'vinTJfi7 ' r vwffir.5u!"TW -r "rff'M l.. J h ',? ' l) ' "i ' " ' V ' ' 1 '' , r ' '! ' " W V 'I .'' (. ' DEMOCRAT CHIEFS sK I ARiE AT COAST f :,! ' Murphy Exported to Lead In Fight to Adopt Moist' Plank EYES TURNED ON GLASS Uy llio Associated Press San Francisco, .Tune 24. Trollml tnrles to tlio Drmocrntlc Nntlonnl Con tcntlon got l"to t'ic tncvltnblo period of hurry and scramble today with the jppoarnnrc here of one after another of Hie men who arc tp play leading parts In the big quadrennial drama. In the whisperings behind the scenes the question of the party's policy to ward bone-dry prohibition continued the Mir theme of agitation, with prospects for ft fight on the convention floor grow Iris better and better. Arriving lenders ml delegations also added some Impetus to the dlicuxslon of presidential candi dates but that subject still remained Veil' In the background. Tivo figures newly nrrlved on tho urene attracted vpartlculnr nttentlon. One was Senator Carter Olnss, of Vir ginia, freih from Washington and gen erally reported to hnvc brought Presi dent Wilson's own draft of the plat form. The other was Charles V. Mur phy, of "('w York- tllc leader of Tntn many Hall, who came direct from the widely heralded conference of old line jiartj strategists nt French Lick, Ind. Leaders Busy as Heavers Iloth of them were as busy ns beavers, but as silent and cagey ns mice. Pri vately, they took careful stock of the situation and conferred earnestly with other lenders from far and wide. Pub uir liv refused to talk politics, out line wha't they hoped to accomplish or predict what the convention finally would bring forth. Mr. Murphy was tnc new center ot inoculation on the subject of prohibi tion. The declaration of tnc iSew lork state convention ior repeni 01 mo i-htppnth nmendmont and widely cir culated reports of the patching of an anti-lionc dry pinu at I'rrncn lick helped to bolster tho Impression among many delegntes that Tammany would !ntl in the effort to write such a plnnk bito the platform. This plnnK, said to nnvc ueen urntteii ftir rnuferences in Washington among men high In the party councils, does not mention beer or wined by nnme, but makes n blanket declaration tor more liberal interpretation by Congress of the prohibition amendment. It is ex pected that a strong effort will be made by sponsors of the proposal to throw the influence of the administration be hind it. No Other Fight Expected Mnuv of the nnrty leaders. Including Homer S. Cumminp,, the national chair man, reiterated coutideiicc that no other platform plank would lend to n fight on the convention floor. The League of Nations declarations, as (framed by ad ministration supporters, was declared by these lenders to be certain of acceptance alter only a nominal squabble in the platform committee. senator uiass's nrst eoniereucc after his arrival here Inte jesterday was with Chairman Cuunnings. They had dinner I together in the chairman hotel room and afterward sjient most of the evening In consultation. William .Icnnlncs Ilrrnn. wiio is ex pected to lend the attack on such n treaty nlnuk as well as the ficlit aeuiiist a prohibition liberalization declaration, till wns missing today from tho con stellation of leaders here. He will ar rive late in the week and no one here pretended to know exactly what plan of campaign lie may contemplate. The suggestion that Mr. Cummings, who will be temporary Vhulrmnu, be Continued ns IirrsIcHnc officer vnn nut fc;unrd today ns n means of shortening TSe convention proceedings by dispensing nun tne inrmnlities of n second con tention organization. Mr. Cuininlngs said, however, that personally he did not favor the plan, and hoped sonic one else would be given the permanent chairmanship. Tammany Chiefs Keep Mum Not only the Tammany chief but all of his lieutenant!! refused steadfastly to discuss that subject or to say whether aU nilti-nrnlltlilHnti nwumnnnt rnnllv had been launched at the French Lick oiifrrrnee. Thomas Tnggart, of Indi ana, another principal in the confer nie. was expected to arrive here late today or early tomorrow, but it gen ly was predicted that the lines of om-lon on the prohibition Issue would not be clearly drawn until the con vention actually gets under way on Monday. ,. 