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VOL, VI. NO. 130
Entered as Sccond-ClasB Matter a't tho .Foatoffice. at Philadelphia, Ta.
Mndr the Act ot March a, 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,- FEBRUARY 13, 1920
Publlnhcd Dally Kxcent Munday. fiubucrlptlon 9rlc $8 a Tear by Mall.
Copyrlcht. 1020, by Public Lodger Company.
PRICE TWO CENTS
SHOW BOOKS, HEPBURN CHALLENGES CONTRACTORS
President Announces "Unalterable" Decision on Wage Demands to Railroad Brotherhoods
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XCESSIVE PROFITS
M SNOW REMOVAL
Fl
J.atesl Statement Reveals New
Phase in Alleged 100 Per Cent
Gains in Street Cleaning
ASSERTS $1882 A DAY LOST
ON FALSE CAPACITY WAGONS
He Finds 34- of 54 Vehicles
Overrated as to Loads.
Stands by Disclosures j
By GEORGK NOX McOAIN
Donald M. Hepburn, chief of Iho
bureau of btreet denning in Director
Winston's Department of Public Works.
teems tn bare tilted the lid of a Pan
dora's Box when he announced through
the Evetoto Public Ledger Wednes
day that the city could do its onn
street cleaning on tho basis of the
present prices paid to contractors and
Eac $1,000,000.
Protests from the street-cleaning and
rsh and rubbish contractors have since
poured in. This was perhaps to be ex
pected, but Chief Hepburn remains not
only unperturbed, but produces fresh
figures to substantiate his original
itatement.
"3o there may be no misunderstand
ing on the part of any street-cleaning
ui ash and rubbish contractor, I re
affirm the statement that on the basis
cf present contract prices for street
cleaning I would undertake to dp the
work and save the city $1,000,000,"
Eiiid Chief Hepburn.
Refutes Contractor's Statement
"One contractor,!' observe, asserts ,in J
& 'public fetateineflt" tji&t I uarf insured
enly the men on the streets. , His state
ment is not borne' dut'bj the facts, !
included all equipment and gang3 used
by the different contractors in actlial
work, and in making this declaration,
which included all items, the ligures to
"ste show 100 per cent profit for the
contractors.
"If this particular individual or any
other street-cleaning and ash and rub
bisbvcontractpr so desires, I will bo glad
for him to bring his boohs aud I will go
cur them with him and if I find that
Vis profits are not excessive I -will guar
ntee to see that the fact gets ns wide
publicity as those already published.
'Tho statement of a contractor that
1 figured 5524 a day as his expenses for
hauling ashes is misleading and is not a
fact Street cleaning and ash and rub
bi'h collection are two absolutely sep
arate and distinct items, and as this
contractor must know, are so specified
in every contract. My previous state
went and tlgtucs were confined "solely
to street cleaning. In no manner what
er did they refer or relate to ash and
rubbish contracts, which I have not yet
completely investigated.
ml'US city wiU sPnd this ar $1,
M7,C06 for the collection of rubbish and
esbes alone in tho nine districts into
J"'- Philadelphia is divided, and of
5lV,h,?.,one contracts? referred to gets
?1j7,160 as his share.
In my previous statement I gave the
Wires of the contract price for street
cleaning alone by tho day; that is the
m thoari each contractor receives
daly for 300 days in the year. Since
o ! Question of ash collection, to which
thSvL?f0t r.efer Is now brought in by
lit , ,ra?,tors the Pub"c may as wc I
cfioln'J1 a,e ,flS". b0i tot street
1 rtlnn H and rubbish cl
ud aK hls iabIS 5PPMe that data
KrElTCS tbe daily total hieh the
"V Pays every contractor for this work.
Figures for Both Contracts
'- Strwt i.h J "" Hui.
"iWCUan'e nubblth Total
Contractors'
names
Cunningham &
Murray
James Irvin
B, If. Vare
E. H. Vare
T. L. Flanagan
Peoples S: Ruch
It. J. & A. Peo.
plea
Prank Curran
13at David Mc
Mahon 550 $600
51,150
1,920
2,843
2 093
1,383
1,111,1
027
890
1,730
! S'271
I nnt
'?:
T17
B21
ia
350
an
Uil3
835
' &T7
, 5;o
LOOT
Vasnfnviiri my, ,or'8inal statement
toay h. , ntIy, PIa'n' blt that there
Partem, misunderstanding on the
with tn iV.i...0V i.any. contractor,
tprinkl.Vo ' ". '" iB'iring nusne
ES chine brooms and other
IT'1,.."' fisured them at the
rs,
be f. i i! "Kr BUCU iulpm
to ? llr. .lay, which.
be i-...r, w,"ch such equipment could
to cover .?y 5! .d.ay- hich. ia anPlc
m eouinn.nT""" 0l pa'ntenance
renfWio. Vl ""v," umwiwi can
ny Mt!na?0f P J bave fixed in
Wt hfi Krac5r.i8 at liberty 'to sub.
