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I JOUNCIL ADVANCES
UlAIlG BEACH IDEA
,' W,jioon In City Council toward the estab
, llshment of public bathing beaches in
' -'Fairmount Park, when Council re
ferred to the property committee a res
olution transferrins the necessary funds
from an unused Item.
Mayor Moore is bark nf the project
Jo give the public free bathing beaches
In the Park, and eventually at other
points on both the Kehu.vlklll and Dela
ware rivers. He wrote a letter to Conn
cil this afternoon recommending that
money be transferred from a sum ap
propriated to house the John O. John
son art collection.
The entire appropriation, amounting
to $124,871.11. was made to the Park
Comlssion orlglnollv as a nucleus for
the Johnson art collection museum. The
pictures Mill be hotled In the great
museum now started on the I'arkwav.
Tbe Mayor proposes that $"O,S07 be
used to pay for restoration, storage and
insurance of the picture, the reft for
the Falrmount Park bathing bench.
Mayor's Letter to Council
In his letter to Council the Mayor
says:
"I desire to draw attention to an
1 ' ordinance submitted this day to your
honorable body, proposing to dispose nf
uu uiiyropriauon ni i-t.oti.n, '
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vrveu lownru a preparation ot a sue
and the erection of an nrt gallery to
hold the John I!. Johnson collection of
art objects.
"This appropriation was intended as
ft nUplCllft for fl filllMtnn tn Tij. AFAStfw1
nlontr the Purlripav If a oU fitilfl hn i
obtained, at n cost of more than $1,000.
000, to house the art collection of the
late John O. Johnson,, now exhibited In
part at Memorial Hall, or under the
process of restoration, or in storage
elsewhere.
"It Is evident the citr is not now
in a position, since It Is erecting; a great
art museum ni n cose ot millions at
the end of the Parkway, to build n
eeparate structure for this particular
collection of paintings, as there will
be ample room in the art museum the
one great center of nrt in Philadelphia
when completed for the display of the
Johnson pictures, held together as he
provided they should be. and is the
trustees of his estate have presented to
me a bill for $70,807.71. for mainte
nance, restoration and insurance
rharges, which bill apparently must
be paid under the agreement made by
the city upon the acceptance of the
terms of Mr. Johnson's will, and us
there is no available money to mlet this
bill at the present time, the ordinance
submitted by me proposes to transfer
the proposed separate Johnson nrt sal-
lery item, so that this bill of the trus
tees may bo paid, and the balnnce,
amounting to $47.07.1.40. may be ap
plied toward dredging tho Schuylkill
river In front of the new art museum,
and for the construction nf a bathing
beach and other river front Improve
'ments nearby.
reople Waiting Long Time
,. 1 U . V . I' 1
time to see the Johnson nlctureH. nnd
..,c iTi'ir """, """ "uihuk u luuij
the art museum in which they may be
, nung is peing pushed forward, rapidly.
.Meanwhile there In a demand for bath -
I lag beaches and other Park Im-
' 'provements for the accommndatiou In
hot weather of the thousands of our
citizens who cannot go to the seashore
or other resorts a,m who would be
greatly benefited In health and spirits by
an opportunity to bnthe in the open nlr.
"I trust the'ordlnance mny have your
prompt consideration."
COMMITTEE IS PRAISED
Council Body on Public-Works Fin
Ishes Business
Council's committee of public works
nan about wound up its business be
fore the recess. . Chairman Creorgc
Connell, nt the close of the meeting of
the committee today, congratulated thi
members, saying more has been accom
plished during the last six months than
during two yearn of any similar commit
tee in the past.
Tho subcommittee on surveys reported
it will take $.18,000 to push back two
store fronts on the north side of Chest
nut street, between Rrond and Fif
teenth, in accordance with an ordinance
Introduced by Councilman Chnrles H.
Ilall. These properties, at the north
east corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut
streets and adjoining, are five feet be
yond the building line.
Jt was also reported it will lake
SW.OOO to open Oxford avenue from
Frankford avenue to Lelner street. The
ordinance striking portions of three
streets from the city plans in the Thir
tyeighth wnrd were also favorably re-
ported. This would glii-e manufacturing
plants in the neighborhood room for eX.
Sanslon. The streets are King, from
IrUtol street to Roberts avenue: Junl
afa. from AMssahlckon avenun to the
WAn tit-rlfn nin TlniUnn.l .! T ( . i I
r'i 1-1 V : ""'. '.V'"10' meuai given nun tor participation ti
street from King street to the Peim the battle of the Mnrne and other en-
sylvania Hallroud. donees that he is one of the sunhors
----- of the famous Princess Put Regiment.
HAZLETT TO GET 20 CLERKS Canadian Light Infantry, told Colonel
nHtLtl ' iJltLL- ULCn,V5,Wlll (;rny Reach todnv. ,,t the .mr-
'cnti.. ilivixinti In tho Wderui Tt,,n,iin
Council Committee Approves $7500
for Additional Expense
An ordinance annronrinim!- 47-.IVI . A lnan K'vlns "ln name ot -,arl I'em
fh. ,,Hr nf ,rd.P fn, .1. . 'P'bcrtou, nrrosto.l In the tenderloin .....
Mm was reoorted favornhlv nt n nV"'1 nn a "Uur" of """ lnP"."hHs
In. It S, Jin y , , '' henn claiming to the authorities thai
"' i ? "" ..., I" 'r.? "?. "n e wW..W..?( the surviving Prince
finance and law. which met this after
noon. A similar ordinnnee was vetoed
several weeks ngo by Major Moore, as
no details were given at that time.
Recorder Hnzlett explained the mnnev
was to pay twenty extra clerks SliiO a
month for three months. The business
. m j ? increased 0 per cent.
dS teMMriblnr Br ,0!
do transcribing.
BO tar this year the recorder of deeds i
bas received $20,000 for extra clerk.
Dire.
CLERKS NEED INSTRUCTING
Council Provldts Committee to De
termlne Duties of Employes
A committee was authorized by Conn
cil this afternoon to "direct and In
struct the officers and clerks of City
Council in their duties." after a lengthy
and somewhat merry argument. In
which almost every member of the body
took part.
