w 7' u riy , u ji V: V " 4,-' ;ktai fW- li 5V -; ! l" '"- V . 1 ?l ,r'V i - ws 14 THE WEATHER Vflrf'Incton March ' Fft,r n1'1 w8nner tonight; Thursday cloudy. nrtirKltATUlin AT nacn hour f-ui ii no 11 nv r i i -a i i t i ' i j-?T7ri50 I6 IP 167 t I III I fiuening public tonnei " " t ' " y " i NIGHT VOL. VI.- -NO. 152 Entered Second-CUu Matter at the rostofflco. at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. IS79. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920 Fubllahed Dally Except Sunday. Bubucrlptton Price 1(1 a Tear by Mall. Copyright. 1020. by Public ledger Company, PRICE TWO CENTS 10 WOE ME NTEACHERS ON PAY EQUALITY ir..t Phila. High Instructors Hold Indignation Meeting Over! Action of Board Lunger ones threaten TO STRIKE AS A bULU muim Lara They Will Agitate Ques tion Until I ney rteceive v 'Fair Deal" l.fclH, Uachtrs at the "West Phlladcl ii. ntt, School for Boys' held anln- Itattion W tmg this moruJD?- to pro- Wawtlon to crnnt their salary de- Bind. , ., t. i. nM that some of the younger m In tho faculty wanted to call an im .M,t .irike. rending the granting of kt!r demands. The moro conservative Irracd that to do this would bo to do- lert their charge. wher meeting will ho held this Ifttrnoon to discuss further what the lora teachers nro to do. They say tney it . nirltattnor the Question of iltler pay until the board gives them t Mr deal." The men teachers got virtually, no in r5 out of the schedule udopted by fcj board yesterday to equalize salaries. -v . ... MAd in inn n'nmAn wltnan M increase hu" "" ......., """ ...' i. mI.mI in tho f&tnnilnrn nf rhp EcVi. The men had nsked for n Hat hcteaie of fOUU a year ior cverjuony ii tho fairest method of adjusting sul- r!rt. "Millions for Buildings" im n...1 nP TZMimntlnn In wllttnif a appropriate millions of dollars for e school buildings." said one of tho Tut Philadelphia Hlgn scnooi jcacners i!Ur the meeting. rrkK nrn nnvlniv n rrrrnr. flenl mnrp or school buildings now than pre lowly, ihc jncreascn. cost largely ih ti to inerensed pay to the nrtlslans .Va A ihn pnnfirrunitnn wnrK. 'i no mrd pays this extra money wuuout k.An. wiitr nnr repnffmzn niir fin ,A. fir lilclmr unlnrlpH? Wc need h. nAntr tn llvf nn less than the Cambers and bricklayers." It u eald that tue average paiti men ttdtra in Philadelphia's high schools j from $23 to 540 a week, though her hive prepared for their calling by tin ot specialized euon. ft f.aliAra "nrlnlrtflllV nrTmiKn ff (It that we owe something to the boys i Bcnool. uur own Doys, too, nave io :et educations . it um not seem imin iUe to strike. , However, we have to ni food and clothes for our -farnllles ltd pay houscrent no matter hov patrl itlc we may be. Mrs. Ungolbuch Tlcased "It looks as thouch we would have h get into vome association affiliated Wtt the American Federation or Ubor to cet our full rights. And this lie are going to do." Mr J. Anna I.nnc Liingciuacu ex itttifd deep satisfaction today with the ipproval of the salnry cnualization cbfdule. Mrs. I.iugelbach, tho wife of Professor 'ligelbach, of l'cnn, is the first woman Jtmkr of the board. Yesterday's ses- ion, her first, was one of the stormiest n years. Mrs. I.lngrlbacli declined to omraent on the fireworks. "I ill have plenty to say later on," iha said, "when I get more familiar flth the business of tho board. For he present I would not liko to bo quoted :n educational aualrs.- "But I think no ono can help being pleased at tho board's action on a long- neeaeu rciorm in tho school system. There U no question that u woman, doing the same work as u man and lIVIDf the snmn rofinnnslhllllv. ohniilrl rteeive at. Irinut flip nninn miv fvltrAn the man." Jlra. Lingelbach sat .silent yestor iy through the tilt between John AVan jmaker and David II. Lane, and cast Qer first tntn In nnnnulttnn in l.ntk nf them. B0Y SERIOUSLY BURNED lYcbngiter Sets Clothing Afiro Play mg With Matohes May Die I. ii.,Cro,key Btreet ls ln a critical EoadiUon as the result of burns suf- Lin ,rB.n "" Clothing caught fire l"0l e. It U unlrl l.n -.. !! 1.1. Eft 'odnj in his home. Tbo child vl ?' Agnes's Hospital. Liictr,.?'lth two ,ltt,e BiBto and a liC. mtbfr' was lcft lu n,s home K.Mth.l? raornlnK wbllo his mother pent to the store. W the h children camo running out iFran d. ir""" "?..,"r "e'P; . " T1.T1.. -. ""i "ucumiur, ran into mo lin tS I ii0ma a?? 81lw vlctor standing and crfd for S3. " ' t0' r"n Ut iMS W twentyflvo yearn Po'nde,! wUth Cros,kcy strcct. - ran u C. , " .".um "'" ,noor nnu CelVl.'