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EVENING LELuEll PHILADELPHIA, FBIDAY. DEOEMBEJi 4, 1914.
BLAME CODNCILMEN
FOR FILTH VICTIMS,
IS APPEAL OF BISHOP
The Rt. Rev. Thomas J(
Garland Declares Those
Responsible for Tenement
Coidlticms Should Pay
Penalty.
How Bishop Suffragan Garland, of lh
Protestant Episcopal Dloceso of I'ennsyl.
ran I (i, was snubbed by Councils Finance
Committee when he pleaded for a chance
to discuss living conditions anions the
poor of tho tenements, became known to
day.
The request of Bishop Garland was made
last sUlnmcr In a wrlttencommunlcatlon.
ator ho telephoned. Both requests were
gnurcd.
Bishop Garland today made an Impas
sioned plea In behalf of persons who live
tn tho Insanitary tenements and urged an
Appropriation by Councils' Finance Com
mittee for the new Division of Housing
and Sanitation.
Two more Select Councllmen today de
clared they wquld vote against tho Divi
sion of Houslns and Sanitation. This de
partment 'was created by the Legislature
a year ago. The Select' Councllmen, who
nlso nr members of the Finance Com
mittee, who are against granting appro
priations nre Edward W. Patton. of the
2Jth Ward, and William E. Flnlcy, of the
3th Wurd, a real estate assessor and sec
retary to Senator Edwin ii. vare.
Other Councllmen who will vote against
appropriations are Select Councilman
nuchhoU. of the 10th Ward. He Is a dual
officeholder. Buchhota staled mat for
eigners can't be taught the art of cleanli
ness merely tnrougn oain mua. u
foreigners would uso bath tubs for coal
Bcliict Councilman Flaherty, of the 13th
-Ward, also a dual officeholder.
Common Councilman Morton, 01 me i
Want, also a dual omcehoiuer. e is a
coroner's physician.
FINANCE COMMITTEE RESPON
SIBLE. "it Mia new Division of Housing and
Sanitation," said Bishop Garland, "Is not
passed we can't blame tho Legislature,
the Governor or the muntclpal adminis
tration. The fault will lie with tho
Finance Committee of Councils. They
are the body of men who can change tho
present social problem In the congested
section of Fimaaeipmn.
K "For more than a year we hav been
pleading for Councils to grant the ap
propriations. They have Ignored .all re
quests of civic organisations and repre
sentative men. If the Finance Commit
tee refuses to grant the appropriations
Basked, the municipality soonor or later
will pay financially for the refusal.
"Hospitals, almshouses and other char
itable places will become crowded with
women and men who are afflicted with
various ailments, all duo chiefly to the
filthy rooms In the tenements.
"I am not judging the tenements from
what I have heard. I have seen the
houses and have been inside many of
them. They sleep In some rooms on tho
floor. Some of the scenes which I ob
served arc not fit for publication.
The whole thing In a nutshell Is that
politicians nr selling the birthrights or
our Children for a mess of political pot
tage. Such conditions, which exist In
Philadelphia In the SOth century, are- a
disgrace and shame to the fair name of
this city.
"If our physicians were to Inscribe the
real story on every death certificate of
Infants and children who die In the tene
ments, we would find the majority ot the
deaths were directly due to living con-
dltlons In the tenement dens.
WOULD HOLD COUNCILMEN.
Councllmen who today are refusing -to
I grant the appropriations ought to be held
responsible for every death directly
traced to filthy conditions. If I were on
-a. Jury listening to a story of a death of
.a man, woman or child dying from filth.
1 1 would hold the Councllmen responsible,
and Insist they pay damages to the rela
tives ot the deceased, k
Belect Councilman Patton dictated the
following statement giving hla reasons for
being opposed to the new Division of
Housing and Sanitation:
"I am opposed to the act as it now
stands. I am in favor of a proper hous
Jtlg and. sanitation act and will vote for
one if It presents Itself what I believe
to be fair to the property owner and the
tenant.
