rv -f, ,r. 1 J EVENING PUBLIC) LEDGEB-PHHiADEEpHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920 FATAL BLAZE DUE TO DRIPP1T FIRE Witness Blames Spontaneous Combustion for Tarlow Dis aster, in Which 6 Lost Lives HEROIC FIREMEN AND PATROLMEN COMMENDED 8 RESERVATIONS m. Retail Hardware Dealors' Sec retary and Treasurer Urges This Choice of Candidate Presents Bipartisan Compromise Provisions to Senate for Its Consideration FOR BUSINESS MAN AS NEXT PRESIDENT LODGE MODIFIES i m; -vt smE" jBk" 'Hi ?JmmwMm 'uHLjHH.lHaHL x lmmKid sillllBBIfc !52Pl9ir&''3'3PnK3Mi 1 K. B I li ft If W Uf- 5,1 BUILDERS ARE ON THE JURY Spontaneous combustion in the 11 wheel drin pit caused the lire ut the Jfobert Turlo & Sons' factory, 415 Addison street, Januury20. which cost six lives, according to Benjamin F "White, a witness today at the coroner's inquest. Unlet Deputy coroner Artnur ftei Jcrs, with a jury composed of builders and engineering experts, began the in quest this morning. Sixty witnesses are to be heard, and a verdict is not ' rpecte3 until late today. White,! employed as engineer at the cabjnetworking plant where the fire oc curred, testified that shortly before 0 o'clock he had observed fire in the drip well, and had tried to extinguish it t with water. This failing he gave the i alarm. Didn't Know Signal It was testified thut the lire gained i several minutes' start because a work man sent to strike the private alarm box on the premises did not kuow how to operate the alarm, and ran to Fourth and Pine stieets to a street box, where a' boy showed him how to send fur the engines. I Richard II. Ilopf, superintendent of the plant, and son of one of the six men killed, testified that those who lost their lives were smothered and that some of them could have escaped had they not gone buck to save their tooK. It wns testified that workmen could have escaped from the second floor I) climbing on an outhouse roof, or from the upper floors-by goiug from the roof to adjoining buildings. The jurors who will decide whether the blame for the fire should rest on any individual arc : George F. Pawling, prominent en gineer, foreman ; Edwin Do II. Steel, contractor; Joseph .J. Vogdes. engineer; George Zane. builder; J. II. King, builder, and J. B. Douglas, chief claim agent, U. G. I. Co. F0RGERYALLE6ED IN NEWBERRY TRIAL 1 HS33ffi&iH$m 'Si!fr'mm'Wmim w Threo firemen anil tliree patrolmen were today publicly commended by Major .Moore and Director nf I'tihlic Safety Cortelou for heroism in performance of their duties. Maor Mooro Is seen shaking hand's with John Holers, Thirty-second and Woodland avenue police station. The others, left to right, arc: Frederick Ioiiiiiscr, llglith and Jefferson streets station; Kdwia S. .Moore, Kiujine Co. -10; Battalion Chlrf Harry I'ippcr; James Fleming, Engine Co, 51; Robert Fiat. Kighth and Jefferson streets police station, and Director Cortelyou WINSTON ONJQ IBS HITS 'SMALL GROUP Young Man Urged for Penn Provost Contluueil from 1'ace One , sional man : but a business man would be impartial " Mr. MoiMienlmll believes that alumui should have a hie nart in selecting the Director Asserts Certain Inde-; successor to I'rovo-t Smith. lie thinks i that a vote should be taken by alumni pendents With Swelled Heads before the trustees make their 'decision. r A man whose reputation lies ahead Cause Friction SAYS THEY Iteported dis-atisf.'ietion in one group I of the Indeuendent Kepublican wing is drte to a small group of men who over estimate their importance and do not represent the feeling among their con ntitucirts. This is the belief of Director John f the Department of Pub- lie Works, himself an Independent of many jcar-' standing. lie took a vi-bul lap at those Inde- ,.. i.l a. 1. . ..a ...1.1. .. il. Afn,'Ai. r t i ., , , e &i neiHii iup sum iu ur .n num .. .'nj" Osboriv an automobile dealer of tins ulu, hls (ministra,ion because city, today was shown a nominating pe-'0f t)10 niunuer in which the political tition for Ilelme lis a Democratic can- nlun." in the various departments have TT t'0 Y1 n-eS T?T 1C '"Their'dsataetion