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NO PRICE REDUCTION
ONCOALEPFECTIVE
f; TODAY, SAY DEALERS
XJajial Spring Rebate Denied
on Account of Unsettled
Differences Between
Miners and Operators
PRESENT PRICES TO STAY
Settlement Hoped for in New York
Conference, But May Be De
layed Till Fall
No reduction on the retail prices of coal
will bo Into effect today. At least not with
the larger coat dealern. It has been for
years past the usual custom of retail
dealers to strike off 60 cents per ton on
tho price of coal on tho 1st of April, nnd
then to add 10 centa a ton the first of
Wry inonth until the prices return to
their normal figure. Such will not be tho
case today, due to the fact that coal
miners and operators have not yet settled
their differences In tho arbitration confer
ence being held In New York, y,
The reduction, nccordlnff to coal dealers,
way not be put In force at nil this year.
It will all depend on the New York confer
ences. No reduction, as was expected, will
bo effective until tho settlement of tho
miners' icrlevinbes, and this may bo con
cluded -within a week or two or not until
fall. The latter prediction will be nearer
correct untess tho representatives of the
miners nnd operators get together. So
far they have accomplished nothing.
Tho prolonging of the conference means
much to Philadelphia housewives. It
means that they must necessarily pay SO
cents more per ton for every grado of
coal, with one exception, than she did on
April 1 of 1016, Tho one exception Is
pea coal, which was selling during tho
-winter of 1016 at $6.60 a ton, a mark
that la 26 higher, than this year's price.
Many families to whom a saving of 60
cento means 10 loaves of bread or six
quarts of milk, will be hit hard by the
failure of tho usual price decrease. To
the average family, to whom a roaring
'furnaco Is tho exception rather than the
irulo during the frequent cold nnd rainy
Idays of April and early May, the increase
Will be accepted philosophically, tho same
Irs was the 1 cent tax on phone calls over
'16 oonts, and the soaring price of gaso
line for flivvers.
The prices last year on April 1 and
those today, quotations being taken from
big coal dealers, are as follows:
April 1. 1916 April 1. 1018
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WEEK'S MORTALITY ROLL
Deaths Number 571, Pneumonia Lead
ing the List of Causes With
73 Victims
Deaths from nil causes throughout the
cltythis week total 671. ob compared with
686 last week and 673 for the correspond
ing week last year.
Pnoumonla and kindred ailments caused
73 deaths, and a total of 101 new cases
of pneumonia were reported to the Divi
sion of Vital Statics by city physicians'.
The number reported last week was 96.
The total of deaths was divided as fol
lows; Males, 200; females, ,281; boys, 73,
and girls, 66.
The causes of death were:
Tjrphold fever .... .............
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iJipmneri
influenza.
ihtheria and croup ...'.........rf.. 3
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KDldemlo dlaea
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uberculoala of 1'
iTiihAmiimifl menlnxltlA
I othor forms of. tuberculosis ....,.,,...... a
'Conojr and mallroint tumors ........... SO
Simple rnenlnitltis .. ...... 1
Apoplexy and aoftenlnir of brain ... ..... 24
Omnia idlieasea of heart 07
Aouto bronchitis ...... 10
Chronic bronchitis .............. 2
Pneumonia ......a.... 60
Bronchopneumonia 23
Diseases of tho respiratory system........ 10
piseases of tba stomach .....,,. 11
Xlarrba and enteritis . ........... ....... 10
Appendicitis and typbllltU n
llernla a
fjjrraoais o iivor ........... o
.cute nepnriua ana unarm aiasaso. ..... ou
oncanceroua tumors ana aiseases ox sen.
ttai orrans a
uerporal aeordenta
opienltal debility and malt ormatlom , , , . 24
olent deatba ..... ....... ........ IB
All other fitsiisea ...................... 05
Total
....671
TWO NEW REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL BOOMS
, (General Leonard Wood and Prof. Ed
mund J. James, Formerly of
U of P,
WASHINGTON'.' April 1. Two bright
Jiew buds were lidded today to Washing
ton's growing1 spring crop of-Republican
presdentlaU'booms. They were:
Major General Leonard Wood, former
chief of staff of the army, and at present
in command of the Eastern Department
Prof. Edmund Janes 3ames, president
of the University of Illinois. f
I Both of the additions to the long list of
Republican possibilities were trotted; out
by representatives of the same brand of
JlspuMlcanbrm. Both, have supoprtera
tunenc the progressive element of the
party, and both are satisfactory to many
Vt the "preparedness" group among the
jRfHrt)llcans.
JProfeasor James, who fa a native of II
itntts sad is la his 81st year, has a wide
teptrutlon as an educator, editor and au
than He holds degrees from several of
the leading institutions of this country
aft from the University of Halle. Frus
Ma, For 18 years he was a member of
th faculty of the University of Penn
sylvania, being professor of publlo finance
economy in tho wnarton school from
BIS to 18)5 and also professor of pollt-
I and social science.
