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I UPPER LIP-, ZZLS marmCIJI U A"DME- VLIll LAUCH , ,,,,,,,,,,,,., Tjome sr s 5 tr-fTT wwtj lvfDfT57 7 V lllllllt EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1015: D TONIGHT IN HONOR OF ELECTRIC WEEK Whole Northeast Joins in Pros perity Celebration Big Parade a Feature of Observance IS SIGNIFICANT EVENT Varade In KfitnliiRton tonight. IicrIii nlnC M li4n nt Keimlnulon nnd Alle Bhnr "". The bluest colrbratlon that Kensington ever saw will bo held In the northeast nectlon tonight In honor of "Klcctrlcnl rroperlt Week." now being celebrated thioitgliout the country by the electrical Interests. Kenc-lnnton nvenue n 111 lie a blaao of llshl from one end to tha otliei and all tho shops will be open and especially decorated. A parade, con sisting of moro thnti 100 automobiles, bcv eial bands, fully it bundled floats nnd frvcrat thousand pHIzoh.", will mulch through nil the pilnclpnl streets, slatt ing from KensIiiRlon and Allegheny ave nues st 6.li o'clock. Tho North KmltiKlou HtnjIncKi Men's A-lntlnii ban been vvurkliw and llim- nliiR for tonight' event for niniilhw, and, according to IMvvin I. Iloltmun. Becrc lari of the oimiiilrotloti. It Is going to "make it K"." Tho pauidt nnd general iclebratlun will lie held under tho aii;loc -f the North Kensington lltitlneBs Mi ii'k Afisoclntlon I'rlzra have been offuied for tho bot float and for the best decorated automobile, and Keen rivalry cnIhIh among the icnldenta In that section. KUNHINOTON'S SLOGAN. llttii autnmoblle will carry K"uslng ton's slogan on tho wlmlihlrlii It Is "Kciibingtou Avcnui, Ony or Night." That slogan has been selected because tho cam paign has arisen for better paving and bettei lights. .Judges will bo postcU along tho loulo of the parade to decide which Is tho best of tho 400 decorated earn. 'T.lcctilcal 1'rospeilty Week" Is being celebrated In all parts of tho city and country, but It Is iloiiblfnl If any com munlts has made any more claboiato prcpaiatloiiM for Its cc!1rciilon '' the Kensington district. Almost every limn In Kensington who owns nn automobile will bo In lino tonight, even though his is not decorated. One of the features of the parado wilt bo tho Philadelphia Klec trie Company's sl electric Ilouts, show ing tho history and appliance of elec tricity. One llont will show a miniature house, completely wired with electricity. On the back of the house will be a screen on which moving pictures of elec tricity will be projected fiom it tiallcr in the roar of the lloat. The Hell Tclephono Company will alio have a tloat. WIIOLi: SECTION ASSUIIKD. Many of the Kensington manufacturers will liavo their floats advertising their goods. Tho smaller shopkeepers have also seized upon tho opportunity to ad vertlso effectively, and have nrransed elaborate floats. Tho routo of tho parado will be: Start ing from Kensington nnd Allegheny ave nues, down Allegheny to Broad street, to nrlc avenue, to Gcrmantown avenue, to Berks sticet, to Front street, to Ken sington avenue, to Venango street, to Frankford avenue, to Somerset street, whero It will dismiss. Tho committee In charge of tho cele bration Includes John Moore, chairman: John Barnett, Thomas Mann, Richard Hammor, Wan en Lliullg, George Mur doch, Martin Goetz, Kdvvln L. Hoffman and James Whltesldcs. Tho marshal of the parade will bo David Ifanna. Tho president of tho North Kensington Busi ness Men's Association Is Joseph Ircdale. "Tho celebration tonight will be the big gest thing Kensington has ever seen," ald Edwin L. Hoffman, secretary of the association, today. "Everybody Is getting