Elto increase
l,G,P.T0Zii!0UU
OFFERED IN HOUSE
casure Provides for Regu
lations Required by the
Var Department and Ap-
propriates $575,000.
. . , fnanKflrANnEMT.1
:.Jantmn. Feb. lO.-The National
jj.. ..Hitfnntn will hn rporcran-
-It.l AT l'CIWJtli" ..... -
. .. wit on n "war basis" it the bill
sLuctd " lh0 1Iouso t0day by I?CprC"
Sfi.tlvo Adams, of Luzerne, chairman
!. hi., on Military Affairs, bo
,.tti uoniiiii"" -
i & ftTr, The mcasuro was drafted
Adjutant General Slewnrt, and pro-
Ade thl t,,e 0unnl be lncrcasc1 from
km to J2.0W men, and for appropriations
"u lever the cost of reorganization,
lf...i .ar the State spent 325,000 on Its
liken soldiery, and to carry out the pro
E . . ,i.. i.ni iKtf.nofl additional would
Ttilons oi "" '
H n-cestary.
KIh measure has the support of Govor
'i -,...mhitiili. The proposed act Is
iweepln In s provisions, and tho rcor
SnUstlon Is planned at tho virtual do
rj r n,. Federal Government.
'Irr-fltr Its provisions the Governor shalt
TMoInt a" commissioned ofllccra of the
mrnls. except second lieutenants.
'?Xfantry would bn reduced from ISO
blM companies and the artillery ln
tuni, from i batteries to 12. A fill
'Snphment of engineer and hospital
S Is provided for. The bill also com
lZ,t the (luartcrmasters and subsistence
?',..- riAnnrtmnnf linn rnmlLICtfltl a
Kins i ,,.,,...... .--" -.
flrorous campaign to reorganise tho a-
Jue of the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania, It was said today, tho Fedoial Oov-irnmn-t
had gone bo far as to threaten
iU the War Deportment requirements wero
Adjutant General Stewart has been
.won.'1" uu ... -. --..,.-,.
'-reeks. Discussing tho bill today, ho said:
t'Tho only State having a division Iff
'Kw York, and tho only other otio that
itth possibly furnish a division Is Ponn-
Iflvanla, out wucnier or nui n uivioiuh
caa be organized and maintained will
j.Mn.i tmnn Hm. Increase to be made In
the appropriation.
"The new bill provides for the appoint
ment by tho Governor of captains and
4... ll.iii.fiiHt. nf mmnntilM. thn mpn
iof the company to elect second Hcutcn-
nt. It Is ociicveu tins meinoa win
wcure a higher degreo of efficiency, as
(.m kAfnrn hnt iinnnlntftrl will fin
i required to undergo an examination to
-rote tneir nincss ior commissions.
f "Staff ofneers of regiments will be np-
.Arf tit, rArrlmcntnl rnmrnnnrtprR. nn
Heretofore The quartermasters nnd sub
licence uepanmems win do Known as
Quartermaster corps,
t .. "
LOCAL OPTION BILL TO STAY
F- ... L
COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS
I Eepresentatlvc Williams Says Meas-
ure Is Certain to Be Reported.
most A siirr correspondent.
SHAMUSBUnG, Feb. 10. Tho Admln-
btratlon local option bill will not be re
sorted out of committee for two weeks.
This announcement wns made by George
W. WJlIlams, of Tioga, chairman of tho
House Commlttco on Law and Order, to
Mhlch the measure has been rcfericd.
Jjj'The .bill will unquestionably conic from
committee, however," no said. "Even tne
members of the Law and Order Commit-'
tee who are opposed to tho bill are for
the most part In favor of reporting It.
-Vo action, however, will be taken on
the bill for at least two weeks unless
lomethlng develops In the meantime to
chanse this program."
PRAYER ANGERS "ANTIS"
I Suffrage Opponents Protest Against
s Plea of Chaplain of House.
ritOSI A STAFP COnBESrONDENT.
LlUnniSBURG, Feb. 10. Anti-suffrage
leaders are angered at the Rev. F. TV.
Staley, chaplain of the House, who In
dorsed woman suffrage In his opening
Prayer on Monday evening.
JMrs. Horace Block, president of the
J'cnnsylvanla Association Opposed to
StJ ounrasc; airs, jonn is. ueron,
Jlce prealdent of the National Association
tV . r,.. . .. . .
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, and Mrs.
JEIIia D. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, who
are prominent In the untl-sufTrage move
ment in Pennsylvania, all registered em-
rkatle Drotptn tnHni,
jf Part of the prayer to . which the
intls are taking exception today Is
rfwn m me i.egisiatlvo Journal as
follows!
