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jhin factional fight against ih Pnf64
mm tot Hi Mtttwn of tli next 8pakr
m tor Mntrol of tha legislature will ba
taHntd In ilMall tmtav at n. eonf.renr. of
wA dr of tha antl-Pentoia coalition In
,r ;M Ribl6n OfganUatlon.
'.if?:":- dnvtmdr Brumbaugh will nresfd at th
fa&fiMtfftje. Othsr who will nltshit In-
V-ftr'J.x --isjud th Vntm. Attbrn 0nrl Frahcl
'' -IMitinte Brown, Public 8rvlc Commissioner
..WIHUm Mi km. of rittnlitirith, andfttata In-
MfVtonc Commissioner X Dsntiy O'Wsll, of
, r Wttabtirgh,
jL ' ', ,' 1fh conference apparent!? will h held
". "!' JUrrrtburt 1U Oil afternoon or lo.
,, , . mm rji uorernar urumnautn una At
i ,-.vtt(u fi.namt tlnswn fifl Phll.rt.tnhU In.
tws j"". v. .v.'.'.""'" rrrr"-' :"" -."- . -
ay for we capital. Tnere na !in worn
4eubt m to whether It would b held here
in' Harrlnbiitc.
frt Cflmnrnmtss" fii thi aHltiirfjh nmiut
',fibr tb antl-l'enroM force now, ntid they
i-iunjHM u ru tun IIIHIV in iriiiK o MfC
?mh-iwt llouso.
4 cmautAn iiBrrKiia hrnt
-r" Cox ha start! an ncllv campaign lo
land the speakership )lum I In hen sent
lh following letter to every representative
lct tn the State, eollclllnc their support
tor the candidacy;
. After a, consultation with many of
- the tntmberlect nf thn llmiaa nf Hon.
rentrtlre, nJ nt their enrneet 110
HeltAtlon. I have deoldeil to tiommn n
cnnUMata for UpeAker,
Thl I the fofmnl nnnouncement of
n' candidacy and an carneet apppnl
pr yjjur suppori.
T hav nerved four terme In the
Houw from tho Klfth Dilladelphla I)l.
tflut. My record le nn open book; It
,) tma In which I honeirtly feel r can
tkka real pride. It la berntieo of thin
record anit my lontr experleneo na n
leelilator that I have becomo a en mil
date. If t am ohoeen Hpenker every mem
ber of the Housa can bo certain that
ho will At all times, nnd under all clr
eutnatances, be Riven a free and fair
hearing- on any aubject which lie may
ehooeo to llcuefl, nnd n aquaro dcnl
Jn hie relation with the Bpeaker,
Upon this platform I nuk your nun
Port and votea,
Thankfnar you In advance for your
favornbla cdnelderatlon of my candl.
.ditoy and with the assurance of my
eiteem, etc.
8? 1'Sd. , Tho effort of United Btatea Renatnr I'.n.
. o and hl friends, who are openly bo.
kind the candidacy of Itlchard J, llaldwln,
t pal.'i.ware county, aro now conrtlned to
n Attempt to prevent JIayor Smith from
.'''' ny mf' I" th epeakerahlp (laht.
n !j. " w-yur mvum me uox canumaoy, and
!JW expeoted to make a publlo atutement In-
dorln tho t'hlladelphlnn, 1'enroee, how-
vf". Ifylnn to block thl movo. and In
. political circle ho I belnit crodlted with
; attempt to threaten the city admlnlatra.
t, tlon unles the Mayor adopt a "handi-off"
pollojr.
In tho menntlmo, the I'enroee-naldwln
v rorceaiaro clalmln?;, everything In light o
Jar o the peakerhlp la concernrd, They
eert that they nra certain of 101 of the
l Itapubllcan votes In tho Home, Their
Bioiros inciuaa a majority of the mombera
from .Allegheny County, ond the delegation
xrpml-acUawanna, Schuylkill and I.uirrna.
Their claim lack Juia one vote of a major.
y. In the Houee, and fn the ovent nf a
eloaa fight over the peakerhlp, tho thirty
. nln Democratic member may upset the
' . i ehanca for either candidate.
MjjTaifraihtfj.m,...,,.,. .,!. wmt r rtn i H tdfeffa'
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WILLIAM P. SWIFT
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Astrnl Bodlog Not Snylnfr Much This
Year to tho I'rofcs.ilonnl
Aitrologcra
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' , VAUCS SBBK CO.NTItOI.
Th tlrat movo of the Vnro faction against
Jnroo In the tight for the rnkerhlu
nd tho control of the Legislature will bo tu
attempt to wret control of tho morchantlla
sppralera from Penroao and McNIchol. Of
the five member of the board, who draw
Ij'S.? J?M,mal ""'"J' each onl' ""o. William
32, Flriley, axacutlva director of tho nnul.