"Until such amended act Is passed I
must refuse to vota for any appropria
tions by Councils to enforce the present
drastic act X will not vote for an ao-
m proprlatlon tar the new division for the
reasons given aqove."
Belect Councilman Flnley said;
"I Agree that some of the conditions In
this city are frightful, I am not against
sanitary conditions. I think It Is the
duty of the city to see that the health
Pof every child as well as grown-up person
Is guarded. There should be a bathtub
for the poor. There should be a courtyard
for yie children to romp and play, I am
for any act that will help the suffering
noorbut tha act must fllnn hn fnlr tn
Lottie small property owner."
-aiany nouses in tnis city are owned
by persons who are laborers and work
In mills or factories. Their homes are
heavily mortgaged, Should the present
act be enforced U means that they will
lujve, to borrow rnoYisy to make the re
quired Improvements.
''We, Councllmen are not against the
B poor. The next Legislature will surely
iikc up me question or Belter housing
conditions. There will be a, modification
GREAT SDMS SPENT
BY PARTY MANAGERS
IN STATE CAMPAIGN
ALBERT BEYER
City Commissioner. Atlantic City,
and Director of 'Revenue and
Finance, who has refused to sur
render the office of City Treas
urer, which he fills without pay
aside from his salary as Director,
to Alfred M. Heston.
COMMITTEE'S PLEA
FOR NEEDS OF POOR
'AT ODR OWN DOOR'
Emergency Aid Workers
Face Difficult Situation
With Determination to In
stitute Effectual (Campaign.
of
abetter comforts and at the sanje ttme
property owners of tnq poorar class won't
run tna cnances or getting into debt to
stake different Improvements."
WHOLESAM3 VIQLATIONa
Replying toj Select Councllmen Patton
and Flnley, Bernard 3. Newman, of the
Philadelphia. Housing Commission, today
hm;
There ar about ,4S houses In wards
where the sanitary laws ara being- vio
lated. The wards comprise) from the ii
to tho 13th. inclusive, and from the th
to the lath and the iHh Ward. Of that
number about W.4JT JiCums are jentsd,
by property owners. About 10,900 houses
are actually occupied by the owners. We
hav found tht evsry man who was W
own houia keeps, it In good order aurf
live up to the requirements c? the pew
division- This is furthr proof (h jntn
who era opposed to the act being a
iorced, are big nroperty tfwatrs."
apatcHAjras win prizes
Blue Ribbons Awarded for- Bst
Window Displays te Germantqwrn,
Bly ribbons for tha winners In tfee win
dow display oontoat oondiwteOl lr the
awMABtowa Avmws; Bulus !! As.
xsabwee wre wraa vun went to
Bismi J 1'iawbsr & Brsulwrs. Hot fi-
& , of mt Jiuuujtowu avmvw. Betb
tid s ftsi pri, Qib.tr prlea ws
tiit.ilM to Barry V RtwHW, M? Oil.
9Un u4iiu KBOSJT, (MIO Soil,
I ait.ui. veni, and g ?
Definite plans for raising sufficient
money to caro for the poor of Phila
delphia will be completed this afternoon
at a meeting of the Executive Qoard of
the Emergency Aid Committee at Its
headquarters, 1423 Walnut street.
So numerous have bcctv.the appeals from
the congested districts of the city that
quick action must be taken at once, It
Is said, and the meeting will be devoted
to home relief work.
The home relief department of the com
mittee has been working day and night
to answer these calls "at our own back
door," but Its funds are fast being de
pleted. Unless contributions are forth
coming soon the department will be
rendered Ineffectual, with a dlfTlcult
problem of winter work before It.