.r111' the child. f ih'e boyattto1VhetthnosXrb" BBd SPRING WEATHER HERE Temperature at Noon Wa 54 De 8rs, the Warmeet This Year lto ESS. !1ettt,,cr arrived today Incog ra umo this month, onlv "m-r. M,"1Ue: wa" breeze kent th. tom. the night an,? ,DS p.ofnt throuch k'lng aim tn.a8mented tn,Iay by at Soon ?t n7CUry Jose rapfdly this aJ reaChed n, tl,e jnTTtAv... it. . annth" ThPC,U!,jr' w,th t. an.1 ianii.8? ta no raln ' i.i j. v "anger is etn.j - tern. U00(ls 'lurnc tho moderated W;?i9ra' Md fmo'ml CP' w''",i, "M, ? nv r i "S ' 4' lH kkkkkka ? r v.kkkkkkkkkkkki BERGDOLL COUNSEL HURLS HARES ARMY COUR AT T CHIEF Unprofessional Conduct Is Charged to Judge Advocate by Captain Campbell UHTOKU riNCUOT. Appointed stat commissioner of forestry succeeding Robert 8. Conk- lin, resigned PINCHOT NEW HEAD OF STATE FORESTRY Sproul Appoints Roosevelt Man as Commissioner to Suc ceed Conklin Gifford Pinchot, lending Progressive Republican in Pennsylvania, was today appointed commissioner of forestry for the state by Governor Sproul to suc ceed Robert 8. Conklin. who resigned. Mr. Pinchot wns formerly chief for ester of the United States. Mr. Conklin wns made u member of the bonrd of water supply, which is under tho forestry commission. Mr. Pinchot was sworn in immedi ately nfter his appointment wns an nounced. The position pays $G000 a year. Mr. Conklin served in the forestry department twenty-four years. He had been under uttack by Mr. Pinchot nnd Henry W. Shoemaker, of Altoonn, both members of the commission, for nlleged lneclency nnd mismanagement in the department. The Governor, in announcing the ap pointment, declared he had commun tlecred Mr. Plnchot's services. "Tbero Is nothing political in the appolntmcut," the Governor said. "Mr. Pinchot nnd I sometimes do not agree In our politics, and may not in the future. But wo 'do ngrco In our desire to serve the state in our belief that good public service is the best political asset' Governor Sproul added that the ap pointment wan not a reflection upon Mr. Conklin. Disclosures 'made by Mr. Pinchot as chief forester of tho United States in 1011 were said to have had a direct effect upou the Rooscvclt-Taft break. In 1014 Mr. Pinchot was tho Progrcs alvo candidate for tho United States Senate, running against Senator Pen rose. Tho Pennsylvania forest reserve comprises moro than n million nnd a quarter acres and it Is Governor Sproul's plan to grently expand it dur ing the rcinuiudcr of Ijls administration. NAB 3, HUNT 1 FOR ASSAULT i Arrest Trio Said to Have Beaten Man Who Interfered for Women Three meu have been arrested und the police arc hearching for n fourth. In connection with the assault on Wil liam F. StaufTcr, a soldier not yet re covered from battle wounds, which took place recently nt .Tcnklntown. The four men set upon tho ex-soldier as ha left a motiou-picturo theatre. Ho had interfered when they insulted two women, it ls said Alexander McCrrary, a Jenklntown patrolman, arrested Paul ShuughnesSy nnd Edwnrd Shaughncssy and they were held iu $500 bail for a further hearing by Magistrate Clifford. Michael Wade, alleged to bo a third member of the qunrtot, was arrested last night by state police nt Pottsvllle. TO. CONFER ON WATERWAY Schuylkill Body Head to Explain Canal Plan to Moore J. W. II. Glass, of Reading, presi dent of the Schuylkill Canal Improve mout Association, has been invited to confer with Mayor Moore and will nr rnngo for an appointment at an early Mayor Moore, us president of the In land Waterways Association, is inter ested In tho local plans to restoration of tho Schuylkill canal as a coal and freight carrier. It will be pointed out to the Mayor by Mr. Glass that with the canal again in operation coa could bo transported direct from the anthracite regions to Hog Island shipyard, which the city Is eager to retain. Councils in the various towns along tho canal throughout tho Schuylkill valley have committed themselves to the restoration, and tho promoters feel con fident that something will ultimately como of their efforts. CONTINUE TO BOMB ICE Great Gorge Threatens Destruction of Town Vrom a Btaff Corrtivondtut Havre do Grace, March 10. -Army aviators wilt coutinue their aerial bomb attacks on tho huge ieo gorge across the Susquehanna river today. Yesterday's bombing operations failed to destroy tho ice barrier, and during tho night tho masses of ice shattered by the gombs reunited. Today the big Martin bombing plane; capable of drop ping a huge 050-pound nerial torpedo, will bo used If. it is possible to get tho big bomber ln air . . , Rowbonts nro tied to the porches of the town of Port Deposit, where the barrier Is a tumbled mass twenty feet high. The inhabitants fear that the ico in tho upper river' may como down be fore the barlrer ois broken, which would hlmost certainly causo tho destruction of tho town. DR. G. M. PHILIPS NEAR DEATH Dr. George M. Philips, principal of the West Chester State Normal Hcbool, one of the leading educators of the stuto, who was stricken with apoploxy at Sixty-ninth street terminal, last Fri day night, while awaiting n train for tita.home, wan reported very low at the university Hospital ;tbi- morning. Ills iIAVIV'i i,t-M. 9iTr, SLACKER'S MARYLAND TRIPS ARE REVEALED BY W0MjN "Schneider" Was Paymaster of Party, She Says Denies Re ceiving Testimony Orders Here's a Probjcm in Legal Economics Captain Campbell. Rergdoll's mili tary counsel, gets $3000 a year. Harry Weinberger, Rcrgdoirs civilian counsel, gets $15,000 for