Ieclli
no the uestloii of the col-
i. ." OI usliem nnil n.hkl.l. ..I
s noMnlihvi Steady pointed out!
ttfhi : vleaninef"1 ln my "atement ion
. UIUB Of tho nt,t...l 1 J.
Mi WuWgEIeL.Aave suggested that
'? nml 2?1 Ine t0 fce their
10 Kt 'cent "'Pmcnt at cost plus
ta ell ,?' ,lla.ic' UH thc sentlo-
"". Tlilr S0,V t,,ey C01ll(1 nt bell
10 WrnVlt i"ntpacAa wltu tbe city do
5tl1 witl01ltUnn ei,llcr t0 transfer or
Ww It t con,sent ot Ulrcclor
'tement an.i Sref?r",? Bratultuous
" ny conS not. ut a11 convneing.
t Clean,?: i'"?, not H.hh "flc
Cleaning (0 (,e gausfnctlon of
I'WItll
"uti ou vino I'our, Column Que
GORED BY CHIEF
Leap in Street-Cleaning Cost
Is Shown by Contract Tables
Figures
District Contractors .
1 Cunningham & Murray
2 James Irvin
a E. H. Vare
4 E. H. Varo
5 T. L. Plannagan
C Peoples & Ruch ,
7 It. J. & A. Peoples '.
8 Prank Curran
!) Estato David McMahon
Total f
Figures
District Contractors
1 Cunningham & Murray
'& James Irvin
a E. H. Varc
1 E. H. Vare
5 T. L. Flannagan
0 Peoples & Ruch
7 R. J. & A. Peoples
8 Frank Curran . .
'J Estate David McMahon
Total
DISABLED VESSEL
APPEALS FOR AIO
With Engines Dead Steamer
William Webb Is Drifting
Toward N. J. Shore
NAVY PARTIES TO RESCUE
The United Stateu shinning board
steamer William Ilenr.V Webb, which
left this port for New York on Wedt
cesday. ia in a perilous position off
Tucker's Beach, N. J.
Tho engine is broken, the boilers aro
out of commission and a late wireless
message from tho captain of the craft
reports that he believes the ship is
drifting toward shore despite the unchor
which ho succeeded in dropping.
A heavy sea, according to two S O
S appeals received, adds to the perils
ot the disabled ship. The Webb was
built at Chester for the shipping board.
The present trip is its maiden voyage.
At least two vessels already are
speeding to the help of the Webb. Tho
Fnitcd States const guurd cutter Seneca
and the United States tug Manhattan
left New York harbor early todaj.
Bargo Near Ship
The barge Rescue, of the Merritt
Chapman Wrecking Co.. New York,
which left New York yesterday, is be
hoved to be somewhere in the vicinity
of the Hebb. The com
trvinc to Eet in touch
for several hours to have it go to the
rescue of the ebb.
The first call for help was reported at
fhe communication office. Philadelphia
Navy Yard, shortly after midnight. Ad
miral Hughes was notified of the appeal
and the position of the boat.
Its position off Barncgat made if
more accessible from New York than
from this port and Admiral Hughes
ordered that the New York port au
thorities be notified at once with a re
quest to aid the boat.
Send Second Appeal
The call told of the breakdown of the
engine and the disablement of the
boilers. The sea was getting lought at
that time, according to the message.
Later a moro urgent appeal for IipIp
was received. The captain reported
that the condition of tho boat was
serious and that the anchor did not ap
pear to have sufficient strength to hold
it in the rapidly rising sea.
The Webb has a deadweight tonnage
of 0000. It was completed last No em
ber. The Webb made its trial trip sat
isfactorily and returned to tho nrd
for the finishing touches with un ex
ceptionally fine record.
Authorities here ure unable to ex
plain what may have happened to the
engines and boilers, as both were of a
standard tjpc that have proved their
worth.
Most of tho twenty-threo members
of. the crew aro resident of this city.
