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MAY END IN PEACE
Develin's Illness Delays Action
J
Today Several Confer-
ences Held
WEGLEIN ASKS DELAY
Although Councilman '.lames A.
revelin's illnes delnyed action in the i
finance cntnmittrp this afternoon on his'
amendment to the administration job
program, several conferences today
pointed to a harmonious adjustment of
the difficult.
Before the committee assembled this
nfteruoou Richard 'N'egleiu, president I
of Council and c.v-officio member of the'
committee announced he would move for
postponement of action on the Devclin '
amendment.
"I will move for postponement." he j
said, "because I feel that common cour
tesy demands it. I still feel that my
original program provides the minimum !
number of employes required."
The administration program calls for
twenty -six employes with h total annual i
salnry of .$1(1.100. The Devclin amend- j
meut provides for eighteen, with u sal
ary total of !?;W.iH)0. A substitute ;
resolution moved by Councilman Charles '
B. Hall, calls for twenty-one employes
V, ,,,, ,!! ftvPiiTOi. . hi. t,Bm !
Ovcrbrook. H is said he 'will not
able to leave his home for a week. '
Regarded as significant in view of
in
be. nbl
Regarded
the councilmanic situation, was a call
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COUNCIL
RH
berton by Thomas W. Cunningham.1 Mr- ( rPKal' Hml h,s Wlf hlltl "i
president of the Republican Alliaucc. ; ghcts at the Hotel Chatham. Xew York
and .Mr. Wcgeliu. All said it was , city, for the last two months'. At T ."0
merely a "sociable ifit." .o'clock Friday mornins he went into the
The administrations attitude, ludc- . ., . , . ..
pendents assert, towards Independent bathroom of his suite,
leaders, including Sheriff Lainberton. ' " Cregar heard him cry out in
was responsible, it was said, for the , alarm and hurried into tho bathroom.
ll!i,elCSriJSmDeVC,,n ,0 tb d- "' l,arl f"p breath the shower and a
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Francis F. Burch. finance cbnirman.
who sponsored the administration pro
gram and later sided wffh the Devc
lin 'amendment, called on Mayor Moore
today. The Major also conferred with
City Solicitor Smyth. George V. Coles,
chairman of the Town Meeting party
was in (. lty llall this atternoon but up
to R late hour had
not called on the
city's executive.
ONE DEAD,' 20 HURT
IM APAPTMCMT CI DC!
UN nrnlX I IVICIN I rmC
Mystery in Origin of Blaze
Which Sweeps San Fran
cisco Structure
San Francisco, Feb. 0. (By A. P.)
Only one life was knowu definitely
today to have been lost last night in a
fire that destroyed the fashionable Berk
shire Apartment house here. A search
of the ruined building today revealed
no additional bodies.
A score of persons are in hospitals,
however, suffering from burns and in
juries. Before squads of firemen and police
entered the building at .daybreak to
search for bodies it was believed that
twenty or more persons had been burned
to death. The body found was that
of an elderly woman. Identification was
not possible.
Most of those taken to hospitals were
nomen. ' Some suffered from severe
burns, while others leaped from win
dows and fire-escape balconies.
The tire broke out in a hall on the
third floor, how neither police nor fire
departments could say.
The first alarm was turned in shortly
after midnight, and three others in
rapid succession railed out almost the
entire tire-fighting force. Policemen
said that when they arrived those of
the 1C0 persons who lived on the lower
floors were streaming into the street,
many clad only in night clothes, while
more than a score of persons on the
upper floors were clinging to window
ledges, trapped by the rapid spread of
flames.
The fire department's ladders would
reach only to the fourth floor windows
and from these several persons were
taken, firemen carrying them down the
ladders.
An explosion, apparently on the
fourth floor, blew out part of the upper
wall, handicapping the fire fighting and
rescue work.
IS JOHNSON CITY ARCHITECT
Mayor Has Asked Smyth for an
Opinion on Question
Philip II. Johnson. Phi'adelphia's
'perpetual architect" by virtue of his
contract of March .'!1 . 100.",. may have
to step down and nut.
Mayor Moore, when pressed by Di
rector Furbush to sicn crinin enntrunto
for hospital construction. referred to I
I lty bolicitor Mnyth today the question
of the city's obligation to employ Ml.
Johnson perpetually, in spite of the fact
that the new city charter provides for
a city architect to look after the city's
work.
The Mayor is holding up four con
tracts till he is advised further by the
city solicitor as to the city's obliga
tions to Mr. Johnson, who is trying to
show that the work comes under his
original contract of lflOU and should
consequently go to him.
This Johnson question has bobbed up
and is likely to become an issue, the
Mayor said, in referring the question
to the city solicitor to ascertain the
exact obligations of the city to its "per
petual architect." The uew- city archi
tect under the Woodward charter has
not yet been appointed.
ENGLISH STOWAWaThELD
Has
Draft Card and Income
Tax
Papers Wife Is Here
Robert J Rockford, an English res
ident, of Newton, Mass., may have to
go back to Eugland without seeing his
American wife.
