that I immediately wired my brother
that 'Jim is too wild to catch without
violence; come immediately to Norfolk.'
I felt as if I need never hope for hap.
piness in this world again if I let Jim
continue to suffer so."
I got the wire at Turlok Friday a
week ago," said Mr. Wiiiis, "and I
left for the East on the following Sun
day. At Norfolk last week I boarded
the trolley for Chesterfield Heights. As
wc approached the Heights I saw Jim
standing near the tracks, watching for
me, as usual. He lobked dully at the
crowds alighting from the car and was
about to turn nway, wretchedly snd nnd
hopeless, when I cnlled lightly, 'Jim!'
"The dog jumped as if he had been
struck from behind, nnd with a whiuo
nnd n-.yelp that hud in it something of
the pain of long suffering and some
thing of deep relief nnd satisfaction he
jumped toward me. I knelt nnd took
his old head in my arms. And I blew
my nose liko a Trojan."
Jim eats now nnd he is friendly to
slrnnjerr.
"Six months ago it you tried to do
that," said Mr. Willis as a visitor
stroked the dog's head, "he would
haic suapped ut ou. Only I could pal
him. And lost week, my friends at the
Heights tell me. he would not even
enter the house. Grief has changed
tliis old boy n very great denl."
Mr. Willis will keep Jim in Turlok
with him "until one or the other of
them goes to a better world," said Mrs.
Pclot.
BRITISH SCHOONER HARD HIT
Food Scarce, Fever Aboard and Two
of Crew Injured
Boston. Dec. 1. fBy A. P.) The
British schooner St. Clair Theriault is
in renl distress. Tossing in the Atlantic
the little vessel is a ship of trouble.
Fever is raging on board, two of the
crew have broken legs, and the ship
is short of provisions, and several hun
dred miles from shore. Assistance is
wanted immediately, according to wire
less messages received here today.
Thp messages, intercepted by shore
stations, were sent out by an unidenti
fied steamer. They gave the position of
the St. Clair Theriault nt latitude
43.10, longitude 54.40, which is about
midway , between the t,wo principal
steamer lanes, but in n track followed
bylmany tramp ships.
ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC QUITS
a
First Newspaper West of Mississippi
Is Sold to Competitor
St. Louis. Dec. 4. -(By A. P.)
The St. Louis Republic, one tif the
oldest newspapers iu the United States
and the first to be published west of
the Mississippi river, has been pur
chased by its competitor, the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, and suspended pub
lication with today's issue. Details ot
the sale were not made public.
The Republic was n Democratic
newspaper, while the Globe-Democrat
is Republican. David R. Francis, the
American ambassador to Russia, was
the principal owner of the 'Republic.
The paper has been failing financially
for several years, it was snid, nnd this,
coupled with the increased cost of la
bor and publishing materials, caused
Mr. Francis to dispose of the property.
ASSERTS U. S. WANTS ISLES
Canadian Says America Alms
to
Annex British West Indies
Montreal, Dec. 4, (By A. P.) Po
litical annexation of the British West
Indies as well as business control of
the islands was described as the aim
of the United States in an address
before the Montreal Board of Trade,
today by T. B. MncAulley, president
of the Canadian West Indian Society.
Mr. MacAulley said he had strong
reason to believe that American in
terests were at work in Jamaica to
influence public opinion in favor of
union with the United States.
Wages Doubled Since 1917
Holjoke, .Mass., Dec. 4. (By A. P.)
Announcement was raado today by
the management of the Lyinann Mills
tcxtilo manufacturers, of an increase in
wages of 12 U, per cent, for its 1200 em
ployes, effective December 1. The wages
paid by this concern have been doubled
since the United States entered the war.
STRIKE, CITY HALL CAT, SAD;
KNOWS MASTER IS LEAVING
''Jimmy" Rourk, His Benefactor-, Is Going to Retire, on Decem
ber 11 and Canh Take Him Along
Snuggled up under a desk in the KIcc
tricnl Bureau. City Hall, most of the
dav sits a melancholy cat.
He is nono other than Strike, the fa
mous feline who figured conspicuously
in the trolley strike in 1010.
There is good reason for the sadness
of Strike. His master and best friend,
James Rourk, a fire operator, is going
to leave the ball on December 11 and go
on the pension list. There Is no official
pension list for retired cats and no home
for famished felines, so Strike will have
to remain on duty.
Rourk is going to lire at Dover, N. J.
He cannot take Strike with him because
the boys of that place are shooting all
the cats in sight ana selling their pelts.
Strike's life would be one of constant
turmoil and strife Sfjio werft to Dover,
and so for his own4imfort and safety
he will be left behfj.