The debate revealed the fact that the
clrka nnd other councllmnnic workers
have been nil but falling over each oth
er's feet, no one sermlng tn know just
what his duties were, and every one
anxious to avoid doing what might be
anybody else's job.
Councilman Montgomery introduced
the resolution. Councilman Develin an
nounced that he was thunderstruck at
its, import. He called it n "work of
supererogation," suggesting thnt the
Chief clerk uud sergeant at arms were
the proper persons to do this work.
Councilman Wegleio. from his nresl-
tltVdek, announced It .would 'be n
ijaayior jjim wnen-me resolution
fi'Wifil. JsTlil Jifc as wearied set.
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Activities of City Council
at Its Session Today
Resolution submitted by Major
Moore authorizing him to expend
$100,000, through tbe joint bridge
commission, for estimates and plans
of tho proposed Delaware river
bridge. Referred to finance com
mittee. Councilman Tloper Introduced bill
(ranting Hroad street bus line
tanchise. .Similar to ordinance re
cently vetoed by the Mayor, except
that It names no rale of fare.
Falrmount Park commission asked
for $10,",000 additional for labor and
materials.
Council confirms art jury ap
pointments. Mayor's request to divert money
from art museum to bathing beaches
referred to city property committee.
Resolution paRed to appoint com
mittee to regulate duties of clerks
and other employes of council.
tllng disputes. Councllmen Iloper and
Hall ngreed with him.
Councilman Hurch suddenly wanted
to know what the argument was all
about, and then offered an amendment
striking out "direct and Instruct." His
amendment lost, 10 to -4, and the origi
nal resolution was passed.
MAYOR SIGNS GAS BILL
Puts Name to Ordinance Authorizing
Heat Standard for Rates
Mayor Moore today signed the or
dinance authorizing the temporary Mis
pension of Clause 0 of the city gas
lease. This permit the H. O. I. Co.
to chnnge the standard from the ean
dlepower unit to the British thermal
' tin.1
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receipt of a letter from Samuel T. Ho
dine, president of the gas company, writ
ten in reply to n letter of inquiry from
the Mayor, giving assurance that the
change would not increase the cost of
gas ti the consumer.
The suspension clause runs until Jan
uary 1. 1021. If between now and then
the people feel that they have suffered
by the change. City Council can rescind
the ordinance.
According to Mr. Bodine, the sus
pension of the clause was for tho nnr.
po--e of saving oil for the company,
which at present Is hard to get. Mr.
Hotline stuted some time ago that the
change will oimi save $WU,000 a year
for the company.
URGES EXPORT GROWTH
Half Should Be Carried In American
Ships. Says Speaker
A plen that half of the export trade
done by the 1'ulted States should lip
carried in American ships insteud of
only 28 per cent, as was the case in
iuiu, was made today by J. W. Powell,
chairman of the committee of American
shipbuilders nod vice president of the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, nt
a luncheon ofthe Knglneers' Club, 1JI17
Spruce street.
Mr. Powell outlined the recently
passed shipping bill, which provides for
tho organization nf a shipping board
of seven men and lists n number of
regulations Intended to remedy condl
tlons. Among the latter nre regulations
providing n 10 per cent extra Import
tax on goods carried in ships of foreign
imiintflAj Qnd nri nltm. .In. . ,1... ..
i'iiuui.,i i.iii, uu'- iiii(m,iu iur ill,- p -
nirn or all excess pronts tax made In
shipping trade provided that this money
be doubled and reinvested In shlnntntr.
"Kvery nutlon should conduct half
of its export trade In Its own ships."
said the speaker. "And that Is the goal
we should set for ourselves. Hut in order
to achieve it we must necessjirlly take)
trade away from friendlv tinwers. nml
that will take all the ingenuity and
brains we possess."
HITS OPEN PORTHOLES
Witness Says They Caused Eagle 25
to Capsize
Captain W. P. Roberts, construction
officer at tho I'hiladelnhl, NW v S T
testified today thai open portholes were.
In his opinion, largely responsible for
the overturning of the Kngle boat 2." in
the lower Delaware June 11.
Captain Hoberts testified before the
Donrd
i iiniiurv which nns Deen s t -
- . i,i i . .i ''nr . r If t,n,l?",
was submitted to the construction divl-
sion for analysis, and Captain Koberts
nlH,r:,!I,'r,;,,hHfim",f:S ""'V
S ' 7 1 s".1'1 .w'ffl;le'71 lM'r,,
waTcr JZ h r0"",1 Hl,f10 for
H,?i.i . V I ir" '.' 'P TuU' iof '""
I nu iM,1!?1 ". nnf8 ?T"i-
Low ,l e,e the fuel tanks per
muting greut "fiee liquid surface, and
consequent shifting of the fuel cargo.
nl-o contributed to the accident, he
said lie expressed the opinion in
.i e. . .. ,. ;. - ..
"n(""Pr '" 'I'lestlon. that the boat whs
J1," f,""w'?rt,1l' under the special condi-
,lo,ls "1" '""1 t0 ""' ' "in Mrin.
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I p""adelphian Casts Doubt on Story
Told by Alleged Dope Seller
' William H. Pemberton. ir,17 fanign
street. wh produced his discharge; the
. . ' . . . ? ' '
'that anv other Pemberton elaimin" like
llstinction Is n faker
A man giving the name of Earl Pom-
Pats He will be confronted bv tho real
survivor nt the hearing before I'nltid
Htntes ( omniissloner Mnnlov tomorrow
CHARGE 2 WITH AUTO THEFT
Ohio Youths Held Following Larceny
' Editor's Car
William Minw. nineleen vears nl,.
and John Decker, twenty one years old.
nf I nliimhtiK. 1 1 . uor hfllil In 5 1 ".flA
tail by .MnglBtnitp nr.von m CVutrnl
station Ibis nfternoou on a charcc of
larceny of nn automobile belonging to ,' ,r nuB"
lZ U1"r' r"i,0r of ,hP ''"'""""'Ncost.Tsu"
The joung men worked in a Colum
bus gnrage nnd. deciding to leave town,
are said to have tried to sell the car tn
a North Hroad street dealer nt a low
figure.
