a,t b'ATMfrWWWAIWWM WM-'lJii' !ijft-UV.yg .0. mr Tf I m If b ,v ';! fc" i 6 WAR TAX BILL HELB 'UP PENDING RETURN "OF THE PRESIDENT Wrangling Over Plan to In clude, Freight Causes Dem ocratic Leaders to Delay Report to. House. "WASHINGTON. Sept. U-EmenreJicy tcvnus legislation will hold chief In tercat In the House this week, ilesrtltn the i1ij In tho Inttoiluctton nt th.j Ail ministration bill to provide JIW,CX00O a -nr, which thft TrenBltry will ncml be cause of tho falling off of ci.tonm duties i account of tho Kurnnoan wnr. In dlCAtlous arc now thnt tho bill nmy not reach tho floor of the Hmisc until VWdnt'sdny or Thursday, but the wriinR JIiik over the prnposcd tax on frrlKht phlpmcnts has lunched surll it sUrg that n Democratic outictis is planned early tlii. wech when several Democrats mil swk to overthrow tho freight tax provision of tho bill. The original iirosrani wns that the revejiuo bill, ncrcetl upon by n majority of tho Democrats of tho Ways nnil Means "Cdmlnilteo, woutd be Introduced last Saturday and would be formally re. ported by that coimnllloo today. Con Kldcratlon of the bill under a special rule m Bchcduled for tomorrow. llnM-ver. nt tho eleventh hour on Saturday. Majority Lender Underwood imiinuncpd he would not Introduce the bill until It hnd re ceived tho uuquulltled approval of iho President, the Inference belnu that Mr. Underwood realized tbe seriousness of tho revolt against the freight tux clause ind Intended to put responsibility squarely up to Mr. Wilson. Accordingly, the bill Is held In abey ance until the President gets back from Cornish, N. II . tomorrow. Sulllclent signatures have been ob tained to can 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 roqulro a loiter from him to put tba freight tax through the caucus, although there Is little or no opposition to the proposed tax on beer and wines. "When tho caucus Is convened Ttepre sentatlves Kitchen and (.lamer, Demo cratic members of tho Way and Means Committee, who havo consistently op posed a freight tax, will offer a substi tute, bill proposing to tax beer, wines, i jvhlsky, cigarettes, inheritances and au lyiblles and to increase the Income tax , m entlrn revenue legislation Is "mlx-c-iind presages a further delay in the adjournment of Congress, aiintor Hoblnson, of Arkansas, said vi' that he would offer hh ii substitute Khe House war tax bill a measure tax ' hit automobiles In the t'nlted States m 50 cents to $1: taxing .-on! c.da 1" its per gallon; retaining House tax un er, and placing a. cotisll"inllo Uix on , garettcs. Outside of consideration of the im portant revenue: measure, the Tlouse will conclude during the week Its debate un the bill authorizing the leasing of cnnl. 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 the right of way and a vote may bo reached on this measure designed to re vlBe and modify the printing laws and cheek waste, at the government printing" UillCtt? v .'''"" They vrould also llmft th publication of government documents to the actual needs of public officials, and seek to ) cheat the "Junk pile." to which thousands of useless, uncalled for documents nre consigned each year. Routine bills on the pilvato cla'ms calendars are scheduled to take up tho apart time of the House. In fact, there Is no prospect of a ltgislatlvo M-up at any time, this week. EViEyiNfl LBDGT3B PHILApBLPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, lOljU CHILLY BREEZES BLOW AND SCRAPPLE ARRIVES Bausriges- mid Hot Cukes Also Make Debut With Prices na You Will. The frost Is on the pumpkin sings the poet, ntid his warbles about tho golden rod, Ignoring tho rumor Hut It dissemi nates an nroma or a pollen or some other attribute tho bane of hay fever victims. The poet, as far na can be learned, has never, at the fall of tho year, sung the praises of scrapple. He has never made a rhyino suitable for n sausage. Ill a found about way he may have touched upon the buckwheat