N Miid to have -'018. IjV'ted ptates Assistant Attorney b(,on , aUM,( tlu, 1)(.liot t1!lt Thomas Uv-ucfal utvJby asked the witness: y, ruuniiiauain. cliairman ot iui ne- : nubltcon Al'lance, "uuother nuieoenaen Witnesses Deny Signatures on Nominating Petitions in Sen atorial Campaign Grand Ranids. Mich.. Feb. 11. (Bj A. P.) Ii: the election conspiraev tr.ial f'- Winston in which United States Senator Truman H. Newberry and 123 others are de fendants in the Federal Court, William ("Did i to (sign ..I d ou fsirn or authorize anv one that Jpetitfonr' id nttt. It is not m handwrit ing, said the witness. Williams Tolsman, also of this city, made a similar answer when confronted with a petition bearing his signature. Other witnesses who repudiated their signatures on George Adams nest R. Baxter, of Grand Itanids. Benjamin O. Hush, who lived in Kal sses who repudiated their""''-''. " " m nilmto f r Helme petitions WereP;-'" lls,t0 '" "' 'J ' "L1 ? $ , of Kalamazoo, and l,r- bod of Independents, Djrector Wi rather tliau in the past," should be chosen, according to Itnlpli Morgan, '00 , College. nnM'T PnilWTl "The I'niversity needs a definite, UUW I uUUIlclearcut program that will tie up its (alumni with the work and with finances. The present policy of mass education shou'd be studied. No instructor can possibly give himself to classes of 125 boys. "I am a believer ot mass education in the public schools, but I think that the University of I'ennsWvunia ought, to be the acme of culture in this sec tion. A Pennsylvania alumnus would be desirable because lie would under stand its traditions, and we don't want a big man whose interest is only per functory." Among the names suggested as possi bilities were those of Umory It. John son. William McClelian atid Francis Mcllhenny. "Every member of the board of trustees," said Mr. I'epper today, "shares the feeling I have very strongly, that until the trustees have put forth every effort to secure a lecousideration of Doctor Smith's determination, all tu'k about a Mic-ccssor is premature." Dr. K. Smith will retire June 30, worn out aud penniless. Asks for Pension His resignation was largely prompted by his thought that he wus plijbically incapable of bearing up under the struin, be said. Doctor Smith bus applied to the Car negie Foundation for a pension to care partv. dictated most oi me neneuuiuiua of the political pliun tree. "Few Make .Much Noise" "A few men who really represent verv little can make a great deal of noise and cieate a ery strong im- Kffui in- ston said Director Winston has fought for re- atnazoo "over fiftv years." testified that , form politics for many vears. Asj for him the remainder of his life. Doc tor Smith has w6rked at Penn for forty four years since 11)11 as provost and Merrill, one of the'defendauts. had in- ! chairman of the Committee of Seventy MnniJ .(m in "himnu flltrwaf ttntn ,rl tin. I'hiirfer VeVlslOM L'MIII IHUtT umi boxing commissioner. "Mr. Merrill said to me." declared the witness, "here, do you want to mane a nine easy money: mis is my no i-s m' 'i'"- v " i j .n, i,i.nuiu i ihr. nnnli. friend. Mr.. Bigger., He want-s these number of Jn-lopendent- 'ITmL " peuuons circulated tor james n . i v1111115 m hb'" " 1 ''"': ",, 1 " , u" rm : M. ,rt.,rminnHnn to ' a leader m tlie 1011111111 ice 11 1 "v,' 1 "","";:" ",l-"Vt"T" ?. 1,1" -.. jdred. he has witnessed, many po.mca. ib.hj .mu ,p f"": "? ' ,..1.1. VK iV. 'fighti. and participated 111 tnem, iou. w , iuio . .. ... on....... .,.,.. ...- .