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EVENING LEPGERIffilLADELPHlX TUESDAY, rAPRIE , 1916.
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LOAN OF $108,000,000
WILL BE VOTED ON AT
PRIMARIES ON MAY 16
' Councils' Finance Committee to
Decide This Afternoon
Whether or Not It Shall
Be Divided
TRANSIT POPULAR PART
Tlio action of Councils' Committee on
Finance In npprovInK an Item for $B7,100.
000 to carry out tlio Taylor transit plan
aa an amendment to the $35,000,000 Item
first Included ends any discussion of a
J8G,8O0,P.0O municipal loan and hrlnR.s
tlio Brand total of tlio lonn to tin voted on
bv the pcoplo nt tlio presidential prlmnrlcH
May 16 to approximately $108,000,000.
Whether or not this loan will ho divided
is a question for the committee to decide
at this afternoon's meeting.
Chairman Onffney Is lincl of a plan for
n two-year loan to provldo for main
tenance nnd deficiency Items which, as
finally approved hy tho commlttco, total
$4,040,803, If theso Items nro separated
two loans will ho placed heforo tho voters
to run, respectively, 2, 30 and 50 years.
Tho Items for permanent Improvements
othor than port nnd transit, will he sup
plied by 30-ycar bonds, nnd thoso for
transit and port will run for BO, accord
ing to tho provisions of tho constitutional
amendment making It possible to borrow
money on long-term loans for these Im
provements. Several members of the Finance Com
mlttco hnvo discussed the ndvlsablllty of
splitting the loan nnd making a scpnri'to
bill for transit nnd port; but tho ndvlsabll
lty of such n course has been (mentioned
by many who consider theso two Items
by fnr tho most popular In tho measure,
nnd best suited to draw the support of
the voters generally. With both organiza
tion factions In favor of tho largo expendi
ture for transit. It Is snld there Is no
danger of tho defeat of tho loan, even If
left Intact as now framed.
SOME AI'PltOVKD ITEMS.
Tho $188,000,000 loan as approved ho
fnr Includes ho following Items:
Transit . J37.ino.n00
Port .1,(1(10,(1(11)
Tarkway ii.imn.iino
Malntannnco Item 4.100.801
Mandamuses .'inn.liiin
PYso Library S,4iiii,iliin
Ktreet openlmrs nnd email parks... 4,1)23,000
South Philadelphia grade cross
ings 0,010,000
Frankford Creek sewage, disposal
plant ji.snn.nnn
Helt line extensions. . . .-n n.ano.nou
Kalrmount Park extensions H12.77U
league Island Park l.lim.dou
Jlyberry Improvements 71.... 3,(MMi.00ti
Main sewors l.onii.liuil
Jlranch sewers l.ixm.nnn
Ulster nnd Packer streets sewers . . r.nn.onn
New brldees... 7nii.iliiii
Northeast Iloulm-nrd niin.niio
riepnvlng- streets r.nn.nno
Oradlns L'.'iO.noi)
Country road Improvements :j.-o,(hm
raving street Intersections L'.nn.imci
Improvements of water supply niMJ.nnn
New police and Ore stations n.'n.nno
House of Correction repairs fin.oon
City Hall repairs 100,(100
DEt'lCinNCnY ITEM.
Total originally J2I0.O00
(The rejection of several small provisions of
the Item reduced tho llgures, ns approved, by
a few thousands of dollars )
PAVING AND SEWERS.
Some provision for paving nnd sewers
west of tho Schuylkill Is likely to be In
cluded In the lonn beforo It Is passed
upon as an entirety as the demands of
22 West Philadelphia Councilmen will be
met, If possible. That West Philadelphia,
will not get an item of $500,000 for the pur
chase of lands In Delaware County for the
extension of Cobb's Creek Park has virtu
ally been determined and there Is little
or no chance of the Item for $!00,000 for
the construction of n new bridge across
the Schuvlklll Itlver nt Spring Garden
street receiving favorablo consideration.
$250,000 IN COMPENSATION ACT.
Mr. Gaffney received estimates today
from City Solicitor Connolly of the
nmount of mor ey netded to be Included
In the loan for tha Workmen's Compen
sation net. Based upon reports received
from about 10,000 city employes as to tha
possible danger Incurred In their positions,
Mr. Connolly estimated that $:!50.000
would bo sulllclent to meet any demands
which might be made on the city during
the year. This amount will be included
in the loan.
