| Show 05 WHO NEW MAYOR ON THE LID corrupt and contented no longer describes the condition of philadel phia the new administration of may or blankenburg Is purifying the city and vice Is already on the run seek ing cover the other sunday for the first time in 30 years the saloons of the city were closed and all of philadelphia from center to circumference was as dry as a bone not only were the sa loons closed but even the unincorporated clubs shut their doors and the various speakeasies of which there are more than 1000 1 in fix the city were in the main as quiet as a graveyard the few that opened were promptly raided the doom of the speakeasies speak eables has been sounded in philadelphia tor for not only Is the administration opposed to their existence but the brewers and licensed saloonkeepers are also mak ing war on them and soon their names will be only a memory but the reform administration of mayor blankenburg has gone further and disreputable resorts of all kind are under the ban fully of these vile dens have already closed the closing of saloons however on sunday has given offense to a larg larga german element which consider the use of beer as much a right on sunday as upon week days and they feel particularly displeased because it Is a ger man who Is depriving them of what they consider their rights but the mayors position has been taken and from now until the end of his adminta it is bis his determination to make philadelphia one ot the best governed cities in the land and one of the cleanest morally FRENCH CHIEF WITH TAFT president tatt taft s efforts to secure the ratification of arbitration treaties with france and great britain was the special r lal theme of an official speech made recently by president fallieres Fall leres at the new year years s reception to the diplomat ic corps at the elysee palace in paris parts there was a large attendance of dip komats at the function among them being robert bacon the american am cassador bas sir francis L bertie bertle the british ambassador and dean of the diplomat ic corps presented to the french ex the new year felicitations of the foreign representatives he declared that he and the other members of the corps felt certain that france bould continue to be a powerful pon poiN erful aid in every work having in view the progress of civilization he added that this permitted the hope that the gen erous initiative of the president of the united states in favor of the exten slon sion of arbitration to international questions would be productive ot of larger results during the coming year the countries we represent continued sir francis know that they are sure to find in france franco a powerful auxiliary with which to obtain these results responding president bailleres Fall FaIl leres assured the diplomats that france would labor in behalf of progress like you mr mir ambassador the president continued we congratulate ourselves that we have seen during the past year the president of the united states give his precious adhesion to the principle of arbitration it may be repeated that the application of this principle will determine tor for men and things a decisive method tor for the pacific solution of international differences IS HEAD OF POSTAL BANKS theodore L weed chief clerk of the postoffice post office department and postmaster general hitchcock Hitch cocks is principal execl tive assi tant in the management of the department has been appointed director ot of the postal savings system at 5 a year he will assume his duties immediately the extraordinary development of the postal savings system caused mr hitchcok k to organize a special bureau 1 to take up the work mr weed was appointed to the gov service from connecticut in 1888 1898 mr hitchcock predicts that before the end of the current fiscal year the postal savings deposits will exceed and that the system not only will be self sustaining but a source of profit to the government A already the deposits have reached a total in excess of 15 of the tour four important offices that opened for business august I 1 last chi cago on november 30 the date of the last available statistics led with depos its of new york being second with boston third with and st louis fourth with preparations now are being made to establish postal banks in about 40 fourth class post offices that do a money order business I 1 GOVER GOVERNOR NOR ENGAGED TO MARRY I 1 robert perkins bass governor of hampshire is engaged to be marbled man led to miss edith bird daughter of charles S bird of east walpole and a granddaughter of the late francis W bird she Is well known in the norfolk hunt club and for her exploits in the hunting field for the last two or three years she has made her home in new york she Is a brilliant con vers and a young woman ot of striking personality mr air bass Is the first public primary governor of new hampshire he was nominated in 1910 over bertram ellis of keene in fix a statewide primary in III which the old organization suppo ted ellia ellis and the so called progressives who had grown up around the win nia atou churchill candidacy voted tot for bass he was elected in november 1910 he was one of the speakers sl eakers at the recent meeting of progressive republicans in tremont temple in bo bos 8 ton with george L record of new jersey and gifford pinchot of new york it Is understood that governor bass Is likely to represent the east as the vice presidential nominee on the ticket in the event the Progress progressives hes control the next republican convention mr bass has long been interested in forestry and Is president of the new hampshire forestry association through his efforts in no small part Is due the acquisition by the state of the crawford Craw tord notch he la is a brother of john foster bass the celebrated war correspondent robert P bass was bom born to I 1 chicago september 1 1873 gradual graduated ed from harvard in the class of 1896 |
