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ADVOCATED
BY BLANKEN6URG
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-Mayor, Mi Burly u 1912,
v Poftiied Out Incmlity
of Syatwn
JCHSME WAs1MQTHKRED
nut t Mtjrtr BntKh's pravofHhm to
ram art ) rl e(at
fear tnhMFc4 In rhllasslghla. which
LfeMi fc VMMl ana wifalr M H dl-
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ir Mam- Smith' MtffiMiat
r. an, hi manr ethr matter, on
r hl mt Mtlr oooontnt.
1 Mmar of th Boars' of Ittrlslon of
VMM; tohteH Aim th value at which real
Matt m taxed, hav expressed themselrea
&hkTr of tb present method, asserting
t (th Mayor and hi supporter ar
iMwr a wrettr Impression. To chant prs
ylWug Method (or those unud, th
tWIil member ear, would lead to rusks
IMrk on th part of assessors and operate
gainst the city's benefit.
jLS contention I answered and Mayor
' i gash's stand In the main Indorsed by Mr.
jMnltenbtirtv who advocates also taxation
m personal property as well as other
Mre of revenue which th city might
Urewe to Increase Its annual Income.
"Whll Mayor of the clly Mr. Blanken
fcC devoted a qohslderabls portion of one
efkt annual messages to Councils that of
Wit to what he termed unjust assess
MHt .and the practical usurpation by the
affrard of Revision of the power to fix the
MNiMeipal tax rat.
"Under our present system of Irrespon-
maxing of real estate assessments,"
red Mr. Blankenburr In that mctsare.
.a large number of taxpayers are treated
with evident Injustice. The small horn
wner Is made to pay a much greater per
wntar of t a than that paid by restlent
'M nonresident owners of other kinds of
Vfaperty, who ar either overlooked or
Imewlngly evade paying their Just share of
'.tax burdens.
"Th whole development of the city Is
retarded and Its general prosperity
becked , by tax truancy, favoritism or
wlabl negligence, made possible under
th present untrustworthy system. A proper
vision of tax burdens will never be le
tvted or obtained until there shall be shown
ft broader public spirit on the part of thosa
JJMU ablo to bear their full share and until
fhy shall co-operate In an effort for Ihe
eneral equalization of not only real ea
tat taxes, but all other taxes. Until such
. Mm It appears' that any growing burden
tHt necessarily fall upon real estate. It is
therefore all-Important that every effort
fcaeld bs made at this time to force n sen
iMe, businesslike and Just administration
tspon the Doard of Revision of Taxes, so
that this burden may be made ns light as
Peeslble, .and. above all, that It may be
fcapartlalljr and fairly distributed."
Mr. Blankenburg- then recited the np
yotntment by Councils of the committee "to
fr with the Mayor to consider the
S)8ces of the city" and the' reeommenda
,JJe for amendment made by that body.
TMs report, through failure of the Coun
wmanlc members of the committee to sign
ft, waa not prernted to Councils, but was
emitted by Mayor Blankenburg as part
f, his message.
"The terr-vrory smothering of this re
port," said Iho Blankenhurg message, "the
SMturs of the board of Judges to Infuse
erne new blood Into this antiquated and
arbitrary board when the opportunity of
fered last spring and the defent In the
Legislature of the bill taking the power
t appointment to the Bonn! of Revision
mt Taxes from the Judcrn and placing It
where the members of the board would be
responsible to a power supi-rlpr to them
selves, " have combined to embolden the
beard to persist In Its arbitrary, obsolete
and unjust methods.
VNEQVAXi VALUATION
. The systematic policy of Inequitable
valuation, resulting- In gross abuse In the
shape of assessment of properties, must be
Met and solved. Not only Is the annual
Jfteeme of the city affected, but the bor
rowing capacity of the city proportionately
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VIOLINIST AND FORMER HOME
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"In the very heart of the city, moreover,
are to be found a large number of vacant
set. In some Instances they are covered
fcy cheap temporary structures Intended to
tries enough rental to pay taxes on the
,rperty. In many cases they are wholly
unimproved, pay a minimum share of
taxes, yet Increase In value year by year
st 'the expense of the city and at the In
sUreot cost of those who have Improved
their land. Further, they are Generally
Made the receptacle for waste, are unsightly
hi appearance and generally surrounded by
hoardings which disfigure the highway, es
yealally when defacea w::h offensive ad
vertisements. These properties are In many
Win held by persons who do not reside In
ttv city: by persons who are owners of other
,vrly developed properties, who. In many
s, live abroad. They wait for the time
jrtUn the energy and enterprise of the
Medworktng citizenship of the city will
NHritlply th market value of their unlm
fswved property 100, 509 or even 1000 per
TAX DC-DOERS
"lng- to speclfla Instances of what he
aTaaiared were examples of "douhlln tho
fcHsinii of th builder and halving those
me, progress-oostruoung owners of va-
jota," Air, uianxenburg in It's messago
'.the situation at Broad and1 Qreen
where, he says, "right next to our
Mich School Building, which reDreeenta
Investment of practically 12,000,000 of
lurtas, t situated a block of property,
sen Qreen and Mount Vernon streets.