IJWe thank Thee for the positions that
vnuiijr m our nomes- ns husbands,
lathers ana i h. ...,,i...
M citizens, and In the House of Itep
L"eatatlves as Legislators to enact
adequate and Just laws for a great State.
vS? iW vpray Tnee- a- t be Thy
W.r """ the" Pleadings, to answer
Bm y I' bo thB wl" of every voter
ji' ovi v-uinmonweaun.
I'NICHOL AMENDS HIS BILL
g"ure rorblddlns Police to Do
guucW wort will Be Changed.
l?r James P. m.nui,.i ...n, t.
Igecuon bill, which prohibits policemen
Sjxpnmm irom taking part in politics,
I that it -win ni t.. - -,.,.. .....'
jeltlon which developed among Rep.
K-'-ures ana senators from thlrd-olaas
ISST lau'a MCNlchol to decide to amend
3?eNlchol'M n-inM-.i ., ..
;gffl the- bin wa to prevent polico
:STes of registration, which have ma-Hnany-educed
the number of registra.
'SiiS.3 '1. WUdeIph!a. Another
(Sgwment which will specifically pro.
;StnL.i.l " "nvasses will be added in
elttee The bUl Is now la the Senate
jjwr is ch;irPrain:"on' ot wwc11 uc-
5 U. B, STJDMABINB "MOTHES"
:rk?l Pei- ".-The SWXMon sub-
SUtas v. er MU8hne of 'he Unltedt
Be tard 7.i"ao lauched yesterday at
Kr,d0 CompSny " "8 von"ru10" ana
RKaTii. .. "5 "arwicK uushnell broke
iiahin i,o. ?m?a8na 3. P.row..
"W .1 v ' ,aoe- we usnneii la
i. CeBt COmDltf.H MSI- rnntni.,
M.ooo.ooo.
Crossed "Wires Cause Fire
USed Alanf.l. ...
rmhi x:tv -ri'f'' ,ca.vsea "r
MlJdfn & Co- 'urrir- occupying
hutM,"- ..? ?0"" P "
mTnT l-.'X "Wf.
oecupanu of th .eeand, floor.
a-UUI iV.
EVENING
BILL GIVES COUNCILS POWER
TO ELECT MAYOR PRO TEM,
Stern Sponsor for Measure to Change
Method of Filling Vacancy.
trro A sTArr cosroNiENT.J
HARRlsnuno, Feb. iO.-Isadore 8tern,
of rhttadelphla, Introduced a bill In the
House today to change the method of
filling a vacancy In the office of Mayor
of Philadelphia. Under tho provisions ot
tho Stern bill tho vacancy would be filled
b tho Joint action of Select nnd Com
mon Councils.
The measure has the backing of the
Republican leaders, nnd, with tho Re
publican Organization In control In Phila
delphia, It would give them an oppor
tunity to regain control of the Mayoralty
If ft vacancy should occur during the
term of a Mayor elected on nn Inde
pendent or Democratic ticket. The Stern
bill Is In tho form of an nmendment to
tho Bullitt bill, enacted In 18SS and
amended In 1909.
If n vacancy occurs after It Is too late
to print the names of tho Mayoralty can
didates upon tho official ballot at any
municipal clcctelon, tho Stern bill pro
vlJcs that tho mnn chosen by Councils
shall servo for at least two years, or
until the next municipal election Is held.
Tho joint convention of Councils Is to
bo held within 43 hours after the vacancy
occurs.
The cltcct of the measure Is to ellml
nato nny of tho directors of city depart
ments ns temporary Mayors. Tho present
lnw provides that when a vacancy occurs
In tho office- of Mayor n successor shall
bo elected for tho Unoxplrcd term at
tho next succeeding municipal election oc
curing moro than SO days after tho
vacancy wus caused.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
APPROVES RIGHT OF WAY,
Certificate of Public Couvenlcnco
Given to Contracts of Abandonment.
inoM A HTAPf cnnnF.iroNnr.NT.
HARRISIU'Ra, Feb. 10. Tho Pennsyl
vania Public Service Commission In. an
opinion handed down today directs tho
Issue of n certificate of public conven
ience npprovlng the contracts of aban
donment between the Phoenlxvllle, Valley
Forgo and Strafford Electric Railway
Company nnd tho borough of Phoenlxvllle,
township of Schuylkill nnd township of
Cppcr Providence.
