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VOL. VIL ffO. 271
MAYOR VETOES
$1.10 GAS BILL;
H
E
Urges Council to Aid in
Framing Stable Policy
' With ft G.
NO INCREASE' UNTIL
AGREEMENT IS MADE
Hall Ordinance Failed to Pro
tect City or Consumer,
Moore Declares
COUNCILMEN CRITICIZED
' FOR IGNORING EXPERTS
Mayor Mooro vetoed tho Hall gas
brtlnance, Increasing tho rricc from $1
to $1.10 a thousand cuhlc feet, this
afternoon.
A new, permanent gas lease and the
adoption of a permanent policy for the
operation of the city-owned gas works
vere recommended by the- Mayor.
"In no event, until a new ivcrmanent
lease Is made or a definite policy adept
ed " wrote the Mayor, "should the con
miners of gas bo called upon to pay a
im .o(. ihiin that nrovldcd for In
JllgllCI .v -
the existing contract."
Public Not Safeguarded
In hlu message to Council, covering
ilxteen closely typewritten pages, the
Mayor declared that the Hnll ordinance
contained no safeguard for consumers
or taxpayers.. Ho Bummarized all the
recommendations of tho municipal Gas
, Commission and rcfercd to them ns of
' peat importance In tho matter of time,
economy and efficiency.
Inferring further to the commission's
1 rtcommendations, the Mayor stated :
; ' "Along with their tlotaiieu rcpon nun
' (lielr schedules, which constitute an in
iWtmvtlng chapter In the history of finance
J and gas-makingT the' substituted spe
cific recommendations, many of them
plainly in the interest of the city and
the job consumers, without being un
fair to tho United Gas Improvement
Co. In fact, their figures and state
ments were publicly stnted to be ac
curate by the president of the U. G. I.
Co. nt a hearing held in the Mayor's
office.
"These recommendations, however,
bated as they wore upon an Inquiry
southt by tho United Gas Improvement
Co. and sanctioned by Council and the
Mayor, have been totally ignored lit me
so-called emergency ordlnanco recently
paised by Council and submitted for
the Mayor's signature."
Reduced City's Kcvcnucs
At nnothen point in the message, Mr.
Moore says:
"The emergency ordinance, granting
direct and not conditional relief to the
"United Gas Improvement Co., is not In
the Interest of the city, or of the con
turners of gas. Tho additional twenty
Are cents a thousand cubic feet is an
arbitrary fixing of relief not based on
any farts shown by the company or the
(gas) commission."
" The U. G. I. now receives seventy
fire' cents for every $1 of gns sold, the
city receiving the remainder ns n rental.
The Hall ordlnanco would linvo given
the company $1 of every $1.10 of gas
sold.
Text of Message
The Mayor's message follows:
"It is proper before noting thereon
In nccordunco with law. to submit my
Yffu'u with iMni.tf tn tlin hill pntltliMi
1 'An ordinance to amend nn ordinance-
tntltlid "An ordinance authorizing tin1
execution of n contract with the United
Gas Improvement Co., its successors and
atslgns, by the City of Philadelphia.
1 for tha lease to the former of the gas
Murks, street mains, conduits, pipes,
iwvIms, meters nnd otlier property, real
and lernnnl of Hip hitter, used for mid
In connection with the manufacture ami
distribution of gas in said city by said
the United Gns Improvement Co., its
mcccssors and assigns, etc., etc.." np
Wovcd the twclftli day of November.
Jo97, ami autliorizing the Major to en
ter Into an agreement with said the
, tinted Gas Improvement Co., amending
and modifying tho said lease of Novem
to 12. 180T
This measure proposes, by nmcml
ttnt to the contract of November 111,
J?07, between tlin City of Philadelphia
1 the I'nited Goh Improvement Co.. to
fliango tlie twenty-two candle-power
M11 standard therein gunronteed. to n
Jw British thermal unit heat standard:
t advance the price of-gas to tho con
,Wmer from $1 per 1001) cubic feet to
ji.lt) per 1000 cubic feet, and to raise
'e iiinoiint to be raid to the Uhltrd
u Improvement Co. from sevent -five
'' Per 1000 cubic feet to $1 per 1001)
jublc feet, thus reducing the rental to
yl'ald to the City of Pliiliulolphlii from
wenty.fivo cents per 1000 cubic feet to
n cents per thousand cubic feet, ef
"CUiig mi aggregate reduction of re
n to the city in this instance, mid
IMiltlng In n benefit to the United tins
OT'inent Co. of npproxlinntely .!.
"Wl.OIIO for tlie your.
lllere I lln ,,rnvlul. In il.n ..,1I
VM for ""f'ardiiig the lupner nr
rVms1,lm(T wl". ''o end. by Hit In
l,u.e. " ,i,e'' " ta. w"l -be
i,ii ,n "u"'0 "l this mnl other allow
niT S0l"5ht to lie granted to the I tilted
" improvement Co. by the ordinance.
(i Commlsslen Favored
n-'TJ10 wconiniwitJntloiw, made by tint
" J-"'"mission appointed by the Mayor
i"l I? ih ""'I'lanto of Cniiiirll,
tiRJil1 ,!rc,'n,br ,:. ,,,-t- ''
"'rred In by the Council .lauiiniy X,
iVnVT"' ,r,,,l1.",.l?0 l),,ss,, H' !
