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j ' Mayor Moore this afternoon aiked
LCItJ Council for an appropriation nf
t ,Wi0f000 for the preliminary expense of
v J$i$ c'ty'', fiRht nBnnst ,1"' p,nn f
'. "Mher, It. T. Co. to lnerrno trolley
' Jarrs.- The ordinance was referred to
the transportation committee.
The ordlnnnce would authorize "the
iftnploymcnt of engineers, nrcnuntnnts
.and other expert nssiMnnts nnd nd
vlscrji, not including legal assistants nnd
"advisers, and the catering Into con
tracts 'with persons so employed, for
the preparation nnd presentation of evl
' donee before the Public Service Com
mission, in a hearing or hearing, rela
tive to a proposed Increased tariff or
whednle of the fare of the Philadelphia
Itnpld Transit Co."
The money to tight the fare Increase
js to be drawn from funds nlrrndy et
aside for the Department of City
Transit.
"The proper presentation of the cne
of, flic city in this matter will remilre
) much technlcnl preparation. Involving
the employment of expert engineer, nc
,countnnts and other assistants, and will
entail the expenditure of monej for their
.Jcomiiensatlon. It I estimated tliat the
.preliminary expenditures for this pur
repose will require that the sum of nt
'least $.10,000 be thin omplo.ied, in
'order that the evidence on behalf of the
'city may be prepared and presented."
Fare Up, Car Cut,
Is Mitten Warning
Continued from Tore One
would be $1,400,000 in excess of our
i ability to pay."
Goes Into Rccnuc Plan
Mr. Mitten took up the question of
iirnnsiers and exennnges to emphasize,
he said, the necessity for more revenue.
"We knew we had 00.000.000 naR.
sengers a year who paid three cents .for
the transfer privilege nnd much com
, plaint wns being made because others
were' getting it free. One hundred nnd
seventy million passengers n year were
receiving free the same service that 00,
000,000 passengers were paying three
cents for. Kighty-fivo million pas
sengers a year were riding because they
got it for nothing."
Mr, Mitten stood for nearly a minute
.at the outset of hi testimony and sat
Wv i,t,own at tDP invitation of Chairman
tl!ir;Aincy. The transit company head pro-
veerer ueiioernte v. sncnKinc mm i nmi
distinctly and occasinnnllr rnfrrrlm- tr
jawics.
VP v Pafj in SJ8.000.000 In ino:
1 "In 1007." .Air. Mitten said, "t
cinpnny pnm in .? IN. (1(10,(100 of
'5530.000.000 capitalization. Ti h,i
'chance of losing $18,000,000 or iiayiug
,In the pther $ll'.000,0po.
, "Overtures had been made to enlarge
tho transit facilities. To complete the
IMarkct street elevated and to make
other improvements the 1007 agreement
..was eniereu into. Tile compniiv paid
jn its $12,000,000 with tho understand-
ting that it was to paj Its rentals and
.receive 0 per cent on S30.000.000. The
.Jpaylng of the $12,000,000 was made
possible by completion of the elevated
;llne."
Referring to the Mnrket street cle
,Tted. Mr. Mitten said:
"The city hns so benefited by the
elevated improvement that assrssed pro
perty values increased $11:1.000,000.
That was the situation when I came to
. Philadelphia. I found the I'. H. T.
"politically exploited and practicallv
bankrupt. My first move was to de'
termine what would overcome flip heavy
fixed charges, which was forty -nine
cents out of every dollar.
M Found Labor Conditions Had
a f'Lnbor conditions here were as bad
h as they could be. That lias been cured.
S I found the property had been used for
building up districts for real estate ex
pansion. Passengers were carried at
a loss for long distances while tho
( energy of the management seemed to
, have been planed to serve the outer dis--'
tricts.
. "The man who rides from n district
four miles north of Citj Hall to the
business district gets more than his
five cents pay for. This ride must be
compensated for b, the short rider
whose tide costs the lompany less to
produce.
"The per capita riding due to the
cultivation of tin riding habit has in
creased in this eitv ocr that of other
cities. It represents S.l.oOO.OOO in gross
IV curninKs jier jear and is the most protit
1 able business of all Prior to 1010 we
. only naci tne riders of necessity.
Mr. Mitten explained the 'company
wanted to be "open and above board" in
Its efforts to obtain necessary increases.
He said he realized that public con-
fldeuce was the prime requisite for
success.
.Must Not Harass Short Rider
"In planning nnj fare increase." he
continued, "we must recognize we are
more subject to loss by driving the short
J-der off the cars to the exti nt of
$.1,000,000 per auniim than those long
riders who ride because of neessity
and convenience.
"From my experience nt Chicago be
fore coming to Philadelphia I knew
that public confidence was a prime ie
qulslte for success. I knew I must be
sure of stable fares on which m esti
mates were made. I therefore sent com
munications to Councils which were
afterward made a matter nf record, set
ting forth what Mr. II. T Stoteshury
was undertaking to do in the interest's
of the public."
t Mr. Mitten added that upon the.
strength of Mr. Stotesburv's tinnneial
standing the P It. T obtained a large
loan which was used in the purchnse of
new cars of which 1.100 were bought
almost in one lot.