0nt element which tended to keep tnc problem in flux was the uncertainty t many of those hero regarding the po HHpn of President Wilson. ' Tho Vir Kjnla btntc pintform, which has been giicntlip President's unqunliflcd np yrova and on which the national plat ""?. h expected to be modeled, is Hllent OB the .subject. Home of Mr. Wilson's fcf pol,ftit'n' Wends in the admin nrnUoni' hoV;?vcr'.ro Iccwn to have $?"'.' a "heralizatlon plank for Jfiioli tliey uro ready to make n ftght in the convention. Electrical Megaphones Prepared tlnn'Si'V0?) n,relmi'tions nt the conven iv, '.''"''viftually were completed to ilVefii ! tllp Perfection of n system of of '!' ""Wl'O'U's to carry the voices bctt0 Tn,t, ,? V"' cornv ot tll rheri lu- l"tatIou of tho para '?',! btu'l n report that Presi delwjL ,n "pected to oddress the but pi1! ,,y Io"K-'"Ntnnce telephony, "are "J Ul instpnl'0 ' was not One hitch in thn n h II, ' '. "f "B -of ?tato Uclegotioub fon u It nei,ii,1 n,imb,r tl,p ""tlonal tSoo I "t'ent. In heveial states of del Lir . ""i '"l "c.l number tentlnn t , "" LL"n, wmi the n- Won Sf iBtnch KJl0,,,,1 ,,nvo " frnc M every efrnri' , CVnvl('ntio, offlc'l' Pl'J ' ''"'it., June Ul. .(lv V 8iJu7'to Senator ThonVis j! IlPlM.in Mont., l"a riniiii nf 7,"1 " . 1'urniniiciu ?onv" on 1 .Pf'nomtlf National J. Ilrinn V. 1)r0"llsel by William ii le tS2 ? '"'enjoy. Mr. Bryan Mr II. , Han "lauclsco. 'Me." t h , Iulb,l,,n Platform ns pos- Pwtlne from !?Rkan t0,,, hls nttdlenco, train. U Uom tl10 "'ar platform of the Kt"'"-" f.nl!c,, t0 mcpt th0 !'.oeratH ' nnnt",L1'"rr.. AVI'. tho ""uiiueii "T .. "' muiiy,- no ft?1 Io HrniJh llnnnH Jrnln!IcU- 'PriMl h "g lu tl,X , S??-lB,M..to ny-?n'r- "5 '!' their nlatfornTTnnV0 yf ? fiteX&tXn E--WraS VMtlterfh,"!,t? iV .to die t th eoiai t l.ttS",.d' ' vember 1Hm!B sHm2v s :seHK T i Hnrrls k Httlnit 1)H. E. It. WALL Recently appointed nssistnnt sec- ctary of agriculture. Ho Is a practical farmer Brynn snld In reply to a question on the subject of prohibition. "I am going to ask for a dry plnnk. There may be a fight on a dry plunk, but there is not a chanre 'for a wet plank to be adopted nt San Francisco." Iluttq, Mont., .Tunc 24. (By A. P.) "I nm going to the Democratic Nn tionnl Convention to fight for the prolil bltlon plnn, n plunk making profiteering n penitentiary offense, n farmer's pro tection plank and a platik providing for nn arbitration board for settlement of Inbor and capital disputes," declared William J. Bryan to a crowd of more than 1000 persons in nn nddrcss here. Los Angeles. June !21. Tnmmnny delegntes to the Democratic national convention nt San Krnnelsro here yes terday declared themselves in favor of the manufacture of light wines and beer, and said they were pleased over the de feat of A. J. Volstead for renominatinn for tho Republican candidate from the Seventh congressional district of Min nesota. Mr. Volstead Isjjiuthor of the prohibition enforcement net. .Tames J. Hagln. Xcw York city, fire commissioner, and u Tammany dele gate, said: "There will he a wet plnnk In thej pintform the people of the country favor n wet plank a plank providing for the manufacture of light wines and beer." GOMPERS SPEEDING WEST A. F, of L. President Will Present v Labor's Plank Demands Calgary, Alberta, June 24. (By A. P.) Samuel Oomncrs, president of the American Federation of Labor, passed through here yesterday on his way to Snn Francisco, where he will present to tho Democratic Nationnl Convention' the federation's program for inclusion in the party platform. "The Democrats nrc usklng for the suffrage ot the people of the Pulled States and the labor people, represent ing so large a proportion of the popula tion, certainly have the right to ask the Democratic convention for the sun port of tho construction program which labor has prepared," said Mr. Compers. EDWARDS WON'T GO WEST Governor Announces Definitely That He Will Not Attend Convention Jersey City, .Tune 24. Governor Kdwnrd I. Kd wards, n member of the Democratic "Big Four" delegation, an nounced definitely yesterday he would not attend' the San Francisco convcu tlon next week. The governor gave no reason for his action, but it is known tlmt pressure of state business and other engage ments prevented his departure with the other members of the New Jcrtoy dele gation last week. Wilson's Hand Seen in McAdoo Shift Continued from rase One will be added to make tho league dec laration ngreeable to the Irish voters. In