He arrived here last Friday aboard
Ihe American steamship Apples, from
, London, without a passport, after stow
ing away in the engine room of the
steamer.
According to his story today before a
special board-of inquiry at the immi
grant station detention house at
Gloucester. N. J., he came to America
ten years ago. He married an Ameri
can girl nt Newton three years ago, and
returned to England Inst July to bring
two orphaned children of his brother's
here:
Rather thnn wait for a passport, he
stowed away on the Apples. He showed
the special board his registration card
for the draft and income tax papers
Ills case wan referred to the State De-
partment at Washington. Clifton Heights ; Molford Steer and
Emma Smcdley. New York: John Flem-
Mn Will Not Tell Who Cut Him !ing and Lottie Plocher. Camden ;
WMetto'dl rtlloS Sl wit" s oSf icSStetCS!;!,htt:nHu"thd Tren(ond
thB fcc and scalp. Physicians say his ,M-, kcl Tand,E,ra" IM x:r ?' c"n
tejurle apparent y were, inflicted by a , , L,a V'U,B and Catherine Mee
knife! Wagner refused to tell the police Ui8". Philadelphia, were refused a
ntUl Fourth htrect aud Suyder avenue license, the prospective bridegroom being
ttQiSwi how be was hurt. I undm- age.
BOY PEACEMAKER BITTEN
Tried to Arbitrate Dog Fight, Now
In Hospital
"The way of the peacemaker is
hard."
This inversion of the old quotation
applies to Christopher McCllntock.
clcven T?" M uw North Twentieth
, street, who is in St. Joseph's Hospital
receiving treatment for dog bites.
Christopher was playing near hi
home with his pet bull terrier. Several
, other docs came near. The hnv mniln
friends with them. ISttt they disliked i
the appearance of his dog. A general
tight ensued. The boy tried to .separate
the animals and was bitten. I
He will be released from the hospital!
soon.
ED,
DIES IN N.Y. HOTEL
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Robert P. Cregar Fatally Hurt!
When He Turns on Hot
Shower by Mistake
WAS IN BUSINESS HERE'
rtohert P.
BANKER
SCALD
tt l - . i n in ki iii. litt , 1111 IUI.IU kill Uilll Vilt
rcgar. a banker of thiS,vnlpr .. nn hrr hums nml Wh w i
'ity-.flip'1 in w York yl-rday morn-
- - -aids and shock received Fri-
when he turned on a hot water
shower while bathing in a hotel bath-
1 j room.
stream of scalding hot water was
descending on his body.
A physician was summoned immedi
ately. He found the banker suffering
from scalds and shock. Mr. Cregar died
about S o'clock yesterday morning.
The banker, who was sixty -seven
years old. was a member of the firm of
K. ii. Smith & Co.. 1413 Chestnut
street. He v,as admitted to partnership I
I.January 1. when the firm was re- !
i organized. He was chosen to represent
I the firm mi the New York Stock
Exchange. Up maintained a home in
theSt. .lamesllotel. !hi.idtv.
Fnnei-nl services will In- hpl.l lmrn
, Wednesday
v afternoon. The Rev. FIomI
, W. Tomki
kins, vector of Holy Trinity j
Church will officiate Mrs. Cregar lefl
i New York city today with her hus
band's body. The banker is aim sur
vived by a son, Lieutenant P. F,
Cregar.
Mr. Cregar was born in this city
I June 0. 1.SV1. and entered the cniplnj
j of E. II. Smith & Co. ns an ac
countant. Boy Glad He Shot
; MnlUnSc n.r,.!1,p " r?r . lrom 'I 'joorstoop and
lUirAULIll o ill ukoc
Contlmifil fiom rage Onr
clean-cut, did not testify other than
to admit the charge. Later he said
he had been forced to thnot to save
his mother's life, and Hint he did not
regret it.
Ut has been working for more than
two years in a Frnnkford mill and giv
ing most of his wages to help sup
port the family. He goe to a radio
school three nights n week, which takes
$10 a month from (be meager resources
of the family.
The mother said Ldward saved her
life once before by coming hotween her
husband and her. She refused to tell
bow.
The husband is iu a serious condition.
He is a powerful man. He sened twelve
years in the navy before getting mar
ried. During the war he was in Frami
with Company C. ,"02d Engineers.
The home of the Jenkins family i at
1637 Wi rrell street, Frank ford.
A. O.H. HOLDS BALL TONIGHT,
Two Orchestras Will Enliven Func
tion at Academy of Music
Arrangements are completed for the
fifty -fourth annual county ball of the
Ancient Order of Hibprnians. to be hrld
at the Academy of Music tonight.
Two orchestras of twentv-tive pieces
each, one of Americans, the other of
Irishmen, will Keep the dancers moving.
The American musicians will play an
American dance, then tin- Irishmen will
follow with the quaint and lively dances!
ot fc,rin. Ihus tnc dances wilt alter
nate. This is nn innovation, the Irish
dances having previously been held in
the banquet room of the Academy.
Captain Thomas E. O'Neill, county
president, will be the grand conductor.
Francis S. Clark is vice chairman -,
Prter J. Higgins nnd Oeorge r .
