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AVaMilrcton, April 20. Tho Repub
lican organization Hit the Home faros n
revolt against the method of raising
money for n bomm to be paid the ex
KoUlere, that of a consumption tax.
Other plans nrc being urged by Repub
lican ns well n Democrats, the chief
of which Is that the money bo ruUed
by taxing war-made millionaires.
The consumption tax would not be
popular, and mnny congressmen do not
want to take chances of losing votes by
a bales tax affecting the pockctbooks of
50.000,000 men and women.
' Congressmen Hoyal Johnson and
Henry T. Iluiney proposed to requite
the (19,000 men who got richer out of
the war pay the bonus. There was a
revolt nt once. The Insurgents cnlled it
caucus to override the House Republi
can lenders and force them to abandon
the consumption tax in favor of the war
profits tax. The caucus, which will be
held tomorrow, promises to upset nil
tho House organization plans by re
jecting the sales tax and providing an
other means of raising the bonus
May Act by June
House leaders nrc planning to pass
the soldiers' bonus bill before the
Tune recess. As virtually agreed on by
members of the vay mid means com
mittee, It will give a bonus of ?1 n day
"for ench ilnv nt sprvici tn nil f.nlilirr.
sailors and marines who seived in the
world war.
As tentatively approteri in ubcom
mittee. it is nlanunl to restrict the cash
uodus to enlisted meu, or. in the case of
officers who rose from the ranks, to
that period of their service spent in the
nlisted personnel. If this proposal is
finally adopted, no commissioned officer,
an such, will receive u bonus, nlthough
offibers will be eligible for participation
In -other benefits to be carried out by
the legislation now being shaped for
submission to House and Senate.
There lis a figlit among Republi
can members of the ways and means
committee to increase tlte bonus to $1.2."
and $1.7." n day. Representative'
xordney lias proposed a .yj-a-ilay bonus,
the''money to be raised by it bond issue.
Representative Morgan, of Oklahoma.
Is displeased by the action of the sub
committee in discarding his plan to aid
those former service men who wish to
obtitln homes or farms.
tVheu the bill will reach the President
fof signature is problematic. Chairman
Joseph AV. Fordney. of the ways and
means committee, hopes to get it started
In the House bv May 1. there is everx
prospect that it will go through flying '
alter the usual debate, but it is con-
sldered unlikely tin Senate will get
around to it until fall. Reports are cur
rent that Republican leaders plan to
hold up the bill somewhere along the
line until shortly Wore the November
campaign argument while it is fresh In
tho soldiers' minds.
. Limitation Finds Objections ,
One of the suggestions being conid-
rrerl by the subcommittee which is
framing the bonus section of the bill
womu mini wie euso wuw m .; a
day to one year's service or a maximum
of $30." to any individual There has
been criticism of this proposal on the
ground thnt n man who served more
than a year is entitled to participate
proportionately with the veteran who
served n shorter period.
Mr. Rainey in proposing that the
Money be raised by taxing war profits,
points out that the govornment can eas
ily raise two or tluee billions b this
method.
Among relief benefits to accompany
the bonus is a project to incorporate
a new government loan bank or similar
Institution, with a capital of .$100,000.
'000 to finance loans to ex -service men.
Ioans would be authorized up to a
maximum of $4000. less the amount of
tho cash bonus, for the purchase of
'farms, homes or farm equipment, in
cluding livestock. Real estate or chattel
mortgages would be uccepted by the gov
ernment as security for long-term loans
for these purposes-.
jR. R. Strikers Ask
Board for Hearing
Continued from Pace One
the railroad managers, both passenger
and freight service on several lines was
reported to be crippled. Volunteers were
used by .some roads to run passenger
trains.
Partial resumption of traffic in the
tubes under the Hudson river today
brought relief to tlmunnds of commut
ers who had been forryd to rely upon
ferry transportation for moie than a
vreeV
Pittsburgh. Annl "JO. . P.y A I
"While mediators from the Pennsylvania
"Department of Labor were endeavoring
to terminate the outlaw railroad strike
here, railroads today reported that ad
ditional meu were going back to work
and freight and passenger service was
being restored
The Pittsburgh and I.iike Krie, whose
strikers have stood firm, reported (hat
the TJickcrson Run yardmen voted lust
night to go back to work and trains
would soon be moung in the Connells
villo coke region. Passenger service,
offielnls said, was almost normal.
Freight movement on the Haltimoie
and Ohio also was much improved, it
was stated, with men drifting back at a
number of points Passenger traffic
showed few Irregularities, it wns stuted.