"Staggered On" Till Wartime
TJp until 101 1, he continued, the com
pany carried on as best it could. In
that yar, he said, the right of the P.
,11. T. to issue three-cent exchange
Mckets was questioned nnd this caused
denial of the right to issue three
;ent exchanges, which brought in $S0O,
000 annually.
The P. K. T., he declared, continued
to stagger on until wartime.
Tho need of facilities during the war
"to carry war workers was so great, he
t,ald, and tho credit resources of the
'company were so impaired tin applica
tion was made for increased fares The
rrequest. ho asserted, went to city Coun
cils, which referred the whoio matter
to tho Public Service Commission.
In the meantime, Mr. Mitten con
tinued, tho government loaned enough
money to buy extra cars and other
equipment. The request for cxtrn fares
was then allowed to die, lie add-d.
Harmonious Relations Willi .Men
Mr. Mitten sketched the development
(t hanqonous relations with employes
under tbfi cotoperatlrc plan. This plan,
TI3 ' t
the sold, assured to Philadelphia con
tlnulty of service which no other city
hns enjoyed. He outlined the clllcleut
management Introduced nnd referred to
the skip-stop H.vstem, Introduced, he
saia, against mucli opposition, but wiileli
has justified Itself In greater speed nnd
better service nnd the saving of approxi
mately $1,000,000 a year by the com
pany.
Every possible means of Increasing
revenue nnd decreasing cost, had been
resorted to before tiling the tariff now
under consideration, Mr. Mitten told
the members of the commission.
The transit company head at that
point took up the question of the three
cent exchnnge ticket. He called It "nn
Inherited thing." With the construc
tion of the Frunkford elevated, he said,
a big problem presented itself in con
nection with exchange tickets.
"The Frankford '1 of necessity,"
he asserted, "would have to carry the
greatest possible number of passengers,
but it the three-cent exchange ticket
ni necessary betwen the surface lines
nnd the Frankford 'I,' few nersoiis
would use the elevated, but some otlier
line.
"It is only by living with these
tilings that the truth becomes evident,"
he continued. "The Stoteshnry-Mitten
management. If it means nnythiug and
it its nine years History means any
thing Is Interested primarily In the pro
tection of the public: secondly, of Its
emplojes; lastly. In the protection of
its stockholders."
Rising wage scales for trolle.unen and
otlier emplojes of the Rapid Transit
i'o.. the Public Service Cotnmlss'''n wns
told, form one reason for the Increase
in revenue desired by the compnny.
Willis C. Dunbar, vice president in
charge of finances, who referred to the
wage scales, snid the next increase to
cuipIoj.es. will make a totnli boost of
fntnleen nnd one-half cents an hour
from .Inn miry of this year.
l.very increase in pay of one cent an
hour, he asserted, means an addition nf
$.100,000 to the transit company's ail
utial pa roll.
Twining Supplies Data
As the cross -tire of questions wns
opened bj Mr Rosenbnum. Transit Di
rector Twining sat at his elbow nnd
piovlded him with data occasionally.
Mr. Dunbar asserted that the com
pany's payroll this year for nil em
ployes would total approximately $17,
.100.000. M. ltosenbiiuni contended there wre
discrepancies in some of the figures
submitted yesterday b. the witness. The
latter replied the apparent discrepancies
would be explained later.
The assistant city solicitor then fired
n "double-barreled'' question at tho
witness.
"In addition to desiring nn increase
in rates," he asked, "you have said
the compnny hojies to effect economies
In operation. hat economics are con
templated by the company? Are there
hopes based on reuniting of the lines
of the system?
Witness Cannot Answer
The witness replied he could not an
swer, ns operating questions were not
within his province.
Mr. Rosenbnum called the witness'
nttention to n statement that 1 1.1,1 cents
per enr mile wns the co-a of operation
in 1010 and that the iot last year was
2.1. SS cents per enc mile
"What was the car mileage in 1010?"
asked Mr. 'Rosenbaum. The witness
replied he did not know.
"What was the mileage of operated
track?"
"Five hundred nnd sixty-the miles
of revenue-producing track," wns the
answ er.
"Is it not a fact," queried Rosen -bnuni.
"thnt the increase of operating
expense per revenue car mile has been
balanced by the increase of mileage op
erated? Is it not a fact that gross earn
ings have increased to counterbalance
the operating expenses per revenue car
mile?1'
The witness replied: "Yes."
Data from Annual Report
Mr, Rosenbaum had noticed thnt Mr.
Dunbar had a prepared statement be
fore him nnd thnt many nf the replies
apparently were read from the state
ment.- He asked who hud prepared the
datn. Mr. Dunbar said most of the
statement had been prepared from an
nual reports of the eompam.
The city's representative swung nt
tention to the question of the coini):iii
surplus Inst year, remarking that $12.
000,000 had been given ns the mil)
surplus. lie asked how much of that
totnl belonged to me unpid Transit Co.