' virtually one-half of tha block la un.
lanroved. On Broad street, one of the orlg
tMl main arteries of the city, a street unon
n is city naa just expended a large
of money In paving and llahtlnr. tnak-
tag 'It on of th finest thoroughfare In
tha world, blook after block of valuable
M-JMrty U covered by temporary one-trtory
MMI- building whleh disfigure the
ttt and oheapen th whole character of
Eetty. The prlo demanded and realized
th owner of suoh propertlea, especially
m the city may want them, k- entirely
Mjt of proportion to the assessed value.
"There ahoub. be. designated and adopted
MM way of ohangln this tletnc-up, Ux
MAfting plan, and It seems to me that th
Wwiiiabla war to nauiv th. hi nuu
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FIVE HURT AS CARS
CRASH AT CROSSING
Columbia Avenue and Thirteenth
Street Trolleys Collide.
Slippery Rails Blamed
Five persons were Injured today when
an eastbound Columbia nvemio car crashed
Into a northbound car on Thirteenth street.
The motorman of each car npplled the
brakes, but slippery rails made It Impos
sible to avoid the crash.
The Injured are!
MIlS. CATHXniNB RIOirrnn, OOO North Flf.
trrntli itrnt, concu'slon ot brain end stn-
first rnntuilonfl,
E. A. O'imiKN. 103 rine street, rlsbt srm
brpk-n.
MAltTIN', GOHMAK. 714 North Jud-oa str-et.
Inanition of "aln,
CHARLES lUnillBON. 3117 South Blitr-ilxth
trt, rot srrt bnuiied.
UNIDK.STlKlKD AVOMAN, who r-fuied to sire
hr name.
Some of the Injured were taken to the
Women's Homeopathic Hospital, others
were attended at a nearby drugstore
Passengers In both cars made a rush for
the doors when tha cars collided and many
received minor Injuries whllo trying to
force their way to the street.
TraHlo was delayed for nearly an hour.
INDEPENDENT LEADER
KILLS MEXICAN BANDITS
Guttierrez, Who Recognizes
Neither Carranza Nor Villa,
Puts Four to Death
Motor Clubs' New Home lo Be Opened
Formal opening of the new clubhouse of
the International Motor Clubs' Association,
Juniper and Locust streets, will take place
tonight The new home of the club has
been elaborately furnished throughout.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS IN MEXICO,
Oct. 16, Followers of General dutttcrroz
have captured and plain four of the bandits
who robbed Tnylor Brothers' storo In Colo
nla Juarez, recovering nearly all 'the loot.
News of Quttterrex's exploit reached
Major General Pershing's headquarters to
day from the American cavalry squadron
sent out on Saturday to protect Mormon
colonies at Colonta Juarez.
Gutierrez Is a strange product of the
Mexican revolutions. He has about 100
men and refuses to swear allegiance to
either Carranza or Villa. His men have
always respected foreign property.
Reports that a regiment of American
cavalry had occupied Namlqulpa were de
nied at headquarters today. These reports
are supposed to have grown out of the
movements of a scouting expedition sent out
from El Valle toward La Cruces, twenty
miles south. Tho Americana did not ap
prOach within thirty miles of Namlqulpa.
Gray Squirrels Dcntlful;' Hunters Out
WEST CHESTER, Pa.. Oct 16. Thou
sands of.huntciti are In the woods today In
search of gray Bqulrrels, which are reported
more plentiful than for several seasons In
all localities.
PREPARED
We are ready, to .'
furnish you
with tho most approved colors, such as French ,
Gray, Taupe London Smoke, Brown, Tan, Rose
and.Old Blues. " ' '
Plain Rugs
up to 24 feet wide and 75 feet long in onej solid
piece made by
James Templeton & Co.,
Glasgow, Scotland
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the oldeat and one of the best manufacturers
in the world. Far superior to domestic makes;
the dy in which according to the manufac
turer's own statement are not reliable. As
soon as we learned how uncertain the1 dye situa-
tion was, we immediately prepared by placing
urf rder for thro Foreign Rugs" with an abso
lute guarantee to us as to the quality of the dyes.