Every morning forthe last nine years
he has waited at the east- elevator In
City nl for 'Rourk, and, breakfasted
with bim. Darin; thnt time he has
never worried about the hlrh cost nt
Urine. Hia morning weal was always-
GHARTER BATTLE
ON FINANCE CLAUSE
City Solicitor Connelly's, Ruling
on Sinking Fund Said to
Reveal "Jokor"
MAY CARRY CASE TO COURT
A battle Impends over the finance
clauses of the new city charter, on the
outcome of which the financial well
being of the city will depend for a
long time to come.
Thnt is the situation today ns viewed
by supporters of Philadelphia's new
fundamental law who are aroused over
City Solicitor Connelly's ruling on he
sinking funds.
The law officer's opinion virtually
swept away the charter provision for
the retirement of city debts through
moneys in the sinking fund. Legal
action, which may be carried to the,
State Supreme Court, is expected to
develop.
Hits Connelly's Opinions
The city solicitor has never vet been
upheld by the courts i3"his opinions on
the new charter, declared John C.
Winston this morning.
Mr. Winston, as chairman of the
Philadelphia charter committee guided
tho general work of revising the mu
nicipal government which was stamped
with the approval of the Legislature
and the Governor.
Friends of Ma.vor-clcct Moore todav
I expressed n belief that the city solid-
suspected "joker" in the new charter's
finance section.
In the preliminary study of Mr. Con
nelly's opinion, it is held that the crux
of tho situation is in this quotation:
"I also think that the sinking fund
commissioners arc to be the judges
whether it shall be impracticable or
financially disadvantageous to purchase
the bonds of n particular issue with ac
cumulations in the sinking fund there
of, or to invest temporarily in the other
enumerated securities." ,
Based on Charter Quotation
This is apparently based on the fol
lowing quotation from the new charter:
"Whenever there shail be moucv in
tho sinking fund in respect of n par
ticular debt in excess of the require
ments for the payment, during the
twelve months next eusuing, for prin
cipal maturing and interest due, such
?xcess money shnll bo applied to the
-purchase and cancellation of such debt,
but if at auy time it shall be imprac
ticable or financially disadvantageous
to purchase such debt such excess
money mny be invested temporarily iu
bonds or other evidences of debt," etc.
Those close to tho new administration
learned that it was felt that a public
service had been done by the Burenu
of Municipal Research iu bringing this
joker in the new charter into the
sharpest kind of relief by forcing the
sinking fund commission to call on
City Solicitor Connelly for an opin
ion. This action on the part of the
commission was forced by the bureau's
demand thnt the section of the new
charter permitting cancellation be made
operative nt once.
Officials Held Responsible
This "joker," it is held, would have
never existed nnd no ground would
have been availablo for further ehooting
holes in the new charter had not "Con
nelly, Walton and Schaffer ' in the
language of Director Gruenberg, of the
bureau, "ripped out sections of the
charter that would have allowed the city
a modern system of financing."
In a criticism of the city solicitor's
opinion Mr. Gruenberg said Mr, Con
uellv dealt only with loans issued prior
to July 25. 1010.
Explanation By Gruenberg
"The arguments set forth in his onin.
ion can have no applicability- whatever
to loa'ns issued after that date." Mr.
Gruenberg said. "The general position
taken by the city solicitor is not unex
pected, for it is one which was given
weighty consideration by the bureau in
the formulation of its letter and plan
lor ine sinning iuua commissioners.
Mr. Gruenberg, cltine Sunreme
Court decisions, criticized at length the
point maue oy .Air. Connelly that the
money coine into the siukinc fund Is
un inviolable pledge.
Another suggestion nrougnt forward
by Gruenberg, that serial bonds be
issued, is ignored b.v the citv solicitor.
the director nsserts.
Mr. Connelly k opinion was forwnrd-
ed to the sinking fund commissioners,
who-are tbe'Mnjor; John M, Walton,
citv controller, and K. T. Stotcsbury.
Friends of the new administration
also made it plain that they see in this
and other early interpretative opinions
on the new charter handed down before
the Moore administration and the Moore
city solicitor gel iu the saddle, a move
ment to start the building of a body of
interpretative opinion which will not
meet with the approval of the advocates
of the new charter. ,
In .other words a body of oninion is
beiug set up, it is argued, which, later
on, ivjll be referred to as precedent, the
fatal fetich ot law.
