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KVENITO LEDG15R-PHILABELPHXA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916
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7TH ST. URGED AS
TRAFFIC CIRCUIT
i
Widening Instead of Eighth
Backed as Attrac
tive Plan
advantages explained
Subcommittee of Comprehensive
Pinna Committee Hears
Bankers and Others'
Tha widening of Seventh utreet Instsad of
Eighth, in creating a. central surface traffic
circuit, was urged at n mettlntc of the sub
committee, of the Comprehensive I'lans Com
inlltee In the olllco of Chief Albright, of the
Survey liurcau, City Hull,
'Among these who iipoke In Tavor of tho
change Were Kmngham II. Morris, tirrelilent
of tha Qlrortl Trust Company! (1. C. Purvcs,
president of tho I'lilladettililn Saving lMnd
Ooclety, ana Cyrus If. K. Curtis.
It was explained that the widening of
Seventh street would cost lees than that of
Clffhth street, Hint It would present a more
Attractive view and that thcro wero many
Other reasons why It should bo selected.
The plans for the tralllo circuit provide for
the widening of Sixteenth, locu.Bt, Klghtli
and lUce streets, but Mr, Morris presented a
series of reasons, which ho had previously
embodied In (v circular letter, why Seventh
street should bo substituted for K Rhth.
While Eighth street follows the lino of tha
subway loop, he said, along other sections
or trio routes mo surraco nna underground
trnma liner Wero not Identical, so thcro
was no reason on that scoro why Seventh
street should not bo widened.
LITTLE FEAR OP CONGESTION
Engineers of tho Department of City
Transit say that tho 'subway can bo con
structed under Eighth Btrcet without Its
being widened, according to Mr. Morris, nnd
that tho only place where there might be
trnma congestion nt a subwny stutlon. If
Seventh street were substituted, Is nt
Eighth und Market streets. Ho said this
congestion Is not likely to bo serious, In
view of tho fact that tho storcn already
have a wide street In Market for tho ac
commodation of traffic.
Congestfon could bo avoided altogether,
Mr. Morris explained, by tho creation of
an open plain through tho condemnation
and removal of buildings nt tho southeast
corner of Eighth and Market streets. Re
specting this he said:
This could bo dono nt a fraction of
tho expense to tho city Involved by tho
widening of Eighth street by condemn
ing all tho bulldlngn on tho cant atdo
between Locust nnd ltnco for a depth
of 100 feet. The statlqn at Locust
treet would havo the Increased width
of that street In which to taka caro of
congestion If nny, at thnt point.
FAVOI13 STHEUT ENLARGEMENT
In a general way, Mr. Morris continued,
tho wide trnlllo streets should bo based on
Washington nnd Franklin squares. This
could bo effected by widening Hoventh stroot
nnd It would not necessarily encroach upon
Washington square. Tho foot pavement on
tha western side ho considered unnecessarily
broad, so that It might readily bo reduced
to permit tho enlargement of the street. Mr.
Morris added:
These squares are tho natural bases
for tho purpose, and to locate a wldoned
hlghwny Just west of them upon Eighth
street la to Ignore their ovldent possibili
ties for adding to the beauty of tho
city.
Seventh street la now Interrupted by
Jogs or breaks In Its continuous lino nt
kbotti of theso squares, and all that Is
necessary is to tako tho west sldo of
Seventh street from" Walnut to ltnco
and thus make n wide, continuous pros-
fiect between the two squares, whereas
t the present plan of widening Eighth
street upon Its east sldo Is adhered to
there will be a narrow frlnga of build
ings remaining between Eighth stroot
and Washington square, which will bo
most unfortunate In Ita effect.
WOULD GIVE FINE VISTA
By basing tho wldoned street on Wash
ington Bquaro, ndded Mr. Morris, thcro
would bo a flno vista nffordod of Inde
pendence Squaro nnd tha magnificent build
ings fronting on It. On the other hand,
bo said, If Eighth street were widened on
Its east side, the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society would be prevented from extending
Its building westward, as will bo necefsary
In future Ha continued:
As this society now has 300,000 de
positors, It means that one person In
very six of tha present population of
Philadelphia la Interested In transact
ing business thero, nnd suitable accom
modation must bo provided for Its regu
lar future growth, as It la a quasi
publlo Institution.
The subcommittee was told by Mr. Curtis
of plans for tho Improvement of Chestnut
street by the erection of the I.edocii news
paper plant between S.xth and Seventh
streets, to Include a largo auditorium, In
which would be placed the flnc-jt orgnn In
America. Thus tho auditorium would af
ford muala of the highest class for people
of moderate means.