addition the President Is likely to address a message to the convention nnd in the end the President will prob ably seek to choose the candidate. .Like Chicago Convention The convention is like the Republican convention at Chicago. A small group of state leaders who were defeated at Baltimore in 1012 are auxiou8 to come back to power. They are like the Re publican leaders who got behind the Lowden candidacy at Chicago. No Democratic leaders would like to nomi nate Mitchell Palmer, for they fear that he cannot be elected. Their real choice is Governor Cox, of Ohio. But they were easily beaten by Bryan nt Bnltimore nnd they can be beaten by Wllsou If Wilson will, at the proper moment, produce a candidate ns the Re publican senators produced Harding at Chicago. If McAdoo is reallv eliminated. Gov ernor Cox is the leading prospect. But the Ohio governor's fate is tied up with that of the wet plunk. The wet advo cates are making much noise today. What they want Is n declaration in favor of an amendment to the Volstead act permitting the stntcs to make laws enforcing the eighteenth nmendment which will toko precedence over that act. Such an nmendment would vali date laws like the 3.C0 per cent beer law of New Jersey. The resolutions committee, will be strongly dry. the vote in it being probably about ,3 to 20 for the Volstead act. On the iloor of the convention the situation will be different, but even then the drys nre likely to have n majority unless the southern prohibitionists should voto for tho nmcndingNnf the Volstead act on the ground that this act is an Invasion of state rights. A wet plank would probably make Cox the Democratic candidate, but without such a plank he could not bo nominated. Lightning Kills Dog via Chimney Mercimntvllle, N. J., June 21. Lightning lost night descended the chimney of thu farm Iioum of Gcorgo Murphy, near Lenoln, killing a do,? lying under the stove. Deny Wilson Will Address Convention by Telephone ' Washington, Juno 21.(By A. P.) Reports from San Francisco that President Wilson would address the Democratic Nntrbnnl Convention on the long-dlstnnce telephone were denied today at the White House. ,NJKG ' MJIO : HARDING WILL WIN, PENROSE PREDICTS Senator Assorts Progressives Back 0. 0. P. Candidate. -South Against Wilson hits Democratic ossism A landslide vote, the Blgns of which nlrcady are being evinced throughout tho country, will carry Senator Warren G. Harding into tho "White House. This Is tire thought of Scnntor Pen rose, expressed In a statement made fiubllc -today. He Is a ni'mbcr of the tcpublicnn national executive commit tee which will have charge of the cam paign. The Rtampcdc of Roosevelt followers nnd other Progressives to the Harding banner, the general dissatisfaction with the Wilson administration and the fact that Mr. 'Wilson will have n big finger in the Democratic convention pic arc set forth as his reasons. The solid South. Senator Penrose be lieves, may be made over Into a solid bulwark of Republicanism because of the nntl-Wilson feeling there. The Isunnce of the statement occur red simultaneously with the return of Lclghton C. Taylor, Senator Penrose's secretary, from Washington, where he conferred with Republican lenders. Gives Out Hays Telegram In his telegram of acceptance of the appointment to the national executive committee, Scnntor Penrose tells Mr. Hnys that he Is "practically restored to rugged health" and that he will soon be able to alve his full time to the work. , Mr. Taylor added that the senntor, in n few days, would, bo seen riding about through the streets and parks in his automobile. The following telegram, sent to the senntor from Mr. Hays in New York on Tuesday, was "Riven out for publi cation : i "With the unanimous approval i.f Senator Harding nnd the subcommittee nppointcd for the purpose you have bovn selected n member of the Republican national executive committee, and I am verv pleased to advise you of this ap pointment. Will write you fully in a few days. With best wishes. "WILL II. HAYS, chairman." All Will Bp Harding Republicans The statement Issued by Senntor Pen rose in conjunction with the announce ment of his acceptance of the executive committee seat, Ih ns follows: "Since the Chicago convention I have been lu communication with the members of tho national committee and others 'prominent In tho pnrty, and tho