Mr. Connolly also said that the city
would need $100,000 for the pension fund
for city employes. Hut this sum need not
be appropriated until 1917. as tho act
pensioning employes does not go Into ef
fect until that time.
If the pluns of the Finance Committee
are carried out this afternoon the loan
will be framed and put into shape for
final report to Councils on Thursday. It
will then remain oer until next week,
when the preliminary legislation will be
completed and the loan advertised, to have
It In shape to place before the voters on
May 16.
Women Writers to Receive Ad Women
The Wonfen Writers' Club will appoint a
committee to co-operate with other com
mittees acting as guides for the 1000
women who will attend the annual conven
tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs
of the World here. June 25 to 29, Richard
H. Durbln. president of the Poor Richard
Club, suggested the plan at a meeting of
the women's club, at 1210 Locust street,
last night.
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In olden day tho
men a Knight killed' tha
more ha loved his Jf ad ye.
it bloodshed, ume re-
, nowadays by sending
a dollar box of Jonas
iate.
NAS
$& fi CANDY SHOP
SIX FEET BELOW BROAD ST.
IN THE LINCOLN BUILDING
BROAD ABOVE CHESTNUT
rubra j .
:
Mrao re-
f sending
of Jonu
in Cigari
or Cork tip
refutAtMxt and
otiw cit
World. - '
MIDDLE WEST WANTS
TO NAME REPUBLICAN
IN PRESIDENCY RACE
Campaign Managers Plan De
fensive Alliance to Prevent
Nomination of Either Roose
velt or Hughes
MAY BE BATTLEGROUND
WASHINGTON, April A. Arsutnp that
Inasmuch as tho battleground for next
fall's presidential election concededly wltl
be In tho Middle West, campaign managers
for Republican candidates from that sec
tion nre planning a defensive nlllnnco
which will pt event tho nomination cither
of Colonel Roosevelt or Justice Hughes.
While theso plans still nre tentative, It
was learned today that nmong tho men
behind them nro somo of tho cleverest
politicians in tho party. They expect to
raise tho argument that not only will tho
presidency hinge on tho outcomo of tho
fight In tho Middle West, but that control
of the United States Senate likewise will
bo In tlio balance In that section.
Arguing thnt New Kngland nnd New
York nro "certain Republican territory,"
thoso political leaders Insist that the real
battlo will of necessity bo fought out In
Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Mis
souri, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan nnd
Iowa. 'Minnesota, Mlsourl and AVIsconsin
each elect a United States Senator and
Indiana two. Tlio combined votes of the
Middle West In tho Republican convention
Is about 300. This combination voting
for nny agreed-on candidate after tho "fn
rlte sons" nro disposed of. can count on
the support of the South, where there nro
nbout 200 additional delegates nnd thus
could prevent the nomination of any East
ern man. This Is Just what will bo done.
Republican leaders heto believe.
About one-third of tho delegates to tho
convention nlrcndy have been elected.
Virtually all of them nre unpledged. Tho
majority of them hnvo been sounded
out by the managers of the Middle AVcst
rrn candidates, and It Is said hero that
they do not consider Colonel Roosevelt
ns available. Burton, Fairbanks, Sher
man nnd Cummins nro about equal favor
ites In tho minds of theso delegates, if
the opinions of the political leaders now
hero are to bo accepted. They want to keep
ns far away from 1912 ns possible, most
polltlclntis now here agree, and to do so
must refrain from accepting Colonel
Roosevelt.
Tho slogan ngrccd on, politicians here
say, and which soon will bo launched,
will bo:
"Tho Mlddlo West has Buffered from
-the Democratic policies, and tho remedy Is
a Middle Western cnndldnto."
With a ccrtnlnty that President Wilson
will bo renominated nnd make a great
light for re-election, the campaign man
ngcrs from that section believe their ar
gument will bo hard to answer by the
Kant.
South Carolina Leans to Roosevelt
COLUMBIA. S. C, April I. South Car
olina's delegates to the Republican con
vention will go uninstructed, but leaders
of the patty predict today that they would
be for Roosevelt, with Hughes ns second
choice.
WEEK'S WASH WIPED OUT
Firo in Pioneer Laundry Destroys
Clothing and Linen of Many
Germantown Families
The week's wnsh, collected throughout
Germantown by the Pioneer Laundry
Company, disappeared In flames today,
when tire burned out the first floor of the
laundry building at 221 West Coulter
street, and destroyed a stieii in tne rear
where tho collected laundry was stored.
