EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1014,
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Si
. ON WAR POLICIES
IN "CALM" ENGLAND
No Risks Will Be Taken on , Absurd Stories of Mania
Cargoes to Ports in North,
Black, Baltic or Adriatic
Seas or the Bosphorus.
r.onrlcrs In this city receiveu luuay
mm Washington iiw &......"" w.
Show Nervousness of
Country Usually Placid
and Sober.
OH the whole, the British public lins
ei) fnr taken the war calmly and soberly,
il by the Federal War Itlsk Bureau t says a London correspondent. There have
! Inn Insurance on cargoes destined . been no (scenes resembling the hysterical
f 'orelim shipment. On alt shipments ' outbursts that dcvompanleil the beginning
between ports of the ITnlted States nntl i " the Boer war. One rxceptlonnl feature
ns or any nonbelligerent , u " miiinaiHii nas uuiunuuieu lanjciy
the Western Hemisphere ' to the abeonce of popular excitement the
Us possessi
iiktinin In
W6M he fc Pef "tit.; to nonbelligerent
ports not north of Havr or east of
Sicily. er ctnl t0 tt" other ports' ,1,4
V cent On vessels between United
'c.i.. norts or Its possessions or nou-
' belligerents in Western Hemisphere, b
per cent.; to nonbelligerent pons noi
north of Havre or cast of Sicily, i per
cent , other ports, 1 per cent.
Time policies will be Issued for 90
Jays only at a 2 por cent, rate or In
intelal cases 1 per cent. The rates aro
11 sub'ect to change without notice.
lThe bureau also announced that no
insurance "III be granted to vessels
tound for ports on the North Sea. be
ten the latitudes of Chrlstlansand and
Amsterdam, on the Kattegat or Baltic
Sa or aajaceni waiem, i" i"" " "
Adriatic or Black Seas or on the Bos
.phorus. without special application and
t Because of the exceptional hazards In
Jrolvd, the Fedora! bureau will consldei
'tlitfe special ports only jwhen nppllca
'tlon Is made to It and It reserves tin.
'rljht to decline any risks to these ports,
tr, If accepted, to name such rates as
may term In Its. Judgment adequate.
Declaring that the organization put
pft taking a vigorous stand ngalnat
ny attempt of the Legislature to endan
ger the business of members or deprive
them of rights as agents, tho Insuiance
Federation of Pennsylvania declares that
legislation such ns that enacted In Ohio,
Wuhlngton or West A'lrglnln. which de
prlved agents of participation In the com
pensation insurance business, will be re
sisted. It is predicted that the Lglslature will
consider matters this year vitally nffect
ing casualty, fire and life Insurance
uents.
Texas' Secretary of State charges there
is a discrimination In fire Insurance lates
en cotton against the farmer. He rays
that cotton in yard 1b $1.SI while J3..VD la
charged the firmer for covering cotton on
secrecy that was preserved respecting the
arrangements for the departure of the ex
peditionary force. There were no public
farewells, as on the embarkation of tho
troop3 for the Tidnsvaal 15 years ago.
The machinery worked, so to speak, with
out a sound.
The motto "buMnoss as usual" has, In
the main, been loyally carried out with
little disturbance save from Inevitable
causes. Even where workers havo been
drawn ofr to tho colors, and horses and
anc havo been commandeered for mili
tary purposes, the gups have Kriicrnlly
been iiulctly tilled as far as circum
stances would allow.
At the? same time, so epoch-making nti
eent ns the present wnr could not occur
without providing ii good deal of frch
material for theses on tho psychology of
the crowd. It would have been nuthlng
short of a miracle If the whole popula
tion had been ns lndlffeiont to what wa
happening ns Archimedes at tho niego of
Syrucuse. Tho nearest approach to a
panic was the run on the provision storeH
when the country wns as yet Juit on the
brink of being drawn Into the conflict.
The evidence Is overwhelming that tho
demand for food was beyond all reason
able pi caution. Country Life mentions
the case of one lady who purchased no
fewer than twenty aides of bacon, being
tho entire dtock of the chief piovlslon
merchant In the little town wlieie Blip
lives. The Universe knoWB of one flour
ishing suburb where live Inrge provision
shops ueio absolutely denuded of goods,
and had to be closed until they could ob
tain further supplies. The London Nation
snya that one of the West Knd stores re
ceived a single private older for $2300
worth of provisions.
P NICKS WE HE FOHCED UP.
Some of the stolen tried to check the
ru.ili bv mnklng It a rule to refuse de
livery of any goods, but wealthy custnm-
ers got over this obtacle by coming In
STUDY CAMPAIGNS
OF EUROPEAN WAR
General Staff Follows Bat
tles With View of Increas
ing Efficiency of American
Fighting Facilities.