Co r'.',f 'io .t-'ultcil C.as Improvement
a i6 M,m,l' Isnorwl In this propoM-rl
,r' l: t' fllllv nnnrxolnf. !. ul.,.
;Wtiul the signtfipanco of the dnl-
OR NEW LEAS
Entered a Second-Clues Mnttor at th Pontomcf, nt Philadelphia, Ta.
Under the Art of March 3, R7f)
nance under discussion n brief state
ment is In order. Tld United Gns Im
provement Co. Is u Philadelphia crea
tion, having been organized nnd In oper
ation prior to November lli, 1307, when
it came to nn ngrecment with the city
of Philadelphia formerly operating its
own gas works, to take over the entire
city plant under a lease which wns to
terminate In thirty years.
"Much publlo excitement attended
the negotiations lending up to that lease
and in the consummation thereof. Tlie
company, turning In Its own works
valued nt $1,000,000, promptly took
possession of the city works which had
suffered scandal due to alleged misman
agement by the municipal authorities
proceeded to arrango Its financial af
fairs through syndicates' nnd subsid
iaries and In a remarkably short time
established nn Improved scrvlco which
tended to restore public confidence In
the enterprise, .
"It la not necessary to cuter Into
detail as to the earlier financial trans
actions of the compnny (they hnve been
commented upon by tho Gas Commis
sion in. tho report forwarded to the
Mayor and Council under date of May
14, 1021), except ns reference may
be made to the operations of the Equit
able Illuminating Gas Light CoS, which
appears to have turned Into the treas
ury of the Unit od Gas Improvement
Co. in tho earlier stages of its opera
tion $0,200,000 in cash, the proceeds
of the disposal of stocks and bonds of a
par value of $10,025,000.
Danger In Amortization,
"Thcso earlier flnanciat transactions,
perhaps, nro no matter of concern to
tho city as a lessor bo long as it re
ceives full rental and finds the stipula
tions of tho contract performed, except
as the amortization of these funds to
obtain return of their capital to the
stockholders nnd bondholders If neces
sary at the termination of tho lease,
might, by such amortization, detract
irom the rentals to bo paia tno city,
neglect the physical property, or force
an Increase in gas rates bver those pro
vided for In the contract.
"Thcso phases of the problem mu
bo borne in in I ml in connection with
the proposed ordinance nnd prior ordi
nances submitted in tlie interest of the
United Gns Improvement Co., under
one of which a gas commission wns
nppolntcd to make a thdrough inquiry
of tlie situation, especially as it related
to the property of the city and the up-to-dateness
of the works, with reference
to their producing enpacity should tlie
lease be suddenly terminated or should
it expire at the end ot tlie tnirty-ycar
period, December 31, 1027.
"Until the early part of 1020 there
wns no public suggestion that the com
pany desired or needed any relief from
its contract stipulations. Tlie presi
dent ol the United Gns Improvement
Co. first brought the subject to tlie
nttenfion of the Mayor prior to May
10, 1020.
"On that date, following a sugges
tion of the Mayor, the president of the
company put in writing a statement of
it proposal. This statement Is of ref
old in the printed proceedings of tlie
Council. It was Jn the nature of :i
t (.quest for one thing only tho sub
stitution of tho British thermal unit
standard for" that of twcnty-two-candlo-powor
light, provided for in tho contract
of 1807. Mr. Bodlnc rested his request
for the change of standard upon the
increnbcd price of fuel, particularly gas
oil used in tlie manufacture of high
candlcpower, and upon the further fact
that 'candlcpower means nothing to any
gas consumers except the few who still
,un nnnn.tlnmi' Imriicrs. who by cluing-
ing to IncaiHlcsecnt-niniuiu uuiuw, There must he nt least torty vessels oi
can put themselves on the same basis , t)u BCjlooneP type cngnged in this sen
ns ull other users of gas appliances who trn,ip today if nil the yams brought in
are concerned only with the heating , by t)l(1 i.Kltimnto bank fishermen nre
value.' . 'to be believed. Kvery one that comes
."In this formal presentation of the jn tcu8 0f the many "three-mile
problem tlie president of the United Gas houses" with "bcasido bars" that are
improvement C ndded: 'If the city I located just over the line. One tishcr
nutlioritles will promptly substitute the ,nnu snld he has seen more schooners
l.ui, u-.. - -
11 T U. standard tor tue caiiuiwp"""
standard, we will order coal gas nppu-
ntus for immediate rci iiirUi.-... .-
eluding those of the winter otii-i-
10"' It would tnen tie icuniuic iu mm.-
.i..:Ti. ....Zlnvv for n detailed, cure-
f l study of how provisions should be
nn Hiuii .'"' ,ui luiv nir
mind the "i na J ntennnce of the value
of the Phlladelnhiu Gns Works not only
during tin! I remainder of the lease, but
afterward, when tney arc reiurimi iu
fi. ur"i' rnntrol.'
