fWi4lflitlli,iilliV'Sf''''t '"" ""?-"--." gy . EYEyiNG EEDGER PHILADELPHIA SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 4 1915. i 3 iii if, hit t ri ot her rid iri sr- m tt Id rit hli id In. !i n. Oh. till 1 imi . fee tn tr Hi ork . iff TtroilAT rrifI?V'RT? )I Ad UDUrtb, iiuai u aJI SAYING CHRISTMAS TOEES ARE SCARCE And Hist! This Is Another So cret They're Going to Be More Expensive Than Ever CHOPPING TIME SHRINKS Onlv Eighteen Days Loft in Which to f Complete Your Gift Buying This Is a Mcret-don't toll nnyonp. It mitht dlscour.iRo tho growlnff spirit of Christmas In the Mr. but-oh. dearl Chrlitmas trees nre scarce. They never Were so source ns they nre this year nml they're boIiib to he expensive, over so much more e.vpenMve limn ever before, so frobnbty there won't be enoush money to bay one for that new bnby nml he will hale to be ehcateit Into bcllevltiR De cember M, 1016, Is his first Chrlstmns and that this one coming three weeks from today Is not his first Christmas nt nil. Who Is this crepolmiiRor that prowls about ccrv enr Just nbout this tlmo with hard luck stories nbout the Mnlne woods, and the dearth of eligible Christ mas trees" Isn't It nbout time to mur der him In his hod? Me emerged Into notoriety about December 4, IS.1.', nnd ho Is still talking gloom. Tim I'lntuNNiAi cmorcif. Ite Is the man that says mean things like this, that he'd like to have every day In the enr a Christmas dny nnd he can't sec lt.v one day should be more Rorthy of honor than any other! or that Christmas trees shed little green things all ocr the carpet nnd mnkc an awful lot of work for somebody who has to go around sweeping them up: or that candy Is very bad for children and does nobody any good but the dentists, who patch up tho children's candy-torn teeth nnd roll In honest men's gold when tho Christ mas season Is over and a good thing when It Is over, says this crepchanger, who nlwn.xs says Christmas trees are jcarce this enr and are going to be expensive. Of course the trees arc scarce, as all valuable things arc. There were only 8,800 of them In tho 4S carloads which have arrived In tho freight yards at 19th street and Allegheny avenue. There were 69 carloads In the nrds last enr nnd In 1913 there were nearly 100 on this date In December. All right: who cares? SHOPS AUK LOOKING UP. In spite of the treeless prospect, there U evidently n plentiful supply of presents to hang on the trees, as the shop wlndown bear witness. Theie arc quite n number of fine things to buy. Tho most Inter esting nre those a mnn buys for his girl; they are flowers, books, candy, furs brace lets, rlnss, silver Jingling things to hang on a chain, watches, very tlnv ones that top going on December 26, but aro all right when they aro fixed up nt the jeweler's nnd then keep perfect tlmo forever after (the only lenson they stop the day after Christmas Is because they Ret mauled too much Christmas Day), and small dogs, and many other things. Hut of courso in some of these cases the girl has to be married to tho man before she can nccept this or that pres ent, but one never knows Just which Is which. Vases are al right, but are risky unless you have good taste, which is no reflection on you: but It takes a lot of training for Borne people to ncqulro good taste. And nil these things ought to be pur chased beforo December la If possible on account of this "Do-our-shopplng-enrly" crusade: und if they nre not remember there arc only IS chopping days before Christmas. TILT IN "BANANA TRUST" SUIT OVER SHIP LINE'S BIG PROFITS Lawyers in Lively Argument Over Admission of Evidence Judse Thompson In tho United States District Couit heard a three-hour argu ment today by attorneys on both sides of the "Banana Trust" suit over the admis sion into the evidence of testimony re tarding profits made by the Ulucflelds Steamship Company from Jnnuary 1, ISM, to September 