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AND MANY STOCKS MAKE GOOD GAINS
lUnited States Steel Common Moves Up More Than One
i'Olni 'Jjoiig imuiiu 1a jrruiuinem, street nears 01
Scheme to Make Road Heavy Freight Carrier
High Points in Today's Financial tcws
Action of stocks in Wall Street indicated that hear movement hu
pUutled iteelf. Mod gains tn principal issue. Wheat irregular.
I e.r-
Sharp
kbnak in cotton. Philadelphia bank statement for week showed big increase
IK, individual deposits, reserve held and surplus, indicating ami moneu
fnarMi Pree ' '""' Sxlvcr Miehaiiged.
NKW YQltK. Jim IS.
L". There weio plenty or Indications In today's nluck inalket that tho liml' move-
jatlit hod exhausted Itself nncl lliHt Blocks linil been sold to a .tntiditlll us ni
lvi,.rlli efforts mo concerned. There were no otTer-lna of ImnorlHlil slock
Knith' earl' ,lalll"S mound recently ihcviiIIIiir di-Icch, nnil It ieiUlreil only u
Wttiiil accumulation of nvei'-Siiliilny demnnd to cnimt Rood naltia In tho jirlncliml
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' I'nlteo Stales steei luinmuii inuvcii up inure iiinn i point, CloiulilR 112 early
(ft the ! ftl"1 ,'eltl lno9t "' l,s Bfll" "" llir"0l,sl' the lulcr ttaillriR. Anacnntlit
P)ge mui" ,"' -- -- - - -' - v,..,, ,.-i
una American SmeltlnR. ' I.ouk Island was unusually iiromlnent, ntlviuicliiff 3d
Ifoinlfl to 40s.-
I- Borne of " uuyeia hhiii men- pumiHses were on tlif knowledge that ruiuls
lie been provided for the scheme to mike l.oiift Island a he.t'.v freight carrier
Kntl allusions were made to detailed lepurlR of tin' Connecting Itnllwny, which
hurt published In Sunday's papers.
t' From Philadelphia theMtory came that IVnnsylvanla tnteieits are satisfied
Mtti the mlnorlt stoekholdeis" ault will he decided against the compauj, mid that
BlheV will hae to pay JfiO a share or par for the minority stock, the same terms
vtah were given to tho Corhln estate.
p.t- An Incident of the day was the selling of Central Leather by the board mem-
Bfir of Shearson. Hamlll & Co. .Some of the traders helped along the downward
HnOveroe" ", '',,!, t0CK' "nuing a reason lor oear operaiiuns in assertions mm
,i h Itusslan eontracl. about which much has been said In the last few days, had
fallen through. Crucible was one of the strong features, moving tip 1 point,
rhere was a strong tone lo the bond market all through the day, with ninny
Important Issues making good fractional gains. Anglo-Trench r,s weio heavily
v'infaAln moving up from fl:!s lo !. Chesapeake and Ohio I lb h rose ". to SO, and
V there was a good demand for U'abash-I'ittsbnrgh Teimlnal 4s.
1 ONLY MODERATE BUSINESS ON CURB, -
AS DRIVING SNOW CHASES BROKERS
St ' i. vr.nv vrir-u- .inn i.-,
If'1' Only a moderate amount of business was done on the 1'road Street Curb
, jgdjy, a driving snowstorm in me nttcrnuon mamng me tirowcrs seen sueiter
I ,n() further diminishing trading. Price changes were In nearly all oases lo lower
lilgiirej, but the losse.i were small and without Importance except as Indicating
ft, continued absence of outsldo Interest. Some new Issues were traded in, among
I ihrm American Ice common, which sold at 10. ThU Is one of the Issuc3 which Is
brODOed 0 give present holders of American Ice Securities shares In tho read-
justment of tho capltallzalloti
' Two new Mifjar stocks Wro also traded In. One was United Sugar, when
I'lisued which sold at 35 to 36. The other was Santa Cecilia, .the common alock
felling fiom 2t to 25,4, ami me pre;crreo was irancu in ni u mi. i,hiiuiiihm
t Car Hnd Foundry opened at 31 and dropped lo, 27, and the preferred sold at S.
Triangle Kllm was without support ami wwer sniiiu oucmigM pom uuwn io i-i.
Jlidvale Steel ranged from lil'i io hi . turuon nieei nroppeu iiom ; m
ft, then rallied to 94.
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flrat preferred. Tt ver veDt: Kwlly bprluafleld.
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fered, 2 per ti International Kklnl ira
rarred. Vn Mr vtul. Internatlouil .Uul yie
ferred t. .. Il r vut.
Sugar Futures Irregular
XB1V YORK. Jan. 15. The market tot
sugar future opened uUddy for near, posi
tions, whteh showeat an ad vanes of 4 polnU,
but later months ahowed a sagging ten
dency with prices Enerally t to 4 polrUa
lower. Sales oq the, call were estimated
at 1Q0O. toiw. Thea' wcm some Wall street
liquidation with the buying more or lsa
scattered.
