FINANCIERS
j HEAR BUDGET PLEAS;
MAYOR ASKS MORE
Smith Wants Salary Increases
and 25 "Investigators" at
$1000 Each for His
Department
f JCANY NEW PLACES URGED
iih Major Smith settlnir ths examrla
JvAIni for verl alary Inert, ami
!L - new Item proldlnn for US.000 for
.TlliatoM In hla department. Council
ll?nr Committee today look up tho coti-
Wt'"1"1 '.-.- ,..-,.! r,l Of 1W l)OS
F n. a"nd Sow. of salary Incrras.. which
I' !Jit,rd wilt nd tho operating cot or
I if allowed, m" ,,.,,. is.ooo.000 and
mToCO.OOO aboMJ tho hlgh-water mark ot
hi tirtent year
. .la1 lntrnaa in tax rat. a.
f tSihtrhop to prevent the liorrowlnr of
t. tMX ";'.7.n.,i .. a deficit tn I9JT
5 L.r auch ordinary expenses as clerk
sJ" i for Inmates oftlty charitable In-
iiilu'tlons and rental supplies, the council
Uinlc financiers were o treatly embar
njrd by the new demand! that they con-
' . ...:. -i... tn.l.v In Items In which
Ir ianncreasea or new places are asked The
imiut ;.- , T?lr llllFOfill will
H. the men oi wi . - , ,
K J, eft until all the ord nary needs of gov
ernment have ueen eouc uci.
rhJ unusual demands for places and
k'the? salaries hive placed tli Council-
ta.mnv additional outln of money nor
Scurrlnif the displeasure and enmity of
. . ... , i i..jm whn urn Atitintm In
i aui.ilacB for hungry oITlcesetkers. In
lh tax rato for 1917 lll admittedly be
not less than 1 JR. nnd this flgiiro may
.. rr everything nought for by depart-
' mental headT.
TRANSIT KXPnNSHS
The one budget gono oer that In no way
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br of new places created In order to carry
est the Improvement projects wai that of
.. - . i filvMtnT Twlnlfiff merelv
aked Counclli for a total of JJ8.980, which
was auoweii mm as muunr u. ui, -It
provides merely for tho salaries f his
offlce force and for current operating ex
peases. Tho big transit payroll for engl
Brs, draftsmen and nil kinds of trained
workers Is made up entirely from loan
h... i-n.i.r tha act of Assembly making
5 possible the transit and port loan all cur
: vrent expenses, sinking fund and Interest
' ebsrges on moneys oorroncu ..r '
will be taken rrom un mn iincu umu
one year after alt the undertakings have
been completed.
Director Webster, of the Department of
Wharves. Hocks and Ferries, asked for n
iotal Of J601.840, as compared with K15.
III It, but It la understood that much o.
ike expense of planning and completing
river-front properties will also bo taken from
Joan moneys. thiM relieving the annual
budget of a part of this heavy burden.
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Director weoaier a tor ou,uvw
Y new 1c boat and 7500 for advertising
WieAil OI ino UUU auowvu ui ji.
COUNTY" DEMANDS
... ,. nrttmrv r1nnrtmint liudcets
E t QUI C II up iuuh; td .. ,,.
1 1 nthsloners, who are asking about 40,000
lor more now jods. r inn cohihiibmuiicio
Mire DTCIl Uliunvu wi .v . .
Ji,43:,?2 92 nnd are asking $2,626,100 for
'-text year The positions asxeu ior inciuuo
S attorney for the Bureau ot Weights and
Measures at J2500 a year, three vvatcnmeii
fit i?a -nh a (unnrmnher nt S12S0.
iwenty-two Inspectors at IICOO, four Inves-
&... vtKAA .ml tlKnn in Inrreaaa thft
cuinrv nr thn onmmlssloners attorney from
1 KpOO a ear to f3500, '
-f?The courts are not behind me oiner ue-
' Uudces want the salaries of sixteen coun
ttenographers raiseu irom 'v,
Councils can bo forced to grant this In
rease, as the Board ot Judges has the
power to fix salaries no matter 'what action
. ,, , .U !.. n.k Xf.inli-lnil fnllP.
rr. VOuncllS BIIUUIU lnfi .ire iiuiiiv.in.1 .
fr ) asking for ninety-nine new Jobs at a cost
brl to the taxpayers ot (122,560 a year. This
V ' . -u ...mI.u a.Iiinr In.M.u. which
kfi nUH IS f3XCIUIVO V. pa. w.j ...WW- n ...,..
a . .L .. -. .lll tnt.l
are asKca in u mo wun i.u w.n wu.
jUHMlt U00O.
