4& x - 'f iv r. M.S. iM- i -i 3 ' ftfr V . h& i'TS lisj F- FtH-. 'J! . Mlf-l T d 5'- !f . p. i IK r silGH COS ISM CUT BY P. R. R. EMPLOYES Mutunl Bonofit Plan Givos . 15,000 Workers Bulge on Old H. C. L. Even clothing supplied PennsvlvnnI i il Bailrond employes have , port Llmeburncr nocepted $100 from at eighteen cents n pound I jf- -. VttlMy. manager of the Bhlln ly else was paying much rtoltihjn Iolt ( .,.. U Ingohocklng street ' v and Frankfort! avenue. bought sugar at when everybot more. They buy coffee nt from five to seven cents n pound below the price charged by the chnin grocery stores. They buy clothing at wholesale rntr. nycrnging nil year round nt least 20 per cent less thnn is charged In even the inest modcrato priced stores. They buy furniture nt factory cost plus the freight. This money-saving plan, by which thousands of employes of the Penn sylvania system nre meeting the mount ing costs of living, hns been worked out -by what the. workers call the "M. II. A.," otherwise known as the Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employes. The organization has worked out n system: of co-operative buying as a part pf. its general activities. Supplies All Necessities A member of this osociation an buy nnytliing needed through the "M. B. A." which comes within the scope of household necessities. In the Inst si months or so the em ployes hnve bought lfi.000 pounds of sugar through the organization. Their saving has been not les thnn two cents h 'pound, and sometimes more. In two years' time thej have bought 2.10.000 pound of coffee. Their clothing purchases for a year have amounted to $."0,000. They hnve bought $.100,000 worth of other mis cellaneous commodities. Including fur niture, nt factory prices They huve even bought ."572,000 worth of P 11. It. .stock in the last year and paid for It in installments. The "M. B. A." has its own stores in Wilmington, Camden, Trenton, Pit cairn, . Verona and New York. They have no store in Philadelphia, where the main office of the organization is located, becauso they do their principal buying here nnd have an arrangement with the wholesalers which makes the cx penso of n store unnecessary. 15,000 In "M. B. A." The association has a membership of 115,000 out of the 1.15,000 employes of the railroad. Though the co-operative buying feature has proved extremely popular, the organization is primarily a beneficial one, paying disability nnd death benefits. Also it hns served nn Important purpose in acting as go between in Mine of labor stress. The association's motto Ik "Let L's Hcasou Together." ami it has been instrumental In settling numerous labor disputes by getting men and officiuls to tnlk over their differences. Membership in the organization is II'' open to all employes, irrespective of 3 station, whether they hold "overall" or "white-collnr" jobs. Many of the Tailroad executives are members, hav- Ing joined the organization when they were in .the ranks. The organization prides itself on its strong insurance feature, it is chartered j under the Delaware laws, unci licensed ' 1n engogo in the Insurnucc business in .Pennsylvania, New Jersey. New York hnd Delaware. Its financial standing 'JBnd reserve fund rank high as com- pared with other fraternal insurance I organizations, though its insurance. rates arc the lowest permitted by law. , inr orKuni'UiKiii una imti uiu m mi $103,000 in death or disability claims. Cqal Man Charges $4000 Graft Plot Contlnnul from I'aee One hi.s duty to handle nil ordinances drnl Inc with nionux . "Personam 1 feel Hint the Vare1 leadership is mtng to "npitnlizc n dosci-ibing the city's futuie aims situntinn which in nn estimation will.,,,,,1 jts independence as n result of the prove to be a boomerang. VOVemlier political i ictory n paragraph Tmnc.irlinients Snecested Mr. Cunningham piiued a liniment, leaning back comfoitably in his chair mi the sixth Poor of I m I lull, where Ik is employed as clerk of Quarter Ses sion Court. "I call for the impeachment of nin councilman who is guiltj of tniug to, make private nionex nut of public Inisi i ncss." he continued 'Tin1 Moore lid-' ministration ill rule through tin fctorm I iwnu alleged -lonn with ol nru flvlnir. "There mnv m m:t no' be truth mlT the nllegation-. I"it we w.iui to get nt the truf'i I- ,i nnin g'liln because he i for the Mo. ire iidiniiiislnitioii nnd pure as the wrgin snow Iwenuso M. Is polltirallx opposed to the Moore ad ministration?' Mr. Cuiiuinghain wiis nskeil Ins opin ion nboiit Miitin's hintoinmt before; the rouncilinaui. investigating commit- tl 'Mr Milteii is n powerful figure in transit mutters smtl Mr Cunning- bam, "and nnvthing lc sincl shoulil be listened I" respe'tfullv." T, ,, "... ,, . Doubts Bribe :is Asbid "Do Mm tl.ink tli'it ( iiuiii'ilinau T.Imebitrni r or n oilier eoinicilninn lias been suiln of askiiig fnr inrmej ur npvtliliig liki thnt'- ' ' No. I do not." he niisnered. I in not think l.inieliurner or inn other member of Counril would be mi foolish ns to do Ktntbiiig of the i-ori "If we nre going to Iiiim- an imes tigation." conlmui'd Mr' Cunningliaiii. "let's bine it wide open. Let ns look Into everjlhiiig. it. eluding the actiMiles nf men who arc members of the present Council and eic inemliers of ll, 1,1 City Councils, hiiiI wlm lone broiislil s..(tli llinm to the new iir?ntn.:il inn Vast deal of expenune " "Well. ho(. In- cmicimjcii. leiim.. thn Inst wisp of smoke url out of tin corner of Ins mouth "Moore will nln anyhow." Caul Ureal I liano ( .isc Herman I.oeli, former director nf ihe Depurtnieul of Suiuiliis, mulil not i call tlie capo iiooro cn-c, lien n-M ,1 .: .. , i . . ..-i 1 1 ;V : (ri, i 'printing press manufacturer,; William "",' came ipro ., fice in l!i . m,,..,,,,,-. Sons, mill supplies : T Ken Mid Mr I .n.. I r... ml u number , K I'.n. . yarn m,iufach.n, , bills for siippl.