Tho npproval of these contracts ot
abandonment will lcae the railway com
pany In the position ot hnvlng no author
ized extension for which proper municipal
consent hns ' not been secured. These
contracts were executed by the proper au
thorities of tho municipalities concerned,
and the commission states that In de
termining questions which affect tho In
terests of municipalities It gives much
weight to tho conclusions reached by
their offlclal representatives charged with
tho duty of protecting these Interests.
BILLS INTRODUCED
HARRISBURG. Pa., Feb. 10. An appro
priation of 110,000 for permnnent improve
ments at the Paoll Parade Ground In Mal
vern borough, Chester County, the sceno
of the Pnoll massacre. Is naked for In n
bill Introduced in the Houso today by
Representative Samuel A. 'Whttakor, of
Chester. Tho construction of a fence,
gateways and drives Is provided for in tho
measure.
Miles B. KItts, of Erie, presented two
measures to move back tlje date for filing
nomination papers before election on an
average of a week.
William H. Wilson, of Philadelphia, In
troduced a bill to regulate the practice
of druglcss therapeutics. Tho measure
provides for a bureau of licensure, whlph
shall license and supervise tho practice
of drugless therapeutics.
The records of criminal actions of chil
dren under 36 years of age would be kept
from the public knowledge under the pro
visions of a bill Introduced by Representa
tive Thomns. of Luzerne. The measure
applies to all courts, including those not
of Tccord.
The following Philadelphia appropria
tions were asked for in bills Introduced
today. Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows
and Single Women, 48000: Home for the
Aged. JGO00; St. John's Orphan Asylum,
30,000; Rush Hospital for Consumption
nnd Allied Disease, JSO.000; Philadelphia
Home for Infants, i&OOO; Taylor Hospital,
Ridley Park, $15,000.
BELIEVE SON SHOT MOTHER
Drug-user Then Killed Himself, Is
Police Theory.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-Mrs. Kate
Scrivener, 70, nnd her son, Richard .H.
Hcrlvener, are dead In what the police be
lieve Is muider and suicide following a
qunrrel.
' Maddened by drugs, Scrivener Is be
lieved to have come home, quarreled with
his aged mother, then shot her, after
which he turned the gun on himself.
CITY ANSWERS TAX SUIT
Argues Right to Collect From Jewish
Maternity Association Property.
Answer wns made today by the city to
the suit of the Jewish Maternity Asso
ciation brought for the purpose of deter
mining whether taxes on all Its property
on Spruce and Cypress streets between
Eth and 6th can be legally collected for
the full 12 months ot last year.
The association contended 'that Hfl
estate was used for publlo charity, and
was therefore exempt from taxation. The
city pointed out that numerous alter
ations made In buildings made it impos
sible for the association to 'administer
charity In the buildings In question dur
ing the time mentioned.
The new structures have been ex
empted from taxation for the year 1915.
WOMEN TO MAKE APPEAL
Seek to Savo Child Labor Commission
in Delaware.
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 10,-Final ap
peals will bo made tonight at a meeting
In the New Century Club to save the
Child Labor Commission and the woman's
10-hour law In this State, both of which
are under fire in the Legislature. It Is
believed the attack on the 10-hour law
will bo defeated easily, but not so with
the Child Labor Commission.
The principal speaker this evening will
be Owen R. Lovejoy. of New York, who
Is prominent In child labor reform. There
will be a number of local speakers.
HELD ON THREE OHARQES
Two charges of larceny and one of as
,, ana hnttarv wara lodged uealnet
-JcSbn McWllliams. 323 North Lawrence
street, before Magistrate itensnaw hub
afternoon. He waa held under 11500 ball
for court on the charge of assaulting
Edward Williams, 2577 Memphis street,
and of robbing Mrs. Helen Gatler, 232
South th street. He was also held for
a further hearlnsr on the charge of rob
bing Nicholas Bentach, 2541 Salmon street
dets ?GO for Ejectment From Car
The Jury In Judge Raiaton's court to
day awarded Harry M. Beach $50 dam
ages against the Rapid Transit Company
for being ejected from a car at 29th street
and Lehigh avenue when he refused to
pay bis fare and insisted upon tendering
a transfer. He alleged that the conductor
handled Mm roughly. The conductor tes
tified that the transfer offered by Beach
had expired. In answer to this Beach
ald he boarded the flrst car to coma
along. Beach demanded. J1300.
LEBftEft-PTrTLADttTPTTTA. WEDNESDAY, FEBftTJABY 10, 1915.
WOMAN COLLAPSES
IN COURT WHEN HELD
ON POISON CHARGE
Witnesses Testify Mrs..