In supporting the argument of Mr. Morris
and Mr. Curtls'for the widening of Seventh
street, Mr, Purves suggested that Eight
eenth street should be substituted for Six
teenth street on the west. If this wero
done, he pointed out, the surface circuit
would be based on Illttenhouso nnd Logan
squares, as well as Washington and Frank
lin. Tha change from Sixteenth to Eighteenth
street would mean that tho western aide
of the trnma circuit would pass directly
In front of tho Cathedral, opposite Logan
Bquare. As thousands of persons visit the
Cathedral some days, the Improved thor
oughfare at that point would be particu
larly appreciated,
Another meeting of the subcommittee, of
which John Hall Rankin la chairman, will
be. held next "Thursday morning, after which
It Is probable that a meeting of tha entire
Comprehensive Plana Committee -will bq
called, to consider the proposed change.
PAINTER CONFESSES THEFT
Admits Stealing Tool Chest, and Other
Robberies Aro Partly Cleared
Thefta from building operations In tha
northern part of tha city, to the extent
of several thousand dollars, were partly
cleared today In tha arrest of Alfred James,
of 174 Olney avenue, a painter and decor
ator. In James's cellar, the police of the
Sranchtown station say, they found valua
ble material stolen from contractors. The
painter was arrested on charges brought by
George Hermann, of 430 Duncannon street
who asserted that James had taken a 1100
tool chest
Tha defendant confessed to this theft at
a hearing this morning before Magistrate
Pennock, at which ha was held under" J (00
ball, and police are endeavoring to find the
owners of the material found In his cellar.
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Ex-Maypr Merritt, of Readinjr, DIej
HEADING. Pa., Pec. 39 Former Mayor
Thomas P. Merritt died of pneumonia, here
teJay. He waa a native, of Mount Holly,
Xi-J, and was seventy-two. years old. He
yxtis it lumber merchant and probaly held
xture publlo axid stqutllc positions, incut
of itumt of an honorary and civic character.
than any other mm In the history of the
ctty For many year he waa a, trustee of
U Stat Asylum for Chronic Insane at
Mcuth Mountain. Ha leaves a largo fcsut.
sStte only bis wlfs aud hi brother o4
ItMiM yHms. A Howard Marrttt, of
l't.iiadj!piii- s wirMvwx. IU wa a, b
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Tho Intcst proposition in tlio projected widening of streets in the city's
business district is to extend .Seventh und KiKhtPGiilh streets instead of
Eighth nnd Sixteenth between Locust nnd Unco streets. Anionic the
ndvnntniren claimed for widening Seventh street is thnt it would do
nwny with the bends tit Franklin Seiuuro nnd nt Washington Square.
Tho proposed plan would linvo a pnrk squaro at each corner. Those
on Eighteenth Btrcet would bo Kittenhouso and Logun Squares.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
A I'AI.HE-AI.AItM l'HISI) trim liuny In
West Philadelphia early this morning A
firebox nt Fifty-ninth street and Mlinrd nvr
nuo wna pulled and xnven plcrcs nt llr
llRhtlng npparntus ri'fl)onileil Kalno cills
liavo been received fiom ull parts of West
I'lillndctpliln for mora than a year.
l'OUTV-SIXTII AVAlll nniiKlndilrrs lime
organized n building nnd loan nnsnclntlnn,
following out tho suggestion of Harry A.
Machcy, wnrd lender, niiulo u number of
months ngo. The immolation will tnku the
place of tha uuunt political club. '
HliAT I'ltOHTItATION nllmrd tlio ol
lapao of Francis 8. Ferguson, of Philadel
phia, who Is In it serious condition ut tha
University Hospital In Daltlmoro. Ho wan
found unconscious whllo iilcvplijg In n room
with n red hot Htovo. Ills rime Is tho first
heat prostration slnca lant summer.
CHUHIIKI) nv CM! .treet cur lillo
boarding nuother, Mutormnn Antonio Dclo,
of tho Ucrmnntown nvonuo lino, Is in n
Bcrlous condition In tho Gormnntown Hos
pital. He wau nbout to start out nu lilt
regular run curly this morning, and was
Just about to got on his car nt tho Pclham
barn when ho wan struck by n car on nn
adjoining track. His cheat was Imdly
crushed. Dalo'u homo Is nt 45 Orchard
street.