The PenuslHiiiii Railroad report
showed men returning to work in the
Thirteenth street yards. Pittsburgh: at
Steiibenvillc, Ohio, Dennison, Ohio:
Brownsville, Pa Shire Oaks nnd
Toungwood. Freight movement in the
Conway ynrds. where the strike start
ed, reached 70-1 cars yesterday, while in
the Pitcairn vurdi 1001 cars were
moved, almost double the number moved
the day before Passenger service, it
woa stntcd, had been improved, ono
train between New- York and Pitts
burgh, taken off because of the strike.
having been restored. Local trains were
being operated as usual.
'Shaw Indorsed by Independents
Robert S. Shaw, formerly chairman
of the Towu Meeting party in the For
tieth '.ird, has been indorsed as the
choice of the Independent lenders of the
Twonty-first Legislative district for
stnto representative. The indorsement
of Mr. Shaw was made yesterduy at a
meeting of the R. S. Shaw legislative
onmpulfm committee after n committee
bad called upon Major Moore, who cs
jarcMcd himself iu favor of Shaw.
' DELANY RALLY TONIGHT
( .Charles Delnnj, ndniinistrntlnn can
didate for Congress in tho Third dis
f trtct. and other administration candi
dates will attend u reception given by
the Republican Alliance of tho night
(7 nth ward tonight at headquarters, 410
"Bast Qlrartl avenue Robert Grler. the
ward leader tor tne Alliance, win be
Jn, charge.
WOMEN FORM NEW CLUB
A state-wide campaign for the re
ceptive cnndldacy of Herbert Hoover for
President will be given propelling force
this afternoon at n meeting of the
Hoover executive committee.
Charles .1. Hepburn, who was counsel
for the federal food administration for
Pennsylvania, will be suggested for state
chalrmau. The state campaign will aim
to bring out forceful public expression
of the Hoover sentiment believed to
exist in every city, town and hnmlct In
the Keystone State.
The executive committee will meet nt
1.117 Walnut street with C. Herbert
Bell in the chair.
"We are getting excellent returns
throughout the city." said Mr. Hell this
afternoon." but we feel thnt wider
action should be taken throughout the
state."
The members of the committee in
clude .luliii T. Itraun. r.Iorris I,. Cooke,
Albert Cross. Mrs. Frank Miles Day.
Robert L). Drlpps, Mrs. George A.
Dunning, William M. Field. Joseph H
Hugedorn, Charles D. Hurt. James
Collins Jones, John Kent Kane, Mrs.
Charles M. I.ee. Otto T. Mallery. Jos
eph A. Steinmetz, J. Reaver White and
P. II. Von.
Sixty -five prominent men and women
of Oermautown formed a "Hoover for
President" club in the Twenty -second
ward lust night nt a meeting in the
home of Mrs. IIollNtcr Sturges, 7015
Seminole avenue, ("ermantown. Mrs.
Stnrges is chairman of the WHrd com
mittee. Thirty divisions in the ward
were represented at the gathering.
Robert D. Dripps. former director of
public Mifetj. presided. Stieeohcs fur
thering tl'r candidacy of Hoover were
made by Wan en A. Poley, D. Webster
Anders. Dr C H. Currie. Charles M.
Thompson. Mine Schoepele and I.. A.
I.uudreth. Announcement wilt be made
in a few days of a mass-meeting to be
conducted by the club in the Town Hall
in (lermantown
Moyer Fails to Get
Bank Case Squashed
Continued from Purr Oar
the examination us he haw tit. und was
bustnlned by the .ourt.
The itnes totffli-d to having sent
out the .11 tor the report of the North
Petiu Hank's business June It. ns of
June 2, aud ot having received back the
bliinb June 11. He hIm testified to
having reecho, a .all report December
tl, 101 s, the last rail report nrecedine
that being of June 2.
Mr. Taulune offered three previous
reports iu evident. Mr (iray picked
them no and Minted.
"1 know why you ure smiling." said
Mr. Tuulaue. "but it won't do you any
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"I saw jou look nt thnt indorsement
on the report." said Mr. Taulune. "and
what I meant was that the point you
were ionic to raise is no booii.
I-awjw-s Can Smile. Not Laugh !
Judge Davis intervened.
"I have no objection to any one smil
ing, but laughing is forbidden. Keep
the petty personalities out of thin frlnl.
I I'll do all the judging."
rreu iiamclier. u bunk examiner, ic
called. testified that he had found the
notice of June L after the bank's col
lapse. Peter G. Cameron, also a for
mer bank examiner nnd at present a
deputy banking commissioner, substan
tiated previous testimony iu regard to
the report. Mr. Gray in cross-exnra-ination
tried to make the witness admit
that he had reported the bank to be in
shaky condition as early as January of
1010.