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SPECIAL OPERATOR WARDS OFF
"APRIL FOOL" CALLS TO ZOO
It Is Useless for You to Phone to "Mr. Wolf," "Mr. Bear"
or "Mr. Camel" Today They 'Left Word
Not to Be Disturbed
The "April Fool" operator In tho Pres
ton exchange of the Bell Telephono Com
pany had her hands full today trylntt
to contlnce hundreds of victims of April
fool jokes that "Mr. Wolf." "Mr. Bear;,
nnd "Mr. Camel" at Preston 'B87t J, were
not bonafldo human beings, but just re
spectable animal residents of tho Zoologi
cal Gardens.
Calls for "Mr. Wolf," "Mr. Bear" and
"Mr. Camel" nt Preston 6874 J began at
8 a. m , and after that they enmo In nt
the rate of two a minute. Up to noon
nearly 600 calls had bcon received In
other words, tho "April Fool" operator
put a. crimp In nearly 600 April Fool
jokes, and many were tho grunts of dis
gust when the intended victims discovered
how narrow was their escape.
For years the 200 has been the but of
"ARK OF PURPOSE SAVES DS
FROM FLOOD," SAYS PREACHER
"There Muat Bo Self -Limitation," As
serts Rev. F. E. Osgood
"Exterior compulsion determines too
much of our activity. We are slaes to
what we call necessities," said tho Rev.
Phillips E. Osgood, 'today, at the noon
day Lenten services at the Gnrrlck Thea
tre. "There are other shut-Ins than inva
lids," he said, "Noah was one, the legend
runs. Shut tho ark, ho Is tho symbol
of that truth that repeats Itself so often
In human experience, that limitation Is
tho only way for the real freedom of life.
We all feel the fascination of the Ideal of
a real freedom. We are hungry for power
adequate for our tasks, for. unhampered
ability to make the ideal and the actual
one. We would slough off the merely de
fensive life and clothe ourselves with crea
tive self-determination If wo could. Pack
fhfnrifl Ahnnlrl Tint Vinlfl itn fn.it
"Such freedom does not come by license
however. The only freedom comes by be
ing shut In first Into the Ark of Purpose.
There must bo self-limitation. Certain
things must havo been made unchoosable.
God shuts us into such an ark If we will
build it. It does not matter what our
purpose may be, so long ns It is a spiritual
shutting In. To work at a real selfhood
is to find denied the possibilities that dis
tract and make for chaos.
"In such an ark of deep purpose we are
saved from the flood. Three-score years
and ten cannot drown us. All these things
simply provide us with the resistance that
makes for buoyancy. Difficulties become
a challenge, temptations become experi
ence, doubts are means of tested faith.
"By and by Ood lets us out Into the
real freedom of a new llfo here, washed
clean of the old earthlness. The rainbow
of a hope beyond our hopes of ourselves
shines tin the sky of the spirit We meet
God at the mutual altar of Christ, crea
tively to covenant together for a new
world,"
Lecture on Military Engineering
A series of lectures on military en
Blneerlng -will be started tonight, under
the auspices of the Engineers' Club, at
Wltherspoon Hall, by Colonel George A.
Zlnn, of the corps of engineers, IT. S. A.
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THE PHILADELPHIA ART GALLERIES
S. E. Cor. 18th and Chestnut Sts.
REED II. W71UIEB. JUr.
Lata M. THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneers
ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW MONDAY
AN ART EVENT OF IMPORTANCE
BT ORDER OP .
MRS. FRANCES G. ANDERSON, Executrix
OF THE WILL OP THE LATE
MRS. GEORGE B. WOODMAN
2126 SPRUCE STREET, PHILADELPHIA x
ALSO
THE PALATIAL FURNISHINGS,
CERAMICS and RARE ART PROPERTY
REMOVED FROM TWO MAGNIFICENT HOMES OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE
PHILADELPHIA FAMILIES NOW DECEA8ED
VERY VALUABLE PAINTINGS
BT ARTISTS OP
RARE ORIENTAL RUGS, BRONZES an
, CHINESE PORCELAINS
ANTIQUE ENGLISH, FRENCH an
ITALIAN FURNITURE
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"JNE TABLE CHINA AND ULABBWAI
ROTAL BETRE3 AND VIENNA VA8E
CARRARA MARBLE STATUARY AND ROMAN BRONZES
COMBINATION POOL, AND BILLIARD TABLE
DIAMONDS and JEWELRY
Note Th(e Jewel Will B. Sold MONDAT AFTERNOON. APRIL 10. ie.