Heart city Committee, la a Varo mnn. The
othr member aro B. A Van Valkenberg.
former magletrate, Jnme A. Carey, "Iluck"
Devlin, I'enroea lieutenant In I'onrona'e
ward, tho Klghth, ond John J. (Iroul, chair
man of the Washington X'arty City Com
mltteo. 'Tho new board, which must bo aelectvd
thl montht I chosen by the City Treasurer
end the Auditor-General, In the ovent of
disagreement the. naming of tho members
automatically rest wth the C-overnor. Tho
Vare plan of campaign I to obtain tlio
dissent of City Treasurer McCoach, a Varo
an to any reappointment which It Ik
XpecteJ Audtor.(Jr.neral Powell will urge,
Jtl tho ovent Of a d'adlock between the two
m cholco wotlld fall on Oevernor Urum
Uh. . Argentines to Serve In U. S, Navy
, BUENOS AJHEO. Dec, 1. The Amer
tean Oovernment ha consented to admit
ten Oillcers of thn ArffAntlnn V..w n.-.i
.t Vfar vesseUi to sen a there for aome time,
.Th offlcor probably will leave for the
-United Btatea by tho transport vessel Chaco
and aro Instructed to pay special ottentlon
to th handling of submarines.
Iltader of the slurs who fallow thi
sldtrial wandercra In their cour and In
terpret their movement fur sorbld gain are
wmewhat hampered In their profusion at
Prosent for tho reason that celentlal won
der havo been few nnd so unimportant that
they hnvo had difficulty In connecting them
w;th tho great world'a war. It I for thl
reason that London and I'arl astrologer
have not met with untlclpatrd return for
their reading and prophecies.
They would hnvo bni greatly nlrtnd In
forming their horoscopes If tho past or tho
prestnt year had furnished a shower nf
meteor or a comet or two nf fairly good
luminosity, and some of them have been
disposed to chunter because such help hn
not been afforded.
A great many happenings of good nnd
evil .report havo been laid at the door, so
a to Hpeak, of tho comet by astrologer
of other year. An old authority declared
that the celebrated vlntago of 1811 In
Francn was due tu the big comet that ap
peared that year, and In Kngland tlio-un-lifiuiil
number nf twlnn born In the samo
year was alto laid to this samo comet. Tho
great plague of London wa attributed to
a comet which appeared In tho spring of
that yiar, und an epidemic among cat In
Westphalia wn connected with the samo
wanderer of the sklea. When Lima and
Cnllao wera destroyed by nn earthrjuakn
In 17 ta the disaster waa' Imputed to n small
comot, In the nbsenca nf any mora evident
ilallmiuent.
At one tlmo tlioro wa a fit of sneeslng
In nomo part of Germany, which seemed
to be epidemic. Thin and the death or
eminent person In various countries wero
believed to havo been produced by the per
nicious Influence of comets, Ualley'n Comet
of n few yeura ago was the aubject of
more popular llteratUro concerning these
trnnge visitors tlmn tho world had ever
before known, und tho Information 'then ob.
tnlned and distributed through the news
paper had much lo do with crippling the
buslnes of the star reader. Indianapolis
New.
miMMmumG,
RlDHHf, BUTTIIAMFUL
William P. Swift Spends Ifnppy j
'JLimnkagivniff Despite Ab
flence of Some Momborn
-No one spent a happier Thanksgiving
than William P. iSwIft, at lit clay street,
although ha ha ! to be thankful for
than the average resident of the crty.
Bwlfl has spent a largo, part of hi Ufa In
hospitals, and has lost, hla right leg, three
rlb, one lung ahd tfne kidney. Despite
hi condition he usually wear n smile and
hi health generally I good,
Hwift'H Injuries wero due chiefly lo ac
cidents, tho first occurring about seven
teen year ago. Ill case attracted tot
muoh attention In medical circle that Of.
Otto A. Unth, of lit! queen lane, took
nwui io Europe, wfiere he attended nu
meroua surgical clinic.
Hwlft jlret accident happoned while lm
wa employed at tin Cramp flhlpyard. At
the launching of tho United Btale battle
ahlp Indlapa n number of stanchion fell
upon him rthd thrco rib on hi left side
were broken.
Hoventeen year ago he wa taken III
with pleurisy and was treated mistakenly
for typhoid fever, Thl mistake caused him
to loo hi right lung, Klght operations,
Including the removal of three ribs on the
right aide, were performed nt St. Timothy's
Hospital In restoring him to health. He
spent three month In the hospital nnd for
week his recovery wn doubtful,
,i. , mon"' later ho wa again taken to
the hospital to bo operated on for a sup
posed tumor. It developed that a floating
kidney wa thti fault nnd this wna removed.
if lion being discharged) he accepted a
position a driver for P. A J Curron, team
Biers, nnd in getting oft his wagon slipped
on tho Ice nnd broke his right nnkte. After
four weeks ho re turned to work ami a few
month Inter wn kicked by ono of hi
horse.