"He it lemembered that the lease of
1807, agreed to before gas heat had
come into general use, did not nieu
tlon heat, but provided solely, so fur
as the cltv and the consumers were
concerned, thnt there should lie an as
sured J2-cnntllepowcr light, taut being
tlie principal desideratum of tlie con
tract. That was the light the con
sumers were to get, and bent was in
no way u factor.
Kates to Bo Unchanged
T n,l.lltiiin. tho rates to the con-
cumnr uM-n tn ho licit! nt the smile fixed,
,....v. ..- -- ,.
tl V ," ' - "- ' v. ,.
as also were tne iruiu - "
tho contract or tlie agreement being
then regarded of greater interest to the
United Gns Improvement Co. thiiu it
wns to the city.
"The Mnvor forwarded the formnl re
quest of tliu United Gas Improvement
Co for a change of standard to the
Council, which, on July 13. 11120. passed
nn ordinance which tlie Mayor vetoed
because of its binding provision with
respect to the appointment of (ns ( oni
mlssloners, nil experts being required,
whereas tlie Mayor pointed out that
non -experts moro in touch with tlie
public interests should be appointed
along with experts.
"The veto wus sustained, and subse
quently another ordinance was iutio
duced and passed by tlie Council. This
ordinance, authorizing tlie employment
of live commissioners, two of them to
be citizens nnd three of them to bo pub
lic utllltv experts, was approved by
the Minor December l.'l, 1020. Tills
ordinnuce was so vastly different from
tho so-called emergency ordinance now
pending as to make necessary a review
of its provisions.
The ordinance set forth in its
preambles that the 'supply of avail
able gas-making oil was diminishing
and that the manufacture of twenty
two candle-power gas iiivoht'd tlie use
of n larger amount of oil than is neces
sary under modem practice; that tlie
United Gas Improvement Co. iiiui
asked for a substitution for tliu candle
power standard, as provided In the con
tract, of tliu heat standard known as
the Ilrltish thermal unit; that Council
hud passed an ordinance, which the
Major hud approved July 10, ltr.'O, for
.!. ...Iu ... ..... .!...'
tlie temporary suspension m ou
twent -two candle-power standard
and the substitution of the he.it stand
ard therefor, which substitution the
company desired to make permanent;
thnt tlie lease or contract expired De
cember :tl, 10-7, 'when snmo new ar
rangement will hnve to be made for
the operation of the gas works ; that
It was desirable that the city of Phila
delphia should hnve (lie benefit of a
general survey of tlie gas situation nnd
th Ivlce of experts concerning these
nnd other matters Involved In the future
operation and dcvchiimieut of the gii
WorKs, nnil thnt n sullieieiit sum should
be appropriated to curry this purpose
Into effect.' L ' . . ,,
"These were the reasons set forth
$
Continued on Pifce Tour. Column-ono
AGENIS REDOUBLE
EFFORTS 10 SEIZE
Moro Customs Officials Join
Those Hunting Liquor Smug
glers at Shore
CLAIM NEW INFORMATION,
BUT GUARD IT JEALOUSLY
llu a Staff Correspondent
Atlantic City, N. J., July 28.
Aroused to desperntlon over the report
that hundreds of cases of Scotch whisky
from the schooner Henry T. Marshall
aretelng landed through Inland passage
on Kbit Unrhnr- llnv. UOVCrnmeni
agents spent nil Inst night In n hunt
r-along the three-mile lfmlt endeavoring
to catch up with" some ot tne uanK uoni
thnt are reported engaged In this ille
gal traffic.
Late last night three moro customs
offllcials came hero to rc-enforco the in
spectors nlrcady here, and without any
help from other Government depart
ments tho customs men took It upon
themselves to try to establish definitely
that the Marshnll Is laying off shore and
unloading its cargo Into the smaller
carriers. . . ,.
The customs officials will not verify
in nny manner the report that the Mar
shall has been off this resort for the last
week unloading booze, nor will they
confirm another report that the Mar
shall defied every jcnowji Federal marine
law nnd enmo Into the Inlet and up to
Gardner's Ilasin and unloaded under
the very noses of customs officials 40U
cases of Scotch.
Say They Know Lots
nn nii.fnt.m nfllMnl. wllO llOS bCCn
working on the smuggling charges for
several days, admitted that they knew
lots, but were afraid to "tip off any
of it for fenr of a "leak."
"The booze is here nnd It's coming
In almost daily," said this official.
"We nro covering up every point pos
sible In our effort to locate the exact
landing plnce of this booze and we ore
,.... ,n nnn.n 1,n tvltlt It SOOU. We
know that plenty of booze is brought I
in tlirotign tne inianu pra .
Port Republic and Tuekcrton. Hut so
far our efforts to grab the guilty ones
have been fruitless."
Tlie customs officials admit they ore
somewhat skeptical of tho story told
of the daring deeds of the bold skipper,
Eric Anderson, of the booze schooner
Marshall, but they arc. one and all,
ready to admit this skipper bold is
"plnying It safe" -by plying his lucra
tive business on the seaside of the
three-mile line. They also admit that
this island is simply stocked to capac
ity with choice brands of Scotch, and
they also ndmlt thnt if the stuff Is tho
rqnl article It must have come over
tlie deep, deep sea Into the shnllow
waters of Mullica and Hnss Itlvers.
whence it wns loaded into waiting au
tomobile trucks and thence forwarded
to points of destination.