Handwriting Identified
Then August Wagner took the stand,
proving to be the most imKrtant so far
called. He was employed for years as
a notary public to witness various legal
papers for the bank.
He was shown 'the sworn report of
the bank's financial condition as of June
". and testified that the signature was
that of Mojer.
Mr Grny subjected the witness to a
long and sharp cross-examination. Un
der it Wugner admitted that he some
times left his notarial seal at the bank,
so that he would have it handy when
be dropped in to witness papers. He
was asked to produce the book iu whlcb
he recorded affidavits, so that from his
records he could turn over the legal
proportion of his fees to the state.
He admitted in reply to Mr. Gray's
questions, that sometiipes he neglected
tr. enter these. He found the entrv
of the stntement of June 10. the day it
I wns signed, sandwiched in between some
rimer entries ot oilier dates. lie ex
plained thnt his clerk, u girl, had en
tered others, and that he had put in
certain affidavits of which he had made
meniorandu but had not entered nt the
time the oaths were administered.
"Was not this eutrv put there nfter
every other entry on the page, and
simply where it wus most convenient
to make it V" Mr. Gray asked.
"No," answered the witness.
"Was not this entry made n long
time after the affidavit had been
taken?" asked Mr Gray.
"No." answered the witness, "only
a rensonuble time three or four days
perhup."
Delay In Kntry Admitted
I.j accident Mr. (iray turned to the
'next pa of the book, and there found
a ecosml entry apparently of the sume
affidlt. The first hud been entered
as "Statement to Stute North I'enn
Hank.' It was dated. The second hnd
no date and was written in us "state-
nient of ussets to state. North I'enn
naiiK. i my cents.
"Did you ever tnke any affidavits
after June 10V asked Mr. Gray.
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les, answereu tne wunes-.
"To the state banking commissioner?'
BAN ON WAR DEAD LIFTED
U. S. Will Begin to Remove Bodies
In Battle Zones in September
Washington. April 20. (By A. P.)
Removal of American dead from
within the fighting zones in France for
transportation to the I'nited States will
begin after September 1,", under nn
agreement between the American and
French Governments. Bodies of men
burled outside these zones now are be
lug moved to this country.
Tho War Department, in announcing
the ugreeinent. said the terms limited
the return of bodies to those whose re
moal had been speciiicali) requested
by the next of kin
Iu transporting thr bodies to French
ports, the Culled States has agreed To
use not exceeding u maximum of 100
standard box cars ut any one tlmo. It
had been the original intention of the
French Government not to permit the
removal of dead from the zone of opera
: tlons until three years aner tne war
ended
Pupils at the Friends' fiiraril Avenun School today held Arbor Day exercises when representatives of all classes
Joined In planting the 1D-0 tree. Hans Strretcr, an Instructor at the school , Is shown throwing the first spade
ful of earth on a maple sapling
POLICEMAN IS MOURNED
School Pupils to View Body of John
E. Price
Pupils of the Harmer School, the an
nex and the Orrmantowu High School
expressed their regret today tit the dentil
of Patrolman J. K. Price, who o fre
nuontly protected them while crossing
the street on the way to school, and who
was crushed to death by two passing
cars while on duty yesterday.
II. F. KeUer, principal f tiie high
school, paid u tribute to the fulthful
nc.ss of the officer. Florence Woodruff,
who narrowly ccaped un accident yes
terday when a trolley car hid from view
a passing motortruck, und who was ear
ned to n nearby drug store by Patrol
man Price, was noticeably affected by
the exercises.
Miss Mary S. Holmes, assistant to
the principal, will convey to the patrol
man s widow the expressed regrets of i
the pupils. Permission was granted to Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, was
the pupils of the Harmer School by Miss j Installed at Till I.u Temple last night
R. Carolond. the principal, to collect u as captain general of that command
fund for flowers. cry by Thomas R. Palton, actine
School children will be permitted to ' grand commander of the Grand Coin
view the body before the funeral on mandery. Knights Templar of I'enn-
I hursilay morning nt h :.S0 o clock, at l
the residence, 20 East Haines street.
HALT YOUTHFUL ROMANCE
Irate Father and Detective Spoil
Plans of Would-Be Elopers
An irate father and vigilant detective
spoiled the elors'meut plans made by
Kdwurd Hums, twenty years old, aud
fifteen-year-old Katliryn Stock, 1022
Roberts street.
The jouug man and the girl were
caught by Detective Seliwar us they
were ubnut to board n train late yes
terday afternoon for Klkton. Md. Al
bert C. Stock, the girl's father, had
asked the police to detain the youthful
lovers.