- coinnii.d for. , mniiufaeiuters tears of oflice I hail ( ouncii;. pnM- orcli- llr.P- nances to J'w' ' ',,'',;n;' ''1' ' ,, dm, ft Slehle. ,nrn mnniifartur- ,,! ".I",1 1 1 , ' t! ' on " I "r. Boxborough T.i.M To.. Steward . fico then W(uv oii.j about N-O.ntlO inlHt0U.ns ,,. Works. Miinnj.inl, -unpaid WIN rem J uiing. , , u standard Prced Sled "1 rrri.ll thai a good deal of tin, ,! , Arlm,r Mc.Mi i Co , contractors. jrioney wiih for ,oa . but I cannot re- N Vo.,. (l .,!,,,, ilnnK ,., ,( member whether this particular item ,, Wn()(, & ,-.,, ,.sllP,.rh . sterling was Included. Motel. Atlantic City; Boothby Hotel "However. I can suy tins certninlj . p0-i l")outild-on Iron Co., Liberty Mil Thrro was nu promise mnde to 1 1 1 1 tual Insurance Co., Whitney -MacDon-tii-ni or to aio other lirni by mc or in , Co . contractors niv name that there would he n settle ' .Ii h Miller Sons fi Co . shipt pient on n 10 per rent buM- ur did I ever hear of any councilman making Fiicli n proposition to any one, lulno-tulltv uf suvh a breach of trust. -'irL nan iii nan iicum hi. uu.v i I'liia'uinun J !fisTd idmr-'dhucly lure ciici,cj hip, should not have tolerated such n eon- (111 ton for n moment. Any man who Mould do such n thing Is unlit for pub lic office. Is Blow id IMillndtlphli. I nm sincerely Horry that this sit imtiun rboul(l have arisen. It comes at a peculiarly untortuunte time, just when Philadelphia is reaching out to other parts ot the country and trying to In terest business In our city. This affair Is like n slap in the fucc at the present time. "A man who would lie guilty of abus ing his oITIee to hold up legislation, especially when a company from outside has come here nt our solicitation and has received our promise of nslstance mill lair piny, is, to my way ot tiiinK- in?, worse man any sKiinK. Mr. Cortcl.vou Is Investigating n ro The report is Hint the felt company desired wnter pipe laid near Its plant, and that Mr. Llmeburncr called on Mr. Putney. The result of the alleged in terview. It Is said, was that the com pany paid $.100 for an advertisement In Patriotic Philadelphia, n magaine pub lished seml-anniiully by Llmeburncr and n business partner. An ordinance authorizing Installation of the pipe was passed shortly afterward, it was said. Manager Out of Town At Mr. Putney's home. 1120 Foulk rod street. Prnnkford, this morning, it was stated the felt company mnnager is out of the city and that he will not re turn until next Wednesday. Mr. Limeburner was prompt In deny ing the water pipe rumor. "Let them all come down and testify," he declared "My kirts are clean. Yes. I know Mr. Putney. I saw him about two years ago relntive to ad vertising in my paper. But I nm inno cent of nil these chnrges. I don't enre how many persons crnnc and testify be fore the committee." "The statement made by Mr. Schmidt, of the Hears-Uoebuck Co.. in Chicago, to the BVF.NINU Pl'DMO IiKDnr.n yesterday, was the real truth about the matter." said Mr. Liruobur tier today. "As tj thee new charges they are not worrying me in the least. The further they go in this matter the better it will please me. I wish they would dig deen." Mr. I.lmehurner was seen in the of fice of Patriotic Philadelphia, a pub lication in which he is half owner with William Ilenly. The office of this paper is on the third floor of the Washing ton Building, COS Chestnut street. Speaking of this publication Mr. Llmeburncr said that in the future it will he issued semiannually. Silent on Ad Hates Heretofore the issues have been quar terly. Asked what the circulation of Patri otic Philadelphia was, Mr. I.imelmmer reiUM'U UI KIVV lllf UKUlt'-. Ill- 111-.U ) declined to ay what the ndvertiement j rales were. "I have been advised by counsel, lie aid. "not to discuss these mtter. I propose to take action against persons who have been making statements against the publication." Putriotic Philadelphia, in its last is sue, that of January, has on its cover n picture of Mayor Moore and the Liberty Pell. On the first page is the following ap peal to readers : "Show that you are 100 per cent American by being 100 per cent Phila delphian. Your city asks for no better booster. " The magazine constats of seventy pages, of which twenty are devoted to , rendiu matter ami titty to olvertie- ments. Of the reading mutter, ten of the nineteen pages arc covered with the complete new Philadelphia charter. There are two pages devoted to picture ,,f Minor Moore and hi- cabinet nnd members of the new City Council. The remii'nder -if the reading matter consists largely of descriptions of the industries and historical points of in tcrest in Philadelphia. Pictures of Independence Ilnll. the Bourse, the Keerentlon Pier at Bace street wharf, ('in Hall lit night mill the Commercial Museum occupy most of the space on the remaining page devoted to rending matter. lilt at Old Bosses ribute to Mayor Moore nnd directors I. ,f flin nrosi.nr mlnii n i.st ration is. iriveti .. ,ti,nll, sum. calls intention to tlio following: "The citizens have become so accus tomed to political overlords that it may be it refreshing experience to cnoj n Philadelphia that will notbe controlled lij its political oppressors Tin- publication contain the uder-risi-mi'tits of the following: The Plefcher Work-, Manufacturers of looms, I tin-, her Asphalt and Pawns Co.. J. S. i cntz ui coal ccniirs; (inno. .Moore Co . dealers in csport coal: tin- J. Bitwnrd Igdcn Co. door nianiifnctur- Uenl Lstnte Title Insurance mid ! Trust Co . PhlMdclplilii Mdr Co . Philadelphia Trust Co. L. L. Wmki I man A. Co.. stocks nnd bond; (iirnrd National Hunk. Lehigh Viille c.mJ Sales Co.. the Philadelphia ami Iteml ipg Conl nnd Iron Co M,nl,ct Street National IJ.ink, the Lriml Tub niul Trust Co., the Philanthropic Mutual '"' insurance ( o.. i iinrniv I rur Ci... I I niti-d (,ns ImpinvciiHMit Co. (Jnilej. ' '! A. Co.. slilpplng iigeiit. Atln Powder Co , nlnrt II. ' I'oenlerer, kid ninniifnctiirer , Siiiipsmi. Blown A: Co., contracting engineers; C II. Maslnnd's & Sons, caipet mnuiifnc i,lr,; Hohlfebl Mnnufaeiuring Co.. hammock iniinofiieiiirci, (lie American ' I'ulK Co, Dinis Mi Mullen, Jr.. Iui i denier, Auuriiun Iirnlging Co. Whit iue Coal Mliiiii!; Co. Jmues I.cos ,V, ' Sons Co., jinn luninifiicturirs. Keji-tnne Conl and Wood Co., j Minerwi Villus Co Link Belt Co., lMurlnnd Conl and I'oke Co.. Bnllinger Pirrot. nie'iiinis niul engineers: , I'nioii Pelroleum Co., Pilim Contniner (o. of ivnimiininii; Phlloilclnhin Paper Mnnufii" tiiring Co. Park Car pel Mill- Hnuk Bros . cigar uilliiilfac lour; Jiinnej llurroiigh. leiitlier , dealers I'. A Biiclimniin A Co. nov ell j ' ell v innniifni tnrci- i ork , Ldgcwnter rinisliing Co djcrs. M:in hades Listed .... S S Wliiti 1'iiitiil Mnnufacturiiig o lull A Collm- Co., paper innuii fneiurers , Wi stmorelnud Dje Woiks. Allen K Cre-siiuin's Sons, cigar mini iifiiefurers : the I L Pump Manufuc turing Co : ihe Hall Varn and Waste Manufacturing ' A I. linker , j , , ,,, f,M in -rs : Stokes A Smitl, j makers; Alleghen Iron Works, I'd wnrd Fay &. Hon, contractors; Specialty Knglnecring Co., the Philadelphia Klee trie Cot. thn Pennsylvania Company for Insurance, (pi iivv.i "w viuuu(i ,m. .ajcJe, " IS. RICE BRAVED RAPIDS OF AMAZON But Formor Mrs. Goorgo D Widonor Makos Littlo of Hor Part in Perilous Trip HERE VISITING DAUGHTER "I only helped to amuse my hus band." wns the reply Mrs. Alcxnnder Hamilton Bice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widencr, mnde when nsked what she hnd done on her recent trip through the Amazon region with Doctor Bice and his party of explorers. Dr. and Mrs. Hire arc visiting Mrs. Bice's daughter, Mrs. Pits: Lugene Dxoln. of Klklns Park. They will leave for New York some time today. Mrs. Bice, enjoys the distinction of being the first white woman who has ever penetrnted this section of Brazil. When nsked to comment upon her ex periences Mrs. Blcp said: "There were no discomforts, for my husband knew ever thins to do to make things com fortnble. We bad a special launch on which wc lived. It is true that I nm the only white woman who has gone through that region, for the rapids in the rivers nre so dangerous that even the native women arc nfrnld to travel lnong them." . , Doctor Bice explained that because of the chemical condition of the waters It was necessary to have n specially con- vlriinlo.l l.onf ill ulllcll to llUll(C tllC trip. Airplanes could not be used because of the intense lient and omcr ciimunc tun ditions. snld the explorer. Fights with savages, meetings with the famous "white Indians" or Oua haritvis, of the Orinoco, and expedition!) up the Bio Negro tlvcr nnd Casqifiare cnnnl marked the trip. i On one of the former visits of the famous explorer and his wife they es tablished n school nt ban unonei wmen Is 700 miles from the source of the Bio Negro river. Here nntlve children are taught to read nnd write nnd now even the ndnlts nre attending the school. Through the efforts ot Dr. and Mrs. Bico the inhabitants of the country nre being turned from a hunting nnd fish ing state Into nn agricultural race. The additions to science mnde by his latest trips nre Invaluable. Maps of the whole scctiou were made by Dr. Bice nnd his assistants. Betiurts of the find ings will be written by Dr. Bice nnd published in the journnl of th(, Royal Ueolographicnl Society of London. Asserts Lane Is Obstacle to Transit Continued from l'uie One It. He will oppose the Mayor who de sires legislation which will force the Philadelphia Bapid Transit Co. to do its share toward operating the city's subwnys nnd elevated roads which have come to be an absolute necessity to the workers of this city. "Wo have all been nt n loss to under stand why the so-called 'Sage' of the Vare nshcnrt has been so openly aligned with f lio traction interests and against the people. My senrch for facts which have a bearing on this subject has been successful, nnd I now make deliberate charges ugainst David II. Latie. "P.very traction company is required bv lnw to file with the Department of Internal Affair. Bureau of Hallways, at Harrisburg every jeur a statement giving the names! and addresses of its twenty security holders who had the highest voting powers of the company and the number of votes he had the right to cast. I had the reports filed by the Philadelphia Bapid Transit Co. uud by the I'nlon Traction Co. exam ined. They are public records in the Department of Internal Affairs at Har risburg. Makes Definite Charge "As a resi.lt of this examination I deliberated charge that these records ' show that in 1010 David II. Lane, ad dress Land Title Huildlng. rniladel- phia, held tililts shares of the stock of the Philadelphia Bapid Transit Co., having a par value of ?.S18,-100, and that David II. Lane, address Land Title Building. Philadelphia, had 5174 shares of the tapitul stock of the I'nlon Traction Co., the par Millie thereof be ing S'J7,"..7(lO, Thn the records show thnt David II. Lime held in 1010 11,511' shares of stock of the Philadelphia Bapid Transit Co. ami of the Union Tract ion Co., having n lotnl par nhie of S.lii'J.lOO, or more than half n mil lion dollars, which paid him nn in come of .?"-, Ill- a ear. Where did he get it? "Now thnt I have told of Lane's in terest in the traction companies nnd hiio referred to thn public records which arc open to all as proof of my statements, t ran be understood why Dnvld II. Lane wanis to name Max Aron, his duinmv, to lie the next senn for from the Fifth district to repre sent Ihe traction -nmpaiiii.s and to look after Lane's S.IOIMOO stockholdings. "Again I ask the smug millionaire, who nlwajs got his 'How did jou get it?' " SAW TROOPS "HUMANIZED" General Dullard Praises Salvation Army Work In France New YoiK. Mav 15. "The grentet work the Sshn'inn Army did In Burope is the one Mint i. to niy mind, the least emphasized, if ii I eniphnslred at nil." iild Lbiiienniit lienernl Bobert l.ee Bullanl, 1. S. A . speaking at a mass imeting in the Mctinpolitnu Opera Mouse here lust night. He said the Snbiition Arniv met the soldiers when tlc weie emerging from bnttle in a "dehuiniinbed" condition after the enr niige of battle, and "humanized" them Mis KMingeliue Booth, comnjander in the I'niled Slates, said the progress of the