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EVENING IiBDQBB-PHIEADBEPHIA-, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, B01B:
Ibro stabilizer
OFF TO ENGLAND
FOR USE IN WAR
Balancer for
America
utomuiu
Hvdroplane
I 4 t .
"Leaves on Adriatic.
Other Devices to Follow.
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fttjW YOIIK, Feb. 10. Aboard tho Adri
ft of iho White Star Lino, sailing to
JT for Liverpool, one of the most lm
"S.ht consignments Is a small box
SbUU pound., shipped to tho Brit
ndmlralty. It contains nn automat e
Swllter for aeroplanes of tho gyroscopic
iriS purchased by tho United States
Krf and Is tho first of theso machines
.Jsent abroad for use In a foreign
i$. Others already ordered by England
Kef' of tho .lablllwsM will b.
ffiwtd tomorrow from tho works of tho
SSr Clyroeeopo Company, In Brooklyn,
' ' ,,li.-,i afoina Mnvv flvlnt centre
Jl'KitMola. Flo.. In charge of Lieu
iiunt n. C. Saulley, of tho nnvy aviation
uni who has been flying as a passenger
iPuwrenco Sperry In tests of tho ata
Swr around tho harbor. Tho stabilizer
JTrhi by tho navy wan taken yester
t from the Curtlss flying boat, with
itlch the rtlshts Havo oeen inauo norc
riv ..-i.iii.AM Dtinn.il hv ihn Aril
fit was designed by Elmer
tho Adrl
A. Sperry,
!. nwiklvn. nartlcularly for use aboard
!u America, built by Glen H. Curtls3
for toe ira...m" ...o... .,-.
vUatn Wonamakor, and sold to tho
Erf&h navy early In tho Present con
7,'V nfnrrin Tltterlnsrton. of tho Sperry
Sift will accompany It ns Instructor.
&TJe America Is nearly double the size
ff the small flying boats used In tho
llnlttd States navy, and on this account
rillsht Increase In power was required
In the devlco which relieves the pilot of
ua work of balancing tho aircraft. For
Mi purpose tho auxiliary motor, driven
ir a windmill, which takes tho placo of
111 pilot's hand In swinging tho smnll bal
ancing planes, or ailerons, and In raising
..a dnrcsstns tho elevator, has been
illehtlr enlarged. This gives to It nn
Vij.a nroiirlit nf three Bounds. Tho gyro-
jwpe mechanism rtm uncuwitcu, nui
tyttl tne rnovemeiiia ui n. wn o uib ua
flu America, with 72 feet spread of
King surface, can aisturD mo mtio
inheres, no larger than baseballs, which,
rwolvlng at H.0OO times a minute, persist
jn obedlcnco to a natural law In moving
to the horizontal plane.
I....T7T: TT7T
Mmchol Men tipld
mluu the wave of public demand forces
a McNIchoI Councllmen to represent
Fhelr constituents Instead of tho political
5jcs, It Is now likely that tho Taylor
program will not be reported favorably
it the next meeting of Councils on Thurs-
Jay, February 18.
fseveral of tho Vare Councllmen placed
Use rMponsimiuy ror tne program or po-
Mleal Jugglery and delay directly on the
ihouMers of Chairman Connolly. Mr,
Connelly, they said, tried to throttlo Dl
rector Taylor's plan about n week ago,
hm he was advised that the Vare Coun
dteien were ready to fight for tho favor
atla consideration of the ordinance pro
tidliur for Dromnt action.
tTh Vare Councllmen sought to have
tie ordinances providing1 for a special
election to authorize the 730,000,000 transit
loin reported out of Finance Committee
il the meeting of Councils on February 4.
Chairman Connelly refused to call a meet
lot; of the Finance Commlttco and Select
Councilman Charles Seger, of tho 7th
Ward, chairman of tho all-powerful Sub
committee on Finance, then played his
part He Introduced a resolution request
er that Director Taylor supply additional
Information upon the transit plans.