Mrs. A. J. Cassatt, chairman of the
Executive Board, announced that, al
though the collections for war victims
In Europe were for a worthy cause, the
poor of Philadelphia must nut be
neglected under any circumstances. Con
ditions, she said, have been found to be
worse than ever before, and a definite
decision will be mado this afternoon of
ways and means to alleviate the suf
fering. Social workers have found pitiful cases
little children huddled together In dingy
rooms with hardly any clothes, no shoes,
no stoclctngs. Their confinement Is spread
ing, disease among them, and many of
these little sufferers are fit subjects for
a hospital.
The, Campaign of the home relief com
mittee will be carried Into every sec
tion of the city by means of a proclama
tion that Is now In the hands of the print
er. This proclamation will explnln why
so many men have been thrown out of
worki ns a result of the war, and ask
that every one contribute something, large
or small. Copies will be posted tn con
spicuous places throughout the city.
Many sewing circles are being conducted
by the committee. These committees
serve the double purpose of providing
work for poor women and clothing for
the poor. The cost of maintaining such
circles Is about 1KB a weelt. Word was
received yesterday by -Mrs. Groorne that
a group of sewers would be organised at
Touro Hall. 10th and Carpenter streets,
by Miss Helen Fletsher.
There are 1000 needy families In Phila
delphia. If every voter In Philadelphia
would contribute one dollar, there would
be enough money to give every one of
these poor families the happiest year It
has ever known, members of the commit
tee sold today,
A brilliant audience Is expected to
crowd the Metropolitan Opera House to
night to hear the musical stars who have
offered their services free for the bene
fit of the various relief movements car
ried on by the Emergency Aid Committee.
I'rom a social point of view the concert
will be highly interesting. The appear
ance 3f Madame Bchumann-Helnke, Al
bert CornfeUl. Leopold Qodowsky and
Paul L, Myer will bring society out In
force.
!
DROWNED IN FOOT OF WATER
Boy Believed to Have. Been Stunned
in Fall From Bridge.
The body of -year-old Henry Btraub,
drowned in a foot of water In TaconJ
Creek beneath the Mill road bridge in
Melrose, is at his home today In Mill
road, and plans are being made for the
& LW thVlt ePvoeorrytw?f .SKUi. Btudent- " H,8h
School found the body on their way
home from school.
Apparently the lad climbed to the bridge
rail and fell into the creek. Tha distance
was not more than six feet, but It is
though the child was stunned by striking
lilt head on a stone. There were indi
cations that he had tried to drag himself
from the creek. The body was hurried
to the Ablngton Hospital, where phy
lciana pronounced ABfejaa oead.
"SONS OV EM" HBET
Yale Alumni Association in Annual
Gathering Here.
"Bens of Ell." oI4 and young, over
flowing wth college spirit, sang campus
aongs and tsiked over old college days
at the annual roMtinij of the Yale Alumni
Association of Philadelphia in the Uni
versity Club last night President L. B.
Bunk called the meeting to order. In
speaking for the Scholarship Committee,
Mr. Runic announced 1U number of schol
arships at Tale for tha year UH-1315 bad
been increased from one. to two,
Judg H&btrt N Wilson, Thomas Be
Witt Quyler. Dr Q .Hudson Makuwi ami
IkV Kdw&nl L. per wara tltd fellow
fkf tfia &ji4Q$iati9R.
Tho Sawtosf otMesra were sleeted:
PrWki, Lcm4s 8- Bunk; tIm p1
0nt. William WWu; asona vWe pre
aunt, Jvlu LewU vb; staff, tary ri
trsasuw. RowUu4 Evans, Jr.; ntmbar
of the Executive ''iniwiUtw, tm e
Mug Ml, Edward It Bl14k; rapra
aeutallvM uA (be Aljraai advtaury Board
Tbuuiaa lhmi Cjrl ai Heato, M-
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Expense , Accounts Show
Outlay of Hundreds of
Thousands of Dollars by
Rival Organizations.
Enormous sums were spent by the vari
ous political organizations In the last
campaign, according to the expense ac
counts as filed yesterday. The Itepubll
can State Committee expended the larg
est amount. Their account showed ex
penditures of 2U,:01. This organization
Is now factijg a deficit of $92,471.62, as
the contributions totaled oWly J1M,S!. V.
