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SUSTAINS RAILROAD
IN LIABILITY SUIT
fcitfillo anH NasKville
, JSrVihs Fight Against Pay-
fc'mg $50,000 to Parents of -
Tfamtnan Killed in Acci
cjent.
SiSS&tttiaTOX. ttov. M-!n the Bu-
fflreme Court today tho Louisville and
aehvilfo rtnllrond won a eult brought
under the employers" liability act In favor
, oi mo parents of T. vr. Lewis. Jr., a
1 umiiiunii niiicti in cn ncciacni ni irarn,
fSiTinni. for J50.0M. Lower- federal court
V hold that the suit took Into conslder
$, tldrc. do aurterlngs of tli trainman be
f'ort ho trae killed, which It should not
t htiVa Jon, nnd It also was held that there
iWm "0 evidence of lots by the beneflcl-
i 'arlci under thn net. Tho rnan wns then
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Tu!d that In Mild under the emnlove'a'
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'f jriud prove financial toss before recovery
jj&could be obtained.
' Tl6 court decided that the Choctaw,
Oktahohta and Gulf Itallroad Company,
which lo engaged In mining coal from
Indian land In Oklahoma, need not pay
: to the State of Oklahoma a prom revenue
MP tax of 1 per cent, on lis con I output. The
Sf company held that Inasmuch ns It hnd to
pay royalties to sthe tlovcrnmont the
; Etnte tax ahoutd not be Imposed and
V fought tho latter levy on constitutional
, iroupds. The case was cn appeal from
fit the Federal courts of Oklahoma. Today's
f ruling held tho coal companies were uct
4 ing as a Federal Instrumentality and
s henea the State law did not apply. The
t. opinion was delivered by Justice Mc
i Reynolds.
The court decided that the "Western
J.lfe Indemnity Company of Chicago,
which refused to pay a life policy Issued
In Kentucky on the ground that the ben
eficiary "had no Insurable Interest In the
Insured person, need not pay tho policy.
The company bnsed Its refusal on a Taw
of Illinois, which prohibits Issuance of
policies In such cases. The decision was
in the case of Clarence Hupp, of Louis
vllle. Ky beneficiary of his uncle, Ckorge
McCormtck. Kentucky courts held the
company must pay, because the laws of
Illinois did not apply to business In Kentucky.
NEGROES HAVE RIGHTS
,- ' TO'SLEEPING CAR BERTHS
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Substance of Supreme Court Decision
in Oklahoma, Jim Crow Case.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. S0.-Steeplng car.
ihalr'car and dining car accommodations
linUst be furnished by railroads for whites
snd negroes alike.
This. In substance, was the decision to-
fday of the United States Supreme Court
in tho test case of Oklahoma's "Jim
CrOw" law, which bars Negroes from
cuch accommodations.
Tho decision was handed down by
.. Justice Hughes and concurred In by Chief
if Justice TVJtlto and Justices Holmes, La
mar' and McReynolds,
Juatlewl Hughca nad-that sleeping c6rsi
could no be. denied to Negroes because
their:) demands for -such accommodations
v -were few, compared with the demands
Of w)il(e persons. Subntriritial equality of
treatment must be provided for all
travelers the Justice sard.
Tho Court, however, refused to nullify
a the Oklahoma law because sleeping car
fcfjtccommodatlons had never been denied
of the Negroes who brought suit to re
strain Its enforcement. Justice Hughes
indicated that the other questions raised
i by the Negroes had been settled pre
viously and dismissed their suit.
PEONAGE LAW INVALID
XT. & Supreme Court Declares Ala
bama Statute Unconstitutional.
The Government's attempts to wipe
out a system of alleged peonage In Ala
bama met with success In tha Supreme
Court today, when the court .upheld
peonage. Indictments against two planta
tion owners, J. A. Reynolds and G, W.
Broughton. of southern Alabama.
Both had paid tha fines of negro pris
oners and were working them on their
plantations in lieu of the amount of the
fines. This practice, which the Govern
ment declared to be in violation of th'j
constitutional guarantees against invol
untary, .-servitude, was protected by a
tatuto of Alabama.
MINISTER LOCKED IN CELL
POLICE ARE REPRIMANDED
Stsv. W. Sberraan Smith Efad Taken
Wounded Stepson to Hospital.
The Iter. W. Sherman Smith, of KM
Nassau street, was arrested and com
pelled to spend two hours In a cell In the
13th and Oxford streets station last night
because of the zeal of a police sergeant
i,5he Jnlplster Was arrested after he. had
taken tils stepson, ;, v. iiauey, mi
North Jtth street, to the Hahnemann Hos.
pits! with bullet wound In his body,
Mr. Badey returned to his home last
! ,lght and told Mrs. Badey he had been
sipt while standing at 21st and Columbia
avenue. She called for the Rev. Mr,
Smith, who carried the Injured man to
the hospital. There he told the story to
a polleeeian and the patrpl was sent to
the hospital. The minister was looked up
as a material wltiiein," He was released
two hours later by Magistrate Mqrrjs,
whoVerely reprimanded thw police.
