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VOL. VI. NO 128
Entered as Second-Class Matter at 'the Postofflee, at Philadelphia, Pa,
Unfler the Act ot March 8, 1$TU.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920
rubllehcd Dally nxwpt Sunday. Subrlptlon Trice SO a Tear by Mall.
Copyright, 1B20, by" Publlo lasdrer Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS
100 PER CENT STREET CLEANING PROFIT HEPBURN
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CONTRACTORS PAID
$1,000,000 TOO MUCH,
SAYSBUREAU CHIEF
Bases Statement onAmolJn Collected and Co.st
of Inadequate Force and.Equipment Main
tained "Game of Politics," He Asserts
HE CONTENDS ORDINANCES ARE FRAMED TO fAVOR
THE MEN TO WHOM THE WORK HAS BEEN AWARDED
By 6EOUGE NOX McCAIN
DONALD M. HEPBURN, chief of the bureau of street cleaning, in tho
Department of Public Works, made a' statement this morning that will
undoubtedly' attract tho attention of every public-spirited citizen in Philadelphia.-
He moreover presented figures in proof of his assertions takerf
from the records in his office.
,Tiie investigations of Mr. Hepburn aro in lino with Director Winston's
expressed purpose of "getting down to business" in the Department of
Public Works.
"From the investigations I have made I can say positively that I would
be willing to undtrtake the work of cleaning Philadelphia streets at tho
price ft is now paying and yet save the city $1,000,000 annually.
"It would be no trick at all. There is not a street-cleaning contractor
a ho has not been pocketing 100 per cent profit, and in some instances more,
for years," said Chief Hepburn.
"Do I understand you to say that if a contractor receives say $500,000
for cleaning the streets in a district his profit is $250,000?" r asked.
"I do. And understand, please, that this is not a guess. It is based on
figures in my possession. Moreover, it is predicated on 300 working days
for every year, and if you have given only tho most casual thought to the
Eubject you will understand that street-cleaning forces, owing to varying
weather conditions, cannot put in a full 300 days in every year.
All Overhead Included
"But there is other overhead beside the mere outlay for labor that
must be taken into consideration," I suggested. "There is machinery, its
upkeep, tools, and all tho necessary paraphernalia that goes with an outfit
utilized in keeping hundreds of miles of city streets in good condition."
Chief Hepburn (smiled in an indulgent
way at the suggestion. To a man of
his wide experience, as one of tho lead
ing construction engineers whose career
for twenty years had been u matter of
intimate details and keen foresight in
land'ing and anticipating" all, sorts of
contingencies, it must have cccmed al
most amateurish,
"I have taken all that and more,
into account." he said. "All the
sprinklers, . sweepers, pushers, machine
brooms, trucks, wngons', teams and
tools into account. likewise the men
in gangs who operate the street cleaning
machinery, including chuuffcurs and
machinists. I have estimated on a
basis, as I said, of 300 working days
in the year, and I cannot And a single
instance where the contractors, and I
except none, are not making 100 per
tent profit on their contracts.
"I have considered that there are
three months, perhaps, in the year when
a contractor cannot use his equipment.
There are other periods when it can
be utilized for night work. If climatic
onditions are favorable it can be util
ized for mavbe half of Junuary, Feb
ruary and March, Of what use are
sweepers, sprinklers and all other equip
ment that are available in summer at
a time like this"
Contractors.' Fault If They tost Money
"But it has been repeatedly claimed
that street cleaning contractors are not
Wg monej makers."
"If any contractor in Philadelphia
lost money lat,t year on his htreet-cleau-mg
work, then it was through improper
or antiquated equipment or gross mis
management. After my experience of
mrce wecus in tills ollice I should say
that it was gross mismanagement.
There is no reason under heaven why
fetrect-clpflninrr fnrrew nlinnlil Tint nftnm
tist of experienced men in receipt of
bvuu wages,
".It is a question of foremen and su
perintendents. If these men are ineffi
cient, or careless, and are constantly
striving to make their job as easy as
possible without regard to their rai
playes' interests,, then it nntiiriillv fnl.
lows that tho working force will acquire
v ,in nuuii, wuu a consequent tre
mendous incrcaso in the matter of ex
pense ,
is, under the Philadelphia system, a
w ui punucs irom start to nnisn.
ijVery mill, from Hip fnntrfinnt Intirn
10 tllG Inhnrftn lirTlt nlnnno aiiJ- .n...n
inlet, tries to have or has a political
Pun. I cannot, of course, say this us
a result of personal acquaintance of
very individual. I desire to quality my
Matement ttt that cxtrnt. But all lines
t investigation lead mo inevitably to
-v iuuuiii&iuLI.
