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SIX-CENT BREAD
NECESSARY RESULT
'. OF RISE IN WHEAT
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Jkkew ' Here to Advance
iPnee Because of Price of
AJbW-$ 10,000. a Day
Atltlecf to Cost of Living.
The pries' xtt bread 1 going up. In a
few cases throughout the city It already
hss advanced. Now bakers .here admit'
thriflrt Vlow of the action taken by Now
YbrV, -Chicago, Detroit and other cities,
PhilAdelphla bakers can ho longer con
llnuji,io operate at a loss, and universal
r'cnt bread will become an established
fact hero In a day' or two.
According td the Dureau of Statistics
- l.OOO.TOO Id a conservative estimate of the
mlVAberbt loaves sold In this olty dally.
Title means thnt because of high wheat,
this city, despite the number of unem
ployed and -generally recognized hard
times, wll have to "shell dut" 910,000 more
In bfievjln just for bread alone.
If the' war continues for any length of
time, authorities nay, bread may remain
uptfor nn trideruilte period It may even
go- higher, to 7 or 8 cents. Bread at 7
cents a loaf will mean an added dally
attain o'f $20,000 for Phljadclphlans, or
n.SM.OOa lh 'year. -
Charltablo agencies which have had
their hands full trying to feed the destl-tuto-fthi
tho city with bread at normal
prices look aghast at t,h expected rise,
n nd Tvonder" how the'sltuatton Is going to
be rrjel
M.ftny bstfers are In favtor of reducing
tho'suq of the 5-cent 16af ralher than to
advance the, price. While this,' on the
face of things, mtgtH make the outlook
Beem less strained, yet It practically
means tho same as an Increased Prlco to
tho QQnpqmtrv
Not only bread, but cake and pastry are'
also expected to be effected by the wheat
advance. In fact everything In which tho
now precious commodity. Hour. Is m
ployed mnV be expected tcj, cost more.
Las t night a request was made State
Legislator William Walsh, who Is a
wholesale liour dealer, to introduce a
measure rcpenllng the old bluo law of
1797 In an effort to help tho small baker
out of a tight situation.
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LONGSHOREMEN IN RIOT
Btrricers Attack SteVedores af Cam
bria Street 7harf.
Thirty or more- striking longshoremen
attacked stevedores loading flour on the
Belgian, relief ship South Point at'tlio
Cambria street wharf, Port Richmond, to
day, and wero beaten off by the police
only ,attcr, n riot call had been sounded.
Three men, members of the strike
breaking loading crow, were cut and
bruised. They are In the Episcopal-Hospital.
They are Jacob Teetscock, 1323
East Montgomery avenue: Cecil Lynn,
1221 Myrtle street, and George Swlndol,
9th and Locust streets.
A detail of police is now on 'guard at
the shin nnd the work of lqadlng It Is
going on" undisturbed. "' ""
"Tile steamer will be ready to sail Sat
urday as scheduled If It takes 1000 men
to -guard tho work," said Lieutenant Ham
ilton, of the Belgrade and Clearfield
streets station.
It was shortly after S o'clock that the
attack was made on the men going to
wdrk. So sudden was the assault that
tho inteycdpre had hardly tlmO'to defend
themselves. The attacking party con
stituted only a portion of tho'jstrikers In
Port Richmond, about KM of.the long
shoremen having walked out. ' '
FIGHT OVER SHOE AUCTION
-Factory Foreman Has Worker Put
Under Bond to Keep Peace.
Glrardo Japcarla goes to Sunday' school
on Sundays, but made an attack on. him
yesterday, according to John Thrmas,
foreman In the shoo factory of Ifallahan
& Sons. Inc.,' 10th street and Washington
avenue, .-who testified today before Magis
trate Coward.
Japcarla was required to furnish J300
ball to keep the peace. This was pro
Tided by his minister, the Rev. E, J
La Rose, pastor of the Messiah Reformed
Church, ,whlch Japcarla attends regu
larly. Japcarla worked In the-"Shoe fAC
lory. Yesterday he was arrest d after
a. fight over the auction of a air of
shoes.
.stccessob'to"
m ,. u. u,ck
Charles B. Hall to Be Clerk of Select
Council,
Charles B. Kail, sergeaht-at-arms of
Common Councils, will be elected chief
clerk of Select Council tomorrow at '
Councils' regular meeting. He will suc
ceed the late William J. Mllllgan, who
died In Harrlstrarg while attending the
inauguration of Governor Brumbaugh.