In nddition to Captuiu Blollock, those
aboard the vessel ure :
P. It, Hanson, -lirst mate: m. (
Couuell, second mate; Joseph 10. Wells, '
third mute : Raymond C. Hill, chief eu
gineer; Fred Triest, tirbt ussistaut en
gineer; Robert 13. Christmnn, second
assistunt engineer; Charles Snyder,
third assistant engineer, and these
members of the crew: Dolgc Balleu
tiue, George Ertis, Pieracenl Lorenzo,
Clyde Bishop. James Nr McDonald,
Arthur Jones Elkins, A. T. BeHcnenu,
Joseph Kceuan, Patrick 13. Cassidy ;
Patrick J. Coursey, Thomas Kellv, O.
A. Sorenson, A. N. Barutzen, M. A.
Randall aud John F. Kelly.
SPR0,UL BOoivT INDORSED
Republicans From Five Counties
Urrje Governor as President
Willlamsport, Pa., Feb. 13. A res
olution favoring tho nomination of Gov
ernor Sproul for President was unani
mously adopted at the Lincoln Day
banquet of the Young Meu's Republican
Club of AVilliamsport hist night. The
action followed u tribute paid to the
Governor by Deputy Attorney General
William M. Hargest.
The icsolution wus offered by T. P.
Reitmeycr. It declared Governor Sproul
to be on exponent of tho best in Ainer-
icn uud that his leadership would as
sure justice und piosperity to tho whole
people Representative Republicans
from fjro counties, 300 in all, attended
(be banquet,
for 1919
Street
Cleaning
$114,000
180,opO
:.. 509,000
610,000
244,000
150,000
165,000
164,800
298,000
'.$2,440,300
for 1920
Street
Cleaning
$165,000
295,400
572,248
682,660
251,740
165,000
173,000
. . 173,750
820,000
.
$2,798,798
Ashes and
Rubbish
$100,000
140,000
182,000
183,000
133,000
168,559
87,000
78,350
174,000
Total
$214,000
320,000
601,000
799,000
377,000
318,559
252,000
242,650
472,000
$1,245,909 $3,686,209
Ashes and
Rubbish
$180,000
193,200
220,713
' 215,138
157,160
184-.000
105,000
93,400
199,000
Total
$345,000
488,600
792,961
897,793
408,900
349,000
278,000
266,760
519,000
$1,547,666 $4,346,004
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Note to Holland Will Be Sent
Tomorrow in Hopo of Re
opening Negotiations
NO DEFINITE REQUEST MADE
Dy tho Associated Press
Londou, Feb. 13. A new nlliod note,
to Holland regarding the extradition of
former Emperor WilfTanf 'tvill be dis
patched tomorrow, according tn the
nvenlng Standard today.
THo note, says tbe newspaper, makes
a strong appeal to the Dutch Govern
ment not to create greater difficulties
in Europe by insisting on the right
ot asylum for the man characterized us
the author of the world's prcscut trou
bles. From other sources it was learned
this afternoon that tho council wus
engaged m completing the note to Hoi
land. The note was bcinp; drawn, it
was slated, iu a form to emphasize the
concerted view of the Allie3 that the
presence ot tne former emperor m Hol
land was a danger to the peace of
uuropc.
The note does not malto nnv nvmpvtc.
ALLIES AGAIN URG
YIELDING OF KAISER
in tbe vicinity llC jj0uai(, but it is boiled that the
STl,01"11' Government will be drawn into
in refusal to give, up the ex-rulcr. It
is intimated that Holland has not re
ceived tt suggestion to this effect mi-
Kindly and that she might bo willing
to intern tne tormer emperor outside
ot .Europe.
FINED AS DISEASE CARRIER
Nurso With Measles Accused of Ex
posing Herself Here i
At the request of Director rurbush
Chief Medical Insnector Cairns swore
out u warrant for Eleanor M. Carr, a
nurse in the A .ncland Home for the
rpeb'e-Minded, on a churge of having
violated tne law prohibiting persons
uinictea wiin contagious diseases from
exposing themselves in public. She
was later lined fcL'O and costs. This is
said to be one of the few times nnv one
has been arrested and fined in this state
on this charge.
At the hearing before Magistrate
uooncy in central station this morning,
it was shown the woman had traveled
tu this city on railroad, ferry and trol
ley with measles, dually being admitted
to the Philadelphia Hospital for Con
tugioiib Diseases.
REV. C. E. MILN0R DEAD
He Was Former Rector of St. An
drew's and Mediator Churches
The Iloi. Churles Edward Milunr,
fnrinerlj rector of St. Andrew's P. 11.
Church, lllghth street ueur .Snrnce, ami
fie Chupel ot the Mediator. Fift -lii-ht
and Spruce blroets, died ut his home,
110 South Thirty-eighth sticet, lust
night.