Physlclani at th hospital say Badey
will reeovor, at th wound Is slight He
Is kilns guarded, however, and as soon
as ha recovers will be made to tell how he
Vai injured.
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Chlnws Escapes Deportation by Ex
plaining Abaenoe of flemish.
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a iieH f YesvLe. Ghinese laundryman.
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Latest photograph of Northamp
ton County's new Judge named
by Governor Tener to succeed the
late Judge Henry W. Scott.
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offices request
$5,648,747 FOR 1918
Budget Estimates to Coun
cils Show $733,329.45 In
crease Over Amounts Ap
propriated During Current
Year.
Consideration of the budget of the esti
mated expenses of upcratlnx the 1 county
ofllccR during 1915 will bo started tomor
row by the Finance Committee of Coun
cils. In later sessions the Fltianco Com
mittee will take up the budget of the
various municipal departments.
Tho requeets of tho city nnd county
branches of government for 1915 aggregate
2S."d,S21.20. During this year the appro
priations amounted to I2t,83022.73. Fixed
charges of approximately $9,000,000 are not
Included In theso 'budgets.
There will be considerable slashing of
the amounts named In the budgets to
bring them within the limits of available
funds. Tha Municipal Court Is a chief
factor In Increasing the total expenses In
the county ofTlccs.
OFFICIALS TO EXPLAIN NEEDS.
Heads of tho county offices will appear
before the open meeting uf the Finance
Committee tomorrow to explain, tho vari
ous Items in their expense estimates.
Slashing of tho Items for the municipal
and county branches will, however, be
done In tho executive session of the Sub
committee on Apprlpratlons, of which
Select Councilman Charles Scger, of tho
7th Ward, Is chairman. The subcommittee
will consider the budgets after they have
been before tliu general Finance Com
mittee. COMPARATIVE FIGURES.
Compaiatlvo llgurea showing appropria
tions made to county olllcea this year and
the amounts asKed next year are
Appropriated Estimated
Department. Jau IMS.
County Commissioners. .II.:)1.,4, J..TI f'.,lW,4SI
Cltv Controller
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O4.220
Clerks uf Councils..
Quarter Sessions . .
Coroner
Ulttrlct Attorney ..
Law
I'ark Commission ..
County prison
Prothonotary
Receiver of Taxes .
Recorder of Deeds .
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SlnhlnB fund S7.O.V1.00
City Treasurer ......... 1 0.470 00
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WALKS TO DYING HUSBAND
Woman Travels Four Miles Early in
Morning-, But Arrives Late.
After being summoned from her home
In the early morninir and wnlklnR more
than four miles to the CJcrmantown Hos
pital, Mrs, Charles Brorjan. 4131 North
Cleveland street, arrived there to find her
younff husband had died as tha result of
a fall In the MIdvale Steel Works, where
he was employed as an oil temperer.
Brogan had been married only a year.
MUMMERS GET PERMITS
Captains of New Yenr'o Paraders He
sponslblo for Their Conduct.
Captains of the organizations of mum
mers, who will parade on Broad street
New Year's Day, began today receiving
their parade permits from the office of
the Superintendent of Police In City Hall.
Sergeant Harry K. Dale Is In charge of
the Issuance of the permits.
None of the mummers will be permitted
to masquerade In tho uniform of a police
man, nor will they be allowed to carry
firearms. Captains of the organizations
are responsible for the conduct of the
men under them and each organization
must have a banner bearing Its name,
OEBMANTOWN'S DAILY THEFT
This Time a Saloon Near Police Sta
tion Is the Scene.
Expectant Cermantown was not dlsap.
pointed today, another robbery being re
ported In' the section. As in previous
oases the thieves picked out a spot with
in 100 yards of the police station and
got away with JJ5 from the saloon of
Thomas S. Watson, 5950 Cermantown
avenue.
Whn the proprietor entered the place
this morning he found a side door Idly
swinging ocn In (be early morning
breeze. The holcest of cigars, cigar
ettes and wines In the place had been
taken by the- thieves, along with the 135
in the cash register
HELD ON OIEL'S CHARGE
Prisoner Aoauaed of Keeping- Young
Woman a Prisoner In Boom.
Charges made by a 18-year-old girl
from Maryland, who came to this city
four weeks ago apd testified she has been
held prisoAer in a. room In tho rear of
731 Cherry street tinea that time, re
suited today in Damlniek Breses, of that
rWrNi. Wing bId under J1W0 ball for
4 further hearing aext Monday by Mag.
irttate Tracy at the 11th and Winter
stH station
Tht ciri gave fee name as Bertha
I04tovRn. Site raa u to PoHceman Oil
Utssa late tost sJgfW Bear Ute Chwry
stir twtjs itad Im4 Mas te take- her
fa tj slaHoa smwh CJUHwui rrMd
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EVENING LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER
TpftDMnT finMDI.fi INT
AGAINST INCREASED
R. R. RATES FtLED
Reading ana B. and O.
