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EVENING LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1916.
IA
MW OF COAL TAX
IftBI BY OPERATOR,
BUT GOBS UNCLAIMED
mk(wi6n Says Not Olio Con
"' nHdiited Lrv Has A6ked
Money tjack
IfcOUNT
TO $10,000,000
Utetws and Brokers Get Benefit of
Urner Who Paid tender In-
Dectsloh H6tding. Statute
Was Illegal
In uplte of the many Veel that have
taMed since the courts decided the coal
Ur of 1013 was unconntllutlonal and
tfw money collected should be returned
t Its original source, the Slate commix
(6n. Appointed to superette its dlstrlbu
iton, has not received one appeal from
,y consumer to assist him in getting
b&ck the cash said to have been de
manded by the .dealer In the shape of
Increased prices white the law was In
effect.
ExJudse Robert 8. Qawthrep, of -West
Chester, chairman Of the commission.
.6161 today that neither ho nor cither
of the Vwo other members of that body
liktf had a complaint bearing upon the
return erf this tax. The levy, variously
ntlmited at from 12,290,000 to J 10,000,.
000, Is being paid out by the operator t6
the dealers and brokers on whom It was
levied.
Ex-Judge Oawthrop was unablo to as
sign any reason for the failure of coat
users to apply for aid. It has been sev
eral weeks since Attorney General Francis
Shunk Brown assured consumers a way
had been found to compel restitution
where It could be shown tho lax had been
passed down to the consumer. The
char b'o commdnly made Is that the deal
ers added 25 cents a ton to their coal to
offset tho tax so long as lharlaw was In
effect. The dealers almost universally say
they absorbed the tax themselves without
forcing their customers, to sharo the bur
den. -
While the absence of agitation has
altered Jthe plans of the commission some
what, so far as tho holding of a public
hearing, as was planned, was concerned,
tho Investigation will not bo dropped by
any means, ex-Judge Oawthrop Bald. Tlu
commission is collecting data from tho
operators, he said. This Information cov
ers the production In the period under dis
pute, tho price before the tax was lovlod
and after, and detailed flgures of tho
amounts collected on the various sizes
of coal. After the case of the operators
has been disposed of tho question will
be taken up with the middleman and
dealer, In this way, he pointed out, tha
commission would arrive Anally at the
case of the consumer to ascertain hoiv
far he had been called upon to share In
tho tax.
The large coal operators In the mean
time are busy lelmburslng the dealers for
tho entire amount collected. The Sus
quehanna Coal Company, which cold about
38 per cent of the entire .1,996.000 to.ts
used In and about Philadelphia Inst year.
fend tho Philadelphia and Heading Coal
and iron company, which handled ap
proximately BO per cent, are sending their
check to customers as fast a bills oro
presented specifying tho sum duo. The
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, tho
third largest operator, Is waltlnt; for a
nnal opinion from Its legal department
beforo making the refund.
SHOOTS UP NEIGHBORHOOD
Bonnititls Said' He Wanted to Prove
Ke Was Not '"Too Proud to Fight"
Hoping to Intlmldato a man who bad,
earlier In tho day, challenged him to
fight, Andy Bonnititls, of 7133 German
town avenue', created considerable excite
ment last night In tho vicinity of Allen
lano nnd Germantown avenue, by draw
ing a revolver nnd firing In every direc
tion. Wlion arrested llonnltitls declared that
he merely performed this bit of gun play
In order to frighten a certain John Wnr
dall, who, he said, had threatened to beat
him up because he, tlonnltltls, was loo
proud to fight, nonnltltts will be given a
hearing this morning.
"Whose Baby 7" Asks Belief ontc
HEM.KFONTn, Pa., April 19. "Whoso
baby can It bo?" Is the question that Is
being asked by the nurses at tho Bcllc
fonte Hospital Baby Is a chubby girl,
three weeks old, and Is nt tho hospital
while the authorities seek her mother.
Quite In tho manner of the waif In "Tho
Two Orphans," she was found on tho
doorstep of the sisters' home at the Belle
fonts Convent, asleep In a blanket ar
ranged In a basket. She was dressed In
clothes of good texture. Kery three-weeks-old
baby In Bellefonto has been ac
counted for.