However, every one nowadays tells
of this nnd that rum-laden schooner
,fl UllO ..., ... ...... , .
uoo.o-iation in mi' him nun- vrr
than bonts nctunlly engaged In iishing.
. Ituilnflss"
n - """. " ", .
crman, "and they also worn to be able
, to get away with it but I don t want
nurth nc to do with t. Some day some
of these boats may slip over the ine
. just nt n time when tlie revenue .-utters
' li re around. If they do, then it means
euuu-uieui.
"Tho wise guys around here may
Continued on I'nue Six. Column I'nur
WOMAN BATTLBS ROBBER
FOUND IN CAMDEN STORE
Man Caught in Chase After Beat
.Ing Qrocery Keeper
An alleged footpad, surprised today
in tlie grocery store of Mrs. Mary Wil
son. 4tt0 South Fifth street. Camden.
struck the woman and lied, but was
struck the woman and fled, but
caught by n detective after a chase
,-, .
Ol tWO IHOCKN.
John Allmi, a Negro, Pine street
near Seventh, Camden, tlie necused
man, later was Identified ns one of two
men who bound and robbed Karl
Whina, In his Canuleii store last Mon
day. Mrs. Wilson was in n room in the
rear of her store nnd heard the till
opened. As she hurried Into tlie store
Allen is said to have run around (he
counter.
The woman struggled with tlie man
nnd wns struck a blow in the fnee
which dazed her. Cit Detective Fitz
gerald was walking nearby and saw Al
len running. Heenrder Stnekliouse Inter
remanded Allen to jail on n charge of
ns-ault and battery to commit robbery.
Seventy cents had been taken from Mrs,
Wilson's cnsli drnwer.
RELIEF SHOWERS ON WAY
Forecaster Holds Out Hope of Cool
ing Rainstorm
Thunder showers will arrive hite this
afternoon, according to the weather
man, and give some relief from the
excessive heat.
The temperature at .'1 o'clock was 0.1
ond is was accompanied by n humidity
of 02 per cent.
Tne forecaster predicts that today
will he at least as hot as jesterdnj
with the highest temperature 01 degrees.
Continued wnrm wenlher is prtdlctcd
for tonight and tomorrow.
Hourly Temperatures
Temperattirt
Yesterday
Todnv
0:00 A. M..
74
77
70
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00
00
1)1
so
87
7:00 A. M..
8:00 A. M..
0:00 A. M..
10:00 A. M..
11:00 A. M..
IUiOO Noon .
1 :00 P. M..
".:()() P. M..
.'1:00 P. M.,
4:00 p. M.
5:00 P.M.
0:00 P.M.
Humidity
... ii
... 77
... 70
...80
... Kl
. . . 80
... 8J
... 01
... 0'-'
... tw
Yesterday
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BANK BOATS
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921
Penrose Is Put 'Up a Tree'
by City Political Situation
Senator, in Quandary, "Kfeps Hands Off," but
Any Combine Ticket Unprotested by
Him Will Bear His Label
ny OEOIIGE
If Senator Penrose, who holds the
ky of the Cunnlnghnm-nrown-Vntc
combination, could bo convinced thnt
this group could' win tho niitumn elec
tions without prcjudlcotto his reputed
political sagacity, his enmity to the
Vnrep, nr his pockctbook, the trlutn-
irate would have been in the field bo
fore this with sabers upraised and gon
falons fluttering.
Hut Hcnntor Penrose has .not given
tliu word. It Is probable he will not.
Tho Senator is in a quandary. lie has.
given no encouragement to Mayor
Mooro, nor has lie issued a mandate
to thp combination.
On tho niont unquestioned authority
ho has expressed his views on the Phil
adelphia situation as "a murky out
look." Further, he is disposed, up to
the present, to let it tnkc care of itself
without his intervention.
Tho gentleman through whom tills
Information come, iu justifying tin-
Senator's attitude, said:
"Scnntor Penrose is in better shape
physically thnn he has been since he
first took sick. lie is taking excellent
care of himself. It is necessary that ho
should do so. As chairman of the Fi
nance Committee of the Senate he has
a grciter responsibility upon film than
any other man who ever occupied the
position.
"Fiscal affairs aggregating ?'J0,000.-
000,000 the greatest in the history of
civilization have to be disposed of by
his committee. The committee will sit
HELD AS LEADER
OF
Storekeepers Accuse Annie Gal
lagher Smile Fades as
She Goes to Cell
LAWYER FAILS TO APPEAR
Annie Gallagher, alleged loader of a
band of girl robbers, stood complacently
before Magistrate Yates in the Front
nnd Master streets police station today
while more thnn n dozen storekeepers
tsctifled she wns the directing genius of
several robberies nt their establish
ments. She wns held in $1300 ball for
court. , ,
The defendnut. twenty years old, was
dressed in a summery gown and wore n
neat straw hat. She listened in matter-of-fact
fashion to her accusers ami
harelv raised her eyebrows when tliej
denounced her. She smiled approving y
when two or three of the witnesses said
she had n refined and lady-like manner.