- "8 . ' ...1 ' ;. f ti, irt-Piit ceiition of bnrc living expenses. He nnit. He made this fact plain to nu merous friends among the student nnd Helme." "It is very cas to get un cxaggeraieu Bigger offered the witnesses S2.T for 'opinion regarding the attitude of inde - ."520U names, liush said he asked them 1 pendents as 10 joos, ue w. " ""f" ,: ii, n .. '11 ,1. i,nnrd nf it thev "were trvinc to beat Ford both nerhans. not the one to speak most ' graduate body, , as well a the board ot ways." sympathetically with regard to those trustees unu wm uui .. He said Bigger told him "they have ' desiring jobs, because .the mcu yitn Pord beat in the Republican primary j whom I hae been associated on various now and are going after him on the citizens bodies generally have never other." ' been willing to tai;e omce Bush said he put a dozen Helme pe- Mayor Publicly Lauds Six of City's Heros Continued from Paice One moment of the accident. He was sick and on his way to see the police surgeon. Yet he hurried to un elevator, found his way to the roof, and went down the rope, hand over hand, to the helpless workman. There was a little window just opposite the end of thn rope. Moore beguu to swing the rope like a pendu lum. 'Finally he swung it close enough to grasp the window iedgc. By that time others were there to help him, and he got I.iniskl in. January 7 last Moore was wulking along Woodland avenue near Sixty third street. A double team, drawing a hea) wagon, came tcniiug along. lie stopped them. Saved Life of Girl Iloseman Fleming saved a little girl's life when her clothing caught lire. Two of the patrolmen cited for brav ery today made double arrests tinder eiieumstnnces of great danger to them selves. The. third performed a heroic rescue at a lire. Pntroliiinn Louyinger on December 13 last, arrested two men on Girnrd avenue. He disarmed and subdued both men single-handed and took them to the polite station. . Disarmed Two Men Patrolman Rodeers performed a simi lar feat. February !). Patrolman Frantz lives at 822 Oxford street. Januury 1" there wus a fire in the home of Benjamin Simon, 1001 Ox ford street. He suved Simon, his wife and two children. tltions in his pocket, had four or five friends sign and later destroyed a'l the petitions. A few days later Merrill Spirit of Service 'Those who have taken office have often done so in a sr'irit of service and asked about the petitions and Bush told . generally at a suenhce. "t n ail him he had "lost them." i political movements, wnen PO"""' " Andrew Van Knmnen. of Grand gamzations are ouut v "". "-""""" YRapids, found his name on his petition, for a number of years, it '- P"'' " but said he did not sign it. I natural tnat mo' v, ': L " : He was not a voter in July. I!)1R, he 'divisions and wards ana ime """ said. I strumental in changing the personnel "Are you foreign -born?" asked Judge 1 of the administration should teel cnti Elchhorn. , tied to some recognition. "No, I was born in Holland," said1 "In the last camp-URn there were at VanKrimpen. 'least two of these political orgamza- George E. McKinley. of Flint, said tions actively at work and working in Fred Jienry, defendant, ottered him 1 harmony S100 to get twenty Helme petitions signed with in that week. He never turned the petitions in, witness ad mitted. On cross-examination Mr IJttleton brought out that McKinley was a Dem ocrat. Edward J. Jeffries, judge of the Su perior Criminal Court in Detroit, tes tified that Fred W. Castator, a de fendant, asked hi mto use his influence to get Helme Into the race. "I replied," said the judge, "that I was for Ford and thought Helme ought nof to get into that race. I usked him how he, a Repub'ican. was interested in Helme's candidacy. He only smiled, ' and I told hi mthat 1 did not think he I Motorists Leave Offering in memory t- .:.,!.. intimites n lieaiuiy rivairj for each "to want some recognition. There is no reason why cither organi JL;: i.i,i i, nriticizod for the natu ral expression of their continued in terest. Human nature, is very much the same wherever ou hnd it. "Se'fishne-s is sure to crop up here and there, but I doubt if it is a fair criticism to say that the great, body of Independents have any complaint or are taking any particular interest in the matter of office seeking ' WREATH FOR KERNAN ought to get mixed up in a deal like that." A check for $3T0, which Claude Ham ilton, chairman of the Kent county Re publican committee, received from Truman II. Newberry last October, was read into the record by the defense. This check was fist mentioned in the testimony when Hamilton was under cross-examination regarding the Gold Star Club, of