Promptly at 2.39 o'clock
BLASIUS AND SCHOMACKER UPRIGHT PIANOS
INTERESTING ANTIQUE FAMILY FURNITURE
I GENUINE COLONIAL HIGHBOY
TUBULAR PHME HALL CLOCKS-MANTEL AND PIER MIRRORS
and Many Other Object of Embellishment and Utility
TO BE SOLD
At Unrestricted Public Sale
BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1916
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And Six Following
A DEeaiPTJVE CAXAtOCVK 'tU. BE MAILED I.JFON
J APPLitASION
APEIL FOOL
April Fool Jokesters They work It this
way: '
A Joker calls up the ofIlce of a business
acquaintance when ho knows that ac
quaintance Is out and nsks the office hoy
to have ills bos call "Mr. Wolf, Preston
G874 J," the minute ho comes In It bo
came a sort of cndleis chain joke, for nn
soon ns a person discovered how ho had
been "stung" he worked off his spleen
by planting tho joke somewhero else.
Last year, on April 1, the office of tho
superintendent of tho Zoological Hardens
was deluged with thousands of theso
"phony" calls. The telephono buzzed oery
minute, and Superintendent Carson wan
obliged to call In a couple of animal keep
ers to aid In the work of convincing peo
ple that they -were April Fool lctlms. This
year tho management "put one ocr" on
tho jokesters by nnanglng with tho Pres
ton exchange to hne nn "April Fool" op
erator intercept Joko calls.
BULLET ENDS EARLY MORNING
ARGUMENT OF BROTHERS
Young Man Wounded When Ho Ob
jects to Rising Call
CHESTER. April 1. An argument that
began when his brother urged It was time
to get up ended In tho shooting of George
Stowe, Jr., of B04 Park street. Chester,
during a struggle for possession of a re
voler with Freeman Stowe, nn older
brother. Young Stowo is in the Chester
Hospital in a serious condition 'with n
bullet in his head.
Freoman Stowe, who Is well-known In
Chester, as an amateur baseball "player,
declares his brother threatened him with
a reyolver which he took ''from under his
pillow when he wns reminded yesterday
morning that It was time to rise.
Ho reached for tho revolver and while
they struggled the trigger was pulled. This
is the story he told Police Chief Vance, of
Chester. George Stowe, the victim, who
has been conscious despite the wohnd, de
nied he had a revolver. He said Bomo one
crept into his room and fired as ho was
half asleep. After Investigation Frccmnn
Stowo was allowed to go on his own
recognizance.
$50,000 Oil Fire at Middlctown, N. Y.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 1. Fire
early today destroyed the plant of the
Texas Oil Company after a series of spec
tacular explosions. The loss will total
$50,000. The company's four oil tanks
exploded and blazing oil Ignited a dozen
Bmall frame dwellings nearby. Frank Ull
man, 19, an employe, was fatally burned.
The cause t)f the fire is unknown.
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GAFFNEY TO DROP PLAN
FOR SHORT-TERM LOAN
Anti-Smith Forces Will Insist
on Full Discussion of Car
rying Charges
Following Controller Walton's state
ment that tho city's tnx rate would liao
to bo increased to $1,30 to cocr de
ficiencies nnd departmental needs comes
tho assertion by members of Councils'
FInanco Committee that Chairman Gnff
ney Intends dropping his plans for a short
term loan to meet maintenance and pay
old bills. This plan will bo nbnndoncd. It
Is claimed by Ponroso-McN'Ichol members
of the committee.
Mcmncis of the committee fairing a
full discussion of carryjng charge troubles
are nnxlous that the Unffncy scheme for
a short-term loan of JB.OOO.OOO or moro
ho Insisted upon so that they can "smoko
out" Mayor Smith ns to hh plans for any
special tnx that would furnish a return
of $2,600,000 a year for tho next two
years, together with the necessary Interest
funds.
That the Penrose-McNIchol members of
tho Finance Committee Intend to Insist
upon a full discussion of carrying chnrges
before tho loan It finally rounded Into
shnpo h Irtually certain. That ovcry ef
fort will be made by Mnyor Smith to
prevont such a controcrsy Is equally cer
tain, as ho Insists that this Is not the
tlmo to raise the question.
While the warring factions nualt a
favorable opportunity to renew tho fight
over earning charges, tho question of
transit will bo taken up Monday. The
$35,000,000 transit Item is tho only blc
Jtem that has not been npprocd by tlicN
commuiee, wmen is now in a position
to appropriate several hundred thousand
dollars saved from the maintenance Item
by striking out new plncca and salary In
creases. For this balance there ha.e
been many demands, Including one for
more Ithan $2,00,000 Worn West Phila
delphia, Tho session of the FInanco Commltteo
next Tuesday will be given pver to a con
sideration of additional Hems to be In
cluded from nmounts lopped off original
Items after declarations made by depart
mental heads that such changes could he
made. That Items, to provide for the
workmen's compensation act and for pen
sions for municipal employes will be In
cluded In tho loan Is little, less than cer
tain, as Councilman Seger, head of tho
Penrose-McNIchol forces, has insisted on
this chango before he would be willing
to lend his approval to the measure.