WABHtNOTUN', Sept. lS.-The Ameri
can Genet nl Staff, ns the strategy board of
tho War Department is called, Is watch
ing the European war ulth much Inter
est) expecting that the glfnt clash uf
arms will teach It many valuable les
sons.
"Does the situation call for any plans
for the national defense?" an olhc at of
tho War Depurtmcnl was aBked today.
"Not at all, was the reply; "nor will
It do so unless, as Is very unlikely, theto
should teom to be some prospect of the
United Stntes being drawn Into tho con
flirt." The theory of the American Govern
ment In that It wltl not be Involved In
tho struggle, and that there Is nothing In
tlic situation making It necessary for
It to do more ttiau maintnin a neuirni
position, with a view, after the fighting
shall have gone to certain lengths, again
to offer Its services ns mediator, and
thus help bring nbout general pence.
That tho Wilson Administration will
renew the offer of Its services in the
direction Just mentioned, as soon as
there Is an opportunity, Is conceded
hero Indeed, the United States Is the
only one of the great Governments of
the world which will be In position to
take such f step. When tho offer Is
renewed and accepted, It Is believed
that the representatives of the nations
now at wnr will meet In this country
to draw up a treaty of peace, just as
the repiescntatlves of Russia and Japan
met here, at the suggestion of Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt, to bring nbout
the official end of the war between those
Powers in the Far EaBt. Thus, twice
within a decade will the United Stutes
have be-n the ngmcy through which
war was halted.
SAFE FROM INVASION
Even If the unexpected should happen,
and tho United States he drawn Into the
present conflict. Its policy of mitlonnl de
fense would be exceedingly simple. No
n.itlon or combination of nations that
might confront It In on emergency of
that kind would be able to Invade the
territory of the United States proper.
The United Stutos, with 3000 miles of salt
water between It and Europe on one side,
and between 600 and T000 miles of salt
water between It and the east coast of
Asia on the other side, Is safe from In
vasion. American military stiatcglHts, therefore,
have alw.iys figured thnt If the United
States weie to pngagc III war wltli any
his premises Nothing Is said, however, I their automobiles and loading them up of the great Powers or the world, It
about the difference in hazard, accoi ding I with theli purchases. As this demand iuld be almost exclusively a naynl war.
In ihe underwriters , , u . .i ,.. .. That Is the reason for the Insistence of
to the underwriters. 'forced up prices throughout the country . ,, IPC(1lt administrations on a liberal
PRESENT DAY POPULISM
The Cult of "Sockless Jerry". Simpson
and "Whiskers Peffer" Is Revived
bVV.VCU, I H'Ml?llt:ilHMli; 11,1,- i5ll-.v. .. ...... .... ,- i ...... ,.. ...... .... ,..-. ...
in the Pie have begun to jenllze that panic buy- , at th.- time of the war witli Spain" a
of vcars ' l"B l'lays Into the hands of the country's gentleman close to the Administration
aDltnl It enemies, a more lensonnble state of mind wus asUcd.
ratch the has ome about. If anything of the kind "None whatever" he replied. 'Tho
the hardship was felt especially by the naval program .on the part "f Congress
poor, and social workers In poor neigu- if the navy can tie maintained on nny-
borhoods report that a very bitter feeling ! thing like n proper footing, no foreign
has been caused by this exhibition of the i trcops will ever tread the soil of the
aoincsliness uf the well-to-do. As the hrst United Stntes.
annrehenslons hae subsided and as peo- ! "But were there no preliminary plans
They knew it as "Populism'
lld and woolly Vst a score
ago Today in the national ca
It tmrnlrlnfl ris na f rtrif lam ' Cifnh fVi
vrtn-of the "patriot" preaching the I should recur, it Is believed that the Gov-
moderir. financial doctrines at Washing- , crnment will take steps to bring the fooa
ton and you 11 find him a "free hllverite." , supply under its own control.
Aiifvnti la nnrmm v tne Ereai nuuuiiy
month of the vear, when every seaside i not n single preliminary pian wns maue.
resort has Its accommodation strained to ! nnd the declaration of war found us ut
the uttermost. This year the hotels and ' terly unprepared. It was quite bv ac
boardlng houses are complaining of many , cldent that there was a Spanish fleet at
canceled engagements. Paterfamilias ' 51ar.Ha, and It was quite ns accidental
with tbi demand that corn, .a. etc.. I thinks that, on the whole, he and hs eacn a weste y u
w made the basis for the Issue of cur- family win oe Detier on ai nome. y me , - " q n;.0n and Schlev "
rencv by the Government, they were east coat the fear of a German descent nam of SP "J SWJnif ,n
the grandson of a "greenbacker," do-
clarft'the Iron Trade Review.