Salvation Arlny throughout the world hnd In en one of the grenlest romances In modern times, embodying ileinenis of iingcdy, comedy and pas sion. Wills Probated Today llelntives were the beneficiaries in four wills probated today as follows: llmrv P. Coleman. .ri203 North Plf leentb H reel, ?10l,800, left to his widow iluldren and grandchildren; .1. Herrnine Have, VJ1 North Tenth street. S'J .nfMl ; Alice II. ICneedler. who died in the Chestnut Hill Hospital. S70(iti, Mary I' Nevins, 1,53 Jerome strut, Primary Supplies Given Out .Bulges from the IHoO election divi sions of the city were nrriving nt the county commissioners' ofllco tndiu for liiillol's. i-ample bnllots and tall) slmis Tlie force of men In the commissioners' oll'n-p wns augmented to bundle the work of distribution. The oflice will In- open until noon tomorrow. Woman Hurt by Trolley Car Mrs. Carrie Sncldcr, llfty-seven years old. 10'Jl West Ontario street, was struck bj n trolley car at Gcrmuiilown avenue and Hilton street last night and seriously Injured. Shu was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where It wns said .he has n' fractured leg, nn Injdrcd back find possible internal Injurlcri, PUGNACIOUS ACTOR PAYS $28.50 FOR ONE WEE SMOKE Stagehand Was Real Rude and Carried a "Jack,'" but Judge Said Law Had Been Broken "Frankle" Fay, star nt- a local theatre, took a' curtain call before Magistrate Harris nt the letter's office today, nt tho closo of n brand new farce comedy which might be called "Three Jacks" for want ot n better title. As usually happens with curtain calls, "Frankle" was moved to make n speech, "All right, Judge," said be, "I'll pay the fine." And Instead of getting n bouquet ho handed over $28.00 In good coin of the realm. To begin nt the beginning, "Frnnkle's" original little skit was staged at one of the city's lending plny houss, where nightly the citizenry pay money to laugh nt Franklo's Jokes and antics. Only there was no nudlcnce present nt the time tho first sceno was set for "Thrco Jacks." Scene 1 reveals "Frankle" standing nonchalantly, enjoying the grateful solace of a cigarette. He exhales n langorous puff nnd wdves the cigarette about in n wcll-manlcurcd bnud. Kntcr "Mysterious Stranger" Enter, L-. U. E., lynx-eyed gentle man dressed in blue, popularly known as the "smoke detective," whose name in real life Is Muhlcy. Tableau: Muhlcy regards Frankle with frowning disfavor. "Frnnklo" registering careless indifference. Hccnc '2 Is one of stirring nctlon. Brisk dialogue. Muhlcy protests this PRIVATE COLLEGE Committee of 100 Opposes Plan to' Place University Under State Control ALUMNI MEETS AT BELLEVUE Contlnuanco of tho University ot Pennsylvania as n private institution was advocated last night by a large majority of the members of the com mittee of one hundred of the nlumul. They met nt the Bellevue-Strntford. Bcccntly it was suggested that the University be placed under state con trol with several other Institutions. The committee of one hundred is a self-appointed one made up of alumni. It hns no distinct powers of taking di rect action nffecting tho University, but, ns it is claimed to be representative of the alumni, sentiments expressed by it would likely have an influence upon the final nctlon of tho board of trustees In regard to the plan proposed some time ago by Thomas FJ. Flnegan, state commissioner of education, for a merger of the University of Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh University and State Col lege. The present state of the university In regard to finances was outlined briefly. It was announced that the nveragn yearly deficit was in the neigh borhood of $r(H,(Hio and mat its ca pacity for enrolling more students than It hns this year is virtually exhausted. The enrollment now is about 10,fi00. It was urged by one of the members that the problem should be dealt with decisively nnd n clear plan of nctlon formulated on tho question of its re maining a private institution or being turned over under control of the stntc. The meeting adjourned, however, with out placing Itself officially on record on this point. LEHERSMAY AID IN SOLVING MURDER Communications to Wharton Barker Found on Dead Man, Washington Police Say Letters to a financier of this city found in the pockets of a dead man floating in Chesapeake hay with two hullct holes in his head may nssist In unraveling the mystery viirrounding the man's death, according to ihe Wash ington police. The bodv is thnt of .Tohn Vnn Mew Plerson, formerly of Philadelphia, nnd recently living nt Vineland, N. ,1. When the body was taken from tin WHler last Saturday morning, letters to, Wharton Barker, of this city, were found in the pockets. Inspector C. I. (Iriint, of the Washington Detective Bureau, imme diatelv got in lourh with Mr. Barker in order to learn the dead man's sur iors nnd auy possible motive for his murder. Mr. Barker said todav that Pierson hns been m close friend for a number of jenrs. and he chnniclerized him as a gentleman uud n man of intellectual nl iliM . lie was a graduate of Stevens Instil ute, Hnboken, and had been a sur geon in the navy. 'I'ler'on was, however, of n morbid id-position," Mr. P.iirker admitted. He di lured that the only rehithes he knew of nre ii wife, with whom Plerson hnd not been living for seieral years, nnd a cousin in the forestry department nt Washington. The wife is mentioned in Washington dispatches as Dr. Rosalie Stitnknvitch. n graduate "t thn Women's Medical College of this city. Premiers Decide to Fix Indemnity roiitiinifd from Vtf Ono at a public meeting tomorrow, accord ing to n Beuter's dispatch from the Itnl inn capital. The most importout will be mnde nubile nt the final open session of the council next Wednesday. The program for the day's discussion in cluded the following questions: Calling n general assembly of all nn lions that are members of the league. Bepntrlnting prisoners of war still In Siberln. International protection for women nnrl ill Mil rnn Conducting an Inquiry into conditions 1,1 ItllsHlll. Claims of the C.erman Ciovfrnmcut. The labor question. Registration of treaties. Bequests from newly formed states for admission to the league. International statistics and matters concerning transport. Signnr 'Jiitoni, prcnmi-iiv - ; Italian Senate, vuh ciectsu presinriu jt"'i ". . . i ing to .tho Rome Trlbuna, the council will reply to N. CMcJwrin, the Bolshev. 