Elkton Marriage Licenses
ElUton, Mil.. July 20. -Marriage li
censes were granted here today to James
J. Lynch and P,ertha Hanihan, John M.
fflowntt and Anna M. Schuman. John
Cassidy apd Mary Detcss, Frederick
Kuser nnd Edna Kuhn. John Carnois
and Lillian Miller. Lawrence It. Wil
llnms nnd Anna M. Hoopes nnd Louis
C. Clemenson and Ada H. Thompson,
all of Philadelphia ; Vincent M. Hayes,
Chlcngo, and Susan Kuppemhelmcr.
Lebanon : Murray Krlm nnd Edna
Watts, New York ; John C. Larkin and
Mildred L. Hoberts, Moore, Pa.; Ed
ward Cress nnd Katherlne M. Quinn,
Ashland. Pa. : Frank M. Palmer and
Stella Stein, 8t, Clair, Pa., and Jlarry
Dott, rAutetcr,
jotr, .ir-4it;ecr, ana Anna ucrcroru,
PhJIadtfjfcla.
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EVENING' PUBLIC LBDGER-PHILA'DKLPHIA, TtJESDAY, JULY 20, 1920
MEDIA MAN IN NEW
DIPLOMATIC POST
Robort F. Frazor, Jr., Appointed
Consul Gonoral-at-Largo at
Washington, D. C.
IS FORMER PHILADELPHIAN
Robert V. Krazcr, Jr.. of Media,
T'nltcd States' consul general nt Kobe.
Japan, has just been appointed consul
ceneral-at-large. nnd ordered to report
for duty at Washington, D. C.
Consul Oeneral Frnster Is the son of
Mrs. Robert Krazcr. formerly of tViOll
i(ireeno street. Oormnntnwn. nnd now
of Media. He was n ppolnted to the
I consular service In 1000. his first post
tiring sienna, npnin, where ho stnjeil
for three years, nnd was then trans,
ferred to Malaga, then going to Ttraxll.
Prom P.nhht, Ilrazil, he was promoted
to the Kobe post.
He wentto this city n number of years
ago and went to Porto Itoco. where he
engaged In the banking business, then
going In for sugur planting. There he
learned Spanish, one of the require
ments for n consular position being the
ability to conserve, read and write a
foreign language. He h:.s also mastered
conversation in ("Sermon, French and
Italian
Six consuls general are affected by the
ueil order from Washington.
Kdwin V. GunsnuIuH, of Ohio, now
consul general nt Singapore, Is assign
ed consul eenernl at Halifax, nml will
be relieved by Albnn Q. Snyder. West
irginla. who is now consul geucrnl
at Panama.
W. Stanley Hollis, of Massachusetts,
now at 1ondon, Is assigned as consul
general at Lisbon, succeeding Wllllnm
I. Lowrie, of Illinois, who is trans
ferred to Athens. Marlon Letcher, of
weorgln, now consul general at Chris
tianla. Is transferred to Callao, Lima.
Fail to Force
Mayor on Bridge
Continued from race One
the expenditure nf $100,000 for the
preparation of plans nnd estimates."
Couneilniun Hurbhol. th6 next
speaker, aroused fhat is rare in Council.
;a round of nppluticc from his colleagues
bj n speech declaring his opposition to
'"buying n pig in a poke."
' f fim tint rpuilt ' ..nlil 1 t.itl.lin1
tn vntt fnr n hrlilrn nt mil- ntnnn
at any price. I have not forgotten the
Tnjlor plan for a city -wide transit
sj stein which w us minuted In ten or llf.
p,n minutes in meetings of business
mens associations. I hese plans nre
now a stumbling block. We hnvn tn
know the cost of this bridge. I nin not
surprised that the Major may hnvc had
a change of mind in this or other re
spects. "I have heard inaugural addresses for
twenty years and no Mayor hai been
able to do all that he said he would
do as a Mayor cannot look ahead six
months or a year."
( outicllninn Hull said thai even if
'he borrowing enpacity were affected, it
would not make much difference, for
the reason that this city's share would
lin Lm.iJ... Iin... lint. n Q 1 ft llin inn ...I
,l hiiiii nimi- ui-ii-ru tp hi ,ww,Mni mill
5-(MMJii,tHMl.
i Hall pointed out that the city's bor
rowing rapacity this enr was $44,000.
INK), and that next year Jt would be at
I'ast $1(1.000.000 r..
l Councilman (Inffney again arose nnd
in n brief but spirited address warned
'against the alleged efforts of "certain
interests" to defeat the bridge project
'i.et us pui n stop to the ugly ru
mors that big interests nre behind the
opposition." he said. "Let us not be
a party to tomfoolery. You will not
be able to spend one cent of tho stale's
. mnnnv until tin. ntifll.ll,,. n.ll.n ...... l.n..
.been 'passed. A taxpayer, furthermore,
!'"" E" '"'" court nnd prevent the spend-
I il"5I "f ,hs, i'0-" untHthc enabling
,'jr'"'""'' has been passed."
fiaffney's Resolution
Mr. tiaffmy's) lesolutinn follows:
"Whereas. The Mayor, in his in
aiigur.it address, emphatically and un
qualifiedly declared for an immediate
t.. - .i i i .. ., .. .
"uu wiiiii in,- nun', aiiu mimi ni ercci-
l,IK "", structlng n bridge across the
l)piiMr,. xrr and
WhercsH (in Juininrr l't which i
"" "ho MSIir'na'v sited
'oun.il. he appeared to specifically urge
" P"v Paw of an enabling .mil-
""""' "M-b th- rby lldtor was then
ITepnilng. to definitely commit the city
,., . i,elnwnrc rver liridgr pioject.
and
Whereas. At u meeting of the joint
,ri,Ke commission held In the Mayor's
office on Tlinlnv. .lnl. in ,n,,l..
or indirectly the failure to Initiate the
work upon the bridge was laid at the
.inor of Council because It hnd not
pas-ed an enabling ordinance, and
"W'herens. There is now in tho com-
mince of public works such nn enabling
""iinance drufted In the otnen of the
,it, solicitor nnd transmitted to Coun-
lil tu ,n" Mayor, appendix No. 122.