$320,000 in Gold for Spain
NKW YOISK. Jan. 8. UoW eUB to tbe
anjount of J320.000 was withdrawn froni
tba Subtremsury today for ablpoieBi t
Spain. Ijut mi f912.oe was exported
tq that country
The proposal of the bomd of diiectors
of the Pennsylvania Itallrond that the rom
pany's Imtr-lilciliiesH lie Increased h. STn,
000.001) has ulven rle to rumors In riiiun
i:ial circles that a conslilerol'le pirtlon
of tills will he used In the comprehensive
propram nf liiiprovements planned by the
I'enimylviui'n In thin city.
Tho demolition nf the present Itroad
Stret Hlntlon mid the erection of a blK
modern station fachiK on Alaiket slu'Pt.
l-'lfteenth ntreel and the I'aikway. Is tho
largest single project proposed for Philadel
phia which tiiay bo possible by the $7.1.
000.000 bunt iHsne which the stockholders
will be asked to approve 011 .March 13.
Plans for the now station have been com
pleted for some time, nnd for several
years Hip railroad company, actliif? through
ngents, has been purchabliiB nil the prop
erties on l-'llbcit street west of Fifteenth
for sevoral blocks. The acipilHlllnii of tho
properties nrce.sary for the planned Im
provements has been virtually completed.
No olllclal comment upon the minor could
be obtained at the railroad nfllces today,
except that the new bond Issue, it wns
said, was Intended In cover Improvements
planned for the system ilurltiB the next two
years.
The total of .175.000.000 will bn brought
down to $30,000,000 wl:n the amount neces
sary to liquidate outstanding obligations
about to mature has been deducted. Tim
company's construction and linproeiuent
projects already under way on the eastern
system will cost about J3ii. 800,000.
The new terminal and office buildings in
Pittsburgh and In this city, however, are
not Included In this nmouiit, nnd tt Is pos
sible that the remainder, after tho projects
already under way are completed, will be
divided between the Pittsburgh and Phila
delphia Improvements.
In addition to the bond Issue for which
authority Is being asked, the lioaid of di
rectors already has authority lo Ihsue new
slock up to the amount of about $100,000.
000. All of the work planned by the com
pany to serve Its big territory Inoie satis
factorily can bo completed with this total
available.
CHILDREN'S BUREAU ASKS
TO BE INCORPORATED
Organization Formed in 1007 Presents
Application to Common Picas
Codrt No. :t
Application was made today tn Cuimnon
I'leas Court No. 3 for a dialler for the
Children's1 Bureau, which for the last leu
years has been Instrumental hi child wel
fare work as an unincorporated oi-Kanlza-tlon.
In Hie pelititon for the charter It is
stated that the purposes of the bureau are
to Investigate applications for the care of
children, tn furnish Mich earn and to co
operate with and assist others engaged in
work fo.- needy and neglected children.
The Children's llureau was organized In
1007. when the Seybert Institute and the
Children's Aid Society. Institutions for the
caro of children, consolidated their Invest!
gating: utarfs and applied the appellation
"The Children's llureau." eventually other
societies joined ihe bureau and at the pres
ent time there are more than a score in
terested in Its operation.
The organization Is to hate no capital
nr shares of slock. It being kiiunorled by
inteiested societies and public contributions.
There are to be no fewer titan ten directors.
Those chosen for the ensuing year are:
Chariest,. Iletts, Chailes Diddle. Nathalie
Hoyer, Kdlth It. Burt, Al. Kvelj n Cameron.
Sara n. Chn;nbers. Caroline Al. ('reason.
Kdlth W. Dallas, Mary I.ea Davis, Ilacliel
T. Earnshaw, .Mary 1'. Huston. Sister Kath
arine. Mary Kelsey, lllley Al. Little, Marlon
C Madeira, Lillian It. Atann, Rachel T.
Moon. John S. Newbold, Isabel T.. I'ennock,
n. Franklin Pepper, John W. Pepper, Alary
I-. Roberts, T. Williams Roberts, Kdwin
D. Solenberger, P. S. Janney Stoddart. Anna
Taylor Stokes, Jane R. String. Ida Q.
Thompson, Sarah R. Tyler, Julia A. L'rgu
hart. Roy Smith Wallace. Jean R. Walton,
W. Arthur Warner and Elliot White.
J. Hruce Iiyall. of the Society to Protect
Children Prom Cruelty, Is secretary and
superintendent of the bureau. Charles J.
Riddle made the application.
Postpone Bethlehem Meeting
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The meeting of
the board of directors of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, which was scheduled to
be held tomorrow and at which action was
to be taken 011 the dividends on the com
mon and preferred stocks, has been post
poned for one week and wilt be held on
January 23. lit financial circles It Is gen
erally believed that a much larger disburse
ment will be oidered on Ihe Junior issua
when the directors meet, and It Is known
that some Influential stockholders have re
cently expressed themselveu as favoring at
least 60 per cent on the stock, payable quar
terly. Purine 1016 the dividend distribu
tion on the common aggregated 30 per
cent, payable Tls Per cent Ojiiarterb.
Advance Copper Prices
NR1V YORK. Jan. 15 Copper prices
continue to move upward. Thoss sellers
handling- resale metal and second-hand
material have strengthiancul their Uvels to
a considerable sxtejjt, HaUw have ben
made at S81so for January, compared with,
37U to 28c quoted on Saturday, with Feb
ruary at 281c and March at 38p. Hare
tottw February lias bewi qufttsd at 27 He
a yd March at 271,0. up that t,Ue sew levels
are advances of ic per mind.