"Without-, ivlslllnc In nnnno. ,,U-
emphatic, it is a case of politics and
money and the public bo damned.
Ordinances Planned for rnnlrnefnr
f.f J iavestientions have disclosed the
' tlmt ordinances have been pnssert
tWC?nt,raets framed to accomplish all
in? 'n avQ outlined I have one
toiiHT ,on ,ln ,nlna tnat ls b0 i)U,c'y
teVi-t 'v aiJa b0 manifestly in the in
Mtnni.i,0' "i6. e?utractors, that the
K?dJ)cforo- ,u rcItttca t the num
contM11 cmPloyed by i,trcct cleaning
cntractors nnd reads as follows:
time0 contractor shall employ at all
kUectH ' 'i,i'meicnt forcc t0 clean
lets ui. .is' country roads uud in
fen .!; Du frt'fiuency spceified and
manner tath)actory to, the vhief,
Vith th. "cpnfrnctor who is friendly
ScS Se chef Sau ""I'm u' ncquuint
'o the nk Hdynntugc. particularly as
,v me number nf m v, .i.n i
t apparent. The last .rU' ,uf'
f snecflntt"U '?" J"?!"
rose," d wero lnsrtcd for n pur-
has'wL10 ,lDdtand that ull this
Tka 1? Hndcr a veil of secrecy,
doink f i1!,.0' operations and the
matt?; pb".c contractors have been
'"quired. stldicd concealmentV" I
re van0Mmcan8 Stores and reports
They I r!f Ji Presumably, to the public.
nooe h n,,'e In." Public offlce, but
1 Co I. 'a,Ucn l?o trouble, so far us
'P 5ncJc.ct P,ublle officials who
fter SSff Hf 1 llu! Job' unl I'"1
''Tuke- ,rni?itcrcsU', E0 why worry V
WtniuS anoihcr unKlo on tho contractor
ttkw on Ptrnose ? cur.l0U8 CUI
f an effort, t0 gBt nt the facts' and
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:mo. Ccdtwa Os
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DEVELIN GRAVELY ILL;
WORRY PARTLY CAUSE
Criticism Aggravated Condition
of Councilman, Down With
Bronchial Pneumonia
Friends of Councilman Jnmes A.
Develln believe that worry over coun
cllmanic nffnirs is partly responsible for
the gravity of his condition.
Mr. Dcvclin is ill with bronchial
pneumonia at his home, C052 Over
brook avenue. lie went home Inst week
with a severe cold, and Sunday seri
ous illness developed.
Mr. Dcvclin is nn independent in
Council. Last Thursday at a Council
meeting he blocked the administration's
program of couneilmunic jobs by offer
ing an amendment cutting down the
number of positions.
Immediately there fctnrlcd gossip that
Mr. Develin's action was the start of.
a definite break "between the Mayor
nntl men on whose Mipport he hud de
pended. Mr. Develin's friends shv !ip felt: thnt
he ww thus put in a false position ; that
lie is Biucerc in nis worK'in uouncll and
not nn obstructionist, nnd fhat the
criticism to which he felt he wuh un-
.lustinaDjy subjected contributed to
Dringing anout n breakdown. Mr.
Devclin is described as "one of thoso
men who take their worries home with
them,"
KENTUCKY OPERATORS BOLT
Refuse to Submit to Decision of U. S.
Coal Commission
Washington. Feb. 11. (By A. P.)
After the coal strike settlement com
mission bad agreed toduy to render u
decision as to making tho 14 per cent
wage increase restroactive to October 1
in -tho Kentucky ficWs, the Kentucky
operutors' association refused to sub
mit to the jurisdiction of the commission
and withdrew from the hearing.
This was the first refusal of operators
in any field to accept the commission's
settlement of anpstinna invnU-ofi i, i,
Utrike. The representatives of the mtuo
workers presented their side of the case,
but President Ilobiuson did not indicate
what course the commission might pur
sue, in view of the refusal of the oper
ators to give their views.
Claim of the Kentucky miuers that
the award should bo made retroactive
was based on the contention that the
mines In Kentucky were opcrnted on
virtually p. 100 per cent basis through
out tbu strike.
TO CHECK JOB HUNTERS
Mayor Plans to Take Certain PosI
tlons From County Commissioners
Major Moore plans to invoke the new
viij uiuricr 10 toKc from tho county
commissioners, who are controlled b
tho A are interests, the right to appoint
...... !..'.
Job hunters to places which eoutlict
with tho work ot other city depurt-
Tills was announced this afternoon
following a conference bctweou the
Muyor und Director Tustin, of the De
partment of Public Welfare.