!hJ' 1"""" "''J''1', wil1 forn,all-v ""
"1,l" l'.00'1'n oC the commonwealths
I if i'niinui li'nnin titwl V j.m L.nu ai Hint
"I HI..L..I ,l.,i.! ..III I.. I hi. L. I..
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''''"delphla will join with them in
l",,,,r,nli'K hih great interstate im-
' nprmemeut. thcrcfoie be it
' K""lved. 'Hint ( oiincll now take a
rr'',s fnr ten minutes and that the
ilinlrinan of the nubile works commit-
i iiiiiuii'ijiiiiii iu ji ii i wmi tin-in iii
' '" ,''1" ''is cnmmitteo together for the
purpose of reporting back to Council
'""a ,"l!' enabling ordinance.-
i no .Mayor outlined nis views nn tne
bridge project in n letter accompanying
tin- $100,000 resolution. The letter
follows :
Tho Mayor's Ictter
' Pursuant to a meeting ot the joint
bridge committee, I ngain respectfully
draw the attention of jour honorable
hodi to the urgency due tn the increase
n population of Philadelphia ond C'am-
den nnd vicinity nnd the congestion of
"me at tho ferries, of furthering plans
nnd construction work so far as If may
. , , fnirnP(.a to .i,,, rltv ,llui ,1
,' ? fairness to th. cllj and the
-i'-rf
'In my Inaugural message I laid this
matter before you. and on April (I,
after rough estimates had been secured,
considerable variation in
bmlttcd to jnu an ordinance
sicnlfinir the acquiescence of the cltv of
Philadelphia in the net nf Assembly, so
that if the city were to join with the
states of Pennsylvania nnd New Jer
sey we might proceed intelligently and
bv wnrrant of law.
"That having been passed, and the
estimates of costs of the bridge having
varied from $ui.uui,uuu to moro than
$00,000,000 nnd prices for labor nnd
materials bolng higher than ever before
In our history, I advised the joint com
mission nt a recent meeting that it
would be necessary for your honorable
body to Justify tho proceeding before,
as Mayor, I would authorize the ex
pendlturo of any part nf tho $250,000
provided for in tho ordinance on No
vember 12, 1010.
"I did agree, however, to bring the
matter ngaln to your attention in such
form as tn assist, If possible, in get
ting the preliminary work started with
out prejudice to the right of Council to
determine whether it should finally pass
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IIIIU hu"!.ub viuilianv uiuumg VU15 VilJ
Anally to its full share of tbe cut of
CATHAY'S WEIRD MELODIES
SOOTH AGED MUSIC WIZARD
Eng Ioy Communes With Chi
nese Orpheus as He Awaits
Last Call
Philadelphia's Dingy Bit of
Chinatown Made Happy by
Hymns of Orient.
Just ns dusk falls softly over the city
these summer nljhts strains of music,
ghostly and weird, drift through a nar
row little window on the top floor of
200 North Mnth street.
The tunc Is haunting, far-away, al
most unearthly, and ns It comes to the
ears of those on the street level the
( hlneso .throughout the neighborhood
look tip and say:
"It's Enjt Noy. the 'master of music,'
playing his 'Evening Hymn.' "
Night nnd morning Eng Noy sits in
his funny little room, only reached by
an apparently endless number of crooked
stairs nnd dark halls, And plays sacred
tunes on his Chinese piano. Well docs
he deserve the title of "Master of Mu
sic," for he knows how to play n pecu
liar kind of Chinese banjo nnd n Chi
nese bugle and a tom-tom just ns well as
be does the piano.
Eng Nov is seventy-two years old,
n little, old man. not much over five
feet, with n long white beard nnd short,
straight hair. His main occupation Is
the 'encnlng ot music, although he also
entertains sometimes with his own mu
sical talents, which nre varied.
Flouted Career as Policeman
Chinatown's "master of music" wns
born In Canton. Chinn, the youngest
of eight children, and Intended by his
father to follow in his footsteps ns a
policeman.
Eng demurred, although generations
of his family had held that honorable
position, and early in life he became
interested in music, perhnns because he
lived next door to one of the greatest
musicians of China. At any rate be
came to America and lived ten years
with a cousin in San Francisco's China
town, where he learned music in many
forms and thn English language. There,
too, he married, but his wife died
within a year after the ceremony.
"I loved Fnr so very, very much."
says Eng Noy today, "I never could
marry again.
So at the nge nf twenty-three he
came to Philadelphia and ns toon a
he could devoted nil his time to his
beloved music. He is proud of the fact
he Is a Christian and attends services
the bridge no matter how expensive it
might be nt this particular time.
"That Council nnd the taxpayers
should be Informed more definitely as to
plans and costs Is not an unreasonable
suggestion. Whether the city goes Into
the bridge project or not, no time should
bo lost In ascertaining the cost. When
tbe plans nnd estimates arc in band,
and I urn informed it will tnkc mnny
months to obtain them In any event,
then we may proceed with a better un
derstanding. 1 nm therefore submit
ting for jour early consideration a res
olution prepnred ut my suggestion by
the city solicitor, which provides for
the expenditure through the joint com
mission of not more than $100,000,
which, with proportionate amounts, ap
nronriated bv the two states, will be
Miflfclent to obtain reliable information
as to costs, together with correct plans
na to construction and location, all of
which ought to be in hand before the
city embarks in en enterprise to which
it must necessarily be bound because of
locution, even though succeeding Legis
latures may not be as favorable to the
jnterprlse as those which enacted the
original legislation."
Want a Per Cent Interest
A new ordinance was introduced by
Coiincllmnn Develln this afternoon
regulating the rate of interest to bo
paid by city depositories.
The ordinance is brief. The first
section ordains that "on and after tho
first day of October, 1020, the city
treasurer and the commissioners of the
sinking fund be authorized and directed
to deposit the funds of the city of
Philadelphia only In such banks nnd
trust compunies ns shall agree to pay
interest at the rste of H per cent on
money then nr thereafter on deposit,
and which hae been designated by
Council ns depositories for city
money."