Named in Petition for
Hearing Received by Pub
lic Service Commission.
Doth the Philadelphia and Reading and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
panies were made respondents In a com
plaint about the proposed Increase of
passenger fares filed with the Public Ser
vice Commission today by Edwin M. Ab
bott, counsel for the Combined Committee
of the United Business Men's Associations
of Philadelphia and the Commuters' Asso
ciation. An announcement Is expected from the
Public Service Commission tomorrow when
It will meet nt Hnrrlsburg. The board
will hear the report of the members who
attended the preliminary hearing In Phil
adelphia last week, And a formal program
will then be announced.
In the Abbott complaint today the Com
mission Is asked to suspend tho rates and
notify the railroad companies not to place
them In operation until further notice,
The complaint likewise nsks an nrly
hearing, with notice to the respondent
companies to produce the necessary books
fchowlng the receipts from passengor
travel between their Philadelphia termi
nals nnd all other points In the Htnte
which are affected by the proposed
changed.
A lengthy protest against the Increase
was nlst received today by the Public
Service Commission from towns along the
Uelhlehein brahch of the Philadelphia and
Reading Hallway.
The first Intimation that the Commission
had given ear to the protests of tho
commuters come In a letter from acorge
1J. McQInty, secretary of tho Commission,
.tu Mr. Abbott, as counsel for the Phila
delphia and Reading Commuters' Asso
ciation, organized nt tho Garrlck Theatre,
meeting last week.
Mr. Abbott wrote to the Commission
last week requesting nn order of the sub
pension of the new rates pending an In
vestigation of the entire question, simi
lar request was made by tho Now Jersey
Public Utilities Commission, which or
dered the railroads to suspend nil pro
posed chingos In the Intra-Ktate rates
until Mnrch IS. The New Jersey Com
mission wns powerless as far as tickets
bought through to this State aro con
cerned, and for this reason sought tho
co-operation of tho Interstate Commerce
Commission nt Washington.
With the power of the Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission to order such
a suspension still In doubt, commuters
feel the question must bo decided by the
Commlitilon at Washington. Since the
attitude of that body as shown by the
letter to Mr. Abbott seems to favor nn
order suspending tho Increase, all organ
izations Interested In the fight have been
urged to deluge the Commission with let
ters and telegrams asking prompt action.
The United Duslness Men's Association,
at a meeting tonight In tho Bingham
HCtel, probably will draft a petition lo the
Legislature, asking that the act creating
the Pennsylvania Public Service Commis
sion be so amended ns to definitely deter
mine tho extent of that body's power to
suspend the proposed Incrense.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION ON RATE CASE
Proposed Five Per Cent. Increase Dis
cussed nt Short Session.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-At a short
session of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission todny the E per cent, advance rate
cnsc ,vns tn,m uf for consideration. It
luo'soo i developed that various phases of the
Wl'U5 I quc""on havc been aPPrt!oned to mem
124'ois bers for tntlr "P0"- tno wno,e to be
"ol'ow con"ldered ,n conference from time to
"Xi" um tlme' lt was ,enrncd unofficially that
'SU'SiiJ some members nro at odds over the point
7,0 rfl i
af granting a flat or blanket Increase of
5 per cent. In frclnht rates generally,
upon the cround, principally, that other
departments of railroading are not and
have not been paying their Just share of
return.
'While no official confirmation could be
ascertained, lt was pointed out thnt the
commission has been devoting a great
deal of time to tho question of passenger
traffic In connection with the returns from
this class of business.
C. W. MILLS EXPERIENCED
AS LABOR CONCILIATOR
Phlladelphian on Colorado Board
Named by Wilson Settled Several
Strikes.
Charles W. Mills, president of the Cli
max Coal Company, who has been ap
pointed by Tresldent Wilson as one of
three commissioners to attempt to settle
the Colorado coal strike, has had ears
of experience In this kind of work.
A peculiar feature of the new com.
mission Is that Mr. Mills ami I'atrlck
Gllday, president of the 2d District of
the United Mine Workers of America,
will serve together. For years they
were on opposing sides In Pennsylvania
mine disputes.
Mr, Mills was appointed one of two
conciliators for the Westlnzhouse strike
at Pittsburgh last June, He also helped
to settle the Kanawha, W, Va., coal
strike, and served as commissioner for
the bituminous coal operators of this
State from 1906 to 1911, He was born
In Denver and Is a Tale graduate. Be
fore coming to this city he was manager
of a San Francisco llfo Insurance com
pany. JEWELER'S WIFE FINDS
ROBBER AT THE SAFE
Her Screams Interrupt Him and He
Escapes on Trolley Car,
While taking stock this afternoon In
the, Jewelry store of I.ouls H. Beokcr,
1503 Bast Passyunk avenue, Mrs, Becker
glanced back to the rear of the store to
And a man crouched In front Pf a coun
ter working at the combination of a safe
which contained several thousand of dol
lars worth et diamond.
