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IBAR EXPERTS TELL
OF HOUSING EVILS
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Sixty Organizations m. r c
Represented at Confer
ence in the Curtis Build-
ling v-ouiiwiiuw .
nured. r&lthy women, wnoso cniiuren iivo
luxurious, warm houses, which havo
mt.-j. nmi lfiree winuows. nenru
RS5n experts today In the auditorium
Pmm Curtis Building describe how tlio
K Cof the "other halt" live in the
wmen whoio 'names nro prominent In
m.... .imniled the Monday conference
Sdslatlon, arranged for the purpose
KwjrlnB tho housing problem of I'hlla
if."vlA discussed. Among them were
iwfjentatlves of moro than CO women's
ffrLnliatlons. In tho audience sat bov
?. (niors. whoso congregations ln-
CU women and children who live In
towel one" i ....... .- 7- , .
KTh brlcWcss, wlndowlcss nnd ynrdless
fjTwnent was described by soveral proml-
EivnnrJls' rinnnco Commltteo was
nnrely censured for refusing to nppro
erlitB funds for tho new Division of
sL.inF nnd Sanltntlou. by Fred C. Fold.
KfMtary of tho Octavla Hilt Association.
f.nilldates who nro willing to Ico-
tSwrate In sanitary movements. Ho also
jjrnd that a comprehensive survey bo
'jkcise-breedlng spots.
COUNCILMEN CENSURED.
'7s It posslblo that such conditions really
Bv
Jilitln tho 20th century?" asked a young
Jocfety matron.
fjlrs. Frank lilies Day, who presided,
itanotinccd that today's meeting was the
Jnt of a scries of Monday conferences
'jtillng with subjects now pending In the
jtgWaturo.
Fin my opinion tho housing question Is
cos of tho gravest prooioirs mat races
Philadelphia," Bald Mrs. Day "Councils
Blbuld do something toward changing
preent conditions, xnero nro many per
rtas lining In houses which need lmmc
ilita Improvements, and I trust that
Hit Legislature this session will tako
Ketlce of existing conditions."
,"The problem or reducing tne slum is
mis that affects not onl your humbler
ftlkm-cltlzcns who nro compelled to dwell
there In this ago when disease carriers
iro so many It affects all your neighbor
In'the street car may havo como from a
Borne reeking with disease tho homes of
your servants may send you tho worst
Wnd of contagion," said Mr. Fold.
R'Today our Councils aro defying the
jeople of the city by not putting Into
force an act passed by tho Legislature In
HH Philadelphia as yet has taken no
jinked stand on this matter. You must
rroyltle for tho enforcement of this law.
Jfa ahould back up officials who really
ttand for what Is right and wo must elect
officials who will listen to tho will of tho
peopla Let Philadelphia awakol"
URGES SURVEY BY CITY.
Mr. Feld described tho manner In which
Council's, Finance Commltteo refused to
ta-r any attention to the now Division of
.Housing and Sanitation, which waa pro
vided for by tho last Legislature. Ho
urged that voters should not forget tho
Incident.
The municipality, according to Mr. Feld,
should undertake a complete and com
prehensive survey of tho city In order
to ascertain what might bo done In tho
My of removing disease-breeding spots.
iTMa survey, Mr. Fold said, should be
tone by the city with tho assistanco of
property owners.
Sine proper study of this problem Is be
JOnd the resources of private organiza
tions. There are many groups of small
louses In which poorer tenants can bo
Kcommodated at low rents which are Im
possible In any largo reconstruction
Scheme. The tenants themselves nrn not
Jttfd to live In great reconstructed blocks,
Tor these whero the buildings can be ro
Ptlred and proper sanitary appliances,
jofflclent light nnd air provided, the land
lords should bo forced to do so at their
wn expense,
R'There are other old properties, how-
Yer, Where It -wmiM hn Tmnqjirv in lie-
Irojr portions of tho buildings to bring
tie Property up to a reasonable standard.
these cases the municipality ought to
able to compensate In some way for
Jm property destroyed and be able to
Bake loans at low rate, to carrv on Im-
PWements.
'Other areas, however, will be found
iJHere neither of these two ways could bo
S if out' ftnd her0 tno municipality
Mould be able to buy up and rearrange
frare blocks or to sell them, perhaps at
ai'oss, to private organizations that will
.CeTelop them unrtar illrooHnn nf thn
per authorities.
Mnd speculation a factor.
sTke Question of tnnrl vnluAM nnA mti!ii
Jtion always enters lntn fhM nmhlems.
'suburban districts are dally being
de more valuable by the growth of the
fit and speculators aro taking the profit.
E city should assslst In keeping down
? values by owning tho suburban areas
f"1 selling- at low prloes to homo builders,
many continental cities this has been
n, with the result thnt All lnnrt Hrwirtl.
iUon lias been stopped."