Tho position' ima.de vacant hy the pro
motion or, Ifall win be filled wr John
J. Carr. Republican, city committeeman-
from the 30th Ward Hall is' a iUuJeb&nfc
or select councilman paries seger, ot
tho 7th Ward,. .white Carr Is' a 'follower
of City Treasurer McCqach. '.-
A salary' of $1000 A year- is attached' to
flail's new position, vthljo Carr Mil te
eth 000 ' . 'V's -,
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"COKE' SELLERS CAPTURED
Sixteen, Taken In "Arsenal" Itald,
Sent to Correction.
Sixteen men were captured larlv this
morning by police of the lllh and Wln'ef
streets .station In "The Alsohal," a, cafo
at 10th and Winter streets. In a raid
following complaints 'of cocaine being told
there. They were sentenced to various
terms In the House of Correction rang
ing from 10 to 20 days by Magistrate
Timely at hearings later.
"The Arsahel" Is raided evory few
weeks by the police. Each lime men are
caught with cocaine lit their possession
and held for court or given short terms
In the House of Correction. Althou h
the place Is hardly a stone's throw from
the station house, It continues In bus
(nets. The pdltce say It Is the rendezvous
of cocaine peddlers In this city.
PUBLIC AWAITS
COUNCILS' VOTE
Continued from Tat One
Transit Buttons Ready for
Distribution Today
The new transit buttons bearing
the slogan "For the Transit Plan"
may be had upon duplication at the
LEDGER CENTRAL, Broad and
Chestnut streets, and ofr the publi
cation office of the EVENING
LEDGER, 6th and Chestnut
streets. One button will be given
free to each person applying at
either of the above places.
coss of the legislative bodies. Tho lonn
proceduro of about two months In Coun
cils would then follow Into In ths fall of
this year. with, actual construction work
oil the subuajs beginning in 1916 Instead
of In 191S.
Business organizations, trade bodies,
leading manufacturers and all Interested
In the quick consummation of the transit
program united today In their demnnd for
prompt action. Continued delay on the
part of Councils, It has been pointed out,
will mean that the necessary legislation
to authorize the flouting of the loan after
It once has been approved by popular
oto cannot be passed until Councils re
convene after the summer recess.
Tho actual work, in this cane, could not
begin until tho spring df 1916, since ex
cavation and general construction can
not bo begun to advantage during tho
winter. To Insure-a 1915 Instead of a 1K10
beginning overy Influence of civic organ
ization has been brought lo bear to urge
upon Councils the necessity for prompt
ness. L'duard B. Martin, chairman of the
Transportation Committee of the United
Business Men's Association, today de
clared that every one of the local or
ganizations atnilatcd -with the United
Association Is keenly alive to thi need
for .imnidllnte action. Mr. Martin also
Indicated that Bhould Councils make It
possible to begin work next summer, re
lief for the unemployed of tho city -.ill
be afforded Immediately.
"Tho United Business Men's Associa
tion,'" he said, "early In the year 1914
expressly committed themselves to the
support of Dlreptor Taylor nnd his tran
sit plan. AVe have followed him In sup
port of the rlan at every point In tho
hlBtory of Its development.
"Therefore, we certainly expect Coun
cils, at the meeting on February 4, to
provide for the special March election,
whereby necessary authorization can bo
had for the transit loan.
"This Is absolutely essential, so we ex
pect Councils to do their duty In this
matter of public welfare. Not alone Is
it essential for the realization of the
plan, but also for providing for thou
sands of Idle men who arc at the pres
ent time suffering In Philadelphia on ac
count of lack of emplbyment Hence, we
fully expect and believe that Councils "111
provide for a March election at the
meeting tomorrow."
evidence of the Interest aroused In
high-speed transit Is shown by the de
mand for trnnslt buttons. Judging by the
numbers who have been "tagged" with
buttons so far. It Is believed that fully
half a million people will be wearing the
transit slogan this week.
Up to the present time 1M business or
ganizations, 100 labor organizations and
a large number of other associations have
been supplied. The buttons are being
worn by the employes of the city and
national government, the department
stores, Industrial plants, newspapers and
men and women In all walks of life. Thou
sands of school children, who also realize
the need of better transit facilities, nro
also wearing the transit battlecr,.