When. -'Sockless Jerrv" Simpson,
"Whiskers" Peffer and the host of re
forming Kansans In the early '3n
marched, under the banner of Populism
United States probably had known for
a number of yeors that ultimately It
would be necessary for it to Intervene In
the Interest of Cuban Independence, but
Mooted to the echo. From the East to
West thev were held up to ridicule, nny,
even Jcorn. of all and sundry.
Could these old-time "mlddlo-of-tho
roaders," gazing through a knothole In
has worked upon the minds of the more
nervous, whose apprehensions have ueen
stimulated by the sight of the necessary
mllltnry precautions, ai i euxiowe. in
Suffolk, for Instance, the holiday crowd
Peters back fence, gather a glimpse Into j suddenly found a detachment of soldiers
congress today, how their breasts would tnKing possession oi win pier, cuiivltuui.
beat nlth the Joy of ultimate trlumnh,
Vindicated, by Jlng!
t onlv are cotton, wheat, etc., to
form the "security" back of a vast emls
l!on of paper currency, either directly
or Indirectly, but also turpentine, to
bacco, ete , while suggestion has been
made that even canned salmon be given
i chanc at backing" a certain percent
age of the Government's currency. Why
not' Also, why not cowlildefe, old bonea
and carefully assorted rags?
More, the Government Is busily en
raged with one hand In running down
and hustling to Jail those trusts" which
Incur lis displeasure (for votes' sake)
by "keeping up prices" to the common
people while with the other It Is buy
ing sliver 'to put Idle miners back to
work and keep up the price of the grent
western commodity." Now comes Sena
tor Ashurst, of Arizona, with a proposal
that the Government buy lo.OOn.lXrt pounds
cf copper In order that Idle ArUona cop
Jtr miners mayhap may find employ
ment. Little wonder Mr Bryan la sitting back
chuckling with glee, for has he not been
'vindicated" aleo?
With een cardinal principle of Popu
lUm wlth mighty few exceptions) actu
ally being placed on the nntlou's statute
cooks and going into nctlve operation.
ny should William Jennings hestnte to
Chortle' Whv shouldn't ho roar with
Every snon of the once "effete East"
now noldlnu place nnd power under the
Pnt Xdmlniitratlon Is rooting for the
JNent-day brand or Populism, rooting
w'iiii ar"1 mn,n "N'1 wheio does
v.A.? . ennln" stan,, but r,Sht '" front."
Jh ,les hn "wallowed up In
J.., ..no"1 Sound money Democrats?
Aint anv tlch anlmile no more."
nftfu or the VH of flat nionej,
WMther shall the bewildered and slck-
. "'Wiry look for succor? Certainly
.!.? "?Bhlnon. for there's where the
tL 4r startel break out.
en..fki Id le,lv'' s It does not seem
r any one el" to heP
EAGER FOR RATE DECISION
Railroad Attorneys Crowd Offices of
Interstate Commission.
tornv."iN'G3ON' I"- 13-nallroad at
U? ? crowde1 the offices of the Inter
In or. "?mere6 Commission early today
annonoV.'0 .blaln tne n"1 news of the
Percent 77" 8S wne,her he nve
only hi Caae wl" be reopened The
tncW.hJPr"s.'m'8 far objecting to any
IM. f,f,re.vh llv3tock Interests,
n M Ion ,1 tat lhe "'e'nbers of the com
thai ,L areno' ""mindful of the fact
tl,','al rill lr0ak8 are ,n need of addl
SorSrni b" there ,s hesitancy In
tU he rQaH hrUon,a' advance in rates
'rd I liuVn,'.,, taken deHn" ""P"
e2 ns 'he present rates.
tt Two Disastrous Accidents
C'nadinn rL 'rom ""ebec that the
6ttMcnltMV,,rnmnt Keamboat Mont
'8,5'Sau B WJ,h tha COal h,D ""
U came ovf rll and that " "vea w're
U EurtL n. .n,r? wera entombed In
l'tl. rhu!dntTW "" at Eurk'
an iploTon '"f" a cav-'n followed
", Th bodlM ot 'he
""ca yeaierday
a large lodging house Into military head
quarters, closing many of the approaches
to the shore, and Issuing a proclamation
that any person found on the promenade
after dark would be llablo to be shot. It
It little wonder that timid visitors took
tho first train for home A seaside resort
whose geographical position makes It a
military outpost In war time cannot rea
sonably complain If Its attractiveness as
a place of recreation temporarily suffers.