Tlie witness sn'id the company's totnl
Mti S-t.4S2.000 nnd that the hiilnnno
belonged to the underlying concerns.
It was with some surprise." snid
Mr. Rosenbnum then, "that we dis
covered $:10.000,000 of capital never
before included in any audit of the eom
pany submitted to the city, no mention
ever hnving been mnde of it, and on
which the company now seeks a return.
Ash Where Is S.10, 000,000
"Where is this $.10,000,000?" lie
demanded.
Mr. Dunbar replied it wns money
represented in improvements nnd in the
general upbuilding of the company.
'l lie assistant citv solicitor sought to
show that funds spent for nower houses
and other equipment had been Included
in the maintenance nnd renewal figures
and had nlo been chnrged up as capital
on which the company seeks a .1 per
lent return.
Mr. Rnseiibnutn asked the witness to
explain what part of the $.'10,000,000
repnsented permanent improvements
and what merely repair item.
The witness did not answer dlrectlr
remarking that this amount of capital-
ration would be Drought out cienrly in
the valuation thnt is being made. H
added he himself hnd not attempted
any npprnisal.
"What item on your books takes care
of that $30,000,000?" Mr. Rosenbaum
asked.
Frederic I,. Ballard, counsel for the
lompany. interrupted with the remaik
"S12'.000.000 of this $.'10,000,000 ls'
actcuauv on the booKs or the company
as surplus and the other $lft,00(l.00o
repn spnts capital which would not he
relleeted on the books of the company,
but which would nppear on a wiluation
of the company's propel ty."
Mr Rnseiibnutn, addressing Mr. Dun
bar, said:
"The company has been trring to
make out n case by demonstrating the
amount put into property. You present
us with a sheet purporting to be
amounts of money pnid in. I appreciate
the fact that you cannot show how
these totals nre renched."
The witness said it would he shown
later.
Repeats His Question
"What property, if any. of the com
pany," continued Mr. Rnseiibnum, "is
represented in the company to equal
$30,000,000?"
"I don't know nff-hnnd," the wit
ness replied.
"In figuring out the $10,000,000
value in the company," persisted the
assistant city solicitor, "isn't it right
to allow for depreciation?"
Mr. Dunbar said lie supposed it was.
"Over how loug a period," snid
Rosenbaum, "was this cash con
tributed?" "Fifty years." replied Mr. Dunbar.
"Isn't it a fact." Bald Mr. Rosen
baum, "thnt much of the property
bought has depreciated or disap
peared?" "I have no proof that the value of
the property has not been kept in
tact," snid Mr. Dunbar.
Mr. Rosenbaum "Don't you know
thnt much of the money wns spent In
horse cars? What has become of those?"
Mr. Duubar merely elevated his eye
brows. No verbal reply was audible a
few feet away, J
Mr. 'Rosenbaum aleolasked whether,
EVENING PUBLIC
when llehi rails wcVe replaced by heavy
rails the. company wrote off the value
of the old rails."
"As far as I- know," tho.wltnc.ss as
serted, "this was done.','
The city's frcproscntatlvo shifted his
line of attack nt that point, asking If it
wnR not true that all Increases in ex
pense had not been balanced by Increase
In business.
ncfore the witness could reply, Mr.
Ilnllard suggested thnt this was the
only large city that had not Increased
the street-car fares.
Mr. Dunbar then left the stand and
R. H. Horton, the company's traffic
engineer, wns called. He submitted ex
hlblts showing fare Increases In other
cities.
The exhibits revealed thnt In nn'mer
ous Instances the Increases had been
for from 20 to fi0 per cent. Mr. Hor
ton pomien out mat in Chicago the
fore wns rlcht cents nnd thnt ilm some
rate of fare prevailed in Kansas City,
while In Cincinnati It whs seven cents.
Tho faro In Denver, Detroit nnd At
lantn, he said, wns six cents.
Questioned by Mr. Rosenhnnm. the
witness denied thnt the company pro
posed to increase its revenue by the
alteration if routes.
"The only rerouting In prospect."
snid Mr. Horton. "will be that which
has been ordered by the commission."
Kpects 1,000,000,000 Riders In 1020
"The company," he continued, "ex
pects to carry 1.000,000,000 passengers
In 102. an Increaso of 125.000,000 pas
sengers over last vear. The estimate of
rr venue for 1020 includes the actual In
crease In the number of passengers car
ried for the first five months. "
Mr. Rosenbnum sought further In
formation as to, the company's Inten
tion to reroute cars. Ho told of the
complaint of a resident of Rrldcsburg
to the city solicitor. This man, he
said, complained thnt under the nw
fare system the car coming from Brides-
burg down Second street would stop
nf ( i Irani nvenne and tiiat he would be
compelled to buy nn exchnnge to con
tinue the trip to the central part of
tile city.
Mr. Horton. In reply, said that was
due to the abolition of transfers which
would affect njl parts of the city.
"Hut Isn't the effect of this such as
to mnke this man pay right cents for
that which ho formerly paid five cents?"
asked Mr. Rosenbaum.