ready for It, nnd It will bo the greatest thing ever attempted. Every ono who has an automobile will bo In line. If I can placa any faith in what they have told me, and thoso who havo no machines will walK. ncd lights, bands, fully 100 floats and several thousand citizens will make the celebration a liugo success. It Is a great boost for tho northeast. ELECTniC SHOP'S OPEN HOUSE. The Philadelphia Kloctrlc Company Is holding "open houso" during the week at Its main ofllcc, lOtli and Chestnut streets, and at the It branch olllces In various sec tions of the city. Tea Is served every afternoon in the "Electric Shop," nt tho main ofllce. Tho big stores are also co operating In tho celebration of tho week. Displays nnd special sales are being held for the week. Several managers said that their business In electrical goods had already noticeably Increased. "Electrical Prosperity Week." which has been planned to give a natlon-wldo stimulus to the 13,000,000,000 Industry, will terminate on Saturday. Great men of tho electrical world are this week honoring the memories of great men who have gone Before them. EDISON'S COMMENT. "In .this time of stress and war, while ntsrly all the industrial and economlo conditions aro being disrupted, the ono moat encouraging thought Is the promise of electrical development Is as valid today as ever, This Electrical Prosperity "Week Is for the purpose of showing how the Industry may take advantage of the recent prog ress In applying electricity to Improve general business conditions, especially as to the transportation, power, light, safety, cleanliness and economy In production nd distribution. i ",V" m America are being thrust Into maujtrial and economlo world leadership. .fwl" not Bhlrk tl responsibility. ,Jver before In Its history has elec tricity offered such wonderfut help In every commercial department of life. It promises horseless, smokeless, dlrtless, noiseless cities: and so many blff economlo revolutionary things that it would take a whole volume even to list them." REPUBLICANS TO FIRE FIRST GUN AT BANQUET Congressman Moore One of Many Speakers Named for National League's Dinner Canada Enthusiastic Tor Loan OTTAWA, Ortt, Dec L-Tho $50pfi.00l Canadian domestic war loan has been subscribed twice over. More than Jo.OOi) sepnrnte subscriptions were received Bia Staff Cerre$penittnt WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Announcement has been made of plans for the bMiqu.it to bo given by tho National Republican I.ongup nnd tho League of Republican Rtnto Club on tho evening of December 11 at tho New Willard Hotel, AVashlng Uui. D. C. Tho banquet will tnko place tho night hefoic thp assembly of tho National He publican Committee and tho officers and members nf that commltteu havo been In vited to bo present us tho guests of tho League It Is expected that the banquet will offer opportunity for firing tho first guns of the Republican campaign of J5I6 Thoso who will be Invited to speak on that occasion Include. In addition to Tresldent John Hnvs Hammond, Senators Borah, Weeks, Willi tin Alden Smith, Cummins. Former Senators Root, Fairbanks nnd Burton, Coventor Whitman, Henry t. Estnbrook, of New ork; Representative. J. Hampton M.min of Philadelphia, and Job C Hedges. mmm sA S, PRECIOUS LIBERTY BELL ONCE SPURNED BY CITY AS WORTHLESS JUNK Historic Relic Had Slight Honor at Hands of Founders of Present Generation of Philadelphians FIGURED IN A LAWSUIT How many citizens of Philadelphia arc uwnro that tho precious Liberty Bell, which reposes In Its case In Independence Hall after n tour of the Slates, whs once regal ded as