MAYOR WEARS "THE BUTTON"
Taylor Says Public Shall Know of It
if Councils Halt Plan.
Transit buttons were, pinned on Mayor
Blankenburg and every member of his
cabinet today by Director Taj lor at a
cabinet meeting In the Mayor's oRlce.
Director Taylor declared that If Coun
cils did not take action to provide an
early election on the s:o 000,000 lean for
transit development, he would see that
there was plenty of chance for the public
to known about It.
SHIP PURCHASE BILL
BELIEVED KILLED
Continued from.l'axe One
extraneous influence for, like Brutus,
they, are all honorable men sprang a most
cpmpiito and hostile surprise on their
comrades Sn this side. But the Repub
licans were served 'with full notice of
what was planned. I congratulate our
enemy on the coup.
"You did upset us," ho continued, point
ing At the Republicans on the other side
of (hq chamber. "You did get us (n a
tight hole and I don't know whether w
an going la get out or not. It was most-
artistic and I compliment and congratu
late, the Senators on that side, but not on
this," he added, glaring around at the
seven who had caused the trouble.
Stone's speech was regarded -by epme
pf the Republicans as an admission that
the Administration had been whipped on
the ship purchase bill and as an Indica
tion that the President wouhl place the
$am. for the measure's defeat Bquarely
up to the sevs'n bolting Democrats. '
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TIME BALJi PRQZEN tTP "
" ' 1 "p -Ice
Prevents It Prom. Harking ths
Hour of JtfQon.
This weather, which is trying the pa
tience of patient citizens, so disgusted the
time bail on the roof of the JJouraa-pultd-Ini
that It jefused to go down tpday, as
it is, supposed to dp.
Komt tamo with towering cJouds and
snow- and sleet The ball didn't budge.
Prson sent up to Investigate found that
the pole on which the metal ball Is
perched, and the halyards, were frozen so
nolldly that the mechanical contrivance
which governs the ball's actions did not
havej taree enough to send the ball down.
No one blames the ball.
'Mute" Stags When Sentenced
A substantial sentence to Jail had the
raefflpal effect Of restoring the Yoke of
VatrleJc Bond. With John LarUo, of
190 glen wood avenue, he received a sen
tRCe of net less than three or more than
na years lu tho JSiiltm Penitentiary
Th uin were convlcte4 of robbing tb
asm Qf Morris Miller, pf n Ridge
avliU. While to court Douds pretended
UHA h was a, mute, ap4 for tWs reason
W iM the stand to his deensa.
Aft? fcfr iriMVlcUo. lewf. he tartaai
to t esti occbs to tfc delight
of ether $tlamr
I-BDdBE-PniLADBLPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBBTTABY 3, 191S:
"GET OUT AND
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SUICIDE WAVE
HALTED BY SUNDAY
Continued from rnge Onn
body. I havo nover known known such
roverenco as that the students havo shown
slnco Sunday's visit.
"When ho first began to speak 1 was
a little doubtful; such methods wero new
to me I had been brought up In an at
mosphere devoid of demonstration as n
part of religion. For tho first 13 minutes
I nas a little In fear about tho out corn 0
of tho meeting, liul I nover havo been
slnco then. I think It must bo the power
of his sincerity that wins tho boys. I
confess I do not understand tho grip ho
had on them."
Provost Smith deplored publicity given
to stories that compulsory chapel dis
pleased the student body.
"One paper," ho said, "even went so
far as to print an editorial about It. Now
I will tell you gentlemen that If you want
to know how tho student body regards
chapel you hae only to como out and
soe. It Is no sense compulsuiy. There
are no penalties for failure to attend It.
Chapel Is a matter between tho students
and myself."
"Jlllly" Sunday was the topic most men
tioned at tho luncheon. It began with
tho motion for tho massed attendance of
the Ohio Society at ono of tho Sunday
meetings. Introduced by Dwlght M.
J,owry, nn attorney and member of tho
society. This was Indorsed and a com
mltten will arrange for reservations.
Richard C. Kerens, of St Louis, Am
bassador to Austria under the Taft Ad
ministration, Bald that the nation would
decay without tho Influcnco of spiritual
Inspiration.
THREE BOYS ARRESTED
Accused by Police of Stealing Cut
Glass and Sllverwnre.
