Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, September 14, 1914, Postscript Edition, Image 6

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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER W, 1.014,.,
evenR TAX BILL HELD
JP PENDING RETURN
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WASHINGTON. Srpt. ll.-Emcrsency
revenue legislation wilt liolil chief In
tereat In tho House this week, despite
the dolay in tho Introduction of the Ad
ministration bill to provido HOO.WO.OOO a
enr, which tho Treasury will lieeil bc
causo of the falling oft of customs duties
on account of tho European wnr. In
dications are now that tho bill may not
Jcach tho floor of the Houso until
Wednesday or Thursday, but tho wrang
ling over tho proposed ta on ficlKlit
shipments has reached such n stage that
a Democratic caucus Is planned v.irly thl
week when several Democrats will seels
to overthrow tho freight tax pnnlslon
of the bill.
The original program was that the
rftvcnuo bill, agreed upon by a majorltv
of tho Democrats of tho Vas and
Means Committee, would bo Intiodticcd
last Saturday and would bo formally re
ported by that committer" today. Con
sideration of tho bill under n special rule
was scheduled for tomonow. However, at
the eleventh hour on Saturday, Majority
leader Undorwood announced he would
not Introduce tho bill until It had ic
celvcd tho unqualified approval of the
President, the Inference bclns that Mr.
Underwood realized the seriousness of
tho revolt against the freight tax cIhusc
and intended to put lesponslbllltj
squarely up to Mr. WlNon
Accordingly, the bill Is held In abey
ance until the President gets back from
Cornish, X. H., tomorrow.
Sulllclont signatures have been ob
tained to call a Democratic caucus,
which Is scheduled for tonight or to
morrow night, unless tho President
brings pressure to bear to have It post
poned. It probably will require a letter
from him to put the freight tax through
tho caucus, although tlicro Is little or
no opposition to the proposed tax on
beer and wines.
When tho caucus Is convened Repre
sentatives Kitchen and Garner, Demo
cratic members of tho Ways and Means
Committee, who have consistently op
posed a freight tax, will offer a substi
tute bill proposing to tax beer, wines.
whisky, cigarettes. Inheritances and nu
tomoblles and to Increase the Income tax
-rate.
Tho entire revenue legislation Is "mix
ed" and presages a further dplay In the
final adjournment of Congress.
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas said
today that he would offer as a substitute
for tho House war tax bill a measure tax
ing all automobiles In the United States
from 50 .cents to $1: taxing coca cola 10
'cents per gallon; retaining House tax on
beer, and placing a considerable tu on
cigarettes.
Outside of consideration of the Im
portant revenue measure, the House will
conclude during the week Its debUe on
the bill authorizing the leasing of coal.
oil and phosphate lands on the public
domain. This measure probably will pass
without serious opposition. On Wednes
day the Barnhart printing bill Is to again
take tho right of way and a vote may be
reached on this measure designed to re
vise and codify the printing laws and
' 'ck waste at the goernment printing
.ice.
They would also limit the publication
of government documents to the actual J
needs of public officials, and seek to
-cheat the "Junk pile," to which thousands
of useless, uncalled for documents ara
consigned each year.
Routine bills on the private claims
calendars are scheduled to take up the
epare time of the House In fact, there
s no prospect of a legislative let-up at
any time this week.
CHILLY BREEZES BLOW
AND SCRAPPLE ARRIVES
Sausages and Hot Cakes Also Make
Debut With Prices s You Will.
The frost Is on the pumpkin sings the
poet, and his warblcn about the golden
rod, Ignoring tho rumor that It dissemi
nates an aroma or a pollen or some other
attribute tho bano of hay fever victims.
The poet, us far ns can be learned, has
never, at tho fall of the jear, sung the
praters of scrapple. He has never made a
rhyme suitable for a sausage. In n, round
about way he may hae touched upon the
buelnvhe.it cake and maple syrup. The
sjrup Is a clinging, sticky thing, and lends
ltelf well to the general atmosphere of
portly nnd poet.
Scrapple made Us debut In the to-nnd-15-ceiit
lcstnurnnta a week ng. it an
be had In the better kinds of restnuinnts
nil the year. Its consumption M generally
frowned ilpon In summer, but It Is kept on
hand for tli lsltors whn have heard of
Philadelphia sei apple and wish lo sample
the same as thev wish to take a huirlcd
trip through Independence Hall.