One of the chief works of the new
city solicitor, working in harmony with
Mayor .Nloore. will be the task of tear
ing down this early structure and
creating a new structure which will
progress with the progress of the Moore
administration. City . Solicitor-designate
Smyth has announced that his
policy will be one of loyalty to the
spirit of the new charter.
peased by the usual feline food. He
will eat anything from crackers and
milk to corned beef and cabbage. He
glories in pork and beans but shies at
a pickle. .
It is very evident that the cat has
a premonition of trouble. Ho has no
ticed that his master is breaking a new
man in on their cbujnmy breakfasts.
Strike has also seen Rourk cleaning
out bis desk at City Hall. His feline
intuition got working. He put two
and two together in a catlike way and
figured out that Rourk was going to
leave him.
Fellow workers of Rourk have prom
ised to see that the cat get; all the eats
and comforts he has been accustomed to.
But when this is Explained to .Strike
he meows discontentedly and humps his
back.
Strike made his appearance nine
years ago in a highly dramatic situa
tion. He was brought in as evidence
against a womapj During the 'car
strike she threjr hloi it a motorman,
U) Show her dlsaVmrnval nt stlbn.
breakers.. The fat was then a little
kitta and received bis nwt ok ,
mpuou wica iwounk vm
DECEMBER 4, 1010
'.Krf'rifell
vflpp.i.Hi'iir' . JsssssB
ALFRED IIAYWARD
Winner of the liana, medal at the
annual water color nnd miniature
ovhlliitiou of tho Academy of tho
Fine Arts. Ho is tho Evening
Ledger at list who dally delineates
tho athentures of "Somebody's
htcnog.
N
ALFRED HAYWARD
WINS DANA MEDAL
Evening Public Ledger Readers
Know Him as Originator of
"Somebody's Stonog"
'S
Alfred Ilayward,,the man who draws
"Somebody's Steiiog" in this paper, has
been awarded the Dana medal at the
Seventeenth Annual Water-Color Ex
hibition at the 'Academy of the- Fine
Arts. The medal, which was presented
last year for the first time in honor of
the late Charles W. Dana, president of
the Water-Color Society, is 'given for
the work or group which rnnks highest
in boldness, simplicity nnd frnnkness,
whether it be n landscape, marine, ar
chitectural or figure piece. Mr. Hay
wnrd hnd been erroneously reported as
hnving won the Beck prize.
Six paintings in pure wash form the
prize-winning group. Thev arc free
and spirited impressions of mountain
steams und pools, under sunlight and
rain, high in key and full ot action.
Mr. Ilnvyward has a studio at 200
South Fifteenth street. He -was a
former student at the ncademy. The
pictures which have been raedaled carry
not the slightest reminder of tho whim
sical humor which characterizes his
drawings of "Somcbodv's Stenog."
Lieutenant Commander Henry Rent
erdahl has been awarded the Beck
Prize of S100 for No. 444, "Destroyer
Vatrol. The picture is one of seven, in
all of which slashing action, daring
color and news interest combine to make
paintings of marked individuality and
popular appeal.
The Philadelphia Water-Color Prize
of $200, offered annually by some
"friends of water-color" for the strong
est painting or group in the show, is
awarded for the fourth time and goes to
Chlide Hassam. of New York, for No.
820, "Rockport Quarry," a brilliant
color scheme ot turquoise ana ligRt
copper, tilled wltn the glow ot sunngnt
glancing from the surface of the water
and the sides of the rocks.
Consumers Blamed
for Living Cost
Contlnufd From Pate One Jl
tho store. Ton mak know that Phila
delphin grocers are not making big
profits by tho fact that 30 per cent of
the grocery stores here" have changed
hands in the last year. I believe food
can bo bought cheaper in Philadelphia
than anywhere in the country because
of the great competition in the rctull
grocery business." f
Mr. Kaiser said there was on excuse
for the sugar shortage so far ns he
qould see.
"During the war, sugar was, dis
tributed at. ht rate of half a pound a
person a week," he said. 'If the grocers
were asked to do that today, they could
not respond because there isn't thut
much sugar available in the city. I can
not explain the situntion. But 'I think
it inexcusable,."
United States District Attorney Kane
and Miss Edith C. Strauss, of Wash
ington, representing the; Department of
Justice, said the government was doing
everything in its power to lewer costs,
but thnt the co-operntion of 'individunl
consumers was necessary.""
"Greater production and greatercon
servntion, are the most important
things," said Miss Strauss. She urged
the women not to buy things excessive
in price.
"I see no sign of any decrease in
prices in the next six months," sqid
Mr. Kane. 4
LADY ASTOR PROTESTS
Asks Newspapers to Quit Treating
Her as Curiosity
T,nnilnn. Dec. 4. In a letter pub
lished in London newspapers iady
Astor, M. P., asks that she be regarded
as "a regular working member of Par
liament and not a curiosity."