Threo broken ribs wa the result, the
same as were broken In the nhlpynrd nccl-
2rn,A.i n''" neeltateil another visit to
Ht. Tlmothy'a Hoinllnl
. Tlr'e week later, whlln driving hi tenm,
hn fell from tho truck and a nve-toti load
""""..T. "ver ,l1" rlB,lt ''a "f"1 ' "W- '
condition for daya was very critical, but
no survived after III Irg wn amputated
and n tendon removed from tho arm,
A second operation on the log was per
formed nnd It was cut off nbovo the knee.
vnr flvo months he was unable to leave tho
hospital nnd after being discharged he
mado dully trips for trentmont nnd also
had a nurse make visit to hi home,
Only within tho last seven month ha
lis been without medical caro.
Three week ngo he again took up active
worn nt the yarn mill of Ucorgo Davis,
Main and Ony street, where ho look nftcr
the water powor of tho mill.
Mr. Hwlft wa married twenty-sir year
ago and ho flvo children, ranging In age
from olght to twenty-four year.
Ho expect noon to have an artificial leg.
I. ntitlili,ai?i..arii i- Hfl.nl ,r I
i ift llftlg irtiilMflSiilJm .liiilftB III II 'i
.aaUKWtsWi.
ftiMi&iB $ ftp
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Wahl uAd" Ptiffii $(M
hmi for Blxty Yiarg
NEW YORK. Dec, I.
NO MATTER how tomplelcly lost
n thlnjf I n want nd wilt And iU
Mr". Ahn Mnhr, 1612 Ronclle gtreet,
Wcjitchestcr, nnd her sister, Gene
vieve, of tho Ursulino Convent, lost
their brother, Thomns Kelly, sixty
years bro, Ilo turned up yesterday
for Thanksgiving; dinner in answer
lo an "Information wnntcd" adver
tisement, Ills home Is in Daven
port, la, 4
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LINK MUST (JIVE TRANSFERS
Jersey Board Forces Atantlc Coast
Electric Company to Keep Contract
TIIBNTO.V, Nt J Dec 1. tn an opinion
today tho Supreme Court set aside an
order of the Publlo Utility, Commission re
tiulrlnir tho Atlantic Const Klectrlo Com
pany to glvo transfer Ifl AabUry Park to
resident of Drndley jienen. Tne ruling
of th utility board was that transfer
should lie nllowed for travelers on Cookman
avenue.
Justice Trenehard, who wrola the opin
ion, holds that the Utility board cannot set
asldo a reasonable contract already exist
ing, Refuse of Mills
Taints City Water
Continued from Psss One
Dun to the unprecedented commercial ac
tivity, thl has nssumed large proportion,
and, taken in connection with the low
water resulting from tho drought, It ha
wrought a very unpleasant situation."
No action to clone down any of tho mill
will be taken until the Commissioner I
assured of a clear caso against tho offend
er. "It would be unfair to take nctlon pro
maturely," ho mid. "MosL of the manu
facturer aro careful In complying with
the law governing tho discharge of waste
prnducta. Many of them utilise the waste.
We cannot bring all thl commercial ac
tivity to an abrupt end because soma of tho
mill nro not observing the law,"
Tho task of -checking tha discharge of
waste product would bo a long one, ho
ifil, iliB,..ilii.H
adds, nftd jtfetrtt JifWifHf vjU M-
siow. Tn nrm inreesigMicnn, seiinnins
With xhAUMfe analyse of th water hp
ply in the flint Health Department labora
tories in thl city. ww undertaken vral
week agu, when the o(rntv tatto of th
water first became pronounced In tha see
tlon of th clsy lying eoat of llroad street.
The rr.anufactunng establishment that
fringe the watercourse from Philadelphia
to Pottavllie Include nearly every typo of
manufacturing Industry. Paper mills, steel
mills, woolen mill, carpet mills, hosiery
mill, wood pulp mil!, tahnerle. leather
factories, rubber mills are located In Man
yunk, Norrlstown. Conshohocken, Heading
and Pottavllie ntfd nt other, point In Mont,
gomery, Schuylkill and Ilerk Counllw.
PltACTicn ILLKCMI
Th technical methods employed by
many of them leave wast product of
dye and other chemical arising from
manufacturing, substance that In many
cases cannot be turned Into by-product
by recovery processes. Borne of these
wasto materials ore Injurious to drinking
water and It Is Illegal to discharge them
Into streams.