reports coming to me from these sdurces show that Harding nnd Cool idgc will command the support of Re publicans everywhere. "In the coming campaign there will be no progressive Republicans nor any other sort of Republicans except Hord ing Republicans. "The nomination of the Ohio Sen- Uitor unuouuicuiy nns mei wiin n nenrty response from tno followers of Colonel Roosevelt. This Is. Indicated by the as surances of support that have come to him from former leaders of the Pro gressive party. Among those leaders is Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, who, tftorc than any other man, speaks for the western Progressives, nnd was himself prominently discussed an an ovnilablo ca'ndidate for the presidency. There will be no division in the Re publican rnnks anywhere this year. "The work of organizing the voter for the ticket will bo started at once. Personally I am in favor of extending this organization to the southern IF Burn Less Coal And Get More Power POWER plants using the Automatic Combustion Control (Gray System) accomplish both. Savings in fuel cost are guaranteed to be from 5 to 20. At the same time greater power is obtained because the Automatic Combustion "Control makes nearly perfect combustion possible. The Automatic Combustion Control was perfected after years of scientific research.. Several industrial plants have had it in constant operation for eight years since it was first put on the market. It has never failed. 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"All of the indications are that the Snn Francisco convention will be the worst bossed political body that ever assembled In this country, Platform Written nt Wlilto Homo "With six cabinet officers and other pnyroll statesmen on th'c ground, and the platform written nt the White House. It will be n convention of In timidation, a Wilson convention in which tho delegates, largely officehold er!, will take orders from Washington, "Tho pcoplo now, mpre than ever before, aro demanding a change In gov ernmental affairs. Tho problems that confront the country today must be worked out by nn administration of character and resourcefulness, "The election of Senntor Harding will restore the confidenco of the coun try in its public men. Ho has beon likened to William McKlnloy, nnd ac curately so, for ho is a man ot Mc Klnley's constructive ability and solid qualities of statesmanship. Hln activi ties as a public man have not been lim ited to the realm of rhetoric, nor is he n polltlcnl lender with tho ambition of A dictator. With him In the Whlto House thero will bo entire harmony between the executive and legislative branches of the government; tliey will work together in solving .the problems of reconstruction. Harding Uncqualcd ns Voto Getter "From the beginning I considered Senntor Hnrding nn Ideal candidate and I predict thnt ns the campaign pro gresses ho will grow stronger con stantly with, tho people. Ho possesses personal magnetism, nnd as n vote getter I do not-Jcnow his equal in tho Republican party. "Tho Republican ticket will carry Pennsylvania by n rccord-brenklng ma jority. During the last week I have received letters and telegrams from party workers in every section of the state? Theso men inform mo thnt Senator Harding will havo the enthusiastic sup port of the rank and file of the party in every county. "As a rule they arc, disgusted with the Wilson administration, nnd besides thousnnds of Democrats will refuse to follow the Palmcr-Guffcy leadership. "Far through the memory shines the Democratic party In Pennsylvania I" City's Population Fixed at 1,823,158 Continued from FaiCd One king's temerity In cnuslng Joab to enumerate the people for tho purpose of learning the number of the lighting men. In Philadelphia there were many who feared that some such mark, of the Deity's anger would be visited upon the people if the 1700 census were taken. In a little less than three years befell an event which convinced these timid ones that their fears had been justified. In 171).'l enme the terrible pestilence of yellow fever, which Invaded virtually every homo in the city, filling grave yards nnd decimntiug families. Since 1700 no deende has passed without the numbering of the people ns the constitution enjoins. Philadel phia's growtli has been rapid. By 1800 it had leaped to 81.000. In twenty yrnrs it grew to 1:17,007; in twenty years more, in 1840. it wns 2."8,0:i7. It came close to 1,000,000 by 1880, be ing 847,170. It was well over the 1, 000,000 mark 1,040,004 by 1800. The dawn of the new Century saw It at l,20:i.000. The last census tnkcu, thnt of 1010, brought the number for Philadelphia to 1,510,008. Philadelphia is the ninth largest city in the world. The list follows: London fl,270,7.1 Xcw York ri.021.ini Paris 2.888,000 Chicago 2.701.212 Toklo. 