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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
NOBRE CASE AWAITS
ATTORNEYS ACTION
Next moral Claim" Hearing
to Be Arranged by Lawyers
of Contending Parties

Members of Councils Finance Com
mittee will not he called together this
week TO continue the probe into Senator
Nare's moral claim" and the matter
will be ignored at n meeting Of the COM
mittee which will be called for next Men
day.
This fact was announced today by
Chairman Gaffney, who said the date for
the net "moral-claim" meeting must be
fixed by agreement between Attorney
General Brown and former Judge Joseph
McCullcn.
In speaking of the Delay. Chairman
Gaffney said
There is nothing that the Finance
Committee can do until the attorneys
fer Senator Ware and Surveyor Nobre
get together | am in earnest when !
say that Mr.. Nobre shall have every op-
portunity to examine the records of the
work done at League Island and on
Government avenue. 7 am equally in
earnest when I say that the investga-
ton will continue and that witnesses
will he summoned under the authority
given the committee by Councils last
week.
"Nobre will be summoned along with
others anS there Is no reason why the
question whether or not Senator Ware
has done work for which he has not
been paid, shall be settled at once fer
ALL"
Il mean to go ahead along the lines
indicated at the start and II YOU
eliminate politics from the situation
there should be no real difficulty in
settling the only question at issue II
Is. what worl, was done and what work
was paid for do not know when the
attorneys will get together or just how
Il will he possible to continue but !
do not think that the claim can be
heard at the meeting which win be
called for next Monday"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
WILSON STANDS PAT
ON SLEUTH SHAKE-UP
Issues Challenge to Police IN
surgents-"Pll Show Them
Something" He Says

DESPITE stories Of rebellion in the po-
lice department on the part o: the men
who have been shifted as result OF the
''shake-up" in the detective bureau, pi-
rector of public safety Wilson today
announced there will be- no additional
changes and that the hve-zone system
under the supervision OF detective SER
geants will not be altered in any way.
"I stand by every change | made,
Director Wilson said, III there Is any
revolt over the reorganization Of the
detective bureau have | have heard moth
ing officially about 1t. II do / will show
the insurengts something. | want 10 say,
too. that | pay no attention TO any
stories of rebellion in the police depart
ment but simply mind my own busl-
ness and stand by my guns.
Director Wilson would make no COM
ment on the fact that many of the men
sent TO the divisions have declared they
will appeal to State Senator Ware for
reinstatement in the central office, The
Senator yesterday refused to discuss
police business, as he said he was con-
cerned about other things.
However. there is no doubt the shake
up mas disauieted many of the men as
signed to the new detective zones. They
declare 1t virtually is a demotion. and
that instead OF being acting detectives
they are nothing more than glorified
special officers. working under plain
clothes man instead Of the lieutenant
Of each district. Many of these men,
their friends declared yesterday. are
vehement in their declaration they have
been sent away from City Hall because
they are not Gin right" with Captain
Of Detectives Tate.
A glance att the personnel shows there
is something peculiar In the new reor-
ganization. as the zone plainclothes men
now are the very men who have been
held in the highest esteem by the people
I'm touch with affairs at City Han as
the only real detectives In the bureau.
The detective sergeants, too. are men
who have not been associated with the
..rate crowd" as the detective captains
intimates In the detective bureau are
known. Jake" Gomborrow. who has
charge Of the first division. Is the man
who passed his examination during the
nlauienburg administration with per-
n - ra ~ a io4 PER cent. Tais had
Y - y >I11< i. II ~ +. I'l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
SIX ARE ARE ADDED
TO APPEAL BOARD NO. =
Addition Is Made to Speed Up Work
Of Body-Cases Accumulating

\ wholesale "speeding-up" in the
work of reclaSsifying men eligible for
service in the National Army is expect
cd to result from the reorganization of
District Appeal Board No. >. Six new
members have been appointed 20 assist
In Strengthening out the tanglr into
which the draft work Of that board has
falleE Several thousand cases. with
mora 'cumulating daily. are now await
ing utiOn.
According to one OF the original mem-
bers of the rcoTgauized District Board
the naming Of additional men to bring
the work up to date was done by Adj
jutaut General Beary at the request of
the board members themselves Under
the new arrangement II Is expected the
board will catch up with its work by
April i.
The appointcees are William Black
wood, secretary of Local Board No.
IL. Howard Eccles, of Local Board No.
81; Allen Eberhart. of Local Board No.
10; Charles :. Osmond, secretary of
Local Board No. So; Casper NJ. Titus
chairman of Local Board No. "a. and
william H. Margerison, chairman of
Local Board No i3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
ONLY THE FIT GOOD
FOR TRENCH FIGHTING
"rip" Sent to Draft Board No.
80 by One of the Boys
Over There