Grand Rapids. O. Sherman Collins, of Munising. tes tified that ho received just before the of Traffic Officer 'Sjmpathy of his many auto nAUtioral wreath with these Simple words across the face deposited at Broad street and Lehigh avenue today by un known motorists, testifies to bo re gard in which the motorists he d Matty Keruun, "the whistling cop," whose station was at that corner before his eKWnn!i died on Monday iu the Worn- primary an envelope from Detroit con-1 an-,, Homeopathic Hospital. Deal" talning a cuecK ior vnni. iup govern- ; WU8 caused oy pneumonia nunii la ment brought out that he gave this iOWed a cold he got while working at money to II. S. Jennings, deceased, I ;s p0st. p3yor Ul .uuuioiuti, -uhjuo um 11111 was pursuant to u previous arrangement FIRE ROUTS 6 FROM H0USEJ Vlaze In Cellar on South Eighth Street Does $200 Damage Fire which started in the cellar of n ttiree-story building at 1827 South JSighth street drove six persons into the street shortly after 7 o'clock this tteoTBlnf." The first floor is occupied br an un- Jwlstwy store run by Loiiia-Tuler, who I lives with nis wne ana two cmuircn on jfco second floor. Mrs. Fannie Scbmalz trs and her son, David, also live at Pin house. Jfeljalxn'g across the street saw smoke ' )uiIhk from the cellar and turned in A' alarm. The occupants of the house itiawwl hurriedly and escaped. The ,tJm1 of theihlaxe is unknown. The M.4MBMln about 100. Edison Congratulated by President Wilson Orange. N. J.. Feb. 11. (By A. j.) President Wilson was among thoso who sent messages of con uratulations to Thomas A. Edison on the inventor's blnhday. "I cannot deny myself the pleas ure of sending a message to be read at the celebration of Mr. Edison's seventy-third birthday," the letter said. "I am proud to count myself among the friends und admirers of Mr". Edison aud I beg that you will convey to him my warmest congratu lations aud ray hope that ho will see many very happy returns of the anniversary, murked Dy an increas Inc number of scientific tfjuinplis." t Big Endowment Urged For some time the board of trustees and the alumni have been urging that a campaign be launched to raise an en dowment fund of ut least $50,000,000 to take care of the spectacular growth, of the University and the enormous in crease of enrollment. At the present rate of increase, it is said, the student body will number 20,000 within ten years, and It will require a huge for tune to keep the institution out of debt. Doctor Smith acknowledged he had deferred the beginning of this move ment as lorn as possible, realizing he did not possess sufficient strength to direct it. Heports, recently circulated, to the effect that there had been friction be tween the provost on onu hand and the board of trustees on the other concern ing the introduction of limited terms of office for members of the board of trustees were denied vigorously by Doc tor Smith. No Friction With Board "There is no truth in those reports," said the provost. "There has been no friction of anj kind, on any subject. I dare say that there is not u single university provost or president in this country whoc relations to a board of trustees are.so cordlul und harmonious as are mine.'. "I feel as if they were my brothers. When I rend my letttr of resignation to them I almost broke down. I told them it was impossible for them to realize how hard it was for me to read that letter. One'of the trustees jumped from his chair and said: uentie men. I move to tear this up!' "In the forty-four yeurs T hue worked here there never liab been one discordant note between the trustees, the alumni, the students und myself. All have been invariably ery good to rne. Aud 1 have done the, best I could." Supported .'Many Students It is a matter of common knowledge at the University that Doctor Smith virtually gave away all ho had. He secretly supported students. He con tributed to hundreds of charities. He never refused to give to any worthy cause. . , , , In the forty-four years of his serv ice at the University, Doctor Smith has done everything thut came to his