Throe youths who broke Into nn un
occupied house at Brookllno, Delaware
County, owned by Robert M. Barr, an at
torney of 1011 Chestnut street, were
caught this afternoon by policeman
Jacobs, of the 61st and Thompson streots
station, who say tho prisoners were carry
ing away the loot In a push cart covered
with old logs The 1 oys aro Robert Jack
son, 1C03 North Camac street; Milton
Child's 5113 Ludlow street, ond Daniel
Myers, 23 North D9th street. They will
bo arraigned tomorrow morning before
Magistrate Bojlc.
According to the story tho pollco de
veloped, the bos entered the Barr homo
last night and obtained silver, cut glass
and Jewelry worth $300. This they did In
a field nearby and returned to dny to
carry away.
BLOCKLEY PLANS SOON REABY
Blrector Zicgler Hakes Announce
ment at Mayor's Cabinet Meeting.
Complete plans for the rehabilitation of
Blockley at a total cost of $8,000,000 will
be ready within a few dajs, according
to announcement made today at the
Mayor's cabinet meeting by Director of
Health and Charities Klpgler. This will
rernovc Councils' argument against Im
mediate appropriation of the $1,000,000 Item
In the $11,300,000 loan to start the work
at the Institution.
The plans will bo presented to Councils
at the meeting February IS and Immediate
action will be demanded by those behind
the plan tq build a new Blockley on tho
slto of the present Inadequate structure.
Director Zicgler announced at the meet
ing that he w(H explain the plans Feb
ruary 11 at the meeting of the County
Medical Society.
The Allies caught Herman Mayer, a
German of this city, nnd charged him
with being a spy, He was placed In a
.cell ami.awaUed his execution as the gray
dawn lingered lazily in nis prisqn winoow.
There was a ;ingllng' of keys and the
steady tread of marching men. r As the
footsteps drew nearer, Herman stood up
bravely to march to death. But there
was; a friendly look on the man who
opened the-sell 4oor-and he was not
accompanied hy the, soldiers of the enemy.
Minr was.amazed-as the turnkey led
Jiiro to the. diatl chamber. Thn he
Maiuea inni no na mu imuin, mo
death chamber In reality was the roll
'room of the nth and Winter streets police
itatlon.Instead of an executioner there
was the smilipg face of Magistrate Eroeiy.
and Instead of a huge axe he held a small
gavel. Mayer had been dreaming, but his
dream was consistent with his expert
,nce of the night. The prisoner was ar.
rested while doing sentry duty In front
pf V Chinese restaurant. He paced the
sidewalk for several hours until Yep Low,
a suspicious Chinese, fearing that Mayer
contemplated some kind of a mysterious
attack, called Policeman Iteilly.
Mayer, who said that he lived at Third
street and Lehigh avenue, declared that
he had been shot Hut the policeman
assured him he was merely half shot All
this was explained to the Magistrate, who
being a German himself, could not help
sympathizing,
"I'm ready to go to )he front any time
for my country." said the prisoner.
"Can yon do the goose itepT" asked the
Judge.
"You bet I can," said Mayer.
"Attention'." cc-snmartded, the Magistrate.
The prisoner saluted.
"Bight face!" was the next command
-and it was done neatly
"Forward march"' shouted ths magis
terial commander
And Maer walked out proudly with
the foose step.
Pat Donotao Is fcM&tll' pan, H
boujht a big stMod; ffrr Ids wff ua that
rr n. i .
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COURTDSMffl
GET UNDER" WHEN OLTJ DOBBIN SLIPS
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An inevitable accompaniment when streets arc covered
SNOW SWEEPERS
PRE VENT BLOCKADE
Continued from I'nge One
hours' notice Tho snow rcmovnl contrac
tors In their work uso three motor-drlvon
ploughs and 33 horse-drawn ploughs and
scr.ipcrs, icoo men and MM teams.
Chief Conucll this triornlng ordered 1200
men of tho emergency street repair forco
and 200 wagons, the property of tho city,
out to assist tho regular force of street
cleaners employed by contractors. They,
together with tho contractor's men, will
keep tho gutters open and opon pathways
at street crossings In all parts of tho
city.
SLIPPCrtY STBEETS.
Ico that made horso tinfllc almost Im
possible, oven for animals rough-shod,
covered every street and byway In Phila
delphia this morning with a thin, slip
pery glazo. Tons of ashes havo boon
thrown oti tho streets and sidewalks lu
all parts of tno city, and there will bo
real work for the street cleaners when
a thaw comes.