Junk and that tho City Fathers brought suit against a bell caster who had cast a substitute bell In order to force him to remove the Liberty Bell? Yet this is precisely what happened and tho storv wns told to the meiiibcis of tho Philadelphia Chapter, 1). A. It., at their meeting today In tho Church House. Mrs. M. W. Paidec, of Ml South 19th street, member of tho Washington Chap ter, Is the person who haa bi ought to light this Interesting und scarcely known history of the bell. On tho day thnt tho Liberty Bell reached Its resting place in this city, after It hud hi ought cheers from tho throats or millions of citizens tluoughout the coun try, there lav dead In u little houso hi Marshall avenue, Cnrdlngton, Delawaio County, tho woman who In life could havo told how this priceless idle was once spurned by tho city which now cherished It. and how her husband was sued by tho city because ho would not remove tho bell us worthless Junk. mmis,.,!- Sho was Mrs. Clailss.a . ItbatiK. wUlowot Charles W. Wllbank. She d ed at the ago of SI yenrs and was burled the day following Thankxglvlng In the little Quaker cemetery opposite her home. Her husband died several years ago. He o f .Tnhn Wllbank. the Gernuiii- town bell caster, to whom tho Liberty Bell was given as part payment on a new bell which he liau cast ior uiu nj honor of tho visit of Lafayette. The Btoiy of the casting of tho now bell nnd tho subsequent fnlluro of tho caster to rcinovo tho Liberty Bell Ih a t.ilo of enthralling Interest. After tho new bell had been received by tho city. Mr. II bank decided that the Liberty Bell wits not worth tho cost of transportation to Germantown. Ho permitted it to remain in Independence Hall. Tho city fathers, with tint Fame prefcolcnco so character istic of all Philadelphia city fathers, wrote to the bell caster urging him to remove tho Liberty Bell, us It was very much in the way. Mr. Wllbank replied that It was not worth the cost of re moval. , , ..... Tho city fathers becamo piqued ut this reply nnd decided that thoy would force Mr. Wllbank to remove tho bell. Accord ingly ho was summoned beforo a Magis trate named Poole. After hoaring the tes timony of a number of vvltnes&es, tho Magistrate decided that, although It would bo a hardship to Mr. Wllbank to force him to remove the bell to far-off Germantown, the equities of the case de manded that ho should bo punished In some way for his falluro to keep his con tract. Ho was accordingly ordered to pay the costs of the suit. With the bell a "white elephant" on his hands, Mr. Wllbank appealed to the city fathers to nccept it from him as u gift. They were at liberty to sell It, break It up, melt It down or otherwiso dispose of it provided they took it from his hands. They took tho bell. And that Is how the now mute har binger of liberty, which was then still able to peal forth its messago of free dom, but which later cracked at the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall, came Into the possession of Philadelphia and was saved to be a. source of patriotic in spiration to 100,000,000 Americans, John Wllbank, according to his descend ants, was never paid for casting the other SSSS8 Five Minutes to Spare! t I'd planned a trip out among the trade was hustling to make the train when the boss stepped in and said to I f- me; 'Kelley, you're behind the times ! ay out your route via Bell Telephone ; it s nine o'clock now, and I'll wager you can save four days, nine-tenths of the usual ex pense, see your people, sell your stuff and be back" by noon J' "Results? Well, look at my watch! And if you could see today's entries