Commissioner1 Clement interrupted :
"Do you think eight cents is too much
to pay to come from Bridesburg?"
"Oh. well, some people In Bridesburg
are willing to pay nu tiling to come to
Philadelphia," remarked Mr. Rosen
bnum. Mr. Horton explnlned thnt for 1010
the cash fares on the Market street ele
vated totaled S55.4STi.000. Those pre
senting transfers nt "I' stations dur
ing the year were 14.OSO.000.
28.000,000 Using Transfers
Questioning rCvealed that If 14.000,
00(1 persons presented transfers at ele
vated stations approximately 14,000,000
would complete their ride with trans
fers. This would be a total of 2S.000,
000 persons using transfers in 1011).
Mr. Horton wns askid how many pas
sengers would be diverted from the Mnr
ket street elevated by the new fare sys
tem. Me replied that it had been esti
mated 0,000,000 passengers would pre
fer to ride on surface routes.
"Is the company prepared with Its
present equipment to carry 0,000,000
more passengers on its surface lines?
Is it capable of accommodating this di
verted traffic?" asked Mr. Rosenbaum.
Mr. Horton answered thnt he believed
the surface lines were udeqiinte to ac
commodate this diverted traffic.
"Aren't siime surface lines already
oveibiirdened?" Mr. Itosenbnuui asked.
Mr. Horton replied that a few lints
w ere.
No Inventory Before September
When the hearing was resumed nfter
the luncheon recess, Coleman .1. .loyre
of counsel for the company told the
commissioners it would he September
before the inventory of the company's
property would be completed.
Forty-five engineers, he said, nre
now engaged on the inventory. Only
n loss of time would result, he declared,
if the engineers were called In now to
testify.
Commissioner Clement suggested thnt
the company' engineers and the experts
tn be engaged by the city should work
in co operation on the inventory. Mr.
Joyce ic piled that could not be done.
GAS SCALE CHANGE 0. K.'D
Utilities Committee Favorably Con
siders Thermal System
The T'nited fins Improvement Com
pnny todav received favorable consid
eration from Council committee on
transportation nnd public utilities to
chnnge their mensurment scale. The hil'
will be oted on at next weeks meeting
of Council
The ordinance offered by Councilman
Develin permits tho company to change
specifications from the cnndlepower basis
to the Ilritish thermal measurement.
Samuel Bodine, president of the com
pany, was closely cross-questioned by
the committee, during which he mnln
tained' that the company would save
nearly 400,000 a year in crude oil
should the specifications be changed. He
explained that the British system wns
a heat measurement a agnlnst the
American candlepower or light method.
Mr liodlno declared thnt the lighting
nuf would not be impaired. When
'Ir.seh questioned by ( 'oillicilnien Duve-
1 1 ii and eglein he said lie "did not
think" thnt the consumer would be
rnnipelled to liny more for sas. He told
j ''ouneil committee that his company
""""J pay me cicy ..mki.uiiu in ensn
this year, beside furnishing 2,1,000
lights nnd felt that no hardships would
be entailed by the citizens through the
i Image.
Mr. Bodine further said thnt the U.
i I. paid the city $00,000,000 since It
took oyer the city gas works as against
a :s;hiiuhi( yearly loss when the city
operated the plants.
After listening to Mr. Bodine the
i "iniuittee favorably considered the res
olution mnkinc it effective nntil Jan
nary 1. 1021. Prior to that time, it
was explained, -the gas survey will bo
completed. A measure for $25,000 to
lover this work is now under consid
eration. CONFER ON PAY QUESTION
Increase Not to Be Given Men In
Sheriff's Office
Mayor Moore nnd Sheriff Lambcrton
conferred this morning on the ordinance
recently passed by Council iucreiiBlng
the pay of clerks and writ servers in
the sheriff's office nnd which the Mayor
disapproved.
As a result of their conference Coun
cil will be asked to reconsider the bill
in amended form, which gives the
sheriff's employes considerably less than
was asked by Mr. I.ambertop. The
Mnvor agreed to sign the hill.
The fifty-three writ servers nffected
by the bill now get $1200 a year, with
a bonus which brings their pny up to
$1440. The bill, as passed, increased
their basic pay to $1440 with a bonuB
added. Mayor Moore said he disap
proved of the bonus system and sug
gested that they be given $1440 as a
flat rate. This was agreed to by the
sheriff.
Boy Shoots Self In Hand
As an aftermath to tho list of Fourth
of July casualties, Wllilam Reyer, thir
teen years old. of 25 1R South Eleventh
street, shot himself through tho right
hand with his uncle's revolver, He was
treated at the Methodist, -Hospital' ad
sent oomc.
lEDGEB--tfiiLADEM
GIRL AND ESCORT ATTACKED BY THUGS
HKLD-ri' ON STRKKT BY AUTO ROBBERS
The girl Is .Miss Tesslc Banks, 1721 Mt. Vernon street, tho man villi
her Is Joseph .Marshall. They were held -up early this morning on Mt.