bands. He even told how once, years ago, he took the dace of a watchman who was sick, guarding college hall from Satur day eieniugtto Monday morning with out sleep. A suggestion to make Doctor Smith provost emeritus was put forth in a statement given out by the undergrad uate council of the University through John P. Lovltt, president of the beuior class. A mass meeting of the student bodl u-m Ik. lipid Frlduv. at 12:30. f. express regret ut thu proposed rcsiguatioii of the provost. Falls Dead Preparing Supper Mrs. Herman Melts, of 428 Manton street, fell deud while preparing supper fpr her fupilly last night. Death was caused by heart disease, w-. LEASING BILL UP TO WILSON Senate Adopts Conference Report, Ending Ten Years' Fight Washington, Feb. 11. (By A. P.) Enactment of the oil land leasing bill was completed today with the adoption of the conference report by the Senate. The bill now goes to. the President. The Senate's action terminated a ten-j ears' light. A similar bill was agreed upon ut the last session, but the Senate failed to adopt the confer ence report in the rush of legislation in the closing hours. The bill provides for the leasing and development ot government owned oil. coal, gas, phosphutt, sodium and oil shale lands by privute enterprise und affects approximately 73,000t000 acres of public domain, principally in western states. SAYS CITY IS HALF FOREIGN AM LIE TAKES RAP AT CONGRESS Support of n business man for Presi dent of the United States was urgeo" upon members of the Pennsylvania nnd Atlantic Seaboard Hardware. Associa tion today. Herbert V. Sheeta, secretary nnd treasurer of the National Retail Hard ware Association, who made the sug gestion, called on his hearers to forget party lines at the next election nnd to vote for a man with n "constructive business record." The hardware men arc holding their nineteenth 'inniial convention in the Commercial Museum, Thirty-fourth and Snruce streets. The convention opened Mnndnv nnd will close Friday. Mr. Sheets, whose home is In Argos, Ind., substituted as speaker for J. M. Campbell, president of the nntioual as sociation, who was detained becuuse of illness. Attacks "Dawdling" of Congress The national secretary opened his ad dress with an nttack on what he termed the "dawdliug tuetics" of Congress. "It is now fifteen months since the armistice was signed," he said, "and members of Congress ure still dawdling nbout, working for political advantage. During the war, with the whole nation behind them, they did wonderful work, but since the war political preference only has been striven for in Congress," During his appeal for support for a business man for President, Mr. Sheets praised the Curtis Publishing Co. for editorials advocating the choice of a business man for the nation's highest office. The president of the Pennsylvania Hardware . Association, George B. Sprowls, Claysville, Pa., in an nddrcss, declared this country now needs "fewer six-hour men and more nine-hour men." "The question of prosperity or a panic," he said, "is up to labor. It must produce. It is not a question of .rniniinil getting money, out of doing work. A AMtnlCANIoIVl ''anic would bring labor to its senses, but why should it be necessary to have Rev. John N. Mills Tells Con ference Aliens Represent Big Civic Problem ASKS FOR MAN KILLED AT MIDVALE A workman was scalded to death this morniug at the Slidvale Steel Co.'s works at N'icetown. Isaac Evaus, forty-four jears old. 5221 Knox street, wus the ictim. Hi; was deluged with live steam from a burst pipe. The plant physician pronounced him dead. ROB WALNUT STREET SHOP Bobbers early this morning smashed the plate-gluss window of a specialty shon conducted at lHlO Walnut street by Miss Gertrude Wilkinson. Women's Handlings and mouses uispia.veu iu me window were stolen. The police report the value of the urticles to be ?370. Camden Man Drops Dead on Street Samuel Scholield, 030 North Ninth street, Camden, dropped dead on tin street today near his home, while on the way to visit a relative. His death is believed to have been due to heart