,jne Octavla Hill Association Is a Dri-
2te orsanliation, striving to redeem old
?Uaes by reconstruction, renatni. Intra.
lt?,v? ot PJumbing facilities, etc. Tho
feiiS. arnea on through paid women
Electors, Who visit tho homes, collect
wi fe tnat Proper livintr conditions
KJ maintained and become friendly vlslt
H the family. The association began
mm ' w,th a caP,ta 'ess 'han
Its, ,u " Browin, wnue eiow, naa
KSS& constant. ti, n.ni.i is i.
' . . -. ...w tytKt fcWWJ t
TtL,a",0W' ln addition to ItfO.OOO worth
ifitty managed by H as figent.
r-" mo organizations represented at
is?.nr5lub- Phllomuslan Club, Women's
"Ue Jor Good Government. th Rnual
"wthlse Society. College Club. Phlla.
J??1 Section of the Council of Jewish
?' the Asnea Xrwin Alumn! and the
fff ana Bclool League. Miss Mary II.
SjMm is secretary of tho committee,
?? n Augustus Eshner, treasurer,
Iz w'vnologlcal history of th 'nouslnjf
SS?'on in Philadelphia was Blven by
SS" J Newman, secretary ot the
jB'Udelphia Housing- Commission, The
inr. palts wero Chief Clark, of the
iSa J? ' Tenement House Inspection,
i r. Carol Arorvovicl.
' mm J i i i i ii
Spaent for 91,000,000 Bet Aside
ASIUNQTON, Jan. 18 -David Yost,
' Uburgh, was unsuccessful today ln
owning- the aid of tho United States
nie Court In an endeavor to compel
WtlclaJs of the Dallas County, MJs
sr. to pay him a, judgment amounting
LKut J.OOO.0i which h obtained In
feOfral COUrt In Xflisnnrl HlrMtnfr hm
f$F ft"ihrttles to redsera bonds Js-
?, to invest in new railroads.
i OU&rtHIA Cnnrt il that 4Va VtkA.
Jrt in Missouri bad no power 19
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QUITS CHURCH FOR WAR
The Rev. John van Schalck, Jr.,
has resigned as pastor of the
Church of Our Father, Universa
list, at Washington, and will go
to Europe as a member of the
American Relief Committee.
NEUTRAL SOCIALISTS PLEAD
THAT WAR BE ENDED
Copenhagen Conference Takes Now
Peaco Mensurea.
LONDON, Jan. 18 A dispatch to tho
Chronicle from Copenhagen says tho first
peaco, conference bearing on tho grcnt
war opened thcro yesterday, convened bv
tho Socialist parties of Iluropcan neutral
States. Under tho conviction that public
opinion Is horror-stricken nt bo much
slaughter and such far-reaching ravagos.
It was demanded thnt immediate steps
should bo taken toward shortening tho
war. Soclnllsts of Holland, Norway,
Sweden nnd Denmark each sent four
delegates and tho Italian Socialists sent
one.
The real object of tho conference la to
draw general attention to tho folly of
making Europo bankrupt nnd crippling
her manhood and to draw up plans for
npproachlng-the belligerents with arbitra
tion proposals when tho opportune mo
ment arrives Tho SoclnllBts want to
bring homo to all peoples tho uselcssness
of fighting to the "bitter end "
FRANK LESLIE'S CHILDREN
PROBING WIDOW'S CAREER
Discover Documents ln London Pur
porting1 to Reveal Early Romances.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Information
about tho early life and tho marriages of
tho lata Mrs. Trank Leslie, Idow of
Frnnk Leslie, tho publisher, that has been
sought for In vain by her biographers has
come to light ln court records found by
James II. "Westcott, counsel for grand
children of Frank Leslie by his first mar
riage, who aro contesting tho -will of
Mrs. Leslie
The latter, also known ns tho Baroness
de Bazus, left nn estate valued at about
1,800,000, the principal part of which was
bequeathed to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
to bo used to further tho causo of woman
suffrage. Three grandchildren of Mr.
Leslie are suing for $1,000,000 of this estate.
Their suit Is based on tho claim that Mr,
Leslie provided that at tho death of his
second wife Bho should give a large part
of tho estate either to his children or
grandchildren. The testimony taken ln
London ln 1880 ln behalf ot tho sons of
Frank Leslie In their fight over his will
Is Included ln the documents filed In the
Surrogate's Court hero.
Through these and other documents It
Is shown Mrs. Leslie's first husband was
David Charles Peacock, a Jeweler's clerk,
who married her In 1851 ln the presence
of a deputy sheriff and the lawyer for
Mrs. Susan Follln, her mother. Mrs.
Leslie's maiden name was Miriam Flor
ence Follln.