Men close to tho administration
denouueo what is an uppuhent effort of
the Vorcs to hustlo their constituents
into jobs as children's agents and in
vestigutors under the couuty commls
y'oncrs before the Department of Pub
He Welfare, which is largely coucerned
with work among tho city's children,
can be completely organized.
The county commissioners today,
almost nt the very hour when the Muyor
was holding his conference, made pub
lie u list of appointments, which con
tained tho names of six men appointed
to such jobs. Of tho six, four bail
been forced out by tho advent of the
new administration.
I HI llll.HM. I I I ,
MAY U AWUra-
I f I J 1 I J m I J f ' 1VI I llLa
FOR POLICE FORCE
Would Give Patrolmen $5 a Day
and Others $200 a
Year More
INCREASE WOULD, COST
CITY $1,300,000 YEARLY
Three From Each Department
Are Commenddd for Their
Brave Actions
Five dollars a day for policmen and
an increase of $200 a year for firemen
is the wage that Mayor Moore hopes
to givo the men in these departments.
This rato Is for what may bo termed
the "privates" and does not npply to
sergeants, lieutenants or officers in the
fire denartmnnt.r PnllcrmpA Aow reccivr
$3.85 a day, which includes a 10 per
cent oonus and thef lircmcn $min)
year.
The Mnyor expressed tho desire to
give me men tue increase mentioned to
day when he received three policemen
and three firemen at City Ilnll and
praised them for their deeds of bravery.
He said he would call n meeting of
public-spirited citizen nnd lay his plans
before them and then take the matter
up with City Council and the city so
licitor to see how funds could be ob
tained for the proposed increase.
The policemen and firemen were in
troduced to the Mayor in the reception
room by Director Cortelyou. In ad
dition to giving them credit for what
they had done, the Mayor explained to
the men thev were brought there so that
he could talk to the taxpayers through
them and let the people know that
the policemen and firemen were the
poorest paid officials In tbq city's serv
ice. Work Is Noticed
If the public wil understand the sit
uation, the Mnyor said, We will be
able to press forward our recommenda
tions. He told tho men that- the, ad
ministration wns in sympathy -vVith
them, and realized their nlight, nnd
(asserted that such nets ns they pcr-
lormeci wouiu not go unnoticed.
"We want you and your fellow po
licemen niid firemen to know that we
are taking notice of all your work." he
said. "It's unfair to a great body of
energetic policemen nnd firemen tbat
the occasional crook, grafter or ping
ugly who happens to bob up and obtain
notoriety should be held against the
reputable and real men of the service.
Director Cortelyou nnd I want to en
courage all loyul and faithful public
servants and have them feel that we
regard them uh associates in the big
work we have to do."
Touching again on his proposed plan
16 bring about an increase in pay be
said the proposed advance would cost
the city about $1,000,000 a year more
for the police department and ubout
$300,000 for the increase to the fire
men, The Mayor referred to the plight of
the widow and four children left by
Policeman Mutt' Kernan, who died
Monday, nnd said thRt something would
have to be done for them. He said,
however, he did not expect tho police
men to help as their burdens were al
ready too great.
Mnyor Moore shook hands cordially
with the men beforo they left.
The men honored today were:
Firemen :
Battalion Chief Harry Piper, Truck
1, "10 De Lancey street.
Hoseman Edward Moore, Engine Co.
40, Sixty-fifth street and Woodland
avenue.
Hoseman Jumes Fleming. Engine Co,
CI, Champlost street uud Old York road.
Patrolmen :
Fred Louyinger, Eighth and Jefferson
street police station.
John W. Itodgers, Thirty -second
street and Woodland avenue police tn
tion. Itobert II. Franfz, Eighth and Jef
ferson streets police station.
The six men wero singled out from
among the many brave men of the police
and fire departments for acts of unusual
heroism.
Kcseucd Aged Couple
Battalion Chief Piper went througli
fire and smoke to tho third floor of a
burning house ut 12t! South street to
rescue an aged man and woman, lodgers,
who had been trapped in their rooms by
the flames.
Two spectacular acts of heroism ure
to the credit of Hoseman Moore, which
were tho more unusual becuusp neither
was at a fire. For one of them, per
formed three yours ago, he was aw aided
the Cameron gold medal, given annually
to the firemen credited with the most
heroic deed of the year.