James T. Jackson, manager of the laun
dry, estimated the burned clothing and
linen wns worth J2000. The building, a
three-story structure, was damaged to
the extent of about 51000.
Mrs. Mary Addison, her son, and Ed
ward Carter, engineer of the laundry,
were on tho third floor when the Are
was discovered. Firemen warned them
to remain where they were, nnd the flames
were confined to the first floor. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Son Born to William W. Attcrbury
Congratulations nre being extended to
William Wallace Atterbury, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in charge of
operation, and Mrs. Atterbury. on tho
birth of a son last Sunday at their home,
at Radnor. The baby will be named after
his father.
H
i8th or 20th Century
Under which are you mentally registered?
Here's a test : the drinking of water is a habit
old as man. Man drank first to satisfy nature's
demand, thirst ; today, some men drink water to
promote health, to cleanse the body ana absorb
the waste. They drink with a purposefand the
purpose demands clean, pure wattfr one that
will cleanse and notdeposit minerals and organic
substances. Purock Water is made ansolutefjk
pure for that man who drinks with arourposeJ' A
Purock Water is delivered to offices andjhornesn fJ
sterilized, sealed glass bottles. Six large Bottles or a
five-gallon demijohn, 40 cents.
Order, a case, use one bottle.
If water fails to please, we will,
at your request, remove the
case and make no charge.
THE
CHARLES E. HIRES CO.,
210 S. 24th St., Philadelphia
f BOTH PHONES
U. OF P. STUDENT GIVES
BLOOD TO AID PATIENT
Volunteers When Told Trans
fusion Is Only Chance for
Wealthy Philadelphia!!
A senior In the medical school of tho
University of Pennsylvania gave more
than a pint of blood In an effort to save
tho life of n patient, snld to be a wealthy
citizen of Philadelphia, whoso name tho
authorities decline to divulge. Tho stu
dent Is Reuben A. McRrayer, of Sana
torium, N. C. The operation wns per
formed heforo tho clinic surgery class by
the professor of tho course, Dr. C H
Frailer.
The patient wns placed on the operating
table In Ihe University Hospital yester
day and It wns explained that tho only
chance of salng his life wns by blood
transfusion.
"Will nny one volunteer?" asked Doctor
Frailer.
McBrayer stood tip. He was placed on
the table beside the patient, a tube at
tached nnd an nrtery opened. McBrnycr
laughed during tho operation, nnd IB min
utes nfter It was over attended nnother
win An the result of the operation,
tho patient will recover. The greatest
secrecy wns mnlntnlncd at tho University
regarding the operation.
SCRAMBLED PIES AU-WA(iOX
3000, Count 'Em, All in a Congealed
Mass When Mail Car Hits
Pastry "Cargo"
A truly American ntmosphere was cre
ated today nt Gtli nnd Mnrkot streets
when $125 worth of pies was mutilated
beyond recognition In n collision.
Tho one distinctive American Institu
tion nbout 3000 of tho pnstry disks be
came n congealed mass of fruit and crum
bling crust on the Interior of a wagon of
tho Hutchinson Pie Baking Company, 23d
nnd Walnut streets, nfter the wngon was
rudely sldcswlpcd by n skidding United
States mall motorcar. Some of tho pies,
frightened by tho shock, leaped out tho
rear end of tho wngon. Of these most
were crushed with mushy squashes on tho
damp pavement of tho street, a few,
alighting "on edge," fled down tho trolley
tracks spinning excitedly.
Just how many of tho mangled pics met
untimely ends Insldo the wagon Is a mys
tery. No one, not even tho driver. A. O.
Hennessy. of 3273 Hansom street, who
knous the habits of pics ns well ns nny
other man, could cxtilcato ono pie from
another or even distinguish between what
had onco been a custard plo nnd nn npplo
pie. One shuddering glance at the shnpe
less mass inside the ungon Indicated that
at least 3000 pies had onco been there.
It would have made a dainty dessert for
the glnut In Jack tho Giant Killer.
Desplto tho ferocious bump which Ilen
nessy's head received In tho collision, tho
gallant driver of tho plo wagon hurried
back to tho plo factory for nnother cargo,
so that no pies should bo lacking for
Phlladclpuia's lunch Tho mallear chauf
feur, J. J. Stranglx. of BB13 Spring street,
after wiping trnces of spattered pie from
his machine, continued his eastward jour
ney on Market Btrcet, mentally resolving
to cat nt least ono plo for lunch.