Ono death was caused by tho coating
of Ico, a flc-ycar-oId boy coasting direct
ly under the wheels of 11 big automobllo
at Frazler and Media streets, lie was
George Hoy, 1414 North Ithnu street.
J C. Stclner, of Glenslde, owner and
driver of tho car, rushed tho boy to tho
West Philadelphia Hospital, whore phy
sicians said ho had been Instantly killed
Stelner was hold In hla own recognizance
for action of tho coroner.
Miss Emily Beatty, of 172 Maplo
wood avenue, slipped on tho ico at Oer
manlown nvonue and Haines stroet this
morning and sustained a fracture of tho
left arm Sho was taken to German
town Hospltnl. Miss Beatty 1b probation
oftlcer for tho Gcnnantown district
Mrs. Margaret Lltgron, of COB North
23d street, slipped on the Ico at 8th and
Chestnut otreets this morning and broke
her right log. Sho was taken to the
Pennsylvania Hospital
HOSE CONTRACT AWARDED
Eureka Company Successful Bidder
nt Reduced Price.
A contract for $14,900 worth of tho high
est quality fire hose, bid for by 11 firms,
was awarded today to the Eureka
Tiro Tlose Company, of this city. The
cost per foot Is $1 10. This hose formerly
cost $1.20, according to Director Porter,
who urged Director Loeb, of tho Depart
ment of Supplies, to purchnBO the best
quality hose
The Fire Bureau gets 13,600 feet of hose
under the new contract. Bids for the
hose were opened January 6, prices of
various makes ranging from Mb cents to
$1.10 a foot. The samples submitted were
tested January 21 and 23 at flro head
quarters. Race and Juniper streets.
THIEF IMPERILS FOUR LIVES
Pamily Overcome by Gns When Pipe
Is Broken.
Four persons were overcome by gas
early this morning In their homo at 2000
Catharine street as the result of a gas
meter thief breaking a pipe.
Tho thief got $2.25.
Those overcome wero Mrs. John Har
klns, her children, James and Ruth, and
Harry McNally, a boarder.
Policeman John Porter noticed tlio odor
of gas in the street and broke In a door.
He sent the four to the Polyclinics Hos
pital, where thoy were revived. The
police of tho 20th and Fltzwater streets
station are holding three men on sus
picion of having committed the robbery.
RONIQES
they could havo a nice dinner at their
homo, 213 Dickinson street. Hut on his
way home, for some unknown reason, he
became grlef-strlcken and was sorry that
the fish was dead,
There's a fountain in Dickinson Square,
near Pat's home, so he stopped there and
dropped the haddock in a small pool of
water In hope that It would come to life.
He was watching tho fish dubiously, and
a number of children were suggesting
methods to save the haddock's Jlfe, when
Policeman George happened along,
The cop Inquired the pause of the trou
ble. Pat pointed to the fish pathetically
and said; "It's dead."
"Of course it Is," said George. He pulled
the fish out and showed Pat that It was
not only dead, but cleansed and ready
for the frying pan. As Donohoe started
an argument, Oeorge took him to $he
Jloyamenslng avenue pollco station! also
the haddock. Just before the bearings
took place, Pat was convinced that the
haddoqk could not be saved, even with a
pulmotor. go he took It home, or at least,
started In that direction.
Hot bread for supper Is one of the
Standing rules of Charles Crawford, boss
of the houtje at H20 Turner street Charles
Is known as a rather assertive Negro and
when his wife Florence said that she was
'glttln' tlahed makln' hot bread all the
time," Crawford became moody. He went
upstair and got a razor.
His wife barricaded herself behind the
sideboard and Crawford was trying to
reach her with the razor wjien Joseph
Woodland, an acquaintance, went to her
assistance. Both men rolled on the, floor
while Florence yelled foi( the police.
Breaking away from Woodland, Crawford
ran to tUa roof and stood behind a chlm.
ney with the razor. He had it in a carv
ing position when Special Policeman SW
btrt and aullltord found him there, but
they soon overpowered the Negro Brnl
took him to the 19th and Oxford, streets
station.
Hespentd &a Cj awtor 4, wsj fc lH $ i
ipMt Hfj faj,,e w9 ,tfcll
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with snow and sleet.