T On an August day in 1017, Andrew
Liniski wns one of a gung of workmen
engaged in renuirini- u tlim In Mi,ni..
stack which jufH. beyond the roof at the
AND CITY FIREWIEN
.,i,..t ,- riu it ii fni nu luonei is mi" umvurxiij s grciuct,
HUl1lT.n?iJ'.,'ll Winced at tliis time." said Mr, Mendeu
.K0.lil..pla"..ylv'r. tho c,nuri''u.rd hall. "Philadelphia is still provincln
fur below, and from the end of the
PIank " ropn dangled. People
court ard hud stopped to wii
in the
COUmard Hail Stonneil In unteli llin
workmen on the plank. Suddenly he
swayed, lost his balunco anil fell. Tim
crowd gasped in horror. Ho brought
up suddenly as he shot down toward
the courtyard. His foot had caught in
a noose at the end of the rope. He Rpuu
violently for u moment, then swung,
head downward.
Swung to Window
Hoseman Moore, wuh one of those
passing through the courtyard nt jhc
Continued on I'aco To. Column l'our
FLETCHER NO LONGER ENVOY
President Accepts Resignation of
Ambassador to Mexico
Washington, Feb. 11. (By A. P.)
Presidcut Wilson today nccepted tho
resignation of Henry P. Fletcher as
ambussudnr to Mexico,
v .i,- ,t (he President his reslg.
nation several weeks ago, -His letter
hud nut bevU made public,
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DONALD M. HEPBURN
Chief of tho street cleaning bureau,
who said today that tho city's
street -cleaning contractors were
'overpaid $1,000,000 annually
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Alumni Say Age Should Be Be
tween 40 and 55 Six Pros
pects Mentioned
PENSION FOR DOCTOR SMITH
Among Men Suggested
for Provost at Penn
Emory B. Johnson,
(fovcrnor Sproul.
Francis Mcllhcnny.
Dr. George dc Sehweiuilz,
George Wharton Pepper.
John Cadwaladcf.,
Alumni of tho University of Pennsyl
vania favor a young man ns the next
provost, to succeed Dr. Edgar Fahs
Smith, with particular emphasis on the
ugc between forty and fifty-flvo years.
Some believe be bhould be nn nlum
uus, others a mun not necessarily of
this city, but well known nationally, un
administrator, a business muu.
Joseph f. Uobeugarten, of the class
of '52, College, believes that the man
should be an administrator nnd that
there should be n larger administrative
staff for the new provost,
"I don't think that we should go
outside for the provost," he said. "We
should linve some one who knows the
University's needs from within. I think
it should be some one who has made his
mark in the University, or who has hud
university connections.
"There are George Wharton Topper
nnd Dr. George de Schwcinltz but
ltd probubly too much to expect them to
gUc up professional practice and John
Cndwulader. I suppose the provost
should be n )oung man."
"Broad-Minded Man"
"No fads or whims, but a broad
minded man," is the requirement urged
by Horace. Stern, '!0 College, '02 Law.
"The man should bo a scholar ouib at
the same time u man who has thought
and expressed himself on public ques
tions, a man who knows the difference
between radical vuporings and free dis
cussion. "The University ought to scour the
country for tho best possible intellect
ual and public giant iivuilable. It
doesn't mutter, to my mind, whether
he comes from Texas or Philadelphia,
"No business organization in Phila
delphia confines itself to ehosing riillu
ilelphiuns for its big offices; it takes
the best it can find, wherever he is.
If the University wero u training school
for Philadelphia ln.wjers, or Philadel
phia doctors or scientists, then there
should be a Philadelphia provost, just
as the city needs a Philadelphia!) for
Major. But the University is n train
ing school for the country and It should
select its provost from the sumo 'broad
field."
A business man. according to Earl
Meiulenhall, '00 College, and W. P.
Humphreys, '00 College, is the special
need of the University at thin time,
"The provost should bo nn alumnus
and u Phllndelphluu bocuusc most of
the University's financing is done here
and money is the University's greatest
lliidelnliiu is still urovinclnl
and it takes u Pltlludrlphluu to get
money from Philudelphlu,
Governor Sproul the Tjpe
"Governor Sproul, although not an
alumuiiK, is the type of man. No dean
of tho present departments should bo
chosen, because he is too wrapt up in
his own ilepurtmeut, and no profes-
Contlnurd on Paie Two, Column Three
SHELL HITS SHIP; 1400 DIE
Transport Fired on by Bolshevik
Sinks With All on Board
London, Feb, 11, A Moscow wire
less dispatch toduy suys:
"According to a message from Novo
rntsysk, when the volunteer transport
Karautlu with officers uud officials ami
their wives uud children aboard, num.
heriug 1100, left Mariupol (in the Rus
sian province ot Yekaterinoslav) on
tho upprouch of the Bolshcviki, the vol
unteer arms, incensed ut being left
behind, fired on the ship.