Hanovitz Tried to Bribe
Them to Kill Husband.
Arsenic Put in Milk.
A woman accused of making several
attempts to poison her husband was held
In ISOO ball for court today by Maglatrato
Renshaw at Central station. She Is Mrs.
Bessie Hanovitz, 50 years old, living at
the northwest corner of 12th nnd Locust
streets. Mrs. Hanovitz collapsed at tho
hearing, and It was some time before
Bho could be reshed.
Several witnesses testified against tho
woman, among them John Taylor, of 833
South 12th street, a young Negro, who
said she 'offered him $25 down to put
poison In mill: nnd $500 when she got
tho death benefltB from n fraternal so
city If nor hutband, Ucnjamln Hanovitz,
was killed.
Tho samo wltneai testified that Mrs.
Hcnovitz told hhn sho put poison In milk i
left tinder Iter husband s doorstep at 1033
Locust street. Mrs. Faunle SoslovltJ, ot
1034 Locust street, her husband and thren
children, drank this milk ami were made
111 .by It. Analysis of the f'ttld by Board
of Health chemists showed that It con
tained a. large quantity of arsenic.
Special Policemen Crook and O'Brien,
of the loth nnd Locust streets station,
testified that a milkman, who, will appear
nt the trial of the woman, says sho of
fered him money to put poison In tho
jiillk. Anotncr witness wns Miss Joseph
ine Carter, probation officer, who sum
moned Mrs. Hanovitz to learn why she
had failed to comply with a court order
providing that Hanovitz should see his
child whenever ho wnntcd to. Miss Car
ter says Mrs. Hanovitz told her she
would kill her husband and "swing for
It."
Taylor, the Negro, testified Mrs. Hano
vitz had made several efforts to get him
to put poison in milk on her husband's
doorstep. He finally told Hanovitz about
It, nnd tho latter sworo out a Warrant
for his wife's arrest. The couple havo
been separated about six months. They
wero married ten years ago.
Attorney William Gray, representing the
woman, objected to certain testimony
about their domestic differences that
Hanovitz tried to offer while on thn wit
ness stand.
DOGS TO BARK FOR CHARITY
Kennel Show's Proceeds to Go to
Emergency Aid Committee.
With the demands made upon the
Emergency Aid Committee home relief
committee work Increasing dally, the dog
show under the auspces of the Kennel
Club of Philadelphia, which will open to
morrow, will add materially to the funds
at the society's disposal. Many society
leaders will act as patronesses, nnd more
than 1000 entries and 52 breeds of dogs
will bo represented. The show will con
tinue until Saturday ovenlng and will bo
one of tho biggest events of the kind ever
given In this country.
One of tho Interesting features will be
the parade of winners at the conclusion
on Saturday. Ralph C. Stewart, president
of the Kennel Club; John Slnnott, chair
man of the Dog Show Committee, and J.
Chandler Barnard, the secretary-treasurer,
are elated over tho early returns and pre
dict that a large sum will be realized for
the cause of tho local charity,
BOY, 11, WEIGHS 260 POUNDS
John Smith Laughs at Anti-fat
Remedies.
Boardlnghouse keepers all over the
country are anxiously waiting for John
Smith, of Scranton, to be discharged from
the University Hospital. He weighs 260
pounds, although he Is but 11 years old
and looks as If he Is accustomed to good
living.
Nothing that Smith takes to reduce his
weight has the slightest effect. All anti
fat remedies are counteracted by the boy's
continuous good humor. He laughs at the
slightest provocation.
Tho boy Is the son of Mr, and Mrs.
Edson Smith. They are in hopes that
something will be done to reduce his
excessive weight.
STREET CLEANING PAYMENTS
Contractors Pined $900 for Derelic
tions During January.
Fines aggregating J900.50 were Imposed
on street cleaning and nsh and rubbish
collecting contractors for derelictions dur
ing January. The total amount paid the
contractors for tho month was $147,143.65.
The following Is a list of the deductions
made and the amounts paid each contrac
tor: '
STrtBBT CLEANING DECUCTIONS
Amount
Dlt. Contractor. Pino. Pld.