cake and maplft syrup. The sjrup Is n clinging, sticky thing, nnd lends Itself well to tho general atmosphere of lu.etry and poets. ti nipple mado lis debut In the la.nnd-15-cont ivstnurnnts n week ntt't. It can be had In the better kinds of restaurants all the year. Its consumption U generally frowned upon In summer, but It Is kept oh hand for tho visitors who have heard uf Philadelphia soMpple and wish to sample tho Mine ns they wish to tnke a hurried trip through Independence Hall. fausage, hot rakes nnd steaming cof fee Is not a half-had brenkfast on nny of the prePtit chilly tnornlncs. Oat inonl, which is banned by careful eaters during the summer months, Is again In demand, and oysters have more than coin Into th'dr own. A citizen vnit now with Impunity con sume a email oyster stow nt night and begin the day with ham and esgs with out shocking the proper food fadlsts. Rpstaurntit keepers state that the. scrapple and sausage from up the Stute is exceptionally fine this winter, it varied in price where one eats It. Some rest.iurants are charging "0 or 40 rents for a typical Philadelphia scrapple break fast. In other restaurant, where the poller are generally near the doorway, a brand of scrapple with n side ilMi of potatoes, corfeo gently flavored with chicory but all yoit want to drink, only costs 10 cents. The prices of snusage also varies according to IN-Ingredients and how It Is served, Imt there aio plentiful ropes of them In the market. The pumnkln and mince pie crop will be fair. Oysters aro plentiful, nnd there seems to be no reason why tho 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 coined v companies. MOTORS IN COACHES SOON FOR ELECTRIFIED LINE Transformed Cars Will Be Used Be tween City nnd Paoli. Work will he started In a short time at the Altoona shops of the Pennsyl vania Itailroiid to place motors In : or more of the company's all-steel p:is eenger cars, which will be used on the electrllled lino from this city to Paoll. A sample, car or the kind whl'ch probably will l,e used has 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 Westlnghuusc nrm of Pitts burgh will manufacture the motors. One mile of the electrllled track from Wnyno to St. David's bus been completed and poles are now being erected from Overbrook west, the company having adopted the overhead system of electri fication after experiments, because It Is not dangerous, na the third tall would be in the yards and station. The company's Altoona shops are now working 40 hours a week, compared with M and 6" hours, when the shops nre operated full. EIGHT MEMBERS OF KARLUK PARTY DIED IN THE ARCTICS Sjgren Survivors Brought From Wran 1 " (jell Islands by Relief Boat. SEATTLE. Sept. 14 -Eight memboM of Explorer Stefansson'i- polar expt-dl- ; tlon perished in ih Arctic Ice following j the wreck of the steamship Karluk. ac- , cording to a v ir-lj-. in. . -sane i ..il , nt Nome from the fulfil Sintm revenu outter Hear, sent to nur the Mirvtvuis i 4rom Wiangill !.-.! nd The Seattle relief schooner King ami TVlnge got there in advan o of the v-nr. ', nnd on September 7 rescuej s-even ur vlvors, who wero transferred to the Bear the following day. But two names of I the rescued, Bradley and Stapleton, w.- I given In the wireless report. The ur vJvora are In a weakened condition an 1 In need of medical attention. Three of the Send aro Georga S. , Malloch, geologist; BJarne Mamen, a... itstant photographer; John Brody, sea--i an. 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' th- Norristown Insane Asy lum, today brought Louis Vogel, of 2!)th and Oakdnle streets, beforo Magistrate Morris, at the ffith and York streets po lice station. He was accused of having threatened to kill his wife, Marthn, and to burn their house. Vogel was arrested by Patrolman Cou ntry, of tho Mth and York htrcots police stat inn. aiter his wife appealed to th police for protection. She wild ho had chafed her through the house' with an axe. and that ho had said he would burn the house if she escaped. When Magistrate Morris learned that Vogel had been discharged from th Nortistown Asylum as cured two years ago, and 'that since then he has bc-n einiiloj.