disease. Ho is the fourth member of ins family to die within the last eighteen months, his wife and two daughters having died within that period. "This good old Quaker city of Phila delphia, which we are in the habit of regarding as distinctly American, has a population that is more thnn one quarter foreign born. More than one third the remainder of the people are children of the foreign born." The llev. John Nelson Mills, of Washington, D. C, who is here in connection with the Christian Ameri canization Conference, which is hold ing sessions in the Arch street M. E. Church, Broad aud Arch streets, made this statement today. Dr. Mills is an attorney, a minister aud a traveler. He is scheduled to speak this afternoon on the "Problem of the Foreigners." "The two great perils thut confront us in connection with the foreign born are ignorance nnd unumericanism," Dr. Mills said. "Our government reports that there are more than 10,000,000 people among us who are still aliens. "The foreign -bom people among us are more in number than the combined population of Holland und Belgium, or ot -orway, Sweden, uenmarK nnu Switzerland. They are one-sixth of our population, and with their children they number 33,000,000, or one-third of the population. "The problem of the foreigner is largely a city affair, for 72 per cent of the forcign-boru in the United States live, in our large cities. Indeed, only 5 per cent of our lifty-scven cities of 100,000 and more population are really American. "We are immensely dependent on these foreigners for the duily necessities of our life. They und their children manufacture 05 per cent of the clothing we wear; they refine 05 per cent of the sugar we use, and make 00 per cent of our cotton goods. They do ;i per cent ot too work in the nieut-packiug industries. They manufacture SO per cent of our furni ture; 75 per cent of our woolens; 50 per rent of our collurs, cuffs and shirts, and do 70 per cent of our bituminous coal mining. And in return for this in dispensable labor, they have been re ceiving until lately, less than $G00 on an average per year." Wilson Party Grip Growing Stronger Contlunrd from race One not know whether he wants to run. And the Democracy does uot know whether it wants to run Mr. Hoover. I'ninstructed delegates will give Mr. McAdoo time to make up his mind. The plan suits him. And uninstrueted delegates will give the Demoenicy time to become used if it can to the idea of naming Mr. Hoover, Mr. Wilson will huve time to discover the Hoover strength if it develops. Mr. Cummings, traveling through New York state, encountered u good deal of it iu both parties. a panic to do this?" Committees Appointed Numerous committees were nppointcd this morning at the first business ses sion. Heretofore the members have been busy with their trude exhibits in the Commercial Museum and with prelimi nary meetings aud discussions. Sharon E. Jones, Pittsburgh, secretary of the association, said its present strength is 1200 members. Three hundred members were added last year, ho said. C. W. Scarborough. Pittsburgh, the treasurer, submitted his annual report. The hardware dealers were interested today in the exhibit of u local firm, consisting of a realistic mill and a waterfall, made up entirely of hard ware. The "waterfall" was made up of auger bits and chains in motion, which gave the effect of falling water. WAREHOUSE FORCE OF U. S. HERE IS CUT WOULD. ALTER PREAMBLE By tlio. Associated Press Washington, Feb. 11. The 'pence treaty reservation!! as revised tentative ly in recent unofficial bipartisan com promise conferences were formally pre sented in the Senato today by Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, ior con sideration when thp treaty comes up next Monduy. ? The modification do not agree en tirely with the draft which Democratic members of the bipartisan committee have said were tentatively agreed on. Eight of the fourteen reservations would be modlUcd under Senator Lodge's proposal, and the preamble would bo changed so that affirmative acceptance by the other powers would not be