CHURCHES SAVE
RUM BUSINESS
Continued from Pate One
try to save her for Christ?' 'No.' So I
find Bhe Is a leader In nothing bt so
ciety," ho snocred.
"She Is a leader In nothing but society,
catd parties, dances nnd brtdge-whlst
clubs. I don't call that kind a lcadinj
woman In tho church; eho Is the devil s
bell ringer. 1 will toll sou people what
I call your leading woman. She Is tho
ono who gets down on her knees and
prays; she is the ono who can wrap her
arms around a sinner nnd lead her to
Christ; that Is tho loading church mem
ber. You havo It doped out wrong"
"I'm stuck on Philadelphia," said tho
evangelist. "Countiy folks think of city
people as stuck up nnd dignified and
klnd'a "doggie." Why the people of
Philadelphia aro so kind and big-hearted
thoy seem Just like common folks. That's
tho way 1 llko to sco them remain oven
If thoy do get a llttlo monej Just ns
tholr ancestors who drove tho cart Com
mon folksl Yci, that's what I llko and
It's great to sco this great city so friend
ly. Seventy-five Negroes, students from
Lincoln University, entertained thoso In
tho tabernacle by singing a number of
tho old Southern "darky" hymns. Tho
most popular of thoso proved to be
"Heaven" tho rcfnln "Hoav-Hcav-n-n-n-m-m"
bringing enthusiastic outbursts of
applause from tho audience.
Homer A. Hodoheaver, tho choir leader,
sang tho old revival 'favorite "Thoy Toll
SIo of a Home." Prayer was offered by
tho Itev. Dr. .1. K. McGlurkln, of Pitts
burgh, "EARTHQUAKE" PREDICTED.
An "earthquake" for Philadelphia
greater than that which shook San Fran
cisco Is prophesied lu a letter received
today by "Billy" Sunday from one of his
converts In Ohio. It la not to be the same
kind of a quake, hovvovci, but ono that
will shake the churches and church mem
bers, and sin nnd corrupt politics so
much that the Quaker City will become
so pure that nil tho world will look In
this direction.
This la what Miss Ituth M. Mooro, a 17-year-old
college girl, of East Palestine, O.,
says tho people in Ohio are expecting to
bo the outcome of tho ovangcllst's Phila
delphia campaign. Sho writes that even
In her smalt town tho principal topic Is
Sunday's campaign here, and that his In
fluence has been so great that converts
aro being won In that section becauso of
the renewed activity of church members.
Miss Moore tellB "Billy" in the letter
that she "hit the Bawdust trail" when
only 12 years of ago during Ills campaign
In Youngstown, O, Also that sho has
since been anxious to do Chilstlan work
as the tesult of his preaching five years
ago.
The Jovian League, an electrical trade
organization, Is to be honored by the
presence of the baseball preacher at Its
weekly luncheon In the Adelphla Hotel
tomorrow at noon. Admission will bu by
ticket only.
PRAYER MEETINGS TODAY.
District prajer meetings were held In 24
churches today, 11 being conducted by
members of the Sunday party.
The business women's lunches, con
ducted by Miss Kinney and Miss Miller
In the Chambers-Wylle Presbyterian
Church and tho First Presbyterian
Church, respectively, began at 11 o'clock,
The schedulo of noonday factory meet-
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This fine dining-room set is just an cKamnje of the many beautiful siiites and pieces of
period furniture we are prepared to furnish you for any room in the homik We are direct
representatives of the best furniture manufacturers in this country and hehce sell at whole
sale prices. That's why you pay us 40 less than the same furniture costs you elsewhere
in town. For example, a 12-piece Crotch Mahogany Empire Qplonial dining4room suite, con
sisting of buffet, china closet, serving table, extension table, 8 chairs 600, Reduced to 275.
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,nK8 m connection with the revival
IOill0r,,fftvr nt iho BmaUs-fJoodwIn
nir.ms Wj.T. Pugh Company.
3lM7nnUeCvVrtho Packard Motor-
Mr.nr; North Broad street.
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hv Vih street and Lehigh avenuo.
P"Byob" Stover at the Haines Jones &
CfiObury Company, 1130 nidge J-vcnue.
Mr Crown at the Spring Garden Y.
MCV A. Bth street and Spring Garden
BtMr.tSilrndcn nt the Toft Richmond T.
""'Jack"' Cardiff at the car barn at 44th
nnd Thompson streets.