Atlee Burpee, treasurer of the commit
tee, raised $63,000. Charles Miller led the
list of the other contributors, with $5000.
Doctor Brumbaugh contributed $1000 to
the State Committee fund. The largest
Item of expenses was $118,330.53 for pub
licity. The" Biunibaugh Citizens' Committee
filed an ndcount shotting expenditures of
$20,809.9;, with contributions of $:0,9S8.'J2.
Louis J. Kolb was the heaviest contrib
utor to this fund, with $ISC0. The money
was spent for printing and postage, trav
eling expenses and general expenses of
mantalnlng a headquarters. Doctor
Brumbaugh's personal, expenses were
$1919.52, of which $1000 rns contributed to
tho Republican State Committee and
$3091.93 to the Brumbaugh Citizens' Com
mittee. The Republican City Committee spent
s:u,6i.Q4. The contributions were $75,
672.74, leaving a deficit of $16,413.41.
The expense account filed by the Dem
ocratic State Committee showed that the
total receipts were $81,427.66, with ex
penditures of $81,392.00. There are out
standing obligations of $14,070.68, which
makes the totnl cost to the Democratic
State Committee $96,063.28. Vance C.
McCormlck contributed $13,000 to the
fund. He spent $21,936.04 In the fall cam
paign, In addition to the $33,000 he spent
in tho primaries.
Tho Democratic City Committee re
ceived contributions of $6054.56. Their
expenses were $5181.06. They showed a
balance n hand for the last two years
of $2425.
The Washington Tarty City Committee
spent $15,623. They received contribu
tions totaling $16,173, leaving a balance
of $547.
Tho Keystone Party City Committee
received $1000 and spent It. The Local
Exocutlvo Committee of the Socialist
party spent $601.07. They received con
tributions totaling $428.04, leaving a def
icit of $179.
VICTIM CONTINUES HICCOUGH
Michael Campson Puzzles Physicians
With Peculiar Malady.
x Michael Campson, who started to hic
cough seven weeks ago, li In tho Hahne
mann Hospital, today, hiccoughing as
Hnnsl.tBiitli. n- Al'AI PnmnMI!. Wlin 1m
30 years old, and lives at 1034 Federal
street, went to the hospital yesterday and
begged the doctors to do something for
him. He failed to respond to treatment,
and tho physicians today said his was
tho most puzzling case of the kind ever
encountered In this city.
LEARY'S
Christmas
Books
Remainders of Editions
Call or Write
for Catalogue
A few more ex
amples of the
hundreds of
books listed in
our 160 - p a g e
p n t. n il o o- u e. of
which 50 pages are second-hand books.
Seven Gift Books and
They Jiok It
Seven volumes, slvlne a comprehen
sive and accurate sketch of tha sreatest
figures of music, poetry and prpse. The
seven titles follow:
Days -with the Lyric Poets:
Burn's, Keats, Longfellow.
Days with the' English Poets:
Tennyson, Byron and Browning-.
Days with the Victorian Poets:
Rossettl, Slorrls, Mrs. Urownlnr.
Days with the Great Composers:
First Series Beethoten, Mendelssohn,
Bchubert.
Days with .the Great Composers:
Second Series) Chopin, Goonod, War
ner, Days with the Great Composers:
Third Veriest SloJsrt, Schumann,
Tschalkowsky. ,
Days with the Great Novelists:
Eliot, Dickens, Thackeray.
Esch yolumo Illustrated with 1J col
ored pes" pistes, mounted on detach
able csrds. Large type, heavy paper;
cover dealrn In full gilt, portraits In
colors. Published by Hodder 4 Stouib
ton at lt.60 per volume net. Our price
for any ot the seven titles, which j(-
we ssll separately lul-
l'ostsge averages, lie. volume etm.