I ' Naturally the greatest demand for nev
alaces and salary Increases comes from
fclrector Wilson, of tho Department of Puo.
lo Safety, and his requests, which total
about 1.500,000, will bo among the last
Uken up. The department cost tha city
V7,lU.Ci this year and next year Di
rector Wilson proposes to spend a grand
toUl of S10.960.3S5.16.
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Tmnalt and Ctty Commissioners Included
"those of tho Art Jury, the Civil Sen Ice
XJommlsslon and to Board of IXecreatlon
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
' i WASIIINQTON, Oct 1.
f 'iFor eastern Pennsylvania; Unsettled to
: Ought and Thursday with probably rain;
armer tonight In north and west portions;
rraer Thursday; moderate possibly fresh
orineast winds.
Ths northeastern storm moved out ot
tee field of observation yesterday and the
area from tho Middle West has over
JJ'irad the Middle and North Atlantic
fttates, tha drop in temperature being twen-
jraegrees or more during the last twenty
lui hours. The tropical storm that crossed
We Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday haa reached
ae Louisiana coast and has caused rains
'M most places In the Qut States. Iturrl
wne warnings have been displayed on the
Oulf coast during the last twenty-four
acurs. A. cold area has made Its appcar
bc In the extreme Northwest
Observations at Philadelphia
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Lamps to He Lighted
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HOTEL MEN IN CONVENTION
Bellevnt Manager Slated for Trest
dent Session tit Lancaster
LANCAHTKrt ra Oct. IS Addresses
by Mayor Harry I Trout and Lieutenant
tlorernor Kjank 11 McCIa n marked the
opening this morning of the thirteenth nn.
nnal convention of the Pennsylvania rltate
Hole" Association. Mora than S0O iltlegotm
ar In attendance.
Most of th'a morning's session was de-
! votnl to routlno business and election of
. cttlcera It was regarded certain that J.
M Frailer, msnager of the Ilellevue-Strat-
frd, would succeed President Kloox. who
U decllnefl to nerve another term It
wa also conceded that W R. Oalt of
I'harlcrol would be elected vice president,
nnd Colonel Thomas C l.enllf. edlttir of
I Me nnd Club, of Philadelphia, would be
elected aecreury
Theio are Iho Walnut street business men who have- started n movement for a bicjrer
t 7? " . ".v,Ul,., v"ci "Mica tne mayor ycitcrany. in the picture, icit to riRht, are,
Keller, Charles W. Zclssc. Thomas Kern. T. P. Sicfcrt. S. L. Brumbnuch, Col. J. Warner li
Ulimorc, t,, W. bpless, LUICl Rienzl. Geoi Shrnnnnl nntl Director Dntcsmnn. Sent ml?
C. l'urvcs, Hobcrt Stowart, Jr., E. J. Dcrlet nnd Mayor Smith,
Tlmta bjr llfll n hr
nnd better thoi ouRhfnrc,
stamling: Ferdinand
utchins. Matthew M.
Cha. J. Maxwell, G.
Sixteen of the county budgets were gone
over l.4-wrk.
DEMANDS OP DnPAItTMKNTg
The demands made by the various de
partments, and heard today, na compared
with the amounts allowed this jenr are
Allowed Ankf.I for
.. . . In 101S in 1017
Cltr Commllonr I! - n:p ps 12 ago io no
?,.!,roJn . BIMJO.'S JJiio.'TT.v
Civil Hervlce Com-
mlailon , 84 1)37 IS M 550 00
Wnarven Dock nnd
Krrrlo SIS Bit) ai rot MO 00
8ufnll.ii 8 VH2 US! S4 8 J0 HO
Tho departments to be heard at the next
meeting of the Finance Commtteo nre those
of Public Works, iMbiio Safety and Health
and Charities.
Nlcoll Slbott. of 3S11 Archer street, who
,allegcs that Wlnlrlaskl embexzled J460 from
lilm, Is said to havo spent a considerable
sum In seeking the man. Yesterday he was
arrested and Detective McCarthy, of tht.
City Hall force, went to Carteret to get him.
Wlnlrlaskl will have a hearing today.
FLED POLICE FOR WIFE'S SAKE
Alleged Embezzler Wns Nursing Dying
Wifo While Detective Scoured
Country for Him
Ten months ago Joseph Wlnlrlaskl for
merly a real estoto dealer at Nineteenth
street and Hunting Park avenue, fled
from, this city when ho faced charges ot
cmhexxllng S2100 Last night he wan
brought back from Carteret, N. 3 , and
locked In n, cell In the City Hall
Wlnlrlaskl, who came to this country
twenty yearn ago, worked In tho Mldvnle
Steel Works and fought his way up tirifcl
he quit making steel nnd 'went Into the
real estate business According to (lie
police, he got Into difficulties. Ho nai
charged with embexzlement, but before he
could be arrested he disappeared.