The father, in Central Station this
morning, said Hums had asked per
mission to marr the girl und had been
refused, Mr. Stock said his daughter
was too young nnd that her invalid
mother needed whnt attention she could
give.
Neighbors yesterday saw the young
couple leaving the Stock home and noti
fied the father at his place of employ
ment. The girl wept today ns Rums, who
lives nt 4I.TJ Germantowti avenue, wns
arraigned on n charge of enticing a
minor. The girl's father refused to
press the charge and Hums was re
leased. LAUNCH DESTROYER TODAY
Vassar Girl to Send James K. Pauld
ing Down Ways at Camden
The I'nited States torpedoboat de
stroyer James K. Paulding will be
launched at the .Noir lork shipyard
Camden, this afternoon. It is nnmed
after the late James h. Paulding
who was a former secretary of the
I'nited States navy, und ihe sponsor
will be Miss Marv Hubbard l'aulding
n student at Vnssar College, who
is n "reat-eranddaughter of the late
navy official. She is h daughter of
Colonel William Paulding; of the United
Suites urmv. retired.
The destroyer Is one of the fleet being
built nt the South Camden vara, and
is .114 feet 4 inches in length and hns
a beam of !10 feet 11 inches nnd a
draft of 0 feet 4 inches, it will mane
a speed of thirty-five knots per hour
and will burn oil for fuel.
WATCHMAN AND $1400 GONE
Employe at School for Blind Leaves
Note of "Thanks"
Attei writing a note expressing his
thanks and stating that he wus going
back to his home town. Chicago. George
M. Rj.in, a watchman ut the Pennsyl
vania Institute for the Juntruction of
the Wind. Sixty-fourth nnd Malvern
streets. Overbrook. disappeared from
bis post with 51400 of the institution's
funds, according to the police.
Rvan is accused ot having taken the
mon'ev and Liberty bonds from the safe
Saturday night. He was obtnined three
months ago by the school from an em
ployment agency. Officials accepted him
without references.
POLICE SEARCH FOR BOY
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Youth 14 Years Old Has Been Ab
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The police yesterday were asked to
I find John Hnffecker. Jr.. fourteen
'years old, of 820 Judson street, who
hn- heen absent from his home since
Tuesday of last week. The briy wore
n durk blue suit when he left home to
attend school nt St. Xavier's. Twen-tv-fourth
and Green streets.
' John Haffecker, the boy's father, who
operates an elevator nt Twenty-third
and Vine streets, fell down the shaft
yesterday and wns seriously injured.
The mother has appealed to the news
papers to aid in the search.
NO AUTOPSY ON MISS APPLE
Disposition of Allentown Young
Woman's Body Awaits Instructions
Purls. April 20. (By A. P.) It has
been definitely derided that no autopsy
will be held on the body of Miss Mary
Klleu Apple, of Allentown, Pa., who
wus founded dead in tho Gonnrd woods
neur Versailles Sunday evening, ac
cording to Doctor Young, in charge of
the Society of Friends' organization
here, for which Miss Apple was a wel
furc worker.
Disposition of Miss Apple's body Is
awaiting Instructions from her family
in Allentown
ARBOR DAY OBSERVED
Pupils at Friends' School Plant
Maple Sapling
Arbor Day exercises were held this
morning at the Friends Oirard Avenue
School, Seventeenth street and Olrnrd
avenue.
Two students from each class aided in
planting a maple sapling, each placing
u spadeful of dirt at the roots.
A program, consisting of songs and
recitations, was given by the (J class,
the highest in the institution. Many
fathers and mothers of pupils were pres
ent. G. W. HILSEE HONORED
Knights Templar Install Him as
Captain General of Commandery
George W. Hilsee. past high priest
of T'niversity Chapter nnd recently
elected ns the new throne officer of
rVivlnMitnn fhoMPiir Cnmmnndorr.
i-ylvanin.
More than M0 sir knights from thin
and other cities, in full Templar uui
form. participated in the ceremonies,
which Included the installation of Mur
i!enns S. Gooloyan ns commander and
William Rrnun, Jr., as generalissimo
of the commander.v.
Mendel J. Hlalv. nast conmnnder of
Hay City Commandery, of Bay City,
.uil'U., Hi tiuuur iu lor iniuu n""0!
was made nn honorary life member of
Corinthian Commandery. He is a
brother of Henry L. Blnly, who retired
last night ns commander of that com
mandery, Louis G. Groh. one of the most dis
tinguished Masons in Pennsylvania,
was marshal of the ceremonies, which
were conducted in the presence of more
thnn ir00 invited guests comprising
members of the families and friends of
the knights present.