re quired. Four of the remaining six reserva tions were ucccpted by tho Democratic conferees without change, the Repub licans on the committee say, while the other two, relating to Article X and the Monroe doctrine, were left un changed. ASSAY UCOINS TODAY Money Made During Last Year Being Tested at Mint Coins minted during 1019 arc being tested toduy by the assay commission at the United States Mint, Seventeenth and Spring Garden Btreets. Director of the Mint Baker and John Skeleton Williams, comptroller of the currency, both came to the Mint this morning to take part in the inspection. There are twenty-three members of the assay commission, two of them women for the first time in tho history of that body. The feminine members arc Mrs. Kellogg Fairbanks, of Chicago, and Mrs. B. B. Munford, of Richmond, Vn. The Pennsylvanians on the commission are T. V. Gregory, Eralcnton; Sedwick Kistler. Lock Haven ; Samuel W. Truy lor and Representative John M. Ross, of Allentown. Today and tomorrow the commission, after a general inspection of the Mint, will examine for fineness coins of both gold nnd silver and distinguished service. medals auu crosses maac ut tne Aiint. It is the job of the commission to test the quality of coins minted during 1010 at Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver. Quartermaster Chief Announces 25 Per Cent Reduction of Employes (c) Underwood & Underwood ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Selected by President Wilson to 1 succeed Thomas Nelson "ago as uassauqr to uaiy. , CINCINNATI RETURNS IN First to Complete Census Nation's Population Known by October Washington, Teh. 11. (By A. P.) Cincinnati was the first city to com pile its fourteenth decennial census enumeration, it was announced toduy at the census bureau. The District of Columbia completed its count today. Cleveland, Chicago, New York and a number of smaller cities huve sent in nearly all of their returns. Announcement of the result of the population count of the various cities will be made in the order in which their completed returns ure receUcd. It is expected to be possible to nuuouncc the population of the country by October. WHAT DID SIMS SAY? By a Staff Correspondent Washington, Feb. 11. Brigadier General It. P, Marshall, Jr., chief of the construction division of the army quurtermaster corps, discloses in n letter to Representative Vure, of Philadelphia, that a cut of 25 per cent has been made in the personnel of the army warehouse in Philadelphia, where it was first pro posed to reduce the force by one-half. His letter says: "The original order for tho reducing of personnel which called for a reduc tion of 50 per cent in numbers of the employes at that station was later amended so the utilities officer could make his own cut in personnel, thn nnlu consideration being that the cut must ue equal to the amount in money de ducted from hu appropriations by this office, "It was necessary to order a reduc tion in personnel at this project be cause of the limited funds of the con struction division and for the purpose of avoiding a deficiency. A reduction of approximately 25 per cent of the per sonnel was made ruther than a reduc tion of 50 per cent us first ordered. In view of the fact that this office ras no additional funds which can be allotted to this project, the reduction which has been made at that project cannot at the present time ue onviated, ILLNESS CUTS FORCE Income Tax Experts Withdrawn From Banks Today The illness nf one-sixth ot his force made Collector of Internal Revenue Lederer decide today no revenue agents would be sent to banks in this city to assist patrons with their income tax reports. This is a departure from a precedent set in 1017 and continued in 1018 and last jear. Agents ure being sent to big industrial plants to help employes with their reports. Representatives nlso will be stationed in outlying sec tions of the city for the convenienco of the public. HELD FOR LIQUOR SIGNS First Arrest Made on New Charge. Also Say Whisky Was Sold Patrick McGiilen, Seventeenth and South streets, is to