Douglas, secretaries, and John Hognn
treasurer. State Secretary John F.
Horgau heads the printing committee :
James E. Diamond, music ; Patrick
Logue, wardrobe ; f'harles Kecnan,
badge: Joseph McGIadc refreshments,
and Edward J. Tields, decorations.
MAY AID PHIPPS INSTITUTE
Mayor Inspects Place Threatened
hv Inarienuat Funds i
Mayor Moore and Director Furbush.
of the Department of Public Health, this
morning visiterl the I'hlnus institute
for Tuberculosis at Seventh and Lorn
bard streets-
The visit was made nfter a letter had
been received by the Mayor from Doctor
Hatfield, executive director of the insti
tution, who snid that because of lack
of funds, the doors of the institute would
have to be closed ufter seventeen years
of service.
"The white plague is a curse whicli
we cannot labor too hard to drive from
our midst." snid the Mayor, following
the visit. "Yet Doctor Furbush tells
me the trouble with almost every one
of our hospitals today is that we can
not obtnin a sufficient number of nurses
to do the work. We are sorely per
plexed about the nurse situation."
Mayor Moore was gratified with tbe
work at the institute, and his visit is
I believed to have been made with n view-
to securing co-operation with the hos
pital by the city.
Elkton Marriage Licenses
Elkton, Md Feb. ft. Marriage
licenses issued today to William Bitting
and Margaret Welch, Philadelphia; T.
F. Morris. Philadelphia, and Sadie E.
Pierson, Trenton: Lewis ('. Heddens.
Danville, and Louisa M. Follmer,
Bloomsburg; O. B. Holler. Reading,
and Cora W. Wolfs, Hagerstown j
ICeorgo W. Kent and Martha Kuin.
EVENING PUBLIC
PARENTS ARE HELD
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Child, 5, Allowed to Suffer Five
Days From Burns Doctors
Against Faith
NEIGHBORS HEARD SCREAMS
For allowing their five - year - old
daughter, .lane, to suffer terrible ago
nies from burns, because they believed
i Ihnt to obtain medical attention would
be violation of the tenets of their re
ligion. Sir. and Mrs. .John Draper, of
27(V? Helen street, were arrested today.
They were held under $500 ball each
for a hearing Wednesday in the juve
nile branch of the Municipal Court
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I'lurruuric, ni .:i,k onn Jccona street,
and it was on the injunction of Ambrose
i I'lnfc. "elder' of the tabernnclc, it is
I said, that the parents refused to sum -
I mon medical aid when their child was
terriblv burned in trving to rescue her
tsiuie. winch her brother had thrown
into the kitchen stove.
i-or live uays the child, who now face
disfigurement for life, sufieicd untold
agony. Instead of soothing bandages
nurl nuirliniiin llin littln lvl V. .1 nnlrl
parents prayed for her', "leaving
me
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7,'ho ahfthbabv.'U
the en o to the Socictv to Protect Chi
th
ted
ft" to the Society to Protect Chil
dren 1,0111 Cruelty and acents bad the
little '-tim hurried to St. Christonher's;
Hospital.
Albert C. Ricliter. attorney for the
society, had a warrant issued by .ludge
Hartlett. of the Municipal Court, and
a writ server from the ottice ot Robert
Foster, a deputy sheriff of the juvenile
branch, this morning arrested the man
and his wife. They furnished fheir own
bond.
To lincstigatc "Elder"
.Mr. Richter said that immediate ac
tion would not be brought ngainst Am
brose Clark.
"Wi have plenty of time to deal with
Clark," said Mr. Richter. "nnd if he is
shown to be in nny way responsible for
the criminal neglect of the Draper child,
through religious fanaticism, no effort
will be spared to punish him.".
.Mrs. Draper is quoted as sayinc :
"He told me o go home and pray.
ami leave tnc rest to uod.
"I knew my little girl was suffering
terribly, but 1 was following the dictates
of my faith. If we had bees Wt alone
fane would have been healed by God
before now. I was not neglecting her.
J Pained mr in com wnier once uaily. i
ll,,'.'T!'PS!1 was. '" o s hands.
Don't make rac laugh, my lies willi'
crack." j
Thus did Clark comment on the case i
of the disfigured child, when asked
this nmrninc if it was true that
tiie mother had followed bis instruc
tions. "Would you have used our own
medicine had your child been burned?"
be was asked.
"I have nothing to siij. I won't
say anything." shouted the man. nusli-
,H
mining the door in his face.
Law Proidcs for Case
1 Mr. Richter said he had gone into
i the case thoroughly and had found nu
merous convictions iu Pennsylvania for
similar offenses.
"The law provides against the in
human possibility of subjecting chil
dren to torture because of the religious
fanaticism of the parents," m id.
"Heavy penalties have been 'imposed in
this state in similar ensrs.
Should Hie chili di
my one known
lo have influenced her parents against
obtaining proper medical attpntion will
undoubtedly le held crimitinlb liable."
The crimiiial action against the
Urapcrs is being brought under un acl
of 1ST0. ascribing penalties' for the
neglect of children and for cruelly to
them.