TO CONFER ON BRIDGE PLAN
Camden Delegation, On Special
Train. Will Visit Gov. Edwards
In an effort to prevent nny blockade
of the Delaware river bridge project
through the legislative entanglement the
Camden Chamber of Commerce to
day sent n large nnd Influential delega
tion to Trenton to confer with Governor
Edwnrds on the situation.
A speclnl train left the Broad
way station of the Pennsylvania Rail
road at 11 :."5 and the delegation has an
appointment with the governor for this
afternoon. The situation has aroused in
tense interest among the business men
of South Jersey.
Headed by William J. Strandwitz, a
committee will urge upon the governor
the need of a complete understanding
upon the pending bond bill in order
that no further delay mny be en
countered. The amendment made by the
Semite by which it is proposed to levy
a state tax to meet the bond Interest is
known to bo distasteful to the governor,
who favored the measure as It passed the
House, with the interest charges to be
met by appropriation.
WOULD DEPORT DE VALERA
Governor of Alabama Condemns
"Sinn Fein Propaganda"
Montgomery, Ala.. April 20. (n.v A.
p, i Resolutions adopted by the Bir
mingham Post, American Legion, re
questing that he publicly proelnlm
Hamonn De Valern, "provisional presi
dent of the Irish Republic," to be per
Bonn non gruta in the state of Alabama,
were presented to Governor Kirby last
night. Governor Kirby replied that,
while it was not within his official prov
ince to issue such a proclamation, he
wus of the personal opinion thnt the
"pilgrimage of De Valern and his Sinn
Fein propaganda obnuld have long ago
received the attention of the Stute De
partment." "Were I directing official of that de
partment." Governor Kllby added, "I
would unhesitatingly order the depor
tation of De Vnlera without delay."
EX-SOLDIERS ROB SALOON
Four Men Escape With $18 Sus
pect Held in Ball
Four former service men entered the
saloon of Patrick Ljnuugh. Thirty
second nnd Market streits, last night,
stole SIS from the bar and escaped in
i a motortruck.
Airxunucr jvruimwuiT, .hm ruueri
street, was held in si.iini Dull for a '
further bearing Sunday by Magistrate
Harris today. He is licensed of being
one of the intruders. He wus arrested
this morning.
The men, all wearing uniforms with
red discharge btrlpes, entered the sa
loon about 8 o'clock. Trny Itadau, the
bartender, was on duty. When he
turned to hcrve the men after they hod
ordered, one grabbed the money and all
ran out. He pursued, but was rapidly
outdistanced by the truck In which they
were riding.
KUNKEL'S NAME PUT FIRST
Dauphin Judge Wins Head of Su
preme Court Ballot
Harrlsburg, April 20. President
Judge George Kunkel, of the Dauphin
County Court, won first plnco on the
nonpartisan primary ballot for Supreme
Court Justice at the May primary, when
lots were drawn ucrordlng to Inw nt the
secretary of the commonwealth's de
partment today.
Judge ICunkel is confined to his home
by Illness. Ills rival Is Judge Syl ver
ier II. Sadler, of the Cumberland courts.
GENERAL SCHALL BURIED
Distinguished Military Men Attend
Funeral at Norrlstown
Norrlstown, Ta., April 20. The fu
neral of General John W. Schnll was
held this afternoon from his home, 014
Swede street. It was a military funeral
In the sense that a host of military men
were in attendance. Ills chaplain of the
Sixth Regiment, the Rev. Henry A. P.
Hoyt. rector of St. John's Kpiscopul
Church. Cyuwjd, was In charge of the
religious services. At Montgomery
Cemetery a firing squad and n trumpet
er took part, and u nntloual flag wus
wrapped nbout the casket.
Besides the military men, mnny civil
Ian citizens of Norrlstown, Philadel
phia and elsewhere were present.
As a mark of respect flags nt Harris
burg and nt nil the armories of the state
were put nt half-mast this morning.
Honorary pall-bearers, from which
also active pall-bcnrers were chosen, in
cluded members of his staff when he
was brigadier general. Adjutant Gen
eral Frank D. Henry and Major Gen
eral William G. Price, Jr., present
bends of the National Guard, and for
mer mnjor generals and brigadier gen
erals of the state's military, establish
ment and officers who participated in
the world war were among those who
paid tribute to their former comrade.
TO ACT ON TEACHERS' PAY
Board Will Consider Schedule to Be
Offered Legislature
The teachers of the public schools will
learn their fate this afternoon, when the
.Hoard of Fducation meets at the admin
istration building. Nineteenth und Mar
ket streets, to discuss the salary sched
ule, which will be presented to the next
state Legislature.