1-A-J. A. Mullln J03.3O IT.7rW.18
1-B-I. Irwin 110.IM) 8,B50.a3
i B. H, Vare 134 SO 1H,S.I
-E III Vare 45.BO 24.121.B6
4-A-J. D. Dorney 21.60 JO.8UJ.lU
4.S-T. U. Klanasan 'JH 50 8.Wt2.:i8
B -J. D. Oornfy 2&T.00 13.2S8.CO
0 MoMahon Katate 88.M 12,iCU.lU
Tolala 1100.00 I101,OC8.2X
ABH AND nUBBISH DEDUCTIONS.
l.A J. A. 'JJUllln... Sl.00 S3,04S.CO
o e 11 Vara 36 50 A,7U0.b.S
& -a II Vare . t-.'.00 0,811.31
4-A-JT D Jjorney 800 64W.0O
4-li-T. I.. Flanagan..,.,.. V!.m ."".
r k curran 01.60 n.sil.Ki
o Zfit. Sift mVmW. : 7,ots.ou
TotaH ,im,50 It3.1T5.
"GETS $500 HEAF.T BALM
Sam Kamanarsky Loses Breach of
Promise Suit.
The story of a shattered romance was
unrolded In the Municipal Court today
when Esther Alper brought suit against
Sam Kamanarsky for breach of promise,
She declared that she was engaged to
marry him on November 23, 1813, and
that Kamanarsky broke the engagement,
telling her he would never marry. The
defendant said he postponed the marriage
because of the death of his mother and
would have married the girl a year later.
Miss Alper asserted that no such excuse
was made. She also declared that Bhe
gave up a steady position in view of the
approaching wedding and expended her
savings for a trousseau. Among her ex
penditures was a bill of J100, Which was
contested by the defendant's attorney,
The Jury awarded Miss Alper a. verdict
of 1500.
LETTER'S
Best Coal
Egg $7, Stove $7.25, Chestnut $7,50
Larfce Round Pea CoaU $5.5?,
I.argttt Coal Yard i i,Aad'PJa
OWEN LETTER'S SONS
Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland St
WIFE ACCUSED
Mrs. Bessie Hanowitz and her husband, Benjamin Hanowitz, shown
above, were in court today at the hearing, on his charge that she had
hired a Negro to poison him.
CAMDEN 87 YEARS OLD
Will Celebrate Municipal Anniver
sary Next Monday.
Camden, the fourth largest Industrial
city per capita in tho United States, will
tako off next Monday to observe the 87th
anniversary of tho Incorporation of tho
thriving town. The anniversary really
falls on next Sunday, but it will be ob
served on the following day In order to
permit nil tho citizens to participate in
an elaborato celebratibn of tho event.
All tho city officials will have a part In
tho program which has been planned, and
there probably will be a big parade of
the city's police and fire departments, to
gether nlth the civil and military or
ganizations. Tho four sections which
now comprise Camden wero originally
townships known ns William Cooper's
Verry, Kalghton, Dogwoodtown and
PInchtown, memories recalled by tow of
tho present population.
Tho Camden school students will also
tnko an active part In the anniversary
observance. They will listen to the early
history of their city and thrill again to
the Important part it took in the early
days of the nation.
Flags nnd bunting will be displayed
throughout the city.
"BREAD-LINER" GIVES BLOOD
Philadelphlan Submits to Transfu
' sion Operation in New York.
A Philadelphlan offered his blood for
transfusion at Bellevue Hospital, Now
York, yesterday, in order to make the
recovery of a woman patient more cer
tain. He Is James Murray, St years old,
of the "bread line," and the patient is
Mrs. Florence Leonard, of New York,
who was operated on for cancer.
The physicians sent out attendants
along the "bread line," offering $15 to
any one who would be willing to permit a
transfusion ot his blood to Mrs, Leonard.
Fifteen men appeared and Murray was
selected. He said he had been working as
a dredge hand In Philadelphia.
HELD UP BY MASKED MEN
Negroes Again Attack Citizen in
Qermantown Street.
Two Negroes held up James Pender
ghest and left him lying unconscious In
IMttenhouse street, Qermantown, shortly
before midnight last nlcht. Penderghest
lay In the street for several hours until
he regained consciousness and was able
to stagger to his home, 118 West Haines
street. This Is tho second hold-up by
Negroes In the same block within a week.
John McCann. of 64 West Itlttenhouse
street, was held up between Greene and
McCallum streets, within a few yards of
the scene of last night's attack, on Satur
day night.
Two hold-ups and a robbery in South
Philadelphia were reported to the police
today.