PRINCESS ANNE MEN
SAFE; LINER BREAKS
Six of Oxonian Crew Perish in
Attempt to Save Bracl
boyne Seamen '
New York, Feb 0. fEy A. P.I
Forty-four members of the crew of the
steamship Princess Anne, aground at
Rockawny Point since Thursday, were
taken off today by coast guards in surf
boats. The other 2S members of the
crew and the !I2 passengers were re
moved Saturday. The police sent two
launches to the scene with physicians
ana medical supplies.
A distress siziial was hoisted when
it was seen the ship was buckling. After
the crew hud been removed the liner
broke in two in a smooth sea on the
bar on which she had been driven by
the storm last week.
A lifeboat containing 10 men from
the Norwegian bark Fior'e, wrecked
near the Bahamas, has been picked up
by the steamship Mariners Harbor, the
naval communication service here was
udvis'd today by radio.
The British steamer Persian Prince,
(5 days out from Liverpool, arrived
here todav with the six members of
the crew of the three-masted schooner
Monchy. rescued January 2S from their
I sinking craft in mid -ocean where she
was abandoned, it wns the .Monchy s
maiden voyage.
The American steamer Wntowan,
from Norfolk February 4 for Honolulu,
reported today by wireless that her
engines were disabled and assistance
was required. She is off thp Florida
coast.
HEALING
AE
Ilalifax, f'cb. !). -(By A. P.) Six tnldc Warren indicat trouble for the
of the crew or tho Uritish steamship PV. Charles V. Urine, rector of Chrlsr
Oxonian perished while attempting to (,'hirreh. Portsmouth. N. II.. who mar
save tho crew of the British steamer vied the pair. It is said that unless
Bradboyne, abandoned off the coast ofit ran be definitely established that
Newfoundland, according to radio mes- Hamilton's bride is not a divorced
bages received heve today. woman, the rector must fctand trial be-
hefore the Eniscopal bishop of New
SHEEHAN OUT FOR PEWROF
onccnHlM uui run rcmnUDC
, . w42k w . ,
Register of WJs, Vare Lieutenant,
Wants Senator Renominated
Recister of Will- Shr..mn. leader of
tfco Twelfth ward, w H. ii.,iv..
n lei,?;. L t c , nr
i?t to declare n favor of he re-
t,0nn"n 1CrrS?IOnrif fna,t0
e.,,2' ,tUr .'"J. f" . ?
Ileuteunn
nominnt
Penrose,
Hal. councilman and nrsanizatlnn
leader of the Seventh ward, said he did
not believe the senator would have any
opposition in the primaries and the
Seventh ward would line up solidly for
him. Both Sheeimn and Hall were in
favor, in the late mayoralty primaries,
of the nomination of Judge Patterson.
"Senator Penrose." said Mr. Shee
han, "is without doubt the most
potential Republican in the United
States Senate ; be is tho unquestioned
leauer oi me uepuoncan party in l'enn
sylvania, und I trust and believe he will
not nave serious opposition for re -
nomination. While Senator Penrose and
I have differed on local political is
sues, nevertheless, in state and national
politics we have been invariably for the
same candidate and the same policies.
T shall take' pleasure iu votiqg for bis
denomination, ,
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
FATHER DRAWS SICK GIRL
FROM HOSPITAL IN SLEIGH
ISo Auto or Horse Available,
valescent Daughter
Miss Mary Hemingway, a 20-year-old
pntlcut at the Abington Hospital,
was conveyed in state to her home on
Bockius avenue, Abington, warmly
wrapped in blankets nnd with flowers
and potted plants about her, in an old
fashioned sleigh drawn by her father in
place of a hortc.
The strange ride took place Saturday.
Today Miss Hemingway, who is slowly
recovering her strength at home, was
none the worse for her novel experi
ence. .
The young wornnn went into the hos
pital two weeks before Christmas, for
a serious operation. She had been gain
ing Ktrencth little by little, nnd was
anxious to get home again. Her phy
sician said she might go home late
Saturday nfternoon nnd her family
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i Late Saturday. A . Hemingway, her
intner. nauinimineuui uiacr remuves,
1 arrived to take the girl home. The am-
bulance had gone out on an emergency
call, and no automobile was available.
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Thieves Enter Home of Banker
and North Broad Street
Shop
GET $10,000 IN EACH
Two robberies during the night one
of silver nnd jewels from the home of
a prominent banker and the other of
costlv furs from n North Broad street
furrier-brought the thieves 520,000.
Th tww places entered were the
home of William H. Clark, president of
the Quaker City National Bank. 4211!
Walnut' street, and the fur shop of John
Lis .17-fn North Broad street.
Air. Clark, with his daughter and
son -in -law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F.
Hand, left bis home at 5 o'clock yes
terdav nfternoon to go out for dinner.
Air. Hand is cashier of the Quaker City
National.
For the first time in months the
house was left alone. One of the Clark's
two servants left recently nnd the other
had the evening off.