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NEW APPOINTMENTS
Ministerial antj Lay Delegates
Elected at Wilmington
, General Conference
WILMINGTON, Del, April I'AVItti
the election of delegates to tho general
conference out of thn wft. Interest In tho
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Con
ference now centres In the probable ap
pointments Bishop Joseph V Berry, of
Philadelphia, who is presiding Is expected
to nnnounce his sections by Tuesday. It
In known there will bo a number of sur
prises, but no definite Information ns to
the Bishop's Intentions tan ns et bo had
Tho content for the four ministerial
delegates to the general conference proved
more close nnd lively than had been an
ticipated nnd only ended nfter four ballots
had been taken for the fourth delegate. It
resulted.' In the selection of the four
present district supetlntendcnts, the Itew
Doctors Hnffccker, Watt, HlephinfJun and
O'Brlnn. "
Meanwhile the lay conference hns
elected Its four lay delegate to tho Gen
eral Conference. They arc Melville Gam
brill, of Wilmington, Wilmington dlitr'ctj
Mm tin U Murrlsi, of Mlddtoloun. Canton
district; Thomas II Hock, of Princess
Anne, Jtd., .Salisbury district; n J. Win
der, of Hertford, Dover district.
Alternates elected wcio 1 M. Lender
man. ilf Wilmington; o. Horfccker. of
Kmyina; U 12 P. Dcnnlt, of t'rlsflcld
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Mountain Torrents Harnessed,
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to Electrify a Great Railway
In the fastnesses of the western mountains millions of tons of water
have plunged wastefully away for ages. Meanwhile, to haul the country's
traffic over the vast ramparts of the Rockies by steam traction has meant
the consumption of an enormous quantity of the nation's coal supply
and high operating expenses. '
has been reserved for "The St.
Paul Road" to change all this
to abandon steam as a motive power
in the mountains, and to use the
limitless energy of the harnessed
V streams to electrically operate
its trams.
The electrification of 440
mjles of main line be
tween Harlowton, Mont,
and Avery, Idaho, (115
- miles between Three
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
KAILWAY
This line, pre-eminent in scenery and service is now also the most extensively electrified
roact in the world, anoruing tne traveler
tne Deauuiui scenery oi me uen, nocttyuvu uiuer rvuui muumoiiis. juaiit weu
the advantages of "The St. PauV BO
the North Coast you will know the way
BookUi iidnsfuU?art!tulan the "SI, rui
HSHIiEUW
G. J. LINCOLN
818 CHESTl
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flrirt ministers was the imbject taken
tm last night wheri the nnnlvfersary of the
conference flatmant endowment fpnd wa
celebrated Union Church was filled
and tho speaker, the Rev. Appteton Cash,
secretary of the conference endowment
fund of the Pittsburgh Cdnference,
preached a forceful sermon. In which he
presented the ministers' claim In a clear
and graphic manner
He declared that the .Methodist Church
Is not whnt It used to be, that times have
changed And new methods are required
There never was a time when tinbellef
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
qo2 Chestnut Street
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RicKly Jeweled fjf
,' Semi -Flexible 0
Bracelets
City Hall Square
Forks and Deer Lodge, Mont, now
in operation) passing mile-high over
the Great Continental Divide, marks
a new era in railroading and erects
another mile-stone in the world's
progress.
It means the conservation of re
sourcesmore efficient and econom
ical operation better maintenance
of schedules the practical elimina
tion of vexatious delays due to bad
weather and a notable increase in
travel delights.
a srnoKciess. austiess, gasicss trip tnrougn
that when arranging your next trip to
of greatest comfort and charm.
tltclrificetha an U cdeanlaftt
wm IWUnMIMWi
whs ajt fcorrifrion a It Is tHi HJ
or when kentieigm '! nt a
Emphasis Miduld be jtfacea ou tt
tlan ministry.
"The length of ilmft for thft tnlnffl
proaucuvo nninty lir jesr that) ths
other professions. Th .financial m
of the jnlhlster are greater than nhy
man ot equal Income In your rorrirnti
Ha must b$ constantly- cntrtftftlnln
must dress well and pay a certain aw
for books each year. Ministers uah't
as other men do. They lmro a u5co4
of homes and a succession of crlticUn
April 1, 1916
Deposits
$28,518,028N79
Capital
, $1,000,000.00
Surplus and Profits
$1,777,042.89
Cx CPersc-nal Trusts
$11,621,296.30
Corporate Trusts
$257,160,500.00
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