Peacock got a divorce on the ground of
duress, showing that he had been arrested
on a charge made by the young womnn's
mother, There was no opposition to his
suit. Ephralm George Squler, diplomat,
archaeologist and writer, employed as
an editor on Frank Leslie's Weekly, was
her second husband According to docu
ments ln the hands of the claimants,
Squler got a divorce after suffering many
humiliations. Including Beveral weeks ln
a debtor's cell ln Liverpool while his wife
was traveling in tho company of Mr.
Leslie,
The documents also show that the then
Mrs. Squler nnd her travelling company
stopped at a butcher's shop and bought
some sausage and other delicatessen to
send to her husband, remarking "That
will amuse him until we get to Paris."
Some of the testimony from the Eng
lish records is Interesting. One witness
describes seeing Lefille fastening on Mrs.
Squler's boot. Tho same witness tells that
the woman had a wonderful Influence
over the publisher and could mako him
obey her without question.
KANSAS, BATTERED BY HEAVY
GALE, UNDERGOING REPAIRS
Battleship, Badly Damaged, Now at
League Island.
The gale-battered battleship Kansas,
the "Jinx ship" of the fourth division of
the Atlantic fleet, Is undergoing extensive
repairs at the League Island Navy Yard
today. It will probably be some time
before the Kansas Is again fit for active
service, onllclals say. The battleship was
badly damaged when she ran Into a
75-mllo-an-hour gale off the Virginia
coast, four days ago.
Officers of tho Kansas declare the storm
waa one of the worst they have over ex
perienced. At times the waves washed
over the bridge of the ship, Imperiling
the lives of those on It, Practically during-
the entire duration of the storm the
forward deck was under water. One
wave, 75 feet high, reached up to the
forward searchlight deck.
Most of the bridge was carried away,
the range finder was destroyed and the
semaphore signal device was washed
overboard. The deck "dished" when
some of the forward sections became
strained under the constant pressure of
the water.
MISS OBOSMAN BANKRUPT
Actress nnd Husband File Petitions
In New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Voluntary petl
tlons In bankruptcy were Wed In the
United States Circuit Court this morning
by Maurice Campbell, o, theatrical pro
ducer, and by his wife Henrietta C 'Camp
bell, actress. Mr Campbell gives his
liabilities at tU6,S31 and his assets at
HM, Th chief liability is ts,000. sold to
b owing- Mrs. CarapbsU and IW.771 owing
ta Mary MUtwan- Miss Croswan's lla
bllltus are tlT.QTO ftnd assets aro put at
fH.QQ& ,
EVENING LEBGEB PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. JANUARY
ARMY OF JOBLESS
CRYIM FOR BREAD
IN CITY STREETS
Number of Unemployed Es
timated at 160,000 Mis
sions and Police Stations
Filled.
"Not a day passes," said President Ul
rlch, of the Central Lnbor Union, today,
"but that organized labor in this city Is
called upon to consider tho needs of
scores of families of worthy, sober nnd
hard working members of our 128 sepa
rate organizations. Never In the history
of Philadelphia hnvo conditions nmong
wngc-enrncro been so bad as they aro
now.
"Never before, to my knowledge, have
so many 'out-of-cmployment' stamps been
Isitied at tho headquarters of tho many
unions ns nre being issued now. These
stamps exempt members In good stand
ing, who nro without employment ond
unnblo to meet their monthly clues, from
ing, who nro without employment and
have n surplus nbovo tho actual needs of
their families.
"A conscrvntlvo estimate made by the
hendi of tho many unions places the
total number of wngo-enrncrs without
Jobs In this city nt ICO.OOO. This Is n
much smaller total thnn tho number of
men who nro actually depondent upon
charity for tho necessities of life. Thoro
aro many who wilt not work, nt,d thoy
nro tho bane of tho decent down-and-out
man, who will bo only too glad to work
If ho can get work "
Tho Inasmuch Mission, which has the
greatest capacity In the city nnd thero
foro Is doing the greatest work, housed
BOO men Inst night on tho floor of tho
basement nnd accommodated 212 other
men In rooms or In tho general dormi
tory. Superintendent Long last night
turned aay moro than 300 men who had
not tho prlco of n room but wcro worthy.
MISSIONS CROWDED.
Tho Salvation Army, with Its six halls,
two hotels and employment agency, ac
commodates about 500 men n night and
charges only as little as posslblo. Galilee
Mission has a capacity of 20 men, and
thcro Is novcr a vacant bed or space on
tho floor after 8 o'clock at night Tho
Whosoever Mission, of Qormantown, Is
swamped every night and there seems,
according to Superintendent Mclntyre, no
end to tho demands. Tho Volunteors of
America havo about thrco times ns many
applications every night than they can
accommodate.