Mrs. Mollie llackhaut. who conducts
n drv goods store nt W.V2 Girard ave
nue,' said the girl, with two others,
called at her place about- four weeks
ago. While tlie prisoner engaged her
in conversation and looked at various
articles the otlier two selected what
thev wanted. When they had gone In
'their automobile, the witness said, furs
valued at $145 were missing.
Similar testimony wns given by Mabel
Peak, clerk in ii store at Ji South
Firtv-sccond street. ,,
"The girls ench tried on a dress,
she said, "and after they left four good
dresses were missing. I think they
put the dresses on under their own and
got out without being detected."
Morris Iloberti, who conducts a store
nt 'JiW! Kensington avenue, said tlie
prisoner visited his store with two girls
on Jul 7. They asked many questions,
but mode no purchases. Two dresses
valued at $100 disappeared.
Although counsel had been engnged
by the defendant lie failed to appear.
KffnrtN bv the Magistrate to obtain
i
comment from the gill were unavailing.
She just listened and occasionally
smiled. Hut her smile failed entirelj
when she was led toward a cell.
Tlie girl was arrested last Saturday
while asleep at her homo. Goods said
in hnve been stolen from some of the
several stores were found in her room.
itir-i V MlinnrDCD PAIinUT
LIVCLI, munuunun, uhuuii i
IN CHICAGO, REPORT STATES
Officials Here Doubt Captive Is Man
Wanted In Moorestown
Lewis Lively, the Negio wanted for
the murder of Mathilda Iuso, seven
jears old, in Moorestown, N. J., early
in June, may be under arrest in Chi
cago, A positive statement t lint the fugi
tive had been arrested was made by P.
Gilbert Crnwford, a detective of Dela
ware County, in a telegram to District
Attorney William Taylor.
District Attorney Tn.ilnr wired back
to Crawford to comiuunieiite with Ellis
Parker. Hurlington County detectiw.
nnd himself got into communication
with the Iiurllngton County authori
ties. Detcc'ivc Parker suid todn lie ver
much doubled that Lively had been
captured, lie saitl Crawford had te't -graphed
to him last night for informa
tion as to Lively. The deslretl descrip
tion was wired Immediately.
DEFENDS GAS INCREASE
Suburban Company Estimates' Its
Plants at $16,730,900
In an effort to justify iiicredsetl rates
for service, the Philadelphia and
Suburban Gas niiir Electric Co. today
placed before tlie Ihibllc Service Coin
mission n valuation of Its plants which
was saiil to he $10,730.1)00, allowing
for Improvements nnd depreciations.
Complaints against tho rate Increases
had been Hied with tliu commission by
thirt -seven individuals and associa
tions located In tills city, (ileiiHde
West Chcstei, Chester untl other coin
munlties near Philadelphia,
O, II, Ilahnsiitt engineer, who super
vised the hPntory, testified before
Omnilssioiier jtnn in City Hall. '
GIRL
BANDITS
NOX McCAIN
dally, possibly until October. His pres
ence Is necessary nt each meeting, nnd
any absence In tho crrcumslnnccs would
be occasion for very just critl'.lsm."
To Spend Llttlo Tlmo Here
My lnformn.1t was positive in the
strttement that Senator Penrose did not
expect for some time to visit Philadel
phia again for a stay longer than a day
or so. Tho nffairs of Washington will
take precedence over the minor iffalrx
of Philadelphia politic. Inferentlnlly.
Penrose will Itt matters In this clt.V nil
just themselves without his direct in
terference. Plnuxiblo ns this might "com. then;
nre other considerations Involved. If
Senator Penrotc gives tho cue to the
combination to go ahead, if he Indorses
or names Its candidates, ho will lie ex
pected to finance the flgbt.
Tho usunl sources of campaign funds
have been shut off from the combine
leaders during the Moore Administra
tion. Their only hopes nre in the ns
tessmenth thnt can be levied on tho em
ployes ot the county offices nnd the
Municipal Court.
Under certain circumstances Senator
Vnre might be depended upon for large
contributions. With his street clean
ing contracts vanishing nnd heavy ex
penditures thnt arc always entailed upon
a political lender, it is not likely that
lie will march up to the captain's desk
and settle as in former years, pnrtiru
iarly also when tlie rivulets of patron
age, outside certain restricted offices,
have dried tin.
That the Cunnlnghnni-llrown-Vare
Continual on 1'ngr Mix. Column Two
DEATH BEATS FLIER
TO MOTHER'S SIDE
Louis M. Robb Races Here
v
Through Night From Parkes-
burg, Pa., on Sad Errand
GUIDED BY RAILROAD LIGHTS
Lieutenant Louis M. ltobb. twenty
five years ,pld, spd to tlie deathbed of
his mother In an nirplane last ttlglit.
At tlie rate of eighty miles an hour
he raced through the nlsht, covering the
forty-five miles between Parkesburg,
Pa., wliera the message reached him.
and Sixty-ninth street terminal, Phila
delphia, in thitty-Ilvo minutes.
Only the lights of the railroad signnl
towers guided his course, r.uildings and
trees loomed threateningly In the dark
ness, but lie whizzed on nnd by them.
With his mnchine slung low to the
ground so that no time might he lost iu
nsccnt, lie cut the night like n bullet.