This was a substitute ordinance for
the one introduced by Councilman Mc
Coach, to which the bankers objected.
Councilman (!a(Tne. made n redraft of
the onllnuiice. part of which provided
that tho banks musl furnish surety.
This also was attacked by the bankers.
Mr. Develln explained that there were
difficulties about the flaffney ordi
nance which would need more time for
ironing out than could be given by
Council before it recesses for the sum
mer. In order not to lose the high
Interest rates which prevail at' the
nresent time the iirillnnn.ee was offered
in thin form as an expedient. The
ordinance was referred to the finance
committee.
Hroad Street Ilusses Revived
The riu"! --.-1 bus lino question
was revived this afternoon by Councll-
mnn Tlnnni Thn ftArmnntltvn renre-
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n iiimivu luiriniuciti nn oruiuautc mv-
mg n bus lino franchise which was
.similar, with one exception, tn tne meas
ure vetoed recently by tho Mnyor.
The ordinance that was killed stipu
lated n five rent fare. Roper's measure
today provided no fare, stating tho fare
would be fixed by the Public Service
Commission. It wns referred to tho
committee on transportation and public
utilities.
Tho Fnlrniount Park Commission
nsked Council for $105,000 additional
for labor and materials. Of that sum,
$30,000 is desired for skilled Hnd un
skilled labor: $20,000 for materials for
general repairs of buildings ; $25,000 for
materials fnr general maintenance work
and $!IO,000 for repairs to Memorial
Hall and Horticultural Hall.
The renuest. nccnmnanled by an or
dinance, was referred to tho committee
on public works.
The oppnlntment nf Eli Kirk Price
nnd Charles Orally to the art jury was
unanimously confirmed by Council,
Their terms expire the first Monday In
April. 1021. The appointment of Alba
B. Johnson to the art Jury to fill tbe
unexpired term of Leslie Vv Miller, of
the School of Industrial Art, ulso was
confirmed His term will explro the
first Monday In April, 1022, Charles
B. Hall moved that their appointment,
made by the Mayor lost Saturday, he
confirmed Tho motion wns passed
unanimously.
Wants Police Tension Data
Director of Public Safety Cortelyou
was criticized by Councllmen Hall and
Cox, Vare members, for delay In fur
nishing data relative to the police nnd
firemen's pension funds.
On January 27, Council passed a res
olution calling on the director to report
on how much money was needed to
support the pension fund aside from the
dues of pension fund members.
As tho data have not been furnished,
according to Hall, tbe Seventh ward
leader offered another resolution re
questing the information on or before
July 27, when Council adjourns for the
summer. The resolution was passed.
,"I introduce thls resolution," Hall
Jiald, "eo the pollcfahd flrosen won't
ENG NOY
Chinatown's "Wlrd of Music"
who charms Orientals here llh his
straiigo melodies of far-away
Cathay
in various Presbyterian churches of the
city nearly every Sunday. He also plays
in churches occasionally. Once he hnd
an engagement at n local theatre, but
ho does not care for the stage.
Home Is "Little Bit of China"
Eng Noy's room in just what he de
sires to make it, "a little breath of
beloved China." He has gold fish nnd
flowers and Chinese decorations nnd
scores of oner little Chinese musical
instruments of which his piano is his
prize possession.
This piano is of beautiful black ivory,
with seven sprfugs across the top, in
stead of keys, which he plays with
slender bamboo 'sticks, so slight that
they sway In the breeze If he Is sitting
near tho window. On his black leak
wood banjo hn con play Chinese danc'o
pieces and even goes so fnr afield us to
glvo "Marching Through Georgia" stir
ringly. Eng Nov Is becoming more nnd more
of an institution every day in his Ninth
street home and the people of Chinatown
expect that until 1R departs this life
entirely he will continue to cnarm mem
each morning with his weird but haunt
Ing melodies.
have to neddle tickets. Br selling tick
ets' for pension fund benefits, the police,
nnd fireineu cater to an undesirable class
of people."
Mr. Hall said the .Mayor should maicc
provisions In the budget for ucccssary
funds for the pension fund. If the
Mayor does not, Air. Hall declared he
would ask Council to make such pro
vision. TURK CABINET COLLAPSING
Three Members Opposed to Treaty
Quit Offices
Constantinople, July 20. (By A.
P.i The Shelkul-Islam in the Turkish
cabinet. 'Durizalde Abdullah Effendi, has
resigned his office because of his unwill
ingness to npprove the signing of tho
penco trfaty. Other cabinet resigna
tions are expected for the same reason.
The grand vizier Damad Ferid Pasha,
howeverAla nppently determined to Blgn
at nny cant.
ISuncjav's dispatches from Con
stantinople nnnouhced the resignation
from the Turkish cabinet of DJemal
Pasha, minister of public works, and
Fahrcddlne Bey, minister ot educa
tion, both members of the Turkish
pence delecatlon.l
Rechld Bey, Turkish minister of the
Interior, who is now in 1'arls, has for
warded the reply of tho Spa conferenco
with regard to tho treaty to Constanti
nople, but It has not yet been de
ciphered. Damad Ferid has not yet ac
cepted the resignations of Djemal Pasha
nnd Fehreddine Bey.
WANDERER PLANS DEFENSE
Wife Murderer Is Assigned Counsel
by Court
Chirago, July 20. fBy A. P.) Carl
Wanderer, belf-confessed murderer of
his wife and a stranger on whom be
sought to cast the blame, announced
today thnt he had changed his mind
nnd would offer n defense when his case
comes to trlul Thursday. He had pre
viously declared he wished tho trial and
his execution hastened,
i When he appeared before Judge Rob
ert Crowe In criminal court yesterday
hn said he had no lawyer and the court
assigned counsel, deferring further pro
ceedings until Thursday.
Scranlon, July 20. (By A. P.)
Mrs. Mary Kendrlck, of this city, be
lieves that the unknown man slain by
Wanderer was her son, James Kcn
drick. Mrs. Kendrlck says that the descrip
tion of tho slain man tallies with" that
of her son, who has been missing from
home two years.