Hut one has a grent deal of sympathy
wltli some other towns along the coast
which are losing heavily through the cir
culation of quite baseless rumors. Many
possible visitors to Margate have been
kept away by stories that the sands were
being cleared of children and guarded by
territorials, that half the houses and
hotels along tho front had been closed by
the niilltarv authorities, and that guns
had been heard which showed that a
great naval action wns being fought In
tho vlclniiv. These were all either gross
exaggerations or Inventions. Tho sound
of firing was simply that of the gun-test
lug and artillery training at Shoobury
iiess, mill is almost on every-dav event in
tima of pence. Another mischievous
rumor nlleged that the pier at Walton-on-the-Nnze
had been blown up by Germans.
Although nbsolutelv untrue, this state
ment Is known to havo deterred a largo
number ot prospective visitors. In sev
eral Instances, the Town t'ounclls of sea
side resorts have thought It necessary to
Insert in the London press advertise
ments which deny such injurious tales
nnd reassure Intending holiday-makers as
to their freedom from any rlBk of moles
tation. HUNTING OUT THE SPIES.
One hears some really absurd stories of
the spy mania that has disturbed the
poise of many people especially among
the uneducated. The most harmless use
of pencil and paper brings a man under
suspicion. The other day a topical artist
was drawing a sketch of tho Greenwich
gasometer for some quite Innocent pur
pose. A woman, who passed, caught
sight of him and exposed his deep-laid
scheme to the passers-by. "He ought t"
oe ashamed of himself he ought; but I can
see through him. Ilea got it nil down,
and one of them nlrshlps will como along
and know where to drop its bomb." The
argument was so convincing that the poor
artist had to be escorted to his home by
a policeman. The next day he went out
to Kpnuington. and drew a dismal house
with a tree In front of It supposing that
no possible objection could be raised to
that. Hut very much the same thine hap
pened aB at Greenwich, and, when the
baffled artist appealed to a policeman to
sa what good the drawing of the housu
and tree could do to the Germans, tha
reprerentattve of the law went so far as
to admit that he could not see what good
that drawing could do to any one.
The editor of the photographic column
In a leading weekly advises his readers
to restrict the use of their cameras to
scenes that can be taken from their
own back gardens. The man who at
tempte to snap-shot anything that can
be remotelv connected with the move
ment of troops runs a serious risk of
arousing suspicion not so much from the
police, of course, as from bystanders
whose nervea are rattled by all the goealp
about iplt. Even an Innocent courteiy
to atrangers may be misconstrued;
Hut we had some plana looking to pos
slble Intervention In Mexico, did we not''"
"Yes. There are maps in the War De
partment, showing in minute detail the
topography of all those parts of Mexico
which have been explored. These maps
were mado a good many years ngo. and
they were revised at the time of the
downfall of Diaz. If It should be neres
sarv for the United States at nnv time
to enter Mexico, Its troops would know
In advance all about the roads, the rail
roads, the mountain passes, the streams
of water, the means of subsistence, aud
all other Information which an invading
army must have if its work Is to be done
to best ndvontago."
EUItOPi: CARD INDEXED.
"flow Is the American War Department
profiting by tho war In Europe?"
"Hy a system which I can best describe
to you by comparing it to a modern
enrd Index. An elaborate card Index la
worthless unless It Is kept up to date,
and It Is usually one person's task to
look It over dally, putting In now mater
ial aud taking nut the old.
"It Is in this way that the American
Goneial Staff Is tnklng advantage of the
war In Europe. It may be that the great
land fights will demonstiate that then) Is
not a proper balance In modern armies
between tho Infantry and the cavalry,
anil that n larger body of the latter Is
necessary. If thot Is the lesson of the
war. tho United Slates will promptly re
cruit additional cavalrj regiments. It
may bo that tho nnwil engagements will
throw Important light on submarines, de
strojers and similar craft. In which event
the American naval construction plans
will be altered so as to give the Govern
ment the benefit of the lesson taught.
"Similarly with aircraft of various
kinds It Is confidently expected thnt the
wnr will determine not onh the place hut
the importance of dirigibles and aero
planes. Perhaps manv existing theories
with respect to these npw auxiliaries will
be upset 111 the actual clash of wnr, and
if so the United Slates will take notice,
and will change Its plans to correspond
to what will have been determined to bo
the best practice.
RIDLEY PARK
'in Ftlilev Avenue, at Ihe Uke neiv bunga
low, lhln itlnlnx. mn.ltl klto'ien. .1 let
rooms and naih room tor 2 ro ,ma in i-econi
story hot uatc- hat. Isundn. hantno.,.1 fln
lh front aivl tide poixhen lot MhilM old
nbaite. iaka le prk-e $l!n only ono left,
tenin to mil ulll men train it trolley with
auto b appointment Fllbi-rt 4tI W.