A Book of Laughs
Jut Boy fir Paul West. Illustrated
by neglnald Birch, Being the letters ot
'The Boy SkursfKto 'Cous Oeorge,"
detailing his dilladventurei. A clean,
humorous pan picture of tha life of a
healthy, rollicking American boy. atone
H. Dorm Company's pries 1.20 jc
net Our holiday price .......... ut.
Postage, It cents extra.
A Fascinating Love Story
"Buso You Are You," by Kate
Whltlns Patch. Four charming- col
ored illustrations and other decorations
or John Has. A charming story with
s New England setting. Bound In blue
art cloth. Dodd. Mead & Co.'a price,
11.23 net. Our price, neatly qe
boxed, ready for giving OOC
Postage, Ho extra.
A Different Gift Book
glories for Pictures Eight wogdsrfully
colored plates by Dugald Stewart Wal
ker and stories for the picture by Helen
Uackay. A collection of what the Frenoh
call "Poem te Prose." on the order of
the dreamlngs of Baudelaire and Coppet
or of Poe'e "Shadow." Heavy paper,
square octavo, cloth baok and board
covers, with original design oa front
cover. Duttleld & Co.'e pries .-
U.Wnet. Our holiday price 40C
Pottage, ISo extra.
Royal Romances of Today
By KeUegg Pujland. Being Intimate
sketches of Queen Victoria. Sugeole ot
Spain, the Empress Alexandra. Feo
dororM of Russia, sad Queen Elena o
Italy- CojbbU4 from fasts glassed at
tb otuF theatre ot event, flbtteen
full-piae itluaUraUoas from pbot
graphs. Oae volume. wUvo, bvy art
.,..rr..... 45c
hCW pt
Pojtsg. m wttra.
Call or Write for Catalogue
Learys Book Store
Ninth Stret, Below MarkeJ
Own Post OCtea
Store Opens 8:80 A. M.
WANAMAKBR'S
Store Ctoaes 6 P. h
These Are the Golden Days for Christmas
Shopping r and the Early Morning Hours Are Best
Tomorrow in the
namaker Store
Like An Old -Fashioned
Crazy Quilt
TJint's what many stores are like. There is
jonf u s i o n of arranging
goods
confusion of prices,'
confusion of tickctings;
confusion of anniversaries;
confusion of advertising;
confusion of informations;
contradictions of selling
staff.
It must be a relief to get into a store always doing the
largest business in the largest and safest building where
there are
no confusions or riddles
about prices; '
no patchwork tickets of high
and loxo prices.
no confusions of upaccs;
no confusions of zig-zag
aisles;
no confusions of statements;
no confusions of over-valuations;
Shopping here is on a straight road and all values
guaranteed and prices at the lowest, quality considered.
Shopping and hopping arc two different things. We arc
as busy as usual, but there is plenty room and nobody has
any reason to be pushed into a hurry-up frame of mind.
Si(ncd
December 4, 1914
0ffm$
Christmas Fashion Sale
going wonderfully there never
was a sale so good and timely.
Suits, Wraps, Dresses for every
woman at remarkable saving
prices
(First Floor, Central)
Fine Novelty Gift Silks
Are Reduced Before Christmas
Generally it is some time after the holidays that these
beautiful silks (the most of them exclusive imported varie
ties) come down so remarkably in cost.
This year we have changed the prices so that people
who want to give them as Christmas presents may profit by
the savings."
Roman striped velvets, 42
inches wide, $2.50 a yard.
Black brocaded chiffon velvets,
42 inches wide, $3 a yard.
Black brocaded velour, $2.50 a
yard.
Black brocaded velvets, 54
inches wide, $3 a yard.
(Flrat Floor, Chestnut)
Colored silk plush, 42 inches
wide, ?6 a yard.
Velour and velvet brocades,
evening colors, $5, $6 and $8.
Metal chiffon brocades, $5, $6
and $10 a yard.
Metal and satin brocades, $10,
$12, $15, $20 and $30 a yard.
