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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGER
SER VICE AT PORT RESUMED
Seventy Booked Sail American Liner HaUerord Tomoro
Northland Probably viii Bring Another Contingent
of Veterans to This Port

turning soldiers before setting out for
Philadelphia. .
The Northland hereafter will plv ras-
ularly out of this port. replacing the
liner Merton. sister ship of the Hayer.
ford. which was torpedoed and sunk bv
German submarines during the war
Previous to being taken over bv the
government for war service, the North.
land piled out Of New England ports
The Haverford will leave from piAr
So. foot OF Washington avenue. AT I
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Most of her
seventy passengers will be PhiladeI-
phians and workers being sent n The
war zone for reconstruction work by The
Red Cross. Knights of Columbus. SAL
walton Army. Jewish Welfare Board and
the Y. NJ. @. A.
After the arrival here Of the North
land. the American Line purposes 10 in
apgurate . weekly service between Phil
nde1pbia and European ports ana 49,
eIbly vlll 40 fbG liner Domini6n 70 ~
49, ueklr4 ~ 4 home port 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
AVIATOR HERO WEEDS
Capt. James d. Este Marries
Bride He Met in France

Captain James Dickinson Este of this
city. whose victories over German air
planes won for him the Distinguished
Service Cross. was married in Washing
ton to Miss Lydia r. Taber. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Richmond Taber,
or Princeton. n. J.
The ceremony was performed quietly
last night at the home of the Rev. DR..
Charles Wood. pastor OF the Presbyterian
church of the Covenant. Only members
Q. the two families attended the ceremony
Mr.. Charles Este. of Swarthmore. the
bridegroom's brother. was best man.
captain Este and his bride Will make
their home In Philadelphia after brief
honeymoon.
Captain Este met his bride in France.
where she was doing war work Mrs
Este returned to the United States last
spring and continued her war work up
until few days ago. Captain Este re-
turned home last December.
captain Este, son Of the late Charles
Este a lumber merchant. is president
OF the j. d. Este Company, Sansom
street above Fifteenth. He was grad
uated from Princeton in 1908. He be.
gan his course as an aviator at EssinR-
ton, was In the service at Newport News
and Kelly Field and went to France in
September. 1917. He has the distinc-
tion of bringing down five German
planes officially and twelve unofficia.ly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
TWINING OPPOSES
LOANS
Transit Director Would
Pay for improvements
by Direct Taxation
TALKS TO ENGINEERS

Advocating the payment for public
rather than by thirty or fifty year bond
issues. Director william S. Twining, De-
partment of Transit, this afternoon out.
lined city finances at talk before the
Engineers Club.
As basis for his opposition to long
term loans he cited the effect upon fu.
ture generations of the city's present
loan program.
Prefacing his talk with the statement
that he was speaking as an engineer to
engineers, he said that many an engineer
ing project has come to ruin due TO
unwise financing, and that engineers pay
too little concern to financing problems
Before launching into his discussion he
expressed the fear that some Of his Views
might not be regarded as orthodox, and
declared his statements to have no direct
connection with his official position as
head Of a municipal department that has
been granted $63,100,000 in long-term
loans.
Sees Lesson in Comics
We are all familiar with the way
the comic papers have made a joke of
the man who mortgages his house to buy
an automobile" he said, but we have
not yet learned to laugh at the city that
mortgages its income for fifty years In
the future to build its art gallery. Ii
brary or convention hall, or issues bonds
to pay for other expenditures that should
not be strictly classed as public neces-
sites"
In pointing his objection to long-term
loans he said: AT present through the
action Of Councils in authorizing the cre-
alton of loans and providing for the pay
ment of annual charges thereon, over
$6.000.000 of the city's prospective tax
for the year 1866 years
hence-has been appropriated. and dur
ing these intervening twenty-five years
It is probable that by the same device
nearly twenty millions more of the tax
revenues Of that year shall be appro-
prlated.
A part of his address included table
showing that during the period between
1912 to 1918 inclusive. Philadelphia has
paid from its treasury in fixed charges
on its outstanding bonds about S64 ,0O0.- /
900, an average of about 100000 a |
year.
s11,000.000 Year Average
During the same period. the speaker |
said. the city has expended funds, pro. |
cured by the isue of city bonds to the |
amount of about s7S.700, 900, or an aver |
age Of about s11,0O0.o0O a year.
He showed also that the amount of |
liked charges on bonds during this pc
riod is equal to 80 per cent of the actual |
expenditure of loan funds. THIS ratio. |
ne said. has been reduced during the last
'ew years because OF the large increase
N. loan expenditures following the big |
oan authorization of 1915 and 1916.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
SETTLE One WAR
CONTRACTS POINT
Claims Court to Hear APP
peals and Make Final
Awards ~
$2,75O,O0O, 1000 INVOLVED
Conferees on Informal Pacts
Disagree on Some
Amendments
By the Associated Press