defending the slacker' in one trinl. Captain Campbell will get no fee from Bergdoll if the slacker should be acquitted. Weinberger "will receive a $15,000 bonus if it should be decided that tho draft dodger will receive no pun ishment. Captain Campbell is an acknowl edged nuthority on military law. Weinberger has bad little or no experience in court-martial proceed ings. ' Goeniors Island. N. '., March 10. Formal charges of unprofessional con duct were mn(Je ngainst nrmy counsel In charge of the prosecution of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll today and they caus ed a sensation at tho draft-dodger's court-martini. Tbo- accusation was made by Captain Bruce R. Cnmnbell. Bcrcdoll's militarv counsel, und was considered so impor tant that nt 12 :.10 o'clock a recess was called until 2 o'clock to allow him time to prepare his charges in writing. The move ngainst Lieutenant Colonel Charles (J. Lreason. trinl Juileo advo cato In charge of the prosecution, and uaptain Jtoocrt hj. linnnny and Lieu tenant Thomas H. Heffcrnau. his assist ants, was made when the government wns trying to speed up its caso to cud it tomorrow. Asked to "Justify" Themselves The accusation wns based on Colonel Cressou's action in questioning James 13. Koruig, a former Philadelphia mag istratc. under oath yesterday in nn mite room outside, the courtroomjHomigte n witness for the defenso nud'nlso lias been sUbnoenncd by the prosecution. Captain Campbell, addressing the court, asked that the judge advocates bo made to "Justify" themselves for questioning itomig under oatu yesterday in an anteroom of Corblu Hall. Captain Campbell referred again to tho "attitude of the press," and said John O. O Connor, a government accnt. had been quoted in the newspapers as saying Romlg would be prosecuted for perjury. Colonel CreBson hotly resented what he termed the imputation made uy Cap tain Campbell. "I do not want any imputation from any one Unit 1 ever uctcd in an unpro fessional manner or iu u manner uu worthy of an offircr and a gentleman." answered Colonel rresson. "The court understands tliut Cuntalu Campbell has made certain charges of alleged irregularities against Colonel Cres&on aud bis two assistants, de clared Colonel Allaire. Asked to Put It in Writing "If Captalu Campbell will put his charges in writiug the court will con sider them." When Captain Campbell asked thut court be recessed while he prepared the charges in writing as directed, ColoucI Cresson insisted that ho bo allowed to make a statement. He suld he did not want the court record to go to Wash ington with the statement that he had been required to justify, himself. The court reminded tho judge ndvo cate that the request simply had been made by tho defense, but that the court had not directed that Colonel Cresson heed tho request. Tho courtroom then was cleared whilf the board deliberated. Whilo tbo court was behind closed doors before it anuouueed it would re pplvn written churces ncuinst the itulco advocato and his assistants, D. Clurence Gibboney was standing near Ucrgtlull fi n hnllwav adjoining the courtroom. Gibboney was asked in the hearing of Colonel uressou ir ne nau received a reply from Congressman Johusnu, whom he requested by telegraph Mou itnv tn visit the slacker's trial. Johnson has introduced a bill calling for a sweeping revision ot nrmy court- martial methods. "I have not received any mail." re plied Gibboney, glancing toward Colonel Cresson. "Maybe our address hero hns hiin lost." ftlhhnnnv then attcmnted to onen a "- r" ..... .1 . 'conversation witn tno jnugo auvocaiu re garding the charge mauo in court against Colonel Cresson by Captain Campbell. ... "I refuse to discuss it with you," rnnlleil thn poloiicl. ills fai'0 flushed. When Miss Ima K. Dayhoff, clerk of tho New Vlviun Hotel, Hagerstown, resumed the stand earner m mo de Continued on I'uie Two, Column Three FORGIVE ME, SUICIDE'S PLEA Bullet In Head and Note to Wife Tell Tale of Man's Death The body of Martin Peterson, forty- five years old. was found in a room in tho North Eighth Street notel, 148 vnwh r.lrhth street, this mornlne. a bullet in his head. Uy bis Side was u umo umircsoca 10 Amanda, his wife, which read : "Pleaso forgive me and bury me by my mother." Peterson registered at the hotel yes terday ufternoon at 4 p clock. He gave nu address at 3210 Btillman street. At 7:30 o'clock this morning M. Malowman. proprietor of the hotel, heard a dull thud on the floor above as if created by tho falling of a body, no investigated and found tho body of Petersou, Police of tho Eleventh and Winter streets station took the body to Hahne mann Hospital and then to the morgue, 111 health l supposed to have Ccen u. niiua far til RIlllMlle. -v.,. " ' EVIDENCE ON COLBY VEILED IN MYSTERY; SENATORS SILENT 4- Army Intelligence Chief Testi fies in Investigation of ,Fit ness for Cabinet Washington, March 10. (By A. P.) Brigadier General Marlborough Churchill, chief of nrmy Intelligence, appeared before the Senate