Sausage, hot rakes and steaming cof
fee t not a balf-bnd breakfast on any
of the present chilly mornlno Oat
meal, which Is banned by careful eaters
during the summer months, Is again In
demand, and oysters have innro than
come Into thrlr own.
A citizen call now with lmpmitlv con
sume a small ojster stew nt night and
bcxln the day with linm and oRg with
out shnrklng the pioper food fadhts.
Restaurant keepers slate that tlie
scrapple and snuage from up the Stnto
Is exceptionally flno this winter. It
v.nles In price where one eats It. Some
reitaurnnts are charging SO or 40 cents
for a typical Philadelphia scrupple break
fast. In other restaurants, where the
police are generally near the doorway, a
brand of scrapple with a side dish of
potatoes, coffee gently llavored with
chicory but all you want to drink, only
costs 10 cents. The prices of sausage nl"o
varies according to Its Ingredients and
hew It Is served, but there aio plentiful
rops of them In tho maikct.
The pumokln and mince plo crop wilt
be fair. Ovsters are plentiful, nnd there
seems to be no reason why the war
should affect the prices of wheat cakes,
waffles or other of the delicacies which
arrive at about the same time as foot
ball players and the press ngents of
musical comedv companies.
MOTORS IN COACHES SOON
FOR ELECTRIFIED LINE
Transformed Cars Will Be Used Be
tween City and Paoll.
Work will be stinted In n short time
at the Altonna shops of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad to place motors In pj
or more of the company's all-steel pas
senger cars, which will be used on the
electrified line from this city to Paoll.
A sample car of the kind which probably
will be used hus been completed at the
Altoona shops.
The cars which will be transformed are
the regulation all-steel cars now In use
by the company on all parts of the sys
tem. The Westlnghouso firm of Pitts
burgh will manufacture the motors.
One mile of tho elertrltled track from
Wayne to St. David's has been completed
nnd poles are now being erected from
Oerlirook west, the companv having
adopted the overhend svstem of electri
fication after experiments, because it is
not dangerous, ns the third rail would
be In the yards and station.
The company s Altoona shops are now
working 40 hours a week, compared with
Go and 60 hours, when the shops are
operated full.
EIGHT MEMBERS OF KARLUK
PARTY DIED IN THE ARCTICS
Sren Survivors Brought From Wran-
gell Islands by Relief Boat.
' SEATTLE, Sept. H Eight member3
of Explorer Stefansson's polar expedi
tion perished in the Arctic let following
the wreck of the steamship KarluX, ac
cording to a wireless message received
at Nome from the I'ntted States r-venu.
cutter Bear, sent to n scut the survivors
olrom AVrangell Island
The Seattle relief schooner King and
TVlngo got there In advance of the Hear
and on September 7 rescued seven sur
vivors, who were transferred to the Bear
the following day. But two names of
the rescued, Bradley and Stapleton, were
Klven In the wireless report. The sur
vivors arc In a weakened condition and
In .need of medical attention.
., Three of the dead are George S.
,-MaIloch, geologist; Bjarne Mamen, as.
slstnn photographer, John Brody, sea-tnanl
ASYLUM KEEPER IN COURT
Returns to Norristown, Although
Wife Says He Made Death Threat.
A recurrence of the mental disorder,
which four years ago caused his com
mitment to the Xorrlstown Insane Asy
lum, today brought Louis Vogel, of 29th
and Oakdale streets, before Magistrate
Morris, at the Mth and York .streets po
lice station He was nccused of having
threatened to kill his wife, Martha, and
to burn their house.
Vogel was arrested bv Patrolman Con
nery. of the 25th and York streets police
station, after his wife appealed to the
police for rrotectlon. She said h had
chased her through the house with an
axe, and that he had said he would burn
tho huuse if she escaped.
When Magistrate Morris learned that
Vogel had been discharged from the
N'oiristown Asylum a-s eured two years
do and that since then he has betT.
emploved there as a keeper, he decided
uoi to liold him and advised him to re
turn This Vogel agreed to do.
Mm Vogtl testified that during tho two
yrais he haf been working there he has
v lolled her everv three week" Yesterday
was ths ilrst time, she said, that ho
shouid any evidence of his former mad
ness. She was tatlsfled to have him le
leHed upon Ms promise to return to
work.
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COMMUTERS PROTEST
West Chester Complains of Lessened
Number of Trains on P. R. R.