Vernon street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets
Develin Censures
Mayor on Bus Bill
ronllnuH from I'are One
gentleman from the other side talks
about our 'twisting and squirmlnir ' but
important measures could not be passed
without the assistance of the members
on this side
"Only yesterday I read In the news,
papers certain articles In which the
Mayor i quotol as saying thnt there
I a conspiracy on foot. I will say that
there can not be a successful adminis
tration, whether In Washington or In
Harri.sbnrg, unless it hns the legisla
tive body behind it.
"I have raised m voice from time to
time to bring these fighting faction to
geter. There is no one more loyal, Mr.
President, than you nnd myself. This
is n time when we ought to get together,
this presidential year, in order to light
the common enemy.
"I'niess the Mnyor stops this busi
ness of plnylng petty politics, I will go
in and wipe him off the map in my
ward, as titular head of the party
or rather, as titular head of a faction
in the party "
Roper Defends Mayor
Councilman W. W. Roper jumped to
his feet nt this attack on the Mnyor. and
raised a point of order. President N eg
lein ruled thnt Mr. Hall wns out of
order, nnd he sat down.
The Mayor's veto was sustained,
however, when the vote wa taken, the
vote being twelve to nine.
The entire question of the Mayor's
veto of the item was debated nt length.
The tight upon it was opened by
Councilman Hall, who began by saying
Jie wns sorry to have to attack the
Mnyor, but felt compelled to express his
v ens. lie pointed out thnt Council
Jiad clven denartments coming under
the Mnyor additional funds, and named
the Department of supplies as Having
received more than $1,000,000 addi
tional. Tills he snid was necessary be
cause of the unusual times, and the
recorder of deeds' office needed addi
tional money for the same reason. He
snid the recorder of deeds' office wns
working day and night : that It required
six months' time at present to get a
deed, and urged thnt Council do nothing
to delay the work of the office.
Mr. (inffuey nlso criticised the
Mayor's message. "I thought after the
meeting we had in the Mayor's office
yesterday the Mayor would forget petty
polities. I have il on reliable authority
that It was pointed out to the Mnyor
that it was Impossible to itemize nc
counts for this particular Item."
Von Tagen Replies
Charles II. ton Tngen, the adminis
tration leader, sarcastically replied to
the Vare men.
"The Mayor, in n clenr. concise
manner," he said, "hns given his rea
sons for the veto We hear the cry of
factionalism raised by the men on the
otlier side. We will always hear that
as long ns things don t go as a certain
set of gentlemen want them. The nc-
cusatlon of pettv polities is groundless.
The other crowd are shedding bitter
tears becnuse they can't hnve their own
way."
Mr. GnfTney pointed nut that an item
of $S00 for the prothotiotory 's office wns
not itemized, and offered this as proof
that the Mayor was playing petty poli
tics. Mr. Weglein snid. "I voted in com
mittee for this bill, beentibP I thought
it was needed to expedite matters. I
nm going to ot.. to sustain the Mayor,
with the understanding thnt Mr. Burch
today will iiitrndinc a similar itemized
bill which will ghe us nn opportunity
to investigate the need for the nddi
tional appropriation."
Councilman I)celln then got up nnd
said that he too would vote to sustain
the Mayor's veto under these conditions.
Mr. Burch then nunounced that ho
would introduie a bill to cover the sit
uation. Mayor Kxplnlns Veto
The Mayor stated his reasons for ve
toing the bill ns follows:
"My approval is withheld from the
above item becnuse It is a lump sum
for personal services. It is conceded
thnt the recorder of deeds office is busy
with an increased number nf renl estate
transfers, but the last legislature auth
orized an increase in the salary of
clerks, and fifty additional clerkships In
this office were authorized by the Coun
cil, which further provided in the 1020
budget n liberal allowance of $20,000
for extra clerk hire.
"The present item of $7500 is for
'personal services, extrn clerk hire.' It
does not specify how many men are to
be employed, for what length of time,
or nt what salary, as Is required in all
J. E- CKldwell &fQ.
Jewelers Silversmiths Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
An Association Of Nearly
a Century With
Pearls and Jewels
Of Important Quality
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city departments, nnd in addition such
employes ns might be paid out of this
ucni are not stiDjcct to the civil service
regulations,
"Approval of this Item, which is the
first of its kind nresented to tills form
during the present administration,
would have a tendency to encourage
other county officers to nsk for lnmn
sum appropriation which would enable
tucm to mnke appointments without
specifying them to Council and to fix
salaries higher than those pnid for sim
ilar worK in c t.v denartments. contrary
to tho spirit nnd letter of the new city
ehnrter, nnd in disregard of the budget
system therein provided." '
Council passed the ordlnnnce provid
ing for n $0,000,000 loan without de
bate. The money will be used .for pub
lic improvements, particularly streets
and sewers.
Step to Prohibit All Fireworks
The first step was taken by Council
this afternoon to prohibit for all time
the. use of firenrms nnd fireworks at
Fourth of July nnd otlier celebrations.