NEW ISSUE
$14,000,000
Empire' Gas & Fuel Company
First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Sinking Fund 6 Gold Bonds
DucWy 1, 1926.
Dated May 1, 1916.
(CLOSED ISSUE)
Authorized and Outstanding, $14,000,000
BANKERS TRUST CO., Trustee.
Redeemable until May 1, 1920, at 102 and accrued interest; thereafter to May 1, 1923, at 103
and accrued interest, and thereafter until maturity at 104 and accrued interest:
Guaranteed as to Principal, interest, Sinking Fund Payments and
,aH other Covenants in the Mortgage by endorsement on each bond
by
CITIES SERVICE COMPANY '
FOUR-MILL PENNSYLVANIA STATE TAX REFUNDED BY COMPANY
SOUTH FIMT'StXTIt STREET
OUOANIZES TO GET CAR LINE,
Councilmen nnd Residents Want Pas
chal to Lancaster AvenUcs Service
Determined to have what .they say Is 4.1
luv.. ..w.v. .ivitu; nun uii ooin Hircei,
between lnncitstcr nnd Paschal avenues.
Vest Philadelphia Councilmen, residents
nnd business men last night organized tho
South Fifty-sixth Street Business Asso
ciation ns tho first step of tho movement.
Hope for success was derived from the
announcement by Common Councilman
Francis Burch that an ordlnanco passed In
1907 aitthoilzca Councils to petition tho
PflllArfolMltn tl!1if,1 Ti-hHu r,nMH.. i-
build trolley lines on any desired streets,
nnd that If tho company falls to start
work nfter 90 days the city has tho right
to take tho Initiative nnd build. Unanl
mouse support of tho movement was prom
ised by all present, Councilman Burch an
nouncing his Intention nf bringing the
matter up at tho next meeting of tho Hall
way rommlttco of tho Allied Business
Apsoclatlon-
Tho heed of the proposed lino was
pointed out by Alounzo P. Young, who
said Its construction would relievo the
tramo congestion How existing In the sec
tlon, 111 which claim ho was Joined by
Select Oounellmnn Ira D. Carman. '
CANCER CAUSED BY GERjis, -EXPERT
OF U, S. RELIEVES
Pathologist Says Ho Has Produced
Tumors in Plants
WASHINGTON, April 19. Present
methods df studying cancer, the most
baffling problem confronting physicians
nnd surgeons today,, must be abandoned
In favor of new ones If rcjulln.aro Id lie
expected commensurate with the needs of
humanity, said Dr. Erwln t Smith, a
Government plnnt pathologist, In an
nouncing before the annual meeting of
the National Academy of Sciences that he
had made n discovery which will rovoltt.
tlohlze current views ns to the origin of
cnncerA
"The 'cancer specialists of tndav." said
Doctor Smith, "with a few exceptions are
lost In a swamp of form study, nnd It Is
time for an entirely new sst of Ideas to
rescue them from their self-confessed
hopelessness. They have gone- ns far ai
they can go,'1 ;
D&ctor Smith said he had found and
developed a microbe which causes fit
plants, n tumor practically Identical with
the most malignant typo of cancer In man.
He argued that oliico he had proved that
a germ wafc tho causa df calicer In plants,
the solution of tho human cancer problem
will bb possible only when the specialists
begin to lodk fiyf n sttnllar germ.
Preparedness Banquet at Hazlcton
HAZLUTON, Pa., April 19. aenernl
C, Bow Dougherty, of 'VVIlkcs-Barre, fcho
has been connected for many yenrs with
tho. National Ciuard of Pennsylvania, was
the principal speaker rtf'ri. preparedness
banquet given last night by tho Hazlcton
Board of Trade. General Dougherty as
serted that the United States should take
ovory possible, step to gunrd against at
tacks of foreign foes.