) H i,
Manchester Varus Irregular
MANCHESTEn. Kmjlajad. Jan. i
Virus re dull u ad Irregular, tu ctolhs
buyers are holding off
LOYAL onDER MQOSE
Stupendous Strides In StrcnRlh of
Wonderful Organisation
After nn extended Itinerary of thn north
eastern and eastern States, the then su
preme dictator of the liyal Order nf Aloose.
tlyman I. Davis, of Cleveland. O., brought
his Joilrneylngs to n close In Philadelphia
on Sunday. October IB, 1916. At n gather
ing which packed the immense local Atooe
auditorium, til other Davis obtained n ple'ilne
from Ilia representative members of the
older In .this city that Philadelphia I.odRe.
No ut, would present 5000 new' members
lo the order before his term of oftlre would
empire In July. 1017. As such a number nf
'new members, could bo seemed only IhroilRli
oiieiwnarter mellioils. ' nils course wns
adopted, and the charter of Lodpe No. 54
was thrown open for a period of ninety
das, beglnnlm; on November 1.1 Inst.
Within a momh of that iiietiiomlilp fonlne
p-'rthr- t)", 1., r,.M , d-gt'l. PMrt fl'lnf-me
vir nirtitor .fnlin v Peril, of t'liltadflnMt,
eyuni'-il tin- rln of civrnmeht In Ihe nrur
Hi ,1 nth f nrnih'.r IHvl.i In nn wisp r"l(nit
i"iIIhI1pIiIi r.ertre fro.-n Its it.le. Oi the
onlrary. 11 sunrreil ll-i. niPlnbi-reln nf 111-ier.-t
lode nf unv ffilrnnl er,lr In Ih
wortrt (o 1 nior vlrntous iliurnilnftllrtii lo mnkp
Kood on the ulf-rfBt. alven. A tnimbe.ri)hln rim
nnlen w lnauatrnlel at the flni" sperlflert,
ami ilurlrs (lie loiirap of th Inst two month
K,..rnl MiniiAit1 renulshle and rtiri-Mhlntlve
men of Phllailelphla lnw l.ilnr.l l.o.Ue No. SI.
In u-li mailers sr Mies pest ixnsilenres
)'ae shotrn that Ihe ureal rush nf neve member
' lowuro the close of the dispensation, nnil
ihrr H eery Imllrallnii that s.t,h will l,e d
ese In Ihe nresent instaiii-e. Prennriitons are
h;-tnc mails for iho rrorer liatMiin of the larse
ilnaaes of .an,thl.it"s for obtlaailon, end ns
(Ma imineiian Imlse Is no Mratisv-r, to llda eon
f im-.. It Is in Rssitreil fi"t 111,1 iVe nHm'eslon
of anno or morn new tnemhere within Ihe next
month u-lll harrib niueo n rtpole upon the eur
Jiire of eients wllhln end around Ihe loinl Monae
Home, 13lL'.-lf Norlli lliond street
i present obligations are ben held sm-we.-kli
D'lilns lie tlrst iinif of I'ebrunry obll
Katlnns will l, held ilnlly anil from present In
IhiHlona II Is pttremelv IlkeW Dial I'hllailslphls
l.mUe will ninlie Roo,l Its pleileo to (lie ureal
ternler who illp.t In harness If this esrecie,
numlier Is eeiuid PiillnilelplitH Lnilax No. fit.
I.ovel Order of itoose. will have approximately
J'.'. Oi))) meiiitei-.s on lis hooks, a number nn
irwiiieii nf n-i'Mx n sini-le loJite In the hleior
of fniierniil r.raaiilRainins.
THK MACCABKKS
Ptepftrations for nn Klnbornte OfTicinl
Dedication at Lu I.u Temple
IV meetliiK of the dedicatory cniuulttee
was held last Saturday evening, with Su
preme Chaplain I!tiri;ln presldlni? In Ihe nb
sence of both Chairman Helms, who was
still III, and Assistant chairman England
Most satisfactory progress wns 1 sported by
the illfferont subconniilttees. Airs. Anna M.
AVrlBht beln the first one to call her ushers'
committee together at her home, lean
(Jteeiip street, (Jerniantown. Allss lluifrin
reported that many out-of-town members
would be here for the meetlni; at l.u l.u
Temple on January 31. and said that sn
many wcro nskiiiB what the "dedication of
nltnr" meant.
l"ie expHlneil lh.il 11 wis 11 most bountiful
i-eremony. In whteh Miss Nellie K. ,oiins-nirv,
(ho itr-nl enmninnder. would n,-t es oelehrnnt.
Mrs. l-nnnv II. ItnmMetnn. of ljnnl.r Cllv ll
;lew us eommsniler: Mrs. Mnrlum Nleholson. of
Ken one Itevlew. 11s nasi i-ninmaniler- Mrs.
Charlotle lileherburli. of PhllnriVlnhla Itevlew.
s i-inplnln. and lllss Jinry Collins nf (llrnrd
Itevlew. ns rerceant. under escort of the uniform
rank and Jour color 1,-arers. nesld- ihm,
tls Illnn M. VVesl. the supreme .-ommaniler.
would alio one of her eacellenl tnlks. and Miss
Minnie Heheldeman would have charce of tho
eulerinlnnient pari: (hni the uniform rank. ile.
spite the lllneas of some members, was re
henrslnc Ihelr retehrntel drill ami Hint nn In
formal reception would follow the ceremony, en
tertainment and drill, at which all members and
others who dealr-d wont.) t e clv-p nn nnnr
llinlty (o mcel both Mies West and Miss l,ouns.