Washington, Feb. Am a partial
agreement reached today by Senate ana
House conferees on the legislation for
validation and settlement of informal
war contracts aggregating about $2,-.
'So'ooo,O0o. the Senate managers yield
ed and struck from the bill the plan Ter
an appellate commission TO pass upon
awards Of government officials.
Under a compromise adopted for. the
commission plan which the War Depart-
ment vigorously opposed, the conferees
adopted substitute giving the court of
claims Jurisdiction to hear contractors
appeals and make final awards.
On other important Senate amend
ments, including that of Senator Hem
derson, Of Nevada, proposing authority
for the Secretary of Interior TO settle
claims arising from the bill TO stimulate
production OF war minerals. the confer
ees were unable to agree. They decided
10 report a Enlargement to the House
Tor discussion and instructions.
Chairman Chamberlain. OF the Senatss
conferees. said the commission plan was
yielded in a desire to secure urgent leg
isiation or some sort and because the
Rouse never. would accept the Senate's
plan. Under the compromise for appeal
from government officials settlement to
the court of claims, contractors would
not nave the right to accept as per
cent or the official awards as proposed
IN the commission project, but would
nave to appeal their entire claims to
the court Of claims and receive no part
pending appeal.
Besides the Henderson amendment.
the conferees also reported a disagree
ment on the amendment OF Senator Nc
kellar. of Tennessee, providing that
government officials participating in set
tlement OF the informal contracts shall
make accompanying affidavits that they
have no personal interest in contracts
adjusted. The House managers refused
to accept this provision without Its con-
sideration by the House and vote
there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
BOY FALLS DEAD AT PLAY:
SEEMINGLY IN GOOD HEALTH
Little Walter Roser Asked Mother for Apple Went Outside
Resume Playing and Died Placement Narberth-Bood
Clot From Fall Believed Cause

Little Walter Roser lay white and
very still today in his tiny room at the
Roser home In Narberth.
Down on the rainswept front porch
was his express wagon. as forlorn and
forsaken and desolate as any inaninate
object could be.
And rocking to and fro in the little
Darlor was Mrs. Roser. her eyes red
dened by weeping, her voice choked by
sobs.
Just FIVE minutes before little wal
ter died." she faltered-"just five min
utes before--he ran in and asked for an
apple"
The circumstances of the ,childs
death are tragic. Death came in an
Instant There was no second of warn
ing.
The boy was playing on the side
walk a few doors from his home. at 12S
Conway avenue. late yesterday after
noon. He was shouting with glee. And
then he fell to the pavement, strangely
still.
His cousin, May Banneld, whose home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
CIVIC CLUB ASKS
BETTER MARKETS
Joins Other Bodies to Urge
Mayor to Name Com
mission
WILL ASK CONFERENCE

Mayor Smith and the politicians will
take no active steps to better market
Ing conditions until public opinion is
thoroughly reused. members of the food
and home economics committee of the
Civic Club believe.
Today they voted to back the Cham
Der OF Commerce plan for the appoint
ment of market commission.
With representatives from the Cham
Der of Commerce. the Federation Of La
Dor, Monday Conference, and the Bureau
OF Municipal Research, members of the
Civic Club will ask for a conference with
the Mayor within the next week to dis
cuss the plan.
The Chamber Of Commerce sent its
recommendation concerning the appoint
ment of market commission TO the
Mayor December 49," explained Clar-
ence Sears Kates, vice chairman of the
Pennsylvania Rural Association and one
OF the speakers at the Civic Club.
he acknowledged the receipt of the
letter, but has done nothing. OF course,
other matters have distracted him re-
Gently, but ] believe we should urge
him to consider the matter Immediate
ly."
The consumers OF food, retailers.
Whoiesalers the city as an organized
municipality and the nearby producers
are an 10 De represented on this COM
mission. whose duty will be to inyesti-
gate the food situation and place tho
tacts intelligently before the people,
While public Improvement along
other lines such as trolleys. telephones.
water system and electricity have touch
ed Philadelphia. the market situation is
virtually the same as thirty years ago."
declared A. c. Bigelow, chairman of the
agricultural committee of the Chamber
or Commerce. and one of the speakers
before the Civic Club today.
Mr.. Bigelow told of the days when
cobbie streets, stage coaches and kero-
sine lamps were pro,r:nent and traced
briefly the change to modern methods.
His idea Of bettering the market system
today Is the establishment of cooper
ative stores
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04