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ROY'S QUICK WIT SAVES
HJll FROM TROLLEY WHEELS '
Falls Lengthwise Between Kails 'ami'
Lies Perfectly Still '
If some corporrtl-vi or business finuH
Is seeking a level-headed employe they
will do well to engage Carl Klmbley, tu
though hd H only 1 years old. Carl ran
oiit (In lllo street In front of his home at
2411 North 11th street lnat night and a -lrojlcy
car struck him. He fell length-'-wise
between the rails and lay perfect)
still while tho car passed over hlni. I
The frightened motorroan had jammed
on tho hrnkes" and ran back frantically,
expecting to find a badly mangled little
boy. He found the child quite pale, but
otherwlso uninjured.
"I saw the car coming and spread my
self out In front of It," tho child said. "I
was scared, but It was better for me to
lay still. If I hadn't the wheels might
have hurl mo." '
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE"
Keep
1 Informed
From a letter -signed by Henry L. Doherty, President' of Cities Service Com
pany, we summarise as follows:
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SECURITY: A first lien, either directly or through ownership of substantially
all of the securities of subsidiary companies, on natural gas and oil properties
and, leaseholds valued by conservative experts at over $27,500,000.
None of the companies whose securities are pledged will create any mortgage in-
debtedness unless pledged to secure these bonds.
EARNINGS: Net earnings of the properties to be owned by Empire Gas & Fuel
Company and subsidiaries reported for the years ended December 31, as follows:
1916 (estimated) 1915 1914 1913
$4,000,000 $1,861,532 . $1,347,563 $1,345,288
Estimated earnings for 1916 are based on net earnings for the first quarter of
over $890,000.
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SINKING FUND: Sinking Fund payments semi-annually, beginning November
1, 1916, will retire entire issue at or before maturity. J f i
IMPROVEMENT FUND : At least rf0 of net earningsch year If ter interest
and sinking fund payments must be uld for improvement or extensions, or paid
into the sinking fund for the retirementf additional bonds. w
GUARANTOR: Net earnings of Citifc Servic?Cflrnpany (including its undis
tributed proportion of net earnings of Empire Gas ftFuel Company and other
subsidiaries) for year ended Fabruarl 29, J16, resorted as over $4,300,000.
These are derived largely from el&tnc aghjfand ptrwer business.
on Kcnurnl market con
ditions nrreiBfflo nnrtic
ttlar ntock in which vou
nro interested by calling
our Mr. Knoll Lombard
1885, .Main 44G8.
Wo buy and sell only
in your interest; we have
no favorite stocks.
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Gth & Chestnut s'ts., N. E. Cor. ::
Meinb-rs or IMilln (Mik-I. Ilwhjpw
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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This is a REAR$ V&W Only of This Handsome All-Stone Residence
ON LINCOLN d
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Old Shade, 40 Years, Furnjj
An Exclusive Germantown Sij
Lot 400 Feet Deep
Spacious Front and Rear Porches, ajsflleeping Porches
JOHN H. McCLATCHY, JfSfegg. Office, Land Title BlcTg.Pptl
Stint'KIIAN
. The forreoliur ttementa of earnlnm are
eon.tfctlon.nlth tho acquliltlon of tha forecolnc W
tha Uaua ot theae bonds are to be approved by II
tt Cottan. of' New York.
ibjeqr nnal confirmation. Ail leiral steoa to be taken in
ind aecurltlea by the Empire Gaa & Fuel Compiny and-
jpntEomery & JfcKethan, of 1'hlladelphla, and Spooner
i.
Delivery if.e'vvhen an as issued to us
Price 100 and accrued interest, yielding 6
Detailed circular in application
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Montgomery, Clothier & Tyler
. Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co.
J. & W. Seligman & Col
White, Weld & Co.
Thl Information and these statistics are not guaranteed, but
nave been obtained from sourcea e believe to bo accurate.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Its System
"Every stockholder and bondholder of the Pennsylva
Railroad and underlying Companies should make
effort to obtain a special circular letter iust issued
Edward B. Smith & Co., giving , a comprehensive
and interesting review of the annual report of that
company, The EveningJTelegrapbjr
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h. copies f3on request.
anynvestment subject".