In his home his wife lay dying of con
sumption. Three children werdTlependcnt
upon him. Taking a desperate chance, he
hid himself In his home and nurd his wife
While the police scoured olty nnd mirround
lng suburbs for him. he stood nt her bedside
three days later and saw her die She was
burled and ho watched the coflln taken from
the house. In a secluded part ot the build
ing this man stood and wept. Then he
WYNCOTE CLUB
' PLANS FOR YEAR
fled.
Arts and Letters Society Meets
The seventy-third meeting of the Arts, and
Tetters Society will be held tpnlght at
8:16 o'clock In the New Century Draw
ing Itoom, Twelfth street bc)0w Chestnut
Several papers will be read and vocal and
piano selections rendered.
Womon's Club to Meet in All
Snints Pnrisli House Thin
Season
The Womvn'a Club of Wyncote will give
Its opening reception this afternoon In
honor of Its president. Mrs. Frederick
M Campbell, and Its five new members.
The rervptlon will be held nt J o'clock, fol
lowed by refreshments, which will be eerven
nt C o'clock tn tho parish hotiso ot AH
Hallows Church, on (Irecnwood avenue,
Wncote, which the club will have as Its
headquarters and which has been newly
decorated by the club members. Tha club
vtlll hold It meetings every other Wednes
day afternoon through the winter, starting
with today
The olllcers of the club for the coming
ear aro
President. Mrs. Frederick Macgregor
Campbell; first vice president. Mrs. Philip
S Collins; second vice president, Mrs Alan
II Heed ; recording secretary, Mls Annn
Kent; corresponding fcecrctary, Mrs, Frank
McFarland; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Shelly;
directors, Mrs. Cyrus 11 It Curtis. Mrs.
Horace Fettorolf, Mrs. John Clrlbbel, Mrs,
Maurice J Hoover. Mrs. William C Kent,
Mrs Spencer IC Mutton!, Mrs. Victor J.
Mulford, Mrs. Frank P Webb; club direct
or, Mrs Jnmcs J. SHI
The cxccutlvo committee consists of tho
follow lng members: Mrs Itobert Ij. Ilus
sell. Miss Idella Clrlbbel. Mrs. John C Mar
tin, Mrs. M. I! Ileaser, Mrs. Henry Q.
Spalding, Mrs. Harry Q Smith, Mrs Wil
liam II Shclmerdlne.
The membership committee Includes Mrs
Mnurlca J, Hoover, chairman: Mrs. John
Orlbhol. Mrs William C Kent, Mrs. Spencer
K. Mulford nnd Mrs. Frank P. Webb.
Tha entertainment committee will be In
charge of Miss Idella Grlbbel during No
vember, Mrs. John C Martin In December,
Mrs. W II. Shelmerdlne for January, Mrs.
Henry a Spalding for February. Mrs. M. II.
Ileaser for March nnd Mrs. Smith for April.
At the entertainments for the month of
November Mrs. John Grlbhel and Mrs. Phil
ip S. Collins will be hosteiicn. They havo
arranged for a mus'calo to take place on
Wednesday afternoon. November 1, at 2 30
o'clock, when Mr, linns ICIndler and Mr.
Thaddcus Illch, members ot the Philadel
phia Orchestra, will render several selec
tions, On Wednesday afternoon, November IE,
at the same time MIs Sutherland, principal
of Ogoulx School, will give n lecture., Her
subject will be announced later
And on Wednesday. November JJ. Mrs.
John M Oakley will lecture on "Civics."
Among the other members of the club are
Mrs. S II Alleman Mrs M F llsrlnger.
Mrs. C W Heck. Mrs William 11 Merger.
Mrs. M P lloyle. iln A li Urown. Mrs.
Janien S llrjnn, Mr. J D t'nmrbell Mrs.
William Allison Cochran Mm O A Denny.
Mrs J C. Dando, Mrs II B IuPuy. Miss
Tiara DuPuv. Mrs Howard S lkcts, Mrs.
James It F.ly. Mrs J U 1 rvln, Mrs, Ixiuit.
H Flanders, Mrs. Maurice watsn ragan.
Mrs. Philip A Hecbner, Mrs J. Smylls
Herknes. MIm Annie Culver, Mrs T. Ii
Frame. Mrs. Howard F Pent, Mrs, II. V.
Peters, Mrs J lv Proctor. Mrs M. II.
Ileavr, Mrs (1 It Rebmann, Mrs John i
Rogers. Mrs. It I Russell, Mrs Hcnjamln
S. Sanderson. Mrs. W W Senry, Mrs. C.
A. Selser. Miss SHI, Mrs. Frank Schoble, Mrs.
Robert M Stlnson Miss Sutherland, Mrs
John II Stetson. Mrs F II Van Court,
Mrs. Alt I) Wallace. Miss Wjman, .Mra.