Councilman (laffuc.y offered n resolu
tion directing the. city solicitor nnd the
director of nubile snfet.v to draw un nn
ordinance, or nn net of assembly, mak
ing tne sale and use of tireworks and
the discharge of firenrms Illegal.
The resolution, nfter setting forth
that the recent celebration of the Fourth
of July caused the loss of one life nnd
the injury of 111 person, points out
thnt hnd the originnl fireworks ordi
nance been passed by Council, "with
out extrncting its wisdom teeth, either
n perfect day would have been recorded
or the number of victims materially re
duced." The resolution calls for the prepara
tion of a "comprehensive ordinance."
In the event, however, that the citv
solicitor decides that legislation at
Harrisburg is required rather than or
dinance of Council, then the necessary
bills nre to be prepared and sent to tho
next session of the Legislature.
Hall Presents Bills for Major
City Council wns treated to the rare
bight this afternoon of Hull, Vare leader
and Seventh wnrd potentnte, Introduc
ing two ordinances at the request of
Mayor Moore, chieftain of the rival fac
tion. These ordinances were drawn up by
Owen .1. Roberts, nnd their purpose was
explained in a letter from Mr. Roberts
to the Mayor, in which Mr. Roberts
snid :
"I hnve drnfted two ordinances in
accordance with my suggestions to you
of some weeks ago, the first of which
authorizes n lease of the ground lying
between the north side of Chestnut
street bridge nnd the (Somery
Schwartz property for a period of ninety-nine
years, witli the proviso that
tho lease may be terminated at any
time should the city desire to use the
property. (Somery Schwnrtz have
authorized me to suy thnt if you will
choose an experienced real estate agent
to fix the rental, which would be pay
able oyer the first period of ten years,
the sum fixed may be inserted In the
ordinance. At the expiration of every
ten years the property shall be reap
praised and a new rental fixed for the
next period.
"The ( Joinery -Schwartz people will
extend the north sli)e of Chestnut
street bridge, making a plaza. This
work is to he done subject to your np
proval nnd that of the Bureau of High
ways. Bill for Raising Sidewalk
"The other ordinance pirmlts the
raising of the sidewalk of Twenty
fourth street to the level of Chestnut
street brid'.e so that there will be n
rnlscd walk leel with Chestnut and
Mniket tlreet running oter the west
sidewnlk of Tw en ty- fourth streets ns
far asthnt street runs to a dead eutl,
thence going through nn arcade in the
Gomery-Seliwartz Hulldlng to Market
street. Tills will give ncccss from Mnr
ket street to the Baltimore and Ohio
stntlon on a level with Chestnut and
I)KTIIH
Thompson
July
ii. man. jacoh ..
Z1L ThnmnNmi. Pi.n.ral
hunband of the lam r.llzu Thompson
perviupn ..un. u.i' rfpiui-ncn, .ll li. UOUmy
l.lnn rl . Arimnrf Pa , on Krlday at 'i
p. in ii. ii in. ii' eritaie
TINOKI.I, Julv 7 11120. HANNAH w
wlfn of Jnwrm 11 Tinned, Urlatlvrs and
iriiuia iiijii.-'i ui lunprui nrrvirrii on bJt
urdny at 11 in nt husband's residence,
1417 N mill st Intermont private.
I.ANIJ Dr l II l.ANII. July 7. n-
qulem in"". Thursday, at 11 a. m Church
oi uur itiuui't ui . unnniauon, unemnui Jill!
Interment prlate Ixlnston Cemetery.
Ht'M.Mhl.l. Suddenly, on July 7. WIN
T1IHOP ! son of the late John M. Hummail
HBed 41 earn neatle and frlenda and
members or rump H4!i l O. H. of A.. Camp
j-,. a . . . uii.-iuii nrnooi iounrii una
uneuen .-.rni jruir or uw is, wo, 1113,", n
vlterl to funeral bervlees. mi flAtuHov n,
p. m . at hl lute residence. 238 West Haines
st.. German own. Pa.
JtWnm KOIl HKNT
MONTOOMKilY AVE, 1024 a unfur rooms,
Sd floor. Il.i Phone Diamond fi772 w.
l '.'";
lonTA.i
- ' - ,j - ,r
Market street and do' awa with the
dark and unsightly covered 'walk which
now htns a(, the level of the Baltimore
nnd Ohio, Railroad track and goes up to
Market street through a tunnel con
structlon."
Gomcry & Bchwnrta nro constructing
an clght-Blory building on their tract
lying between Twenty-fourth street nnd
the river, Market nnd Chestnut streets,
Tho ordinances, frcro referred to tho
highways committee.
Councilman Vorf Tngen Introduced a
resolution designation Rooms nor. nn,i
607 as tho offices of thh ucW legal nld
Diireau oi mo, ucpnruncnt of Public
Welfare. These rooms at present arc
used for storage purposes.
,N0 STRIKE SETTLEMENT
8hlppera and Longshoremen Confer
on Demands
No definite settlement of the lone--
shoremen's strlko wns effected today as
a result 6f the conference in tho Bourse
between committees representing tho
strikers nnd .shippers.