Peisv ltns neleie bss i'.ivil lis llie or
monllns fror.i Ihe nrst and llilrd Wednesday tn
U'a Qr.,t ,"nrt .th!r.'.' Tl"'"'1,, Lincoln Hall.
Irnnkfonl nnd Allecheny nvenues (Ine anpll
intlon for membership was recoiled nnd (lire
applicants balloted ror on 'rueatlay eveiitim
l.leillennnt Cnniniander rriithoff pr.,liled. In
tho h'enc of Comraander Klieland. who wan
III. Miss llurcln wns nresent nnd refreshments
closed a pleasant etenlnt:
TI.e .lijiiiMry.nieetlnir nf the lentrat commit
tee was held on Wednesday evenlnsr. lit Ihe homo
of Jlni. Arabelli notenburv. .'.Ml .S'oulli Srn
leenlh ftreet. al Ihe request of n number of Ihe
members. Instead of postpnnln It until Kei.
rimry. Ihe meetlne was enjoyable, nnd n rlslna
vote of thanks waa tendered the hnstesa. Tho
preslrtepl. Mrs. Mary llarron. recelve.l reports
of Illness nnd tho aide mnimlliw win he kept
h'lsy. hllo some members, were absent Ihrouili
Illness, there were Infrequent attendants who
were warmly welcomed. Kefrishments were
served.
(ilr."ird r.evlew I'arknav Hulldlnt. Miss Mary
1 ol Ins. nmnmiider. reporKd n pleasant m-llmr
with nrruno-ments for ninnj soclsl sctlvtles
after tho dedicatory leretnony at l.u I,u Temple.
Uejstmie rjiivlew. Itltlenbnuse Hall, bail a
most enjoynhle ineetlnj- last Thursday evenlnir.
with Mrs. Marlmn Nicholson, the lieutenant
i-mnmnndr. nresittins-. tn the ol-senc of the- com
maiidsr. Mrs. Helms, r.-hn wns still 111. Miss
Hurstn. Ihe supreme chaplain, brnusht a ureet
Inar from their commander, nnd a,ked how manv
new members they would pledge in cheer Ihelr
commander, fa response fifteen were pledged
Miss Pasco the record keeper, rend l'c nc- e,r
for the reduction In the entrance, fee, and the
tenty-flv applicant naked for by (he born"
office were nledd. and double (hat number if
possible. Miss 1'esco then annnnnceil that one
of their members hnd 11 near birthday, referring
10 Ihelr efficient plentsl. Miss Minnie Hchebie
inin. A recess wus lokeii fo (he hlrthdav party
which nil Kreatly enjoyed. Kstone Itevlew es
pects lo have a sood eorlal time after each
meeting.
KNIGHTS fiOLDEN EAGL13
State Castles' Record of Increase With
High Honors for Allentowii
Aeolloii Caslle, No. 318, will observe
"otllcera; nlElit" this evcnlntr, when new
ollcers will be Installed by District (Irand
(hler John Ii Pornier and staff. This
castle Is making extra efforts to participate
in the forty-flist anniversary, which occurs
on January SI. and they hope lo have a
larse number of candidates for the clas3
initiation In connection with this anniver
sary. Grand Chief John P. Urounley Is a
member of Aeolian Castle.
The various committees hating the matter In
band have completed all of llislr arrsnveinents
for tha retention and dance vhlch la tu be riven
on Wednesday evenlntf. .Tannery ;!. at New
Merrandle Hall. Hroad nod Master streets. The
committees are sparing no expense and effort
to make iMm one or the creaiest events nf the
season. There lll be elaborate decorations
and one of the lineal orchestras. In addltlun
In this. Ihe military branch will psrllclnite in
Ihe festivities. This branch of lbs order Is veri
arilta tn making- prepsratlons for this event,
and all the Grand Caatle oficets and a large
number of Ihe Nupretna Caa'.le tfflcera will lie
present 011 Ihta ocaalon.
Incomplete report! lo dvle ahoiv lhat thre
are a larffe number of tastlea Ihrpiicllout (he
S(ate that had made a splendid Increase lu
membership. (Basils 'o. 4H, of Pollsvllle. makes
a net gain of &3: HI. of ?tacunsle. Ill: Ion.
ef Media nUxsburs. W; 115. nf Oley. HI; 1ST. of
New Holland, lit: 23. of Allentowii. 7S; ana or
Allnort, DU: S91 of Oreenvdlla. IS; 3.10. of
Perkaaie, 1.1: 3)1.1. nf (Jreenshurs:. '.'I: 414. of
York, 48; 418. of Hhamoktn. 41; 455. of Trevor
Ion. IT: 4:1a. nf Middletown. 14; 403. of St.
Lawrence. 33. 401. of Johnstown. 3V.