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We shall be glad to fi
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CITY HAIL'
NOTE HOW NEAR FENT1?IED'JS TO CITY HALL
Only 3 minutes away from 69th Street Elevated Terminal
the nearest of Philadelphia's many suburbs. A beautiful,
nearby residential tract, on which are 25 occupied houses,
superb macadamized streets, granolithic sidewalks, curbs, gut
ters, gas, water, electricity, telephones, and a station on-'the
property.
EVERY HIGH.CLASS IMPROVEMENT
IS ALREADY IN AT PENHIELD
Prices are just about haltor
neighborhood. The reason foth
E. Wood must be settled, and wis
piece or properly in wntcn me e
only is the opportunity given you
present prices, Penfield is an inves
grow in value. A small deposit d
stallments. Remember, you're only two city blocks
delphia's County Line.
Come out to Penfield and see V
its homes and its improvements. Take he JhiftrJ
3u'
hose askejd
is Ta. that th
caftnptb
Kaie is inner
m Duy npr
trhent tWat
nvtrtSg
,1 Western at the 69th Street Elevated T
in the immediate
e estate-of Charles
e done until every
ested is sold. Not
home,but, at its
is positveIy sure Jo
then little monthljrm-
fcfnTPhifa-
chfiracter of
elphia and
re at Pen.
Re hifch-clal
rnffinn. r
winttmfirfi
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An "ideal suburb; excellent .location in
10 minutes walk on uarrct rpa from thej
of the Market Street Subway. IDr two mil
or Media Short Line to Bywold Station.!
150 Lots, 5Qx ISO
Fully Improved, Including seirrrs.IGarage priyfege. Sendnftafplan and price list.
17 Homes built nnd 14 more umlfr nay la orenrit for flrst-yenr development.
l)cautifulcwelat
xty-iuiri btre
futcs' zRJjf on tlfc
I DeJfrallle resfri
cilur oaic a
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are County,
ct Terminal
Lollmguale
resrnctions.
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ent'atives are on the
field in 3 minutes for a 5 -cent fare. Red
property every day, including Sundays
"A New Thoroughly Modern 12-Room House, $4875
Clifford B. Harmon & Co.
1437 Chestnut Street
Bell 'Phone, Sprucei-tOTS; Kejratone 'Phone, Ka.ce 29SS
neprcSentatlvcj on Property Erery Pay, Indpdlns Sunday
iiivood Atenue Home Willi (lamee.
linllf nf univ hlunriysecond floor and stucco above. A massive stone
porch copped with, Indiana limestone trim lends to tho exterior a prepossessing
appearance.
The first floor consists of living room 12x25 feet, with practical stone
fireplace, large dining room with bay-window facing south, kitchen, pantry and
summer kitchen l well lighted, sanitary basement with laundry- and toilet.
Four bedrooms, with roomy closets, bath and sleeping porch on second floor,
Stoieroom op tliltil floor.
The home is furnished throughout in period furniture and can be Inspected
dally or Sunday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., or by appointment.
Pries $"50i, terms to auit purchaser, without furniture, Lot 50x151 feet
Adjoining ground can be purchased. .
Colonial. Dutch cjolonial and modern type of hqmes, $5500 to J80D0, They
are detached homes buyt on largo lots, Bywood Is a lestrlcted suburb.
V. GILPIN RODINSON ALBERT F. DAMON, Jr,
FRANK W. STOUT, Sales Manager, Mall Addre... Upper Darby P. O.
ie;tpnone-ruui3uawno sju. Agent on me premises u.very .uay.
inoiv iiywoou, aoa-it want 10 ue mere.
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Tax ptr rear 27.00
Water Kent UMO
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400 Built acd Sold to SatlsfUd Jurchaseri
MATTilEW W. DOUGHERTY, Builder
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Garden arid LawnFurniture
Many designs to cjiooss from." Special design furnished. We
also make every kind of Pergolas, Garden Seats, Arbors. Ticelliagesi
Gates, Porch Furnitwre, Wwdow Boxes etc.
CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION
FREDERICK R, GERRY CO.
18U Market Street, Philadelphia
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