She complains that throughout her
campaign for election she was subjected
to n great deal of misrepresentation.
"Instead of reporting the principles, for
which I stood," she says, "the news
papers were more anxiouB for good
headlines, so they used what they called
my witty responses."
Lady Astor admits that a woman
candidate is bound to be considered
"good copy" and ds confident that her
own constituents will take the reports
at their real value.
"But," she adds. "I feel that peo
ple in the other parts of the country
must' necessarily regard me as a vul
gar; if witty, mountebank and this is
not a reputation helpful to a woman in
a position of great responsibility, who
needs all the help sho can get. I am
hoping, therefore, thnt you will allow
me to say hdw sincerely I intend to
carry ou,t my. word and justify the trust
the Sutton division has reposed in me,"
Lady Astor concludes by appealing
to tho press to give her "real support"
and a chance.
Drinks Poison; Is Seriously III
William Steen, twenty years old, lir
Ing with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Gos
sert, 1446 North Corlies street, is in
St, Joseph's Hospital in a serious
condition ns tho "result o drinking
poison last night.
TIKATnS
YOUNO. Deo.. 8 BENJAMIN B.. bus.
bond of 1st Hannah M. Yc-ung-, a.gad 74
Bolatlves and friends ot family, also mem
bers of KTanVford Council. ITS. Colonial
Patriot! of America, invited' to funeral aerv
ices. Sat,. 3 p.- m.. from residence, of his
son 4728 rjarratvtt- Int. Jrlvt s.t.Norlh
Cedar HU1 .Cam. Rnatni'?a',.(lM!l$Yoa
HATtIireat.f-.Doo. 8, at Soww of h!
owMCiHri .s.
Vtytara in Tpouat'
H..KIj
Lll,
,tiaHm-TG : ,'.
fu,? $
PEACE DELAY BLOCKS
TRADE, SAYS MOORE
Mayor-eleot Declares1 U. S. For
eign Business 'Awaits
Treaty Signing
Man" Correspondent of the fcvtnlnc rabllo
Ltdter
Washington Dec. 4. Unless peace
is soon made with Germany, the United
States will lose a large amount of
foreign trade, according to Mayor-elect
Moore today. Discussing tho peace
situation, he snid:
"I cannot go intothls question, be
cause thb steering committee business is
for the House itself. Personally, how
ever, I feel that the declaration of peace
should bo made as soon as possible.
"Primarily, this Is not the business
of tho House. Treaties belong to the
Senate exclusively. The House wants
to be right, but if it can hasten peace,
the country will bo better off. Wo arc
losing out economically to other coun
tries now."
W,hile in Washington, Mr. Moore had
been in conference dally with the steer
ing committee concerning tho legisla
tive program. These conferences have
been attended by Speaker Gillett, Floor
Lender Mondell nnd other Republican
party spokesmen. It is understood one
of tho big questions discussed was the
tariff, another .the part the House)
should take in hastening the prepara
tion of peace with Germany.
Run Trolleys Through
City HallfDunlap Plan
Continued From rate One
tracks on the north side could be moved
about fifteen feet south.
"That would permit automobiles
bound west on Market street or out
the Parkway to proceed along the south
side of tho tracks, whijp motorcars
bound north on Broad street could go
north of tho tracks.
"You will notice there is no trouble
on the south side of City Hall over
the present trnck arrangement.
"Adoption of the plan sponsored by
the company undoubtedly would mean
an increase in traffic inccidents.
"On the other hand, the plan of
running directly , through City Hall
would speed up tho trolley servico a bit
and would help motorists pnssing
around City Hall."
COTHRON FOUND GUILTY
i
Youth Who Shot Philadelphia Chauf.
feur Gets Life Imprisonment
Beialr, Md., Dec. 4. Clarence Coth
ron, of Florida, n twenty-yenr-old jvttite
youth, wns found guilty here yesterday
of murdering John T. Weldon, a negro
chauffeur, who was driving Cothron
and his wife, eighteen years qld, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore last July.
Robbery was the motive of the crime.
The jury returned a verdict of ''mur
der in the first degree without capital
punishment," which carries with it life
imprisonment.
Cothron also was indicted in Mont
gomery county, Md., for the murder of
Homer Jones, another colored chauf
feur. KILLS WIFE FOR BURGLAR
Pittsburgh Mant8ays He Mistook
Identity of Supposed Intruder
Pittsburgh, Dec. 4. Mistaken for n
burglar early today, Mrs. Florence Gray,
thirty -seven years old, was shot to
dentil by her husband in a fashionable
Millvale avenue apartment, house.