She sereamed and the man ran from
a rear door. 'Mrs, Becker and her daugh
ter pursued him calling; for help Neigh
bor joined in the ciiase and the man es
caped on a passlea trolley car.
Mrs- Beeker returned t the store. t4
fvbatW for jHe and attempted t take
4ck of the safe, gfe te not yet, sure f
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HOTEL ASSAILANT
NOT A MERE BANDIT
So Coronsr's Detective Working on
Adelphlft Mystery Believes.
Detectives nt work In the attempt to
explain the shooting of Morris O. Condon
In a room at the Adelphla Hotel last
week nro nnattlng word today from In
spector Fnurot, head bf the New York
Detective Department, lo whom the Phila
delphia authorities are looking to clear
tho mystery surrounding the record of
Fritz Copello, who Shot Mr, Condon and
then killed himself.
While headquarters detectives' declare
they are satisfied that Copello Is a New
York gunman, Coroner's Detective Frank
Paul still Adheres to the belief that the
man was more than nn ordinary hotel
bandit. Information supporting this
theory la expected from New York today.
The foct that he called himself Fritz
Copello throws no light, on the strange
case, he nyt, and he wilt not stop his
Investigation until he knows who and
what Fritz Copello really was.
The Identification of the suicide made Uy
a Race street boarding house keeper, who
said the man had registered at tils home
under the name of Copello, Is generally
accepted, but the Coroner's office Is not
satisfied,
Physicians at the Jefferson Hospital
said toddy that the condition of Mr. Con
don remained the same. He has not
passed the crisis.
Many persons hnve visited the Morgue
to view Copello's body, but none has
offered suggestions, and all are believed
try haVo come from curiosity rather than
with any knowledge of the inan'B life.
PENROSE PROMISES
HELP TO REPEAL
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Senator Pledges Support to
Picture Men in Abolishing
Censorship and Permitting
Sunday Shows.
Senator Penrose todsv promised to co
operate with the Moving Picture Exhi
bitors' Loigue of Pennsylvania In nn ef
fort to have the act providing for molng
picture censorship In Pennsylvania re
pealed and to make possible the exhi
biting of motion pictures on Sundny, Ho
nlso promised aid In their efforts to have
tho building laws governing theatres
modified and tho changing of the taxa
tion syHtcm In the Industry.
A commlttco from tho Moving Picture
Exhibitors' League called upon the Sena
tor In his Philadelphia office, today, nnd
laid their grievances before him.
W. Spears, of Pittsburgh, called atten
tion to the far that Pennsylvania Is the
only Stnto In which motion pictures enn
not be exhibited on Sunday, Erie being
the only "open" city In the State. He
also complained of the excessive fee
charged by the censors $2.50 on each
orlglnnl film nnd $2.50 on each copy made
from the original.
V. n. Karrlck, of the Intcrstato Film
Company, took up this point nnd snld
that his company hnd paid JXS1 in such
fees slnco the censorship law went Into
effect He also complained that J. Louis
Breltlnger, chief censor of the State, has
no knowledge of the mlvlng picture busi
ness nnd should be removed from oillce,
ns there Is no means of appealing any
decision rendered by him.
J. H. Butncr, of the Mutual Film Cor
poration, expressed the opinion that Phila
delphia suffered under the censorship more
than nny other city of tho State because
Breltlnger has his offices hero.
Senator Penrose adUscd the commltteo
to see the mombers of the State Legis
lature Individually nnd thus make tho
protest Stntc wide In scope. Although ho
promised to do all In his power tp aid
them, ho said that It would be useless
to protest against tho recent "war" tax
on moWng pictures, ns that would In
evitably continue until the present ad
ministration Is displaced.
BOURSE TIME BALL PLAYS
TRICK ON SAILORMEN
Drops 30 Seconds Ahead of Noon and
Skippers Are Troubled.
The time ball on tho Bourso Building,
over faithful to Its duty, became enthus
lahtlc today and dropped 30 seconds bc
furu noon today. Noon Is the time It Is
scheduled to fall.
Now the exuberance of tho former
ntnld old sphere may not seem much to
discuss aniiMK the land people, for there
Is a clock at every cornor. but It Is some
deflection with the sailors.
If the chronometer of a ship Is out of
Um way four seconds, it means that the
skipper will wander out of his course
seen nnd a half miles every 24 hours. If
he Is on n crulso to India he Is likely to
be lost some tlmo and would not reach
port at all unless his chronometer was
corrected by some passing ship.
Lieutenant Commander G, B. Lauden
berger, 1'. 8. N., In charge of the Hydro
graphic Bureau here, was not In his office
when the time ball disgraced Itself, It
was not long, however before he learned
of what the ball had done In the way of
cutting up didoes with staid old ship
chronometers.