1st forrlgn mtnUtfr .that the lengUeg nt vesteruay B COUDCll snccuuK vuw- Vommlssfbn mustf trsctivediin Russia UBrs'-Ttwi", imii,' is. WOULD KEEP PENN violation of. theatre rules. "Frnnklo" nnSWCrS back in Choicest Ttrniwltvnman Both nctors, strike belligerent poses. I10?? ",". ft0URh .thcy wcrc E'nK to fight. Muhlcy, with dramatic gesture, produces n lethnl instrument which per sons of low tastes coH'n "Jack." "Frnn klo" nonchalantly takes It from him ntid naughty, naughty playfully taps II1I1I Willi 1U Sceno 3 is stnged In "Frnnkle's apartment nt a Broad street: hotel i?. ter tho hated myrmidons of the law bearing n signed nnd senled paper In which Muhlcy has get forth, with due it'in iiiiMouiK iiuu ucioro a magistrate, the events which transpired In tho pre ceding scene. Actor Is Obliging "All right," snys "Frankle." In his very best manner, "If the judge wants to see me I guess I can nbligo him. Of course, I'd rather have him sitting down front, but If bo's too busy to como to the thentrc, I'll just step out to his office." Which nil led up to tho closing scene nt Magistrate Harris's offlco this morn ing, when "Frankle" took his curtain call. Pay, not long ago, took part in an other skit called "The Two Frnnkles?' In which Frances Whlto, the nctrcss, decided to drop Fay ns part of her legal name. . The locate of tho sketch nlso was Philadelphia. Tho third member of tho enst (female), was not named. Public Opinion Delayed Program in Previous Administrations, He Declares TELLS OF DEWEY'S ADVICE By the Associated Press Washington, May 1C. Secretary Daniels today attacked Rear Admiral Sims's charge that the Navy Depart ment lacked plans nnd otherwise was unprepared for war. The charge was "uninformed and wanton," the secre tary told the Senntc committee inves tigating the Slms-Dnnlcls row. He described In detail the organiza tion and operation of the general board to show that for years before the war the board was engaged in preparing nnd revising plans for naval battle in the Atlantic. Admiral Dewey hnd studied the situ ation from the outbreak of the European war and in March, 1015, had forwarded a statement of preparations necessary to put the department in readiness for war. Mr. Daniels said, which was Im mediately approved by him. The Navy Department followed the Dewey out line ns "far as Congress' appropria tions would permit," Mr. Daniels de clared. Incidentally, he told the committee that when he assumed his post he found the navy under President Tnft had "fallen back." The United States, which had advanced to second place among naval powers in 1007, dropped back to third In 1011. The nrc-wnr attitude of the United States toward preparedness was shown hy President Koosevelt s message to Congress in 100.1, declaring that "it does not seem to me neccssnry that the iinvy should at least in the Imme diate future bo Increased beyond the present numuer of units," said Mr. Daniels. Presidents Roosevelt and Tnft were both forced to take the positions they did toward naval bulldini: bv niiLlIc opinion, the witness said. G, O. P, Pussyfooting Gives Democrats Hope Continued from race Ono As Hughes hnd been on the bench nnd thus out of tho fight in 1012, Lowden hns been in Springfield and thus out of tho fight on tho treaty. He is agrccnblc to the organization and not offensive to the progressives. Combination Won't Uist But, sny the Democrots, that is all right so far ns the convention in con. ccrned. It is possible for delegates to ngrcc on some such combinations. It is even extremely probable thnl- they will agree on one like It. But how long will It Inst in the campaign? Johnson, they say, for parly regu larity, may support some htich candi date nnd platform, but how many votes can be deliver to it? The Johnson campaign has revealed a lol of otcrsj wiio want eomctning nesiucs a pussj root candidate, run oi mm vore came to Johnson because of his opposition to the League of Nations. Part of It came to him because of Industrial unrest. The riemocrnts. lnnklng their plinm to win. sny that most of it represented Indus, trial unrest. Whether it did or not there is the big labor vote to be considered The Democratic managers express great con tlilence that if the Bepubllciiiii put nn n pussyfoot candidate, treading noise lessly on a uiiuikci piauorni. ine inuor vote will all go to McAdoo. The Demo cratic calculations center round Mc Adoo. It is generally admitted that he ia almost certain lo he nominated. The labor vote is a case in point. It Is going to be difficult for u mere oppo sition party 10 win uie inuor voie. i.a bor wants certain definite and construc tive things. Opposition is always in definite and never constructive, If the Itepublicnn party in candidate tind pint form represents mere opposition it is going to have difficulty with labor. Country Against Wllvm Just now the country is overwhelm ingly in opposition to the AVilson ad ministration. It is not so much Ite publicnn ns it is opposed lo Wilson. If tho pnrt could hold together all that opposition It would sweep thn country. But so it was opposed to Wilson In 1010. Vet n mere opposition candidacy failed, failed because It wouldn't bear long scrutiny and because it couldn't pussyfoot enough. The Itepublicnn pnrt.v is brine forced Into the place of n mere opposition which the Democratic party occupied fo long. The Democratic party only escaped from it when thn Blalnn nomi nation split the Republicans iu IjSS-l, and ngaln when thn Tnft nomination pplit it in 1012. The Democrats know i "";;r j- i .r: prCiIJ wen nnui iiiiiiiiin io inero op- position panics m ujc course or n ua .uoua vmiii It is on this that tho Democrats