-d there as a keener. ,c itooldr.l i oi to bold him and udvU.d him to re v. ii. This Vogel nm.etl to do. Mi.'. Vogel testified that duuru the two y.ais he ban been woiklng there he has UMted her everv three Weeks Ye.terdnv wa the first time, she said, that lit. showed any evidence of his former mad nt She was satisfied to have him re letsed upon his promise to return to work. COMMUTERS PROTEST I jst Chester Complains of Lessened i Number of Trains on P. R. R. tnplalnts are being m.idt by -om- ;rs of Wtst Chester ae.iinst tho ac tion of the Pennsylvania P.ailr.ail m -Uuclns the numbtir of round-trip trains ' from Philadelphia to West ,'ue.-ter from fifteen to six a day, In a'ordanc with the company's winter sctitidult), widen goes Into effect tomorrow morning. Th.-. complaints have not reached thu officials of the railroad as ei. how. ver. in tha ' rearransinsr t th. ' -JjI ihe , company will annul 50 trains, $g The action n a numlTee of trains on tne v f . ; 1,-r branch, whlqh Is tn the Philadelphia Division, was In part campna.ied by impron,is the rush-hour service between th furii.tr ' point and this city, via the Media DU vision, and these changes In time be come effective tomorrow, also. The discontinuing of flftn trains on the West Chester branch was the m drastio In the company announcement of passenger ualn rurtailment, the next division In line bemg the Mil viand lii. vision, from which twelve trains ars taken off between thia city and u mlngton. It Is explained that the cutting down of the number of passenger trains In serv. Ice will not noeessarlly means thu tha crewa will be discharged or laid oft. CONFERENCE ON WAGES Garment Workers In Small Shops ne. mand Better Terms. Manufuctmerd of garments on a smafl acale who uru not members of the Ladles' Garment Manufacturers' Asso ciation that settled Its dmpute last week with the union .workors. wiU' meet union fllclals In the olrlce of Director of Pub ic Sufety Ueorge I). Porter at City Hall late this afternuun to discuss an agree ment. Max Amdur Is the local leader of thu United Ladles' Garment Workers' Union. A.fte,r the Jarg roanufai tuiers who are members of the association agred to a higher scale of wajes, a 32-hour week and sanitary shop cond.itt.oiu, eUo.wing u conference in Llroctor Purtsr's oOlve last weak, the union wurkcia employed by the smaller manuta.cture4s temandd the am'a conditions. '-' "Vif" 0z 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 is Mnn's Wrlsta Broken When Ho Wedged Under Vehicle. Patrick Osborne, of 1M0 Jtifforson street, was struck by a taxlcab at Twelfth and Drown sticcts lids inntnlng and wedged under the vehicle. Until wrists were broken. He ins taken to St. Joseph's Hospital In the Insl. Two men, passengers, surrendered to the police of the Tenth ithil lluttonwood streets station. Peureh Was begun for the driver of tho taxlcab, Who dlsnp pealed after taking Osboinu to the hospital. HELD FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Two Autolsts Who Ran Down Am bulance Arrested. Antonio He John, 21 yeais old, and John Salvatilp, 22, arrested ns the auto Ists who crashed into a Jefferson Hos pital titnbuliihce on n hurry call nt Twelfth and Wharton streets, were held in tm ball by Magistrate Brings nt tho Thirty-fourth district station today. They were licensed of reckless driving. The mth wero nrrested by Policemen McKnlght nnd Cooks. Iv John lives at 121.1 Gnriett street anil Snlvntilo nt S)2 ilnirott street. Dr. (i. A. ltrown, of the Jefferson Hos pital statf wns In the ambulance with John Md.m.'itlilln, of SJii Dickinson stwt. a. patient. With the driver. H. o. Wil son, they Were badly shaken up. BLOCK PARTY POR CHARITY f ! I