II.L-HKAI.TII AND VAII.UItK to find
work were nsslgncd today na the cnuso for
tho sulcldo of John W. lllllseo. thlrty-sovcti
years old, who Inhaled gas Inst Inst night
ni inn noma. Hi i .south Camaa street. lllll
seo told his father nnd Jirpthcrs ho wna
going to bed curly. When" tho others fol
lowed him two hours lator thoy found him
dead Ih a gas-flllcd room
A HKVMflHT HUIT failed to keep Al
bert Ilosenthnl, nn artist of 1722 Wnlnut
.Btrcot. from getting nil tho light ho wants
in nis siuaio. tie had planned to build u
skylight for additional light, but an In
junction was filed by Frank Mmiran. a
neighbor, who said tho plan would Inter
fere with his sleeping porch. Tho Injunc
tion hnB been dismissed.
A ()HUIHl:n to curry vlncn nnd nltirr
commodities from Palestine lnoyardtt to
Jaffa, or some ItalUm port, has boon re
quested by Congrcssinnn Mooro In u letter
to Becrotnry Daniels. Tho mensuro was
urged nt tho Instance of reprusentntlvo
Jows, who wish to relievo starving Jaws
In other countries nearby hy tho release of
commodities held up In Palestine by block
ado, TII11 XIOKTOW.Y 1IOYN- ni.im ...i
talned mora than 500 youngsters nt their
clubliouao, Hunting Pnrk nvenuo nnd
Clarissa Btrcet. Christmas presents wero
distributed and an entertainment was given.
H1IOT l'IIOVi:i 1-ATAI. to Jo.cph liny,
wnrd, a negro, thirty-two years old, nt tho
Pennsylvania Hospital today. Ho was shot
by his wife, Snlllo Hayward. ut Wb homo,
1042 Lombard streot, Chriatmns.
OOMSrANDANT llOllKItT T.JIH UH
HKI.I,, of tho Philadelphia Navy Ynrd. Is
nnnflnAil ... I.I,. 1 . . . T . .'
". v" ." .",0 """ uy ronsiims niul tlio
grip, nnd his aide, I.loutonant Commander
Allen, la In charge of the yard.
I.inOKTT.ItIKi:H-lu:ni:jtAN drugstore
oinclals and employes tendered u farewell
dinner to 15, IJ, Ilurllngame, manngcr of tho
eighteen stores In Pennsylvania. Now Jersey
nnd Dolawaro. at tho Hotel Adelphla last
night. Ho has been transferred to Now
ork. Tho speakers Included W. C. Watt
nnd John 8. Alley, vlco presidents of tho
corporation i It. H Taylor, John P. Frey.
Robert Jones and II 3. Kdmundson.
.' ,8VI0.,i,: ,N anworuAN w. .
ported by the steamship Pearl Shell, which
iSSnlS. '" XM". ,pon trom rdeaux,
trance. Olllcera said that lifter preparing
Christmas dinner for them. William Morn,
a Japanese steward, committed sulcldo by
leaping overboard,
AIJTO LIPKNKU TAOS l'OU 1017 mint
not ba used before New Year's Day, accord
ing to a warning Issued to motorlstB by
Buperlntendent of Pollca Itoblnson. Ho
said a violation of the rule would msan
arrest for tho offender.
PmUDEM-llIA CLAIM MKN'S ASHO
clatlon, at Its annual meeting In the Ar
cadia Cafe, elected oltloers as follows:
Jamea B. Douglas, president i Owen Bosby
shell, vlco president; William P. Marshall,
treasurer, nnd Jamea P. Conner, secretary.
UN1VKHSAL MIMTAIlY TIlAININO
has been Indorsed by the Major Ilenjamtn
C TUghmnn. Jr, Camp, of Spanish War
Veterans. The annual banriuet of tho or
ganization was held In tha Itoaemont Cafe.
The principal speakers were General Wil
liam Q Prloe, Jr., commanding the First
Brigade. N- Q. P.) Oeneral Charles T
Cresswell, who command d the Third Url.
gads In the Spanish war. and Colonel Ueorge
B. Kemp, present commander of the regi
ment. '
Tin; ojreoA siosia ci.un win xIt
its annual danoa on Wednesday, Janu
ary IT, at the BelMeld Country Club.
FUHUANKNT OUOANIZATION of th
local Union of Poderal Hmntoyes. will- Ba
fffot4 tonight at a meeting at ins union
In the Parkway Building. Broad and Cherry
streets A charter has bn granted the
body by the American Federation of Labor,
sixty-seven charter members having en
rolled at the first meeting on Dcmlwr 8.