Mr. Clarkson nt the car barn BOth street
and Woodland avenue.
At 2 o'clock Miss Miller addressed the
Buslnoss Women's Invitation Committee
at tho Y. W. C. A., 18th and Arcll streets,
and nt 3:30 Miss Ilose Fetterolf addressed
pupils of tho William l'enn (High School
In the Trinity Mothodlit Church. A
bovs' nnd girls' meeting will bo con
ducted by Miss Gamlln In tho Dlsston
Memorial Prcsbjterlan Church, Tacony,
at 3:43 o'clock. ,MIbs Lamont will hold a
Illblo class In the Hollond Memorial
Chapel, 13th and Federal streets, at 4:30
o'clock, nnd At U'lB Mrs. Ashor will con
duct a rally In tho Fifth United Presby
terian Church, 66th street and Wyaluslng
nventto. , , ....',
Tho campajgn activities of tho day for
members of- tho Sunday will bo brought
to a close when Miss Miller nildressos a
oung women's meeting In tho First Regi
ment Armory at 7:30 o'clock. Her BUb
Joct will bo "Purity."
Today's Sermon on Pago 7
HINEBURNTODEATH,
SIX HURT, WHEN FIRE
FOLLOWS EXPLOSION
Men Trapped in Lodging
House Near Kane, Pa.
Sleeper Blown Through
Window Into Snowdrift.
KANE, Pa., Feb. 3. In a gas explosion
at Mnyburg, Forest County, Bhortly after
midnight last night, nine men were burned
to death nnd six seriously Injured The
o-'cploston occurred at the two-story frame
boarding houso of the Tlonesta Chemical
Company, when a rubber hose leudlng
from a hugo gns stove broke and tho es
caping gas was Ignited by an oil lamp
which had been left burning on a table
In tho sitting room.
Tho dead aro Tony Lexler. Pete Chilsto,
John Williams, Christ Spear, Tom Spear,
brother of Christ Spear; Christ Tony,
John Tony, brother of Christ Tony; Christ
Bosch and Charles Flsko.
Tho Injured are Mack Pnmmls, Christ
Youmnn, Mike Pasco, Michael Pammls.
brother of Mack Pammls; James Angcllco
and Basil Bosch.
Most of the men wero of Macedonian
descent
Tho force of the explosion was so great
that James Williams, who was the only
boarder In the houso to escape uninjured,
was blown through a window on the sec
ond floor. He landed In a snowdrift 20
feet from the bonrdlng houso.
In an Instant after tho explosion the
house was a mass of flames and tho oc
cupants, who wero awakened by tho ex
plosion, mado a despcrato effort to es
cape. Six lodgers on tho second story es
caped, but the nine sleepers on the first
floor wero trapped Tho flames Ignited
tho clothing of some of those who es
caped, nnd tho men rolled about In the
snow to extinguish tho flames.
NEW SCHOOL WANTED
Germnntown Citizens Petition Board
of Education,
Dclcgatos representing residents of
Washington Lano near Chew street pre
sented a petition for a new school for
the neighborhood at a meeting today of
tho Committee on Elementary Schools of
the Board of Education. S. M. Earle,
ono of tho delegates, said that the near
est schools were too for from tho neigh
borhood to be usoful without Inflicting
hardships upon the children.
Ii icply. John Burt, of the committee,
asserted that tho conditions In South
Philadelphia demanded attention beforo
Germantown was given new schools.
JOBLESS TAX SALVATION ARMY
Not 2S por cent, of the unemployed
who applied to the Salvation Army In
this city last month could bo given work.
Of the CM applicants' only IB wero suc
cessful. During the morth 178 families
and 1605 men wero given food, 83 men
were lodged over night, 172 garments
were distributed and 16 buckots of coal
wore given nway. These figures do not
Include the work being done at tho two
industrial homes lor men. the Women's
Rescue Home nnd the Children's Day
Nursery.
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S. ELDREDGE
1015 47 FflWt Street
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P.R.R.STO0KDEAI
UNDER SCRUTINY 01
NEW JERSEY BOAR!
Rate Hearing InstitutecHlS
Commuters Takes N?