He immediately dispatched messages to
every ship known to be sailing today that
their time was probably 3) seconds fast,
He sent them the corrected time. Wash
ington was also notified and the Naval
Observatory there reported back that
they sent the time In correctly and that
probably the time ball here was disport
ing Itself.
Electricians were put to work on the
top of the Bourse, but they have not
learned the trouble.
BREAKS NECK IN FALL
Storekeeper Stumbles While Carry
Ing a Stove,
Benjamin Zuckcrman broke his neck
when he fell Into the celtar of his second
hand furniture store at UJ7 Poplar street
today, Zuckerman was earning a stove
that he had Just bought Into the store
when his foot slipped and he fell 10 feet
to the cellar floor. He landed on the
back of his neck. Physicians at the St.
Joseph's Hospital say that death was In
stantaneous. Zuckerman was SI years old. He left a
widow and seven small children.
Bid for Elver Survey Cutter
Seven bids, ranging In prlee from $18,000
to sao.000. were submitted today at the
offUe of Colonel George A, Zlnn. govern
ment engineer, in the Wltherspoon build
ing, for the construction of a gasoline
cutter for survey work In the Delaware
River. The contract for the boat will not
bj awarded until Colonel Zlnn returns,
within a week or so.
Begin Margberita Ball Tonight
The annual call -of the Rezina, Mar-
gherlta Svoiety wltl be gtyon this even.
ing at Horticultural Hall, Mote than
156 Invitations have, b issued. At-
ejpeau are in ear mm jsmu
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TRIVIAL ARGUMENT
LEADS OLD FRIENDS
TO BLOWS; ONE DIES
John Monahan Accused of
Striking John Beatty Over
Question as to When a
Man Should Tip His Hat.
One man Is dead today and another
Is being held without ball on a charge
of manslaughter ns a result of a trivial
argument between lifelong friends at Ln
Mott, along the Old York road.
The dead maii was John Beatty, a con
tractor of I.a Mott. Tho prisoner Is John
Monahan, also of La. Mott. He Is await
ing a neuritis nt the Ogontz police Btn
tlon.
According to Chief of Police Lever, of
the Cheltenham police department, tho
men got Into nn argument ovnr the ques
tion when a man should tip his hnt.
Finally Monnhnn, enraged, struck nt
itentty with his open hnnd. Tha latter
tried to dodgp the full force of the blow,
slipped and fell, his head striking the
roadway.
Beatty was revived and taken to his
home, whero ho wni tieated by n phy
sician. A few hours later lt was dis
covered that his Jaws were locked, ac
cording to Chief Lever, nnd preparations
were made to send him to tho Jewish
Hospital He died befoto tho ambulance
nrrlvwl nnd Monahan wns arrested.
Monahan was arralsncd this morning
Merc, Magistrate Conly. nl the OgonU
police station. He wns held without ball
ror tno action oi mo coroner. n in
quest will be held today by Coroner
KnlKht.
GEORGE F. NITZSCHE
PROPOSES STADIUA1
Continued from Paer One
Is the only recreation ground the Uni
versity posecssci. Ynle has an athletic
grqund of more thnn 80 nctes and Har
vard nnd Michigan nearly as large.
In lon of the war now gripping nearly
nil of Ihirope, It Is nlmost certain that
the Olympic games, scheduled for Berlin
In 191C, will ccme to America. Nearly
every big city In this country will bo a
candidate for the honor of holding tho
Bnmcf, and It is certain that half n dozen
cities would be willing to subscribe no
less than half a million dollars to obtnln
the games. All Philadelphia needs Ib tho
stadium.
Finer various civic bodies nro now con
sidering the construction of a stadium,
tho chances aro thnt they will get to
gether on the proposal advanced In behnlf
of the University The stadium could bo
gotten reody before tho fall of 1915 and
some sort of assurance: for Immediate
action would need to be taken to obtain
the Army nnd Navy game for this city
next yc.ir nnd for every jear thereafter.
According to the present agreement be
tween the Army nnd Nnvy, tho Army has
the option of selecting the place for plny
Ing tho gnme next year Tho army has
been holding nut for more seats and for
that reason hns been advocating New
Tork. If tho new stadium could bo ns
ouicd at once, It Is believed the Army
would consent to play here 'next year
and that both academies would agree td
piny here for n long term of vears.
In spenklng of the proposed stadium Mr.
Nltzsche. who was mnnagcr ot the last
four or flvo Army nnd Nnvy games played
In Philadelphia, said'
"rubllc-splrlted Phlladelphlans have
frequently within tho past ten yenrs ad
vocated the building of a largo stadium.
While- they havc been considering nnd de
bating about the feasibility of such an
undertaking Harvnrd has built one with
a seating capacity of nlmost G0.C00: Talc
nnd Princeton havo followed suit with
stadiums equally as lnrgo; as have mnny
other communities. Even Tncoma, Wash.,
boasts of a stadium with a seating ca
pacity almost doublo that of Franklin
Field. Why Is It that Philadelphia Is so
frequently behind In the rnce far big
things, and not tnklng advantage of op
portunities until long after other commu
nities have carried out well plans and pro.