foreign rela tlons committee today during its con sideration of the nomination of Baln brldgc Colby to be secretary of state nnd wns understood to have given the com mittee certalu evidence requested by It. Committee mrmbcrs were unusually secretive about th matters discussed but it wns said additional witnesses would bo 'called beforo a recommendation was made ns to Mr. Colby's confirmation. Another meeting will be held tomor row. In declining .to sny anything nbout the meeting or to predict what action would be taken on the nomination senators said the mnttcrs under consideration weroof such n nature that it wns agreed unnnimously not to discuss them pub licly. It was asserted, however, that ac tion on tho nomination probably would not be long delayed unless it was de cided to make a sweeping investigation of tho nominee's fitness. Stnte Depart ment officials hold that unless Mr. Colby is confirmed by Monday tho tenure of Frank lu i'olk as acting secretary will lapse under a thirty day limitation nnd that the department technically will be without a head, HUSBAND'S BULLET IS FATAL TO WIFE He Lies in Hospital With Self. Inflicted Wound as Young Bride Dies 'INDEPENDENTS HOOVER'S REPLY TO CALIFORNIANS Progressive Republican Before War, but Holds Issues Now Transcend Parties "READY FOR SERVICE WHEN CALLED UPON" Former Food Chief, However, Declines to Enter Active Cam paign for Presidency HAD BEEN SEPARATED After more than a month's battlo for her life, Mrs. Catharine Stroup, eightcen-ycnr-old bride, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning ip Polyclinic Hos pital of a gunshot wound in her back, inflicted by her husband on the night of March -4. Iu the men's ward of the same hos pital, " just one floor above, Jesse Stroup. tho husband, now believed to bo recovering from n self-inflicted wound in the abdomen, is oblivious of his wife's death. "I wonder whether she'll ever take -merbark, ' lie murmured this morning. after he hnd nsked a hospital attache as to his young wife's condition. Futhcr Murphy, of St. Patrick's Korean Catholic Church, administered last rites to the man und woman fol lowing tho shooting, which occurred on tlie night of February it at Twcuty slxth und Tasker streets. Mrs. Stroun lapsed into unconscious- ncss two days ago. after a remarkable display of determination and vitality. They wcro married Juno 4, 1010. They separated once for five months and were re-united. Following a second separation, Stroup tried to bring anom a reeouclliation. Ho stopped the girl wife as she was on her way to church. "Why don't you come back to me: the husband asked. Cathnrlnc made no response, it is said. Stroup then fired a shot in her buck, nud turning the weupou, shot himself through tho ab domen. Since their separation, Mrs. Stroup had been living nt 2337 Pierce street. The husband lived at 1537 South Mnr bton strcct. HE WAS A MEAN THIEF Ice Cream for Pastor's Surprise Party Is Stolen About thirty friends of the Rev. Dr. William Skeath, pastor of the Slloain Methodist Church, Seventieth street and Woodland avenue, planned n pleasant surprise party for tho clergyman at his parsonage last night. Tho surprise was even more suc cessful thnn planned. As nn anticlimax to the clergyman's astonishment at finding his home invad ed by the thirty merry-making members of his congregation, tho instigators of the pnrty discovered at 10 o'clock that some ono had stolen twenty-one quarts of ice cream from the porch of the par sonnge. A foraging pnrty was sent out for emergency rations. GIRL SEVERELY BURNED Father Smothers Flames When Nlghtctothes Catch Fire Catharine Blello, thirteen years old, of 500 JCnuffman street, is in tho Pcnn sylvnnia lospltal suffering from seri ous bums received wheu her night clothes caught tiro from a gas heater as she was preparing for bed nt mid night. The girl's father, Frank Blello, heard her screams, and, rushing upstairs, threw a blanket nro und her. He suf fered burns on the huuds. Both were taken to tho hospital in n pntrol wagon. It was laid at tho hospital today that tho girl would recover. The acute shortage of news print puper has made it necessury for tho Kvenino Public Iii:aEn to reduce tho number of its pages and to discontinue for tho present somo of tho features to which its readers have become accustomed. Tho shortage is due to railroud congestion In New England and tho consequent extreme difficulty of transporting paper from Maine. The severe winter there has disor ganized railroad .systems and schedules, and last week's blizzard complicated tho tangle. The present condition is only temporary, and when it has passed thoso .features which this paper is regretfully omitting uow will be immediately restored. Meanwhile, tm before, tho Eve- nino Pum,io LKDQRn will pro- sent all the news, which will lose none of ltn yalue and interest In the crlspnww of IU telling New York, March 10. Replying to a scries of questions by several California Republicans In New York boosting him for