E. I. MOORE
917 South 15th Street, Plnla.
WILL EXCHANGE CLEAR
fur other property, clear or mortgak-ed
Farm Will
Duelling ITCKi
Harage alt, ln.rnin aij ft. ... Mii
Tloci relllni: Mm
I'arm noir atatton to.OTii
Seashore Jtu Dloik tl f on
lily !.nl SI frti
Seashore (irounil Jaul
Suburban f'reratlon tnPOO
Delaware Co llrouivl tjo.foo.
JAMES H. DUGAN T:DeTn'&L"r
Hl'V A SEW HOME IN
LANSDALE
6UL.VE THE COST OF t.IVINO PROBLEM
Will POPPLATION
41 MIM'TE.8 PROM RRADING TERMINAL
IV COMMUTATION PARE
NEW TWIN BRICK HOUSES. ALL CONVE-
KIENCES. MS TO jYiM TERMS
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCUI.AR
WM B. ANDREWS J C SWARTLEY
IS- &. 31 St Pbllt Mam St HnM.il? Fa
war- on a modern einle Is no longer
profitable, and that nations engaging In
t lose nlfttly limes ritorc Utah they can
hope to gain, if this should provo to bo
111 crile, It would ttof bn surprising If rorH
oils cfforU were made by the groat I'ow
ers to bring nbout the adoption of tho
world peace plan ndvocaled hy Theodoro
rtoosevclt while President! the plan of
general disarmament, with one naval
fleet and army, owned Jointly by nil tho
Powers, doing police duty around tho
world. Thnt would put the nations on a
footing Similar to that on which thrlr
citizens are plnod. No Individual may
now l.iho th law Into his hands,
hut tnilflt nppenl to the rolirt. nnd police
fotces arc maintained to Insure tho carry
ing out of that policy. The nations, lindfir
the world peace plan, would be jlls
nrmed, like their Individual citizens, and
would cultivate only the arts of peace nnd
good M'tK Who known hut the great war
now In progress will give to such a plan
more Impetus than It could receive
through generations of academic debate?"
Financial and commercial situation at home and abroad market reports .
FRdIrIBUREAU SPY-HUNTING NOW I U. S. STRATEGISTS . I .iVS: ,s;i:SSSiSSs I "'" .JT!4
ANNOUNCES RATES A FAVORITE SPORT
WHITE WOLF BANDS
ESCAPE ONCE MORE
Officially Reported Trapped,
Chinese Bandits Slip Away
and Raid Cities in Newest of
Republics.
PtiKIN', Sept. 18-The redoubtable White
Wolf bands have oner more escaped from
tho very clutches of the Government
troops. Only a few days ngo official re
ports were circulated to the effect that
the movement of troops iigalnst them had
been succeWul, that they had been
driven f.ii t the northwest of China
nnd that they were now as fish In n
frying pan.
Instead of thnt they have tavaged some
of tho chief cities of Knnsu and arc now
In full retreat from the district In which
they were to be brought to their knees
hy shortage of supplies nnd ammunition
Into the more fertile and wealthy dis
tricts of Shensl.
White Wolf bands looted the mission
aries', houses nt Kansu before burning
them. The rblnese Government hns tel
egraphed Instructions to the Governor of
Kansu to succor the distressed mission
aries and to provide them with escoits If
they are needed. At Taochow the towns
people resisted the outlaws, but surren
dered after less than one day's lighting.
Nearly 10,000 lives were lost by murder,
flic and suicide. A largo part of the
city is In ruins.
SPrtKAD IWRKST IN ARMY.
The reasons for tbe tumble wltli the
troops In Knlgan are looked for In the
agltntlon f agents of Wlille Wolf among
the ManchU troops of the First Division.
These .igents apt end the news that the
Government Intended to dissolve the body
guards and the First Division In autumn
next nnd to (.ottle them on the wnste land
or Mongolia When the commander of
the First Division learned of it he had
four rlnglendcrs arrested. Thereupon the
.mutiny broke out.
Tho report that banner troops have sup
pressed the trouble? ia much doubted,
since they arc Mauchus themselves. It
Is more probable that the banner troops
left Kalgan to the rebels and that the
police afterward restored pence as well as
thev could. About 700 of the mutinvlng
troops have left Kalgan. taking their
arms and ammunition.