11 W Woodward, Mrs B C Vclte. Mrs.
11 H llaxard, Mrs Walter Herlnn,
Mrs. Charles Javne. Mrs U C Jennings,
Miss Jennings, Mrs Herbert Johnson. Mrs.
John U ICern. Mrs J U Iarzelere, Mrs.
Oeorge Lorlmer, Mrs W. II Iwer. Mrs A.
Harold Moon, Mm. Milton IC. Neirfer, Miss
1! MoNeal. Miss Mary Mulford. Mrs.
Osthelmer, Mrs A II Pcrvln. Mrs Fletcher
Pearson, M si rrnrson, Miss Sarah Pear
son. Mrs. Walton I'ennltvell and Mrs, II.
Q Mather.
$7550 ltrcord for Hoard of Trade Sent
C1UCAOO. Oct. 18. A seat on the Chi
cs go Hoard ot Trade has sold for STtSO,
S2B0 higher than the previous high rt-cerd
Keata are expected to go to a still higher
price, before another month, owing to tit)
growth of trading.
HARDWARE DEALERS
CONVENE AT SHORE
Wnrnlnjj ns to Adequate Prices
Sounded by A. J. Bihlcr,
President
ATLANTIC CITV. Oft. IS A warnlm;
as to adequate hardware prir-a was
sounded teday by A J IJUiler, of r tts
burgh. presldsnt f the Nattahat HaMwaro
Association when that Unlr wa convened
at the Marlborough lllenhelm. Tho body
represents Investments of S 12.000,000 060
"livery Indication pc-lnta to a largsr vol
ume of bus ness In tl thnn for miny
j cars, and the ryvrdndro InduMry Is enjoying
a good degree of prosperltj but we oc
casionally see evidence-, of uur customers'
nnd even our own nnmbrs" falling tn get
the full valuetluil the should h"vve owing
to the higher Nnlucs now In effect on most
llMVtlf4M I IKtt huMiSMif. llMI
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"value maay are f nn on many mm
abnormally so. tot m lone; as the forttgk
demand contlntee so strong arv4 aetlT. f
ner iiw jtuiio mi row prvwi ior xm nesnevuv
trade That a chn will come -we
know am) prudence stuigMrts (haanr prefl
or Convrved and le trcatetias a cent M
iVStt. w inch will prove hnpfttl wttM Mp
i ace n perioii ot r(aujurtnnt. n1
"We Miould not let the pmttit aetlTWy
carty awa) our gCod judgment." j
President Hihler comnwntrM tlM ga
ttnfM t thn llhf-n1 1ra. PMMlMbS
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"it is evident, lie fan, thai thia .,
W 111 . l,l A lrtrAfill li.rt.UM-A Cm. f mmMk 1
ami, legitimate methoda of mercrMneTttMst,
a well as making an earnest effort to Strip
lh tiutlnts Intererts," '
The American Ua-drrare Manufaatarera
Association, of whlrh Thomas J, Grahsaa.
of. Plttihurgh. Is Vrs dent, met with tha
Jobbers at the Ivtter's opening ee!on thi
morning, and llsenrd to an elocrttent M
dreHa bj the P.ev John R. JJavl, O.OU
pastor of Itethlehem rresbyterian CtrwrMv
Philadelphia, on "The Ufa That ynSr
It. II. Trtman. dputy governor ef Um
York Federal Retervo Rank, jm4m
"Trade Acceptances." v
U-1I0AT ISSUE UNAFFECTED
BY RAID OFF XAKTDCKET
Submarine Issue Not Reopened, Wash
ington View
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. There have
been no Indications In ofllctal circles here
that tho United States would make any
declaration of policy regarding the U-Bl'a
visit to the western Atlantlo unless evidence
of a violation of International law de-
hveloped Tho raid off Nantucket Is viewed as
an Isolated case, in no way reopening tne
general submarine Issue, and It Is under
stood all tho Information gathered thus tar
Indicates that the submarine's activities
were hold within legal bounds The In
vestigation, however, has not been completed.
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In these days of rising cbsts of
household necessities, you will be
glad to learn that we have started a
group of special Service Men lo visit the homes
of Philadelphia to demonstrate how you x:an
secure better light than ever this Winter, at less s
cost than ever before.
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The "C. E-Z" Gas Light burns 3 hours for I cent and
giv28 90 candleppwer. ,- , , ''
Prices 75c to -$ 1 .40 according to equipmenkr-easy
term payments. v
It will be to your advantage to. let the Service Man demonstrate
C. E-Z" when he calls at your'lieme.
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