base their hopes of victory and on tho fact that they feel that In Mr. McAdoo they .will have a caudldato at once strong wjth labor nm) acceptable, to bifslnow, DANIELS SAYS WAR FOUND NAVY REAOY SENATE 10 VOTE ON PEACE-TODAY Pnssago of Knox Resolution Ro- gnrdod as Certain, With Veto to Follow REED'S ATTACK FALLS FLAT Washington. May 15. A voto will be taken by the Senate nt 4 o'clock this nftcVnoon on the Bepublican resolution designed to rcpenl the joint resolutions which declared n state of wnr between tho United States nnd Germany nnd Austria. Opinion In Congress wns that ndoptlon of the pence resolution was certain, with subsequent veto by Presi dent Wilson regarded ns cqunlly Inevi table. At least four Democrats nre expected to vote with the Republicans in fnvor nf adoption, and Senator McCumbcr, Republican, of North Dakota, probably will join the opposition. While no intimation of President Wilson's plPii has recently come from the White HTiiise. It wns said In Demo cratic circles In Congress thnt ho was not expected to return the treaty to tho Sonntc with his veto message. Scnntor .Tnmcs A. Reed, Democratic insurgent from Missouri, had a large but wholly unresponsive audience In the Senate yesterday afternoon for a bitter attack on President Wilson because of the lntter's condemnation of Democratic senntors who did not fnvor ratification of the treaty of Versailles ns presented to the Senate. Nearly all of the galleries wcro crowded when Mr. Reed began speak ing. Senators observed from tho floor the nttltudc of the nudlcnce toward the speaker, 'and in a short time were dis cussing it freely as Mr. Reed rose to, bis familiar heights of eloquence. The vis itors were largely men nnd women at tending the conference of the Southern Baptist Church. The wholly undemon strative reception by them of tho sena tor's attack on tho President wns re garded by other senators as reflecting the sentiments of the Democrats South as being "standing by the President." DECLINED WITH THANKS Soldier Gets Offer of Aid In Return ing Own Body The real of n funeral director in nn effort to be of service In the trans portation of bodies from France to America for Interment here caused Jos eph Enrl Flanlgan. of 5320 Catharine Btrcet, n former service man, some mo ments of doubtful amusement. He re ceived the following letter: "If you contemplate having the government re turn the remains of 'Mr. Joseph Earl Flanlgan.' who died 'Over There, for burial, we would be plcnsed to assist you in filling out your blank nnd to serve you when the body arrives. Al ways nt vour serviic." Mr. Flanlgan was discharged fliny 18. 1010, having" served In the 100th Infnntry. He is n member of James J. Barry Post of the American Legion. "I was In the hospital fivo months,'.' said Mr. Flanlgan. "I wns wounded once. I had the grip, the flu nnd acute bronchitis. But I came home and paraded with my division and now I nm on the job every day." AFTER-SEASON OPERA Three Performances to Be Given In This City Early In June The Puccini Grand Opera Company, with a chorus of members of tho Metro politan Opern Company chorus, an or chestra of sixty inch, nnd U. cast of principals of established reputation, will give n season of three performances at the Academy of Music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, June 8, 4 and 5, when in order there will be offered "Gloconda," "Tosca" nnd "Rigolctto.". Louise Scotney, Louisn Darcle and Bettinn Freeman, American sopranos, will be heard in the leading Hoprnno roles. The tenors include Manuel Sala zar, Rodolfo Pill and Mario Cbamlcc, nn American, who was with the Scotti comnan.v. Ada Pnggl Is the mezzo-so prano, nnd tho baritones nre Mnrlo Vnlle, Vicente Ballestcr nnd Giu senne Ordognoz. while Pictro De Biasi. Luigl d'Angelo nnd Paul Ananlnn, nf tho Metropolitan Opera Company, nre ninong tho bassos. Carlo Peroni will conduct. . M0THERGIBBS, 110, DIES Negress Was Said to Be Oldest Woman In Eastern States Capo May, N. !., May 15. Mother Glbbs, colored. 110 ycarH old, died here last night. Mother (JIbbs had lived for over forty years In n cabin by herself In the woods, five miles north of this city on Breakwater road near the village of Ermn. Many prominent folk made ycurly visits, to this old colored womnu who was said to be the oldext woman in the enstern states. She was married for the lost time in 18-15 nt Cumberland. Md., having been married twice before. Mother Glbbs was born a slave and up to n few dnjs of her death her mind wns as clear as a bell. Some time ago she told the Rev. P. V. Slowter, pas tor of the First. Baptist Church, thut her grip was all packed and that she wns ready to shove off for the heavenly k'ngdom at nny time. LICENSE COURT MONDAY Hearing on Petitions Will Be Held. Remonstrance Against Schlff Petitions for n number of liquor li censes will be henrd before Judges Bregy uud Stoakn in City Hall on Monday morning. The hearings will tnke place In Boom 2011. Among remonstrances to be heard will he one filed by Joseph Florkowskl, of Margaret and Cnmhrldge streets, op posing the transfer of the license of Morris Schlff. Margoretta and Mllnor streets. Schlff formerly had n whole sale liecnsii and now seeks to embark in tlie retnll business. Florkowskl contends that Schlff should not be permitted lo have a li cense nnd asserts that the latter sold Intoxicating liquors on Sunday nnd vlo lated the liquor laws in other ways. WOMAN TRAITOR EXECUTED Three Men Also Killed for Betraying French During War Paris, May 15. (By A. P.) Three men and one wnmnn. convicted last July of denouncing compatriots lo German n.illtnrlltnu iliipln! thn ncciinntlnti nt .......... .m .,u.,..n .... .,..., ". Lnou, were cxeculrd at 'Mnceiines prison this morning. They were Toque, Lcmoin, Herbert nnu ji.nuaiiie Aiihcrt. Of twenty-eight persons tried last summer ns "Loon informers" oight, two of whom were women, were condemned to death. Thrco failed to appear for trial nnd wcro hentenced to dentil by default, Klcyen received prison sentences ranging from