ONR McNICHOL MAN CANDID.
One McNIchoI Councilman, John J. Mc
Bnley, selectman from tho 33d Ward,
was frank enough to admit that he was
enable to say anything about the plans
tntll be heard from the "fellows at the
front"
grbe other members of tho committee
ho look to Senator McNIchoI, reflected
Mil J position taken by their leader In Hnr-
nsours yesterday when they were ques
tioned about the transit program. The
oJorlty of the men were careful to stato
ttat they were for better transit facilities
I0f Philadelphia, but thev were eaunllv
i careful to avoid placing themselves
en record OS favnrlnl? THrrtnr Tnvlnr".
plans,
IIABD PRESSED FOIl EXCUSES.
P" attitude of the men Interviewed
Bade It plain that they realized the
(urerous position In which they were
Pwed by the McNIchoI stand, menaced
en one side by the universal demand for
wtion and for real rapid transit and
restrained on tho other by tho attitude of
tin their frantic quest for tenable excuses
r further delay, 'tho disturbed Council
man Offered as reasons th nress nf other
-mportant nuhiti hin.a. . ....... i
' an answer from Dlreotor Taylor to
iciuesi tor further Information.
the
"n even linked ltnnwl1r- nf Ihn nrn!
PVa&t Which llflN h.,n .VnlDlna i
Vb of the entlra city In detail by tho
"vu oy utreotor Taylor at meetings
U sections of tho city.
K VARH MEN'S VIEWS.
! ! what some of tho Vare, Councll-
teiad to say;
felect Councilman William E. Flnley,
tufje Mth Ward, who Is secretary to
iKS0r. Vare ,al(l h favored tho J30.-
j25a T Taylor rapid transit
Mfift,-- .., Qiecuon in April. jii
5r," ""mber of Councils' Finance Com-
who wants to see tho transit bill
IS?"? . ut Is Common Councilman
lTnIi BallleV. o' th 33th Ward.
( y and BaUley emphatically denied
wy had ever assisted In preventing
K?. I eIectlon on tho 130.000,000 loan.
KftJJ3,,,peclal election. Both agreed
Effi' Immediate construction of rapid
mgg1 would be the greatest Improve
XL ever created In Philadelphia.
ySS councilman FJnley predicted that
yt""" Huesiion would bo settled at
greeting of the Legislative hearing to-
'$,, Senator Vara Is chairman of the
ET "" wmmtttee.
affii i" uway question will remain
KfYAVi' what w111 yo d0?" Flnley
Htm1? WiU' ,omo ort oP c"npro-
viu x iniey, "i am in favor or
I".
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Ing, I will vote to report It out in order
that Common Councils may voto on It"
"QO TO MEN HIGHER UP "
It. S. McElroy, of 1924 Balnbrldge street,
Common Councilman from tho 30th Ward,
and n, clerk In the Sheriffs ofllce, said!
"I am In favor of the $30,000,000 loan as
welt ns an early special election, but I
dp not Intend to bo guided by the clamor
of a mob. All this agitation and criticism
of Councils' Flnnnco Commlttco Is doing
moro harm than good.
"Why Interview members of Councils'
Finance Committee on this matter?"
Smiling, he added, "Why don't you no
to tho men higher up?"
"Who nro the men higher up7"
Mr. McElroy's smile broadened.
"Co to Penrose, McNIchoI and Vare,"
ho suggested.
,Mr. McElroy said ho didn't believe In
rushing tactics. Ho added that ho did
not believe In saddling a great debt upon
tho city. Ho would not say If he was
prepared to havo tho bill reported out
of committee.
W. J, Crawford, of 2036 FlUwater street,
Belcct Councilman from the 30th Ward,
saia:
"t am In favor of having tho subway Is
sue settled one way or tho other. 1 am
also In favor of having tho trantlt loan
bllt reported out of Councils' Finance
Commlttco. I havo had no conference with
politicians. I will voto according to my
convictions."