Mission workers say that three-fourths
of tho men who como to tho missions aro
family men who aro fortunate enough to
have found some placoof refugo for their
wives and little folk and nsk only an op
portunity to mnko an honest penny hero
and thero to keop themselves alive and
help their dependents along.
A significant fcaturo of tho present con
dition Is tho character of tho men who
form tho great majority of tho mission
patrons. Tho frowBy, soiled and unkempt
man, who in ordinary times makes
up the majority of tho patronB, Is now
outnumbered by tho clean and Industrious
looking man, who first asks for work, and,
when he gets It, performs It efficiently
and gracefully.
MANY STRANDED SEAMEN.
At the seamen's missions stranded men
of all nations spend tho long days at the
expense of the seamen's organizations.
There aro reported to be ln this port 100
foreign sailors, discharged from Interned
vessels In this nnd other ports. Many of
these havo been brought to this country
bv false tales of chances of employment
In tho larger cities.
A group of business men. who have
studied tho conditions for a month or
more, estimate that there are in this city
and Its environs a quarter of a million
men out of work. Many of these men nre
on half or one-third time. It Is estimated
that two men on half-time equal one man
with no work at all Alba B. Johnson,
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
Work's, speaking before tho Finance Com
mittee of Councils, said that his company
Is now paying out 60 per cent, less in
waces than It did In 1913, because of lack
of work.
$100 GIFTS TO ORPHANS
IN MRS. M'KEOWN'S WILL
James Beaton Thompson Leaves
$1000 Bequests to Children.
Bequests of $100 each are made to St.
John's Male Orphan Asylum, 9th street
and Wyaluslng avenue, to the Little Sis
ters of the Poor at 61th street and Ches
ter avenue, and to the Dominican Sisters
of the Perpetual Rosary, ot Camden,
from the $12,000 estate of Mrs. Frances
McKeown, late of 2916 North 21th street.
Her will, admitted to probate today dis
tributes the residue, of the estate among
relatives.
The will of James eBaton Thompson,
2212 Walnut street, former treasurer of
the I P. Morris Company and prominent
In Philadelphia club life, directs that be
quests of $1000 be paid to each of his two
children, Miss Elizabeth Thompson, one
of this season's debutantes, and D. O.
Thompson. The residue of the estate,
which Is estimated In excess of $150,000,
is left ln lee to his wiaow, ismilia u.
Thompson, who Is also named executrix.
Mr. Thompson died at the home of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Daniel O, Brlnton,
at Media, January 8.
The $100,000 estate of Theodore Arm
strong, for years president of the Penn
sylvania Salt Company and who died at
his home on East Graver's lane. Chest
nut 31111. January 5, Is distributed among
relatlves. Give grandchildren each re
ceive a legacy of $1000.
Emma II. Randall, late of E903 Thompson
street, directs in her will that $2000 of
her $3000 estate be paid the Rush IIos.
pltal for Consumptives ln the event that
her son Henry and granddaughter
Frances do not survive her.
Other wills making private distribution
of estates are those of James J, Mul
holland, late of 213S East Cumberland
street, whose estate Is valued at H3.EO0;
Henry R. Clark, 1722 Wolf street, $S910;
Sarah Campbell. 1186 North C2d street,
$1000; Ella A. Piatt. 2J18 West Venango
street, $2100; Louis Ahler, Sr., 4733 Salmon
Btreet, $2200, and Rudolph H, Krlschker,
who died at Wlldwood Crest. N. J., $2200,
WAR DEPARTMENT RULE
FOR MILITIA UPHELD
United States Supereme Court De
clares Order Constitutional,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. An order Is
sued by the War Department prescribing
rules for the rollltla organizations of the
States was held constitutional by the
United States Supreme Court today.
The court handed down a decision In
the suit of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel C,
Stearns, of Cleveland, O.. against Brig
adier General George H Wood, of Colum
bus, O.. seeking- to restrain the War De
partment from putting- Into effect orders,
on ths ground that thoy constituted an
Uh.tlnn.l Int.r.HnM with lh nji-
tlosal nwrd, psrtlouUriy In n matter I
t appoJnWs WW's 'r w Mi""fc i
Latin-American territories' are willing tb
co-operate with Americans and nro al
ways ready to become Interested In new
Investments.
"While there exists throughout South
America a strong desire to establish
closer commercial relations with the
United States," sold Doctor Rowe today,
"it Is a grievous error to assume that nil
that Is required of American merchants
Is to Inform prospective South Amerlcnn
merchants that thiy aro now ready to
make such shipments as they may de
sire, "In splto of constant repetition, Amer
lcnn manufacturers seem unwilling to ac
cept ns final and tloflnlto the principle
thnt tho first requisite for successful en
try into tho South American field Is tho
granting of the same long credit system
which for ycars'the British, French nnd
German manufacturers have been willing
to bestow upon tho merchants of South
America. If such credits wcro customary
In normat times, they havo becomo In
dispensable In tho present critical period,
when merchants throughout South
America arc passing through a commer
cltl depression almost unparnllelcd In the
history of those countries."