Jects which had their origin In Philadel
phia. Boston, New Haven will be attract
ing audiences of "0,000 to 100,000 when
Philadelphia will still bo making stren
uous efforts to get a stadium seating half
that number."
Although not speaking officially, Mr.
Nltzsche stated that ho believed Phila
delphia again might havo tho opportunity
of getting the Army nnd Nnvy gamo
here annually provided a suitable Btndlum
seating from 80,000 to 100,000 could be
erected by next fall,
"The ncademlc atmosphere of grounds
like Franklin Field or nny college ath
letic field," ho continued, "add greatly
to tho enjoyment of nny nmateur exhi
bition of sport. Should, therefore, such
a etadlum be built In Philadelphia I
would advocate Its construction on a plat
of ground adjoining the botanic gardens
of the University.
Nn site Is more easily accessible from
all parts of the city by electrics, elevated,
automobile or railroads. It would be by
far a much more advantageous site than
any that could bo chosen In Falrmount
Park. Aside from this. It would glvo to
the clO's great University a btadlum the
equal of any In the world, and an addi
tional recreatUm irround which she now
needs so badly. It could, of course, be
freely used for many purposes, such ns
historic, pageants, open-air plays, civic
fairs and demonstrations, etc., the Inter
rolleglates, ard possibly the Olympics In
191, now that they are not likely to be
staged In Oermany.
"The site I have In mind Is the ravine
stadium In an unused portion of tho
Woodlands Cemetery grounds, on land
which would have llttlo value for any
thing else, except at Bleat cost. I have
frequently advocated this plan since,
1911, when I was asked to make sug
gestions to provide the ever-Increasing
demand for addtttonnl seats.
"A stadium could be built on this site,
which would be an architectural monu
ment, and which would seat with com
fort, and so that all ould see, at least
100,000, Because of the natural ravine
Tihlch la already 40 to M feet deep, com
paratvly little excavating would have
to be done.
Tho annual expense for repairs and
maintenance would be very slight, since
most of the concrete stands Mould rest
on a firm foundation; and the problem of
draining would also be simple, since
there Is a gentle slope into the Schuyl
kill. The transportation problems are also
amply provided for, as shown by the
architects under the "City Beautiful"
plan, which has been approved .and ac
cepted by all parties Interested.
Automobiles can reach the te easily
on good roads from very wherr. Te
New Park Boulevard front Falrmount
Park to Bartrem'a Park will skjft the
southern end.
"Again the facilities for emptying the
field Would be unsurpassed and the Open
apace on all sides would always obviate
congestion. The stadium I have In mind
would go about 36 feet below the surface
and about 10 feet above, the audlesee en
tering the stadium from 1U ground level
through numerous entrances, and going
either up or down according; to yie loca
tion of their seats.
"The cost ot H eonsUujtlon should not
be more than 190.600. The city for Its
(hare might be induced to pravidj proper
anpreaeMiu a also the M-Hroad and tras
He BOwpiMrM- Tbit atrt4 lve ue jjs
take ear f ta kn;. T ftiuMae tp
30, 1914.
plan and begin wtirk on the project Im
mediately I would suggest ''" ft?
to be subscribed for by Phlladelphian
having their city at heart. Wing 6 per
cent, nnd retiring about 100,000 of them
each year A portion of the Proceeds of
big events, held annually In .such in ; sta
dium, I feel confident, would ensbe mi
to finance It Then again, we might nsK
the city to glvo some nnc'a' ""i'1?.""
under nn agreement to permit the ftad'um
to be used for big municipal events at all
times."
$600TEFf TO HOME
St. Vincent's Receives Bequest In
Will of Bois Sellwacht.
Bt. Vincent's Home will receive 600
from tho S0OO estate of nose Sellwacht,
late of 2934 Qlrard avenue, whose will
wns admitted to probate today. The
balance of the estate Is distributed In
private bequests.
Othsr wills admitted to probalo are
Elizabeth 1. Kelm, 235 North ISth treet,
whose estate aggregates flS.COO: Elizabeth
P Mott, 1537 FnlrmoUnt avenue, J32.MO:
Plorce Ounphy, CSS Budd street, J3600.
Letters of administration were granted
In the cstnte of Ellzit J. Magce, U20 Wal
nut street, valued nt $6700! Kllm B. Mc
Iver. 100 South J5th etrect, JS320! John
Collopy, 4530 North Itth street, $1600 j
Mnrgnretta Haegele, 802 CallowhlU street,
12350. . ,.
Personal property or ucorge v. okuh
hns been appraised at 56,K!i Fnf' M;
n 1 11 OIKKT.. tfmiirts Mcflowen, J4W7.1B
and Andrea Menonl, J22I6.95.