Complaints are being made bv com
muters of West Chester against the ac
tion of the Pennsylvania Kuilroad in .o
duclng the number of round-trip trains
from Philadelphia to West Chester from
fifteen to six a day, In accordance with
the company's winter schedule, which
goes Into effect tomorrow morning. These
complaints hate not reached the officials
of the railroad as yet, however In the
rearranging of the hedtilo the
company will annul 60 traJM. 1B3
The action in u. . .ne number
of trains on the s- i' . ter branch,
which is In the Philadelphia Division, was
In part compensated by mipruir tre
rush-hour servlcu between th jortnei
point and this cits, via the Media Di.
4 vision, and these changes in time be
' ime effective tomorrow, ulso.
The discontinuing of fifteen trains on
e West Chester branch was the most
patio in the compuny's announcement
I passenger train curtailment, the next
i vision In line being tho Mar land 11.
i slon, from which twelve trains are
iken off between this city and Wil
' nlngton.
t It is explained that the cutting down
of the number of passenger trains In serv.
ice will not necessarily means that the
crews will be discharged or laid off.
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CONFERENCE ON WAGES
Garment Workers in Small Shops De
mand Better Terms.
Manufacturers of garments on a small
scale, who are not members of the
ladles' Garment Manufacturers' Asso
ciation that settled ts dispute last week
with the union workers, will meet union
ffldala In the olllce of Director of rub
le Safety George D. Porter at City Hall
late this afternoon to discuds an agree
ment. Max Amdur is the local leader of tlw
United Ladles' Garment Workers' I'nion.
After the Urge manufacturer who are
members of the association agreed to a
higher scale of wage, a U-hour week and
sanitary shop condition, following u
.$onfrtnc in Director Porter's office last
week, the union workers employed by
the fetnaUer manufacturers demanded the
tamo conditions.
Y
DYER BROS.
Soft Hats
Are Ready
Shapes are new and so
are the colors. You'll
like them,
$3 $4 $5
1013 Chestnut
STRUCK BY A TAXICAB
Man's Wrlals Broken When Ho la
Wedged Under Vdhlcle.
Patrick Osborne, of 1010 Jefferson street,
was struck by a talcab nt Twelfth and
iown streets this morning nnd wedged
under the vchkle. Doth wrlsta were
broken. Ho was taken lu SI. Joseph's
Hospital In the taxi.
Two men, passengers, surrendered to
the Police of the Tenth and Uuttonwood
streets station. Peatch wds begun for
the driver of the tnxlcab, who disap
peared after taking Osboino to the hospital.
HELD FOR RECKLESS DRIVING.
Two Autolsts Who Ran Down Am
bulnnco Arrested.
Antonio De John, ;s jnis old. and
John Salvnnlo, 22, nrresled ns tho auto
lsts who crashed Into a Jefferson Hos
pital ambulance on a tiuiry call nt
Twelfth and Wharton streels, were held
In JC0O ball by Maglstiato Urhjgs nt tho
ThlitJ-fouith district station today. They
were nccutcd of reckless driving.
The men woro nriested by Policemen
McKnlght nnd Cooks. De John lives nt
1213 thiirett street nnd italvnnlu nt 1HU
Hairclt street.
lir (1 A. Brown, of the .leflorson Hos
pital stalT was In the nmbitliuicu wlf.li
John McLaughlin, of no Dickinson stt,"t,
a patient. With th driver. II. O. Wil
son, they wete badly shaken up.
BLOCK PARTY FOR CHARITY
Receipts Will JBo- Given For Preo
Bed In Hospital.
A block party, tho receipt of which
will go to establish, a free bed at the
West Philadelphia doneral Homeopatltlo
Hospital, will bo held noxt Saturday by
the residents of the block along 63th
fcttcot, between Vine nnd Callowhlll
streets. It Is expected $3000 will be raised.
The residents have already contributed
JSO) to' the building fund of the hospital.
Yesterday's recclpta of tho prison ship
"Success," now thrown open to visitors,
at Uelnwaro Itlver Pier No. 1, will also
go to the building fund of the hospital.
CAR JUMPS TRAGIC IN TUNNEL
Brnkemnn Hurt When Thrown Upon
a Cinder Pile.
A box car, which was being nhlfted
through the Heading Hallway tunnel nt
22d nnd Spring Garden street, Jumped
tho tiacks nt the switch nt the end of
the tunnel this morning nnd plowed
Into u cinder pllo which stood by the
trucks. Tho car was not wrecked nor
was the Unfile along the line hindered by
the accident.