Only the physically tit are any good
in the French trenches, according To Il
gratuitous tip received today by local
Draft Board No. 80 from a young Phil
adeiphia soldier who Is over there
The Tip" and other advice came in
the form of letter from William T..
Bauer. twenty-siX years old, of 1713
Girard avenue. to whom questionable
was sent December 20, 1871. II read
as follows:
II figured that Uncle sam could use
me before you reached my number, so
voluntarily enlisted | am now in active
service somewhere in France and ! wish
you the best of luck in the selection Of
the quota from our district. Don't he
over2ealous and take him who m ght not.
through some physical disability. prove
of value over here We are going to
lick old Fritz. 50 let him who does his
bit at home Use some judgment. Wher-
ever man is who is doing his bit that
Is his trench. Let him hold IT,"
Young Bauer at the time Of his enlist
ment was Il publicity clerk in the en-
ploy of the Bell Telephone Company.
Seventeenth and Arch streets. The
questionna;re was forwarded to him by
his mother. with whom he lived at the
Girard avenue address.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
NEGRO HELD AS THIEF;
SMALL BOY IS VICTIM
Automobile Club Employe Says He
Was Tricked and
Robbed

Ulysses Kain, n negro. said to he one
OF the most notorious automobile thieves
in the country. was arrested today near
the Philadelphia Automobile club on
the charge OF the theft of an automobile
tire from Paul Roggurio. OF iii South
Bodne street, small boy employe OF
the club.
Roggurio was wheeling "A tire along
the street when KAN drove up In "A car
and offered to ride him as far as the
club Passing cigar store. he gave
the boy fifty cents and asked him to
get some cigarettes, which he did When
Kan was sent to the House Of Correc-
ton some time ago for three months,
but after serving five days was re-
leased on parole by Judge Vessel
a protest was made at the time
against light sentences automobile
thieves were receiving from the courts
of this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
PLEDGE QUICK ACTION
ON DIRTY STREETS
Councils Committee to Meet
Before Week-End-Rub-
bish Piles Up

Action to remove dirt and garbage
from the strets and thus wipe out the
cause for almost clty-wide complaint is
promised this week
The "strect-cleaning boys"--that Is
Councils Committee on street Cleaning
are scheduled TO meet some time be.
fore Sunday to consider plans to take
away the refuse which, according to hi.
rector Krusen, Is hostile to the health
Of Philadelphia.
Common Councilman Schwarg. OF the
Sixth Ward. chairman of the committee,
made the pledges, but suiiiXed II with
a condition.
II will get the street cleaning boys
together some time next week, maybe,
he said last week.
Great heaps OF rubbish and ashes,
with refuse such as decaying animal and
vegetable matter. await the attack of
the cleaners in many out-of-the-way
thoroughfarcs In all sections Of the
city.
housewives continued their private
volunteer strect-cloaning today with the
result that the piles increased in size
until some streets assumed the appear
nncc of hattle-torn northern France.
Either because action was too slow or
because they had no confidence in prom
ises. housekecpers extended their spring
house cleaning to the sidewalks and
streets in front Of their homes. raking
and sCraping the accumulation Of dirt
and filth into neat mounds that are
awaiting the garbage and ash wagons
that are slow In arriving.
State Senator Ware. who holds
the downtown street-cleaniue con-
tracts, promised noticeable Improvement
with better weather CIV itons. The
carly handicap which \, suffered be-
cause Of lack Of men has ended, lie
announced. Every available man on his
payroll is at work in the central and
southern sections of the city cleaning
cut highways and byways at II rapid
rate. he satd. The men are working
overtime and this is bound to produce
results. he promised.
The North Keusington Business Mems
Association will take a hand in the
street cleaning crusade at its meeting
Wednesday night Harry J. Trainer,
Select Councilman from the Third Ward,
will speak on Cleaner Streets and
Charles IL Won Tagen, common council
man from the Forty-sNth Ward, will
lead the clean Streets" fight. Won
Tagen has carried the fight into Cpun-
ellis. which at every recent session has
received protests from many organiza-
tions.
The Philadelphia County Medical So
ciety at its meeting Wednesday night
IS expected TO take w the street clean.
ing proposition from the standpoint Of
its existing conditions being menace
to the health Of the community. Di-
rector krusen is continuing his efforts
TO arouse chief Hicks. of the Street
Cleaning Bureau, to Il realization Of
the danger of his longer permitting
contractors to neglect their work The
director has received assurances from
chief Hicks r-.dtivc to the spring clean
up and general improvement is expected
as a result Of the recent agitation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
WILL CUT RED TAPE
IN ORDNANCE WORK
John {. Jones, Executive of
Zone, Says Crimson Braid"
Must Go