The schedule was prepared by Dr.
Thomas K. Flncgnu, state superintend
ent of schools, in connection with the
school boards of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, the two cities which tho
schedule will affect. It has been in the
hands of the members of the school
board since yesterday morning, but none
of them lias given out any information
as to its contents.
Teachers throughout the city, how
I f,ver. express decided optimism as to
i the provisions of the tentative schedule,
Its schedule will not affer t the present
crisis, however, ns it must first be
brought befoie the stntc Legislature
when it convenes next January. Should
it be approved by tho Legislature, it
will be retrouctive aud the salary in
crease provided will go into effect in
January. 1021.
WARM CONTESTS AHEAD
Mayor's Followers Hope to Control
City Committee
This is the last day for filing petitions
for cnndidutcn for ward committeemen
with the county commissioners. Friday
will be the last day for withdrawal.
Chief interest in the ward committee
tuimary contests will center in tile tights
In nlmost every ward between the Vurc
nnd Moore forces for control of the Re
publican city eoramittc .
Petitions for the Moui men are be
ing handled by John Voorhees, executive
secretary of the Republican Alliance,
end for the Vnre men by Councilman
Finley. executive secretary of the city
committee. Particularly spirited con
tests betwrcn the rival elements nrc ex
pected In the Eleventh. Thirteenth. Fif
teenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth, Twenty-second, Thirtieth, Thlr-ty-seeond.
Forty-fourth and Forty
iblxth wards.
PLAN FRISCO CONVENTION
Democratic Arrangements Commit
tee Holds Meeting at Chicago
Chicago. April 20. (By A. P.)
1 inni plans for tho Democratic national
convention nt Sun Francisco were un
der formulation ut u meeting here to
day of the arrangements committee of
the Democratic uutloual committee,
headed by Homer S. Ciimmings, na
ticnal chairman.
Housing of delegates and visitors
during tho convention anil provisions
for uderpiutc transportation facilities
were the principal problems being
worlieii out. 'the committee also con-
Hidtuwl plans for apportionment of kiI-
I ! rACPt'l)tirlnti tst r fsti 1 l i uniifil .tti
resentntion umong supporters of each
candidate for the ptcsidcntiul nomina
tion. DENTAL GRADS IN REUNION
Class of '00 of Philadelphia College
Has Banquet Tonight
The class of 1000, Philadelphia Den
tal College, F.ightcenth and Button
wood streets, is holding its twentieth re
union here today.
Fifty members of the class nra attend
ing the exercises, which started with a
reception by the faculty and students
of the college this morning. Tho party
Inter took nn automobile ride over the
Roosevelt boulevard and hud lunch at
the Mineral Springs Hotel in Willow
iirove.
Dr. M. H. Boehmer will be the first
sneaker at o banquet at the Rosemont
Cafe tonight. Temple (Tnlversltv will
be represented by Dr. Wilmer Krusen
nnd !r. David I. Mnm-on, of New Kng
land, will be the third speaker.
UKATIIH
KAItZWI.NHK cm April 10, MAHCJAilKT
CRKSWKM., eldest daughter of Walter U
unil Katharine Crtawrll I.arelerc. Kunnrul
rvlca on Thurlay. April '12, at a o'clock
at th linma of her parents, 134 W Coulter
ft (iTmanlnwn Tnlfrmnt nrlvatr
(lAII.MIK Hl'AfM nilt It KMT
OAHAdU apace tor rent, centrally located.
145 N. 32u at
TO CONFER ON FRANKFORD L
Thomas E. Mitten, president ot tho
P. It. T., nnd Superintendents Police
Mllla have personally been making ob
servations of traffic conditions In the
center of this city, It became known to
day through Director of Public Safety
Cortelyou.
Director Cortelyou declared the in
spections ore being made under his sil
pervlslon with n view to making Phila
delphia tho best city In the country In
the matter of traffic conditions.
Superintendent Mills nnd Mr. MIt
ten nrc giving particular nttcnUon to
traffic delays in the clty'ft center. These
delays, it has been determined, nrc
mostly caused by slow-moving vehicles
on streets where trolley cars operate.
To Discuss $0,000,000 Loan
Councll'H approval to the proposed
$0,000,000 equipment trust issue will
be urged this afternoon by the Rapid
Trnnslt Co.
Tho company wishes to borrow the
money for equipment purposes nuu
under tho 1007 .agreement must obtain
the city's, sanction.
When the proposal was made to
Council It was suggested that the trust
certificates should yield flper cent In
terest. This Interest yield Is to be In
creased to 7 per cent, company officials
announced, because of an upward
change in market conditions.