Angle Railroad's'ffl
torneys Oppose Inquirj
i
Inquiry Into tho stock nnd bond tliiS
actions of tho Pennsylvania ItalirgSl
that may bo far-rcaohlng was permfutal
W. Donges, of tho .Now Jersey state i"StS
lie utility commission nt tho tcsinn
hearing of tho commuters' attack CoS
Incrcaso In passenger fares. ';5J
A long legal argument between HcSS
W. Blklo, assistant gancrat counsel 'fori
tho railroad, and Commissioner Donftfl
precoctcu tno commissioner's ruling, f
was precipitated by a, quostlon purE
. , j. ,v;.,, vuuiioui 4ur mo con.
muters, to F. J. Fell, chief statlUIclis
of tho railroad.
Tho probe Into Investments of the faS
road was .resumed today. Two ttilfl
ago the commuters, through their counsJn
E. O. C. Bleaktey, charged that the road
had mado bad Investments, thus nuriia
sltatlng the passenger rate Incrcases.'OiiH
sucn invcBimoni raierrea to 'was of Jig
000,000 In tho Susquohanna Coal Compiiijj!
Tins ngure was louna 10 do correct Tvhjj
Fell produced tho records today,
Fell testified that tho Investment paH
no intorcsr Doiween mo ana ism, dm,
he said, to the fact that tho PennirU
vanla Railroad was acting as the banlur
of tho coal company and owed It monTj;
In 1003 it paid G per cent, Fell testlDed,1
dnu in law s per cent.
ON SCENT OF CHEESE THIEF
?224 Loot Leaves No Trail, Butftt
Ought To.
Somo Healthy men, on bold, bad burellne tfey
Into lite Moronpusa ot trussa warn;
And toolc jwn,y 2(X) pounds or cheese;
And now tho officers nro on the scent.
Caclo Cavalrl, Roman nnd Just pill?
cheese, also 60 gallons of olive oil, Rrfl
2d and Christian stfeots station. TttJ1
Vtlnn-nrata nf tltn? .Ilatrtnt onllf,hf Alt Af
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jcsiuiuuy Itltu all luni ,iibwl iu i'ltiuups
tho, scent, nnd, falling, finally appllcdfwl
City Hall for aid. Every pollcemanjuj
tho city Is now hunting for cheese. JH
Michael A. Arussa owned the che&g
and tho flllve oil, 70 pounds of the plala
gulden vniloty, 150 pounds of tho JRonut
cheese and SO poupds of the Caclo Cava!iJ
cheese. He and the police nro depnd!iif
mainly on the loyalty nf this latter brs61
to recover the Btolen goods, valuea;al
together nt $224 Ciclo Cavalrl Is ,saSd
to bo n highly civilized brand of chMM.
It can almost talk, and should Itjjbj
recovered It may be nblo to give fm
names of the men who stole It Atijuiy
rate. It will retain their tlnscr prlntv
nnd tho memory of It will bo retained bj
fhft flnirprs lonl? after thov wlsh&ta
:
the fingers long
after they wish 5
forget It
WHOLESALE ARRESTS BEGUl
FOR COLORADO MINE WAM
150 Men Indicte'd, 'including, lead
era 01 J-aoor urgamzauon. .
DENVER, Feb. 3. One bundled ard
fifty Indictments for murder, aisonsj;
sault and rioting have been found, ani
wholesale arrests of labor leaders begu
today as the result of tho special Grairi
Jury Investigation Into the coal BUW
troubles Jm
Twenty men are held, 10 having bfen
placed In tho Wnlsburg Jail AntojiJ
thoso arrested are Ell M. Gross, vlM
president of the State Labor Organlij.
tlon; William T illckey. secretary ana
treasurer, and Charles Haines, secrewrf
of tho United Mine Workers at Walsburg.
Tho Indictments aro based on testl;
mony in regard to the three days batUj
at tho McNally mlno last April, when?
coal company emjlcyomdfUiorm,
Lester, or tne iuioruuu .u' j
wero hilled.
55 LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED
Chicago, Burlington and Qu'fa
Bailroad Will Place qontrnct.
NEW YORK. Feb. J. Tho Chicago, Buy
llngton and Qulncy Rallioad is ' mi2!i
market for IS locomotives, unu ya
tract will bd closed in tne neur i"
It is said.
Noted Poet-Artist Bies
NEW YORK, Feb, 3.-Alban Jn,Sl
Conant. 1)3, poet-artist, whose war Pigl
ture of "The Smiting Mncoin '"- "3j
rammo, riled hero today. Death vn
duo to old age.
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