Martine siiks, $l.iU a yard.
Sterling Silver in Chests
Is a Very Popular Fancy
Particularly if it is to serve as a gift and in prep
aration for Christmas we have taken some of the most
beautiful patterns in small table silver and arranged
them in handsome mahogany chests.
Chippendale, $44-50 Buckingham, $50
Washington, $51.50 Marie Antoinette, $53.75
Alexander Hamilton, $53.75 Versailles, $54
Baltimore hand-wrought silver, $447
(Jevtelry Store, Cheatnnt and Thirteenth)
At 68c Chiffon Faille
Is Very Remarkable
It is silk and cotton and exactly the same quality as is
being sold everywhere else for almost double. This iB the
first time we ourselves have sold it for less than the usual
rjricc
The texture is exquisitely soft and lustrous, and it
comes in the loveliest light and dark colors and black, and is
one yard wide.
OVe.t Alale)
French Novelty Scarfs
Are Now About Half
Plenty of people will see splendid opportunities for
Christmas presents in them, because they are the very beau
tiful and exclusive tnings that it is always worth while to
buy.
Chiefly gold and beaded effects, white, black and colors ;
but don't expect to find more than one or two alike,
They are now all as low as 10.
(Main Floor, Central)
The Best $1 Gloves
in the World
From France and the last shipment of this particular kind
we'll have, in oil probability, before Christmas.
Princess Mays, and quite the best glove the world over that
a dollar yi buy.
Fine, soft, fresh skinst overeeam sewn, with two clasps for
fastening, and in black, white and colors.
Ana note that the old price still prevails,$l pair.
The quantity Is not any too large, either I
(Mai" Floor, Centra!)
Ml' V
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JoSfr iiillRurJ7i
s Christmas Sale of Men's
Finest Winter Suits
Tomorrow
500 brand new tp be sold;
at $23.50 each 0
With an Average Saving of $11.50
For certain good and sufficient reasons here explained,
this is the winter's best sale of meifs very fine business suits.
The suits are better than any others to be found in any
regular or bargain sale, and the saving ialarger in ACTUAL
DOLLARS than it is possible to find elsewhere in any sort
of a sale of suits and these statements we guarantee with
the full strength of this organization.
. Manufacturers must buy full pieces of cloth from the
mills. Each piece makes fifteen to eighteen men's suits.
Retail clothiers buy as few or as many suits as their busi
ness can sell. The result is that at the end of the makers'
season there are yardages left with the manufacturers that
must be taken up and converted into suits for now suits
mean cash and left-over cloth does not.
Twice a year, by reason of the business application -of
manufacturers (whose largest customers we are), we are
privileged to make selections from the yardages left on their
hands and to have suits made of them to Bell at just a little
over the cost of workmanship alpne. This is the nature-of a
dividend to our customers.
Every one of these 500 suits is as good as any suit in
this store without reserve. Yet while they last theyare to
go at $23.50 each.
Wise men will be here early for beat
picking.
(First Floor, Market)
500 Overcoats Also
in the Sale -
These in the Lower-Price Store
100 of these are Balmacaan weatherproof coats in
tweed effects, medium weight, specially priced at ?5, ?8,B0
and $9.75.
" 400 are excellent practical heavy-weight overcoats, spe
cially priced at $7,60 to ?14.50. They are in mixed cheyiots
and blue chinchillas; made from various models; some
single breasted, some double breasted; some form. fitting
a wide variety to choose from. Some of the-coats are full
body lined, others are quarter lined with satin.
i Every one is a good warm winter overcoat, absolutely
sound in material and making.
(flubwar Foor, Slmrket)
Men's Derby and Soft Hat
Reduced to $2
n,v
A collection of odd lota Qf hats that hajfe been ssj
for $1,50 more in our own stocks. -
All good new. aisles, and a,larg YJrifJy t4ihoW
V Among the soit hats srewoeoft, ,
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