The husband, Robert Gray, head of a
rubber-manufacturing concern, was
awakened at 3:30 o'clock by a noise
in bis bedroom. He saw some person
standing in the doorway leading from
his bedroom and fired. A woman
shrieked and upon investigation he found
it wns his wife. Jsheldled almost inr
sta'ntly. '
Gray was arrested. 'He told the po
lice he was only half awake and fired
hastily Upon seeing the form move in
tho doorway.
MN, HT B(Y AUTO, DIES
Fred Bechtcl, seventy-five years old,
580 Clinton street, Camden, died there
id Cooper Hospital today from n frac
tured skull received yesterday when
he was struck by an automobile near
his home. Joseph Thompson, -341
South Mlllick street, this city, driver
of the machine, was exonerated. Wit
nesses testified Bcchtel walked directly
in front of the car.
Briton Starts Fllght,to Australia
London. Dec. 4. Captain Howell,
nnother entrant in the England-Austra
lia flight for tho prize of 10,000 of-
fered by the commonwealth government.
started Jrnm the Houndslow "Hying held
this morning. -
AMUSEMENTS
MirrnopOLiTAx opera tiouse
Metropolitan Opera Company, N. Y,
TOES T'Vplt Mmes.FB.rntr.
EVO. I I ISI Z lSm- Hkett, Soottl.
Dec.9 1 J iJWAStfJWatMU.
-AT8..L . t ,. Cond. Moranionl.
Seats 1J08 phestnut St. TVal. 4424; Kacs 8T,
J . ECMJ5WELL 8r (l
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHSSTATIONERS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
Diamond
Flexible Bracelets
.
frr ,. t
V,
Busirraes notma
' , Jt
' ' I 'I i 'iWWUfllWWP
iiiihiiimii nrinii siiiismhii am i
New Departure Mftr. Co .
Lockwoodj Qrcene t Co..
TunterforGmcreJd'
63 contracts for 28 cllepta
in metals, minerals and their
products, including:
Beaman Ac Smith
Buffalo Meter Co.
Doehler Die Catting Co.
Ji C. Doran fie Sons
General Drop Forgo Go.
Kcuffel 4c Esscr
Metal Stamping Co.
O. K. Tool Holder Co.
Ramapo Iron Works
Gustav Schock 6c Son
Tuttlo 6c Bailey Mfg. Co.
TURNER
Consttuctioa Co.
1713 &ansom Street
ftPAT7 lAYWT niCPHOO Y
APPOINTMENT DELAY!
Nominations for Associated
School Superintendent Go
Over Until January
Despite Superintendent Garber's
protestations- that work is piling up
nnd an associate superintendent is
needed immedfatcly to succeed tho late"
Theodore MacDowell, the Board of Ed
ucntioh will not act on the matter
until its January meeting.
It is believed this is due to the fact
that Doctor Garber failed to include
Miss Margaret T. Mnguire. super
vising principnl of the McCall school,
as one of the two nofninees for the va
cancy. He wns about to submit tie
names of Dr. Armand Gerson, prin-
clpal of William Pcnn High School for
Girls, and Holman White, district su
perintendent in Germnntown, to the
elementary schools committee when the
Committee unanimously voted to wlti-
nom nominations till tho next meeting.
Tho motion was put by Simon Gratz
and seconded by Edwin Wolf, both o
whomare known to favor MIssMegnire.
Several other members of the board
have voiced their approval of Miss '
Mnguire nnd it is believed her name will
npenr as one of the nominees when th?
names are actually submitted to the
committee and to the board.
The motion yesterday by tho elei
mentary schools committee, however,
means the matter cannot be taken up
by the board this month. Mr. Gratz
refused to comment on the subject
other than to say ho had acted out of
kindness for all concernedi Doctor
Garber, too, was reticent in speaking
of the action. His only comment1 was
that the work was growing very heavy
for the other associate superintendents.
Cumberland G. O. P. to Dine
Mlllvllle. N. J.. Decvl. The Bridie-
ton Republican Club, will tender to the
successful Cumberland county candi
dates. Senator-elect Firman M. Reeves.
of Millvllle; Assemblyman-elect David'1
Blizzard, of Port Norris"; Coroner-elect
Ferd Koetz, or. vineland. and County
Clerk h. H. Hogate, of Millville, a re
ception at the county seat Friday eve
ning. The county executivo committer
will also be present?
To organize
a plant and
start it on
successful
production, is a
thing we are well
equipped to do.
We also represent
many large inves
tors as permanent
managers.
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