Mr. Milnor wus born in New York.
He was a grandson of the lute Rev.
.lames Milnor, D. D., oue time m'tor
of St. George's Church, Stimesunt
square. New York. He was n graduate
of Ken) on College, Ohio, mid of the
Diviuitv School if the Protestant Hpis
eopal Cljuteh,
lie is survived b his wife, Annie H.
Hopper Milnor, iluughter of the lute
Sumuel M. und Deborah Hopper.
The funeral will be-held ut 110 South
Thirt -eighth street Monduy.
DECREASE IN GRIP CASES
Figures of Last Twenty. four Hours
Show Falling Off
There is a slight decreuse in the num
ber of iulliieti7a and pneumonia cases
reported to tho office of Director Fur
hush toduy During the lust twenty,
four hours 25! cases of Intlueiizn were
reported, thirty eui.es of pueumonla, us
compared with 2(13 cases of influenza
und thirty-four of pneumonia reported
yesterday. Deaths from intliiouju were
fourteen, from complications of iullu
crza and pneumonia 37. und from mien.
niouia 100.
OY STEALS MO
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High School Student Bran
dishes 45-Caliber Automatic
and Driver Turns Over Car
YOUTHFUL BANDIT USES
FATHER'S SERVICE GUN
Inability to Handle Machine Re
sults in Arrest After Chase
in Broad Street
Brandishing a 45calibcr revolver,
which his father carried on the battle
fields of France, Kdmond D'Arcy, lit-teen-ycar-old
high school boy, gained
possession of a motor car in true bandit
fashion late lust night, according to the
police, only to bo captutcd after a rare
by a pursuing taxi.
The boy, a student nt the Southern
High School, halted the motorcar of
Stuart Noble, of 2033 South Broad
blrcct. and, police say, after ho had
shoved his futhcr's service revolver iu
the owucr's face.
Knew Little of Automobile
"Gimme that car or our life,"
D'Arcy is said to have demanded of
Noble, just after the luttcr had climbed
into his car in front of his store after
closing time laft night, and had started
the machine. Noble surrendered. '
The fact that lie scarcely knew haw
to drive the car did not daunt the mis
directed courage of the schoolboy ban
dit, whose capture after a short chase
down Broad street was due to the fact
that tho boy did not know how to accel
erate the speed of tho stolen machine.
He was caught at Moyumensing aemic.
Toduy, the boy is in the House of De
tention. Authorities there were so im
pressed by the attractiveness and in
telligence of the ullcgedschoolboy. ban
dit, that they hac deferred u" hoariii'5
for him. originally bet for this morn
ing, "an'd the: boy may be given Another
chance.
"I'm glad my poor boy was caught,'"
said Enrico D'Arcy, father of the boy.
"If he had gotten away with it this
time, he might hue tned,todothesame
thing again, with more serious results,"
D'Arcy, who lives at 2703 South Mar
vine street, was a major iu the A. E. F.
The father, who is a Spaniard by
birth, bus served, twenty years in the
United States army, and still wears the
olive drab of the service. He is in
structor in the general administration
school of the quartermaster's depart
ment at Iuland warehouse, Twenty-first
street and Uregoi1 aenuc.
Wanted to Join Naiy -"Ever
since we moved here from Chil
licothc, O., Edmoud has been going
out in the evenings, we thought to
studv his lessons," the soldier-father
leflected. "Some time ago he wanted
to quit the Southern High School to join
the navy. I discouraged the plan, und
he agreed to,coutinue in school.
"When the police told me that my
boy had drawn a reolvcr iu the auto
hold-up I went to my room aud discov
ered that my holster, in which I had
carried my service pistol, was empty.
The gun was not loaded when I put it
in the holstcr."
Nob e is proprietor of a mariners'
furnishing store on Soutli Broad street.
He hud started the engine. This, the
police believe, is what the young bandit
was waiting for, not being able himself
to set the engine going.
Noble stepped from tho machine and
the boy took his place at the steering
wheel, accoidiug to the storekeeper's
story.
Young D'Arcy started iu such an
nwkwurd manner that Noble saw ut
once that he was inexperienced and
followed iu the wake ot the slow-moving
cur.
Pursue iu Tui
After running a few blocks he came
to a taxicub dmeu ,by Joseph W.
Blown, of 1638 Porter street.
Iu u few words he told Brown what
hud happened uud pursuit was begun
in the taxi.
By that time young D'Aurey hud
muiiaged to get the stolen cur going at
a bcter rate, but Brown wus the su
perior driver, und, after u thrilling
chase ou South Broad btreet, over
took the boy.