Kinds Closets Ransacked
The family returned at about 10
o'clock last night. AVhen Mr. Clark
opened uhe street door he was some
what surprised to sec a cabinet standing
open in the parlor just oft the hall. He
thought it had been left open by the
maid and went (o close it. As he did
so he looked beyond into the dining
room, nnd there- saw the drawers of
the sideboard standing open also and
part of their contents littering the
floor.
A search of the house revealed that, n
quantity of silver had been stolen. Up
stairs everything was in confusion. The
thieves had ransneked bureaus and rlos
ets. carrying away everything they
thought might be of value.
Until a careful inventory is made,
Mr. Clark said today, it. would be im
possible to determine just what had
been taken. All three members of the
fnmilv lost articles of tewelrv and wenr-
ing iipparel. Silver, diamonds, silk
shirts and other clothing were taken.
The thieves entered by forcing a
kitchen window. The police estimate
of the loss is 910,000.
$10,000 ill Furs Stolen
Furs worth another 510,000 were
stolen b motorcar bandits who visited
the Lis store early last evening. Mr.
Lis and his family were absent.
Two weeks nco motor bandits drove
ii l to the store during the early hours
?h
morning and hurled a bricl through
window. Mr. Lis. sleeping up
stairs, was awakened by the crash.
Taking his revolver he hurried down
into the store. He saw several men
grouped about 11 c window. Lis fired
five shots ns rapidly as he could and
the men fled wildly, jumping into their
automobile nnd speeding uway.
The police of the Ilranchtown sta
tion are sure that motor bandits visited
the place again last evening. They
must have come shortly ufter dusk.
There is a vacant lot at the rear of
the store, where marks of tires showed'
this morning.
The basement entrance at the renr
is on a level with the open lot. The
thiees broke into the basement, cut
out the panel ot a iloor leading into
the furrier's workroom, cut the burglar
alarm wires uud then forced their way
into the store. Fur coats, muffs, stoles
in great quantity and variety were
taken.
The coming of n janitor, who fixed
the fires every evening, evidently scared
the thieves away. He arrived at 8:1."
and the Lis family got home lifteen
minutes later. The thieves nnonrenth
had left in a great hurry, as they had
abandoned two bags containing fur
coats stolen from the store.
Thieves loaded grips and suitcases
1SCS
from the store of William Curry, 1112
i iiesmui street, vuiui-u ai .jiuuu, on a
motortruck nnd drove off without iuter-
r,in.nip vesterdav mornlnc. The same
store was robbed four week ago.
MAY DISCIPLINE MINISTER
Performing Hamilton Warren'
Wedding Promises Trouble I
Itoston, Feb. (). Lutest devclopmiiets i
in the elopement ana weaning ot l.nu-
fv,ina ATirruTi TTnmilton II rut Mrs flet'-
Hampshire, as there is a canon of the
l;p, ' al church which forbids thel
marriage of. divorced persons except tor
special reasons, and then only on proof.
Bishop Parker reccWed no biich doe-
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i trial ib the proof that Mrs. Hamilton
"uot' tho Mrs. Gertrude Wan-en. who
'"aS twice married and once divorced.
I Both the bride and bridegroom have in-
slsted that the twice married and once
divorced Mrs. Warren is auother
woman.
FIREMAN SAVED HIS "ROLL"
Dashed Into Burning Building to
Restore $280 to Grocer
Having $'JS0 in bills in a trunk up
stairs, Walter Batosky tried to enter
his horning urocerv store and homn nt
320 North Twenty-third street to nave
'his "roll
Firemen nrevented him from soine
Into tho building. Captain Bennic Bar
ger, of the Insuranco patrol, to whom
Batosky's trouble was conveyed, went
into tho hpuse and recovered the money.
The blaze, which started in tho kitchen,
was extinguished with a Blight loss.
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AND FURS STOLEN LABOR IN POLITICS
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Parent Acts as Steed for Con
She Rides in State
Hemingway set out to find some other
sort of conveyance. His efforts were
fruitless until he thought of nn' old
fashioned cutter which he knew was kept
in a barn not far from the hospital. He
got the cutter easily enough, but its
owner had no horse to draw it.
Mr. Hemingway brought the cutter
to the hospital, trudging sturdily' be
tween the shafts himself. Failing other
motive power, he decided to pull his
daughter home in the same manner.
The nurses bundled the girl' well in
blankets nnd placed her hi the sleigh.
In beside her they put the potted plants
and flowers which bad been sent to
brighten her bedside during her long
stay in the hospital. .
Then, with Mr. Hcminewnv nnitn
in the shafts, nnd other members of tho.
inniuy iusiiuib' ueuiuu, wic cutter started
out over the five-eighths of a mile nt
snow-blocked roads for tho house onj
tiocKius
ockius. avenue The strange Proccst
?1,"",Vn ? hV?4r;A"
sion
mishaos on the way. every one Imiuli
ing, and the blanket-wrapped passenger
merriest of nil.
Farmers Oppose Trade Union
ists on Several Questions,
Says T. C. Atkeson
A. F. L AIM IS NONPARTISAN
By the Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 0. Farmer organ
izations will not join the American Fed
eration of Labor in its nonpartisan
campaign to elect this year only friends
of the trades union movement, accord
ing lo T. C. Atkeson, representative
of the National Grange, which has
700.000 members.