Crimson braid must go from the
Ordnance Department of the United
states according to John e. Jones. "A
member Of the company that controls
the Harrison Safety Boiler Works COM
pahy' seventeenth street and Allegheny
avenue, and who has been appoiuted
executive of one Of the zones in the
new system to supervise the mauufac-
ture Of munitions.
General Wheeler, Of the War pepart
meht, who is the acting chief of the
ordnance DEPARTING ut. has divided the
country into ten different zones i'm an
effort to bring better results in the
manufacturing and the delivery of mu-
hltlohs az well as TO keep the knots
out of the details that have To do with
contracts and agreements.
Mr.. Jones eXplaine that MS vet uotbin,
mad been done by him but to start
working on plan Of organization. and
what lie called n fearful task, that OF
getting good suite of rooms for him
SER ana staff. Tomorrow morning. Mr.
Jones said, he would go to Washing
non IN response to request of General
wheeler to get further details on a nlan
of procedure. i''''
40 Know, however" said Mr.. Tones
mat the Intention of the officials of tbe
oluiahce department was to inject dis
patch INTO the work Of getting muni-
tlons TO place where transportg,ion
would pe handed the responsibility and
no longer would there be AN onnorfuni,y
Tor the department. Responsible for the
production to be blamed
In other word, mean that the so.
called crimson braid known TO mani
as red tape must be relegated To IN,
rear and standard Of personal aDpll.
cation be Installed"
,Mr' Jones explained his personal an.
pllcation remark by saying that neces.
sarily he would have several assistants
and IL will be their business TO make
personal observations Of the manufac.
turing plants, thus avoiding long letter.
from Washington with delayed replies
etc,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
STORE" TEETH FOUND
IN-HIGH WINDS JETSAM
Torn by Sudden Gust From Some
body's Mouth, Is One Patrol
mans Theory

Laugh and the world laughs with
YOU. But don't laugh when the high
winds blow, particularly II you have
false teeth.
SO say the police. now sole owners
OF one pair of perfectly good unattached
"falsers. For the teeth were found
early today among other articles picked
UP that were strewn about the streets
by yesterdays gale. facetious pa
uolman advanced the theory that sud-
den gust tore them from the open mouth
of some jolly person.
But 1t matters not whence they came
The fact remains that somewhere In
Philadelphia there Is "a toothless In
dvldual who today ate breakfast with
u liberal softening OF milk. II Is for
his or her benefit that this is written
that he or she may enjoy something
more substantial tomorrow morning.
Prove your ownership and you can
have EN-. They are listed among other
lost and found articles at thu police
van stables, Eleventh and Wharton
streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
DON'T DELAY is TEXT
OF FOUR-MINUTE MEN
$4,000 of Them Start on Cam
paign to Boost Income Tax
Returns and Payment

twenty-five thousand "Eou, NI;,,,,o
Men VIII start out today on "a nation
Wide campaign TO impress upon tbe
H'iicrlcah public their patriotic duty
nronlpt'E 10 HE their income tax re-
auru ai ana pay their taxes. The period for
nllns ends April ]. Taxpayers have
ne'un,een days not counting Sundays,
III winch TO comply with this uroyiCion
OF the law. The penalty for fajIuro is
nhe OF not less than S2O no moro tha,
Slooo and an additional assessment %
oo per cent OF the amount due,
lne four Minute Men" will amman I'm
iocal 'heatres' moving picture houses
ana at pupilc gatherings Special meet
lhss VIII be held by chambers NJ no,,-
merce, boards of trade. rotary III,
luncheon clubs and business or,aniza
tions 10 hear the addresses. "Don', a.
iay Is the warning that will he given
Dy the speakers. Taxpayers will be urp'
eu 10 protect themselves and ala t5o
government by being prompt 1t will cost
H., 80. i'',eHt money and trouble to
nuht down the man who dodges tbo
! come tax. but the word has gono ~, ~
from headquarters that this ,,,,,, ~"
uone' The Stacker" will he sboun 20 20
| leniency. oo SHOWN no
ne man whose intentions are ,oo,,
op' VINO is inclined to put off un,iI 70
morrow what should be done todau %,
oe urged not to procrastinate h., a.
once. MS return at
IN every address tAe -Four Minnie
Meh VIII lay stress upon that nroyision
Oh the law which requires a rstmrn
from every unmarried person wboss 49,.
income for 1917 was $1,000 or more ani met
from every married person whose ama nn,
income was $4,000 or more, They will he he
slppied with facts and figures TO sbou,
tnat the rich and the man of modest
heo.ne shon ailke are made to bear a lust
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
TAX ON BLUE RIBBON
AND PLAIN DOGS DUE
Law Goes Into Effect and Owners
Must Pay $l.20 or $2.2O, as
Case May Be