I Receipts Will Be Given For Free Bed 111 Hbspttftl. A blotk party, the receipt of which will bo t" establish a free bed nt tho West Philadelphia General Homcopathlu Hospital, will bo hold next Saturday by tho residents of the block along 63th street, between Vine and Cnttowhlll streets, tt Is expebted $30oJ will bo raised. Tho tesldeiits havo already contributed C0O to the building fund of tho hospital. Yesterday's receipts of tho prison ship "Success," now thrown open to visitors, nt Delaware ltlvcr Pier No. 1, wilt also go to the building fund of tho hospital. CAR JUMPS TRACK IN TUNNEL Brnkemnn Hurt When Thrown Upon a Cinder Pile. A box car, which was bclhR shifted through tho Heading Railway tunnel at 5id and fprlng Garden streets, Jumped the tracks at tho switch- at the end of the tunnel this morning nnd plowed Into n cinder pile which stood by tho trucks. The car was not wrecked nor wns the tin 111c along the line hindered by the no-blent. Samuel lllnes, 83 years old, of 2223 I'enrl stieet, who was the brakemnn In charge of the car, was thrown upon the cinder pile, sustaining numerous severo cuts and bruises. He was taken to tho llnhtieninnn Hospital by the patrol wagon of the 211H1 dlstilct police station. CHOSEN PRESIDENT FOR TWENTY-FIRST TIME Arkansas Matt Agrtth Honored by Baptist Convention Here. Election of officers wns the only busi ness befofe the delegates to the thltty fourth ntinual National Baptist Conven tion, colored, this morning nt Convention Hall, Broad street nnd Allegheny ave nue. The Rev. 12. C. Atorrls, of Arkansas, was re-elected President for tho twenty first time. The others elected tverei Vice rrceiaont, W. a. I'srks, Philadelphia. nor. J, 'i run an rnr. Auditor, hov. Hobfrt Mil J. SUoites, Alabama. iiten, Kentucky. Secretary of tho Foreign Mission Hoard, Itcv. I.. O. Jordon,. PHIlAdelpnl.i. iiectetsry Nallensl PiihllcAtlon Bosrd, nsv. It. M. I'oyil, I'lilliKletphln. ....,, ,, , Secretary llsptll Voiinit J'tdple's Union, fcev, B. W. lasses. Tcnnmee. Pcrct.ir' ftdiicatlenttl DoArd, Itev. S. E. (lenefnl tecretnry, Professor It, II. Ituil-on.of .Mftiiamn; nutstnnt seeretsries. Itev. T. . Fuller. Tomicflec: Itev. K. II. McDonald, Mln tiesntJi lttv K. A. AVIIton, Oklohoms, ahd S. N. Oross Texas. Tho itev. E. J. Flfthef, of Chlcngo, pre sented nn Invitation from the Board of Trade of thnt city and signed by tho Mayor of Chicago and tho Oovcrndr of Illinois Inviting tho Baptists to hold thclf next convention there. Tho Invitation wns ncctpted this afternoon by n unanimous vote. Tho convention hos been In Session here since September 0. nnd will wind Up Its work tddny and adjourn. HANDSOME FALL CbsflJMES Striking Effects Exhibited lit Frill Oponlng of Oppenhelra, Collins Co. Short bnsdue effects, combined with lotifr redlhgote coats, promise to be n pronounced feature of this winter's style In fltreet costumes, whllo In evening" gowns velvets, tulle nnd sntlns hold first place nnd In hatland large hats nnd small turbans, trimmed with fur, Mowers, feathers nnd fruit aro amortR the nowest creations, A striking costume carrying out tho basque and long-coat effect Is eliown aiming tho creations In the Oppenhelm, Collins Company fall opening. Ono note worthy In tho basque redlhgote effect Is fashioned of wood-brown combinations. Hnndsomo evening gowns wero also shown. Ono of black chiffon velvet Is Lmndo with llaro turtle and bodice of rich roso veiotir, nnished with a sleeveless ef fect and trimmed with tulle. Tho hats wero notlccnblo for their nr tlstlo shapes, and ono especially good looking otto In black velvet was trimmed with rich bunches of grapes and black feathered sprays. WILLIS ASSUMES HIS DUTIES WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.-H. Parker Willis, of New York, today assumed the duties of secretary to tho Federal Re serve Board, FIRST FOOTBALL ACCIDENT Tho first nccldont of the football sea son happened nt Cedar Park, Fiftieth and Catherine streets, when Harry It. llohl. 