JUQOS MAHTIN, of Common VUm
flsurt MS. 5, has drafted a bill for tha aid
flesmsjM ismis ot parauM ua pxinou
nw (..wmv. n,H . ww-
SEVENTH STREET
ducoI at tho next session of tho Legisla
ture, uould nuthuiiza thu city to make ap
propriation!? .( J.I1&. support of such
families. " . -, ' . ,
INTllNSIl flUrraitlMl or Vntl Ktipf'er,
nn ngrd attendant nt tho Philadelphia Urn
oral Hospital, from Inability to breathe,
w.-in ended tndny by his death. Ho wan
Blxty-olght years old
CITY TIIRASUKHIt Wlllliim MrConeli,
formerly national treasurer of tho Master
Plumbers' Association, was fined $100 nnd
coats In tho United States Court In Pitts
burgh, on charges. of conspiracy to vlolato
the Khorman nntl-trUHt law. With H. Louts
llnrnes, former rmtldlial preBldont; I. F,
Durkln, of Phllariplphln, nnd thirty other
defendants, Mr. McConch pleaded guilty
yesterday.
1III.I.IAUII I'l.AVI'.ltH nnd bowlrrn will
oxperlcnco mi additional rise In thu high
cost of living, according to Collector of
Internal Itovcnuo Hphralm Ledorer An ad
dition to the Internal Itovcnuo net provides
that after Jnnuary 1 a tnx of Jli shall bo
lovlcd on nil pout and billiard tnblcs and on
bowling nlleyii Tho now order will moan
nu additional 5G000 to tho revenues of tho
city.
JAMIIH T. roitTIH.VOU. chief poatnl In
spector, Issued n wnrnlng against oil nnd
automobllo stock swindlers In his address
bofore tho meeting of tho Philadelphia Car
pot and Ttug Association In tho Illnghnm
Hotel. Mr. fortelyou said that swindlers
woro unusually active at this tlmo, owing
to the prosperous condition of tho country.
CAMDEN
CIXASINIIA ItllVOI.VKIt nearly proved
fntul to Walter Kunh, twcnly-thrco years
old, of 020 Illrch street, today. It was
accidentally discharged. A bullet pierced
his hand. He Is In tho Cooper Hospital.
PAI.MNO TIIIUTY VV.V.T loin n cnul
hole on n ferryliont. Itobert Ocorgo WIiIIl
henU. n farmer, of Illnckwood, N. J., wns
seriously Injured. .Ho was taken to tho
Copper Hospital suffering from contusions
mid Internal Injuries. Tho accident occurred
when ho walked away from hs team and
fulled to notice Hint tho trapdoor was open.
FOUXII UNCONSt'IOlIH nenr tbn IVd
oral atieet firry houso early this morning,
Ceorgo Knnson, thirty-eight yenrs old, n
cirpontor of Ilcvcrly. was rovlved at tho
Cooper Hospital and found to be suffering
from laudanum poisoning. He admitted to
physlclnns ho had taken It himself, but
would not BlM! any reasons for nttcmptlng
suicide. It Is oxpected ho will recocr
J. II. VAN RCIVr.lt. of dm J. 1l. Vnn
Sclvcr Company, has purchased tho liohlon
rosldenco on Hethlehcm plko, Chestnut
IIIII, with twenty-three ncres of ground.
Tho purchnso price wna not stipulated, al
though w(th thirty acres of land tho prop
erty was held for sale ut $200,000. Tho
sale wna Jnada by Hnrbert & Claghorn for
P. II. Uohlen and othors.
Ilrown Cnugratulatea Albany Dar
LANCASTER, Dec 20 Chief Justice J.
liny Brown, of tho Pennsylvania Supremo
Court, sitting In his Orange street homo
last night, delivered a congratulatory ad
dress over thu telephono to tho members of
tho Albany County Bar Association In Al
bany. Justice Brown could henr tho ap
plausu at tho other end of the Una as he
brought his address to a close.
F. H. Adler to Wed Miss Erdman
Mrs. Preston IC. 1 rdman, of 5922 Greeno
street, Ocrmantown, announces tho engage
ment of her daughter. Miss Sara Wilson
Urdman, o Mr. Francis Heed Adler, son
of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis II, Adler, Jr., of
tho BvlgravU.
joit ruH8inciATinx
PKATHH
1III.I.. nc. S8, MAHOAriKT n . ldt
dauKhlur of Marsmrft and llm !( 8 Tins Hill.
RtUtlv and frwmla lnvlld to funral nrvlcn.
Tu, 1 v in , 1T38 N. 27th t, Int. private
Somh Ijiurel Hill Cam '
UDOAll At 10S W. Atlantis av JUddon
band of Idi V, Uduar and aan o( lata Albart
and Sarah Kdar (neo Coryell). Notice of
lunaral later.
VVINCii. bee, 2T. MAUD, wife o Jam. A.
wlnsti. ,asd 44. Rlallv and (rttnda lnvlte.1
lo Mrrlcta. Hatt a p. m SSOij Incaater avu.