one to twenty years, and six were acquitted. CAtlKANZA AH A flODFATIIKR Xltintrkabl picture of th depoatd 1 iniafiu mmo juh ntioi DENIES PUPILS AID HIM IN BUSINESS Toachor Assorts Children Exag- gorato Whon Thoy Say Thoy Address Envelopes PRINCIPAL FINDS EVIDENCE "You know how children exaggerate things," said Victor Schiller today, when asked if It were true that children under his charge" In the Bryant Public School nt Sixtieth street nnd Cedar nve nue, had been addressing envelopes for his shirtwaist business. Mi1. Schiller for the last two months has been conducting a shirtwaist busi ness in tho center ofho city in order to augment the small salary paid him ns a teacher In tho public schools. He started by sending circulars to tho wom en teachers of Philadelphia offering them a special discount and business was thriving. On Wednesday of this week It wns reported that nt least one of the pupils of tho school used part of her school time In addressing envelopes nnd that on Thursday several boys nnd girls were occupied with tho work. The report went to the district superintendent nnd finally reached tho superintendent of schools, , "There Is nothing much to say. I saw one of the children take n quantity of envelopes to the mnil-box nud later I found that several of the children wcro looking up addresses in the tele phone book and nddrcsslng envelopes," gnld Caleb Tindal, principal of the school. According to the principal, the ad dressing business wss discovered almost as soon ns It 'itarted nnd stopped ns soon ns the principal spoke of the work. No definite statement of the amount of work the children hnd done was glvcu and It Is understood thnt no compensa tion was given the children, who are nbout eleven years of age. Mr. Schiller said his sister did nil the addressing of circulars to prospec tive customers. The circulars state that Mr. Schiller Is of the Bryant School. $1500 IN CLOTHES TAKEN Four Different Robberies Are Re ported to Police Department Four robberies of clothing, valuing in nil over $1500, were reported to tho police today. Tho store and dwelling of Adolph Gottfried, 151 West Cumberland street, wns entered through n kitchen window on May 12 nnd clothing valued at $115 was stolen. The factory of Strcetman & Sons. manufacturers of ladles' dresses. 720 Market street, was robbed of S1000 In dress goods sometime yesterday morning by a person or persons who stowed themselves away in the building. At nbout the same timo the Arm of J. W. Goodman, also on tho ninth floor of the same building, was robbed of dresses and shirtwaists, amounting to ?275. Mrs. IjuIs Miller. 2875 North Leo street, reported that n young man, about twenty-two years old, five feet six inches tall, rented a room from her yesterday nnd then asked to borrow n dress suit-case, in order to get clothes which he said he had left at a railroad station. She says she gave him the bag, nud thnt he filled it with clothing valued at $125 and did not come back. SHEATZ ASKS VARE AID Makes Bid for Support In Race for Congressional Honors A bid for the Vare organization's support was made todny by John O. Sheatz, former state treasurer, who is one of six candidates for the four Bepublican nominations for congress-nian-at-largo to be voted upon Tues day. . Sheatz called on Councilman Hall, Vare leader of the Seventh ward. Ilnll had no comment to make after the visit, but Sheatz explained he was "looking for votes wherever ho could find them." Tho four candidates who have tho approval of Senator Penrose nre Wil liam J. Burke ami Mahlon M. Gnr land. Pittsburgh; Anderson II. Wal ters, of Cambria county, nnd Joseph McLnugblin, of this city. This slate Is said to be standing throughout the state except that in the western end .Mcijnugiiiin will Do cut, it Is said, iu favor of Thomas S. Crago. FIND FLYING BOAT R-9, Missing In Flight From Cape May, Adrift nt Sea The navy flying boat R-9, which was believed lost between hero and Cape Mnv, has been found. A report re ceived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard just before midnight Inst night snld that the airplane wits being towed back to Capo May. It Is understood that the pilot. A. W. Smith, nnd tho mechanic, Chief Ma chinist's Mnte King, were rescued. The boat left Cape May yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. When it had not renched here nt 2 o'clock a subchaser was or dered out at 0 o'clock. Officials expressed the opinion that the aviators experienced engine trouble when part way up the river and landed on the water to make repair. The weather wns reportcu poor tor Hying with ruin squalls nnd low visibility. FELIX ADLER WILL SPEAK Pounder of Ethical Movoment Address Convention Tho closing meeting of the Kthlcal Society's thirty-fifth year takes places at the Broad Street, Thentrc tomorrow morning, .when addresses will be given bj Tellv Adler, the founder of the ethical movement; 'William M. Salter und S. Burns 'Weston, of Chicago. This morning at lOtfO a. m. nt Ihe L'thloal Society House, B12I Spruce street, there will be n public ronferruee on "Home, School nnd Religious Sorlcty iu Relation lo tho Moral Uevelopment of tho Young," nt which President Her rick, of Girard College; Dr. Richard M. Oummere, hend of Pcnn Chnrter School ; Felix Adler nnd others will take part. "JIMMY" CLARK FLIER OUT A police "flier" is out for Jimmy Clark, the "Man With the Spectacles," Clark jumped his ball Wednesday while being tried here for conspiracy in con nection with the Fifth ward murder, i m,i v,r,. nnt iium n .In,.,. n i .i ' Ucrlhed ns"b"e!ng fifty-six years old, but ' i..l. Tl 1. n.. ..,. ' jutinn juuilKl'l, nu io inn luct &CV0II Inches in heigiit, weight intl pounds, medium build, smooth face, dark brown hair, wears heavy eycglusscs with tor toise shell rims, and has slightly stooped shoulders. To Discuss Church Finance jirjouiuo . munu, i;avviuivc secre tary of the diocese of Pennsylvania, will ol, . Nt rtnolt'. I'll,...,.!. M'j"'" ' .1 .1 '." .i.mo v""-ii, j.nuoor, nt 10:45 tomorrow mornlnc. Hn win