"A shelL,i)ierced a boiler and the
transport sAk witji all aboard."
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YOUNG
MAN
URGED
FOR PENN
PROVOS
ADA HUFF IS HELD;
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APPEARSjN COURT
Nurse, Unable to Furnish $1000
Bail, Goes to Jail to
Await Trial
"ADOPTED" BABY AUD HER
MOTHER WATCH HEARING
William Nagle Denies Marriage
to Prisoner His Bride of
Year Accompanies Him
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rri,- i.i -r .i..nun in
DEAD
HUSBAND
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nUin.nuT..,.Lji,A,. Lnnnqp,i
abductor of the Leonard babj, collnpscU
nhlur h n runt m tl, linnt-ini hfltflPP
wnicu moved .Miss Ada UUll. niieg
Magistrato Uoodpt nt Central Court to-
day. She was held under $1000 ball
for court.
Tho tangled web of. deception which
the nurse had woven to deceive the
mother of ten-months-nld Genevieve
Leonard und her own foster -parents nt
North Water Gap entangled the mere
slip of a girl in its meshes.
Eyes beaming nnd her fucc wreathed
in smiles, Mrs. Buth Leonard, of 918
North Bnmbrey street, the real mother
of the child, confronted the nurse with
her deception.
Miss Huff had expected that, but
she was not prepared to face William
C. Nagle, the man whose name she had
assumed, and who, she told her parents,
had been her husband nnd the father
of the child. She told her parents when
she showed them the Leonard baby to
substantiate letters she had written to
them, that the child s father. Wilhuin
Nngle, had been killed by n live-wire,
while working in New Jersey.
Naglo Appears With Wlfo
A few minutes before the hearing
began, Nagle. who lhcs at 1809 Cnyugu
street, eniru in courtroom wmi nis
pretty wife, to whom be has been mar
ried for more than u year.
Faeed on evnrv hnnd by evidence of
her dpepption, Ada Huff, 'vho had spent
the. night itua City Hall qclt following
her arrest at, North Wafer Gap, where
she had spirited the child, stood with
her hnnds meeklv fuMeH nnd pie rlnwn.
cast as th witnesses, on aftr un-'
other, took the stand and refuted her
original btory, that she wus the child's
mother.
If she experienced any emotion us Ihe
man, whom she hod "adopted" us her
dead husband, took the stnnd, her face
did not betray it. Not once did Miss
Huff allow her eyes to wander to the
other side of the courtroom, where Mrs.
Leonard coddled tho tcn-montb-old
child.
The baby, dressed in white clothes
and u white eider blanket, with new
Kid shoes, which, it is suid. MissHufT
had bought for her. smuggled close to
its real mother's breast, oblivious ofi
courts nnd laws. I
The child was concerned only about
the contents of a milk bottle, which it
was assimilating nt u rapid rate. Auou,
the baby would prattle inarticulately,
and the mother would hold it ull the
tighter in her grusp, us though fearful
that the court officials might take it
away agaiu.
The hearing did not last long.
Tells of Aiherlising for Child
Frank Hodge, the city detective who
went to the home nf the nurse's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. (.'buries B. Huff, ut
North Water Gap, bringing Miss Huff
buck to face the charge of kidnapping,
and returning the ihild to its mother,
wns the first wituiss.
He testified thnt ou February ! Miss
Huff, then in the employ of MrH. ltich
urd S. Newbold, of -21." Walnut street,
had iuserted uu udtertlsenieut in the
newspaper for u bub, "from three to
ten mouth old."
Mrs. Leonard, who is a widow witli
four children, answered the "ml," bv
telephone, according to Hodge, He
stated that MNs Huff came to the
Lcouurd home uud took the child to
the address of the New holds, couvey
ing the impression thut she was the
mistress of the house, nnd thut the
mother could come lo see her baby
often in its new home.
Wiieu (he mother called the New
bold home I) telephone Sunday, the
detective asserted, she wns told by a
member of the Newbold household that
Miss Huff had beeu di-charged, and hud
gone away.
Insisted It Was Her Child
"When I arrested her at North
Water Gap," he said, "she maintained
Continued on riu Nineteen, Column Fho
STOCKS TUM6LE0N
URGENT LIQUIDATION
Inability to Meet Demands on
-Impaired Margins Forced
Selling
New York, Feb. H.StockR dropped
2 to S points in the stock mnrket toduy
as the result of further heavy liquida
tiou. Brokers and commission houses
reported heavy selling from interior
centers. Heuvy enforced selling for uc
couut of truders who were unable to
meet demands on inipuirid marglus also
wns noted.