POISONING OF CITY
IS DECLARED TO BE
MENACE OF SEWAGE
Dixon Says Plans for Dis
posal Plant Will Be Re
turned to Survey Bureau
With Suggestions.
Stato Health Commissioner Dixon an
nounced today that the tentative plans
for the construction of a modern sewngo
disposal plant for Philadelphia, which
wero submitted for his approval recently
by Gcorgo S. Webster, chief of tho Bu
reau of Surveys, have been given careful
consideration and that they would bo re
turned to tho Survey Bureau with a num
ber of suggestions within a short time.
The revised plans will then bo formally
presented to Mayor Blankenburg with n
request for their approval, nfter which
they will bo submitted to Councils.
Whllo the financing of tho project would
bo the most serious consideration at the
present time. Doctor Nixon pointed out
that tho cost could bo spread over a num
ber of -tears, slnco tho work was ofsucb
a kind that It coutd bo dona section by
section.
Chief Webster said today that citizens
of Philadelphia wereIn dally danger of
bolng poisoned on account of the present
inadequate system of handling sewage.
The greatest menace, ho sold, lay ln tho
possibility of having tho food supply con
taminated, as tho grent sewers of tho
city emptied Into the Delaware almost
at the point whero tho ships unload their
cargoes of food. He said the city must
undertako these tasks:
(1) To collect and treat the sewago so
as to protect tho public health and to pro
vent unduo pollution of tho water taken
from tho Delaware River at tho Torres
dale filters.
(2) To promote the comfort and pros
perity of tho people by abating tho nui
sance now existing, duo to sewago pollu
tion of Frankford nnd Cobbs Creeks, tho
lower Schuylkill River and tho docks of
the Delaware River.
(3) To enhance the development of tho
port and create attractive conditions by
restoring and maintaining the rivers nnd
streams In a clean condition.
(I) To accomplish these results with the
most economical expenditure of public
money.
Philadelphia's backwardness In handling
Its Bewage problem Chief Webster at
tributed directly to lack of knowledge or
lack or Interest among the people. "As
tho sewers aro out of sight," ho said,
"few except tho3o Intrusted with their
construction and maintenance think of
them."
WEARING ATTACKS P. R. T,0N
CHEAPER TRANSIT RATES
TJ. of P. Professor Says Lower Pares
Are Possible.
The argument of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company that tho com
pany would be unable to meet Its obliga
tions If fares were reduced was ridiculed
by Prof. Scott Nearlng, of the University
of Pennsylvania, yesterday, In an address
before the Socialist Literary Society on
"The Kingdom of Man" at the Broad
Street Theatre.
"Philadelphia Is the only city In the
United States," he said, "that Is com
pelled to pay 8 cents for a continuous
ride on two cars. The plea of the Phlla
delphla Rapid Transit that It could not
meet Its obligations on reduced fares la
ludicrous. Out of the earnings of the
company last year $26,000,000, more than
two-fifths, went to satlsflng Interest on
underlying stocks, some of which paid as
high as 72 per cent a year."
Professor Nearlng scored the Public
Service Commission, declared Pennsyl
vania had no workmen's compensation
act, and that the child labor laws of the
State would dlsgraeo South Africa, He
advised his audience to think a little less
on the things In heaven and more on the
"abuses practised by corporations on the
public of Philadelphia."
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LATIN-AMERICAN TRADE
SEEN AS BIG BOON TO U. S.
But Long Credits Are Necessary,
Bays Dr. Rowe.
Extension of long credits and liberal
Investment of capital by American busi
ness men In tho Latin-American mar
kets, according to Dr. L. S. Rowe, mem
ber of the Pan-American Commission,
will surely yield large profits. Doctor
Rows Is resting today after a seven
months' Journey through South America.
He will resume his work at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania In a few days.
Great opportunities face the American
'merchant as well as the manufacturer ln
South America, Doctor Rowe believes.
The men who possess capital In the
RESCUE WORKERS TO MEET
"Florence Crittenton Mission Confer
ence ln "Washington This Week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Plans were
uimnlcted today for ths 334 annual con
ference of the National Florenco Critten
ton Mission, to be held here from Wed
nesday to Saturday of this week. There
are S3 homes throughout the country and
most of these will be represented ln the
assemblage.