MAN AND WOMAN SLAIN
Both Found Dead With Bullet
Wounds In Heads
Coshockton, ()., Juiy 20. rollce arc
bnflled by the mjstery surrounding tho
shooting to death of Mrs. Minnie Daw
son, n widow, and Chnrles Hellers, a
widower, whose bodies worn found In
Mrs. Dawson's homo. Mm. Dawson
had been shot through the temple and
nenrt. iter rignt hand clutched a re
volver. Zellers had been shot through
tho temple.
Pollen believe the double shooting
took placo Snturday night, and nro
working on thn theorv that Mrs. Daw
son shot Zellers during a quarrel and
then turned tho weapon on herself.
Hellers, neighbors say, bad been n fre
quent caller at Mrs. Dawson's home.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP
Four Other Persons Seriously In
jured When Car Overturns
Altoona, Pa., July 20. Thomas A.
Herr. past exalted ruler of the Elks
and a leading politician of this city,
and Elmer E. McGuff, hotel proprietor,
were killed and four other nersons seri
ously iujured today when an automobile
driven nt high speed overturned near
Frankstown, Pa.
Plan $52,000 Parish Houso
Tho contract for a $52,000 parish
house for the Church of St. Martins-in-the-Field,
Willow Grove avenue and
Ht. Martin's lane, has been awarded
to Alfred H. Martin, 1207 Race street.
The building will be a two-story, stone
structure, twenty by fifty-four feet and
up-to-date in every way. Tho archi
tect will be Walter II. Thomas.
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prowned Whlls Swimming
Seranlon,' Pft., July 20.--Ptrlck
Scanlon. thirty, of Archbald, was
drown4 while swlmmjnr ia Caapmin
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Hog Island Will Try to Sond
Sovon Ships Down Ways in
Fifty Mlriut03
CADET ESCORT FOR BAKER
Three hundred cadets from the West
Point Military Academy will arrive at
Hog Island tomorrow morning to act
as an escort of honor to Secretary of
War Baker and his "party nt tho final
seven -ply launching of the yard.
Seven vessels in all will leave Ihe
ways the last under the wartime con
tract of the Amertciin International
Shipbuilding Corporation.
It will be the last opportunity the
public will have' or Inspecting the yard.
Many distinguished miosis will attend
1he launching, including Charles M.
nenwan, accretary of war lienor, ir
Auckland Gcddes, British ambassador
to the United States: Edward N. Hur
ley, former chairman of the shipping
board: General Yeyton S. March,
Brigadier General Grant T. Hincs,
Charles Picz. Samuel Vnuclaln,
Hear Admiral Hughes, Governor riproul,
Mavor Moore and fl. T. Stotesbury.
The final touches were put on the
ships this morning and fho yard Is be
ing decorated with flags nnd bunting.
The guest stand will hn out over the
water instead of near the sponsor ns on
previous occasions.
Matthew C. Brush, president of the
shipbuilding corporation and the man
who has mado things go at Hog Island
since ho took charge In December. 101S,
wtld today tb6 seven launchlngs nrt ex
pected to be n world's record.
Tho first ship Is scheduled to "go
over" at 4:.10 o'clock and tho last nt
5:21. The last ship will be christened
the M: 0. Brush. Launching seven
ships inside of approximately fifty min-
utes Is n tremendous feat, according to
Mr. Brush.
The greatest number of ships hereto
fore launched in one nfternoon was six,
at the Moore shipyard. Oakland, Calif.
Arrangements nave been made to take
enro of record-breaking crowds at the
yard tomorrow. The gates at Hog
Island will be thrown open to the public
at .1 o'clock. Special trolley cars on
Route 45 will run from Fortieth nnd
Market streets and from Third, nnd
Jackson streets direct to the yard.
A special train will bo run on the
Reading from Thirty-first street and
Glrnrd avenue at 2:45 o'clock, stopping
nt the Baltimore nnd Ohio station nt
.Twenty -fourth and Chestnut streets at
2:50 o'clock and arriving at tho ship
yard about 3:15 o'clock.
So keen is tho interest in the septuple
of launchings nnd the fact thnt the oc
casion will mark probably tho 'end of
Hog Island ns n shipbuilding center
that a private steamship compauy has
arranged to run a special excursion boat
from this city to give the public a
chance of watching the launchings from
the river.
The thousands of Hog Islnnd workers,
past nnd present (there wero 30,000
at one timo), hnve been invited to bring
their families to participate in the ship
yard's "swan song": nil steamship
companies operating Hog Island ships,
of which 122 will hnve been launched
Wednesday, have been asked to send
representatives; three bands will play,
a detachment of bailors and marines
from the Philadelphia Navy Yard will
be present and nil work nt the yard
will be suspended during the day, so
that the last "big splash" of the world's
great shipyard can be appreciated prop
erly. E, T. Stotesbury Quits
P. R.T. Board in Huff
Continued from race On
explained that the company was unable,
under tne oasic tive-ccnt raro principle,
to get suuicient revenue to pay the run
ning expenses of the corporation and
provide for the C per cent dividend.
He suggested that the rate be In
stituted at once, with the company
giving two-cent rebnte tickets to every
rider for redemption It the commission
withheld approval of the seven-cent
rntc.
Mr. Lloyd's closing remnrks were tho
signnl for Mr. Mitten to opeu fire on the
lesolution. He said he would not sup
port the resolution and the debnte be
cume heated, with virtually all the di
rectors joining In.
Colonel Potter charged that tho cntiro
financial muddle of the company was
due to the huge rentals paid to under
lying companies.
Mayor Moore sail he opposed Mr.
Lloyd's motion becniisn It wns a direct
violation of the 11107 agreement be
tween the city and the company. A
vote for the resolution, he said, would
bo nn rdmlttanco that the city had no
right to hold the company to an agree
ment. Stotesbury Makes Statement
Mr. Stotesbury stated that he had
given much time to the affairs of the
company, nnd that his concern (Drexel
St Co.) had done much to rehabilitate
the company bv its financial assistance
in the post. He stated that additional
money was necessary tn the successful
operation nf thn trolley system here, and
if the directors would not provide for
the additional financial facilities, he de
sired to resign. He declared himself as
tendering his resignation at that time.