Int. Farnwaod Cam. Itaiualns may be viewed
Krl., 7 to tt p. m
likltltlNO nc 2B, KL1ZAI1BTH POTTH,
widow at Prrertck Clark lltrrlnif, .are! 3.
Kalatlvea and friends Invltid to aarvlcai. Tuaa..
Ll'u '." Bl. tlijinc of aon. filtas C 1 rrrlng
S2lS Loount at Int at WoodlanBa Cm. Waah
In ton 1) c , papcra plaaa cony
BALDWIN 5c. ,2a aBUfltAMIB D..
widow of Hobart I. Baldwin and dauantar ot
tha lata Joiwi'h and Kllxa. Wllty. and 77. Uela
tlvn and (Hands invllad to aarvlecs, Man., 9
1 IP-H'..31.4 ''"JS." "L- ?'K services In dx
ford Prbytrlin Church, J SO p m Int. at
Oxford. Pa Train 1.4 v. a Wtat PIUIaSalphTa
Station at 11 07 a m. Omit riowara
I.IKBK p.o as. IlETTfK AtEXANDEH,
13 18th at N IS , i Woton, D. C. Fu
naxal arrvlca Sat ill a m
l5ANIBI.D--I) 8 UABy A, widow of
T.'!,,; Cannald Jr , Relatives and frlanda In
vltad to fuaccw.1 aarviiaa Man., J n. m., 1533
wFASf&M.a;
Invited to fuaaral afl8a,p.. 7 p, m. pre-
' ilia -tea as. int. ivxvaia.
RTIS nil J!W. DANtKL, V. UBTiN.
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hao'a. Church. 10 a. mT Int
11 3Rlh Inn . WIT Tim
runiAu. w isd eiai year ei ais ata. ru
aaral and lutrbiot pilvata.
MbU WANTED FBJJALK
8T.SiXHtVPlii,tJl- JS to'M'ifAi: with aa
hlfc achoul iducttloo. Kapfar statisj ,
COOPER TO DEFEND
HIS RECEIVERSHIP
Judge Thompson Will Hear
Union Casualty Case
Next Tuesday
HAS PILED NO ANSWER
State Hopes to Upset Appoint
ment und Thus Securo
Jurisdiction
Another chapter In tho Insurance De
partment's fight to clean up Insurance con
ditions In Pennsylvania will bo closed next
Tuesday when Judge Thompion, of the
United States District Court, will hear Sam
uel W. Cooper's defenso ns to why ho should
not glvo up tho receivership of tha Union
Casualty Company to which ho wns ap
pointed. When Judge Thompson granted that re
ceivership nt Die rciiucst of the company
ho did not know thnt tho Stato was push
ing a similar action In the Dauphin County
courts nt Harrlshurg. Honco his order
to mnko Conpi-r show cause ns lo why be
should retain tho appointment
Tho Union Cnsualty Company, lllte the
Pension Mtitunl Life Insurance Company,
Is controlled by Lyndon I) Wood 'mid his
ansoclnlcs. who also control tho Conc
iliated Investment Company, which wns de
signed as n holding company for many In
surnuco concerns,
Wood succeeded III hnvlng thfl Federal
Court In Pittsburgh appoint n friendly re
ceiver In tho rnsn of tha Pension Mutual
Life, Just ns lie did hero In tho enso of the
Union Casualty Company. On petition of
tho Attorney General's olllcc, tho Pitts
burgh I'Vdcrnl Court two days later ordered
Its appointment vacated, nnd axprcsicd In
dignation that It should have been asked at
all.
ANSWRIl NOT YKT MADI3
Kun went on to say that the Union
Casualty Company had fts yet filed no
nrntuor to the Ktnlo's declaration In tho
Federal Court hero, and ho assumed that
If thcro wero nny nnswer to mnko It would
already havo been mndo Tho Union Cas
ualty may elect to moke Its arguments
without filing n written nnswer, ho nntd, hut
tho custom In to mnko rewritten nnswer If
thero Is nnythtng nt nil to say.
It Is probable that Judgo Thompson "III
nsk Judgo Dickinson to sit with him when
the arguments aro made, Just ns the Pitts
burgh Judge who granted tho receivership
In tho Pension Mutual enso called In his col
league. Coopor will bo represented In court by .1
Howard Ileber. llcbcr Is III nt his homo to
day. Tho Dauphin County courts linvo nnmed
Insurnnco Commissioner J Denny )"Ncll
to bo receiver for both companies, and haM
ordered tho dissolution of both companies.