Mr. Atkeson said today lus organiza
tion had decided not to support or
ganized labor's political activities. Ho
pointed out that representatives of the
grange. National Farmers' Union, In
ternational Farm Congress, American
Farm Bureau Federation. Farmers' Na
tional Congress, 'and National Milk
Producers' Federation recently met here
and formulated a platform of principles,
but decided that individual members
should be allowed to exercise their right
of personal preference in voting.
The program has been sent to every
member of Congress, Mr. Atkeson said,
nnd it may be expected that farmers
will observe the attitude ot legislators
on bills affecting their interests.
Interests Arc Not Identical
"Wo decided," Mr- Atkeson said,
"that the interests of the farmers and
of organized labor were not identical;
in fact, were diametrically opposed on
some questions. The union man wants
shorter hours and higher pay. which
means higher prices to the consumer. A
similar attitude on the part of the farm
ers would mean curtailment of pro
duction of food until the people were so
hungry they would pay exorbitant prices
rather than starve.
"Instead, it is our policy lo encour
age as much work as possible to stim
ulate production, so that normal con
ditions may be restored."
Organized labor's announcement of
its entry into politics, a call to "all
lovers of freedom to marshal their
forces in defense of their rights and
ideals." and to all trade unionists and
their friends to unite in defeating those
seeking oflice who are hostile or indif
ferent lo the rights of Inbor, is being
sent broadcast over the country today.
The declaration, issued officiallv bv
the American Federation of Labor, after
reciting what it termed vain efforts to
secure remedial aud constructive legis
lation for the interest and welfare of
the toilers, denounced Congress for its
"failure to do its duty and its re
pression of labor."
.Vim lo Defeat Labor's Foes
"Scorned by f'ongress. ridiculed and
misrepresented by many members of
both houses," tho announcement said,
"the American labor movement finds
it necessary to vigorously apply its
long and well-established nonpartisan
political policy. The American Feder
ation of Labor announces -its deter
mination to apply every legitimate
means and all of the power nt its com
mand to accomplish the defeat of la
bor's enemies who aspire for public of
fice whether they be candidates for
President, for Congress, for state Leg
islatures or any other office."
The appointment of a nntionnl non
partisan political committee, which will
mobilize the trade unionist movement
was announced nnd the campaign will
be started immediately. The work will
begin in the primaries und will be car
ried through to the general elections.
Each aspirant for office, the an
nouncement said, will have his record
"analyzed" aud those regarded as fa
vorable to labor will be huppurted re-'
garoiess oi party auinatlons, while those
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! b7 opposed. '"u"wul m,V
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday?
Another Big Poultry Sale!
Roasting Chickens, 10c lb. Slewing Chickens, 36c lb.
These are all fresh killed from nearby farms and worth
lie to 8c a lb. more.
BEEF BARGAINS!
Chuck Roast (?,!,) "sc
Lean Rolled Pot Roast, 18c
Stewing Beef (nn-un 121t.c
Hamburg Steak 18c
All Kind? of STEAK MEAT
Itump, Round and Sirloin
HAM SPEdALS!
Regular Hams, .per lb. 27c
Skinback Hams, per lb. 29c
Cottage Hams. .per. lb. 32c
Picnic Hams per. lb. 20c
Lean
Hacon,
Boneless
Loin rj O
Pork 3C
Roast I
The Penny Profit Meat Store
fine it
RITTENH0USE BROS.
Week-Main
8 to 0 J M,
Cloned
I to 11 V. M,
For I.unch
S. W, Cor. 60th & Market St..
The I.arrrit lletntl 5l.nl Store In Phils. '
FEBRUARY 9, 1920
THIS CITY LEADS
'60 Per Cent Clean Here," Says
Hepburn Nsw York Is
i Tied Up
'K
OTHER PLACES HARD HIT
Donald M. Hepburn, chief of the Bu
reau of Street Cleaning in Philadelphia,
said today that from all reports this
city is away ahead of Baltimore, Wash
ington nnd Xew iork in getting its
streets opened after the heavy snowfall
of the last few days.
"Everv street in the snow removal
district is now open," said Mr. Hep
burn. "Our work Ueic is 60 per cent
complete .and in three more days we
expect to hnve. it 100 per cent.
"I have talked to men who have been
in New York, Baltimore and Washing-
""prtac at the rogressmade
Onema, coming from
New York bam tic am not expect 10 uo
able to get his automobile to Broad
Street Station to meet him, so had not
sent for it. Senator Varo told me his
brother had been in Baltimore yesterday
and had scarcely been able to get away
from Fnion Station in an automobile.
' "We got a little earlier start at the
work than the other big cities which
were affected by tho snow. Unless more
snow comes wo hope to be back to nor
mal conditions soon. And if it snows
again why, we'll keep right on. '
New York Is Trolleyless
While, trolley service here has been
restored to virtually normal conditions,
and the streets in the principal part of
tho city opened to vehicular traffic, New
York today finds itself n trolleyless,
trucklcss city.
All day yesterday 17,000 men worked
trying to dig New York's streets out
of the ice nnd snow.