The dog-taS law went into effect this
afternoon, and hereafter no dog, mon
grel or prize winner, shall be allowed
the privilege of well-swept or dirty
streets unless their owners shall pay to
the city sl.2o or $22O, according to the
kind Of dog.
Ink ON the ordinance signed by Mayor
Smith was not dry before woman ap-
peared and paid the tax on "a prize dog.
She got receipt for s2.2O. Her atten-
tion to the new law had been called by
reading of the passage of the ordinance
by Councils. The new law provided for
he 81 or So 10 be turned over to the
city; the twenty cents in each case will
cover the cost of the tag, which must
be worn.
The revenue 10 be realized from this
new avenue will reach no little figure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
URGES ECONOMY IN USE
OF AUTOS FOR PLEASURE
Conservation of Gasoline Deemed oi
Prime Importance in Winning
the War

in an address at the Hotel Adclphla
today before the Auto Trade AsSocIa
tion, Alfred Reeves, general mahast,
OF the National Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce, pointed out the necessity ttor
economizing in the use OF gasonne 70,
pleasure purposes. Mr.. Reeves poin!e9
out that the auto industry had adopted
n win the War" slogan and were go
ing through with It might and man.
There will in all probability pc le"er
pleasure ears manufactured TINS year
than for many years previous; MotvH
trucks, tractors and other cars that MI, MI
help the industry of the country ~
automobile industry has gone IN 70
help the Government TIE produetl9n
of gasoline is ample. but do not waste ~,
Automobile agents who sell 10 thS
farmers are instructed to Try 70 SCI,
cars that will enable the farmer 70 hau!
his stuff to the market more lui'hi!
and help the Government In itS su.
preme effort TO obtain their product
more swiftly. ,, 49,. -
"This is history-mai not a
money making period In business. me
a'tornuhile trade IL making great sac.
rifces for the Government, giving ITS
mechanics and all other resources.
Speeding up that is what the auto IN
duhstry means.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
ROBBED AND BEAT OLD MAN
Man Captured in Tenderlon Is Held
After Companions Escape

Frank Folan. of 1902 Swain street
was arrested last night at Franklin and
Callowhill Streets by Patrolman Myers,
of the vice squad. after he and COM
panion had attacked an old man. Henry
Clark, of 542O summer street. and rob-
bed and beaten him. according to the
police. Folans companion got away
after Myers had fired several shots ut
both of the men.
Magistrate Watson held Folan Tor
court Clarke was so badly beaten that
he was sent to a hospital for treatment.
He said he did not recollect much about
the attack and that he had lost some
money and his KEYS In the struggle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
ARREST GIRL FOR THEFT
n. Y. Police Find Manayunk Girl
Missing Since Saturday

day wired the information tn this city
that they had apprehended hfteen-year'
old Mary Wocjho, of Lock street, Man
ayunk, who had been missing from her
home since Saturday She is wanted
by the Manayunk po'ice on a charge OF
having stolen $50 from Frank Henry
Of 1907 Mitchell street.
Mary attended the Queen Lane Public
School and her parents say she went
to New York to get position and avoid
the child labor law of this city. She
has been arrested before on other
charges. Her brother. Tony, thirteen
years old. was arrested today for smash
ing windows in Manayunk mill with
an air rifle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
HOG ISLAND CARPENTERS
AID FOREMEN'S PLEDGE
Promise of Loyalty Is Followed by
Burst of Speed at Big
Shipyard

Carpenters at Hog Island employed
more speed and pep into their work
today, following the pledge OF LOYALTY
passed by. tile carpenter foremen OF the
yard.
The 5000 carpenters. many Of whom
strike Friday, urged on by their fore
men. attacked their jobs with renewed
vigor, The. pledge, made at a dinner
IN the Adelphia Hotel, declares their de-
sire rtS ec-opsrsts N ~ things that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
GETS SiOO COMPENSATION
Gloucester Man Was Injured in Cam
den Plant