be the first saloon keeper prosecuted for displaying a whisky sign at his place of business. He was held in $1000 bail for court today on that charge nnd a charge of selling liquor at 40 cents a drink. His bartender, William McNamce. was held for court also by United States Commissioner Mauley in the Fpdernl BuPdine. H. M. Gaylord. as sistant prohibition commissioner, on a visit here yesterday announced liquor signs in this city must go. Four-Year-Old Girl Badly Burned Marion Ross, four yeurs old, a no- gress, 17 Harrison court, uermantown, was burned severely today when her clothing caught fire us she was playing in the house. The ciuid was uiono at the time. She ran into the street, where neighbors beat out the flumes. Gcrmantown Hospital physicians say her condition is critical. 1 Pioneer Warvhuuan Co., I ' Urooklyn, N. T. i I J. O. Olover. Architect. ( "fiuner for GbncrcteT Turner has built In winter for the following well-known firms: Carborundum Company American Can Company Picrce-Arrow Motor Car Co. Sperry Gyroscope Company Norwich Woolen Mills N. Y. Consolidated Card Co. , Why not for you? TURNER. Construction Co 17'S Hnnsnm Htrert JACK LAPP BURIED Funeral of A'a Catcher at Mt. Peaos Cemetery Jack Lapp, the former Athletics' catcher, was laid to rest, today at tha Mount Peace Cemetery. Ho died Trl- day night, buccumbing to an attack ot pneumonia. Funeral services were held at his former home, 2229 North Franklin street. The Rev. J. Charles Levcn good, pastor of tho Trinity Presbyterian Church, Bcrwyn, and the Rev. Eschol Sellers, of tho First Baptist Church, Berwyu, officiated. The funeral cortege was massed with floral wreaths. Many flowers were sent by Lapp's friends and baseball ad mirers. Lamberton Lodge of. Jlasons had charge of the funeral. Tho pallbearers were Perry Relf snydcr, Robert David, George W. Sor bachcr, William Wahl, Edward Mc Carron and Leonard Whcatlcy. ix) st and rotmn BRACELET Lost, diamond brace let, flexible, with fine platinum chain underneath: liberal reward If returned to J. E. Caldwell, 'Juniper and Chestnut ota. TIKI.P WANTED MAI.B EMPLOYMENT MANAQEK LarEO company baa exceptional opening (or first-class man. Furnish references and detail", salary expected in first letter. If qualified writs M COS. LEDGER. OFFICE. IHJSINK.SH OrrOKTUNlTIKS BARGAIN Oldest established toy builne3 on Boardwalk, Including stock, fixtures and a 4room apartment, furnished; cheap rent doing a big business: good reason for spil ing: price J60O0. Knox's Wonderland. 531 Boardwalk. Atlantlo City, N. J. J.ECLDWELLQl Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers Chestnut and Juniper Streets Designers and Makers of important jewelry Awards Inquiry Develops Into Ques tion of Veracity Washington, Feb. 11. (By A. V.) The question of exuotly what was said in the conversation between Rear Ad miral Sims and three members of Con gress in l'nris duriui; the war prob ably will lend the Senate committee in vpstlirntinir the award of naval decorn. tjons to prolong the hearing in jiihtice ! to both sides. zz Admiral Sims denied ho had belittled I America's participation In the war, ns harged by Representative Byrnes, of , South Carolina, one of the trio who : tulked with tne uumirai in I'aris, and substantiated in part by Senator Glass, who was u representative at tho time of his visit to Krunce Senator Uiass, however, cxnlaiued that he did not understand Admiral Sims to wish to szs "discredit thu army," but had bfllcvcd 3 he was "simply telling us wnat ho had heard and tuougnt 10 do true," , IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH Men Wanted I For Street Cleaning Bureau We have use for every available man we can employ for the cleaning of the streets m Philadelphia. Immediate work. Apply Room 334 City Hal . We can use any number of men or gangs of men that will apply. Come in today, so you can be lined up for work tomorrow morning. , D. M. HEPBURN, CHIEF, Bureau of Street Cleaning, Room 334, City Hall. I e m r M Wfl V -t -,I t -vj4, f - 1 IfcJt 1 J f 1.
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