STOCKS DECLINE, BUT RALLY
Selling Orders Accumulated Over
Holiday Resistance Feeble
New orh. Feb. J3. (By A. P.)
Quoted values on the stock CNchauge
continued to crumblo today, speculate
shares iu the first hour's trading lidding
3 to 10 poiuts to their recent extensive
declines.
Biokers and commission houSes had
an ncciiiiiulation of selling orders over
ihe holiday and stocks most seriously
affected bore lestluionv to the enforced
Intruder of the liquidation.
Gicater uiuiety concerning Iho rail
way labor situa.'ou gave fiutlier impetus
to today t, declines und renrcscutatiio
rails made new low records
General Motors wus again the weak
est feature, breaking 10 points from
W ednesday s close and Shi points from
last week's lluul quotations. Crucible
Seel, Chandler Motors, United States
Rubber, Industrial Alcohol and Leather,
food nncl tobucco shures were drugged
down in the general lenetton, which wiu
orderly but insistent.
'lowuril mid diiy the liqu tut ml-
movemeut sinned to hue spent its
force und eteusie covet Ins of I he ulim-i
interest brought in many cases a eoiu
nlele recovery, of the morning declines.
Tim nuirket, however, continued iu a
feverish state, showiug only feebje rally,
ing power.
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think uf VUUTimi. Ad".
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I'AAUV ROOT
Distinguished American who has
been ashed by the League of Nu
lions Council to help prepare plans
for (ho international court of jus
lice ASK ROOT TO HELP
T
League Council Requests Amer
ican to Serve on Consti
tution Committee
OTHER MEMBERS SELECTED
By tho Associated Press
London. Feb. 13. Elihu Root is one
of u number of distinguished men from
various countries who have bc,en in
vited to become members of the Com
mittee to prepare plans for the constitu
tion of a permanent court of interna
tional justice. The list was announced
at, today's sossiou of the council of the
i.uiguo or ivatious.
A. J. Balfour, who is presiding over
the council sessions, after reading the
names of the men invited to become
members of the committee, said :
''Maybe, for one reason or another
Mr. Root may not deem it desirable to
accept the council's invitation. The
council hopes he will always remember
that he will be welcome at whatever
stage of our sittings he may be
privileged to accept, to add to our de
liberations the great weight of his
learning and name."
Other men invited to rorvc on the
committee arc:
Baron De-olianips, of Belgium, n
member of The Hugu: court of arbi
tration; Luis M. Drago, former Argen
tine minister of foreign affairs; Prof.
Carlo Fadda, of the faculty of the juris
prudence of the University of Naples;
Henri Froniugeot a prominent Freneh
advocate; Professor Grim, of the Uni
versity of Chnstiunia. Norwav ; Doctor
T.oarder. uf Holland; Baron Phillimore,
former lord justice of appeal in Eng
land; Dr. Milonko R Vesniteh, Serbian
minister to 1 'ranee, S. Alidzuki, former
Japanese ambassador to Austria; Rafael
Altamira. a prominent lawyer of Mad
rid, uud Clovis Bcvilacqua, of Brazil.
The council appointed Sir Reginald
Power, formerly British minister to
Argentina und Paraguay, as high com
missioner to tho free city of Dauzig.
He received u temporary appointment
last October.
New York, Feb. IS. (By A. P.)
E'ihu Root said tod.n he had not yet
received an invitation from the council
of the League of Nations to become a
member of the lommittce which will
plan u permanent court of international
justice. Until he received such an in
vitation, he declined to indicate
whether he would accept the honor.
The Hague. Feb IS (By A. P.)
Denmark, Norwiiv, Sweden, Switzer
land and Holland will be represented
at the conference, which opens at the
peace palace heie on February 10, to
ilNcuss the formation of an interna
tional couit of justice. This con
ference will aim to establish by com
paring and examining plans already
drawn by commissions of experts from
other countries u uniform plun for a
permanent tribunal siu-h ns is provided
for in Article XIV of the covenant of
the League of Natious. ,
SEEK VAUCLAIN PAPERS
Police Believe Rival Firm May Have
Stolen Trade Secrets
A vigorous search Is being made by
detectives of Philadelphia and those
of several other cities for a suitcase
of Samuel M. Vaiioluiu, president of
the locomotive works, which was stolen
after ho reached this city ou his return
from Europe. Many valuable papers
containing duta regarding contracts in
France and a number of important
trade secrets were in the stolen lug
iraire. A description of the stolen ar
ticles was sent toduv to every city in
tho country
A grip belouging to Miss y, x.