3, lSltt. The defendant In thu suit, tho United Krult Company, Is bot tling against tho admission of tho testi mony. George Wharton I'epper and MoorfleM Storey bore the brunt of tho fight against the admission; tho other sldo of the hattlo was tuken by Thomas V. Gain, Francis Shunk Brown nnd John S. Hummer. Judge Thompson had enough authorities cited for hla investigation to keep him busy most of this week-end. The plaintiff is said to have made a 193 per cent, profit on the capital Invested. In llr. Pepper's outline of the facts ho save J3M.O0O as the approximate profit on an Investment of $75,000 In two years. "It would bo pushing things a little too far." said Mr. Pepper, "to assert that juch a lucky strike as that can be made the basis of computation." The United Fruit Company's counsel contended that tho earnings were In too ihort a period to be taken as a basis ot what might have been earned In the 10 years during which the Hlueflelds Steam snip Company was under the control of tn United Fruit Company. The Blucflelds Steamship Company's counsel, on tho other hand, sought to snow that If such enormous profits sou'.il be made In the years tho niuefields Com pany was uncontrolled. It could have made even larger profits In the succeed ing years when general conditions. It was alU'Bta. were even better, had It been ui.n!veii.d by the United Fruit Com pany Judge Thompson will announce on Mon m hls 'lec!slo us to whether or not he w"l permit the evidence. "-VICTROLAS A8J7JT.ABLB 0lFT FOK CIUtlSTMAS J?.,J.?van,,lte of TM special Offer, BOUD OAK CABINET GOLDEN FINISH vicrnouA vi ...;..;..,,.,"',.ir25i00 CABINET, worth 10 S950 Total ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, gjc) 00 .,M . M. GOODSTEIN 5207 Market St. Open Evgs. LEG SUPPORTS AAH'cosb veins. vtcKua, W jk Ankirt, Swollen Lm, Kta, BI TUB tJSB OS" TUB Coriss Laced blocking wlicJ sr balled. lomtwubU. iud. ta mcuaii. iii?. tLA8f0i adjiuubtei Ucl ttO.NOJUOtL. Cost Il.lt rati,. iree. or trtlU for elf-utiu-""' BUnlNo. S, ". Io matt uoo-rUitlo ah noruUml bell to ordtr. Hour., 9 lo,s dill, .. t I 4. f f tqa.Corlis Limb SotcliltvCa t,fgfSd,Jua.'- 1,U,0 WaLMI illl-ll-l IVtitH fM4 i'tita. !S) A AVAIL FItOM WILKES4UnilE Who anltl "It pay In mbrrtlne" Wn In lil day nnd data ttlsej Hut to Uiere nre nllTe todny ho rare not what thej- mt to pay, O'er trnln nml tnlne one enn gloat; The other hired nn orenn l.oal. One pent hH nil, Hie other mnch, Mllh the liole world tn Re1 In touch. If nil the nntlonn yon uould thrill, There nre hut tno rnn fill the Mil And the oilier one ti rortl. You muM ndmlt l'n rather toimh To hnie nnolher ulrnl jour "Muff," lint JenlntiKy'a (no nmnll for me I wish him nrll, nernM Hip rn. He mleht lime fnkrn me along, Tnoiild mnkf (lie imrty doubly strong, Inrrenae In pnlrnr)' for good Thai nul.lr Innd of nuulrreMoori. Of nil the Imgi In Freedom' nlr, lul to the nnllon innnot spare And the other one I l'ord. IIUTCIt. Ullkts-llnrrr, Drrember 3, MAYOR INSISTS HE WAS WITHIN LAW Blankenburg Says Grand Jury Decision Fails to Recog nize Facts Mayor Ulankenlmrg, In replying to the nctlon of tho Grand Jury In urging tho court to censure him for his netton on election day, declared todny th.it the Shorn law "certainly appears to author ize police ofllcers to nrrest criminals nt the polling places on warrants." "It would he Interesting," he continued, "to know who wrote tho presentment of tho Otnnd Jury to tho honorable court, tt would he even more Interesting to hear the minority report which the court would not allow to be llted In this mat ter." "A Orand Jury must hnve strange Ideas of what constitutes 'secrecy In voting' and a fair election whenlt finds nothing to criticise In the wholoalo marking of ballots by polttlcal workers. In ono affi davit presented to them It was shown that ".) voters out of 90 In o. division had received assistance. "The Constitution of