Opcnlug prices were only moderately
lower, but tho reactiou became general
before the end of the first hour. De
velopments which usually govern tbn
prices of stocks, us money rates uud
foreign exchange, apparently ceused to
have nuy direct lutliieuce, although
prices rallied somewhat before noon
when call money opened ut b per cent.
Selliug pressure iilmtcd ut ntiddu.'
largely as a result of u drop in call
loans to U per cent,
Thq short interest cohered and many
losses ot the morulng were mude up.
In u few cases material galus over yesf
terduy were made.
Wilson 's Party Control
' Strengthened by Health
Physicians Expect Full Recovery Early Next
Month Democrats and Republicans Both
Waul Delegations Uninstructed
By CLINTON W.
Staff Corresiiondrnt of the
Washington, Feb. 11. President
Wilson's physicians say privately he
will be fully restored to health early in
March. By that time thcr expect the
Executive to resume his old activities,
ns the arterial impairment from which
he suffered ut the end of his western
trip has already disappeared. The re
covery has been more rapid than vyus
expected.
rn, !....nmof r ti. Tn.ilrnt.M
health is tending to strengthen his con- .
trol over his party's plans this year. '
This has boen a week of important in-
formal conferences among he Demo-
crnts here. Former Secretary aiiwtioo ,
has been In town. Bernard Barucl. also
. i i ... it r !..
leommittoe. Mr. Barucb announced on
jron(, . thnt hp was . fttvor of M.ntlinK
I . i i. il T... n l ..
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uninstructed delegates to the Democratic
niitionnj convention at San Francisco.
Mr. Baruch is close to both President
Wilson und lo Mr. McAdoo.
There is little doubt that managers
of the Democratic machine, like man
agers of the Ttepublicau machine, seek
uninsfnicted delegations and wish to
noipone the choice of a candidate until
the comentioii meets.
The object of file Democrats is to keep
control of the Domocratic situation iu
Wilson's hands as long as possible. The
President wants this nnd nobody is dis
posed to quarrel with him. For the
YOUTHFUL MAIN LINE AUTO BANDITS PLEAD GUILTY
Toseph Giles and Walter Mellon, youthful automobile binilrU
ssho terrorized Lower Merlon in the last few jroihus, plovied
guilty at Morrlstown' this afternoon to two charges of robbery.
They vrere sentence'.' to Industrial Heform School at Huntingdon
JURY BLAMES INADEQUATE LAW FOR FATAL FIRES
"" " The Coroner's jury of engineers and builders 'who held nn
Inquest today into the deaths of six workmen killed fn the Hobe;rt
Turlo & Sons factory firo nt 415 Addison street January 20. this
Afternoon placed the blame for this and other fatal fires on lad
oi effective legislation. They urged the enactment of an ade
quate "use and occupancy" law, which would compel the licensing
Of all buildings. ""
PEACE DOVE COOS
OVER BASEBALL
New York Litigation Dismissed. ; French and British Leaders Ex
Carl Mays Reinstated and j press Regret That America
Yanks Awarded 3d Place i s Not Represented
ARBITRATION BOARD NOW BALFOUR ASSUMES CHAIR
By KOItEKT W. MAXWKIX
SMrtn Kriitor Kienlnr Public I.editer
Chicago, Feb. 11. At an earl hour
thi-. morning the official hatchet was
buried with due pom); 'and cetemon.
u huge guller of watching scribes i-tillcd
it few iins and the official Amer
ican League war wus oflieiiill settled
for good und all. The three musketeers,
inclining Uuppert, CnmisUc uud Frn
zee. shook bunds with the loj til lic,
which consisted of Connie Muck, Jim
Dunn. Frank nvm, Phil Bull, unu
("InrK l.nutn; "iiiiuin .u. juennru-
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Jobnsonites captured the verdict by the
score of : to i. lius, us can easily
be seen, differs from the old figures of
C to .1.
Ban on Job
The American League magnates met
nt Ti :30 p. m. and put on nn endurance
contest. It was agreed when the morn
ing session udjourned yesterday thnt nn
lnformul discussion would be held Inter
in the afternoon, and if Ban Johnson
wanted to be present he wu welcome;
if not, the owners should worn, but
Ban was on the job and stuck through
to the finish.
After ever thing wns over the mem
bers pledged themselves to secrecy und
no olhciul statement was gieu Out. In,
brief, this U what happened:
Klrst. It wns ununiinousl, agreed
thut the New ork club drop ull liti
gation which has beeu instituted
against Johnson and his associates in
the league, and the differences be
tween the opposing factious settled
once and for ull.