Officials at places sacked by the White
Wolf brUands have been ordered to stand
their trials at Lanchow. if ihev are
found guilty of negligence they will be
severely punished. Large qunntltlea of
ammunition nnd arms. Including six field
guns one mountnln gun and three pieces
of heavy ordnnnce, have arrived nt Pekln
from the Shanghai Aisenal to be used In
the expedition against tho White Wolf
bands.
The escape of the brigands Is a severe
blow to the Government, which has been
fpllto confident that they could no longer
escape punishment The President, ac
cording to the Chinese papers, has cen
sured nnd degraded General Iu f'hien
chnng, who wns recently put In com
mand of the troops employed In rounding
up the brigands but has ordered him to
remain nt his post nnd redeem his
failure. "
The Government is entitled t" n good
deal of sympathy In its latest disappoint
ment. Any troops In the world would find
It difficult to round up such an astonish
ingly mobile force With complete disre.
gard for other persons' lives nnd prop
erty, the White Wolf bands commander
food, transports nnd whatever else they
require, and move about so rapidly that
they are sometimes reported to cover one
lundred miles within 2t hours
No startling political developments
have occurred during the last foi might
If one excepts tho vigorous press cam
paign that Is being conducted bv certain
Chinese iourunlH against tho sn-i-alled
Kwongtung party In the. Ministry of
Communications. The leader of this
partv Is Mang Phl-yl. ex-ecretarv of the
President, who hns fallen somewhat into
the background rlnce he was appointed
Director General of the Revenue i e,
Customs) Council. For the last week or
two one of the most widely teail and in
fluentlnl of the local newspapers, the
Asiatic Dnlly News, hns been gloating
APARTMENTS
of Communications
The new Minister is reported to have
attempted n peisot'nl inspection of certain
nccolmtn In the rallwny department, with
tllfl ret till that he has got the wholo
Kwntigtung nrt up In nrmn ngnlnst hi
Intrtirloh one can well believe that
these accounts would not bear very close
examination, for although certain rail
wn.Vs under the Minister's control yield
hntidronle returns to the Government,
thev nre none the eS9 In urgent need of
for tnnlntennnee, lenewnls and lepalrs. .
OPKNINO nV NKW COUNCIL.
The formal npchlhg of lhe Tnn Cheng
Yuan, or Council of Hlate, which taken
place today, l iittrncllng little or no at
tention So ninny leglrtbitlvo. ndvlsory or
political organs have been Inaugurated
during the last i! months that tho public
Is getting n little vrnirv of them. More
over, on on the occasion of tho opening
of the Provisional Constitutional Con
ference nnd the Political Council, tho
public In not admitted.
It wns first reported that the Pretildent
would open the new Council, which Is
temporal lly to fulfil the functions nnd
duties of a Legislature. Hut, an usual,
ho Aeems to have remembeied nn Import
nnt cngngement. Then It wns rumored
that thp opening ceiemnnv would he per
formed by the Vice President, who had
been presented bv the President with a
epcclnl nrmor-plnted motor enr for trnvel
Ing to and from the hnll whore tho Coun
cil will hold Its session".
At the Inst moment, however. It was
offlclnllv nimoiinced thnt the President
would be represented by the Secretary of
Stnte, Hsu yiilh-rhang. and that subse
quently the members would be rerelvrd
by the Piesldent und Vice President nt
their residences. In the nenr future,
however, the Vice President will cer
tainly have to attend the Council, no ho
Is chaltman or Speaker of the body.
DISCARDING THE QL'UtTK.
The queue being a bndge of servitude.
Republicans throughout China have cn
dcuvored to Induce their countrymen to
discard It for the Western style of hair
dieting. Ill the south their efforts hae
met with far more suicos thnn In the
north. Here the lower cIiifhoh have been
curiously reluctant to dispense with their
pigtails," although nil odlclnls from tin
highest down to the police nnd soldiery,
ns well ,m most of the tipper classes, now
wear cropped heads.
Ono meets nil occnslnnnl conservative,
who jealously pi curves his queue, but
these are ho exceptional as to ntttnet
f-ome attention at nny public function
nowadays. During the last week It Is
repotted tint the local police, finding
nigumentn nnd proclamations of no nvnll.
have taken the law Into their own h.mds
ond, aimed with shcais or scissors. Iin
held up anil "cut tailed" every queue
we.nlng coolie who has como within
reach
BAZZLE DAZZLE COLLAPSES
Forty Children in Peril nnd Man
Suffers Crushed Foot.
Forty children narrowly escaped Injury
when a razzle dazzle at tho annual car
nival of the Knst Germnntown Improve
ment Assoi-lntlon collnped at Chclten
avenuo nnd Anderson street Inst night
Tho children were riding on the apparatus
at the time and nt llrst It looked as
though many had been hint.