27 years old, of 2333 West Lehigh nventio, wrenched his left ankle nnd suffered gen hurt yesterday. Ho was treated at the cntl contusions of tho body. Hold was Jewish Hospital. CHAfllTY TEMPERS JUSTICE Prosecutor Agrees to Feed Family ( Man Ho Accuses of Theft. Chdflcs Choicrldn, of the Chetertdn Manufacturing Company, of 4167 irajn street, Mnnnyunk, caused the arrest of three men for robbery today nnd ih surprised the police by volunteering to provido food for the family of one of thi men he wns prosecuting, Cholerton appeared against Andrsw Wlsklowakl, 21 years old, 103 Pennsdti street, and Walter Pepowskl, 19 ytMi old, nnd Ills brother, Alexander. 1? year, old, IW9 Cresson street, In the Rldgs mi Mldvale nvenues police station. They had been nrrested by nctlns Lieutenant Mnr. tin and Special Patrolman Pehsyl, Th police sny some of 30 sweater coats stolen from tho Cholerton place were found In tho houses of the defendants They were held without ball for a furl ther hearing next Friday beforo MqrIj. tralc Crclls. When the mother of the Lepowskl boy, told the Magistrate thero wns nothing to cnt In the house for her nnd her six other children, Cholerton said ho would furnish tho family with at least one day's food. He suggested the police place the cast beforo n chnrltnble organization. Tho younger Lepowskl boy was exon erated by his brother, who said he had no hand In tho robbery. Laborer Dies From Effect of Fall John Burger, a lnboror, 0 years old, of 3030 Amber street, died In tho Frankford Hospital this morning1, His neck was broken last Saturday. While walking along a pile of lumber ho lost his bal ance and fell Into a ditch. ' 1 1 1 ri 1 1 11 1 1 . .-.- . ,.' , - .1 I Store Opens at 8:30. Store Closes a1 5:ju 1 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 ) Monday, September 14, 1914. KACMSOLJi NjpSf- If any different, honest method is better for the public weal why not? Player-P lanos M d aae an Guaranteed Hardman, Peck vO ew York In their Owned and Operated E. G. Harrington & Co. Factory ibel Club Terms of Gim Weekly Instrument delivered at once. Opening of the Club The unexpected has happened! We have arrangements covering Eight Hon dred Pianos and Player-Pianos that we are permitted to ditr.bute through the heUul Gimbel Club Plan $ 2 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 vou 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. if-ifISi!?:li!:l!:i-"-!! ;. . . 'W':' ;'?;aii -Li 'llJIIIJllilllllllllll y ll'i'ft i na H3K '' ' 1 1 IP fVM. I , , I . ,ii il.V, 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. 4. 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 $2 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. 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 $250 an actual money saving of S68. You simply make a reasonable, small first payment and promise , Weekly Payments of feiO $ 1 Blxtb Hr. SHOWN TUESDAY ON FIRST FLOOR, THE THOROUGHFARE Instrument Goes Home at Once Co-Operation Wherever a common want can be focalized, the want can he met ai a less, encd 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'll he a profit to the in surer. To sell a few pianos "costs more than they come to"to concentrate a bifj business on one make at a time, lets us sell pianos on as close margin as we sell dress goods and still the big business pays, where the little business with high prices cats 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 cotj. ' v 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 Oimbcl Brothers. I'hiladelphia:- Wi,ihoi,u ',ncllrr"R any obligation. 1 de sire all the facts about Piano Club 37. Name Address L. 37 Gimbel Brother Market Eighth Chestnut Ninth W gjmgmg ii M , - .,. '! .. . J t ,, ,, --.HHk - iw - J 1 11 r- ZdHfct JKJtT Tf iii i mmii I mmmmammmmmrimmmmmmamKmmmmmmmammmmmm mnmtmmmTwrwnvmmmammamatmHUM
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