"Are you In favor of calling a special
meeting of tho commltteo without waiting
for Mr. Connelly's cnll7"
"No," Mr. Crawford replied, "I nm not."
TRAINER FOR HIS WARD.
Henry J. Trainer, a Select Councilman,
a member of tho Flnanco Commltteo of
Councils and a wholesale dealer In liquors
at 800 South Front street, believes In tran
sit and believes that tho sooner tho city
geUs It tho better, but ho wants It to go
down Into tho Third Ward
"I believo that the city needs rapid
transit right away," said Mr. Trainer,
"but I feel that tho Talor plan scarcely
comprehends all tho present needs. I
think that tho plan should inctudo tho
3d Ward Beforo I will voto to report tho
presont transit ordinance out of commit
tee. I want to be suro of several of theso
things."
George H. Kelly, Common Councilman
from tho 2Cth Ward, said:
' iuy mind is made up as to what I am
going to do, but I prefer not to spenk
until tho public meeting tomorrow."
McNICHOL MEN'S OPINIONS.
This is what the McNIchoI followers of
fered:
John J. McKlnloy, Select Councilman,
33d Ward, when Informed that John P.
Connelly had announced thnt a meeting
of tho Flnanco Commltteo of Councils
would bo cnllcd, said:
"I am In favor of a $30,000,000 loan for
rapid transit If it will satisfy the peo
ple." "Will you voto to report tho bill out of
the commltteo nt the next meeting?" ho
was asked.
"I won't say anything about that," said
McKlnley, "because I haven't seen any
body about It and don't know how those
fellows at the front feel about the
matter."
Peter E. Costcllo. a. member of Common
Council, and of tho Finance Commlttco
of Councils, will not voto to report tho
transit ordinance out of committee nt
once so thnt tho special election may bo
hunch about it "
Fred Schwarz, Select Councilman from
the list Wnrd. said:
'I am certainly in favor of reporting
the rapid transit bill out of the Flnanco
Commltteo In order that It may come be
foro Common Council for action. From
tho stmt I novo been In favor of getting
the bill out of committee In order that
there bo no delay In securing rapid tran
sit for Philadelphia.
"HAVEN'T GIVEN IT A THOUGHT."
William J. McCloskcy. 10th Ward,
wanted to bo put down ns "noncom
mittal." Mr. McCloskcy was found In his
office, 32 North Front street.
"I haven't given It a thought," ho said
when tho special election was mentioned.
"I've been so busy down hero at my own
business that I haven't had time to think
about the election. I haven't even got a
hunch nbout It."
Dr. Thomas J. Morton, Common Coun
cilman from the 20th Ward, said:
"Rapid transit has almost ruined the
neighborhood In which I live, nnd I know
what tho people hero think of It. I will
not say whether I npprove Director Tay
lor's plans or not. I havo given the plan
private but not public consideration."
When reminded that Chairman Connelly
had announced that a meeting of the
Finance Commltteo would bo called. Doc
tor Morton Bald he had not given the
ordinances providing for a special elec
tion any consideration, nnd therefore was
not able to Bay whether or not ho favored
reporting tho ordinances out nt the next
meeting of Councils.
FLAHERTY WON'T TALK.
John F. Flaherty, a Select Councilman,
a subordlnato In tho clerk's ofllce of the
Court of Quarter Session and a member
of tho Finance Committee of Councils,
said:
"I won't talk transit to anybody. I
havo moro Important things to think of,"
"What aro those important thlngs7"
"I won't talk transit," shouted Flaherty,
"to anybody or at any time. It's nobody's
business what I privately think of tran
sit I'll say what I think in Councils."
Mr. Flaherty Is a dual officeholder.
APPOINTMENT SURPRISES SHOCH.
Henry R. Enoch, Beleot Councilman,
47th Ward, expressed surprise when In
formed by the Evenino Ledoeu that ho
had 'been appointed a member of the
Finance Commltteo of Councils.
