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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
HIGHEST COURT UPHOLDS
COMPENSATION ACTS
New York, Iowa and Washington
Laws Declared Valid-Opin-
ions Not Unanimous

| WASHINGTON. March G--The work
| mems compensation laws OF New York
| Iowa and Washington were held constiu-
uonal by the Supreme Court today.
All the opinions were by Justice Pit
/ ney. and there was no dissent except In the
| case involving the Washington law, where
| justices Ho mes, Day, Brandeis and Clarke
| concurred with Justice Pitney In susta ming
| the law, and the Cipf justice and Justice
Mckenna, NanIevaNtpr ahd McTleynolds
dissented. but without expressing the
grounds Of their dissent
The Iowa statute is an elective work
mems compensation law having the same
general features that are found in the laws
OF Massa chusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
Illinois. Ohio. Kentucky Wisconsin. Mime
sofa, Kansas ard Texas. II establishes IN
all employments 1eNCept household servants
and farm laborers) a syatem of compcnsa-
ton according 70 a prescr bed schedule for
all employees sustaining IN the course Of
their employment injuries producing dis
ability, and. in case of death resulting from
such injuries. contribution toward support
of dependents the compensation In either
case 10 be paid by the employer in lieu Of
other liability.
The New York law is a compulsory work.
mems compensation act. obligatory in haz-
ardous employments and requires every en-
poyer to provide compensation according
TO a prescribed schedule for the disability
or death of his employe resulting from ac-
cidental injury sustained in the course of
the employment without regard to fault as
a cause. except where the injury is occa-
stoned by the willful intention Of the in
iured empioye or results from his intoxica-
tion while on duty. The amount of COM
pensation payable under the act is not ac-
cordns to the measure OF damages applied
In negligence suits. but IL based solely on
iOss OF wages and the character and dura-
tion of the disability: while in case the in
jury causes death there is Compensa ton for
the widow and for each child under eighteen.
but based upon the average wages of the
deceased emplOyc.
The Washington workmen's compensation
act. like the New York law, provides for
limited compensation to injured employees.
or the widow and dependent children. but.
unlike the New York law. it does this solely
through State fund maintained by COM
pulsory contributions from employers in
those industries, all rights of action by
employees and their dependents against en-
ployers being abolished As affecting em-
ployers the Washington law differs from
that OF New York in that periodical contri-
buttons to the State fund are required to be
made by every employer. whether his own
employees have sustained injuries or not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
LOCAL SHIPBUnDERS
CONFER WITH DANIELS
Cramps and New York Co.
Agents Discuss Speeding
Up on Contracts

WASHINGTON. March Determined
% round up every portion OF the construc-
lion group charged with building a bgger
navy for the United states Secretary OF
Navy Daniels today called into conference
representatives Of the New York Shpbuild-
ing Comrany. Cramps aud the Newport
News and Fore River Companies
Mr. Daniels ms,d upon them 'he abso-
lutte need for further has,e and efficiency
for Government work under way in their
yards and presented plan for shortening
time Tor completion.
Later he planned to see representatives. Of
the electric aud lake boat submarine con-
Germs and afterwards Of the big steel and
ordnance corporations The Secretary also
plans survey OF navy yards as to their
capacity for construction and intends TO
leave nothing undone that will hurry the
navy TO "A maximum preparedness.
Cramps Ship ard Engine Building Com
pany is now engaged in building two tor
pedoboat destroyers for .,ic Government.
They are the Conner and the Stockton.
These boats are about half finished, an
official OF the company said today.
The New York Shipbuildlng Company is
building the battleship Idaho and is under
Government contract to build the super
dreadnoughts Washington and Colorado.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
SAMMY AND EDDIE SET
GUARD ABOUT N. Y. SUBWAY
Member of Junior Police Tipped Off
by Chum Not to Ride on
Tuesday

NEW YORK. March 6--SIxtecn-year-old
Sammy Margolies with an ambition to be-
come a great detective, set several hundred
thousand New Workers on edge today,
brought scores of extra police and detec-
tiVes rushing out to guard the subway and
got lot of stun in print about a big plot
to blow up the underground railway.
II was Sammy's fourteen-year-old chum.
Eddie llirsch. who really started the thing
Eddie conilded to Sammy that a tail man
with red mustache" whispered to him
while he was riding home on the subway
yesterday:
Don't ride home in the subway Tues
day"
Sammy Is a member OF the Junior police
lie ran home to tell his father and his
father tipped the police. As a precaution
the police kept extra men on duty at the
subway stations all day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
GIVES CHANCE TO GIRL
CONQUERED BY DRINK
Washington State Man, Reading of De-
sire to Reform, Provides
Work in Home