discuss the new financial system of the episcopal simrcii npu wuat each parish x episcopal lyfturcn nnu wuat each narlsh jjBaa-ffl.v T rTZZuknt, From fimoui ptanlt built by ADEtVtllAW com protlucti with which million! of Ameri can citizens are' clothed and nourished; prodicti, again, to Vrhich, in large measure, they owe cleanlineji, health, and happineu. .. To conitruct thui worthily for useful endt it to contribute directly i to the progreti of civilization'. .,, ABERTH'AW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Contracting Jinainccrsf PHILADELPHIA WY END TRUST! ATIAHTA , aOaTOH. tUtrtUt Fate of Carranza s Still Uncertain . Continued from Pate One trains still held by his troops, together tvttli wn, mntertnl inn Iiahvv in hn ... :;", ."v " """ ti 1 llll UIIUJI. Serious fighting probably has oc curred since Carranzc has left the flcht. ing zone, as dispatches sny prisoners hnve been enntured bv the nttnrklm. Jl forces. Reports from Chalchlcomula J yesterday showed quite clearly that Carrnnza's men were working their way to the (southeastward, instead of remaining In their original position north of Snn Marcos. It would seem this movement lad been a part of the president's plan of breaking out of tho trap that was clos ing nbout him, for It was on this side of the battle zone that Carranza cl eaned. Fighting wns reported about six miles from Chalchlcomula. which meant nn mlvnnen down the railroad townnl this city of about nineteen miles In tb I Inst lew uays. . General Sanchez threw his forces into tho contest Thursday nfternoon, but wns repulsed after a hard struggle. General Llbcrato Lara Torres, ono of the chief lieutenants of General San chez, wns Injured fatally while leading his men in n hand-to-hand combat, re ceiving n sword wound in the neck. He was tnken to Orizaba, where he died yesterday. Carranza Fire Heavy Carranza's troops were well supplied with artillery and machine guns and revolutionary Infantry nnd cavalry met a perfect barrage of shells and bullets l as tncy nuvnncea io inc nuacK. 'iwo , of Carranza's trains were taken and burned, but government forces were , nblc to stop the advance and nfter four hours of lighting the insurgents re tired. Heavy losses were Inflicted on both sides during the combat, It Is re ported In dispatches to El Dlctamcn. During the fighting two Carranr.n air planes circled over tho battlefield and inspected poslttons held by the rebels. General Hlclnio Aguilnr. who fourit ' during the regime of Porllclo IM'iz and ,i was known as tnc "Eternal ueiiei, ar- rived to co-onernte In the attack nznlnit Carranza. He brought Into the fight a 2000 soldiers, all veterans and well ae- qualnted with tho terrain where the j battle is going on. ' FEWER IN JAILS NOW Anti-Saloon League Claims 50 Per Cent Decrease Since Prohibition There hns been a decrease in prison , commitments of 50 per cent in Penn' sylvania during the first four months Mild rear ns romnarcd with the same period of 1010 since the prohibition ,1 went into effect. I Announcement to this effect hns bees I mnde by the Anti-Saloon League, wmen made n survey ot the jails of the state. Results of the survey were announced today. After nn investlcatlon of all of the sixty-seven counties the report showi I thcro were rsi)8 in tne county jniis aur Ine the first four months of 1010, while during the present year for the same I time the numher ot prisoners was -wu. In April, 1010, the prisoners com mitted to tho House of Correction totaled 253 and for the same months this jear 11H. Tho population of the Institution Mny 1, 1010, was 781, and on tho same date this year, -100. VARE "BUSY LETTER-SENDER Postmen's Shoulders Sag Under . "Bill's" Franked Appeals Congressman Vnre Is adding to thi -troubles of letter cnrrlers, who compWJ about the heavy loads they carry i modest salaries. , . Letters "dead-headed" by virtue of Vurc's congressional franking priviW and concerned only with the congress man's political affairs are being sent to voters in the First Congrcssionil district. , ... "Officinl business free" Is the in scription On tho envelopes. The oil nlr.l hnclttaaa1 tllrlia nllt in lie B T8 , request "for u vote of confidence t; your hands." , . ' Five per cent beer and I'sh' '.?.',! arc what the workiugmnn wants, mil , believes, and ho plcdscs support for "wet" program in the letters n' querndlng ns officinl. rl Concert nt Drvn Mawr Today t'l.n Mniwlnlccnlm f'lllll nf l'lllM'!' 1 1 . r " .... .,....w.... . . !i ! 4lphla will give n concert in me ciw" t,ll!MVU ' I'ljil , vv-.,.- for the benefit of the Bryn Mar .i.. t xt m.. i-hrov Hntz ulll ' IIUW lUTUI. .IIIO. tiiuj ,,,tw - , , he Ronrono soloist. If the weutlier U'l unsuitable for un outdoor eiilcrlainment the rpneert will be given iu the SI0' , uasium. mr.tTIIH . "ifnii.vUvrwiv i j iflin.ltAnr i.u0."il r of (liu lato Thulium 'and sMUierlne - Heladv niul frlriiUa bulle-l '' f T.u rl" ' Tibidia;, in n .in u. m., in-m "'::, miiul lcre. f.MT MtOln si olini. r ")""."",'. i at St. rirrgury a Church t i" " men! New Cnlheilral (niMpf - -' jlIHJnW'tsl'I'.MAI.l! . i tciir rsi - "rMTiwiTlinsIt 'lr.?"n1'l",r "fi. 0; women w.inled. WriU 'IT.'t.l (Irnrrul PI 1 1 LA. poltlonr rranmiu iiiuihu"'. -vr. uuitw .u. .,,.... .. ""'-;- p.,.,. 'I?'? 'ill -Dil -- l "'" ? imVuTiwtatT: ro HAIJL Mlburlmn lll'SslALOW 'CI.UIIllOltiK. n.u.al.. ,..11,111. IIHiii; rouin, nnd Kitchen, ntllc, (oeliur room. . , bath AiF- Aro Hwlmmln lu. , b.low Lufnyetto matlon, on ftun0r. Krtlev'd Hon, 41st anJ ronlarli, UKM. 1WTATK FPU WWL. Woodlxir-; moiiarn: imoirwin. ".r:rtin jeii and -i.ra for 3 car: lH"JnMui' cppptU rauntr- olub, JO mm. , .,.. .. r.., ,. n hn ni. mu"-'r. ipjioau ruuiiiw "i""i,.iion. "'." walk (r?'nJKr"1Jr'ind. w or X' Ml Phono Woodbury 49 " or lAdltT Ofttco. MODKUN lO.room realdencf. wjjj fj pletlv furrt hcl. .may r-i"n 18 du? nit JunV July. Aut uat nd 5 Li . a nniutlnlm.il I CUIUl'IV" n ...J.... "tlTTVStlllUII.KS J--H K. i?K3- i t,i ML I.tf.1 ' i '. .i r. 1 lUltfMJ K.V ,1i fi ' W ! ' I -i Su4iUVll. p.-Ustf a f c-iM.-r a