Moet of the goods are now iir atock, the prices
are no Higher than for the domeatlcMriMy and
ye4 do apt have to wait 8 or 10'wreeka to have
-FfP J1' We expect m enormous business
fjQinMruffs and therefore adyiee early selectioa. '
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CALLED VIOLINIST OF
YOUNGER GENERATION"
Sascha Jacobinoff, ISow Home,
Praised by Europe's Great
Teacher Education Provided
by Germantown Women
PLAYS HERE THIS SEASON
NEGRO KRIS WOMAfl
AND FLEES TO HILLS
Out ot the melllng- pot district of Phila
delphia has come a youth characterized by
one of the world's ffreatest teachers as ''the
violinist of the younger eeneratlon." He
Is Rascha Jacobinoff.
Twenty years aro, on September I, 1191,
to he exact, he wan born In k small, dark
room over his father's butcher shop at 225
FalrmoUnt avenue. There, In the shadow
of Ihe old North Second street market, he
played the violin for the first tlmo when he
was a child, and by perslotent pfoddlnf
gained that Interest of some woipen In Ocr
msntown, who sent him to Europe, where
he received the best of training;
Now he has returned to his native city
to be heard for the first time In this country.
lie already has repaid his benefactors by
procuring nn engagement to appear as so
loist with the New York Phlthnrmonta Or
chestra nt the Academy of Musla during
the winter. This Is tho first tlmo suoh an
honor has ever been accorded n Phlladel
phlan. Sascha Jacobinoff Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Jacobean. When the young
violinist returned to the United States he
learned that a New York artist had the
ame name, so. 1 norder to nvold any con
fusion, he decided to change the "son" to tho
Itumlan equivalent, "Inoff," nnd thus his
name Jacobinoff,
GREAT TEACHER'S PRAISE
When Jacobinoff took his first lessons he
was "graduated" from the neighborhood
"professor" In six weeks. Three years later
he was graduated from the Philadelphia
Musical Academy nfter Instruction Undor
Paul Meyer. The following year he was
heard In n recital nt CJrimth Hall, playing
a Wlenlawskl and a Mosart concerto. Then
It was that Mrs. P. D. Hurlburt. of 621 West
Hortter street, (lermantown, became Inter
ested In the youth nnd through her Influence
several other patronesses were found who
sent the young man to Europe.
In Europo the fourteen-year-old boy Went
at Carl Plesch, the master teacher, with de
termination. Flesch takes only alx pupil
a year, and It required colossal nerve on
the youngBter's part even to attempt to ask
a hearing. Rut Flesch heard htm and took
him.
It was Flench who called him "the violin
ist of the younger generation," and when
Jacobinoff sailed for America the teacher
gave him a letter of recommendation to the
conductors of every large orchestra In this
country. Jacoblnorf also studied under Ar
rlgo Serato and I,eop61d Auer, after which
he appeared In concert and recital in most
of Germany's music centers. Tho war made
It necessary for him to cancel engagements
In Russia, France, England and Germany
and return to Philadelphia a year ahead
ot time.
RASEDALL FAN ALSO
Jacobinoff Is not only a temperamental
musician, with the attendant shock, ot hair
and an arttstlo appearance; ho Is a great
baseball fan art well. He met Pat Moran
nnd tho Phillies whllo they were In spring
training at St. Petersburg. Fla., this year.
Many sensons ago ho sat on the fence en
Joying the game between the Athletics and
Detroit nt Columbia Park when that struc
ture gave way and nearly cut short his
promising career.
The violin which Jacobinoff uses Is worth
at least 18000. It is an original Qua'rnerl
fiddle 141 years old, and formerly belonged
to the concertmaster of the Berlin Phil
harmonic Orchestra, who was compelled to
sell It because he had to leave for the
front nnd had no money with which to
provide for his family.
Posse, Pursue, But lie Escape.
Believed to Have Come to
This City
COATKHVIM.K. Pa., Oct. 1. William,
better known as "Pie.'' Johnson, a negro,
last night shot and killed his hoostkeepcr,
"Hun" Hill, twentr-two years of age. as
she waa fleeing from his home Jn 'The
Eighties," a negro settlement. Th woman
fell at tho first shot. Coming up to her,
Johnson, stooping over her almost lifeless
form, fired two more ehota Into her body.
A crowd soon gathered.
, One of the first persons on the scene
was Policeman Jackson, Johnson hsd start
ed to run away and Jackson gave pursuit.