is near the Rosers', saw him fall. She
called to her mother.
on, mamma" she cried. Look at
Walter! He must be sick"
Mrs. Banfield hurried to the sidewalk.
She lifted the lad into her arms and
called his name. But there was no re-
sponse. And then. in dread, she ran TO
the Roser home with her little burden.
II couldn't believe my boy was dead"
sobbed Mrs. Roser today. His little
cheeks were warm. But he wouldn't
talk to me. He wouldn't say word.
We sent for a doctor-quick. And the
doctor said-he said--he said that Wal
ter was dead"
Coroner Neville, Of Montgomery Coun.
ty. VIII conduct an autopsy to deter
mine the cause of little Walters death.
1t is thought probable 1t was due to
blod clot on the heart or the brain.
only few days ago" said Walter
Roser. the father, who Is a chauffeur,
"the little fellow had n bad fall. This
may have had something TO do with his
DEATH"
The child was five years old Janu-
ary 2S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04

Transatlantic passenger service from
Philadelphia. abandoned during the war,
will be resumed tomorrow, The Amer
lean liner Haverford will sail for Liver
pool with seventy passengers and car
go of general merchandise.
The Haverford arrived here last
morning from Brest with the
s,xty-fifth Coast Artillery. the first con-
tingent Of returning troops landed here.
IL probably will bring more troops home
on its return voyage March TO-
Sailing OF another contingent of SOL
dier veterans for philadelphia within a
few days was indicated today in the an
Of A. S. Anderson, passen-
ger traffic manager of the American
Line, that the steamship Northland. a
liner Of 1850 tons. will probably leave
Liverpool tomorrow with this port as
Its ultimate destination. As the North
land u posted 40 not being due here unf11
NsTch J, shipping citf 6tIfey6'it win -
Iron Liverpool 70 4rest and take az ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
BENZ. H. SHOEMAKER
DIES; 81 YEARS OLD
Retired Glass Merchant Was
Descendant of Quaker
COlonists

Benjamin H. Shoemaker, member of
an old Quaker family, died at his home.
535 Church Lane. Germantown today.
He was ninety-one years old.
Death was due to advanced age. Fun
eral will be held at his home Thursday
afternoon at o'clck. Interment will be
made in Laurel Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Shoemaker, who retired eight
years ago, was a glass merchant. He
was interested in various business con-
Germs. charitable organizations and So
cieties. and was especially interested in
the work Of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
he became manager OF the institu-
ton In 1886, was secretary of its board
OF managers for nineteen years, and
was elected president of the hospital in
1891. He was president for twenty
one years.
Mr.. Shoemaker was at one time pres-
ident of the Mine Hill and SchuylkIl,
Haven railroad, and when he died was a
director OF the road. He. was also a
director of the Glasgow Iron Company :
the Mortgage Trust Company, of Penn
sylvania, and n member of the advisory
committee of the Germantown Trust
Copany.
For ten years he was secretary of the
Society for Organizing Charity and pres
ident OF the Germantown Horticultural
Society. Mr.. Shoemaker was one of the
earliest members Of the Union League.
Mr.. Shoemaker was born in Shoemak-
ertown, Montgomery County, Pa, De-
cember 27, 1927. his ancestors had set
tied in the town in 1886. Mr., Shoe
maker came TO Philadelphia in ls4s and
became an apprentice under his brother
Robert Shoemaker, a druggist. In four
years he became a member of the firm
and the firm then took the name OF
Robert II. Shoemaker & Co.
When the business disbanded in 1868
Benjamin Shoemaker established a plate
and window glass business at POS Fourth
street and the business is still at this
address. Since Mr.. Shoemaker retired
the glass business has been conducted
by his two sons. Robert Shoemaker. Jr
and Benjamin III. Shoemaker, 2d.
Besides his sons, Mr.. Shoemaker 10
survived by two daughters, Mrs. p. w
kimber and Mrs. j. S. l.. wharton Ten
grandchildren, and four great grand
children e"1
Mr.. Shoemaker's wife, who was Miss
susan b. Trump. died in 1910.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
BILL "PICKLING"
AT HARRISBURG is
OVER, SAYS SCOTT
Representative Declares Commit.
tee Will Report on All Meas.
ures Submitted