the presidency, Herbert O. noovcr last night defined his political position regarding parties and issues for the first time. Mr. Hoover snid he is now an "inde pendent progressive" so far ns the present issues are concerned; thnt ho wns n "progressive Republican" beforo the war and a "nonpartisan" during the war. Mr. Hoover made it cleor he bellcvep in purty organization, but only for the promotion of issues, not of men. ne said ho was not a straddler on any Is sue; that it is the 'privilege of nil to hold his or her own views, and that "no man enn be so arrogant ns to as sume that bo can dictate, the issues to the American people or' to the great parties they support." While he hoped to have thn affection of his country men, he naid, his ambition is to remain a "common citizen." His Political History Mr. Hoover'fl letter was written to Ralph Arnold, a mining engineer, of liOs Angeles, who Is in New York as the representative of the "Make Hoover President Club," .of Califoruia. The letter said : "First. I am nn independent Pro gressive in the issues before us today. I think that at this time the issues be fore the country transcend partisanship. It Is well known that I was a Pro gressive Republican before the war and I think rightly, a nonpartisan during my war service. The issues confront ing us arc new and the alignment upon them has not yet been made by the great parties. I still object as much to tho reactionary group in the Re publican party as J do to the radical group in the Democratic party. Opposes Propaganda "Secoud. I am not seeking public office. and, consulting myrdwn personal inclinations; Pdo not want public of fice. I cannot prevent any citizen or group of citizens from agitating that I should take, public office, but I cannot conscientiously participate in any or ganization to that end. "I belong to n group which thinks that the American people should se lect their own officials ut their own Initiative and volition, and thnt re sents the manufacture of officials by machine methods. I feel sure that if I entered the race for nomination to the presidency, nnd undertook to solicit and spend the cost of propaganda and organization, this would be in itself a negation of the right American in stinct, because of the obligations that it all implies. I thoroughly believe that I, like any other citizen, should always be ready for service when, really railed upon, but to go out and try to persuade tho public to call me is opposeu to mv every Instinct. "Third. I hope to have the affection of my countrymen, but my nmbition is to remnin a common citizen, ready to engngo in team play with any or ganization and leadership that has for its objective the consummation and mnlutcnnnce of great Issues in the forms that I believo nro to the public in terest nud benefit. I. of course, be lieve iu narty organization, but it rmiht be for tho promotion of issues, not of meu. I am not n straddler of any Issue: I spend most of my timo agitat ing for issues that I believo in. It is the privilege of all of us to hold our own views and it is our duty to ex press them when called upon to do so. But no man can be so arrogant as to asMimo that ho can dictate the issues to the American people or to the great pnrties they support. For Issues, Not Self "Fourth. You nnd your friends hnve urged that I should undertake to or ganize propaganda for myself as repre senting Issues by entering into compe tition for nomination by a great party. Aido from the reasons mentioned above this implies entry upon a road of self seeking, whereas my view is thnt I should ngltuto for the issues, not for myself. You rightly say that joining sheer organization without Issues is simply offiechunting without regard to public services. "Finally. I am not so Ignorant as not to realize perfectly well thnt suck a course does not lead to nomination to the presidency, but I would not be my self if I started out on n path of self, seeking to obtain any office." New York, March 10. Herbert Hoover's name as a posniblo candidnte for the Republican presidential nomi nation will be placed before Republican voters of the Seventeenth Congressional district of New York city at the party primary or April 6. ! LIKE HOOVER'S ATTITUDE Friends Express Satisfaction on Pol icy of Presidential Possibility Philadelphia friends of Herbert Hoover expressed much satisfaction to day in the statement of the former food administrator regarding his attitude to ward tho nomination for President, con tained in n letter to Ralph Arnold, of I.os Angeles. "A splendid statement. It speaks for Itself," is the way most of them greeted a request for an opinion. II. D. Irwin, vice president of the United States Grain Corporation, said : "Mr. Hoover's letter states his position splendidly. I was especially impressed with the fact that he objects ns much to tho reactionary group of the Re publican party as he does to the radical group of tho Democratic part v." A former attorney for the food ad ministration and a Democrat, whilo de dining to be quoted, declared thnt Hoover "s the only, man for President," He is a personal friend of Mr. Hoover, -..igw-ww DELAWARE RIVER SPAN OF NATIONAL IMPORT Bridge Will Forge Last Link in Highway From Shore Re sorts to 6olden Cato 'What's the Matter With Philadelphia?' 