Th policeman emptied every chamber ot
his revolver at the fleeing negro, who
stopped to return th fire. The policeman
sought protection behind a telephone pole,
and two bullets from "Pie's" gun lodged In
the pole. Every policeman ot the city and
a big posse scoured ths hilts and country
east of the city. In which direction the fugi
tive headed, all last night, but failed to find
him, Assistant District Attorney SproaU
of West Chester, Joined the posse at mid.
night. The pollc of nearby town and
cities have been notified.
It Is thought Johnson headed for Phila
delphia, where he Is known to have friends.
11 has a long criminal record and has
terved many years In Jail for various
crimes. Only ten days ago he was con
victed In the County Court of carrying con.
ccaled deadly weapons, but was liberated
under bond pending application for a new
trial.
CHINESE CAUGHT GAMBLING
Twenty Are Arrested In Chinatown
While Playlnjr Dominoes
Twenty Chinese were nrreated by the
police of tho Eleventh and Winter streets
station yesterday, when they were caught
-playing dominoes. Five Orientals were
round in a rear room ai ius usee street,
next door to the Chinese Baptist Church,
1000 Race street, playing while services
were being held In the church.
In a raid on a room In the rear of a
Chlnexe grocery, nt 90S Race street, the
polioo found fifteen players In a big domino
game and arrested them. After they were
booked at, the Eleventh and Winter streets
station they were tnken to City Hall. A
similar attempt to break up Sunday
gambling among the Chinese was made a
month ago.
LIVE WIRE. BURNS WOMAN
Trolley Feed Falls In Frankford, Shock
ing Passenger Leaving Car
A trolley wire snapped and fell upon
Alice Royard. twenty-six years old, of J576
Rath street, nn she was alighting from ri
car at Rridge and Tacony streets, Frank
ford, Sunday. Before she could be dragged
away from the wire, which writhed and
crackled on the ground. Miss Rayard had
been severely burned about tho body. Sho
was taken to the Frankford Hospital.
Five men who rescued Miss Rayard were
also shocked.
Gulf Shipping Warned of Storm
Alt gulf shipping was warned to be cau
tious ot the northward movement of tho
tropical storm that ls crossing the northern
portion" ot the Yucatan Peninsula in a state
ment Issued by the Weather Rureau today.
The warning states that tho storm Is "still
of "marked character" and will prove a
great danger to gulf shippers If It follows
the Yucatan channel Into the gulf.
Taxi Service
LIMOUSINKS and TOUIIINO OARCJ
fur III'HIXKHH or PLKARUKE O
PHONES S.E..M
COMFOKT AtTTOMOIIILK CO.
140S Ho. 1'cnn Square.
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ALFRED QUIJJBY, JR.
WINS EXPERT SALES DEGREE
Unusual Honor Awarded to Enterpris
ing Boy Who Handles Sat
urday Evening Post
Alfred C. P. Qulmby, Jr.. of C231 Archej
street, has Just been notified tlmtjji has
won an unusual honor the degree ofexpert
salesman In the league of Curtis Salesmen,
a national organization that Includes only
the best of the league's '0,000 boy sales
men. Young Qulmby Is personally known to
hundreds ot Influential citizens. In hand
ling the Saturday Evening Post he has
shown thnt a pleasing personality nnd ag
gressiveness are two Important factors In
the life of the business Individual. Qulmby
is now working to win Promotion to master
salesman.
The league of Curtis Salesmen, which
has been Indorsed by many prominent edu
cators nnd progressive business men. Is pre
paring Its members for the spoclfla vocation
of salesmanship, giving general training for
other vocations, and finally guarantees to
place master salesmen the highest rank In
the league In good paying positions when
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Woman Topples From Ffre-Ria. . i
Skull la BttAaB-T
Mr. Mary Wright, 2 years oM. ta
Market street, died at th Wert rkUS
phla Hrtmeopathle Hospital yelrf
the result of rt fractured skull rtTWi g1
a fall at her horn on Thursday, TJ
stricken by vertigo whli ouuia wM?
and sho appealed to a pkkslng hoii-2?
for assistance. Th Woman lived ISJ"5
secoml' floor. Ingress to which la oni.?
a fire-escape. w"'y
Whllo th policeman turned th u. kl
the door Mrs. Wright leaned awir!!?
ran ii
doWnwar
was take
dltion. Her Injurlt were arrravitL
.!. n,t tiViv.lenl f.nnAIU "
tie aoor iirs. wrignt leaned aralnii'
all It broke anl Mrs. Wright SLA
oWnwafd a distance of twenty fMr
ras taken to th hospital In a serloi. .2
ItiorL Her Inlurlc wer. ..J?."?! .
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industrial stnkei impowblc-and even minpr differences will come to, be settled
by this means. Impartial judges can be counted upon to render fair decisions.
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