If the city and P. It. T. do not reach
nn agreement on the operation of the
Frnnkford "L" by Mny 1 the line will
not be in operation this year.
JlRj-or Moore and Mr. Mitten will
confer tomorrow in an effort to effect
some plan of working agreement be
tween the cfty-nnd company.
The city has contracts for rails for
the structure. The company has op
tions on 100 cars, good until May. 1,
when they expire. If tho agreement is
reached the road can be completed nnd
in operation for the Christmas shop
ping. The Mayor's special committee on
transit, having interviewed Director
Twining, of the. city transit department,
nnd Mr. Mitten, will hear Mr. Mitten
ngain on Pridny, study other phases of
the problem and submit their report by
May 4.
Hop for Early Agreement
Members of the committee who heard
Mr. Mitten outline the comnnnv's plan
were confident that he nnd Mayor Moorp
will reach nn agreement ut the confer
ence tomorrow.
One hundred cars nre needed to equip
the line. Mr. Mitten said he had been
granted an option by the Brill Co. to
contract for Immediate construction of
the cars nnd that if the agreement was
reached the Frnnkford elevated would
be in operation before the end of the
year. However, he snld, the option
would expire on Mny 1 and the Brill
Co. was ho tied up with orders that it
would not consider the construction of
cars for at least ten months if the op
tion were permitted to lapse.
While nil the discission of bringing
In an outside eoinpnny to run the
high-speed lines has been going on Mr.
Mitten has preparer! the working draw
ings nnd plans for the cars to be used,
so thnt if the agreement Is forthcoming
the nlans for the cars will be ready. He
said he had sent the plans to the office
of Director Twining, and tlieyY nave
been nnnroved bv the city officials.
It was discovered yesterday that there
can be no hope of relief to the surface
riders of the city through quick con
struction of new trolley lines. The
committee wns forced to abandon plans
for the huildlns of the fourteen lines
contemplated because of the dearth of
material.
GIRL WINS SPEED HONOR
Jessie Peoples Awarded Business
Show Prize for Typewriters
The tristatc contest for beginners on
the typewriter held last night at the
National Business Show, in the First
Regiment Armory, was won by Miss
Jessie A. Peoples, of Wilmington, who
uveraged sixty-three words a minute.
Frances Nauglitou. of 001(1 Sausom
street, was second, with fifty-nine
words a minute.
Much interest is being shown by the
public in thih year's exhibit, which is
the largest ever held in this city. To
morrow nnd Friday will be executives
days, nnd admission will be limited to
representatives of various businesses
uud industries of the city.
ROBBERS ARE PARTICULAR
Take Whisky, Champagne and Valu
able Fur Coat
Thieve.s broke into the apartment of
Frederick Sheik, 111 South Fortieth
street, last night, and stole $1U00 worth
of goods. Including several valuable
cases of champagne und whisky.
Mr. Sheiks apartment is on the third
floor and the intruders forced open the
door, while he wns out. In addition to
the liquid loot, the robbers got n fur
coat, a camera and other valuables.
JECLISWELLcV0.
Jbwelehs Silversmiths Stationeti3
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
Attractive Additions
to the Collection of
Diamond Wrist Watches
r
, EVELYN NESBIT
Former wife of Harry K. Thaw and
now Mrs Jack ClIfTordi who will
defend suit for divorce
EVELYN NESBIT SUED
Jack Clifford Asks Divorce From
Former Dancing Partner
New York, April 20. Papers in nn
nctlon for divorce were served on
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, now Mrs. Jack
Clifford, last night In her home In
West Fifty-fourth street. Clifford,
who wns formerly his wife's dancing
partner in vaudeville, named nn actor
as corespondent. . ,
When interviewed, Mrs. Clifford de
nied that she was guilty and declared
that she would defend the sillt.
Since she retired from the vnndc
vllle team of Kvclyn Nesbit and Jnck
riitTnnl nhr hns heen nnnearlns off nnd
on in the movies with ner son, uusscu
Thaw.
' MARKOE'S SLAYER HELD
State Will Rush Demented Printer
to Asylum
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New York, April 20. Thomas .
Simpkin, the demented printer who
shot and killed Dr. James W. Markoe,
the distinguished surgeon, in St.
George's Protestnnt Episcopnl Church,
Stuyvesant square, on Sunday, was ar
raigned yesterday before Magistrate
Simpson in the Torkville Court and
held without bnll for further examina
tion tomorrow. The charges were
homicide., felonious assault and viola
tion of the Sullivan law.
Benedict Dinecn, nssistnnt district
nltornev in charge of the homicide bu
reau, said he would present the evi
dence to the grand Jury on Thursday,
so that nn indictment of murder in the
first degree could be returned. The
court will then be nsked to nppoint a
lunacy commission, and efforts will be
made to have Simpkin committed to the
Mntteuwan State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane.