Grand (.'hlef John K. Urounley Orand Vice
rblef Harry A. Herbal, of lictheha-i; (irand
HIr Herald A. U. titemme. of Philadelphia:
(Irand Keeper of Kachequar llarry Neamand.
of t'erkaalo, and Grand Master uf Records 1,. 1
llallaaher. of Norwood, formlns ll) Uxlenston
Committee, held un nucullvo aasaton In Sunbury
on January 13.
These otftcera on January 12 Instituted Slil
kelllmy Caslle. No. 1-3. at H'Jnburj. with 1-.M
uierobera. The threa degrees wera conferred
on tha appltcauti by Montour Castle. No. ISO
of Danvllla. The naw castle consists of tba best
citizens of Sunbury. and atarta off with a splen
did ineutbarahip and very brlsht prospetta of be
comtnar one of tha leadline oreanlaatlona of (hat
city, peleaatlona of castlea and commanderUa
were vreaant Iron) VViiltatjiauurt. lluvhsaville.
Hilton. Iwleburc. Uloumsbura-. DautilU. Cala
wlsaa and BhatuoUtn. This Lastle niakaa the ninth
new ona Instituted durluc Qrand Cider llroun
toy's (arm and In a short lime there will ba
two more. .
I.lvlnasluii I'aatle. No- US. of Allalitown
which abowa a net sain of stent-euht durinit
tba isar. Is now tba lar,( caatla la the urde
ImvIok Sl members. AUantawu faaila. No. 5."
la tba second with 1MJ niainbara. Tin next
seaabMI of the Grand i,tl-. will ba bald lu
AlUntown and tha Uxal cou-nilttee iaviuakliuc
prswratloua to entertain lb visitors' lu tha
stkt ceuunaaaurate wltb Aueotowa'a mpuiallon
for boaallall'i'- r
CaieUbi ' K. l.yttlr. oi A. C. I.ylila t'oui
nwndsryTNo 101. a-nd also o of (ba vary
kdiVVdlatrkt arand cblr of l-lla?ilbl. haa
iSuV to TUirUla for, Hire nvostlw ea a. tito
cuuiblnUir bullosas with plsisiura. ;
War Cross for d'A'nnunzio '
VBKICJS, Jan- 15. The French War
Cio -was today pinned on Captain tiab
(ielle d'AnuuDiio. the poet, who also wore
for tho ftrat. tune tha Itulgnla. ror the
wouadtd. bavins tout an y in in aero
plane, accident earl) in February. 1316
A coniplrnMviiary letter from lieneial
LvaVitey. the French Minister of War. ac
sumjyanwd the War Cro-.ii.
GtlAND FRATEtvNlTY
Brrtnch Meetings nnd Entertainments
Under Way in the New Building
M ranch No. t will hold Its first meetlnB
inr ini; In the (Irand Fraternity Bulldlnir.
IC2G.2S Arch si reel. Home of the special
features of the evening will be: Five-act
entertainment by professional talent) In
stallation of ofncet'.ts short Addresses by
fralers of prominence In tho commtltilt;
who hnvo been members for many vntss
Initiatory ceremonies; Rood musics ettsem
ble sliiRltiB ; smoker stolid cold emblem
prizes will be awarded during the mectlnir.
A mutter nf importance) relative to the
Kiowth and prosperity of the branch will
bo open for dlrcussloti.
The dance of No. 4. held on faturday nlsht.
In l.u l.u Temple, wns well attended, The next
dance will be on February 14. In (he now butld
Ina. Tlrkela nr admission run I had by ap
tilXnir to II, llruce Melxel, superintendent nf
Ilranrh I All members of Hranch No. 4 who
attended nine of the twele monthly meettnaa
held dyrlna" llitn will be ellalbla to the "faith
ful banquet" lo he mveii on January SB, of
which nntK will be sent 10 the Individual
members.
flak I'm Hi llrnncb. No. ftofi. held a vnudetllle
ami smoker lust Thursday evening- In tho
ilrand l-'ralrrnllv's new bulbllna-. Members from
St her branches, as well as friends, enjnyed the
vent Vice President (leorae A llimaln". on
behalf of tlin (Irand Frelernlly. welcomed the
members ami ihelr friends and expressed the
desire In see Onlt Pafk Ilranrh experlenrn the
same growth and prosperity In Its new quar
ters It enjosed In tho past. The "nova"
were entertnlnrd by Prater (Icorte Wcsi, pian
ist. Ilarrv I-. I.c-vie. stnrles. Allan Voore. the
lrlc tenor: Al Wilson. Iho comedian: Sam Mar
ie;. In iharncler annus, and Archie l.lngn. the
trlcki llnaolst. Throunli Hie rourlesv of f'rater
Cliarlrs H Clarke. Instructor In rharpe f the
snlminlm; nnol in (ho (Irand I-'raternltv Hinld
Ins. an Invitation was exlendd tu use (he pool.
Industrial ttranib No. f,0 meets lonlahl In
Ibe new bulldtntt. Tho enierlatnineiil commltiee
has nrriiiiaed a verv tine prosrsm nnd a I mem
bers ore urged lo attend. This branch lias
adnpicd the "faithful banquet" ami any inemlier
stlendlnK nine or the monlhl.v meetings thrnnah
out t - enr HUT wtll be eflslhle tn a sent at
the i.iblc The romtnlllee on nrrancements
promises that this banquet will be one of ex
ircme nierll and well worth the nttendancc at
the lariuua tueellnffs of the branch.