2.3.12,000 Berlin 7... 2,071.000 Vienna . ... 2,0.11,000 Petrograd 1,008,000 Philadelphia 1.823,158 . I ' '.J" IromSOO to 1,823,158 Growth of Philadelphia Year 1083 1084 1700 1714 1700 1800 1820 Population 500 ... 2,500 ... 4,500 Year 180 1880 1800 1000 1010 1020 Population .. 258,037 .. 847,170 ..1,040,004 ..1,203,000 .,1,540,000 ..1,823,158 11,750 ... 18,750 ... 18,000 ... 137,007 Detectives Expect, Latest Clue to Reveal Identity of Slayer "GIRL IN GRAY" IDENTIFIED Sptcial Dlnpaleh to Eventno Public Lcdaer New York, June 24. Information pointing to the trail of the murderer of Joseph II. Klwell nt his home in West Seventieth street, on June 11, wns said today to hnve been picked up by de tectives pursuing the police end of the investigation Theso detectives nre working under direction of Captain Arthur Carey, of the homicide bureau, and Captain Tiiomns Walsh, of the fourth branch detective bureau in West Sixty-eighth street. This Information in the posses sion of the detertlvcs is expected, ac cording to report, to lend to some real results. Among the interesting developments nt the district attorney's office Js the Identification of the "girl In gray' who had luncheon nt Klwell's house th Monday before the murder. She will be questioned within n day or tfto. Edgar A. Walters, negro toxical) driver, who .ttyn he drove Elwell home on the murder lumping and that his face Kccmed much excited, will be ques tioucd today. His story is that he picked Elwi'U up about 2 o'clock that morning in front of the New Amsterdam Theatre and that Klwell seemed excited, and told him to drive to 204 West Sev entieth Rtrect, ns Walters understood the numbc. Elwcll's dumber Is 244. When they cumc into West Seventieth street nnil Waller's started to draw up ffit 204. Elwell told him to go down two or throe door.s below nn npartmen: house. , ,,. .L A few doors farther on V alters utnrtml fn rum his machine nZIlilL when Elwell hopped" out, threw some coins nt him and darted into the house, lhe coins amounted to eighty cents, and the register recorded a 7 cent iurc. R. R. Board Promises to Speed Decision Continued from Page One Bethlehem ynrds, P. & II.. out 100 per cent; New York division, P. & II., 00 per cent; Pottstown. P. & R., 100 per cent. It is also reported that the metal wnrlrerq ni-n pominz out. and nassenccr men nrc coming out. Tho wlremcn of the P. It. It. refuse to go out with non union labor. Reports from all districts us far as Boston, show men arc leaving the roads. "The statements issued by Doak show that they cannot fulfill what they prom ise their men, through the official rep vSmm Favorita, 10c Fiva shape to ' suit every man' ideas, his tasta Land his purse. . NEW TRAIL FOUND ELWELL ID " , resentatives of their orders that they could have the wage board give n de cision by Wednesday of this week, ns circulated by railroad representatives." May Legalize Hlriiio Both tho Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads reported there was little change in the general strike situation in nnd nbout Philadelphia. Though there have bccii somo addi tional defections of workers, nbout an equal number of men have returned to work. The places of others of thfc strikers have been filled by hiring new men. Tho Rtrlkers, however, still nre con fident thnt they hold the upper hand. The rumor thnt the brotherhoods will within n short time legalize the strike persists among the strikers, nnd some of the strikers arc predicting that the passenger men will join the freight em ployes nt midnight tonight. Thus far passenger service has not been affected on any of the lines. The freight tie-up on the Rending continues. Though perishable freight Is moving freely, and some other freight Is being transported, conditions nro far from normal. Apparently tho strikers ore concentrating their attack on the Reading. It wns on tills line tbnt the strike began last Friday. 