Second. Curl Mays was reinstated
Conllunl on Tune Uslitern, Column rive
Bnseball Funs!
This is to tip you, off to the fact
that
Bob Maxwell
(you kxoxt r.ort)
is aticmlino ihcpconjah of the man
watts nt Chicago and pulling inside
stuff daily iu
Cucning Jublic ffic&Qcr
QKT WJSV
SOU. UUll ' "li'iivi unii'ii , t,u r...,,-- i ,1,,,-,, .. - .,,,,, ,.t.n.. ........... ... .l
es cPcd the cause along by doing , , ( ,; , - -- ,-, -ft
"kAr..w.h 1:1.- a.m Chicago time. 1 &, , lie referred" , Z?" " "'" " a fc
JXVlSSSSn" ;MlnrofUU,Xgr'trJft,,e0riRl'! & '""- "-"" of th.
;.; ll.ml iinnljhN. it looks ns If the "f..,clrSt.. " "L' ,t nu.,.1.m.N "'Presentefl ni,.ri,.,t l0ets. Ambulance In Italy
GILBERT
Kvcnlnr I'ubllo Lrdzer
time being in effect Wilson's hands are
off and it is a free field. In the end he
will probably take hold and pick the
candidate.
This planfavors" Bryan to nn extent,
but where it is necessary the Demo-"
crntic organization will put up favorite
ruf, us in curusKu, 10 neau oil toe
"Peerless leader." Where favorite
sons are out of the question, au effort
win on made to secure uninstructed
dctetes i s against Bryan,
.. Tll lest on this policy will come in
two ,,Duk(,tns- If. Kryan shows
slrgth that the organ.zathjn does not
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ft "" H',C dfliln ??? "fwlS-
on the report of an oflieial of tho Demo-
cralic national committee who has just
run thromrh tho Dukntns. nnd fho other
early nriniarv western states.
Keeping the situation in Wilson's
control docs not mean in the general
opinion that he is a candidate. At-
though the President bos almost re
covered his bculth, no one believes his
arteries will stand the strain of a cam
paign, or of four ears' more service in
the White House.
But Mr. Wilson wants to keep-power
iu Jiis hands us long as possible. He
is thut sort of man. And the choice ot
a Democratic eundidutc is unusually
difficult. There arc two lending Dem
ocratic possibilities. Mr. McAdoo does
Continued on Tare Two. Column Fhe
' UL SL ABSENCE MARS
LEAGUE
B the Associated Press
Ixindon. Feb. 11. The council of the
League of Nations formally opened its
melting here at noon tuda. Arthur J.
Balfour, representing Cireat Britain, us
Mimed the chair on the suggestion of
Leon Bourgeois, representative of
Fruuce.
Sorry I. S. Isn't Represented
In his speech of welcome to the dele
gules Balfour said there wiih onlv one
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The council met in the historic pic
ture gallon of St. James Faluoe, which
was built bv Henry VIII. Iiumediute
1 below his portrait a large table wus
placed for the accommodation of the
members of the council.
The remainder of the gallery was ap
portioned for tiie 1(10 invited guests, in
cluding all the ambassadors und min
isters of the nllied, associated ami neu
tral powers, other distinguished public
men und the press.
The opening meeting nt noon wns of
u more or' less formal nature, to deal
with the programs of the proceedings of
the subsequent meetings, which occiip
Thursdii as well us tmluy, some ses
sions being public and others private.
Klglit Nations Participate
The nations represented ut the meet
ing were Belgium, Hnuil. firent liritaiii
1 ranee, (ircey, Italy, Japan and Spain!
John . Davis, American ambassa
dor to the court of St. James, did nt
attend the meetings, nor will he be
present ut the meetlnr of tin. nn
i of (ircut Britain, Franco and Itu
which win lie held here early next week,
unless he is bo instructed by Washing
ton, according to un unnout,.,ement ut
uie American emnussy. Much iustruc-
tion
s have not been received, it is
said
n-sbliigton, Feb. 11. Ambassador
Davis, at I.oudou, will not be in
structed to attend the meetings of the
Supremo Council mid the council of
the League of Nations, It wns suld to
duy at the Stnte Deniirtmeiit.
Muuy questions of interest to the '
I'nlteil Mutes ure to be decided by
the leaguo council, but since thin roun
try has not yet become n member of
the leaguefsU will not be represented
in the c.Qut,"U'a sessions.
OPENING OF
unr uuij rjuui in iiuuiuit.