1NI)EIKNI)ENT AMKKICANS
I'rompt Ofl.cial Correspondence on a
liasic Principle of the Order
Tlie follnwlnff WttrK. iititlrt ilrttn of
taminry tl. hap brcn roiwardrd to Hat
rjbitrf? from Hie lipatlqu.irtrrs of too drilei
of tnuVpemle.it Amerioatis in this city:
lion. Mnrtlti O .triimhftufh.
(iovnrnop, of tho St.itr of IVmirslvanln.
Mv tlJtr Oovftiior 1 w. try fon-lblv tm
nrpsrtl with that t-rt of nr iinnunt niP.irr
tn thf LegMHtim nf our Sttw wliori'ln )nu bo
litrntijsly ' cnttnt it Mention lh worth of our
liiibltr ftrhtmln nnd tlin sriit irnoil they nrt ilolnir.
Anil, further, tn thi tntpfrnltvi nerd of h murh
lBrrT iipprni.rl illon of tuibllr rnonjn for thlr
miiHiort nnO nmlntvnanr", mi that thrlr purpont
tn..v ht nnn ui'ivsfullj proaerutPtl III thi
future, mv. lip hihiI bpitrr nnd more ( upHble
f mTvhuc mat het of purincn nf clvtnt
nur tini nml Rlrls !u"h a hnn rdiK'ntlnn n
will punbip thrni to copp with tlm tinrrtvltlp
nf llfp nn that thpy may mirppl In hfcomlnr;
Intp lllitpnt ami proniprom mni and wonipn, with
Hip mpana of rnnklna a (mod Hvlnjc and orupy
Intt a poaltlun of ri"-ponlbUUy In Rood tltlzeti-
lt Ii rpqupatpd of you thnt you uao jour
lnfluiio to fnMtpr aui'h lecUlallon and lirlnc
about n matprlnl Inrrrafp In tho appropriations
to our piibll,1 uPhitnlii.
1 paurp m thnt In thin olTort you will havo
)hp hparlv auppor ind ro-nperiitlou of fi0.on(J
ntpmlicra of I In Ordpr of Inppndnt Amprl
run tn th! S(tn nnd th mrniber nf all ulstpr
frntprna! pritrlotlp ordprs. vnn lmp at all tlmpn
ho ably jldpd the fTnrta of thiw who havi
madp thf nwht In Hip Intpfnt of this greatest
of all InattLutlon. thp public nchool nystem of
our ('onimonwvalth and nur nation. ,
Wlihtntr voti epry fturrof In atlalnlnc auch
an Appropriation ami a tplcndld administration,
I " 0U" lr"'y' W. I.I.I AM A. PIKB.
Slate Council Secretary.
Mr rtlchard II llnldwln.
Hpejker of tho House of Itepreaentatlves.
My ilear Jlr. Haldwln It was with .much
pleasure that I nored our surtcstlon 111 the
public print, that the amount of money appro
primed by tho I.eRlitature of tho atatr. i.f lenn
aylvanla for the public achools elioiitd be very
Kreatly Increased lo meet the arowlnit and ln-cre-islm?
needs and demands thereof, so that
they may be made more commodious, more
eftli-lent and morn wrvleeoble In meetlnc the
educational reuulremrnta of today . ,
It Is with udded pleasure that I commend
you for It. and sincerely hope that our recog
nition of lid- vital essential and the grval .need
or ll will cause you 111 sour ofdclnl poalt on to
earnestly father Ihe suaiiestlon nnd do nil you
can lo further Its adoption and aeeure aiioh an
iLPurnnrlatlun lit this session of the I.eKlslature.
t Hssnr" ot-(hal In this thouahl you haul
II w unqualified Indoraement nnd nUPrevnl ut U.r
Ml.Olio memhera of the Order of Independent
Americans In thla mate na well na the laran
membership!, of all other fraterna I Patriot e
iirdera. T'lu-s" orders are uml have been faith
fully urosceutlnB the worl: to sustain nnd proi
... maintain lis public schools In tlw full
ompl cm-nt nr nn cf I'ctency that will eniihli
our boys anil Rlr)x I" ao adapt the material
function! in tlw IvIliB of Ufa that they may
make Ihemsclvta.s'curc In 'lure auccesi
ami happlncsa. "' II.PiViCAm"a. 1-IKB.
State Council Secreturj.
Junior Order U. A. M.
The Dlrlsn rouncil visiting Hub baa planned
i .ct ve vlsltlnit rimipuia-n for this war to
ike at least one visit each month, llw fob
vlmr visits .have been arralised !nu5",,i!:
in
In
m, "t-o U I'lT rc U "SI . '(tern ra. O I?. W'irff n
uncU April 1U. John K. Arm at nuts I''ouicl ;
May "Jl. Itrllcf Ciuncl : June -.?. VAVn I'hlladel.
pblii .iiuncll: Jnlv !(. Kei atone I'ouncll: A -oil
H. ."urine Oarden Council; September
, iiviijaiiiiii
Mlwrlv t'ounell: wptmucr -
'''uirta.'.' ''uncil belleve,kl enle,lnln.nB It.