Rose Lewis, known to every Magistrate
in Philadelphia, and committed to the
House of Correction more than forty times
In the last twenty-one years for drinking.
is to have another chance.
Her chance. like that of thousands of
other Americans. comes out of the West.
And II comes in the form Of a lettcr--out
of one of the great Western States which
banished old BarleyCOrn from its territory
at the last election
Charles +. Jones. of Washougal, wash,
read about Rose and he wrote to Mags-
trate John $ Deitz. who had committed
Rose TO the House of Correction the last
week in January. He offered her the chance
TO reform In the Promised Land--the land
where no alcoholic liquors flow
fe made the offer az II result Of the story
which appeared in the EVENING LEDGER
January -, which told of Roses desire TO
do housework In a home where there are
no temptations and to stop drinking.
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cities in which the auartermaster's den. I.
ment OF the army has Headquarters. ths,-
committees TO assist and advise the ons =
terniaster in case II is necessary to po A., !
the market and purchase an UNUSUALLY ,ss.'
quantity OF supplies"
"The Council of National Defense ,y.
created in an act approved on Angus, o.
1916. The council consists of the ssoss
taries of War. Navy, Interior. Aericu,ns.
and Commerce and Labor. The purna.e
for which the council was created is sts,.s
In the act as the coordination OF indu'
tries and resources for the national secus
ity and welfare To advise the councII /.
the carrying out of these duties thu
provides that the President appoint an ~
visory commission. consisting OF not mo-.
than seven persons, each of whom shs /,
have special knowledge of some indu,trr
public utility, or the development of so,s,
natural resource. or be otherwise specialize
qualified in the opinion of the council o.,
the performance Of the duties hereinaf ftsr
provided"
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TRIES TO STOP FIGHT; STABBED
Peacemaker Discovers Lungs Are Pune
tured Hours After Fight

A peacemaker stabbed in the side did
not realize that he had been hurt until
today. ten hours after the stabbing when he
was too weak to get out Of bed.
The wounded man, Edward Reilly
twenty-five years old, 129 Weaver street,
Was taken to the Germantown Hospital.
where II was said one of his lungs had
been punctured Hugh Burton, 23O Mon
rama street, accused of the stabbng. was
held In 5000 BAH by Magistrate Pennock,
Of the Germantown station. for a further
hearing. Reilly was stabbed with Jack
knife In fracas in Vernon Park last night
after he and friend Theodore Murphy. 129
weaver street, had been accosted by Bur-
ton In saloon near the park. Murphy and
Burton went to the park to "fight il out
while Reilly interfered. Murphy was ar
fested with Burton and was released on his
own recognizance
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CAMDEN CHURCHMAN
FOR 27 YEARS is DEAD
David Whitaker Pneumonia Victim as
Daughter Lies Seriously Ill
a in Hospital

David Whitaker, 703 Cooper street,
Camden. former milk receiver for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Camden
and member of the Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Camden, for twenty
uevsn years. died at his home today OF
pneumonia, with which he was stricken
last Wednesday. He Is survived by three
a4ughters and two sons
- 0ps Of his daughters, Mrs. Byron Wood
ward. Derlously i'll in the Philadelphia Hos
pital. has not heard of his death.
Another daughter. Elsie. who was at
school In Chicago, won a race with death
whom she heard of her fathers illness. She
arrived in Camden last night.
A son. Chester d. Whitaker. is some
whore In California. but could not be
found.
MI Whitaker was sixty-four years old
He will be buried today at o'clock. Flu.
neral services will be held at his home.
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FORT
ineers to Bore for Gun
Foundations 30 Miles
Above Bay
lRTIONS ON LAND TAKEN