JANITOR SHOOTS
BURGLAR IN DARK ,
AT CAMDEN CLUB
Wounded Man, Dying,
Gives the Police the Name
of Friend He Says Was
His Accomplice.
One man Is dying nt the Cooper Hos
pital today nnd another Is being sought
by the police following an attempt to
rob the St. Anthony Catholic Club, 834
Broadway, Camden, early this morning.
The Janitor, John Endrcs, 540 Division
street, who shot tho burglar, Is under
arrest
The Injured man Is Edwin Hyde, of
697 South Sth street Ho told tho police
nt tho liospltnl that his companion wns
Thomas McConaghy, M0 South 8th street,
and a search Is being made for this mnn.
A burglar alarm with a gong In tho
Jnnltnr's apartment wns installed In the
clubhouso recently, nftcr the place had
been robbed several times. Shortly nftcr
midnight this morning Endres wns
aroused by tho ringing of the gong.
He went through tho building to the
second floor, uhcro ho heard a noise In
a front loom. Endrcs called "Hnnds
up!" Itecelvlng no reply, he fired In
tho dnrK. The bullet pierced Hyde's
left lung. His companion escaped. Hyde
wns taken to the hospital. Physicians
said he probably would dlo within a few
hours.
A bng of loot taken from tho building
wns found In tho room where Hyde wns
shot. Tho men evidently were fnmlllar
with the club and had worked with the
utmost rapidity.
POLICE FORGOT EVIDENCE;
COURT SENDS FOR SUPERIORS
Lieutenant Knoll and Chief Clerk
Gilbert Explain to Judge.
Failure to produce certain evidence In
court today resulted In Chief Clerk Gil
bert, of the Department of Public Safety,
and Lioutcnnnt Knoll, of the Front nnd
MnRter streets station, being subpoenaed
to explain the reason to Judge Barratt
In Qunrtor Sessions Court.
The chief clerk declnred the police were
to blame for not bringing tho evidence
Into court. Lieutenant Knoll explained
tho policeman who made the arrest forgot
to ask for n bottle of whisky locked In
the safe when ho went to testify nt the
trial of the man accused of stealing It.
When Chief Clerk Gilbert declnred he
wanted a receipt for all evidence tnken
by policemen Into the courts, Judge Bar
ratt snld:
"The court Is not a mercantile agency,
and we do not Intend to glvo receipts for
evidence thnt Is not returned to the of.
Accra."
John H. Fow, representing the defend
ants, said the rule requiring a receipt was
made by ex-Director Beltler In 1533 to
protect the department In cases where
a dispute nrose over the ownership of
valuable stolen property. Judge Barratt
threatened to fine the next policeman
who falls to produce the evidence col
lected. CZAR AHEAD IN CAUCASUS
Turks Abandon Posts Before Rein
forced Rusoinn Army.
IIOMD. Nov. 30.
An official communication from Con
stantinople declares that tho Russian
army In tha Caucasus has been heavily
reinforced and has occupied Kllltch and
Geudeghl.
Tho Turks, says tho communication,
havu abandoned those positions and
dropped back before the enemy.
KING GEORGE AT FRONT
British Monarch Will Visit Polncara
on Trip, Officially Announced.
LONDON. Nov. 30.
It Is officially announced that King
George has gone to visit army head
quarters In France.
Ife will meet President Polncalre there.
APARTMENT ROBBERS GET ?0OO
Enter Two Establishments and Ob
tain Cash and Jewelry.
Two apartment house robberies totaling
more than ? were reported to the police
today, pne from West Philadelphia and
the other from the southeast corner of
18th and York streets, At the latter ad
dress, the borne t Charles Fredericks
Jr., 760 In cash was stolen yesterday by
a thief who gained entrance with a false
key.
The victim of the West Philadelphia
robbery was Mre. M. U Moore, who oc
cupies a fourth floor opartment in the
Kssex apartment. Slth and Chestnut
streets. A thief got Into tho rooms from
the Are tower and secured lS worth of
Jewelry.
Harriman's Condition Critical
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov 30 -J
Borden Harrlman, the retire New York
banker, who has been critically j htr,
for several week, today was reported to
be sinking. He Is unsonselous, and hope
for hU recovery Is virtually abandoned
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KEEPS WOLF FROM
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Department Stores Take on
Hundreds to Handle Holi
day Rush, Relieving Prob
lem of Unemployed.
With the Thanksgiving turkey nnd the
Army and Navy football gnme relegated
to the background, the spirit of Christ
mas Is beginning to manifest Itself on all
sides. Friends of the shopgirls nro busily
spreading tho "Do your hopplhg early1
propaganda, nnd members of the Society
for the Prevention of Useless Giving,
more tersely known ns "Snugs,1' are betid..
Ing all their efforts to gather recruits Into
their rnnks. , . .