'NOAH'S ARK' FERRIES THEN WILL PASS INTO DISCARD City Undecided on Final Site for Terminus of Structure, Declares McCain By GEORGE NOX McCAIN THE Delaware River bridge- between Philadelphia and Camden is of national importance. It is not a mere local enterprise. It will forgo the last link in n hlgh way from Atlantic City and tho resorts' of the New Jersey coast to San Fran cisco Way without n break for boat or ferriage. The bridge at Trenton has eliminated the break in that direction. The seaside resorts and all of South Jersey are still dependent for direct transportation Into Pennsylvania on an obsolete, system ot ferries These ferries they call them "Noah's Arjcs" hnve existed In somo shape or form since 1815. This bridge that is to span the river of William Penn will bo a wonderful structure. It will be worthy of its na tional importance, provided somo alleged economist with tho vision of n mollusk does not attempt to sacrifice a great project for the sake of some pennies. The final plans will show n greater one than any ot the great bridges of NewYork. Tho single span will be longer than any one of thnt metropolitan quartet. It will approximate 2000 feet. It will draw traffic from (n radius of fifty miles. The territory to which It will lay tribute thnt district in the fifty-mile circuit has 60.7 per cent as many people in It now ns dwell in New York's metropolitan district. The culmination of efforts covering a period of half a century is approaching. fOLONEL McCAIN'S present article, the seventh of the se ries, discusses tho great Delaware river bridge, which will close tho final gap in the roadway from Atlantic City to San Francisco Bay. , ,. Philadelphia it seriously handi capped by the present "Noahs Ark" ferry system. The new bridge is a project worthy of the first commercial city in the nation. SIMS TELLS STORY OF VAIN APPEALS WHEN WAR BEGAN Navy Department Unablo to Ap preciate Grave Need for Ships and Men RECOMMENDATIONS IGNORED AND END OF WAR DELAYED The Legislature of Pennsylvania has acted. Philadelphia, under the leader ship of a constructive administration, has awakened from the Rip Van W inkle sleep. Edwards Backs Sproul Governor .Edwards of New Jersey has seconded tho initiative of Governor Sproul by ndvocatlng a $28,000,000 bond issue to pay New Jersey's share of tho work. If the suggestion for a sesqui -centennial in 1020 crystallizes Into fact It will be possible, unless hnmpercd by of ficial delay or red tape restriction, to open the bridge for traffic simultane ously with tho opening of tho great ex position. The day awaits in the immediate fu turo when facilities for electric bridge trains to the, seashore will make it pos sible to purchase one's ticket in Ken sington. West Philadelphia, Darby ot South Philadelphia through to Atlan tic City nnd proceed thero without changing one's car sent. Indicative of tho faith of men who have given thought to this bridge proj ect nnd tho future of New Jersey, a gentleman in the soberness of convic tion declared to me that the census of 1030 would show a population of 750,000 for Atlantic City and 250,000 each for Capo May and Ocean City. Until plans have been accepted nnd Continued on Face Two, Column Fire SCHOOL BOARD GETS PROTESTS OF MEN TEACHERS Protests ngainst the salnry equalization plan were received today by tbe Boai'd of Education from the nien teachers of all the public high schools ln the city school nystem Stxty-for "West Philadelphia High teachers, in an ultimatum endorsed by their, principal, threatened to resign unless they were given more pay. ' The petitions were referred to the boys' high schools and finance committee, which will consider them at a joint meeting;. "' DEMOCRATS HOLD TREATY CONFERENCE 'WASHINGTON, McVch 10. Twenty Democratic beuators at tcuded a conference today called by Senator Owen iu an effort to expedite ratification of the praco treaty. Thoee prciciit sali Ho concrutu action was taken but tonic of thcui predicted -dfter-waril that wore thaax a tcore of Democrats would vote for rtk ficaUou with the modified Bepublicon re&ervutiou. Promptness in Convoying Sol diers Would Have Prevontod U-Boat Horrors POLICE RAP RULES I HOPES OF TREATY IHALTINGPROMOTION COMPROMISE FAOE i . Charter Prevents Men, Over 45 Years Old Taking Examina tion for Detective By tlio Associated Press Washington, March 10. Failure of the Navy Department to co-operate fully in tbe war during the first six months nfter America's entry cost 500, 000 lives, $15,000,000,000, 2,500,000 tons of shipping and prevented n victory over Germany by July, 1018. Rear, Admiral Sims told the Sennte investi gating committee today in presenting documentary evidence in support