Harrisburg. Feb. 4.-Gone is the House
picking committee.
Representative John r K Scott, who
heads the judiciary Special Committee
or the House, declared today that his
committee would pickle" no legislation
this session.
Mr. Scott's committee met for organ
ization last night and decided unani-
mously to report out all legislation with
either an affirmative or negative recon-
mendation. Such a procedure was fol-
lowed by the committee in the famous
1913 session when the independents were
In control.
AS the Judiciary SPECIAL Committee is
the logical committee to- refer Phuadel-
phia's charter legislation. the measure
is considered certain to be reported out
OF committee.
This committee handled the greater
Pittsburgh bill in the 1911 session. Rep
resentative Marcus. of Allegheny, was
elected secretary Of the committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
MAIL FROM HERE
BURNED ON TRAIN
Thousands of Dollars: Worth
of Valuables Destroyed When
Limited Catches Fire

Thousands of dollars. worth of regis
tered mail bound from Philadelphia to
western cities was burned in 3 firs to-
day that destroyed one car and badly
injured another Of limited mail train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The limited was stopped at Pitcairn.
twenty miles east OF Pittsburgh. after
the railway mail clerks had fought a
losing battle with the blaze as the train
speeded toward the west
Some of the bags OF mail were saved
by their heroic efforts. but most of the
contents of the car carrying mail from
Philadelphia to Chicago was destroyed.
Mail for indianapolis, in an adjoining
coach, was burned when the fire com
municated to that car. In their fight TO
subdue the flames and rescue the mail
the clerks were burned severely about
the hands and arms and had to have
medical treatment when the train was
stopped.
The origin of the fire Is not known.
but when discovered by one of the men
in the Chicago mail coach II had got
a good start The car was crowded
with bags and the presence of SO many
made the efforts to subdue the blaze
all the more difficult because of the
limited room for fighting tt. .,
The speed at which the train was
rushing famed the fire and made It
grow swiftly. The Chicago car was
burned to the trucks. The Indiana polls
coach escaped with lesser injuries.
Prompt action of the fire department at
Pitcairn subdued the blaze. ~
officials at the local postoffice have re-
ceived no report of the accident. as yet,
and will give no est mate OF the prob
able amount of money represented in
the registered mall On board the train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
SOLDIERS FAMILIES BENEFIT
West Phila. Hospital for Women
Campaign Partly for Free Beds

AS part of its reconstruction work.
the West Philadelphia Hospital for
Women plans to increase It's free work
among needy wives and families OF meT,
in service. Part OF the funds now being
raised In the campaign for SIS. 900 will
thus be used. 1t is expected that vari-
Gus clubs, churches and organizations
will give their subscriptions to the hos.
pital in the form of endowments.
II hope many beds In the hospital will
be endowed" declared Mrs. ]. o. Hon.
wood. chairman of the campaign execu-
tive committee. Endowed beds will
be used for wives or mothers of men
who have been killed or wounded In
service or who cannot AFFORD TO pay FOR
medical treatment. Already we have
done much of this sort of work, but we
are eager TO DO more. There are hun.
dreds Of women in need OF care In a
maternity hospital. We are equipped
70 give the service and ready to do an
In our power. But we must have funds
in order to maintain our institution.s
Half the proposed amount has been
raised AND the csmpaien will continue
thEousho1} te!s wfsk q 7 frgm,ncnt gpsak.
sens <aet ~: vheu reports ar4 mal>
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
SOCIETY MATRON
ROBBED BY THUGS
Mrs. John c. Croome, After
Holdup, Says Streets
Are Unsafe
ATTACKED NEAR HOME
Police Try to Suppress Rob.
berry, Which Happened
in Early Evening
ATTACKED NEAR HOME