Health official said that somn of the
MAnayunk mills apparently had. been violat
ing th law by turning tnelr refuse Into
the river Instead of making use of III
s lulls i i urn ' ' -
health official in attempt lo JJ'J
situation. Tront- sample furnished by th
Water Bureau the teal of tu elty water
wero made
t'ntll today the fart that certain mills
were contributing to the dlsagrteabta qunt
Ity of the water wa withheld, to enable
the authorities to conduct tholr lnvellga.
tlon In secret. The micro-organism, both
vegetable nnd animal, that lire Ih the
water were blamed being the cati of
th taste. Their death and decay gave
rls to a ga which Imparted tha disagree
able taste arid smell to tho water, It wtaa
raid.
The decay of thja organlo matter still
Is blamed In part, but the chief cause wa
declared to be the refuse of the mill. The
bad taste became noticeable because of
lh Industrial boom, on the one hand, and
the low water, on the other. Test of tho
wtr also revealed the presence of large
numbers of the mlcro-orginlsm, which
biologist know to be responsible for cer
tain water flavor and taste, aome of
which aro chemical In character, 'ihe of
the notable cases of thl kind Occurred
several time In Bostoh, where the water
rtr-titfrii irf ',A!t
fcr tfmMk hi ihi 6u yMfa,
Tri eil'C at oetn or causes eti
dor Ahd tail K he Sihaylkllt
, obliteratttl b
rain, health official tald. The aeturmi-
ctimlcal
water would b
ibliterattd by b few heavy
latlon of woaje prodnet front the mill and
of !ga and other decaying micro-Organ.
Ism which ha appeared during the lon
endurlng dry weather would be waahefl
oay, It vn reild, and the river water
restored to Its normal state.
MONEY.
TO
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Rain and Snow
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. .........,.,, ,,,,,,, uimr sua nnd other
favorable conditions, succeed In falling nil
tho way to the earth. Many a shower of
rain or snow never rcachen tho enrth but
evaporate In midair.
Madeira Once Mainland
reninrilnKi i0 co"cokI1, tho nndlng of
fn no nhZV 0T"".J,r t0 lmV0 mnllleg
in no other placo In thn wnri.i ....... r...
ropo Is auinclent proof that Madeira wa
at ono time connected with the mainland.
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3 &nDriiu.nt Diamonds
In Naw 18-k.
Gold and Platinum
LaValliere,$48
Many llfanllful , (lolil IVol
llrres nllh full eM nn
Thompson
35 Vs S. 8th St.
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ACCESSORIES
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other Period designs to
rcatdi ttie boudoir iumishto
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thing for which to give
thanks.
For Health for Friend
ship for the always
present opportunity to
Help some one.
Also and this Is an
afterthought give thank
that the best restaurant
in the land is in your own
cityl
Efje gt. 3fnm&
Walnut at 13th Street
DJUtcim in. run bvkkino
etfs Smart Boots
Another Shipment of Up-to-the-Minute
Styles at Cut Prices
Black- and white, with patent or dull kid foxing,
with covered or hiBh leather heels, gun motal coif
patent and glazed kid, also Enjr- T,. M J
lish walking shoes In dull & -
leathers welted soles; all sizes V ""afc'Sj
and B to wide. i
winer aiyies, I.y to $4.95
1200 pairs Women's Party Slippers
apecmi rnco ! QO
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Itest smart looking with
a,ii lun, vikm
pompons. ills
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All ! and II to 1 wide
long VJIOP" or with
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Shoes,
$2.45
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Boys' High-Cut Storm
SHOES
$1.69
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HE ppirit of the holiday season
is m the air." It suggests that
rich, ever-welcome delicacy of
unusual quality and tooth
someaesspRUIT TASTY-
4Vuvii. your dealer has it
generous-size cakein a sealed carton 25c.
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The Gift
: That Will Add More
To the Joy of Christmas
.;.'". A Cunningham
Player-Piano
A Cunningham Player-Piano
- will appeal to every member
of the household and will prove to the
purchaser the economy of buying from
the maker direct.
Aside from the saving:, which represents 25 to 30'
when compared to dealers' prices, the satisfaction of
having purchased a Cunningham instrument is more
fully realized in after years, when the unusual tone and
durability of these famous pianos have lived up to every
expectation.
The price is figured on the cost of construction plus
a legitimate profit.
pt AimA6 J0RREST (Cunningham)'
PLAYER-PIANO m all woods and designs at $550. This
instrument contains our patented action, and can be
purchased on terms as low as $2.50 per week.
We manufacture the well-known GIRATin rPiit,;u.v
PLAYER-PIANO, with our patented ilayer Action Steffi
$3Ca Wei'10' '" " UL nsZZ
Oar celebrated Matchless Cunningham Player-Piano with
all the latest patents and mproyements and f ancVwoods we sell "
for $850 and upwards and as low as $15 a month;
Our famous Grand Pianos range in price from $575 upwards. '
Remember, it costs no more to own one
of these famous instruments than a
piano of inferior quality and construction
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Factory: 50th and Parkside Ave.
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52d and Chestnut Streets
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