A masked man entered Baer's store at
Hicks and Jackson streets, yesterday
afternoon and at the point of a revolver
got . Nicholas J. Dougherty, 37 North
20th street, was held up and robbed of 15
by a masked robber at Gray's Ferry road
and Montrose street, nt 2 o'clock this
morning. Burglars with a false key en
tered the home ot Mrs. A. Manning, 141S
McKean street, at midnight and made
away with 1100. - '
SPANKED IN COTJIIT BOOM
COLUMnUS, O., Feb. 10.-The whipping
post has no standing in Ohio, but the
spanking stand received Judicial approval
here today, By direction of Judge Black,
of the Juvenile Court, the probationary
officer gave a vigorous hand spanking to
John Oakes, 15. The sentence was exe
cuted in the presence of the court and
apparently to the satisfaction of court
and offender.
miwffiiffli'MimrMiwiitiiTit
E. S. ELDREDGE
1015-17 FILBERT STREET
Show Hoom$ of ComolidaUd Furniture Manufacturer, Ine.
m -i fi'ihilfM,1sIWlli(iWliMMl-Mtriiriii'''W
OF POISON PLOT
SUFFRAGIST ACTIVITY
Fairs, Card Parties nnd Other Sooial
Functions Planned.
Prominent suffraglsta In Philadelphia in
order to raise funds with which to carry
on a fight before Congress are exercising
every means of raising campaign money.
Fairs, readings, card parties and enter
tainments of almost every description are
being arranged. Tho Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage has appointed a
Committee of One Hundred whose duty
it is to "get money." Each member is
instructed to raise J25, and It is for this
reason and under tho auspices of these
members that most of the affairs are be
ing undertaken.
A card party will be given on Saturday
afternoon, February 13, at 2:30 o'clock, at
tho homo of Mrs. L. W. Martin, 4821 Bal
timore avenue, to raise funds with which
to entry on this renewed aggressive
action. Cards announcing the party havo
been sent to many suffragists in tho city
and a largo attendance is expected.
Tickets are 60 cents.
A bazaar has also been arranged by
tho suffrage organizations In this city and
State to be held on February 25 and 26
at tho New Century Drawing Room.
Among tho organizations that will take
an active part In this Is tho Equal
Franchise Society, which will conduct a
farm and gnrden booth. At It various
appropriate articles for agriculturists will
be sold. There will bo a meeting of the
committee In charge of this booth at the
home of Miss Sarah Lowrle, 1827 Pino
stroet, this afternoon, when details will
be arranged.
HOUSE ADJOURNS TO MONDAY
Resolution to End Inspections of
Hospitals Sent to Committee,
HARRISBURG, Feb. 10. Representative
Rothenberger, of Berks, today in the
House called up his resolution to abolish
Inspection trips by members of the Ap
propriations Committee to nil Institutions
askliiff State aid. Rothenberger thought
this practice should be discontinued "be
cause the State Board of Charities makes
a complete report on these Institutions."
Speaker Ambler proposed that the reso
lution be referred to the Appropriations
Committee, and that proportion carried.
The House adjourned until February 15.
$105,000 FOR AGRICULTURE
House Resolution Accepts Federal
Act and Bill Makes Appropriation.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 10.-A resolu
tion making formal acceptance of the
Jones-Lever act of Congress, which pro
vides '1101,530 of Federal funds for the
promotion of agricultural Interests In
Pennsylvania conditional on this State
making a similar appropriation waa In
troduced In the House today by Repre
sentative Jonea, of Susquehanna. The
resolution was accompanied by a' measure
from Representative Hess, of Lancaster,
appropriating J105.000 to carry out the pro
visions of the Jones resolution,
Under the terms of the Jones-Lever act
the amount due Pennsylvania will in
crease until in 1?-- the maximum sum of
1500,000 will be available for this State.
BOY QUITS HIS HOME
BEVERLY, N. J., Feb. 10. Joseph Cain,
16 years old, a son of John Cain, has dis
appeared from his home In this city and
his whereabouts has baffled the police as
well as the family, Cain had been at
tending a business college In Camden.
Mr. Cain, when his son failed to return
home on Thursday last, called up the
college, and was told that his son had
not been to the college for several days.
Later he called the recruiting station of
the navy and found that Cain had tried
to enlist, but waa unable to pass the
examination.
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of the
Better Kind
Here is a grand guardian of the
fireside a fine mahogany chair,
covered vith rich grained tapestry
and filled with hair and moss.
The feet are made claw-shaped.
The price is $9, Rocker to
match. You cannot buy a chair
as good elsewhere unless you pay
50 more.
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"BAfDWfNGETM ORDER
France Buys 100 Locomotives, Cost
ing $8,000,000.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works Iim re
ceived a rush order for 100 narrow-gauge
locomotives from the French Government.
Several hundred employes who had been
laid oft will be recalled to fill the order.