|0.t WILMINGTON. Del. March Cit was
~<ued authorltatively today that the Gov
3 ument intends powerfully to fortify the
oueh OF the Delaware to protect the lm-
suee shipbuilding and Industrial interests
Fuiladsiphia and valuable powder plants
the du Points here and at Carneys Point
<I bix guns with a range of more than thlr-
0eu miles are to be mounted at Cedar Beach.
~ miles east OF Milford. Del, and will
weep the mouth OF the bay from Cape
Nay Point to Rehoboth.
n sit 70 believed the SITE will be made per-
y mAuent should a solid foundation be found
~ tbs marshard thereabouts To ascer-
: fam the natu-e OF the foundation boring
machIrerv will be used carload of such
.Dnchnery. consigned to the Government,
- oidefracked on the Delaware. Maryland
end Virginia Railroad at Milford. This will
- hauled TO the bay shore as soon as the
condition of the storm damaged country
road permits.
Milford has been agitated for a week
Etrrt V heard iumors of extensive land
deals at Cedar beach: then machinery ar
rived and II became publicly known that
the machinery had been consigned to the
FEDERAL Government
Land values at Cedar Beach and in Mill
ford Neck. nearhy. have suddenly risen.
MILFORD real estate dealers say W. Watson
for the Government in land negotiations 1t
Is reported he has obtained an option on
David Shockeys I5o-acre farm at Cedar
Beach. promising TO pay $4,000 on July 1,
when the deed Is to be transferred.
II 's reported tina, Harrington Is also
negotiating for Mark II. Shockley's 100
acre farm, separated from David Shockleys
bv Cedar Creek and for fifty acres Of land
In Milford Neck
But the largest deal. according to rumors.
eontemplates the acquisition of Frank
Orsrcs 3000-acre farm formerly known
~ the Governor Polk tract.
Some persons think the proposed fortress
VIII be duplicate of Fort du Pont or Fort
Mott.
Z with forts du Pont and Mott REINFORCED
BY the fortifca tion OF the Delaware Break
wafer and fortihcapons at Cedar Beach.
the Delaware Bay would prove a strong
barrier to . hostile fleet
1t is sale no fortifications will be put
On the New Jersey shore of the Delaware
Bay below y'ot Mott. Cedar Beach is
hftv-e!ght miles ~outh of Forts du Pont and
Mott and thirty miles north of the Delaware
Breab water.
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COPS WARNING SAVES
SIX PERSONS IN FIRE
Reused From Sleep by Passing Police
man, Occupants End Way From
House to Street

In a midnight fire at 1906 East Passyunli
avenue six persons narrowly escaped suffo-
cation by smoke. They we're reused from
their sleeo by passing policeman and made
their way down the choking stairways in
their night clothes. The damage was slight,
not exceeding $3.50, according to the fire.
lncn
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Miller and Mil
lor's father. Hyman Miller were sleeping
on the third fcgr. Miller had much diff
Cuty in arousing his father. who is sixty
eight years old, and in assisting him to the
ground flcCr.
on the second floor Mrs Fannie Newbar,
seventy years old, was helped from her room
by her granddaughter, Dorothy Newbar,
twenty lone years cid, and by Miss Jennie
Freedman, ninetCcn years old, a cousin of
Mrs. Miller. Miller also assisted after he
had seen his father safely to the street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
DEFENSE COUNCIL HEAD
THANKS CITY FOR HELP
Walter S. Clifford Tells Com
merce Chambers Special Body
of Organization Plan

The part Philadelphia will be asked to
take in case Of war was told by Walter s..
clifford. director Of the Council OF National
Defense. Of Washington. who spoke at the
luncheon OF the members council Of the
Chamber Of Commerce at the Hotel
Adelphia today.
Mr.. clifford said the great need OF the
nation today admittedly was preparedness,
and preparedness should he based on or
ganzation.
we must not only think in terms Of
ships and men, OF vast bodies OF troops
and waving flags" he said. but we must
also apply all our energies to the co-ordina-
tlon OF the sources from which all these
things must spring"
That, in nutshell. he explained. is the
reason for the existence OF the Council Of
National Defense.
In speaking OF Philade lphia's share in
the work any great emergency would en-
tail Mr.. Clifford said
I'm my opinion the most practical thing
that can be done at the present moment. in
advance OF any actual emergency. is the
create or a committee which will stand
ready to meet any request for assistance
that may be made by the Council of Ma.
tional Defense. This / understand, you
have already done 1t is almost impossible
to predict In advance what the demands
upon this committee will be. 1t is certainly
gratifying and encouraging to know that
the committee Is there, ready to act If
needed just as the fire department is ready
and can be called TO put out the fire in any
house within a given area
Meanwhile, in case emergency should
suddenly arise we have made proyision
through the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States by the appointment Of small
committees Of business men in each of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
MAKE MARTIN LEADER
Virginian Selected in Caucus to
Take the Place of
Kern