Samuel HIiipb, 3S yenrs old, of 2225
Pearl street, who was the brukemnh In
charge of the enr, was thrown upon the
cinder pile, sustaining numerous severe
cuts nnd Inulses. Ho was taken to tho
Hahnemann Hospltnl by the patrol wagon
of tho 20th dlstilct police station.
CHOSEN PRESIDENT FOR
TWENTY-FIRST TIME
Arkansas Man Again Honored by
Baptist Convention Here,
Election of officers was the only busi
ness before the delegates to the thirty
fourth annual National Baptist Conven
tion, colored, this morning at Convention
Hall, Hroad street nnd Allegheny ave
nue, Tho Rev. E, C. MOrrls, of Arkansas,
was re-elected President for the twenty
first time. The others elected werel
Vice rTelant, W. O. Turks, PhltadelphU.
Treasurer, He, A, J. StOiu. Alabama.
Milltor. nv. nobtt Mitchell, Kentucky.
Becrotry of the Ferelim Minion Board,
nev. l. a, Jordon, Phlldlrlil . .
Becretsry Nations! , Publication Board, nv.
n, II. rtoyd. Philadelphia.
Secretary Hnptlut Young People's Union,
Rev. K, w. taaaes; Tenneee,
Pocretary Educational Board. Itev. S. B.
Grlcss, Tennessee.
General ecretary, Profeior tt. It. tludon,of
Alabama i amliitnnt secretaries, nev. T, . p
fuller, Tennessee; Ilev. K. II. McDonald, Mln
neiots; IUv n. A. Wilson, Oklohoma, and S.
M. Gross Texas.
The Itcv. K. J. Fisher, of Chicago, pre
sented nn Invitation from tho Board of
Trade of that city nnd signed by tho
Mayor of Chicago nnd the Governor of
Illinois Inviting the Baptists to hold their
next convention there. The invitation was
ncccpted this afternoon by a unanimous
vote. The convention has been In session
here since September B. nnd will wind up
Its work todny and adjourn.
WILLIS ASSUMES HIS DUTIES
-ifAifiMWrfrnV. Hent. 14. tt. Pnrker
Willis, of New York, todny assumed the
duties of secretary to tho' Federal He-
serve Board.
HANDSOME FALL COSTUMES
Striking Effects fexhlbltei! At Fall
Opening oC Onponhclm, Colllnt Co.
Short bosquo effects, combined with
long redlngote coats, promise to bo a
pronounced feature of this winter's stylo
In street costumes, whllo In evening
gowns vetveis, tulle and satins hold first
place and In imtland largo hats nnd
small turbnnn, trimmed with fur, flowers,
feathers and fruit nre among tho newest
creations.
A striking costume carrying out the
basque nnd long-coat effect Is ehown
among the creations In tho Oppcnhetm,
Collins Compnny fall opening. One note
worthy In tho basque redlngoto effect Is
fashioned of wood-brown combination.
Handsome evening gowns were also
shown. One of black chiffon velvet Is
made with llaro tunic nnd bodlco of rich
rosc.vclour, finished with a sleeveless ef
fect and trimmed with tulle.
Tho lials were noticeable for their nr
tlstlc shapcK, and ono especially good
looking one In black velvet was trimmed
with rich bunches of grapes nnd black
feathered sprays.
FIRST FOOTBALL ACCIDENT
The first nccldont of tho football sea
son happened nt Cedar Park, Fiftieth nnd
Catherine streets, when Harry II, Hohl.
27 years old, of 2335 West Lehigh avenue,
wrenched his left nnklc and suffered gen
hurt yesterday. Ho was treated at the
cral contusions of the body. Hohl war
Jewish Hospital.
CHARITY TEMPERS JUSTICE
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Froseentor Agrees to Feed Family ot
Man He Accuses of Theft,
Charles Cholcrton, of tho CfioIertdA
Manufacturing Company, of 4137 Jtfaln
street, Manayunk, caused the arrest ot
threo men for robbery" toda and then
surprised the- pollco by volunteering- to
provido food for tho family of one of the
men he was prosecuting.
Cholcrton nppcared ngalnst Andrew
Wlsklownkl, 24 years old, 105 Ponntdalu
street, and Walter Popowskl, 19 years
old, nnd his brother, Alexander, 17 years
old, 4439 Cresson street, In the Pddge and
Mtdvale avenues police station. They had
been nrrested by acting Lieutenant Mnr
tin and Special Patrolman Pensyt. The
pollco say somo of 30 sweater coats,
stolen from tho Cholerton place wero
found In tho houses of the defendants.