Members of the strikers' committee
stated that the. whole question, involved
In today's conference was the coastwise
longshoremen s rate of wage. The lat
ter demand -sixty-five cents nn hour and
$1 nn hour for overtime. The deep sen
longshoremen committee, although they
agreed to return to work at the old
scale of eighty cents an hour and $1.20
an hour for overtime, contended they
would rcmnln on striko until the const
wise longshoremen's demand wns piet,
unless the body of workers voted other
wise nt a meeting tonlghti '
Darrah Dclaney, of tho Industrial re
lations committee, who came from
Washington today to attend the con
ference, told the strikers that the const-
wise scale demanded could not oc
wanted until tho matter was placed be
fore the committee In Washington.
HELD ON GEM THEFT CHARGE
Say
Man Traced Through Wife
Took $4000 Jewels
TTormnn Ynnkn. iMrtv.ilvo VCnrS old,
nas arrested today in a house on Thir
teenth street near Green, charged with
the theft on June 7 of S1000 worth of
jewels.
Detective Uurgess. of lity nan.
traced Yanko through his wife. Ac-
rnrillnr? in tlin nnllee. Ynnko nnd his
wife secured employment with ,T. Linden
Hcacock, nt Ilatboro. ns servants.
Yanko nnd the jewelry disappeared
June 7, It Is said, but Mrs. anko re
mained. Yanko was located through
her. Magistrate Carson held him with
out ball to be taken to Ilatboro.
HEARING REVEALS HEROINE
Woman Who Fought In Civil War
Complains of Dishpan Attack
.IiiiIi-p. T nhnuldered mv husband's
gun when ho was killed before ash
ington nnd fought three weeks with his
regiment against the Ilebs. but these
peoiilo nre too much for me."
Mrs. lCllen Hums, n diminutive, gray
haired woman, seventy-five years old,
stood beore Magistrate Carson today in
Central Court nnd pleaded for protec
tion from Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Itambo,
who live nenr her on Newmarket street.
She charged them with assault nnd
battery. They struck her head with n
dishpan, she declared. Magistrate Car
son commended the womnn for her
hrnverv during the Civil War and told
her she had easily won the sobriquet,
"colonel," of her husband's regiment.
He dismissed the chnrges against the
ltambos, because of lack of evidence.
TO RESUME BRIBERY PROBE
Council Continues .Investigation or
$25,000 Scandal to July 15
f'niincllmnnlr nrobc of the $25,000
bribery scandal In connection with the
Itooscvelt boulevard trolley lino will be
resumed nt n meeting of the investigat
ing committee July ll.
Councilman Cox, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, made this uu-
uouncement just Detorc tnc uujourn
ment of Council this afternoon.
He Kiilil the delnv in the nrobc had
been made necessary by the serious ill
ness of Mrs. Andrew I. Schmidt, of
Chicago, wife of the eastern representa
tive of the Hears-HiicMK'K io nom
whom, it is alleged, a councilman tried
to obtain the bribe for the earlier com
pletion of the boulcMird line.
A letter will be sent to Schmidt re
questing him to be pi cent nt tile meet
ing July 15. It will be held in Itoom
400, City Hull, nt li p. m.
Virginia Farmers Slay Negro
Danville. Va Jul 7. (By A. I'.)
Tteil Itnncli. a hcki'ii. was shot to death
by a posse of farmers nenr lloboro, N.
C,, last night after nn alleged attempt
to attack the thirteen ear-old daugh
ter of a farmer, 'ine posse trailed mc
negro for twelve houis before effecting
his capture.
Cauture Bandits
After-Wild Chase
Continued from re One
with the detectives was riddled with
bullets It was towed to City Hall
courtyard this morning.
There It wns tho object of much at
tention from persbqs on their way to
work.
Car Stolen, Police Say
Tho car, the police say. was stolen
from Samuel Weiss, 1700 Poplar street,
on July 0, while it was standlug In
Gcrmantown.
An attempt to rob a young woman
who was on her way home with an
escort led to the clash between the ban
dits and the detectives.
The girl, Tessie Hanks, twenty-one.
years old, 1721 Mount Vernon street,
was wanting witn ner escort, Joseph
Marshall,
"My friend and I were just returning
home nfter having a bite to cot down
town," said Miss Hanks. "Wc were
walking west on Mt. Vernon street, near
Sixteenth, when a big touring car drove
up. Four men alighted with drawn re
volvers and pointed them at us. T
screamed with fright and was told to
keep quiet.
' 'Shut up and give up your money or
you'll get hurt! said the big mnn who
seemed to be the ringleader. I tried
to tlfle my screams, but was so ter
rlbly frightened that I screamed louder
than ever."
"The two meu who held mo then
bncked mo against n wall, opened my
pocketbook and took $7.35. I then
looked around for Mr. Marshall," con
tinued Miss Banks, "and saw two other
men struggling with him. My two cap
fives then left go of my arm and jumped
?," my f,co.r.t' who wn bottling with
the bandits."