Prctch, secretary tu Mr. Vauclain, was
also stolen. The police believe that
some agent for u rival firm desirous of
obtaining inside trude information may
have taken tho bugguge.
Lieutenant of Detectives Scanlin,
when tho theft was reported lute yes
terday, said that the valise contained
contracts made, by Mr. Vauclain iu I
France.
EXPLOSION IN CHESTNUT ST.
All the muuhole covers on Chestnut
street between Third and Fourth streets
were lifted off this inoiniiig by the force
of un explosion iu u gus pocket in the
conduits ut Third und Chestnut streets.
A fire, resulted. The Hi omen worn un
nbln to rtingiiisli the bluze until tho
gus burned uwuy,
PLAN WORLD COUR
KRAUSE WILL GET
AN MONDAY
BY COUNTY BOARD
Court Records of Cause for
Cancellation of Saloon Li
cense Will Be Examined
APPOINTMENT AS AGENT
URGED BY LANE LIEUTENANT
Commissioner Holmes Says Of
ficials Did Not Know That
He Ever Owned Saloon
Rudolph Krause. former saloonkeeper I
and recently appointed to un $1800 job
ns children's agent and investigator, '
will be summoned to defend biin'olf ou .
Monduy before the county commission
ers. At the same time the records of the
Tvsinii ,of the License Court ut which
Krause lost the license to his saloon
at Ninth street and Columbia lucnue,
in 1M(I, will be scrutinized by the com
missioners. The license wus withheld
after a charge had been made that liquor
wjis sohl to a fifteen-year-old girl in
Krausc's cafe.
County Commissioner George F.
Holmes today told of tho plans to re
view the mutter. Neither Commissioner
Edward W. Luuk nor Commissioner
Harry Kueuzel was iu Philadelphia to
day. Lank had gone to Washington,
it was said, to advance the candidacy
of Churles T. MoAvuy for the United
States attorneyship here to succeed
Francis Fisher Kane, while Kuenzcl
wai in Wilkes-Barre to attend a meet
ing of the Stale Association of County
Commissioners, of which he is presi
dent. Tide is a Misnomer
Commissioner Holmes, discussing the
Krause case, explained thut the title
of "children's agent and investigator"
was a misnomer, the agents not coming
into actual contact with children.
"The commissioners will .meet ut 11
o'clock Monday morning ' said Mr.
Holmes', "and Krause will bo notified
tn nttnt.,1 Wn ..ill li.nl. im llio clniin.
graphic rccoid ot tJie case nieanwhilu
ami find out just why Krause lost his
license
"Joseph Marcus, clerk f the old
Councils and lieutenant of 'Dave' Lane,
was sponsor for Krause. He brought
him in and reconimeudcd him At the
time we didn't know anything about his
having been u saloonkeeper or having
lost his license." !
Mr. Holmes was asked whether he
would have consented to the selection i
of Krause had he known the facts to i
wliiih he referred.
' 1 would not want to be placed on
record iu the matter," he answered, "iu
the absence of the other commissioners.
It would not be fair toKrau-c or to the
other county commissioners to discuss
this ca'o at a glance."
Must Be Honest and Willing t
Mr. Holmes was asked what sort of
man he thought should be entrusted with
the work of a children's agent and in
vestigator. "Ho must be honest and willing to
work," was the reply. "He does not
need special qualifications, und he docs
not come into actual contact with tho
children. The title of the position is
u misnomer. He has nothiug to do with
investigating the children or placing
them in homes. That is the job of the
probation officer.
"The investigator's work does not be
ein until the children have been placed.
Then he finds out whether the pareuts
or giuiidians are able to pay for them.
He really is nothing more than a bill
(oullnurd on I'uee Two, Column One
ADA HUFF FAILS TO GAIN RELEASE
Ada Huff, held for canying avray eighteen-montho oli
Genevieve Leonard, 918 North Bambrey stieet. failed to secur
her release on bail this moriiinp; because her attorney neglected
to comply with, a rule of the court in asking for a writ of habens
corpus. The attorney appeared before Judge Bregy in quarter
sessions court this morning:, but brought no witnesses, as the
lules of court require. The case was continued until next week.
ADMIRAL AT NAVY YARD COMPLAINS AGAINST P- R- T
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, commandant cf the Philadel
phia Navy Yard, appeared before the Public Seivice Commis
sion today in City Hall and complained against the setvice of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to League Is'?ud. He pre
sented amdavits from women employes charging poor car service
and requested that tho commission order the company to extend
its service one mile into the yard.