The speakers and their topics will be
Mrs, Kate Waller Barrett, "The Deported
QlrV't Mrs. Joseph Bellah, of Newark,
N. J.. "The Discharged Prisoner"! Mrs.
Barclay Haiard, vice president of the
New York Municipal League, "The Psy
chology of the Wayward Girl". Doctor
Wilson, of Detroit, "Co-operation With
the Federal Courts"! Miss Mabel Parker,
Newark. "Prenatal Dietetics"! Mrs. Palno,
Oirilen. Utah. "The Policewoman". Miss
Grace Reed. Indianapolis. "The Mother
and Child"', Miss M B Luther, New York,
The woman -Nigoi (jourv . ansa war.
.haft UM-fnlb lfa aRVlnB. tti Vraff.
tint., .vw,, -, . -. --n
meets" and Mrs. C M BHinwood, Bet
ton, 'Tat Mentally Deficient,"
EXPORTS OF GRAIN
AID NATION, SAYS
LOCAL EXCHANGE
Protest Made to Congress by
Commercial Men Against
Change in Grades and In
spection Methods.
Protest ngoinst tho Moss bill, now be
fore Congress, which provides for a
change In grades of grain and tho meth
ods of Inspection, has been filed with
tho Senate Commltteo on Agriculture by
tho Philadelphia Commercial n-cchange
through Its president, L. Q. Graff. The
exchange contends the passage of tho
bill would bo disastrous to the grain
exporting 'trade.
The protest deals chiefly with corn,
and tho change of No. 2 grade from the
present IS per cent, molsturo to 15V4 per
cent Is condemned. It would, according
to tho exchange, compel tho exporter
to sell to foreign buyers No. 3 grade,
with its moisture content of 17H per cent
Two per cent, moisture content differ
ence between No. 2 and No. S grades
and No. & and No. 4 grades, it Is de
clared, wilt bo a hardship to tho producer.
Eighteen per cent molsturc, It Is snld,
can bo exported In snfety from North
Atlnnttc ports, nnd a dlfferenco between
them nnd Gulf ports should be allowed.
Federal Inspection of tho grain will bo
a great expense to tho United States Gov
ernment and detrimental to the Interests
of the exporters, It Is declared.
In regard to tho cxportattons of grain
generally tho country should rejoice that
It can export so heavily, ns millions of
dollars nro thus brought to America. Tho
movemont of grnln, It Is contended,
"helpi to employ Idle men and women It
Is putting the wheels of Industry In mo
tion." "Suppose the prlco of bread should bo
advanced ono cent a loaf, because of the
Increased vnluo of wheat," tho statement
says, " how much would that cost the
R-.orn.KO family? Statistics show that 275
loaves of bread aro consumed per capita
In tho United States; In a family of flva
thls would amount to an Increased ex
penso of $13 75; the former unemployed
would cam this In a week's time and the
Increase in wages would far outdistance
an Increase In expense; however, wo be
lieve that it Is doubtful If there will bo an
Increase In the cost of bread."
fl
Men's $1.50 $1
& $2 Gloves -1
Dent's Samples
Cape, PIquo and Kid.
FIRST FLOOR.
8TH ST. SIDE
Market
IX OUH DIG RESTAURANT
It's Bargain Time in Good Fl-OOf Covering's
Our January Clearances offer important price reductions on our own well-selected stock, also the balance of
tho -Treat purchase of Ilody Brussels Huff, from Scholleld, Mnson & Co., and a big linoleum sale.
$27.50 Body Brussels $ g 9 g
Rugs
In SUe 9x12 Fed
Famous five-frame rugs, attracttvo patterns. Every
ono Is perfect. ,
Also a large number of the flve-framo body Brussels
rugs In 21 sizes. Including hall runners.
CARPETS : Some Lots Limited
$1.10 Tapestry Brussels, yd 69c
$1.35 Wilton Velvet, yd 98c
$1.25 Axminster, yd 98c
DODY BRUSSELS
(43.60 ones, I I.10.CO
at3..3!.!?.?:?' 33.50l 5is ixB
Tabourettes, Draperies & Curtains
January Clearance Prices
In the Upholstery Section
gr' 3
50c Bamboo
Tabourettes
One pictured. Stand 19 Inches high.
Have heavy bamboo legs with 11-Inch
matting-covered top, reinforced with
rattan.
25c to 30c Cretonne
Heavy grade, 36 Inches wide
LACE CURTAINS
At Clearance Prices
3 nnd 3j yards Ionsr. Im
ported Irish point wide ap
pllqued borders.
I3.S0 9-3 no i f o.5o 4 Aa
fairs- J'i,JS I I'ulrai l'HO
0.00 fi OQ
Scotch
Thread Lace
just) qo-
2.00 1 OR
l'alrsi 1"co
3.00 HOD
ralrsi l'VO
5.00 0 OQ
ralrsi ,"JO
THIRD
FIX)OIt
Scrim and
Voile
Curtains
si .so
l'alrsi
1
l'alrsi -
S3.00 M no
ralrsi '0
w.oo sjo eq
l'alrsi "W
S5.00
, 2.98
I'alrs
SPECIALS
Uread Ilox Family
sle. nicely Japan
ned ana let- OQ
tered ,
Flour Vox -Heavy
tin. neatly , Japan
ned; stenciled, 26
lb. capacity 49 c
Large size, copper
bottom Wash
FOUND CAKH JlOX
CiK&
Boiler, tl.lt
Value . .