Merman Flnkelsteln, of !t-".i Carpenter
street, father of tin- proprietor, ivn.. be
neath the structure when it collapsed,
and his right foot was crushed Me was
taken to the Geriiiantown-Hospital. The
chlldicn cut nnd bruised in tho craMi
were treated nt drug stores and sent
home.
itE.ti, hstvti: roii si,n
(,,'neriil
Wm.H.W.Quick&Bro.,Inc
8 South 40th St.
jfler the Following Properties for Hale:
3900 Chestnut St.
The bent nparlment slle In Vt Plllla
dlphln: lot luox'JUn, fronting nn :i street.
Rnml elemtlnn, lilKli-eldixi urrotinillnB :
etrellent 'ar facilities. Make nn orrer.
4207 Walnut St.
l.r.t ssjSl.li a seml-sulMtrlinn home, with
in city limits. nM ehmle, large library,
reieptlon and bedrooms, modern plumbing;
one of the finest nn Went Walnut street.
Mun be seen to tie npprpi Inteil.
3827 Walnut St.
Jl-Mory Fmlftin',h'l nionr-nn'l-ltrlk nil-
rlctifp, r nMalnlw? 1 1 rnnnn flirl manv
iinlqu's f-viiurB. bountiful outlook; muwt
be ROlri refrnrdlefts of tot.
932 South 49th St.
A linrirfi.n, t'J-ronrn h"'ip tmllt by lurid
limn. ; huMttonr. flnlnh throughout . Mr'
llfditfl. nxdunhp ni(ihhnrlinn t. Can It'
Folfl cIo" to RfteM! valuation.
3809 Walnut St.
l,..H i.Blnii, .j,lM.,l..l,..l .1 ... I I t. .
at ti Kfpntly rHurpiJ prlr; utifirrinceH
lorniion nnn rnrvmion; rteauuiui outiook.
518 Woodland Terrace
Npwly tinprd nnd pnlnrd, H ntnry Md
vi rd rfdmtr; Int .'toxl'ir, (southern rx-
pontiro, IarR room und ion hrit In )
nold nt a uni rlfirc.
4007 Spring Garden
3-Mory noti rnnxnlfnt to I. nnd put
fnrf llnon. nu ly imm-rpd nnd nthrrwi In
jirrfpcl (ondlMnn Hpdiird prlr for juli k
unlr nn nn mint mw.r'H nnnnw.l to country.
Vi.r
HOMES AND INVESTMENTS
4200 SPRUCE' STREET f
3 nmry II rooms, 2 bath, side yitil , nw
plumbing, nojj gapi'lahl Mlned,?!
4030 SPRING GARDEN -STHEET
a utofj 12 rooms, modern otumhlng flrit
litis rendition, near elevated station i price
low.
360 NORTH 42D STREET
New. 2 story. 8 rooms, porch, reception h.ilT;
no mr on street, tery desirable.
3248 SANSOM STREET
.'1 story II rooms, modern plumbing, con
venient loenilon, rent $31, will ll for $3000.
4400 SANSOM STREET
f'ornrr 41th ntrr-rd, M rnom; nnr trolleyj
rxntnlno nntl mak nn nffrr.
607 NORTH 34TH STREET
.1 ntnrv, in rooms. 2 Imths, newlj. papered
nnd pnlnifil. n.lr Knlrmnuni I'nrk , no rf. if un
able offer refuse.l.
410 SOUTH 43D STREET
II rooms nml purcb , mo'lern plumblnff. nrt
clasH condition, ptl.e reiiureil,
$1550
2 "ton T room" porrh nil convenience,
near elevnted, renfl n, I4 a chap homa
anil pood Investment . ni qulrkly
J. B. R. McCLURE & CO.
Doth Phones. 18 South 40th Street.
Fixing up that new liauxc yon have
purchased or rented? If so, make a
noto of this:
When Buying Furniture Our
Charge Account Plan
Is nt our service. The easy feature of this
plan Is paying your ncrount a your Income
permits.
Will NOT OPEN AN ACCOt'NT
W. J. McCORMACK
THE HOME OF GOOD FURNITURE
4055 Lancaster Ave. Both Phones.
A NEW OPERATION
or
THOSE
LOUGHRAN HOUSES
if st like Tin: iir. that we nrnr
AND Sill ll LAST YEAH
See Sample Houses
4832 North Fifth Street
Price $4000
ALSO
516 Eleanor St. Price $3200
Th"" hfic pon h fronts, nil molprn in.
provenipnfh iin-.-mpiit tHiindn . -Ie.trtf
llflitF. Hum m 1th tho fltnlUlt thai Un
mridn thp l.niichrnn huu'-e a eran Urd of
Rood tonntriK ti'n Heo
JOHN LOUGHRAN'S SONS
BTH ST., DELOW ROCKLAND ST.