SPRING CLEANING PUSHED
IN CHANNELS OF DELAWARE
Dredges, Replacing Iccbonts, Remov
ing Mountains of Mud
The nnnual spring cleaning hnblt does
not spare even the Delaware River, which
Is undergoing Invisible Improvements. Ice
boats have been supplanted by dredges,
which are removing the winter's deposit of
mud and silt from channels and deepen
ing docks alongside piers.
The American Dredging Company is
excavating tho channel nt Bellevuo rnngo,
wheio 3,500.000 cubic yards of dirt are to
bo removed under tho 35-foot channel
plan. Tho Maryland Dredging nnd Con
tracting Company has almost finished a
contract calling for removal of 1,000.000
cubic yards of mud from tho Philadel
phia harbor opposite tlio Port Richmond
coal piers. Tho United States dredgo Man
hattan, now undergoing repairs at League
Island, next week will Join tho dredgo
Delaware In cleaning tho channel. Con
tracts will soon be advertised for tho re
moval of two schooner wrecks from Ship
John light In Delawnre Bay.
LIGHT SEEN 83 MILES AWAY
British Captain Tells of Beacon From
Capo May
The Capo May light, shining from tho
lighthouse, penetrated 83 miles through
darkness to tho bridge of the British
steamship Potomac. This was the an
nouncement of Captain George, of the
Potomac, when he reached port here yes
terday. Tho Capo May light, which
stands 165 feet nbovo tldewnter, and Is
of 130,000 candlepower, is supposed to bo
visible only 19 miles.
Unusual atmospheric conditions are be
lieved to account for the phenomenon. A
few hours before the Capo May light was
visible. Captain George saw the Barnegat
light when he wns 53 miles off shore. The
Barnegat light Is usually visible for 12
miles.
Spring Suits
To Measure
$30
BRADBURN & NIGRO
Tailors to Particular Mem
Cor. 13th & Sansom
Suits $33 to 830
DRINK
WATER
rhotn by I. F. fl.
ROSE GABORIAULT
Younjr woman in Salem, Mass.,
with whom Ernest Schiller, alias
Clarence Reginald Hodson, who
held up tho British steamship
Matoppo, was friendly and who
gave him money. Two accom
plices of Schiller's hnvc con
fessed they used his name to ob
tain money from her.
"PIRATE SCHILLER"
SENT TO BELLEVUE
Alienists Will Examine German
Who Captured British
Steamship
NEW YOIUC, April 4. Clarence Reg
inald Hodson, who ns Ernest Schiller,
pirate, buccaneer and freebooter, took
chat go of the steamship Mntoppo three
miles off Sand Hook Wedntsdny, was
given a berth Inst night in tho psycho
pathic ward Hcllevue Hospital by di
rection of District Attorney Swnnn. Ho
will bo under observation for ten days,
wchn It will be decided what disposition
will be mndo of him.
Schiller, with Georgo Hnller and Otto
Mllledcr, ariestcd In connection with nn
alleged plot to dntuago tho steamship
Pannonla. wns questioned for two hours
In tho District Attorney's olllce. Later
Hudson wns taken beforo n Magistrate,
who committed him to Bellevuo for 10
days.
$50,000 Gift for Church Pension Fund
Tho contribution of JGO.OOO to tho
church pension fund of tho Protestant
Episcopal Church, mndo by a wealthy
Philadelphia!!, whobo name is withheld,
bus raised the amount in tho fund to
$525,000. Announcement of tho latest con
tribution wns made yesterday at tho meet
ing of tho Pension Fund Committee, nt tho
homo of Charlton Ynrnnll, 17th nnd Locust
streets. Tho fund Is designed to yield nn
Income for retired Episcopalian clergy
men. It Is expected tlio sum will reach
$1,000,000 before summer.
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Neither can youndd inotiier hue to, the rail
when it is achieved,
modify them would
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BOY, HIS WHITE BLOOD
PROVED, FINDS F1UEND
Mother Gave Him to Kindly Ne
gro Couple Benefactor
Will Educate Him
A 13-year-old white boy, through the
vagaries of chance, who was npparently
destined to spend his llfo ns a negro, left
this city today for one of the most ex
clusive preparatory schools In the country,
with his Caucasian blood proved, his
mother found nnd tho pionllse that bis
father, too, will ho returned to him. A
university cducntion has been nssurcd
him by n wealthy man.