Calls were sent for volunteers, and
it was planned to have f0,000 at work
todav, with thousands of trucks helping.
Mayor Ilylan issued an order last
night forbidding commercial trucks to
use the streets today. Owners of
pleasure cars likewise, have been asked
to kpep their machines in their garages
for the present. ' -
The snow blockade has stopped in
dustry in many parts of the city, es
pecially along the docks. The great
army of snow shovelcrs kept at work
yesterday was recruited largely from
workers who otherwise would have been
idle.
Truck Service Limited
The only trucks permitted on New
York's streets today were those needed
for the delivery of food, coal and news
papers. Owners of many private trucks,
which could not. be used otherwise,
turned them over to the city or to
the snow removal contractors to aid
in the fight on the snow.
New York's trolley troubles were
largely due to the fact that the motive
power is underground, and reached
through a slot between the tracks. Not
only were the slots jammed with ice and
snow, but the fonduit boxes also were
frozen solid. Unless there is a decided
thaw, it is feared that the conduits will
have to be thawed out foot by foot on
everv line before the cars can run again.
Men and women helped fight the snow
vestcrday. Even in fnshiouable resi
lience ' neighborhoods. householders
'formed "snow parties," and attacked
the snow in lront ot meir nomes wun
packs aud shovels, dmupiug it into
nearby sewer manholes.
"Clean Gutters," City
Orders Householders
rontlmicil from I'nitc One
nightfall. Every available man is being
worked.
Would Mean Pneumonia
"1 wasn't willing to take responsi
bility for putting those young boys at
work in the slush, doing labor that tax
ed the strength of men, Mr. Pinker
snid. "It would have meant pneumonin
for some of them. One boy, typical of
those who reported for work, was only
twelve years old. He didn't even thave
a pair of rubbers on."
The Peoples concern holds contracts
for cleaning the streets north of Lehigh
nveune, between Broad street nnd Ken
sington avenue.
"I interviewed Scoutmaster II. Rob
erts, of Troop 1 . Saturday night," Mr.
Pinker said. "He told ine the oldest
boy he had was eighteen, and that there
were only two scouts in his troop of i
that age. He said, after I had told
him the nature of the work in hand, i
that he doubled if his boys were strong j
enough to do it without getting sick.
"The Scouts who did show up yes- '
terday came between 7 :II0 and !!
o'clock. But they were too young. I I
had n bunch ofhusky negro garbage
haulers, and they wieldca picks for I
hours trying to loosen the ice nt
the street intersections. If this had
been a light snow we might have beep
able to use the Scouts."
showed up for work." said an official
of the Frank Currnn couceru, which
No Scouts Appeared
"We'd have been glad to hire the
Boy Scouts, along with our regular
force of workers, but none of them
LOST AM) POTM)
PUP Loft. Airedale pup, imvard.
Hharpnack tt , (Irrmanii wti.
PORK VERY CHEAP!
rer lb.
ShoulderPork(l)rf'iMl)27c
1-resh Ham (J,1) 28c
Shoulder Pork ( $$) 21c
Fresh Sausage . .' 25c
27c lb.
YEARLING LITTLE PRICES
Shoulder Yearling 22c lb.
French Yearling Chops, 28c lb!
Legs Yearling 36c lb.
Loin Yearling Chops ...38c lb.
C Q
QC
Selected
Eggs
50
doz.
S.turilay Ere.
Bnlll IOiSO
No Delivering
vHpn-unrry
IN SNOW REMOVAL
cleans the streets north of Lehigh avc
nic and east of Kensington avenue;
"Wo waited till 10 o'clock for tho
Scouts, 'but nohc of them offered their
services at our offices."
S. A. McClny, manager of the con
tracting firm of Peoples & Rush, Inc.,
raid:
"We had all the Scouts nt work
thnt offered their services. There were
only six, but It wasn't because wo had
any scruplct against hiring them. The
six who did show up wcro good chunks
of fellows, nnd worked for us from 10
o'clock till 5."
Officials of the firm known as the
estate of David McMahon, which con
tracts for cleaning streets north of
Lehigh avenue and west bf Broad street,
declared as false the statement that
contractors had refused to hire tho
Scouts. Their statement nppllcd to the
position of their own company.
'We had twenty-five or' thirty Scouts
nt work," one official said. "Wo took
all who offered themselves, nnd would
have been glad to get more."
"WHISTLING COP" DIES
Patrolman Kernan, Well Known to
Motorists, PneumAnla Victim
Matthew A. Kcrnnn, Philadelphia's
widely known "whistling cop," Is dead.
He expired at 0:45 o'clock this morn
ing in the Woman's Homeopathic Hos
pital, of pneumonia; caused, it is said,
because the policeman refused to quit
his post at Broad street and Lehigh
avenue during last week's storm until
he collapsed Wednesday.
For many years. Kernnu has stood
at Broad street and Lehigh avenue, di
recting traffic. He earned the sobriquet
of "the whistllng cop" nfter it became
known that ho disdained the help of it
metal whistle, using his lips nnd teeth,
which he said were more trustworthy.