NAME TO GO TO SENATE
Appointment of McAvoy as U. S.
Attorney Here to Be Acted On
It is expected that President, Wilson
will send the appointment of Charles
D. McAvoy, of Norristown, us United
States district attorney hpro to the
Seuatc today for confirmation.
Mr. McAvoy, who was formerly as
sistunt district attorney of MoutgomerJ
county , bus bceu recommended as mio-
iessor of l'l'uneis rishcr Kami by At
torucy General Palmer
It is said that
before Mr. McAvoy wus recommended
Bright, u Philadelphia lawyer, who de
illlucd it.
Wrapped Up in Blanket,
Wilson Greets Rail Men
Washington, Feb. 18. (By A.
P.) When the railroad men's rep
resentative greeted the President to
day at a conference of wage de
mands they told him he was looking
very well. "I have just been
Hhavcd," said the President. "That
helps it bit."
The President, sitting in his wheel
chair in a corner under the soutli
portico, wrapped in a blanket, shook
huuds with tlio men when Secretary
Tumulty presented them. They stood
up throughout the conference with
their overcoats on, but their huts
in their bands. The President
pressed them to put their hats on
because of the dampness, but they
icfused.
The occasion, marking the resump
tion of public conferences by Presi
dent, coming on Friduy the I3th,
recalls the fact that thirteen is look
ed upon as Mr. Wilson's lucky uum
jer. RESTAURANT MAN,
FIRED AT BY THIEF,
ESCAPES WITH R0LLS
William Monroe Convinced Fri
day the Thirteenth Is His
Lucky Day
After saving $2."0 from the clutches
of a highwayman and escaping a bullet
aimed at his heart. William Monroe, a
restnurantkeepcr at 7tt North Broad
street, is convinced that today is a
lucky day, even though it is Friday the
i thirteenth.
Monroe was dosing his .restaurant ut I
o clock this morning, when n burly
ruffian strode toward him. holdiug u
revolver threateningly . j
"Hands up." shouted Ihe b.indit.
Monroe thought of the $250 in his i
pocket and would not obey. Instead.
ho struck the highwaymuu over the Meantime there was no intimation
head with a bag ot prunes lie wa whether the President had offered n
earning. The improvised weapon failed substitute for un increuse in wages in
to do effective execution aud as the '.llP nature of a continuation of th?
prunes were spilled over the sidevvu'k ' "Wt on the high cost of living, br
the robber fired two shots. One made ' whether he asked the workers to dett
a slight wound on Monroe's left hand. ) l'rer-sing their demands until the rat
The olher. uimed at the f'teurant- , riiadH vyere returned to tbe private own
I. ocner's hixrl. iws'cii tiirouirli M7m ,rt March 1.
i roe', overcoat In front aud pusfed out
fed out
behind, just grazing the man's skin us 1 via? department of the American Fed
it tore its way through every other ''rMt,,on of Labor, announced that the
garment. I I resident's p'oposal would have to be
The robber then fled. I "l"-'1 "P to the men." before any an-
Monroe was treated at a hospital, 'oiiucement could be made bv the union
but was able to walk to his home at 715 ' "'csoutativoi.
North Broad slrcet after hU injuries t'oiifcrnjrc Lasts Fifteen Minutci
had been dicssptl. 1, 1 V, t .. . ... , ..
.. 1 Uesidcs Mr. Jewell and Mr. Shea. 1!.
FRIDAY 13TH WEATHER
Plenty of Rain Weatherman Sees
Temperature Drop and Sunshine
Intermittent rain, followed by colder
weather with a sprinkle of suow tonight
is the weather offering for this 1'iidav
the Thirteenth
A decided change for the better wil'
lake place tomoirow, suys the weather
man, with fair and colder weather,
perhaps a little sunshine and the mer
cury hovering around 25 degrees. At
noon the temperature wns ;! degrees.
Then ut 1 o'clock the suu blinked.
From S o'clock last nifcht until
shortly before noon today the rainfal.
in this city registered one-third of an
inch. There ure indications that it will
continue until tonight at least.
As the Schuylkill liver has been
choked with ice and snow- aceiiniulated
from the storms of the lust few weeks,
it wus teareii Dy those having manu
facturing plants along the river that the
usual flood which follows such condi
tions would develop. It was learned
today, however, there is no immediate
indication of an abuormal rise of the
stream.