In tho case of thn Pension Mutual tho
work Is already going ahead, and IteccUer
Donaldson, who Is noting for O'Ncll, lias
reported that tho company Is In womo
ohapo than even O'N'ell Imagined.
If tho Federal court here acatea tho
appointment of Cooper and allows tho Htato
full Jurisdiction, O'.Vell will Immediately
name n deputy to act for him In tho Union
Casualty and the examination ot that com
pany will proceed. ,
Information reached this city yesterday
that tho Now York Ktato Insurance De
partment wns conducting nn lncstlgntlon
Into tha operntlons of tho Pension Mutual
Llfo Insurance Company, with n view to
tho criminal prosecution of n number of Ita
agents for alleged violations of tho Insur
ance laws ot tho neighboring Stnto
ACCUSED OF SENDING
BLACK-HAND LETTERS
Three Men Arrested in Camden
on Charge of Terrorizing
Merchants
Threo Italians, said by tho police to havo
confessed to black hand operations In Phila
delphia and Camden, and wanted by tho
authorities In Now York, Newark and bov
eral other cities, wero arraigned boforo Re
corder Stnckhouso In Camden today: they
wero held without ball for court. If found
guilty, thoy may bo nentenced to fifteen
years each.
According to tho police, tho enso Is one
of tho most unusual of its kind they aver
havo handled. Sums varying from J500 to
1600 wero naked from prosperous Italian
merchants In Camden In pollto hlnck hand
letters, in which tha writer npqloglzed for
not giving mora tlmo to tho Intended victim,
and for tho trouble which tho black luiuders
wero causing him. Thu money In eachj In
stnnco was to bo left near a Cathollo ceme
tery In Philadelphia and on tho stroko of
midnight.
Thj men nrrnlgncd nil llvo In Camden.
They nra Salvatoro Surlanl, thlrty-Ilvo
years old, of 308 Hoyden street j Frank Car
dllc, twenty-four, of 64 South Second
Btrcet; und his brother, Tony Cardlle, twenty-one,
of 320 Ucrkley Btreet
According to tho police, Surlanl Is tho
leader of u bnnd of moro than fifteen Ital
ians, who havo bcon operating on n whole
sale Bcale, Ho Is Bald to have confessed
to writing letters to many Cuinden mer
chants. Tho other two, tha police say, con
fessed to mailing tho letters.
Paris Merchant Prince Dead
PAIUS, Dec. 20. Qcorgea Dufayel.
founder of the large Paris stores bearing
his name. Is dead.
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11 our teen examples of Fi?ie Qoach
Work) individually designed and built to
order. Jft the Salon only, Hotel tIstory
$(Vtv TorJ, January zndto iot6,
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$11,500,000 PAID
FOR STEEL FIRM
Superior Company, of Car-
megie, Pa., Bought by
New Organization
PH1LADELPJIIANS IN DEAL
Stock, Now 500,000, Will Bo
Placed on Market Domestic
Patronage
Capitalists of this city and New York
have purchased the Superior Steel Com
pany, of Carnegie, Pa, for $11,500,000.
Announcement orttlio sale wnn mndo lodiy
In Pittsburgh nnd this city simultaneously.
The price nt which the company wns
taken over Is IM.flOO.nno gronter than tho
capital stock, which Is SO0,00O, Of tha
total capital stock only J 1 67,200 wns Is
sued, making tho profit to tho owners JU.
012,00(1, It being a close Corporation. No
stock wns on the mirket
The Cnrncglo plant Is una of tho largest
estabtlihmcnts of Its kind In tho country
and nmmifacttircH sticl for such Industries
nB tho Ford Motor Comi!itiy, tho Victor
Talking Machine Company, tho -Ynto &
Tow no Manufacturing Company, Halo &
Kllburn Comptiiy and Dodgo llrothcrn' au
tomobile factory,
DOMESTIC PATUONACin
Tho Superior Steel Corporation manufac
turns hot nnd cold rolled strip steel, but
cold rolled steel constitutes Us chief nut
nut. Tho products nro devoted chiefly to
tho domestic market nnd tho company has
had but few war ordois.
The sale of tho company wns effected
In thlB city on Pecunbor 28 Negotiations
had been In progress for three mouths nnd
the consummation of tlio dent had bicn
freely predicted
Tho causo of tho sale, It Is said, was duo
largely to the desire of J. S Seaman. Pitts
burgh capitalist, to retire. Mr, Seaman
ban been Inactive for somo time, but was
thu thief stockholder of tho Superior Com
pany. His son-in-law, .1. II Hammond, the
president, will continue his connections with
the concern.