the Stnte require that 'secrecy In voting bo preserved.' Is that Constitution obeyed when three quarters or more ot the voters nt n poll ing plnce receive assistance nnd thus arc compelled to show their vote? "The Qiand Jury refers to removals ot voters between registration and election daj, Intimating that the warrants used on election day were based on such tacts. This is a wrong Impression. llnd tho Oram! Jury sen lit to summon the po licemen who made the canvass which disclosed these registration frauds they would have learned that the warrants were not for persons who had registered properly and then removed, but for per sons who had been guilty of a crime In their original registration, nnd the Jury would have found this fnct substantiated by from three to six policemen who had Investigated ench case tn advance. "These were tho criminals we sought and the only tlmo nnd place to catch them was nt the noils on election day, when they might seek to consummate their first crime by tho commission of a sec ond. "Ono phase of the presentment of the Grand Jurv pleases mo very much, nnd that Is that It exonerates Director Drlppi nnd praises the conduct of the Director nnd the police on election day. VAIIE TO IJUILI) 158 HOUSES Senator Will Erect Homes on -J'-acre Tract at Cost of $800,000 Kenntor Kdwln II. Vnrc has purchased n l,4 ncre tract In South Philadelphia on vhlch he will erect 15S small modern dwellings at a cost of about 00.000. This Is a branch of tho contracting business which tho Scnatwr so far has left un touched. , The tract faces tho Southern Boulevard below Oregon avenue, cast of Broad street, and Is another step In the de velopment of that part of South Phila delphia between tho Delaware and Schuyl kill rivers which heretofore has been unavailable for buildings because of the surface tracks of the ttcam lallroads. George II. Young last week purchased tho Stocker tract of Co acres opposite the land just acquired by Senator Varc nnd will erect 2.K0 dwellings upon It at a cost of $8,000,000. More than 1I.0O) persons will be housed by tho Young dwellings. Scnatoi Vare declared today that the operation Is undertaken by him In tho Bplrlt of civic servlco and will be per sonally supervised by him. Ho points nut that tho completion of the Hroad street subway means a general boom for tho section. Storm Porch Enclosures t?A B A H J h A 1-h M A 1 Metal Weather Slripptngs Rust-Proof Screens Let nt etlimate WILSON & WILSON, Inc. 1513 Parrish Street 1i,t,?snfs WATCHES CLOCKS FANS CHINA LAMPS BRONZES J; E. MtrchcmdUe purchased now inay be reserved for Chrvtimai delivery. ALLEGED SWINDLER llllMnilVM- ii -J-J' Zt&brrJi,M I. . . n... ..., ,,,,.-... - . -ft, E. A. StarklofT, tho so-called "preen goods king," was arraigned beforo United States Commissioner Howard M. LonR in thu Federal IiuilditiK today, on a charge of swindling involving .$18,000. Stark lolT is seen leaving the proceedings in tho custody of Deputy Marshal Edward P. McCaffrey, who brought him to this city from Altoona where ho was recognized by tho police. -Starkloff was indicted five years ago and has been n fugitive from justice ever since. STARKL0FF BROUGHT HERE FROM ALTOONA 'King of Green Goods Meii" Reconciled to Probable Jail Sentence 11. A. Stnrkloff, known to tho police ot tho entire nation ns "King of the Ciieen Goods Men," was brought to this cltv today after his arrest In Altoona. where ho was tiapped by Secret Service men, following n tle jeais' scutch, In which some of the greatest detectives of thu country participated. He was dressed In n suit of latest fash ion. Ills patent-leather shoes were well polished, and before he was taken to the Fcdcinl Hulhling by t'nlted States Deputy .Marshals Hatty and How ley he asked to be taken to a barber shop This icquest was refused. Then he offered to buy lunch for his custodians, but his Invita tion was declined. "You