in my order book you'd slap me on the back." m s Go down the list today-result. -yes, orders will bell. Mrs Wllbank, who has been known bv Mis. Pardee for more thin -10 venrs, fiequeutlv i elated this utmost forgotten history of the Libel ty Hell. -Mrs Cairie U Harris, daughter of Mih. Wllbank, has the mold for the other bell at her home lit L'ardlngtoti. She has also the reouls which bear out tho tiuth of tho Hloiy. MINAT0RI ITALIANI SEP0LTI NEL W. VA. Tre Esplosioni Hanno Seppel- litto in Una Miniera 300 Lav- oratori, in Gran Parte Salvati BOOMER, W. Va., 1 LMccmbrc. tin gntvo dlsastro mineral io .si e' avutn qui lerl quaudn rOO mlnatoil. In lu'isslma parte Italian!, xouo rlmustl rlnchlusl nella mluieia No. 2 delta Boomer Coat and Coko Company, In Fcguito a tro fortissimo esplosioni, Sublto dopo Io esplosioni petu' fu oigunlirato 11 lavoio di Milvatngglo o squadro dl volontnill pcm-triirono uei pozzl, coMcchc' icri sera I funzloiinrll delta compagnlu potciono nnuunt'Iaro die tutti I niinatoil, ad ccccziono dl CO ciano stati salvati. Una dlcclna di mlnntorl ostrnttl dnlla miniera poco dopo I'csploslouo dlsscro ill nvci1 vlsto moltl tiomlnl lie! poz7l, nppa rcr.tcmentc inoitl c glaeenti vlcino al punto dovo avvenneio Io esplosioni. La notto scorsa 1c squadro dl salintnsglo sta vano aiicorn til lavnro noil t miniera. Non nppena iivvenno la prima esploslono I minatorl fuggirouo verso i puntl plu' sl curl. e potetti'ro uclro qunndo li funio .si dlleguo' e l.iselo' libcro Io vlo dl usclta. Mancauo notlzie di opeini chc lavora vnno nci puntl plu' Intcrnl Ucllii miniera. L'AUSTRIA RIC0N0SCE CHE LA VITT0RIA PER L'lTALIA E' SICURA Un Arciduca Austriaco Dice Chc la Lotla sull'Isonzo E' l'Inferno dci Campi di Battaglia IL FUOCO E' INCESSANTE AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL Tetanus Develops From Neglected Cut anil Frank Recti Dies Tetanus developing from nn automobile accident resulted In tho death of Frank Reed. 37 jears old, of 403 Taylor avenue, Camden, In the Cooper Hospital jester day. Reed was Injured on November 17 nt tth nnd Maikct streets, Camden, when ho wns run down by it it automobile owned by N. W. Chain, of Merchantvllle. As lie oniy suffeied n laceration on tho foie head, he Insisted upon going to his home after being treated at tho hospital. On Sunday last Reed returned to the hospital and complained of it soicnesa In his throat. An cxnmlnutlon showed that tho laceration on his forehead had been neglected, and tho physicians de cided that ho wits suffering from tetunus. Ho was placed in the ward, whero serum Colonel Orders Name Off Ballot OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Dec. 1 -Ex-Pres-ident Theodore Rooxcvelt announces ho ha requested tho Secietarj of Stato of iiiiuVUsluio NebrasKa to vwmuraw nis name irom the primary election ballot In that State. I grandl nriuplum. ill t-t I I'ltnlla hi parec ROMA. 1 Dlecmbre. La bnttngllii dell'Isonzo per II pos scsso dl Gorizht si nwlcina rnpidamento alia fine. Nonostnnto chc gli austrlucl abhlnno rleoviito fortl iluforzi, c' chlaio cho ss non possono plu' sperm o dl dl fenderc elllcaccmento la loro maggloro c plu' formldnbllo torlc.zti sull'Isonzo. Infnttl tin comiuunlcato ufllelalc pub blltato lor! a Vienna dice tcstualmcntc: "Sill fronte lt.ili.ano dlvlenp oul gionin plu' nppnrcnlc o chlaro cho gll Itnllonl. a costo dl qualunqiie sacrlflzlo, rlusel i .iituo it forznio una vlttoiia ncllo vlcl nnuzo dl Gorizla. Icrl 1 loro itttncchi furono dlictti su tutto 11 fionto dl Tol mlno nl mnic, t con speclalo vlolen.u contrn lo due nostio tcsto dl polite (Tol mlno c Gorizla) o