of his charges of deluy against the depart- ment. The rear admiral rend recommenda tions he hnd mude to the department" immediately upon his arrival in Lon don in 1017. A cablegram, sent lato in April, 1017, said the critical area where the war would be won or lost wak in the eastern Atlantic at the focus of all lines of ocean communication to' England nnd Frnnce. Admiral Sims said, although he repeatedly urged that cyory destroyer and smnll craft that could-be sent to sea be dispatched Im mediately to this area, his recommenda- tion was not complied with until about six months later. He also recommended, he said, that two divisions of the Amer ican dreadnoughts be sent to base on Brest to guard against raids in tho English channel by German cruiser forces, but this recommendation was en tirely disregarded. Delay in Breaking German Morale Fnllure of the department to throw tbe full force of the nnvy into tho struggle, he said, resulted in the "un- necessary loss of 1,500.000 tons of shipping by- submarine attack in 1017 and 1.000,000 tons in 1018. , "If the tonnage lost in 1017 had been saved by thq prompt co-operation of the navy," he said, "Ariierica could have had 1,000.000 men In France at the be ginning of JW1S Instead of 300,000." Admiral Sims said the German of fensive of 1018 was due to the failure of the German submarine campaign and that in all probability it never would have been undertaken and the morale ,of, the German people would have broken if the American troops had been more (iminpUy dispatched to France. Ho estimated on the basis of what happened wheu the American forces did flrrivo a victory could have been achieved by July, 101S, if tbe tonnage had been preserved. Plans Inexcusably Delayed The Navy Department's first real de- I cislon as to participation in the war, I Admiral Sims wxid, was contained in a I cablegram to him twenty -seven days after America entered tho struggle. Tho message .said the department in tended to send thirty-six destroyers, one tender nnd a mother ship to the British Isles und nsked for minute information i regarding the possibility of obtaining ', necessary supplies nt Berehavcn, the ; probable base. I "All of these plans should have been I worked out long before we entered the i war, said Admiral Wins, "und should rarty Ties Apparently Too ! lmve b0,,n i',ccd in eueet, in substance rr J at least, the day we entered the war." Strong to Permit Agreement on Ratification PATROLMEN ALSO COMPLAIN There is dissatisfaction amoug mem bers of tho police and detective bureaus over provisions of the new city charter which prevent men of long experience from improving their stnndiug In tho police department. A civil servico exnmlnstion for candi dates of the regular den live force will be held on Friday. It is. provided under the charter, however, that no man over forty-five years old can enter the examination; also that any man lu tHe police bureau less than three years Is disqualified for the examination. This rule affects more than two score men who nrc now, specified as "noting detectives" in tho detective bureau, nnd a largo number of putrolmen who have mude good records despite the fact that they have been less than three years in the servico. A large number of tho acting detec tives at City nail have been doing practical detective work for several years, but for various reasons, chiefly political, tho word "acting" was uot removed from their classification. Quite a large number of these men, it is said, have made more important arrests than thoso carrying the specific title of detective. They contend that this provision under tho new charter Is unfair, and will have a tendency to crush initiative among tho men. Regarding tho three-year clauso af fecting patrolmen desiring to advance to tho detective bureau, thero are n number of these men who have rtchicved Important results and who will be de barred from the opportunity under the charter provisions. Ah nn illiiHtrntlnn there Is one patrolman who made fivo important nrrests during the last month. hVs DEVEUN AT HIS OFFICE Councilman Who Has Been III la Going to Florida Councilman James A. Dcvelin ap peared In his offlco this moruing for the first time since he was taken ill with pneumonia moro than a month ago. He is planning to leave for a rest in Miami, Fla., tomorrow and will probably be gono for three weeks or a month. He declined to talk on city polities, declaring that ho was out of touch with affairs, and that the exertion of coming Into his office mado any discussiou of thut sort impossible. Mr. Develln is still weakened from his Illness and looks somewhat thinner than beforo. He does not, however, look like a man whose health has been any move than temporarily impaired bv "feKf ... V WILSON STILL CR'USADER By CLINTON W. GILBERT Stair Corrwiponilrnt of the limine I'ubllc Ic(lRrr Washington. March 10 Senator Curtis, the Republican whip, has sent out toleu-raphic orders for tho Repub lican senators to be in Washington by