The situation has grown so serious
that it is virtually unsafe for women
to go outdoors after nightfall. and ]
speak Of all sections Of the city"
This statement was made today by
Mrs. John C. Groome. wife of Colonel
Groome, head Of the military police in
France. who last Friday evening was
held up by two negroes one of whom
snatched her handbag containing $50 in
cash. some jewelry and valuable papers.
The facts were suppressed by the po-
lice and did not become public until
Mrs. Groome gave them to the news
papers.
Philadelphia seems to be full of all
types of undesirables," she said. "and
several friends of mine have related to
me the most dsagreeable experiences
they have had with them within the
last fortnight. This state of affairs sure
iy calls for immediate remedial action.
When 1t becomes unsafe for two
women to walk along n main city thor
ouRhfare at dusk, surely II Is time for
authorities to at least start an investiga-
tion of the. crime situation. We scarcely
had time to be frightened before the
whole thing was over" she said. But II
makes one sick to think that. even in the
heart of the city. in brightly lighted
streets and in company with others, you
are not safe"
Mrs. Groome. who is vice chairman
of the Emergency Aid. accompanied by
Mrs. J. Ogden Hoffman was walking
east on Spruce street near Fifteenth
about o'clock on Friday evening. AS
the women reached Mrs. Hoffman's home.
at 141s Spruce street. and were about
to part, two men who had been lettering
on the corner approached them from
the rear
One of the men snatched Mrs. Groome's
handbag and dashed down Rosewood
street. a small thoroughfare. between
Broad and Fifteenth streets.
The women screamed stop thief and
but were outdistanced by the
thieves. Despite the excitement caused
by the women's cries and the chase, the
police. according to Mrs. Groome, were
by their absence. Mrs.
Iroome then visited the Twelfth and
Pine streets police station and the same
evening a plain clothes man interviewed
her at her home. 1918 Clinton street.
He was followed by three more police in
the next day. So far, the
thieves have not been apprehended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
COMPLAIN TODAY
OVER SKIP STOPS
Bus in ess Organizations
Present Grievances to
Transit Officials
RYAN SUGGESTS PLAN
P. X. T. Agrees to Hear Com.
plants of Community
Inconvenience

complaints against the skip-stop sys.
TEN are being laid before the Philadel.
phia Rapid Transit Company today by
business organizations throughout the
city.
The complaints are being made indl-
Vidually by the members of the confer
ence committee of the United Business
Mems Association, under a plan sug-
gested by Public Service Commissioner
Michaet j. Ryan and sanctioned by II. G.
Tuliey. vice president of the Phlladel-
pria Rapid Transit Company.
Under the plan. as worked out by the
committee of the United Business Mems
association. any complaint regarding the
skip-stop system should be sent to Ed
ward A. Noppel, secretary Of the asso-
citation. at his office. 1915 Arch street.
1t will then be taken up Immediately
with Mr.. Tulley. through the conference
committee member living in the vicinity
OF the nonstop location of which COM
plant is made.
MI Tulley has agreed to be in his Of
nee. Eighth and Dauhpin streets every
morning this week from Q 10 II ana
AZ the company's office in the Land Title
Suiiding each afternoon from I:3O 10
ESQ to hear the complaints and attennt
to adjust them. S'''N'
The conference committee will ,neet
next Monday afternoon at O'Clock at
tne transit company's offices in the Land
Title Building.
Upwards of fifty complaints against
Individual steps were placed before MIR.
ruiiey yesterday afternoon at the con-
ference committee meeting.
While his appearance before the COM
mittee did not in any way alter the
company's stand that skip-stops should
remain In operation. Mr.. Tulley told the
committee he was willing to discuss any
objections to individual communities in
convenienced by cars not stopping at
certain streets.
Mr.. Noppel in his statement, read to
the committee. declared that il was
clearly understood that in the event of
the failure of the committee to adjust
the differences between the transit COM |
pany and the public the committees |
efforts will net prejudice any future ac- |
tion 1t might decide to bring before the |
State Commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
SCHUYLKILL MINES WORKING
Surplus Output by Reading Viii
Be Put in Storage

Reading, Pa. Feb 4.-(By A. P.)--
Reports from the Schuylk II coal regions
today show that conditions are virtu-
ally the same as they were yesterday.
Is concerned.
The Reading Coal and Iron Company's
mines are all In operation and shipments
will be made as usual and what Is not
absorbed by the market will be stored
at Abrams and Bandingville. -
The dumps at Iandingville will hold
100000 tons and the one at Abrams at
least as much more. 81.