124 Out at Harrlsburg It was reported that thero were still 124 men out in the Harrishurg district of tho Reading. A bulletin from Hnrrisburg, however, said thnt the strike there Was ocr, so for ns the Rutherford yards of the Reading ate concerned. The men who went on strike there hnvc been replaced by other workers hired to take their places. Traffic Is reported moving regularly at this point. It is reported that the yard men of the Western Maryland Railroad at Hogerstown, Mil., quit their jobs nt 2 o'clock this morning. There Is no rhnuge, according to the Pennsylvania Railroad's reports, in conditions in the P. It. R.'s Baltimore district, where 125 men arc still out. However, with the aid of volunteers thirty-five out of the normal number of thirty-nine crewH wero working1 this morning In this district. The Pennsylvania reported thnt the yard crews In the Potomac ynrds. near oshington. Iind quit at 10 o'clock Inst night, and that no men worked on the night shift. 15 More Brahcmen Quit It wns reported thnt at the Camden termlnnl of the Pennsylvania Railroad fifteen additional brakemen had gone out early this morning. The men out at Camden nro now: Seventeen brake-, men, one switchman, three yard con ductors, or twenty-one in all. It is. reported there is no change on the Schuylkill divisiou, where a total of 203 men ore out. There is only one yard crew out on this division, how ever. The Philadelphia Tcrminul division of the Pennsylvania has lost 1177 men. This is a smaller number than on pre vious days. Seventy-five men were hired yesterday to take ,1110 places of strikers. Volunteers ore being exten sively used. With their aid It lias been possible to keep ninety-eight crews working out of a normal total of 100. Yesterday 1000 cars of freight were moved in and out of Philadelphia on the -Pennsylvania system nnd ninety-seven cars of coal were moved nt (Sri-cmvich piers. Western Maryland Men Strike Baltimore, Md June 21. The West ern Maryland was drawn into the rail road strike today when the entire yard force at Hagcrstown, numbering nbout 225 mcu, went out. Yard operations wero reported to be nt a standstill, but the movement of passenger and through freight trains, wns not impeded it wns said. In the Baltimore district both the Baltimore and Ohio nnd the Penn sylvania reported n marked improve ment today. RUYERA LOPEZ Cigars Commend Themselves to Your Good Taste! KRBIIIlHiVvEla9Hi l aL32JQfr 9 I flBijBjWtrTTtf5jH!vi'r ffV f jMjafjQttMMB FOR more than fifty years it was to be had E,cTsc na,' only at exclusive clubs and hotels. Now you can buy it at any good tobacco shop! Sales have leaped from a few thousands a month to more th HKfSs.'fe The secret of ,ts success is its mM ssr fiU ir iJh,ASuis- becase Senor Lopez Vuelto Abajo District of Cubn. nnrl leaf comes only from that famous district, which means when iiou light a RilYERA LOPEZ it becomes a ceremoniafZstaiofa commonplace fact. uu. u u A. B. CUNNINGHAM & CO. DISTRIBUTORS 37 and 39 North Second St., Phila. nell Fhonp '.Mrrkct 11 MANSBACH AtlanMc City Virginia and Atlantic Avenues RUYERA LOPEZ MFfi rn 0.NM:SSW 137 North vi73'riw..'Aw.apjfiii.jim. VfeS MANUFACTURERS V ' - P. R. T. at Crisis, Twining Warns Continued from Page One ncdite tho ultimata completion of the badly needed high-speed lines." A bill framed for thnt purpose was passed by the Senate in amended form when the last Legislature was in ses sion. Tho bill wns "pickled" In a House subcommittee. Mr. Twining nlso urged that means bo provided for the city to share In In creased property valuations due to high speed lines. Ashs Right to Tax Property "I recommend," ho stated, that the city procure tho right in the ncwtate constitution to assess property bene fitted by the construction by the city of rapid transit lines and other large pub lic improvements. "I cnniiot urge, too strongly the im portance of this matter, which Ls in line with modern IdenH of rlty development that the city should share in the profits resulting from the development of the city." The trolley service provided by the Rapid Transit Co. was criticized severely by tho director lu his report. "Although the service wns notori ously inadequate nt the beginning of 1111'J," he asserted, "the company did not increase its facilities to any ap preciable extent, and in October ngnln submitted to Councils an appeal