men lirehlp on meetlni: nlahta by u scrtea of dif
ferent tournamentH. such n dirt, auolt and
nliiochle aamea and also tho same of nettliur
I, i-andldateK. A dearec aturf has alao, been
ofainuVed n the council. It I. believed that
with the material at hand a -cracker-Jack"
iVum van l) made, wllb lllll Ilahn on t.ie Urine
""u'enutv Stale Councilor William Plow njada
Id. Initial appearance at llr o lust Friday
event" ai deputy and Inatnlled th officer In
fin 'efficient manner, for which he rece ved he
(hanks and appreciation of tba council. An
other Important feature of the meeting- wa
fhat the champion pinochle, players of Olr ai
.2 ?oma of tlw visitors, lllalrkt Deputy John
1- S relr.tMl lie history of (bo Lenollctarv
de'sree ePliln n fully this Important branch
Cf the orqer. 'me vlsltora vyero well pleased
Willi their visit and were ursed lo make another
vis"
rlhrtv Council. No. 35. la showlllff sicca of
Ufa da?t tiiiriwinent v.-lll b held Tn Hie
couni'il room every ..IHuraday venlmr Tha
member who makes ihe larsest number of points
fir tho month will receive a valuaula prlie.
Patriotic Americans
inns i'ouni-,1. No. 73, w"l h visited nest
. ndlv avenlne by l. ! P. C Alrey and Jr. P.
J ' 81, eneinan. Arranaemerils are belne mads
for another class Initiation al No. Trt5. which
bids fair to make Ha greatest success durlnst Ins
present near -
l.osal rouncil. No. 781. will hold a smoker
Wednesday evenlnsnesl. when th member will
assist ill a mosl p casing entertainment It Is
SInecled lhat Stale Councilor Miller will b. In
a endanre. accompanied by S. c. Secretary
Vord and Jr. V. S. '. Sheneman and many
depullff and vlslllne brethren. Another cam
nalan I belns started by No. TM. which la ona
of the lamer councils of Ihe order.
Hamilton Council. No. Ml, paid a fraternal
tislt to l.vdta Parrah Council ut the Jr O. II.
AM or Camden. Major UIlls. with tho State
nRltera of the orEanlaatloii, welcomeil the visit
ors with appropriate adresse. The visitation
was one of the besl and largest In Ihe history
uf the organization made by a aubordlnata coun
cil from Pennsylvania. Tha uniformed nuards
of Hamilton Council, under tha command of
Captain Calvin T. Rosaa, received blah honor
from tha State oftlcers for the splendid showlnc
mada during tha apetlal military maneuvers. A
band of twenty men from the Krankford Council
.scoried the -uarda to tha council chamber
from tho Market atreet ferry. A banquet vvaa
served and a very interesting musical proaraui
furnished bv tha celebrated atrtno band of Ham
ilton Council, under lb direction of U. It. llurd.
There vvaa an attendance of .30.
ARTISANS' ORDER'S
BIG ADVANCE
Progress of Knduring Plan and
Financial Management Prov
ing Highest Solvency
The rear iDM Was Ihe best ye.ir. from R
financial standpoint, that the order hurt
ever experienced. In Ihe death benefit furtd
there vrtm a gain made of $165,000, matt.!.
a total fund of $1,075,000, notwithstanding
the death rate wad a trifle heavy and re
quired $206,000 for the payment of claims.
The fireater nnrt of thin fund ($i)7M&0) I
inverted In mortgag-eii on Philadelphia real
estate and I yielding 5.41 per cent Interest
The Interest Income for the year was
$17,426.13; $207,100 was Invested. There
were 1050 new member admitted to the
order. Tho expense of the management for
the year wan $18,000, which ia a per mem
ber coat of $1.08.
The f.ntrtf.lrm.nt Committee hd th root
IIrMs ctub, nf Foul I in-extern Attnrlntfen, en
Thtiri-lftv vtntnir lam Joined tn a (tn banquet
at th 111 tilth n m HotH. The nnt waa enHnevi
hy rcxltntlon, Atorlev nl nantcm M-erybfldy Join
intt In th choruses. Ilrother McKowen, In hi
r-hrtfArlerlitln way, rendered one nf hn mn)r
Irlth tnonoloHUs. lrother HArrv H.immet and
atI Voitr ImltAtint? the Jtoer Prothen. Oer
ti.nii comHtntiA, mflflo a lil- hit. Muster Artisan
.tjohn K. InrAn mudn nn abl sddre. In which
b Hnked ihe coop-rtHon of eerr member In
maklnff Hn yenr mi" th boil in th hiatory of
SAitthweslrn. The Ineomlntv maiter ertUfn.
WHIInm 11. I.nclc (n n nlPAslniT Ulk, Hounded
the sloffnn nf Ihe jrflr. "Every Man Oet r Man."
Adflri-A'ies wore mndn by r'I lh nftlrer of tM
nwmhlv. tt Thorin . TtrCert, Thnmaw If
Jnlinnlnn. William n. flcheid. Joseph T, CAr
mirhnH. .Tnm '. Almr MUAleat Be!etinn
wtre tendered hy th MUiei Nswcomb, MrCaln,
JfrCov nnd Men, FleUchtnan, McKewfn.