"If I havo been appointed a member
?,' th?, commHtee this is tho llrst Intlrha.
tion that I ever had of It Only yester
day I saw Mr. Hall, clerk of Councils,
and he never said a word to mo about
the appointment," he said.
'I nm In favor of any public Improve
ment that will bo the best for tho entire
city," said Mr, Shock, when asked
whether he was In favor of Immediate
action on the rapid transit bill.
"Will you be In favor of reporting the
tnpld transit bill out of committee?"
"I can't say what I will do on the
matter until I attend tho meeting and
hear discussion on the bill."
Louis Hutt, Select Councilman from the
20th Ward, a member of the Subcommit
tee on Finance, said!
"I am In favor of rapid transit which
will be fair to all the people and all the
taxpayers. There are so many financial
problems to bo weighed when considering
tho transit program that I am not ready
to commit myself on anything definite
until wo have received tho Information
asked from Director Taylor in the reso
lution passed last week."
CALLS PLAN "INCOMPLETE."
Dr. E. B. Gleaeon, of 2033 Chestnut
street, a member of Common Council nnd
of the rinance Committee, will not vote
to hasten the course of the transit ordi
nance through commltteo In order that
tho projected extension of tho subway
and elevated may bo begun this year. Ho
said:
"I stand with tho majority of tho
finance Commltteo in the belief that the
Taylor plan Is Incomplete; that Its suc
cess Is not assured, because the matter
has not been deeply gone Into. I nm a
pollover in Improved transportation facili
ties, but I think that a plan that takes
In tho whole city should be worked out
n"a that each year a largo sum of monej
should bo appropriated and that work on
tho several lines needed to go to all
quartora of tho city might be built sec
tion be section until all are complotcd.
, , ar8'and what I mean, that a
link In tho chain should bo built every
year nnd not that ono long line thnt
leaves out tho most Important parts of
tho city bo built at ono time."
Robert Smith, Common Councilman
from the 33th Ward, w'noso political alle
giance Is not clearly defined, said:
"I will say that I nm In favor of bet
ter transit facilities for Philadelphia. In
vlow of tho request made of Director
Taj lor by Councils at their last meet
ing, I nm not In favor of having tho
resolutions reported out until this In
formation has been given."
When nsked If ho would favor reporting
out tho transit special olectlon bill from
committee, Select Councilman Charles
Seger, chairman of tho Subcommittee of
Finance, said, "I havo nothing to Bay."
LEDGERS' GUESTS
TO HAVE FINE TRIP
TO GOLDEN GATE
, irf.j..j...iJ-
Stopovers Will Be Allowed
at Many Wonder Spots of
the West on Exposition
Tour.
Contestants working for freo trips to
tho Pacific coast prize offered to 60 win
ners in the subscription contest of tho
Evening Ledokh and Puolic Lddoer
aro notified by tho Contest Editor that
subscriptions they obtain must be from
now subscribers to gain credits.
This has been explained at length be
fore In the nows columns and In tho
advertisements, but tho Contest Editor
thought It would bear repenting for the
Lbcnellt of tho many new contestants who
havo entered their names within the last
few days.
Subscriptions Inside of Philadelphia and
Camden, and for a period of less than six
months, do not have to be paid In ad
vance. Only paid In advance subscrip
tions aro received from outsldo the city
nnd for those that run over a term of
six months, no matter where the sub
scriber lives.
As has been told before, the DO winners
In this great contest will be sent free
of charge to the Panama-Pacific and
Panama-California expositions, respec
tively, nt San Francisco and San Diego,
California.
All expenses of the trip will be paid
by the two newspapers nnd nil arrange
ments will be made by representatives,
bo that the winners will havo nothing
to do but spend their tlmo sight-seeing.
Stop-overs mny bo token at manyof the
wonder Bpots of the West nnd ' Inter
mountaln country en route. Send In your
namo on the coupon in tho advertisement
and geUnto this contest now. All sub
scriptions obtained by those who fall to
get Into the lucky CO will be paid for
at the regular nowsdealers' commission
rates.