Compensation for forty weeks at the
rate of $40 per week was awarded Robb
w. Bobo 179 Sout'l Burlington street
Gloucester City, today by Referee Har-
ry j. Goash. of the workmen's com-
pensation bureau. The defendant in
the case was the Camden Forge Com
pany, where. IL is claimed by Bobo, his
sight and hearing were impaired by an
accident last October
Referee Goash also awarded to e. H.
Riley. $50 Market street. Bridgeton, y
j.. three weeks Temporary compensation
at the rate of the IS per week. and par
tlal disability payments for nine weeks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
GIRL DANCER ARRESTED
Young Woman Held for Stealing
Another Patrons Fur

For some time the owners of a dance
hall at Twentieth street and Montgom-
cry avenue have been missing clothing
from the courtroom. They employed two
women detectives, who. according to tes-
timony, saw Cora Mcdonald. twenty,
eight years old and pretty. OF Twenty.
sixth and Somerset streets. take a fur
neckpiece and walk out with It.
They followed her to an ice cream
parlor nearby. where she met young
man. She was arrested as the two sat
enjoying Their cream and was arraigned
before Magistrate Watson.,ip the Gem
.trAi ,po}Ice court rhsre she waived q
hearing and was held In 400 hail for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
WANT A $4,000 JOB?

There Is n S5000-a-year job open with
Uncle sam as the boss for any man who
can pass as an expert in gun forging
Otherwise the salary will be from $1,000
to $4,000, depending on the qualifications
of the applicant.
The main job Is that of superintendent
of IA gun-forging plant, and the lucky
man must supervise the, shop. the heat
trcttmen' Of gun forging, pyrometric
control. 4 -igns Cf furnaces and fabricl-
tion Of IN steel. Applicants are re-
uuested I apuear at the United States
Civil Service Board in the Federal Build
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Three boys dead. another seriously in
Jurcd, damaged buildings. Uttered streets
and regular winter tcmperature-th"
thermometer stood at 30 degrees during
the early hours-are among the results
Of high winds which swept this city last
night and this morning,
y section Of "a brick wall Of a fire.
destroyed warehouse in Market street
above Twentieth street COLLAPSED in a
hfty-mile-an-hour gale, burying in the
ruins four boys playing at the base Of
the rotten pile OF bricks,
The dead are:
Robert Dawson, sixteen years old, 5OS6
Willows avenue.
Joseph H. Gallagher, Jr, twelve years
Old, 1927 Moravian street
John Fitzpatrick. eleven years old
2OJt SAMSON street
The first two boys were killed almost
instantly: the last named died a; the
Medico-C Chirurg.cal Hospital today from
4 fracture Of the skull.
james Walsh. twelve years old. @O3s
SAMSON street. is In Il serious condition
at the same hospital
Three other boys escaped uuhurt They
are John Brennan, twelve years old.
Twentieth aud Wavcrly streets. John
Buchanan fourteen years old. 2o92 San
som street. and John Walsh. fourteen
years old. 20j4 SAMSON street, a brother
Of one of the injured.
All were gathered around "A fire IN
a shack built against the wall OF the
building in the rear OF 2O06 Market
street. Frisking about outside the shack
was "Laddie," collie puppy. the pet of
Robert Dawson. Collapse OF the wall was
preceded by the fall of few bricks.
which caused the dog to set up loud
barking. Alarmed. the three boys ran
from the shack. and seeing the wall
about to topple ran for safety in the
street. But the wall crashed down upon
the shack, demOlishing the fraii struc-
ture, and buried the other four boys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
WOMEN READY TO AID
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
West Philadelphians Name Chair
man After Hearing McAdoo's
Aide

\ The first business meeting of the
West Philadelphia women workers OF
~ third Liberty Loan was held today
n the Philomusian Club, 3940 Walnut
oot Edward +. Bendere. appointed
- Hecretary McAdoo to address Lib
1Kt Loan committees. explained the
1&od by which the drive would be
1146 forward.
~ b. +. Richardson was elected
'I1Dan OF the chairmen's committee.
10s Of the various committees elected
&1u: Mrs. M. B, Harris. theatres
I(u William p. Miffiin. churches Mrs.
VIctor Cochran, reserves Mrs. Bertha
4t1harn. house to house Mrs. David
y f11ey publicity; Miss Jane Elgin,