Tho Superior Steel Company will not
becomo extinct under tho new nrrnngemrnt
A new company will bo formed to bo known
as tho Superior Steel Corporation nnd the
litter concern wllljio n holding company
'of tho older Institution . The Superior unt
Incorporated under the laws of Pennsylva
nia on August 12, 1802.
PHILADELPHIA CAPITAL
Tho Philadelphia hankers who tool; oxer
tho Superior plant aro CaBsatt & Co. and
Frazler & Co Two Now Yurie banking
hollies. Merrill, Lynch & Co. and "White,
Weld & Co nlso were Involved In the dent.
Tho now arrangement will causo no
I'hnngo In tho manufacturing system, but
tho concern will bo rcllnnnccd nnd new
htocv olfcrcd for sale. In the company Just
organized to tako over tho propel ty thcro
will bo tho following capitalization: $3,000,
000 eight per colli convertible first pre
ferred stock, $2,000,000 eight per cent cumu
lative) convertible second preferred stock and
$G,ofli),ooo of common stuck.
Tho plnnt at Carnegie Is said to havo
a capacity of making 11B.000 tons of hot
rolled steel a yenr, of which- nbout Co.000
tons mo used to Supply the cold rolling
mills.
PltOFITS OF Y1IAII
In tho four years ended Novomber 30
of this year tho total dividends nro said
to havo approximated $1, CCS, 225. leav
ing a surplus prullt of about $1,800,000.
Julian Kennedy, steel expert, acted ns
technical adviser to tho purchasers In tho
sale negotiations. Temporary olllcera have
been elected, whoso names havo not been
announced. Permanent olflclals of the now
company will bo named nt a meeting to be
held In this city within a few days. Tho
tlmo nnd plnco of tho meeting havo not been
determined.
MEDICO-CHI'S G00D-BY DANCE
Nurses Hosts Lnat Time Bofore Merger
With Penn
A dnnco for tho nurses of tho Mcdlco
Chlrurglcal Hospital, probably tho last for
tho Institution, was held last night by the
board of trustees In the abandoned dentnl
dispensary, nt Seventeenth nnd Cherry
streets.
These functions havo been a traditional
foaturo nt Medlco-Chlrurgleal. Tho occasion
had a special sentimental significance, In
thnt tho Institution will soon pass out of
existence by tho merger with tho Univer
sity1 of Pennsylvania Tho room In which
tho danco took place was elaborately dec
Vrntcd nnd souvenirs wero distributed
among tho several hundred guests. Tlio
arrnngemonts wero In chnrgo of Miss Eliz
abeth Lobb, superintendent of tho hospital,
nnd J. W. Camp, bursar of tho college.
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Giri Who Shot Sweetheart Freed
Floronco Kclscr, tha young woman who
shot her sweetheart, John 'Walters, nt her
homo two weeks ago. was discharged today
by Maglstrato Hcaton In the Contrnl Sta
tion, after it bad been explained that the
affair was an accident. Walters told Magls
trato llenton that ho nnd Miss Kolser were
practicing tnrget shooting when ho play
fully told her to Bhoot him for a German.
Not, thinking her revolver wns loaded the
young woman pulled tho trigger. 'Walters
was not seriously 'Injured.
Chester Councilrqen to Dine Here
ClinSTKlt. Pa., Dec 29 Members of
City Council aro planning a "get-together"
dinner, to be followed by- a theatre, party.
It will tako placo In Philadelphia January 8.
COMOBILE
at the Salon
m
$50 MINIMUM SALARY
Pennsylvania Educational Asso
ciation Also AVanta Appropria
tion Boosted to $18,000,000
HAIttflsntmo, Dec 29 Amalgamation
with tho Pennsylvania State Teachers
League. Increasing the biennial school ap
propriation to $18,000,000, Increasing the
minimum salary rato of tearlwrs, county
superintendents nnd assistants, nnd the) or
ganization of n State-supported school for
crippled children wero n. fewof the things
npproved thrs morning by tho Pennsylvania
Slate Educational Association at Its closing
session In resolutions un-inlmou3l 'iduplH.
Tho report of thfc l-esolutlons vummUtte
wns submitted at the close of one Of the
biggest educational meetings ever held In
this State, nnd Its ndoptlon Is expected to
have a big effect on legislation nt the com
ing session nnd the futur school develop
ment In the State.
On tho committee; were William D. lswla,
chairman. Philadelphia: C. II. Itobertson,
Pittsburgh ! T. 8. Davis. Altoona ; a. e..
ltothermcl, Kutztown, ami 11. u. nor, m
Philadelphia,
A summary of tho resolutions nj pio
sonted nnd adopted follows-
That tha minimum school term bo eight
'""That tho biennial fitatft appropriation
bo Increased to $18,000,000.