When lie arrived nt Sixty-ninth street
the young aviator tiok n wild, quick
chance nnd made a landing in a build
ing lot In the darkness. In a srroml.
clear of his macldne. he was running
full speed to -lie platform if the ele-
a ted rallrond. Fifteen minutes inter
he wns rtcins up the stieet to his home
nt 410 North Fortieth street.
Sees Undertaker's. Wacon
At the dour there stood ail under
taker's wugoti.
"You see." said the young nviiitnr,
sitting on the porch of his hum this
morning, "she she wns dend when
they called me up last night, nnl they
wouldn't tell me. They just said she
was sick. Whj, sh,. was alive and well
jesterday afternoon she went down
town. I can't belieic it. Miss Sclnm
Thomas, a friend, broke tiie news to ur
at the door, although I guess I realized
when I snw the undertaker's wagon."
Itobb, who was nil army aviator and
is now engaged in commercial 11 ing
iu Parkcsburg. Pa . is n tall, blonde,
slim niing nun, given to erett walk-
Continued on Pucr Tun, Column Two
"JAZZ BURGLAR" IS SHOT
FLEEING FROM PATROLMAN
i Drops silverware
rops Silverware at Forty-ninth
Street and Chester Avenue
A "jiusis burg'nr," who amuses him
self between housebreakings by pluck
ing wild music from n mandolin, wns
shot in the arm earl today as he lied
from a patrolman nt Fort -ninth street
nnd lliester -avenue. He escnped. but
uroppeti a ung ot silverware and cut
glass.
Patrolman Murphy, of the Fift -fifth
and Pine streets station, nt 7 o'clock
this morning snw a Negro carring a
ling. He culled to the man to stop,
but tlie Negro stepped on shoelcnthcr.
'I he hluecoot tired one shot In the
nir and then poiutblAiik at the running
man, who dropped the bag and clapped
a hand to Ills arm. His feet were all
right, however.
At the station hou-e tho silverware
and g'ass were identified by James C.
lllllery, 1002 South Forty-ninth street,
who found his rear door open when he
awoke this morning. Hillery found in
ids kitchen a mandolin showing hard
service, belieetl to be owned by the
fugitive. 1
MAYOR TO VETO HALL BILL
Mooro Expected to Stick to Stand
on Recreation Center Name
Mo.xir Moore will send a message to
Council tills nfternoon vetoing nn ordi
nance introduced by Charles II. Hall,
VnrV leoder. designating the plot of
giouiitl nt Tenth nnd Lombard streets
us tlie Clinrles Seger IHrcrcntlnn Center.
Ma or Moore already has mimed the
plot the "Pliillts Wlie.itley Hecrentlon
Center" iu honor of a Negro poetess.
Council Is almost sure to override litis
veto, Wut notwithstanding this fact It
Is expected tlie name of "Philils Wheat
ley" will stick because It Is favored by
the majority of the people of tho ward.
. cirouiM uibbona UrifM All Catholic ,tl
to u lh. MANVAU OF IMUYKllB, Advil
liit.lUhr1 riallv Kirnt Runday.
Copyright, 1021, by
REPORT ON GRAFT
Calls Committee's Findings an
Attempt to 'Whitewash' Guilty
Parties in $25,000 Bribe Case
HALL, VON TAGEN; WEGLEIN
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF REPORT
Councilman Itoer tefused today
sign the report of the coiincllmanie
committee appointed to inveithate tlie
graft charges made some months ago
by Andrew It. Smith, of Senrs-Hoehuck
& Co., denouncing the report ns a
"whltcwnsh."
The committee, which wns appointed
directly after the scandal came to light,
submitted Its renort to Council this nft
ernoon without Mr. Hoper's signnture.
Tlie charges invest igntetl were to the
effect thnt n member of Council hod np
pronrhed Mr. Smith nnd usked for
S'J.'i.flOfl for some one "higher up" so
thnt tho Senrs-Hoeburk Co. could get a
street railway that it desired on the
Roosevelt boulevard. Immediately after
making these charges Mr. Smith left
the city, returning to Chicago. Several
attempts were made to have him re
turn here nnd substnntintc Ills charge.
but they nil failed. At the time It wns
chnrged thnt Counellmnn Limeburner
wns the man who approached Smith.
The special committee appointed by
Council was made up of Edward It.
Cox. as chnirmnn. anil (Vuincilmen
Hnll. Von Tngen. Wcglcln, Uoper and
Pntton. Their lengthy report, detail
ing all the testimony taken nnd several
meetings thnt have been held wns sum
marized as follows:
"ltecentl ythe chairman of the com
mittee and the president of Council
vailed on tlie Mstrirt Attorney and
were informed thnt he had concluded
Ids iuve-tlgntion and had dlfcnvcred
nntliing thnt Involved nr reflected upon
the honor or integrity of Council or
upon nny member thereof, and that he
had so notified the Mayor.
Cortolyou Has No Evidence
"Dlrectnr Cortelvotl also stated that
he hail no evidence or information to
lav before Council.
"The refusal of Mr. Smith to reap
pear in person before Council nnd tlie
final reports of tlie District Attorney
nnd the Director of Public Safety impel
tlie committee to consider that the
charges reflecting on the honor nnil in
tegrity of the 'Individual member nnd
the ('oiineil ns n whole hnve not been
maintained."