Friday of this week. The final disposi t on of the treaty Is expected not before thnt date, but probably some time next week The talk of compromise is d ing down to.lnv. l.ven thosP who have been most active in seeking to reach an ngreement realize thnt nn ngreement is unlikeh. More detached observation indicates 'it to lie lmprs ble in spite of the fuct thnt conferences keep up nnd nlniost every -,t!aNi ".."""tuto reservation of some kind which is assured the support of a most enough senntors to make the required two-thirds. The trouble with these assurances is thnt the senators who give then, do m. with reservations themselves either expressed or mental? py,? '! s,"I'Pirt the compromise if -The "if is never realizable. thoMf" uTf MI208t 0f,tl10 Democrats wn n H thoy ,can hp nRS"red that Wilson will accept it. Tho "if" in tho case of the Republicans is If or. n,"cr scopie Inspection It Is agreed that t e suhstitut.. does not imrml? fES P rlnci e of the Lodge reservation. ' ?r Pr,i'",iI,,e Is involved. As the parties drift apart they discover, as they usually do. that a question of principle separates them It Is not. as It seemed at one t me, difference between tweffi dum and tweedledee. Tim nti. -".. fl V ilnl I-.. ... . " i in HUl : ' -.' i ii i;rcuL lcsslte camps of "un- and "untilites." To International Camps rl,.iyn,i''u hptween the International Good Samaritans and the international Levity, or whoever they were, who "declined to assume any obligations" and who. ,. the old parable goes?"- Is divided between the "save Europe first group nud the "save America first" group, between those who" levo it s enlightened selfishness for this country to go whole-heartedly into nn International organization to pre. serve universal peace and thoso who bellovo that It should enter rinlv reluctantly and tentatively. D'y The Issue thnt Mr. Wilson has brought out of nil the welter of words which has lately obscured fundamental questions Is ono that cannot be corn promised This is coming to T be realized on both sides todayf Inertia the efforts at comprom so that have been progressing for months. , It is im! powlble t0 tP the headway these I will show." he said, "that irreat losses were sustained due to tho re sistance of the United States to taking up the convoy system." IIj then rend a department message sent him in May nud signed by Secre tary Daniels. "In nigurd to convoy," it reud, "I consider American vessels having armed guards ure safer when sailing Inde pendently. " "When I got thut message I was nbout ready to jump overboard," con tinued Admiral Sims. "I realized that the department did not understand or appreciate the situation." Admiral Sims said on April 14, 15, 17, 22, 23 und 2-1 lie sent cablegrams urging tho necessity of nnvnl aid promptly, but tliev had little effect On, April 22 he received n message suying hut "six destroyers are ready to sail immediately upon receiving information, us to desired port nnd best route to fol low ns they approach the Irish const." His Rerommendutlons Ignnrfd On the same date, Admiral Sims said he received HtiofJier dispatch signed to Secretary Dnni'ls, informing tiim thnt the department contemplated sending four destrojers und four patrol vessels to the Arctic coast to co-operate with Russian forces nud uski-d his opinion of the proposition. "It can bo seen from this second message how little importunco the da pnrtmeut had apparently given to my recommendations," snid the admiral. "In all my dispatches I hud emphasized the necessity of conccntruting all uvull able American nntl-Hubmarine craft in the critical area of the submarine zone, yet the department contcuipluted send ing four destioyers and four patrol craft to the Arctic coast at u time, when, so fur ns I know, they were intonding to scud only one division of destroyers to the critical zone." V,LLA FREES AMERICAN , Joseph Williams, Who Was Held for Ransom, Liberated KI Paso, Tex.. March 111. (By A, r.) Josenh Williams, of El Paso, an employe of tho Americun Smelting and Refiuiuir Co.. captured und held for innsom by Francisco Villu when tho bandit wrecked n train on the Mexican , Central llutlrond Thursday last, has been freed, according to u telegram from Wllllums to his employers received to (lay. WIL80N OUT RIDING AGAIN Washington, March 10. (By A. P.) President Wilson today took hi third automobile ride since he was ordered to bed last October, An open car wai used and Mrs. Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson; ac companied him. Mr. Wilson rtmnlntd out more than an hour and took a Io .rldn thrmi.h ft, i 'in'1 ' ., - -! J ' ',!, . i v-feWi - . v . i s ', -, n' ri t , -y ., J i -'. fl N 4 Stt M M Vi m wA?3Zz .&TJK-y y . ' sp-. i't .! 'd 7 r rn iiimea m i f... ," j - -:rzr.rr "-r.c --' r"R .' -v " '";.. ''.- ..Sviik" . . f" ... .l'i. " tfi. (. ""fw, ' '.V.. V -.. ., tf&W" ACT v" X- ,twiH,-,r?' "ff l"""""'. a HAt v""tniJVil '''. ., .T-" A 2.4 '. ..TV -s.'JL. 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