Mr. Lloyd closely followed his finan
cial superior and also handed his resig
nation to the board of directors. Mr.
Packard also resigned.
As the Mayor left the directors' room
after the meeting, he nsked Mr. Mitten
If he wns nble to go ahead with tho
trolley system hero without being com
pelled to hold up the operation of the
cars.
Mr. Mitten replied ho felt entirely
competent, to handle the situation with
out the ilia or Mr. Btoteshury. The
Mnyor then said he was in favor of
holding open meetings in the future so
that the peoplo would bavo an oppor
tunity to know what the directors were
doing with the car lines they were forced
to use. The Mayor asserted he had
been chosen as tho public's representa
tive and the people ought to know what
went on at any meeting he nttended.
Tho company In announcing Its
abandonment of the dividends for the"
nrsi time in tnree nnu n nait years,
made public figures that Indicate that
the earnings of tbe company up to date
are $307,800.63 short of tho amount
needed to pav the dividends nnd meet
the wage adjustments that are made
necessary.
inc next regular meeting of the P.
n. T. directorate will be held Monday.
August 10. Mr. Mitten U now chairman
of the board's executive committee. It
is believed he will bo named chairman
of the board of directors if Mr. Stotes
bury will not reconsider his resignation
P. R.T. STOCK REACHES
LOW MARK FOR YEAR
The resignation of the bauklng in
"rests from the board and the deferring
of action on the dividend provoked S
lrM0iVt5u,rtt.olt liquidation in the uck
of Phlladephla Rapid Transit Coin
today'a PhlfadelpblarHtock Exchange.
ine opening ucailngg dUcloafa con,
HRONG
0 WATCH
FINAL LAUNCHING
Mayor Cast Deciding
Vote in Transit Row
t
Mayor Moore kept tabs with his
pencil on tho balloting, and found,
when his name was called, the vote
stood exactly even, live apiece. He
voted flown the Lloyd plan, nnd by
throwing his lot with Mitten over
threw the Stotesbury domination in
transit affairs for the time being.
The vote was as follows:
Favoring the Lloyd motion
Lloyd, Stotesbury, Packard, Shel
mrrdino and Sullivan 5.
Opposing the Lloyd motion
Mitten, Moore, William J. Mont
gomery, Potter, Trigg and W. Y.
Trlpplo 0.
siderable volume of accumulated sell
ing orders over night, and with the buy
ing power very limited the price was
quieklv carried down (o 14, compared
with 17. Inst nlcht's closlne quotation.
The decline was checked temporarily,
but in the Second hour fresh selling ap
peared forcing the stock down to 14, a
net loss of $3, which was $2 under the
previous low record made last May.
Around midday fresh support was given
tho stock, bringing a rally to 15. During
the morning approximately 7000 shares
changed bands. The stock closed nt
1CV6.
Union Traction was the only one of
tho underlying shares affected and de
clined $1.25 to n new low record at 27.
The banking community wns stunned
by tho developments at tho transit board
meeting. The resignation of the bank
ing interests surprised the' financial
world, ns it was generally assumed that
differences between Mr. Stotesbury nnd
Mr. Mitten on tho faro program hnd
been satisfactorily adjusted.
There was n general reluctance to
voice any opjnion until more definite in
formation concerning the situation wns
obtainable, at any rate, at least, until
Mr. Stotesbury had given his promised
statement. Several banking interests
intimated thnt thcro were Indications
of there being something big under the
surface, which when known would
probably put a different light on the
situation.
In most banking quarters amaze
ment was expressed at Mr. Mitten's nt-
litudo In combating the Stotesbury
policy, and as It wos said, in "spilling
tho beans."
One prominent banker sold thnt much
would depend on tho extent of the hold
the banking interests still have on the
company. He pointed out that when
the Drexel & Co. interests took up the
Rapid Transit Co.. nffalrs the bankers
were practically given a lien on every
conceivable property right of the com
pany and its underlying companies.
Whether these Hens hnvc been released
or not, he had no information. If they
were still held by the bankers, then he
believed, there was a possibility of
revolutionary changes In the manage
ment. .
GET BIDS FOR TUG FLEET
Good Offers Received for Shipping
Board Vessel
Washington. July 20. (By A. P.)
One bid for tho entlro fleet of seventy
eight tugs offered for sale by the ship
ping board was received today while
twenty-one other tenders, each for one
or two of the craft, also were opened.
Tho offer for the cntiro fleet was
mode by George B. Lclghton, of New
York, in behalf of a syndicate, at a
price of $180,000 each for the wooden
tugs and $230,000 each for tho steel
craft. Certified checks for 2Yj per cent
of the purchase price did not accom
pany the bid, but It was Indicated that
.despite this the tender would receive
separate consideration.
Prices offered by the other bidders
ranged from $00,000 per tug to $205,
000. Decision on all of the proposals was
deferred, but officials expressed them
selves as pleased with tho offers, de
claring that some of tbe prices were
Llgher than now obtained for this class
of vessel by direct sale.
AMERICAN'S RANCH' RAIDED
Mexican Soldiers Steal Horses and
Clothing
Washington. July 20. (By A. P.)
Raiding of nn American-owned ranch
in tho state or Micvo licon ny flicxi
enn soldiers wns reported to the State
Department today by the American con
sul at Nuevo Laredo. Antonio B. Tre
vino, seventeen-year-old boy born in
Laredo, Tex., was forced to nccompnny
the soldiers, thn report said, on penalty
of being hanged if ho resisted, but he
returned to the ranch Inter.
The soldiers took several horses and
the clothing of the families of Fran
cisco Trevlno nnd Bcngo St. Inosu.
American citizens employed by tbe own
er ot the ranch, Alfred Matthews. The
American consul sent a noto to the
authorities demanding tho return of the
stolen property, and apprehension and
punishment ot tne miners anu me iiiture
nrotectlon of tho lives nnd property of
American citizens.
POLICE STOP LABOR RIOT
Patrolmen Summoned to Quell Dis
turbance In North Broad Street
Fourteen patrolmen, under Sergennt
Magulre, of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford
streets station, stopped a riot today be
tween striking laborers and thirty-five
strike-breakers at the garage being
built at 1248 North Broad street.