Officials of tho company refused to com
ment on tho sum Involved, but It was In
timated that nt least UO0O.O0O will be ex
pended. The engines will be much, lighter
than those In use on American railroads.
FOUND NEARLY FROZEN
Unconscious Rnd Injured Man Picked
Up by Park Guard.
An unidentified man, nbout 66 years
old, of medium height nnd very poorly
dressed, wns found unconscious near Ox
ford Mansion, Fnlrmount Park, by Park
Guard Davis today. Tho victim was
taken to the Woman's Homoopathlo Hos
pital, whero It was found that he had a
broken nose and was nearly frozen. The
physlclnns hold out alight hope for his
recovery. Tho park police believe that
tho man was ouo of tho many homeless
wnnderers who spend their nights In the
park, nnd that he fell unconscious from
cold and hunger.
ZIEOLER'S BLOOKLEY PLANS
Director Will Outline H1b Project for
Physicians.
Director Zlcglor, of the Department of
Health and Charities, will outline tonight
beforo tho Philadelphia County Medical
Society his plana for tho reconstruction
of tho Philadelphia General Hospital,
which havo been mado In splto of Coun
cils' refusal to make available for re
construction tho $1,000,000 sanctioned by
tho votors In tho $11,300,000 municipal loan.
Doctor Zlcgler will mako public for the
first tlmo his scheme of transforming tho
prcsont blockley into a modern institu
tion. SENTENCED FOR 3 BURGLARIES
Joseph Smith, 21, who came to this city
from Buffalo, N. Y., two months ago,
pleaded guilty bofore Judgo Little today
to three burglaries on North Park ave
nue. He was sentenced to not less than
four yearB nor more than ten years In
-the Eastern Penitentiary. Smith robbed
the homes of Charles Partridge, Mrs. Bes
sie Bromall and Albert A. Mlltz, obtain
ing Jewelry nnd other artloles valued at
more than $400.
LOGAN BURGLAR CONVICTED
Froderlck Hobbs, a former inmate of
the Elmlra (N. Y.) Reformatory, and tho
mnn whom tho polico believe to be re
sponsible for tho numerous robberies in
Logan and other northern sections of
tho city, was convicted In Quarter Ses
sions Court today on a charge of bur
glary, nnd waa sentenced by Judge Little
to a term of two and a half years In the
county prison.
BILL TO REPEAL COAL TAX
HARRISBURG, Feb. 10. The act of 1013
placing a 2V4 per cent, tax on anthracite
would bo repealed by tho adoption of a
bill presented by Representative Ramsey,
of Delaware County. Tho coal tax act
Is supposed to produco between $5,000,000
and $6,000,000 a year of State revenue. The
coal companies have raised a question
as to its constitutionality and a test case
Is now pending In the courts.
BABY'S BODY IN CONDUIT
The body of a baby, not many hours
old was found In a "conduit at 7th and
Reed streets this morning by Joso Vir
tues, a Btreet cleaner.
Tho body wns taken by tho patrol of
the 7th and Carpenter streets station to
tho Pennsylvania Hospital, where physi
cians said tho child had been dead only
a few hours.
2500 MILES ON DOG SLED -DULUTH,
Minn., Feb. 10,-On n 3000
mile trip in a sled drawn by dogs to
win a wager of $1000, John Hughes, pros
pector and trader from the Peace River
country, nrrlved In Duluth yesterday
from Virginia, Minn. He has covered
about 2500 miles and has until February
20 to finish the last 00.
Postal Union Rates to Germnny
Pending the resumption of direct ocean
service between the United States and
Germany, the postal authorities an
nounced today that letters mailed In this
country and destined for Germany would
be subject to the Postal Union rate.
Heretofore It was possible to send a let
ter to Germany for two cents, The Postal
Union rates are five cents for the first
ounce or fraction thereof and three cents
for each additional ounce or fraction.
Expert Talks on Fire Prevention
Firo Marshal George W. Elliott spoke
to the boys and girls of tho Sanitary
Leaguo at the Health Centre, 12th and
Carpenter streets, at 4 o'clock this after
noon, on precautionary measures for pre
venting Are. The league is composed of
children ranging in ages from 8 to 16
years, and hi)s for Its purpose the stim
ulating of the young people of the neigh
borhood to Interest In civic betterment.
Girl Students Tour City's Tenements
Girl students from the Beechwood
School, Jenklntown, viewed conditions In
Philadelphia tenement houses today dur
ing a tour of inspection under auspices ot
the Philadelphia Housing Commission.
Miss Annetta McCall, chief Inspector for
the Philadelphia Housing Commission,
was in charge of the party.