The committee asked to be dis
charged. Cotincllmen Von Tagen, Wegleln and
Hall nil spoke iu fnvor of the report.
Just us Mr. Hall hail concluded his
remarks Mr. Itoper arose and snld:
"I ii in not here to wash dirty linen.
There lire lots that I could say things
thnt I have heard about but I'll not
say them now. I will not. however, be
n party to whitewashing this unsavory
transaction.
ROPER WONT SIGN
SCANDAL IN COUNCIL
TODAY'S RACING RESULTS
First Empire City Dexterous, 110, Snedmnn, 20-1, 8-1, 4-1,
won; riomrnn.de, 105, Penman, 18-5, 7-5, 7-10, second; Finnish
MaliT, 100, Bullmcui, 1S.5, 7-5, 7-10, third. Time, 1.03.
ROPER WOULD EXTEND B. T. U. UNTIL DECEMBER
C'jui'cijinan Roper introduced nn ordinance to ivc the U. G. I.
pennibiion to continue the B. T. U. system uiitil December 31,
1021. The ordinance wns rcfencd to the Committee on Trans
portation nnd Public Utilities. The pieseut extension ot' the time
limit on "the B. T. U. system expired July 10, nnd under the lnw
the company is liable to a fine of SSOO a day. Roper's ordinance
will be letroactive and save the company the cost of fines.
A'S TAKE FIRST OF TWIN BILL FROM TIGERS
DETROIT r Ii ii a o ATHLETICS r h o a e
nine, 1Ii 0 0 12 0 1 Uitt.rf 0 2 10 0
Hush, 21) 0 2 2 2 1 J)ke&, 2b 1 1 1 I
Shorten, r I' 0 2 10 0 Welch, cf 0 0 A 0 C
Vouch, If 0 0 3 0 0 , C. Walhor, If . . . . 0 0 2 10
IU'ilmann rl 0 0 2 0 0 .1. Walker, 11) 0 1 13 0 0
I'lugstcatl, ss 112 3 0 Perkins, c. . . . 115 0 0
Hustler, c 12 2 10 Dujian,:Hj.. .N. .. 110 10
Sargent, 3h 0 2 2 4 0 Galloway, t.s 0 2 14 0
Middleton, p 1 3 0 Hommel, u 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 2 10 2G TotaL,
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
DETROIT 000200000
ATHLETICSflst) 100000101
Middleton and Basslcrj Rommel and Perkins.
BOYS FALL OFF RAFT; ONE DROWNED, TWO SAVED
Walter Dnndlo, five years old, 303 Fulton btreeH, -was drowned
tills afternoon from Pier 28 at foot of South street when he and
his two brothers, Joseph and Leon, fell off a raft while playing.
Tho others wore rescued. ..'
H
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RutmcrlPtlon Price a Tear tip fall.
Tubllc
IyclKrr iompny ,
Shocked by Tragedy
MRS. HARRY II. IH'RYEA
Whose liush.ind was hilled in New
York estcrday by his own revolver.
Although authorities railed It sui
cide, .Airs. Duryea Is sure her bus-
(Mini lino no cause to etui Ids lire.
Kite was formerly Miss Mtnga Pope
and has lone been prominent Iu
IjnngMsIand society
H. H. DURYEA KILLED
Medical Examiner Calls Death
of Prominent Long Island
Man Suicide
ACCIDENT, ASSOCIATES SAY
Now York. July '(. Alone In his
prlvnte office on the eighteenth floor of
the Equitable Trust Co.'s building,
Harry II. Duryea, of the prominent
Long Island family of that name, tiled
instantly yesterday afternoon from n
bullet wound through the heart,' mode
by n .3S-cnlibcr revolver he had Just
purchased.
The medical examiner's ofiice record
ed the death ns a suicide. Thii verdict
wns bnsctl on an Investigation by Dr.
Thomas II. Gonzales, who said tlie
wound wns of the "direct contact" sort
ami thnt, the bullet had pa.cd exactly
and horizontally through the heart,
which it prohnbly would not hnve done
had the firing been nccldrntnl.
Hut Mr. Duryen's attorney, Alexan
der S. Andrews, who took charge of the
office Immediately after the tragedy, was
quite n (Irmly convinced the death was
in accident ; thnt the weapon wns ill
chnrged by mislinp while Mr. Duryea
was oiling it or experimenting with it.
Planned Mountain Vacation
The lawer declared his client's
financial and fnmlly nfnlrs were Iu
perfect order, tliut he was planning a
mountain vncntion for next week l which
was why he purchased the revolver)
anil that there was not the slightest
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BY OWN
REVOLVER
PRICE TWO CENTS
TN
FOR WAYS TO MEET
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Federal Auto License Fees,
Stamps on Chocks, 3-Cent
Postage Considered
POLITICAL DANGERS SEEN
IN NEW KINDS OF LEVIES
House Leaders Confer
With Harding Tonight
Washington. Ju'y 28. .(Hy A.
P.) Another White limine dinner
cnu'erence will he held tonight be
tween President Harding ami nbotit
a dozen Itcmililiriui lenders In the
House in furtherance of tlie legisla
tive program understood to hnve been
agreed upon hy Senate Uennbllrnns
who conferred with the President
Tuesday night.