contro la put to set tentrlonnlo deU'ahopluno di Doberdo' L.i testa di pontc di Tolmino o" stnl i tcmita sotto tin fuoco violcutlsslmo pc. tutto II poini-rlgKlo." II fatto rlconoscluto dalle autorlta' mlli tarl austrlnch o cho lo tiuppe Italiunc, lcntamento nm sicuramente, dlstendono la loro morsa attorno nllc fortczzo di i Tolmino e dl Gorizla, sttlngendolii sem- j pre plu' contro posizionl chc crnno slate , preparato per hi difesa In modu perfottu o con tutto quanto la yclcnzu niodernn suggcrlvn per complctare tin nssetlo dl- J fenslvo cho la natura avova dato al fronte I dell'Isonzo. Lo poslzlonl austrlaclio sono i ora batttlte t.eiiza posa ditlle biitteric i till- ' lane collocate siillo nltuie dl Santa Lucln, , Santa Marin, Podgora, Sabotlno, San Ml- , chelo o Sel Busl, Cnrlzia, dn quanto nl sa, o' niez.o in rovlnn o la popoluzlone clvllo la has gla' ev.icuatu. 1 foitisslme pnizloul dciraltorfanu ill Doberdo' non potriinuo resistere a luiiEo. i prob.abll- . mente esso ciidranuo nello stesso tempo . clio endra la fortezza dl Gorizla. lit im'lutci vista coupcss.t nd tin coni sposdento del Berliner Tageblatt l'arcidtica Ghii.eppe Fordln.indo, rl,p conuinda parto dello forzr uu.stilache npciaiiti siiU'lf-onu, ha dcfciitto II fioutc ill battaglia Ital ian' con qticst.1 eloquente dellnlzione: Tlnferno r.ui cninpl ill bnttasMu " 11 corilspondfiiti' dlto cite II consumo d inunizloul fatto sill fionto dell'lsoiuu o" qiinlcho cosit cho dlfllcllmente l puo' cil derc ei' si dk". Lo stesso giotnullsta dice cho gli Italian! usiiiin uu iteroplauo dl tlpu graiidli-slino. corazzato td .trinatu dl niltruglluttlcl. .spesao quest! rbl psrtnplnii, Impogtiano virc bntlagllo nell'nila Telegranind ila Londra illcono chc la Pall Mall Gazette, metteudo III lel.iylone li visltu deU'lnipcratoin titigllclmo a Vienna con d vool ill pace, no deduco cho II vlngglo del Kaiser it Vienna puo" plgnlllcnre die ogll ha tentato dl nuovu dl ludiiiio I luipciatoic I'iniicexoo 4 In sc)po n coiicliidein si'pnint.imento la ptcf ion I'ltullii. II gloiunlr- loudliK'sr toina n ilprti'io la lifrlltu stnrlella tic I fatto chc I'llalia non n i utchlmatti ancuiit la gtinitit alia tin lunula o die lion v' (iffiilto iiuslniia di purUclpam altii cam pagun dcgll iild'ntl net Ilatciinl. II gloinalo nffciuia quiitdl chc a lletllun si iltlenu olio la p.ice con I'llalia puo' pHsere otti'iiuta con In cpm.sIoiio ill quel terrltoril Italian! dell'Austrla it ctil I'llalia asplra. Qucsta e' una dcduzlouc seinpllcenicuto gratulta, perche' pilni.i ill tutlii II gov crno dl Roma vede fhlaiann'iite rlu- la pace separata non potra' portaro iill'llalla cho damn r pol poichc' si f.i tlio la Ui'i litiiula o l'Austtia non potrnuiin mnl tnn Bcntlio alia cesslono dl Trieste so non Miuilinii iilllua llilult" iiinnipoluii7it ;ishii Int'i. Cio' the iiucoia lion f". Trieste SulTcrs From Lack of Fuel RnME. Dec. 1 A dispatch from Bcrno to the Stefanl News Agency says there 13 a Hhuitagc of ical nt Tricsto nnd that the i.rli r nf illuminating gas has risen con aiilpinblv. The population of the city has iloi-i c.ixul laigely and thcro is suftcrlng on .Kt'oitiit of luck of woik. Younc; Uelmont's Wife Asks Divorce NEW YORK, Dec. 1 Summons In n milt for divorce by Mrs Ethel Loraluo ISolninul has been served on Rajmoml Rplinont, boii of August Belmont, tho flnanclpi Mrs Belmont, novcrthclcsp, told ii reporter last night sho was deoply In lovo with her husband and on Sunda, the third anniversary of their marriage sho leinalncd Indoors weeping. HEATING HOT WATER VAPOR STEAM M.J.MARGULIES&CO. 125 So. 5th PHILADELPHIA Both Phonei I 2 Wie genius