FOB STRICTER CENSORSHIP
A stricter censorship or the moving pic
ture dramas of today has been advocated
by a number of Gcrmantown women.
They contend that the corruption of
young girls' minds Is liable to result from
scenes of sex questions which seem to
have a preference In the movie drama of
today. At a meeting of the Mothers' Club
of Qermantown, Frankford nnd Philadel
phia, held yesterday In the uenirai uuim,
1307 Locust street, this question was care-
Jully explained by Mrs. George B. Morris.
The majority of drama films, she said,
are vulgar and demoralizing The tone
of the plays should be elevated, shs
thlnkn. ' I I
leld In Anrll nr .., o. nn..lhl.
the subway Issue remain dead-
3111 0 do?"
iC? J'aa to have tho bill reported
til,. am ,n avor of holding a spe-
" our committee," be replied
11411 Gniltlfltm... tlnlalo.. B.M (ha,
; l'nme1lat election on tha f3O,000,.
m In favor of having the bill re
eu he said. "I a min favor
rrS 'etlpa on the Joan question.
"'usns aro making no mistake
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NEWTON COAL is augmenting daily the
enormous quality prestige it has established
in Philadelphia homes and power plants.
It is an honest coal a dependable coal
a satisfactory coal. It gives real heat service;
and there is a positive
2240 LBS. TO EVERY TON
EVERY TIME
You'll be pleased also with the prompt
ness and care of Newton delivery.
Egg $7.00'; Stove $7.25; Nut $7.50; Pea 55.50
25c added if carried
GEO. B. NEWTON COAL CO.
1527 CHESTNUT STREET
Store Opens 8:30 A. M.
WANAMAKEITS
Store Closes 6:30 P. M
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The One and Only Store That Has Standard
ized the Quality of Furniture Is
the Store for You to Buy Furniture In
(Especially During Sales)
Thi3 is the one and only furniture store that has stand
ardized the quality of furniture, in so far as it can bo
standardized. No other store that we know of could. Let us,
however, be clearly understood.
By standardize we mean to lift up.
Too often it means merely to maintain; for instance,
to maintain and keep from going down qualities that are
deemed already good. On the contrary, to standardize furni
ture, as we understand the term and put it into practice, is
to make everything better that can be made better and, of
course, nover to let things be made worse, either to bring
down their price or for any other consideration.
The result is that our standard is always rising, espe
cially with these sales which have so enlarged our dis
tributing capacity that every year we seem to find it easier
to have furniture made better than it has ever been made
and priced lower than it has ever been priced.
We think it is very reasonable to say that
there is no way whereby this Furniture Sale could
have become the greatest retail business event in
the world except by always affording greatest
choice of the best goods.
Will you mark it well, that the goods which made these
sales so great are better today than they have ever been,
because these good, reliable Wanamaker grades have now
been vastly improved, yet their prices are as low as ever,
and in many cases lower.
This applies in particular where it counts for most
in the medium-priced bedroom and dining room furniture,
which must necessarily form the bulk and backbone of the
stock from which most good homes are made.
(Fifth and Sixth Floors)
250 Women's Dresses Going at
$7.50 and $10
Odds and ends of Winter stocks, all freshly reduced, so
that present prices are no more than half what the dresses
sold for originally, and all kinds that will fill in admirably
between Winter clothes and fresh Spring ones. V.
At $7.50 expect coat-dresses of serge and satin; serge
alone and charmeuse and velvet, mostly blue and black.
At $10 are velvet and serge dresses and a few of
charmeuse.
People going away over the holiday and week-end and
desiring an extra dress to tuck in a grip are particularly
invited to look over both groups.
v (First Floor, Central)
New Spring Silks
50c and 65c a Yard
Foulards, all silk and 22 inches wide, in the pretty black
tend white polka dot patterns, 50c a yard. They make up
into the nicest kind of dresses for all-around serviceable
wear.