He Is known ns George Hickman, Hick
man being the nnmo of his negro foster
parents; but bin renl name, for obvious
reasons, 1ms been withheld by Judgo Mac
Nellie, of tho Juvenile Court, through
whose efforts tho mystery of tho boy's
birth w.is cleared.
llli plight became known nix: weeks ago
when he wns held for playing truant. It
then developed thnt his mother, n white
woman, deserted by her busbnnd 13 years
ngo, gave the Infant to a kindly negro
couplo for safekeeping. She disappeared
nnd nothing wns heard from her until
recently, when a meeting between mother
nnd son was arranged by Judge Mac
Nellie. In tho meantime, a wealthy man
became Interested, nnd ns soon ns the boy's
white blood wns procd, ho offered to glvo
the lad nn education.
Aged Woman Drowned in Canal
KKAntN'O, l'o,., April 4. -Lost In tho
darkness while on her way to tho eltv
market early today, Mrs. Alice Bradley
linn, su years old, wandered Into the
Schuylkill canal near her homo at Doug
lassvlllc and wns drowned. Her bodjv
wns recovered.
J. E. Calcktell & Co.
qo2 Chejftnut Street
ii
Plaf nuhflBar Pins
"dim diamonds cut carre
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FINE STATIONERS
Easter Cards
and
Dainty Little Gifts
1121 Chestnut Street
soup of tRe epiou.r'Q.
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on cannot
painp
i
: stanckfcomplete.
In the culinatyorl4rPerfection'8 other name is "Franco-American." The
twenty or more soirVwliich bear that iitle are so exquisitely and delicately
compounded by jdAnat no less that any attempt in the
or
' be to maiuJiem.
onj of their principal
appeals to the forehanded manager
ot the home. franco-American coups are not only the hnal word in soup
Quality, but they are also finished ready for the table except for the heating.
A supply of thesg soups in your pantry "fortifies" you for every demand
made upon you as hostess and home executive.
f Merely heat before serving
the quart Twenty telectlom
At the letter ih.fi
Franco -American
Soups
aftev tna recipes oj
formerly superintendent
of "H.7A,. 7Cin Gaorda of
Cat -us gvva you. a taste of out quality
FRANCO -AMERICAN FOOD
Appointments nt City Hall
Clly Hall appointments today Include
Samuel Kvcrman, 167 Mayland street, en
gineer, Bureau of Water, salary $1000;
James Anderson, 2812 Hnrtel street, guard,
Bureau of Correction, salary $1000; Wil
liam M. Agin, 111 Summer street, watch
man, wharves, docks, ferries, $720, nnd
Dr. Mngmn I- Seng. Philadelphia Ocncrnl
Hospital, clinical nsslstant physician. Bu
reau of Charities, salary, $700,
Put this Painter
to Work!
Let him
"jump in
rieht now and
make
your house look like a
bran new dollar bill.
Winter hasn't handled
it gently. Snow and ice
storms work hand in
brand new dollar bill.
Goodainting stops
this, especially if it's the
uchnlc docs.
our esfimafe -no
ton f hone or write
PURE
FRESH BUNT
BoeveMp
Kuehnle
PAINTER
s9 a8S.l6thSu .VJTo
1 JF
f kiruKK
ohligaU
h
Perfection is rare, but
home kitchen to
OF PARIS
of irxa-palace
Greece.
COJ3jj
Perry
$15
$18, $20, $25
Suits and
Overcoats
for this Spring
Outdo all we'vecver
done before at every
point of the-compass!
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Perry's
"SNCO-WAISTED" MODEI.
SIUtlNO OVKKCOAT
High, very narrow should
ers, narrow sleeves; very
close at waist line. An nltra
faRhlnonahlo coat for Young
Slen of elastlo trend. $25.
J,
Cf Outdo in variety
and beauty of assort
ments any, Spring
Stock we've ever in- i
vited our friends and
customers, past, pres
ent and prospective,
to visit and to buy!
I Outdo anything for
the money that we
know of in point of.
cloth value!
1$ And outdo even
our own leadership of
many years for the fit
of coat, vest and trou
sers at every curve,
line and angle, to
gether with new ad
vances all along the
line in Perry Style!
PERRY&Cj
"N. B. T."i
16th & Chestm
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