see," he explained. "I may go to Jail I know that in pilson the most Piospcrous looking man gets tho best ttentment, nnd I nm loklng for a good time for the next few jears." In his pockets were pamphlets on Hs peranto, of which he Is a profound stu dent. Ho speaks other languages flu ently SturkloR "skipped" 1,000 ball In June, 1010, when ho was arrested by postal In spector!, for using the malls to defiaud. His pal, Genrgo W. Post, was under $11,- The Advisability of Making a Will It is every one's" duty to make a will, dis posing of his or her property after death, whether the amount involved is large or small. Where one fails to do so and dies intestate (as the law calls it) property may pass in a manner not desired by the owner, and often the share of a surviving husband, a widow or a child is less than intended. We invite persons considering the prepara tion of wills to call at either of our offices. Where this company is to be the Executor, we draw the will free of charge, and hold it subject to order. Philadelphia Trust Company Main Office 415 Chestnut Street Thomas S. Gates President John Story Jcnks Vice President Vice CHRISTMAS GIFTS GOLD JEWELRY OPERA GLASSES WALKING STICKS UMBRELLAS GLASSWARE LEATHER PORCELAINS SILVERWARE Calcktell x& 902 Chestnut Street DODGES PUBLICITY 000 ball at tho same time, and he, too, escaped. Meanwhile the two men wtre separated Starkloff has been living In England and In Mexico and his handsome nppearance and graceful manner convinced his ac quaintances In London that he was a bankei or mnmber of some other equally lucrative ptiifesslnn. At llrst he com municated with his wife regularly, but when tho net ot the detectives closed in on him h abandoned his letter-writing pro clivities. When tho prisoner arrived here ho com municated at once with his nttorncv, John U. K Scott Meanwhile ho will be taken to Moyamenslng prison to await trial in the United States District Couit that would have been held five ;.cars ago If he had not escaped. Textile Workers Get More Pay More than a thousand members of the Woolen Carpet Yarn and Textile AVoik- j ers' Union paraded through tho streets of Mannyunk last night In celebration of a wage Incicaso from $il to ji.i a week. Xe-irly all tho larger plants In the dis trict met the wage Increase demand. Some smnllcr mills have hen forceil to shut down, liec.iuse. It Is said, they could not meet tho Inerense. Disinfectant Sends Girl to Hospital A woman Is In St. Agnes' Hospital to day as tho result of mistaking a disin fectant for cramp medicine. Mrs Ger trude llemlrlckson. 21 years old, of 2118 South I.'imbert stieet, went homo l.ito yesterday suffering from sevoro cramps. She drank creollne, n disinfectant, which s.he mistook for medicine. Sho will re cover. Hroad Street Office 1-U0 Chestnut Street Henry G. Drenfile President and Treasurer Co. Closing Hour Six o'clock Until Christma MEXICAN MAIDEN'S EXCITE Mystery as to Source of "Car-r-ram-ba" and Other Unusual Songs Arouses Curiosity Until Senorita Is Found Locked in Wardrobe A Mexican bull-flghl might have been staged In the Colonnndo Hotel, ns far as local color was concerned, when cries of "Ave Maria" and "Car-r-rnm-ba" were raised, nnd there was a pounding ns though a cavalcade ot matadors was galloping through the corridors. "llellhops" rushed around seeking the centro of tho commotion, nnd the guests peeped out of tltClr doors to see whnt It was nil about. Finally, guided by fern Inlno cries of dlstiess, the hotel attend ants located the cause of the disturbance In one of tho bedrooms. "C.ir-r-r-r-rnm-b-bn," "Tamalo," "Dlos" Issued from nn Innocent-looking ward robe stnndlng In the corner. There fol lowed a torrent of Mexican words, which tho "bellhops"' did not know were Mexi can ami which were nbout ns Intelligible to them as so much Sanskrit or Hindoo. Hut they did know that some ono was In tli" wardrobe. Also that somu one was a woman, and that she was not In there for her health or to practice singing. The door of the wnrdiobo was locked THREE ALARMS OF FIRE FRIGHTEN WILMINGTON Jewelry Store Loses $24,000. Firemen Overcome by Smoke While Fighting Blaze WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. t.