79c I
third y
rnim others
18, 1915.
"SEWING BEES" RAISE
FUNDS FOR SUFFRAGE
Votes-for-Women Advocates Also
Skilled nt Needlework.
Though hard at work speechmaklng, ad
vertising and soliciting votes' for women,
suffragists in this city have not entirely
forgotten they can sew. This Is evidenced
every Thursday afternoon at the head
quarters of the Equal Franchise Society,
85 South 9th street, where many women
prominent In suffrage circles take up tho
needle and thread to make various arti
cles of clothing for feminine wear or tl
run the sowing machine hemming nap
kins, aprons, pillow cases, etc Hundreds
of these have been made by surfrnglsts
during tho winter. They are sold nnd
tho funds raised aro used to further the
suffrago movement In this city and State.
This sewing assembly Is known ns tho
Thursday Afternoon Sowing Class of tho
Equal Franchise Society. It is under the
leadership of Miss Clara C. Nlchclbnch,
825 North 6th street Among tho members
are Mrs, J. W. Schell, Miss Marjorlo Ben
netts, Mrs. J. D. Copperfleld, Mrs. M. C.
Morgnn, Mrs. Wilfred Lewis and Miss Ida
Katzensteln. Much Interest Is displayed at
the "sowing bees," with tho result that
tho membership Is steadily Increasing.
A particular brand of houso duster has
been turned out which Is said to surpass
all kinds now on tho market It has
proved a grcnt sellor. In order thnt the
housewife, who uses one of these special
"dust eradlcators," may be well protected
from tho particle, which her energy causes
to fly, caps which cover her hair well
nre also made, and a natty suffrage
made apron completes tho dusting para
phernalia. Remnnnts nnd "loft overs" from dresses
nnd shirtwaists nro requested by tho
members, whoso deft ncodlecraft trans
forms them Into various articles of wear
ing appnrcl for domestic use.
COOKE OPPOSES CONTRACT
Director Protests Again Agreement
With Light Company.
The Pennsylvania Public Service Com
mission today received at Harrlsburg tho
formal protest of Director Cooko against
the approval of the contract between
tho Philadelphia Electric Company and
tho city for 1915. A hearing Is to be
held on Wednesday.
Tho petition asks that approval bo not
granted on tho ground that tho terms
and conditions of the contract are unjust
and unreasonable to the city, that the
price to be paid by It la exorbitant and
that tho lamps, equipment and facilities
to be furnished are obsolete and Inadequate.
STORE OPENS Si30 A. M. CLOSES AT 5l30 P. M.
HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE
Lit PNCbsn
Doublo Yellow Trading Stamps With Every 10c Purchase Until
Noon : After That, Until Closing; Time, Single Stamps
Eighth Filbert
BEST OF EVERY THING AT LOWEST PRICES FIFTH FLOOR
1 iiwni nriMc
uiiuul,i;iiikJo
$1.15 Grade,
Snunre Ynrd. .. .
$1.35 Grade,
Square Yard
Squi
Printed ST
70c Grade, A7c
Square Yard
80c G r a d e, KAC
Square Ynrd s-r-!-
Thousands and thousands
of yards ln an infinite va
riety of the best
Fun roils.
RUGS : Extra Specials
TAPESTRY
ones,
Ld '27.50
Seamless,?'3.98
Tomorrow and Wednesday,
best, standard kinds.
31c
$1.50 Nain
sook Gowns
and Taffeta, yd. 15c
various floral designs.
75c Sunfast
Drapery Material,
yd. 39c
Special Purchase of 6000
Yards
Comes 15 Inches wide. De
sirable colors In pretty
designs; some two -tone
effects.
$7.50 to $18 Lace
Bed Sets,
$4.98 to $10.98
Of heavy cable net with Ren.
alssance. Marie Antoinette
and lacet Arabian lace motifs
and frames. Bolster covers
to match.
trimmed,
t.MM....U.......,...H...M.......M..l
75c to $1.25 Bath Fixtures, 50c
iSolId brass, nickel-plated
11.23 Glass and Opal
8hclTes(18.1nch. with
nickeled brackets),
B3e Combination disss
and Soap Holder,
7Bo Dath Tub Soap
Dish.
85o Toilet Paper
Holder.
Oil Heater
Miller Burner
Asli Sitter
Asa SO 1
Good
family
site.