WASHINGTON. March 6. -- Democratic
Senators. in caucus today, selected Senator
Thomas S. Martin. Of Virginia. as majority
leader Of the Senate succeeding Senator
Kern. Of Indiana. whose term expired with
the Slxty-fourth Congress.
one Of the most striking incidents In the
career OF Senator Martin is that he never
rap for public office until he made his suc-
Cessfu campaign for the Senate In 1898.
Ills service as Senator has been con-
tiluous since his election that year.
Never having held public office or been
a candidate at the polls. his action in en-
tering the senatorial campaign was consd-
cred rash. His opponent was General Fitz-
hugh Lee. famed as soldier In the Con-
federacy and Governor OF the Old
Dominion, who in his day was accounted
one of the most popular OF Virgina's many
heroes. But Martin won out and has repre-
scnted Virginia in the upper branch OF
Congress without interruption ever since.
Governor stuart, OF Virginia. who had pre-
Niously cherished an ambition to succeed
Martin. has announced that he will not OPP
pose the new leader in the campaign next
year Martins longtime domination Of
virginia politics seems, therefore. destined
to continue in undiminished power
Senator Martins distinctive work In the
Senate has been as chairman OF the great
Appropriations Committee. When the Dem
ocrsts obtained control Of the Senate, Sena-
tor b. r. Tllman OF South Carolina was
next in line for the Appropriations chair
manship. But the claims OF Martins sup
porters for the place prevailed, and Tillman
was shunted 10 the Chairmanship of the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
Martin Is rated as "A conservative rather
than n progressive Democrat. He will be
seventy years old next summer. lie left
the Virginia Military Institute as a youth
to hear arms in the cause of the con'ed-
eraCy.
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WOMAN FATALLY BURNED

Blazing oil burned Mary Feerly. a serv-
ant in the home of Mrs. s. NJ Firth, Wayne
avenue and Allen lane, Chestnut Hill. so
severely that she died early today, a few
hours after the accident
The maid was lighting an oil lamp at
midnight, when. it is believed, 1t toppled
over spilling the oil over her and setting
her dress on fire. She had been fatally
burned by the time aid was attracted by
her screams She was hurried to the Chest
nut Hill Hospital, where she died. Miss
Feerly was thirty-two years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
SWAMI DEMANDS THAW
Renews Efforts to Have Pittsburgher
EXtradited to New York

New York authorities are making new
efforts TO have Harry X. Thaw taken into
the jurisdiction of that State. owen j..
Roberts, OF this city, has been retained by
District Attorney Swami, of New York to
oppose the plan to have Thaw declared in
sane In Pennsylvania.
District Attorney Swami said that Rob-
erts would make every effort to have Gov
ernor Brumbaugh honor Governor Whit
mans request that Thaw be surrendered to
New York TO stand trial on the boy kidnap-
ping charge.
Roberts will not discuss the case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
Alleged Counterfeiters Indicted

For alleged conspiracy in connection with
scheme to circulate $1,000 worth OF spur-
Gus $40 and $40 Federal Reserve Bank
notes. Alvin NJ. Hornberger and Calvin r..
1slmar, both of Reading, were indicted to-
dAy by the Federal Grand Jury in this city.
They were arrested last January Horn
berger was previously indicted for a similar
cnencr by the Middle District Grand Jury
at Scranton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
To Test ATLANTIC City Law

ATLANTIC CITY, March 6. Recorder
Gaskill, with the help of the city Solicitor,
is preparing for an investigation into the
ruling of the court which denied him the
right of permitting prisoners under a city
law to waive trial by jury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
Auto Crash Fatal to Woman

Injuries received in an automobile acct
dent on February - caused the death of
Miss Adelaide Strodick. sixty-two years. OF
Stenton and Gowen avenues. in the Roose-
welt Hospital today. The accident occurred
at Fifth and Buttonwood streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

TRENTON. y. j.. March 6.-Goyernor
Edge today sent to the Senate for confirma
ton the name Of Douglas Haley. Of Maui
ricetown. Cumberland County. to succeed
John w. Borden. deceased and for full
term on the state PilOtage Commission.
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y eMITH.-March B. MARY p. SMITH. daugh-
2r Of the late Clifford and Anna w smith
Funeral and int. private.
:. .HARTMAN,-March o. ELIZABETH. wife Of
HAIRY w. Hartman and daughter OF the la ate
4lchssl and Martha CUMMINGS, Relatives and
1ffends invited to funeral, sat, 80 a m 46s
~. 4th e Solemn requiem mass at ST. Angus.
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Nom and evening.
oENDER.--March o. HAROLD ERNEST
T9unGest OF Leopold and Hannah sender
A6e1 2S Relatives and friends invited to fu.
y Rhawn ST.. Fox Chase ini private 'i'
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