The laborers receive fifty-live cents on
hour, and demand scveuty-llve cents.
When they found their places taken this
morning they tried to chase the strike
breakers nwuy. Tho police were then
summoned,
Qermantown Girl Reported Missing
Tho Gernmntown police hnve been ap
pealed to by Mrs. Sally Toner to find
her daughter, Francis, seventeen years
old, who left her home 052 EaBt Wood
lawn street, yesterday, taking all her
clothes and personal belongings with her.
The girl Is five feet one Inch In height,
has light brown hair, blue eyes, medium
build, one tooth missing from in front,
upper jaw; wore no hat,, a one-piece
blue serge suit, block stockings nnd
pumps.
J E Caldwell $ (o.
Jewelehs -Silversmiths Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
diamond Pendant Watches
unique in design and
importance. a large col.
LECTION.
APPROPRIATE SATJTOIRH
SLOAN DENIES TALE
TOLD BY JEFFRIES
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Ward Loador Doclaro9 That H
Never Qavo Ex-Pollco Llou.
tenant Raid Ordor
COrTTELYOU WON'T TALK,
The charge ot ex-pollce Lieutenant i
William J. Jeffries that John SlOan. 1 1
clerk of the Municipal Court and nn 1
of the Independent leaders' of th !
Forty-sixth ward, bad ordered him to
head a raiding party of policemen am
forcibly take away certificates frort
the division committee after the last
primaries, was emphatically and abso
lutely denied today by Sloan.
"The last lime I saw Jeffries wa
two months prior to tho mayoralty elec
tion," said Sloan. "It it my policy to
Keep nway from police as much as pes
sjble. I fought to have the police taken
out of politics. That is the position I
took in the ward meetings always. The ;
charge is absolutely untrue."
Jeffries charged that Sloan's order to
slcxo tho certificates bordered on plain
larceny, that ho refused to -carry it out
and so was virtually compelled to resign
from the police as he knew the poli
ticians would "get him."
Tho raid, accordiug to Jeffries, was
planned by Sloan in oa effort to wrctt
control of the Forty-sixth ward In tin
Republican city committee from Harry
A. Mackey.
Sloan promptly denied any interfer
ence with Jeffries while ho was a lieu
tenant at the Fifty-fifth and Pine
streets station or 'at any other time.
"The only time recently tbnt I called
up Jeffries, ' ho said, ''was in regard '
to his locking up soveral boys under
fifteen years of age in a cell. This was'
not according to tbe law. They should
havo been turned over to a matron or
given separate cell quarters. I got In
touch with Jeffries and told him nbout It
nnd then telephoned to tho sergeant.
He released the boys.
"Later I snld to the sergeant, 'Ser
geant, remember, I am not doing thU
as Republican Alliance leader of the
Forty-sixth ward, but as ono pointing
out the law to you."
Jeffries said soon after he refused to
carry out Sloan's order he was trans
ferred from tho Fifty-fifth and Pino
streets station to Eighth and Jefferson
streets station and then to the Second
nnd Christian streets station, upon
which he resigned. Ho said this showed
the attempt to "get him" nnd force bis
retirement.
Director Cortelyou. of the Depart
ment of Public Safety, refused to com
ment on tha charge.
Harry A. Mackey, Vare leader of tho
Forty-sixth ward, referred to the fact
that after Jcftries's removal from Fifty
fifth and Pino streets, House Sergennt
Alexander P. Montgomery was made
acting lieutenant to succeed him. While
Montgomery was lieutenant nn attempt
ed raid was made on the Mnckey'meit
inc and the outcome was that Mont
gomery was arrested and held iu $3000 )
UUll.
WATER SUPPLY ENDANGERED
V
Infection Threatened, by Need of,
Chemical Destroyers of Germs
Washington. July 20. (By A. P.)
The water supply of more than HO.
000,000 city residents is in imminent
danger of becoming disease infected be
cause ot tho impossibility of obtaining
the necessary purifying chemicals, the
Public Health Scrvico announced to
day. Emergency appeals have been re
ceived by the service from ten state
nnd numerous city boards of health, it
was snld, for railroad priorities on the
movement of alum and chlorine, the
chemicals largely used in ridding water
of dangerous disease germs. Due to
the congested traffic situation, the an
nouncement said, nn acute shortage of
these chemicals has existed for several
months, nnd nt one of the largest chem
ical plants only eight cars of raw ma
terial for the manufacture of alum are
being received a month, although 120
cars monthly are required.
Police Use Auto In Chase
John McQuade, twenty-three ers
old. of 1813 Albert street, was held in
.s()0 ball for further hearing July 27
bv Magistrate Pennock this morning
after he hnd caused an altercation over
.alleged short change in a hardware
store nt Gcrmantown avenue and Coul
tcr streets. After claiming that he had
been short-changed out of $10, Mc
Quade fled, leaving $0 on the counter
Ho was caught by Patrolman S buffer
nfter a chase in an automobile.
uusryESB orroRTCMTina
Assistant General Manager
want'd lmmilUtly by snul! t'l
roncorn In city with nt lat JlO.OO'i
capital to Invest lo take over Interest
In tha bualneaa.
Mn with aalas exptrlinco pre
fei red
Includa In application eiperltnca
and full detalla.
M ai, tidier OMca
PKATIIS.
HTOHit. On July II). U2n, XIAMOX E
TKM.E. dausliter of Ur. Albert J and AIIm
Storm (nae McTavuel. Ktlatlvts nnd friend
linlted to funeral, on Thuraday. at 2 p m
fiorn parents' raaldtnce, fl'.'SO Cedar ave In
terment Old Cathedral Cemetery FrlenJJ
may call Wednesday evenlnc,
COX.r-On July IS 1020. MAP.T K., widow
of Kill Cox. fired 83 yeara. Helatlven and
('lenda Invited to funeral aervlcee, on Wed
ncaday, at 10 a. m., realdence 280 Armal
at.. Ormantown. Interment private,
f.EK. On July 20. 1920. at her lafe resi
dence, tlrthlehem pike. Fort Waahlnfton, Ft
AMKMA J., widow ot Jamea A. Lee. L"
notice
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