AP WCTMKNTS
Wur for complete Information ftr
W of all cftv and mbtirban vC
APARTMENTS
PALMER & HIRST
Apartment Specialh
ra. Apartment ripveiiiiiHis
Phon Wain il US g
v Real Estate Tnmt
Housekeeping Apartments
BACHELOR SUITES KITCHENETTE SUITES
FIREPROOF BUILDINGS
Comer 18th and Walnut Sts.
Corner 15th and Pine Sts.
Corner Juniper and Spruce Sts.
Also Haverford, at Station
McILVAIN & CO,, 1518 LAND TITLE BLDG.
:;8i&?V
JMmeijtmsit
SMr.s," -
1012 Spruce Street
ONE AND TWO ROOM APARTMENTS
Well-appointed dining rooms with leparate tables for each family
"Meals that please"
The comforts of a luxurious home combined with the service and freedom
1 of an apartment house
I Telepl
e
i
t i
$300 CASH and MONTHLY PAY
MENTS of S2.1
of ulllrh fr, rclurns n nxron'l mnrtciCPl
will ho, uro n niv ponh-front r"l U-n. ,.
rmiinlnliiR rooms stonm hi-v rui1, h
ti.ill. etr. Kurthcr partlrulurr upon rciticn
POTTS & TOWNSEND
t90,'5 Baltimore Ave.
Ne Stone Houses
now K-irifr rompleted In beautiful Oi'er
htook Krtlon.
NASSAU ROAD SV
(First trft north of Jeffpron St )
Sotnethlno ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
llirsp hmises nr nil sioni-. of the seml
sul.iirhnn Upe limits nr 2.1 ft front
luilt on loin ,T feet wMe sijppliH with
rontrnl plnnt heat These house, have
c,r ,'onehnhlo Vnntenlente that la pns.
slhle to equip tho modorn houta of todav
1 ii' 1 iiainK mil r Mo shouer liaths, etc.
W. Percival Johnson
BUILDER, on Premises
or -WW) l,anraster ,Uenue.
These houses tnn ho renrhed either via,
Klevnte'l pnRslnir north up flfHh street
tirbrool Hi3 on An h etnet. or P. H It
Kettinit off nt tiverlirook Station. ' ''
EVERYTHING FOR SALE OR RENT
Till- CHESTER AVE. SECTION
STORKS APAHTMBNTP HOfREB
If It Is not ronienlent to rail rturine the
tlav run out nnd see m nt nlht. My office
ari'l home nre un-ter the ame roof
DONALD V. REDDING
52d and Chester Ave.
f.M-p,i"M?
Ti;i.i:rnoNns
Hell, Ilelmont S3I3
Kij Httinr. Hrtt 107
Philadelphia, Pa.
New HomesNearest Centre of City
Spring Garden and 41st Streets
T1 B 1 j sfl B u 1 1) .ll.'wS
' " ' i . ,,-.w ."to- "fl
Sy-,,,y. , y A ,, , r ,, i,.Xy' ' Ji 7 IKS'
TlfiIli,it?
I'J "111" i il-'l.i'ir he it- waK'Sl
ilc -ff HKP
i mi
MAGNIFICENT TWO-STORY HOUSES
with 8 nmttis, I.-i-vr tirmns, rlictru- .iii'l jas
Ii.it rim try !liir, liasimnn l.uip.in
Prices $2950 to $3750
TERMS TO SUIT
You CanPayMore, But Why?
EDWARD F. GORMAN
BUILDER AND OWNER
on Premtses.
SAMPLE HOUSE OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY ALSO EVENINGS
I nt-i-c prop, i ti.
I".N Uni jijM f.MM1;
hi. I r. ,. im,i i v i! , . t
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OtrrltriHiU
IMerlironk,
A "NAPOLEONIC SUCCESS"
Is the VerJu't of the -nn nt II.uik !Unor Who Have
Been AJvaiu-iui; anj lkiet;iiit;
McGarvey's nVERBR00K
J HOMES
PHce $3700 62d St., North of Lansdowne Ave.
Only S Left Surrender in Time
JOHN N. McGARVEY
Builder and Owner, on Premises
Any cu oo, fth ,-,' or D .Wouh. , tr will im you
tlirtct (ii Oj,i :n' uni ftn ,,,,( ti'ii
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MWENDEIX&HASSEV
Telephone Connection
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