for nssistaucc, requesting the city's help and co'opcrntton in caring for the trnfile for which Ita facilities were again admitted to be Inadequate. To Place Responsibility "In this letter, also, tho company again endeavors to place responsibility for the inadequacy upon the shoulders of the city. It Is moreover readily ap parent that with the city's system in operation nnd carrying sufficient pas sengers to relieve the situation thcscotn pnny's Income would be reduced to a point where its solvency would bo seri ously threatened. "The company's claim that the city's system is responsible for present con ditions is wholly without foundation, and the claim Is made for the purpose of directing attention away from the real cause of the inadequacy, namely, the company's Inability to furnish ade quate service and pay its present flxed charges out of the existing rates of fare." CONSIDER "L" ROUTE FOR WOODLAND AVE. Transit Engineer Planning Ex- tension of Darby Branch Through to Cobbs Creek A Woodland avenue route U being considered for the pronoed Darby ele vated it was disclosed toda in a re port submitted by Henry 11. Quimby, cincf engineer ot tne (Jity Transit De partment. I "Wo nre making study plans." the report stated, "for a possible ehunge in the route of the Darby elevated, tern- , porarily branching from tho Mnrkct ' street cievatcu at Tiiirtietli street to traverse Market street to Thirty-second street and then Woodland avenue all the way to Cobb's creek, with a design for later connecting independently with n Chestnut street subwny or Sansom street elevated by means of two addi tional tracks on Market street and n bridge diagonnlly across the Schuylkill river. "An. accurate survey of 'Woodland avenue, in the stretch involved is now being made. Throughout; the rest of the line the survey hns been completed lives eight months in the year in i T,n,.ortii , u '1 ". J.,5 ,, CIGAR CO. Distributor. Third Sh -" S v and nil column locations tetrm)M4,' and construction plans will be ready ta issue whenever it shall bo decided tit put the work under contract.' j The plan of tho proposed Darby ele vated approved by tho Public Service Commission calls for a route on Thir tieth street, from MarlM to a point south of Walnut street, where it swings' across the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad under Its elevated freight line. From that point the npprovad route, skirts the Philadelphia Ocnernl Ilosni tnl and Woodlands Cemetery, following tho western edgo of tho railroad to OrojH Ferry avenue, passing over It to Woodland avenue nnd over that thor oughfare to the county lino at -Cobb's ' crceK. ' The 1020 stylo In paint for elevated structures is different from the style of -preceding yenrs. tho chief engineer's ro port shows. The Mnrkct street "I? is pointed black, but the Frankford "I," , ' is to be n light gray in color. WON'T PICKET HARDING Ohio Suffragists Deny Purpose to Besiege Candidate's Home Marlon, ().. June 24. (By A. P.) Ohio suffragists today denied a pub lished statement that members of the National Woman's party who picketed tho Republican National Convention 4n Chicago nrc planning to picket Senator Hording s home here this summer. Dr. Gillette Hnyden, state chairman of the party, said tentative plans havo been made for n deputation of suf fragists to call upon the senator at Ills home iicro in Jtllv wIMl rernr,1 fn ratification of the federal suffrnffo amendment, but the call is to take the form of n conference, and there is to be no picketing. Drive for Jewish Children's Home The B'nnl B'rith drive for their Homo for I' riendlcss Jewish Children, nt Eric, Pa., was opened last night with nn en-, tertninment and smoker at the Add phia Hotel. Among thoso who mndo npncnls were Leopold Glass; and Sab Solus, members of the state legislature, nnd Joseph W. Snlus. chairman of the' Philadelphia section for the drive. $mm- Uur Big H a Aristocrat, the cne 25c If you aslc for Ruycra Lopas once it will be come a habit. No man erer smokes one without want ine a second. v f, m iiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiin mnyHawrow H mHW H ,M h?i ' i' . , ?-'3 "T'n ir a. .u ,n june," Mr, -laVAWj bV' u i'i ) S: - A'Jft ? vr rfi&i '4 isA JI vtofcte&,iy. ;V iii,v.t,.i VJN-R.it, .Kfci.'i yfPWtr; - - .,' JnffMKLjst &
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