of the RussianBallet, and Ihe most daring of all designers and colon ists. Baksthas designed the cover Jor ihe Ptri$tma$ttmber HAMPER'S BAZAR ydtyourJVeiusdeater's gaasaz3B3Ztes:sssg &$& Winter Comfort depends on the heater even moro than on the coal pile. When a northeast gale is whooping 'round tho house, rattling tho shutters and piling four-foot drifts over the flower beds, it gives a mighty comfortable feeling to know that there's a "NOVELTY" Hot Water Heater on the Job Night and Day It warms all the rooms alike, and all enough. Its roomy firepot holds coal for all night and to spare. Its ample heating surfaces carry the heat from coal to water, so there's no needless waste up the flue. It is easy on the coal-pile and easy to run. "Novelty" Hot Water, Steam and Warm Air Heaters are made in Philadelphia by one of the largest makers of heating and cooking appliances in the world. For 68 years their name has stood for quality. Abram Cox Stove Co. American and Dauphin St. Philadelphia m ir& "Jack Is Too Busy, I'll 'Phone the U. G. I." And she asked us to send a Quick Service motorcycle man to adjust the gas lights. It's easy and quick just a request for the service and it is yours. No charge for the work only the usual retail price, if new mantles or other parts are needed. Don't bother your husband notify us. The United Gas Improvement Co. M Facts Versus allacies FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. FALLACY The TAX Money b Spent Only To Support Police Courts And Provide For DRUNKARDS PROHIBITIONISTS pose conspicuously as "reformers," and as such should not disseminate FALLACIES that impose on the credulity of people, For instance, is it not a FACT that these agitators repeatedly assert the greater part of money from taxes is necessary for the support of police courts, charity and correctional institutions, and to provide for persons that misuse liquors? n OVERNMENT reports are evidently not included in the studies of Prohibitionists. For instance, Bulletin 126, on Financial Statistics of Cities Having a Population of More than 30,000, issued in 1915 by the U. S. Census Bureau, completely disposes of the above FALLACY by showing that the per capita cost of police in 109 cities in vestigated was $2.00, and that for charities, hospitals and correctional support it was only $1.11 per capita. TN this Bulletin it was especially notable that in Prohibi tion cities such as Atlanta, Memphis and Nashville, the cost of police and charity departments was considerably higher than in license cities of the same population, such as St Paul, Columbus, Toledo, Dayton, Paterson, Omaha, Grand Rapids, etc. J? QUAI.LY worthy of note was an official leaflet recently - issued by Comptroller Prendergast, of New York City, giving in detail how every $100 in taxes is spent, and show ing that only 8 goes to support the police, who in large part are engaged in rcgulatine street traffic and other service tnat nas notning io ao wiui crime. Lcssinan one per cent, is necessary for the maintenance of prisons and peniten tiaries. A LL of the above mentioned FACTS afford valuable in " formation to prove the rashness of Prohibition exag gerations, as well as to show the FALLACIES circulated that the cost of police courts, prisons and charities takes the greater part of tax money. Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association iTfrc Next Article Will Appear Saturday, December 4th' W 0TVVG6 FACT .Ley Than 1 OfTheTAxMone.y IsUsedToMainUui The Prisons And PenitentUries fiUSfjf 2SS9Hi i tr n w I I JLtJPtpHC'B- "-1 ,4 'W "T Jlmjp3aXSI3!gBC5tBr3!y -J 1 p tiiU'E li 3