-Thrce alarms of fire, at the same tlmo following a powder mill explosion In which 30 men were killed, and two fires In powder plants which were extinguished beforo serious damage was done, gave Wilming ton much excitement last night. One was a falso alarm and the loss In another caso was trifling, but the third alarm was for the big Jewelry storo of llaynard. Hanks & Ilrynn,- where there was a loss of $2l.0oo. The Hvery live ning bull ling, adjoining the burned Blruc tilt o on Dth street, nnd tho store of V. S. It. Hutlcr & Son, which ndjolns It on Market street, were damaged by smoke nn.'. water. Ten llrcmcn were overcome by smoke. Ono was Ferlously affected and tho others went to their homes. Hryn Mawr Boy, Hit by Auto, Mny Die Thomas Martin, six years old, of Thomas avenue, llrn Mnwr,' Is In a serious condition at the Ilryn Mnwr Hos pital aa tho result of being struck by an automobile -uhllo returning homo fiom school yesterday. He has a broken leg, two broken ribs, probable Internal Injuries and a fractured skull. Hlchard Atklnon, of Haverford, driver of tho car, was held under WW ball nt the Ardmoro police station to await the outcome of the child's Injuries. This Church Has Helped Hundreds It Will Help You ST I'S North Tenth St Presbyterian Church 10th Street IJelow Girard Ave. Tomiirruu Moraine, 10:30. Kirnlng. 7il5 Vi'lM.IAM IIIUUUIIST.VKr, MtXIOTUll DeedttieAds spvHUOTl - 18 Ao 2 rx ro c i A LABAMA is a Prohibition State. It was made Pro ri hibition by its Legislature, and this, too, in the face of the FACT that the people of Alabama have three times gone on record at the polls, as opposed to Prohibition. DUT the Legislature made Alabama "dry," anr it was con--' fidently said that the citizens of Alabarm. would pay less taxes in consequence that an era of prosperity would come and that the land would be overflowing with milk and honey instead of with alcoholic beverages. XATHAT has, in reality, come to pass is this: When Gover nor Jclks of Alabama, anti-prohibitionist, retired from office eight years ago in 1007 he left a surplus of $1,000,000 in the State treasury, and with all outstanding u ajtaji:.!,, aZJCBEZZDS'ifnK. V -iirr-fvf i mff, B 1-3- 2E Prohibition Promise m i? Does Not Measure 1 Up 10 rronioHlOIl PL fl Performance fc- jH "-1, p 13 SS23 5SE2QE2DO ft " TT FALLACY to promise that prohibition means lower taxes and increased prosperity, when it is a FACT as shown by Alabama's figures that seven years ago Alabama as a "wet" State had a surplus of $1,900,000, and today, as a "dry" State has a deficit of $3,000,000. PROHIBITION has cost Alabama $5,000,000 in seven years' time J Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association (The Next Article Will Appear Wedneiday, December Slh) SI CRIES CROWDS IN HOTEL nnd the key was not In sight. Urged on by frantic cries from tho wnrdrobo, the bcllhoys searched every corner of tho room and peered Into every crevice for tho nlMmportnnt kty. After whnt seemed a long time tho key was found In n rorncr tinder n bed. The door was opened nnd. In sight of a crowd attracted by the cries, lS-enr-old Dolores Soto mnyor tumbled out. She oeclared she was mashed as flat as a Tortilla, whon sho got her breath back. It seamed that tho Mexican sense of humor Is very keen. Miss Sotomayor nnd the occupants of the loom nre mem bers of the party of 7 Mexican educators who ire tnut'ng this country gathering educational data. Several of her friends decided that an excellent practical Joke would be to lock her In the wardrobe. The wardrobe has a shelf, making tho height