Hrheld. 1'epper. Murdork nt Ilummell. Hach
member wont a rhernrterill hnt. and favor
wore; distributed. ' The ladle were Urxted to co
oterale In all powlhle waya for Ihe advipremnt
nf the aesembtj. A aocIaJ session and dancing
followed. .I,,-
PiflMIU Aaemhlv had An Inspiring meetln.
due probably to th Initial administration of the
nw nTfora and th elrtto of r-nrranlttvea
in iMrflclpate In linpert.int lealalatton and elee
Hon of two chair officer and membera -of tha
l-oaM of dtroptora at th M. K peilon n March.
Prolher Kelly, -with a delegation from Oak Iana
Aaiemblv. Introduced Ilrother Vonrheea. a can
dldata for tho office of M H. Inspector, and
madft nn appeal for support for him,
After nn absence of two enr Tiro the r TlarrH
made hi nnppnranro nnd sonke of his oxparl
ence nt tho front, clvlnn n vivid picture of man
osrnpoa, otc Tlrother Htrnaahelm boonted basket
ball, nnd exports to boe a wlnnlna toam.
Prnthor Stone's popularity Increases, due, prob
nhiy, tn hi ao'octlon of nrloH for attendnoo.
The quartet had a seIrllon of new sonajA which
mad a hit llrnthcr fchelnert. In tha abnonca
of Ilrother Oerhardt, mndo an excellent chaplshv
tlellvorlnar the prayera In the Gorman tan-rosM
fur tho nrst time In tli h!tory of the asaombiv.
The social commit tea distributed boxes of candv,
llrotbor lCaeschfor la hapnv in the posseM'on
of a new crayon picture. Th new M. A.. Wll
son. ma do a jtoml Impression bv his onoplnf
speorh. while Toftu Armntronc. theild rellablo
rot I red with ttie Rood vlho nf the bovs, a thy
enr- Itarry Lauder's "Iloamln in the Gloam
In."
The otection resulted a follows: Ttopreionta
lles. V. . Wilson. O M. .Mitchell, I.oftu (l,
Armtrnnir. I'r. II. A. Ik. K. Ifc Hlbson. A. .
MacNalr. Alternate. II. Iar2atero. Charlos VI,
Doerr S. f. Htevenson. .Vlonzo Stone, I 11.
Wentx. A. Pcnelner. . , ,
Weal Philadelphia Assembly had a Rood at
tend a m and n larKa delegation from Oak I.ano
Asueinlily, hoadod bv Orator Alfred .T. Kollej.
tlrothora Iloywood. Shudlev. B. M. Free. J. T
Welden and Franz were olocted representatlvoa
lo the M. R Assembly, and Brothers Oral. It,
T. Free. Nickel. Tevreferrv and Rudolph woro
elorfed alternates. Th offtcora were Installed
bv P. M. K. M. . Walter HURlna. who also
presented the Jewel to the retlrlnr master Arti
san. Refreshments and music were provided by
the entertainment rnmmlttee. Remarks wra'
made by Rrothor Keller, Vonrheea. Detwtler
and Ounther of Oik Lane, nnd aolos rendered
bv Druthers Taylor. (Iroetzlner. Chappell,
Wood nnd others, naslsted by the elee club,
Lehtati Aesembtv. Xo. 3fl. has chamted the
tln.o and place of Its meeting to Totem Halt,
southwest rorner Twonty-sttth street and Co
lumbia avenue, on the third Friday of the month.
Ideal Assembly. Xo fl'J. has moved, to new
iioidquarter he KnUhtu of Tythlas Ilall,
Flftyaecond street and Olrard avenue, and will
meet on the third Friday of tho month.
Oak I.ane Assembly. No. , rtft. evidently ex
pects tn do considerable business during ini.
ns It rorentlv elected two additional medical
examiners. The annual banquet of this as
aomhlv will be held at the Hotel Rtttenhouse
on Thursday evening. January 18.
The followtnt; membera have announced their
randtdary for the board of directors: P. M. K.
M A. T. Frank Kondrlck. of Oermantown As
sembly, and William C. Heyde, past master of
lanyunU Assembly.
Oriental Astembly Installed thee offlcerst
taster Artisan. Howard M. Morrison; superin
tendent. Anthony I. An: Inspector, Clurenre I.
Italley: recorder. William C. Kolh; cashier,
Oeorxe Lance: tniatee. for three years. B. ranK
Waldron; medical examiner. F. A. .Mants, Uf.
Haddon Assembly will Instnlt these officers to
nlnht: Artisan. !. Rosa .Mitchell; superintend
ent. Ii. In In Johnson; Inspector. Charles R,
Norcross: recorder. J. It. V. Ulakely: rashler,
Howard Underdown; trustee. Ojorire Abel: mod
leal oxnmlners. Ors. William B. Com, William
M. JeunlntsH Ralph J. Is2ard, Hdtar Clement.
Waller II. Vmlth und J. Bdgar Huward.
The Caliphs
Moradahsd Mosouo. of Trenton. X. J., last
Monday night celebrated the 140th anniversary
f the battle of Trenton with h banouet. Several
hundred princes and a number of prominent
rltlxens attended. Addresses wore made fay
Judge Fred W. Unichtel. Mayor Frederick Don
nPiv 1 Clarence Glbboney nnd Ross Maclvsr.
of Philadelphia. Fred It I'arker was cnsir
man of commlttre and Juda Krwln Marshall
toaslmaster
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