Oan, JJ
Heavy sralvan-
special.
ed iron rotary
ash sitter and
25c
large - sue can
Sifter, senaratc
- ooon
IB1.03,
MAIL OH PSONS OKPEUS ViUJSB i
P. & R. A PLUNDERBUND,
CHARQESN. Y. ATTORNEY
Alleges Company Oyerehnrgid 100,
000,000 In Freight RAtef-
Charges that the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company has plundered the
people of New York and New England ot
$100,000,000 in 20 years by the Imposition
and collection of excessive coal freight
rates, aro made In a pamphlet Issued by
Albert II. Walker, an attorney of New
York. Mr. Walker declared that ho was
authorized to make the pamphlet publlo
by Interstate Commerco Commissioner
Charles C. McChord, who approved It
Tho charges are made In connection with
tho commission's Investigation ot the
Heading's coal business.
Taking 1912 as a specino year, Mr.
Walker charges that the Rending mado
during that year more than twice ns
much as was fair to the public on lis
transportation, of anthracite conl An
proof thnt tho company is receiving exces
sive compensation for tho services, Mr.
Walker cltei tho "enormous dividends,"
which for thrco successive years, he says,
have boen as high as SO per cent
During 1912 the Rending was charging
$1.66 per ton for transporting anthracite
coal from tho conl fields to Port Reading,
N. J Mr. Walker says. "Seventy-flvo
cents a ton would havo been abundant
compensation," ho deelnres. From tho
Reading's report Mr. Walker shows that
the rate per ton mile charged on an
thraclto coal waa 86 per cent greater
than ths rate per ton mile charged on
other frolght
Basing his conclusion on the assumption
of tho Supreme Court that an Income of
6 per cont upon stock of a corporation
engaged ln Interstate Commerco Is fairly
compensatory, Mr. Walker declares that
tho Reading might havo charged 10-100 of
n cent per ton-mllo Instend of the 88-160
of a cent which It charged, nnd still pay
dividends.
Charles Heebner, chief counsel for tho
Rending, when asked to comment on tho
charges, declared that evidence was pre
sented during the recent hearings on the
conl rato case before tho Interstate Com
merco Commission to refute all that Mr.
Walker has published.
TO BUILD NEW FIREHOUSE
Station Will Protect Residents of
Byberry nnd Somerton.
An up-to-dato flrehouse for the protec
tion of tho residents of Byberry nnd
Somerton will shortly bo erected on By
berry road. Tho alto for the build
ing has been obtained from tho Phil
adelphia Fnlr Association. Tho building
will bo constructed along tho lines of the
accompanying picture. Tho plans wore
drnwn by Rankin, Kellogg & Crane.
There wns considerable delay In com
pleting tho plans, as tho city water mains
did not extend to tho proposed site, and
tho grading and electrical requirements
could not bo met But theso difficulties
have now been overcome nnd bids will
be asked for in a few days.
Wo Give
YELLOW
TRADING
STAMPS
Double Stamps
Till Noon
Seventh
inlaid.
S Feet "Wide
(59 c
g)c
patterns.
BRUSSELS I O
x 12 Feet
snmlf,-ll-"8
S13.KO
Seamed,
$9.50
DUimru xuwii
Toilet Goods
Sale
Continues
Lowest prices for
Undergarments
Of Silk &
Muslin
Special "White Sale" purchases.
79 c
Some Empire effects, other
models have yoke, lace and
embroidery-trimmed, beading,
medallions and ribbon.
$6 Crepe de Chine Gowns,
Pink or White, $3.98
Empire effect front and back, ao-cordton-plalted
sleeves, trimmed
with shadow lace and ribbon
buds. Another style with hemstitching.
MsMT
$4 Crepe de Chine -0 QO
1?.rivnlnn Prin-mico -lii-0
In pink (and white. One mqdel has yoke front
and back of Bhadow lace and ribbon, Another
model has lace points (Illustrated). All sixes.
$4 Silk Petticoats at $9 98
Main Arcade and Second Floor ""'"
Of messallne. In various plaited models
extra large alie. All the wanted shades and
black. All lengths.
$1.50 tp $3 Crepe de Chine Camisoles,
98c to $1.98v
Trimmed front and back; have Val. lace with
Swiss medallions and bandings, also ribbon
tsome nave riDDon straps over (mourner.
SECOND FWOR
"
S3o Tub Sponge Hack.
1J3 Wulte Enamel
Ilubber-Tlppcd Hath
Tub Seat.
IS and 24 Inch Opal
Towel liar.
TBe to OOc Towel liars
(18. 2t and 30 ins.)
BACH CtCn
$1 Qg
-
and
I-
S8tov"ar,a $M8
Pull nickel
i trimmed, cen
tre g r a t
draft solid rast
bs.se Un.
length pip s-i&
idw wee,
urnuo'ritKS
I
Jl
m
" euriuilt of thut ItMrroetit.
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