It developed yesterday that It was not
Doctor Mnrkoe's custom to nnss the col
lection plate In the aisle in which he
wus shot, but that on last Sunday he
had taken the plnce of Wolcott G.
Laue, n lawyer and a vestryman, who
wns out of town,
HENRY W. BRAUDE NAMED
Takes Oath as Assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney
Henry W. Brnude was today ap
nnlnted assistant district attorney by
rnited States District Attorney Charles
D McAvoy and took his oath of ofilce
before Justice Dickinson, of the United
States District Court.
Mr. Braude is u member of the law
firm of Lederer & Brpltlnger, with
offices in the Franklin Building, 410
Wulnut streetr He is thirty years
old, a graduate of Ceutral High
School in 1000; the Wharton School,
nnd Law School of Lnlverslty of Penn
sylvania, la 1010.
The new assistant district attorney
wns a Deinoerntic candidate for recorder
of deeds nt the last election. He is nn
uctLvc member of several Jewish organizations-,
including Jhe Jewish Commu
nity ot Philadelphia, of which he is sec
retary ; n director Jof the Hebrew Shel
tering Home, an .executive committee
member of (he Jewish welfare board and
tho Y. M. II. A.
11 STOWAWAYS ON SHIP
Jamaican Negroes Part of United
Fruit Co. Cargo
Llcven stowaways were dragged from l
various hiding plnces below decks on the i
steamship hosnu, of the rnited Fruit
Line, when it docked today at Pier o,
below Market street.
Immigration officers said that the
number came close to being n record for
one ship. All ot the eleven were
Jamaican negroes, who slipped nboard
when the Sosna w'as taking on her cargo
of bununus at Port Antonio.
Immigration officers say that the
Jamaicans seem specially eager to get
to the United States now, seeking
btendy work und big wages. Almo.st
every ship from the islands bring n
stowaway or so, according to the offi
cials. The eleven men from tho Sosna were
taken by police tug to the Gloucester
immigration station, where there nre
already ten Jamaican stowaways, await
ing n hearing before u special board.
WALL BOARD
Sheet reor if
Tins hcleiitiflc, fireproof wall board fills
any plastering need. Instead of having to
nail on lath und then troweling, nnd wait
ing for your scratch cont to dry und your
llnJsn.ng coata to dry, you can nnil Rhcot
rock to wu! s or ceilings and they arc
roudy for paint, paper or puncls. AbU for
sample.
JAMES E. TAGUE & CO.
lOtll & Columbia AVC, Diamond 60S0
The largest single deal In shipping
circles since the war was consummatea"
yesterday when the first of ten steam
ships purehnscd from Uie United States
shipping bonrd waH tnken over by Hie
Fnrragut Steamship Corporation, ,
contly organized by n group of business
men from Cincinnati and Philadelphia
The transaction represents nn invest
ment of more thun $12,000,000.
An operating compnny known ns the
Blue Star Navigation Co. has also been
created, having for Its officers the per.
sonncl of the Charles T. Megce Co in
the dfflcos of which the new company
will have Its home. Philadelphia wi
chosen an tho home port for the new
compnny after tho eastern field had been
looked over.
Tho officers of the Fnrragut Steam
sliip Co. nre Sternum! Freiberg, of the
Slg nnd Sol II. Frelbcrjr Co., of Cin
rlnnnti, president; Iiouls Schwartz, re
tired, first vlco president; Harry c
Anderson, proprietor of tho Cincinnati
Enquirer-Press, second vice president
Sol II. Freiberg, treasurer, and Ktlgar
S. Freiberg, of the Freiberg Food Prod'
nets Co., Cincinnati, secretary. The
directors nre Charles M, Lewi', of
Washington, D. O. ; Bertram M. Alncj.
worth, president of the Ainesworth Coal
and Iron Co., Philadelphia; former Con
gressman A. F. Lever, of Washington.
D. G., nnd Judge II. C. Fox, of the
municipal vuuri. oi "Cincinnati.
StmatJ.Cnt$wll Iron Work
"Cheerfully
Recommended"
IRON products from
the Creasyell Works
have long been
known for their qual
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This Philadelphia con
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nearly perfect combus
tion: "TJio results are atUfnctory.
We are able to maintain a
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tinually nnd it has enabled us
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"We can cheerfully recom
mend this apparatus to any
one who is having difficul
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Unless the Automatic
Fuel-Saver cuts5to20
from your coal bills you
do not pay for it.
Let us give you full in
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