Gay red nnd green ftj0" n"a
,. .i..ii..i ni ii Ynlntlde sea-
?on havo made tholr appearance In some
of the shop windows, and on every cor.
ner a premature Santa Claus stands In
an unprofessional suit of red flannel tin
kling his llttlo bell or his tnmbourlno In
an endeavor to coax contributions out of
the pockets of passing pedestrlnns for tlio
particular charity which ho represents,
and, Incidentally, tearing half to death the
small boy nnd girl who hnve not yet been
disillusioned regarding tho real history
of Kris Krlnglc.
of Kris KltiRlc. f
Ono of tha most grateful evidences or
tho approaching holiday Is tho renewed
employment which It provides for tho
gient mass of men and women In tno
rlty who arc out of Jobi. This Is the
time of the year when the dopnitment
stores, ono nnd nil, Increase their forces
by the thousands and a visit to any one
of the employment burenua of tho large
nhops demonstrates how eagerly tin
tlmo has been anticipated by many.
MANY REFUSED EMPLOYMENT.
"Tho tlmo was," snld a manager of the
employment bureau of one of the large
Market street department stores today,
"v.hcn we hnd to advertise again and
ngsln m oidor to get a force large enough
to handlo the Christmas rush, but now
wo have so mnny nppllcants thnt It is
ntcessary to turn a large number down
ot thoso who como to us looking for
work "
Outside of his ofllce a jam of men,
women, boys nnd girls, Jostled each other
nnxlously In an endenvor to get an early
hearing from the manager. A pnthctic
spectacle they made, some of them old
women, and others young girls nnd men
whose pinched fnecs and worn clothca
wtro a silent testimony to tho clicum
stnticcs they hnve been forced to enduro.
Beginning with the middle of November
nnd continuing up until tho second week
In December tho department stores tnko
on gradually a force which counted In
the aggregate totals Into the tens ot
thousands. Saleswomen nnd salesmen,
cnshlcrf, Inspectors, cnsh-glrls nnd deliv
ery men aro all needed, and, though the
employment, In tho mnlnrlt of discs. Is
only tempo! nry, ending with tho holiday
season, yet lt Is always thankfully re
ceived. TRAINED TOP. BUSH.
Tho bond of ono of the employment de
partnvtn stated this morning his store
Increased Its forco by 2M0 during tho
Chrlstmns season, taking them on usually
the last week of November and the first
In December no ns to have them broken
In to' the nrt ot selllii'r goods by the time
the real Chrlstmns Jams begin to Invado
the shop.
Mnny married women are enabled to
work on half time, nnd tho demnnda for
half-time Jobs are simply enormous. Thrt
hours for these are usually from 11 ii
the morning to 5 In the afternoon, nnde
n womnn wltli cliilelrcn nnu n nomo wner
Is sorely In need of money can set hctll
houso In order beforo starting out, bolAt
a hnir-tlme position in a xnop, curnina
tuereoy ). or t a nccjt, uuu nvi um-ti w
lime to preparo her dinner.
.Pl,.,n,tif m nt Mm fnlA fnrrA (nlf.r
nn nr wrtmn. hut Mm ildlverv rtonnrtJ
ment. of course, employs only men thus)
Ani.nllvlt.n mntt.i. Til' thn tirl nf thl.l
nrttr nnonnllnp In nnn .mnlnl'.p. tliM I
business ot acquiring a Chrlstmns force)
will oo over ana an apprccinoio numoer
oi I'litiaucipnia b unemiuuyeu wui uc pro
vided for, temporarily, nt least. "
DETECTIVE TO P.LAY "SANTA"
Pathetic Letter Prom "Lois" Makea
Wlllinms Change His Mind.
Detective George Williams, who for the
last H years has provided a Chrlstmns
tree for about 500 poor white and negro
children, will assign himself to the role
of Santa Claus again this yenr, although
until today he had planned to pass up
the philanthropy thlB year In view of tha
many demands from Europe.
The receipt of a pathetic letter from
"r,ols," who failed to give her address
lit the eagerness of her plea to 'Santa1'
to bring her a no.w doll, was responsible
for Mr. Williams' decision to climb out
of a chimney again this year.
Breaks His Neck In Pall
NOnmSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 30,-By the
breaking of a rope at the County Home,
Jonathan Dewees, 65 years old, fell .0
feet and broke his neck. He was paint
ing the barn at the time ot the accident
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WABHINOTON, Nov. SO.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jet soy: Unsettled weather tonight and.
Tuesday, with occasional rain; not much
change In temperature; moderate, to fresh
oast to southeast winds.
Bain has been quite general from the
Mltslrslppt River eastward, during tha
last ii hours, except In eastern New
York, New England, and adjacent Cana
dian territory. Partly cloudy weather
prevails In the plains States and from
thence westward. The tcnipernturcs havo
continued to rise throughout the eastern
half ot the country and are from 10 to
IS negrees above the normal In northern
districts,, with a moderate excess In the
southern States. A slight reaction, to
cooler Is reported from the northern
plains States, but the temperatures are
not unseasonably low,
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