Definite nrrnngement of the House
program to fit iu wlrti the Adminis
tration plnn. especially ns to pnssnge
of the Tax Hill, wns expected to re
sult from the conference.
Hv CLINTON W. GILHEKT
Stnft" Cnrrptxnrtnt. Kirnlnt: I'ulillc .r&ttt
Cnrurinht. Hill, hu 1'uhUc t.rAotr Co.
VnsIllnRton. July 2S. The definite
decisions to add n Federal automobile
license tnx to the stamp tnx upon bank
checks nnd the Increased postage on
fetters shows to what lengths Congress
is tielng forcetl to avoid imposing some
form of sales tar. It wns grently de
slretl by the Adminlstrntinn to nvoltl
Imposing n tnx upon nutomobllps on
the ground that its imposition would be
unpopular.
But increased demands for money nnd
n sense thnt in the present stntc of
business returns from income nnd cor
poration tnxes would fall off seriously
has led to the rn'Ization thnt not
enough monev would be rniu'rt bv in
creasing rntes upon the cj'rving of mall
nnil by imposing n tnx upon bnnk cheeks
to ninke up for thp deficit caused by
doing nwny with the excess profits tnx
and the lowering of the higher brackets
of the Income tnx.
The situation of the railroads ant! of
the Shipping Hoard have especially
made the tax lawinnkers anxious. Mr.
Lnsker, chairman of the latter hoard,
presented the Government with an un
expected call for Sr'.OO.OOO.OOO to meet
a newly discovered deficit. No one
here serlnuslv thinks thnt th Govern
ment has aided the railroads for tho
last time. The report of Director Gen
eral Davis shows that the rnnds n(J
large unpaid bills, nnd that they have
allowed their repairs upon rn'ling stock
to fnll far behind. I'nless business
improves, tlie $.",00,000,000 which the
Government hns paid them will last
only n short time, and then the duty
of helping them over their difficulties
will once more face tlie country.
May Come to It at Last
Therefore, It b probable that before
ii taxation lnw goes through both houses
of Congress, n sense of the tinnncial
difficulties to the Government will lend
to the search for more new taxes to
ntlil to the automobile license tnx nnd
the stamp tnx on checks ami the In
creased postage. As the special tnxes
now cover about ever thing which can
be spccial-taxisl. tlie Administration
may feel In the end that some form of
consumption tax or sales tax will be
nccesnr. Without one a deficit In
revenues is likely unless business greatly
improves.
In the framing of the new tax lnw,
political considerations nre uppirinout.
By nothing which it docs is the Admin
istration likely to be judged so sharply
as by its pollc of raising revenues.
Congress knows this mid is timid. All
of the House and one-third of the Sen
ate will be up for re-election iu n year.
In general Congress feels that ill tax
ation It is best to let xlpcping dogs He.
Seen as Obstacle to Business
Hlghtly or wrongly, the whole coun
try the'laborer out of n job as well a
the capitalist whose fat tories are idle
is persuaded that this tax is ,111 obstacle
to the recovery of business. Every one
vlrtuull desires to have the tax
abolished. Hut no one wishes to be
taxed 'iiud to make up the deficiency In
the revenue which its abolishment will
entail.
Congress is looking about for taxes
which will rest lightly upon tlie public:
tnxes whose payment will not ls noticed
or taxes whose imposition will not
strike tlie country as much of nn Inno
vation. Tho bniik-ohcck tax tits into
this description because the country linH
resorted to it before. Tlie public is
used to it. Its imposition will strike
people ns a nuisance, hut not enough
of one to cause it political overturn.
Similarly tlie increase in postuge rates.
For a similar reason all tlie so-cnllrtl
nuisnnce taxes are to be retained. The
nvernge citizen is accustomed to pnying
tnxes on his purchases of clothing, to
bacco, soft drinks, drugs, thentre,
movie nnd bnseball tickets. Ho will not
get upon his hind legs politically over
nny of thee tnxes. They might he sub
stituted nnd tlie bnnk check and auto
mobile tnxes nnd increased postage rates
might be avoided by the imposition of n
sales tax. but every one takes to hi,
cyclone cellar at the mention of salts
tax.
I.t Sleeping Dogs L
Even tlie had tax upon freight nnil
passenger transportation Is to bo re
tained on tills f-ame principle of letting
sleeping dogs Ho. It is generally agreed
that the lth cost of transportation it
one of tliecnuses of the delay In busi
ness recovery. The Government might
lessen thnt cost by abolishing the tax
on transportation, but tills, too, points
to n sairs nix, ami every one sliuilders,
Tlie snles tnx. it is felt, would be a
rndirnl departure which would bring
home to every one the cost of Govern"
ment. We nil pay a sales tax when
we pay tlie dozen ami one nuisance
tnxes on speclnl commodities nnd when
we buy transportation. Hut wo pay It
in happy ignorance. It in better, ho
tuy tlie polltlclous.
If the sales tax In tlin end becomes
Inevitable it will probably be culled a,
production tax, not a consumption
tax, though it will really be a con
sumption tux no matter what it U
called. That In to say, If once fas-
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