TO LAUNCH 86TH SHIP
Governor's Granddaughter Will
Christen Vessel Tomorrow
Miss Jane Sproul Klaer. the five-
year-old granddaughter of Governor
proui, win cnrlsten Hog Island's
eighty-sixth ship tomorrow nt 0:411 a
m. The Governor. Mrs. Sprout und
many slute und city officials will be
present
The ship, the Commauk. is u steel
eurgo carrier of 7825 deadweight
tons. Her speed will be eleven und one
hulf knots. The launchlnir of (his uhi,,
will akn the total tonuuge cotnributed
, 1:77 ir.fl
in me .vmericuu marine WS Jloc Isnni
I . , Continuous Dmirlnr r.trj
, w, ,V,M o( 48V,
WILSON
REFUSES
TO GRANT PAY RISE
BELIErlTWAL
Executive Said to Have Made
Counter-Proposal to Rail
way Workers
CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE
AT WHITE HOUSE PORTICO
'Justice to All," Government
Policy Unions Meet to
Take Action
By the Associated Press
Washington. Feb. IB. An "uualter
ble" decision in the railroad wage con
troversy was made today by President
, llsoc in conference with representa
tives of the brotherhoods. The President
,said Hhe government's policy was
'based on justice to all interests."
The Previdont's decision wns not an-
uounced at the White House. Officials
uid it was "a decision coutaiuing n
proposal." From this il was assumed
1 that the President had refused to grant
i general wage increases, but had made
la counter-proposition to the men.
Promise to Consider Proposal
Aflcr reading the statement con
taining his proposal to the railroad men,
the President asked them to give con-
I sideration to his suggestion and the
I promised to do so.
The brotherhood m n would not say
what the proposal was; Timothy Shea,
acting president of the Brotherhood of
Firemen and Enginemeu. announcing
I that they would make no ctatement,
today.
J he bite House was expected to
1 'ssue a stntcmeut luter in the day.
" ?u- Jcweii. president ot the rail-
.1 Manion, president of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, was present at
the conference. The President met the
'(presentjitives on the south portico of
the White House The conference
lasted about fifteen minutes ' The
President was in his wheel chair.
Mr Shea immediately notified the
uHior union officials who huve been con
ferrinz with Air. Hines, advising them
to call a ronferenee to consider the
Picsident's statement. He indicated
that the conference would consume most
of the day, and might be continued to
morrow lie suid there was no disposi
tion ou the part of the union men to act
hastily , and thut they desired to make
11 complete examination of the Presi
dent's statement before reaching a
decision.
The President's proposal, whatever it
was. was not expected to stay the strike
of the maintenance of way employes
called for next Tuesday .
The conference todav was the first the
Presideut has had outside of the sick
room since his illness began last fall and
the first time 1"- has seen any one other
than goverun out officials, his family ai.d
his physicians.
The original plan was for Ihe Presi
dent to meet the brotherhood repre
sentatives on the south lawn, but be
cuuse of a drizzling rain it was decided
to use the south portico instead
Detroit. Tcb. IS. (By A. P.l Any
proposal President Wilson has mado to
lepreseutativcs of the -railroad brother
hoods 111 an effort to adjust their wage
demands will receive "earnest consid
eration" by officers of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employ ps and Shop Laborers, President
Allen Barker said today.
Mr. Baiker said lie was still hope
ful the President's decision would be
such as to make possible a withdrawal
of the order calling for a strike Feb
ruary 17, of the brotherhood's more
thun uOO.OOO members. He added, how
iver. thut he has no information from
1 In- brotherhood committee iu Washing
ton. TRAIN DELAYED 3 WEEKS
Twenty - foot Snowdrifts Impede
Newfoundland Railway
SI. Johns, N. K, Pel). IB. (15y A.
P.) Au express train on the Reid
Newfoundlund Railway, u narrow
gauge line, has united here after being
three weeks on thcwuy, across the
islund, fiom Port-uu-Busqucs The
train wus Mlieduled to make the 5111
mile ma in twenty -nine hours. Several
storms were ucountercil and it was
snowed in frequently.
Puss jgcio reported that ut tome ex
posed points the snow drifted to a
height of twenty feet. The ywcro on
sennty rations much of the time, with
fish as tho principal food.
The perils of cross-country travel
have Increased so much thut it vva
said today servlcu probably would b
MispeiideJ until the storm season passed,
passengers being scut by steamships,
Hard Coal Wage Meeting March 9
lliulrlon, Pa., Feb. R! (lly A V,
-OHieiiil announcement was made here
today that the coufeiiiices between the
icpreseiitutives of the anthracite coal
operator! uud the l nlted Mine WorHera
of America regarding u new wage wale
effective April 1, will begin iu New
y&ik ou March U,
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