They wero held without ball for a fur
ther henrlng next Friday beforo Magis
trate Qrclls,
When tho mother of the Lepowskl boys
told the Magistrate there was nothing to
cat In the house for her nnd her six other
children, Cholerton said he would furnish
tho family with at least ono day's food.
Ho suggested the police place the case
beforo a charitable 6rganIzatlon.
The younger Lepowskl boy was exon
erated by his brother, who said he had no
hand In tho robbery.
Lnboror Dies From Effect of Fall
John Burger, a laborer, 40 years old, of
3030 Amber street, died In tho Frankfcrd
Hospital this moinlng. His neck was '
broken last Saturday. Whllo walking
nlong a pllo of lumber he lost his bal
ance nnd fell Into n ditch.
G i m b e 1 s are firmly
bound to one precedent
good service. And we've
exalted our ideas of what
constitutes "good service."
Store Opens at 8:30.
Store Closes at 5:30.
Monday, September 14, 1914.
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If any different, honest
method is better for the
public weal why not?
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rdman, Peck & Co., New
In their Owned and Operated E. G. Harrington & Co. Factory
imbel Club Terms of
Instrument delivered at once.
Opening
f the Club
The unexpected has happened! We have
arrangements covering
Eight J
rltmdred Pianos
and PI
ayer-Pianos
that we are permitted to distribute through the
helpful Gimbel Club Plan
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An Exquisite Player-Piano
Guaranteed by the factory owners Hard
man, Peck & Co., sent to your home upon a small
cash payment at the time ou sign yourself as a
member of the club, promising to pay a Week
until we receive a total of $395 which is $97.50 less than
the same instrument costs those not in the club.
Two changes in case-work have made the style dis
tinctly ours it is not a catalogued style, though rather
handsomer therefore, we have the right to sell at any
price and the economy of the big purchase and the little
cost club-plan of selling, justifies us in making each member
an absolute money saving of $97.50.
Club Advantages.
1 . Easier terms of payment.
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2. A lessened sum to pay.
3. Free life insurance, covering
this debt. If club member dies, all
remaining payments are canceled,
and the piano belongs to the family.
A. Free hauling.
5. Free piano stool or bench,
6. A free supply of Music Rolls.
7. Free tuning for a year.
8. 20c in cash handed back on
every weekly payment of 32 made
in advance as that shortens term
for completing payment and lessens
our insurance risk.
0. An instrument personally ex
amined and approved in every way
by Prof. William Silvano Thunder
and Prof. Stanley Muschamp. And
so certified.
10. The only possible way of
getting new, beautiful instruments
from one of the Hardman factories
at a saving.
SHOWN TUESDAY ON FIRST FLOOR, THE THOROUGHFARE
Instrument Goes Home at Once
If preferred, choose a
"Harrington" Upright Piano
Made and guaranteed by Hardman, Peck & Co. in
their E. G. Harrington factory.
Total amount club member pays is $25o an actual
money saving of $68. You simply make a reasonable,
small first payment and promise
Weekly
Payments of
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Co-Operation
Wherever a common want can be
localised, the want can be met at a less
ened price.
To insure one man's life for $1000 would
cost $1000 to insure a hundred thousand
lives for $1000 each wouldn't cost $40
apiece, and there'd be a profit to the in
surer. To sell a few pianos "costs more than
they come to" to concentrate a big
business on one make at a time, lets us sell
pianos on as close margin as we sell dress
Roods and still the big business pays,
where the little business with high prices
eats itself up.
Suppose we sell four thousand pianos in
a year the demand coming just as it
happens we have to handle driblet lots
of each one make, and it's costly.
This club centers the attention of three
million people on pianos and players of
the Hardman make the "Harrington"
line. We are justified in buying and re
ceiving and handling in the big way that
lessens costs.
The saving is divided among those who
join the club that's the economy we offer.
And we can even afford to insure each
member's life as to this debt.
Usually three or four days
after you join the club we
can get your chosen instru
ment home yours to enjoy
while the payments are going
on yours for always, if pay
ments are made, because there
is practically no wear-out to a
"Harrington" instrument to
any instrument that Hard
man, Peck & Co, build.
Mail Us This Coupon
Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia:
Without incurring any obligation, I de
sire all the facts about Piano Club 37,
Name
Address
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