for standing room less than five feet. She was In there nbout half nn hour. She was put there by Conception Morfla, Conception Chavez Coronol, To mnsa Zunlga and Maria Tollcz Kscalnnte, all young women. WISSAHICKON FOLK ELATED Residents of Gcrmantown Also Join in Rejoicing Over Auto Club's Stand ltesldents of Wlssahlckon nnd Oerman town nre rejoicing todny over tho state ment of Stcdmnn Hcnt, president of the Automobile Association of Philadelphia, that the association Is opposed to tho opening of the upper Wlssahlckon drive to nutomobllrs. They bcllovo that their lycase has been won by tho standing of the Automobile Club. "Tho sentiment of tho club Is decidedly against the proposition of opening tho drive to nutomohlllsts," Mr. Ilent said, "and the matter has been placed In the hands of the hoard of directors." It was said nt tho headquarters! of the. club, a South 23d street, last night, that a meeting of tho board of directors will bo held on Monday afternoon, nnd that It Is probable that nn ofllclal protest will bo made to tho Tark Commissioners at that time. Members recalled that two such protests have been mado by tho club within tho last flvo years. Mantel Clocks With Quarter-Hour Chimes, $25.00 Housed in a handsome mahogany case, with a large, clear silver face', this is the most popular clock we have to offer. Our new catalogue presents 20,000 photographic illustrations of the latest in Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Silver ware. A suitaoie gut person or any occasion selected from this book. We will gladly send or give you a copy. Free on request. S.Kind&Sons Diamond. Merchants Jewelers Silversmiths mo Chestnut Street dating Hour Sis o'clock Until Chrtstmm .P&CtS Versus Fallacies FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. obligations paid. His successor "tore the prohibitionist Governor of office, the surplus had disappeared, and in its nlace was a deficit of more than a million dollars C,4 State. i I iTTT? nc.nf T MCyiclaf 111 line ra 1 . that are $3,000,000 in excess present fiscal year, and Governor hibition cannot possibly last tnrougn anotner -Legislature! tt ERE then is shown the wide hibition's Promise and Performance. It is a common WEISBR0D WILL PAY 0NCY HIS OWN DEBTS Advertisement In M o r h i n g Newspapers Surprises Wife of Wealthy Brewer I ItnrtnnT GIVE NOTICB that t will net fas responsible for debts iinlMM contracted by mjself. William Welsbrod, 1125 Westmore land Rt. This wan tho advertisement printed In the morning newspapers today for Will iam Welsbrod, of tho Welsbrod & Hess Browing Company, wealthy, and head of tho Welsbrod family In thjs city. Mr. Welsbrod started from his home at H23 Westmoreland street today, leaving tho Impression with Mrs. Welsbrod that he would return this afternoon. At the) brewery It was said he was "somewhere down In Jersey," nnd that he could not bo reached until Monday. Tho advertisement was a surprise to Mrs. Welsbrod, who wns at her homo to day. "I didn't know ho was going to New Jersey today, nnd 1 am sure I can't ex plain this advertisement. It looks as though something Is up." The Welsbrods have been married ten yearn. They have one child, n. girl of nine oars. "Krlcnds of mine have warned us that I have been followed," the wife said. Mrs. Welsbrod said she would await do velopments. 1 Wouldn't HE enjoy this breakfast to-morrow? Some Deerfoot Frm siusage, hot baked potato and a cup of good coffee with cream. Watch him smilel Try it some morning' this w.ek. It's great 1 Deerfoot Farm ! New York Office . rhmrr St. Phone, CotUrt 8i ior any may be i tinumstm m was a prohibitionist, and relinquished his reins in the revenues of the n A t mqrl. n'.3'.-!.MM of the revenues for the Henderson says that pro- differenece between oro- "WefAlabama Surplus H900.000 "Dry'AUb&ma Deficit 83,000,000 U wmmmmmsmgli ( pi i'l 444-tt f 'fiM iEiiiiiiii I 13