Threatened lo Sliool Olrl
"One of them said. 'Cut It out or
wcli (.hoot your girl. Come across
now. This frightened me still more
nnd I screamed for help again. Many
people put their heads out of near-by
windows to see what the noise, was
about."
"One of the men then ran toward me
and was about to put Ills hands on my
mouth when n shot rang out. I
thought Joe was shot, but was surprised
to find myself free nnd.to see the four
meu running for the machine, which
was standing nenr by.
"They sped off, followed by nnother
machine containing four men, who were
shooting revolvers nt the bandits. These
men I later discovered were detectives,
and oh, boy! mnybe I wasn't glad they
came."
In the dectectlvcs' car were Special
Officer Kelly and Detectives Crcedon,
Malone, Clark' nnd McCarty.
The detectives followed the bandits
and began firing their revolvers, stand
ing up on the seats of their automobile.
The men in the other car answered
their shots.
At high speed the two cars raced up
Sixteenth street to Falrmount, then
over Falrmount to Thirteenth, up
Thirteenth to Girnrd, over Glrard to
Broad and ddwn .Broad to Falrmount.
Here the car being chased by the de
tectives was abandoned, nnd the oc
cupants took to their heels, but' two
wero caught.
The exchange of shots "woke up"
the section around Brond street from
Falrmount avenue to Glrard. Bullets
flew in nil directions. A pinto glass
window in the garage nnd tire shop of
Frank Shaw, 14111 Brown street, was
riddled.
Trim Ankles
identify the
wearers of
Boston
Garter
$&&
With Low Shoes
the appearance of your
v ankles is even more
important than,
usual.
b.
fzr
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Let them have all they want of it." Doctors prescribe
orange juice for children, you knoweven for the
most delicate "Kiddie tummies"
ORANGE SQUEEZE is so good; so different from all
other drinks that everybody says "Ah! That's the stuff"
the minute they taste it. .Try a bottle; then you'll buy
it by the case.
You Taste the g ORANGE irt
Orange 5qaee3e
LOUIS H1LLEMANN
412-414 North Orianna St.
Philadelphia
National Frutt Flavor Co,J New Orleans, Manufacturer!.
KROKMB
IN COUNCIL IK
Resolution Dlhctf.
rrosontatlon of AntUFiro?
'."Ml
Wing
works Ordinance
MEMBERS INBITTER DEBATE
Council took the first step to ban ,11
fireworks forever at this f., '
meeting, when a resolii on STJ
calling on the city solicitor and th?
rector of public safety to draw ,, n
ordinance, or If necessary a state sV,"
ute forbidding the sale and ui oft'
work. ""
Tho resolution was passe,i ttt,
long and bitter debate between Col
cllmcn Gaffncy and Von Tagen r.S
ncy was the author of the anti.fi,'., '?"
ordinance which was passed l
amended form nt the last . mmIs?"
Council. As Onffaey wrote "ft?'
iiuuty, ii jorDatie tnc sale or tis,e 0f
Works. As nnRM.,1 tt .u.j' .?' "r
works. As nnssed It fnrW. Z nrV
and uso
of snarklers. ,uc M'e
I never would have agreed to i,.
special session to consider that he
ance." sa d Afr. nnir-U ..? "rd'n-
thought that the rmim.li.v.V.. "l naJ
to rlght-about-face and rcvewe ih.
tion of the committee in Jul 5.1 ZV
I have never seen such an exhibition
cockroach statesmanship In .!' ?lf0'
Like cockroaches, wmo wuncllmen rS.
the Ilcht. .Tnat- no , ... ' "'"i on
- -lll.i. t ..: . v...,tn ncni
eclve an order from the ataw ffr.h?.
cued police department they r, m L
every direction.1' J n,u ln
Councilman Llmebnrner fnld iy
had been no enso of pollen frlelit k f
that a poll of the mcraMVth.
only an antl-spnrkler bill could S
passed. Councilman Von Ta ,.m
that tlio bill was changed for th
son that members did not deire 0 .n
into the trap set for them bv the pro
hlbltion of, all fircworkd. He rnnt
ucd that he did not take Mr 0.lv Mr'
Gaffney's description of member, of
Council as "cockroach statesmrn
,i.Mr.; Y0Ii Tngc.n movc.(1 ,0 "trlko out
the first two clauses in tho Onffnry
resolution, declaring that they meant
nothing and represented onlv the nn.
sounl piqtte of the South PhllaWphls
councilman. These- two chiws rcfoVrcd
to the number of thoie iujiirod and the
reversal by Couhcil of tho report of ho
committee on public safetv.
Councilman Buchliolz 'snid it wn
time to get down to- business and to stop
playing to the gallery. Ho Mfj th
Gaffncy resolution should be adopted n,
presented.
Mr . GnUney said in reply to Von
"I usually sit silent und asphyxiated
during the ravings from the Forty
second wnrd." He agreed, however, to
strike out the offensive second seetihn
of the resolution, and it was then
adopted.
Italians Deny Loss of Avlona
Paris, July 7. Tiie Italian erabawy
here has issued a formal drnl.nl thnt iv..
Albanians have taken Avlona.
George FrostCo., Boston
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