That wherever posslhlo rural r-e'hoc's bo
consolidated.
That thn good loadi movement on run-
'That to equalize public school educa
tion In tho State, Stato nld bo Increased
lo districts needing It most.
That tho minimum salary to teachers
who aro graduates ot normal schools shall
That the appropriation to township high
schools bo Increased to tho maximum al
lowed by law
That minimum, salaries for county super
intendents bo $2B9 a, year; of assistants,
$1800. '''-
That tho special appropriations tor vo
cational and cohjjnuntlon Bchools bd con
tinued, and an appropriation bo made for
evening BChobls.
Mined Liner's SurvivorH Hcnch Port
NIJW YOIIIC, Dec. 29. One hundred nnd
tw'cnty-slx women nnd children, survivors
of tho llusilnn-Amcrlcnn steamship KUrsk.
which btruck a mlne'off tho Scottish coast
November 29 and wiib abnndonod wero
brought here today by .tho lied Star liner
Lnplnnd.
Est- 1879
Announce
amiary nectiiciio
Throughout the Entire Stocks of
SUITS & OVERCOATS
For Men &.
(Excepting only plain blacks,
siEffectFriday,'Dec.29th
Regardless of the present high cost of produc
tion and the rising prices of fabrics we adhere to
our policy never to carry goods from one season into
the next and with larger stocks and assortments'
than ever before shown in the store, we present
Our Regular Semi-Annual
arj
Established to Clear Racks
A money-saving clothes-buying opportunity, waited for
each season by thousands of Georges customers and worthy of
immediate attention of every critical man and young man in
Philadelphia.
Suits & Overcoats Re-priced as Follows:
or, , ' $19.50
ejio.uu uraaes, now .-.,.;.... Atf-i
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$18.00 Grades, now .j. :.-.
' $20.00 Grades, now . .-.-..
$22.50 & $25 Grades, now S19,5
$28 & $30 Grades, now. . .$23,S0
And bo on up including the finest $35, $10 and $50
Garments correspondingly reduced.
SALE OF SEPARATE TROUSERS
Neat pin stripo and chalk
meres
riain blue serges, corduroys, etc,
$3.00 Grades, now S2.50jS4.00 Grades, now $3.50
$3.50 Grades, now $3.00jS5.00 Grades, now $4.00
All higher priced Trousers reduced proportionately.
15th ana Chestnut
Other Stores in New York (2), Brooklyn, Boston,
Providence, Buffalo and Detroit
SHIP FROM HERB
AM0NG5JISSING,
Georgic, With American
Hostlers. Thought Raid-
pif's Victim
CARGO'S VALUE
$250,000
Vessel, Long Overdue, Was in
Waters Where Submarines
" May Have Lurked '
The White Star liner Oeorgle. which i.n
this city for Urost. France. DecemtV?
with ft crew of 144 and a coniignment ef
horses for the French and IlrltlJhTr nl.
has not been reported, nnd It is feared The
has fa Ion victim to tho operations of th
mysterious German raider of whSiS il
British Admiralty has Issued warnings '
Tho anergic Is ono or six freight Mint,
si. Ips, Including flvo Urltl.h ami I en n3
irlnn. which nro long overdue. Not a word
has been heard from nny of them, thorn
they nro equipped with wireless a i, nai.S
and should havo been rcportcii i weeSSSj
The German rnlder whoso presence in tha
open son. was reported In a recent lint ,h
dispatch o shipping circles. Is believed to
tnlra'0 '" 'import & Holt liner Vo"
Tho Oebrglc has been chnrtercd by u
International Mercantile Marino Cornoani
slnco tho opening of hostilities abroad and
has been used exclusively for the carrying
of horses. When tho Qeorglo left tho Wash
ngton.nvonuo pier December I, she haelim
board 1200 head of the finest hor.es to u
had In this country. M
Whllo tho members of tho crew nro be.
Hovel to be all foreign born. It Is said a
number of the men employed to care ior
tho horses en routo to Franco are Ameri.
cans. Ilesldes tho horses several thqiirond
bags of feed wero carried
Shipping lists today showed the over,
due steamships to bo tho following,
Oeorgle, White Star Lino
DnyrcaUtx, bound from Cardiff for Jlon
treat, left the Welsh port pn November "9
liaron Uaeycns, Ilelglan: left Harry De
cember 8 for New York,
llclgrnvlan, loft Southampton November
25 for Halifax.
Ilcllcrophon. left Southampton November
25 for New York.
To this list must bo ndded tho Voltaire.
Clothing Thafs All"
15th & Chestnut
Young Men
and evening dress clothes).
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line effects in worsted and cassl-
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