He emitted loud, penetrating whistles
signaling pedestrians and traffic to pro
ceed or halt.
He lived at 2G0S .Harold street. He
wns heavyweight champion runner of
the Philadelphia police for many years,
and weighed 275 pounds.
Kernan. who wns thirty-two rears
old, married Agnes Nigrin, who sur
vives him. Two children, Harold nnd
Reda, also survive, with two stepchil
dren. Florence und Helen, Neighbors
remarked todny of his devotion to his
family and his great fund of cheerful
ness. It is snid he whistled even dur
ing his delirium at tho 'hospital.
Install Rabbi Feldman
The Rev. Abraham .T. Feldman wns
yesterday installed as assistant rabbi of
Kenescth Israel Synagogue, -in the
presence of a inrge congrcgntion. He
wns introduced by Rabbi Joseph
Krauskopf, who asked for him the full
co-operation of the board, the sister
hood and the alumni, without which his
administration could not be the suc
ress hoped for.
J E Caldwell & (p.
Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
pi i
i
"Begorra, It's a Wonderful Sight-
ull that watlier a tumblln' down I" Hold rat to Mike an lie cnzecl at MoBr
roll". "A w, what's to pretlnt It'.'" drawled Mike. Now verUoily
the HtlUAKK UKAI. 1'I.AN. "wluU'i. to pre Hit ItV"
HIIUHB UUI Ifiav-LEl M.r KUHUCI1I11IT I If V F1IIT flllllin
City ilresscd Shoulders of Pork,
. -! c :i . ii.
any bite, victim V v
City Dressed Fresh Hams 28c lb.
ALL STEAKS ( 30c lb.
Fresh Country Sausage ' a e ir
Nice lean Regular or Skin Back Hams Special f .5C ID.
Roasting Chickens ' 42c lb.
Stewing Chickens 35c lb.
Loin Pork in piece 25c lb.
Country Scrapple the best only 2 lbs. for 25c
Half Smoked Sausage 19c lb.
Nearby Selected Fresh Eggs 55c doz.
Holly Brand Nut Oleomargarine 30c lb.
Our Best Print Butter ,....,.., 65c lb.
11 Will Pau You to Visit the "Wonder Store of Went PiHo."
MARKET ST. BEEF CO.
-" .5221-23.25 MARKET ST.
ASK CHRIST SPIRIT
IN ECONOMIC LIFE
i
Church women Define Ethhs,'
Standards of Christian
Nation in Message
I
WAMT NEW LAWS WRITTEN,
j
IJy tho Associated Press
Washington, Feb. I). The National;
Conference, of phurch Women, at j,
closing session here todny, adopted flijj
yeport of the committee on finding
presented by Mrs. Raymond Robins, cj,
Chicago, including a mrssnge to churiV
women throughout the nation tirgicj?
their co-opcratlon with the program ot
the intcrcliurch world movement "in Hi?
effort to secure the interpretation ot
the spirit of Christ in all tho social and
cconomic'relatiouships of life." 'i
"The ethical standards of a Chrl,j
tian nation require," the message snldj
"thnt life be safeguarded by fair eco'
nomic standards, by the physical care
of mothtr nnd infant, the abolition nt'
child labor and the substitution of iini
vcrsab elementury education, the sup
pression of unwholesome amusement?
and by the civic provision of innocent
and invigorating recreation. ;,
"To secure nnd maintain these stand.1 1
ards laws must be enacted and en
forced. AVe call upon church women
lo cxcrciscto the full their rcsponsibili.
ties ns citizens." t
The findings committee report in
dorsed "sincerely und rmpliatira.il)"
the plans and purposes of the Inter-'
church World Movement and recom
mended that church women pledge ac
tive support to it. i
Dr. John II. Mott, general chairman
of the Intcrehurch World Movement,
was unable to be present. The pro-i
gram of speakers included Daniel A?
I'oling and airs. Wallace Jtadcliuc. At
the post-conference luncheon wives oi
most of the cabinet officers and wires
of many members of the diplomatic
corps were present. ,
The purpose of the conference wan
said by speakers to be.a call to all
classes of women to definite Christian
service, to bring to women everywhere
a sense of personal responsibility for
the furtherance of Christianity and to
spread the program of the Iutorchurcli
Movement for concerted action and mis
sionary work at home and abroad.
collectors of
Pearls For Necklaces
Any Degree Of Importance
The United States Grain Corporation
offers to &ell and will receive applications to buy up to noon,
February 11th, its spot stock of HARD WHEAT STRAIGHT at
Philadelphia for prompt delivery at $10.05 in jute sacks.
This flour is offered subject to its being: sold to the domestic
trade in the original packages, and with a further provision that
jobbers' profit shall be restricted to 75c per barrel and retailers'
profit to $1.25 per barrel. It is further understood that the
profit a dealer shall make will be commensurate with the service
performed and that sales' prices must bo justified as being reason
able without reference to tho maximum allowed.
Oiir books will close on this offer at noon, February 11th.
For further particulars, communicate with:
United States Grain Corporation
H. D. IRWIN, Second Vice President
272 Bourse Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Shoulders, any size, f ry lo
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