Colored Shantung pongees, 65c a yard, which is much
less than these silks usually cost.
Silk dress lengths and remnants of many other silks
for Spring gowns, waists, petticoats and trimmings, vari
ously priced, but all at a considerable saving.
(Sulmny Floor, Chestnut)
Almost Everything You Need
for a Bed Can Be Bought
at a Saving
mattresses, pillows, bolsters, springs, blankets and quilts.
Mattresses, bolsters, pillows and springs are having
their February Sale in connection with the Furniture Sale.
This year for the first time every mattress in our pos
session is offered at a special price. The savings go from 10
per cent, on these goods up to 25 jier cent, on mattresses
made from new special purchases of sterilized hair and
cotton.
Every piece of bedding in the sale is hyglenically
certified.
Hair mattresses, double-bed size, $10.80 up to $28;
single-bed size at $6.75 up to $17.50.
Felted cotton mattresses, double-bed Bize, $7.50 up to
$15; single-bed size, $6 to $12.
Fine, clean feather pillows, $1.50 and $2 each.
Fine, clean feather bolsters, $3 and $4 each.
Steel bed springs, $3.75 to $6.25 each.
Box springs, $10 to $19 for single beds; $10.50 to $20
for double beds.
Specially priced blankets new purchases $5 and $6 a
pair, all-wool filled, cotton warped.
Other blankets clearing groups in our own stock 20
to 25 per cent, off from $3.75 a pair to $9.50 each;
various kinds and colors at various prices in between.
Wool-filled quilts clearing groups $2.76, $5, $8.50 up
to $20 each. Savings 15 to 50 per cent.
Down-filled quilts, made in France, covered in satin,
trimmed with lace, all at halved, prices $62.50 to $125.
(Fifth Floor, Slurkel)
Mantel and Desk Clocks in
Fine Mahogany Cases
You may try the experiment of putting them in
the drawing room, library, dining room, study or bed
rooms, and everywhere these mahogany clocks are
perfectly at home and seemingly made for that par
ticular room.
Probably that is why thoy are such general favor
ites. Nearly all have the simple Colonial lines or slight
variations from them, and the works are all of the
better sort.
Mahogany mantel clocks, hour and half hour
strike, $10 to $37.50. With chimes, $24 to $95, and one
of the smallest chiming clocks made is here at $70.
Mahogany desk or bedroom clocks, eight-day
movements, $8.75 to $10.
Note A number of fine French mantel clocks in
marble and bronze are still here at an average of half
their former prices. They are now $50 to $375.
(Jeirelrjr Store, Chestnut nnd Thirteenth)
The Market Has Risen, But
These New Bales of Oriental
Rugs Have Not
Since we ordered them, many months ago (at the first
sign of a possible scarcity), their prices have gone up and
up. Having secured them at the old low market rates, we
are offering them on the same basis ; that is, at the old un
risen prices, despite the fact that rugs of this kind have
never been scarcer.
Beluchistans, 2x5, $15 ; 3x6.6, $19.50 ; 3x7. $25.
Mossouls and Guendjes, 8x6, $15.75.
Mossouls and Hamadans, 8.6x7, $19.75.
Cabestans and Shirvans, 8x5, $17.50.
Anatolian mats, $5.75, $7.50, $9.75.
Irans, Kurdistans and Hamadans, size 4x7, $30 to $45.
HaU strips, 3.6x12 to 15, $25 to $45.
Plenty of carpet-size pieces at low prices in the new
Shipments alSO. (Fifth Floor, Market)
1000 Crepe de Chine Waists
Are Marked at $3.85
When a certain large manufacturer finished filling
his Spring orders he found that there were many little
odd groups left, some only with one or two styles alike.
But all are very pretty and new, and there are
light and dark colors. 'Both low and high collars, but
all the waists have long sleeves and some have em
broidery on the material.
(Went AUle)
JOHN WANAMAKER
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