HIUANW
E
Will Act on Wage Demands and
Then Make Report to
President
CONFERENCE POSTPONED "'
TILL THIS AFTERNOON
Situation Considered Grave as
Strike on Nation's Rail
ways Looms Up
By (he Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 11. Director'
Hlncs will make answer to the wage,
demunds of the 2,000.000 railroad work,
crs on his own responsibility und from
the standpoint of the railroad admin
istration, und will then report to the
President, it was kaid today nt the
White House. Mr. Wilson then will
approve or disapprove the dccislou.
iieretolore the President generally -has
passed upon wage decisions before
the rnilroud administration's answer
was given to the union" representatives.
iNo reuson was assigned for the de
parture from the usual cubtom iu this
case. I
In the light of theifrgcnt demands of
the trainmen and the strike call issued
by officers of the Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Wuy Employes, both rail
road administration j and government
iiftieials regard the situation as ex
tremely grac.
President Gcts.Mcmoraiiduin V
Mr. Hines ha,s hehf a-long conference
with Secretary Tumulty, who bus sub
mitted a memorandum on the subject to
the President. Mr. Wilson stilt has
this memorandum before him.
Conferences between Mr. Hines and
the brotherhood nflleern u.'nr I, ,.,...
been4 resumed this morniu,:. but, ut thef
appointed hourieilher ido '.-'rt-i.A ts
RAILM
N WTHOUT
ADVICE OF WILSON
go ahead, and the meetingrwas nosU S
noned until .'t'.'tft iVtn.i- !.;. nr...A.-
The committee of ten, representing tbi W
Brotherhood of. Maintenance of Way, - Jj
r.iuiuuycs. arnvca nere today from De
troit and immediately went into confer
enec with J.B. Malloy. vice president'
of the union, and its other represcntn-
'" me wuge negotiations Willi Jur.
Hines.
Members of the committee refused to
discuss the strike order or un phase of
the wuge controver.y. They were ex
pected to attend the general conference
of the union officials with Mr. Hines
later iu tho'duy. Itailroad administra
tion officials said they had not been
asked b. the maintenance of wav em
plojes for a private meeting with Mr.
Hines.
The result of the conference today
probnbl will determine whether the rail
transportation tybtems are to bo tied
up b a strike before the government
surrenders control.
Trainmen Press Demands
Vi'j i. l.re, president of the trainmen,
continued to press the demands of his
organization, which hus served a thirt.
dn notice effective. Februurv UU. of
ubrogation of the existing wugc contract
und has taken u strike vote suid to bo
lurgel in fuor of cessation of work
if the demiiuds ure not met.
While the other three brotherhoods
are not supporting the trainmen "ug
grchsivel " u .strike by one union, it is
pointed out. would affect traffic seri
oiisl, u.s the luws of most states forbid
operation of trains without full crews.
NEW ENVOY TO ITALY
Robert Underwood Johnson to Sue
ceed Ambassador Page
Washington, Feb. 11 -iB. A. P )
Robert Fnderwood Johnson, of New
York, author and editor and one of the
fouuder of the League to Fnforce
Peace, has beeu selected b President
Wilson us iimbiissudor lo Home, to suc
ceed Thomus XeNon Page, of Virginia,
Iu 11)17 and author of Itulinn rhapsody
i and other poems of Italy, published in
J!U i . lie wus decorated 0 tho Ital
ian finvernnient in ISO,", and made
caaliere of the crown of Ital.
Mr. Johnson was born iu Washing
ton sixty-seven eurs ago, and wus edi
tor of tbe Century Maguzine from No-
Ivember, 1000, to May, BHIl. He in-
ducrd General Grant to write his
memoirs and set on foot the movement
which resulted iu the creution of the
Yoseinite Nntionul Park.
EMBARGO ON N. Y. EXPRESS
Companies Can Accept Only Medical
Goods and Food
Au embargo hus beeu pluccd on all
express packages except inedicul goods
uud foodstuffs lo New York city, ou
lus'ount of the impussiihle condition of
Gotham streets, according to a state
ment made today by the American Rait
wa Fxpress Co. here.
The recent storms, according to an
official of the company, hove put tbe
btreets in such n condition that neither
teuins nor autotrucks cuu make deliv
eries, and the Americe Railway Kx
press terminal In Nev Vork Is uccord'
Iiigly crowded to tbn limit,
"The embargo will lust until tbe
btreets are cleaned 'und the congestion
remedied." declared the company off!
rial. "It npplles only to New York
city proper."
The WeathervaitG
Fair tonight and Thursday, sure,
Hing, tie Jennu lAndsl
Not much change In temperaturt.
Moderate northteest wfniltl
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