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CITY'S TRADE BOOM
TO INVOLVE OUTLAY
Great Chamber of Com
merce, With "Best Brains
of Philadelphia," Outlined
at Dinner of Leading Citi
zens.
A great chamber of commerce endowed
with tho best brains of Philadelphia and
a 1100,000 annual fund to be spent In pro
moting the interests of the city In the
"World's Greatest Workshop" movement.
Is to be built up on the present organiza
tion. The foundation work for this new tem
ple of trade has been done. Within N
days, according to the promise of Alb B.
Johnson, president of tho Baldwin Low
mollvo Works, the plans will be com
plete. This Is the outstanding feature f tne
irrent dinner at the Manufacturers' Club
last night, attonded by 600 lira business
men of Philadelphia, whose fingers on
tho commercial pulse of the city htr
detected a weakening.
Two men, for instance, prescribed medl
ctno for this weakoned pulse that is cap
lain to be taken now that Philadelphia's
leading manufacturers are thoroughly
awako to their opportunities. This medi
cine Is national advertising. It was sujr
Bostcd by David Kirschbaum, president
of tho A, B. Kirschbaum Company, and
by Cyrus H. K. Curtis, president of the
Curtis Publishing Company.
Tho list of speakers Included, in addi
tion to Messrs, Johnson, Curtis and
Kirschbaum, the following: Mayor Blank
onburg, John Grtbbel, president of John
J. Grldln & Co. and president of the
Union League; W. W. Atterbury, vice
president of tho Pennsylvania Railroad;
George W. Norrls, Director of the De
partment of Wharves, Dooks and Ferries:
J. S. W, Holton, president of the Sterling
Coal Company nnd of the Philadelphia
Maritime Exchange; J. Howell Cummlngs,
president of John B. Stetson & Co,; Levi
L. Hue, president ot the Philadelphia, Na
tional Bank and a member ot the Federal
Reserve Board; J. E. Baum, president of
the Supple-BIddlo Hardware Company;
W. P. Barba, general manager of the,
MIdvalo Stoel Company; Samuel M. Cur
wen, president of the J, G. Brill Com
pany: K. J, Cattoll, city statistician, and
William S. Turner, vlco president of the
Quaker Lace Company and president ot
the Erben-Hardlng Company, and Ernest
T. Trigg, toastmaster.
THIS SAMARITAN A M00CHER
Boy Leading: Drunken Man Tries to
Bob Him.
A boy leading nn old man who had
been drinking to his home was tho sad
spectacle which greeted Special Policemen
Haines and Weckcsscr. When the man
fell he drngged the boy with him, but the
youngster appeared to be determined and
helped him to his fectTngaln. Tho pair
fell two or three times and the policemen
wero commending the youngster when
their opinions suddenly changed. They no
ticed thnt when the man fell his escort
rilled his pockets. The boy had Just
completed his search without getting a
cent when the policemen arrived and toolt
both to tho 10th and Buttonwnod streets
station.
Tho man said that he was Joseph Kelly,
of IS01 Callowhlll street. Ho wns amazed
to hear that the boy was charged with
attempting to rob him. "Well, he just
lost by a foot," said Kelly, And, taking
off one of his shoes, he pulled out 30O in
bills In large denomination. The boy
looked gloomy. Beforo ho could recover
his troubles were Increased by .Magistrate
Belcher, who sent him to the House of
Correction for three months.
The youthful prisoner is known as Lewis
Itosseka, and Is designated by the police
as a "moochor," or one who preys upon
drunks.
Fined for Selling Adulterated Food
NORIUSTOWN. Pa., Feb. lO.-James
Schnlcppe, a merchant of Oreland, was
fined J50 by Magistrate Lenhardt today
for selling dried apricots which were adul
terated with sulphur dioxide.
1000 Perry
Overcoats
for
$9, $12, $16
They were $15 to $30
This Week Only!
Alterations at cost.
Stretch forth your hand
here anywhere and let it fall;
wherever it rests it will find a
Bargain!
It may be a $30 Overcoat
for $16, or an $18 Coat for $9
just the Coat you require
to put the "pep" in your step
on therstreet, when you're go
ing after new business I
-There are days, and mo.
ments each day, when you
need every ounce of force
that you can bring to bear on
putting through .your propo
Hitlon! We know many men who
use this time o year at
Perry's to lay in several Suits
and a couple of Overcoats m
as to have a new, spruced'Up
appearance each dayl It way
be just the thing needed te
turn the trick for youl
Perry& Co., "iumt,
16th St Chestnut Sts-
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